Wu Zhongfu was over 40 years old, and in the first year of Baoyuan, he had been a censor for many years. He was a clean and upright official and did not follow his personal opinions. He was a typical ancient civil servant who Du Zhongxiao read in his memory. When he went to the front line, Du Zhongxiao was worried that he could not find anything, but that he found too many problems.

Before leaving, Wu Zhong returned to the official hall and said goodbye to Du Zhongxiao.

He ordered Wu Zhongfu to sit down, and Du Zhongxiao said, "It is not easy to go to Mingsha to patrol this time. Hundreds of thousands of troops are there. Once the spirit of the army is shaken due to the patrol, it is not the censor who can bear it. After you get there, you should be careful."

Wu Zhongfu bowed: "Zhongcheng is a man who once led troops on the front line. He understands the situation on the front line much more than us. Please tell me clearly, what should I do after I arrive at Mingsha? What must be done and what should I avoid?"

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "When the army fights, the morale of the army must not be in chaos. If you grasp this point, think twice before doing the specific matters you encounter. This time, it is because the garrison aroused the rebellion of Dangxiang. The reason for this incident must be found out. Only after you have found out clearly can you know how to avoid it in the future. If you want me to say, it is best to have a principle. Read more, ask more, listen more, and say less."

Wu Zhong said again: "I am stupid, please tell me clearly."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The incident in Qinggang Gorge may be both accidental and inevitable. In other words, the front-line Taiwei's troops may have been after the army occupied the Dangxiang land. They generally did not obey military orders, plundered money, plundered women, or even ignored human lives. It is also possible that only the army in Qinggang Gorge did not obey military orders for various reasons, and forced anti-Dangxiang prisoners of war. No matter what the front-line situation is, they should be kept in mind, keep enough evidence, and deal with it after returning to the Dangxiang. Don't cause storms on the frontline."

Wu Zhongfu bowed: "If there is any mistake, it should be corrected! If this is the case on the front line, it will be great!"

Du Zhongxiao smiled: "Censor, what is the most important thing about fighting on the front line?"

Wu Zhongfu was silent for a while and said, "Of course, the flag is winning."

"Well. The most important thing on the front line is victory. Anything that may affect victory must be suppressed first. The war is over, no matter how you pursue it, but it cannot be done during the war. The prisoners of war rebellion, and the army that was invaded was destroyed, and it was passed back to the court, which was already a problem. So when you go to the front line, ask more, read more, listen more, but you can't say more, otherwise you will inevitably have conflicts with the army. If the army is defeated, you are afraid of being punished after returning to the court, and if you win, you are afraid of not rewarding after returning to the court. If you go there, you are suspicious of the court. No matter how big you make a big fuss, you are afraid that something will happen. The Censorate is just a supervisor, not a criminal court, and there is another department for the trial."

After hearing this, Wu Zhongfu nodded slowly: "I understand the Zhongcheng's meaning. If you check it, don't arouse suspicion from the frontline soldiers."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "Yes, the priorities of the matter must be clearly distinguished, and you cannot mess up the big plan because of trivial matters."

After leaving the official hall, Wu Zhongfu returned to the Taiyuan, thinking about it again and again. When he went to Beijing to meet the emperor, although the emperor said the significance of this trip, he did not explain what to do. When he went to see the prime minister of the two courts, the Privy Council was vague and the Political Affairs Hall asked for severe punishment. Hearing Du Zhongxiao's words, he really had to act carefully. From top to bottom, he only needed to be severely punished.

After breathing a light sigh, Wu Zhongfu shook his head. He already understood in his heart that on the front line, Di Qing's troops were afraid that the military discipline was not very good. For the Privy Council, the most important thing is victory, as long as you win, everything is easy to say. Only the Political Affairs Council, which does not control the military strategy now, will require severe punishment. The Censorate is three major institutions independent of the Political Affairs Council and the Privy Council. Although they do not have their power, they do not have to be under their control.

On the second day, Wu Zhongfu joined forces with the eunuchs guarding Wang Congshan and boarded the train to the west.

In Mingsha County, Zhang Yu said to Di Qing: "Taiwei, the Chinese New Year is coming, and the army has not yet fully emerged from the Hulu River. It will be half a month before we reach the city of Lingzhou. I am afraid it will be difficult to conquer Lingzhou in the past six months."

Di Qing said: "Don't be discouraged. Lingzhou is only covered with water when the Yellow River floods, and it is not easy to attack. As long as the Yellow River is normal, it is not difficult to reach its city. Besides, we have more than 200,000 people, even if we line up all the swamps there into dry land, it is not impossible."

Zhang Yu thought for a while and said, "The Taiwei said it makes sense. Anyway, the army has nothing to do, and draining the swamp is always something to do."

After using guns and cannons, no more powerful generals rushed forward. As Di Qing's first brave general, Zhang Yu was inevitably a little depressed. Moreover, after the reform, the military formation was rigorous. For the front-line generals, the requirements for command in the front line were completely different from before. As a brave general, Zhang Yu might as well ask Jia Kui to adapt to the new situation. This time, Zhang Yu felt very depressed.

While the two were talking, Lu Zheng came over and said with his hands: "Taiwei, the Privy Council Xuanzheng. Yan Yan was defeated by Qinggangxia, and the court sent the Censor Wu Zhongfu and Neiji Wang Congshan to come to inspect the military situation."

When Di Qing heard this, his face turned dark and said in a deep voice: "But only a few hundred people make trouble, just send a large army to pacify it. What do the imperial court sent a censor to come and what is the intention? Do you think that the military discipline on the front line is chaotic and must be investigated strictly?!"

Lu Zhengdao: "The Privy Council announced this order, but it did not say more. The Censor came according to the imperial edict and could not slacken."

Di Qing sat there silently and said a dark face. This time he led the army to fight. He was ambitious before coming, but he didn't expect that it would turn out like this. If he had known this, he would not have come, so as not to ruin his reputation for life.

To be honest, Di Qing was not familiar with the military system of Hequlu. Although he tried to learn and understand, those experiences were too different from his own. Di Qing himself was not a person who was good at learning those. For the training of the entire army, he changed the military system to a name but was actually the same as before. Most of the people in these 300,000 troops had the same idea as Di Qing.

If there was no new military system, Di Qing would have led a large army to fight. The old military system relied on commanding officers, with one level suppressing one level, and the command system was simple and direct. The superiors did not need to care about each commanding officer, as long as they could fight during wartime. The soldiers in the military camp were also used to this. Anyway, everything was obedient to the commanding officers, and life and death were given, so that they could do whatever they wanted.

The problem is that in the process of training the entire army, the soldiers were trained in a good manner. These soldiers not only learned to array and shoot, but also learned knowledge. In the past, in the battle formation, they just had to see the flags, see the movements of the generals clearly, and follow them. Now they are required to learn to cooperate, learn to help each other, and learn that even though the dead array cannot be dispersed, the generals who commanded them learned a lot in the military academy.

Nowadays, most soldiers can read and recognize words. Although they don’t recognize many words, they can understand some simple commands. However, many low-ranking generals still have many people who cannot read, which is worse than soldiers. When obeying the rules of the new army, soldiers often know more than generals. This change directly puts the old command system in huge challenges. Because of the chaos, senior generals tried their best to simplify the command system and retreated more and more to the old military system. When they arrived at various battalions, the soldiers were not adapted to the old military system because of the new training, and there were constant conflicts.

Di Qing's 300,000 army, from Zhenrong Army to Mingsha, was a few hundred miles in this kind of conflict. As for the military discipline, how could he manage it? The general tent could ensure that the army advances and there is no conflict between each other, which is rare. The supply system of the Privy Council is not in line with the actual military system, and I don't know many things every day.

Di Qing himself felt that he had tried his best in the past few months and had never been so difficult to command the battle. In the eyes of the court, the army was slow to move, and now there was a case of forcing anti-prisoners of war, which was also very dissatisfied.
Chapter completed!