Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 938 Xing Wei

"Marshal!" An Jinjun, Shi Junli, An Jinquan and other generals saluted one after another.

"Sit down." Li Kening sat down on the head and said.

The crowd took their seats.

"Marshal, does Your Highness have a letter?" An Jinjun, the training envoy of Xing Mingci's regiment, is the biggest official in Zhaoyi East Three Prefectures, so he spoke first on behalf of everyone.

Also present here is: An Jinquan, the military envoy of the Fifth Academy, and the governor of Mingzhou, this person can be regarded as a general cultivated by Li Ke;
Shi Junli, the commander of the Huangjia Army in front of the hall, Li Sizhao's confidant;

Murong Teng, the direct commander of the bodyguard's golden gun, will act as the general of Beifan;

Cizhou Inspector Li Junqing, a distant relative of the Li family, has heard that he is trusted, and he will soon be promoted to the general manager of the Jinyang Fanhan Horse Infantry Army;

Li Hanzhi, governor of Zezhou.

There are more than ten generals and schools, but they are of lower rank and stand far away.

Generally speaking, under Li Keyong's rule, the model of a large feudal town and a small feudal town has remained basically unchanged.

Take the five prefectures of Zhaoyi as an example. There are Zezhou and Luzhou in Shanxi. Li Kening is the new envoy of Zhaoyi, but he only controls Luzhou, and Zezhou is in the hands of Li Han; Returning to An Jinjun, but he is only the supreme commander in the military, and his territory is only Xingzhou. Mingzhou was given to the newcomer An Jinquan, and Cizhou was in the hands of Li Junqing, but he was leaving soon.

These small army leaders maintain their own army, recruit and train soldiers, and provide money and food.In terms of government affairs, Jinyang doesn't care too much. He appoints state and county officials himself, and in military matters, he can just follow the command.

There is no doubt that this can increase the enthusiasm of the generals, but it also buryes the hidden danger of the separatism of the feudal town.If it wasn't for the current foreign enemy, and Li Keyong's charismatic personality, able to win over a group of strong men, there would definitely be internal problems after a long time.

The internal structure of Yang Xingmi in Huainan is similar to that of Li Keyong.Li Keyong was strong and could stabilize the situation while he was alive, while Yang Xingmi was not strong and would explode when he was alive.

"Let me tell you the good news first." Li Kening said: "Your Majesty and the Khitan fought in Yingzhou. They won three times and lost one. They beheaded two thousand ranks and got more than [-] horses, cows and alpacas. The Khitans are already scared and dare not look south."

Everyone nodded after listening.But they all rolled out of the dead, how could they not know the quality of these few battles?
Only 10,000 Khitans were killed in the fourth battle. How large can this be?I heard that Khitan can mobilize 200+ cavalry, which is not hurt at all.Moreover, based on the size of the Khitan army, the total number of livestock they owned may be more than [-] million, or even more, and they only got [-] miscellaneous animals. Food is expensive.

King Jin's Northern Expedition failed to capture the main force of the Khitan, and they avoided the battle, so they still had to entangle.

"His Royal Highness did not expect Shao Bandit to be so frenzied that he would fight in several directions at the same time." Li Kening said again: "Just like Zhu Quanzhong, it seems that there are many soldiers, but in fact the army is tense. If you fail in one direction, you will be defeated everywhere. .”

"Marshal, what does Your Highness mean? Do you want to attack Xia Bandit?" An Jinquan asked again.

Li Kening slapped his thigh and sighed: "Shao thief is too good at acting. He just released the last batch of surrendered soldiers, and His Highness is entangled with the Khitan people again, so he doesn't want to touch him for the time being."

Everyone seems to have realized something, but also a little puzzled.If you don't want to do anything, why did you bring Li Hanzhi here?He still has 60 soldiers under him, and the military discipline can't stand up to his own people, so don't harm the [-] people in the eighteen counties of the three prefectures and eighteen counties of Xingmingci.

"In the past few days, I have restrained some of my subordinates. I know you have sent out cavalry to the south, but try to avoid conflicts." Li Kening said: "We have more than [-] soldiers and horses here. If we guard the door, the Shao thief will not method. Remember, don’t act rashly.”

"Of course." An Jinjun and the others responded.

"Marshal, why are you so afraid of Shao thief?" Li Hanzhi said suddenly: "He has newly defended the second state, I don't believe that he has already dealt with those local snakes. How much did we spend after we broke Meng Fangli and Meng Qian brothers back then?" It took time to straighten out the five prefectures of Zhaoyi? The king of Jin went to Youzhou, and the rebellions came and went one after another in the past few years. How much energy was spent suppressing them? Right now, I don’t know how many Yan people are convinced. The Shao thief wants to cut the feudal clan Yes, can the people of Wei agree? Let’s leave a few thousand soldiers and horses to guard, and send an army of [-] to the south, taking advantage of Shao’s thieves’ unpreparedness, attack Xiangzhou, and capture and kill them in one battle. In this way, everything is settled.”

Li Kening looked at the white-haired Li Hanzhi, and sighed inaudibly.The most successful son was beheaded by the Xia people, and the white-haired people gave away the black-haired ones. No one can bear this matter.

To be honest, Li Hanzhi's suggestion is not completely random.According to the information obtained so far, Shao thief is in Xiangzhou, and his subordinates are the three armies of Tujiang, Tianxiong, and Tiande, and most of the organizational systems are incomplete, supporting 1 to [-] soldiers.The key is that so many people were left in the rear of the town, because the prime minister and the guards did not return to their hearts, and it would be very dangerous if more than [-] people were not left to guard important places and guard the grain roads.

In addition, there are also troops left in the direction of Weizhou for defense. He can really use more than [-] people at most.He was still facing Yecheng and Wei Bowufu who might come from Weizhou at any time. If the whole army killed him, the chance of winning was not small.

As long as Xia Bandit is defeated in one battle, and the two states of Xiangwei stand up for rebellion, the incomplete Tianxiong army in Heyang may not be able to hold back the situation.The thief Shao is bound to mobilize the army from Bianzhou, Luoyang, and Yunzhou to return to aid, and the deployment is completely disrupted.

He took over Zhu Quanzhong's territory, and also took over Zhu Quanzhong's bad geographical situation, and opened several battlefields at the same time. It seemed that the overall force was very strong, but in a specific place, the number of troops that could be mobilized was very limited.Do you want to fight?

"Temporarily keep the town quiet. Cities and counties stockpile grain, grass and equipment, repair cities, dig trenches, collect soil and peasants, and practice diligently." Li Kening said: "Let's make a decision after the king comes from Youzhou. "

Li Hanzhi snorted coldly and turned his head away.

******
Wang Zhiyan returned to Weizhou on the second day of September.

Luo Hongxin spent less and less awake time in a day, Wang Zhiyan and Zhao Xi sat beside his bed, feeling very sad.

The Luo family's status in Weibo Town is not high or low, so it can be regarded as a solid general-school family.

Luo Hongxin's great ancestor Luo Yun (nà) served as the governor of Pingzhou, and then went south with Anlu Mountain.After the failure of Anshi, Luo Yun followed Tian Chengsi to surrender and settled in Weibo - Tian Chengsi was also from Pingzhou.

Since the great-grandfather Luo Zhen, the three generations can only be called military schools.In the generation of Luo Hongxin's father, Luo Rang, he was promoted a little bit, and became a military envoy in the Weibo Jiedu Yaya Houjun, stepping into the ranks of "generals".

But Laozi is a high-ranking official and general, but he may not be able to help his son.After all, in this kind of society, all rely on bravery and ability, and the effect of going through the back door is not great, so Luo Hongxin is just a small infantry school, and was later transferred to manage the ranch, "in charge of the matter of animal husbandry".

After becoming a Jiedu envoy, the official records recorded that before the coup, "although the reputation has not been revived, the public has accepted it".

Therefore, the Luo family's foundation in Weibo is not very stable. Even after more than ten years of painstaking efforts, they must not be taken lightly.

"I understand it." With the help of his servant, Luo Hongxin sat on the head of the bed and said with a wry smile, "Shao Shude has a big heart. He and Zhu Quanzhong are the same kind of people, and they chose the most difficult path. Without Shao Shude, Zhu Quanzhong might be able to unify Henan Road, Guannei Road, Shannan East Road, and Huainan Road before his death. His son Zhu Youyu succeeded him and swept Hebei Road and Hedong Road. Nandao. The third generation relay may be able to unify the world."

"If Zhu Youyu fails and dies in the second generation, then Henan and Guanzhong will benefit the newcomer. But the only place that the newcomer can really control is the Henan Road cleaned up by Zhu Quanzhong. Maybe it's not as good as Zhu Quanzhong, who is full of eyes. It is a feudal town, and the government orders are hundreds of miles away from Luoyang and Bianzhou. The appointment and removal of officials must be discussed with the feudal commanders. Rather than saying that they are the masters of the world, it is better to say that they are the masters of Henan."

"Small turmoil, natural disasters and man-made disasters, or foreign enemy invasions will lead to unsustainable military supplies, insufficient food and salaries, and resentment among the soldiers. At that time, there will be arrogant soldiers inside, and there will be generals outside. Why not die?"

"Procrastinate!" Having said that, Luo Hongxin coughed twice, almost unable to catch his breath.

Wang Zhiyan and Zhao Xi hurriedly called for a doctor.

"It doesn't matter." Luo Hongxin waved his hand to make people retreat, and said wearily: "Procrastinate, just procrastinate! How long can Shao thief live? Ten years? Twenty years? When he was young, he did not come from a high family background. , Expedition for hundreds of miles, fighting desperately, no hidden wounds on his body? Let’s delay, delay until he is dead, or if he really can’t hold on, let go and agree to set up a feudal town.”

"We can all have feudal towns, so some feudal towns on the old lands of Henan Road and Guannei Road must be set aside to serve as heirs to his old brothers? Otherwise, it will be a matter of time, not his old brothers. Death is his death. And once he starts cleaning the veterans, Xia Bing will lose his breath, and he will become more and more unable to fight, and finally lose all of them, rolling in the mud with us, no one is better than the other. "

Speaking of this, Luo Hongxin grinned with satisfaction.

You, Shao Shude, worked so hard to wipe out the separatist forces in Henan and Guanzhong, but you made wedding dresses for others, isn't it heartbreaking?
Of course, the person who overthrew the Shao family will probably continue to cut down the feudal clan, but it should not end well, or expand the territory directly under the central government, but it is just a wedding dress for the later generations.Later, people continued to cut down the vassals and further expand the territory directly under the central government. I don't know when it will be the end.

"Thousands of people from Li Gongquan's tribe have surrendered again?" Seeing that Wang Zhiyan and Zhao Xi were silent, Luo Hongxin asked suddenly.

"Yes. Li Gongquan scraped the ground in Bozhou and caused a riot among the Bo people. The sergeants saw that he had no money to reward, and his future was gloomy. There was an endless stream of descendants." Zhao Xi replied.

"Sooner or later, my Luo family will be ruined by these warriors. Everyone will end badly, alas." Luo Hongxin suddenly lost his interest.

Wang Zhiyan and Zhao Xi were speechless.

"Brother-in-law, let's go to Jinyang again." Luo Hongxin looked at Wang Zhiyan and said, "Since Shao Shude won't give him a way out, then there's nothing to say. Luo Shi is willing to raise the town to be attached to Hedong, so let's drag it down and let Shao thief come down every time." Every city, every gram of a village, has to be fought desperately. It dragged on until his beard and hair were all white, his body and mind were exhausted, and his ambition was gone. No matter how brave and powerful a person is, in this muddy quagmire, he will be tossed until he has only one breath left."

Wang Zhiyan sighed, as long as things were as simple as this.I'm afraid that you will hide and defend, but the warriors are not satisfied, and they will chop off your head and replace them with others.

But as Luo Shuai said, is there any other way now?You can't even surrender, because the warriors won't agree.The vassalization of Hedong is the only option now.In the future, if the situation is not right, or the warriors change their minds, they can fight back and jump back, that's the only way.

In today's world, no one can really control their own destiny, just go with the flow, every day of life is considered a day.

(End of this chapter)