To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 106 Volume 3 Man Jianghong

Li Yan interjected, "The recruits from all over the south of the Yangtze River can be transferred back to Beijing one after another. It won't take too long to deal with the floods. Yizhou, Jiaozhou and several places can already go north, and then they will be added to the Gyeonggi army, so there is no need to worry."

The prince glanced at Zhao Chao, nodded in agreement and said, "Third brother can reorganize this part of the troops into the Gyeonggi Army. If there is any change in the frontier, the troops will be stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River."

"The key to this battle is to fight fast." Li Zai said: "As long as General Nie and Lan can drive all the Hu people out of the Great Wall before winter, and return the troops one by one, they will be safe and sound. In the spring of next year, we can fight." Talk to Wuhu again."

Nie Dan was speechless for a while, and the Secretary of the Ministry of War said: "Or does General Nie have a better way?"

Nie Dan could only say, "Not in front of me."

Zhao Chao pondered for a while, then said, "Father, my son has a plan."

However, Zhao Mao opened his eyes and said, "Chao'er doesn't need to say any more, just do it like this. Huang'er coordinates the affairs of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War, and Chao'er takes over the transfer of the commanders of the Imperial Forest Army and the Gyeonggi Army. You two must cooperate well."

Zhao Chao frowned slightly, but Zhao Mao didn't allow him to say more, and ordered: "Let's all stand down, and bring up the papers in the morning tomorrow, and Nie Dan and Lan Hong will go to the army tonight, and they have to be done overnight. I stand up for the two generals."

The ministers resigned one after another, but the prince signaled You Miao to wait in the imperial study with his eyes, not to follow.

After everyone left, the prince said, "Father."

Zhao Mao closed his eyes, but said, "Go down too, and rest early."

The crown prince was startled, and then had no choice but to say: "My son, I will leave."

You Miao knew that the prince and Zhao Chao both wanted to say something, but Zhao Mao didn't allow them to say more. The prince left the imperial study and came out, silent for a moment, Li Yanzheng was waiting in the corridor, bowing slightly.

Zhao Chao and Nie Dan were talking on the other side of the garden, seeing the prince and others coming, they did not avoid them, the prince walked up to him and said, "Third brother."

"Brother." Zhao Chao nodded, and the crown prince said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Zhao Chao nodded, suddenly thought of something, and said, "I'm begging for someone from my eldest brother. The affairs of the Ministry of War are cumbersome, and I'm really too busy. Can you lend me You Ziqian for a month?"

The prince laughed, looked at You Miao, and You Miao felt a shudder in his heart. He didn't know what Zhao Chao was thinking, but he dared to ask someone in front of the prince, he was a little hesitant.The prince asked: "You Ziqian, are you going? You can go if you want. Anyway, these days, the appointment documents have not yet come down. Li Yan will help me adjust the household department and the military department. If you want to stay with me, you can change it. Li Yan going to help the third younger brother? Going to and from the palace, so as to exchange information."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chao said, "Of course I can."

You Miao glanced at Li Yan and said knowingly: "Your Highness has an order, so don't dare to refuse."

Zhao Chao nodded and waved, You Miao walked over, and the prince smiled again: "Third brother, we must win the battle this time."

Zhao Chao smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother."

The two brothers separated, Zhao Chao just turned around, his face darkened, and he walked out of the garden outside the study with You Miao, the carriage had been prepared in the palace, Zhao Chao ordered: "Go home." The two got into the carriage.

In mid-autumn night, a bright moon is very round, and You Miao just feels that dealing with these people is really exhausting.All of them spoke obliquely, with words in their words, and let out a tired breath.

"Have you been drinking?" Zhao Chao asked, "It's okay. I just happened to suffer from heatstroke a few days ago. I'm afraid you'll be bored in the imperial study."

You Miao shook her head and said, "The prince is easy to talk, and will lend me to you."

Zhao Chao said: "You think he is really helping me. If he wants to ask you something, can you not say it?"

You Miao thought about it, the prince is not a vegetarian, most likely already felt that he was throwing himself at Li Yan, and Li Yan didn't know what he said in front of the prince, so he made a temporary plan and placed himself next to Zhao Chao, this means... ...Zhao Chao didn't wait for him to mention it, and simply asked You Miao over by himself.

You Miao said: "I find that I can't see through your big brother."

Zhao Chao said: "Now is not the time to play tricks with him. Since you are here, let us stay the same and do everything we need to do. In the future, the emperor will ask him, and you will do whatever you want." Literally it is."

The carriage was swaying, and You Miao was still a little weak, so she lay down by the car window, watching the colorful streets and bustling pedestrians on the Mid-Autumn night.

Zhao Chao took You Miao back to the mansion, the mansion was full of generals, sitting in a row, waiting for Zhao Chao to come back.

"Third Highness!"

"Third Highness..."

Seeing You Miao, Tang Hui nodded and greeted him. You Miao knew that he had nothing to do at this time, and probably Zhao Chao would not let him go tonight, so he went out to find a servant, and told him, "You go to the country. Go to Zixue’s secluded courtyard, enter through the back door, find a man named Cheng Guangwu, ask him to bring some food and tea, and then someone else will do his bidding.”

The servant went, and Zhao Chao was talking with all the generals in the hall, all about the frontier. You Miao was holding his map to look at it. Several of them were sheepskin maps from the frontier to the Central Plains. The distribution of mountains, rivers, and even where there are forests, where are plains, hills, and valleys are all marked.

You Miao watched and listened, Zhao Chao relayed the emperor's arrangement, and the generals were very depressed.

"The recruits from Jiangnan are all recruits, how do we fight?" said a military officer.

Another person said: "If Nie Dan and Lan Hong's team is not strong enough, they can only be drawn from the capital. Once these new recruits go to the battlefield, they will inevitably..."

The military officer stopped talking, everyone was silent, but Zhao Chao didn't care, and said: "I will make another report tomorrow morning."

"It's really not possible." One person said: "Just let the ministers ask for their orders!"

Zhao Chao immediately said: "No, no, brother Nie may not be held back, see. If the situation is not right, I will call you, and you all go back to prepare. Tonight, I am afraid that you will not be safe. Go home first and talk to me." Let my wife and children tell me that there will be people from the military department coming at home in the evening, and the army will be reorganized at dawn tomorrow."

The generals bowed their hands and retreated one after another, and the hall fell silent again.

You Miao sat by the desk, flipped through all the maps, and said, "Have you been making these preparations for the past few years?"

Zhao Chao said nonchalantly: "I don't think I will stay in the capital forever. One day, I will lead troops to fight, and I will be ashamed."

You Miao asked again: "Just now in the imperial study, do you want to invite Ying to lead the army?"

Zhao Chao looked at You Miao silently, with deep meaning in his eyes, and finally nodded heavily.

"But my father won't let me go to war." Zhao Chao said: "I want to lead troops to meet the Hu people who invaded the northwest pass. The west of Liang is all plain terrain. My soldiers are suitable for plain warfare, and the Hu people can't fight guerrillas. Unfortunately, he still No, did you say those things to him today?"

You Miao nodded and said, "I think he should have been touched too."

Zhao Chao sighed and said, "Let's talk about it, I also think he treats me better today. Normally, he doesn't want me to go into the imperial study to listen to these things."

You Miao didn't expect Zhao Chao to be so unfavorable, and wanted to find a few words to comfort him, but didn't know what to say. After a while, Zhao Chao seemed to think of something and said, "Has your teacher ever taught you how to write scriptures?"

"Yes." You Miao cheered up and said with a smile, "What do you want to write? Let me do it."

Zhao Chao took You Miao to the study and said, "No hurry, let's sort out these things first."