Li Xingchen raised the corner of his mouth and said: "These personal guards of mine should also go out and experience training. What's more, they followed me to fight in the north and south. They are considered old soldiers. Why don't they move? And I also have to let the world see that I want to pacify Lingnan.
determination."
Xiao Mohe hurriedly said: "Since Your Majesty wants to send bodyguards and troops, I kindly request that fifty people from your bodyguards be sent to follow you southward!"
Li Xingchen glanced at Xiao Mohe and said to himself: Compared with when he was in Huainan and Jiangling, Xiao Mohe has really become smarter.
Li Xingchen sent out his bodyguards, and the Taiwei also dispatched his own bodyguards. As long as the generals below were not stupid, they would have to quickly mobilize some of their bodyguards to show their support for this war. In this way, how could all the generals gather together an army of nearly two thousand men?
Soldiers and horses, although this army may be a bit messy, but the generals and guards are all elites in the army, and they are highly obedient. Even if it is a temporary formation, the combat power will definitely not be much different, not to mention that there are
The Yulin Cavalry, recognized as the strongest in the army, is in charge.
And Xiao Mohe's eyes subconsciously glanced at Li Xingchen, and he couldn't help but slander him.
Your Majesty has also become bad...
Li Xingchen turned his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Now I am more worried about the reform in the military. What do you think of the new military system?"
Xiao Mohe thought for a moment and then whispered: "Your Majesty's move will only allow the generals to fight, and divide the power of the governors into three. It is certainly excellent for consolidating the rule of the imperial court."
The division of military power is indeed the primary purpose of Li Xingchen's reform. After all, Yin Jian is not far away. Li Xingchen himself is a typical example of supporting his troops and then devouring his master. There are countless people who did this during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, including almost all the founding emperors of all dynasties.
They all follow this path.
What Li Xingchen had to do was to keep the control of the army in his own hands. Generals only have the power to support troops when they are leading troops in battle. In most other cases, the army is in the hands of the chief secretary and Sima.
Although he is nominally a general, he only listens to the instructions and not the announcements.
Doing so is tantamount to fundamentally putting an end to the private military policy that has become more and more prosperous since the Three Kingdoms, so that the general no longer has a large number of soldiers and horses that only obey himself.
But just as Xiao Mohe worried, problems also came one after another.
"There is certainly nothing wrong with this kind of reform, but who will accept it and who will oppose it? Will there be many people who oppose it?" Xiao Mohe said thoughtfully, "Moreover, previous dynasties also knew the dangers of generals having private soldiers, and tied the security of the country to personal loyalty.
It is indeed ridiculous, but it is also a way to ensure combat effectiveness. After all, His Majesty’s favor cannot take care of everyone..."
Li Xingchen smiled slightly: "As for the first question, I rely on Taiwei, Baipao and Yulinqi, and loyal people."
Xiao Mohe shuddered. The meaning was already obvious. If there was anyone who was disobedient, it would be one word, kill.
It seems that this operation is very dangerous, but in fact, the main forces of the various armies are now in the hands of Li Xingchen's cronies. Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian, Wang Chang, Chen Zhishen and Cao Zhong control almost all the elites of the entire Han Dynasty, and
The remaining Han Qinhu, Li Xun and others had no right to complain as surrendered generals. As for Chun Yucen, Wu Huijue and Lu Zicai, they had already been tied to Li Xinchen's chariot with their families.
There are only a few people like Huang Wan and others left. As long as they have some brains, they know what to do.
After finishing his words, Li Xingchen glanced at Huang Qi beside him intentionally or unintentionally.
Huang Qi should naturally understand why he should hear these words.
After thinking about this, Xiao Mohe couldn't help but sigh. Li Xingchen, a young man, seemed to be working non-stop, but he still laid a big net, tightly controlling everyone who had anything to do with him. Interests, honors, etc.
Status, etc. are like chains that connect them in series and bind them.
No one can escape from this network.
After a pause, Li Xingchen murmured: "As for my kindness, leave it to those ancestors who have made a name for themselves on the battlefield to help me spread it."
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North of Yulin County, on the bank of Li River.
The rain was falling heavily, covering the entire beautiful mountains and rivers in the rain. The roads in Lingnan, especially in the west of Lingnan, were not very good to begin with, and when the heavy rain washed away, only mud was left. However, despite this, Xiao Shilian still
Riding hard, the horse rushed up the hillside on the side of the road.
It had been raining heavily for three or four days, and there was almost no trace of the road. The Li River not far away was also swollen, and the ships transporting grain and grass struggled to dock at the simple dock in the wind and rain. They stretched along the hillside.
In the camp, the soldiers were struggling to dig drainage ditches. The drainage ditches when the camp was built before were no longer enough. Even on the hillside, new trenches had to be dug every day to avoid the violent impact of the rainwater that gathered into streams.
tent.
The amount of heavy rain was obviously beyond imagination. It seemed that God had turned all the steam that had been held all summer into rain at this time, but it also washed away the last bit of heat, and you could even feel it in the blowing river breeze.
Coolness.
Amidst the rain, Yulin County was silent, but Xiao Shilian knew that there were at least thousands of Yue people there. Fortunately, the heavy rain also blocked their attack - if they had the courage - and their retreat.
the way.
It was precisely because there was no obstruction from the Baiyue people that Xiao Shilian was able to easily break through the Li River and directly push the army to a place not far from Yulin County.
In the heavy rain, it was impossible to see what the city looked like, but the scouts had already weaved a large net in the wind and rain. The enemy tried to the south several times but was repelled, so they simply hunkered down in the city, so they were not afraid.
The other side will run.
Speaking of this, Xiao Shilian had to lament Li Xun's good luck. Because it was on the other side of the mountain, his partial division was not greatly affected by wind and rain. He successfully outflanked the Baiyue people's flanks and even fought with them.
People from Nanzhong got in touch.
But looking at the rain, Xiao Shilian couldn't get angry. What's more, for him, trapping the Baiyue people in the city was not a bad thing. Xiao Shilian was very familiar with the fighting methods of the Ba people. If he really used these skills
Those guys who are more agile than monkeys will be really difficult to deal with if they are released back into the mountains and forests, so it is better to catch them all here.
"Your people haven't sent back any news in the past two days." Xiao Shilian whispered, "Don't let anything happen."
Next to him was Xiao Nian, who was an out-and-out old man of the Xiao family, and even a retainer of the Xiao family. Therefore, Chen Yu asked him to come with a team of white robes to support Xiao Shilian.
Baipao's mission to go south was actually to help Xiao Shilian collect some intelligence about Lingnan, and the target was Mrs.