Chapter 572: Wang Tu’s hegemony is just around the corner
Huangfu Rang seemed to be in disbelief: "Ling Jun's intention is that no one should be left behind and everyone should withdraw to Hexi?"
After Li Feng and Li Xiaoxian burned the Xiazhou camp and burned hundreds of thousands of Gao Meng's grain into a handful of ashes, Xihai Xizuo immediately withdrew from Xia, Shuo and other states.
Less than half a month later, Li Feng received another urgent order from Li Chengzhi, ordering all secret spies to withdraw to the six towns.
And now, they want to withdraw to Hexi again?
As a result, there will no longer be a secret spy north of the Yellow River, and the West Sea will be like a deaf and blind man, unable to get any information.
"Yes, leave no one behind!"
Li Chengzhi nodded heavily, "After suffering such a big loss, how could Gao Zhao not learn a lesson? Do you believe it or not, the Gao family's minions are now determined to be Heng, and Yan and other states are searching for me, the Li family, secretly? p>
How much effort did Gao Zhao spend to achieve the current situation? Now that chaos is imminent, he will definitely do his best to search in the six towns before launching the attack to avoid repeating the same mistakes as Xiazhou. In order to avoid heavy casualties, I will also avoid it.
The details of the West China Sea have been leaked to the enemy, so we should withdraw as soon as possible..."
Among all arms, the cavalry is the most difficult to train, especially the scouts among the cavalry. However, Li Chengzhi believes that training a qualified spy is more than ten times more difficult than that of a scout.
Precisely because it is precious, it must be cherished and its maximum effect must be exerted.
It is obvious to Li Chengzhi that the current situation in the six towns will either fall into the hands of Gao Zhao like Heng, Yan and other states, or it will turn into a complete mess just like the original trajectory of history.
Therefore, there is no need to deliberately explore the truth. It is better to wait until the chaos is complete and then see if we can exploit some loopholes.
Besides, after this part of the manpower is withdrawn, Li Chengzhi will still be of great use...
He paused for a moment, then sighed sadly: "As for my father, the eldest brother and the third brother should not be in danger for the time being. Let's wait until the overall situation is settled, and then we can make further calculations..."
Huangfu let his body tremble slightly, looked at Li Chengzhi's gentle but firm eyes, and hesitated to speak.
Now Li Feng and his subordinates are staying in six towns, not just to get information, but for Li Shixian, Li Chenghong and Li Chengxue.
Both Huangfu Rang and Li Feng knew that if they wanted to rescue Li Shixian and his son from the dragon's den, it would be an idiot's dream.
It is one thing to understand the truth, but another thing to do it or not, even if many people will die.
But he didn't expect that Li Chengzhi would directly point it out and even make Li Feng withdraw from the six towns immediately.
For a moment, Huangfu's emotions were mixed, but he finally lowered his head: "I will give orders to Li Feng in a moment!"
"Well, let him come back as soon as possible without delay. Also tell him that I will re-determine his position and official rank in a month at most. If he hasn't arrived by then, then he will be the military commander for the rest of his life!"<
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Huangfu Rang was overjoyed: "I will explain the pros and cons to him!"
No wonder he was so happy, because to this day, the Li family still retains the same rank as when the army was raised in Jingzhou. Li Liang, who has the highest official position, is also the deputy commander, and the boundaries are blurred. It is not clear how many troops should be led. p>
Further down, there is the first level of military leader. For example, Li Feng, Huangfu Rang, and Li Shi are all at this level.
Li Song was originally deputy commander, but after he was relieved of his military power, his rank was naturally stripped away.
As for Li Shiliang, he was only temporarily in charge of Li Chengzhi, so he didn’t count.
According to Huangfu Rang's estimate, there are now nearly 40,000 soldiers in Xihai. No matter how few there are, there should be about ten military officers with similar military positions to the generals. And after looking up and down the Li family, there should be one with him and Li Feng.
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Huangfu Rang was overjoyed and waited patiently for Li Chengzhi to write the emergency order in his own hand, and then returned to Zhenyi that night.
He is so anxious not because he is about to be promoted, but because he firmly believes in Li Chengzhi's words.
If Li Feng doesn't withdraw, he may die in Six Towns...
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Just like this, we walked during the day and stopped at night. After another two days, we arrived at Zhenyi.
The huge Guancheng was built to be five feet high, but how could it still look like the ruins and dilapidated buildings it had two years ago?
Along with Heli Mountain, a wall nearly ten feet high has been built. There is one beacon for one mile and one pier for five miles. Just counting the beacon towers, it is known that it has been built for at least ten miles.
As far as the eye can see, there are residences of civilians. Just like countless flowers blooming, shacks surround Guancheng, one next to another, and it seems that there is no end in sight.
Just below the pass is the Ruoshui River Valley, and the cliffs have been made as smooth as a mirror.
As if measured with a ruler, there are a row of holes on the left and right, forming two neat lines, stretching for several miles.
Looking further north, there are countless camps at the foot of Heli Mountain, just like countless white ants, dense and concentrated.
Across the mountain ridge, you will find a grain field that has been cultivated for two years. Although the seedlings in the field are not strong, they have at least grown over the entire field, leaving little space like ringworm.
There are men and women in the field, some old and some weak, they seem to be weeding.
In the distance, streaks of black smoke rose up, heading straight into the night sky. At a rough count, there were seven or eight strands.
Along the wide road at the foot of the mountain, a long line of motorcades was lined up, heading towards the black smoke.
Li Chengzhi's natural place, where the smoke comes from, is the mine, and the things carried in the convoy are naturally the ore mined thirty miles east.
Standing on Guancheng, Li Chengzhi was filled with emotions.
Even when he saw such a scene, it was like a miracle. If it were someone else, who would have dared to imagine that two years ago, this place was still a deserted and barren land?
Ask yourself, even if it were him, could he manage Zhenyi into this situation in just two years?
What's more, after crossing Heli Mountain, there is also the West Sea Pasture, which is hundreds of miles wide?
Huangfu Rang took a step forward and approached Li Chengzhi: "In the early winter of last year, after receiving an urgent report from Lang Jun, the four brothers recruited Zhao Dingzhuang to repair the river walls and beaches, dig caves and pits. At the same time, they mobilized the weak women and weaved felts.
Sewing tent.
By May and June of last year, when the army and refugees arrived one after another, they all had a place to live. None of the more than 50,000 households suffered frostbite or even died from the disease in the West Sea...
Then the four brothers helped Huairen Gong (Li Shiliang) to divide the households into households. When the cold winter came, young men cultivated nearly ten thousand hectares of farmland along both sides of the river and built thousands of miles of canals... and more than doubled the size of the Hongshan Mine.
, and build beacon walls for fifty miles each along Heli Mountain..."
"I know!" Li Chengzhi interrupted softly.
Even if Huangfu refused to say anything, Li Chengzhi also knew it well: With this scene in front of him, Li Song's achievements are extremely great.
Today's Xihai is more perfect than he imagined.
Otherwise, if Li Song made such a big mistake, how could he treat it lightly?
There is no gold, no one is perfect, it is impossible to make one mistake and then beat the person to death with a stick without giving him a chance to correct his mistake.
Moreover, strictly speaking, Li Song did it unintentionally, and it was not a heinous act. As a qualified ruler, one cannot just judge the crime based on the results, but also take other things into consideration.
Just like Huangfu Rang at this time.
Compared with other servants of the Li family, Huangfu Rang's ability is no worse than that of Li Song, whether it is leading the army, setting up formations, conquering, or controlling subordinates
Compared with being calm and calm, Huangfu Rang is not weaker than Li Liang.
What is even more commendable is that Huangfu Rang is very sober and acts very measuredly.
He would never rely on Li Chengzhi's respect and trust to feel complacent. He would never point fingers and make decisions based on his strong ability and many achievements.
And he is not submissive in everything, but has great opinions and opinions. Compared with him, Li Feng is much worse.
It was only out of selfishness that when he established the chamber of commerce, the inn, and the secret spy organization, Li Chengzhi would use Li Feng as the main leader and Huangfu Rang as the assistant.
For such a person who is extremely capable of handling things, he should be extremely taboo about Li Song's affairs and avoid them like snakes and scorpions. However, Huangfu Rang just said this at this time, and his meaning is self-evident:
Li Song is a man of great merit and hard work, and has high moral standards and high respect. I hope my husband will think twice...
Is Huangfu Rang afraid that he will settle accounts later and chill the hearts of others?
Li Chengzhi couldn't help but sigh.
The cause of the past is the result of today. It seems that his cunning and suspicious image has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
I don’t blame Huangfu for letting him do this. It was actually because Li Chengzhi had a serious lack of self-confidence at the time. That’s why when Li Song led his army to Hexi, he openly asked Li Liang, Huangfu and others to monitor and check and balance Li Song...
But Li Chengzhi has no regrets.
The way to govern is to give equal weight to kindness and power. If he hadn't expected it, Li Song would definitely have gone beyond just obeying and forcing him to rebel.
Judging from his advice to Li Shiliang to take advantage of the change of generals in the imperial court to capture Xiliang Province, we know that Li Song's ambition has probably grown to the point where even Li Chengzhi is frightened.
Therefore, as long as Li Song cannot reverse this change, Li Chengzhi will not let him lead a soldier...
He took a long breath: "Don't worry, no matter how unwise I am, I haven't dug my own foundation yet..."
Huangfu smiled and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and he realized that the shirt under his armor was soaked with cold juice.
He had been thinking about what he said just now for more than half a year. And ever since he learned that Li Chengzhi had faked his death and escaped and wanted to go to the West Sea to take charge of the overall situation, Huangfu Rang had been tossing and turning, unable to sleep well.
Even though Li Song was wrong in all his ways, in the past two years, he was like the magic needle that fixed the sea, making the West Sea come into existence from nothing.
Based on this alone, both in the military and among the people, there is great admiration for Li Song, and there are many people who are grateful.
Therefore, even if we want to punish, or even kill, it should never be now. At least we should wait for a year or two, when Li Chengzhi takes control of the overall situation, and when Li Song's influence is minimal, it is not too late to make a calculation.<
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Huangfu Rang learned from the experience and believed that a good situation cannot be ruined by temporary gains and losses. Therefore, in the end, courage defeated reason, and today's scene happened.
He was about to change the topic to ease the tense atmosphere, when he heard a whistle in the distance.
Looking closely, I saw a group of armored cavalry coming from the north of the mountain. A large banner fluttered in the wind. On the flag was a black "李" character, which was particularly eye-catching.
"It should be Duke Huairen... I must have learned that Lang Jun has arrived in Zhenyi, so he came here... to meet..."
When the word "meeting" was mentioned, Huangfu let him pause subconsciously.
He originally wanted to say "Bye bye", but his intuition was wrong, so he changed his words.
"I have asked Ren Guang to tell my uncle that I will be heading to the West Sea in the near future. Why should he rush around and travel hundreds of miles?"
Li Chengzhi sighed as he walked down the city, "Follow me downstairs to greet you!"
Huangfu asked Gong to accept the promise, but he didn't think so.
As far as the whole Xihai is concerned, it is true that Li Song has great merit and hard work, and it is true that he is highly respected. But for the servants of the Li family and the old Jingzhou tribe who know the truth well, Li Chengzhi is the magic needle that can fix the sea.
Li Songruo was so gifted by nature, why did he have no reputation in the past and had been dormant for more than four years before he suddenly became famous?
Only because Li Chengzhi paid attention to detail and made arrangements for everything, and Li Song was even more meticulous and conscientious, was it possible to achieve the scene of Xihai today.
Without Li Chengzhi, where would the four thousand warriors across the Western Sea come from?
Without Li Chengzhi, who would have known that there is such a vast land in Hexi, with countless cultivated fields and fertile water and grass?
If not Li Chengzhi, how could Li metallurgically forge armor and prepare firearms secret recipes? Who would know the iron ore buried under Heli Mountain and the Li Pearl?
Without Li Chengzhi, there would not have been much grain and grass transported to Hexi in the past two years, as well as nearly 100,000 households...
Just like cooking, Li Chengzhi brought the ingredients, the stove, and even set up a fire, prepared the seasonings, and listed the cooking methods in detail, and Li Song only had to follow them.<
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Which one is higher or lower can be known at a glance...
Therefore, the more people know about the process of how Xihai came into existence from scratch, the more they respect and even fear Li Chengzhi.
Li Shi's servants and the old Jingzhou tribe were like this, and so were the two brothers Li Shixian and Li Shiliang.
Therefore, even though Li Chengzhi still thinks that Li Shiliang is his uncle or elder, Li Shiliang definitely no longer dares to think so.
Sure enough, when he saw the figure standing under the city gate, with silver threads fluttering in the wind, still dozens of steps away, Li Shiliang stopped his horse. Then he turned over and got off his saddle, and hurried over.
Li Chengzhi greeted him with a smile, but when he was more than ten feet away, Li Shiliang stopped and bowed.
He knew what Li Shiliang meant, but in full view of the crowd, how could Li Chengzhi let him bow down? He took two steps forward, crossed his arms, and held Li Shiliang up firmly.
"Why does uncle need to do this?"
Li Shiliang let out a long sigh and looked at the extraordinary and handsome face in front of him with admiration, emotion, and even some doubts.
If it weren't for the fact that he looked exactly like Erlang, he would have doubted whether he was a descendant of the Li family.
When Li Shixian first arrived in Xihai, he wondered if he was dreaming?
Is the Li family in Longxi, which founded the country in Xiliang a hundred years ago and owns several counties in Dunhuang, Shazhou and Jiuquan, what it is today?
And all of this is just what Li Chengzhi has accomplished in two years, and it is just the beginning.
The King of Li's ambition to dominate is just around the corner...
When he thought of this, Li Shiliang couldn't help but feel excited, as if the pores all over his body were trembling.
Not to mention bowing, he would be happy to kneel down and kowtow to Li Chengzhi...
I can’t bow anymore, but Li Chengzhi can’t seal his mouth too, right?
"There are differences between masters and ministers. You must not be confused with the elders and the young. Huairen worships you. It is only right..."
Li Chengzhi paused for a moment and then said with a warm smile: "Chengzhi understands my uncle's intentions, but the time has not yet come..."
As he spoke, he held Li Shiliang's arm and walked into the city: "It's windy outside the city. It's not too late to catch up with my uncle after entering the city!"