Historically, when the imperial court had doubts about a general who was leading troops abroad, he would send eunuchs or civilian officials to act as a check and to supervise the army. Because this person holds the title of imperial envoy, he often has great power in the army. Sometimes he can securely dominate the three armies and make many strategies and tactics based on him. As a result, the power of the commander is constantly deprived, and finally he is emptied out. There are many places.
And these supervisors often don't know much about military affairs, so when they intervene or even take full command, it is the beginning of the defeat of the official army. Sun Tu really didn't expect that he would face such a problem. This imperial envoy not only came to urge the use of troops against Liangshanbo, but also came to seize power in his own army. This suddenly made a gloomy look appear in his eyes.
The generals kneeling behind him looked even more gloomy. If the imperial envoy hadn't been there, they would have shouted and rebuked the imperial court for its chaos.
Seeing the generals who were quite arrogant before become like this, Zeng Kaiqian felt a sense of relief and a proud smile on his face. After a moment, he said: "Sun Dujian, you still haven't received the order yet." ? "
"Your Majesty, Sun Tu, accept the decree!" It was far from the time to break up with the court. Even if Sun Tu was dissatisfied at this moment, he could only hold back his anger. After a low voice, he stood up and took the hand from the other party. Taoist edict. After he quickly scanned the contents of the imperial edict and confirmed that it was correct, Zeng Kaigan smiled and said: "Sun Dujian, from now on you and I will be colleagues here. We can work together as one, watch and help each other, and serve His Majesty." , to share the worries of our Song Dynasty court."
Only then did Sun Tu regain his composure, and said with a laugh: "What Shilang Zeng said is that we should really work together. From now on, if you have any requests, just ask, as long as you can do it, Sun Tu will definitely not refuse."
"Haha, that's good. So, I really have three things here that I hope Sun Dujian can take care of as soon as possible." Zeng Kaigan is a master of following the trend and immediately expressed his thoughts: "The first thing is the important matter mentioned in the imperial edict about attacking the Liangshan bandits as soon as possible. Now there are many people in the court watching. I am already feeling the pressure in the future. I don't know when Sun Dujian thinks he can use troops against them. ah? "
"This... Your Majesty and the imperial court are far away in Bianjing, so they don't know our situation in Shandong. The soldiers under Xiaguan have fought many times in the past year and are already exhausted. That's why I don't dare to send troops rashly. Otherwise, I will be in trouble if I can't capture Liangshan." It's only the dignity of the court that counts." Fortunately, Sun Tu was also a master at finding ways to deal with the situation, and he was able to deal with it quite comfortably.
"This is somewhat incomprehensible to me. The soldiers I saw when I entered the barracks just now were all full of energy and murderous intent. How could they be a little tired?" Unexpectedly, he was waiting here. Sun is on his way.
Sun Tu secretly sighed in his heart. If he had known that he would use the topic to his advantage, he should not have given him power just now, but he still said: "The minister can only see a thousand people. They are the last elites in the army today, and other soldiers and horses are far behind." Yes, this is also to give the court a good impression."
Zeng Kaigan snorted noncommittally: "Even though what Sun Dujian said is reasonable, I still want to remind you that the court's patience is very limited. If the Liangshan bandits cannot be put down within half a year, none of us can afford it." What is this responsibility?"
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The two things are also His Majesty's will. Before I came, Your Majesty specially summoned me. In addition to some words of encouragement, the most important thing is one thing. I hope we can draw a detailed map of the mountains and rivers and geography around Liangshanbo as soon as possible and send it to me as soon as possible. Go to Bianjing. "
"Huh?" These words made many people confused. Even Sun Tu was confused: "What does your majesty want the topographic map there?"
"Sun Dujian, don't you know this? This has always been a rule of the Song Dynasty. Whenever a general goes out on an expedition, he must first let the officials know the details of the battlefield, so that the officials can send formation maps to help you win! "
This sentence made Sun Tu stunned. He really didn't expect that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty had such a weird hobby. Did he think he was playing a real-time strategy game
The fact turned out to be that he was right. Many emperors of the Song Dynasty liked to use this method to intervene in frontline wars, and its origins originated from Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and then Taizong Zhenzong carried it forward.
However, the problem is that Zhao Kuangyin is a master who knows how to fight, so he dared to make the most correct arrangements to help his ministers win after mastering the specific terrain conditions in the distance. However, later the "Donkey Cart War God" Zhao Guangyi and the "Chanzhou Overlord" Song Zhenzong didn't have the talent in this area. If you continue to imitate him like this, you are really looking for death. It is even more ridiculous than imitating others. At least Dong Shi Xiaoqian couldn't kill anyone, but this kind of random distribution of formation diagrams to his subordinates would cause tens of millions of soldiers to die in the front line.
But there was no one in the entire court who objected to this matter, and many emperors of the Song Dynasty enjoyed it even more, sacrificing the blood and lives of countless people to indulge in the addiction of strategizing and winning thousands of miles away. Even the literary emperors such as Zhao Ji actually did not like this. Out of interest - of course, this may also be caused by him being deceived. Sun Tu has too many enemies now, and some people want to plot against him.
After the muscles on his face couldn't help but tremble a few times, Sun Tu finally nodded and responded: "Your Majesty knows, I will have someone deliver the topographic map to the court as soon as possible." No matter how much reluctance he felt in his heart, At this time, we can only agree temporarily, otherwise we will rebel against the emperor and the consequences will only be more serious.
Seeing Sun Tu's confused and helpless look, Zeng Kaiqian felt happier and the smile on his face became brighter: "Sun Dujian really cares about the court and is loyal to the emperor. I admire him. By the way, this The last thing is only related to me. You also know that I have just arrived in Qingzhou and am unfamiliar with Qingzhou and military affairs. So I hope you, Sun Dujian, can copy the list of generals and lieutenants and hand them over to me as soon as possible. Only then can I cooperate with you, the governor, in the next war."
Sun Tu took a deep look at him and already guessed this person's intention. After obtaining the relevant roster, he could inquire about the relationship between these generals and his Sun Tu, as well as their previous past, and then use various means to divide and win over Sun Tu to achieve the ultimate goal of seizing Sun Tu's power in the army.
But the problem is that he really can't refuse this request directly, because he is the military supervisor appointed by the imperial court, so he can't know everyone, so it is completely reasonable for him to know the inside information of the army. But in hindsight, this was entirely the result of Sun Tu digging a hole and jumping down to lure the wolf into the house.
It can be said that Zeng Kaiqian is indeed a master of playing political tricks. With just one will, he has already conquered Sun Tu and others.
The momentum they had managed to create was completely suppressed, and every request he made was legitimate and reasonable, making Sun Tu completely unable to refuse, leaving him with a sense of frustration that he had nowhere to vent his anger. Now, not only him, but also the soldiers around him were extremely depressed. If they weren't worried about causing bigger problems, they would just jump in and curse.
After a moment of silence, Sun Tu still nodded and said: "Of course, since Shi Lang Zeng supervises the army in Jingdong, he has the need to know the situation of his soldiers. I will ask someone to send the relevant roster as soon as possible."
"That's good, I'll just wait for the good news." Zeng Kaigan felt that he had achieved a key victory today and was in a good mood, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "I wonder if I can take a walk in the military camp. Do you know the soldiers here?"
"Well... it's getting late today, and there is still a banquet to welcome the minister in the evening. You have come all the way, and you are tired from traveling and traveling, so you should find a place to rest first. I have a specially prepared imperial envoy's cabin in Qingzhou City. I don't know what the minister can do. Do you want to give in?" Sun Tu finally shook his head this time. Zeng Kaigan was not dissatisfied with this. Today's plan was successful. As for going to the military camp to see if Sun Tu could stop him once or twice, could he really be able to stop him from getting in? After all, he is now the supervisor of the army, and his status is not under his position as the supervisor of the capital.
When he respectfully sent it to the camp gate, Sun Tu suddenly said: "By the way, there is one thing that I need to specifically tell the minister. Our Qingzhou Army is today because of its love for the people, and it has never done anything wrong to the people. Therefore, I hope that the minister can restrain his subordinates and not let them do anything out of the ordinary, making it difficult for lower officials to do their jobs."
"Of course, I am a person who loves the people and will never allow others to harm the people." Zeng Kai replied with a dry smile, but did not take it too seriously. Ordinary people were nothing more than ants in his eyes. What's worth mentioning.
It wasn't until the imperial envoy team left that the generals who had been holding back their anger and talking loudly shouted like a boiling pot: "This guy is so rude, does he really treat us as slaves who can be shouted at at will?"
"How many times have we followed the governor through blood and fire, but today we have to be oppressed by such a thing? It is really unbearable!"
"I told you that we will come to the door later and give this imperial envoy a good beating to let him know who has the final say in Qingzhou City!"
The chatter shows how resentful these people are and how little they take the court seriously. Of course, most of the people who said these words were those who had fallen into trouble before. Although the faces of those who were real military attachés were not good-looking, they just kept their complaints to themselves.
When Sun Tu returned to the door and saw this scene, he also sighed, and then strode in, humming: "You said it happily, but if you really do this, we will be no different from treason. That’s an imperial envoy, and the representative is the emperor and the imperial court!”
"But..." Everyone wanted to say something, but for the moment they didn't know where to start.
Only Zhu Wu looked at Sun Tu for a moment before he smiled and said, "It seems that the governor has some countermeasures, right?"
Sun Tu smiled and said nothing. Some things are better said than done. This was his grandson's Qingzhou. If the imperial court only sent such an imperial envoy to supervise the army and tried to suppress him, he was looking down on himself!