After the military meeting, the King of Yu, Zhao Yuanke, stayed in the Manlu Hall, while the others left one after another in a sensible manner.
After thinking about it, they also understood that the brothers Zhao Yuancai, the Emperor of Wei, and Zhao Yuandai, the King of Yu, had not seen each other for several years, and they believed they would have endless topics to talk about.
Among them, Zhao Hongrun also led Wei Jiao, Que'er, Wen Qi, Jie Ziyu and Shen Yu, the original sect's guard chief who had just returned, back to Prince Su's Mansion.
After returning to Prince Su's Mansion, the guards were surprised to see Shen Yu, and they all stepped forward to hug the latter affectionately.
The Zongwei were very excited. Even though they were not related by blood, because they were assigned to Zhao Hongrun as Zongwei together, the feeling of sharing weal and woe was not inferior to blood relations.
To this end, Zhao Hongrun even held a family dinner to honor Shen Yu and celebrate his becoming a general.
Shen Yu was also very excited about being promoted to the head coach of "Shangshui Battlefield". He knew that he had taken a huge step towards the senior Zongwei leaders such as Bailiba, Sima An, and Xu Yin.
In addition to his personal efforts, the support of Yu Wang Zhao Yuanji and Su Wang Zhao Hongrun also played a crucial role.
If he were not a student of King Yu Zhao Yuanji, or a Zongwei beside King Su Zhao Hongrun, how could he have been appointed as the coach of one side in this national war? Let’s take a look at who the other three coaches are?
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, and Zhao Yuandai, the king of Yu, were the two prides of the royal family more than twenty years ago.
Su Wang Zhao Hongrun is the most eye-catching general in the Wei Kingdom in recent years.
It is no exaggeration to say that these three are the current flagship figures of the Wei military.
In addition to these three, the Lintao lords Wei Ji, Jiang Bi, General Shao Hu, and other generals such as Baili Ba and Sima An failed to gain the vanity of a leader, and he Shen Yu, He Dehe Can you stand on an equal footing with these three?
"Isn't it very emotional?"
At the family banquet, Wei Jiao, the current clan guard chief, said to Shen Yu with a smile.
"Yes." With the speechless expression of His Highness Zidian rolling his eyes, Shen Yu said with emotion: "Twelve years ago, when our group was sent to His Highness, I was thinking, ah, it's over, the stall is like this Your Highness, this life is over..."
Hearing Shen Yu's words, all the sect guards laughed, because they were the only ones who knew best how embarrassing the position of His Highness Prince Su was twelve years ago.
It didn't matter that he wasn't taken seriously by Emperor Wei, but His Highness's temper still persisted, so that the Zongwei could only secretly send money to pay the eunuchs and imperial guards, Lang Wei, after all, His Highness did some things at that time. No matter how big or small, no matter how small, if someone deliberately targeted it, it would still be easy to get to the side of Emperor Wei and draw a scolding.
As a Zongwei beside the prince, he has to humble himself and make friends with the eunuchs, imperial guards, and langwei in the palace. How dare you imagine this nowadays?
Nowadays, the clan guards around Zhao Hongrun are big shots called "Masters" in Daliang City, and in the palace, even the commanders of the Imperial Guards like Jin Ju have to be treated with caution, even some in the inner chamberlain. The powerful eunuchs had to put on a smile and shout "Lord Zongwei" in front of Zongwei such as Shen Yu and Wei Jiao.
Twelve years ago, all of this was something Shen Yu, Wei Jiao and others would not have dared to imagine.
As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats.
"His Highness was really that... well, naughty at that time?"
Jie Ziyu asked Shen Yu curiously. He could not imagine that a wise and powerful Wei Gongzi like Su Wang Zhao Hongrun had a dark history that was not known to outsiders when he was young.
After learning that Jie Zizi was a newly recruited staff member of His Highness, Shen Yu smiled and told some harmless embarrassing things about His Highness. On the one hand, it aroused laughter from the clan guards, and on the other hand, it also made Zhao Hongrun roll his eyes in anger.
Later, when King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and General Sima An of the Dangshan Army came to visit, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan joined the team that denounced his brother in tears. As a younger brother, Zhao Hongxuan had been deceived by his brother countless times over the years.
After some joking, the topics discussed by everyone in the palace gradually became serious.
Seeing this, the female relatives in the palace excused themselves and left the meeting, leaving the main hall to these grown men.
Ever since, the lovely family dinner gradually evolved into a military meeting.
"Your Highness King Su, Cai Cai has just sent someone to convey an order to summon the rest of the Dangshan Army to deploy in Daliang." Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, said to Zhao Hongrun.
In fact, as early as the night of the Zhongyang Palace rebellion three months ago, Sima An led the hunting cavalry battalion of the Dangshan Army to quietly arrive at Zhongyang Palace. Afterwards, this elite cavalry, numbering approximately 2,500 people, He has been stationed on the outskirts of Daliang City.
But the remaining more than 10,000 Dangshan Army infantry are still deployed in Dangshan, Song County.
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded after hearing this, and then asked Sima An: "General, hasn't the Dangshan Army expanded its establishment in the past two years?"
Because as far as Zhao Hongrun knew, after the "First Wei-Korean Battle of Northern Xinjiang" broke out, his father, Emperor Wei, ordered the expansion of the domestic garrison in order to cope with the possibility of an all-out war with South Korea.
"It has been slightly expanded, but considering the issue of quality, our Dangshan Army has not significantly expanded its establishment." Sima An replied.
It turns out that the "Sixth Garrison Battalion" was once the most trusted army of the Wei Kingdom by the Emperor of Wei - Nangong Yao's Suiyang Army was not counted, it was just a nominal one - and was once regarded as the benchmark for the Wei Kingdom's army. It can be understood that It is the last defensive force of Wei State.
Therefore, when the Wei State went to war with South Korea, when King Su's Army, Northern First Army, Suppression of Rebellion Army, Northern Third Army, Shanyang Army, etc. were dispatched one after another, the Sixth Battalion of Junshui Army, Chenggao Army, Dangshan Army and other garrison troops were stationed. There are almost no military missions.
Although this move ensured that the Sixth Battalion of the garrison still had strong military power, it also caused these troops to lose the opportunity to hone themselves on the battlefield.
The best example is the Suwang Army under Zhao Hongrun.
King Su's Army is the synthesis of three armies, namely Shangshui Army, Yanling Army, and Youma Army. Except for Youma Army, the predecessors of the other two armies are "Pingyang Army", that is, some surrendered soldiers, the former Lord of Yangcheng Xiong Tuo was the defeated general when he attacked the Wei State. However, over the years, as Zhao Hongrun led the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to fight in the north and south, these two armies have been fully tempered on the battlefield and have gradually become the elite frontline troops of the Wei State. It has almost overshadowed the reputation of the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison.
In addition to King Su's army, others like Jiang Bi's Northern Third Army, Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo's Northern Second Army, and even Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan's Northern First Army were all tempered on the battlefield.
But only the Sixth Battalion of the garrison is still standing still. What they were a few years ago is what they are still like now.
This is the reason why Sima An did not dare to rashly expand the army, because they did not have the opportunity to sharpen their soldiers on the battlefield, and soldiers who have not been on the battlefield may not be called elites no matter how well they are trained on weekdays.
Although Sima An would also let some soldiers attack some bandits in Song County when training soldiers, the problem is that the "Dangshan Army" and "Sima Butcher" are notoriously evil, who dares to rob homes in the Dangshan area? And Sima An
Don't go too deep into Song County.
So, in the end, Sima An only asked his soldiers to take the wild beasts in the Dangshan area to hone their courage. But the problem is, can killing wild beasts and killing people be the same thing?
Therefore, Sima An could only expand cautiously in the past two years. After two years of work, he only added more than 2,000 people, which was barely enough to make up the establishment of 15,000. He did not dare to expand further.
Because he was afraid of affecting the average combat effectiveness of the soldiers - after all, on the battlefield, a "pig teammate" on several sides was a far greater threat than a few enemy soldiers.
If a few soldiers with poor psychological quality drop their weapons and tremble on the battlefield, causing loopholes in the defense line, the battle may be lost.
"How many soldiers does His Highness Prince Su plan to use in this battle?" Sima An asked.
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said: "I will take away the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army. In addition, there are 50,000 "North Sichuan Archers" from Bosile in Sanchuan. We can probably gather about 170,000 horses on this road.
"Speaking of which
, He turned to look at Shen Yu and said: "In addition to the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, there are still 30,000 reserves in Shangshui City, and there are 10,000 "Zhaoling Army", oh, Ma You's 5,000 "Youma"
Army, I will leave it to you too."
Considering that this battle was all about "fast", Zhao Hongrun did not intend to bring the five thousand heavy cavalry of the upstream horse army.
After careful consideration, Zhao Hongrun felt that it would be a good idea to leave the heavy cavalry to Shen Yu and let him take it with him to bully the Chu army. After all, 99% of the Chu army were infantry, and there were almost no natural enemies of the heavy cavalry - the light cavalry.
Cavalry, this means that when Ma You's You Ma heavy cavalry face the Chu army, there is almost no possibility of defeat after eliminating the factors of absolute geographical disadvantage.
"I will provide you with a think tank to assist you in your military operations."
After saying that, Zhao Hongrun turned his attention to Wen Qi and Jie Ziyu.
It's not that he doesn't trust Shen Yu, the key point is that what Shen Yu learned from King Yu Zhao Yuan'e was how to use troops. In fact, the knowledge of warfare is not only about fighting the enemy, but also the logistics of food and grass transportation is also an important factor.
In the past, when Zhao Hongrun went on an expedition, the Ministry of Revenue provided logistical provisions. However, this time Shen Yu was fighting in Shangshui. Compared with the provision of provisions by the Ministry of Revenue, it was of course more convenient to raise provisions locally in Shangshui. What's more, last year,
Under Wenqi's rectification, farming in Shangshui County resumed on a large scale, and the grain harvest was considerable.
Under the watchful eye of Zhao Hongrun, Wen Qi reluctantly took over this task. After all, he knew the situation in Shangshui Yi better than Jie Ziyu.
Seeing his reluctance, Zhao Hongrun blinked and said, "When you get to Shangshui, no one will care about you."
Hearing this, Wen Qi's eyes widened, excitement suddenly appeared on his face, and he vowed to help Shen Yu. Shen Yu, who didn't know what was going on, was confused.
It was not until Zongwei Mu Qing later revealed that Shen Yu suddenly realized that Mr. Wen had offended Lu'er, the family leader in the palace, and refused to apologize, so that Lu'er deliberately targeted him and controlled the drinks. Damn it, almost to the point where his eyes will turn red when he sees other people drinking.
"Is that okay? This Mr. Wen..."
Shen Yu doesn't trust Wen Qi very much.
No wonder, after all, he didn't know Wen Qi's capabilities.
All in all, after a pleasant discussion, Shen Yu's team gradually came together: Shen Yu was the commander, Ma You was the deputy general, and Wen Qi was in charge of logistics and food.
In addition, according to the "division of battlefield areas" by King Yu Zhao Yuanji, Fenxingsai's army was also included in the Shangshui battlefield and was counted as Shen Yu's auxiliary army.
It has to be said that the Fenxing army under the command of General Xu Yin is not weak, and the generals under his command are full of talents, especially Cai Qinhu, who is one of the few military generals in Wei State, and is not inferior to Jiang Bi.
Watching his brother Zhao Hongrun and others discussing various specific matters about sending troops, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan was very envious. Although it was said that Zhao Yuandai, the fifth uncle of Yu, had comforted him, who knew whether that was true or not? Anyway, the order Zhao Hongxuan received was only Move the First Army of the North to the outskirts of Daliang City.
It is said that another Zongwei next to Fifth Uncle will be responsible for training the Northern First Army.
After an hour, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and General Sima An left one after another. Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun moved the location of the discussion from the main hall of the north room to his study.
The number of people participating in this discussion has also been reduced to only Shen Yu, Wei Jiao, Wen Qi, Jie Ziu and Que'er. Except for Que'er, the others are currently the core members of Prince Su's palace who have good strategies - - Originally we had to add Kou Zheng and others, but unfortunately Kou Zheng and others were far away in Fenyin.
"What do you think of the strategy that my fifth uncle described in the Ganlu Hall today?" Zhao Hongrun said while taking the tea brought by Que'er.
He had discovered that Que'er seemed to position herself more like a personal maid than his woman.
This makes Zhao Hongrun a little helpless, because it can be seen from this that in Queer's heart, he is just "the adopted son of his adoptive father Zhao Yuanli", or simply "the son who must be loyal to repay his adoptive father's kindness", and It's not because of my feelings or closeness to him, Zhao Hongrun.
"Forgive Wen for being blunt, Prince Yu's strategy is too... upright." Wen Qi thought about it for a long time and said with a frown.
Hearing this, Jie Ziyu nodded in agreement.
In the view of their two staff, some of the suggestions put forward by the Ministry of War actually have some merit, such as making a promise to appease the rebel general Nangong Yao, which may not necessarily be successful.
Compared with Chu's army, which is said to be one million strong, Nangong Yao's Suiyang army is nothing more than scabies. Why not recruit Nangong Yao to jointly deal with Chu's army?
The same is true for South Korea. Why not expose the "Wei-Han Handan Agreement" to the world and use public opinion to attack South Korea?
All in all, Wen Qi and Jie Ziyu felt that Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai seemed to have neglected diplomatic means, which puzzled them.
At the same time, Emperor Wei was also asking King Yu Zhao Yuandai this question.
In response to this, King Yu Zhao Yuanke's answer was straightforward: "It makes no sense."
He pointedly pointed out: "The reason why Xiao Luan was able to persuade the five parties to rebel was not mainly because of his connections, but because of the "dear" and "fear" of the various countries towards the Wei Dynasty... Let's talk about South Korea first. Before, when my father was still alive, we, the Wei Dynasty, won less and lost more when facing South Korea. To put it harshly, the two countries were in peace at that time, not because of how powerful the "Wei-Wei coalition" was, but because of how powerful the "Wei-Wei coalition" was. The main enemy of South Korea at that time was the State of Qi, and the king of Qi, Lu Xi."
Emperor Wei nodded convinced. In fact, he also understood that if South Korea took action in a few decades, Wei and its vassal Weiguo might have perished. However, South Korea did not do that because the biggest threat to South Korea at that time was
Qi State.
Facts have also proven that when King Lu Xi of Qi first came to the throne, South Korea took advantage of the chaos and sent troops to attack Qi. Who would have thought that in that battle, the young King Lu Xi of Qi used the power of thunder to use the power of Lu to attack Qi?
The powerful warship built by craftsmen defeated the Korean army in Julu, and then used this momentum to extinguish the discordant voices in Qi and truly took control of the entire country.
"Lu Xi is also a ruthless person." Emperor Wei sighed.
Few people know that when South Korea attacked Qi, King Lu Xi of Qi first ascended the throne, which caused many Qi nobles in the country to secretly communicate with South Korea in order to survive, which resulted in the Qi royal family controlling many places at that time.
However, King Lu Xi of Qi was not anxious and drank and played with women in the palace every day. Until the Han army crossed Julu County, he issued a royal notice in Linzi, spent a lot of money to recruit tens of thousands of knights, and then led the king's division to lead the army.
Let these rangers lead the expedition in person.
At the same time, he sent veteran general Tian Ao to lead a new warship built by Lu craftsmen to cut off the Korean army's return route. As a result, the Korean army's food road was cut off, making it impossible to advance and retreat, and was eventually defeated by the Qi army.
Afterwards, King Lu Xi of Qi returned to Linzi and invited the local powerful family heads to celebrate. Who would have thought that when those nobles who had opposed him arrived in Linzi, they would be summoned by King Lu Xi of Qi to have guards at the celebration banquet.
He killed them, expelled them from their noble families, and sent troops to confiscate their property.
From then on, King Lu Xi of Qi was once said to be a moody tyrant.
In that battle, the most outstanding one was not the Qi army or the Qi navy, but the knight-errant army that was once called a ragtag army recruited by King Lu Xi of Qi who spent a lot of money - these greedy desperadoes were later called
He is called a "martial arts warrior" and becomes the best portrayal of "a brave man must be brave under a heavy reward".
Some people may say that during the second Wei-Korean Northern Border Battle, King Su Zhao Hongrun defeated the Han army with money, but in fact, compared to the battle between King Lu Xi of Qi, the small amount of money Wei invested was nothing at all.
, King Lu Xi of Qi was the first person to use money to defeat the Korean army.
As the king of the richest country in the Central Plains, Qi King Lu Xi has countless money. With this money, he can recruit desperadoes from his own country and even other countries. This is the most terrifying thing about Qi State, and Han,
The two countries of Chu are most afraid of Qi.
"...But now, King Lu Xi of Qi has passed away, and the civil strife in Qi State has not been settled. Therefore, Qi State is no longer the biggest obstacle to South Korea becoming the hegemon of the Central Plains, and I, the Great Wei Dynasty, have become a thorn in South Korea's side... It's not just South Korea.
, the same is true for Chu State. The increasingly powerful Wei State has made these neighboring countries feel uneasy. They do not want another Qi State to dominate the Central Plains, and they do not want another Qi King Lu Xi to appear." Yu Wang Zhao Yuanke hit the nail on the head.
said.
Emperor Wei nodded silently.
I have to say that despite the close relationship between Qi and Wei now, that happened in recent years. Before that, when King Lu Xi of Qi was in his prime, Emperor Wei also felt uneasy. After all, at that time, Song State had Qi State's support behind him.
support, and gradually exposed his intention to annex Weiguo.
At that time, the Emperor of Wei also did something against the Qi State, that is, he united with Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Yangcheng, to destroy the Song State. There was no way that the Wei State could just sit back and watch the Song State annex the Wei State. After all, the Wei State was his Wei State. Covered by the country.
Furthermore, if the Song State annexes the Wei State and becomes stronger, then who will be next?
It can only be said that the Song State overestimated the influence of Qi State on Wei State at that time - Wei State and Qi State were not bordering each other, and were thousands of miles apart. They were the countries with the least fear of Qi State among the countries in the Central Plains, so the Emperor of Wei dared to destroy them. He defeated the Song Dynasty and defeated the Qi Kingdom, the overlord of the Central Plains.
"As for the Qin State, in my opinion, the Qin State will not be moved by what Xiao Luan said. Just like Han and Chu, we, the Great Wei, are also a thorn in their side... Because the Qin State wants to set foot in the Central Plains. We, the Great Wei, must be defeated, otherwise, our Great Wei will always block it from the Central Plains." After a pause, King Yu Zhao Yuanke took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "Therefore, diplomacy is meaningless, no matter what Neither Qin nor Han and Chu will retreat because of this, because they must defeat our great Wei."
The Emperor of Wei nodded silently. Having been the king of Wei for more than twenty years, he knew the reason very well.
"As for why I don't support appeasing Nangong Yao, it's mainly because of two reasons. First, Nangong Yao is very ambitious and good at forbearance. In view of the original agreement between Brother Fourth Prince and Nangong, unless he starts a rebellion, I The Great Wei is not allowed to interfere with his management of Song County... But now that he has rebelled, this agreement will naturally be invalidated, and I, the Great Wei, can take advantage of the opportunity to take back Song County. According to my brother, it seems that Nangong Yao is as ambitious as a wolf. It’s better to eradicate them as soon as possible... The second reason is that even though Nangong Yao was born in the Song Dynasty, because he once forced his emperor to death, the people of the Song Dynasty hated him extremely. Just look at his rebellion this time. He could only rebel under the banner of "restoring the Song Dynasty", and in Chendi's view, even if he used this banner, there would not be many Song people in Yuncong. In contrast, Chendi was more inclined to recruit Song people. Song Yun, the former rebel leader of the county, had no favorable impression of Nangong Yao or the Chu army who invaded the Song Dynasty several times. Moreover, Song Yun was quite prestigious among the Song people. If he could be persuaded to stand beside us, Wei's side is far better than Nangong Yao..."
Watching King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai talk endlessly, a trace of nostalgia flashed in Emperor Wei's eyes.
Because once upon a time, King Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'e, his younger brother, was his most trusted right-hand man.
However, things have changed and people have changed. The once heroic and majestic and violent King Yu has now become half a useless person.
Thinking of his deceased brother Zhao Yuanli again, Emperor Wei let out a long sigh, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
"Fifth brother, I, the State of Wei, will be entrusted to you..."
"...Brother Wang, please rest assured." Zhao Yuanqi, the king of Yu, who was dressed in cloth, cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "I am here, the Wei Dynasty is here!"
The next day, September 15th, Zhao Hongrun and Dangshan Army General Sima An led 2,500 Dangshan Army hunting camp cavalry and took the lead in rushing to Luocheng, Sanchuan.
At the same time, 10,000 Dangshan soldiers, 50,000 Shang Shui troops, and 50,000 Yanling troops quickly marched towards Luocheng.
Although Zhao Hongrun was very curious about how Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo and Yu King Zhao Yuanke would deal with the other two anti-Wei coalition forces, he first had to ensure his advantage on this side.
Sichuan first, then Qin, this is the general strategy he formulated for the Western Wei battlefield. As for Taiyuan Shoucheng in Hexi, and Yangyi Marquis Han Xu in Hedong, Zhao Hongrun had already sent people to authorize Lintao Lord Wei Ji and Fenyin Ling Kou Zheng
, I believe that with the commander-in-chief ability of Lintao Lord Wei Ji, Taiyuan's success may not necessarily bring him any benefits.
Before implementing the general strategy of "First Sichuan, then Qin", Zhao Hongrun must ensure that the Sichuan-Luo Alliance and the Northern Sichuan Cavalry will follow his instructions in this battle.
After all, the main rebel force in Sanchuan this time, the "Wuxu Royal Court", is very troublesome. It is the leader of the Sichuan people.
If one thing goes wrong, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance itself may collapse and turn into enemies.