When Shao Xun saw Chen Yougen again, he had returned from Hongnong County Office.
This county is located on the Yellow River northeast of present-day Lingbao. It was named Hongnong in the Jin Dynasty and Taolin in the early Tang Dynasty. It was later renamed Lingbao and was named after the "Lingfu".
Three miles northwest of Hongnong is Zhujin, which is the key point for crossing Dahejin.
Shao Xun wrote down the terrain, post roads, water sources, ferries, cities and even all kinds of miscellaneous news he had learned along the way one by one, and returned with satisfaction.
On the tenth day of March, the army stayed overnight on the Zhaogong Plateau in the south of Shaanxi County.
Shao Xun has a good impression of this place name.
During the Han Dynasty, most of the descendants of Duke Zhao changed their surname to "Shao". This was God's will.
My home land.
Including Shaanxi County and Hongnong are all my family's lands.
"General, Duke Pei has agreed to send someone to Yiyang. He is a man named Liu Anzhi, bringing five hundred pieces of Shu brocade." Inside the tent, Chen Yougen recounted everything that had happened over the past few days.
"Liu Anzhi? The princess's niece-in-law?" Shao Xun has heard of this man. He is the commander of Wubao in Hedong and a member of the Liu family. He is married to the princess' niece Nunu. He heard that he also participated in last year's Battle of Dangyin and suffered heavy losses.
In the end, only less than a thousand people went back out of the 1,500 steps.
"This Liu Anzhi, I guess he didn't just come here as a gift." Shao Xun continued to ponder: "Maybe he also wants to see what we are capable of and how far we have gone."
Obviously, Liu Anzhi came here for inspection.
Five hundred pieces of Shu brocade is just a "down payment". If the inspection results are good, additional investment may be made, and some core members of the Pei family may even go south to seek the official position of Hongnong.
Shao Xun has just received the news: the prefect of Ji County who serves as the imperial censor Shi Yuchen has completed the process and is about to take office. The original governor of Ji County Zhang Yan was originally going to transfer the prefect of Hanoi, but the Pei family interfered and Pei Zheng became the prefect of Hanoi.
Shao Xun didn't know what happened in history, but based on current analysis, the Pei family seemed to have the idea of ​​expanding their power.
It's right to think about it, who doesn't have some ambitions these days? Wang Yan is pursuing Xuzhou, and maybe Qingzhou, so how could the Pei family have no idea about Hongnong, who is so close at hand?
There is a man named Pei Yì (yì) who served as the magistrate of Hongnong County at the end of last year. Shao Xun just met him a few days ago, but I don’t know much about him. He may not be a core member of the Pei family, but he can come to Hongnong.
Nong, it must have been the help of the Pei family across the river.
The troubled times have come, and the Wenxi Pei family began to expand in Hanoi and Hongnong counties around Hedong County, which is completely reasonable.
Use Hongnong to catch them, and be sure to catch them one by one.
"General, do you want to pull everyone out and scare Liu An, lest he underestimate us?" Chen Yougen asked.
"No need." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "Just do whatever you want. It's enough to have the Silver Spear Army. Although they have only been training for more than a year, it is still good to show off."
"The coolies of the Silver Spear Army are indeed different now." Chen Yougen said a little sourly.
Once upon a time, those people were really stupid. When the coaching team was practicing, they were beaten with countless sticks. Unexpectedly, they were just over ten years old, and they were already starting to look good.
"Speaking of the Silver Spear Army, I have some new ideas." Shao Xun put his right hand on the desk and tapped his index finger on the table, obviously thinking about something.
Chen Yougen looked at him and waited quietly.
"In the past few days, you can get a feel for it. If the teaching team as a whole leaves the Royal Army or even the Forbidden Army, see how many people are willing." Shao Xun said.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Chen Yougen asked in surprise.
"It's not that I'm anxious, it's Sikong who is." Shao Xun said with a bitter smile: "Hua Tan kept urging me in the capital, and Cao Junsi sent Yu Yuangui to the west to deliver the official seal to Mr. Mi Fu and me."
After that, Shao Xun took out the official seal of the general in the palace from the small box on the side and said: "I am no longer the general of the kingdom's central army."
"You are a self-proclaimed general..." Chen Yougen whispered, and as expected, Shao Xun gave him a sharp look.
"The general in the palace is in charge of the forbidden troops and oversees the palace. He is divided into left and right guard generals. He attends banquets and rides in and out of the palace. He waits on the left and right and opens all the palace gates at night..." Shao Xun looked at the official seal and spoke slowly.
Said: "From now on, I will be the general of the Forbidden Army, and the Royal Army will also be broken up and distributed to various places."
In fact, the position of general in the palace is a relatively critical position.
In ancient times, the palace was guarded. In addition to guards, there were also field troops of the Forbidden Army.
This tradition lasted until the Northern Song Dynasty, such as the Golden Spear Squadron of the Palace Front Division, the Inner Palace Division, etc. These troops not only had to participate in foreign wars, but also took turns guarding the palace.
To put it bluntly, the emperor just wanted to increase his influence in the army.
The reason why Yang Xianrong wooed Shao Xun was that he was a general in the palace and a front-line leader.
At the critical moment, he is more useful than the Forbidden Army commanding the Northern Army.
After all, the lieutenant general of the Northern Army will not directly command the troops in the Suwei Palace, but the lieutenant general will - this is like the difference between the minister of defense and the front-line division commander.
If Yang Xianrong really wants to plot a conspiracy, the general in the palace can play a great role, such as sealing off the palace and killing powerful officials. Regardless of the consequences, this is really possible, provided that the general in the palace can deeply control his own
The army has at least cultivated a considerable number of cronies.
"General, are we old people all going to evacuate?" Chen Yougen asked.
"We want to withdraw, but not all of them." Shao Xun nodded and said: "I don't plan to leave the teaching team to the imperial army. You and the brothers will discuss it and try to withdraw as many as possible. I will set up a new army and call it "Chang"
The Sword Army's base is based on the teaching team."
"Where is the Long Sword Army stationed?" Chen Yougen's eyes lit up and he asked urgently.
He no longer wanted to serve this imperial court, and it would be great to be independent.
The teaching team is equivalent to General Shao's personal soldiers. They are very convinced of him. Most of them should be willing to leave, as long as there is a place for them to stay.
"When Yu Yuangui came today, I remembered a place." Shao Xun said: "Yushanwu."
"That Wubao in Yangzhai County?"
"Yes." Shao Xun said: "After being forced to retreat from Zhang Hong, Yu Shubao left Yushanwu and returned to his hometown in Yingchuan for a while, and then returned to Luoyang. After successive battles in Luoyang, Yu Gun and his wife and tribesmen
Went to Linlu Mountain in Jijun and built a second fort. After Yu Gun left, most of the Yushan forts were scattered, but now there are not many people left."
The situation of Yushanwu is quite special, because this fort has no "core".
Yu Gun only brought a small number of tribesmen, and relying solely on his personal ability and charm, he won over the fortress households with extremely complicated origins, and then they swore an oath together to persist until Zhang Hong withdrew his troops.
To put it bluntly, in order to protect himself and because he couldn't bear to see the people of Yangdi County being ravaged by bandits, Yu Gun took them to the mountains to build docks. Many commanders, chiefs, Li Xian, and even Yangdi officials in Yushan dock
Officials of Zhai County.
After the situation stabilized, they left, leaving Yushanwu half abandoned.
Shao Xun's plan was to use his relationship with Yu Chen, the prefect of Ji County, to ask Yu Gun, who was building a dock in Linlu Mountain to work on his own, to come forward and use his remaining influence to seize Yushan dock as the newly formed Long Sword Army.
's residence.
To this end, he needs to exchange interests with the Yu family, such as recruiting some people from the Kingdom's army, following Yu Chen to take office in Jijun, and becoming the de facto county soldiers of Jijun - Hebei is not peaceful.
This matter is not simple, but it is not difficult either. If there is no benefit, Shao Xun is not willing to use up his prestige and influence to do this, but if there is such a real benefit as Yushanwu, he is still willing.
If Sikong doesn't come, everyone can keep busy. You have the right to use it, and it will become invalid after it expires.
"You can recruit some familiar soldiers in the army. If they dare to fight and fight, as long as they are willing to leave, they will all be incorporated into the Long Sword Army. After all, it has been several years. It is hard to say what the current situation of Yushanwu is.
, there is no harm in having more people." Shao Xun said: "The two armies of Silver Spear and Long Sword are all my confidants, and there is no distinction between them. From now on, you will train in Yangzhai, and they will train in Yiyang. In the future, there will be
Very useful."
Yiyang and Yangzhai are not far from Luoyang, and can be reached in one day with two or three fast horses. This is conducive to his frequent visits to these places for inspections and inspections to enhance his influence.
It won't work any further.
It is not a good thing for soldiers not to see their commander for a long time.
After hearing what Shao Xun said, Chen Yougen nodded first, and then couldn't help but ask: "General, what will you do in the Forbidden Army after I leave? You have no one of your own."
"What are you talking about?" Shao Xun was amused: "Aren't Huang Biao, Yu An, Li Chong, Zhang Gu, and Wu Qian one of our own? There are so many old brothers. I led them to beat Zhang Fang, kill Meng Chao, and even beat up
If you run away from Shi Chao, you still have to worry about not having any of your own people?"
Chen Yougen hesitated.
He always felt that only the teaching team was the most reliable, they were General Shao's personal soldiers, and no one else could.
"Don't think too much. Since I can bring you out, I can definitely bring out more people." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Break up my old foundation. Some people are very good at calculating, but as long as you give me
If I have enough time, I can still pull together a team. How can a general of the Forbidden Army who spends his days traveling around and chatting with others really convince the sergeants?"
In fact, as far as the superiors are concerned, every military reorganization is a good opportunity to break up the originally entangled and complicated relationships.
Dismantle your old troops and move them to new positions, with all new people under your command. Waste most of the early accumulation and start everything from scratch. This is a necessary means to avoid the formation of a warlord mountain in the army.
Even if it were replaced by Shao Xun, he would definitely do the same thing. Don't think others are too stupid.
Based on this idea, the only way is to poach in advance and save as much capital as possible.
Some people will always seek death, just wait for the opportunity slowly.
After having a secret talk with Chen Yougen, Shao Xun went to the Mi family and his son and negotiated the recruitment of 1,500 soldiers from the kingdom to serve as county soldiers in Hongnong.
No matter how loyal Mi Huang was to Sikong, he had selfish motives in this matter and did not refuse. He even urged Shao Xun to get it done as soon as possible.
After all plans were made, the army slowly returned eastward and returned to Luoyang at the end of March.
On the eighth day of April, Hua Tan ordered Cao Fu to exert pressure and let the royal army march outside the city to check the number of soldiers and weapons.
Shao Xun delayed and refused to agree.
On April 20, Hua Tan pressed again, but there was still delay.
On the first day of May, Wang Rong, the Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army, personally ordered the disbandment of the Royal Army. The sergeants were dispersed in teams and, together with more than 10,000 newly recruited soldiers, were organized into the left and right guards of the Forbidden Army.
This time, Shao Xun did not delay and cooperated quickly.
At this point, the East China Sea Kingdom Army, which was once famous in Luoyang, has become history.
Shao Xun also officially started his busy life of training soldiers, guarding the palace, and running private properties.
Chapter completed!