Eight hundred and forty-eighth chapter first chess
"Our next arrangement is naturally to unite the various armies of the imperial court and mobilize all the forces in the Jin Dynasty to carry out a large-scale Northern Expedition."
"This matter is easier said than done. As you all know, we have organized such Northern Expeditions many times since Shanxi's southern crossing, but in the end they often failed. This time, we want to do it again.
The Northern Expedition does not need to be discussed in court, I can tell that there will be considerable resistance."
"There must be a loud voice of opposition among the courtiers. Although our army has won consecutive battles and achieved fruitful results, and the situation is excellent, whether we can mobilize other troops is really a problem now."
"Especially the Jingzhou soldiers. As I said just now, the troops led by General Huan Chong are actually richer than our Beifu soldiers. It would be too wasteful to keep such an army in Jingzhou for rear defense.
, we must let Jingzhou also send troops to fight with us, only then can we achieve the goal of controlling the north."
"However, for a long time, the Beifu soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers affiliated to the imperial court have not dealt with each other. Although I have a personal relationship with General Huan, I have no idea whether General Huan can give me this face before the large-scale Northern Expedition.
grasp."
Alas, when talking about this matter, the brothers fell into silence at the same time.
Because there is really nothing to say.
It is a recognized fact that the Jin Dynasty cannot command the various armies within its territory. This is not only known within the Jin Dynasty, but also to the tribes across the river.
This is naturally related to the weak control of the Jin Dynasty after the southern crossing. His court was defended by several aristocratic families and the local troops they owned. Whether they are willing to listen to you or not, is it not up to them to decide?
It can be said that before the formation of the Beifu Army, the military power of the Jin Dynasty was extremely weak.
To fight a war, you have to rely on begging grandpa and grandma to see who among the generals guarding the place is willing to give the court face and send troops to fight.
In order to achieve the purpose of guarding the border, the imperial court often had to give in when faced with threats from powerful ministers, in exchange for handing over power or better official positions.
The purpose is to allow the generals in the border towns to fight for the Jin Dynasty with satisfaction.
This situation has only gradually changed in the past ten years or so, because Beifu soldiers are supported by the imperial court.
Although it is only a part, because the military pay and food are basically raised by the imperial court, and the aristocratic families represented by the Xie family only make up the incomplete supply, the Beifu soldiers can be regarded as the regular army of the Jin Dynasty.
This is a memorable moment for the Jin Dynasty who crossed south!
Now, they finally have a force that can fight wherever they want!
However, the real situation in history is that when the Beifu soldiers were in the hands of the Jin Dynasty, the good times soon came to an end. The military power of the Xie family declined sharply. During such a short power vacuum period, the North was once powerful.
The Qin Dynasty collapsed in an instant, and the situation was in chaos, and the Jin Dynasty did not stop. This gave the common people generals represented by Liu Yu the opportunity to grow and expand their power.
However, similarly, even if Liu Yu in history took advantage of the situation and seized the throne, his work was still half-baked.
As an emperor, although the Beifu soldiers built around him can still obey his command, it seems that he still cannot command the military power under Beifu, the traditional middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and also the Jingzhou area.
Therefore, he sent his underage sons to guard various places in an attempt to stabilize the place. The effect of this can be seen in history, and it was not very good.
As the beginning of the Southern Dynasties, the Liu Song Dynasty only persisted for decades and then collapsed rapidly. Although there were many emperors, in terms of generations, it was only three generations!
This also includes cruel and bloody fratricide, counterattacks by powerful ministers, and other chaos.
The reason for all this chaos is fundamentally related to the inability of Liu Yu and the emperors of the Southern Dynasties to unify the forces south of the Yangtze River.
Unable to effectively control all the forces within the territory, the imperial court was on the verge of collapse. Even a strong man like Liu Yu could only quickly withdraw his troops from Luoyang and return to Jiangbei in order to ascend to the throne as soon as possible!
What Liu Yu failed to do can be seen from the fact that this situation has already begun since the end of the Jin Dynasty, or even since the Jin Dynasty moved south.
In order to change the disadvantages of the Jin Dynasty, or the Jiangzuo court, the most fundamental thing was to restore the court's control over the local area.
Leave this matter to Liu Yu and Xie An, pure Jin people like them would not be able to complete it.
They have their own inherent concepts. For example, Xie An, he comes from a noble family, not just an ordinary family. He is a first-class wealthy family, an absolutely great family. If you ask such a person to hand over his power,
How is it possible to fully obey the orders of the imperial court?
Isn't this handing a knife to the enemy?
Not only Xie An, but all the famous aristocratic families in the Jin Dynasty thought so in their hearts. They and the imperial court could only live in peace and harmony.
Cooperation and confrontation have always been the theme.
To say total obedience is absolutely impossible.
Not only the imperial court is wary of the aristocratic family, but also the children of the aristocratic family are wary of the imperial court. They must guard against it and not let the imperial court become too powerful and suppress the aristocratic family's power.
If the imperial court is too strong, how can they profit from it?
For civilian generals like Liu Yu, who won the throne with military merit, they also believed in the concept that children of aristocratic families were superior to others.
Moreover, when they become emperors, they often choose to join forces with aristocratic families to control the local area. This is not only because of convenience, but also out of respect for the original power of the aristocratic families.
Therefore, if we want to ruthlessly unify the forces within the territory, we can't rely on civilian generals or children of aristocratic families.
We still have to rely on Wang Mi, an outsider, to complete this arduous task!
However, his plan was grand, but he couldn't tell it all to his brothers.
What we are brothers today, and what we will be tomorrow, no one can tell now.
Obviously, with the Battle of Yecheng as the dividing line, the relationship between the brothers who started their careers in Jingkou will also change.
From now on, until he returns to the Jiankang court, Wang Mi will begin to fight for power in the court, and his good brothers will disperse to various parts of the north to attack the tribal forces that are acting in their own way.
The forces between each other will show a trend of ebb and flow.
In the end, who can become Wang Mi's humerus and be used by him honestly, and who will have second thoughts? Although after getting along for a period of time, Wang Mi has already had an impression of Mo Hu, but that is just
His personal conjecture.
This conjecture includes both predictions based on historical records and personal observations based on existing facts.
However, until it actually happens, these are not facts after all.
Wang Mi didn't want to speculate on what would happen to the brothers before seeing any serious clues.
Always give them a chance.
And he also believes that the truest thoughts in everyone's heart will be exposed soon after they go to the battlefield alone.
Can't hide it.
By that time, yesterday's brothers will become enemies, and disputes will be inevitable.
Compared with these ambitious young generals from Jingkou, at this time, on the contrary, the traditional Jingzhou sequence was much more reassuring.
Because they have Huan Chong!
Regardless of history or reality, Wang Mi truly felt that although Huan Chong had various minor flaws, fundamentally speaking, he was still a rare insight among the Huan family in Qiaojun.
He is willing to cooperate with the court while maintaining his personal power, and is not afraid of damage to his own strength. He also works very hard when fighting.
This is very good!
The Huan clan has been ruling Jingzhou for many years. There are only a few people like Huan Chong who can communicate with the court and are not so greedy for power.
Moreover, Huan Chong and others have been in control of Jingzhou for a long time, and in their view, there is no point in arguing with the imperial court.
After experiencing several battles, the Jingzhou tribe has probably understood that although they can increase their own strength, they probably have no chance of winning by relying on Jingzhou's importance to compete with the imperial court.
In other words, compared to his brothers in Jingkou, Huan Chong is very self-aware.
In addition, Mr. Huan is old and not very keen on power. He is very easy-going.
And these rising stars in Jingkou, although they don't say it with their mouths, there is a fire burning in everyone's heart.
You must fight for a place in the court!
For such young people, if you talk to them about cooperation and let them control their ambitions, they won't listen.
Therefore, Wang Mi's first move was to control the Jingzhou soldiers first.
Now, with Xie An's support, Beifu is in his hands. This is already a well-trained force.
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And what he has to do next is to annex the Jingzhou soldiers!
Of course, this goal cannot be told to Liu Yu and the others now, it must be kept secret.
"In my opinion, General Huan will definitely give you this face. After all, General Huan is still a man who cares about face. It would be inappropriate for him to return from the workshop with so many weapons without spilling any blood."
"However, we cannot predict how long he can persist." After a long silence, Liu Yu finally expressed his stance.
"There is one more thing we need to consider," He Wuji also joined in: "Can the Jingzhou soldiers coordinate with the Beifu soldiers?"
"You know, the gap between the two groups of soldiers is not shallow. It is not easy to get them to cooperate with each other."
"Especially at this stage, our army's Northern Expedition, that is, siege of cities and territories, is not to solve the immediate crisis. There has always been a saying among the Beifu soldiers that the soldiers pride themselves on their strong combat effectiveness. They look down on the Jingzhou soldiers. They always feel that
, they are all useless and useless."
"If you want the two armies to cooperate in the Northern Expedition, the general who will lead the army must be chosen well."
It is indeed He Wuji!
Only he can come up with such profound insights.
cooperate?
How can two armies with so many barriers be able to cooperate if they want to? If it were so easy to do, the Jin army's many Northern Expeditions would not have ended in failure.
Jingzhou soldiers look down on Beifu soldiers, and Beifu soldiers also look down on Jingzhou soldiers. This is normal and absolutely correct among the Jin army.
This mutual hostility may weaken when faced with life and death, but when such a survival crisis is eliminated, the contradiction will become prominent again.
It’s difficult!
However, no matter how difficult it is, we still have to continue the work.
"You are all right, so I can make my point clear, because what we have to do next can be said to be very difficult. The resistance we will face not only comes from the court, but also from within the Beifu soldiers.
It is impossible to smooth out the relationships between various local military towns, children of aristocratic families, and all aspects."
"We must be fully prepared!"
These last words were regarded as formal mobilization. For this reason, Wang Mi also raised his voice several degrees and made a gesture of appeal.
He looked at his brothers with firm eyes, and the brothers lived up to his expectations.
Integrating the various forces in the Jin Dynasty was not just Wang Mi's idea, it was also the consensus of the Jingkou brothers.
On the premise of having the same ideas, the brothers will naturally stand with him.
They nodded cautiously, giving Wang Mi a response.
With their approval, Wang Mi became more confident.
Integrating forces is a big deal, a huge deal!
In the Jin Dynasty, which has a loose structure and limited power of the central court, if you want to accomplish this, it will be like reaching the sky!
It is absolutely impossible to rely on Wang Mi alone. He must rely on the cooperation of his brothers.
"Zhiyuan, we came out of Jingkou just to do big things. From the day we followed you, we recognized you."
"You are our leader, and we will all follow you. Whatever you want to do, just tell us!"
After a moment of silence, He Wuji made a statement on behalf of his brothers.
Wang Mi was also very excited. Taking Yecheng was an unexpected surprise for him. Originally, he had no such extravagant hopes.
But now, the opportunity is right in front of you. Wang Mi is a smart man, and he is also a decisive man. God has helped you get here, do you still want to pretend that nothing has happened?
Of course not!
Seizing the opportunity and successfully heading north is his biggest goal at the moment.
It is also the common goal of the Jingkou brothers.
This is correct.
Taking Yecheng as the starting point, before the Northern Expedition succeeds, it can be certain that these brothers will follow him closely and obey his orders.
As for Wang Mi's worries, they are certainly not unnecessary, but for those struggles for power to happen, some objective conditions are still needed.
As the saying goes, it is easy to share hardships, and it is difficult to share wealth and honor.
So far, the Jingkou brothers are still in the entrepreneurial stage. Even Liu Yu, the most ambitious among them, has not had the opportunity to rise because his own power has not been consolidated and expanded, and the various forces in the court are still very stable.