Chapter 31: Garrison Lingzhou (3)

Guo Rong glanced at Zhao Kuangyin with a smile, and it seemed that his sworn brother had not guessed the intention of garrisoning Lingzhou. I don't know why his heart is relieved. This brother is indeed a genius in the war, but he still lacks a little bit of the big picture. Obviously, Zhao Kuangyin's words fully show that he is only focusing on Shu and Chu, but he lacks a clear understanding of Xiazhou.

But Wang Pu looked at Zhao Kuangyin without a trace, as if he wanted to show something on Zhao Kuangyin's face. After a while, he picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "General Zhao, the horse army naturally wants to exercise, but the position of Lingzhou is critical, we must take the opportunity of training to improve the defense of Lingzhou, and deter those enemies with wolf ambitions around us." The prince wants to choose one of the three from Gao Huaide, Zhang Yongneng, and General Zhang to garrison Lingzhou, and he is very optimistic about the general. ”

Zhao Kuangyin had a wry smile on his face, and he didn't seem to be willing to go to Lingzhou. However, he was silent for a moment, stood up and knelt on one knee and said: "The third brother has ordered the younger brother to go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up." ”

Guo Rong stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand to support Zhao Kuangyin's arm and said, "Seventh brother, don't be like this." We are all our own brothers, why did you become so polite when you went to Bianjing? This is not the seventh one. I know you want to stay in Guanzhong and conquer Shu in the future. But to be honest, what is the reason why I want you to go the most among these three people? You have experience in training, especially cavalry, aren't you all trained by you in the cavalry of our white-clothed army? Besides, although there are many generals in our Great Zhou, the seventh brother is the best among them, and I want to let me go to Lingzhou, take a good look at the terrain of Lingzhou, and think of a proper way to protect Lingzhou. This Lingzhou is too critical, and I feel a little uneasy to let others go. So Lao Qi, I can only rest assured if you go. ”

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin's face was a little far-fetched, Wang Pu smiled on the side: "General Zhao, does he feel a little depressed that there is no war in Lingzhou?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin seemed to have been told what he thought in his heart, and said with a smile: "Third brother, Mr. Wang, to tell the truth, I naturally did my best in this training." But now that the court is coarse, we should quickly train an elite army to come out to maintain the court. If you put your energy on Lingzhou, will there be more gains than you lose, those nomads will come if they are strong, and if they are weak, they will have benefits, and they will be as fast as Liu Bei, we will send troops to recruit them, they must have fled, let's return to the army, maybe they want to appear again like **worms. This...... Lingzhou is not easy to keep. If Youzhou is in the hands of the imperial court, it will be easier to do. It's a pity......"

"Seventh brother, you are right. We can't focus on Lingzhou, but we can't lose this Lingzhou. That's why I want to send you to the field to investigate and think of a foolproof plan. You just said that Youzhou En, for the Dingyan army, you also have to think about it, although this Dingyan army is a feudal town of our dynasty, but it doesn't listen to the order very much. Is the drought a feed? br/>

Zhao Kuangyin seemed to be slightly stunned, but after all, he was smart and immediately reflected: "Third brother, do you mean to do something to Xiazhou?" ”

Guo Rong smiled, his seventh brother is smart, and he can guess his intentions with a little **** tone.

Wang Pu said tentatively: "General Zhao, don't you think that the Dingyan army is a threat to Guanzhong there?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Kuangyin looked at the map: "But the Dingyan army is obedient to the imperial court and rashly attacked, I'm afraid it is not right?" ”

"Seventh brother, you are wrong. I didn't mean to ask you to send troops to Xiazhou, I just asked you to **** Lingzhou to investigate the situation near Lingzhou, especially the situation in Xiazhou. If the Li clan of Xiazhou is obedient, then naturally everything is good, and if he makes any changes, we can also take precautions to let the enemy go>

Guo Rong continued: "Old Seven, are you willing to go to Lingzhou? ”

"The third brother has ordered the younger brother to naturally comply, but I'm afraid the younger brother can't handle these things if he goes alone?" Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile, after Guo Rong's explanation, Zhao Kuangyin's face was better, and he didn't want to be so ugly just now.

Guo Rong also smiled and said, "The generals of the Guanzhong Army are up to you." I can guarantee you this. ”

A trace of hesitation flashed in Wang Pu's eyes, and the young general on the other side could be said to be a genius in the sky, marching and fighting, he was a first-class good hand, and as a civilian official, he always wanted to suppress the generals. He cheered up and wanted to hear who this Zhao Kuangyin wanted.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Wang Pu and said, "Then Zhang Yongneng, Gao Huailiang, Murong Yanzhao, and Cao Han." ”

This training is not to train 1,200 men and horses, but 30,000 troops, so Zhao Kuangyin is at most a "general", that is, the main responsibility of the big take, but after all, it is impossible to bow down to everything, as the so-called "one hero, three gangs, one fence and three piles", and it is also the proper duty to send some generals to help Zhao Kuangyin.

After these people were elected, Wang Pu was relieved. Zhang Yongneng, Gao Huailiang, and Murong Yanzhao are all good at horse warfare, and they are understandable, but Zhang Yongneng has also made military achievements for a long time, and he is a relative of the emperor Guo Wei, and he is the first son-in-law of the emperor Guo Wei, and his status in the army is no less than that of Zhao Kuangyin, as for Cao Han, he is the person who went out of Guo Rong's mansion, and it can be said that he is Guo Rong's confidant. With these two people in the army, it may not be easy for Zhao Kuangyin to monopolize military power. 、、

Without waiting for Wang Pu to speak, Guo Rong said, "Okay." Just do as the seventh brother wants. I'll write an order tomorrow and ask them to follow you to Lingzhou. You came from afar, and it's not too late to rest in Chang'an for two days and then go to Lingzhou. En, Zhang Yongneng, where I will talk to him in detail about military training, you are the main one. After all, Guo Rong is careful, Zhang Yongneng has a lot of credit, and he is also very old, and his official position is higher than that of Zhao Kuangyin, and his status is higher than that of Zhao Kuangyin, he is afraid that the two will be discordant together, so he took precautions in advance.

Zhao Kuangyin said with a trace of gratitude in his eyes: "Third Brother Xie." If there is nothing to do, the younger brother will leave. Of course, Zhao Kuangyin knew that it would definitely be inconvenient to take Zhang Yongneng with him, but he couldn't help but mention Zhang Yongneng. Among the generals in Guanzhong, there are many people who are closer to Guo Rong than themselves, but there are few people with equal status and official positions. Li Chongjin is far away in Hebei, Wei Renpu is in Bianjing, and Zhang Yongneng can only be his deputy. Let yourself train 30,000 ****, and Ma Jun, who is still strong in combat, there is no one around Guo Rong who can be trusted, I am afraid that I will not be able to take too long. So he could only propose this