"Li Maozhen, Mancun, and Li Yu combined 50,000 troops to surround Zizhou. Some of Zhu Mei's troops were outside to attack Wang Xingyu. Wang Xingyue said that there were only less than 10,000 people in the city, and the situation was worrying." He watched the listening and watching department send him.
After receiving the intelligence, Shao Shude turned his attention to his two confidants, Prince Palace Chief Shi Chencheng and Sima Zhao Guangfeng, and asked: "Is it necessary to immediately order the Xingyuan garrison to go south?"
Li Ren's army of the Heyuan Army and Li Yixian's army of the Jishi Army went to Shannan West Road to garrison last year. The former was stationed at Bailaoguan, Xingyuan Prefecture, with 8,000 cavalry, and the latter was stationed at Guzhen, Xingzhou, with 9,000 cavalry.
This tradition of sending two armies to take turns guarding Xingfengliang has been carried out for many years. It is not only to frighten Zhuge Zhongfang of Shannan West Road and collect the tea, money and silk offered by him and Zhao Jian, but also to one day intervene in Shuzhong
The situation, wouldn’t it come in handy now?
Li Renjun, originally the ten generals of the Zhenwu Army in Zhongcheng, destroyed all his troops during the battle against Li Guochang and his son, and fled to Hexi to become a thieves. Shao Shude met him on the road when he went to Suizhou to take office, so he was recruited. He has been conscientious and loyal for many years.
He has the ability, but he has never commanded a battle and has no such experience.
Li Yixian, Shao Shude and Sanlang Shao Desheng were all soldiers in the early Xicheng era, so it goes without saying that they have a close relationship. They are loyal enough, but their abilities are average. Being a military envoy is already overwhelming. No matter how many troops you command, it may be difficult.
Chaos, Shao Shude also used his loyalty and had no other ideas.
"Commander, you might as well order General Li of the Jishi Army to lead his troops south. Xingyuan Prefecture will send another 5,000 troops, and Fengxiang Town will send 5,000 troops. That's okay." Chen Cheng suggested immediately.
Zhuge Zhongfang's soldiers are probably not very good either. They have been at peace for many years.
A few years ago, the battle against Zhuge Zhongbao was mediocre. The last time Feng Xing attacked in Ping An Prefecture, the battle ended halfway and he went back home. In the past few years, many elite soldiers were transferred to join the Xia army.
It's hard to say how much fighting power the remaining crooked melons and cracked jujubes have.
The combat effectiveness of Fengxiang's army was not bad. However, when Zhe Zongben went out to control Tangzhou, he took away 7,000 of the more capable soldiers, and the rest must be inferior.
These two departments, with tens of thousands of people, cannot place high hopes on them and can only be used as support.
Therefore, if we want to fight, Jishi Army will have to take action.
Chen Cheng proposed that Li Yixian go south, which was actually what Shao Shude wanted. He was still a little worried about that place in the middle of Shu.
Is Zhao Jian necessarily reliable? Not necessarily.
Is Zhuge Zhongfang willing to contribute? Most likely he can handle the matter.
Is it possible to join forces with the local warlords and form a separate empire? We have to guard against it, although the possibility is very small.
Li Yixian and Shao Shude are trusted. It doesn't matter if your ability is limited, loyalty is the most important. If you stabilize Longjian Town, suppress Li Maozhen and prevent Zhu Mei from dying quickly, you will achieve your goal.
That's all Shao Shude's request.
He doesn't have the energy to attack everywhere now, and the most important thing is to destroy Xuanwu Town.
In the current Shu, Wang Yan, the lord of the former Shu, and Meng Chang, the lord of the later Shu, are not as absurd, gentle and martial as they were during the reign of the latter.
Historically, when Wei Zhaodu took command and conquered the Xichuan Jiedu envoy Chen Jingxuan, Wang Jian rebelled, forced Wei Zhaodu away, and seized military power to stand on his own.
Not to mention Meng Zhixiang, who is also independent and self-reliant.
The world has been in chaos for a long time, and people's minds have not yet settled down. Five generations have changed in the Central Plains, which shows that people's minds are in chaos, let alone a remote place like Shuzhong. It will take seventy or eighty years to kill everyone.
If you are afraid, people will be determined, and you will be able to succeed with the help of institutional constraints. Of course, Shao Shude does not have this time to wait. He wants to take the Shu land after the Central Plains has formed a unified trend. In this way, the general who wants to conquer Shu will have to weigh it before he wants to stand on his own.
After careful consideration, it is somewhat of a deterrent.
The generals sent to the center of Shu must be given full powers, and it is impossible to divide their powers. There are no logistical constraints, and they are not allowed to interfere in civil affairs. That is nonsense, and they are rushing to defeat the army.
With just such a small number of troops, facing the rising leader of Shu Central, and the backbone of their army was brought from the north, no matter how much you put constraints, you don't want to win, and you will lose your life.
Either we can follow the old practice of the clan and appoint military envoys to let people explore, but Shao Shude is unwilling. Then we can only maintain a certain degree of intervention, mainly to maintain military presence and balance the situation. It is most appropriate to send Li Yixian there.
.The ability is limited, the ability and determination are not available to stand on one's own, and the relationship is close, so the possibility of rebellion is low.
He was not very relieved to let Li Renjun lead the troops. What if he followed Wang Jian's example and defeated Chen Jingxuan and then attacked the Jiange area and seized the key pass? The Zhongwu Badu troops brought by Wang Jian were very good at fighting, and the northern Sichuan area was no match for him.
Later, they even attacked Xingyuan Mansion, and their intention to separate and establish themselves was very obvious.
Although Shao Shude does not think that the Heyuan Army will rebel, it is definitely right to make more preparations for everything.
"Let Jishi's army go south." Shao Shude thought for a long time and finally made up his mind: "Actually, from a rational point of view, I shouldn't send troops to Shuzhong. I'm still too greedy."
"Commander, sometimes it's okay to take risks." Chen Cheng smiled and said: "If you don't take risks in your life, it will be safe and you won't suffer a big defeat, but you will also miss opportunities."
"In the past, Cao Mengde liked to take risks and suffered losses." Shao Shude laughed and said: "Taizong also liked to take risks. In the battle of Qianshuiyuan, he fought ill and lost more than half of his troops. Chang'an was frightened and his great cause was almost destroyed. Later Xue Ju
After he died of illness, Taizong will never be able to regain this face in his life. This kind of thing will become addictive. That's it, just this once. It's taboo to start a war on both sides, so let's do it. After I come to Beijing, I will make up for the name of the court, and take a look.
See how many Shence Army there are, maybe they can be of some use."
Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng have no objections.
Even if the war is unfavorable, the Dragon Sword can still be surrendered. If the battle is a complete mess, Jishi's army will lose 9,000 men. For Shuofang's military and political group, which now has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, it is not a big deal.
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"How is the war in Weibo?"
"Return to the commander-in-chief and use the main force to Xingzhou. Pioneer Shi Yan has led his troops into Weibo territory and won a small victory."
"How many troops does Luo Hongxin have?"
"Between 70,000 and 100,000."
Shao Shude nodded, this number is reliable.
During the Tian Chengsi period, Wei Bo had experienced wars for a long time, but Tian Chengsi still maintained an army of 80,000, sometimes 100,000 at most, at least half of which were veterans who had experienced the Anshi Rebellion. Later, he was forced to reduce the army to 40,000 to 50,000, basically eliminating new recruits.
, without damaging the roots.
During the Tian Yue period, there were 70,000 troops.
Nowadays, the household registration and economy have basically returned to the previous conditions during the Tianbao period. It is easy to support 150,000 yamen troops, but most of them are not so aggressive. Wei Bo's total military strength will not exceed 100,000.
The six states of Weibo implement a military election system, which is different from the military composition of other vassal towns. In short, the yamen army has less than 10,000 people and is personally led by the Jiedushi. There are more troops in the outer towns and the military power is dispersed.
In order to increase their strength, Jieduzhi also expanded the number of state and county soldiers. These state and county soldiers were generally much better paid than other vassal towns. They were diligently trained, well-equipped, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
But after all, it was a vassal town that had been in existence for more than a hundred years. It was sluggish and sluggish. When encountering new warlords like Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong, who were in their ascendant period, they always seemed to suffer.
But he has a strong foundation and can produce strong combat effectiveness when he is desperate. It is probably hopeless for Li Keyong to destroy Wei Bo at once. If Wei Bo Wufu is allowed to display the combat effectiveness of the Silver Spear, he will not be able to do it.
"Zhu Zhen only left a small number of troops to monitor along the river, and he didn't know where to place the heavy troops. The scouts crossed the river to investigate, but they couldn't get accurate information." Chen Cheng replied: "Taken together, it should be a configuration of light in the front and heavy in the back, with the main force concentrated on
Afterwards, capture my soldiers and horses crossing the river and try to encircle and destroy them. This should be the method."
"Ignore Zhu Zhen." Shao Shude asked someone to bring him a map, pointed his finger in the direction of Weizhou, and said: "When the battle between Wei and Bo begins, secretly send the Feilong Army to Xiangzhou to rob some people and come back."
Here comes the trick again! Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng looked at each other and were both a little bit amused. The commander-in-chief really valued the population very much. But it didn't matter. They had already broken up with Wei Bo anyway, so what else could they do?
"Let's arrange these two things first."
"As commanded."
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On September 20th, Zhe Congyun arrived at Changchun Palace with silver spears and ten thousand people.
Shao Shude did not want to wait any longer, and immediately sent his troops westward towards Lantian County.
Before departure, Prime Minister Cui Yin's envoy came. Shao Shude was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he asked Zhao Guangfeng to stay and make contact, and then led his troops westward.
On the 22nd, after gathering the horses of the auxiliary soldiers, the Silver Spear Army's 5,000 soldiers and four horses marched quickly and arrived outside Shacheng Town in one night.
"Your Highness is finally here." Led by Prime Minister Cui Zhaowei, dozens of officials greeted each other with excitement on their faces. It seemed that this period of time was also a torment for them.
Shao Shude had a cursory meeting with them, and then asked about the saint's situation. While asking, he carefully observed Sha Town in the distance.
This town is a semi-abandoned military town, located at the junction of Chang'an and Lantian counties. There are mountains on both sides, and a lot of farmland has been opened under the mountains. Hundreds of households live here, but most of them have fled at this time.
The 3,000 infantry troops from Pengridu stationed themselves in Shacheng Town and set up fences on the roads. They said it was to guard against the rebellion of Tianwei and the rebels from the two capitals in Yushan. However, only Ximen Zhao himself knew the truth.
Shao Shude looked at the hundreds of officials who were accompanying him.
They have been living in the farmhouse these days, and the magistrate of Lantian County sent some food over. The weather in the mountains in September was already a bit cold. They had never experienced such a crime, and all of them looked not very good.
"Is the saint in the stronghold? Is it safe?" The sergeants had dismounted. Although they were very tired, they were still ready for battle. Shao Shude asked directly.
"Fu Daozhao is isolated from the inside and outside, and there is no sound. Two days ago, the sage sent a female official out of the stronghold to spread the news, saying that Fu Daozhao wants to be appointed as Grand Master and Jing Zhaoyin." Cui Zhaowei stepped forward and replied: "Everyone agrees that it is not possible."
The sergeants of Yinqiangdu led their war horses and lined up in the distance, which was reassuring to watch.
"It's been two days since I saw the sky?" Shao Shude asked in surprise.
Cui Zhaowei was a little embarrassed and said: "Before your Highness came here, I had a divination and it was a good fortune."
Shao Shude laughed angrily and said: "I read history books. Guangwu of the Han Dynasty liked to use prophecies to decide things. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty also believed this. Is this really true? You have read the books of sages and prophecies.
How can you be so trustworthy! If the whole generation of prime ministers is like this, it’s no wonder that the government is in ruins.”
This...why did King Xia speak so rudely?
Cui Zhaowei, Zheng Yanchang, Wang Tuan, Cui Yin and others looked at each other, dissatisfied, but did not dare to show off, feeling very aggrieved.
Shao Shude snorted coldly, he didn't want to give face to these rotten people now.
"Where is the Palace Supervisor Ximen?" he asked again.
"The Yan army plundered Fang City, and some of the Shence soldiers fled the city after the plunder. The palace supervisor of Ximen went to appease them in person."
"This still looks good!" Shao Shude nodded: "Xiang Cui, you have been promoted by the Holy Mercy, but you cannot serve your duty wholeheartedly, and the state affairs are not as good as each year. Now that the saint is covered in dust, and the news is blocked, what is the use of waiting here?
? And when we enter the stronghold, we send word to Ximen Zhao that I have led an army of one hundred thousand to arrive. We must surrender at this time to ensure that nothing happens to him. If you persist in your stubbornness, you will call everyone in the sun a traitor and slaughter them all, leaving no trace of armor behind."
These words were said in a light tone, but the content made Cui Zhaowei feel as if he had been struck by lightning, and his face turned red.
Zheng Yanchang watched with cold eyes, heart palpitating.
One leaf falls and one knows autumn.
With Shao Shude's behavior, I am afraid that the person who comes to Beijing will be unkind.
Could it be that just as Wang Tuan said, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing?
Dong Zhongying was not very friendly to the Han courtiers.
