back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 772
"Huo Si, that's not right. You once said that the Zhe family would be suppressed by court officials. Why didn't the He family generals not?"

"Because his ancestors were great Confucianists, Zhong Shiheng was able to stand out. If it were another person, he might have been buried long ago..."

After hearing Huo Si's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

"It's just that although General Zhong Er is resourceful and resourceful, like his father, he is cunning, wild and cruel. Anyone who offends his subordinates will be beheaded immediately, and sometimes the lungs and livers will be dissected first. The army was afraid of him being brave and good at fighting, so he made many military exploits. In the autumn of the tenth year of Yuanshou, the Liao people invaded Jingzhou on a large scale, and the attack lasted for a month. The enemy army gathered together with 4 horses, attached to the city wall and formed an formation, and besieged Jingzhou. Just as the situation was urgent, When the city of Jingzhou was about to be broken, General Chong Er only defended the city with a thousand soldiers, and the rest opened the city gates, and used fire bulls to kill the generals, and defeated the Liao people. This is the service, to recover the land hundreds of miles away from the Great Wall, and beheaded Seven thousand heads of the enemy army. Under the Jingzhou city, blood flows like a river!"

"it is good!!!"

Hearing this, all the drinkers applauded.

Huo Si's tone changed: "However, the old businessman also made mistakes. During the time of the first emperor, Yelu Zong, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, was really old. In addition, the nobles in his country were rebellious and impermanent. The old businessman said to the late emperor:' The Liao Kingdom can't take care of itself. If it gives its ministers [-] elite soldiers, it will definitely defeat the Liao people, capture the false emperor, and retake the old Han land! The first emperor was bewitched by him and sent troops to the Liao Kingdom. , the officers and soldiers were defeated by the Luan River. So far, I have been afraid of the Liao people by the way, and I am only willing to defend, not to attack..."

Everyone was silent, and a drinker said for a long time: "There is nothing to do about this matter. The Liao people are not afraid of the cold, but they can fight immediately in winter. We have a majority of Han infantry, and we can't fight quickly..."

Huo Si looked around, and his tone rose again by eight degrees: "But! General Zhong Er remained calm in the face of danger. After ordering Xiaochu Zheke, one of the Zhe family generals, to lead [-] cavalry troops to entangle with [-] pursuers Fighting. General Zhekexing fought bloody battles, charging from left to right, fighting to over a hundred riders before he escaped from danger. Back in Jingzhou, the military doctor took out the arrowheads in General Zheke's body that weighed more than a catty..."

After hearing this, everyone was shocked.A catty of arrows is still alive, how brave!
"it is good!!!"

There was another round of applause, and Huo Si smiled and watched the pile of gongs and plates getting higher and higher, and then said with emotion: "General Zhong Er went back to the city after a long journey, and the soldiers were hungry and tired. Yu transferred Li Ji. After the garrison returned to the city, the senior colonel Liu Guiren led the troops to break up, and the imperial court ordered the withdrawal of the army. Chong Er was still promoted to the training envoy of Jingzhou regiment and the commander of the four chambers of Longshenwei. Previously, Li Ji transported food and salaries to In the army, when entering the barracks in the morning, the officers beat drums and saluted loudly. Chong Er asked the officers, "How many commanders are there in the army? This general will use your head to replace the grain transport officer." Immediately he ordered the general He beheaded, and Li Ji immediately withdrew in panic. After the defeat, he blamed Li Ji again. General Zhong Er had a lack of virtue, so he was no longer in the eyes of the late emperor. Although he made a strategy, it stopped here..."

"In that case, General Zheke Xing is the best!"

"Yeah! You really won the championship!"

Everyone complained for Li Ji one after another, but who knows what is right and what is wrong?The only thing that is certain is that the Zhong family had been favored continuously before, but since this incident, they seem to have been out of the court's sight.It can be seen from the promotion process of Zhong Er and others that they almost stayed in place.The so-called God's will is unpredictable, that's it!

Everyone lamented his restrained bravery, but also despised his cruelty.The military officials were only grateful to Li Ji for escorting the army rations, but they lost their heads for nothing.How can such a cruel general gain the morale of the army?
Although Huo Si made it clear that this was to build up the military prestige of the commander, but everyone didn't agree with it.At this time, the moral concept of benevolence has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Huo Si was helpless, and argued: "If every grain transport officer has to beat the drum to report, wouldn't the army be in chaos? The one who can really convince the masses is the general who leads the three armies to victory! You have never served in the army, I don't know, it's normal..."

"That kind of husband is still defeated!"

Someone retorted.

Huo Si shook his head and said: "If the grain transport officer hadn't been late for two days, the imperial army might not have been defeated. At that time, the soldiers still had food, but the arrows were not enough. As we all know, our Dashun army generally used bows and crossbows to defeat the enemy. There are few melee fighters. Li Ji is responsible for the poor calculation of the grain transport officer! In addition, the Yudong military uniform is not well prepared, the soldiers are cold, and the bowstring cannot be drawn. How can we fight against the enemy?"

"A general who doesn't know astronomy or geography is a mediocre general! Huo Si, you can brag about the old general Zhong Shiheng, but you can be a good gentleman. Everyone understands what's going on, so don't add color to it. Already!"

There are many scholars among the drinkers, and they have also read military books. When they said this, everyone laughed.Seeing that the public opinion is hard to disobey, Huo Si had no choice but to give up.

Sure enough, compared with Zhejiajiang and Yangjiafu, the popularity of Zhongjiajiang has dropped a lot.However, Zhe Kexing's bravery and victory in the three armies has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has been included in the Zhe family generals by various tabloids, which is even more embellished and boasted.Even when Zhe Kexing read it himself in the future, he found it extremely absurd.

At this time, in Chang'an City, in the Supervision Department, a middle-aged man looked at a small piece of paper and sneered in his heart: "Good death, do you think Chang'an is Jinyang City? How dare you blackmail me here? Helping you up is really blind! You are unlucky, so you can’t be touched, and you ran into His Majesty. Isn’t this lighting a lantern in the latrine, looking for death! Fortunately, you died on the same day. Come on, that would be terrible... No, no second person can know about Jinyang City!"

The man got up, took out the fire folder, shook it, and set the note on fire, before he remembered: "That's right, this greedy idiot is dead, there is no proof of death, what am I afraid of?"

Think again: "No, he belongs to me, someone in the Supervision Department must know, what should I do?"

This person was fidgeting, and when he was about to get up, a person suddenly walked in and said, "He didn't say anything!"

The man breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "Are you sure?"

"Sure! He committed suicide by biting his tongue. He probably knew that. We arranged for someone to be near his house. Once we say so, we will die together. He still has three sons, and he will not take this risk with us."

"Okay, he's wise, he's finally smart for a while! Alas, this man is not greedy, and he dares to stretch out his hand at the feet of the emperor. He doesn't know what to do! How about it, prepare yourself, and I will arrange for you to go out to avoid the limelight. Let's talk about it later , remember not to reach out again, Your Majesty is not joking this time!"

"I know this!"

"Okay, you go out!"

There was only one person left in the room, and the corner of this person's mouth curled into a cruel smile: "Xu Jingchun, you can't beat me! One day, I will take the position of director of the Supervision Department of yours!"

(End of this chapter)