Seven hundred and thirty ninth chapter: South and North War
In the Prince Liang's Mansion in Luoyang, Wan He had summoned all his subordinates, including Li Jing and others who had just returned to Luoyang, to gather in the conference hall to discuss how to deal with Luo Yi's army going south this time.
Wan He is aloof, but with a gloomy face. He is currently listening to Qin Qiong read out the situation of Du Fuwei from Liyang. First of all, it is fortunate that Du Fuwei has no intention of betraying Wan He, but Du Fuwei also did not send Soldiers and horses came to aid Wan He, but the Chu army who had accumulated his troops actually wanted to go south to attack Xiao Xian.
Du Fuwei had wanted to go south for a long time. When the Chu army and Liang army were allied in Hebei, the Chu army general Kan Ling, who represented Du Fuwei, made a request to Li Jing for Liang Jun's assistance. The Chu army captured Xiao Xian, but was defeated in the plains later. The Chu army was beaten to pieces and fled back to Liyang in a hurry. Even the Chu army general Wang Xiongshu died on the battlefield. Du Fu originally thought that After this battle, Wei's vitality was severely damaged, and he had long forgotten the idea of continuing to march south. However, he did not expect that Du Fuwei had quietly made preparations for the southern expedition.
After listening to Qin Qiong's words, Wan He's face turned livid. Although Du Fuwei did not openly betray him, Du Fuwei disobeying orders and sending troops south privately at this time was no different from betraying him. But in the end Wan He He could still hold back his temper and said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, Xiao Mian has more than 100,000 strong soldiers. Du Fuwei's strength was originally on par with Xiao Mian. This time he suddenly sent out troops. Is it possible that he is sure of victory?"
Hearing Wan He ask such a question, Qin Qiong's face suddenly became very ugly. He hesitated and said: "According to the spies' report, Du Fuwei suddenly sent troops this time because he has contacted a powerful ally. , the rogue Dengzhou, the Louluo King of Xiangyang, Zhu Can,"
When Qin Qiong read out the last name, Qin Qiong almost gritted his teeth and read out the last two words. When Qin Qiong read out the name, the faces of everyone present became extremely ugly, even the usually good-looking person. Li Jing, who had a bad temper, was no exception. As for Wan He, he couldn't help being stunned, and then his face became even uglier than before. He hummed in a deep voice: "You are talking about the ogre king Zhu Can."
Zhu Can was originally a county official in the Sui Dynasty. He rebelled in the last years of the Sui Dynasty. He was a well-known rebel king in the south. At one time, he had gathered 200,000 rebels. However, Wagangzhai later became stronger. After dispatching, Zhu Can also gradually moved the battle line to the Jiangnan area. Although they were both rebels, Zhu Can never relied on other anti-kings, nor did he have alliances with other anti-kings. This was not because Zhu Can was not strong enough. , it’s not because Zhu Can has an arrogant personality and is unwilling to cooperate with others, it’s actually because Zhu Can has a bad reputation.
Zhu Can calls himself King Lou Luo, but he also has an even louder nickname, which is the "Ogre King" that Wan He just shouted out. The nickname of this Ogre King is not an adjective, but a real name. , Zhu Can’s biggest hobby is cannibalism.
When there was no strong alliance in Wagangzhai to rebel against the king, Zhu Can was a disaster for the Haozhou area, and later moved to Xiangyang and Dengzhou. At that time, Xiangyang and Dengzhou were short of food, so Zhu Can often captured folk children and cooked them for food. , Zhu Can even said to his subordinates: "There is no more beautiful food in the world than human flesh. As long as there are people in the country, I don't have to worry about not having military rations." For this reason, Zhu Can often ordered his subordinates to capture women and children. Steamed and distributed to the soldiers as food. Every time a town was captured, Zhu Can ordered the strong men to be conscripted into the army, and the weak men and women were assigned to various ministries. They were killed and eaten when necessary. When Zhu Can's army was at its strongest, , every time a city is conquered, there will definitely be nothing in that city.
It is precisely because of Zhu Can's notoriety that even though Zhu Can was powerful at the time, neither Zhai Rang nor Li Mi of Wagang Village thought of drawing him into the anti-Sui alliance to avoid being disgraced. But now, Du Fu Wei actually joined forces with Zhu Can, completely ignoring Zhu Can's reputation. Even if Du Fuwei didn't care, Wan He did. Don't forget, Du Fuwei's current status as King of Chu is Wan He. Feng, what Du Fuwei did, to a certain extent, represented Wan He. Now that he has joined forces with Zhu Can, if the world sees it, it is very likely that it is Wan He who joins forces with Zhu Can. , now Wan He's reputation will be tarnished, so it's no wonder Wan He's face looks so ugly.
"Humph," the young general Xue Wanche couldn't help but slap his thigh, stood up and shouted angrily: "Du Fuwei is so brave, he dares to join forces with Zhu Can, isn't he afraid that his back will be broken by everyone in the world? ,"
"Your Majesty," Fang Xuanling also stood up and said with cupped hands to Wan He: "My subordinates think that an announcement should be issued immediately to tell the world that the Prince has nothing to do with Du Fuwei. This Zhu Can's reputation is not worth it. You must not be involved, otherwise it will be a great disadvantage to the prince's reputation."
It's no wonder that Fang Xuanling is so nervous. Now Wan He's reputation can even be said to have surpassed that of the previous Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. If this trend continues, at a certain point, even Wan He will usurp the power of the Sui Dynasty. , not many people would object, and all of this stems from Wan He's good reputation. If Wan He's good reputation is ruined because of Zhu Can, it would be really unfair.
Wan He obviously knew what Fang Xuanling meant. He nodded repeatedly and said, "That makes sense. I'll leave this matter to you. By the way, as far as I know, Mr. Shang's eldest son Shang Yanwencai That’s great, I might as well leave this announcement to him to write,”
The Shang Yan mentioned by Wan He is the young merchant who escaped from Chang'an with Wan He last time. Since Shang Ruyun and his son followed Wan He back to Luoyang, Wan He also did something to them, his father and his son. Proper arrangement. Of course, Wan He would not be interested in favoritism and arrange lucrative positions for the merchant and his son. Therefore, Wan He also asked Shang Yan to serve as the representative of the merchant and become an official in the court. This time, he just handed over the matter to Shang Yan. As long as Shang Yan does well, Wan He will have an excuse to promote him.
After hearing what Wan He said, Fang Xuanling immediately nodded. He knew what he knew. He also recognized the businessman and his son. Naturally, he also knew that Shang Yan's writing style was good. It was more than enough to write an announcement, so Fang Xuanling naturally had nothing to do. In doubt, he immediately bowed his hands, wrote down Wan He's instructions, and then sat back in his seat.
Immediately afterwards, Wan He turned his head again and said to Qin Qiong: "Where is Du Fuwei's army now?"
Qin Qiong immediately replied: "Du Fuwei, with General Ximen Junyi as the vanguard, personally led an army of 70,000 people. He had just sent troops to Liyang, and Zhu Can's troops had also conquered Jiujiang and were resting in Jiujiang. Du Fuwei seemed to want to fight with Zhu Can met up in Yuzhang, and then combined his troops and pointed directly at Yueyang. As for Liyang City, General Du Fuwei Kan Ling was stationed."
"Well," after hearing Qin Qiong's report, Wan He frowned and thought for a moment, then turned to look at Li Jing. This matter of marching and fighting requires talent, although Wan He has been A lot has changed, but for such professional matters, you still have to ask experts, so Wan He also asked shamelessly: "How does General Li think we should deal with this?"
Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, according to the current situation, it is okay for Your Majesty to renounce the relationship with Du Fuwei and Zhu Can, but it is absolutely inappropriate to break up with Du Fuwei. Our army Although we are not afraid of Du Fuwei and Zhu Can, the main thing our army has to face now is the coalition of Luo Yi and the Three Anti-Kings of Border Pass. If Du Fuwei is forced too far now, then when our army goes to war with Luo Yi's army , Du Fuwei is very likely to send troops to attack Luoyang, in which case Luoyang will be in danger,"
"Hey..." After hearing Li Jing's words, Wan He couldn't help but sigh. He felt depressed in his heart. When he accepted Du Fuwei, he never thought that Du Fuwei would become his It is a big cancer, and it is still big. The previous attack on Chang'an was because of Du Fuwei's threat, which made Wan He dare not go all out. If Wan He could send an army of 200,000 to attack Chang'an, why should he be afraid of Li Shimin's A little trickery.
Seeing Wan He's appearance, Changsun Wuji also hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. According to my subordinates, although the combined forces of Du Fuwei and Zhu Can are strong, Xiao Mian's strength is not weak either. Since he started his army at the end of Daye, after several years of development, the Jiangnan area has been managed like an iron barrel by him. The combined forces of Du Fuwei and Zhu Can only amount to 150,000 to 60,000. They want to defeat Xiao Xian , I'm afraid it's not that easy. The lord can wait until Du Fuwei, Zhu Can and Xiao Xian are both injured, then send troops to the south of the Yangtze River to reap the benefits. Of course, before that, the prince can take the opportunity to concentrate on dealing with Luo Yi. After pacifying Luo Yi and the three rebel kings at the border, our army can pacify the north, solve its worries, and then concentrate on dealing with Li Shimin,"
"The situation has come to this, and it can only be like this." In fact, Wan He also understood these truths in his heart. The sigh before was just because he was depressed. Wan He also nodded lightly, and then raised his head again. Said: "Then how do you think our army should deal with Luo Yi's army?"
In fact, this is the real purpose of Wan He calling everyone here to discuss this time. Luo Yi's army has captured Hedong, and now it is possible to go south to attack Hongnong at any time, approaching Luoyang, so Luo Yi's army is in front of Wan He. He is the enemy that Wan He really wants to guard against. As soon as Wan He said these words, Cheng Yaojin and Luo Shixin stood up almost at the same time, clasped their fists at Wan He and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to meet you." enemy,"