Han Qian left the third prince and returned to his residence. He saw Zhao Ting'er, Zhao Wuji, Feng Liao, the Du family brothers and sisters, Tian Cheng and others who had just rushed from Hanshou to Tanzhou City to meet him.
Everyone had just unpacked their bags at this time, and when they saw Han Qian coming in from the outside, they all came over to greet him.
Han Qian smiled and said: "His Royal Highness just said that he would find a spacious mansion for me in Tanzhou City. Come over, I am not afraid that the mansion will be too spacious."
"When you came back, you looked sad. Who made you angry?" Zhao Ting'er had sharp eyes and asked curiously when she saw Han Qian's worried expression when he first entered the house.
Xi Rong said: "Anyway, I don't dare to make him angry!"
Feng Liao said: "I just heard Xi Fa'er say something. Did you realize that the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, and Princess Qingyang are not fuel-efficient lamps?"
At this time, Han Qian was not sure whether to let Feng Liao know more secrets. He just smiled perfunctorily and said, "Which of you is the most fuel-efficient lamp?"
Han Qian asked everyone not to be busy packing their bags and called Tian Cheng, Feng Liao and others into the small hall to talk:
"I just told His Highness that I want to recommend you to be the Sima of Xuzhou and the military envoy of the state camp. The court letter will take ten days and a half to arrive at the fastest, but the Wuling Army may have to come from Hanshou in the next few days.
Wuling, Yuanling and other cities should be withdrawn to Xuzhou, and you can handle this matter. After you return to Xuzhou, contact the Fanzhai in Xuefeng Mountain from Qianyang. Try not to start a war. First, open up the Xuefeng Mountain Post Road, and let the Xuefeng Mountain Post Road pass through.
The personnel can pass! In the past few days, the logistics and transportation from Yuanling to Hanshou have also been handed over to Mr. Shen Yang and Zhou Yuan. Zhang Qian and the others have taken over. Except for the severely disabled and injured, the medical camp has been sent to Longya City for continued treatment.
In addition, the Cyclone Cannon Battalion was also disbanded on the spot..."
"Is the Wuling Army going to be disbanded?" Feng Liao was slightly startled and asked in shock.
"I have already asked His Highness to disband the Wuling Army. After all, the support of the Wuling Army is too expensive." Han Qian nodded and said.
"Xuzhou can barely maintain the supplies of Wuling Army..." Feng Liao advised.
The Wuling Army finally has a size of more than 7,000 people. With the achievements of the Han family and his son, the Wuling Army should be further expanded. At that time, on the side of the third prince, Han Qian and his father will truly have the power to compete with the Xinchang Hou Mansion.
, an opportunity to compete with Shen Yang and others.
Although Feng Liao realized that Han Daoxun was not a tyrannical person who brought disaster to the country and the people, he was definitely not a foolish and loyal person. He should know that if he really wanted to make a difference, he would not be able to do it without power.
If it weren't for Han Daoxun's request, Feng Liao would have difficulty understanding why Han Qian would take the initiative to dismantle the Wuling Army.
At this time, they took the initiative to dismantle the Wuling army and only retained the Xuzhou state camp. Although it could still retain a combat strength of about two to three thousand people, the local states of Tan, Yue, Lang, Shao, Heng, and Chen states were
Battalion, the strength will be less than 3,000 men?
Besides, the Wuling Army adopts a recruitment system. Even if there is no chance to change the military system, the cost will be high, but Feng Liao knows that if he wants to maintain seven or eight thousand elite troops, Xuzhou can still barely bear it.
What's more, after the battle to reduce the vassalage, Han Qian and his father should also receive other rewards. Even further, Han Qian and his father and son should gradually annex the forces of the other two families of the Han clan.
Han Qian waved his hand, indicating that he did not want to argue on this matter anymore.
Seeing that Han Qian had already made a decision, Feng Liao naturally felt uncomfortable saying anything. He looked at Tian Cheng and Lin Haizheng with regrets on their faces.
"What should we do with the extra manpower?" Feng Liao asked.
"The manpower originally transferred from Zuo Si,
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Most people still want to return to Jinyun Tower. I will recommend Gao Shao to your Highness to take charge of the affairs of Jinyun Tower," Han Qian said, "and Haizheng will join me to serve His Highness..."
After giving these instructions, Han Qian asked Feng Liao, Tian Cheng, and the Du brothers and sisters to go down and rest.
Naturally, Zhao Ting'er and Xi Rong stayed with Han Qian to serve him.
After everyone else left, Xi Rong asked, "Are you worried that there will be chaos in Aurous Hill?"
Xi Rong has been with Han Qian for the longest time, and both she and Zhao Ting'er know the secrets of Wanhonglou and Shenling Division. They know that Han Qian is worried that the crown prince and King Xin will not sit back and watch the third prince gain power by cutting off the vassal, so he will not
It's hard to guess what Han Qian's intention was with this arrangement.
Han Qian nodded. He didn't know whether there would be civil strife in Aurous Hill around the time of Emperor Tianyou's death, but he had to plan for the worst case scenario.
After all, Xuzhou has a sparse population. There are only about 20,000 native and foreign households and more than 40,000 strong men. The Wuling Army also managed to gather a scale of more than 7,000 people. It can be said to be the essence of Xuzhou.
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If we don't take the initiative to dismantle the Wuling Army now to preserve its vitality, and wait until civil strife breaks out in Jinling, how many times can the Wuling Army's wealth and seedlings withstand such a struggle?
Thinking of this, Han Qian sighed softly and said: "The reason why there is no movement in Jinling yet is because the battle to reduce the vassal status was fought too smoothly and too quickly, far beyond the expectations of Ning'an Palace, the Crown Prince and King Xin.
They should be caught off guard and adjust their plans. So no matter what, I strongly advocate a slow attack on the remaining armies of Zhao Sheng and Luo Jia. In addition to His Highness needing more talents to cultivate a foundation in Tanzhou, another reason is to return before the end of the year.
Jinling, if there is any conspiracy against His Highness, it will be difficult for us to effectively prevent it!"
At this time, Han Qian told Xi Yi and Zhao Ting'er about the doubts about the daily use of candles in Chongwen Hall.
"Is it possible that the candles in Chongwen Hall are mixed with chronic poison?" Xi Rong asked in shock.
"This is just a guess. I asked someone to investigate, but in order to avoid alerting others, I didn't dare to make any big moves. So far, nothing has been found," Han Qian said. "And even if my guess is true, there are still many people behind the scenes."
In order to prevent others from leaking the truth, it is impossible to throw too much medicine into Huo Zhu. If His Highness returns to Jinling too early, it is very likely that the other party will take action..."
Han Qian is more inclined to believe that the flames in Chongwen Palace were caused by Empress Xu of Anning Palace. On the one hand, Anning Palace had the conditions, and on the other hand, in the original historical trajectory, Anning Palace was the first to seize the opportunity.
However, even if his guess was correct, Anning Palace would have to look forward and backward before taking action against Emperor Tianyou, and would have to consider many factors.
Especially when the Liang army is approaching, An Ning Palace must take into account the possibility that Liang Jun may take advantage of it.
If necessary, Anning Palace might consider getting rid of the third prince directly first, right?
In order to occupy Xuzhou, Han Qian almost drained all the power that Zuo Si had cultivated in the past few years, leaving only dozens of inspectors. The secret agents continued to lurk in the dark to collect some basic intelligence.
Even if an elite team of the Dragon Bird Army will return to Jinling with them, they cannot be mobilized casually after arriving in Jinling. And no matter how strong the Dragon Bird Army's combat effectiveness is, they cannot prevent assassinations, poisoning, kidnappings, etc.
Take the next step.
The reason why Han Qian wants to dismantle the Wuling Army is because he urgently needs to transfer some of Zuosi's elite scouts and disciples back to Jinyun Tower to establish the original information reconnaissance and transmission network.
Initially, nearly 800 Zuosi scouts, craftsmen and Zuosi's disciples followed Han Qian into Xuzhou; in particular, more than 500 Zuosi's disciples have grown up after these two years of training.
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Zuosi's hundreds of craftsmen, even a few of them like Zheng Tong and other famous officials, can serve in Xuzhou, and Han Qian will not let the others go. After all, Qiuhushan Craftsmanship has now established its own system.
There is no shortage of this group of people.
Han Qian's next step will be to move all the family members of these craftsmen to Xuzhou so that they can completely take root in Xuzhou.
He has made great military exploits this time and has taken the initiative to dismantle the Wuling Army. This request will not be unsatisfied.
The 140 or 50 disciples of Zuo Si corresponding to these more than a hundred craftsmen have become Han Qian's truly useful direct lineage confidants. They will also work with the grown-up family soldiers such as Guo Nuer, Lin Zongjing, Guo Queer, etc.
As well as the Zuosi scouts who came from cottages and prison soldiers, they together became the backbone of the Xuzhou state camp.
There are also nearly 30 Zuosi scouts and more than 40 corresponding Zuosi disciples. They have a deep sense of identification with Xuzhou. They will move their families directly to Xuzhou this time. However, they all have
Because of their military merit, they were recommended to serve as subordinate officials in the state and county yamen, so that they could break away from their status as military households and later reunite with their children, which was a matter of course.
Apart from these, nearly three hundred Zuosi scouts and grown-up Zuosi disciples will all return to Jinyun Tower.
Han Qian explained his idea to Xi Yi and Zhao Ting'er in detail and asked them to sort out the list of personnel. Then he directly took the list and made an appointment with Shen Yang, Xinchang Hou Lipu, Yuan Guowei, and Jiang Hui to go to the third prince to talk.
Specific matters regarding the dismantling of the Wuling Army and the reconstruction of Jinyun Tower.
Shen Yang supports this.
Logistics and equipment, as well as raising funds to raise troops from the local area, requisitioning war supplies, and confiscating the property of the rebellious criminal clan, etc., must all fall under the jurisdiction of Liucao. Especially for seizures, it is too easy to mess up if there are multiple orders.
And when Han Qian returned to the third prince, in addition to being in charge of Jinyun Tower, he also directly controlled an elite combat force, which was too much authority.
At the same time, the Wuling Army mainly recruited soldiers, which was completely different from the Longque Army, which mainly recruited soldiers from military households. It was difficult to be included under the jurisdiction of the Hujunfu and Tunying Military Mansion.
In the past, there was no way to directly dispatch elite combat forces to the heart of Tanzhou, so we made a special exception.
Han Qian took the initiative to disband the Wuling Army and only retained part of the necessary local armaments as the Xuzhou Prefecture Camp, which directly solved many conflicts and contradictions.
For many things, we have to submit a letter to Jinling for the final decision, but the reconstruction of Jinyun Tower cannot be delayed, and there are many things that we can take action on here first.
Tian Cheng first led the Wuling army to withdraw to Xuzhou, handed over the garrisons of Wuling, Hanshou and others to Zhang Feng's department, and transferred some of Zuosi's scouts and disciples to Tanzhou City. Lin Haizheng was directly transferred to the third prince to participate in the guard work.
At the same time, Yang Zhitang, the prince of Yuzhang County, led his troops to Hengzhou in early July and sent an envoy to meet the third prince Yang Yuanpu.
Yang Zhitang was the cousin of the third prince Yang Yuanpu. He joined the army at a young age and made many military exploits. Because he was a descendant of the clan, he was granted the title of Prince of Yuzhang County. He has been in charge of Hongzhou in recent years.
However, the soldiers and horses he commanded to attack Hengzhou from Hongzhou this time were mainly from local state camps and were not strong in combat effectiveness. They fought several battles with Zhao Sheng and lost more than they won.
If Zhao Sheng hadn't led his troops to flee south in a hurry this time, he would still be stuck in Yuanzhou and unable to get out.
Of course, Yang Zhitang, the prince of Yuzhang County, would not admit this. He naturally advocated a cautious approach to the subsequent campaign to suppress the Zhao Sheng and Luo Jia rebels, and it was best to proceed step by step.
At this time, Li Zhigao had almost recovered the entire territory of Shaozhou, and stationed the main troops in Wuzhisiling, which is connected to Yongzhou in the southeast of Shaozhou...