Chapter five hundred and thirty first look at the mood
(The plot of the recent chapters will be relatively gentle. I want to conceive of the Battle of the Sea and the second and third Northern Expedition to Khitan. There is no climax. I hope you don't mind.)
After returning to Xiangzhou, Liu Ling introduced Ye Xiuning and the others to Lu Yuzhu and the others. The women always had something to talk about, and Liu Ling stopped disturbing them.
The car was delayed for a few days in Xiangzhou and continued on its journey. As they traveled around the mountains and rivers, Luan Ying and Ye Pingan became more and more relaxed. Especially Ye Pingan, he was a child after all, and everyone they met in the past few years wanted to take advantage of them.
It was not until she met Ye Xiuning and Luan Ying that she felt the warmth and tenderness of the world. Now that she is being treated kindly by Lu Yuzhu and other gentle women, the panic and fear in her heart have gradually faded away.
It's just that Ye Xiuning thinks more and will always frown slightly and worry about Luan Ying when no one is around.
She could tell that Luan Ying was already attracted to the King of Han. She didn't know if this feeling would have a good outcome. The King of Han was the lord of the Han Dynasty. Although the King of Han was approachable and did not bully others with his power, after all, Luan Ying and Liu Lingzhi
The gap between them was too big. She was afraid that Luan Ying would be hurt. It was not until she met Lu Yuzhu and other gentle women that her worries faded a little, but she was worried that Luan Ying would go back to take charge of the White Lotus Sect.
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The women would get off the car and go sightseeing when they didn't go to a place with beautiful scenery. They were talking and laughing when they got together, and Liu Ling felt very happy watching it. No matter how great a man's achievements are, it's not for himself.
Does your family live a stable and happy life?
When they were traveling around, Liu Ling seemed like an outsider. Liu Ling could only smile bitterly at the women's army's "exclusion" of her.
When arriving at Jiangling, the urgent military report from the Control Council was also delivered to Liu Ling.
Mao Yuan, who was severely scolded by Liu Ling, finally changed his hesitation and with the cooperation of the secret agents of the Supervisory Council, he defeated the Shu troops who had different factions and were completely unwilling to cooperate. Twenty days ago, the Han army made a concerted effort.
They captured Yizhou and captured Emperor Meng Chang of the Later Shu, Prime Minister Wu Zhaoyi, and more than 400 civil and military officials of the Later Shu. With the demise of the Later Shu, the Central Plains and Jiangnan were finally unified. The territory of the Han Dynasty was almost restored to the territory of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.
As long as the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are recaptured from the Khitans, the troubled times in the Central Plains will really come to an end.
Liu Ling ordered to kill Maoyuan and left behind an army of 100,000, and then led other troops back to the army. He appointed Yue Qilin as the governor of Yizhou, and led the Shu army to continue to clear out the remaining forces of Shu and stabilize the place.
Maoyuan's contribution to the destruction of Shu was great. After Liu Ling thought about it, he sent an imperial envoy to Maoyuan's army and named him the Duke of Pingzhao County.
After the fall of Shu, Liu Ling had another worry.
The good news reached Jinzhou, and the whole court celebrated. Taking this opportunity, all the civil and military officials once again jointly signed a letter, asking the King of Han to plan for the world, for the people, and for the Han Dynasty to ascend the throne as emperor. But Liu Ling was not in Jinzhou, and congratulations were like snowflakes.
When the watch was delivered to the motorcade, Liu Ling only said some high-sounding words, but avoided talking about ascending the throne as emperor.
Liu Ling sent an imperial envoy to Yizhou, first to reward Maoyuan, and secondly to order Maoyuan to lead the victorious army north to Taiyuan to rest and regroup. In this way, most of the main force of the Han army had been deployed in the north. Near Lanzhou, there were
Wang Banjin's army of 150,000. After Maoyuan arrived in Taiyuan, his troops plus the troops of General Luo Fu of the Jianxiong Army, plus the troops of Dugu Ruizhi in Daizhou, will exceed 200,000. Jizhou, Luo
Xu has 100,000 troops under his command. In Cangzhou, Yang Ye also has 100,000 troops. Liu Ling's cumulative troops deployed on the northern front line have reached more than 500,000.
It can be said that half of the Han army was assembled along the northern border.
As Maoyuan's army moves north, the strategic deployment of putting pressure on the Khitans across the board has been initially completed. With more than half a million troops marching across the border, Yelv Xiongji will find it difficult to calm down no matter how conceited he is. After all, the Han Dynasty and Daxia have now formed an alliance.
, the military strength of the two countries is so strong that even the Liao is still the largest country in the world in terms of territory. It is difficult to compare. The Liao has been continuously expanding its army this year because it is worried about Liu Ling's Han army going north.
It's just that the elite palace troops of the Liao Dynasty were almost completely lost, and less than half of the 400,000 palace troops were left. As for the Jingzhou soldiers scattered in various places, although they are still very large in number, after removing the troops that must be left to defend various places,
The number of troops that can be mobilized will never exceed 200,000. Coupled with the more than 200,000 new troops recruited in the past year, the total number of troops that Yeluxiong can mobilize is only about 600,000. Although it is larger in number than the Han army
More, but once the war breaks out, it is still unclear who will win and who will lose. Besides, the party members are waiting to take advantage in the southwest of Liaoning.
The reason why Liu Ling tried his best to form an alliance with Xixia was to prepare for the second Northern Expedition. The Xixia people are fickle. Once Liu Ling sends troops for the Northern Expedition, if the war goes well, the Xixia people will definitely send troops to conquer Daliao to gain benefits from it. And if the Han Dynasty
If the army fails, Wei Mingxiao will not hesitate to order the Xixia army to attack the Central Plains. But if they form an alliance, Liu Ling will have an excuse to urge Wei Mingxiao to send an army to the north at the same time.
Although this is still not safe, it can reduce some of Xixia's threats to the Central Plains. Compared with the Liao Kingdom and Xixia, the Khitans still have an absolute advantage. Attack the Khitans first and then attack Dangxiang. This was Liu Ling's plan long ago.
Strategy. Liu Ling is an aggressive person at heart. If he wants to accomplish his goal within the set time, he must keep invading and invading again. At least he will have no worries after making the final decision.
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Liu Ling has never thought about exterminating the grassland people. It is an unrealistic thing. Blind massacre is not a means of rule and can only bring peace for up to a hundred years. But Liu Ling is not a saint. What he can bring
It is not easy to maintain peace in the Central Plains for a hundred years. After all, Liu Ling is a person who protects his shortcomings. What he has to do is to do his best to let the Han people live a safe and worry-free life. As for what happens after his death, who can
A perfect strategy?
Destroying the Khitans does not mean massacring all the grassland peoples, and Liu Ling could not do such a thing. He was not Genghis Khan. He massacred tens of millions of people around the world because of his desire to conquer. The Mongols massacred over 100 million people around the world in successive generations.
People, no matter how cruel Liu Ling is, he cannot do this.
All he needs to do is to subdue and scare the ethnic groups around the Central Plains.
No matter how defiant a person is, his abilities are still limited after all.
After arranging the general affairs, Liu Ling relaxed and took a leisurely swim in an unknown small lake. As for the civil affairs, Liu Ling knew that he was not good at it, so he simply left it to Zhou Yangong and others to divide the fields.
Household visits can barely be done, but eliminating landlords and tyrants is not practical in this era. The modern set of policies that Liu Ling is familiar with are not suitable for this era.
To end the chaos in the Central Plains, Liu Ling's first step goal has been achieved. Perhaps because of the deep-rooted thoughts in his mind, Liu Ling still did not want to delay the civil war for too long. Fortunately, it did not take too long to pacify Jiangnan.
Time. What he has to do is to use one to two years to let the people recuperate, and when the national treasury is slightly sufficient, he will start the Northern Expedition. Liu Ling knows that this is a bit cruel to the people, and the continuous battles for years will inevitably aggravate the situation.
It is a burden on the shoulders of the common people, but if we want to completely end the troubled times, the short-term pain will ultimately outweigh the long-term pain.
We didn't delay long in Jiangling, and the car continued on its journey. The next stop was Jinling. Liu Ling planned to let Lu Yuzhu and the others stay in Jinling for a while. And he still had one big thing to do.
On the black carriage of the Supervisory Council, Liu Ling began to deploy the Han army for one of the few military operations this year. This time, there would be nothing to worry about without the Han Dynasty's most powerful army.
He ordered Zhaoxian's navy in Hangzhou to assemble in Jinling and prepare food, grass and baggage. When Liu Ling arrived in Jinling, it would be the time when the navy would go south. Liu Ling did not forget that Liuqiu was still waiting for him.
Fleet to conquer. Not just Liuqiu, but in order to achieve the purpose of training the navy, he will attack the large and small island countries south of Liuqiu one after another. He will strive to train the navy into a good fighting force within half a year.
A murderous army.
Only through continuous invasion and conquest can the combat effectiveness of soldiers be infinitely improved.
Liu Ling's eyes were not just on Liuqiu and those small Southeast Asian countries that were quite arrogant in later generations. One of the purposes of the navy he established was to bring the flames of war to the place known as the Land of the Rising Sun. Another
The purpose is not enough for outsiders to understand.
Liu Ling felt confident in avenging his compatriots a thousand years later.
As for whether to massacre the clan, it naturally depends on the mood of His Highness the King of Han. (To be continued)
