Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 160 Leading Soldiers to VIPs (Part [-])
"I can't figure it out!" The three words naturally exposed Pei Ji's cautiousness in dealing with the world.But these three words can also have many interpretations.

Li Yuan was silent for a moment.

Pei Ji asked: "If he is ambitious, why did he reject Liu Zhongzhi?"

Li Yuan suddenly realized.

Although Liu Zhongzhi's appetite is not small, compared with Jiangshan Sheji, it is not worth mentioning at all.What's more, the northwest is bitterly cold, and although there is a lot of land, it is very barren. The area that Li Yuan allocated to Chen Ying's nominal jurisdiction is equivalent to Lingwu County in the Han Dynasty. With the principle of ten households supplying one ding, Chen Ying should control such a small population, and five thousand soldiers is the limit. Even if he has ambitions, so what?

At this time, Pei Ji said again: "Even if Chen Ying is ambitious, he is still too young!"

Hearing this, Li Yuan was completely relieved.

Chen Ying is now a weak crown. In this era, there is a saying that he has no hair on his mouth and can't do things well.Even if there are heroes, they will not follow Chen Ying's example. Without soldiers, generals, and counselors to help, Chen Ying wants to do something, but even if he wants to, he will be powerless.

Li Yuan boarded the jade scorpion and walked towards the East Palace.

Looking at Li Yuan's back, Pei Ji smiled wryly.

Li Yuan was very suspicious, but Pei Ji knew that Datang didn't have the strength to make a fuss at the moment.Stability trumps everything, not to mention Chen Yingwei's rebellion, even if he really rebelled, he must hold his nose and admit it, because Datang really has no way to establish a person who is helpless even a powerful Turkic.

Although Pei Ji and Li Yuan have a very good personal relationship, it doesn't mean that their ideas and thoughts are generally the same.

As the saying goes, the butt determines the head, because the two people are in different positions, and naturally they think about problems from different angles.Li Yuan is the emperor, and the starting point for him to consider things has always been the country and society of the Li family.As long as his dominance is threatened, get rid of this person without hesitation.

In the process of competing for the world with Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, both Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande were defeated and surrendered to Li Tang.However, the treatment of the two is quite different.Although Dou Jiande was defeated and surrendered, Li Yuan beheaded Dou Jiande without hesitation, because Dou Jiande was kind and won the hearts of the people.For Li Tang, this was a ticking time bomb.

After Wang Shichong was taken to Chang'an, Li Yuan released him. Although he was killed by Dugu Xiude in the end, in fact it was a personal enmity and had nothing to do with Li Yuan.The only reason why Li Yuan let Wang Shichong go is because Wang Shichong abused torture and lost his heart.Even if Wang Shichong were to return to Dongdu, he would not even be able to recruit the old department.There is no threat to Li Tang, so he can live.

But Pei Ji's considerations are different from Li Yuan's. What he considers is the country and the people's livelihood. Chen Ying is a good general. If he is forced to rebel by Li Yuan, he will definitely set a bad example.Who would dare to surrender to Li Tang in the future?

Therefore, even if Chen Ying really objected, as long as he did not formally raise the flag of rebellion, Pei Ji would not agree to strangle Chen Ying in the cradle.Because in this way, it will aggravate Li Tang's process of unifying the world.If it was time for Chen Ying to rebel, Li and Tang's troops would be justified in suppressing Chen Ying.

If you want to talk about the biggest difference between Li Yuan and Pei Ji, Pei Ji is just black-bellied, while Li Yuan is black from heart to outside.

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When Liu Zhongzhi left Lingzhou and returned to Chang'an, Chen Ying was still like a normal person, living as he wanted.But Zhang Shigui, Zhang Huaiwei, Liu Tong, Duan Shigan, Liang Zan and others were worried. In their dreams, they were worried that the imperial army would kill Lingzhou or declare Chen Ying a rebel.

However, the thing that made everyone fearful did not happen in the end.

Chen Yingze still led the troops out for training normally, and from time to time led the cavalry for a walk around Huaiyuan where the Turkic Khan tent was located.

Although Chen Ying never launched a large-scale attack on Huaiyuan, Chuluo Khan was terrified.

He made up his mind that as soon as spring came and the weather turned warmer, he would immediately lead the Turkic people northward, and even if they froze to death in Mobei, they would never come to Huaiyuan.

This is so scary.

Although the number of cavalry led by Chen Ying was not large, it was only a thousand or five.But no matter how many cavalry the Turks dispatched to drive them away, they were all meat buns beating dogs, and they never returned.Now the entire Huaiyuan City, the Turkic people are in a state of panic all day long.

Donggong Youwei led the generals He Yuejing, Gao Yunquan, Lu Decao, Wei Wenzhong and others. Chen Ying did not let them return to Chang'an immediately, but took them for daily and nightly drills.Of course, Chen Ying is still very grateful for Li Jiancheng's kindness.He also doesn't want eight years later, if Datang continues to operate according to the original historical trajectory, the change of Xuanwu Gate will eventually be irreversible, and help Li Jiancheng train a professional and regular army, so that Li Jiancheng will not lose too badly .

Chen Ying didn't think conceitedly that he would be the winner of this destiny game, he just wanted to do his best and obey the destiny.In fact, before Xuanwu Gate, it was useless to remind Li Jiancheng.Wei Zheng also reminded Li Jiancheng more than once that if he wanted the society to be stable, he must kill King Qin, but it was a pity that Li Jiancheng didn't listen to it at all.

At this time, Chen Ying trained the generals led by Donggong Youwei as ordinary soldiers, and gave them some military knowledge of later generations, although this knowledge is only microscopic and tactical.But it is undeniable that these things are very important.

On February 27, the second year of Wude, Chen Ying was blocked in the general manager's mansion by Liang Zan, Zhang Huaiwei, Zhang Shigui, Liu Tong, Bi Xin and other core personnel.

Chen Ying looked at the restless crowd, and said with a leisurely smile, "Why, I can't bear it anymore!"

Liu Tong really doesn't understand Chen Ying's actions in this series of incidents. If he really wants to stand on his own, he should kill Liu Zhongzhi, cut off the news of Chang'an, and then form an alliance with Liang Shidu and Turkic respectively to prevent mutual aggression .Prepare fully again to face Tang Jun.But Chen Ying not only let Liu Zhong go straight back to Chang'an, but everything went on as usual, neither preparing materials and equipment, nor preparing for war.

"General, are you going to wait to die?" Liu Tong couldn't help asking.

"Hold your hands and wait to die?" Chen Ying said, "How do you say that?"

"Even if Liu Zhongzhi climbed at this time, he should have climbed to Chang'an. With his personality, he will definitely try his best to organize the generals!" Liu Tong said solemnly: "Li Tang Guozhu..."

Chen Ying coughed and said, "It's Your Majesty!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Tong continued: "If Your Majesty mobilizes an army to attack Lingzhou, will the general have the heart to watch the bodies of the brothers be separated?"

Chen Yingdao: "Why did the Tang army attack Lingzhou? Are they full?"

Zhang Shigui said: "The general is sure that the Tang army will not attack Lingzhou?"

"You guys...you're thinking too much!" Chen Ying said with a chuckle, "Is Liu Zhongzhi just relying on Liu Zhongzhi's words to attack Lingzhou? If we really killed Liu Zhongzhi in the first place, we would really tear ourselves apart, but Liu Zhongzhi escaped well. Back to Chang'an, if General Ben intends to rebel, how can he be allowed to escape back to Chang'an? What's more... Li Yuan is not confused yet!"

Everyone looked at each other, it was really hard to understand why Chen Ying was so confident.

In fact, although Chen Ying is not proficient in power tactics.He only analyzed the problem from the perspective of human nature. Li Yuan was suspicious by nature, and he was good at showing off his imperial power, so Chen Ying purposely provoked Liu Zhongzhi, scared Liu Zhongzhi away, and then united with Yang Ze and Du Shanguo.

Yang Ze and Du Shanguo are both loyal ministers, but it is precisely because they are loyal ministers to the court of Li Tang that they are more aware of Chen Ying's power in Lingzhou. Once Chen Ying rebels, Li Tang Northwest will be in chaos. At this moment, Ying felt like a sharp knife, hitting Li Tang's waist and eyes.As long as Chen Ying exerts his strength, Li Tang will definitely receive a fatal blow.

After receiving Chen Ying's guarantee that Li Tang would not send troops to attack him and that he would never raise the flag to rebel, Yang Ze and Du Shanguo followed Chen Ying's wishes and submitted a memorial to Li Yuan.

With Yang Ze and Du Shanguo's endorsements, Li Yuan preconceived that Liu Zhongzhi was unable to extort bribes, and became angry from embarrassment, and framed Chen Ying.Hearing Chen Ying's explanation, Liu Tong was secretly delighted.

Although Chen Ying was young, he did not lose his mind.At this time, their forces were still very weak. Now they occupy Lingzhou and manage it well for a few years, and sit and watch Li Tang compete with Dou Jiande of Hebei and Wang Shichong of Luoyang.

Liu Tong seemed to be about to cry, he was not moved by Chen Ying's words, his IQ was not so high, but he felt that he really met such a master of the world!With such an unfavorable situation, it can be reversed in a blink of an eye, and it has become a far-sighted plan to lay the foundation of the army and the country in one fell swoop!

For a moment, he was full of confidence in Lingzhou's future.I am full of admiration for Chen Ying, but I feel that it is my great fortune to be a courtier under the wings of such an enlightened lord!
Zhang Shigui said: "Now, what shall we do next?"

Chen Yingdao: "Build a blast furnace, repair an iron workshop!"

Chen Ying intends to put his foundation in Lingzhou, and he is not too worried about arousing the vigilance and vigilance of others. The main reason is that Lingzhou is located at the strategic throat and at the forefront of the Turkic invasion. In Lingzhou.Moreover, although Lingzhou is a large place, due to the lack of rainfall, the development of cultivated land has limited success.

Even without considering the constraints of terrain and power conflicts, Lingzhou is in charge of six states, and the converted area is about 100 square meters, but more than [-]% of them are Susukida that can be harvested from one bucket to seven buckets.With [-] acres of land, it is already the limit to be able to produce more than [-] million shi of grain a year.The prerequisite is that Chen should have a population of tens of thousands.

However, the population of Lingzhou is too small now. With such limited productivity in Lingzhou, even if it is well developed, it is already the limit to support more than 5000 people and organize an army of more than [-] people.

However, Chen Ying did not plan to turn Lingzhou into a grain production base, but an industrial base.The surrounding area of ​​Lingzhou is rich in coal and iron and steel resources, and it can be built into an industrial center with coal and iron and steel as the main industries, based on the three saltworks in Lingzhou, and coal, iron, and salt as the first major industries.

Liu Tong and others were stunned when they learned that Chen Ying had such a big plan.Bi Dao said: "But, manager, no matter whether it is reclaiming wasteland or building factories, the population is too small. We don't have that many people!"

"This?" Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "Population, so Liu Tong, you go on an emissary to the Turks and tell them to release the Han slaves they plundered back and forth, otherwise the general manager will lead troops to demand people." ! "

(End of this chapter)