The first batch of 10,000 Kansai soldiers who returned to the imperial court quickly packed their bags and prepared everything. They only had to join the people in Shicheng to embark on the return journey. However, at this time, something unexpected happened again.
The accident this time was not that Li Tai imposed another obstruction, but that Yu Jin was ill again. This time it was true. When Lu Tong and others had just set off to Shicheng, the news that Yu Jin was critically ill came from Shicheng.
Sent to Jiangling.
Li Tai was also very nervous after learning about this incident, and hurriedly sent doctors to diagnose and treat Yu Jin's condition. Yu Wentai did not end up dying of the disease, but Yu Wentai misunderstood that he had done something else. In order to avoid further setbacks, Jiangling Fanfan decided to
Famous doctors, even Yao Sengyuan and Li Tai, who had been sent to Xingzhou to be their wife and children's health care doctor, all rushed to Shicheng.
"How is Mr. Chang's condition?"
After arriving in Shicheng, Lu Tong also came to the city lord's mansion where everyone was staying with a nervous look on his face, and asked how Yu Jin's condition was.
In the room, Yu Yiyi stood untied beside his father's hospital bed, while Yu Jin lay slumped in the quilt with a gloomy expression, his whole body was listless and lacked much energy.
Outside the room, Marquis Mo Chenshun sighed and said: "The climate in Jingxiang is humid and cold, which is very different from that in Guanzhong. Chang Shanggong is not a young man after all. His muscles and bones have been invaded by evil winds, and he himself has accumulated depression. It is normal for him to suddenly fall ill."
The cold weather here is really overwhelming for the Guanzhong people who are accustomed to the dry and cold winter climate in Guanzhong. Even the strong and strong camp soldiers feel that it is a bit too much for them, and Yu Jin, who is over six years old,
Of course, the old man is also having some difficulties.
But in fact, the most important thing is caused by heart disease. Although Yu Jin does not show any arrogance in daily life, he has been in charge of the army and horses since the beginning of the Six Towns Mutiny and has made great achievements. This time, he is expected to lead the army southward from Wuguan.
, as a result, the power was taken away before the destination was reached, which naturally made her feel very uncomfortable.
During the period of being under house arrest in Shicheng, whenever Yu Jin heard any good news from the front, he couldn't help but drink to drown his sorrows. His physical condition also worsened, and finally he couldn't afford to fall ill when the new year came.
After Lu Tong visited the room, his brows couldn't help but furrowed deeper. After exiting the room, he looked at a few people and sighed: "My lord, my original intention was for Chang Shangong to lead the brigade back to Guanzhong, but now that Chang Shangong is sick, he may not be able to start the journey immediately.
.Returning to the army will be here soon. Should we go on the road for the time being, or should we stay here and wait..."
"Move quickly, hurry up, or something will change later!"
Yu Wenhu, who looked even more haggard than Yu Yi, heard this and said quickly that although he was very angry when Wuning City was controlled and seized power, his mental state was still good, but when he heard Yuchi Jiong's voice coming from the north,
After the news of his death, he became worried. He only longed to return to Guanzhong as soon as possible and did not want to stay here any longer.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yu Wenhu said a little unnaturally: "Right now, Li Boshan is gaining power, but he is too busy to conquer new people and land and has no time to care about it. Once everything in front of him is settled, he will definitely
He will not give in easily! This dispute is enough to alarm people. Do you still think that he will be a benevolent person? How can it depend on one person if everyone wants to stay or leave? I think there will be no serious problems if Chang Shangong stays here. He will send out his troops as soon as possible.
The top priority is to send him back to the mansion!"
After hearing Yu Wenhu's words, the few people present were not in a hurry to express their opinions. Although the truth is this, it is still a bit unreasonable to directly abandon Yu Jin, who is seriously ill, and it is neither easy to say nor easy to hear. Even if Yu Wenhu spoke what was in their hearts, they were too embarrassed to echo him.
At this time, Yu Yi walked out of the room, leaned towards Lu Tong and said: "My father asked me to tell Duke Suide that what happened before has not been accomplished, and I am so ashamed. I should have gone straight to the palace to sue and apologize, but my old body cannot bear the ravages of disease." , I can only ask Sui Degong and others to take the first step. If it is a fluke, I am lucky enough to survive this disaster, and my condition is slightly relieved, I will definitely return home as soon as possible..."
At this point, Yu Yi's tone became choked with sobs. After giving Yu Wenhu a cold look, he bowed his hands to several people and then retreated into the room.
"It seems that we can only do this first. After we return to the mansion, we will inform the Lord to send an envoy to the south to comfort him."
Lu Tong pondered for a moment before speaking. He was also worried that something might happen if he continued to stay. He was not afraid that Li Tai would go back on his word and cause trouble, but he was worried that the soldiers would do something wrong again. After all, these people But not all of them may return home as quickly as possible.
So after Wei Xiaokuan and several other people arrived at Shicheng, the group could only stay with Yu Jin and his son for the time being, and then hurriedly set off northbound. They traveled day and night along the way, and it only took a short time to arrive at Wuguan.
After passing Wuguan, envoys from the Chinese and Foreign Governments were waiting here, mainly to announce the transfer of Wei Xiaokuan, so that he would not have to return to the court and the Chinese and Foreign Governments, but directly lead his troops eastward across the river to garrison at Yubi City.
Not to mention what the situation was like in the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office after the return of the army, after Li Tai received the official title, he also quickly began to form his Xingtai team. The former staff of the Jingzhou General Manager's Office can be directly recruited to Xingtai appointments, such as Changsun Jian can directly serve as the director of the line.
Although this person was initially used as a nail in the Jingzhou Military Mansion by the Chinese and Foreign Governments, when Yuwenhu led his army to the south to seize power, Changsun Jian also showed that he was on the side of the military government, and was also attacked by those who were eager to seize power. Yu Wenhu's punishment will obviously no longer be trusted by the Chinese and Foreign Governments.
Changsun Jian was talented and experienced. He had previously served as the governor of the Xingtai Prefecture, and now it was just right for him to serve as Li Tai's chief of the Xingtai Prefecture. As for the Sima of the Chinese and Foreign Prefecture, Li Tai decided to recall Zhao Gang who was guarding Yiyang. He took the post, and Shi Jing was appointed to guard Yiyang in his place.
As for Xingtai Silu, Li Tai did not continue to appoint Pei Xia. He planned to place Pei Xia in the prefectures and counties to give full play to his talents in managing herdsmen. Liu Min was appointed as Xingtai Silu, the internal steward of the Tai government.
Pei Hong and Cui Yansheng were also old men who had followed Li Tai since the days of the Dushui Administrative Office. They had a tacit understanding of working together and were suitable for serving as the left and right ministers.
With such appointments, the personnel structure of the senior officials in Xingtai has been basically established. As for other officials, such as those who joined the army, the appointment of assistants can be more casual, and those with more experience from the old subordinates can be selected to serve in Cao Cao.
As for the future Xingtai station, Li Tai plans to place it in Xiangyang instead of the original Rangcheng. Now that the area he controls has become larger, Rangcheng is no longer suitable as a base in terms of location and strategy.
The center of Xingtai. And Xiangyang, which is the strategic point between the north and the south and is surrounded by mountains and rivers, became a suitable choice.
In fact, as early as when he first arrived in Jingzhou, Li Tai had dreamed of making Xiangyang the center of his power one day next year, and today he finally achieved this goal.
It's just that Xiao Qing, the king of Liang, who was occupied by a dove, would not be too happy, but there is nothing that can be done about it. The world is changing, and the forces of all parties rise and fall. Once the situation is formed, it will never change based on individual feelings.
.With the fall of Jiangling, it was impossible for Liang Wang Xiao Jin to occupy Xiangyang no matter what.
At present, King Liang still stays in Jiangling because Li Tai still needs his cooperation to receive the people of Xiangyang.
In the face of the unification of the Southern Dynasties, Li Tai was not willing to use strong methods such as killing. No matter how corrupt the ruling class of the Southern Dynasties was, the civilians were always innocent. When he had spare power, he could use a more peaceful way to unify.
, so he is unwilling to resort to force in everything.
Even if the process becomes a little tortuous, Li Tai thinks it is worth it if only a few procedural twists and turns can lead to a smooth transition of the situation and prevent the people from being affected and harmed by the war.
As for any personnel hidden dangers that cannot be eliminated in time, these hidden dangers can also be eliminated through long-term governance. On the other hand, if his rule is unpopular, no matter how thorough the purge is at that time, there will still be constant rebellions in the future.
At present, Li Tai still needs to supervise the war in Jiangling for a while, so he ordered the subordinates he appointed to go to Xiangyang first to set up the personnel structure of Xingtai.
After gaining the power to control the homage, Li Tai could also recruit and appoint subordinate officials and improve the local personnel structure. Now that he rules a vast area, a large number of affairs cannot be completely handled by the office alone, and it must be done
Set the administrative level of subordinates.
So Li Tai divided his territory into five general offices for management. The first was the General Office of Jingzhou, which basically retained the area controlled by the Jingzhou Prefecture when Li Tai first came to Jingzhou, with Mianbei as the main body.
, including some surrounding cities and areas, is also the area where Li Tai paid the most attention.
As the candidate for the general manager of Jingzhou, Li Tai planned to use his cousin Li Pei as the candidate. Li Pei had already served as an official in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. After coming to Guanzhong, he served in the Bafu for several years. Naturally, he was familiar with various government affairs procedures, and his actions
The oldest person of the Li family in Longxi is very suitable to serve as the number one general manager in the government.
In addition to Li Pei serving as the general manager of Jingzhou, Li Tai also specially recruited Li Licheng's elder brother-in-law, Yang Su's father Yang Funan, to serve as the governor of Jingzhou. This was an agreement between him and Yang Kuan, although Yang Kuan was turned against him and ruthlessly stinked.
Black Otter was killed, and Li Tai had no intention of overturning the case for Yang Kuan, but the previous agreement must still be abided by, but the method must be according to Li Tai's ideas.
Next is the Liangzhou General Manager's Office with Hanzhong as the main body. Cui You, the current governor of Liangzhou, can also serve as the Liangzhou General Manager and manage the lands south of Hanzhong and Shannan without much adjustment.
Then there is the Anzhou General Administration, which mainly focuses on the Handong area. The Handong area has been developed for several years, and the control of this area has been strengthened. As many powerful tribes were transferred to Huainan, more in-depth arrangements were made to equalize land among households.
Various other matters must be implemented one after another. Therefore, Li Tai appointed Hu Yanbao as the general manager of Anzhou, responsible for the implementation and promotion of various decrees.
Hefei, which is far away in Huainan, also needs to set up a Hezhou General Administration Office. As the most turbulent area under Li Tai's rule, setting up a Hezhou General Administration Office in Hefei is conducive to the overall planning and dispatch of human resources in Huainan, and to accept those Huainan who are moving closer to Xingtai.
Personnel. As for the candidate for general manager, that one is already available, Quan Jingxuan.
Since Xiangyang has Xingtai in charge, there is no need to set up a general manager's office for management. However, one must be set up here in Jiangling, and it is more special than other general managers' offices.
If Jiangling sets up a general administration office, its jurisdiction will include not only a part of Bazhong area west of Xiakou, but also a series of areas around Dongting Lake south of the Yangtze River. It will inevitably be under its control. Both the area under its jurisdiction and the subsequent variables are relatively large, so
The selection also needs to be more careful.
Originally, if Wei Xiaokuan had not left, it would have been most appropriate for Wei Xiaokuan to serve as the general manager of Jiangling. But now that Wei Xiaokuan has returned to Guanzhong, and Yang Zhong will not stay here for long, he will have to choose from among Li Tai's original generals.
There are three candidates that Li Tai is more interested in at the moment, namely Li Qianzhe, Liang Shiyan and Xu Wensheng. As a general who surrendered from Nanliang, Xu Wensheng may not need to take on the important position of general manager for the time being. As for Li Qianzhe and Liang Shiyan, let Li Tai
It's a bit hard to make a choice.
After weighing it up, he decided to evaluate the performance of several people based on the subsequent clearing campaign against Wang Lin's troops. Both in terms of talent and qualifications, both of them were actually qualified to serve as general managers. In the end, Li Tai
It is also possible to set up dual managers and let them manage some areas respectively.
These five general offices basically constitute the jurisdiction of Shannan Daxingtai, and there should be no major personnel adjustments in the coming period.
The more detailed appointment of state and county chiefs and garrison generals under the general managers will require Li Tai to make more detailed selections and adjustments after arriving in Xiangyang the next day. Moreover, this battle of Jiangling only provided material rewards.
As for the generals' noble and official titles, a more comprehensive assessment of their merits must be carried out before they are conferred.
The power that Li Tai possessed to ennoble and depose officials, in addition to basic personnel appointments and promotion and demotion of officials, also included the granting of official titles. Therefore, the rewards for the officers and soldiers could only be completed through the process of doing business. Of course, the final result was still
The report must be reported to the imperial court and recognized in the name of the imperial court.
After handling these adjustments and appointments in the personnel structure, Li Tai began to arrange an offensive against Wang Lin's troops in Xiangzhou.
Wang Lin is by no means an easy opponent to deal with. Not to mention Li Tai's understanding of his original life history, even in this time and space, he still has fresh memories of the time when Wang Lin led the army to besiege his water camp.
This man's reputation as the leader in quelling the Hou Jing Rebellion was not in vain, and his troops were also very brave. They even occupied Changsha and started a rebellion without Wang Lin's command, which made Wang Sengbian even crippled. This shows that his
The fighting ability of the troops is very strong.
The New Year has just passed and it is still in a dry season, which will restrict the combat effectiveness of Wang Lin's navy and the mobility of his troops to a certain extent. If the weather gets warmer and the rivers and lakes rise, the battle will undoubtedly become more difficult.
Even though Li Tai's troops have been equipped with a considerable amount of boat equipment, the development of water warfare experience does not happen overnight. If there is a choice, of course, one must choose to defeat the opponent in the field in which one is good.
Therefore, Li Tai also planned to deal with Wang Lin's powerful enemy before the beginning of spring. Even if he could not completely encircle and eliminate him, he would still drive him away from Jiangling.
Li Tai did not plan to cross the river in person to conquer this time. Instead, he took Li Qianzhe as the commander of the west route and led 10,000 troops together with Xu Shipu and other troops to go south along Tianmen County and launch an attack on Xiangzhou from the west of Dongting Lake.
Changsha City.
At the same time, Liang Shiyan, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, also led 10,000 horses southward from Baling. With Xu Wensheng as the commander-in-chief of the navy, they attacked down the Dongting Lake by both land and water.
In addition, Gao Le and other generals also led their troops to cross the river and stationed themselves in Chiting, Huarong and other places between Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River. While controlling the main roads, they also supported the two groups of troops at any time. There were nearly five troops in total.
All the people, it can be said that they take Wang Lin very seriously as their opponent.
After completing these arrangements of troops, Li Tai stayed in Jiangling City and waited for the results of the battle to be reported back from the south.