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Part 11: Civil strife in the capital Chapter 43: Taking advantage of the situation

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    Chapter 43 Taking advantage of the situation

    After inspecting the military camp, Du He ordered a temporary meeting to understand the current situation.

    Du He has been in Xiangxiong for more than a month. As for the affairs of Tubo, he can get a rough idea from Tayue Liuxiang. However, he is not very familiar with the affairs in his own camp and needs to have a good understanding of the situation in the military camp.  .

    News of the meeting was quickly spread to the generals.

    When the news reached the ears of Niu Jinda and Xin Lier, they were chatting together, talking about things.

    In his early years, Niu Jinda was a general in Wagangzhai and had close friendships with Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin. After the failure of Wajunggang, he, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and many other generals were desperate and surrendered to Wang Shichong.  However, because he was dissatisfied with Wang Shichong's deception, he defected to Li Tang together with Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin. They were received grandly by Li Shimin and became one of Li Shimin's confidant generals.  In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Niu Jinda took over the command of the army of Hanjiang Prefecture. When the officials of Jiazhou and Lingzhou raised their troops to rebel, Niu Jinda led the soldiers of Ganjiang Prefecture who were stationed here to defeat them and put down the rebellion.  In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Tubo failed to propose marriage and led its troops to invade.  Li Ji lured the enemy deeper and lured the Tibetan army into an ambush.  Niu Jinda led his own army and was the first to defeat the defense line set up by Tibet during its retreat, making great achievements for the Tang Dynasty.

    Xin Li'er is no different. He is also a veteran general of Li Tang. When Li Shimin first showed his prominence, he was a junior officer of Li Tang and rose to the top with his military exploits.  In the battle of Tang's expedition to Gaochang, Xin Li'er followed Hou Junji to pursue the Western Turkic deserters, and led the right army alone with Hou Junji to defeat 80,000 Turkic troops, thus being promoted to the general of the right army.

    Both of them are considered veterans of the Tang Army. They know each other and have a good relationship.  They usually share things, but it¡¯s rare to see them.  Taking advantage of this opportunity to gather troops for battle, the friendship between the two warmed up and they often chatted together.

    When Du He called them to a meeting, the two generals were startled one after another.

    Niu Jinda curled his lips and said: "I didn't know that I came back and disappeared for a month inexplicably. As soon as I came back, I commanded this and that. What a big air" Niu Jinda, as a veteran, felt deep in his heart about Du He becoming his immediate boss.  Somewhat repulsive.

    " However, the appointment was made by Li Shimin, and Niu Jinda was not allowed to resist.

    Niu Jinda just wants to see how much real ability Du He, who is rumored to be amazing, has.  Unexpectedly, Du He disappeared shortly after arriving in Qinghai, leaving everything to Zhang Liang.  He didn't do anything to convince him, and he had no respect for Du He in his heart.  After listening to his summons, he sneered and taunted a few words.

    Xin Li'er glanced around nervously and whispered: "Brother Niu, some words cannot be passed into the ears of others. Even if the general manager is wrong, just understand in your heart. You know, disaster comes from the mouth, and it will last forever.  The unchanging truth.¡±

    Niu Jinda snorted and said angrily: "Why can't you say it anymore? Your Majesty has opened up his voice many years ago and let people point out his faults. Is Du He more powerful than your Majesty? I will write a secret letter later and sue him."  .¡±

    After this order was passed, Niu Jinda had to go no matter how dissatisfied he was.  Although he was thinking about how to use words to impeach Du He, he walked straight to the Chinese army commander's tent.

    The Tang army has strict military discipline. When given an order, all generals must arrive within a limited time.

    Not long after Du He received the order, a group of generals had already rushed to the military tent to wait for orders.

    Du He asked about what happened after he left.

    As his deputy, Zhang Liang described in detail some of the key aspects of his actions this month.

    Like Niu Jinda, Zhang Liang also had a little dissatisfaction in his heart. He didn't know what Du He had done.  That day, Du He left, only giving a vague reason.  At that time, he thought Du He would come back as soon as he left, but he never expected that he would be away for more than a month.  What Du He did was a complete dereliction of duty.  As the commander-in-chief of an army of 100,000, it is a very serious matter to abandon the army and ignore it for a month. Even if it means beheading, it is not an exaggeration.

    However, he had been in the officialdom for decades, and he was deeply dissatisfied in the city. He did not show it. He was just worried that because of this incident, the generals in the army would have a strange feeling about Du He, which would make the generals unable to work together.

    Generals Niu Jinda, Liu Lan, Xin Lier, Liu Boying and other generals also reported on the situation of their respective units.

    Because of Du He's dereliction of duty, these generals lost their original enthusiasm and were somewhat repelled by him as the coach.

    Most of Liu Landa's subordinates were Qingqi, who were responsible for gathering intelligence. At this time, he came out and said: "General manager, I just received news that the Tibetan army on the front line retreated thirty miles last night for some unknown reason. They are now stationed at a place called Zhonglongyi."  , it seems that they are repairing the fortifications, and they seem to be determined to defend."

    As soon as Liu Lan finished speaking, Zhang Liang, Niu Jinda, Xin Li'er, and Liu Boying? Will be stunned one after another.

    The Tubo-Chen Bing border had an obvious intention to launch a blockade at the Tang-Tubo border. They were also ready to fight Tubo at the border at any time.

    As a result, they did nothing, and Tubo retreated first, which surprised and surprised them.

    Zhang Liang asked: "This Tubo retreated for no reason. What was its purpose?"

    "The general suspects that Tubo has some conspiracy" Liu Lan continued. This Liu Lan was both civil and military and was also a veteran general.  He once served as secretary of Poyang County in Sui Dynasty. In the third year of Daye, Qi Gongshun led 30,000 rebel troops to attack Yang County City.  After the food in the city was exhausted, Qi Gongshun thought that victory was at hand and relaxed.  Liu Lan gathered more than a hundred warriors in the city, launched a surprise attack, and destroyed the camp in one fell swoop. The soldiers in the city then came to support him. Qi Gongshun was defeated and abandoned the camp to escape.  Later, because of the jealousy of his colleagues, he surrendered to Qi Gongshun and assisted Qi Gongshun, a mediocre rebel leader, and achieved considerable achievements.  In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, he devised a counter-insurgency plan to defeat the remnants of the Turks. Li Shimin personally praised him for his wisdom and courage.

    Just as Du He said in the past, there were no generals in the early Tang Dynasty.  Even if we leave out the world-famous generals like Li Jing and Li Ji, and look for a few less famous generals, they still have outstanding records and impressive talents.

    Du He smiled slightly: "You are overly worried. The reason why the Tibetan troops retreated was because the Xiangxiong Kingdom annihilated 20,000 Tibetan troops at Pingdu Mountain Pass. They had to divide their troops to deal with the Xiangxiong Army at Pingdu Mountain Pass. Once these troops were divided,  Since they had no strength, they were even more passive, and naturally they did not dare to resist our army head-on. This Songtsen Gampo, who can advance and retreat, is not a simple person."

    Hearing what Du He said, all the generals¡¯ eyes fell on him, wondering why he knew so clearly.

    Du He smiled and explained: "This is also the reason why I have been absent these days. All of you who are doing this are veterans of our Tang Dynasty. We have rich combat experience. How to train soldiers and how to make them adapt to the climate here as soon as possible. I  I really couldn¡¯t get involved. I was just trying to figure out how to do something beneficial to our Tang army. Yaochi, the princess of Xiangxiong Kingdom, was my friend. She took the opportunity to visit Xiangxiong and helped them a little, and also gave our army some help.  Create a favorable fighter aircraft."

    He explained the reason for his departure with a meaningful smile on his face.

    " Du He is not the kind of person who has no understanding of the ways of the world. On the contrary, he has a fairly accurate grasp of people's hearts.  He could guess what these veterans were thinking, and he could also understand their slight rejection of him.  After all, no one is perfect, and not everyone is a saint or so noble.

    Everyone has the desire to compare.

    Comparing one's feelings with others, it would be a bit unbearable for him to have someone who is dozens of years younger than him and whose qualifications are decades behind him be arrogant and show off in front of him.

    "When he left, he became a hands-off shopkeeper and left everything to them, the veterans. The grudges among the veterans would naturally become more serious.

    Discord between generals is a taboo among military strategists, so Du He very rationally explained what he had done in this month.

    "Generals, when you look into my eyes, your hearts are filled with solemnity.  They are all generals who are well versed in military affairs and understand the importance of knowing oneself and the enemy.  It is truly remarkable that Du He was able to help the ignorant Xiang Xiong defeat the enemy in just over a month.

    Most of the veterans are people who value strength. Although they don¡¯t know the specific reasons, they can also imagine the difficulty of the situation at that time.  For Du He, who still achieved extraordinary results under such circumstances, he felt a little respect in his heart.

    Especially Niu Jinda was even more ashamed. He stepped forward and said, "I have misunderstood the General Manager. I thought that the General Manager ignored his job and planned to join the General Manager. I am really ashamed."

    " Niu Jinda is a straight man. He has no need to say these words. Du He can't read minds and it is impossible to know what he is thinking.  But he still said it because he felt guilty and felt that he had misunderstood Du He and he really shouldn't have.

    Du He laughed, "General Niu, you just did what a general should do. It's completely understandable. I, Du He, am not a fussy bitch, so I won't care. Instead of focusing on this meaningless fight,  Above, let's think about ways to defeat the enemy. Generals, what do you think?" He looked around at all the generals in the tent.

    He said this to all the generals, that is, he wanted to use Niu Jinda's incident to express his attitude to all the veterans.  He didn't care if they disobeyed him or what they said about him behind his back.  How to defeat the enemy is what he cares about.  Likewise, this is something that all the generals present are concerned about.

    After hearing Du He's words, all the generals in the tent looked bright. They all understood the meaning of Du He's words. They were all sailors on the same boat. If the boat capsized and the battle was defeated, it would be no good to anyone.  Facing the enemy is the real way to have both worlds.

      If you want to understand this, all the generals will express their opinions.

    Seeing this, Zhang Liang secretly admired that the general manager was really clever and seized this opportunity to tie all the generals together and let them put aside their prejudices.  Next, just take a walk on the battlefield and you will know immediately whether it is a mule or a horse.  If he can convince the public, he, Du He, will be another great commander after Li Jing, Li Daozong, and Li Ji.  If it doesn't work, then you can only go back and practice again.

    Du He had absolute confidence in this. Looking at the generals who had gathered together, he said loudly: "After a month of rest, our army has gradually adapted to the climate here. It's time to see the real chapter  Send me my order, prepare everything, and march into Tubo tomorrow."

    "No" all the generals responded in unison.
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