"Commander!" An Jinjun, Shi Junli, An Jinquan and other generals saluted one after another.
"Sit down." Li Kening sat down on the table and said.
Everyone took their seats one after another.
"Commander, does your Highness have any confidence?" An Jinjun, the training envoy of Xingming Cidu Regiment, is the largest official in the three eastern states of Zhaoyi, so he spoke first on behalf of everyone.
Also present are: the military envoy of the Fifth Academy and the governor of Mingzhou, An Jinquan. This man can be regarded as a general cultivated by Li Keyong;
In front of the hall is Shi Junli, the commander of the Huangjia Army, Li Sizhao's confidant;
The guard Jin Qian directly commanded envoy Murong Teng, acting for the Northern Tibetan general;
Li Junqing, the governor of Cizhou, was a distant relative of the Li family. He heard that he was very trustworthy and was about to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Jinyang Fan-Han Horse Infantry Army;
Li Hanzhi, the governor of Zezhou.
There were also more than ten generals, but they were of lower rank and stood far away.
Generally speaking, under Li Keyong, it was still a typical model of large vassal towns imitating small vassal towns, which basically remained unchanged.
Taking the five states of Zhaoyi as an example, there are two states of Ze and Lu in Shanxi. Li Kening is the new military governor of Zhaoyi, but he only controls Luzhou, while Zezhou is in the hands of Li Han; Shandong is controlled by Xingmingci, which is nominally the
Gui'an Jinjun, but he was only the highest military commander, and his territory was only Xingzhou. Mingzhou was given to the newcomer An Jinquan, and Cizhou was in the hands of Li Junqing, but he was leaving soon.
These small military leaders maintain the army by themselves, recruit and train sergeants, and provide money and food. Jinyang will not take too much care in government affairs. It appoints state and county officials by itself and follows military orders.
There is no doubt that this can improve the enthusiasm of the generals, but it also lays the hidden danger of separatism of vassal towns. If there are no foreign enemies, and if Li Keyong has a strong personality and can win over a group of tough men, there will definitely be problems internally over time.
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The internal structure of Huainan Yang Xingmi is similar to that of Li Keyong. Li Keyong is very capable and can stabilize the situation while alive, while Yang Xingmi is not very capable and will explode while alive.
"Let me tell you the good news first." Li Kening said: "Your Majesty and the Khitan fought in Yingzhou, winning three times and losing one. Two thousand people were beheaded, and more than 70,000 horses, cattle and alpacas were gained. The Khitan was already frightened and did not dare to look south."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. But they all came from a pile of dead people. How could they not know the quality of these battles?
Only two thousand Khitans were killed in four battles. How large could this be? I heard that the Khitan could mobilize hundreds of thousands of infantry and cavalry, but there were no injuries at all. Moreover, judging from the size of the Khitan troops, the total number of livestock they owned might be
At more than two million, or even more, only 70,000 miscellaneous animals could be obtained, which may not be as valuable as the people, livestock, and food of the eight garrison outside the Pass that were plundered by the Khitans.
The King of Jin's Northern Expedition failed to capture the main force of the Khitan, so they avoided the war and still had to fight.
"Your Highness did not expect that Thief Shao would be so frantic that he would start fighting in several directions at the same time." Li Kening added: "Just like Zhu Quanzhong, it seems that he has many soldiers, but in fact his troops are tight. If one direction fails, he will be defeated everywhere.
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"Commander, what do you mean by your highness? Do you want to attack the Xia bandits?" An Jinquan asked again.
Li Kening slapped his thigh and sighed: "Shao Shao is very good at acting. He has just released the last batch of surrender troops, and His Highness is struggling with the Khitan people again, so he does not want to touch him for the time being."
Everyone seems to have understood, but also a little puzzled. If you don't want to take action, why did you bring Li Hanzhi here? He still has seven thousand soldiers under his command, and the military discipline cannot even be tolerated by his own people, so don't harm Xing Ming
There are 600,000 people in eighteen counties in three prefectures.
"In the past few days, you have been restraining your subordinates. I know that you have sent the rangers south, but try to avoid conflicts." Li Kening said: "We have more than 30,000 troops here. If we guard the gate, Shao Thief will not do it."
Method. Remember not to act rashly."
"As ordered." An Jinjun and others responded.
"Commander, why are you so afraid of Shao's thieves?" Li Hanzhi suddenly spoke: "He has newly defended the two states. I don't believe that he has dealt with those local snakes. How much did we spend after defeating Meng Fangli and Meng Qian's brothers?
How long did it take to straighten out the five states of Zhaoyi? When the King of Jin went to Youzhou, rebellions broke out one after another in the past few years. How much energy was spent suppressing them? For now, I don’t know how many Yan people are convinced but not convinced. The Shao thieves want to cut down the vassal
Yes, will the Wei people agree? Let's leave a few thousand soldiers and horses to guard, and mobilize an army of 30,000 to go south. When Shao's thieves are unprepared, we can attack Xiangzhou and capture and kill them in one battle. In this way, everything is settled."
Li Kening looked at the white-haired Li Hanzhi and sighed inaudibly. His most accomplished son was beheaded by the Xia people, and the white-haired man gave away the black-haired man. No one could bear this happening to him.
To be honest, Li Hanzhi's suggestion is not completely random. According to the information obtained so far, Shao Thief is in Xiangzhou, and he only has the three armies of Tujiang, Tianxiong, and Tiande under his command. Moreover, the organization is mostly incomplete, and he can support 50,000 to 60,000 people.
Soldiers and horses. The key is that so many people are divided into troops and left in the rear of the town, because the Prime Minister and the guards have not returned to the center. It will be very dangerous if more than 10,000 people are not left to guard important locations and protect the grain roads.
In addition, there are also troops left for defense in the direction of Weizhou. The most he can really use is more than 30,000 people. He is also facing Yecheng and Wei Bowufu who may come from the direction of Weizhou at any time. If the whole army kills them, there is still a chance of victory.
not small.
As long as the Xia thieves are defeated in one battle and the two states rebel against each other, Heyang's almost incomplete Tianxiong army may not be able to suppress the situation. The Shao thieves are bound to mobilize the armies from Bianzhou, Luoyang and Yunzhou to return reinforcements and deploy
It was completely disrupted.
He took over Zhu Quanzhong's territory, and also took over Zhu Quanzhong's bad geographical situation. He opened several battlefields at the same time. It seemed that the total force was very powerful, but when it came to a specific place, the number of troops that could be mobilized was very limited. Do you want to fight?
Woolen cloth?
"We will keep it quiet for the time being. Each city and county will stockpile grain, grass and equipment, repair the city, dig trenches, recruit local peasants, and train diligently." Li Kening said, "We will make a decision after the king returns from Youzhou.
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Li Hanzhi snorted coldly and turned away.
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Wang Zhiyan returned to Weizhou on the second day of September.
Luo Hongxin spent less and less time awake during the day. Wang Zhiyan and Zhao Xi sat in front of his bed, both of them feeling sad.
The Luo family's status in Weibo Town is neither high nor low, and they can be considered a solid military and military family.
Luo Hongxin's great ancestor Luo Yin (nà) served as the governor of Pingzhou, and then went south with Anlu Mountain. After the defeat of Anshi, Luo Yin surrendered with Tian Chengsi and settled in Weibo - Tian Chengsi was also from Pingzhou.
Starting from his great-grandfather Luo Zhen, all three generations could only be called military academies. Luo Hongxin's father, Luo Rang, was promoted slightly and became the military commander of Wei Bo's Jiedu Administrative Office. He entered the "General" position.
” ranks.
But I am a high-ranking official and a general, so I may not necessarily be able to help my son. After all, in this kind of society, all you need is bravery and ability, and the back door is not very effective. Therefore, Luo Hongxin was just an infantry colonel and was later transferred.
To manage the pasture and "take charge of the affairs of the herd".
After he became the military envoy, the official archives recorded that before the coup, "Although his reputation was not high, the public was already convinced." It is good to hear this, and it is also a pleasure.
Therefore, the Luo family's foundation in Weibo is not very stable. Even after more than ten years of hard work, it cannot be taken lightly.
"I finally understand." Luo Hongxin, with the help of his servant, sat on the bedside and said with a wry smile: "Shao Shude has a big heart. He and Zhu Quanzhong are the same type of people. They have chosen the most difficult path. If
Without Shao Shude, Zhu Quanzhong might have been able to unify Henan Road, Guannai Road, Shannan East Road, and most of Huainan Road before his death. His son Zhu Youyu succeeded him and wiped out the vassal towns of Hebei Road and Hedong Road.
South Road. The third generation relay may be able to dominate the world."
"If Zhu Youyu fails and the second generation dies, then Henan and Guanzhong will be advantaged by the newcomer. But the territory that the newcomer can really control is only the Henan Road that was cleaned up by Zhu Quanzhong. Or it may not be as good as Zhu Quanzhong, who can see everywhere.
It is a vassal town. The government orders have left Luoyang and are hundreds of miles away from Bianzhou. The appointment and dismissal of officials must be discussed with the vassal commanders. Rather than being the lord of the world, it is better to say that he is the lord of Henan."
"If there is a slight disturbance, natural or man-made disaster, or invasion of foreign enemies, the army will not be able to continue its supply, there will be insufficient food and pay, and the soldiers will be resentful. By then, there will be arrogant soldiers and generals outside, and there will be vassal generals outside. What will happen if you don't die?"
"Hold on!" At this point, Luo Hongxin coughed twice, almost losing his breath.
Wang Zhiyan and Zhao Xi quickly called for the doctor.
"It doesn't matter." Luo Hongxin waved his hand and asked people to leave, and said tiredly: "If you drag it, drag it on! How long can Thief Shao live? Ten years? Twenty years? When he was young, he was not of high origin, and he was in the snow.
Go on an expedition for hundreds of miles, fight with your life, and have no hidden wounds on your body? Let’s hold it off until he is dead, or until he really can’t hold on, and Songkou agrees to set up a vassal town.”
"We can all have vassal towns, so we are not allowed to set aside some vassal towns in the old territories of Henan Road and Guannai Road to serve as military governors and heirlooms for his old brothers? Otherwise, it will be a matter of time before they become separated from each other, not his old brothers.
Death means his death. And once he starts purging the old generals, Xia Bing will lose his breath and become less and less able to fight. In the end, he will be lost among everyone, rolling in the mud with us, and no one is better than the other.
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Having said this, Luo Hongxin grinned with great pleasure.
You, Shao Shude, have worked so hard to wipe out the separatist forces in Henan and Guanzhong, but you have become someone else's wedding dress. Doesn't it hurt?
Of course, the person who overthrew the Shao family would most likely continue to cut down the vassal vassalage, but he probably would not have a good end. He might be able to expand the territory directly under the central government, but it would only serve as a wedding dress for the people who would come after him. Later people would continue to cut down the vassalage and vassalage.
It is not known when the territory directly under the central government will be further expanded.
"Thousands more people from Li Gongquan's tribe have surrendered?" Luo Hongxin suddenly asked when Wang Zhiyan and Zhao Xi were silent.
"Yes. Li Gongquan scraped three feet of ground in Bozhou, triggering a rebellion in Bozhou. The sergeants saw that he had no money to reward him and his future was gloomy, so there was an endless stream of people coming to surrender." Zhao Xi replied.
"Sooner or later, my Luo family will be destroyed by these warriors, and everyone will have a bad end, alas." Luo Hongxin suddenly lost interest.
Wang Zhiyan, Zhao Xi was speechless in reply.
"Brother-in-law, let's go to Jinyang again." Luo Hongxin looked at Wang Zhiyan and said: "Since Shao Shude won't give him a way to survive, there's nothing to say. Luo is willing to use the town to annex Hedong, so we'll drag it out and let Shao thieves attack every time.
Every city, every village, must be fought with all its strength. It will drag him until his beard and hair are all white, his mind and body are exhausted, and his ambition has been lost. No matter how wise or brave a person is, he will be tortured until he has only one breath left in this quagmire."
Wang Zhiyan sighed, I wish things were that simple. I'm afraid that if you cower and defend yourself, the warriors will be dissatisfied and chop off your head and replace you with someone else.
But as Luo Shuai said, is there any other way now? You can't even surrender because the warriors don't agree. Vassalizing Hedong is the only option now. If the situation is not right in the future, or the warriors' ideas change,
Now, you can still fight back and jump back, but that's all.
In today's world, no one can truly control his own destiny. He just drifts with the tide and counts one day at a time.
