Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 758 The eldest grandson
Marshal's House.

Luo Cheng sat there, looking at the group of horses and horses under his seat.

There are not only veterans like Hou Mo Chen Yi, Wei Zheng, and Wang Ziming, but also teachers like Zhang Xutuo and Zhang Yichen, as well as friends like Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling who have been in the team in the early years.

Of course, there are Qu Tutong, Feng Deyi, Li Baiyao, etc. who were once enemies, and Du Yan, Zheng Yuanxuan, Zheng Shanguo, Cui Junsu, Wang Gui, Wei Ting, etc. .

These people are all momentary heroes.

But now, they are all gathered under Luo Cheng's command.

After Zhang Xutuo came to Liaodong from Shandong, he has been recuperating in the mansion, and he finally came out today.

He is currently serving as the imperial court inspector, You Pushe, and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Luo Cheng's father has just come from Liaodong. Tongsansi, named Qi Wang, no longer holds real positions.

After all, if a father works as an official under his son, it is always incompatible with the supreme virtue of the reign and the public advocacy of filial piety to build a country.

Because of Luo Guile's leisure, the imperial court awarded him the title of Ping Zhang Shi, which can be regarded as a title of prime minister.

It turns out that Luo Cheng's old boss, Zhang Yichen, is also here to vote for Liaodong, including Fang Xuanling's father, Fang Yanqian. Of course, their arrival is very welcome to Luo Cheng.

In fact, the fact that these people can be together today is nothing more than a connection of interests.

Even if there were personal enmities and old grievances in the past, they can still sit together now.

Of course, there are also people like Li Yuan, who were originally related to Luo Cheng by marriage, but think they have the strength to compete in the world, so they don't accept Luo Cheng's repeated recruitment, and still stand on their own.

"Marshal, Li Mi from Henan sent envoys here a few days ago to submit a form of vassal, expressing his willingness to serve Zhengshuo and show his loyalty."

Luo Cheng just laughed at the news.

"Li Mi accepted the Jiangdu Daye Emperor's offer of peace before, but now he comes to express his loyalty to the Liaodong court. Can you believe this?"

Feng Deyi immediately said, "Li Mi is capable, but he must not be trusted. Whether he was recruited before, or Fengzhengshuo now, I think it's just a way to slow down the army. Now Li Mi is in Baima County on the east side of the canal and in Hebei. Dou Jiandong is fighting, this person is just worried that we will take the opportunity to make a move, so he came to give us ecstasy soup."

Luo Cheng cast admiring glances at Feng Deyi.

"What does Feng Sheren think, how should Li Mi's envoy be dealt with?"

"Someone thought that since Li Mi volunteered to serve, it would be better to accept this seal first, and then give him an official position or something. He came to fool us, and we also fooled him. And I thought that this move has an advantage, that is From now on, Li Mi will be a minister of our court, if he rebels in the future, he will be called a rebel, and we beat him because we are famous for our example."

Of course, Feng Deyi believes that the most important thing is to appease Li Mi first after accepting this form, so that he can fight Dou Jiande with all his strength, and when they both lose, it will not be too late to make a move.

At that time, even if Li Mi is still a nominal Sui official, it will not be easy to deal with him. He can send troops for any reason.

"Teacher, what do you think?"

Luo Cheng asked Zhang Xutuo, although Zhang Xutuo had been in Henan for a long time, although he was defeated by Li Mi, it didn't mean that he couldn't beat Li Mi.Regarding the situation in Henan, he naturally has the most say.

Zhang Xutuo has been recovering from his injuries for a while, and now his body has recovered a bit, but he is still a little bit unwell psychologically. The main reason is that Tai Sui, who is struggling to protect and fight, is on the verge of extinction, which makes him feel very hurt emotionally. , especially among the rebels who were about to destroy the Sui Dynasty, the most powerful one was Luo Cheng, a student who was supposed to protect the Sui Dynasty like him. After recuperating and adjusting, his knots were slowly opened up.

Otherwise, he would not have come to today's meeting.

"Now the land of the Central Plains has become a separatist regime. The heroes of all parties have divided their regimes one after another. Apart from our court Zhengshuo, Li Mi is the strongest, then Hebei Dou Jiande, and then the Jiangdu court and Luoyang court. There are those like Xiao Xian, Lin Shihong, Xue Ju, Li Gui, Liang Shidu, Shen Faxing, etc., but they are not to be feared."

"The ones who really became powerful were Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, and Xiao Xian. Among them, although Xiao Xian had a large army and many troops, he was actually the weakest. He was just taking advantage of the situation."

The art of war says, far away and close attack.

The four strongest families, Li Mi Dou Jiande, Li Yuan and Wang Shichong, now both Li Yuan and Li Mi Dou Jiande have contacts with the Zhide court, mainly in Shandong.

And now the big battle is here in Shandong.

"Whoever can finally win in the Central Plains will be the final winner."

"I suggest joining forces with Wang Shichong of Luoyang to destroy Li Mi first!" Zhang Xutuo suggested.

Whoever is the strongest will be destroyed first, and the weak will attack the strong.

The newcomer Du Yan suggested that the north should be first and then the south, and gradually sweep the past from north to south.

So don't worry about the Central Plains, they fight theirs, we fight ours, first find a way to defeat Fan Yang's Dugu Tuan, then go south to attack Dou Jiande, and then go to the Central Plains.

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Xuantu County, domestic city.

Yuan Taizuo, the governor of Xuantu, greeted the arrival of a group of Han officials. They were a large group of officials sent by the Liaodong court, such as the defense envoy, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant.

"Yuan Dudu, how is the reorganization of the army in Xuantu County, but it has been completed, what is the number of troops, and how is the equipment?"

Sun Shunde, the newly appointed Xuantu County Prime Minister and Defense Envoy, asked.

Changsun Shunde was just an honored guard in the early days. Later, because he escaped the battle of conquest of Liao Dynasty, he killed cattle with Liu Hongji and others. He was deliberately convicted and imprisoned to avoid serving in the army.

Later, he followed Liu Hongji and joined Luo Siye's army, because his niece, grandson Wugou, was now Luo Cheng's concubine, so he came to Liaodong from Dingxiang.

He was awarded the post of Xuantu County Chancellor and Defense Envoy by Luo Cheng.

Originally, he was not qualified enough to confer this post, but Xuantu is now Yuan Taizuo's territory, and coming here is still risky, so it is considered an exceptional conferment.

Yuan Taizuo is much older.

In the past few years, he has also worked hard, worked hard, was unwilling, and resented.

But with the defeat in the Battle of Fuyuchuan, and with Song Laosheng taking control of Lelang County, Yuan Taizuo finally chose to surrender.

His two sons were both hostages in Sui, and he couldn't fight anymore when he was old.

Years of wars have made his territory smaller and smaller, and the young and strong have been defending the frontier all year round, resulting in exhaustion of money and food, and famines everywhere. He wants to fight now, but he can't do it anymore.

"According to the order of King Qin, my Xuantu County has five counties under its jurisdiction, with a total of more than 4000 households and more than 48 million Dingkou. There is an army of county soldiers with 6000 soldiers, and the actual number is [-]. A total of [-] battalions. According to the system of the imperial court, four rounds of garrisons are adopted, and there are currently twelve battalions on duty, with a total of [-] people."

"Is there no overstaffing?" Chang Sun Shunde asked.

"There is no overstaffing. Except for the remaining [-] soldiers who were transferred to the county soldiers, the rest have been abolished and returned to the field. The military account registers are all there, and Changsun Juncheng can check them at any time."

Changsun Shunde is very satisfied with the result.

"I have believed in Dudu Yuan, but inspections are also required. This is the court's regulation. One more thing, before I came, the King of Qin sent an order for Dudu Yuan to inspect [-] counties from Xuantu County. The soldiers were sent to Liaodong, and went to the Central Plains with the imperial army to quell the chaos."

"Is this okay?" Changsun Shunde asked with a smile.

Yuan Taizuo hesitated and struggled.

I want to refuse, but I know there is no room for it, but I am unwilling to accept it.

"What, is there any difficulty?"

"It's just that spring plowing is just around the corner. I'm afraid it will delay the farming time if we go out at this time." Yuan Taizuo had no choice but to say so.

"The imperial court also knows, so this time, the selected soldiers are specially decreed to exempt them from rent for three years as compensation."

"I don't know who will command these ten thousand troops?" Yuan Taizuo asked again.

"It's best for the Duke to be in command. Of course, if the Duke is not feeling well, he can also be handed over to someone or the commander of the county captain." Changsun Shunde said with a smile.

Yuan Taizuo struggled for a long time, and finally had no choice but to agree.

If he refuses, maybe Luo Cheng's loyal army will come to conquer him first, and now he is completely powerless to fight Luo Cheng.

The forty cities of Fuyuchuan, the main city of Fuyu was destroyed in one day, and the other forty cities were captured in less than half a month, which shocked him deeply.

(End of this chapter)