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Text Chapter 12 (17) The Fourth "Cao Dian" Meeting (Part 2)

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    Shangguan Rui had nothing else to do with Shang Cheng. He just wanted Shang Cheng to help recommend two female guards to Chen Pu.

    It was a trivial matter, and Shang Cheng agreed without thinking.  But he's a little weird.  Shangguan Rui, the military officer of the Liyuan Camp, is Chen Pu's immediate superior. Recommending two little girls to Chen Pu is just a matter of one sentence, and he still needs to go round and round to ask for his help?

    Shangguan Rui hesitated and said: "This man is also an old subordinate of mine. He was an eighth-grade lieutenant in the Shouzhou garrison earlier. As you know, in addition to protecting the country and the people, the local garrison also  He was responsible for some tax collection matters. A few years ago, when he went to the countryside to collect taxes, he accidentally killed someone and almost triggered a local uprising. He lost all his money and finally escaped from being exiled for 800 miles. In the end  He was stripped of his honors and kicked out of the military camp, and he could only take his family back to his hometown in despair. His hometown is Sizhou. The year before last, there was a severe drought and then a flood. The house and land were gone, and he really couldn't survive.  I came here to seek refuge with my relatives. Now that he is suing me, I can¡¯t turn a blind eye, right? It¡¯s not like I can¡¯t help him with money and food, but these things can only help him for a while, not for the rest of his life. Although he has made mistakes  , but he is an honest and conscientious person, and his two twin daughters are also really smart, so I was thinking about whether I could recommend them to Chen Zhuguo. With his daughter eating military rations, his life would be lighter. The two daughters followed.  Chen Zhuguo will be able to find a better family when he gets married in two or three years; won't he also be able to enjoy some blessings?" After finishing his words, he raised his eyes and looked at Shang Cheng.

    "Why don't you go find Chen Zhuguo yourself?" Shang Cheng asked.  He really couldn't figure out why Shangguan Rui didn't go directly to talk to Chen Pu and had to make a roundabout way here.

    Shangguan Rui smacked his lips and said: "Chen Zhuguo, she is not easy to talk to!"

    Shang Cheng was even more surprised.  Isn¡¯t it easy for Chen Pu to speak?  Why didn't he feel it at all?

    Seeing the suspicious look on his face, Shangguan Rui immediately explained: "This is the real thing! Her identity well, her position" He hesitated for half a sentence, but the point was,  Shang Cheng also knew the reason, so he simply skipped this section and said, "Anyway, she is cold-mouthed and cold-faced to everyone in the camp, and it is rare for her to say a few words to anyone. I'm afraid  The moment I opened my mouth, I accidentally offended someone, and it would be difficult to say anything later."

    Shang Cheng suddenly said: "You are afraid of offending, but I am not afraid anymore?"

    Shangguan Rui was startled.  He was a little confused for a moment whether Shang Cheng was joking with him.  It was true that he was afraid of offending Princess Changsha; but it was nonsense if Shang Cheng was also afraid of Chen Zhuguo.  Speaking of which, he had been planning to recommend the two girls to Chen Pu for a day or two, but he never had the right opportunity to talk to Chen Pu about this matter.  Princess Changsha usually stays in the camp in Gyeonggi Province and rarely goes to Liyuan when she has nothing to do. Even if she occasionally goes to Liyuan, she usually goes to the camp to attend meetings. She arrives with a cold face and sits there with a dull mouth until the end of the meeting.  He walked away with a cold face again, saying that Xiang Ye couldn't find a good opportunity to speak.  The reason why he found Shang Cheng today was because he saw Chen Pu and Shang Cheng talking and laughing when he came to the Ministry of War to hold a "Cao Dian" meeting last time, so he took the idea to Shang Cheng.

    Although he was 70% sure that Shang Cheng was joking with him, he couldn't say that.  He pretended to think about it and then said: "In this case, you and I will go to find Chen Zhuguo. I will handle the matter myself. If you have the chance, help me play the role."

    After things were agreed upon, Shangguan Rui and Shang Cheng came to see Chen Pu.

    Chen Pu had also arrived early and was sitting alone in the deserted main hall reading the military newspaper.

    So Shangguan Rui talked about the matter.

    As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to arrive by chance. Only three of Chen Pu's female bodyguards have left this year, and one of them has to go home for the Chinese New Year. There is a shortage of people around, so there is no need for Shang Cheng to help him talk.  However, Chen Pu did not immediately agree to Shangguan Rui. He only said that he wanted to meet the two female dolls first - which was actually an agreement.

    Things went smoothly unexpectedly, and Shangguan Rui was naturally overjoyed.  He no longer went to the yard to chat with his military colleagues, but stayed in the main hall to chat with Chen Pu and Shang Cheng.  Of course, because the status and positions of the three people are not the same, there is not much that can be said; the topic can only fall on the military and military affairs.  Chen Pu didn't have any special insights in military matters, so she usually didn't speak. She mainly listened to Shangguan Rui and Shang Cheng.  But Shangguan Rui was the Taiping General. From the time when he was serving as a soldier until now, he has been wandering around the Central Plains. Most of his time was spent in the Liyuan camp, and he and Shang Cheng did not get along very well.  So after talking, Shangguan Rui realized that Shang Cheng was perfunctory with him, so he found an excuse to leave first.

    When Shangguan Rui walked out of the door and walked into the yard,Pucai said thoughtfully: "Why do I feel that you don't seem to be in the mood to talk to Guan Rui?"

    Shang Cheng smiled and said nothing. He picked up the military newspaper left behind by Chen Pu and browsed the titles.

    He remained silent, but Chen Pu decided to ask the question.  She continued to ask: "Are you bothering Shangguan Rui?"

    Shang Cheng stopped reading the military report and said, "That's what you said! Why do you think I'm annoying him?"

    "I think you are just perfunctory with him."

    Shang Cheng smacked his lips and lowered his head to read the military report, acquiescing to Chen Pu's words.

    Chen Pu then laughed, as if he had achieved great results.  After laughing, she saw that Shang Cheng was still reading the military report, and said, "This is the military report from a few days ago. It should have been delivered to your home. What, you haven't read it yet?"

    ¡°I took a glance, but didn¡¯t look carefully.¡± Shang Cheng didn¡¯t look up.

    "Oh." Chen Pu said.  She couldn't find anything else to say, so she could only sit in a daze.

    After a while, she suddenly remembered something and asked Shang Cheng: "This military newspaper said that General Xiao has taken down Dingkang Village and Yong'an Town."

    "Oh?" Shang Cheng really didn't notice this.  He turned to the home page of the military newspaper and read the title again. There was indeed such a piece of news - "Jiazhou Camp Successful Report Breaks the Destiny of Kang Yong'an".  He turned to the third page and read the summary of the victory document, and said no more.

    Chen Pu had already read this military report.  Although she didn't pay attention at the time, when she was just sitting there waiting for the meeting, she found the military newspaper and read it randomly to pass the time. As a result, she could see something was wrong.  The summary of the victory report said that Jiazhou sent 5,000 troops and marched for 200 to 300 miles in three days and nights. They first captured Dingkang and then Yong'an. They annihilated hundreds of enemies but suffered only dozens of casualties. Such a "brilliant" result was obviously Jiazhou's victory.  Zhou Xingying was telling lies with his eyes open.  Making false claims while claiming credit is hateful in itself!  What's even more annoying is that the Ministry of War actually recognized such "results" and openly published them in military newspapers to make them public!

    The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and finally she said angrily, her face flushed, "I don't believe it, no one in the Ministry of War yamen saw that this was Jiazhou's false claims of military exploits! Huh, aren't they afraid that others will find out the truth and laugh their ass off?"

    Hearing the last sentence, Shang Cheng couldn't help laughing.

    Chen Pu, who was furious, glared at him with an angry look!

    Shang Cheng quickly stopped laughing and tightened his face to prevent even a trace of smile from showing. He coughed slightly and corrected himself. He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he felt that he really had nothing to say.  He smacked his lips and lowered his head to read the military report.

    "You have" A very vulgar word was on the tip of his tongue, but Chen Pu still maintained his identity as a princess, exhaled and changed his words, "What do you want to say?"

    Shang Cheng shook his head.  What did he have to say?  He has nothing to say!

    ¡°¡­Did I say something wrong?¡±

    "You're right" Shang Cheng said.  But after thinking about it, he immediately changed his mind and said, "Yes, your opinion is a bit biased." Before Chen Pu could speak, he continued, "Yes, you are right. There are indeed many good news in Jiazhou."  It¡¯s true. But they must have occupied these two cities. This is absolutely an indisputable fact; so this is a victory. It¡¯s just that some words in the victory report cannot withstand scrutiny. But the flaws cannot be concealed, and a victory is a victory.  Good news is good news!" He suddenly felt that his words were a bit harsh and meant to teach him a lesson, which was not good.  So he paused for a moment, changed to a gentler tone, and continued: "When fighting, sometimes we fight with momentum. As long as the momentum is unleashed, it is not impossible to sweep thousands of armies like a rolling mat.  Momentum, however, is not something that we will necessarily have if we say we have it. We, Zhao, have well-trained soldiers, generals with determined command, relatively abundant logistical supplies, and relatively advanced weapons and equipment, but these can only  It makes us more confident than the enemy to win a war, but it cannot give us the momentum to swallow thousands of miles like a tiger; this can only be accumulated by our victory again and again"

    When it comes to military theory, Chen Pu definitely cannot compare with Shang Cheng; and she also admits that what Shang Cheng said makes sense.  But what made sense was that Shang Cheng had nothing to do with Jiazhou's business trip, so she used Jiazhou's good news to refute Shang Cheng's words.  She said angrily: "Does it make sense for them to write this in the military newspaper?"

    "Yes!" Shang Cheng said confidently, "Because this summary was published in the military newspaper, it means that the court and the Ministry of War recognized the victory and the results, and there will definitely be rewards; this is very encouraging.  Morale! Although we all know that this is just a small victory, just a small-scale contact between Jiazhou Xingying and Nanzhao to find out each other's true and false, but its meaning is different.?This is the first active attack of the Jiazhou camp. The news of victory can inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers, strengthen their fighting will, and strengthen their determination to win. Therefore, this good news from the Jiazhou camp, as well as the information from the Ministry of War,  It will be published all over the world, it is correct and necessary!  "

    Chen Pu remained silent.  She turned her head away and muttered: "I can't tell you" She said angrily, "I think the two cities occupied by Jiazhou Xingying this time may have been given over by the Nanzhao people.  So their victory report only mentioned how many enemies were wiped out, but they didn't even dare to mention the prisoners! Humph, the march will cause losses, but they still have the nerve to report the victory!" Her voice was low, and she was obviously worried about the people in the yard.  people.  After a pause, she asked Shang Cheng again, "Tell me, if it were you who went to Jiazhou, would you report your victory like this?"

    This question immediately stopped Shang Cheng.

    He frowned and thought for a while, then said uncertainly: "I can't tell. Maybe it will, maybe it won't; it depends on the situation at the time." As for what kind of situation it was, he didn't bother to explain it in detail.  If the enemy passively avoids the war, and behind him there are letters and official documents from the prime minister and his father-in-law urging the war to begin, he will most likely do this. He will first falsely report some achievements to stabilize the rear, and then talk about other things.  Thinking of this, he felt a little sympathetic to Xiao Jian.  The people of Nanzhao knew Xiao Jian too well, so they tried their best to avoid a head-on battle with Xiao Jian.  He now believes more and more in his original judgment that the war in the southwest will be impossible to achieve for a while.

    Chen Pu shook her head and said, "I think that if you go to Jiazhou, you will either sweep through thousands of troops like a machete, or you will definitely swallow up thousands of miles like a tiger!" She stared at Shang Cheng and nodded heavily,  "It must be so!"

    Shang Cheng simply didn¡¯t know where Chen Pu¡¯s confidence in him came from.  You know, he himself doesn't know what kind of results he will achieve when he goes to Jiazhou; maybe it will be a defeat?  But Chen Pu's trust made him feel a little touched.  He pursed his lips and lowered his gaze, but his thoughts were not on the military report

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