Chapter 251: Xiliang
Seeing He Jin's eyes touching him just now, and hearing He Jin's words again, a bad feeling suddenly rose in Zhao Yi's heart.
"Oh? General, please. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty motioned to He Jin to tell the name of the person, the Xiliang rebellion had been rampant for a long time, and the imperial court sent many large armies, not only failed to exterminate the rebels, but also caused heavy losses to the official army. Although Emperor Ling of Han didn't know much about handling political affairs, some major affairs were done completely according to the wishes of his ministers. But similar to this kind of rebellion, Emperor Han Ling still has his own opinions.
Only by cleaning up the rebels will he have a stable life, but Beigong Boyu is too powerful, and Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, the two lieutenant generals, have not taken it down.
He Jin slowly opened his mouth: "The minister recommended Youzhou Mu Zhao Yi, although Lord Zhao is young, but he has a strategy, the day before yesterday he killed 50,000 soldiers of the Qiangqu Department who invaded Youzhou, which can be described as a great morale boost, if Lord Zhao leads the victorious army of Youzhou to defeat Beigong Boyu, he will definitely be able to win a big victory." ”
As soon as He Jin's suggestion was put forward, it aroused the consent of most of the officials in the imperial court, Zhao Yi is indeed a rare general, and his wisdom is better than Zhu Jun. Huangfu Song and the others are still excessive, and they are indeed the best candidates to conquer Beigong Boyu.
After Zhu Jun's army retreated, many ministers of the DPRK and China proposed that they wanted Zhao Yi to lead the army to conquer Beigong Boyu. But at this time, the incident in Guangning County happened, and at that time, the situation in Youzhou was in crisis, and they naturally would not let Zhao Yi send troops to recruit Beigong Boyu under that circumstances.
But now that the war in Youzhou has been calmed down, and Youzhou has regained tranquility again, it is a good time to send troops to annihilate the enemy, so now that he heard He Jin's proposal, many ministers in the court have seconded the proposal, asking the emperor to order Zhao Yi to take command to conquer Beigong Boyu.
Beigong Boyu is a well-known leader of the Qiang tribe, and Zhao Yi is a rising star in the past two years, and the ministers of the court also want to see who is higher and lower than Zhao Yi and Beigong Boyu.
Zhao Yi saw that ninety percent of the officials in the DPRK agreed to send troops to recruit the Xiliang rebels, although there was no change on his face, but his heart was full of wry smiles. Well, it's the general trend. What Zhu Jun said earlier really came true, and the imperial court would really let Zhao Yi send troops to attack Xiliang.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun showed a wry smile at the corner of his mouth, the strength of the Qiang tribe was strong, and even famous generals such as Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun did not get any benefits in the hands of Beigong Boyu. Although Zhao Yi can be regarded as a hero, he is not necessarily the opponent of the Qiang tribe.
Although Zhao Yi killed 50,000 soldiers of the Qiang Qu Department, it was just Zhao Yi's proper strategy. The same strategy against Beigong Boyu may not work.
This is a hot potato, Zhao Yun wanted to help Zhao Yi throw it away, but when the words came to his mouth, Zhao Yun swallowed the words back, because Zhao Yun was Zhao Yi's father, and there were many things that he couldn't talk about, so he could only be secretly anxious in his heart.
Seeing that Zhao Yi had won the approval of the officials in the DPRK and China, Zhao Yun sighed secretly, and secretly said that this was all the result of Zhao Yi not knowing Taoguang's obscurity, although Zhao Yi took two years to be promoted from the county order to the state pastor that many people could not achieve in their lifetime, but it also buried a great hidden danger.
The sharp Zhao Yi aroused the jealousy of the rest of the officials in the court, and they naturally wanted to see if Zhao Yi's incomparably sharp sword could be broken under Beigong Boyu's hands.
Zhao Yi explained the matter of the holy decree very perfectly, so that Emperor Han Ling was happy, he already had the heart to seal Zhao Yi as the marshal of Pingxi, and now he saw that the ministers of the court and the central government had made speeches, so that Emperor Han Ling felt that the decision he made in his heart was really wise and powerful, and immediately issued an order with a smile, ordering Zhao Yi to be the marshal of Pingxi, and to lead the soldiers and horses of Youzhou to conquer Xiliang on the next day.
Zhao Yi's face remained unchanged, and he bowed down and agreed: "The minister's order." ”
After returning to Zhao's house, Zhao Yun saw Zhao Yi writing letters in the study, and his eyes were full of anxious expressions: "Bolai, fighting with the Qiang tribe is probably not as simple as you imagined." "The Qiang are also nomadic people, different from the Yellow Turban Army and the Montenegrin Army that Zhao Yi previously resolved.
Unlike Zhao Yun's panic, Zhao Yi seemed quite calm, and there was still an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't look at Beigong Boyu at all. "Don't worry, father, I already have a plan in mind for this matter."
Seeing Zhao Yi's appearance of being a bamboo in his chest, Zhao Yun relaxed slightly, and instructed Zhao Yi to remember to be cautious when commanding the army. Beware of assassinations by the Qiang tribe.
Zhao Yi nodded and sent the letter, no one knew what the content of the letter was, and thought that Zhao Yi had summoned the Youzhou guard to lead the Youzhou soldiers and horses to the capital to join Zhao Yi on the expedition.
After determining the matter of Zhao Yi taking command of the expedition, there have been a lot more people visiting Zhao Yi in the past few days. They all want to mix up an official and a half-position in the army, and be promoted to a general by virtue of their military exploits.
He Jin and Zhang Rang also found Zhao Yi and introduced their subordinates to Zhao Yi, and looked like they were thinking about Zhao Yi: "I know that the Bolai Division suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Guangning, and I specially brought a tiger and wolf division to Bolai today for Bolai to send." ”
As he spoke, he introduced a young general to Zhao Yi, and then whispered in Zhao Yi's ear, saying that this person was his, and when he attacked the Qiang people in the future, he could send them some tasks that were not too dangerous.
Zhao Yi nodded understandingly, he fully understood the purpose of He Jin and Zhang Rang, and sent his trusted generals into the military camp, which was nothing more than gilding, and when the time came, as long as they made a little contribution in the battle against the Qiang people, He Jin and Zhang Rang would say that they were so big, and then assign important official positions to them, such as the head of a county. If the generals of their own cronies become the county guards, the people and soldiers of the county will be in their hands.
Zhao Yi agreed, and moved the gold and silver sent by these people to the house, looking at the mountain of gold piled up like a hill in the study, Zhao Yun shook his head slightly after seeing it, and secretly said that he was honest and honest all his life as an official, but Zhao Yi, a little bastard, was very good at collecting bribes: "In this campaign, you almost don't need to use Youzhou soldiers and horses." ”
In the past few days, there have been as many as 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses brought by the generals who came to ask for battle.
However, when Zhu Jun led the army into Beijing and set off on the same day, this did not happen. It's no wonder that Zhao Yi is too famous.
Whether it was with the Black Mountain Army or the Yellow Turban Army, Zhao Yi did not taste a defeat, and the day before yesterday he defeated Qiangqu and the 50,000 cavalry of the department, which made Zhao Yi even more famous. In the hearts of some generals, Zhao Yi is the invincible and invincible god of war.
Therefore, these generals came to defect to Zhao Yi because they wanted to make a little military exploit during the battle in Qiangqu, and then promote to a higher official position by virtue of their military exploits.
People have a utilitarian heart, which Zhao Yun knows very well, but when this kind of utilitarian heart is applied to the battlefield, it is simply his own dead end.
"Bolai, you should learn to refuse, if you recruit these soldiers into the official army camp, not only will they not be your own beneficial reinforcements, but they will even become a burden to yourself." Zhao Yun persuaded Zhao Yi, in fact, he said to Zhao Yi Don't see money, everyone is recruited into the official army camp, "The good and bad in the official army camp are uneven, and it is just a riot caused by several people and horses, what I am afraid of is that the cohesion of the soldiers is not enough." The soldiers are not many but the fine, Bolai, you have led the army for many days, don't you still understand this truth? ”
Although Zhao Yun didn't want Zhao Yi to lead the army, he had to praise Zhao Yi in his heart, Zhao Yi was indeed the best candidate who was difficult to find a general, and had the ability and courage to turn the tide.
Even though he knew that Zhao Yi might have ideas in his heart, Zhao Yun still said his thoughts.
Regarding what Zhao Yun said, Zhao Yi had already considered it in his heart. Although the soldiers brought by those generals were officers and soldiers, but many groups of officers and troops were mixed together, and they did not cooperate with each other tacitly, so there was no difference between them and the rabble.
Leading this rabble to fight against the powerful Qiang soldiers is definitely invincible.
Zhao Yi wouldn't do this kind of stupid thing, and said in his mouth: "Father, don't panic, I already have a plan in my heart." ”
Zhao Yun nodded, it's good that Zhao Yi has an idea in his heart, but what he is afraid of is that Zhao Yi doesn't have a little idea in his heart: "That's good, so I can rest assured." ”
In order to facilitate Zhao Yi's actions, He Jin helped Zhao Yi find a map of Liangzhou, as well as a map of the strength distribution of the Qiang tribe. The situation of the Qiang people is similar to that of the Xianbei people, they are all scattered, and there are nearly 200,000 Qiang soldiers in the east near Bingzhou.
If all the tribes of the Qiang nationality are united and united, they will work extremely hard to attack the Han Dynasty. Then the imperial court may have already been fragmented, and it is precisely because of the disunity between these tribes that the imperial court can be stable.
Beigong Boyu was originally a small leader of the Qiang tribe, and with years of fighting, he conquered many Qiang tribes near Liangzhou. Beigong Boyu, who became the largest Qiang tribe in the southwest and accumulated a lot of strength, took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains and the Yellow Turban Uprising, and led the army to attack Liangzhou.
The soldiers of the department were brave and good at fighting, and many counties were eaten by Beigong Boyu in three days. It's much more difficult to deal with than the Yellow Turban Army.
He Jin had a great evaluation of the Qiang cavalry: "If you talk about archery and horse riding, if you look around my Youzhou, there are almost no people who can compete with the Qiang people. ”
Saying that, He Jin turned his gaze to Zhao Yi, "Bolai's practice of besieging the soldiers of the Qiangqu Department is very appropriate, and we can follow suit." When it comes to the empty city plan set up by Zhao Yi, everyone has admiring smiles on their faces, and I am afraid that only Zhao Yi can come up with that kind of clever plan.
He Jin proposed that Zhao Yi's strategy could be told to the Liangzhou officials and soldiers, so that they could act according to Zhao Yi's strategy, so that a small victory could be turned into a big victory and the Qiang cavalry could be annihilated.
Zhao Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, this matter can't be so hasty." Now that the matter of Guangning County has spread all over the world, Beigong Boyu and others must have heard about it. We must have prepared in our hearts, if we besiege Beigong Boyu by force, we will definitely suffer a big loss. This tactic works once, but it is much more difficult the second time. ”
"If it is according to the counsel of Eber, what shall we do?"