Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 872

Jinyang is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and everyone celebrates.

The situation in Hedong in the past few years is not bad. Every time the warriors go out, they can bring back a lot of things.

Youzhou, Chengde, and Cangjing are all very wealthy places, and they have brought back a large amount of property, which made Jinyang look a bit like the northern capital in those days.

For example, the sharp increase in the number of gold and silver wares sold on the market caused a sharp drop in prices. The root cause was that the warriors brought back too many such things—all of which were snatched.

Youzhou is also much more peaceful, the trade between the two towns has resumed, and the merchants are all smiles.

It's still the king of Jin who is powerful. After several years of cruel methods, the Wufu of Youzhou was afraid of being beaten, and he became much more obedient.In the future, when we Jin people go to Youzhou, we will all be superior to others, so happy.

Inside the Prince Jin's mansion, Li Keyong withdrew from one banquet after another, and went to the study with his wife, Mrs. Liu, to discuss secretly.

"Husband, the matter of the angel, no matter it is true or not, is a very good opportunity. It is not too late to make preparations for this matter?" Mrs. Liu suggested in a low voice with the imperial edict sent by the sage in her hand.

The imperial envoy has arrived in Jinyang, running all the way, stepping on the ice of the Yellow River, and crossing mountains and mountains, full of dust and dust, like savages.After Li Keyong got the news, he specially brought him into the mansion, and gave him brocade robes, wine and food. He was very polite, and the angel was also very moved, saying bluntly that the emperor entrusted the right person.

"Angels are real." Li Keyong answered irrelevantly, and said, "The members of the Le'an Sun Clan are right in every way."

Mrs. Liu is helpless, is this the point?She has already said that no matter whether it is true or false, it can be regarded as true.

"Husband..."

"Okay, I know what to do." Li Keyong said: "The angel only knows that more than one secret edict has been sent out, but he doesn't know who to send it to. Enough, every vassal who receives the edict, Everyone is obliged to send troops to challenge Shao."

Well, that's what I said, but that's what happened to the emperor of the country.

Since the Northern Dynasties, for hundreds of years, the emperor has nothing sacred.

There are three punches against the emperor, why did His Majesty rebel, and recently, a middle official deliberately corrected an edict and took it to the saint to provoke him. In the past few hundred years, the sanctity of imperial power has suffered a precipitous collapse.

At present, the saint is almost like a puppet.

The reason why the word "almost" is used is because Shao Shude gave back a bit of face and did not completely control the court - there is no benefit in controlling it, but there are benefits in terms of money and talents if it is not controlled.

Now the emperor says you are good, no one cares, the emperor says you are bad, no one cares, that's all.

But then again, it is in the interests of all ambitious people to discuss Shao's general direction.With this decree, everyone will have a reason to seriously discuss the matter of attacking Shao thief.Especially when he went east and annexed Henan, the battle line was too long, so there was a chance.

"The Tianxiong army is in Heyang, and the Wuwei army went to Jinjiang years ago. The Shao bandits are also guarding against me." Li Keyong said: "But his battle line is too long. I stationed troops at Zelu. He didn't know that I would take over. Which side can only be guarded by dividing troops."

There are currently more than [-] people from Xue Zhiqin's department, nearly [-] people from Li Han's department, and more than [-] people from Li Kening's department in Zelu Prefecture. They control parts of Zelu Prefecture and Jinzhou. .

There are 2 people from the Anjin Department and more than [-] people from the Li Kening Department in the three prefectures of Xingmingci, plus the Huangjia Army in front of the hall and the guard Jinqiangzhi, a total of more than [-] people.

Among the total of [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, there are local troops, yamen troops, and even recruits. It seems that the strength is not particularly strong, but it shows a trend that Hedong has turned its attention to the south.

With a single thought, Li Keyong can continue to increase troops. At that time, Xia Jun will face a huge difficulty: Where exactly does Li Keyong want to fight?
He can fight Jinjiang, then you have to add troops to Jinjiang.There is no danger to defend on the plain, only a Wuwei army with 3 cavalry is a bit small, it is best to have [-] more, so that it is possible to fight back the enemy as soon as it attacks.Otherwise, we can only focus on defense and strategic defense, but the localities will be poisoned, and agricultural and animal husbandry production will be greatly damaged.

He can also go to fight Heyang. For the same reason, 3 people are too busy to defend, because besides going south from Shangdang, Li Keyong can also send troops to Xing Mingci, and use Weibo to attack from the east. come over.

It is not easy to guess the direction of the Jin army's attack.

For example, in case Li Ke used to gather [-] main forces, he borrowed Wei Bo.The [-]-strong Tianxiong army alone can't beat most of them. If a decisive battle fails, Heyang will fall in a short time.With the means of the Jin army, this advance base for attacking Hedong will be destroyed in a disgraceful manner.

Li Keyong could even take advantage of Wei Bo and Cang Jing to intervene in the war in Yun and Qi Towns to complicate the situation.

"Your Majesty." General Li Cunxian called softly outside the study.

Li Cunxian was originally named Wang Xian, a native of Xuzhou.Li Ke used his income when he was playing Huangchao in Henan, and later gave him a name and accepted him as his adopted son.

"Come in." Li Ke said, sitting upright on the bed.

"Your Majesty," Li Cunxian reported, "Wei Bo sent news that Shao Shude raided Yunzhou on the night of Zhengdan and beheaded Jiedu envoy Zhu Wei."

"What?" Li Ke stood up abruptly with a serious expression.

"Husband." Mrs. Liu also got up, and said, "My uncle moved so fast! He played a trick on everyone by claiming to neglect the enemy and actually took Yunzhou. The matter of sending troops cannot be delayed any longer."

Li Ke walked to the wall, took down the sword hanging on it, pulled it out with a clang, stared at the light and cold blade, and said: "It really can't be delayed."

After finishing speaking, he went straight out of the study and went to the Du Yu Hou Si.

After a while, Gai Yu and other generals gathered in the military mansion.They had just heard about the incident in Yunzhou, and they immediately exploded, arguing and arguing endlessly.

After Li Keyong came in, everyone shut their mouths, and the hall was extremely quiet, except for the north wind whistling outside the window.

"Everyone must have known about the matter in Yunzhou." Li Keyong sat down and said, "I have made up my mind to start a war with the Shao bandits."

The generals Zuo held his breath and listened carefully.

Everyone was mentally prepared for the war with Xia Jun.Since the second half of last year, Zhaoyi Town has gradually increased some soldiers and horses, which shows Jinyang's uneasiness.

Start a war, sooner or later.If it hadn't been for the Xia army's northern attack on the grassland last year, and the subsequent Khitan's massive southward march, it might have been marked before the new year.It's actually a bit late when it gets to this point, and many people can't wait.

"Bring a message to Li Hanzhi. All these years he only plundered Weibo, and he didn't want to go to Heyang. I don't want to get into the matter here. Now let him take the post of Heyang Jiedushi, order him to rectify his troops and hoard Grain equipment, get ready to go out."

Li Hanzhi, the governor of Zezhou, had been entangled with Shao Bandit all these years, which is not a big deal, but if you really want to get to the bottom of it, killing him would not be wrong.

Li Ke used this as a bait to encourage him to fight bravely by promising him the position of Heyang Commander.

"Send an order to An Jinjun to prepare food, grass and equipment immediately. After the Lantern Festival, the army will be rectified and we will wait for orders."

Zhaoyi Wuzhou, Xue Zhiqin is in Luzhou, Li Hanzhi is based in Zezhou, An Jinquan is the training envoy of Xing Ming Cidu, and actually controls the three eastern states of Zhaoyi.

These three prefectures are relatively prosperous on the Hebei Plain, with more than 100 million people in their heyday, which is about the same as that of Hedong.However, after the long-term see-saw with Meng Fangli, the population dropped sharply, and a large number of people fled. At one time, there were only about 30 left.After settling down, the fleeing people returned home one after another, and the population recovered somewhat, and now there are still 60 to [-] people.

Xing Mingci hadn't experienced war for many years, and he had some savings, and he was very close to Wei Bo, so it was easy to raise food and grass.

"Send an order to Shi Shanyou to repair the city, hoard the food, grass and equipment needed for a year, do not waste time in battle, and stick to it."

Shi Shanyou, the Jiedu envoy of the Datong Army, actually controlled Yunzhou and Weizhou, plus Shuozhou's Ningwu County-Zhelu Army and Caochengchuan area. Neither Xia nor Jin had garrisoned troops, which was a de facto buffer zone.

There are also some tribes in Yunzhou, mainly the Tuyuhun, Uighur, and Tatar who have taken refuge here.The nine surnames of Shatuo and Zhaowu are currently nomadic mainly in Xin and Dai.

There are also some tribes in Weizhou, mainly Uighur, Tatar, Shatuo and some Zahu tribes.

Yunzhou is a majestic city. After Li Keyong's order is issued, Shi Shanyou will vigorously hoard supplies, and at the same time recruit tribesmen in turn to cooperate with the troops around Yanmen Pass, focusing on defense.

"Use Kang Junli as the Daibei defense envoy to coordinate the military affairs of the four prefectures of Xin, Dai, Yun, and Wei."

"Let Li Cunzhang stay behind in Youzhou and take charge of Yanzhen's military affairs."

Kang Junli, Li Cunzhang, Xue Zhiqin and others are Li Keyong's senior generals, who have endured hardships with him and fled to Tatar.

In recent years, the Mesozoic generals of Hedong have emerged one after another, but the veterans have not completely retired. Kang, Li, and Xue are still active in the front line.These two arrangements, everyone has nothing to say, their qualifications are there.

"Send an order to the prefectures to conscript masters after the Lantern Festival, and transfer grain and grass to Zelu."

Hoarding supplies in the two prefectures of Zelu, in fact, they were doing it in the second half of last year.But because they have not yet made up their minds to fight a big battle, the scale is not large enough. Right now, they are preparing for a big fight, which is a full-scale mobilization.

"Send envoys to Wei, Zhen, Cang, Qing, Yan, and Yangzhou to contact one or two. The specific candidates and speeches are at the discretion of the military government."

Obviously, this is the main anti-Shao force in contact with Hebei and the South, trying to attack from three sides, making the Shao bandits overwhelmed. Who made him fight too long?Same as Zhu Quanzhong back then.

"Your Majesty, you can also send someone to detour to Shuzhong to contact Li Maozhen. The angel sent an edict to Jinyang, and he will definitely not miss Shuzhong. Li Maozhen is a tiger in Xichuan, and Dongchuan is divided into three. He is not an opponent at all. Last year's strike , It was just due to the situation. I predict that Li Maozhen will definitely raise his sword again, intending to annex the whole of Shu. He has already annexed several states in Dongchuan, and if he continues to fight, Zhu Mei and others will probably be wiped out. , it is bound to raise troops to the north to attack Zhao Jian. Zhao Jian has few soldiers, and the north of Sichuan is poor, so he is not Li Maozhen's opponent. Zhao Jian is destroyed, and Maozhen will go to Hanzhong again. For this reason, Shao thief can't sit still. Kansai is empty , how can we not transfer troops to the west?" Gai Yu said suddenly.

"Good, let's do this." Li Keyong said.

In fact, it's the same whether you send an envoy or not.

Li Maozhen is ambitious, and Zhu Mei, the Wang brothers, Zhao Jian and others are not his opponents in terms of territory, military strength, wealth, and ability.If it wasn't for external pressure, it would have been wiped out long ago.

Now that Xia Jun's main energy is being restrained in Henan, he will be a ghost if he doesn't do anything.

In Chuanzhong, a fight is about to start.And once Li Maozhen unifies the whole of Shu, it is inevitable to enter into Hanzhong. Can the bandits Shao be saved?

For so many years, Shao thief had a huge advantage, that is, he had a stable rear, so he was able to concentrate on attacking Liangzhen, which was the most powerful.If there is a loss in Hanzhong, Guanzhong will vibrate, and the minds of the suppressed careerists will be activated at that time, and the scene will be much more interesting.

Let you also have a taste of the land of the Four World Wars!

(End of this chapter)