After sending someone to arrange Jin Jingxin, Li Baozhen said to Liu Donglin: "It seems that it was really said by Lord Liu, in the past few years, my fishermen in the East China Sea have been attacked by the ships of the Silla Navy Division caused by the Silla State ** dispute, some people want to use the hands of our dynasty to eradicate the opponent, or as Jin Jingxin said, it is the Queen Mother and the aristocratic party who want to expand their power to the north, and they are worried that our dynasty is strong, so they send sailor ships to attack our fishermen, in order to test the reaction of our dynasty, if my dynasty has not reacted, it means that our dynasty is too busy to take care of itself, If it is unable to manage the Silla Kingdom, it can encroach on the land north of the Wangseong River little by little, and it is also possible that this matter was secretly instructed by Kim Ganyun, the lord of the Silla Kingdom, to blame the opponent and eradicate the opponent with the hand of our court! ”

Liu Donglin nodded and said: "Yes, there are both possibilities, and there are other possibilities, which is not what we can know now!" ”

Li Baozhen looked at Han Zheng, the prison guard, and asked, "Lord Han, what do you think should be done about this matter?" Which is more likely? ”

Han Zheng came back to his senses and asked, "No matter what the possibility is, does it matter to us?" Whatever the possibility, we have to count this matter on the head of the entire Silla Kingdom! Of course, this should not be heard by the people of Silla! ”

Liu Donglin asked: "The marshal, the lord of the prison army, do you want to report the matter of Jin Jingxin's secret envoy to the Black Bone City to the imperial court?" After all, this is a foreign matter, if we make decisions without authorization, we are only afraid that we will be suspected of overstepping our authority, and if we are caught by someone and pull the pigtails in the future, it will not be beautiful! ”

Li Baozhen is really the commander, but he is only in charge of the matter of commanding the army to fight, and the supervising army is generally responsible for such political and diplomatic matters, he looked at Han Zheng and asked, "Lord Han, what do you see?" ”

Han Zheng thought for a while and said, "This official thinks that he can put this matter down for the time being, and report to the imperial court after the battle situation is clear." During this period, we told Jin Jingxin that we had sent someone to Chang'an to report to the imperial court, and asked him to cooperate with us in attacking the pass cities in various parts of Silla first! There are two reasons why I am not in favor of sending someone to report to the imperial court now: first, since the regent issued the decree to start a war with Silla, it is no longer important what caused this matter, what is important is that we must defeat Silla, as the saying goes, there is no turning back, which is the ultimate goal of our army to attack Silla; Second, Li Dashuai, you just said that we can launch an attack on Silla in half a month, and from now on send someone to report to Chang'an, and Chang'an will have to report to the Beijing News, and it will take at least three months for the regent's new will to come down, and it will be December at that time, and the soldiers will have already lost their morale, so what kind of battle are they fighting? Go home directly to hug the child and warm the quilt with the mother-in-law! ”

There is a strict hierarchy in the army, and the generals below cannot casually interrupt the conversation between the commander and the supervising army when they are not questioned, and Gao Chongwen, Hun Ying and other generals can only stand motionless, pricking up their ears to listen, and they dare not interject casually.

Li Baozhen touched his long beard, thought for a moment and asked: "If Jin Jingxin didn't come, of course we would attack as scheduled in half a month, but the key is that Jin Jingxin came, as a secret envoy of the lord of Silla, this is different, if we don't report this matter to the imperial court, we attack without authorization, in case the imperial court investigates it afterwards, my Li Baozhen's neck is not hard enough, and I will lose my head if I am cut by a knife!" Otherwise, let's send someone to report to the imperial court, but we won't delay launching an attack as scheduled, what do you think, Lord Han? ”

Han Zheng's face was a little unsightly, "Li Dashuai, this official doesn't look like a person who likes to drag mud and water in his work, why are you such a mother-in-law today?" If, according to your wishes, we immediately send someone to report to Chang'an, and the attack is launched as scheduled, what if the war goes smoothly and the good news continues, and the imperial court suddenly comes with an edict to let us withdraw our troops? Isn't this battle fought in vain? I mean that when the battle situation is clear and we have won a decisive victory, we will send someone to report to the Imperial Court, and even if the Imperial Court issues an edict to withdraw our troops, we will have enough time to completely conquer the whole territory of Silla! ”

Li Baozhen suddenly laughed: "Hahaha······"

"Lord Han, you like your style of doing things, so do what you want! Tomorrow, you will go to Jin Jingxin and say that you have sent someone to Chang'an to report, let him cooperate with our attack first, this marshal needs the troops of Silla in various places, and when my Celestial Dynasty army attacks the city of Jincheng (the capital of Silla State), Ben Shuai will naturally make a proposal to the imperial court, let Jin Ganyun continue to be the lord of the country, and let him take back his authority! ”

Han Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, this matter should be handled by the official!" By the way, this official still has some things to deal with, so go ahead! ”

"Master Han, go slowly!"

After Han Zheng left, Li Baozhen said to the generals: "After the military reform a few years ago, although the imperial court limited the power of our warriors, it also reduced the responsibility, just like this incident just now, in case someone was stabbed to the imperial court a day later, the imperial court will be held accountable, and the first unlucky person is not Ben Shuai, but he Han Zheng!" That's fine, we just have to lead the army to fight, we will fight if we are allowed to fight from above, and if we are not allowed to fight from above, we will not fight, and we don't have to fight with those sour and rotten literati in the imperial court! ”

The young Gao Chongwen stood up and hugged his fists and said: "O big marshal, those civilian officials in the DPRK and China don't know anything about military affairs at all, how do they know that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly?" Everything they know about military affairs is just talk on paper, and it is useless at all, and if they really want to let them decide on military affairs, they are afraid that they will make a mess! Just like this time, if you send someone to report to the imperial court according to what the marshal said just now, and when you get a specific reply, the daylily is already cold, and the fighter plane has been lost at that time, and the strong attack will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the retreat of the army will be in vain, and there is a suspicion of labor and loss of money! Didn't the handsome also appreciate Lord Han's approach? Let's fight first, and then report to the court when the situation is clear, as for what the court does, it's not up to us! ”

Li Baozhen was stunned, and was quite impressed by Gao Chongwen, but sighed: "That's what I said, but generals, don't forget how General Lai Yao died back then!" The dog eunuch slandered in front of the emperor that General Yao had lived in Xiangyang for a long time, and the military power was too heavy, and there were signs of mercenary self-respect, so the emperor listened to the slander and ordered to transfer General Yao to the capital to face the saint, General Lai Yao was afraid of being framed by traitors, and did not leave Xiangyang for a long time, until the emperor issued an edict again, he reluctantly went to the capital to face the saint, and finally what was the result of General Yao? It is not so much that General Yao died from the slander of traitorous ministers, but that he died from his own indecision, and he did not obey the emperor's decree in the face of it! Generals, what the emperor and the imperial court dislike the most is that the general is not resolute in the implementation of the will of the imperial court, and the general who dislikes the general deliberately concealing, prevaricating and delaying many things, and acting without a will is the most intolerable thing for the king and the imperial court! In addition, once Chang'an has a will, it must be implemented without hesitation, any hesitation may lead to annihilation! ”

"However, what we are now implementing is not the emperor's will, but the regent's will, which is different, the regent has clearly stipulated that if the army encounters some circumstances, before there is no new will, it can be carried out according to the previous will, or it can be decided according to the current situation, as long as it is beneficial to the court and the war, there is no need to stick to rigid rules! This is also the reason why I agree with Han Zheng's opinion, judging from the current situation, it is in the best interests of our dynasty to stabilize Jin Jingxin first and report to the imperial court when the war situation is clear. Wise regent, what king in the past and present has had the courage to let go and let the generals in front of him decide? ”

Hun Xuan clenched his fists and said: "Actually, this is not surprising, the regent is a military general, and he knows that the situation on the battlefield is changing too quickly, if everything has to be clearly ordered by the imperial court, he will lose a lot of fighters, and it is the most correct choice to let the generals of the army decide one after another." The reason why the kings of the previous dynasties did not give up their power was because they were worried that the generals would no longer obey the dispatch of the imperial court, and some kings obviously did not have the ability to lead the army to fight, but they liked to meddle in the front war, so as to show their authority and satisfy their vanity! ”

"Ahem!" Li Baozhen waved his hand and said: "What I said in the front is still like that, and the more I say it later, the more I say it, the more I don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense in the future, do you want to make trouble for yourself?" Okay, let's disperse, hurry up and practice these days, and when the specific start date is set, the commander will notify you to wait, and then let the soldiers have a good rest! ”

"Yes!"

The next day, Han Zheng, the supervising army, accompanied by Liu Donglin, who had joined the army, came to Jin Jingxin's residence. ”

Liu Donglin raised his hand and said: "Lord Jin doesn't have to be polite, this official is Li Dashuai's record to join the army, this is the supervisor Han Zheng Han, don't snub Han Daren, in some things, Han Dashuai has more right to speak than Li Dashuai!" For example, Lord Jin came to our court to plead guilty on behalf of the lord of your country, Jin Ganyun, Lord Han will be more effective than Li Dashuai when he speaks! ”

"Huh?" Jin Jingxin was taken aback, and hurriedly saluted Han Zheng again, "Xia Guan really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, it turns out that Lord Han is in person, please forgive me, forgive my sins!" ”

Han Zheng smiled and helped Jin Jingxin up, and said with a smile: "You're welcome, let's sit down and talk!" ”

"Yes, yes, please, please!"

Jin Jingxin hurriedly greeted his entourage and brought tea to Han Zheng and Liu Donglin.

Han Zheng asked, "Is Lord Jin too used to living here?" ”

Jin Jingxin hurriedly said: "Habit, get used to it!" The tired adults are worried, and the lower officials are grateful! ”

Han Zheng didn't drink tea either, and asked, "Lord Jin, this official wants to ask, does the lord of your country want to pro-government and regain power?" ”

When Jin Jingxin heard this, his face flushed a little, and he hurriedly said: "Over the years, the government and government of my country have been controlled by the queen mother's party, which has made the government sluggish and the government and the opposition in a miasma. Now that the Heavenly Soldiers have arrived, my king hopes that the Heavenly Empire can help my prince to conquer and reclaim his authority! ”