Without the help of Shi Zhen, Han Gui, Dong Cheng and others, Xu Huai caught Ge Yu mercilessly and dealt with it. At the same time, he no longer concealed the strategy of crossing the Huaihe River and revealed it:
Before the real counterattack in the middle, all the soldiers and horses will rush to cross the Huaihe River next spring and seize Xia Cai, Yingshang and other north bank cities. On the one hand, they will not make the counterattack army marching north from Caizhou too prominent.
There is no cover on the flanks. On the one hand, it is necessary to contain the main force of the east-route Japanese soldiers in the Xusu area.
Ge Yu's face turned red after being scolded by Xu Huai, and his rather handsome face was slightly twisted and ferocious, but he could not refute Xu Huai's arrogant words; the generals and ministers sitting on both sides were silent.
After a long time, Gu Fan said in deep thought:
"Currently, on the middle road, we have the main force of the five towns of the Beijing-Xiangxiong Tianxiong Army and the first part of the Xuanfeng Army, headed by General Chen Zixiao and others, to contain the main force of the Nanzong Prince's Mansion in Lubing Town; on the east road, we have Jingsheng
The main force of the four towns of the army is to choose one part of the vanguard army, the Yan tribe (Khitan) reinforcement cavalry, a total of 65,000 elites, 30,000 Shouchun soldiers, 30,000 elite troops of Xiaosheng army on the left and right, and mainly the Xuanwu army on the right.
The Huaidong Army consists of 40,000 elite troops, including 80,000 troops from all walks of life. There are also Xinyang, Jingzhou, and Huaidong naval forces totaling 15,000 generals.
. Simply calculating the strength of the enemy and ourselves, the troops and horses assembled by Dai Viet on the East Road have reached 260,000, while the total number of captured soldiers on the East Road is 200,000, which is already at a disadvantage. In addition, our army has just won a great victory, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians is high.
The hearts of the people are invigorated, but the soldiers of the captives have experienced a new defeat and their morale is low. It is necessary to cross the Huaihe River in pursuit of victory, occupy at least a few cities north of the Huaihe River, contain the soldiers of the captives, and prepare for the next step of regaining the hinterland of the Hehuai River...
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Gu Fan, as the former military envoy of the southwestern route of Beijing, was now the envoy of the Huaidong system and pacification. He took charge of the military affairs of Huaidong by participating in the political affairs. The departments of Deng Gui and Yang Qiye were nominally under his control. No one dared to say that he
There is not enough weight in speaking.
Wei Chujun saw that Han Shiliang looked quite depressed, but he did not want to give up resistance so quickly, so he cupped his hands towards Gu Fan and said:
"What Gu Shijun and the envoy said are not unreasonable, but this battle lasted for one and a half years. Not only did the Shouchun garrison suffer heavy casualties, Huaixi was completely destroyed, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Jingbei, Jingnan, Guangxi, and eastern Zhejiang
In western Zhejiang and Huaidong, the amount of money, grain, rent and taxes levied was double that of previous years, and local wealth was exhausted. What's more, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were mobilized to participate in the war, which was extremely tiring. I'm worried that if we don't give the military and civilians a break, the caves
The disaster of thorns will happen again..."
"The people are working hard and are in urgent need of rest, but how can the situation of the captive soldiers be any better?"
Kong Changyu said loudly,
"If the plan is to expel the barbarians and recover the Central Plains, shouldn't we grit our teeth and cross the Huaihe River when the barbarian soldiers are in more difficult times? We can breathe a sigh of relief, and the barbarian soldiers will also recover their strength. When will we recover the Central Plains?
Can we discuss it calmly? In addition, General Ge Yu's accusation against the envoy just now is too biased. It is said that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." Next spring, we will cross the Huaihe River from Shouchun. If Han envoy, General Ge Yu
It would be great to be able to work hard and fight hand in hand with all the tribes. If Han Shijun and General Ge Yu feel that their troops need to rest and reorganize, then other troops and horses can be used to cross the Huaibei from Shouchun. Changyu doesn't know
Is there anything inappropriate? Could it be that crossing the Huaihe River to attack the Hulu was a matter of Han Shijun and General Ge Yu, and no one else in the world has anything to do with it?"
There have always been many conflicts of interest between Jingxiang and Jingbei, and Kong Changyu regarded himself as the leader of the Jingxiang gentry. Therefore, for a long time in the court, he tried his best to resist the expansion of Jingxiang's influence into Jingbei.
After Emperor Shaolong ascended the throne, he successively transferred Gao Juntang, Yuan Jiuliang and a large number of former Shenwu Army generals to fill the northern Jing Dynasty. He also hoped that with Kong Changyu as the leader, he could form a power group to suppress the further expansion of Beijing and Xiangzhou.
At this time, seeing that Kong Changyu openly sided with Jingxiang, Wei Chujun also knew that the situation was over, so he just bowed his hand to Kong Changyu and did not continue to argue.
He also knew in his heart why Kong Changyu turned to Jingxiang?
In the final analysis, their performance in the early stages of the Huainan battle was so bad that the entire Jianghuai gentry felt the crisis of national subjugation and genocide.
Perhaps the new policies implemented by Jingxiang will harm the interests of the Jianghuai gentry, which is detestable, but compared with the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the nation, not all gentry can distinguish which is more serious, and not all gentry can be stubborn.
, stubborn.
Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and Gu Fan rebelled against each other, and the impact was too bad; after all, the three of them are the leaders of the gentry in the world, and there are too many supervisors in the road.
They had many disciples and former officials. After Emperor Shaolong ascended the throne, he had to rely on them to manage the government.
Once a consensus was reached on the crossing of the Huaihe River during this military meeting, it would not be overturned even if it was reported to the imperial court.
After all, the participants in this military meeting basically represent the vast majority of the existing military and political forces in Dai Viet.
Jingxiang, or Xu Huai, has actually replaced the Privy Council of the Privy Council to a certain extent by promoting the military affairs of the world, the king of Qin, and the envoys.
And if the Wuludu Envoys, who are nominally headed by him, are further subordinated to Li Jiujiu, the King of Soldiers, Horses and Horses, and King Qin recruits the envoys, then Xu Huai only needs to prevent the imperial edict from leaving the capital, and the power of Dayue will almost be concentrated in his hands.
Already.
Perhaps this is the deeper plan behind Jingxiang’s insistence on holding this military meeting?
"To cross the Huaihe River or not to cross the Huaihe River, it's up to you all to discuss, but we will act according to the imperial decree and will not accompany you!" Ge Yu stood up suddenly and did not look at Xu Huai. Instead, he cupped his hands towards Zhou He, Wang Boqian and others, and then
He stood up and walked out of the government hall.
Luo Wang and other Shouchun generals also got up one after another at this time and followed Ge Yu away.
Xu Huai did not order to stop Ge Yu and others from leaving the table, but looked at Han Shiliang calmly.
Han Shiliang's face turned gloomy. After a while, Shi Shiran stood up and walked out of the government hall without looking at anyone.
Xu Huai looked at Wei Chujun again and asked maliciously: "Do you want Duke Wei to throw up his sleeves and leave too?"
Everyone in the hall looked at Wei Chujun together.
Wei Chujun was sitting on pins and needles at the table at this moment. Han Shiliang, Ge Yu, and Luo Wang could walk, and even Wang Boqian could walk, but he, Wei Chujun, could not walk.
The Wuludu Branch Envoy's headquarters have all moved to the main camp of Jiangou Town. If he leaves, Xu Huai will send someone to take over the Wuludu Branch Envoy's office. Isn't it equivalent to giving up the post of Wuludu Branch Envoy?
He believed that Xu Huai could definitely do this, and once the fact came to be that both Beijing and Xiang were in charge of the Wuludu branch, could he argue with the court?
Anyway
, he had to bite the bullet and stay.
"It seems that the Shouchun generals have great objections to the crossing of the Huaihe River. Fortunately, Wei Gong understands the righteousness and does not fall into the same category as them," Shi Zhen said slowly, "Okay, the Shouchun generals have left.
Well, since Wei Gong is here, I will not hinder the other princes from discussing the terms. Please make your decision..."
You understand the righteousness well, Wei Chujun was roaring in his heart. He now knows very well what Jingxiang wants to do. To put it bluntly, it is to reach a consensus on matters such as crossing the Huaihe River outside the Qiandi Department, and then send troops and horses, oh, send people there
Jianye requested an edict.
"I also hate quarrels," Xu Huai said calmly, "It's okay for Han Shijun and the others to leave. We can calm down and slowly discuss matters such as crossing the Huaihe River and conferring military merits on fields. Instead of wasting time arguing, we should spend more time thinking.
How do you want to kill the Hulu and avenge the previous shame..."
At present, Huaixi, Hefei, Lujiang, Shucheng, Feixi, Feidong, Wuwei and other southern prefectures and counties are all taken over by Xiao Shengjun and various Qinwang soldiers and horses, but Huoqiu, Gushi, Shangcheng and Huangchuan west of the Pi River
, Guangshan and the seven counties of Lu'an and Huoshan, Xu Xin'an directly sent thousands of guards and a group of officials from Xinyang and Luoshan to temporarily take over.
As far as the early stage is concerned, the unowned land in these seven counties alone is enough to be used for land transfer.
Kong Changyu and others certainly agreed that granting farmland could offset the first-level merit.
Otherwise, it would be too much for the various roads to share the two to three million yuan of head reward money.
What's more, crossing the Huaihe River is imminent, and we need to continuously transport grain and fodder to Shouchun and other places, and we need to continue to pay for the ordnance purchased from Beijing and Xiangzhou. No matter how rich the Jianghuai and other places are, it will be difficult to pay.
Another disgusting new policy in Beijing and Xiangzhou, the core is to confer military merit on land to improve the status of soldiers. In order to ensure that there are enough military merit to confer land, local sectarian gentry will be severely suppressed and the land will be inspected.
Since enough military merit can be obtained from Huaixi to grant land, the clearing of land in Jianghuai, Jinghu and other places will naturally become less urgent - this is in line with the interests of the Jianghuai Jinghu gentry.
To put it bluntly, it is forced by the situation. It is better to die as a Taoist friend than to die as a poor Taoist.
As for the commanders and generals, they have long wanted to do this.
Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the status of soldiers has been extremely low. Even if a recruitment system was implemented, ordinary people were unwilling to join the army. Therefore, strict restrictions were imposed on the families of soldiers in purchasing fields, conducting scientific research, and doing business.
To put it bluntly, it is to ensure that the descendants of soldiers will have no better way to make a living other than serving in the army, thereby ensuring that the source of recruiting soldiers will not dry up.
Without the ability to buy a farm or a house, no matter how much reward the generals received for their military merits, it would soon be exhausted in the expensive Jianghuai region. The survival of the family members of the soldiers was extremely difficult, and they were restricted from engaging in other industries, so their descendants could only join the army;
Of course, most generals and soldiers will never have a chance to find a wife in their lifetime, so they have no children or grandchildren.
It is not that generals such as Deng Gui, Liu Yan, Yang Qiye, Xie Zhong, Liu Wenjiang, Zhu Run, and Lei Teng were unable to see these shortcomings, but this did not change even when Emperor Jianji was alive, and they all had to follow the gentry and gentry.
The cruel reality of compromise among ministers and groups, what can they change?
However, by this time, everything has become as easy as smooth sailing. How can they not support it?
