Duanwangfu

Backyard study

Hong Guangbing's conduct is a trivial matter, and King Duan and Wen Heng value it more than the tens of thousands of Tong'an soldiers.

Although it is taboo to say that the prince and prince are involved in military power, but in the current situation of the Three Kingdoms, if the prince wants to take the throne, he must have reasonable military merits and military governance, even if you are not good at commanding the army, but at least you must have a few trustworthy soldiers and horses in your hands.

Not to mention the sensitive topic of gathering troops to rebel and seize power, just talking about the current two dragons to seize the throne, King Jing has recruited a group of generals and military attachés, and there are no less than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command.

In case of......... If there is any conflict between the two sides in the future, King Jing will lead his troops to attack, and King Duan will not be able to point to the hundreds of guards in the palace, plus a group of unrestrained old ministers and civil officials to resist.

Therefore, whether it is to protect oneself or to accumulate strength for the heir, Duanwang's subordinates must have a few trustworthy men and horses to control their own military power.

Even though this may be taboo by Emperor Liyang, if you want to sit in that seat, you can't be completely timid............

It's just that it's a pity that King Duan was too late to sober up about winning over the generals and taking charge of the army, and by the time he reacted, King Jing had already left him far behind.

The soldiers and horses that are easy and suitable for wooing have been picked by King Jing and there are not many left, and if King Duan wants to keep up, he can only reduce the "hard bones" left by King Jing.

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The Tong'an Mansion Army, in fact, is not strictly speaking, it is not a hard bone, but the distance between Tong'an Mansion and Shengjing is too close.

It took no more than a day and a night to march from Tong'an Fucheng to the capital on foot.

Position, some too sensitive.

But there is no way, the forbidden army and the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion are the emperor's descendants, and King Duan dare not touch them.

Although the border army has high combat power, it is too far away from the capital, and it may be difficult to arrive in a short time at the critical moment, not to mention the group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals of the border army, who rarely pay attention to the stubble of the powerful people in the capital, and some fierce people dare to refuse even the emperor.

There's no way, the border still depends on them to guard it, as long as you can fight, occasionally be willful, and make a little mistake that doesn't hurt, the emperor will also indulge you a little.

Think about it, this group of arrogant soldiers still has this attitude towards the emperor, how can King Duan, a prince who has not even ascended the throne, send them.

And the border army will not succeed, and the garrison troops who are guarding important towns in various places are estimated to not be the king of Toduan, for the same reason as the border army.

Under normal circumstances, the main generals of the border army and the town defense troops are the generals of the four sides of the front and back, the left and right, and the four expeditions and four towns, four peace and four peace.

Needless to say, the top bosses of the military will generally not stand in line easily.

And the four expeditions and four towns, Siping and Si'an are all military generals, with heavy troops, unless they are born to stand in a good team like Yongguo Gong Changjia, the rest of the people may not easily get involved in the battle for succession.

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After all, military generals are not like civilian officials, and the chances of military generals becoming talented are too small and too long.

In this troubled era of the Three Kingdoms, an experienced general has no major sins, and the imperial court does not dare to move lightly.

First, they are afraid that the soldiers below will mutiny, and secondly, they will replace people, and then replace the military generals, and their abilities may not be comparable to their predecessors.

In case a mediocre person takes the position, and the civil official makes a mistake, the court can still remedy it, and if the military general does not choose the right person, it will be over.

One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted.

If the generals are planted and defeated, it will affect the fortunes of the country.

Therefore, for this reason, if it is not necessary, the imperial court will rarely remove and replace this kind of military generals above the third grade, and such a move not only hinders the rise of middle-level generals, but also causes some high-level generals to sit firmly on the fishing boat.

Anyway, no matter who is on the throne, the court needs me to fight, and they dare not touch me, since this is the case, it doesn't matter who is the emperor............

It cannot be said that many generals have this mentality, but it is true that in the Northern Jin Dynasty, senior generals are obviously much more stable and confident than civil officials of the same level.

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Therefore, these high-ranking generals, their border troops, and the town guards of various important towns are not easy to win over the princes of Duanwang, so the best choice for them is the government army.

First, these government troops are not much and no less, as long as they are operated properly, it is not easy to cause the emperor to be taboo, and secondly, the government army is not valued by the imperial court, and if the princes are willing to let some blood, it is easy to get the support of the government soldiers.

Third, the main generals of the government army are all four-grade general soldiers, and these people who can mix with the general soldiers of the first government are all among the more outstanding people among the four-rank miscellaneous generals, and at the same time, they are also some of the most ambitious people who climb up.

Yes, there are few changes in generals above the third rank, and there will be no change easily, but if the prince wants to win the throne, he must support his own people to take the throne, even if he can't move the hard stubble like the generals of the four directions and the four towns of the four expeditions, there is still a great hope of getting one or two Siping and Si'an.

What's more, if a certain prince succeeds to the throne in the future, even if he can't move the generals on a large scale in a short time, but boiling a frog in warm water, after a long time, the generals will always have to be replaced, and once the generation is changed, the emperor will definitely support his own people.

Just like today's Quartet generals, two of the four defected to Emperor Liyang at the beginning, and the commander of the forbidden army was even more loyal to Emperor Liyang, although the Admiral of Jiumen was not an old man of Qiandi, but he was also ascended to the throne step by step in the Liyang Dynasty.

Don't you see, the veteran of the British Three Dynasties, the prestige in the army is prosperous, isn't it still the current saint who just succeeded to the throne and retired bravely, and the acquaintance retired early.

In short, the current senior generals think that they are as stable as Mount Tai, while the middle-level generals below who are always ready to take the position feel that they are all dry bones in the grave, and their days are short.

It can't be said that they think right, nor can it be said that they think it all wrong, it can only be said that the ass determines the head, and everyone stands in a different position and has a different point of view.

In short, it is also because many generals have such a mentality, so it is very suitable for the princes to win over.

One wants to be on top, the other wants military power, and the two sides hit it off, and it was easy to get mixed up.

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Not to mention Qingzhou and Jizhou, just say that the six prefectures of Yongzhou, where Shengjing is located, Nanling Mansion and Beiling Mansion are close to the border, and the army of the Second Prefecture and the border army are too deeply involved to win over.

The other four prefectures, Guangqing and Quliang, all defected to King Jing, and the general army of Pingyang Prefecture did not want to get involved in the matter of seizing the heir, so in the entire territory of Yongzhou, the only thing that King Duan could win over was the Tong'an Mansion army led by Hong Guangbing.

Even if Tong'an is very close to the capital and the location is sensitive, King Duan has to grit his teeth and hold back, no way, if he doesn't win over Tong'an Mansion and cause King Jing to take advantage of the situation, then he doesn't have any soldiers and horses in the entire Yongzhou.

Once King Jing comes to seize the heir by force, won't he just be able to tie his hands and arrest him, so no matter how many difficulties and concerns he has, King Duan will have to take down the Tong'an Mansion Army.

Fortunately, Tong'an Mansion Yin is Duanwang's person, and with He Ji's cooperation, the balance in Hong Guangbing's heart slowly fell to Duanwang.

Although King Jing has been making trouble during the period, the process has been a little difficult, and even the British Duke Cao Lao Liu entered, Hong Guangbing almost lost his military power, but after all, relying on Yan Kui's successive victories, Hong Guangbing retained the position of the chief general of the bandit army, and also retained the control of the military power of the Tong'an Army.

Duanwang also has the initial confidence to compete with King Jing in Yongzhou.

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Of course, Duanwang still has too little confidence now, and he is still very immature in the face of King Jing.

Not to mention that King Jing has a Zhennan general and Guogong's uncle who has tens of thousands of troops, the government army of Yongzhou Erfu alone can provide 20,000 government soldiers for him to send, plus King Duan heard that King Jing has a layout in Gyeongju and Jizhou, which is another force that adds up to at least 10,000 people.

In this way, King Jing's troops are almost several times that of King Duan, if the two families fight, King Duan will have a chance to live.

Therefore, recently, the Duanwang Party has paid more and more attention to attracting and cultivating its own military generals, but it is a pity that Duanwang started too late, and there are too many civil officials in Duanwang, so he is not naturally close to the generals.

Therefore, Rao is Duanwang continues to work hard, and there are few results achieved, except for the Tong'an army, only one of the general soldiers of Jizhou showed closeness to Duanwang, and the two sides are still in contact, whether they can take this government army, or two said.

"Alas........."

As soon as he thought of the current predicament, King Duan couldn't help but sigh.

Wen Laoshang looked at Duanwang with a sad face, and felt a little guilty in his heart, to be honest, now the Duanwang Party is currently facing such a dilemma, partly because of him.

Since ancient times, civil and military affairs are not compatible, Wen Heng, as Duanwang's teacher, has brought a large number of civil officials to Duanwang, and there are many civil officials, which naturally has also brought a lot of atmosphere of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts.

As an orthodox civil official, Wen Heng also ignored this phenomenon intentionally or unintentionally, until facing today's evil consequences, Wen Laoshangshu couldn't help but regret it.

But it's too late to regret it, the image of Duanwang valuing literature and ignoring martial arts has spread, and it has even become the impression of Duanwang in the hearts of many people in the outside world.

Once this impression is confirmed, it will not be so easy for Duanwang and them to correct it.

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Knock knock

An old man and a young man, a teacher and a lifelong teacher, a gentleman and a minister were silent in the study, and someone suddenly knocked on the door from outside.

"Lord Wang, do you want to hold the lamp?"

Duanwang and the others woke up at this time, and it turned out that it was already dark.

The chamberlain came in, lit a candle in the study, and Fang quietly retreated, Duanwang covered his face with both hands, rubbed his face gently, and then looked at his teacher, and said in a firm tone.

"This time the Northern Zhou Dynasty is coming, and this king wants to go to the front line of the battlefield in person to seek martial arts."

A few years ago, the Northern Jin Dynasty court had just received important information from Long Xiaoxiao's hidden work in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and around the early summer of this year, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was going to lead a large army to attack.

After the imperial court received this news, after several dialectic, it finally confirmed the authenticity of this information, so the imperial court is now preparing to meet the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the general Cai Hua has just been sent to Nanling Mansion by Emperor Liyang to purge the border army and prepare to meet the battle.

It stands to reason that in the war between the two countries, a prince like King Duan does not need to participate in such a big war, even if he goes, he usually condolences to the generals on behalf of the emperor, and there are only a handful of people like King Duan who go to the front line to participate in the war, at least in the Northern Jin Dynasty, there has never been a situation like this.

Except for Grandpa Tai, the rest of Emperor Taizong Kanghua and the current Emperor Liyang have not fought on the front line.

Duanwang was also forced to be anxious, and he was bent on washing his image of valuing literature over martial arts, and at the same time, he was also thinking about accumulating some military merits to build momentum for the future.

If King Duan made any contributions in this battle, it didn't take much, but it was enough for the generals to see his courage and determination, so that they would have a good impression of King Duan.

Where people's hearts want, it is naturally the true dragon emperor............

Wen Laoshangshu could roughly guess Duanwang's thoughts, and wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know where to start, so he was silent for a moment and only said one sentence.

"The battlefield is dangerous, the sword has no eyes, the prince must think twice before acting............"