Chapter 2492: Helpless choice
"If you come, send troops to the border immediately." His Majesty the Emperor ordered.
When you are angry, you still have to make a decision, and because of Li Yuangu’s death, the position of the Minister of War is vacant. His Majesty has not appointed a new Minister of War, but he has not appointed him. He "concurrently" and directly issued orders to those generals.
His Majesty also knew in his heart that there were many people staring at the position of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and those generals who were staring at this position were supported by more or less family members. His Majesty knew this, so, He has been dragging on this matter. The great clans of the Dalu dynasty have been entangled in their roots and have great influence. He doesn't want those people to put their hands in the army anymore.
The previous Li Yuangu did not have a family background. His Majesty also trusted him very much before, but, however, he was a waste and limited ability.
His Majesty the Emperor at this time did not know that the pass had been beaten down by the rebel forces and changed hands. He did not expect that a border city would be beaten down so quickly. In his opinion, Even where there is a shortage of major generals and the city’s defenses are broken, there is still an army there, and some of the city defenses can also be used. In addition, they are facing rebel forces with low combat effectiveness, not elite winds. An unparalleled army, so there should be no problem holding it for a period of time.
Even, His Majesty the Emperor is still planning to take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out the rebel forces in one fell swoop. He was originally going to set out to wipe out the strength of these rebel forces. Now, those people gathered together, just giving him this opportunity, as long as The defenders in the city persisted for a period of time. When the reinforcements arrived, they should join in and out, and attack from both sides, and the rebels could be wiped out in one fell swoop.
If you think about it this way, the emperor's majesty feels a little more comfortable. These rebel forces, he didn't care about them, but they make trouble again and again, and he will regard them as a top priority.
However, the emperor obviously does not know that the people of the rebel forces have already beaten down the pass at this time. The original defending general has abandoned the city and fled, and no one can cooperate with his reinforcements. .
His Majesty looked at Wu Yan and said: "Wu Shangshu, you have always been responsible for the suppression of the rebels. After so long, why are they still so arrogant, and they are already thinking about attacking the city? , Do you want to see if they hit the imperial capital and drove me from this position?"
Although Wu Yan is already a minister who has the ability and can help himself to share the pressure, but his majesty does not mind, taking this opportunity to beat him, after all, the Wu family is also a family member, or The relatives and relatives of the emperor had a great influence in the imperial capital and even the entire Dalu dynasty. Although the emperor trusted Wu Yan, he also did not want the Wu family to be too powerful and affect the imperial family.
Appropriate beating is still necessary. Moreover, Wu Yan has always been in charge of this matter. Now that the rebel forces are so arrogant, it is obvious that Wu Yan is taking a disadvantage to suppress the bandits. His Majesty said that he was not wronged. .
"The minister is guilty." Wu Yan quickly knelt down with a panic expression, and said: "Weichen has been committed to this matter since he took this task. However, these rebels have been formed over time, with deep roots and, moreover, cunning. Duty, the Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit, it is really difficult to deal with, but please rest assured, your majesty, the minister has figured out their movements and mastered their strength, and they will be wiped out in a few days."
Wu Yan’s words are true and false. Since taking on the task of destroying the rebels, he is indeed very caring. Before, when Li Yuangu was still there, Wu Yan wanted to extend his hand into the military system. It was only discovered by Li Yuangu, and he used the necessary trust to get rid of some of his own forces, which reduced Wu Yan's influence in the army a lot.
However, now Li Yuangu is dead, and, most importantly, there is no candidate for Shangshu in the Ministry of War. This is Wu Yan's opportunity. At this moment, he received the task of destroying the rebels. How could he be willing to miss it? He is now the actual "acting book of the Ministry of War", and he is also taking advantage of this opportunity to constantly lay hands in the army. After all, this task is ordered by the emperor, and others dare not complain. Moreover, there has not been a restriction from the Ministry of War Shangshu, and it is more convenient for Wu Yan'an to intervene.
However, Wu Yan also knew that the matter of destroying the rebels was an important matter at the moment of the imperial court. If he couldn't do it, he would be replaced by His Majesty at any time. In that case, if he intervened in the army, he wouldn't be so. It's convenient, and if there are new candidates to take charge of this matter, even those people he has placed before will be eliminated, which is obviously not what he wants to see.
At the same time, if the new candidates perform well, they may even be promoted to the Ministry of Warlord. This is not the result Wu Yan wants. Therefore, he is quite concerned about the suppression of the rebels, and just wants to do it. Produce some results to let His Majesty know that not only can he write, but he can also manage the "wu" aspect. If there are military matters in the future, he will have a great say.
However, there is some water in Wu Yan’s words just now, that is, he has not achieved much in eliminating the rebels, and has not yet figured out the true strength of those rebels, only when he really starts. When he was in charge of this matter, he realized that Li Yuangu had been embarrassed before.
At present, the local army has already had a very serious situation of eating empty pay. Moreover, the army lacks training. It is okay to let them defend the city. It is really difficult to get them to take the initiative to attack, and there is nothing too much. The big effect, several times he tried to attack the rebel forces, but returned without success.
However, in this situation, it is really difficult for Wu Yan to tell His Majesty the emperor for a while, because Li Yuangu had reacted to this situation before. At that time, Wu Yan stood on the opposite side of Li Yuangu and refuted Li Yuangu’s statement, saying that he was shirking responsibility. , If you tell His Majesty the Emperor, what Li Yuangu said before is true, what would your Majesty the Emperor think of himself?
Therefore, Wu Yan did not dare to tell the truth to His Majesty the Emperor, and could only slowly figure out a way to find opportunities to destroy the rebel forces.
"Find out their movements? Now that they are all assembled at the border, do they still need to find out their movements? They have blatantly begun to attack our city." His Majesty said.
"Weichen is guilty."
"Okay, don't be guilty, you are guilty, I know, you are a civil official, responsible for this kind of military commander, a little powerless, if you feel embarrassed, I can change." His Majesty said.
"Your Majesty, please give the Weichen one more chance. The Weichen will definitely wipe out all the rebel forces this time." Wu Yan said quickly, really afraid of what will come. His Majesty actually has the idea of replacing him. This makes Wu Yan. I'm a little nervous, if I haven't been in charge of this matter before, it's fine. The key is that he is already in charge of this matter. Now let him let it go, he can't bear it.
Moreover, if it is replaced now, it will leave an unfavorable impression on His Majesty the emperor, which will not benefit him even more.
"Well, I will believe you again, I hope you don't let me down." His Majesty said.
The emperor’s majesty has no way, because in the entire court, he trusts, and there are not many capable people. Before some capable generals, they also followed Li Yuangu to the border before, and the result was Few have returned.
Moreover, for so many years, the army has been unable to defeat Feng Jueguo. This also made His Majesty the emperor lose confidence in the generals of the army. He wants to re-train new generals to prepare for the future war of Feng Jueguo. However, It takes time for new generals to grow up. If you let them come out to be alone now, that would be harming them, not helping them.
Therefore, at this time, there are not many people who can rely on His Majesty the Emperor. Wu Yan is one of them. He wants to continue to let Wu Yan take the lead in this matter. Then, the generals he wants to train will remain under his hand, while With the opportunity to suppress the rebels, take good exercises and let them grow as soon as possible.
"Thank you for your majesty's trust, the minister will definitely live up to your majesty's entrustment, and will destroy all the rebels." Wu Yan said.
His Majesty the Emperor nodded and stopped talking.
On the other side, outside the pass, the family-sending team is slowly advancing. They don’t know what happened behind them, and they don’t know that the pass has changed hands, and they don’t know that the rebel forces are about to catch up. .
At this time, the atmosphere in the whole team of sending off the relatives is relatively relaxed. After all, the army of the Great Lu Dynasty and the Feng Jue Country have joined together. Outside this pass, it is also a powerful force. With me, there are occasional horse thieves coming and going outside the pass, but , As long as the horse thieves' brains are not broken, they will never come to provoke them, otherwise, it will definitely be a dead end.
The happiest thing is those businessmen who follow the team. They are safe and can do business occasionally, especially those who sell food, and they make a lot of money along the way. The soldiers from the Feng Jueguo and the Great Lu Dynasty in the sent-off party had more or less money in their hands. The dry food they ate when they were on the way was naturally not as delicious as the food in the hands of the merchants. Therefore, along the way , People continue to buy food from the merchants, so that those who sell food, make a lot of money, and also make other merchants jealous, regretting how they didn't think of this situation.
