Qiming 1158

Chapter 585 Bandits are overcommitted, soldiers are overwhelmed, officials are overwhelmed
When Ren Dejing was making plans for his own future, in Guanzhong, the Restoration Army marched forward vigorously, moved quickly, continuously defeated the local garrison of the Jin Army, and continued to win.

On the other hand, the Jin army was unable to resist. Facing the rapid attack of the Restoration Army, the female real soldiers who were once invincible in the world were defeated like a mountain, and they were as weak and powerless as a newborn lamb.

On the North Road, Su Haisheng led the army directly to Zhenrong Prefecture after conquering Qingyang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion, preparing for a final battle with the [-] Jin army gathered in Zhenrong Prefecture.

Pure military problems only need pure military means to solve, and when it comes to violence - sorry, the Restoration Army said, in this era, you are all garbage.

In this era, the Liberation Army is the strongest army on the East Asian continent, no one.

Everyone here is rubbish!
South Road is a bit troublesome.

But the main problem was not with the Restoration Army itself, but with Zhang Zhongyan and the [-] troops under his command.

Zhang Zhongyan's appearance outside Chang'an accelerated the collapse of the golden army in the city, and it was considered a contribution to conquering Chang'an, so Zhang Yuejing thanked Zhang Zhongyan at first.

However, a few days after the Restoration Army conquered Chang'an, a large number of refugees suddenly appeared outside the city, almost as if they were following Zhang Zhongyan's army, all of them gathered towards Chang'an City.

They dragged their families, ragged clothes, and hungry stomachs. They opened their mouths and asked the Guangfu Army in Chang'an City for food, which made Zhang Yuejing and the generals of the Guangfu Army look bewildered.

What's happening here?
After some inquiries, they found out that Zhang Zhongyan's army gave full play to the fine traditions of the traditional feudal army on the way to Chang'an City.

Not only looting, but also killing people, looting women, setting fire to villages, and destroying fields. They do all kinds of crimes. They perfectly implement the phrase "bandits are like combs, soldiers are like shavings, officials are like shavings."

For the common people, soldiers and officials are far more terrifying than bandits.

These refugees who have lost their livelihood gathered in the local area and tried to seek help from the local county town, but the city gates were all closed, and they were unwilling to let the refugees enter.

The refugees were turned away and not allowed to enter, and they were also angry. In order to avoid armed conflict, the local officials felt that Zhang Zhongyan would solve the problem caused by Zhang Zhongyan, and told them that there was food in Chang'an and let them go to Chang'an.

Anyway, Zhang Zhongyan went to Chang'an.

In this way, those who are willing to go to Chang'an can go to Chang'an, and those who are unwilling to go to Chang'an and have to live in the local area will send troops to attack them and drive them to Chang'an.

The refugees are hungry and unarmed, and if they are not large enough, they are not the opponents of the small local armed forces. They can only be forced to advance in the direction of Chang'an City.

As a result, a large number of refugee teams dragged their families and took their mouths to Chang'an. Many people died of exhaustion, starvation, and illness along the way. Those who arrived in Chang'an alive were yellow-faced and thin, as if a gust of thin wind could blow them over. .

Their appearance was really miserable, so the soldiers of the Restoration Army spontaneously took out their own rations to cook porridge for them, so that they could fill their stomachs anyway, so as not to continue to starve to death.

After Zhang Yuejing got the report from his subordinates, he was so angry that he almost didn't draw his knife to chop Zhang Zhongyan.

But as the main general of the entire army, Zhang Yuejing forcibly controlled his emotions.

He resisted the urge to go to Zhang Zhongyan to settle accounts, thinking that he could not turn against Zhang Zhongyan right now, so he could only summon his generals and secretaries to discuss how to deal with this matter.

"According to the preliminary statistics, the number of refugees is between [-] and [-]. The number is not small.

According to what they said, the county governments along the way did not want to take responsibility and drove them to Chang'an City. Now that they have finally arrived in Chang'an, they don't want to leave anyway, and we can't just watch them starve to death. "

Su Jianian, the secretary of the army, reported the specific situation he had at the meeting, with a helpless expression on his face.

The venue fell silent for a while.

After a while, Zhou Zhi slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily, "We should not accept Zhang Zhongyan's surrender because we can clean up the customs ourselves! This thief is not enough, and he is more than enough to lose! Commander, as long as you give your order, I will take it tonight. Zhang Zhongyan's head is taken off and given to you."

Zhou Zhi was murderous, with a fierce expression on his face that he wanted to get rid of Zhang Zhongyan.

Old comrade Chen Qiaoshan quickly stood up to soothe his emotions.

"Accepting Zhang Zhongyan was a decision made by the Central Capital, and it was decided by Su Shuai. It is the duty of a soldier to carry out orders. We must not disobey Su Shuai's order! And Zhang Zhongyan did help us a lot, he directly shook the Chang'an defenders. Determined, if it weren't for him, it would take us more days and more troops to conquer Chang'an City, which is also a fact."

"But now what he's doing has seriously affected the situation in Guanzhong!"

Zhou Zhi said loudly: "His army burned, killed and looted all the way, which has seriously affected the situation in the prefectures and our future management of Guanzhong! Compared with his usefulness, the harm is obviously greater! This incident offends our liberation. The bottom line of the army is gone, and he cannot be let go no matter what! Commander, please also list Su Shuai and get rid of Zhang Zhongyan! To reassure the people!"

Yan Xinghai, the secretary of the enemy-breaking army, shook his head and sighed.

"If you don't accept him early in the morning, it's nothing but. Now that you've accepted him, and then get rid of him, it's called crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. It will easily arouse the fear of the military officials of the Jin Kingdom who have surrendered in Guanzhong, and will prompt them to rebel again. The need to stabilize the situation in China is extremely disadvantageous and cannot be done.”

"This...what is this!"

Zhou Zhi sat down angrily.

He also knew that the overall situation was important, so he didn't dare to mess around.

Zhang Yuejing, who had never spoken, looked at Zhou Zhi's angry appearance, shook his head helplessly, and said, "We don't want to see such a thing happen, but Su Shuai accepted Zhang Zhongyan because he wanted to use Zhang Zhongyan's reputation to promote The Chinese martial arts descend rapidly in Guanzhong, which is convenient for us to occupy Guanzhong faster."

Zhang Yuejing pointed to the topographic map of Guanzhong behind him, and said, "Guanzhong is not the Central Plains. The Guanzhong Plain is surrounded by high ground on all sides. Except for the Guanzhong Plain, there are dangerous terrain on all sides and bordering the Xia and Song countries. If the war drags on for a long time, I don't know what variables will arise.

What Su Shuai is most worried about is that the prefectures along the border will surrender to the Xia and Song countries because of our extermination. At that time, the Xia and Song countries will be pulled into the Guanzhong situation, and the situation will be even more difficult to handle, so Su Shuai thought, By accepting a Zhang Zhongyan, the local civil and military forces in Guanzhong can be reduced to me, without considering Song and Xia. "

"Do we need to be afraid of them?"

Zhou Zhi said dissatisfiedly: "If Song and Xia dare to violate the border, we absolutely don't need to be soft! The army is attacking, can Song and Xia stop it?"

"That's what I said, but now is not the time, Guanzhong is unstable, and the Song and Xia countries are enemies, adding many variables to the plain and white, and the enemy army is the enemy of me based on the dangerous terrain. Is this the situation we want to see? "

When Zhang Yuejing said this, Zhou Zhi thought for a while, but he didn't say it after all.

Seeing that Zhou Zhi stopped talking, Zhang Yuejing said slowly: "Although there are some problems now, Zhang Zhongyan can quickly occupy the important military strongholds along the border, complete the military defense of Song and Xia, and completely eat Guanzhong.

After Guanzhong has been eaten, the situation in Guanzhong has been stabilized, and the refugees have been appeased, we will have room to settle accounts. This is the kind of forbearance that must be done before we want to achieve great things. We are already strong, and more toughness cannot Bringing more revenue will have the opposite effect. "

Everyone in the meeting did not speak for a long time, obviously they were persuaded by Zhang Yuejing.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yuejing realized that the interior had stabilized, so he said: "I will handle this matter, you don't interfere, don't have any contact with Zhang Zhongyan, and don't publicly say what he is wrong, this time, he is The most sensitive and the most afraid, understand?"

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and finally nodded helplessly.

(End of this chapter)