Tang Yin had a lot of understanding of the situation in the Sichuan Kingdom through the intelligence of the Sky Eye and the Earthly Network, as well as his own Dark Fire. There were many family armies in the Sichuan Kingdom, ranging in size from hundreds to thousands to many.
There are tens of thousands of people.
The establishment of each family army is strictly controlled by Sichuan King Xiao Xuan and the Sichuan court. The court sometimes provides part of the military equipment and military pay, but the main military pay and food for the family army have to be borne by each family themselves.
One of the most famous family armies is the Hong Family Army. The Hong Family Army has a great reputation. Firstly, it has a very strong combat power. Secondly, it is also related to the high reputation of their family leader, Hong Yuetian. Hong Yuetian holds the title of Marquis and a title.
For the Bloody Marquis.
You can tell just by listening to his title that he is a strong general who is good at commanding troops and is brave and good at fighting. Hong Yuetian once saved Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Xuan didn't like this man very much.
There are many large and small tribes in the south of the Sichuan Kingdom. Some tribes will bow to the Sichuan Kingdom and pay tribute every year, while some tribes will not listen to the Sichuan Kingdom's control. For those tribes that do not obey the Sichuan Kingdom's control, the Sichuan Kingdom most often uses
The solution is to send troops to attack.
Among the tribes in southern Sichuan, there is a larger tribe named Meng Xin, which has more than 100,000 soldiers. Originally, it also surrendered to the Sichuan Kingdom, but as its strength grew, it gradually began to disobey the Sichuan Kingdom's constraints and planned to
Unite the surrounding tribes to compete with the Sichuan Kingdom. At that time, Xiao Xuan was still a young man in his early thirties. He had just sat on the throne of the Sichuan King. He was young and vigorous and needed meritorious deeds to establish his prestige. So when this happened, he decided to take advantage of it.
Meng Xin operates.
Xiao Xuan ordered the then Sichuan veteran General Lu Lian to command a hundred thousand Sichuan troops to attack Meng Xin.
However, this war was not fought smoothly.
The territory of Mengxin is covered with jungles, which is not suitable for the army to carry out operations, and the large weapons that the Sichuan Army is proud of are completely useless here. The 100,000 Sichuan Army led by Lu Lian is deep in the dense forest, advancing slowly, and often encounters Mengxin's army
of harassment.
The war dragged on for three months, and the Sichuan army could not attack for a long time. What was even worse was that the soldiers at the front were deeply affected by the miasma in the forest and fell ill on a large scale. The establishment was no longer 60% of the original, and they were unable to advance or retreat.
Retreating has become a situation where it is difficult to get off the tiger.
At this time, Xiao Xuan could not sit still in the palace. This was his first foreign war after inheriting the throne, and there was no room for failure.
Regardless of the opposition of the officials in the court, he personally led 200,000 troops to Meng Xin. Firstly, he wanted to reinforce Lu Lian's troops. At the same time, he also planned to destroy Meng Xin, a rebellious tribe that had committed crimes.
But what Xiao Xuan didn't expect was that Meng Xin's siege of the Sichuan army was actually a strategy they used to lure the Sichuan army for reinforcements.
After the 200,000 Sichuan troops led by Xiao Xuan arrived at Mengxin, the initial battle went smoothly. The army was overwhelmingly powerful, not only relieving Lu Lian's troops from being trapped, but also advancing into the core area of Mengxin.
But at this moment, Meng Xinjun's counterattack suddenly launched, and it was not just Meng Xinjun's family who attacked the Sichuan army, but coalition forces from six other tribes also participated in the battle.
The tribal alliance has the right time, place and people, but the Sichuan army is fighting in a different place and has no idea how to fight a jungle war.
It can be said that the Sichuan Army was passive from the beginning of the war. As the battle continued, the Sichuan Army suffered serious attrition, and its logistical supply lines were cut off. More than 200,000 Sichuan Army soldiers led by Xiao Xuan were trapped alive in the dense forests of Mengxin.
At the end of the battle, the Sichuan army ran out of food and supplies. The soldiers could only kill war horses, dig up grass roots, and scrape tree bark for food. Even Xiao Xuan felt desperate. It was only then that he regretted that he really should not have disobeyed his ministers.
dissuade.
He was determined to die. The majestic King of Sichuan would rather die than become a prisoner of the barbarian tribe in the country.
At this critical moment, 20,000 Hong family troops led by Hong Yuetian descended from the sky. This Sichuan army broke into Mengxin territory and tore a large hole in the tribal alliance's encirclement, and then protected Xiao Xuan and Shou.
The trapped Sichuan army fought back and successfully escaped from the siege.
In this battle, Hong Yuetian became famous in one battle. His title of marquis was also inherited from his ancestors and had been questioned before. But after this battle, no one dared to question that he was not worthy of being a marquis anymore.
After Xiao Xuan was rescued by Hong Yuetian, there was a brief 'honeymoon period' between the two.
At that time, Xiao Xuan simply tied Hong Yuetian to his side. He would take him with him wherever he went, and he was inseparable. Hong Yuetian became the most popular person in front of King Sichuan.
But as a result, he was naturally hated by others. Gradually, people began to report to Xiao Xuan that Hong Yuetian was now talking about rescuing the driver, talking about it to everyone, and in his words.
It often showed contempt and disrespect for the king. At first, Xiao Xuan didn't believe it, but it didn't matter if one or two people said it. Everyone said it, so he couldn't help but not believe it. By then, Xiao Xuan's heart was already
It was very uncomfortable, after all, it was not a glorious thing for him.
At the same time, Hong Yuetian was dissatisfied with Xiao Xuan. After he rescued Xiao Xuan, Xiao Xuan was grateful to him and promised him at a banquet that he would expand his Hong family army to 100,000 men.
The current establishment of the Hong Family Army is 50,000, and it will be expanded to 100,000, which is fully double the current level and can become a legion. Hong Yuetian would wake up laughing when he slept. Originally, he was full of expectations, but after that banquet
, Xiao Xuan never dealt with this matter again, and Hong Yuetian was so anxious that he scratched his head and scratched his head. Later in the court, he repeatedly reminded Xiao Xuan, you have not fulfilled your promise yet, when can our Hong family army expand?
Of course Xiao Xuan remembered this, and he also understood what Jun Wu was joking about. He had indeed said such words at the beginning. Now that Hong Yuetian had brought it up, he wanted to fulfill his wish and expand the size of the Hong family army to ten.
Ten thousand.
However, the civil and military ministers of the Sichuan Kingdom were unanimously opposed to this matter. The strength of the family army did not exceed 50,000. If it were expanded to 100,000, it would be a legion. Once you are dissatisfied with the imperial court, wouldn't you have to go against the imperial court?
Furthermore, if this precedent is set, every family will ask for expansion. When each family has its own troops, will the court be able to control them? Then won’t the Sichuan Kingdom follow in the footsteps of the empire and become a fragmented and separatist regime?
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After listening to the advice of the ministers, Xiao Xuan also realized the seriousness of the matter. What he said at the beginning was too impulsive and too childish.
Later, when Hong Yuetian mentioned the expansion again, Xiao Xuan pretended to be confused and denied that he had said such a thing in the first place. He also specifically reminded Hong Yuetian that drunken jokes should not be taken seriously.
His meaning was very obvious, that is, to tell Hong Yuetian not to mention this matter again in the future, but Hong Yuetian failed to understand Xiao Xuan's thoughts. In his opinion, you, Xiao Xuan, are the king of the country. You have no joke. Since
You promised me to expand the Hong Family Army, so you have to do this.
In the court, he once proposed expansion, but Xiao Xuan refused once. Later, he changed it to posting every day. At first, Xiao Xuan could even look at his posts, but later he didn't even look at them and just threw them aside.
At this time, Hong Yuetian was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Xuan, and this person also had one of his biggest shortcomings: he was greedy for drinking and talked a lot. He could tell what should be said and what should not be said after just a few glasses of wine.
While drinking with others, he often complained, saying that Xiao Xuan didn't mean what he said, and even said such angry words as being disrespectful to the emperor.
How can there be an airtight wall in the world? After Xiao Xuan heard about it, he was furious, even if you, Hong Yuetian, saved my life, will I owe you my life? I will have to tolerate you my whole life?
Soon, Xiao Xuan's transfer order came down, directly transferring Hong Yuetian out of the capital, so that he would not be transferred to guard the border, but he would not be allowed to stay under his nose.
After receiving the transfer order from Xiao Xuan, the weather in Hongyue was very bad. Xiao Xuan didn't hate me and didn't want to see me. He just left. He didn't want to stay in the capital and suffer this birdiness!
After Hong Yuetian left the capital, he went to the local area, but he was still worried about the expansion. He himself added servants to the Hong family army. The servants were actually the servants who accompanied the army. To put it bluntly, they served the horses, cooked, and washed the clothes.
Handyman.
After he arrived at the place, he took out all the death row prisoners and felons from the surrounding counties and cities and incorporated them into his army of servants. Together with the bandits, bandits and refugees he recruited, gradually, the number of servants of the Hong family army increased.
They have reached tens of thousands. As a result, the Hong Family Army's apparent strength is still fifty thousand, but in fact it is close to one hundred thousand.
He was doing such mischief in the local area, and the news naturally reached Xiao Xuan's ears. He was so angry that his teeth were itching. If I don't give it to you, you go and grab it yourself. Do you still have me in your eyes?
However, Xiao Xuan was not a tyrant after all. He still remembered Hong Yuetian's life-saving grace in his heart. He turned a blind eye to what he did in the local area and pretended not to have seen it. As long as Hong Yuetian
Yue Tian didn't go too far, so he tolerated it.
This is the intricate relationship between Xiao Xuan and Hong Yuetian. It is understandable that the Hong family army's military equipment is incomplete and its personnel are uneven. With one family, even if it is a Marquis' family, no matter how much the salary is, no matter how big the business is in various places,
If you rely on yourself to feed an army of 100,000 people without relying on the imperial court, you will still be stretched thin and your financial resources will be tight.
The appearance of men from the Hong Family Army in Bianyang County of Sichuan State somewhat surprised Tang Yin. Could it be that the Sichuan State Court had made a new decision to send Hong Yuetian to guard the border? If this was the case, it would be extremely dangerous for our own side.
Not good news.
Hong Yuetian was a failure as a person and a big talker, but when it came to commanding troops to fight, he was a genius.
Moreover, this man is a hawk who is good at attacking. If Sichuan State hands over the command of the border army to Hong Yuetian, it will mean that Sichuan State will use troops against Feng State. Tang Yin is not ready for this yet!