After listening to the report of his own soldiers, Di Qing only felt like five thunderbolts. If you lead the army and enter the army, it will be slow, and as long as there is no mistake, others will just complain. Now that this kind of mess has happened, what will the officials of the DPRK and China think? How so?

When the soldiers went out, Han Qi said: "Since Qinggang Gorge has been occupied, why can the prisoners of war suddenly rebel?" This matter is not simple, and it should be strictly investigated! ”

Di Qing said: "This is the meaning it should be. But the most important thing now is to immediately send troops to destroy them. The East Road Army was mainly stationed in Weizhou and Pule City, and the Qingyuan Army was behind it, making a big trouble and causing a lot of trouble. ”

Han Qi nodded and said no more. This is the internal affairs of Di Qing's department, and the rebellious party members don't think much about it, so he goes. The war has been fought so far, the party is about to destroy the country, and the Song army will not encounter some trouble, which is really unreasonable.

In the Privy Council, Jia Changchao took the front-line battle report and slammed it on the case: "Di Qing is too incompetent!" The army of 300,000 is slow, and there is such a big mess, what do the ministers say! There are still ten days to go before the New Year, and if you want to break through Lingzhou, it will take at least half a year. How much food does it cost every day, the political hall has long been dissatisfied, but there is a mess again! ”

Tian said: "Tai Lieutenant, it's just a party prisoner of war rebellion, and there aren't many people. As long as a large army is sent in time to suppress it, there will not be much movement. This matter can be pressed first, so that the courtiers do not know. Wait until Captain Di has pacified the rebellious army, and then play. ”

Jia Changchao said: "Qinggang Gorge is on the side of Huanqing Road, not far from Huanzhou, how to press it down?" If we don't report it, Huanqing Road will also report to the political affairs hall. Alas, what an annoyance! Because of the slow progress, the courtiers discussed, how much responsibility the Holy One had! It's just this kind of thing again! ”

Tian Guo glanced at Cheng Jian next to him and stopped talking. Cheng Jian and Wen Yanbo are in-laws, even if the privy does not report it, it may not be able to suppress it.

After thinking for a while, Jia Changchao said: "Order Di Qing to immediately send troops south to clear the party rebels." If it drags on, the Privy Council will punish it severely! Ordered Huanqing Jingluo Cui Yi and Huanzhou Zhizhou Zhang Kui to immediately send troops north to cooperate with Di Qing's army to exterminate the chaotic party! ”

Tian Guo said: "Tai Lieutenant, I am afraid that the rebellious army will be pursued and suppressed by the army, so I will go south along the road and riot on Huanqing Road." ”

Jia Changchao said: "It's just a few hundred chaotic troops, and Huanqing passes by 10,000 soldiers and horses, as long as the defense is tight, where is there a chance for them to make trouble." Let's just do it, I will enter the palace immediately and report to the saint. This matter is important, and the front line is ordered to deal with it immediately, and it must not be delayed into a catastrophe! ”

After saying that, he hurried out of the Privy Council and entered the palace. Zai Zhi does not have to arrange shifts when he enters the palace, and he has always reported things directly, unlike other officials.

Yushitai, the chief bookkeeper Ye Xiang hurriedly entered the official hall and bowed to Du Zhongxiao: "Zhongcheng, the news just came from the Privy Council, there are party prisoners of war in Qinggangxia who have made a rebellion, killing and injuring hundreds of soldiers. Ning Su, who occupied the Qingyuan army, led his troops to quell the chaos, but was ambushed and lost his life. ”

Du Zhongxiao listened, put down the official document in his hand, and said, "What the hell? Has the Privy Council written it? ”

Ye Xiang said: "I think the documents have just been delivered, and they have not yet been sent to the Imperial History Tower." ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded and did not speak. In my own mind, this kind of chaos should have happened a long time ago, and if it dragged on until now, it can only be said that the party has long lost the heart to resist. The Song army, which had been trained as a whole, faced the enemy in a frontal military formation, and the party members were certainly not opponents. If you take advantage of geography and manpower, such a small nuisance will cause great trouble to the Song army. At that time, Du Zhongxiao was quite tolerant of ordinary people on the one hand, and severely suppressed the rebels on the other hand.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said: "Go and summon the rest of the imperial history to the official hall, I have something to say." ”

Ye Xiang received the order to go out, and after a while, Guo Shenxi and others entered the official hall and saluted separately.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The news from the Privy Council is that there was a rebellion of party prisoners of war in Qinggangxia, killing and injuring soldiers. The commander of the Zhan Qingyuan army led Ning Su to quell the chaos, but he was ambushed and lost his life. This matter will certainly cause controversy between the government and the opposition, so I will come to you first and discuss it yourself. ”

Guo Shenxi was taken aback: "Since occupying Weizhou, the army went south by separate roads and swept the surrounding party walled cities. It is calculated that Qinggang Gorge should have just been occupied by this dynasty, and such a major event occurred. What caused the incident should be strictly investigated! ”

Lu Jingchu said: "Since the dispatch of troops in September last year, this is the first major chaos and the first major defeat, and it is necessary to strictly investigate!" ”

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "The matter has happened, of course it must be strictly investigated." I have called you not to tell you the news, but to unify the principles of the later admonitions. ”

Guo Shenxi was a little awake: "What does Zhongcheng want?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I think it is good to set a few principles. For this mess, we should talk about things and don't pull other matters. In the previous chapter, in response to this matter, we must not be dragged into how Captain Di's army fought, how it should be, or even the forward strategy. ”

Zhao Pan said: "If it weren't for the improper command and the mistakes of the generals, why would the party prisoners of war rebel?" After so many battles, why did this kind of thing happen in Captain Di's department? In the previous chapter on this matter, it is impossible not to involve Captain Di. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Not bad. What I mean by this is that everything that is said on this matter must be done on a case-by-case basis, not on the merits. Due to the slow progress of Captain Di's army, many courtiers were dissatisfied, including Yushitai. Don't take advantage of this opportunity to casually expand from a prisoner of war rebellion to a forward strategy. The generals are in command at the front, and the most taboo is to speculate and comment indiscriminately in the rear. If you don't have concentration, it's not uncommon to be at a loss. Commanding a battle is a very serious matter, and I am most afraid of not having the concentration, not being able to clearly analyze the situation we are facing, and being influenced by others. ”

Guo Shenxi said: "Zhongcheng, Captain Di has been a privy envoy for several years, and he should be able to distinguish between these. We are just doing our duty as a historian, and if we feel that something is suspicious, or that we are not doing it right, the last chapter is it. ”

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while, stood up, and said in a deep voice: "Do you want me to make it clear?" When it comes to warfare, how many officials in the DPRK and China understand? And how many of you understand? And when it comes to the chaos on the front line, how many people can endure it, and only play a chapter against the chaos itself? What is the role of Goshi? When you hear about something, you must also have it, and you can't make it up by yourself. In view of this chaos, I don't care how deep you dig, and I don't care what defects the army has caused, but don't involve personnel, let alone front-line military strategy! ”

Seeing Du Zhongxiao's serious face, several officials were stunned for a while. On weekdays, Du Zhongxiao has always been kind, but he didn't know that there was this side.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Du Zhongxiao said: "When fighting, the front-line generals don't know how much pressure they have to bear. Every decision has to be taken into account. If the commander is questioned by the rear, it is easy to be indecisive on the front line and produce unexpected things. In the final analysis, this chaos is the problem of middle- and lower-level generals, not an overall problem. Urge the army, it's best to get rid of these, but don't get involved in anything else. ”

Lu Jingchu said: "Zhongcheng is worried, we use this incident to impeach Captain Di?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I am worried about this. However, more importantly, I am afraid that you will use this incident to impeach the frontline deployment. Nearly 300,000 troops have been slowly unfolded, and their complexity is not something that can be imagined in the rear. Now the military uses guns and ammunition storage, distribution, and transportation are all major events, but they are not comparable to those in the past. For the front-line soldiers, when they encountered it for the first time, panic was inevitable. If the courtiers attack each other again, who knows what will happen! What can be said and what cannot be discussed, the officials in the rear should know in their hearts! ”

Not to mention the imperial officials, even the officials of the Privy Council, who do not have a deep understanding of the current war. Even many generals on the front line do not know how the current war is fought. Something happened, and the rear officials only commented on the matter, and they must not be involved too much.

Du Zhongxiao called his subordinate officials and made it clear, but in fact, he was still not at ease with Di Qing on the front line. It was an accident that some party prisoners of war rebelled, and it was unusual for the generals of the counterinsurgency to be killed in battle. It shows that there are actually many problems in Di Qing's army now. One is that the generals are lax, and the other is that the generals are not qualified. If nothing else, there are many problems such as disobeying the current military system and plundering people's property. How to deal with it depends on what Di Qing does.

If the rear officials are involved too much, it may make Di Qing tied up and cause more chaos. Since Di Qing was used, the imperial court should believe him and not speculate too much. felt that Di Qing was unavailable, so he replaced him as soon as possible, and he was most afraid of hesitation in the war.

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