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Half an hour later, Hu Sizheng finally came, but with him were Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji. After they entered Yu Ming's room, they all bowed their hands and said, "Subordinates see King Zhou!" ”

"Everyone is a brother, so you don't need to be so polite." Yu Ming saw that Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji were also here, and he felt a little strange in his heart. What are they doing here? However, he also reacted immediately, it must be Hu Sizheng who knew that the matter was exposed, so he wanted to find Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji to intercede for him.

At this time, Hu Sizheng knelt down to Yuming with a "poof", and then said solemnly: "His Royal Highness King Zhou, his subordinates have come to accuse you!" ”

"You know you're guilty!" Yu Ming sneered.

Hu Sizheng said with a straight face at this moment: "The subordinates concealed the military information from Luo Yi, which led to the almost annihilation of the Youzhou army, Luo Yi and Luo Shou were also killed, and Luo Cheng was seriously injured. Of course there is a big sin! ”

There was silence in the study, and Yuming didn't expect Hu Sizheng to confess so frankly, so he didn't have to interrogate him himself.

"Give me your reasons for doing this? Don't tell me you have a personal vendetta against Luo Yi! Yu Ming said in a cold tone. If Hu Sizheng really assassinated Luo Yi because of personal vendetta, even if this person is capable, he must not use it again.

Before Hu Sizheng could answer, Du Ruhui took the lead and said: "King Zhou, Lord Hu's concealment of information, his subordinates and the eldest grandson all know about it, and support it. ”

"Oh?" After hearing this, Yu Ming frowned, glanced at the person in front of him, and said coldly: "Why are you doing this?" ”

"King Zhou, we are doing this for the sake of unity within the Liaodong Army, and we don't want to have people with different intentions plotting behind their backs, or communicating with foreign countries!" Eldest Sun Wuji stepped forward at this moment, bowed down and said.

Yu Ming is still relatively polite to the eldest grandson Wuji, after all, this is his uncle.

He slowed down his face and asked in a deep voice, "Brother Wuji, can you tell me what's going on?" I believe that you should not do anything to be sorry for the Liaodong Army. ”

Seeing that Yuming's emotions had calmed down, the eldest grandson Wuji sighed and said, "King Zhou, my subordinates are forced to do this. Did you know? Originally, we planned to disband all the Youzhou Army, and then disperse it into various armies, and Luo Yi, Luo Shou and Luo Cheng were appointed as the commanders of the army? ”

Yu Ming nodded, this matter was proposed by Du Ruhui, and almost all the top leaders of the Liaodong Army were in favor of doing so. It is believed that only in this way can the integration of the two major military forces of the Youzhou Army and the Liaodong Army be accelerated.

"King Zhou, after the plan was announced, Luo Yi and Luo Shou strongly objected, and later the military department made it clear to them that this was what King Zhou meant, and the two brothers reluctantly accepted it. However, in the process of adaptation, many obstacles were set up, which made the reorganization almost aborted. ”

"Until the expedition, Luo Yi still controlled 80,000 Youzhou Army soldiers. The reason why he and Luo Shou opposed the reorganization was that the Youzhou Army could only be commanded by the people of their Luo family, and it would be able to exert its strongest combat effectiveness. Luo Shou even threatened that the Youzhou Army was the Luo Family's army...... "The words of the eldest grandson Wuji entered Yuming's ears word for word, and his face changed suddenly when he heard it.

"Why didn't you report this to me?" Yu Ming asked in a deep voice.

Du Ruhui interjected here: "We originally wanted to report it to you. But the eldest grandson, the princess, and Mrs. Red Sleeves said that now the county lord is like glue with Luo Cheng, and they have just subdued the Youzhou army, and the people's hearts are not stable. If you reprimand Luo Yi or reorganize the Youzhou Army at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. In particular, the southern expedition to Dou Jiande is imminent. If Luo Yi realizes that we are dissatisfied with him, it may cause a mutiny! ”

When Yu Ming heard this, Fang understood what was going on, and if he knew about it, it would be very difficult to deal with it. Although he could order Luo Yi and Luo Shou to be arrested and purge the generals of the Youzhou Army. But in this way, it will inevitably cause riots in the army. It will also make other vigilantes and heroes from all over the country feel uneasy. Don't dare to take refuge in yourself.

The eldest grandson Wuji continued at this time: "Therefore, Lord Hu put forward a plan: let Luo Yi lead the 60,000 Youzhou army, as the right army of the Southern Expeditionary Army, to attack Hejian County. And Luo Yi and Luo Shou also knew in their hearts that if they were allowed to lead their own troops to attack Dou Jiande, but they were defeated, then we would have an excuse to cut and reorganize the Youzhou Army. Therefore, when they launched the attack, they were very aggressive, and did not pay attention to the presence of enemy troops on their flanks and behind them. The valleys, woods, rivers and other important places along the way were also not well reconnoitred. ”

And these loopholes of theirs, not only we have seen them, but Dou Jiande has also seen them. Among the large army, the Youzhou Army is also a relatively poor combat effectiveness. As a result, it became the target of Dou Jiande's concentrated superior forces and key attacks. Lord Hu is just for the future development of the Liaodong Army, to avoid the situation of a country within a country and an army within an army, and to borrow Dou Jiande's hand to remove the internal hidden danger of the Luo family. "The eldest grandson Wuji is right.

Du Ruhui also bowed his hand at this moment and said: "King Zhou, although Lord Hu is at fault, he is not because of personal enmity or for personal gain for himself, but for the sake of the Liaodong Army. Besides, the two of us were also involved in this matter. If you want to punish him, please punish us too. ”

With that, he bowed down with the eldest grandson Wuji, and then closed his eyes with an expression of resignation.

Yu Ming took a deep breath, he finally understood what was going on. Having said that, Hu Sizheng really helped him solve a big problem by doing this. Unknowingly, he got rid of Luo Yi and Luo Shou and disintegrated the Youzhou army. Now there is only one high-ranking general in the Youzhou army, Luo Cheng, and he has no political ambitions. Support was also expressed for the consolidation.

Dou Jiande killed his father and uncle, and had a bitter enmity with him. If Luo Cheng wants to avenge his father, the only way to go is to continue to serve him. Although this is a bit cold-blooded and impersonal, it is the most appropriate situation. Others will only think that Luo Yi is greedy and reckless, and will not think that he, the king of Zhou, is not worthy of refuge.

It's just that Hu Sizheng and others are also bold, and they actually assassinate the general behind their backs. It seems that he has indulged them a little.

"Hu Sizheng, eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui. If you are honest with this king about your plan, I may not agree to it. Yu Ming said at this time: "But you did this without me, which caused the result that the right army was almost completely annihilated." The king must give an account to everyone! Otherwise, I will be sorry for my conscience...... Therefore, all of you are fined for half a year, and your official rank is reduced by two levels, can you disagree? ”

"We serve! We serve! When the eldest grandson Wuji and the others heard this, they were immediately overjoyed. Xiang Hu Sizheng was even ready to be dismissed. But listening to Yuming's handling results, they were all relieved.

Seeing them smiling, Yu Ming couldn't help but snort coldly again: "But this kind of thing, I don't want to have a next time!" If you don't make it clear that I will act on my own, and if serious consequences occur, this king will definitely remove you from your post without hesitation, and you will not be hired again!" Can you hear me? ”

"We hear you clearly! Never again. Hu Sizheng and the others also knelt on the ground and said honestly.

"That's it! Get up for me! Yu Ming waved his hand and said: "Now that we have pacified Hebei and surrendered a lot of Hebei rebels, most of the Youzhou army has collapsed, but there are still more than 20,000 people in Beiping and Zhuo County. How to carry out the integration and arrange local officials in the newly occupied territories. I'll leave it to you to think about it! ”

"My subordinates must do these things well!" The eldest grandson Wuji and the others nodded yes again and again, and then retreated.

After Yuming waited for them to leave, Fang walked to the window, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Now I occupy Hebei, but the others are not idle, I don't know how my father and eldest brother are doing in Jiangdu...... I hope they can get out of Jiangnan. ”

He is also not optimistic about Yuhua and the incident in Jiangnan. Because in history, Yuhua He raised troops in Jiangdu, and then could not gain a firm foothold, and was forced to flee north, and finally died at the hands of Dou Jiande.

Just when Yuming defeated Dou Jiande and occupied Hebei, other anti-kings in the world also surged again, especially in the south. Zhu Wei, the father of the city, gathered more than 100,000 people in Jingxiang to rebel, called himself the king of Jialuolou, and led more than 100,000 people to burn and loot the counties of Jingxiang, and there were no chickens and dogs left where he passed.

Poyang County's powerful Lin Shihong, Cao Shi Qi and others also gathered to rebel, Cao Shi Qi was defeated and died, while Lin Shihong defeated the Sui army and led the army to break through Yuzhang City. Lin Shihong immediately established himself as the emperor, the country was called Chu, with more than 200,000 troops, north into Jiujiang, south to Linchuan, attacking the city and plundering the village, becoming another major rebel force in the south.

And the Western Qin overlord Xue Ju led an army of 80,000 to march into Pingliang County, and then crossed the Danzheng Gorge into Anding County, he ordered his Xue Rengao to lead an army of 10,000 to guard Anding City, and he personally led an army of 70,000 troops to Shallow Water Plain, eyeing Guanzhong, at this time Li Yuan had just been called emperor for a short time, and even the magistrates of Guanzhong counties had not been formally appointed.

Li Yuan received the news that Xue Ju's army was pressing, and he was also anxious, he urgently ordered Qu Tutong, who had just surrendered, to be the vanguard, and led an army of 10,000 troops to garrison Yangping Pass to defend against the Western Qin army to attack Guanzhong, and ordered Li Shentong to be the main general and Zhang Baode as the deputy general, and led an army of 100,000 people to Beidi County to meet the battle.

But what Li Yuan never expected was that Li Shentong actually fought a big defeat in Qianshuiyuan, and even Zhang Baode was taken prisoner.

Afterwards, he learned that in the battle of Shallow Water Plain, Xue Ju first put out thousands of old and weak soldiers pretending to be a rabble, confusing Li Shentong, and then took advantage of the unstable encampment of Li Shentong's army, Xue Ju's army attacked from all sides, resulting in Li Shentong's defeat and was killed more than 40,000 people.

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