Chapter 208

Princess Shouning was sad to learn that the Kongtong two old men had fought and died alone against the pursuit of the rebels. She found the bodies of the two men who died in the fierce battle and set up a monument for burial. The group of rebel cavalry, deeply afraid of being bitten by Zuo Shence, ran straight north, but they couldn't catch up.

Later, he informed Zhang Zhen and other senior leaders of the divine strategy army of all the Jianghu matters involved in the anti thief of Henan Dao.

It turned out that this refugee rebellion was also fueled by the devil's gate, and several large-scale rebels such as Wang Xianzhi, almost all of the senior generals are from the devil's gate, which is very likely to send assassins to assassinate the commander of the imperial court's imperial palace.

Wei Ran knew that the scholar he killed should and could be from the demon sect. What about these elite cavalry? Is it also trained by the magic door?

Bu Lanshan didn't know about it. Although there were cavalry among the rebels, most of them were formed after the surrender of the captured local forces. The combat effectiveness should not be as strong as Wei Ran described.

Knowing the name of Qixia sword sect, Li Chengye attached great importance to bu Lanshan's words and saw that the other party intended to join the Shence army, so he took the initiative to invite. Bu Lanshan didn't refuse again and again, so he agreed on the spot.

After the whole army returned to Luoyang, Princess Shouning repeatedly asked to join the next battle. Zhang Zhen refused to agree. As a result, an imperial edict from Chang'an cancelled Li Chengye's position as supervisor and was held by Princess Shouning.

Seeing that both Li Chengye and Zhang Zhen were stunned, how did you ever see the emperor's majesty make a woman serve as the supervisor of Zuo Shence? How could you convince the public?

Only when Princess Shouning knew her father's intention, she still wanted to take the opportunity to train her military ability to help her brother ascend the throne in the future. Presumably, this decision was opposed by many ministers. Even so, the father emperor forced the imperial edict down, which gave her great expectations.

After taking the post of supervisor, Princess Shouning selected 500 soldiers from the Imperial Army in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and followed Zuo Shence to fight against the enemy.

Zuo Shence army is a recruitment system, which is different from the government system in the early Tang Dynasty. It has its own special baggage army. It is necessary to recruit civilian men to carry grain with the army.

Zhang Zhen was ready to lead the army to rescue bianzhou City, which had been in emergency for many times. However, there were not many civilian men with the army, so he ordered Dongdu to stay and collect 10000 civilian men within ten days.

As a result, in the past three days, only some old, weak, sick and disabled people were recruited into the camp. Zhang Zhenqi was furious. After sending people to investigate, he found that the people who can be used as civilian husbands are basically in the gentry manor of the Daoists in Gyeonggi.

Fan Heng, who remained in the eastern capital, could not move these gentry. Naturally, he could only recruit some refugees without food and clothing from the local area.

Zhang Zhen has a mixed nature. He is an extension of imperial power and doesn't care about the wind evaluation of folk and township gentlemen. They immediately sent troops to attack the country manor to forcibly recruit husbands. After encountering resistance, they didn't do anything. They simply chose several big landlords as the head, came to copy the family and destroy the family, killed heads and bodies everywhere!

Under the butcher's knife, the literati who started writing dared not face each other. Only then did the recruitment of civilian husbands proceed smoothly. However, it triggered a chaotang earthquake in Chang'an. Most of these gentry families have officials in the court, so it is naturally impossible to swallow this tone.

Therefore, after the news was rushed to Chang'an by interested people, a hundred officials wrote a blood letter asking for an order to punish traitors and evil eunuchs and correct the code of discipline!

The emperor was also stunned by Zhang Zhen's bloody means, but he had been in power for decades and was deeply authoritarian. He didn't pay much attention to the noise of officials, and all the tips of impeachment were left behind.

As a strategist, he naturally knows the priorities of things and destroys several gentry families. It seems that public opinion is fierce, but in fact it has no impact on the general trend of the world. Although Zhang Zhen's actions are reckless, they greatly reduce some unnecessary obstacles to the suppression of anti thieves. Even if there is a small loss, hehe, who can't make mistakes?

Therefore, only a decree reprimanded Zhang Zhenxun and fined him, but it did not relieve him of his military power, just let him restrain and don't leave too much control.

After Zhang Zhen accepted the imperial edict, he was more polite to the gentry and lords on the surface, but in fact he was more domineering. He was even more brazen about the forced recruitment of civilian husbands.

Seeing this, Li Chengye looked on coldly and remained silent. When he returned to the camp at night, he said to Wei Ran and Li Guangsi: "Zhang Zhen was a eunuch, relying on the grace of the emperor, arrogant and domineering, and acted unscrupulously... However, it was beyond my reach."

Li Guangsi thought that his father could not bear to see what Zhang Zhen had done in recent days. He thought that Zhang zhenbi was the recruiting envoy of Henan Dao, commanding the whole army and controlling all local troops in Hedong Henan. He was very powerful, so he said: "father, this man is greedy and arrogant, has provoked public anger, and will be punished in the future. We see his defeat from our own point of view. There is no need to conflict with him."

Hearing what Li Guangsi said, Li Chengye was slightly disappointed, but his eyes looked at Wei Ran.

Wei Ran thought about it a little, but said with a smile, "although the eunuch's actions are tyrannical and cruel, it's just right for this time. The bandits in Henan Province plundered the countryside, raided cities and land, and cut off water transport, which has become a major problem in the world.

If we still tangle with local gentry, we delay the military aircraft and make the thieves sit up. Only by disregarding the slander of public opinion and cutting through the mess quickly can we get ready quickly and put down the rebellion as soon as possible.

If the father is a recruitment envoy, as a civil servant of his father, if he forcibly recruits the people's husband's food and grass, public opinion will be fierce, so that he can't get a foothold in officialdom. Even if he wins the battle, he will not come to a good end in the end. It is appropriate for eunuchs who rely on imperial power to do this. "

Li Chengye asked to smile. The adopted son's vision is indeed farther than Guangsi. It seems that Guangsi needs more training.

Li Guangsi looked at Wei Ran, looked down, looked cold and said without emotion, "brother, but he thought that eunuchs had done the right thing to kill the slaughterhouse, forcibly recruit civilian men and plunder food and grass?"

"Kindness is not in charge of soldiers."

Wei Ran said slowly, and his heart understood this sentence taught by Li Chengye more deeply.

In the eyes of strategists, there is only the victory or defeat of the war. In the face of the general situation of the world, most of the time, they can not take into account the moral feelings in the ordinary sense. They can only choose the best way under many conditions to achieve strategic objectives.

And making such a choice, sometimes it will appear very cold, inhuman, and even be judged as a disaster to the country and the people!

Without a patient heart and the most rational choice, the war will eventually fail, and the result may be a greater disaster.

Therefore, kindness is not in charge of soldiers.

These days, Zhang Zhen, who is not in charge of the army, has forcibly recruited many civilian men, all of whom are the hidden population in the gentry Wubao manor.

By the way, he also made some food and grass hidden in the manor. God knows how there would be so much food in these gentry manor fortresses in the drought years. Anyway, Zhang Zhen was reckless and waved his hand. The Shence army was like a wolf like a tiger and laughed at it all.

After collecting enough materials, Zhang Zhen closed the barracks. He couldn't hear any complaints. He sat alone in the barracks practicing martial arts.

He used to be the old man in the prince's hidden residence when the emperor was still the prince. The martial arts I learned at that time were very shallow and could only strengthen my body.

But one day, when he was cultivating his internal skills, he heard a subtle but tempting voice. After trying, he finally came into contact with the mysterious voice.