Li Hang stood on a high platform with a calm face, but felt very unhappy in his heart.
What's the point of dragging me, a guest, to watch the troops? To demonstrate?
If Marshal Shao hadn't personally told him to restrain his temper and not "fake the power of a tiger," Li Hang would have lost his temper at this moment.
There is no way, the town is weak, and the Chang'an court has to run around too much.
Everywhere he went, people were polite and had wine and banquets, and the concubine attended his bed and spoke nicely, which made Li Biejia's spirit a little high.
Below the high platform were battalions of Hedong sergeants, covering the entire wilderness. Banners blocked out the sun, and spears were like a forest. There were also large groups of cavalry running around, bringing up large plumes of smoke.
This is the victorious soldier.
After a while, a group of people came slowly from a distance.
Li Hang looked around and saw a group of unkempt prisoners.
Sha Tuozi deceives people too much!
Li Hang suddenly understood that this was not a military parade at all, but a prisoner presentation ceremony!
Now that the prisoners (guó) have been captured, the military strength must be behind them.
Sure enough, large and small carts brought in a lot of trophies, mainly equipment and flags, which must have been captured in Xingzhou.
The captives and food are displayed in the front, and the military strength is displayed in the back!
Li Hang glared at Li Keyong and said, "Is this the way the king of Longxi County treats guests?"
"Envoy, please calm down for a moment. You are here, please calm down." Li Keyong stood at the front with contentment and said with a smile.
The capture of Xingzhou and the annihilation of Zhaoyi Town made him feel much better. He seemed to have found the pleasure of galloping across Guanzhong and Henan, killing all directions.
During the battle against Huang Chao in Guanzhong, the rebels fought to the death. Wang Chongrong led the infantry to attack fiercely and disturbed the rebels' position. Daibei's cavalry swarmed in and killed many of the traitors in the nest in a day, leaving their bodies lying hundreds of miles away.
Henan attacked Huangchao twice, and Zhu Quanzhong was in danger, so he begged for help with humble words and generous gifts. When the army from Hedong arrived, he killed Chao's army and was defeated, completely defeated.
The bad luck was about to pass, and Li Keyong regained his sense of consciousness.
A melodious recitation sounded from the audience, drifting along the breeze.
"...the thieves and their divisions are connected together, and their wild fronts are still blazing. They often send special personnel to detect the thieves' strength from a distance... they personally carry the divisions and brigade, and go to war. They walk through the mountains and rivers, exposed to frost and dew...capture and destroy them, just like luck.
Refers to... Cheng Yuan rushed to the clouds, and Zong was also popular. He led all the people to provide gifts to the state..."
Li Hangtie listened to the congratulations with a livid face. Now he was irritated, thinking about how to return to the commander when he returned.
A one-eyed man can deceive others too much.
After the lengthy congratulatory message, Li Keyong ordered that the sergeants be given meat and wine, which immediately attracted cheers.
Li Keyong laughed loudly and said: "The envoy went back to see his sworn brother, and told him that Tubo is weak and weak, and it is not interesting to bully him. Now the Central Plains is full of jackals, unruly and domineering. My two brothers should work together and command their troops.
Go south and seek to destroy the enemy."
"I disagree." Li Hang said sternly: "Tubo was cruel and harmed the people, and both gods and men were indignant. My general raised a righteous army, punished the ugly people, and saved the people from hanging upside down. This is what a hero did. People like Meng Fangli have a bad reputation.
Obviously, before the bad deeds were revealed, the king of Longxi County raised a large army to fight against him. The campaign lasted for many years, until the fields were barren and the people were homeless. They were sleeping with corpses on their backs. This was not a heroic act."
Li Keyong didn't seem to hear, and turned around to give some instructions.
After a while, under the command of the grain envoy, auxiliary soldiers escorted a large amount of property to the front of the battle. When the sergeants saw it, the atmosphere became more enthusiastic.
One army after another began to receive rewards.
Yier Army, Left Camp Army, Right Camp Army, Decisive Army, Hengsheng Army, Rush Army, Personal Cavalry Army, Rush Cavalry Army, Flying Cavalry Army, Fifth Academy Army, Xiongwei Army, Tingzhi Army, Wansheng Army,
Kuang Bajun, Feiteng Army, Ma Qianzhijun...
This is the Hedong Yamen Army. There are many military trumpets. Only a part of each army has come, but there are more than 20,000 infantry and seven or eight thousand cavalry in the field.
Li Hang was extremely angry on his face, but in his heart he was already secretly estimating Hedong's strength.
There are twelve infantry armies and four cavalry armies. There are actually cavalry in the infantry. The first volunteer army to receive the reward came with hundreds of cavalry, and there were also other armies. I just don’t know the number of people in each army.
Same, it shouldn’t be possible!
Based on an average of five to six thousand people, the twelve infantry armies should have about 60,000 people, and the four cavalry armies should have between 10,000 and 20,000 people. Taking into account the cavalry in the infantry, Hedong should have 50,000 to 60,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry.
about?
It is a bit more than the 60,000 Yamen troops that the Marshal had estimated before. Is it possible that after conquering the three states of Zhaoyi, Li Keyong integrated some Tibetan soldiers?
This is really a militancy!
Well, now no one is engaged in military affairs. Each and every commander is working hard to collect money and support the sergeants so that they don't have to be burdened by their livelihood and can concentrate on practicing their skills. At the same time, they provide the best equipment and armor as much as possible.
A superior fighting power can be unleashed in the battle formation.
But there are still degrees.
Marshal Shao ostensibly controlled more than 2.7 million Han people and supported 112,000 yamen troops (not counting state soldiers). Li Keyong only had 1.4 million Han people under his rule, but supported 780,000 troops.
, the difference is still not small. Moreover, the hundreds of thousands of people in Zhaoyi Town can't provide much goods now. This is really a militancy, even more ruthless than Zhu Quanzhong.
Hedong has a good foundation and can barely support it. But after a long time, can it continue to be maintained? At least, the 20,000 cavalry cannot be maintained for a long time. It will be consumed little by little in a high-intensity war. In the end, it will be good to maintain 10,000 people.
Already.
"After the envoy returns, you can ask your sworn brother whether the alliance with Huayue Temple in the past is still counted?" Li Keyong suddenly turned his head and said: "Qibizhang belongs to him, Helianduo belongs to me, well water
You didn’t violate the river, but now you want to break your promise?”
The generals from Hedong also turned their heads and looked at Li Hang with a fierce look in their eyes.
"Hedong is such a strong soldier, so majestic." Li Hang suddenly burst out laughing: "Don't you hear that my lord also started his career by fighting and killing? The Daizhou formation beheaded Cheng Huaixin, Guanzhong repeatedly defeated thieves, and Xiping Tuoba Dangxiang,
We conquered the Taolu in the north, then attacked the Lingzhou rebels, and attacked the Hewei and Tibetans again. Last year, we defeated the Tibetans in the Six Valleys, the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and the Qing and Tang tribes. Now we have 200,000 troops capable of fighting in the southeast of Henan.
We have our sworn enemy Zhu Quanzhong, the confused and uneasy Cheng De in the east, the Second Town of Youzhou, and our old enemy Helian Duo in the north. If we continue to fight against my master and surround him on all sides, will the Longxi County Prince have any chance of winning?"
Hearing Li Hang mention Cheng Huaixin's incident, all the generals in Hedong changed their expressions. Some even drew out their swords and asked: "The envoy is not afraid of death?"
Li Hang was too lazy to pay attention to them and just looked at Li Keyong.
Li Keyong didn't look as angry as he expected. It seemed that he was middle-aged and the city was much deeper.
"Why does the envoy need to argue with words? Why don't you go back and ask your sworn brother for his opinion first? I will send someone to write a letter, and the envoy can take it back and resume his life." Li Ke said in a calm tone.
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The express courier from Wubaili worked hard and quickly delivered Li Keyong's reply to Lingzhou.
After Shao Shude read it, he immediately called Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng.
"Li Ke used this person to be too stubborn and very vindictive." Shao Shude sighed: "In the past, Qi Bizhang and Helianduo plundered his tribe twice, and I have always remembered it."
"Several years have passed since the alliance at Huayue Temple. My sworn brother wants to buy wine in Yunzhou and invite me to go and form an alliance forever. Hehe, just listen to these words. This is a demonstration."
Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng looked at each other and knew that this alliance was not a simple one. If one of them was bad and Li Keyong got a glimpse of the opportunity, they might start a fight.
"The commander-in-chief's intention..." Chen Cheng couldn't figure out what Shao Shude was thinking and asked.
"Secretary Lu, send my order!" Shao Shude did not answer, but directly ordered.
Chief penmaster Lu Siye immediately spread out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"Qian Shousu was the envoy of Xiazhou Town to contain troops and horses, and led the Feng'an Army to stay in Xiazhou."
"Guan Kairun served as the military envoy of Lingzhou Town and led the army to stay in Lingzhou."
"Yang Yao of Lin Prefecture is You Yi's attack envoy, commanding the soldiers of Lin Prefecture and Yin Prefecture and the local men of Tu Tuan to patrol along the river."
"Set up the Yinshan camp."
"Song Le is appointed as the military envoy to the camp, and Zhu Liang, the grain envoy, is appointed as the deputy envoy to the army."
"Yang Yue was appointed as Yuhou, the capital of the camp, and led the Xinquan Army. The Tianxiong Army immediately set off to deploy defenses at Zhenwu Army City."
Having said this, Shao Shude walked to the wall again and looked at the map.
Lu Siye quickly wrote down the key points and drafted a formal order later.
"Keep writing!" Shao Shude sat under the picture of the tiger descending from the mountain and said: "The tribes in Liangzhou will give out five thousand people; Hengshan Dangxiang will give out ten thousand people; Pingxia Dangxiang will give out ten thousand people! Forget about Hexi Dangxiang, it's not much
People."
"Yinshan Fan tribe, Zhuanglang clan, Geshu clan, Hun clan, Wang clan, Qibi clan, Dafa!"
Lu Siye's hand shook.
Dafa and conscription are two different concepts.
Recruitment is one man from every three households. In Dafa, every man over fifteen and under sixty years old is sent out, one by one.
The Yinshan Tibetan tribe may not be able to mobilize 40,000 to 50,000 people!
Can the logistics be supported?
Perhaps it is possible to transport grain, meat, and milk from Lingzhou down the river to Zhenwu Military City. The Yinshan Fan tribe also provides some cattle and sheep. The warehouses in Feng, Sheng, Lin, Yin, Sui and other states also have reserves, but they have been accumulated for many years.
, I’m afraid it’s not about being eaten up!
"Send an order to Li Yanling of Yanning to transport 100,000 bundles of fodder to Lingzhou. Fengxiang Mansion transports 100,000 bundles of fodder to Lingzhou. Prime Minister Xiao of Longyou sends 200,000 bundles of fodder to Huizhou. These 400,000 bundles of fodder are sent to Huizhou.
They were unified and distributed in Lingzhou, and they were transported to Zhenwu Army as soon as the river thawed. The herdsmen of various official camps counted the number of Jie sheep. After the pasture turned green, they drove 200,000 sheep to Shengzhou. In Pingxia Dangxiang, another ten
Fifty thousand sheep also rushed to Shengzhou."
"Xiazhou and Suizhou are two cities. They will store arrows and equipment and transport them to Cangcheng in Yinzhou. If possible, they will be shipped to Zhenwu Army."
"We must go all out to build all kinds of ordnance without making any mistakes!"
"Shannan West Road, Longjian Town, offering 300,000 pieces of cattle cloth. I said it was paid in advance. If you are not worried, you can exchange it for war horses."
"To protect the two towns of Baosai and Baoda, I will donate 100,000 dendrobium of millet."
Lu Siye became more and more panicked as he wrote, but the brush in his hand never stopped.
Including the Tielin Army and other main forces, there are a total of more than 100,000 troops. Is this a battle to destroy Hedong?
Shao Shude glanced at Lu Siye and laughed.
This is not the way to attack Hedong. If hundreds of thousands of troops fight from north to south, they will not be able to destroy Hedong. It is still possible to fight from south to north.
Before the Great White Fleet sailed around the world, no one could correctly understand the strength and heritage of the United States, an emerging industrial country.
This time, let Li Keyong see how much potential this war machine has once the Shuofang Army is fully mobilized, and then have a good talk with his sworn brother about the problems of the Datong Army.
As for the matters in Guanzhong in the south, it is actually easy to talk about. Sooner or later, the matter will have to wait until the emperor dies. If there is no rush at this time, you can even ask the staff to argue with the court first and take your time.
"Commander, under what name do you mobilize troops?" Lu Siye suddenly asked.
"Inspection of the North."
Lu Siye began to draft orders, and after finishing them, he submitted them one by one.
Shao Shude read it carefully, then signed and sealed it.
Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng, one supported Bao Datong and the other opposed it.
Shao Shude wavered, thought for a long time, and finally decided to protect Datong. Maybe Li Keyong could find a chance to attack Datong Army in the future, but this time he had to protect it.
Youzhou Town can mobilize 100,000 infantry and cavalry, and their determination to protect Datong is also very firm.
Helian Duo seemed to have smelled the news. He had sent a hostage to Lingzhou a few days ago and wrote a letter with a very humble attitude. He was fifty years old and recognized Shao Shude as his brother and begged for help.
If it's not to a certain extent, why should you do this to yourself?
Shao Shude's lowest goal is to preserve Yunzhou, the channel to connect with Youzhou.
However, after this northern tour, the relationship between him and his adoptive brother should not be able to return to the past.
But if you don’t show your strength, no one will take you seriously.
Next, Shuofang's army's expansion direction will always be Guanzhong, and at the same time it will slowly encroach on the three towns of Baosai, Baoda and Jingyuan. If Li Keyong's ambition is not suppressed, he will continue to fall into the quagmire of Hebei, and he will always feel like a thorn in his back.
I'm showing my cards, are you ready to show your cards?