Whether it is a letter of victory or a set of rules, after all, it can only be effective until at least the court has a reply. The current problem must be solved first, and this cannot wait long.
Li Rusong's status among the generals is high enough. The reason why the Eight Guerrilla's meeting just now was blocked was mainly because of Gao Pragmatism. There are at least two reasons for this: First, the Eight Guerrilla's backer is Gao Pragmatism.
The meeting was held in the military headquarters, so the Eighth Guerrilla Army was naturally confident; secondly, at the meeting just now, only Li Rusong from the Liaodong Army was present, and the other generals, including important officials like Zu Chengxun, had not attended the meeting, so Li Rusong's side seemed weak.
The lineup that Li Rusong brought this time was not simple. He brought with him at least 80% of the family wealth of the Li family, such as Li Chengliang’s old subordinates Zu Chengxun, Qin Deyi, Sun Shoulian, and Li Chengliang’s adopted sons and servants such as Li Pinghu, Li Ning, Li
Xing, Li Yousheng, Li Youde, Li Youhua, and Li Chengliang’s nephews such as Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang, Li Rumei, Li Ruwu...
These names almost represent the Li Jiajun's strength. Except for Li Chengliang's younger brother Li Chengdong, who is guarding the Liaoxi base camp with several young nephews and nephews of the Li family and several other trusted generals, the Li Jiajun has already used all the generals.
Almost there.
The vast majority of these people are already at the participation level, and a few are commanders and defenders. According to the general standards of high-pragmatic meetings, at least participating generals and guerrillas are definitely qualified to attend the meeting. Commanders and defenders can sometimes
Attending as a non-voting member (Note: Generally speaking, attending means being able to speak and express one's position, and attending means being able to observe but not speak). If among these people, the participating generals and guerrillas had just attended the meeting, Li Rusong would have been able to suppress the eight guerrillas on the scene.
However, the meeting just now was a bit unexpected. Since the matter of cleaning the battlefield was handed over to Li Rusong by Gao Pragmatic, Li Rusong sent all of their ministries out. Some of them were to count the results of the battle, and some were to prevent the Tatars from returning. In short, they were all
The result of not being able to attend the meeting was that Li Rusong came with an army, and ended up attending the meeting "alone."
However, this kind of thing will happen one after another. The non-confrontation between Li Rusong and the Eight Guerillas will eventually be resolved. It won’t take long. After the inventory is completed, there will definitely be another meeting. By the way, everyone should also listen.
What arrangements does the Master of the Listening Desk have for the follow-up actions?
Sure enough, around evening, all the finishing work was completed, and a large number of generals came to report on the progress of the work. Gao Pragmatic took advantage of the situation and held another military meeting.
Determining the outcome of the battle is very important, so it is carried out first. However, since the result is very different from the previous one, it will not be repeated here. Immediately afterwards, there is the arrangement of the next actions.
Li Rusong still seemed to be very energetic, and once again made suggestions, thinking that we should pursue immediately - at most, we should rest tonight and not have to travel through starry night. However, he believed that the army must set off early tomorrow morning to pursue Bu Riha.
Tuhe Buyan and Huang Taiji spanked each other, leaving Tumen's main force with no time to react.
Ye Bangrong expressed his objection, saying that although the results of the Lightning Lake victory were gratifying, although our army killed many enemies, its own losses were not small. The officers and soldiers who died in the battle can be buried on the spot, but the wounded cannot be given up casually and must be arranged
Necessary medical treatment and care were necessary, so it was obviously inconvenient to pursue him immediately.
Qin Deyi, the general of the Li family army, immediately retorted, saying that soldiers are valuable and quick, and the most critical issue now is to break the siege of naturalization. At present, our elite heavenly soldiers have more than 60,000 horses, enough to sweep across Mengdi. How can we delay? As for that,
As for the wounded, the Tatars have all run away anyway, leaving a few hundred people to guard the camp. Isn't it enough to arrange for the wounded to recuperate in Lightning Lake? What kind of special treatment is needed?
Li Rusong's fourth brother Li Ruzhang also stood up and said that the problem of the wounded was nothing more than a trivial matter, and that 90% of the Liaodong Army's accompanying military doctors could be retained to properly take care of the wounded.
Li Ruzhang's words should obviously have been approved by Li Rusong, so Gao pragmatic just glanced at Li Rusong, who immediately nodded to confirm, and then expressed that the Liaodong Army was indeed willing.
It seems that Li Rusong is either naturally warlike, or he is really in urgent need of military exploits. Considering his identity, "property" and the military exploits he has achieved today, he should not be in great need of further military exploits to bring much benefit to himself.
, then there is a high probability that he did this really because of money.
The large number of cavalry and cavalry has allowed the Tieling Li clan to firmly occupy the top spot as the number one general, but the huge expenditure will obviously bring untold pressure.
In the past, Li Chengliang relied on his almost overwhelming power in Liaodong, and used this power to control a large number of fields, shops, horse markets and other related industries, and then obtained enough profits to maintain this military strength.
However, in the last year or two of Li Chengliang's reign in the Liao Dynasty, the Li family's financial resources were actually somewhat tight. To a certain extent, Li Chengliang actually smuggled gunpowder to Chahar at that time. It was most likely because the family's financial pressure was too great.
Big cause.
Now that so much time has passed, Li Chengliang stepped down and Li Rusong took over. The Tieling Li family's power in various industries in Liaodong is declining day by day. At the same time, Beijing, or the Maritime Trade Alliance, has increasingly squeezed the Li family's economy.
His methods in this area are not as "flexible" as his father's, so he will naturally need more military exploits to increase his influence.
Influence is a very interesting thing. It may not be directly exchanged for money, but it can often bring indirect benefits. The highly pragmatic Jinghua was able to expand rapidly at the beginning, largely relying on the emperor's holy family, Gao Gong.
It is obtained through the addition of intangible influence such as status.
This is even a bit like the stock market in later generations, and influence is like a company telling a good story, making investors confident in its prospects, and then it gets corresponding benefits. In the stock market, investors buy one after another, increasing the
Its stock price allowed it to obtain sufficient cash flow; at that time, Jinghua was recognized by the market and partners and could make the largest transactions with the smallest cost.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And Li Rusong was eager to obtain major military exploits. On the one hand, he must have proved to the emperor that the Li family was still capable of fighting and was always worth using; on the other hand, he wanted to stabilize the old Liaodong headquarters through military exploits.
Confidence in them will at least keep the basic base; on the other hand, it will tell the Xin School that our Li family is still your most valuable ally in the military. If you want to avoid being completely squeezed out of the military by the Real School,
Then quickly find a way to get us money.
How should I put it? Gao Pragmatic felt that Li Rusong's approach was at least better than Li Chengliang's. If his starting point was not a bit smaller, Gao Pragmatic would even be willing to regard this as a virtuous circle.
Gao pragmatic still did not express his position and continued to let the two sides argue. At this time, Pogui stood up and said that based on his understanding of the Mongolian army, it would be impossible to catch up after tonight. The so-called continued pursuit tomorrow morning actually had little meaning.
Li Rusong knew that Pogui's words actually made sense. After all, the elite of the Mongolian cavalry could even ride a horse while half asleep. This is a fact. [Note: The horses have a strong sense of hierarchy and will naturally follow the leader. This is the Mongolian cavalry.
The key factors of "marching in sleep". However, this is more troublesome to explain. Friends who are interested can check the information themselves. I will not expand on it here.]
However, Li Rusong didn't think Pogui's words were true. He felt that Pogui was just deliberately making excuses to prevent him from continuing to "grab credit."
Li Rusong was about to go out and refute in person, but unexpectedly, at this time, a scout came to report that he had received an urgent military report and must immediately submit it to the manager for review. The Liaodong General Soldier had to swallow the words that were already on his lips.
This military report was very formal. It was not a dictation but a secret letter. The envelope and the paint on it were both intact. After Gao pragmatic inspection, he opened it and read it himself.
After just a few glances, he, who was usually calm, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows under the gaze of all the generals. Everyone couldn't help but secretly marveled, guessing what kind of news could move the audience.
But Gao Pangshi didn't explain too much. He just couldn't help but smile "haha" and then said: "Shuai Liao, you strongly advocated pursuing the pursuit as soon as possible. I am not a person who cannot listen to your words, so I agree with you."
Suggestion. Early tomorrow morning, your troops can go west to pursue us. Except for the few prohibitions stipulated by the headquarters before this battle, which must not be violated, you can fight however you want."
Li Rusong suddenly became more and more suspicious of the content of this military report. However, since Gao Pragmatic chose not to say anything, he knew that he would not be able to press for questioning, so he agreed after thinking quickly, looking generally relieved.
The matter should have ended here, but Li Rusong, not knowing whether it was out of curiosity or confusion, asked out of nowhere: "What about the sutra platform, you..."
Strictly speaking, his question was a bit overstepping his duty, because as his immediate superior at the moment, Gao Pragmatic had no obligation to explain his further action plan to him. Even though there should be theoretical communication between superiors and subordinates, the leader of the Ming Dynasty
Civil servants have not regarded military generals as thoughtful people for a long time. The so-called "should be taken for granted" does not exist at all.
Because of this, when Li Rusong said these words, even he felt a little regretful. With his high and pragmatic status, it is hard to guarantee that he, Li Rusong, would not think that he was acting impudently, suspect that he was taking credit and be arrogant, and deliberately suppress him. He might even give him a blow in public.
He was embarrassed.
The generals present were also shocked at the same time, but their shocks were completely different.
General Li Jiajun suddenly felt a thump, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat. He felt a bit like the annoyance and anxiety of a child when he had done something wrong and was caught on the spot. Ba Guerrilla was simply surprised at first, and then doubted the intention of Li Rusong's words.
——Are you using this to test the sutra’s attitude towards you?
Only Gao Pragmatic didn't seem to mind this, and he replied naturally and even leisurely: "I'm not in a hurry anymore. I'm going to celebrate Ji Shuai's naturalization together after he comes."
This answer was really unbelievable under the current situation. All generals, regardless of faction, were all stunned. Li Rusong himself was even more surprised. He thought that if Gao Pragmatic wanted to take the opportunity to embarrass him, he should have just given it, so he also considered
Without thinking too much, he asked, "What does the sutra stand mean?"
Li Rusong was confused by Monk Zhang Er, but Ba Guerrilla slowly came to his senses. He remembered that Jinglue had said before that he had other plans for Guihua City. At that time, a large army had already arrived near Guihua. Now it seems that maybe
Did that army get in touch and even got some good news?
Seeing the completely different expressions of the two generals under his command, Gao Pingshi smiled slightly and Shi Shiran said: "The siege of naturalization has been solved."
"Ah!" "His!" "Huh?"
All kinds of exclamations and surprised sounds suddenly sounded in the handsome tent, which perfectly explained what an uproar was.
Li Rusong immediately became nervous after being surprised, and he didn't care whether he would offend Gao Pragmatic. He hurriedly asked: "What's going on, why is the naturalization... uh, the general is saying that why did the siege of naturalization suddenly resolve itself?
What about Tumen?”
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Shuai Liao is joking, how can the siege of Guihua be 'solved' by itself? Tumen was planning on breaking through Guihua City and plundering it, so there is no reason to leave without fighting!"
He paused for a moment, and finally stopped appealing to the generals' appetites, and continued slowly: "It was Tumen who was defeated by the imperial guards. I am afraid that they are being chased by Commander Qi like a duck. They have no way to go to the sky or the ground.
Where is the time to think about Guihua City?"
This news was earth-shattering. The Eight Guerrilla had already had certain psychological expectations and performed better. Their expressions were roughly "Ah, so that's it." But the generals of the Li Jiajun looked like they had seen a ghost, and their faces were full of disbelief.
, Li Rusong was even more confused. He widened his eyes and asked, "Is this what Jingtai said true?"
Gao Pragmatic's face darkened this time, and he said with a hint of sullenness: "There are no jokes in the army. Does this headquarters seem to be joking?"
Although Li Rusong was used to being domineering, he did not dare to ignore the privilege of the highly pragmatic Shang Fangjian to kill first and then report. Hearing this, he could only admit his mistake and said: "Jingtai forgives me, I didn't mean it that way. It's just... well, I'm just too surprised."
.Isn’t Commander Qi in the direction of Helin before? Why did he suddenly appear at the foot of Guihua City? The two places are far apart..."
"Shuai Liao wants to say that the two places are two thousand miles apart, which is really too far, isn't it?" Gao Jingshi shook his head slightly, then waved his hand: "But Marshal Liao, you came here from Yuerhai, and you have a
It’s a thousand and six hundred miles away.”
Who knew that these words made Li Rusong blush slightly, and he seemed to be gritting his teeth and asking: "Jingtai said that during the sixteen hundred miles that Li traveled, Commander Qi's Imperial Guards traveled two thousand miles.
?”
If you want to undermine Li Rusong's self-confidence, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity. However, Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said, "That's not true. It is too slow to convey orders to your army, and Commander Qi has carrier pigeons in his army."
The Li family in Tieling actually has homing pigeons, but they are not used for marching and fighting. They are generally only used for emergency communication between fixed areas. Although raising pigeons does not cost a lot of money, the money spent on cultivating homing pigeons is not in raising pigeons.
Just a little bit of food, so Gao Pragmatic can afford a relatively large homing pigeon system, but that doesn’t mean that everyone can afford it.
Since the Imperial Guards were not able to attack better than his own Liaodong cavalry, Li Rusong barely breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately raised a new question: "Even so, the Imperial Guards were able to defeat the Tumen army in one fell swoop when they attacked all the way south?"
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