Chapter 114 Today's Performance

"Lord, these are today's reports."

"Mm, put them there."

"Yes, Lord."

Zheng Boye washed his hands, sat down in his seat, and began to read the first report.

Beside the central army's main tent, another slightly smaller command tent had been erected.

It was much larger than Zheng Boye's previous tent, which was only used for sleeping, and Zheng Boye now had an independent office area.

Jingnan Wang would occasionally leave the camp to visit the various armies. Zheng Boye sometimes accompanied him, but most of the time, he stayed here to review the reports that were delivered every day.

At first, there was a sense of novelty, and he always felt that the burden of millions of soldiers and civilians rested on his shoulders.

As time went on, and he reviewed more and more reports,

Well,

He still felt a lot of pressure.

Because you really couldn't mess around, you couldn't be careless, and you couldn't be perfunctory.

Even if eighty percent of the reports were the same, you still had to go through them carefully.

Some of the problems in the reports required someone to go to the field, such as the back of the civilian labor队伍(dui wu, teams) or the camps of other armies. At first, Zheng Fan had A'ming go, but later, he simply had Gong Lin and Gongsun Zan, those two kids, go.

Every time these two kids saw Zheng Boye sitting there helping Jingnan Wang review reports, they respected him as if he were a god.

Zheng Boye, who was in such a fortunate position, might not have felt it deeply, but for Gong Lin and Gongsun Zan, reviewing reports was not something that even so-called confidants could do.

All along, Jingnan Wang's "regard" for Pingye Bo was almost undisguised.

But Pingye Bo was also worthy of it, winning every battle, and each time with a great victory.

So, in this situation, everyone had no choice but to be convinced.

Although Da Yan had been established for a long time, its large-scale external expansion had only begun in recent years. Basically, in any country, when it was in a state of external expansion, the atmosphere within it, especially in the army, was often high-spirited and upward.

In peacetime armies, seniority, factions, and relationships were inevitable, while foreign wars were equivalent to opening up avenues for soldiers to rise.

If Pingye Bo had been born in Qian, and was so dazzling, he would likely have been suppressed, or even have his legs pulled out by friendly forces, because behind the various Qian armies, there were basically their own court大佬(da lao, big shots) remotely controlling them. While the front was fighting, the demons and monsters in the rear court were also fighting.

Therefore, the Qian people still didn't know what was going on at the Sanbian border, and there was still no movement.

But here in Yan, because the will was thoroughly implemented from top to bottom, everyone didn't dare to have other thoughts, and didn't have time to have other thoughts. The overall atmosphere was relatively pure.

They didn't look at your background or your origins, they just looked at your ability. If your ability was really high, if you really had a lot of military merit, everyone would recognize you!

Therefore, every time they received a task from Pingye Bo, Gong Lin and Gongsun Zan would do their best to complete it. To the outside world, they acted as if they were Pingye Bo's confidants.

Of course, this was the feeling that Zheng Boye wanted.

By tying the two young ones to his side wholeheartedly, the two old ones could only follow him with all their hearts.

The Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi units, their family foundations, were not thin.

After integrating their two families, he could truly establish his own government and open his own office in this Jin East land after the war.

A'ming lifted the curtain and walked in, saying;

"Master, the person has been brought in, and also... ... "A'ming paused, "Luo Ling and Wang Mi are also here."

Luo Ling was an old Jingnan army commander. When Tian Wujing received the title of Jingnan Marquis and rebuilt the Jingnan army, he was among the first generals to be promoted.

And Wang Mi came from the Huwei County military. When the First Prince was appointed commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, he responded to the call. After fighting on and off, the First Prince returned to the capital due to defeat, and later went to Nanwang City, while Wang Mi's unit remained.

There was a hierarchy in the army. The Jingnan army headquarters must be the direct line. Li Fusheng and Gongsun Zhi, who were originally from the Zhenbei army, could be considered half of the direct line, while Wang Mi's was a bit of a miscellaneous army, but their status was still higher than the Jin army's battalions.

Logically speaking, Wang Mi wouldn't be stupid enough to go against Luo Ling. Although both were commanders, there was a huge difference in their positions.

But the matter involved a military advisor under his command. As the commander, no matter who he faced, he had to grit his teeth and stand up for his own people, otherwise, the team wouldn't be easy to lead.

The cause of the matter was as follows: the day before yesterday, Luo Ling's unit captured a Chu army camp. The Chu commander led his guards to break through, and a military advisor named Xu under Luo Ling led his troops to pursue.

At that time, a military advisor named Huang under Wang Mi was also leading his troops to pursue a Chu army scouting party, and both sides chased into a forest.

After a round of fighting, the Chu people were dealt with. This should have been the result of the joint effort of the two Yan armies, but inexplicably, the two sides began to accuse each other of stealing kills, and the soldiers on both sides even drew their swords.

In the end,

What was even more ridiculous was that,

The two military advisors, seeing that they couldn't get anywhere by arguing,

Actually started a duel in front of the battle!

When Zheng Boye saw this description in the report, he choked on his tea.

What could you say?

Could you say that they still knew their limits and didn't lead their subordinates into a full-scale conflict?

But the two military advisors, in front of their own soldiers, on the battlefield of the Chu campaign, each with a horse and a knife, began the most primitive duel.

Moreover, they fought for a long time, both were injured, but neither retreated.

Finally, it alarmed Li Fusheng, who had nothing to do after taking Xishan Fort and was itching to find prey everywhere, leading a team of guards!

Li Fusheng originally thought he had found prey, but when he got closer, he saw that it was actually two little housemaids from his own side dueling!

He immediately ordered his guards to surround the two groups of people, and he personally stepped forward to separate them.

If it had been Luo Ling or Wang Mi who had arrived at that time, this matter would probably have been suppressed, but Li Fusheng was from the Zhenbei army and didn't belong to the same faction as these two families, so he directly reported the matter.

In addition, Jingnan Wang didn't care about these things at all these days, and handed them all over to Zheng Boye, so this report finally fell into Zheng Boye's hands.

Zheng Boye looked at A'ming and said, "Do you think it's better in my tent, or to go to the main tent?"

Jingnan Wang wasn't in the central army today.

"Your subordinate thinks that if it's in the main tent, it will make you look guilty, Lord."

"That's true."

Zheng Boye nodded, "Bring them up."

Soon,

Xu Guang and Huang Qi were brought in, bound, with injuries on their bodies.

Then,

Luo Ling and Wang Mi also walked in. Luo Ling's aura was strong. After entering, he nodded to Zheng Boye, who was sitting there, and then stood to the side contentedly.

Everyone in the Jingnan army, regardless of whether they came from the regular army or the rear army or the newly incorporated generals in recent years, couldn't be stupid enough to get tangled up in whether Pingye Bo was one of their own.

Their own lord had put his son there to raise, it was obvious.

Wang Mi bowed to Zheng Fan with his fists clasped:

"Greetings, Lord Pingye."

A commander from the local army had already done his best to maintain his opposition to Luo Ling.

But he didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Zheng Boye, and there was no need to.

In fact, Wang Mi also knew that this Pingye Bo in front of him was also from the local army. He was originally from Beifeng County, and later transferred to Cuiliu Fort in Yinlang County as a garrison officer. What else could he be if not a local army?

But he had been valued by Jingnan Wang early on, and had risen all the way through meritorious service. No one dared to call him a local army head.

At this thought,

Wang Mi's gaze towards Zheng Boye actually carried a hint of resentment.

The general meaning was:

You betrayed your class!

"Greetings, Lord Pingye, may Lord Pingye be blessed!"

"Greetings, Lord Pingye, may Lord Pingye be blessed!"

If the two commanders could still hold themselves a little, then these two military advisors, with bruised noses and swollen faces, and still injured, didn't have any qualifications to show their arrogance.

Zheng Boye leaned back and put his feet on the desk, sighing.

Luo Ling took a step back and sat down on the chair behind him.

Seeing this, Wang Mi also pulled the chair behind him and sat down.

In the middle, two people were kneeling, and on three sides, three people were sitting. This posture really had the meaning of a "three-division joint trial."

Zheng Boye first looked at Xu Guang and Huang Qi with a smile on his face,

Then,

He looked at Luo Ling, sitting on his left, and finally, he glanced at Wang Mi, sitting on his right.

"You still have the face to sit?"

Luo Ling turned his head in surprise to look at Zheng Boye.

Wang Mi immediately raised his butt and stood up, looking at Zheng Boye.

Zheng Boye kicked over the reports on the desk,

Shouting;

"You still have the damn face to sit!"

Luo Ling clenched his teeth and slowly stood up, but his eyes were still staring at Zheng Boye.

And Xu Guang and Huang Qi, who were kneeling below, began to tremble.

They were not greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to do something like fighting each other in order to compete for merit;

What they feared was the strict hierarchy in the army, what they feared was military orders!

During this period of time, the fact that Lord Pingye had been handling military affairs in the main tent on behalf of the lord had been known to all the generals above the rank of Major throughout the army.

This was not only where Pingye Bo's own prestige lay, but at the moment, he also had the "legal basis" temporarily given to him by Jingnan Wang.

"Lord Pingye!"

Luo Ling couldn't help but shout.

"Someone!"

"Buzz!"

Immediately, a team of armored soldiers rushed into the tent. These armored soldiers were all guards beside Jingnan Wang.

Ten years ago, Luo Ling himself was actually a guard beside Tian Wujing.

The guards drew their swords and aimed them at Luo Ling and Wang Mi, who were standing.

Fortunately,

Although both Luo Ling and Wang Mi, the two commanders, were wearing swords, neither of them was stupid enough to draw their swords.

After all, they were people who could become commanders, not as stupid as the two below.

Zheng Boye tilted his head slightly,

Looking at Luo Ling,

Reached out,

Pointing at him,

His finger pointed down, hooked,

And said softly:

"Kneel down."

Luo Ling stood there, not moving.

Zheng Boye just looked at him like that, waiting.

The atmosphere in the tent became oppressive.

But the ones who were really under pressure were not Zheng Boye and Luo Ling, but a group of Jingnan Wang's guards who had just been called in by Zheng Boye.

Finally,

Two guards stepped forward and put their hands on Luo Ling's shoulders.

"General Luo, please kneel."

Luo Ling ignored the two guards' prompting and continued to stand.

Immediately, the two guards exchanged a look and began to exert downward pressure at the same time.

But Luo Ling just supported himself like that, still not kneeling.

The two guards hesitated for a moment, not daring to kick Luo Ling's knees.

"Lord Pingye, why should this general kneel to you!"

Luo Ling growled,

"The lord is not here, except for the Emperor's envoy, I, Luo Ling, don't think I need to kneel to anyone!

Unless,

You now take out the lord's tiger tally and royal seal and put them in front of me, otherwise..."

Zheng Boye's eyes glanced at a dark compartment under the table.

In fact, the tiger tally and royal seal were there.

A seal was needed to approve the reports, so they were left behind.

As for the tiger tally,

Jingnan Wang didn't need a tiger tally to mobilize troops.

Zheng Boye could take these two things out now, but he didn't want to.

Pulling a tiger's skin to borrow power, if you borrow it too directly, it's really just wind blowing over, and the wind blows away again.

This was a knowledge, a knowledge of keeping the wind, at least, keeping part of it on yourself.

Zheng Boye reached out and pointed to the reports that had been kicked down by him earlier, scattered all over the ground,

And said:

"What are these? General Luo has followed the lord for more than ten years, doesn't he know the lord's habit of using troops, doesn't he know what these are?"

Zheng Fan's voice suddenly increased:

"During this period of time, this lord has been temporarily approving these reports on behalf of the lord, handling military affairs, you, don't know?"

Saying that,

Zheng Fan spread his arms and put them on the back of the chair behind him,

And said:

"Don't pretend to be confused, we are all family, if you insist on breaking the rules, you can, if you insist on this lord taking out the tiger tally and royal seal and putting them in front of you, you can.

You can stand, continue to stand, hehehe..."

Zheng Boye's eyes suddenly became sharp, looking at the guards of Jingnan Wang around him,

"This lord is sitting here, the lord let this lord sit here to handle military affairs, then this lord's handling of military affairs is the lord's command!

General Luo's official position has become bigger,

He has become prestigious,

He has put on airs,

He has forgotten,

In the Jingnan army,

What is the first iron law,

You,

Have you also forgotten?"

Zheng Boye immediately shouted:

"Wangfu guards, listen to the order!"

A group of guards immediately clasped their fists and listened to the order.

"If General Luo doesn't kneel within ten breaths, behead him immediately!"

"You dare!" Luo Ling glared angrily.

"One, two, three..."

Zheng Boye closed his eyes and tapped his fingers lightly on his thigh, as if he was leisurely tapping a rhythm.

"Seven, eight..."

Luo Ling's eyes watched the Wangfu guards beside him. Most of them were already mobilizing their blood.

Luo Ling, who had been a Wangfu guard, knew that these people valued the lord's orders more than their own lives.

Although it felt absurd, although it felt incomprehensible,

But Luo Ling understood,

They,

Would really raise their knives and chop at him.

"Nine..."

Luo Ling knelt down.

He wasn't afraid of death, he had always been good at charging into battle, but he didn't want to die so inexplicably!

The surrounding guards also breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, they couldn't be blamed. Zheng Boye's preconceived impression, coupled with the time of ten breaths, made them unable to distinguish and think, and could only follow their instincts.

And this instinct was,

Lord Pingye,

Had been handling military affairs on behalf of the lord for a long time!

On the other side,

When Wang Mi saw Luo Ling kneeling, he immediately knelt down.

Now it was good,

Originally, two people were kneeling, but now four people were kneeling.

Zheng Boye opened his eyes, got up, and finally left the chair.

He rubbed his wrist as he slowly walked over.

When he didn't have to leave the camp, Zheng Boye didn't wear armor. He was wearing a purple training robe embroidered by Si Niang herself, which was very close-fitting and breathable.

Although Luo Ling had knelt down, his eyes were full of anger.

He really didn't expect that after entering this military tent, he would face such a situation.

What he couldn't understand even more was why this Lord Pingye in front of him would do this!

Zheng Boye walked to Wang Mi,

The scene where Zheng Boye had almost ordered the guards to forcibly chop Luo Ling had really shocked Wang Mi's mind. Seeing Zheng Fan walking over, he immediately lowered his head,

And said:

"This humble general is guilty!"

"Heh."

Zheng Boye laughed,

Then he kicked Wang Mi on the shoulder. Zheng Boye didn't hold back this kick, and directly kicked Wang Mi over.

Immediately,

Zheng Boye immediately pointed at Xu Guang and Huang Qi, who were kneeling in the middle,

And cursed:

"What are they doing, they are fighting to compete for military merit, two military advisors, dueling there! Less than thirty miles away from where they were dueling, there are still two Chu army camps that haven't been taken down yet!

The people below,

Don't know any better,

That's possible!

What about you,

You are commanders, you are the main generals, for these two idiots, you actually went directly to the central army's main tent!

Do you think the Chu people are dead,

Do you think the Chu people have all disarmed and surrendered,

Inside Zhennan Pass, outside Zhennan Pass, behind Zhennan Pass,

There are still hundreds of thousands of Chu troops!

Do you think this battle is over,

Do you know,

How much the people of Da Yan and Jin have tightened their belts to support our battle!

Do you know,

That the salaries of court officials have been cut in half,

Do you know that the princes are adults, but because the court has no silver, they have to continue living in the prince's mansion!

Do you know,

If this battle,

Finally, it doesn't win,

If Zhennan Pass isn't taken down,

What does it mean?

What does it mean!"

Zheng Boye turned around,

Walked to Luo Ling,

And shouted:

"It means that the Chu people can still leave Zhennan Pass at any time, and invade Jin, we must continue to station a large army here to deal with them!

It means that countless families in my Yan land are broken, and there are starving people everywhere!

It means that Jin, which my Da Yan soldiers have exchanged for blood, will have war again and again, and bandits will continue!

It means that,

My Da Yan, for many years, no, for hundreds of years, the country and society maintained by countless predecessors throwing their heads and shedding their blood will likely be overthrown overnight!

You,

If you were Jin people,

I wouldn't be so angry,

But you two,

No, plus these two idiots,

You are all my Yan people!

How dare you,

You,

How can you!"

Zheng Boye bent down,

Facing Luo Ling's face,

And said slowly:

"You are not convinced, are you?"

"I..."

Luo Ling suddenly found that he had nothing to say.

"I told you to kneel, you are not convinced, are you? Do you know that the lord has left the central army, the lord doesn't look at the reports anymore, these reports, are in my hands.

If they were in the lord's hands...

You two,

If you walk in like before, fighting each other,

Believe it or not,

Your heads will immediately be hung on the gate of the village for public display!"

After saying that,

Zheng Boye kicked Luo Ling as well, hitting Luo Ling's chest. Luo Ling lowered his body, opening his mouth, obviously in great pain.

"I, am saving you!"

In here,

There was actually a paradox,

That was, if it wasn't Zheng Boye sitting here approving the reports, but Jingnan Wang, neither Luo Ling nor Wang Mi would dare to come in like before.

Zheng Boye was actually stealing a concept.

"Xu Guang and Huang Qi, remove the title of military advisor, and enter the trap camp in guilt.

Commander Luo Ling, Commander Wang Mi, failed to restrain their subordinates, whip twenty in front of the main tent."

Xu Guang and Huang Qi suddenly felt relieved, they had thought that they were really dead, but they didn't expect that they could still live.

Zheng Boye turned around and found the report from the reports scattered on the ground, shook it,

And said:

"I had already written the annotation, the lord won't change my annotation."

After saying that,

Zheng Boye reached out and took out the royal seal from the dark compartment,

His hand slipped,

The royal seal fell,

Rolling all the way on the ground to Luo Ling and the others.

Zheng Boye held the report, walked over, picked up the royal seal, and stamped it.

Luo Ling and Wang Mi were still kneeling on the ground.

Zheng Boye simply sat down on the ground as well,

Reaching out, he pointed to Xu Guang and Huang Qi,

And said:

"There is another way, allowing you two to temporarily replace your original positions in guilt, and lead your troops to my Dongshan Fort to await orders."

Wang Mi was stunned for a moment,

Could one so blatantly rob other people's troops?

Luo Ling suddenly realized something,

At this time, he no longer had anger and shame,

But almost instinctively looked at Zheng Fan and asked:

"Could it be that there is..."

Zheng Boye raised his hand, signaling Luo Ling to stop.

Luo Ling immediately stopped speaking,

Zheng Boye smiled and said:

"Don't blame me for showing off my power just now, ha, which real hard battle where the most people died, wasn't it me who went?"

In his words,

There was a bit of self-deprecation, a bit of loneliness, and a bit of... frankness.

Zheng Boye stood up,

First, he reached out and supported Luo Ling's shoulder, exerting force, pulling Luo Ling up.

Then,

He walked to Wang Mi and helped Wang Mi up as well.

Finally,

Zheng Boye walked to Huang Qi and Xu Guang, who were still kneeling,

And said:

"This trip, following me, is easier to die than going to the trap camp, but... as long as you come out alive, not only can you offset your sins, but you can also go further."

"Willing to die for the Lord!"

"Willing to die for the Lord!"

………

After these people had all left, there was only Zheng Boye left in the military tent.

Zheng Boye bent down and began to pick up the reports that had been scattered on the ground one by one, and even blew on them.

At this time,

The tent curtain was lifted.

Zheng Boye, who was facing away from the curtain, couldn't help but say:

"Haha, A'ming, how was my performance just now?"

"A bit impatient, but, it was still effective."

Zheng Boye's figure suddenly stopped.

Tian Wujing walked over, bent down, and seeing that Zheng Fan was stiff and not moving, he began to help him pick up the reports on the ground.

"Lord..."

Tian Wujing put the picked up reports into Zheng Fan's hand,

Got up,

And said:

"Very good."

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Good night.