Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1567 The battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao ended
"But Your Majesty, there is not much time left for us in this world!" Xi Zhicai sighed, not because he wanted to be so cruel, but because the current situation forced them to be more cruel.

Although Mujing announced that it was a three-year truce, it was only the truce of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not said that the Dahan would cease the war.

As long as Hebei is eaten up and the feudal lords of the Han Dynasty are united, a full-scale war will not be far away. The Ming Dynasty does not have three years to recuperate.

What Daming lacks now is military power.

The Ming army pursued the strategy of elite soldiers, and only after undergoing a strict recruit training period would they replenish the lost combat power of each department.

Moreover, ordinary young adults are not allowed to go to the battlefield. In addition, recruits are not allowed to go to the battlefield independently as an organization. New recruits must have the support of veterans to go to the battlefield.

Only in this way can the safety be greatly guaranteed. None of the ten recruits has the experience of a veteran on the battlefield. The difference between life and death on the battlefield is only a thin line, and experience is a very important thing.

"Haste makes waste!" Mu Jing still shook his head: "The plan to expand the army will be pushed to the court first. After the push, the recruits will be trained for at least half a year, and then assigned to each barracks. We would rather Let the army go through a period of weakness, and it can't be too disregarding human life!"

As he spoke, he sighed a little: "Da Ming adopted the recruitment system, and most of those who came to join the army were voluntary. We also have to be worthy of the people's trust in the imperial court, not to mention bringing back all the soldiers who went to the battlefield. At least Be more responsible!"

It's not that he is too soft-hearted, but that there are some bottom lines that he thinks cannot be broken. Even in difficult times and difficult times, what should be persisted must still be persisted.

Human life is always greater than the sky.

"promise!"

Huang Zhong, Xi Zhicai, and Chen Gongtai all looked at each other silently, and in the end they didn't refute Mu Jing's words, and took orders directly.

"Let's leave the training of recruits to Zhang Wenyuan!" Mu Jing thought for a while and said, "Han Sheng, Zhicai, your abilities are on the battlefield, but Zhang Liao and Zhang Ren are more capable when it comes to training soldiers and horses! "

Huang Zhong is better at fighting on the battlefield, and his ambition can make great plans, but in terms of military training, they really can't compare with the all-round handsome Zhang Liao.

And Zhang Ren is also capable in training troops.

"Yes!"

The two nodded.

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The matter of military expansion is still being debated in the imperial court. It's not that they don't want to expand the military. It's still a question of military expenditures, which has caused the entire political affairs hall to bite hard.

At this time, Mu Jing also began to speed up the pace of attack above the court hall.

For three consecutive days, the Metropolitan Procuratorate targeted the Zhengshitang and took down two doctors from the ministries, six officers from the department, and more than a dozen officials above the fifth rank.

All of a sudden, the entire imperial court was filled with joy.

The key point is that the procuratorate produced genuine evidence, not false accusations. These cases were not dismissed quietly, but were going to be tried in Dali Temple.

Even if the Zhengshitang was not angry, even if he knew His Majesty was making trouble, he had nothing to say, not even complaints.

Who let their own people live up to expectations.

But at this time, Liu Jin felt more and more uneasy, and Mu Jing's grandiose move was a signal in itself.

He had begun to lose patience with Zhengshitang.

That's not a good call.

Mujing is the emperor, and the emperor wants to control the world. Now under the emperor's nose, in the center, the Zhengshitang has lost control, and he wants to regain control.

Then, the person he wants to deal with is ready to come out.

This made Liu Jin shudder.

Of course, he was still waiting, after passing the county examination, so that Mu Jing would have enough reason to let Sima Hui enter the Political Affairs Hall first. If Sima Hui could not establish influence, he would have no way to replace him.

But the key point is still Cai Yong.

Even if Sima Hui is a great Confucian in the world, he is just a rookie in the Ming court. The starting point can be very high, but it is impossible to reach the sky in one step.

Cai Yong is the one to take Liu Jin's place.

In fact, the existence of Cai Yong is a balance point. He is impartial and can maintain the balance of the entire court, but if he deviates by an inch, it will easily cause the court to lose balance.

But this time, Cai Yong was not allowed to hold back at all. Under Mu Jing's urging, it was very difficult for Cai Yong not to do it, and Cai Yong couldn't remain indifferent to this temptation.

Unless he is willing to be suppressed by Hu Zhao for the rest of his life, but no one wants to be the second child all the time, and always wants to be the boss.

Now in Zhaoming Pavilion, the prime minister's position belongs to Hu Zhao, Cai Yong doesn't have such thoughts, Mu Jing doesn't believe it.

Of course, Cai Yong cannot be conquered overnight, but Mu Jing has enough patience to wear him down slowly.

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March has arrived quietly, the tail of winter has disappeared, and spring has completely descended on this land.

Although the southwestern land is peaceful, even if there are some undercurrents in the court, overall, it is stable and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Mujing is still planning the New Deal.

And those aristocratic families, gentry and wealthy families, and old-fashioned officials are still trying to find ways to resist the New Deal.

But in this piece of land, it is a fact that there is no war. In addition, the power of the six doors is getting stronger and stronger, and the local order has begun to improve.

The people's sense of belonging to the Ming court is growing.

However, the Great War in the Central Plains has already broken out, and Cao Cao has already started the war against Hebei.

Wei Jun and Zhou Jun have already started the final mobilization of troops. The main forces are dispatched to Guandu one by one.

The Yan army in the north is going south.

Liu Bei personally led the army to attack Hejian.

As long as he gets through Julu from Hejian, and then goes south from Julu, Liu Bei is very confident that he can go straight into Wei County of Jizhou in one go.

When the time comes to take Yecheng, Yuan Shao will lose.

Of course, even if there are not many main forces in the north, ordinary county soldiers and county soldiers still have certain combat effectiveness. If the Yan army wants to go south without guarding the city gate, it will not be possible in a year or two.

However, the main force of the Yan army is not only in the north, but also in Bingzhou, which has already occupied most of the territory of Bingzhou, including Hexi and Shangdang, which are all occupied by them.

They were clearing out the soldiers and horses of the Zhou army in Hebei, and Bingzhou was in full swing. The main force of the Zhou army could no longer withstand the fierce attack of Zhang Fei, the leader of the Yan army, and the occupied Bingzhou territory was constantly lost.

As Yuan Shao's nephew, Gao Gan, the leader of the Bingzhou Zhou army, has lost five consecutive battles in Zhang Fei's hands, and the only remaining troops can only be shrunk in Taiyuan City.

The flames of war were ignited quickly, the fighting in the Central Plains, the offensive in Hebei, the encirclement and suppression of Bingzhou, one battle after another, broke out the flames of war in the entire Central Plains.

And Qingzhou, located in the east, also broke the peace. It was a good thing to take Qingzhou at the beginning, but Cao Cao was killed before he was hot.

Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, abandoned Qingzhou and led the main reinforcements to Guandu, but in the end the war between the Central Plains and Hebei was brought to an end because of the outbreak of the crusade against the Ming Dynasty.

But it is an indisputable fact that Qingzhou was lost.

Now Yuan Tan led his confidants and advisers when his father was preparing for the battle at Guandu, ordered eight thousand soldiers to go into battle lightly, and quietly returned to Qingzhou.

He intends to contact Qingzhou Haoqiang and take back Qingzhou directly.

But what he didn't expect was that Cao Cao had been prepared for a long time. In Qingzhou, he did not have a main force to sit in the town. Most of the main force had withdrawn. Because of the defeat last year, the Wei army's strength was tight, so there was no way for the troops in Qingzhou to continue to sit in the town.

But Qingzhou still has a force.

That was Sun Ce, who had already formed an alliance with Cao Cao. He ordered Jiangdong general Tai Shici to lead a force of [-] to go north by boat, land on the coast of Xuzhou, go north from Langya in the East China Sea, and go straight to Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan had been running Qingzhou for a while, and he was quite popular in Qingzhou. When he came back this time, there were actually quite a few people who supported him.

It's just that I didn't expect that Jiangdong Wu Jun would come in first.

Yuan Tan was beaten so dizzy all of a sudden.

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The world is raging with war, and Da Ming can't stay out of it. Even if Da Ming can only keep his own territory safe, he must inquire clearly about the movements of the princes in the world.

Every day, countless military reports are sent back to the Privy Council.

Mu Jing also came to the Privy Council every other day, and he must have confidence in the world's war, so he was still very concerned about the war between the princes of the Central Plains.

"Cao Cao actually let go of Xuzhou's coastline?" Mu Jing felt a little surprised by the military report sent back from Qingzhou: "It's quite bold to let the Wu army from Jiangdong go north like this!"

Let Wu Jun enter, if Wu Jun bites back, Xuzhou will be in danger, and if Xuzhou is lost, the foothold of Yanyu and Yuzhou will be somewhat dangerous.

Therefore, Wu Jun's entry into Qingzhou still had an impact on the Central Plains.

"Sun Bofu is now in Xudu. If Cao Mengde doesn't have this tolerance, it will be difficult for him to integrate the power of the Han princes!" Xi Zhicai said in a low voice, and sighed a little: "Cao Mengde, although His Majesty has always treated him I'm more vigilant, but I felt before that he was just a little bit more powerful prince, but after he has completed the combination of vertical and horizontal, he can't be underestimated!"

A Cao Cao is easy to deal with, even the court is easy to deal with, but the gathering of soldiers from the Han princes does put some pressure on the Han Dynasty.

"Cao Mengde has never been an easy person to deal with!" Mu Jing sneered: "If you underestimate him, you will definitely suffer!"

If he hadn't appeared in this era.

Then the protagonist of this era is not Liu Bei, not Sun Quan, but Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao, the hero of the ages, failed to dominate the world, he is the most powerful prince after the Three Kingdoms.

What a skill it is to take the emperor to command the princes and make him famous for thousands of years.

"Your Majesty thinks, does Liu Xuande bow his head and become a minister?" Chen Gongtai who was at the side suddenly asked Mu Jing.

Sun Ce surrendered.

So among the princes of the Han Dynasty, apart from Yuan Sha of Hebei, who was about to be wiped out, the only prince who could fight against Cao Cao was Liu Bei.

Whether Liu Bei will surrender, no one can say for sure.

But once they submit, they will be able to unite as one on behalf of the imperial court, and it will be time for the Ming and Han decisive battles to start.

"meeting!"

Mujing pondered for a moment, grinned, and replied, "He will definitely!"

"why?"

Xi Zhicai was puzzled.

"This is a hypocrite, but he is pretending, even he may have forgotten some things!" Mu Jing said indifferently: "For him, reputation is more important than anything else, he will not become the sinner of a big man, So as long as Cao Cao's big stick is hit, no matter if it's true or false, he will look after the overall situation!"

Sometimes the word gentleman is a shackle.

An inescapable shackle.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Gongtai narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a while, and said, "If that's the case, then Hebei won't last long!"

"It's okay!"

Mu Jing smiled, dug out some secret melodies from the north, handed them to them, and said, "Yuan Shao is not stupid, since he dispatched the northern soldiers and horses to the south, and since he is ready to act first, he has already done a good job." Liu Bei's going south is also a good thing, cutting off Yuan Shao's retreat, he has nowhere to go, at this time, Yuan Benchu ​​cannot be underestimated!"

"Report!"

There was a loud sound outside.

"Come in!"

The silent Huang Zhong spoke.

"My lord, the battle report ahead!"

"Read!"

"Yesterday afternoon, Ju Yi's army, the main vanguard of the Zhou army, captured Yuanwu City with [-] main force, and defeated the [-] defending army of the Wei army!"

"Just like what we deduced, Yuan Shao really took the lead!" Xi Zhicai and Chen Gongtai looked at each other, their eyes were somewhat dignified.

"Continue to inquire, and report any news to the court as soon as possible!" Huang Zhong ordered in a low voice, and then waved the messenger to leave the war room.

At this time, Mu Jing's eyes fell on the sand table, his eyes were vivid, the light flickered on and off, and his mind was a little uncertain.

"Your Majesty, what are you thinking?" Xi Zhicai saw that Mu Jing's mind was not very calm, so he asked.

"It doesn't feel right!"

Mu Jing said: "I don't know if it's an illusion, Zhou Jun fought too hastily, especially Ju Yi's initiative to attack, just a single Yuanwu City, it's insignificant, but Ju Yi fought, don't forget, Yang Wu can have The main force of the Wei army of more than [-], and the main forces of Chengmu, Jiming Mountain, Xiahouyuan and Guan Yu are looking down. Ju Yi's capture of the original Wucheng can indeed break the Wei army's arrangement first, but it is easy to fall into it. As the only one under Yuan Shao's command now Isn't it wrong for a general who can come to become a bait so easily!"

"Your Majesty's words are a bit strange. It's not that the layout is strange, it's that Yuan Shao has a problem with his personnel. Perhaps there is a problem between Yuan Shao and Ju Yi, the number one fierce general in Hebei!"

Everyone was a little puzzled. It shouldn't have happened, but since it appeared, there must be a certain reason.

"Forget it, don't worry about him, they beat them, the specific process is not important, we only need the result, just keep an eye on it!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, without thinking too much, he asked directly: "By the way, Xin Zhao, is there any news from Tan Zong?"

"no!"

Xin Zhao has been standing in a small corner. He has been on duty with Mu Jing during this time, mainly to ensure the smooth flow of news. He cupped his hands and said, "He is in Yecheng, and he seems to be bargaining. At present, there is no leakage, and there is no news at all. It has not been reported, except for the people in Hebei Town of Jingwusi, no one knows his whereabouts and who he has contacted!"

"Yecheng is a little empty at this time, but there are some opportunities, but let him be careful, don't ask for merit, but ask for no faults to get better!"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes, his pupils flickered, and the killing intent flashed past: "After all, our strength in the north is too weak. The power of Yelou, the spies of Liu Bei in the north, and the spies of Jiangdong, it is impossible for them to appear just to deal with Yuan Shao. Maybe they will also want to take advantage of Yuan Shao's home court, borrow a knife to kill people, and eat our Jing Wusi!"

(End of this chapter)