Chapter 8: Defeat

Pei Gai was not easy, at least he calmed down the three counties Chinese of Linhuai, Xiapi and Pengcheng smoothly, while Jiangdong at the same time was shrouded in a gloomy fog.

Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test One afternoon, Director Wang invited Yu Liang to come over and said that he wanted to talk about a game.

Yu Yuangui knew very well in his heart that the so-called chess game was just a disguise, and the main purpose was to solicit his own opinions on the current situation - Wang Maohong talked about the position, but the Zhendong general Sima and the left prime minister had a long history, and in addition, he also hung the empty titles of auxiliary general and Danyang Taishou, not as good as Gu Rong, who died not long ago, and He Xun, who succeeded him, but the bull's ear of the Jiangdong regime, the eyes of the ministers were all focused on him; If he is busy convening meetings and small meetings to discuss countermeasures, he will be too composed, and people's hearts will be even more scattered, so in the name of hand talks, he will first communicate with Yu Liang, who is not against each other and is his deputy, to exchange opinions.

The servants set up the chessboard, set up the seats, burned a pot of incense, cooked a pot of tea, and sat opposite the king and Yu.

Yu Liang took the lead in white, and Director Wang silently responded to a sunspot - since he didn't speak, Yu Liang didn't speak, just focused on the chess game.

waited until he entered the middle game, Yu Liang was obviously superior, and Director Wang was a little excited, so he said slowly: "Tao Shixing's defeat, what do you think of Yuan Gui?" Yu Liang's face sank like water, and he replied coldly: "Just dismiss him." Director Wang shook his head lightly: "Victory and defeat are commonplace, and ...... According to Brother Chu Zhong (Wang Dun), this defeat was not a failure, and there were special reasons......"

"Defeat is defeat, and the general cannot be blamed!" β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” what they were talking about was that they had just received the news that the new Jingzhou Assassin Shi, the envoy Jiejie, General Ning Yuan, and Nanban Captain Tao Kan Tao Shixing suffered a big defeat in the Chujiang River, and almost the entire division was wiped out, and Tao Kan was only spared.

The rebellion of Du Tao and Hu Kang in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River has become more and more violent since Wang Cheng left his post and was then killed by Wang Dun.

In the autumn, Du Tao attacked Lingling County in the south and invaded Wuchang County in the east, and killed more than a dozen high-ranking officials and eunuchs, including Cui Fu, the Taishou of Changsha, Du Jian, the Taishou of Yidu, and Zheng Rong, the Taishou of Shaoling.

Hu Kang ravaged Jingzhou and led his army to approach Xiangyang many times. Therefore, after a long period of negotiation, the Jiankang regime finally appointed Wang Dun as the governor of the conquest, and led Tao Kan, Zhou Wan, Zhao Lu and others to enter Jing and Hunan to quell the rebellion.

Tao Kan Zi Shixing, originally from Poyang, migrated to Lujiang; Zhou visited the word Shida, originally from Runan, but in Gaozu because of the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty and crossed to the south, out of the Eastern Wu, Wu died in Lujiang; Zhao Luzi Yuansun, a native of Huainan - to put it bluntly, two of the three deputy generals are southerners, and the lowest rank and the main general Wang Dun are overseas Chinese.

On the one hand, Wang Dun commanded Tao Kan and Zhou Wan not to move, and on the other hand, he also hoped to put the southerners in front and let them kill the thieves in order to weaken their strength, so they stayed in Jiangzhou with Zhao Lu and did not move, just urging Tao Kan and Zhou Wan to march.

Tao Kan advanced all the way, first defeated Du Tao near Wuchang, and saved Zhou Yi, who succeeded Wang Cheng as the assassin of Jingzhou.

He sent Wang Gong to report the victory to Wang Dun, and Wang Dun said: "If there is no Tao Hou, Jingzhou will be lost." Boren (Zhou Yi) just entered the country, and he was besieged by thieves, how can this be used as a stabbing history? "I know that Boren has a noble character, but the problem is whether personal ethics are useful in troubled times, he doesn't know how to fight at all, how can he guard the pastoral side?

Wang Gong, a native of Jingzhou, took the opportunity to suggest: "In the event of chaos in Quanzhou, you must have a famous general to guard itβ€”unless Tao Longxiang (Tao Kan was appointed as the general of Longxiang by Sima Rui), it will be difficult for others to take on important responsibilities." Wang Dun thought so, so he immediately worshiped Tao Kan as the assassin of Jingzhou, and asked Zhou Yi to hurry back to Jiankang.

Wang Gong returned to the army to resume his life, and only halfway through the road suddenly heard that Hu Kang had been slaughtered by his subordinates.

This person who committed the following crimes, surnamed Du Mingzeng, a new savage, is also considered a famous family, and was originally a captain of the Nanban under Sima Xin, the king of Xinye, who is deeply versed in Tao Strategy, and bravely crowns the three armies.

After Hu Kang led the remnants of Sima Xin to raise troops, he appointed Du Zeng as the acting Jingling Taishou, and he was deeply convinced. However, Hu Kang's suspicion was too serious, and before he could kill a solid base, he began to wield a butcher's knife and slaughter the heroes and generals, Du Zeng was not at ease, so he colluded with the Jingzhou thief Wang Chong, who occupied Jiangling, who was originally a general in the south of the army to join the army, and slaughtered Hu Kang.

Wang Gong was overjoyed when he heard the news, and thought that the opportunity to establish the immortal lord had arrived, so he didn't know that Tao Kan would say a word, so he entered the Jingling Tomb alone, recruited Du Zeng, appointed him as the forward Dadu, and made him kill Wang Chong

"Petition for Nomination". Originally, the chaos in Jingzhou could be quelled, and the large number of traitors was left with only one defeated and precarious Du Tao, but who wanted to follow was a big defeat...... Tao Kan didn't trust Du Zeng, and insisted on summoning him to see him, Du Zeng had been made suspicious and exhausted by the late master Hu Kang, so he resolutely refused to go, and Wang Gong was afraid that he would be punished by Tao Kan for his pretentiousness, and he didn't know how, he actually instigated Du Zeng to set off the anti-flag again.

This came to Tao Kan's surprise, as a result, the forward supervisor Zheng Pan, Zhu Shi and others were defeated successively, and then the general Sun Yi surrendered to the enemy again, Tao Kan's big ship was locked by thieves with hooks, and was forced to change to a small boat...... This should be the biggest defeat that the famous general Tao Shixing has ever suffered in his life.

Tao Kan was defeated, Zhou Yu retreated sharply, Du Tao took the opportunity to make a comeback, and joined forces with Du Zeng, and the situation in Jing and Hunan was eroded again.

The news of the defeat reached Peng Ze, and Wang Dun immediately submitted the report and asked to remove Tao Kanyi from his official position. Maybe Wang Chuzhong is actually very happy in his heart: when you wait for the raccoon dog to eat deflated again, isn't Tao Kan said to be very capable of fighting?

Actually, that's just it. β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Wang Dun's watch seal was sent to Jiankang, Sima Rui was shocked, and the ministers were also panicked, asking Wang Dao to quickly come up with a countermeasure.

Director Wang himself has no bottom in his heart - although he is a politician in the world, but he is far inferior to his cousin Wang Dun, Wang Cheng and others in military - he is deeply afraid that people's hearts will be scattered, especially the southerners take the opportunity to rebel or even seize power, so he behaved calmly in front of Sima Rui, and scolded his colleagues and said: "The thieves are still far away, why should the Qing and others be panicked like lost dogs?" But when he turned his head, he urgently summoned Yu Liang to discuss in the name of playing chess.

Yu Yuangui has always been cold-faced and cold-spoken, and his words were very polite, and he immediately said bluntly: "This time the army was defeated, although Tao Shixing must not be blamed, the reason for it is Brother Ling!" Director Wang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked: "Yuan Gui is responsible, is it Brother Zhong?" Yu Liang said of course, who else but him-

"Originally, he wanted to order his brother to be the governor of the army, but he refused to lead the army forward, and only guarded Peng Ze. Tao Shixing and others are all southerners, but they seek to protect the countryside and have the ambition of the world? The troops are also from Yangzhou, and the local battle, or a day long, is placed in Jingzhou, and it is difficult to guarantee victory. If they were not supervised by our Chinese family, would they be willing to fight? It is reasonable to be defeated. Director Wang smiled: "Yuan Gui's words are wrong - Tao Shixing's predecessor, Jiangxia Taishou, has been in Jingzhou for a long time, has repeatedly quelled rebellions, and has made great contributions, how can it be said that Yangzhou people can't break the Jingzhou thieves?" Yu Liang pursed his lips and immediately began to count with his fingers: "Tao Shi has done it, and I will count it for Your Excellency." At the beginning of Jiangxia, he broke the righteousness of Yang and Zhang Chang, for the sake of Liu and Ji - if Brother Ling Zhong led Tao, he would naturally not be overthrown...... "Liu and Ji Minghong, a native of Peiguo, is a famous general in the Western Jin Dynasty, and he can be said to be the Bole who discovered Tao Kan's thousand-mile horse.

So Yu Liang said that Tao Kan won the first battle because he had Liu Hong as his coach, and half of the credit was on Liu Hong's head - to control the south from the north, of course he could win.

"The second defeat of Chen Hui, the low-grade Shu clan is just a low-grade clan; Three defeats of Huarank, he is actually a northerner, and he has no prestige in the south of the Yangtze River. Both of these are not attached to the people's hearts, and the local side eyes are naturally defeated, so the Taoshi is just greedy for heaven. "Chen Hui is the younger brother of Chen Min, the assassin of Jingzhou, and a native of Lujiang.

Chen Min and Chen Lingtong were the first warlords who wanted to take advantage of the troubled times to seize Jiangdong, but because their background was too low and their reputation was not obvious, they were unanimously opposed by the wealthy clans in the south.

Hua Yanxia was a native of the plains, and was the assassin of Jiangzhou at the time, and refused to accept the leadership of Sima Rui, but was commanded by Wang Dun and a group of Jiangdong natives to be pacified.

That's why Yu Liang said that these two people didn't have a big possibility in the first place, and the little credit that Tao Kan made in the crusade was not enough to see.

"The southerners want to take away my military power, so they say that Tao Shixing and Zhou Shida (Zhou Visit) are capable generals, but in fact, they are not Erer. In my opinion, it's better to make Brother Ling more serious. If the elder brother refuses to control the battle, how can they succeed? Director Wang sighed softly: "There is nothing to be done about this...... The national army, but only 350,000, how can it be wasted? "So-called

The "national army" refers to the troops that can be firmly controlled by Sima Rui's Jiankang regime, and at present, except for the Jiankang garrison, basically all of them are in the hands of Wang Dun.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a so-called

The saying of "Chinese and foreign army", the Chinese army is the central forbidden army, and the foreign army refers to the local garrison

The "Chinese army" is only 350,000 people, from each county

Most of the "foreign armies" are in the hands of the Jiangdong natives, or because of regional factors, they are inextricably linked with the Jiangdong natives, and they are not very reassuring to use - mainly because they do not reassure their Wang family.

In addition, at that time, local officials and generals were accustomed to recruiting troops, and even many wealthy families who did not have a career also raised private soldiers, and a considerable part of Jiangdong's armed forces were still these troops and private soldiers.

Whether it is Wang Dao or Wang Dun, they will naturally feel that only my Wang family's private soldiers can be relied on, and other overseas Chinese are slightly inferior, as for Tao Kan, Zhou Wan, and even the private soldiers of the Gu family, the He family, the Zhou family, and the Shen family, I don't have time to take precautions...... Therefore, Director Wang can understand Wang Dun's thoughts very well, and he wants Tao Kan and other southerners to fight with the thieves first, and fight to defeat both, and then he can lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to pick peaches.

It's just that this can't be said clearly, so he just said to Yu Liang: "The national army, only 30,000 or 50,000, how can it be wasted?" "Yu Yuangui, you are also an overseas Chinese, you should be able to understand the meaning of my words, you should also be related, right?

Is it really necessary for you to completely stand on the government's side and accuse Wang Dun of staying in the country? Yu Liang shook his head, leaned closer, and said in a low voice: "The so-called national army is actually a soldier of your family......" Without waiting for Director Wang to refute or clear up, he shook his hand, signaling the other party to be a little calmer, and then continued: "However, today's soldiers of your family, how do you know that in the future, they will not be the soldiers of Brother Ling?" After all, it is not the same property, your Excellency must not be careless! "So-called

"Same property" refers to the same mother's siblings, who theoretically inherit the same industry, and are the closest relationship among their peers.

What Yu Liang means, you Wang Maohong and him Wang Chuzhong are just cousins, the entire Langya Wang family, and even the Jiangdong region, whether you have the final say or he has the final say, there is no conclusion at present, do you really trust him so much?

Once he has full wings and military power, will he turn his head against you? Director Wang was silent.

In fact, Wang Maohong is not a corrupt bureaucrat who follows the rules, he does have the ambition of the world, and he also has the intention of recovery, otherwise he would not have scolded the guy in Xinting who would only feel sad and shed tears.

But after all, his family and growth environment are there, and it is impossible for him to give up the interests of his family and pursue the interests of the country.

Sage Yun: "Self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and then leveling the world." In the view of Wang Dao and others, there is absolutely no contradiction between family and country, and being able to balance these two at the same time, benefiting the country and the family at the same time, that is the highest achievement in life.

Therefore, they can be benevolent, but they can't be chivalrous, they can be heroes, but they can't be martyrs. Didn't he Wang Dao think about waving the Northern Expedition, entering the Central Plains, expelling Hulu, and recovering the old capital?

The problem is that you have to take into account the input-output ratio, because of the country, they will not do it, and they do not have the courage to smash all the pots and jars, and break the boat.

In history, only Zu Ti, Huan Wen and Liu Yu were the only ones who could really send troops to the Northern Expedition, and Zu Shizhi really forgot his home for the country, and basically took his family and subordinates across the river; The main purpose of Huan Yuanzi and Liu Jinu's Northern Expedition was actually to expand their own family, so they were not strong-willed and retreated when they encountered setbacks.

But Director Wang knows very well that Wang Dun's thoughts are not the same as his own. If in Wang Dao's mind, the ratio of family to country is one to one, Wang Dun is very likely to be two to one, and he can abandon family interests for personal interests, and he can abandon national interests for family interests.

Speaking of the decision to kill, Wang Maohong admits that he is far inferior to Wang Chuzhong - for example, no matter how disgusted Wang Cheng is, Wang Dao can't kill him ruthlessly, after all, they are cousins, and they are ministers in the same hall - if Wang Dun initiates a ruthless attack, he can leave everything behind.

Originally, Wang Dao was in charge of the government, Wang Dun was in charge of the army, Wang Dao was inside, Wang Dun was outside the town, and the Langya Wang clan in Nandu, especially Wang Rong, relied on the two Optimus Pillars to stabilize Jiangdong and benefit the country and prosper the family.

But who is the leader, and who is the main and who is secondary? As far as Wang Dun's ambition and personality are concerned, if he really completely controls the middle and upper reaches of Jiang, Jing, Hunan and other prefectures and counties, and has a strong army, will it in turn cause harm to Wang Dao and even the Jiankang regime?

Director Wang had only vaguely had similar thoughts before, but he didn't expect Yu Liang's eyes to be like torches, and he said something in one sentence.

Director Wang didn't know how to express his position, so he had to remain silent...... Fortunately, soon, the solemn and quiet embarrassing atmosphere in the room was broken - Wang Bin broke in, clenched his fists, stretched out his hand on the chessboard, and asked the two with a smile: "It's close to a foreign body, can the second prince guess what it is?" "Cat flutter Chinese