"When did Zhu Xuan become so aware of the overall situation?" In the small wilderness village, Liang Hanyong asked as he looked at Du Guangyi who was running towards him in a hurry.
"I was persuaded by a group of disciples and aides." Du Guangyi sneered: "To pass the land to the descendants and make the military leaders rich and powerful forever, this is a wishful thinking. Don't think about the balance, how long did it take for the two towns of Taining to be separated?
Are the benefits of the three towns in Hebei also available to them?"
Since the annihilation of Li Shidao, the once huge Ziqing town has been split up. Tianping and Taining towns are the products of the split. Generally speaking, these two vassal towns are quite submissive. The imperial court can appoint Jiedu envoys to let Jiedu
This can also be done by moving a town. For example, when 2,500 soldiers from Yunzhou entered Liangzhou to garrison, they were sent by Shuofang Jiedushi who moved the town from Yunzhou to Lingzhou.
During the chaos in Chao, Qi Kerang, the governor of Taining Army, also went out to fight in the town. It can be said that he was very respectful.
The two towns of Tianping and Taining were actually separated after brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin came to power.
"Quanzhong dug up the embankment of the Yellow River and released the water to the east. The states of Pu, Yun, Yan, Cao, and Qi suffered greatly, and no one said anything about it?" Liang Hanyong asked.
Speaking of Quanzhong's release of water, in addition to causing misery to the people, it also had a great impact on the tens of thousands of people on the right side of the Feilong Army.
For several months, the ground was like a yellow mud pond, preventing them from attacking. Zhu Zhen and Liang Hanyong stared at each other across the yellow flood zone.
After the water recedes, there is actually no way to go back to the past.
The rivers expanded, changed their courses a lot, and the area of swamps increased. For example, Ohnozawa spread out as a whole, "annexed" several small swamps, and submerged many farmlands and villages. The entire lake area expanded rapidly.
All of this has caused great obstacles to the mobile attack of their troops.
In recent months, Liang Hanyong has been sending people out to draw simple maps. The few times he raided, he first went to Zhu Jin's territory, and then attacked Xu, Su, Dan, Song and other prefectures, trying to avoid the yellow flood area. This is also
One of the reasons why Zhu Quanzhong dared to mobilize troops and horses for Caozhou's camp was that the "water general" was more useful than a hundred thousand infantry.
The camp in Caozhou became more relaxed, and the pressure of the camp in Suzhou increased. But how can I put it, they lay flat and were ready for you to grab. I guarded a few important locations and occasionally set up a few "false targets" to ambush and knock down
Lose some of your troops, predict which path you will take, and bet on luck. If you don't come, I'll let you go. If you come, I'll knock off some more.
Of course, a piecemeal approach can't stop the Feilong Army, but it will make you feel the pain to a certain extent, so you won't be so arrogant.
Back then, Qi Bizhang led 5,000 people eastward. When he finally returned, half of the 5,000 people were gone. This shows that the war was still very fierce and the consumption was very high.
Of course, Liang Hanyong was not afraid of consumption. In fact, as soon as he arrived in Puzhou, he secretly recruited troops. Many of the people who came to submit were Yuncheng warriors. After the flood, the people's livelihood was difficult, so recruiting troops was not a problem at all.
"Of course there are people who are dissatisfied, and there are many people who are yelling and swearing." Du Guangyi said: "Don't mention this for now. I just received the news that the war in the west has started. Can you move here?"
"Okay. Even if we lose some men and horses, we have to go to Xu and stay for a while." Liang Hanyong said.
Xia and Liang are currently in an overall stalemate on the eastern front. The Liang army does not have enough troops to intercept the erratic Xia army, but Liang Hanyong has been worried recently that one day the Liang people suddenly become shameless and don't care about it at all.
Dacheng, and then transfer the troops to the west to fight. How many Liang troops can they contain?
Don't think it's impossible, because human nature is like this. When the Xia army broke in at the beginning, the Liang people were shocked, panicked and angry, and mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress them. As time went by, they found that they could not be suppressed, and the Xia army had seen so much damage that they became numb.
, the acceptable threshold has increased, and I don’t care so much.
"Is there any movement over there in Shaolun?" Liang Hanyong suddenly asked.
"This man went to Yunzhou from time to time. When Zhu Xuan's parents passed their birthdays, he plundered the people's wealth and gave him a large sum of money. Zhu Xuan was very satisfied with him and trusted him, and even planned to make him the military governor of Tianping. Later he found out
Shao Lun still wanted to be the governor of Puzhou, so he laughed and scolded him for having no ambition. In general, Shao Lun gained Zhu Xuan's trust," Du Guangyi said.
"He Gui has noticed something. Zhu Xuan is blind, and giving him some wealth will blind him." Liang Hanyong scolded with a smile.
"If someone says nice things to you all day long, gives you everything you want, and pleases your family, do you believe him or not?" Du Guangyi said seriously.
Liang Hanyong stopped talking.
Zhu Xuan is thirty-five years old this year, and he is not considered to be insane, but that's what Wufu is like. He doesn't care how your local government is governed. He just needs to send military tributes in time, provide soldiers, and not rebel. At the same time, the local area is generally OK, and there is no need to rectify the situation.
It's enough to get people's resentment boiling over.
There were people who opposed the reconciliation with Zhu Quanzhong before the flood broke out. After the flood, Zhu Xuan still insisted on the reconciliation with Quanzhong, but even more people opposed it.
Shao Lun supports Zhu Xuan!
"According to Shao Lun, Zhu Xuan will drive us out of Puzhou sooner or later. The matter is very difficult. Should we..." Liang Hanyong asked.
"What did Zhu Jin think of killing Zhu Xuan?" Du Guangyi asked: "Has General Liang ever considered the attitude of the Taining Army? What if Zhu Jin raises troops to invade under the guise of avenging his brother Cong?
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"Then bring He Gui over and make him the governor. He is the Marquis of Yu, the capital of Tianping Army and Horse Budu, and has great prestige in the army. The towns of Tianping and Taining are not naturally from his old Zhu family. The Zhu family
My brother has only been in power for more than ten years. Before he took office, he was just a junior high school in the military. How much foundation can he have?" Liang Hanyong was born in a dental school family in Jinyang. His background is the same as that of Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin. He is very familiar with people like them.
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He had no background at all. He was from a foreign town and joined the army during recruitment. Because of his outstanding skills and his courage to fight, he also made meritorious service and was promoted to a mid-level military academy. Later, he seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation, which was only ten years old.
More than a year.
If we really have to talk about his background, it would be better to say that his background is a coalition of interests formed by the martial arts in the whole town. This coalition is very united when fighting against invasions from other towns, and it is not easy to defect.
In the last years of other dynasties in ancient times, the victory or defeat of a decisive battle may determine the ownership of a certain place. But the main forces of Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Shi Pu have been annihilated one after another in decisive battles over the years. Is it useful? Other dynasties have these
A warrior who refuses to surrender and fights to the end?
Cheng De and Wei Bo were also beaten like dogs and suffered heavy losses in military strength, but they still unanimously attacked the outside world for the same reason.
Therefore, it is difficult to defeat the Tianping Army from the outside, but it is not that difficult to eliminate Zhu Xuan from the inside and replace someone with power.
Shao Lun is from Puzhou, and He Gui is also from Puzhou. A serious martial artist from this town, is he no better than Zhu Xuan?
"This matter must be decided by the king." Du Guangyi swallowed.
Although it is very common to kill handsome men and rebel, it is still very stressful to actually do it.
Du Guangyi was a "mao awl" and couldn't make this determination. Liang Hanyong was much more decisive than him. Just do it. If Zhu Jin raised an army to accuse him, just fight with him and decide the outcome on the battlefield. How simple a thing?
Besides, is it okay if you don’t do it? Zhu Xuan is coming to drive people away soon.
"Don't act rashly yet, wait until I find out He Gui's background." Du Guangyi said.
"You go do your own thing." Liang Hanyong said, stroking a dagger.
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Zhu Zhen has just returned from hunting.
When we reached the south of Jiyin County, we happened to meet He Delun, the commander of the Desheng Army on the left and right, who was leading his troops to the west.
"Zhu Shuai." He Delun, who was playing with the riding crop, saw him and immediately dismounted and saluted.
"General congratulations, don't worry, you can go to Cao Dan and the states without worries." Zhu Zhen looked at the well-fed soldiers and the very capable cavalry of the Desheng Army. She sighed regretfully and said.
The weather is cold and the wilderness is gradually freezing. The bandit general Liang Hanyong will be active in the Hua, Cao, Dan, and Song states. Without the three thousand cavalry of Desheng's army, it will definitely be very disadvantageous. But we can't sit back and watch Bianzhou being ridden by thieves.
Harassment?
"Shuai Zhu doesn't have to worry too much." He Delun advised: "Since Zhu Xuan is willing to make peace with me, the thief General Liang Hanyong will have nowhere to go, and the threat from the east will be greatly reduced, so we can rest easy."
"Can Zhu Xuan really deal with the internal opposition forces? I don't think so." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Even Liang Hanyong will probably not go back honestly. He might raid and occupy Puzhou and continue to fight against me."
"If it really comes to that, Zhu Shuai might as well send a letter to Zhu Xuan, join forces with him, attack Puzhou together, capture and kill Shao's son-in-law, and make his daughter a widow at a young age." He Delun said.
After losing Puzhou, if Zhu Jin of the Taining Army did not take him in, then Liang Hanyong would indeed become a wandering army, and the threat would be greatly reduced. If he invaded Zhu Xuan and occupied Puzhou by force, he would probably not be able to deal with the various forces.
.Why should a small foreign military leader, like a rootless man, occupy a large county? The situation would probably be even worse than if he simply escaped.
"I have my own concerns," Zhu Zhen said.
Hedren bowed again and led his horse away.
After walking out for more than a hundred steps, he couldn't help but look back at Zhu Zhen.
He had an indescribable feeling. Compared with Shi Shucong and Pang Shigu, Zhu Zhen was much more powerful. In the past two years, the Caozhou camp was the most successful in preventing and blocking the Feilong Army, killing thousands of enemies.
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Zhu Zhen also put forward many suggestions on restricting, expelling and even eliminating the bandit cavalry, which were very pertinent and effective. However, Bianzhou could not provide him with additional troops to realize his ideas. On the contrary, he continued to send people to the west. As time passed, Zhu Zhen seemed to
I’m also tired, and now I feel like I’m hiding my capabilities and biding my time.
Hunting, drinking, singing and dancing are his favorite things to do now. Fighting with iron horses and fighting on the battlefield seems to have completely lost his interest. He is now a depraved martial artist who has no ambitions. Even
Chasing and suppressing bandits and cavalry are all false stories, not very positive.
"Could it be that this is a wise way of protecting one's own safety and supporting one's troops with self-respect?" Hedron had some guesses, but he decided to bury these things deep in his heart and not tell anyone.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and three thousand horsemen of Desheng's army were on their way all night. The war in the Central Plains was urgent, and their future was uncertain.
