Chapter 84: The Story of Taizong
After all, Wu Sidao is an extraordinary person, since following Yinzhen, he has repeatedly offered strange strategies, and this time he will naturally actively plan, but he is in the game, and many problems cannot be seen through, so he has been thinking hard for a long time, but it is difficult to think of a good way to break the game.
Li Wei on the side didn't dare to talk much, but since he was invested in Yinzhen's door last year, he has not offered any credit, and now he sees Yinzhen in a deep adversity, but he secretly feels that it is a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and immediately said: "Master, this is more than one way, if the road ahead can't be walked, why don't you bypass it?" ”
This was said in a daze, which made Yinzhen a little puzzled, but Wu Sidao, who was listening to it on the side, was shocked to hear it, but Wu Sidao only squinted his eyes, but did not directly open his mouth, he still wanted to listen to this Li Wei's thoughts again, this is Wu Sidao's cleverness.
Li Wei saw that Yinzhen was puzzled, and then looked at Wu Sidao without saying a word, so he turned his heart down and showed the original hidden gangsterism, "The fourth master might as well follow the story of Taizong." "This is too naked, the Taizong here is not Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, but Li Shimin, the Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
The story of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, is clear to everyone, as a template for seizing the heir, it can be said that since the Tang Dynasty, all the battles for the heir have all wanted to emulate this predecessor and have an armed heir.
But after all, the times are different, Li Shimin himself is a knife and a gun, and he is powerful in the army, but what strength does he have in Yinzhen? Except for a Governor of Nian Qianyao who is far away in Sichuan, there is almost no support from the army, but the fourteenth elder brother personally leads the general Fuyuan, and his subordinates are all elite generals, speaking of which, the fourteenth master is more like Li Shimin. What does it mean to mention the story of Xiaotaizong at this time?
Thinking of this, Yin Zhen felt a little unhappy, but although he was mean and unkind by nature, he also understood that it was the time to employ people, and it was not good to be harsh, so he wanted to ask this Li Wei to leave first.
It's just that before Yinzhen could say anything, Wu Sidao was a little surprised, but he was not a serious scholar, but the kind of real emperor teacher, so when he heard this suggestion, he nodded subtly and said in a low voice: "Fourth master, this idea is not hopeless, and the defeat can be reversed at a critical moment." ”
Yin Zhen smiled bitterly: "Mr. Wu, don't be joking, this is child's play." That being said, there was already some hesitation in his tone.
Yin Zhen also knew in his heart that no matter whether he succeeded or not, he was afraid that this step would take a while. If he can't be the emperor, how can he realize those aspirations in his heart? He won't be reconciled, so no matter what, Yinzhen will choose to give it a go.
Wu Sidao smiled slightly, and it was just the point, there was no need to say more, as long as he strengthened the idea in Yinzhen's heart, it was enough, as for how to do it? Isn't there another Li Wei?
From that day on, Prince Yong's mansion closed its doors and no longer welcomed foreign guests, as for the very simple reason, Prince Yong wanted to close the door to the Buddha and not see outsiders. Of course, this is true on the surface, but the spies at the sticky pole are becoming more and more active.
Because of the imminent return of the Fourteenth Master, the entire capital has become turbulent, and the major families have secretly made many transactions, and they don't know how many interests have been redivided.
Chu Wei doesn't seem to have really stayed in the hearts of these big people at all, Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Yu and other names may pass by in their minds, but they won't leave any impression at all, in the hearts of these big people, what they really care about is always Emperor Kangxi's every move.
But at this time, the Fu Han army did not stop, according to the order issued by the Dadu Governor's Office, will be aimed at the current Fu Han army to achieve a large reorganization, expand the combat strength, in order to meet the upcoming Huguang decisive battle, everyone knows, this battle can not be avoided, but if this battle is won, the situation will enter a new period.
Ning Yu, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, naturally coordinated the plan for the reorganization of the army this time, and was dizzy every day, even with Cui Xi, he was also busy, although the two were about to get married, but at this time, they didn't have time to think about these things, so there was a lot less embarrassment.
According to the previous plan, the new Fu Han Army will adopt three divisions, each with 5,000 men, and the missing flintlock guns will be replenished at the end of the month, and the insufficient ones will be replaced by captured Qing army bird guns for the time being, and there is basically no gap in artillery, so the equipment of this 15,000 people is basically complete, and the combat effectiveness can also be brought into full play.
As for the Qing troops who were originally captured, except for some officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion who had cut their braids and defected to Chengcheng, the rest of them all went into the mines to work, which also accelerated the speed of mining and excavation, and the output of wrought iron smelted was also increasing, and the guns produced by the gun workshops were also increasing.
Ning Yu also selected some recruits and some veterans to form a garrison force, a total of 9,000 people, divided into three garrison regiments, stationed in Wuchang, Hanyang and Huangzhou, so that even if the main force was not there, it could hold out for a period of time under the siege of the Qing army. Especially in order to take into account the peace of mind, the main generals of the three garrison regiments are almost all composed of the children of the Ning family, so there is no need to worry about whether there will be a rebellion.
In addition, Ningyu also captured some of the Qing army's flat-bottomed sand boats, formed a very small Yangtze River Naval Division, which is currently only used in Wuchang, Hanyang and other places, but Ningyu also began to consciously absorb naval talents and shipbuilding talents, after all, fighting in the Yangtze River and other places, the strength of the naval division is still very considerable.
After these tasks were fully completed, it was basically the beginning of November, and at this time the clouds of war had begun to appear in the sky over Hubei, and Man Pi and Wang Wenhuan had already gathered the Qing army in Hubei, with a total of 30,000 horses stationed in Xiangyang, and the 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Hunan Green Battalion led by Hunan Governor Zhang Changen were also stationed in Yuezhou, and it was only a Honghu distance from Hanyang Mansion.
The Qing armies in Anhui and Jiangxi to the east of the Fu Han army also began to move, but the Qing army in these two provinces was already late in assembling, so they only placed a few thousand men and horses to garrison the main road to prevent the Fu Han army from suddenly moving eastward.
It can be said that since Ningyu led people to defeat Daye and Huangzhou Mansion, the Qing army in Hubei and Hunan has begun to move, but the efficiency of the green battalion is slow and low, so it is difficult to make some actions throughout October.