After hearing the personal soldiers' reports, Di Qing felt like he was thundering. He led his army to advance, and as long as there was no mistake, others would just complain. Now that there was such a mess, what would the officials in the court think? What would they say?

When the personal soldiers went out, Han Qi said: "Since Qinggang Gorge has occupied, why would prisoners of war suddenly rebel? This matter is not simple, so we should investigate it strictly!"

Di Qing said: "This is what is right. But the most important thing now is to send troops to wipe out them immediately. The eastern army is mainly stationed in Weizhou and Pule City, and the Qingyuan Army is the back of it, causing a lot of trouble."

Han Qi nodded and said no more. This was an internal matter of Di Qing's troops. I don't think there were many rebels in Dangxiang, so I let him go. Until now, Dangxiang is about to destroy the country, and the Song army will not encounter any trouble. It is really unreasonable.

The Privy Council, Jia Changchao took the front-line battle report and suddenly fell to the case: "Di Qing is too incompetent! The 300,000 army is slow to move, and there is such a big chaos. What do the ministers say? The Chinese New Year is about to be celebrated in ten days. It will take at least half a year to destroy Lingzhou. How much money and grain should be spent every day? The Zhengshi Hall has long been dissatisfied, but it has caused chaos again!"

Tian Kuang said: "The Taiwei is just a rebellion of Dangxiang prisoners of war, and there are not many people. As long as the army is launched in time to attack, there will be no big news. This matter can be suppressed first and the court officials will not know. When Taiwei Di pacifies the riots, he will report the report."

Jia Changchao said: "Qinggang Gorge is on the side of Huanqing Road, not far from Huanzhou, how can we press it down? If we don't report, Huanqing Road will also report to the Political Affairs Hall. Alas, it's really annoying! Because of the slow progress, the court officials discussed how much responsibility the emperor has taken! This kind of thing happened again!"

Tian Kuang glanced at Cheng Kan next to him and stopped talking. Cheng Kan and Wen Yanbo were in-laws, and even if the Privy Council did not report, they might not be able to suppress it.

After thinking for a while, Jia Changchao said, "I ordered Di Qing to send troops south immediately to clear the rebels of Dangxiang. If the time is delayed, the Privy Council will punish you severely! I ordered Huanqing to rule Cui Yi and Huanzhou governor Zhang Kui to immediately send troops north to cooperate with Di Qing's army to wipe out the rebellious party!"

Tian Kuang said: "The Taiwei, I am afraid that the rioters will be pursued by the army, so I will go south along the way and riot in Huanqing Road."

Jia Changchao said: "There are only a few hundred chaotic troops, and Huanqing passes by ten thousand troops. As long as the defense is tight, there is no chance for them to cause trouble. Let's do this first. I will go to the palace immediately and report to the emperor. This matter is serious, so I will deal with it immediately in front of me. Do not delay it and cause a disaster!"

After saying that, he hurried out of the Privy Council and entered the palace. The priest did not have to schedule a shift to enter the palace. He always reported directly if there was anything, unlike other officials.

In the Censorate, the chief clerk Ye Xiang hurried into the official hall and bowed to Du Zhongxiao: "Zhongcheng, the news that he had just arrived from the Privy Council, there were Dangxiang prisoners of war in Qinggang Gorge who caused rebellion and killed hundreds of soldiers. Ning Su, who occupied the Qingyuan Army, led his troops to quell the rebellion, but ended up in a hiding and lost his life."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao put down the official documents in his hand and said, "What exactly? Did the Privy Council write a document?"

Ye Xiang said: "I think the document has just been sent, but has not been sent to the Censorate yet."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said nothing. He thought that this kind of chaos should have happened long ago. Until now, it can only be said that Dangxiang had lost the desire to resist. The Song army that had been trained was facing the enemy head-on, and the Dangxiang people were of course not opponents. If the geographical and human resources advantages were used, such a small disturbance would cause great trouble to the Song army. At that time, Du Zhongxiao occupied Hequ Road and the Western Regions. On the one hand, Du Zhongxiao was quite tolerant of ordinary people, and on the other hand, he suppressed the rebels severely. All prisoners of war were organized together and kept under strict supervision, because he was afraid that such a thing would happen.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "Go and summon the other censors to the official hall. I have something to say."

Ye Xiang took the order out, and soon after, Guo Shenxi and others entered the official hall and saluted themselves.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The news of the Privy Council coming, a rebellion of Dangxiang prisoners of war occurred in Qinggang Gorge, killing and injuring soldiers. Ning Su, the commander of the Qingyuan Army, led his troops to quell the rebellion, but he was ambushed and lost his life. This matter will surely cause controversy between the government and the public. Let me ask you for it first and discuss it yourself."

Guo Shenxi was shocked: "I occupied Weizhou and the army went south to sweep the surrounding Dangxiang City. In fact, Qinggang Gorge should have just been occupied by this dynasty, so such a big thing happened. Why did the matter happen? It should be investigated severely!"

Lu Jingchu said: "Since the dispatch of troops last September, this is the first major chaos and the first major defeat. We must strictly investigate it!"

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "The thing has happened, of course we must investigate it strictly. I asked you to come not to tell you this news, but to unify the principles of advice later."

Guo Shenxi was a little alert: "What do you want to do with Zhongcheng?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "I think it is better to set a few principles. For this chaos, we should discuss the matter and not raise other matters. In the previous chapter, we must not raise the situation to see how Taiwei Di and his army fight, what should they do, or even the strategy ahead."

Zhao Yan said: "If it weren't for the improper command and the generals made mistakes, why would Dangxiang prisoners of war rebel? After fighting so many wars, why did such a thing happen to the troops of Taiwei Di? In response to this matter, it is impossible not to involve Taiwei Di."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes. I mean, any memorials on this matter must be discussed on the matter and should not be rumored. Because the army of Taiwei Di's army is progressing slowly, the court officials are dissatisfied, including the Censorate. Don't take this opportunity to expand from prisoners of war to the front strategy. Generals are most afraid of random speculation and commenting in the rear. Those who have no concentration and are at a loss are also ordinary. Commanding operations is a very serious matter. The most fear of not being able to have concentration and not being able to clearly analyze the situation faced, and being affected by others."

Guo Shenxi said: "Zhongcheng and Taiwei Di have been envoys for several years, so we should clearly distinguish these. We are just performing our duties as a censor. If we think things are suspicious or do something wrong, we will just go to the previous chapter."

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Do you have to make it clear? When it comes to combat, how many officials in the court understand? How many people do you understand? When it comes to the chaos on the front line, how many people can resist and only submit memorials to the chaos itself? What is the duty of the censor? There must be rumors, and you should not make up randomly by yourself. In response to this chaos, I don't care how deep you dig, and I don't care about what defects the military has caused, but don't involve personnel, let alone military strategy on the front line!"

Seeing Du Zhongxiao's face was serious, several officials were stunned for a moment. Du Zhongxiao has always been kind on weekdays, but he didn't know that there was this side.

Seeing that, Du Zhongxiao said, "When fighting, the generals on the front line do not know how much pressure they have to bear. Every decision must be considered in all aspects. If the generals are questioned by the rear, they will easily become undecided on the front line and cause unexpected things. After all, this chaos is a problem for the middle and lower-level generals, not a global problem. It is best to urge the army to change these, but don't involve anything else."

Lu Jingchu said: "Zhongcheng is worried that we will evade Taiwei Di for this incident?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "I am worried. However, what is more important is that you are afraid that you will deploy the front line with this incident. Nearly 300,000 troops have been slowly unfolding, and their complexity is beyond the imagination of the rear. Now the storage, distribution and transportation of guns, cannons, ammunition, and ammunition are all major events, which are not comparable in the past. For the soldiers on the front line, they encountered it for the first time, panic was inevitable. If court officials attacked each other again, who knows what would happen! What could be discussed and what could not be discussed, the officials in the rear should have a clear idea!"

Not to mention the officials of the Censorate, or even the officials of the Privy Council, they do not have a deep understanding of the current war. Even many generals on the front line do not know how the current war is fought. When something happened, the officials in the rear only commented on the matter, so they must not involve too much.

Du Zhongxiao called his subordinates and made it clear, but in fact he was still worried about Di Qing on the front line. It was an accident that the prisoners of war rebelled were accidental, and it was unusual for the prisoners who suppressed the rebellion to be killed in battle. This shows that there are actually many problems in Di Qing's army now. One is that the generals are lax, and the other is that the generals are unqualified. If nothing unexpected happens, there are many problems such as disobeying the current military system and robbing people's wealth. How to deal with it depends on how Di Qing does it.
Chapter completed!