Chapter fifty-eight
Yao Duan was also excited, smiled at Zhang Xianzhan, and then put on a slight decoration of his clothes. Then he strode forward.
"General Fei!"
Zhang Xian took the lead and bowed to Feren.
During the two battles between Pingyang in Yichuan, Feilun was both in the army and in the service, so the contribution was naturally the first. When they discovered the conspiracy of the Jin soldiers and mobilized troops and horse defense in advance, this was the credit of the pedestrian department. The Dengwensi of the Political Affairs Hall and the Pedestrian Department of the Shufu have always been parallel and equally important. When they came to this matter, the Pedestrian Department, due to the talent of Feilun, the chief official, had far surpassed the Dengwensi's role in military and national affairs, and was respected by the entire Song Dynasty imperial guards.
Although Feilun was young, he was only the position of deputy general, and his status was not as good as Zhang Xian, and far inferior to Yao Duan. However, the power and efficiency of the department he controlled was no longer comparable to that of one army and one general. In addition, he had the identity of the imperial equipment and made these great contributions. Everyone in front of him knew that this person's improvement in military rank was already a matter of day.
"General Zhang is too polite, how dare he take it?"
Feilun jumped off the horse, his face full of humble and gentle smile, held Zhang Xian's hand, and smiled, "We have used a horse spoon to catch food together. There are so many polite people, one can't afford the position of the last general, and the other is too generous."
Zhang Xian was straightforward by nature and said whatever he thought of. After Feilun finished speaking, he shouted: "General Fei, your position is just the care of His Majesty. If you don't want you to raise your position too high if you are too young, how can you really not take it!"
Although Yao Duan was a rough man, he had already become the general manager of the first army. Seeing that Feilun was smiling, he always felt a little reserved. He knew that this man had been in charge of the pedestrians for a long time and could not look at him with ordinary generals. He then took a step forward, gently blocked Zhang Xian, and smiled at Feilun: "After more than ten days of separation, I didn't expect General Fei to report to Chang'an. Will he come back so soon?"
Feilun knew that he had tested his trip to Chang'an, and smiled slightly and replied, "I have been walking back and forth for twelve days, day and night, changing horses but not people. I only stayed in Chang'an for a long time. Your Majesty praised General Yao, General Zhang and the generals of the front army. When he said to the last general, when the battle of Tongguan was over and the reward was given, he should explain to the Shufu and discuss with him."
"Thank you for your holy grace!"
After hearing Feilun's retelling Zhao Huan, Yao Duan, Zhang Xian and others clasped their fists together, and they were all overjoyed.
No matter how loyal, righteous, fame, wealth and wealth are what people want, the emperor personally praised it and made a wish that he would not treat the generals unfairly. This is much better than the rewards from the Shufu.
Feilun smiled with a reserved smile again. He marched with Zhang Xian and Yao Duan, and said as he walked: "Your Majesty heard that after I talked about the battle between Yichuan and Longkou, and then the tension in Pingyang war. He was happy first, and moved. He just kept saying: Yao and Zhang are loyal, loyal, brave and wise. I only say that there are Han, Yang, Yue, and Wu brothers in the world are good generals. Today I know that my Song Dynasty has many soldiers, and good generals are like clouds and strong soldiers like rain. It is not a false statement. Tell Yao and Zhang, they are good at doing things, don't worry too much, I know them."
These words moved Yao Duan and Zhang Xian even more than the rewards just now.
Zhang Xian was fine, but he was proud of his reputation, but Yao Duan understood in his heart that the so-called "Doing things well, don't worry too much." is the focus of this passage. In front of the emperor, Feilun must have also mentioned the dirty dispute between Yao Duan's troops and Zhang Jun, and what the emperor said. Of course, Yao Duan was tolerant first and then do whatever he had to do in the future.
Thinking that the emperor was thousands of miles away and was concerned about the suppression he was suffering and dealt with it properly, Yao Duan felt his eyes hot and almost burst into tears.
The grievances and injustice that have been suffered over the past few days have been fully explained in these few words.
While responding to Zhang Xian, Feilun looked at Yao Duan squintedly. When he saw Yao Duan's expression when he heard his reposting the emperor's words, he was already clear in his heart. He immediately smiled, but he deliberately ignored Yao Duan and asked Zhang Xian what happened after he left.
When everyone returned to the camp's tent, Feilun was fully aware of the beginning and end of the Pingyang war.
Although he sat opposite Yao Duanxia Zhang Xian, everyone only looked at him and waited for him to speak.
Yao Duan calmed down at this time and looked at Feilun. He saw half of his face in the dark and the lower half of his face was shrouded in light. Although dozens of people were waiting for this person to speak, his face was as normal as he did, and there was no abnormality at all. He secretly praised in his heart that Feilun was worthy of being trained by the emperor himself and his demeanor was already the top figure among the generals of the Song Dynasty.
Feilun didn't know that Yao Duan was thinking about him in his heart. After entering the tent, he just pondered for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang Jun and General Zhang's military order have arrived, which is the same as the mission assigned to General Yao by the General of the Holy command. This saves a lot of trouble."
Yao Duan suddenly stood up and asked Feren: "Your Majesty has an edict, or does the Shufu have a life?"
The system of the Song Dynasty was not as good as that of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In terms of military use and government affairs, it was not possible for the emperor to issue an edict directly. Government affairs had to go through the Political Affairs Hall, and military affairs had to go through the Privy Council. The procedures were complicated. If you were to be appointed as a general to go to war, the orders of the outside king would not be accepted. Although the emperor could issue a formation map to restrain him, even Zhao Gou would not do this since the second year of Jingkang.
, The emperor's control over the army is no longer comparable to that in the past.
Feilun's meaning was obviously that the emperor had some control over military affairs. In this way, he actually put the Shufu aside, but it was no wonder that Yao Duan asked.
Feilun quickly waved his hand and smiled at Yao Duan, saying, "General, it's not that he has formal edicts, but the matter is secret. The fewer people know, the better, so he did not issue a formal edict from the Shufu."
"Oh? Please General Fei pass on the sacred orders on his behalf." Yao Duan did not relax with Feilun's words. As the other party said, the more confidential the matter was, the more difficult it might be. But when things reached this point, it would never be possible to retreat.
Seeing Yao Duan and others standing up, looking like they were facing Dabin, Feilun smiled and said, "Your Majesty's words are to be told to me. I am acting according to the sacred order. You generals don't have to do this."
He stood up, pointed to the wooden picture of the sand table in a corner of the tent, and said seriously: "Linzhou is close to the Great Wall and is adjacent to the Xia Kingdom. The general of the Zhe family has been guarding the three states for many years. Most of the wars are here. He has not used much military force against the Liao Kingdom, but he has fought many bad wars with the Xia people. I believe that these things are better than me?"
Except for Zhang Xian, all the generals in this tent were from the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. Before the Jin Xing and Liao fall, the older ones were still fighting with the Xia people, and they didn't know how the war between Song and Xia was.
Yao Duan replied: "The ancestral home of the Zhe family is Yunzhong. Since Zhe was Ruan, he was the governor of Shi Jingtang and the general of the border. He resisted the Khitan for the country. Before our Taizong destroyed the Han Dynasty, the Zhe family neither returned to the Han nor the Song Dynasty. The people called the King of Zhe. Later, Taizong destroyed the Han Dynasty, and the Zhe family surrendered to the three prefectures in the Song Dynasty. In the folk story, Yu Taijun was actually Zhe Yang Lianyan, who fought against the Khitan. The two families were famous generals, but the Yang family was often divided, and the Zhe family was famous for not suffering any losses, whether they were fighting the Khitan or the Xixia. People said that the family was famous for Hebei and the loyalty and bravest Shanxi."
As he was speaking, Faren interrupted, "It's a pity that I'll give you a break."
"That's true!" Yao Duan's face was bloody and he said angrily: "Zhe family, Zhong family, Yang family, and Liu family are known as the four masters of the Western Army. These families are loyal and brave and brave. Unexpectedly, the generation of the Zhong family died prematurely. Zhe Keshi unfortunately died early. Zhe Keqiu became the head of the family and was still the same in war. However, I expected that Zhe Keqiu, the scum, was taken hostage by the Jurchens for his son, and the enemy was surrendered. The reputation of the Zhe family for more than a hundred years was destroyed by this person."
Zhang Xian also interfered: "What a hero Zhe Keshi! He is omnipotent in cavalry and shooting. Xia soldiers entered the country with 100,000 troops. Zhe Keshi fought with 8,000 troops, defeated the enemy, and countless people died in the stream, and the rivers cut off their currents. Unfortunately, Zhe Keqiu, a virtuous villain, became the head of the Zhe family. Fortunately, Zhe Kesan, Zhe Yanzhi continued to serve for the Song Dynasty, so he could not fall into the family's reputation."
Having said that, everyone in the tent is full of top talents. I already vaguely feel that the emperor and Feilun's move must not be ordering to attack the three states of Linfu Feng, but there is another way, so they act so strangely.
After everyone finished speaking, Feilun said again: "You are thinking well, Zhe Keqiu deserves to die, but Your Majesty is very sympathetic when he mentions this person. A real man dies in battle and dies on the battlefield. The enemy threatens him with a family. Even if he is heartless, he will inevitably have a moment of confusion. Your Majesty said that I will not blame him for surrendering, but he blames him for serving the Jin people and being sad for the tiger. If the Jinning Army and Yan'an Prefecture had not been helped by the Zhe family, the Jin people would not have been so easy to take him. This is what I would not take him."
Yao Duan sneered: "He was unwilling to surrender at the beginning. After surrendering, he lost face. Instead, he had to serve in front of the new master to restore his prestige. In fact, the Zhe family has served in the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, so how could they hold the position of the head of the family? I heard that over the past few years, the Zhe family has been in constant civil strife, and Zhe Keke has suppressed it with an iron fist. Hey, if I capture this person, I must first let him thank the emperor Taizong's emperor and the ancestors of the Zhe family for all generations first, and then behead him."
"The first sentence you said is correct. Zhe Keqiu surrendered, not the original intention. Your Majesty's intention is to start from this point. Long before the Jin soldiers took action, Your Majesty had the first move and sent someone to Linzhou to contact the Zhe family. After a few months, Zhe Keqiu was already moved. Your Majesty wanted to forgive his crimes and not blame him for attacking Jinning Army and Yan'an Prefecture. As long as the situation is correct, he can restore his former glory to the Zhe family."
He raised his hand and stopped Yao Duan who was about to speak, and said sternly: "Your Majesty has a letter to forgive me: No ruthlessness may not be a true hero. How can I not be a husband for my mercy? Please think carefully about it by the generals."
Chapter completed!