I’m The King Chapter 1155: : Carry on the past and usher in the future (forty-five)

Ye Zhong actually ran in front of several people discussing politics and stepped into the door. Seeing Ye Zhong who looked a little anxious, Gao Yuan's heart sank. Ye Zhong paid great attention to these details. The one who followed him The father-in-law has worked hard for more than ten years. Regarding these etiquette matters, Ye Zhong is clearer than all the generals under his command. The few discussing politics are all ahead of Ye Zhong, but now, he is actually the number one. One came in, this only shows that Ye Chong has lost his sense of proportion.

"What happened?" Gao Yuan tried his best to look calm.

"Zhang Hongyu is dead!" Ye Zhong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a loud voice, but he himself did not notice this.

Gao Yuan's body swayed, his mind was buzzing, and he took a deep breath to calm down his agitated mood, "How is the situation of the new army?"

Zhang Hongyu died suddenly, Gao Yuan was very worried about what the New First Army would do on impulse, if this was the case, the results of the drama he and Wu Qi had achieved would be in vain, and even more so It may lead to large-scale conflicts and wars between Han and Chu.

"The New First Army is returning as planned, and the army quickly sent an urgent report, and Wu Yizheng sent a letter to the Zhengshitang in eight hundred miles." Ye Zhongdao.

Gao Yuan's suspended heart finally fell, and his eyes fell on Ye Zhong, "How did Zhang Hongyu die? Wasn't he still fine in the last report?"

Zhang Hongyu is the commander of the New First Army, and the position of the commander of the New First Army is on the same level as the commanders of several other field armies. Accepted loss.

Ye Zhong took a deep breath, and seemed to say a word from the depths of his throat, "He committed suicide."

"What did you say?" Gao Yuan almost couldn't believe his ears.

"Commander Zhang committed suicide. Before he died, he arranged all the retreat matters, ordered Cui Chengxiu to act as the commander of the New First Army, and detained Dong Zhuang, the commander of the third division who was most prone to trouble. After entering the military department, he also wrote a testament to the king, and after finishing all this, he ended his own life with the dagger bestowed on him by the king." Ye Zhong lowered his head.

Jiang Jiaquan walked forward silently, and presented Gao Yuan with a sheathed dagger and a memorial with both hands.

The name of Zhang Hongyu is engraved on the short sword. This is an honor that only outstanding lifelong students who have graduated from Jishicheng University will have. As the vice president of Jishicheng Military University, Zhang Hongyu was also bestowed by Gao Yuan , but now returned to Gao Yuan's hands in this form.

Gao Yuan walked heavily to a chair beside him, sat down heavily, and opened the memorial. Planning all of this. Most of the excerpts are summarizing the gains and losses of the battle of Pengcheng, and some of the people's livelihood and folk customs he learned about Chu during his stay in Suiyang, which mentioned Chu and Qi, Wei and other countries Differently, King Huai of Chu ruled by doing nothing, and Wang Xie, the chief assistant, was an incomparable talent. The people lived well, and they held great hatred for the invasion of Han. The most important point I have come to is that the main reason for the failure of this battle is that the New Army's underestimation of the enemy, ranging from himself to ordinary officers, has a heartfelt contempt for the Chu army, but Facts have proved that the combat effectiveness of the Chu army is not bad, especially after Chu's slogan of defending the country, the battle of Pengcheng, even though the Han army won the battle with the local guards, it was quite difficult , Zhang Hongyu specifically mentioned the two battles between Tucheng and Lvliuzhuang.

At the end of the excerpt, the black handwriting turned red, Gao Yuan's nose smelled a faint fishy smell, obviously, it was written by Zhang Hongyu with blood.

"The minister would rather die than be humiliated. Even if he leaves in this way, the minister cannot accept it. The minister is valued by the king and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, but he loses his teacher and humiliates the country. He has no face to return to the big man and face the new generation The orphans and widows of the brothers who died in the battle, I can only apologize with death, and beg the king to keep the designation of the new army, and in the future war with Chu, the new army will still be the vanguard. An army will be completely reborn, and in the future battles, it will definitely be able to destroy the city and pull out the strongholds for the king, and make meritorious deeds. With today's shame, I will pay my respects!"

With a bang, Gao Yuan slapped the booklet heavily on the table, his thick eyebrows stood upright, and the muscles on his face twitched. It was obvious that he was very angry at this moment.

"Stupid!" he said angrily.

"Your Majesty, General Zhang's integrity is commendable!" Jiang Jiaquan took a step forward, "Since General Zhang apologized with his death, the imperial court promises to mourn and honor the affairs after his death, so as not to chill the hearts of the new soldiers."

Gao Yuan let out a long breath: "It's commendable to be upright, but the behavior is extremely stupid. One of my army commanders didn't die on the battlefield, but he killed himself. I want to come to Qin Chu to hear For this matter, we will definitely celebrate each other, be overjoyed, loved ones will be hurt, and enemies will be quick, Zhang Hongyu, you have let me down so much."

"Your Majesty." Jiang Jiaquan took another step forward, looked at Gao Yuan, and hesitated to speak.

"I know, I know what you want to say!" Gao Yuan raised his hand and shook it in the air, "Mr. Jiang, I just want to say something here. In public, I know what to say. Who else is in Zhang Hongyu's family?"

"Going back to the king, Zhang Hongyu's parents died early. He only has a wife and a son. His son is sixteen years old and is studying at Jishicheng Military University." Ye Chong said, "His wife is also taking care of his son in Jishicheng."

"You send people to bring them to Jicheng." Gao Yuan sighed: "Zhang Hongyu is really cruel to leave orphans and widowed mothers behind. Mr. Jiang, let the political affairs hall handle the affairs of Zhang Hongyu. Some, the affairs behind him must be arranged, his son, after graduation, he will be added to my personal guard."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"When Zhang Hongyu dies, the morale of the new army will be unstable. What did Wu Qi say in his letter?"

"Wu Qi said in the letter that Cui Chengxiu, the acting army commander appointed by Zhang Hongyu, was calm and stable, and had high prestige in the army. , the whole army has accepted this fact and is slowly withdrawing from Pengcheng, so there should be no accidents."

"Cui Chengxiu, I remember this person!" Gao Yuan closed his eyes. When he first inspected Jishicheng Military University, this Cui Chengxiu was outstanding. At this time, I also specially greeted Yang Guopei, asking him to take care of this student, and now it seems that this person is really a talent.

"Since Zhang Hongyu is interested in him, let him take the position of marching commander first, and the Ministry of War will issue an appointment, so as not to make his name unjust and not good, and it will be difficult to do things."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Although this battle was defeated, we must do a good job in the aftermath. Needless to say, those who died, according to the court's law, even if the troops retreated from Suiyang, they must be specially appeased and given to Wang Wudi. Discuss, allocate a batch of silver, and give them a reward. Even if it is not much, it must show the court's attitude, and it will not despise them just because they are defeated. Winning or losing a battle is the court's battle. This king will not blame them."

"Your Majesty, if you reward the defeated army with silver, will it..."

"Zhang Hongyu earned it with his life." Gao Yuan was still a little annoyed at the mention of this matter. "The Ministry of War and the Political Affairs Hall will each send a person with enough weight to give condolences. We must keep this army stable."

"Understood!" Ye Zhong and Jiang Jiaquan nodded at the same time.

"Okay, Mr. Jiang, it's getting late, you guys are all young and tall, don't be too tired, go back and rest first, Ye Zhong, you stay, about the reorganization of the army, the two of us Have a good chat." Gao Yuan waved his hand.

"Then, take care, Your Majesty, we are leaving!" Jiang Jiaquan nodded, bowed to Gao Yuan, turned around and left with a few members.

"Sit down!" Gao Yuan got up, returned to the big case, and pointed to the chair in front of the big case.

Ye Chong thanked Gao Yuan, pulled a chair and sat opposite Gao Yuan.

"I have read the report on the reorganization of the army you submitted, and I am very dissatisfied." Gao Yuan said bluntly: "According to your method, it is basically a change of soup and no medicine, and there is no substantial change , Ye Zhong, you have been with me for a long time, you should know that what I want to build is an army that is different from any army in history.”

Ye Zhong stood up all of a sudden, "The minister is panicked, please ask the king for advice."

"Sit down, this is not your problem!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, "I should explain my thoughts to you carefully beforehand, Ye Zhong, you know what kind of army I want to build Is it?"

"A powerful army that is invincible in the world." Ye Zhong said loudly.

"This is just the last step." Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "First of all, what I want to build is an army that is loyal to the country."

"Your Majesty, now our army is loyal to the big man and loyal to the King." Ye Zhong hurriedly said.

Gao Yuan smiled, "I know this, but Ye Zhong, you can guarantee that after we die, we live, and no one in this army would dare to make trouble and support themselves, but what if we die ?”

"My lord, you..." Ye Zhong was taken aback.

"Everyone is going to die, isn't it, I mean, in the future, in the very distant future, so there are some things that I have to start from now on, Ye Zhong, is Meng Tian not loyal to Qin? But King Wulie of Qin Why do you still worry about him until death? Not to mention Tian Dan of Qi State, the Qi army only knows that there is him, but does not know that there is a king. An Ke knows that our army will not be like this in the future?"

Listening to Gao Yuan and Xiaoyu's eloquence, Ye Zhong was sweating profusely. Under Gao Yuan's narration, he gradually understood Gao Yuan's whole idea of ​​rectifying the army. (To be continued)