I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 176
It's cold in February.

Zhao Deyu's heart was even colder.

Runzhou and Caishi, Gushu, Qu'a, Jurong, Yanling, and Dantu were all destroyed one after another.

That is to say, Jianye has no citations on land except for the big river in the north.

Zhao Chenghai, the second son of Zhao Deyu who was in charge of staying in Yuezhou, gathered the left-behind rebels in Yuezhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Muzhou and other places, and wanted to go north to rescue his father.

But he himself was not very talented in military affairs, so he led [-] rebels to the north in a hurry, and was defeated by the Shenwu army led by Jia Shixun in Changzhou.

The troops scattered and fled in all directions, and Zhao Chenghai had no choice but to flee westward.

In this battle, the young general Qiu Yuan shined brilliantly and led his army in pursuit all the way, and finally captured Zhao Chenghai, the second son of King Wu, and killed more than a dozen brave generals of the enemy army.The troops beheaded over a thousand and captured hundreds of enemies.

The army called him "Qiu Feihu."

Marshal Xingyuan of Yangzhou also sent the army across the river early, and the military report of Kefu Duocheng was rushed to Beijing.

Daojun Emperor Zhao Lingyuan, who was guarding the alchemy furnace to keep warm in the Daming Palace, finally saw the military report that could make him feel better.

"This Saburo's use of troops is really bright. He crossed the river and made a surprise attack on the night of the New Year's Eve. He took back Gushu on the first day of the Lunar New Year. It's a good fortune. But this red lotus has also made a fuss. Yuan Tan wrote the letter to increase Bing, where do you think the reinforcements are being dispatched?"

While talking, Zhao Lingyuan personally added inch-long silver charcoal to the alchemy furnace.

Fu Maoxiu, who was sitting next to him, thought about it: "The Zhenhai Army in Qingzhou, the Tianxiong Army in Weizhou, and the Taining Army in Yanzhou are all available. In addition, Yangzhou and Anzhou Dudufu can continue to recruit troops, and then draw 10 troops from the forbidden army. people."

Zhao Lingyuan was a little surprised and said: "Yuan Tan brought [-] troops in the past, Sanlang originally had [-] to [-] troops, and Jiangzhou also had [-] troops. Are these troops enough to pacify Jiangnan?"

It's not that Emperor Daojun didn't trust the prince and Fu Jinchuan, and didn't want to send more troops, but that the army needed money and food.

The imperial court is not rich in money and food now, and it was barely supporting it, but now it feels somewhat stretched.

Fu Maoxiu also sighed and said: "The chaos in the south of the Yangtze River will take time. Although Sanlang has already crossed the river and encircled Jianye, Wu Ni dared not fight, but most of the south of the Yangtze River is still in Wu Ni's hands, and there is Xue Ju. Lin led the main force of the rebel army outside. The crown prince led the Eighth Army with one hundred thousand elites to go south, but the Honglian rebels were in trouble in Jingchu and Huainan. Cheng Jintang led the army to conquer and suppress, which divided the three armies, as well as the Yangzhou army. That is to say, His Royal Highness only has two armies in his hands now, and Ma Wei brought only martial arts central guards to Jiangzhou, and one part of Anguo army. If there is no Honglian rebellion, the force is enough, but now Jingchu and Shuzhong There are already tens of thousands of Red Lotus data, but it's only a few months."

Zhao Lingyuan continued to ask: "For the current plan, where should the reinforcements be dispatched?"

"The Zhenhai Navy, Tianxiong Army, and Taining Army went south along the canal, went to Huainan to support the Jianghuai War, sent another [-] banned troops to Beijing, and went south to Tang and Deng. The southeast can be pacified within three years, and the southwest can also be pacified within three years."

Zhao Lingyuan frowned after hearing this, and Fu Maoxiu was more than a hundred thousand people when he opened his mouth.

Counting the frontline army, the imperial court will invest at least 30 troops in the southeast and southwest half of the world. The food, fodder, money, and silk that will be consumed this year are enough for the elite soldiers of the four towns to take the initiative to fight the Golden Horde Khanate for more than half a year. up.

At this moment, Zhao Lingyuan couldn't help feeling a little headache.

Feng Shenji was not in the capital, Li Shizhong died of illness, and Fu Maoxiu was already the most well-known Duke among the nobles in the capital.

Moreover, Feng Shenji also once said, "Contingency strategies are not the director's strengths. There is no doubt that the temple is considered to govern the military and government."

It means that what Fu Maoxiu is good at is not the impromptu contingency needed to command the army, but the command of the army to gather people's hearts, as well as strategic predictions.

So Fu Maoxiu said that it will take one year in the south of the Yangtze River, and at least three years in the southwest. This is definitely not good news for Zhao Lingyuan.

This premise is still smooth.

And who knows what accidents will happen on the battlefield?
If it weren't for Li Shizhong's sudden death, Jiangnan might be stable now.

If it weren't for the wind in Hezhou, King Wu might have been burned to death.

But in the face of what has already happened, it is meaningless to care about these things.

What Zhao Lingyuan needs to consider now is how to quickly quell the wars in the southeast and southwest, and bring the world back to stability.

This is not only the vision of Zhao Lingyuan alone, but also the common vision of people of insight both inside and outside the court.It is also an extremely urgent need for countless small people in Shengdou.

Not only the people of Jianghuai, Jingchu, but also the people of Hedong, Hebei, Gyeonggi, Guanzhong, and Hexi.

As long as there is a war, it will cost a lot of money and food.

In the case of the imperial court's original lack of wealth, in the face of such a huge war, the only way the imperial court could think of was to collect more taxes.

This makes people's lives even more difficult.

The harvest year was good, but if some natural disasters happened, they would have no choice but to flee from famine. In addition, some officials allocated taxes to the common people in order not to offend the local nobles.
Although Zhao Lingyuan has lived in the deep palace for a long time, it is not because he is ignorant of world affairs.

With the long-standing abuses of a centuries-old dynasty, internal and external difficulties, it is far from being possible overnight to clarify the world.

It has been No.19 years since I became emperor, and I could only encourage myself to maintain it before.Just when he made up his mind to wipe out the evils and carry out the New Deal, several rebellions broke out successively, which directly made many of his plans come to naught.

After all, turmoil occurred in the southeast and southwest, which required the court to maintain the current stable state.

Reforms and New Deals have always been carried out, without exception, which will cause turmoil in the court.Profit is the word, and no one is willing to give up the meat in their own bowl.

This kind of contradiction cannot be reconciled with a will and the will of the emperor.

Zhao Lingyuan could only push back the New Deal.Waiting until the world is stable to talk about it is also a helpless move.

Fu Maoxiu naturally understood what the emperor was thinking, and he didn't offer any comfort.

He didn't want to get involved in the matter of the reform.

Zhao Lingyuan was silent for a long while, then came back to his senses and asked again: "Who should be the general of these two armies?"

After hearing this, Fu Maoxiu thought for a moment, "You can order the king of Qi to lead the Taining army, the Zhenhai army, and the Tianxiong army to the south of Jianghuai. The [-] forbidden troops along the way of Tang and Deng can send a palace commander, but they can't be too senior, otherwise Cheng Jintang It’s hard to use your hands and feet.”

After hearing this, Zhao Lingyuan was very satisfied with this candidate.

He originally wanted King Qi to experience it, at least to be able to know the soldiers, so that he could be a help to the prince in the future.After all, fighting tigers are brothers, father and son soldiers in battle.

It is also the tradition of the Great Jin Dynasty to let some clans take charge of the soldiers.This move is also to check and balance the huge martial arts generals.

As for the clans in charge of soldiers, although there are some examples such as the king of Lu who caused chaos during the first emperor and the king of Wu today, most of the clans are still submissive to the court.

Let King Qi be a general, allowing him to lead the army to practice, and at the same time be under the eyes of the prince, it can be said to be very thoughtful.

At the same time, Zhao Lingyuan, who is a father, actually hopes that his son can also show his bravery. After all, there is a brave clan who can deter many young people.

And the [-] forbidden troops going to Tangzhou and Dengzhou had to cooperate with Cheng Jintang to fight.

If you choose an old honorable person, such as Fu Guogong, Xin Guogong, etc., you are not very capable, but have great reputation and qualifications.

At that time, Cheng Jintang, who was placed with high hopes by the court, will be restrained instead.

Therefore, this person's qualifications are destined not to be too high.At the very least, the process can't be built.

But it can't be too low. After all, to command a hundred thousand forbidden troops, at least one must be a marquis.

Facing this candidate, the two had some difficulties.

"How is Xianyang County King?"

"Phobo?"

(End of this chapter)