Da Wei Chun

The east was just dew white, and a gray goose walked out of the reeds with a staggering pace.With two calls, the grey geese fluttered their wings and flew diagonally into the sky.

The river suddenly became noisy, and one after another, gray geese emerged from the reeds and fluttered their wings to chase the head geese.Not long after, dozens of big birds formed a long queue in the sky, passed through the morning light, and flew south against the colorful clouds in the sky.

It is late autumn and the climate is quite cold.The city walls were covered with a thin layer of hoarfrost, as if a light snow had fallen.

Taking a breath, it seemed like a white chain was sprayed out of his mouth and nose, and in a blink of an eye, he would be forced back by the cold air, splashing on his face, turning into a little bit of star dew.

The night is getting brighter, and the east sky seems to be painted with a golden edge.The morning glow is redder and more vibrant.

Listening to the bird's sound of "quack" gradually receding, Li Chengzhi retracted his gaze and said softly: "Even birds know to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, autumn and spring migration, how much more people? Brother Zun, why should you be brooding about it?"

Hearing the title of "Brother Shizun", Yuan Zun's figure became more and more stooped, and the smile on his face became more and more abundant.But if you look closely, you will find that there is not only a little embarrassment in the depths of the smile, but also a little embarrassment.

"Guo Gong Mingjian, Shi Zun's virtues are weak and fresh, and people's words are light, I am afraid that they will live up to the high expectations of the Guo Gong"

"It's okay!"

Li Chengzhi waved his sleeves gently, "It's just a few letters to the left and right, it's just a waste of paper, pen and ink. If you don't make it, you won't make it, don't worry about it!"

After speaking for a while, he looked at Yuan Zun with a half-smile, "Could it be that Brother Shizun is unwilling, or is he afraid of ruining his reputation?"

Li Chengzhi's tone was still gentle, but Yuan Zun was frightened with white hair: "Shi Zun doesn't dare, just write!"

"Then trouble Shizun brother!"

Yuan Zun made another bow, and stepped back from the city wall.

Listening to him chatting with people, it seems that he has met an acquaintance.Not long after, Da Xi went up to the tower.

"The people who surrendered have lost their integrity, so how can they get their name? This dog thief is clearly looking forward to the future, and he wants to bet on both sides. I am afraid that he will write a letter to persuade surrender today, and if the court wins one day, he will be sentenced to death. undoubtedly."

"It's okay, it's just human nature!"

Li Chengzhi smiled lightly, "My intention is this, and it is also good for these Yuan clan's repeated thoughts."

As the war progressed, more and more states and counties were occupied, and there were many generals and officials who were either captured or invited to surrender.Among them, there are many powerful clans such as Yuan Zun.

Such as the King of Chengyang, Yuan Xu, the younger brother of Yuan Hui, who is now serving as the Sizhou Shepherd.He served as the left general under Cui Yanbo's account, and was captured by Li Liang when he was defeated while defending Xiaoguan.

For example, Yuan Ying followed his son Yuan Ning, and Ren Jingzhou did not drive.For some reason, even Jingzhou Yang Jun fled, but he defended the city and did not retreat.

There are also Yuan Xianhe, the former governor of Yongzhou, the son of the King of Jiyang, Yuanshu and Yuantong, the sons of Yuanxi, the king of Xianyang, Yuanduan, the son of Yuanyong, the king of Gaoyang, etc. There are more than ten large and small.

There is even Yuan Cheng in Weizhenyu, who is as famous as Yuan Cheng and Yuan Yi after returning to Beijing, the governor of Ling, and Wang Yuankuang of Guangping in the original two states (Bogulyu and Gaoping).

For example, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Kuang, Yuan Ning, etc. would rather die than surrender, and Li Chengzhi put them under house arrest in the West Sea to show his generosity.

However, most of the others have no integrity at all, at least on the surface they have bowed their heads to Li Chengzhi.

Don't think about being in charge of the army, Li Chengzhi is not so strong and confident, and he only holds some high-ranking and light-hearted positions, such as preparing consultants, joining the army at a high level, and making court invitations.

However, over time, it still has some influence on the interior. Even some production processes such as formations, tactics, training methods, military materials and other factories cannot be kept secret to the extent that no water leaks. As long as you pay attention, you can learn Not a lot.

Therefore, Li Chengzhi decided to reduce as much as possible, or even cut off the retreat of these people.Now, ordering Yuan Zun and others to write letters of persuasion to Luoyang, Henan, Hedong, and Shandong prefectures is the first step.

Of course, there is also the intention of alienation.After all, there are not one or two of the noble families and Xianbei nobles who are secretly connected with Li Chengzhi and even actively join Li Chengzhi.I don't believe that the emperor and Yuan Yi knew that the traitorous officials of the clan were really indifferent when they persuaded their clan to surrender.

Seeing that Da Xi's eyes were strange, Li Chengzhi smiled calmly again: "Of course, please convince Duke Xi, but it comes from the bottom of your heart, and there is absolutely no shady and private activities. You can also rest assured that if I don't take Luoyang for a day, my identity will be changed. will never reveal..."

"I know...you can worship me as the captain of the navy army and command the army and the six guards. It shows that you have a lot of trust in me. How can I have doubts for no reason?"

When he mentioned Xi Kangsheng, Da Xi's face sank, and there were tears in his eyes, "But from the father's will, he said that each of them is their master now, and we will see each other in the future, only for the enemy, not for the uncle and nephew, and no... no Father and son……"

Li Chengzhi secretly sighed: This is the highest festival where the family and clansmen bet on multiple parties.

Without seeing the three brothers of Zhuge from the Three Kingdoms, which one is not exhausted and dedicated?
And for a world-famous general like Xi Kangsheng, who put his reputation as many times more important than his life, he must have already had the heart to serve the country with his death.

However, it was only with a bit of luck that Daxi wrote a letter of persuasion.However, it is still not a wish.

Nothing more...

Li Chengzhi smiled and took the initiative to change the subject: "In the past, I saw that you were busy with your feet not touching the ground. If you had to ask for money, food, soldiers, armor, and people, I would never see you take the initiative to find me. Today is another day. Why did you come so early? Come on, as long as I promise, I will never refuse!"

Da Xi showed a simple and honest smile, quite embarrassed.

With successive battles and victories, more and more soldiers were recruited and captured day by day, and now there are more than 20 soldiers.If they came from the central army of the imperial court, or soldiers from Hedong, most of them were placed in the Guanzhong states, and most of them were farmed or sent to Li Shixian and Li Shixian to open mines.

If it is the death of Guanzhong and Longxi, then it can be used if it can be used, and it will be levied if it can be levied.In addition to expanding the army by [-] soldiers, he also selected [-] veterans to be trained by Da Xi.

This is a great feat. It cannot be accomplished overnight, nor can it be achieved in a short day. Otherwise, Da Xi would not have spent more than a year before training a navy (five thousand) who dared to go into the water.

Although Daxi has a lot of experience in water warfare, he only commanded more than 1000 water troops under Xi Kangsheng before.The previous [-] had already made him feel extremely strenuous, let alone the sudden increase of [-]?
Now that it's time for the war, Li Chengzhi's subordinates are both useful and trustworthy, and they all have multiple jobs, and they don't even have a good helper by their side. One can imagine how much pressure Daxi is under.

In this way, it is possible to reach Xi, but if there is difficulty or confusion, Li Chengzhi will be asked for advice no matter whether it is big or small.So it's far from being as bad as Li Chengzhi said, but it's just a joke to express closeness to Da Xi.

"To have Cui Jingmao, an old official who has served as the Sima of the Navy, really makes people feel at ease. Therefore, today is not to trouble the prince, but to have a piece of good news..."

With that said, Da Xi took out another secret letter from his arms.

Li Chengzhi took it and glanced at it. He was surprised at first, and then showed a hint of joy.

The letter was sent expeditedly by Li Hui, who guards the thin bone law, with eight hundred miles. At a glance at the strange wording, it is known that the secret espionage department translated the cipher text.

But the letter was not written by the conspiratorial division, but by Xian Yuqing, the leader of the largest tribe in the western edict.

He also inadvertently heard Da Xi mention that when Xi Kangsheng led an army to conquer Gao Zhao four years ago, Da Xi had given Xi Kangsheng an order to go to the north of Bogulu, south of Woye, and west of the border wall. So as not to be used by Gao Zhao.

Xi Kangsheng has a great reputation in the north, and Xian Yuqing admires him very much. He even treats Da Xi, the illegitimate son of Xi Kangsheng, with courtesy.In addition, Da Xi is loyal and honest, and I don't know how the two of them met each other's eyes, but they became friends of eight worship.

After learning the news, Li Chengzhi opened his mind and asked Daxi to try to write a letter to see if he could persuade Xian Yuqing to return.

In fact, it was just a try. Li Chengzhi's purpose was to try to bribe the imperial edict in the west. If one day, when the six towns were attacked in the north, the imperial edict could stand by and watch and not help each other.

The conditions are also very generous: if Xian Yuqing agrees, he will set up the market in Bogulu, and even salt and iron are within the scope of the mutual market.

After all, since Rouran's rebellion and Gao Zhao's half-strength campaign, the mutual market between the Western Emperor and the imperial court has been broken for six years.Silk and hemp can also be replaced with fur, while salt and pottery can only be purchased at high prices from military towns such as Bogulu and Woye.

At the highest time, a big sheep can only exchange two or three catties of salt.

And yet, it only lasted intermittently for less than two years.First, there was chaos in the six towns, and then Li Chengzhi broke the law of thin bones and repeatedly attacked Langshan.Since then, Xichile can only find salt in the saline-alkali flats of the Gobi.

That thing is not only bitter, but also poisonous...

Now that he is invincible, Li Guogong, who has lost the famous player Xi Kangsheng in a row, is going to exchange market in Bogulu, Xianyuqing is naturally overjoyed.

More than the fact that the two did not help each other, Xian Yuqing even offered to propose that as long as Li Chengzhi's price was high enough, he would be able to recruit tens of thousands of cavalrymen in just a few months to help Li Chengzhi fight.

The promise is so random, more like a pie thrown from the world for no reason, but Li Chengzhi believed it [-]% to [-]%.

First, after Yuan Yao succeeded Xi Kangsheng, the governor of the six towns, he changed his policy of tenderness and exploited the two imperial edicts more and more.

Mainly because the Chile tribe were born cavalry, Yuan Yao naturally would not let such a good source of soldiers go.

However, the Chile tribe was once pitted by Gao Zhao, and nearly ten thousand people were tricked into digging fire oil in Gaonu County, and finally they were all smoked to death in Jinming County.So when I heard that I was going to be recruited, I was 120 points disgusted.

Without waiting for Yuan Yao to react, he moved his family to the west for hundreds of miles, closer to Wuwei.

At that time, Li Chengzhi was immaculately concerned and could only let it go.Yuan Yao did not dare to send troops deep into the hinterland of the West Sea, but let the Imperial Ministry rest for several years.

The second is that one is going up and down, the imperial court is weak, and the two sides are fighting so fiercely.Know that sooner or later you have to make a choice, and know the reason to bet as early as possible.

Therefore, making conditions with Li Chengzhi is just an excuse, Xian Yuqing is implicitly expressing the surrender of the Imperial Ministry.

The east is not bright and the west is bright, which is a pleasant surprise.

It is not the cavalry that covets the Jin clan.

Now there are nearly 20 pawns in Guanzhong, and Li Chengzhi has too many soldiers to use up.

What he was happy about was that there were definitely a lot of cattle and sheep in the Imperial Department who had been resting for several years, and they could use salt, iron, and hemp pottery as military rations.

There are only 300 to [-] tents in the vicinity of Xianyuqing, and there are more than tens of millions of cattle and sheep.No matter how you can buy two or three million heads.

Of course, it's still a long way off.But flies and mosquitoes are all meat. In the past six months, Li Chengzhi has almost lost his hair for food. Even if he sees a grass root, he will take a look to see if it is edible.

Li Chengzhi was in a better mood when he thought that a steady stream of food would be sent from Hedong: If there is no accident, after this winter, it will be a turning point between the West Sea and the imperial court.

Your odds are better...

"Xiao Xian!"

"The servant is here!"

"Send Li Hui, order him to send the order to the west, and discuss with Xian Yuqing about the mutual market! Then order Liangzhou to tell the uncle to collect salt, iron, silk, pottery and other items as soon as possible, and transport them to Bogulyu …I will inform the two of them in a letter, and be sure to reach the first market with Luoxue, no matter how many horses, cattle and sheep, or fur, the Imperial Department can exchange as many as they have…”

"promise!"

When Li Xiaoxian turned around and went down the city, Li Chengzhi said with a warm smile, "The reason why this matter was handed over to the uncle and Li Hui is because of the advantages of Bogulu and Wuwei, you don't have to think about it."

No matter how short-sighted Daxi is, he knows which is more important.

In addition, Li Chengzhi has always been rewarded and punished clearly, and there are more testimonials recorded in the book. Daxi's first merit in appealing to the Western Emperor can't escape no matter what.

And now, at the critical moment of the war, without good soldiers, the commander-in-chief of the tens of thousands of troops was inappropriate and went to negotiate with the Hu people?

Moreover, the navy is the key to the initial construction, and no one can leave him without it.Da Xi's head was swollen before he could compete with Li Hui and Li Shiliang for merit.

"It's because you think too much!"

Daxi shook his head like a wave and drum, "I'm afraid that you will change someone to supervise the construction of the water army, and then ask me to lead the army, why would you think too much?"

"Don't worry, it won't change!"

Li Chengzhi explained with a smile, "I can't wait to send a navy to the river next spring, along the Wei River, to attack Luojing, how could Shu De replace you?"

"It's definitely not possible to start the spring. At most, the sailors will be taught how to maneuver the boat, march, and set up arrays. In any case, it takes half a year to train and perform battles to be able to fight a battle. Therefore, the earliest it has to be after the summer harvest, when the beginning of autumn..."

Seeing Da Xi's serious appearance, Li Chengzhi couldn't help laughing: "Okay, just wait for the beginning of autumn next year..."

Before the laughter fell, Li Cong next to him reminded: "Lang Jun, here we come!"

When Li Chengzhi heard the words, he narrowed his eyes and looked down the city.

When he was talking to Da Xi, the sun had already jumped over the horizon, and the sky was bright at this time, and he could see it very clearly.

About a few miles away, a team of more than [-] chariots and horses was slowly heading towards Chang'an City along the south bank of the Wei River.

Really can't stand talking?

I just thought of the food and grass in Hedong, but it took only two moments to arrive at the moment.

Li Chengzhi smiled happily, slapped his palm again, and said with a loud laugh: "No matter how busy you are, you will only be delayed for two or three quarters of time. Why don't you go down to the city to meet me?"

Da Xi's eyes lit up, and he stretched his neck to look down the city.Seeing the group of carriages and horses, he asked suspiciously, "I just found the Yazhong, only to know that you went out to the city before dawn. I thought you were inspecting the city defense on a whim, but you were waiting for someone? "