After hearing Han Gyu’s explanation, Jiang Xie quickly figured it out.
Xu Pu was close to Yang Maoyan, and Wang Boqian and other talents had the opportunity to replace Liu Yan and serve as the deputy envoy of the Huaixi system. You Xiaosheng was the commander of the army and knew Luzhou.
Not to mention that Xu Pu has always been second only to Liu Yan in the You Xiao Sheng Army, but this ranking only refers to his position in the You Xiao Sheng Army.
But above the imperial court, the gap between Xu Pu and Liu Yan was even greater.
Liu Yan was originally the most dazzling general in Dai Viet. He was very brave at a young age and made great achievements in the battle against the Dangxiang people. He followed his father Liu Shizhong in his second expedition to the north of Yan. As the first general of the Victorious Army, he commanded the elite bodyguards and had a high status.
Already the commanders of other capitals, Yuhou was above them all.
Xiao Sheng's army was defeated in Shuozhou. Liu Yan led his troops to break out of the encirclement. After reuniting with Xu Huai, he traveled thousands of miles south and returned to Bianliang. He participated in the defense of Bianliang twice and was one of the very few generals to achieve military exploits - this
It also alleviates Liu's guilt to a certain extent due to the defeat of the Xiaosheng Army.
After the fall of Bianliang, Liu Yan and his generals led their troops to break out. It was Liu Yan who brought out the most complete subordinates. Together with Xu Huai and others, he supported Emperor Jianji. He was one of the heroes of Conglong and was granted the title of Marquis of Xiaoling.
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Later, he and Yang Lin led their troops to guard Caizhou. After Yang Lin led his troops to reinforce Heluo, he also took control of Caizhou and resisted the soldiers from going south; the first time????????????????
In the Battle of Huainan, Liu Yan was one of the main generals who participated in the battle; after the first Battle of Huainan, Liu Yan left Yangzhou again.
It was also with such qualifications that Liu Yan, who was not a direct descendant and even had a close relationship with Jingxiang (Chushan), was qualified to lead the Youxiaosheng army in Lu as the deputy envoy of the Huaixi system after Emperor Shaolong ascended the throne.
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Xu Pu said that he was second only to Liu Yan in Youxiaoshengjun, but he had never been on his own in these years.
This also destined that Xu Pu at this time was more eager than anyone else to prove himself through one or two hearty victories and lay his foundation and status.
What's more, the court has not yet decided who will be the frontline commander in charge of the Huainan Campaign, so Xu Pu has no desire in his heart?
Of course, Luzhou and Jianye are very close to each other, and their jurisdictions are almost adjacent to each other. They are connected by rivers and Chaohu waterways.
Under normal circumstances, even if Xu Pu wanted to win, he had to listen to the imperial court and listen to the instructions of Emperor Shaolong, Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan and other nobles who ultimately decided his status.
Also because of the distance, the imperial court has yet to decide on a commander for the front line army in Luzhou, and everything is still controlled remotely by the privy envoy.
What if Prince Ping Yanzong suddenly gathered a large number of warships to sail into the Yangtze River and cut off the connection between Luzhou and Jianye?
After Jianye was completely unable to give Luzhou any advice and command remotely, and after Xu Pu truly took control of the decision-making power, what kind of variables would happen?
Especially when the soldiers from the East Route were preparing to cross the river to raid Jianye, Xu Pu would not only face the problem of winning and gaining credit and establishing his own status and foundation. He also had to worry about what would happen if he stood still in Luzhou.
Will it arouse suspicion and resentment from Emperor Shaolong, Wang Yang and others?
If Liu Yan was in charge of Luzhou, it would be purely a military adventure for the Chihu people to dare to do this.
Now that Xu Pu is in charge of Luzhou, Chi Huren's strategy of luring the snake out of its hole is very likely to be effective.
Even if we take a step back, even if Chi Huren failed to lead Xu Pu out of the cave in the end, with Xu Pu's prestige and ability and the coordination ability of Youxiaosheng's army after Liu Yan left, it will be difficult to capture Chi Hu.
Hu Dajun's fighter planes appeared because the battle line was too long and too scattered. They looked at the right opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.
Therefore, it is not too risky to simply target Xu Pu and pacify the Yanzong Palace; after all, Xu Pu is not a general of the level of Han Shiliang or Liu Yan, nor is Xu Huai a monster-like military wizard.
Jiang Xie and Xu Wujiang were both aware of the possible dangers involved, and their expressions became solemn. They could also realize that King Tu Ge of the Ping Yan Sect, whom they had not faced much in the past, was also surprisingly bold in using troops.
The only question now is, what can Jingxiang do and what should it do?
However, seeing Xu Huai's solemn expression, he had no intention of asking everyone to speak freely, and no one said anything.
Xu Huai then invited Su Laochang to the study to learn about this year's tax and grain collection.
Due to the high-intensity confrontation that lasted for two years, many things had to be interrupted. This year is the first year that Beijing and Xiangxiang will fully implement the tax and grain reform. Not only will the traditional labor service, oral taxes, additional levies and other tax items be
It was spread out among the acres, and for the first time all the land was levied with money.
At present, the tax and grain collection in various states and counties has come to an end, and the results have been summarized in the production department. Generally speaking, in recent years, Beijing and Xiangyang have not only confiscated nearly 4 million acres of privately owned farmland in Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jingzhou.
In addition, more than two million acres of farmland were discovered to conceal tax evasion and grain evasion.
This is only the situation in Beijing and Xiangzhou. Just imagine how serious it would be for so many states and counties in the world to privately occupy and hide acres of land.
Xu Huai would not be surprised at all if a comprehensive survey of the prefectures and counties under Dai Viet's rule at this time revealed that the number of privately occupied and hidden acres exceeded 100 million acres.
Xu Huai already knew the specific results of this year's tax and grain collection, and specially summoned Su Laochang to Jingzhou. Originally, he wanted to learn more about the tax and grain reform in various states and counties.
What problems have arisen during specific implementation?
Of course, at this critical moment, how could Xu Huai have the patience to understand these things and hastily deal with Su Laochang, so he went to Jingjiang Water Monitoring Station to inspect the ship preparations in the past two months.
For several days, Xu Huai took Xiao Yanhan to watch the progress of reinforcements secretly prepared in the name of Jingjiang Water Supervision, without discussing how to respond to the situation.
Xu Wujiang, Su Laochang, Zhang Xiongshan, and Jiang Xie discussed a lot in private. They also tried to bring together personnel from the General Intelligence Department to deduce the development of the war situation, but they could not find a good strategy.
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Under the hazy sky, with the wind and snow blowing, a group of cavalry escorted a carriage from the North City Gate into Jiangling City.
Xu Wujiang, Han Gui, and Jiang Xie were waiting for each other at the city gate. When they saw the carriage stop and open the curtain, Shi Zhen and Dong Cheng came out, they were all stunned.
Seeing the stunned expressions of Xu Wujiang and Jiang Xie, Shi Zhen moved his muscles that were about to fall apart and said, "I dragged Mr. Dong to come to Jingzhou - what do you think now?"
"The envoy has ordered the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou to prepare for war, but he has not said how he is going to fight," Han Gui said.
Shi Zhen nodded, indicating that he understood, got back in the carriage, and followed the others to Yinqing Garden.
Walking into the back garden of Yinqingyuan, I saw two figures fighting in the narrow courtyard at an unimaginable speed. The glare of the swords was so sharp that people could not open their eyes.
Xu Huai stopped quietly, his blade was sharp, and he often struck first, just like a dangerous cliff standing on the bank of a torrent. The other figure was so fast that Shi Zhen's old and dim eyes could not tell who the other figure was.
Who comes.
Seeing Niu Er and Xu Zan standing aside with a knife in their hands, Shi Zhen glanced at Su Mi who greeted them in confusion and asked in a low voice: "Is it the princess?"
Su Mung nodded and said: "Xu Zang still sent you to the front line. I didn't expect the princess's sword to be so sharp."
After waiting for a while, seeing that Xu Huai and Xiao Yanhan had no intention of stopping their sparring, Han Gui shouted in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Mr. Shi and Mr. Dong have come to Jingzhou!"
"You're the only one who's troublesome!" Xu Huai put away his knife and glared at Han Gui.
"This is such a big matter that we can't act without careful consideration. Han Gui is also thinking about the great plans of Beijing and Xiangyang, so you have to ask me to wait and hear about it, right?" Shi Zhen and Dong Cheng came forward to tell Xu Huai and Xiao Yanhan
Seeing the ceremony, he said, "If Mr. Wu Qi hadn't been in Wuyang, I wouldn't have brought him here to make suggestions for you."
"Okay, I think everyone has been holding it in for several days, so let's all come in and talk!" Xu Huai took the sweat towel from the guard, wiped the sweat off his face, and walked to the flower hall.
The garden hall in the backyard is not big, only Xu Wujiang, Shi Zhen, Dong Cheng and Han Gui accompanied Xu Huai and Xiao Yanhan took their seats, while the others stood aside.
After seeing Xu Huai sit down with a serious look on his face, Shi Zhen looked at Han Gui and said, "The king is determined to prepare for war. Even if we don't consider what the court will think, at present, if we just choose Jingzhou's five thousand elite vanguard troops, the situation of the war can be changed."
What kind of changes will occur?”
Although it can be roughly speculated that the plan of Prince Ping Yanzong's palace is to lure the snake out of the cave, to lure the main force of Youxiaosheng army and the reinforcements that have arrived near Luzhou from the stronghold of Jiancheng for the battle, but Jingxiang is not the only one.
Regardless of the form of response, extremely complex changes will occur, which cannot be fully understood in a short time.
Shi Zhen received an urgent letter from Han Gui and Xu Wujiang in Biyang, and pulled Dong Cheng all the way to Jingzhou. He didn't take a breath halfway, his bones were almost falling apart, and some complicated changes had not had time to be carefully considered.
In addition to knowing the news earlier in Jingzhou, the more important thing is to select several Yuhou Hous of the vanguard army and the military affairs department from Zhang Xiongshan below.
And the military officers and staff accompanied Xu Huai. Even if Xu Huai remained silent, they should have repeatedly deduced the possible changes in the battle situation.
Since Xu Huaidu ordered preparations for war, Shi Zhen sat down and wanted to hear what changes would happen on the battlefield if he ignored the situation and directly intervened in the Huaixi battle.
Han Gui smiled bitterly and said: "It's hard to say what kind of changes will happen when I personally lead five thousand elites into the battle in Huaixi, but the outcome is unpredictable. The most likely possibility is that I will use my sincerity to save Huaixi."
The critical situation eventually led to the reputation of a rebellious and rebellious minister, which made Jingxiang's situation increasingly difficult and isolated..."
In his early days, Xu Huai's use of troops had his own very distinctive characteristics. He often made dangerous moves and deviated swords, and achieved many legendary achievements. However, in recent years, he has gone to the other extreme. His use of troops is like a big sword without an edge, with great skill.
No work, just hard work on the training and training of the generals and military officials, the selection and motivation of the soldiers, the supply of food and fodder for the soldiers, and the construction of the defense line.
This was most clearly reflected in the two-year confrontation in the middle. Ru and Cai were defended like a tortoise shell, and all counterattacks only eliminated the enemy's threat to the front line of defense.
The two-year confrontation seemed unremarkable, and Jingxiang also accumulated more than 30,000 casualties. However, the enemy's casualties as the attackers more than doubled, and the supplies they consumed were several times that of Jingxiang.
It is precisely because of this that this year Xu Huaicai dared to stay in Jingzhou to observe the situation in Huaixi, and left the defense of Rucaishen and other places to the generals who were responsible for not interrogating them. At most, Xu Wuqi, Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and others
Take turns to go down and urge the troops to be vigilant in their defense and avoid slacking off.
However, in addition to being able to quickly assemble more than 10,000 state troops and more than 2,000 navy troops who are not particularly strong in combat effectiveness, Jingzhou's most core combat strength is the 5,000 elite forward troops who serve as bodyguards.
In addition, Xu Huai did not issue a larger-scale mobilization order.
Although Xu Huai did not say anything, Han Gui and the others expected that Xu Huai intended to personally lead the elite vanguard troops into the Huaixi battlefield. Even Xiao Yanhan sent his eldest son Xiao Bai back to Dajianlu. If she stayed in Jingzhou, she should also have the intention to fight side by side.
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Xu Huai once again decided to take the lead and led 5,000 elite forward troops to the battlefield in Huaixi. It is difficult to deduce what kind of variables will be induced.
However, Han Gui is certain of one thing, that is, if Beijing and Xiang support without an edict, even if they can once again save Vietnam from the storm, it will make itself even more isolated.
He was afraid that he could not convince Xu Huai, so he consulted with Xu Wujiang and sent someone to invite Shi Zhen to Jingzhou...
