Chapter 1037: 1038 anxious

Chapter 1037: 1038 anxious

 Chapter 10371038 Anxious

"If you want to fight, fight Zhao Ji! There is no threat from Zhao Jie!" Tang Mo looked at the map and keenly captured the key to the problem: "Zhao Jie ran away, but it just left a hidden danger for Zhao Yu. We are helping It won't be fatal if Zhao Yu gets rid of this hidden danger or leaves it alone."

"Besides, Zhao Jie is not firm in defending the Imperial Capital. As soon as we hit him, he ran away! So it's useless to hit him. We can just leave him there and wait for him to make his own judgment." Tang Mo pointed to the south direction of the city on the map of the Imperial Capital. said.

Then he continued: "But Zhao Ji is different, he can't run! As long as he retreats, half of the southwest and northwest will be lost. This is a loss he can't afford!"

"So, let's fight Zhao Ji first, because we will fight him sooner or later, and we can't avoid this!" Tang Mo knocked twice in the north of the imperial capital: "Leave Zhao Jie alone, don't move yet, as soon as Zhao Jie runs away, Zhao Ji's imperial capital defense line will be complete, and it will actually help Zhao Ji!"

Loew nodded in agreement and said: "Your Majesty's judgment is very accurate, and the results of the discussion of the General Staff are also the same...attack the north of the city first to create a breakthrough! Pay attention to Zhao Jie's movements at all times and prepare to take over his control area in the south of the city. !”

"Yes! The direction is correct, leave the specific operations to Luo Xiao... If he can lead Fengjiang's troops to achieve such a record, I will feel relieved to hand over the 8th Army to him." Tang Mo nodded with satisfaction. .

To be honest, he was really satisfied with Luo Xiao. After graduation, this top student from the Military Academy worked in the General Staff Headquarters and performed very well.

 After being assigned to Fengjiang, he performed even more outstandingly. He led the military advisory group of the Tang Empire and commanded Fengjiang's army to win a series of victories, establishing today's Dahua situation.

"Luo Xiao is very good, but Hogg is also a talent." Loew expressed his opinion with a smile.

Tang Mo was stunned for a moment, then nodded. He knew that this was a way for the outsiders to express their uneasiness after the local general Luo Xiao came to power.

The commander of the 1st Army was originally Redman. Now that Redman is already the marshal, continuing to serve as the commander of the 1st Army would be overqualified, so this position became vacant.

Redman recommended his deputy, Hogg, who has been Redman's chief of staff, as the commander of the 1st Army. This issue has been discussed once, and Tang Mo is still considering the appointment.

 In fact, Hogg is also an old man who was followed by Bunas, and there is no problem with his loyalty at all. As a commander, there was no problem with his ability, so Tang Mo was not disgusted by this recommendation.

This kind of thing is a kind of stress response that the outsiders will definitely take as the number of locals is inevitable. It’s not surprising if you have this kind of reaction, but if you don’t, then something is really wrong.

Now, Tang Mo felt that it was necessary to agree to Loew's proposal to appease the outsiders, so he agreed to the proposal at the previous meeting: "Appoint Hogg as the commander of the 1st Army. You draft a File it."

 “Where did Xu Guo go?” After talking about Hogg, Tang Mo suddenly remembered the dandelion next to Zhao Yu. We were talking about Luo Xiao just now. This topic reminded Tang Mo of Xu Guo.

“Xu Guo applied to go to the Eastern Continent on his own.” Loew was obviously impressed by this young man and immediately replied. As the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, he still has some authority to know the information from the Imperial Security Bureau.

 After all, there are times when the General Staff needs to communicate with the intelligence department. Even though they have their own intelligence section, most of the time they work closely with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Security Service.

"Apply?" Tang Mo did not expect that Xu Guo, who had just completed his mission, would go to the Eastern Continent to perform another mission.

"Yes, Your Majesty. He refused the leave and applied to go to the Eastern Continent to perform a mission." Le Fu nodded and said to Tang Mo: "He said that he could allow Your Majesty's army to return to the Eastern Continent one day earlier. His It’s all worth it.”

 This is the news that Loew knows. He knows that Xu Guo went to the Eastern Continent, but it is impossible for him to know the specific operations and where he went...these specific issues.

Tang Mo was slightly startled. He had seen such characters in many movies and TV series before traveling through time, the kind of characters who risked their lives for their faith and the hope they believed in.

In the past, he had questioned such sacrifices, because he was an arms dealer. He believed that sacrifices meant weapons were not advanced enough, and that accepting death as a sacrifice was nothing more than a manifestation of backwardness and incompetence.

 But later he realized that he was wrong. When he reaches a certain level of consciousness, he can achieve true invincibility with sufficiently advanced weapons, equipment, science and technology—thought and technology complement each other and are indispensable.

 “Have you been commended?” Tang Mo asked seemingly casually.

 Lew was stunned. The emperor personally inquired about a person's promotion and praise, which in itself was a great honor. He nodded: "I was awarded the Second Class White Blade Medal and promoted to colonel."

"The reason why I didn't give it to the major general is because he is fighting behind enemy lines, and a high official position will affect decision-making." In order to satisfy Tang Mo, Loew later explained.

Tang Mo nodded slightly, agreeing with Loew's view: working behind enemy lines is dangerous. No matter how arrogant the Tang Empire's intelligence department was, there was still a certain degree of danger in working behind enemy lines. Since there is danger, giving the rank of major general to an intelligence officer operating behind enemy lines is tantamount to giving the other party greater leverage. In the event that the Major General is captured, the specifications of the rescue work are completely different from those of the Colonel.

 In addition, there is also the issue of affiliation. It is no problem for an intelligence officer to apply to fight behind enemy lines. But if this intelligence officer is a major general, how will the intelligence network formed around him work?

 The major general may be commanded by a major or lieutenant colonel lurking in the local area. This will affect the commander's judgment and operation, and may even lead to mission failure when it is dangerous.

“Next time he comes back, I will give him the rank of Major General and leave him to work in the Imperial Security Bureau!” Tang Mo had a rebellious spirit. The other party wanted to sacrifice his life fighting for the country, so he wanted to let him live well.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Loew agreed immediately.

 …

 Dahua Empire, the imperial capital.

In the imperial city, looking at Zhao Kai lying in the coffin, Zhao Ji felt no trace of sadness in his heart, because he came here just to tell his father that he was about to become the new emperor of the empire.

The south of the city is still in the hands of Zhao Jie, and there is an additional army of Zhao Yu outside the city. None of these can stop his ambition to become the emperor, nor can they shake his will to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

"Father, father... I am already preparing to accept the worship of officials in the palace and become the new emperor of the Great China Empire. Did you not expect that? You deliberately guarded against me, tricked me and harmed me, but in the end I sat on your Location..." Zhao Yu stood beside the coffin that was too late to be buried, his tone was calm and cold.

"You must be very unhappy. Maybe you have already planned to pass the throne to Zhao Jie?" Zhao Ji sneered, mocking his father in the coffin.

"In other words, you actually regretted driving Zhao Yu away... Look, he is back now, and he is trying to take my position again! Are you very happy to hear this news, right? Very happy?" He became more and more excited as he spoke, almost falling on his father's face.

The whole room was extremely cold, and Zhao Ji could even feel the cold breath coming from the corpse. But he still refused to give up, looking like he wanted to lift the coffin.

The priests and guards nearby were trembling with fear, but no one dared to step forward to persuade him. If the officials from the three provinces and six ministries were still there, they might still have the guts to persuade him. Now the only ones left in the imperial city are some newly promoted petty officials, who would have the guts to speak out.

That's right, after Zhao Ji thought about it for a day, he made desperate preparations to ascend the throne as soon as possible despite internal and external troubles.

He had completely ignored the rebels from Fengjiang outside the city, and completely ignored the rebel Zhao Jie entrenched in the south of the city.

 No matter what, he has to become the emperor. Even if he is only here to be the emperor for ten days, he must do it! This is what Zhao Ji thought, so he did it.

In order to make himself appear reasonable and legitimate, he first promoted Li Mingshun to "General" and then asked Li Mingshun to submit a list recommending some generals. He would promote anyone recommended by Li Mingshun. With this trick, he could win over the generals.

At the same time, he searched the city for officials who had not had time to run away. They turned out to be in charge of affairs and were promoted to doctors. The doctors were directly promoted to ministers. If the ministers were still there, they were directly appointed as ministers.

 In short, Zhao Ji was unscrupulous, appointed officials and made wishes, and it took only one afternoon to put together a so-called grass team.

The next day, he himself came to Zhao Kai's coffin to show off, and let those who had just been promoted to one level or even three levels go to the so-called enthronement ceremony.

 In fact, there was no basis for the entire imperial capital to hold the coronation ceremony: gunpowder smoke was everywhere in the south of the city, shelling caused craters all over the ground, gunshots were everywhere in the city, and even half of the court officials were missing.

 But Zhao Ji didn't care about this, he just felt like he wanted to sit on the throne. Li Mingshun was in charge of commanding the city defense and had no time to take care of Zhao Ji, so he could only let Zhao Ji mess around.

"Look, you are lying here now...no matter what I do, you can't stop me. Are you anxious?" Zhao Ji asked proudly, lying on Zhao Kai's face. He couldn't hear Zhao Kai's voice, nor could he hear the vague sound of gunfire in the distance...

On this day, Luo Xiao led 10,000 troops and arrived outside the imperial capital.

 (End of this chapter)