Wu Cheng's adventure at Yuxue Pass is very worthwhile. The greatest contribution is the dozens of scout cavalry who stepped onto the White Army. They brought the most important news to Wu Cheng, and they risked their hardships to arrive at Yuxue Pass.

So when Zhao Zhen met Wu Cheng, he specially met dozens of white-handed heroes who changed the situation.

The Qingtang cavalry's combat power is not weak. On the contrary, after years of battle and the riding skills they have practiced on horseback since childhood, they can even surpass the former Xixia cavalry.

But these elite Qingtang cavalry lost to the Tabai Army of the Song Dynasty, and dozens of people defeated a hundred. Such a record is naturally worthy of the praise of the emperor Zhao Zhen himself.

About a dozen people were standing on the school ground in Lanzhou City. They were as strong as pine trees. The armor on their bodies had not been replaced, and they were full of traces of knife and axe chopping. After the arrow was pulled out, it was densely packed like a crater.

Obviously, they had endured a arduous battle and won the admiration of the soldiers in Lanzhou City. When Zhao Zhen personally wore a silver medal to express his military achievements on them, military music sounded and war drums rumbled.

Wu Cheng didn't have any jealousy. In fact, if they hadn't happened to find out outside Qingtang City and happened to see countless Qingtang people marching on the plateau, they wouldn't have known that Dong Wen was going to have an empty city plan.

"I heard that the Qingtang army was blocking outside the Yuxue Pass, and it was clamoring and scolding. When you were feinting the pass, it was not easy to use the White Army to spy. Although the soldiers of the White Army were brave, your courage and decision were extremely important. Let me tell you what you think."

Wu Cheng punched his chest with his right hand, "The Qingtang people are cunning and intend to withdraw from the Hehuang land. They use the army as a trick to block the six borders. This is an open conspiracy. If we attack, we will inevitably worry about fraud. If we do not investigate, there will be mistakes. In the end, we will not have the foresight of the officials and generals. We can only use the stupidest method to send out elite cavalry to investigate."

Wu Cheng's answer made Zhao Zhen extremely satisfied. He was neither arrogant nor impatient, and he was quite steady.

"What if Qingtang people encircle the rafts in Yuxue Pass?"

Wu Cheng was slightly stunned. He had a routine inquiry before, but now he is the official teacher exam.

"If the Qingtang people arrest the pass, we will surely ignite the wolf smoke as a warning and guard the pass to fight against the Qingtang people."

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "This is not enough. You should fight out after repelling the Qingtang people and join forces to capture Qingtang City. This is the active defense advocated by my Song Dynasty. You should not just look at the eyes. You are the Yuhou of the Military Academy of Jingyou for three years. You are still serving as a side general in Yuxue Pass. You should know the reason. You have more than enough defense and lack of progress!"

Wu Cheng suddenly blushed, looked at Zhao Zhen's eyes and kept dodging, and finally muttered in a low voice, "Fan Dayong, Zhong Yan failed twice, even the power of gunpowder cannot make the Qingtang people shy away. Who dares to become the next Fan Dayong or Zhong Yan?"

"Rareless!" Sancai's face changed drastically. How could he, a small guard of the pass, say such words?

Even when he knelt on the ground, Wu Cheng didn't say much. He thought he was telling the truth, which was also a warning to the officials. When the scholars used their brains, they could always play tricks on official documents, which could not only advise the officials but also prevent them from getting angry.

I am a military general. Although I have read books, I still disdain to use the method of a literati to advise. The most important thing at the moment is to make the officials' family feel favored in the border army.

Due to the failure of Fan Dayong and Zhong Yan, rumors have begun to spread in the border troops in the northwest of the Song Dynasty, saying that Jiao Siluo was the nemesis of the Song Dynasty and that there was no possibility of attacking Tubo within a hundred years.

Zhao Zhen smiled. The reason he arrived in Lanzhou was to stabilize the morale of the Song Dynasty. The military god of the Song Dynasty was actually not Di Qing, and never was it.

Di Qing is a wise and brave commander. He can command thousands of troops, but he doesn't have what he has. Zhao Zhen can say with certainty that as long as he circles around the border army, the effect will be even higher than the momentum after a victory in the Song Dynasty.

This is Zhao Zhen’s confidence, the confidence of an emperor.

Frontier defense has never been a simple matter. Fan Dayong and Zhong Yan's failure is right in front of us. This is not only the failure of the Song army, but also the failure of the Song Dynasty, and the sacrifice of literati playing tricks to fight against the imperial power.

Zhao Zhen himself asked for such a thing very much, but he also knew that it was inevitable that the most important significance of the emperor's arrival in the border army was to control the border army and strengthen the connection between military power.

Zhao Zhen has been weakening all rights over the years, but the military power has been continuously increasing. Although it has weakened the power of the prime minister, it has been using the power of civil servants to weaken the power of the prime minister, which has actually strengthened the rights of civil servants.

Only by strengthening military power can one maintain one's own monarchy. This has been the case since ancient times. Whoever holds a big stick in his hand is the real boss.

Zhao Zhen is actually a person who lacks a sense of security, or almost all people in later generations lack a sense of security, so Zhao Zhen always likes to put his own safety first when doing things, and this will lead to a problem, pursuing infinite concentration of the highest rights.

This is the case in the Song Dynasty now. All the troops were led by Zhao Zhen. Even Di Qing, the Minister of War, did not have the right to mobilize the army, let alone the staff of the Military Academy.

"I know your concerns, and you know that you are risking your life to make a remark, but you should know that the failure of Fan Dayong and Zhong Yan is related to themselves... Indeed, they were used as bait by some people in the court, but since you know that they are bait, you should fight the battle more beautifully. Don't you know that both of them are defeated by greed for success! This is the biggest disaster. Wu Cheng, you are from the Military Academy after all. Don't you know that steady fighting is the style of a famous general?"

"The official just said that he would not be able to make progress..."

Su Xun kicked him with a grudge against the side, "Fight steadily, a dignified army, can't the flag of justice be dispatched? The official family means that you should focus on the situation of the battle and advance forward with a steady formation. When you encounter a good opportunity, you can't act decisively, and you can't carve the rotten wood!"

Su Xun likes to say this sentence recently. Zhao Zhen has heard him say it in Lanzhou no less than ten times. The biggest reason is that he saw the confused atmosphere among the border troops.

Zhao Zhen did not mean to blame Wu Cheng, but a wry smile appeared on his face and said, "Due to the disputes in the court and two failures, the morale of the border troops has been floating during this period. How can I not know?
Chapter completed!