On the south bank of Fen River, Wang Ke personally investigated along the river.
Fenshui is actually not too wide, and the river is not very deep. If you work hard, regardless of casualties, and find an opportunity to build a pontoon bridge, it will not be difficult to break through.
But the problem is that the generals in the camp now seem to be lazy and have little initiative. He does whatever you ask him to do, and sometimes he even bargains.
Liu Xun suggested that he kill several generals to establish his authority, but Wang Ke was afraid of arousing the anger of the army and never dared to do so, which made him increasingly despised.
With no other choice, Liu Xun suggested that Wang Ke learn from Taizong and go out for reconnaissance personally. After the sergeants heard about it, it might improve their morale.
Wang Ke agreed, but with a large group of cavalry around him, the reconnaissance effect would definitely be ineffective, so he could only make a show of it to let the soldiers know that their commander was not a coward.
A group of cavalry galloped across the river, pointing and laughing, obviously seeing Wang Ke's flag.
Wang Ke subconsciously reined in his horse, and some of his close followers came forward to surround him.
"It's not Wang Liuhou who is on the opposite side." The person shouting focused on the word "Liuhou", which immediately caused a burst of laughter.
Wang Ke was a little angry, and after looking over his head, he called an attendant and asked him to go and reply.
"Who are you?" The entourage galloped forward and shouted from across the river: "My commander is the son of the former Langya County Prince and the queen of Xunchen. In Yingda in the river, heroes from the five counties all gathered together to follow. Ugly traitors
Husband, you rebelled against Wang Yao, why don’t you wake up and make a new start?”
The laughter from the other side got even louder.
"Where is Queen Liu? Why can't I see her? Could it be that she is wearing a hijab like the bride?" the person who called out laughed.
"The rebels are stubborn and only use their words, eh..." Wang Yao's follower was mid-sentence when he was suddenly shot in the throat by an arrow and fell off his horse.
"I am Murong Fu, the bodyguard of the King of Lingwu County, Qianhu, and I want to talk to Wang Ke. Who do you think you are?" Murong Fu put down his riding bow and sneered.
Wang Ke didn't dare to speak and just rode back.
The jeers from the other side of the river grew louder.
"Wang Ke, do you dare to come tomorrow?"
"I won't kill you tomorrow, but I just want to see Chong'er's grace."
"Does the daughter of Ke Yong think he is useless?"
"I don't have any ability but I still want to be a governor, haha!"
Wang Ke was ashamed and ashamed, and the large group of cavalry following him were also ashamed and angry.
The atmosphere these days is really unfriendly to people who are cowardly and weak in martial arts. Especially if this person wants to be a military envoy, it is just like letting civilian officials take charge of the army at this time. It is really difficult.
After running all the way back to the camp, Wang Ke returned to the Chinese army tent with a red face and paid no attention to anyone.
But he seemed to have forgotten one thing, and that was to shut up the hundreds of cavalrymen who came back.
Soon, what happened on the shore of Fenshui today spread secretly among the army. Everyone likes to hear the gossip of big shots, and it spread throughout the camp within half a day.
At ten o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Xun came back from supervising the supply of grain and grass in the state capital. He was furious after hearing this and immediately ordered the troops in the right wing to stop "spreading news indiscriminately", but it seemed that it was too late.
"Commander!" Liu Xun broke into the Chinese army's tent directly. Seeing Wang Ke sitting there in a daze, he suddenly became angry and said: "The army is in chaos and people's hearts are floating. Why sit here peacefully?"
"General Liu." Wang Ke sighed and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry today."
Liu Xun nodded and said: "Commander, you should not pay attention to the gang of reckless men under Shao Thief. They are dedicated to killing people all day long. They are a group of desperadoes. They will jump out and show up when they get the opportunity. Fortunately,
Asking for credit in front of Shao Thief."
"..." Wang Ke looked ugly and lost his face. What's the use of saying this?
"Commander, the only plan for now is to fight quickly. The longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be." Liu Xun said decisively: "As long as Wang Yao is defeated, everything will not be a problem and everything will be safe."
"The Xia thieves are stationed at Jishan, and the front line of Changqiu Station is only two days' journey away. They can come to help at any time. If our army fails to attack repeatedly and we cover it, what can we do?"
"Commander!" Liu Xun became a little anxious and said, "Now is not the time to think about this. If we don't deal with the Jiangzhou rebels, there will be a lot of talk in the town. Everyone thinks that the commander is weak and incompetent, and he must have different intentions!"
"What General Liu said makes sense." Wang Ke thought for a moment and realized that it really wasn't appropriate to delay the situation any longer, so he said, "Let's gather the generals over there and discuss a strategy."
"Yes." Liu Xun said happily.
To be honest, in the year he was sent to Jinyang, both Wang Chongying and Wang Ke were good to him. The beauty in the mansion, the military power, and the confidants were different from those in Hedong. It can be said that he soared into the sky.
.
He also has a conscience. Wang Ke treated him like this, and of course he did not want Wang Ke to fail. Now he has launched an army in Fenshui for several days, and hundreds of people who sneaked across the river were killed by thieves. Today, he has lost a big face, and his morale has been affected.
The impact really cannot be delayed any longer.
Whether you succeed or fail, you have to fight!
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The cavalry army crossed the river from Yanshui Pass and arrived at Yonghe Pass on the other side.
The reason why we chose this place instead of going to other passes in the south was, of course, because the defender of Yonghe Pass had been persuaded to surrender to Wang Yao and would no longer pose an obstacle.
After the whole army crossed the river, they ran sixty miles in one day and were greeted by the Kaicheng City of Yonghe County.
On the sixth day of May, the army marched eastward to Xichuan County, Lisuo, Xizhou, eighty miles away.
The city gates of Xizhou were tightly closed, and the governor had few soldiers. He did not dare to fight, but he did not want to surrender.
He was a very naughty man. He sent people out of the city and gave him 20,000 yuan of money, 50,000 pieces of silk, plus some grain and grass, and then left the city to defend himself.
They don't want to get involved in the civil war between the Wang family's descendants.
Wang Ke is strong and has a high probability of winning, but with the support of Xia Jun, Wang Yao may be able to overturn the situation. Taking a stand at this time is no different from gambling, and it is better to protect the country and the people.
After leaving Xizhou City, the cavalry army went north to Shilou County, ninety miles away. The county also handed over a batch of grain and grass, but did not express its attitude, which was the same as the state capital.
Further north in Shilou County, there is a main pass, called Pingjinguan, where Jin soldiers are stationed and control the best post road. That side is already the boundary of Shizhou.
After calculating the provisions he carried, Oretsugu decided to leave some troops and horses to monitor here. The brigade returned to Yonghe County, and the news was quickly sent to Changqiu Post to report to Shao Shude.
"The Jin army has not arrived yet. I thought about it, and it is not an option to wait like this." Shao Shude called two of his main staff, Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng, and said, "Looking at Wang Ke sending people around to build pontoon bridges, it should be
A fierce attack is about to begin.”
The nine counties of Jinzhou, the prefecture's Linfen and the military town of Huoyi had long been captured. After the joint efforts of Pei's East Family and Ximachuan's two families, the five counties of Hongdong, Zhaocheng, Xiangling, Shenshan, and Ji's
When they came to surrender, only Fenxi and Yueyang counties were still stubbornly resisting.
Pei Yuchang was also decisive. Although he had not yet officially taken office, he showed the style of a governor and ordered the officials of the five counties to recruit county soldiers and local villagers. With Pei's tribe as the core, he recruited Xue Li, the general of Huoyi Town.
He went to attack the two counties, but at the same time he did not give up trying to persuade them to surrender.
This is a planned political and military approach, which is more in line with Marshal Shao's aesthetics.
Shao Shude has always believed that in this world, there are not only military wars, but also political wars. In the final analysis, they are still political wars.
Li Keyong only fought military battles and his income was limited.
Now Shao Shude's attack on Hezhong is mainly based on political warfare and supplemented by military warfare. The two-pronged approach complements each other.
"Commander, the two states of Jin and Jiang are in my hands. The two states of Ci and Xi are isolated from the outside world. Most of them are wise enough to protect themselves and will not participate in the civil war between the royal family's descendants. So, this battle is between the two states of Jin and Jiang and Hezhong Prefecture.
There is a war." Chen Cheng analyzed: "What strategy does the commander want to take?"
"Can Heluo mobilize troops?" Shao Shude asked.
"Commander, Li Tangbin wants to attack Mianchi, I'm afraid it will be very difficult."
"Then send two thousand guardsmen to go north." Shao Shude said without hesitation: "He doesn't dare to use this army to escort grain and grass every day. What skills can he have? Come to Pinglu."
As if someone had pressed an automatic switch, Lu Siye immediately spread out his paper and pen to record. Du Guangyi was amazed and felt that he had learned a lot.
"Qing Tang Capital also dispatched. Let Gao Renhou come back! How could he, who was the envoy from Jiangzhou, become the envoy of Yuanxian County? Hand over the defense of Yuanxian County to Zang Dubao and Niu Li. He will come back to command the guards.
The pro-army has two thousand households and the capital of Qingtang, which is seven thousand cavalry." Shao Shude made up his mind and spoke very quickly. Lu Siye's writing was so fast that he still had time to stop and wait for Shao Shude to continue.
Du Guangyi silently walked to the desk and polished Lu Siye's ink.
"There are still some national troops in Tongguan Town in Shaanzhou who are changing defenses and resting, right? They will be transferred north together."
"First take the Yanchi of Jie County, and then attack Hedong."
Lu Siye was stunned.
"Hedong County." Shao Shude added.
There is no doubt that attacking Yanchi was a brilliant move. Now that Wang Ke has brought most of his troops to Fenshui, there are not many remaining soldiers. They still have to be stationed in Hedong County. How many soldiers can defend Yanchi?
This year's salt harvest has not yet come to harvest time. If it is occupied at this time, it can be said that one stone stirs up a thousand waves.
This is a big deal worth six to seven hundred thousand yuan, and I don’t know how many people are sharing the benefits. Let alone being taken over, even being threatened will cause a huge earthquake.
Shao Shude's strategy is a ruthless move to deal with someone like Wang Ke who has recently risen to power and whose foundation is unstable.
If Wang Ke was replaced by Li Keyong, even if Hedong County was captured, he would probably be able to suppress it temporarily and then lead his troops to fight back.
Does Wang Ke have such ability? If so, it would be impressive.
"Where is the imperial envoy?" Shao Shude suddenly asked.
"It's already Feng Yi." Zhao Guangfeng replied immediately as he had been waiting for the opportunity to appear. This kind of external relations affairs had always been under his control.
After some black-box operations by Shao Shude, the imperial court sent Pei Shu as an angel to carry edicts, banners and other things to Hezhong, with the intention of appointing Wang Yao, the governor of Jiangzhou, as the governor of the national defense army and Hezhong Yin.
This is also a cruel move.
Marshal Shao's art of war is now not limited to the military level.
Those who are good at fighting should first be invincible and then wait for the enemy to become victorious.
"The enemy is victorious" can not only be at the military level, but also at the economic, political, diplomatic, popular and other aspects.
The battlefield is not limited to the land where the two sides of the Fen River are facing each other. It is huge!
This time, my uncle taught his nephew Wang Ke a good lesson, letting him know what it means to lose without defeat.
By the way, the angel Pei Shu was born in the Pei family of Wenxi, Zhongjuanfang, Su, and was the great-grandson of Pei Zunqing, the prime minister of the second dynasty.
There are three branches of Pei in the family, namely, the ten thousand tiger branch, the double tiger branch, and the three tiger branch. Pei Shu was born in the three tiger branch.
Since the founding of the Kingdom of China, there have been two prime ministers: Pei Guangting of the Double Tiger Branch, who served as Prime Minister Xuanzong, and Pei Zunqing of the Three Tiger Branch, who served as Prime Minister of the Second Sect.
Compared with the two prime ministers of Pei in the West (Pei Ji, Pei Shiju), the two prime ministers of Pei in Xima (Pei Tan, Pei Yan), the three prime ministers of Wu and Pei in the south (Pei Yaoqing, Pei Xingben, Pei Tan), and the six prime ministers of Pei in the East
(Pei Judao, Pei Xiu, Pei Che, Pei Yan, Pei Mian, Pei Du) are not bad either.
The Pei family had three families and five houses, with constant exchanges overtly and covertly. Over the past two hundred years, the dynasty had more than a dozen prime ministers, many envoys (Jiedu envoys, observation envoys), and various middle- and lower-level officials such as governors.
It is not an exaggeration to say that they are super wealthy. Especially on the ground in the river, anyone who underestimates them will suffer big losses.
Once the potential power of this kind of aristocratic family is combined with the sword of a warlord, the power generated is amazing.
Wang Ke killed Pei's wife, which is ridiculous. Wang Chongrong found a good wife for you, but you ruined it yourself, so what else can you say?
"Let Ren Yuji entertain the angels, say hello to the angels, and slow down a little." Shao Shude ordered: "It's not time for him to appear yet."