I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 141
There are acres of fields outside Yangzhou City. In order not to affect Nongsang, Fu Jinchuan chose the new army camp in front of a mountain in Liuhe and Changshui.

It will take time for a group of farmers to become qualified soldiers, even elite soldiers.

And Fu Jinchuan chose the path that took the longest.

The benefits of this are also obvious, and it can avoid those bad customs from entering the new army to the greatest extent.

The low-level generals in charge of training the new army were the 600-strong forbidden army that followed Fu Jinchuan to the south before, and they were originally used by him as teeth soldiers.And now these forbidden troops have been promoted at least two ranks, and they have become the backbone of the new army.

After deciding to form a new army directly and independently, in order to fill up the new army and replenish Fu Jinchuan's dental soldiers, the Governor's Mansion continued to recruit again in Luzhou, Haozhou, Hezhou, Chuzhou, and Shouzhou. Four thousand recruits.

Then, among the 4000 people, [-] young men were selected, all of whom had practiced a few fists and kicks. They were good family sons with some background, and they were the dental soldiers directly under the governor.

The rest of the army was divided into five capitals.Wei Shilang, Zhang Kui, Liang Dai, Qu Twelve, and Zhou Shize were the Marquises of Yu, each in charge of a capital.

The military system is based on five people and one team, two teams are one team, five teams are one team, five teams are one regiment, five regiments are one wing, that is, 250 people, and two wings are one capital, that is, 500 people.

Jiang Wu, Pang Yun, and Li Sikou were the Ya generals, and dozens of Yuan Cong were all charged into the Ya soldiers to serve as the team leaders.

Only Chen Xing has no official status.It's not that Fu Jinchuan doesn't want to arrange for him, but that there must be someone who can be used by him, and Chen Xing is also obsessed with martial arts now, so he doesn't want to be an official.

As soon as Fu Jinchuan and his staff set up the framework of the new army, they immediately let the various ministries start training.The most basic training is not fists, feet, guns and sticks, but to identify drum horns and flags.

What flags represent advance, what sounds lead to retreat, and the combined positions of various arms.
At the same time, the Guangrui Army is still sorting out military resources and preparing to go to Jiangzhou.However, an urgent military report brought Fu Jinchuan back to Yangzhou City, and also made it unnecessary for Guangrui Army, who had been "preparing" for a few days, to start.

Jianye, Tokyo, fell.

The rebels launched a fierce attack after three days of halting their troops in the city, and they kept shouting that "those who surrender will not be killed" and "what makes the southerners fight for the northerners".And Jianye's defenders were all from the old troops of the King of Wu, and they had no fighting spirit. They persisted for only two days. With the support of the defenders, some soldiers finally opened the city gate.

Generalissimo Li Shizhong, Jiankang Army envoy Gao Dezong, and other officials, as well as Tokyo Embroidery Guard Qianhu Hu Lanqing and other embroidered guards fled to Hezhou by boat in a hurry. Li Shizhong's 300 personal guards fought against the pursuers. die.

Marshal Li is now on his way to Yangzhou.

On the other side, reinforcements from the imperial court also arrived.Pingbei Hou Mawei personally led the Tengxiang Zuowei, Tengxiang Right Guard, and Wugong Zhongwei under the jurisdiction of the Guards and Army Division, and more than [-] people rushed to Yangzhou.In the follow-up, the Taining Army stationed in Yanzhou, the Zhenhai Army in Qingzhou, and the Zhangwu Army in Bianzhou are ready to go south to help at any time.

At the same time, the imperial edict to allow the Governor's Mansion to recruit troops to suppress the rebellion has also arrived.

For a while, Yangzhou City became extremely lively.

Fu Jinchuan, who rushed back to Yangzhou, first met with Ma Wei, Liu Jingming, Pei Xiuming and other people in the capital.

"Uncle Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time, so don't come here to be safe."

"It's been a long time since I saw Saburo, he is indeed very powerful now, hahaha, he looks more like a general than you, Aye!"

Hearing this kind of praise, even if Fu Jinchuan agrees, he can't go along with it.

"Uncle won the prize, how can I compare with Aye?"

Ma Wei smiled heartily: "Hahahaha, okay, let's get down to business. Since our [-] troops have arrived at the boundary of Yangzhou, I still need to trouble you, the governor of Yangzhou, and Liu Jinglue."

Liu Jingming said: "It's all for the court's official business, you don't have to be polite, Lord Hou."

"By the way, there is one more thing here. The Generalissimo is on his way, and he will arrive in Yangzhou tomorrow. Since the Generalissimo is here, it is natural to set up the Generalissimo Xingyuan. This place should be chosen." As the long history of the Generalissimo's Mansion The Zhongshu Ling Pei Xiuming asked this question at this time.

"Then let Saburo take over." Ma Wei just said half of the words, and then couldn't continue.

It stands to reason that the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, as the largest military commander's mansion in Yangzhou City, and Li Shizhong, who is the Grand Marshal, should naturally give him a place for Fu Jinchuan to show his respect.

But there is another problem here. Fu Jinchuan did not come to Yangzhou by himself.

He is still the captain's son-in-law, and the backyard of Yangzhou's Dudu's Mansion still lives with Princess Ning Guo, Zhao Yuanshu.

No matter how powerful the Grand Marshal is, it is impossible for Her Royal Highness the Princess to make room for him. After all, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers.

So Ma Wei closed his mouth halfway through speaking, and he couldn't say anything later.

Fu Jinchuan was smiling, he had nothing to say about this matter.Marshal Xingyuan loves to be placed wherever he is.Anyway, there is no way to ask his Dudu Mansion, so if you want to reason, go talk to his wife.

In desperation, Liu Jingming thought for a while and said, "Then let's use Yangzhou Governor's Mansion as the marshal's office for the time being."

Liu Jingming was the envoy of the Huainan Economic Strategy and also the governor of Yangzhou. Although one person held two positions concurrently, each of the two bureaus had their own set of bureaucrats, forming a single government.

Afterwards, several people discussed together the specific matters such as welcoming the Generalissimo, which were basically arranged by Chief Shi Pei Xiuming.

On the second day, Generalissimo Li Shizhong rushed to Yangzhou.First, he received the seal letter from the Generalissimo, and then he called everyone together to discuss matters.

A map of the Jianghuai River was prepared early and hung in the lobby of the former governor's mansion.

Li Shizhong has been sullen since he entered Yangzhou City, even when a group of people greeted him.After all, he has fought a hundred battles since he was a general, and he has never lost a single one.

And now, Jianye City, one of the country's five capitals, was lost in his hands.And that city was brought down by his ancestor Li Wenzhen
Now he only has one thought, that is, find it wherever you lost it!
Li Shizhong looked at the Jianghuai map in front of him, as if thinking about a strategy to defeat the enemy.And as the Generalissimo, if he didn't speak, the staff naturally didn't know what to say.

"Marquis Wu'an, where do you think the rebels will go next?" Li Shizhong, who was silent, suddenly asked.

Fu Jinchuan said without the slightest hesitation: "Naturally it is Hezhou."

"Why?"

"Hezhou is in the hands of the imperial court, and the quarrying rebels will face the threat of the official army at any time, and if they take Hezhou, the rebels can directly threaten the entire Huainan, Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Luzhou and other places. If Yangzhou can be captured, the rebels can go northward along the canal and drive directly to the land of Biansi."

Fu Jinchuan didn't continue talking, because everyone knew that after passing Biansi, he could go straight to Shangjing along the river.

Li Shizhong nodded after listening. This time the question was regarded as a test for Fu Jinchuan. After all, Li Shizhong still felt that he was too young for his age.

"The king of Wu has now occupied the rich land of the eastern states of Jiangnan Road. The next choice is to attack Hezhou across the river, go north from Huaisi, and go west along the great river west to attack Jiangzhou and Rao. The state is followed by Jingzhou, Ezhou, and finally Xiangzhou, Tangzhou and Dengzhou in the north, and Gyeonggi-do from Nanyang.”

"The Huaisi road is the fastest. As long as you take Hezhou Yangzhou, you can go north. Therefore, in order to win quickly, the rebels will definitely take Hezhou Yangzhou as their primary goal."

"Now that the imperial reinforcements have arrived at Sanwei, I will lead two guards and horses to Jiangzhou and Hezhou Yangzhou. I will hand them over to Marquis Wu'an and Marquis Pingbei, leaving one guard and horses. There are tens of thousands of people. The Marquis of Wu'an only needs to guard the front line of Hezhou and Yangzhou, and prevent the enemy from going north. I will bring a large army to go east along the river, and wait for the enemy to attack Hezhou for a long time. Attack its flanks, so Jiangnan can recover."

The face lost from the battlefield will naturally be taken back from the battlefield.

Li Shizhong's strategic intentions are obvious, let Fu Jinchuan and Ma Wei guard Jiangbei, and he leads an army down the river from Jiangzhou to fight the rebels.

At present, Jiangzhou and Ezhou behind have nearly 10,000 troops, plus the subordinate soldiers and horses of the Anzhou Dudufu and the two guards, together, there are [-]+ people.

If it can win in one battle, then Jianghuai can be determined.

There is nothing wrong with this combat intention itself, and it seems very safe.

But Fu Jinchuan was a little worried about the combat power of the 10,000+ army. After all, he had seen the combat power of the rebel army with his own eyes, which was quite impressive.

Although it is not an elite teacher who has experienced many battles, it is enough to be called well-trained and has a certain degree of advance and retreat.

But after all, the power and responsibility lie here, and the generalissimo is the one who makes the decision.And Li Shizhong's own plan is also well thought out.

According to the current situation, it is naturally easier to march from Jiangzhou.After all, without the two important passes of Runzhou and Caishi, it is extremely difficult for the officers and soldiers to cross the river from the north to the south.

In the history books, there are many battles in which the Southern Dynasty defeated the Northern Army with fewer victories and more by relying on the dangers of quarrying and Runzhou.

Naturally, Li Shizhong didn't want to command the army to smash through these two critical passes along the river, so going down from Jiangzhou was the safest choice.

After the discussion, there was no reception banquet. After all, the government and army were newly defeated, so it was naturally inappropriate to have a banquet at this time.

Li Shizhong left behind a group of staff to discuss matters, and the rest also left separately.

Fu Jinchuan, chief minister Cui Fangyi, and the governor's co-prefect Lu Xun returned to the governor's mansion, and called several staff members of the governor's mansion to discuss matters, and the worry on his face began to show.

". Duke Wei wants to conquer Jiangnan in one battle. What do you all think?"

They were a little surprised when they informed the staff of the Marshal's Mansion's decision. After all, it was Li Shizhong's first day in Yangzhou, so he decided how to use his troops so quickly?

That means the draft has been prepared a long time ago.

Zhang Gao, the most knowledgeable among the staff, said: "Duke Wei's strategy is not a problem. Now the rebel army has been rampant for several months, and their foothold is not stable. If they can destroy their main force in one battle, the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River will be resolved within a year. The only thing to worry about is that the armies in the south of the Yangtze River are slack. If the rebel opponents win this battle, the overall situation can be determined. If they lose, the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River may be delayed for several years."

Zhang Gao's opinion is very similar to Fu Jinchuan's. They are all worried about the current combat power of the various armies in the south of the Yangtze River. Force is very clear.

There are many factors that affect the outcome of a war, such as weather, climate, terrain, generals, ordnance, etc. Among them, the combat power and morale of the army are also crucial.

But it has to be admitted that even though there were many unfavorable factors before this war, this is currently the most beneficial strategy for the officers and soldiers.

Come fast, go fast.

Li Shizhong, Generalissimo of the Jianghuai March, stayed in Yangzhou for three days before preparing to go to Jiangzhou to prepare for the war.

Before leaving, I would like to invite Fu Jinchuan and Ma Wei to visit the house. After all, the three families have been friends for many years, and they are still old relatives.

"I met my uncle, I met my uncle. Brother Li."

Fu Jinchuan rushed to the back hall of Marshal Xingyuan, and the food and drink had already been put on the table, including crabs, river delicacies, braised goose, etc., all of which were common local dishes in Yangzhou.

Pingbei Hou Mawei has arrived and is talking to Li Shizhong and his son. The three of them have been waiting for him for a while.

"Saburo is here, come, sit down."

"Uncle Lao and uncle have been waiting for a long time. I just went to the Anguo Army camp to handle some military affairs. I just came back and found out that Uncle Li invited me, but it was a bit late. I am a junior to punish myself."

"Oh? Did Saburo go out of the city just now?"

"However, there are a few former school lieutenants and captains of the Zhengzheng army who, not to mention deducting their salaries, even encouraged the soldiers to make trouble. Now I have rectified the military law."

After the original Qing Zhengjun was divided into the Anguo Army and the Guangrui Army, the Guangrui Army only got 3000 people because it had a large number of people.

And the remaining 7000 people were all filled into the Anguo army, which suffered a lot of losses. This situation became a situation where the number of the Qingzheng army was even larger than that of the Anguo army. It was inevitable that the spoons would touch the bowl when they just arrived at the same pot for dinner. .

If it was just a few bumps and bumps, Fu Jinchuan would just throw it to Tan Hun to solve it, but there was an old general of the Qingzheng Army who was dissatisfied and made trouble because he couldn't eat the empty quota.

And Tan Hun really couldn't say it. Ever since Fu Jinchuan became the governor, there was a chaos in the south of the Yangtze River.At this moment, dare to deduct the military salary under the eyes of the governor?Now I don't even have to eat the empty space!

But the Qingzheng Army didn't believe it, and after being bewitched by several officers, they believed that it was the Anguo Army who withheld their military pay.

There was a conflict between the two sides, and Tan Hui didn't dare to report on himself, so he could only report to the governor's mansion.

Fu Jinchuan took only a few staff members and a guard from Chen Xing to the Anguo Army camp, and then asked Wang Zuoqiu and Cui Fengyi to check the accounts. Naturally, several Qingzheng army officers missed the details of this pair of accounts. So More than a dozen former officers of the Qing army who embezzled silver and then instigated trouble were directly cut off.

The hundreds of soldiers who participated in the riots were all eighty army sticks, and their bodies were a little weaker, so they couldn't stand it.
After hearing Fu Jinchuan's words, Li Shizhong praised: "Sanlang is decisive in dealing with things, and can judge right from wrong, supplemented by military law, so that he can govern the army like a famous general. It's amazing."

Fu Jinchuan said humbly: "Uncle Li is too much."

Ma Wei said with a smile: "Sanlang is better than Ni Aye, whether he is using troops or running the army, hahahaha."

Fu Jinchuan found out, this Uncle Ma really likes to make fun of him, but even if it is true, Fu Jinchuan has to be humble and back down, what a joke. "My little ability is far behind me. .”

After Ma Wei heard this, he couldn't stop laughing, saying that you, Fu Sanlang, are quite vigilant.

After saying this, Fu Jinchuan picked up a crab and began to shell it and eat it, his movements were extremely skillful.

Li Shizhong sighed and said: "Sanlang thought how long it would take to settle the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Fu Jinchuan said, without stopping his skill, he replied casually: "If uncle enters the army from Jiangzhou and wins, then Jiangnan can be settled in one year."

"What if you lose?"

".Maybe three to five years"

Li Shizhong was speechless for a while after hearing this, then sighed and said: "If this battle is won, Ma Da, I, Saburo and you are all unrivaled achievements. If we cannot win, please do your best in the follow-up battle."

Don't think about victory, think about defeat first.It is impossible for Li Shizhong, as an outstanding general among the nobles, not to consider these unfavorable situations for combat.

However, the court's suppression of rebellion should be done sooner rather than later, and it should be urgent rather than delayed.

Especially dealing with clan rebellion.

Once King Wu is allowed to gain a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is allowed to stabilize the situation, it is very likely to form a separate regime based on the great river and natural moat, which will last for a long time.

So Li Shizhong decided to take the initiative after thinking about it.

For example, the hereditary nobles of the Fu family, the Li family, and the Ma family have all passed down their titles since the founding of the country. Whether it is the duke's mansion or the marquis' mansion, the so-called rest of the noble family's family is actually with Taizong. , Gaozong's lineage of the emperor's family rested together.

What's more, Fu Maoxiu and Li Shizhong, as representatives of nobles, were on the list of "six thieves".

Fu Jinchuan is also Wuzong's son-in-law and the prince's confidant.

In other words, others may be able to seek refuge with King Wu, including Liu Jingming and Pei Xiuming, but the four people at the private banquet today, the Li family father and son, Ma Wei, and Fu Jinchuan, they cannot.

If distant relatives of King Wu's clan enter Beijing, the nobles who are currently in power in the court will lose their power. At that time, they will be said to be prosperous and rich, and even the survival of the family will depend on the eyes of others.

Therefore, before Li Shizhong went to Jiangzhou, he specially invited two people to come here.

There is a vague determination to fight to the death, if you fail, you will be benevolent.

Li Shizhong can rest assured that Jiangbei is handed over to Ma Wei and Fu Jinchuan, at least he doesn't have to worry about them taking refuge in King Wu.

After hearing this, Fu Jinchuan stood up and took a deep look.

"Since Uncle Li has decided to fight, he can entrust Jiangbei to Uncle Ma. I can go to Jiangzhou with Uncle. Uncle is the marshal in the central army. I can be the vanguard. I am not boasting. I will lead thousands of elite troops into battle." , just before the battle, there are very few people in the world who can defeat me."

"Hahahaha, hahahaha, what a Fu Sanlang! Fu Maoxiu has such a son, it is really enviable, hahahahaha"

After Li Shizhong laughed, he sighed and said: "Sanlang is brave and deeply like your ancestor King Zhongwu. Of course, King Zhongwu and my ancestor Wen Zhengong defeated the Southern Han together. The army opened the passage, but today is different from the past. Even if the army of Jiangzhou and Ezhou is defending the city, they are encouraged to maintain it, so I am not sure about this battle. He has enjoyed prosperity for decades, but now he is half-buried in the loess, and he is just imitating you. But Saburo, you are different, you are still young, and the road is still long. The most fearful thing for us honorable generals is that there will be no successors."

Li Shizhong naturally knew that if Fu Jinchuan was the cavalry general commanding thousands of fine cavalry, the chances of winning the battle with the rebels would naturally increase greatly.

But it is impossible for him to fight this battle with Fu Jinchuan.

The Fu Sanlang in front of him is a famous and powerful general in all battles, but he is also the son of his in-laws, the son-in-law of Wu Zong, the confidant of the prince, and the nephew whom the Taoist admires very much. Maybe he will be the leader among the nobles in the next few decades.

Anyone can die on the battlefield, he can, and so can Fu Sanlang.

But Fu Sanlang couldn't die on the battlefield with him.

The statement itself makes no sense.

For Li Shizhong, the first thing he should consider when making a decision now is the aftermath.

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