The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 304 Countermeasures
Xie Xi lowered his voice and said: "I have inquired in private, and when I heard that it was the commander of the Marquis of Chang'an, he left Xu Wentao the token for the transfer of troops, and several guards around Jinlan Pass can be transferred."

Lin Zisu disagreed with Xie Xi's statement.

In her previous life, Lin Zisu was the eldest lady from the Marquis of Weiyuan, and had a detailed understanding of Dayan's military system.

In the past, Taizu raised troops and gathered generals, swept the world in one fell swoop, and pacified the country with a group of generals.

After the founding of Dayan, Taizu attached great importance to military affairs, and appointed hundreds of guards in the whole country as the foundation of Dayan's founding.

But Taizu did not expect that after more than 100 years of peaceful life, the group of soldiers who roared all over the world had disappeared.

Especially during Ruizong's time, the Ministry of War took over part of the military power of the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies.

From then on, the two sides only cared about fighting for power and profit, and other training and preparations became secondary.

As a result, most of the troops stationed in the guards have lost their military discipline, become accustomed to arrogance and laziness, and the gap with Beidi's army is getting wider and wider.

Such an army with no combat power can be enough to fill up the number, but it is really difficult for them to go to fight Beidi.

Xie Xi saw Lin Zisu's doubts, and said with a smile: "Xu Wentao, that kid, has always been bold, and it's not certain that he can win by surprise. When his military report reaches Beijing, he will know what's going on."

This time the military report from the northern border came very slowly, and it was not until four days later that the Ministry of War received the military report from Luyuan Luzhou Guard.

What the military newspaper said was very simple. It only said that Xu Wentao, the deputy general, led [-] cavalry in person and went deep into the hinterland of Beidi, including the five cities of Kebeidi Dahan, An Lun, Suto, Habu, and Huicheng.

Since the founding of Dayan, that is, Taizu's brilliance and martial arts, he firmly suppressed Beidi in the northern border.

Subsequent generations of emperors were helpless in the face of Beidi's invasion.

Even the master of Zhongxing such as Ruizong can only barely hold the border.

This military report stunned the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and the first reaction of Fang Luan, Marquis of Weiyuan, was anger.

It is not a big deal to falsely report military merits. In order to solve their livelihood, the guards in various places often ask the imperial court for merits and rewards. This is a tacit fact among the generals, and Fang Luan is quite common.

But most of the reports are about suppressing bandits and appeasing the people. Even if they falsely report military achievements, they can't make up such a far-fetched lie.

This Yanzhou Wei is so bold, if someone finds out that something is wrong, how will the generals benefit from it in the future?
When Fang Luan was angry, he realized that Wang Jian, the commander-in-chief of the Luzhou Guard, had been dismissed a few months ago. Now that the Luzhou Guard is someone sent by the emperor, he should not make false claims about his military achievements.

If the military report is true, the problem seems to be even more serious for Fang Luan.

Deploying troops and dispatching generals was originally the duty of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies. This time, the emperor skipped the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies and gave the order directly. Did he have any prejudice against him?
Now the military affairs are in charge of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but the Governor's Office of the Five Armies did not know anything about the battle with Beidi this time. It seems that the Ministry of War directly issued military orders to the lower levels, and they won such a big victory.

The Ministry of War has made such a great contribution, will the emperor give the Ministry of War more power?

The mind of the sky is unpredictable, maybe the emperor had already made up his mind to use this great victory to distribute the benefits of the five armies' governor's mansion to the Ministry of War.

For the Five Armies Dudufu, this is not a good thing.

Ever since Ruizong reformed the military system, the status of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion has been very embarrassing. If it is eroded by the Ministry of War, he may have to obey the orders of the cabinet in the future, then Fang Luan will become the laughing stock of the whole world.

It is necessary to reach a tacit agreement with the Ministry of War before the emperor has made a decision.

Having figured this out, Fang Luan went to find Shen Changde, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, regardless of the past disputes with the cabinet.

When Shen Changde first read the content of the military newspaper, he thought he had read it wrong.

Shen Changde didn't believe it until he confirmed with Fang Luan again and again.

He put away the bewilderment on his face, and smiled at Fang Luan, "The Marquis of Weiyuan planned a strategy far away, winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away, making such an incomparable feat, which is enough to shine in history."

Fang Luan thought that what Shen Changde said was ironic, and said with a sullen face: "What did Shen Shangshu say? , the next chief minister of the cabinet must be Shen Shangshu."

Hearing Fang Luan's strange words, Shen Changde was taken aback.

He originally thought that Fang Luan had won such a big victory, and today's trip was to demonstrate with him, to avenge the grudge he had for holding back military supplies a few days ago.

But Fang Luan said that it was led by the Ministry of War, so the victory this time is quite strange.

"Isn't this battle led by the Dudufu of the Five Armies?"

Shen Changde and Fang Luan looked at each other, fearing that there might be some misunderstanding, they confirmed the details with each other, but they were all at a loss.

According to the current mechanism, the Ministry of War is responsible for overall planning and military supplies, and the Dudufu of the Five Armies is responsible for dispatching troops and generals.

This great victory, however, has been hidden from the Five Armies Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War, making people have many guesses out of thin air.

Shen Changde thought about it and asked: "Master Hou, although there is such a great victory in the northern border, it is said that the three armies should be rewarded. However, the Weizhou Wei went out to fight privately without an order. The military governor's office should send a letter to the Weizhou Wei, asking them to explain in detail the process of dispatching troops?"

Fang Luan secretly scolded Shen Changde for being cunning, but said in his mouth: "Master Shen, the Ministry of War advances and retreats with rewards and punishments, you can also write to the State Guard and see how they respond."

Shen Changde smelled something unusual in Fang Luan's words.

This Fang Luan, who has always had a small belly, wished to take all the credit for himself. At this time, it must be unusual to push the credit in front of him outward.

Shen Changde glanced sideways at Fang Luan, seeing the unpredictable changes on Fang Luan's face, he suddenly thought of something.

A few months ago, the emperor withdrew Wang Jian, the general of the Weizhou Guard, and replaced him with a close aide. At that time, he had asked the Ministry of War for his opinion.

A few months passed, and there was a great victory in the northern border. It would be a bit unreasonable to say that there was no emperor's arrangement.

In this way, it suddenly became clear. Presumably, in this battle, the emperor passed the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and privately issued an order to the northern border.

Fang Luan must have understood this point, so he didn't dare to be greedy for credit, let alone ask too much inside information, instead he urged the Ministry of War to question Luzhou Wei.

"With this great victory, I will show it to Your Majesty first. As for the process, I am not in a hurry to ask."

Shen Changde smiled unnaturally, and then said in a low voice: "Master Hou, I only have a superficial understanding of martial arts, and I still have some questions. Would you like to give me some pointers?"

While Fang Luan and Shen Changde were dumbfounded, the emperor in Qianqing Palace was full of spirits, and said to Xie Yao who was under the imperial case: "Yao'er, if I can destroy Beidi in my lifetime, where can I rank among the emperors of all dynasties? "

(End of this chapter)