"This is indeed driving out the wolf and welcoming the tiger!" Chen Xiliang said with a shudder: "The lesson of the Tang Dynasty borrowing troops from Tubo is still fresh in our minds. If they are not of our kind, they will surely harm our people!"

  "How ridiculous is Yu Wuxi, with such a big name, yet so muddle-headed. Hmm, I have already strictly ordered Yu Jing that when the people of Jiaozhi set foot in our borders, it will be the day their heads fall to the ground!" Di Qing said proudly: "The affairs of Great Song are not something that vassal barbarians have the qualifications to interfere with!"

  "Right!" Chen Ke couldn't help but applaud and praise: "Those monkeys don't even have the qualification to know!"

  "Haha!" Di Qing burst out laughing and said, "Well said!" He stood up tall and walked to the commander's desk, picked up an appointment letter, and looked at Chen Xiliang: "I want to appoint Chen Dalin as the military advisor, would you be willing to take the position?" The so-called military advisor was not a formal official position. When the commander established his headquarters, he set up this position, and when the troops returned to the capital, the position was abolished.

  But in the future, when the teacher returns to China, it will be a capital for discussing merits and rewards.

  Di Qing's good intentions, Chen Xiliang had no idea, but he was very honest and said: "I don't understand the military strategy at all, I'm afraid of making a mistake in the Marshal's big affair."

  "It's okay if you don't understand, you can learn slowly." Di Qing didn't expect him to do anything either, and smiled: "Although the martial artists of my Great Song Dynasty have no status, literati who know military affairs will have a much stronger career path than others..." This is natural. Not to mention the past, even the current Prime Minister Pang Ji and the Chief Military Officer Han Gui were both commanders in the northwest.

  "In the future, I will ask General Yuan to instruct me more." Thus, Chen Xilong gladly accepted the order.

  Di Qing looked at Chen Ke and said: "You want to beat Yu Wu Xi, I support you, but his reputation is too big, if things go wrong, it will damage your reputation."

  "This is what I'm best at." Chen Ke smiled and said: "I'll definitely make him speechless."

  "That's good, you go tell your father." Di Qing smiled and said: "As long as he agrees, I'll let you follow the army southward."

  "Yes." Chen Ke and his son stood up and bid farewell.

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  Chen Xiliang couldn't sleep at night and saw Chen Ke hadn't slept either: "What's wrong?"

  "It's stifling." Chen Ke said in a low voice.

  "Me too." Chen Xiliang nodded and gazed at the dark canopy above.

  "Magistrate Ren is indeed kind and generous, his reputation is well-deserved. However, I dare not agree with what he said."

  Equal communication between father and son has been going on for many years.

  "Hmm." Chen Xiliang said in a low voice: "The Song Dynasty's problem is that the officials see it more clearly than we do, but they are afraid of making it worse and have been tolerating it all along. In this way, it is indeed possible to avoid major chaos, but redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses will inevitably increase, and sooner or later there will be a day when things can't be muddled through."

  "I've heard that when a country encounters systemic problems, three situations can occur." Chen Xiao said in a low voice: "One is that the reforming country will get rid of its predicament and walk on a wide road, such as the commercialization of law or Zhao Wu's reforms. One is to try to alleviate it, delaying the outbreak of contradictions, which can prolong the life of the country; one is to blindly tinker, making more problems with each reform, until it ultimately destroys itself."

  "These three situations, the first one is naturally the best. But unfortunately, the larger the country, the more complex the structure, the harder it is to cure the disease with medicine." Chen Ke continued: "So since the Qin Dynasty, there has been no successful reform."

  "Hmm. Now it seems that those so-called successful reforms are nothing more than the second kind." Chen Xiliang nodded and said, "But that's still better than the third kind."

  "This is exactly the psychology of the officials." Chen Ke said, "He also tried the first one, otherwise there would be no Qingli New Deal. But the new deal was too disappointing for him, and if he continued, only the third result could appear, so he stopped decisively and then firmly took the second route without wavering... The handling of this incident, as well as previous ones on several issues, is not a manifestation of this attitude."

  "Well said! As a father, I feel relieved." Chen Xiliang nodded and said: "The officials are not unwilling to change, but they don't have a good strategy, so they'd rather not change."

  “……” Chen Ke was speechless, thinking to himself, this guy is indeed a loyal and enthusiastic subject. But anyway, he felt relieved in his heart... The rise and fall of the dynasty, that's the emperor's and officials' business, what does it have to do with me, a small commoner? Why should I worry about it? After beating Yu Wenxiu, he went to Ouyang Xiu's place to polish himself, and traveling around would be easy... Who knows, maybe even visiting brothels wouldn't cost money... Speaking of brothels, he thought that he was almost 18, according to traditional Chinese medicine, his essence had solidified, and he could start... Hehehe, should he use his first time to save the fallen women of the Song Dynasty? This is indeed a problem...

  All sorts of distracting thoughts flooded out, instantly washing away that one strand of concern for the country and its people to Java.

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  Guangnan West Road Binzhou City is only a hundred miles away from Bozhou, the old nest of Nong Zhigao.

  Now the place has been re-occupied by the Song army and a victory report was sent to the capital. However, in fact, it was Nong Zhigao's army that had enough of fighting on both sides of Guangnan and retreated back to Bozhou for rest after hearing that the famous General Mi Nuojie led the elite troops of the Song army to arrive, allowing the Southern Army to take advantage of the situation to recover a large area of lost land.

  although

  Although the number of enemy kills on the merit book is still zero, the civil and military officials in Bin's camp do not think that the current situation is a voluntary contraction of Nong Zhigao, but rather call it a major victory for their side, and are celebrating wildly.

  The highest officer in the camp, Yu Jingyu Wenshuai, rarely put down his airs and enjoyed himself with the other generals. But that unpredictable expression of his revealed the gloominess in his heart at this moment...

  The court did not relieve him of his duties as the pacification commissioner for Hunan and Guangdong, but instead sent another fully empowered commander, Di Quan, and explicitly ordered officials in the south that all major military and administrative matters would be decided by Commander Di alone. What position does this put him, the civil commander, in?

  The handsome chair under her butt, Yu Jing felt like there were thorns.

  The Great Song Dynasty has been ruling with civil power and military might for nearly a hundred years, how did it come to this when it reached my generation? Yu Jing felt deeply ashamed.

  What further fueled his anger were the two stern military orders issued by Di Qing: one was to immediately stop the people of Jiaozhi from entering the border, otherwise he would be subject to military law; the other was that the commander-in-chief was not allowed to go into battle, otherwise he would be subject to military law.

  What is meant by military law disposal is beheading! "Updated fastest on August 1st Chinese."

  You're a good-for-nothing scoundrel, but just a petty thief and a soldier's follower, yet you dare to be so insolent!

  You don't know that the great Song Dynasty doesn't kill scholars and officials? Now it's your turn to see how you can kill me, a famous remonstrator of the fourth year of Qingli!

  "The great achievement of pacifying the south should be mine, why give it to you, a treacherous and incompetent general? The intense anger and jealousy had completely clouded Yu Jing's mind. At the banquet, he looked at Chen Shu, the commander-in-chief of the Lingnan army, and raised his cup saying: 'From the time the bandits started their rebellion until now, General Chen has been fighting for a hundred days already, right?'"

  "Awesome, it's been almost four months."

  "How was your achievement?"

  Chen Shu smiled slightly and said: "In the past four months, I have led my army to fight in Guangdong and Guangxi, recovering thirteen states. Now only Bazhou is left unconquered!"

  "What a pity! The credit for the achievements of Ping and Guang will still be snatched away by others." The sharp tongue of the four famous remonstrators of Qingli indeed lives up to its reputation.

  But as soon as Chen Shu saw him, his face changed... Before Yu Jing arrived, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the rebellion, because he had successfully lifted the siege of Guangzhou and Nong Zhigao quickly withdrew from Guangdong. Not only did he not lose his official position, but he also took on the concurrent post of military governor of West Guangnan, becoming the number one man in the Lingnan army. It's strange to say that when he slowly led the Guang troops into Gui, Nong Zhigao began to retreat in big strides, and finally the whole army retreated to Yongzhou City, with people around him starting to flatter him as a "famous general of the current era".

  This general has never fought a real battle yet.

  In the midst of everyone's flattery, Chen Shu also felt a bit bewildered... He believed that as long as he captured Pazhou and recovered the two Guangs, the merit would surely fall to him. Although Di Qing was famous for his military exploits, he didn't have such great achievements to boast about. Whoever took down Bohai State would be the number one person in the Great Song army.

  Thinking of Di Qing's unparalleled honor, Chen Shu was consumed by jealousy and sighed heavily: "Others are the great marshal, openly using their power to suppress me, what can I do?"

  "His vanguard has just arrived at Guilin, you can still make it if you go into battle now." Yu Jing said faintly.

  "Go to battle..." Chen Shu's heart skipped a beat, it wasn't that he didn't have such thoughts, but he was afraid of the strict military law and had been suppressing them. Now hearing Yu Wenshuai give the order, his desire for merit surged out of control.

  Chen Shu's mind was racing, Yu Wenxun's orders were also military orders, what else did he have to worry about? As long as they won this battle and recovered the two Guangs, he would become a national hero, and Di Qing wouldn't dare to touch him.

  Even if we can't win, it's not a big deal. Since Taizong ascended to the throne, how many years has it been since anyone was punished by military law? Besides, at that time, there will still be Lord Yu's command to rely on. Di Qing is just a martial artist, how dare he defy this super civil official?

  After careful consideration, Chen Shu felt that this plan was feasible. With the strategy in place, there was no time to delay, and two days later, he assembled his troops, bringing all the capable shrimp soldiers and crab generals, gathering a total of 500,000 soldiers, known as the "15 Million Strong" army, to launch a full-scale attack.

  As a result, they didn't even see the city of Yongzhou, and were killed by Nianzhi Gao until their buttocks rolled and urine flowed, leading the defeated soldiers to escape back to Binzhou.

  Two days later, Di Qing's army also arrived in Pennsylvania after a long march.

  Before entering the city, Di Qing had already learned of the army's unauthorized battle and their crushing defeat. His expression was cold and stern, without a hint of anger, but his large hand grasped the hilt of his sword.

  At the city gate, the civil and military officials who came to welcome him waited and waited until they received his order: "The commander-in-chief has set up camp, all civil and military officials, go to the large camp outside the city to meet him!"

  Chen Shu was already nervous and now even more timid, looking at Yu Jing said: "General Wen..."

  "Is this a dragon's lair or a tiger's den?" Yu Jing coldly smiled and said: "What is there to fear? I, the old man, am here for everything!"

  Division line

  Two more episodes left.

  I didn't spread rumors about Yu Wenshuai, what he did was all historically verified facts.