In the Privy Council, Du Zhongxiao is on duty. took the report from Di Qing from the front line, and couldn't help frowning when he read it. Since passing through Youzhou, there have suddenly been a few more things about the party's surrender and rebellion, and without exception, they have all been quickly suppressed.

The earliest was Longzhou Jiao's suppression of the troops, killing countless people, and killing more than 3,000 people in a small Longzhou city. Then Niu Xinting, Dejing Town, An Qingze and other places, almost the same script was used.

Putting down the report, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help frowning. These things can be seen at a glance as unusual. Since the city of Lingzhou was broken, the party has gone away, which everyone can see. In order to end the war as soon as possible, the imperial court gave the party a lot of treatment for the surrender of troops, and at this time, the surrender of troops was chaotic, no matter how you look at it, it feels unreasonable. It is unreasonable to surrender troops and make chaos, why is it still happening in a concentrated manner?

Du Zhongxiao put the official document on the desk and shook his head. Among these chaotic things, there is no such thing as the forbidden army killing good and risking merits, which one will believe it? When a large army fights, it is these things that are most feared. When the country was first established, Wang Quanbin conquered Shu, and because of the killing and plundering, he finally provoked a large-scale rebellion of the troops, causing endless incidents.

In the past, the forbidden army used money to recruit soldiers, and used money to reward military merits, and the first-level military merits could be exchanged for money. After the whole training, the factor of money was diluted, and the salary of officers was increased, and non-commissioned officers could be discharged after five years, and the money paid according to military merit was different when they were discharged. Now fighting, there is no allocation of money, and after victory, it will not be rewarded immediately according to military merits, unlike before, many of the old forbidden army are not adaptable. When attacking Lingzhou, because the battle was unfavorable, and Di Qing was in charge himself, there were no such things. After breaking through Lingzhou, everything went well, and there were many troops, so I couldn't watch it.

After thinking about it again and again, Du Zhongxiao shook his head and wrote a notebook, asking Di Qing to pay extra attention to military discipline. For the party's surrender of troops, killing and surrendering is ominous, we must treat it kindly, and wait for the unified arrangement of the imperial court. As for other things, I really can't say anything. This is not a problem of a certain general, but a problem with the entire army system, which cannot be solved by changing a certain general. Moreover, in wartime, it is most taboo to change generals in battle, and can only wait for post-war processing.

Sending people to the front line, Du Zhongxiao always felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a while, he got up and went to the official hall of the privy envoy Jia Changchao and showed him the official documents. Said: "Tai Lieutenant, the battle in Hengshan is going well, and what I am most afraid of is that the military discipline is not strict, and the killing, poaching, looting and leading to rebellion will occur." Suddenly, there were so many things about surrendering troops and rebelling, which was unusual, and it still had to be discussed. ”

Jia Changchao read the official document and said: "Di Qing's army is progressing too fast, and there is nothing to surrender the army and then to rebel. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Tai Lieutenant, sooner rather than later, late and late, after passing Youzhou, the troops were divided, and suddenly there were so many rebel things, how could it be?" This matter is not small, and we still have to discuss it in detail and find a way to come out. ”

Jia Changchao nodded: "Since this is the case, you can summon the other envoys and deputies to come over and discuss this matter in detail." ”

After a while, the privy deputy Tian Guo and the deputy envoy Cheng Hu came over and sat down as the guests.

Jia Changchao said: "Di Qing's message, in the past few days, the party in Longzhou and other places has surrendered troops and rebelled, and they have been suppressed by the army. There are countless walled cities in Hengshan, and it is common for them to appear in the rebellion. However, Deputy Envoy Du thought that there might be soldiers who took advantage of the strength of the army to loot the people's property. This is also a possible thing, so as to find a few people to discuss this matter and end the party war as soon as possible. ”

Tian Guo read the official document, handed it to Cheng Huan on the side, and said: "In such a short period of time, there have been many sudden rebellions, but I am afraid that things are really unusual." Now it is impossible to send people to the front line to investigate, but it is still necessary to inform Di Qing and strictly restrain his subordinates. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I have gone to Zazi and asked Di Qingjun to be strict." However, Hengshan is different from the previous attack on Lingzhou, and the walled cities of the party are distributed in the mountains, which are far away, so they can only divide the troops. The army occupied a walled city, and if the generals were not strict and deliberately indulged, it was not uncommon for the soldiers to loot. ”

Cheng Jian said: "When I attacked Lingzhou before, it was all good, and there was no mistake. Now that there is no big city in the party, it is said that this kind of thing will not happen again. However, Hengshan is the place where the party started, and it is densely populated, so it is difficult to say what happened. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The terrain of Hengshan is broken, the road is difficult, and most of them are party members. After occupying it, it was not easy for the court to govern. If the killing is too heavy now, it will only be difficult to do in the future. Now Di Qing is based in Xiazhou and is heading to Yinzhou, which is the place where the party started and is densely populated. If the rear is too heavy, the party members will inevitably refuse to surrender, and there will be trouble in the rear. ”

Jia Changchao said: "The soldiers and horses of Linyan Road in the Xia'an period are not far from Yinzhou, and they will attack Yinzhou together when they wait for Di Qing to break Shizhou." Under the two-way attack, it is difficult for the party members to turn over. The trivial matters on the front line are entrusted to Di Qing, and there is no need to interfere too much. ”

Tian Guo pondered for a while and said, "We can't restrain Di Qing, how can Di Qing restrain his subordinates?" Deputy Envoy Du's suspicions are very reasonable, if there are too many kills and pokes now, it will be difficult to cure Hengshan in the future. ”

Jia Changchao said: "Then what should I do?" The front line is fighting, and they are most afraid of suspicion in the rear, which makes them afraid and at a loss. ”

Cheng Jian said: "Yes, you can't make the front-line soldiers uneasy just because of suspicion. Otherwise, how will this battle be fought? ”

Tian Guo nodded: "It also makes sense." We don't care about this matter, and it will be unfavorable in the future. If it is managed, I am afraid that Di Qing will be constrained, and it will be a little difficult to do. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is only one place left in Hengshan for the party, and the rest of the two states of Xingling have not sent officials to go, but the garrison is temporarily managed." It's better to send officials now and let them supervise Di Qing's department, so as not to cause trouble. ”

Jia Changchao shook his head: "The war is not over yet, naturally everything is mainly based on combat, how can you send officials to restrain them!" I think this matter is like this, give Di Qing an official letter, let him restrain his subordinates, and there must be no more killings. ”

Cheng Jian nodded: "Now it can only be like this." When the army is outside, it is not easy to restrain it. It is strictly controlled, and I am afraid that the soldiers will make chaos. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "But we can't ignore it. If it is really a rebellion by the soldiers, and now there is an accident in several cities, the chaos is not small. I thought I might as well send an official to Hengshan to comfort the soldiers. Since the troops were dispatched in September last year, it has been five months now, and so many battles have been fought on the front line, and there has been no reward from the imperial court, which is very different from the previous battles. As a front-line general, a sergeant in the army, it is conceivable that he is dissatisfied in his heart. After comforting the army, at the same time restraining the whole army from corrupting military discipline can be regarded as a temporary measure. ”

Tian Guo nodded: "Okay, this will not lose face for both the front-line generals and the imperial court." Desperately spend some money, first let the soldiers on the front line feel at ease, don't think otherwise. No matter how it is handled, everything will wait until the party is destroyed. ”

Jia Changchao nodded: "It's okay to do this." A great victory in battle must indeed be rewarded in time. It took a long time to wait until the war was over to discuss military merits. It's just that how can the military exploits of counterinsurgency be counted these days? If you don't care, I'm afraid that the front-line soldiers will be suspicious. ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Since the merit is rewarded, it is naturally rewarded according to Di Qing's newspaper." He is the commander of the whole army, and the affairs of the army, of course, are subject to him. He said that it was meritorious in counterinsurgency, and of course it was meritorious in counterinsurgency. In the final analysis, we are only suspicious, and we cannot rely on our suspicions to take the power of the front-line manager. The officials who rewarded meritorious service only exhorted the army to observe military discipline and not to make trouble. ”

Jia Changchao listened, nodded and said, "That's the best." Let's do this first, no matter what, it's important to destroy the party! ”