Jinyang is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and everyone is celebrating.
In the past few years, the situation in Hedong has been pretty good. Every time the warriors go on an expedition, they can bring back a lot of things.
Youzhou, Chengde, and Cangjing were all very wealthy places. A large amount of goods were snatched back, and for a time Jinyang had a bit of the grandeur of the northern capital.
For example, the surge in gold and silverware for sale on the market caused a sharp drop in prices. The root cause was that warriors brought back too many such things and robbed them.
Youzhou is also much more peaceful, the trade between the two towns has resumed, and the merchants are smiling.
The King of Jin is still very powerful. After several years of cruel tactics, the warriors of Youzhou were afraid of being beaten and became much more obedient. From now on, when we Jin people go to Youzhou, we will all be superior to others, how happy it is.
In the Jin Palace, Li Keyong took time away from the banquets one after another and went to the study with his wife Liu for a secret discussion.
"Husband, the angel thing, whether it's true or not, is a good opportunity. It shouldn't be delayed. Should we start making preparations?" Mrs. Liu suggested in a low voice, holding the edict sent by the saint in her hand.
The imperial envoy with the decree has arrived in Jinyang. He has been running all the way, walking on the ice of the Yellow River and climbing over mountains and ridges. He is covered with dust and is like a savage. After Li Keyong got the news, he specially brought him into the palace, gave him brocade robes, wine and food, and made him very special.
He was so polite that the angel was also very moved and said bluntly that the emperor had entrusted the right person.
"Angels are real." Li Keyong answered the question and said, "The people of the Sun family in Le'an are worthy of each other in every aspect."
Ms. Liu is helpless, is this the point? She has already said that whether it is true or false, it can be regarded as true.
"Husband..."
"Okay, I know what to do." Li Keyong said: "The angel only knows that there are more than one secret edict sent out, but he doesn't know who it is sent to. Enough, every vassal who receives the edict,
They are all obliged to send troops to fight against Shao."
Okay, that's what it says, but the emperor of a dynasty is just that.
Since the Northern Dynasties, for hundreds of years, there has been nothing sacred about the emperor.
Far away, he punched the emperor three times, why did His Majesty rebel? Recently, a middle-ranking official deliberately made an edict and even brought it in front of the saint to stimulate him. In the past few hundred years, the sanctity of imperial power has suffered a cliff-like collapse.
At this moment, the saint is almost like a puppet.
The word "almost" is used because Shao Shude gave him some face and did not completely control the court. There was no benefit if the court controlled it, but there were benefits in terms of money and talents if he did not control it.
Now when the emperor says you are good, no one cares, and when the emperor says you are bad, no one cares, that's it.
But then again, pursuing Shao is in the general interest of all careerists. With this imperial edict, everyone will have a reason to seriously discuss the matter of attacking Shao's thieves. Especially his stuff.
After annexing Henan, the battle line was stretched too long, so there was an opportunity.
"Tianxiong's army is in Heyang, Wuwei's army went to Jinjiang years ago, and Shao is also on guard against me." Li Keyong said: "But his front is too long. I stationed troops in Zelu, and he didn't know that I would take it.
Which side can only be guarded by divided troops."
In Zelu Prefecture, there are currently more than 10,000 people from Xue Zhiqin's tribe, nearly 10,000 people from Li Han's tribe, and more than 10,000 people from Li Kening's tribe. They control parts of Zelu Prefecture and Jinzhou, with a total of more than 32,000 people on foot and cavalry.
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In the three prefectures of Xingming Ci, there are 20,000 people from Anjin and more than 10,000 people from Li Kening's department, plus Huang Jiajun in front of the hall and Jin Qianzhi as guards, a total of more than 36,000 people.
Among the total of 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses, there are local troops, yamen troops, and even new soldiers. It does not seem to be particularly strong, but it shows a trend that Hedong is turning its attention to the south.
In one thought, Li Keyong could continue to increase his troops. At that time, Xia Jun would face a huge difficulty: Where does Li Keyong want to attack?
He can go to attack Jin Jiang, then you have to add troops to Jin Jiang. There is no danger to defend on the plain, and a Wuwei army with 30,000 infantry and cavalry is a bit too little. It is better to have 30,000 more troops, so as to be able to defeat the enemy when they attack.
Fight it back as soon as possible. Otherwise, we can only focus on defensive and strategic defense, but the local area will be poisoned, and agricultural and animal husbandry production will be greatly damaged.
He could also attack Heyang. By the same token, 30,000 men would be too busy to defend, because in addition to moving south from Shangdang, Li Keyong could also send troops out of Xingmingci, via Weibo, and attack from the east.
come over.
The direction of the Jin army's attack is not easy to guess.
For example, if Li Keyong gathers 100,000 main troops and uses Wei Bo's 30,000 Tianxiong army, he will probably not be able to defeat him. If a decisive battle fails, Heyang will fall in a short time. Take the Jin Dynasty
With the army's methods, this forward base for attacking Hedong will be destroyed in a disgraceful way.
Li Keyong could even use Wei Bo and Cangjing to intervene in the war in Yun and Qi towns to complicate the situation.
"Your Majesty." General Li Cunxian called softly outside the study.
Li Cunxian's original name was Wang Xian, a native of Xuzhou. Li Keyong took him into his account when he was hunting Huangchao in Henan, and later gave him his name and adopted him as his adopted son.
"Come in." Li Keyong sat upright on the bed and said.
"Your Majesty." Li Cunxian reported: "Wei Bo sent news that Shao Shude raided Yunzhou on the night of Zhengdan and killed the military envoy Zhu Wei."
"What?" Li Keyong stood up suddenly, his face solemn.
"Husband." Mrs. Liu also stood up and said, "My uncle is so fast! He claimed to be indifferent to the enemy but actually took Yunzhou. He played a trick on everyone. We can't delay the dispatch of troops any longer."
Li Keyong walked to the wall, took off the sword hanging on it, pulled it out with a clang, stared at the cold and shiny sword blade, and said, "We really can't drag it away anymore."
After that, he went straight out of the study and went to Yuhousi, the capital.
After a while, Gai Yu and other generals gathered in the military mansion. They had just heard about the incident in Yunzhou, and they immediately exploded. They were all noisy and arguing.
After Li Keyong came in, everyone shut their mouths, and the hall was extremely quiet, except for the howling north wind outside the window.
"You must already know about the matter in Yunzhou." Li Keyong sat down and said, "I have made up my mind to start a war with the Shao thief."
The generals held their breath and listened carefully.
Everyone has been mentally prepared for the war with the Xia army. Since the second half of last year, Zhaoyi Town has gradually added more troops, which shows Jinyang's uneasiness.
It was only a matter of time before the war started. If it hadn't been for the Xia army's northern attack on the grasslands last year, and the subsequent Khitan's massive march south, it might have started before the Chinese New Year. By now, it was actually a little late, and many people couldn't wait.
"Bring a message to Li Hanzhi. In these years, he has only plundered Weibo and did not want to go to Heyang. I don't want to delve into the affairs here. Now I grant him the post of Heyang Jiedu Envoy, ordering him to rectify his troops and hoard supplies.
Food and equipment, be ready to go."
Li Hanzhi, the governor of Zezhou, has been entangled with the Shao thief over the years. It may not be a big deal, but if you really want to go deeper, it would not be unjust to kill him.
Li Keyong promised him the command of Heyang, which was used as bait to encourage him to fight bravely.
"Send an order to An Jinjun to immediately prepare food, grass, equipment, and organize the army after the Lantern Festival to await orders."
Among the five prefectures of Zhaoyi, Xue Zhiqin was in Luzhou, Li Han was in Zezhou, and An Jinquan was the training envoy of Xingming Cidu regiment, and actually controlled the three eastern prefectures of Zhaoyi.
These three states were relatively prosperous on the Hebei Plain. At their peak, there were more than one million people, almost the same as Hedong. However, after a long period of struggle with Meng Fangli, the population dropped sharply and people fled in large numbers. At one time, there were only more than 300,000 people left.
After settling down, the fleeing people began to return home one after another, and the population recovered to some extent, and now there are still 500,000 to 600,000 people.
Xing Mingci has not experienced war for several years, has some savings, and is very close to Weibo, so it is easy to raise food and grass.
"Send orders to Shi Shanyou to repair the city and stock up on food, grass and equipment needed for a year. Do not waste time in fighting. It is important to hold on."
Shi Shanyou, the military governor of the Datong Army, actually controlled Yunzhou, Wei Erzhou, plus the Zhelu Army of Ningwu County in Shuozhou, and the Caochengchuan area. Neither Xia nor Jin had garrisoned troops, so it was a de facto buffer zone.
There are also some tribes in Yunzhou, mainly the Tuyuhun, Uighurs, and Tatars who came to seek refuge. The Shatuo and Zhaowu surnames are currently nomadic in the orangutan.
There are also some tribes in Yuzhou, mainly Uighurs, Tatars, Shatuo and some Zahu tribes.
Yunzhou is a majestic city. After Li Keyong's order was issued, Shi Shanyou would vigorously hoard supplies, and at the same time recruit tribesmen in turns to cooperate with the troops in Yanmen Pass, focusing on defense.
"Kang Junli will be appointed as the defense envoy of Daibei to coordinate the military affairs of the four states of Xing, Dai, Yun and Wei."
"Li Cunzhang was left in Youzhou to take charge of Yanzhen's military affairs."
Kang Junli, Li Cunzhang, Xue Zhiqin and others were the more senior generals under Li Ke, and they had endured hardships with him and fled to Tatar.
In recent years, Mesozoic generals have emerged one after another in Hedong, but the veteran generals have not completely retired. Kang, Li, and Xue are still active on the front line. Regarding these two arrangements, everyone has nothing to say, because their qualifications are there.
"Send an order to all the prefectures to recruit the master after the Lantern Festival and transport the grain and grass to Zelu."
The hoarding of supplies in Zelu Prefecture was actually done in the second half of last year. However, because we have not yet made up our minds to fight a big war, the scale is not large enough. Now we are preparing for a big fight, which is a full-scale mobilization.
"Send envoys to Wei, Zhen, Cang, Qing, Yan, and Yangzhou to contact one or two. The specific candidates and rhetoric will be decided by the military government."
It is obvious that this is the main anti-Shao force contacting Hebei and the south, trying to attack from three sides, leaving the Shao thieves with a weak left and right. Who makes his front too long? Just like Zhu Quanzhong at the beginning.
"Your Majesty, you can also send people to make a detour to the middle of Shu and contact Li Maozhen. The angels will pass the edict to Jinyang, and they will definitely not miss the middle of Shu. Li Maozhen is in Xichuan, and Dongchuan is divided into three. He is no match for him. He stopped fighting last year.
, it is just due to the situation. I predict that Li Maozhen will definitely raise his weapons again, intending to annex the whole of Shu. He has already annexed several states in Dongchuan, and if he continues to fight, Zhu Mei and others will most likely be wiped out. And once they occupy the whole of Shu
, will inevitably send troops to the north to attack Zhao Jian. Zhao Jian has few soldiers and is poor in northern Sichuan, so he is no match for Li Maozhen. If Zhao Jian is destroyed, Maozhen will try to plot against Hanzhong. If this is the case, the Shao thieves will not be able to sit still. Guanxi is empty.
, how can we not send troops to the west?" Gai Yu said suddenly.
"Good, let's do it like this." Li Keyong said.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether you send an envoy or not.
Li Maozhen is very ambitious. Zhu Mei, the Wang brothers, Zhao Jian and others are no match for his territory, military strength, wealth and ability. If it were not for external pressure, they would have been wiped out long ago.
Now it seems that Xia Jun's main energy is being restrained in Henan, and there will be trouble if he doesn't take action.
A war is about to break out in central Sichuan. And once Li Maozhen unifies the whole of Shu, it is inevitable to advance into Hanzhong. Can Shao Thief save him?
Over the years, the Shao thieves had a huge advantage, that is, they had a stable rear, so they were able to concentrate their efforts and defeat Liang Zhen, the most powerful force. If Hanzhong was lost, Guanzhong would be shaken, and the careerists would be suppressed.
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