Chapter 22 Clearing the Road
Xu Ping said to Zhao Zi: "I have worked hard for the inspection and will have a long time to come, so drink a glass of wine."
Zhao Zi stood up, held the wine glass and drank it all, crossed his hands and said, "Thank you, Jieshuai, give you wine!"
Xu Ping smiled and waved his hand and said, "Sit, sit down, sit down and talk. Today we are just talking about the past, and there is no need to be restrained. Although you and I have different positions and different duties, we finally met several times back then, so we are not an outsider and we don't need to hold a ritual in private."
Zhao Zi sat down, Gao Daquan on the side said, "We haven't seen each other for many years when we parted. When we returned to the capital, I went to the Imperial Guard Camp in Wansheng Town to find you, but I only heard that you have changed your military position and don't know where you have been transferred."
"Oh, don't say that I wasted these years in vain! You were still working in the Jieshuai Manor, and Sang Xiucai had just failed. More than ten years have passed, and you have already been in a rampant position. Sang Xiucai even arrived in Yaojun, but I was still a little envoy!" Zhao Zi said, shook his head and sighed. "If I had followed Jieshuai to Yongzhou and made some contributions to the battle with Jiaozhi, how could this happen today? If I had not said that compared with you and Sang Xiucai, the ambassador would never be able to escape!"
Xu Ping and Sang Yi couldn't help laughing together. After so many things, Zhao Zi knew that he was humble. If he had really gone to Yongzhou, he would have been a position similar to Sang Yi. How could he be the only ambassador? Even Lu Fang, who was in the sugar sugar office, became ambassador, and inspector Zhang Rong was promoted to Yao County this year.
The fastest promotion of civil officials is the minister of the Pavilion, and the fastest promotion of military officials is the military merit. As long as they have military merits, not to mention many opportunities for promotion, they are normal investigations. If others are promoted to one level and you will be promoted to two levels, they will soon be able to distance themselves. In history, the wars with Dangxiang in recent years have not been very good, and a group of military generals have been promoted. Just like Di Qing and others, they were promoted from the lowest-level small military officer to the governor in less than ten years. Compared with Yang Wenguang, the young man was promoted to the palace because of his father's favor, and when he was middle-aged, he was promoted to the palace because of the rebellion of the Zhang Hai. It was so bad that he could not make any plans.
The three of them drank a glass of wine together, and Sang Yi said to Zhao Zi: "The things in Yongzhou have passed, and it is useless to mention them. Now that wars in the northwest are about to begin, there will definitely be no less battles. As long as you work hard under the Jieshuai subordinates, there will be more opportunities for promotion in the future."
"I hope so! I have to make some contributions to this coming here, otherwise I will really not be ashamed to return to the capital!"
Zhao Zi has always been arrogant. Not to mention Xu Ping, he was a Jinshi and had made great contributions to destroying the country. Even the tall and tall family who had farmed in Xujiazhuang back then had an official position of 10 or 20 ranks higher than himself. He would never catch up without military merit in his life. He felt a little angry. Of course, he couldn't blame anyone. If he seized this opportunity, he would seize it. It would be useless to regret it if he slipped away. He could only hope that Xu Ping was as brave as he was in Yongzhou, and he made several more great achievements and made up for the lost time.
After talking for a while, Zhao Zi took the initiative to ask Xu Ping about his duties. He was in Qiang, and of course the battlefield was in Qinzhou, but he was sent to the south of Qinfeng Road. He was inevitably worried, fearing that he would not be able to fight, and the northwest would be in vain.
Xu Ping said: "In previous years, there were not many imperial guards stationed in Qinzhou. Guangrui, Shenhu, Pojie and Qingbian crossbowmen all had only six or seven thousand people. The land around Qinzhou was rich, and there were Weishui and Watingchuan. Qingshui River benefits and money and food were not short of money and food, which was enough to support our military and horses. Now the Xuanwei army and Guiming Shenwu army have been moved. In addition to our troops, the court allowed the government to double the number of people in Shaanxi Road and Chuanxia Road, so the Qinzhou garrison was more than 10,000 more troops than before. With so many more people, it would be impossible to rely on the money and food support of our province. Guanzhong must support the other three routes in Shaanxi.
, unable to provide money and grain, he had to transport grain from Chuanxia. Qishan Road went up from Xingzhou against the Western Han River. After Qiuchi Mountain, it was mostly a place where the land was falling, so you must be careful. You go to the three southern states and join Cao Dupu of the four routes of Chuanxia. Before the autumn and winter, clean up the Qishan Road. You must take advantage of the fact that the landing along the road, and they must accept the quality and support, otherwise they will attack. Then, along the Qishan Road, the ones who set up the village will set up the village to use more local troops to ensure the safety of the route into Qinzhou. Before the troops move, the food and grass will come first. This matter should not be underestimated. If you do well, I will recommend you!"
Zhao Zi hurriedly got up and crossed his hands and said, "Jingshou, I dare not obey the order! I will definitely do the work well when I go here!"
Xu Ping asked Zhao Zi to sit down and said to him: "Okay, if you have this kind of enthusiasm, this matter will be mostly! The original soldiers and horses of the three southern states are the second commander of Fengzhou Poche, Chengzhou, Jiezhou, and Chengzhou. Because there is another road to Qinzhou, the troops and horses cannot move, so there will be no extra troops for you to use. This time, I will transfer the Qingbian crossbowman of Qinzhou and the second commander of Poche, and then the Guangrui Army, the only cavalry stationed in the imperial guards, will be under your command. If you have these soldiers and horses, there is no one to fight against in the area. Don't talk about victory or defeat, just look at whether you win or not!"
Zhao Zi agreed to the promise with his hands and ensured that he could complete his mission.
Feng, Cheng and Jie Sanzhou are mostly mountainous lands, especially Cheng and Jie Sanzhou are sparsely populated, and Fan Qiang does not have large tribes. In the adjacent Mian, Dang and the two provinces are Tubo, which are not under the jurisdiction of the court, but there is no large Tubo power. The most difficult thing to sweep away is not fighting, but marching and controlling the situation. There is Yinping Road entering Sichuan. During the Three Kingdoms, Deng Ai's road to attack Shu was always passed by merchants and salt benefits, which is richer than Fan Qiang in other places. Therefore, the most important thing for Zhao Zi to go here is to let the Fans in that area surrender and ensure peace. The county and county land turned into Xia, and it is not yet there.
Before Zhao Zi came, Xu Ping had asked Li Zhang to collect information about that area, and the understanding was quite detailed and there was no particular difficulty. Moreover, according to the new organizational structure, Zhao Zi could not be entirely responsible for this matter. The General's Office would send someone to join him to ensure the implementation of strategies and tactics. It would be necessary to be authoritative, which means commanding operations, not to be proficient in any kind of power.
The mission of the chief general is to complete the tasks assigned by the General's Office, and the others are secondary. Ensuring that the commander completes the tasks depends on organization and system. What military orders are of no use in Xu Ping's eyes. If the chief general needs to issue military orders, it means that the army is temporarily out of the control of the General's Office. How could Xu Ping allow such a thing to happen in such a battle to clear the field along the road?
When Zhao Zi first came, he was not familiar with Qin Fenglu's current organizational system, so there was no need to talk about it now. If he had to stay in Qinzhou for a while, he would naturally know everything.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Xu Ping said to Zhao Zi: "Inspector, Qinfeng Road is different from other places, and is different from the imperial guards. The military system has changed. I said that before, when you go to the three southern states, the General Administration will have a detailed combat plan for you, and there will be corresponding support for all aspects. Of course, the plan is just a plan, and there will inevitably be changes when doing it. This is normal. However, every action different from the combat plan given to you, you must explain why it is done clearly. If it is too late, you must report it to the General Administration for approval before taking action. If it is too late, you will be allowed to act cheaply. Unlike the plan, you must explain why. After returning to the army, the General Administration will make discretionary measures, which is reasonable or not. Correspondingly, the plan will be different."
Zhao Zi said: "Before the end of the future, I have heard that the rule of the Jishou is different from his own way, so I will follow it."
Xu Ping nodded and said, "The master's achievements are the first thing to do is to see whether the task has been completed and then look at other things. If the task is not completed, everything else is useless. In short, the army here is to obey, and the second is to make you have the ability to obey! Only by obeying orders and completing the task are qualified generals!"
Xu Ping had to explain this to every general under Xu Ping's command. As an army, its main mission is to complete the political tasks assigned. Anyone who conflicts with the task will not be allowed. The first thing a soldier requires is obedience, and the second thing is to strive to make himself capable of obeying. Xu Ping does not need other unnecessary things here.
Chapter completed!