This reorganization and restructuring plan had no impact on Gao Xiu and Xue Andu, and actually increased their power.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "What do you think differently?" If you have one, bring it up, don't worry! ”

Gao Xiu said: "The last general has no opinion, I think it's good to do this!" ”

According to this reorganization and restructuring plan, the soldiers and horses of Wuchuan Town will be reorganized into two armies, namely the Guangsheng Army and the Xingyuan Army; Xue Andu's Huazhou soldiers and horses were also reorganized into two armies, namely the Chishui Army and the Huaxi Army, and the structure was slightly changed, and the full strength of one army was more than 3,600 people.

According to this reorganization plan, the high-level Wuchuan army will have to lay off some people, but the people who have been laid off do not need to be dismissed, and they can be retained to do some logistical affairs, but Xue Andu's troops should be increased.

After the three of them talked for a while, Zhao Junsheng asked Gao Xiu and Xue An to go to rest separately, while he himself was busy with official business.

At night, Zhao Junsheng set up a banquet for the two of them to catch the wind and wash the dust, Hua Mulan was also there, Pei Jin also came, and only Gao Xu and Cao Jiao did not come to the elders who followed Zhao Junsheng at the beginning, one of them was guarding Liaodong and the other was guarding Pyongyang.

There was a light waiting in the lobby, it was very bright, and Hua Mulan was quite familiar with Gao Xiu and Xue An, and everyone was not too restrained.

Gao Xiu took a sip of wine and said: "Actually, I think Ceuta can no longer scruple about the leopard, although he is strong and strong, but there are too many surrounding forces that need to be deterred, there is also a rebellion in the west of the bald Baozhou, the Qiang people, the Di people and the Qi people are not very honest, if you send someone with a lot of money to the Qiu Chi side to stir up a thing or two, the skin leopard will only be more anxious!" ”

Pei Jin took a bite of meat and said: "Well, I think it's feasible, Qiu Chi has always served the Southern Dynasty as the mainstay, and the Southern Dynasty has always wanted to capture Guanzhong, Qiu Chi wants to curry favor with the Southern Dynasty and create some pressure on the leather leopard should be very willing!" ”

Hua Mulan listened to Zhao Junsheng discuss the situation in Guanzhong with a few of them, and she said: "I think the situation in Guanzhong is too complicated, there are too many forces, and Ceuta's forces are insufficient, so it is not appropriate to make the relationship with the leopard too stiff at present." As for the tax, give some and maintain a decent one, Ceuta wants to strengthen its strength, I think we should focus on Hedong! ”

Zhao Junsheng's heart moved when he heard this, and asked, "Ceuta, how is your brother Xue Yongzong of the same clan?" Can you pull it over? ”

After hearing this, Xue Andu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "Although I am a brother of the same clan as him, I am really not very familiar with him, since he led the clansmen to launch a rebellion, the general should be a person who is not very peaceful, and now he occupies the land east of the river, there are many people, and Buliu Guli led the army back to Taiyuan, where does he still put me in his eyes?" He also kept sending people to woo me and let me follow him, saying that he could let me sit in the fifth position! I'm a mother, it's really unreasonable that his bandit-style method can last for a long time! If it weren't for the fact that there are still some blood relations, I would have withdrawn the few generals I sent over a long time ago! ”

Zhao Junsheng took a sip of wine and didn't speak, but he pondered in his heart.

Hua Mulan had some ideas, and she said it, "At present, we need Xue Yongzong's forces to contain Buliu Guli, this person has 50,000 elites in his hands, and he must not be underestimated, Emperor Tuoba Jun has nothing to do with him, and he has to find a way to appease him." If Xue Yongzong's forces are annihilated by Buliu Guli, you Huazhou will face a great threat, the two sides are only separated by a river, and when the Yellow River freezes in winter, his cavalry can drive straight into the territory of Huazhou! ”

"In addition, the lieutenant of the Yuluo region is only afraid that he has a great idea of Xue Yongzong in Hedong, the lieutenant is the general of Annan, the general of the tiger prison town, and the military of Yuluo and Luozhou, and is responsible for resisting the threat of the Southern Dynasty, Xue Yongzong's power in Hedong has caused a great threat to the back of the lieutenant, Xue Yongzong is like a fish in the throat for the lieutenant, if it were me, I will definitely find a way to get rid of Xue Yongzong first, and occupy Hedong to be able to attack and retreat!"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said: "Although Xue Yongzong's subordinates are all rabble, but after all, there are many people, the offensive ability is not strong, if you only defend the city, I am afraid that it will not be easy for Wei Yu to take Hedong in a short time, after all, his main enemy is the Southern Dynasty, I am afraid that he will unite with Bu Liu Guli to attack Xue Yongzong from the north and south, but this possibility is not very large, once Xue Yongzong is finished, the forces of Wei and Bu Liu Guli will border!" ”

Hua Mulan disagreed with Zhao Junsheng's opinion: "Brother Junsheng, I don't agree with your opinion, it is entirely possible for Wei and Bu Liu Guli to unite, for Bu Liu Guli, Wei Li is a senior in the army, and he has fought countless battles in his life, Bu Liu Guli has served under him for a long time, and Wei Li is still very influential on him, what if he and Bu Liu Guli marry?" ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to Hua Mulan's words, and thought about the current situation, which is indeed very likely to unite Wei and Bu Liuguli, but he is not worried about the great increase in the strength of Wei Li, Wei Su is a fierce general, not a hero.

Everyone talked for a while, it was not early, and Mulan didn't want to continue drinking with a few of them until dawn, so she went back to the backyard to wash and rest.

There are only four old partners left in the lobby: Zhao Junsheng, Gao Xiu, Xue Andu and Pei Jin.

Xue Andu was a little drunk, and asked boldly through the wine: "General, now that the imperial court is in decline, and the princes everywhere are doing their own thing, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Junsheng put down his wine glass when he heard this, and shouted outside: "Someone! ”

A pro-guard tooth master walked in and clenched his fists: "What does the prince command?" ”

"No one is allowed in the lobby!"

"Yes!"

After Zhao Junsheng waited for the Lord of the Guards to go out, he looked at the three of them and said: "Since Ceuta asked this question, this king will give you a real answer, we and a few others have said this question at the beginning, how did this king tell you at the beginning?" ”

Gao Xiu said: "My subordinates remember that the general said that he wanted to find a place for the Han people in the world to survive, so that the Han people could stand up and be upright and no longer be bullied by the Xianbei and powerful people."

"That's right, I said this, and I've been doing it ever since, and now the Han people in Youzhou enjoy the same rights as the Xianbei people and people from other tribes, and the Han people can be in the army and be officials, and the Xianbei people have them, and the Han people have them!"

Zhao Junsheng continued: "But just rely on my Youzhou is not enough, the Han people in the north of the Yellow River are too weak, the power is in the hands of the Xianbei magnates, the national contradictions have existed for too long, since the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty, although several generations of emperors have tried to ease the contradictions, but the ruling class has never thought of getting along with the Han people on an equal footing from the heart, in order to survive, the contradictions between the two sides have not only not weakened, but intensified!" ”

"In order to achieve our goal, we must establish a new dynasty, and if the new dynasty wants to exist for a long time, we must not continue to increase this contradiction, and we must not regard the Xianbei people, the Qian, Di, Qiang people, and people of all ethnic groups as enemies, and we must try to eliminate the contradictions between all social strata and ethnic groups, otherwise we will only fall into endless internal friction!"

"Xianbei people are not strong enough, they don't want to get along with us Han people on an equal footing, and they can't eliminate the contradictions between social classes and ethnic groups, so they are destined not to rule the world for a long time, but we Han people can, we Han people have an open mind to tolerate them, we allow people from other ethnic groups to join the army, allow them to be officials, engage in any industry, do not discriminate against them, let them have the same social status as the Han people, only in this way can all internal forces be unified, in order to concentrate forces on the outside, Therefore, the world is destined to be decided by us Han people! ”

This is the ultimate goal, Gao Xiu and Xue An both felt very excited after listening to Zhao Junsheng's words, and they also had goals that they could act for.

Gao Xiu asked, "General, what are we going to do next?" ”

Zhao Junsheng told the two: "At present, it is not appropriate for us to break with the imperial court, let alone abandon the imperial court and stand on our own. Wei Dependent, Xi Dependent, Lai Daqian and so on are all loyal to the imperial court, their strength is strong, not easy to provoke, but the territory they control is not connected to Gyeonggi, and they each have to guard against foreign enemies, and they can't move for the time being, so the imperial court seems to be in decline, but in fact, it still has a strong strength! ”

"At present, what we need to do is to cultivate politics internally, train soldiers and horses diligently, strengthen military equipment, encourage industry and commerce, and support agriculture and mulberry; The princes of the outer knot wait for the time to change! ”

Gao Xiu and Xue An were both relieved, after hearing these words, they knew that Zhao Junsheng had a plan, not acting blindly, and they were relieved to follow such a person to do things.

Pei Jin said at this time: "Lord Wang, my subordinates think that it is too dangerous to put General Xue in Huazhou, and now the situation is not as good as before!" ”

Zhao Junsheng encouraged him: "Tell me what you think!" ”

"The subordinates think that since the leopard does not wait to see General Xue, he must guard against him, his strength is too weak, it is too difficult to make a difference in the Guanzhong region, and there are lieutenants in the east, and Xi in the northwest, it is really difficult for him to develop and grow in the middle, it is better to abandon General Xue and this army of soldiers and horses to come to Youzhou!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and felt that although Pei Jin's idea was very good, it was too difficult, Xue Andu had been operating in Huazhou for so many years, let him abandon it? He was only afraid and reluctant, it was easy for him to come to Youzhou alone, but it was not easy to bring more than 7,000 soldiers and horses to Youzhou.

Zhao Junsheng asked Xue Andu: "What do you think of Ceuta?" ”

Xue Andu said: "Master Pei's idea is good, but it is not very practical, the last general's four thousand soldiers and horses are all locals of Huazhou, let them abandon their families and businesses to come to Youzhou, they are afraid that they will be happy; In addition, it is difficult to say whether so many soldiers and horses can reach Youzhou through various places along the way! ”

When Zhao Junsheng saw him say this, he knew that this thing would not work, "Since this is the case, then you can stay in Huazhou with peace of mind, your current strength is too weak, don't clash with the leather leopard and the lieutenant!" By the way, is Tongguan in your hands? ”

"Yes!"

"Well, defend Tongguan and the Yellow River crossing, as long as these two positions are still under your control, you can retreat and defend, and you can attack! The establishment of the Chishui and Huaxi armies is reserved for you, and if you think that you can reorganize it, you can carry it out, if it really can't be done, put it aside for the time being, deal with all forces carefully, and the most important thing is to protect yourself! ”

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