Chapter 390 The final court meeting
Meng Gong looked around the generals in the tent and said in a deep voice: "The crown prince's enthronement ceremony will be held soon. This is a major event related to the foundation of my Song Dynasty. If the commander of the Jinghu Commander reported that he would lose his troops and generals at this time, the generals here would know better than me that the literati in the court have been waiting to catch us. If this battle is reported to the court like this, I believe that you will understand what you will do without the generals clearly. In all this battle, we can only win but not lose!"
"The last general and others obey the commander's order!"
Dozens of generals from the Jinghu War Zone in the tent stood up and bowed to the command.
"I am very clear about what the generals are thinking. I can tell you clearly that I will win this battle!" Meng Gong suddenly stood up and shouted.
"The Song Dynasty will win!"
Jiao Jin and others heard Meng Gong's words and said in unison.
"A man who is good at fighting is nothing more than the right time, place and people! Now it is blocked by heavy snow and the road is difficult to walk. The 30,000 elite cavalry of Shi Tianze, which poses the greatest threat to our army, is no longer a concern. Not only will the 30,000 elite cavalry not only will it not help Shi Tianze, but Shi Tianze also has to try his best to preserve the 30,000 elite cavalry intact. All of it can be said that the 30,000 elite cavalry is already Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou's biggest burden now. Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou can give up any soldiers, but they definitely do not dare to let the 30,000 Mongolian elite cavalry be broken in this Caizhou City.
Since Zhang Rou fought both sides of the Xinyang army and both suffered losses, the entire Luoyang and the southern part of Kaifeng had extremely few Mongolian troops that threatened our Song Dynasty. Nado's more than 100,000 elite Mongolian troops were still in Sizhou, threatening our Song Dynasty's Huainan East Army. At this moment, the road was blocked with heavy snow. Even if he wanted to rush to help Shi Tianze and others at night, he was still unable to catch it. This is the time!
The Mongols have been determined to destroy our Song Dynasty over the years. They have been going south to invade our Song Dynasty, slaughtering our people, and occupying our Song Dynasty king land. This Caizhou City is originally the land of our Song Dynasty, Kaifeng and Luoyang are the former capital of our Song Dynasty, and this is a good place. All the generals are united in defending our Song Dynasty and killing our enemies, and they are even more harmonious. General Ren Yi sacrificed his life for the country, and our Song Dynasty lost a pillar, but General Ren died as his place. Since a real man has joined the army, he has ambition to die on the battlefield and horses and corpses are broken early, and General Ren died as his place.
It is my commander who has been ready to kill the enemy for the country since he entered the army. There may be differences in rank among the army, but there is only the difference in courage and weakness on the battlefield. We have raised our parents, and ordinary soldiers are also raised by our parents. When will there be a saying that a small soldier will die without a general? Since we have gone to the battlefield to kill the enemy, we have already had the ambition to wear a horse and wrap the body around us.
This is where my real man dies. In this battle, the right time, place, people and people are in my hands. Let me ask all the generals, but if everyone has the courage of General Ren, I am equal to the war between the Mongolian barbarians, can I still be defeated?" In the end, Meng Gong was already harsh and shouted.
"I dare not die if I fail to serve you!"
"Jiao Jin, He Shun obeys the order!"
"The last one will be here!"
Hearing Meng Gong's voice, Jiao Jin and He Jin stepped forward and clasped their fists and responded.
"Let your two troops immediately set up camp and bypass Caizhou City. Be sure to block the enemy's retreat route in Caizhou City after arriving in Caizhou City tomorrow night. If Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou's troops retreat, even if your two troops fight to the death, they will block the escape route of Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou to me. If the Mongolian army in Caizhou City is allowed to escape from the passage, you will come and see you!"
"The last general will receive the order!"
Jiao Jin and He Shun both felt a stern and shouted loudly.
"Zhang Jun obeys the order!"
"The last one will be here!"
"Take your team..."
"Report!"
Meng Gong had just wanted to give an order, but was interrupted by a loud and loud voice outside the tent.
When Meng Gong heard the urgent news outside the tent, he felt a little nervous. Could it be...
"Enter!"
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When the crescent moon was still hanging on the dark sky to the west, Lin'an City had already become lively. In the biting cold wind, there were constantly different carriages or sedans of different colors gathered from all directions of the quiet Lin'an City towards the imperial city in the middle, and finally merged on the imperial road.
Today is the grand dynasty meeting, not only the last dynasty meeting before the crown prince’s enthronement ceremony, but also the last dynasty meeting before the Spring Festival in the second year of Jiaxi. It is also the last dynasty meeting when Sidao stayed in Lin'an City. After the crown prince’s enthronement ceremony, in the history of the two hundred years of national destiny in the Song Dynasty, Jia Sidao, the youngest priest official, would set off with his family and leave Lin'an City to Guangdong for his post.
When Jia Sidao's blue sedan chair arrived at Zhengde Gate, the main gate of the imperial city, officials of all ranks were quietly gathering outside Zhengde Gate, waiting for the opening of Zhengde Gate. The Zhengde Gate usually did not open. Every month, when all officials of the seventh rank and above of each department had to attend, it would open at two hours (about six o'clock) in the middle of the month, and all officials would go through Zhengde Gate to the main hall of Zhengde Palace to attend the court meeting.
Jia Sidao, who lifted the curtain and walked down the sedan, immediately felt that today's court meeting was different from the past. The officials clearly arranged from front to back according to the grade. The Shangshu, the Secretariat, the Privy Council, and the big men of various departments, who were familiar with Jia Sidao, did not look for three or two people who could speak as they used to look for the memorials of the court meeting that day and government affairs would be needed to communicate with each other. Instead, they all stood in front of Zhengde Gate with their hands together.
Seeing Jia Sidao's sedan arrive, all kinds of disdain, gloating, reminding or worrying eyes finally gathered on Jia Sidao, who was lifting the curtain and walking out in a second-grade purple court uniform.
Needless to think about it, the incident about the Battle of Caizhou that I received a day ago was well known to all the officials in the court at this time.
Looking at the green and purple court wardrobes in front of him, Jia Sidao lowered his eyelids and looked at the purple court wardrobe on his body. Before he knew it, he had arrived at the most colorful Song Dynasty. The purple court wardrobe and purple goldfish bag on his body both confirm that the path he had walked in the past two years has become the group of people standing at the top of the pyramid of the Song Dynasty.
Feeling the unidentified eyes from all directions, Jia Sidao didn't think so. He smiled and nodded to the officials who bowed and bowed around him, and walked towards Zhengde Gate where only more than ten people stood.
For Meng Gong, and for this battle in Caizhou, although he received a secret report from Meng Gong only one day, Jia Sidao had basically passed the qi to those who should be vented. Similarly, for Yuan Fu's Neo-Confucianism school and those from the royal family must have also received the news and thought about how to attack.
Perhaps this last court meeting in the second year of Jiaxi was a hurdle that could not be avoided for Zhao Yun or himself. After all, when he tried his best to persuade Zhao Yun to support Meng Gong in order to force Caizhou to support Sun Kui, Jia Sidao thought about the consequences that would be unfavorable if he went out.
Chapter completed!