Ranking Pass History: Inventory of the Top Ten Great Players in History

Li Hao was very worried that Chen Sheng would also set an example to follow Wang Kuang.

Facts have proved that the anti-king Chen Sheng who can shout "Wanghou general, I would rather have kindness" is more kind than Wang Kuang.

As a farmer, he even dared to rebel against the mighty Qin Dynasty, not to mention that now he is the emperor of the Song Dynasty and owns half of the country south of the Yangtze River!
He will not be so unpromising like Wang Kuang, who has been a dog for three years.

For Chen Sheng, he dared to resist Tyranny Qin, and of course he would not be afraid of Tyranny Yuan.

The first thing Chen Sheng did when he came to the Lin'an Palace and became Zhao Yun was to order Zhao Kuiquanzi to lead [-] Huaixi elite soldiers to attack Bianjing as scheduled, regardless of the objections of the officials.

Before Xianfeng Quanzi set off, an eunuch named Du Zhi sent him a secret edict and told him to open the secret edict after capturing Bianjing.

Although Quan Zicai was full of doubts, he finally did not dare to disobey the imperial decree, and set off with the secret edict.

At the same time when Quan Zicai set off, Chen Sheng suddenly left the palace in secret, and brought two generals, Zhou Wen and Zhang Er, plus five thousand cavalry, to Xiangyang day and night.

At this time, the civil servant guarding Xiangyang was Shi Songzhi, who was Shi Miyuan's nephew. He was arbitrary, but very talented.

The military officer guarding Xiangyang is Meng Gong.

Although Meng Gong opposed Duanping's entry into Luo, he did not have any illusions about the Mongols.

Meng Gong just thought that the Central Plains had been killed by the Mongols and had lost its strategic value, and it didn't make any practical sense for him to go north to take the three capitals.

In order to guard against the large-scale southward invasion of the Mongols, Meng Gong was forming the Zhenbei Army at this time.

Knowing that Zhao Yun had rushed to Xiangyang Mansion, Shi Songzhi and Meng Gong rushed to pick him up.

After entering the yamen of the Jinghu system envoy, Zhao Yun didn't talk nonsense, staring directly at Shi Songzhi and asked,
"Shi Aiqing, Zhao Kuiquanzi has already led [-] Huaixi soldiers to Bianliang, but they carry limited food, and the Mongols dug up the Yellow River to transfer grain and grass from Huaixi. It is extremely difficult to go around a big circle.

Can your Xiangyang government provide enough food for Huaixi soldiers? "

Shi Songzhi sighed and said in embarrassment,
"Officials, there is not much food and grass left in Xiangyang City, and General Meng Gong is still recruiting the Zhenbei Army, so there is really no spare energy to support the Huaixi Army."

Zhao Yun sneered,
"You supported the Mongolian army last year, and you gave 30 shi of military food, which is a great deal. Now that you are asked to support the friendly army, you have no food?"

Shi Songzhi choked on Zhao Yun's words.

However, during the Song Dynasty, the power of the emperor was far less than that of the Ming and Qing emperors.

Many ministers dared to argue with the emperor in court.

This time, of course Shi Songzhi would not let Zhao Yun teach him a lesson.

He thought for a while, looked straight into Zhao Yun's eyes and said,
"Non-veteran ministers don't share the worries of the officials. The strategy of taking the three capitals is really the next strategy. Even if we capture the three capitals, we will not be able to hold them!

The old minister still insisted on a point of view, before the Huaixi soldiers captured Guide Mansion, the whole army should be withdrawn, so as not to suffer losses in vain. "

Zhao Yun didn't pay attention to Shi Songzhi any more, but turned his attention to Meng Gong who was standing beside him, and asked in a deep voice,
"Meng Aiqing, what's your opinion?"

Meng Gong said boldly,

"I agree with Mr. Shi's opinion. It is absolutely impossible to take the three capitals, but not at this moment. The most important thing for us right now is to train elite soldiers and recharge their batteries.

Officials, if we have 30 elite soldiers, of course we can take Bian and enter Luo.

But we don't have that many elite soldiers.

The only plan for now is to guard the three strategic areas of Lianghuai, Xiangfan, and Sichuan and Shu with all our strength, build strong cities, and gather food and grass.

We won't be caught off guard once a large-scale invasion occurs. "

"Then according to Meng Aiqing's opinion, the land of the Central Plains is no longer there?"

When Zhao Yun said this, his tone was obviously aggravated.

Meng Gong hesitated for a moment, and finally said bravely,

"According to my opinion, it is not yet time to capture the Three Capitals."

After saying this, Meng Gong tentatively said again,

"Of course, our army is not doing nothing. If the government insists on launching a military operation, I am willing to lead the army to attack Nanyang. Nanyang is very close to Xiangfan, and it can form a tripartite force with Xiangfan to support each other. Our army only needs to With care, Nanyang can also be managed as an important military town."

Zhao Yun asked, "If I order you to enter Nanyang at this moment, can you take it?"

Meng Gong said loudly, "I am absolutely sure."

"Is there enough food for the army to attack?"

"Have!"

After all, Meng Gong is a military officer, so he doesn't have so many tricks.

Facing Zhao Yun's question, Shi Songzhi even coughed twice, but failed to stop him from answering Zhao Yun's question.

Zhao Yun suddenly laughed,

"Let you attack Nanyang, you will have food. If you support Huaixi soldiers with food, you will not have a stone of food. Shi Songzhi, Meng Gong, you two really disappoint me!"

Shi Songzhi gave Meng Gong a hard look, and continued to argue,
"Officials, the reason why I don't want to send food to Bianluo is because I don't have any selfish intentions, it's just that I don't like this battle."

"So you guys are going to stand by and starve the Huaixi soldiers back alive?!"

Zhao Yun said sharply,

"Whether you like taking Bian into Luo or not, this time you have to provide 30 shi of food for the Huaixi Army and deliver it to Luoyang before July 25.

If you disobey the order, I will cut off your head. "

Facing Zhao Yun, who was so stern, Shi Songzhi finally gave up.

After all, he was not a selfless official like Bao Zheng, and he still didn't dare to confront the emperor.

Zhao Yun turned his attention to Meng Gong again, looked at the 39-year-old general, and said coldly,

"Meng Aiqing, I have heard that your great-grandfather Meng An and grandfather Meng Lin were both generals under Yue Wumu's command. There are also many people who say that you have Yue Wumu's ability to command troops.

But you really let me down this time.

You know that Huaixi soldiers are short of food and may be in danger of being wiped out at any time, but you still don't send a single soldier to support them.

Knowing that the friendly army is in trouble, but not moving like a mountain!Is it what loyal ministers did?How can you let me feel at ease to hand over the whole country's soldiers and horses to your hands, and let you be in charge of the war against Mongolia? "

Meng Gong was so heated by Zhao Yun's previous accusations that he thought he would be demoted again this time.

But hearing the last sentence, Meng Gong immediately became excited.

What do you mean?
The officials are going to let me take overall command of the country's soldiers and horses?Did I hear you wrong?

So Meng Gong asked again with a hoarse voice,
"Official, are you really going to put me in charge of the war against Mongolia?"

Zhao Yun didn't answer the question,

"If you were to command the whole country's soldiers and horses, would you be able to stop the Mongols' invasion of the country?"

With a bang, Meng Gong knelt down in front of Zhao Yun and said loudly,
"If the government is willing to delegate power to Meng, Meng is confident that the Mongols will not be able to capture half of my Great Song city!"

"it is good!"

Zhao Yun patted Meng Gong's shoulder and said with a smile,

"But before appointing you as a privy envoy, you have to make another great contribution for me, so that when I promote you, people will be convinced."

Meng Gong was completely inspired by Zhao Yun, and immediately said sharply,
"Officials have orders, and Meng will obey them to the death."