Zheng Xiaozhang said: "The princes of Hebei are all in Guanzhong, it is better to take the opportunity to send troops to sweep Hebei, occupy Xuzhou, and cut off the passage of Jiangnan wealth into Beijing, then the garrison in Guanzhong will be chaotic, and the Tang royal family will be overturned." ”

The clerk sighed: "If it weren't for our General Han Da who was good at making claims and letting people take the handle, this plan would not be a clever plan, but now Qiu Shiliang is a thief and ruined, but we have been his companion." Now that we are sending troops south, the court will say that we are in rebellion, wearing a hat of rebellion, and others will avoid it and wonder how we can do it. ”

Zheng Xiaozhang said with a smile: "Shucheng is too angry, and the troubled times rely on strength!" Now I have 14 divisions in Youzhou, Xiongwu, Lulong, Pinglu, Baoan, Chengde and other armies, 200,000 male soldiers, go south to occupy Xuzhou, cut off the economic lifeline of Guanzhong, then the opponent will collapse, Yan Wang is in control, no matter what he says, we win. ”

Xie Biao suddenly said: "Then why did Qiu Shiliang coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes? ”

Zheng Xiaozhang said: "Qiu Shiliang is just a eunuch, relying on blinding Shengcong to steal a high position, it is difficult to order the princes without coercing the Son of Heaven, King Yan has soldiers and territory, and he doesn't need that." ”

Wen Cheng smiled and said: "Fighting alone, King Yan can sweep the world, but if the princes of the world hold a group, will the 200,000 male soldiers still work?" Zheng Xiaozhang also smiled: "How many times have you seen the princes of the world come together? During the Yuanhe years, the army was repeatedly used abroad, which time it was not you who fought you, me and mine, everyone has selfish intentions, and they all seek selfish interests, and the so-called common discussion in the world is a. ”

Xie Biao said: "If the name is not right, the word is not good, and if the word is not good, the order will not work." It is not surprising that the princes are looking forward and backward in cutting the domain, but what King Yan has done is a big thing, a big thing to sweep the world, if he can't stand on his feet morally, it will be difficult. ”

Zheng Xiaozhang sighed, smiled bitterly, and said: "I also know that there are indeed many unfavorable conditions for sending troops at the moment, but it is not necessarily wise to miss the opportunity. It is better to occupy Xuzhou, cut off the economic lifeline of Guanzhong, force the world to change, and find opportunities from the crisis than to sit in Youzhou and wait for the situation in the world to change drastically and raise troops again. Now that the military and government in Youzhou are integrated, the 14 divisions have just been reorganized, and their morale is booming, and their morale cannot be vented. ”

Wen Cheng and Xie Biao also knew that what he said was reasonable, and they were silent for a while. Li Mao glanced at everyone, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "The Tang Emperor is still the co-ruler of the world, and a public rebellion will only trap himself in passivity, not to mention our opponents, even our own people, I am afraid they will all stab themselves in the back." ”

Li Mao didn't say who stabbed the knife, and everyone knew in their hearts: one of the stabbing knives would be Tian Bu and the other would be Xue Rong, although the two of them ate on the same plate with Li Mao, their hearts were not in the same place, Tian Bu wanted to return to Weizhou and restore the old days. Xue Rong couldn't forget his identity as a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he was bent on serving the court and the Li Tang royal family.

If Li Mao openly raised troops to rebel, it was very likely that these two people would stand up and speak, especially Xue Rong would almost certainly stand up and oppose it.

Li Mao said: "Immediately repair the book and play it, and confess the grievances, I have nothing to do with Qiu Shiliang, and we are not familiar with each other." Han Jiangchun, young, is also a little confused, he has done stupid things, but don't beat him to death with a stick, give him a chance to correct it. Besides, use the mouthpiece to defend me, to be justified, we didn't do anything wrong in the first place, why did we put the basin on my head? ”

The mouthpiece Li Mao said was a newly established agency under the name of the Right Chamber, which was specially used to manipulate public opinion. He paused for a moment, and then sighed: "I want to reason with them, but I'm afraid that people may not be willing to pay attention." Immediately sent troops to Hedong, saying that it was to go west to rescue Chang'an. ”

After years of preparation, Youzhou's total strength has now reached 900,000, including about 200,000 regular troops, 14 integrated divisions, and the Xiongwu, Lulong, Baoan, Qinghai, Chengde, and Pinglu armies.

The 1st and 13th Divisions, which were originally responsible for local reclamation, were reorganized into the People's Army, and the People's Army was divided into two levels, one was the township army, and the other was Yongjian. In the spring and autumn, the township army concentrated in the state city for training, and cooperated with the local government to eliminate bandits and protect the territory and the people. Yongjian trains in the township in spring and autumn, guarding the township, fire prevention and theft.

Another major duty of the people's army is to support the regular army in wartime, and be responsible for garrisoning the rear, escorting grain and grass, and maintaining order.

The number of township troops is about 200,000, and the selection is relatively strict, and the regular army can be supplemented with a little training. The number of Yongjian is about 500,000, and the selection criteria are looser, which is more suitable for guarding the township. In addition to the civilian army, self-defense regiments have also been set up in various localities, with no restriction on men, women, and children, and all those who can pick up swords and guns are included, and military training is given in order to defend themselves.

Youzhou has the best quality of soldiers, the highest level of training, the most sophisticated equipment, the most abundant combat experience, and the best combat records are the 14 integrated divisions and the Lulong and Xiongwu armies. Of the fourteen reuniters:

The first division was trained with the Tianxiong Army as the team, with a strength of 25,000 troops, and was commanded by Shi Xianzhong.

The second division, commander Zhu Jiu, has a strength of 12,000.

The third division, commanded by Shi Xiong, has a strength of 20,000.

The fourth division, commanded by Huang Renfan, has a strength of 10,000.

The Fifth Division is a direct division, with a strength of 30,000, under the command of Chang Mucang (concurrently), and the deputy commander Yan Qin.

The 6th Division, commanding Ma Hedong, has a strength of 8,000.

The Seventh Division, with 12,000 troops, is under the command of Song Menglong and Li Hongshui, the deputy commander.

The eighth division, commander Wang Jian, has 10,000 troops.

The Ninth Division, commanded by Qian Duoduo, has 20,000 troops.

The 10th Division, commanded by Ma Xiong'an, has a strength of 7,000.

The 11th Division, commanded by General Xue, has a strength of 20,000, and the division is a naval army, with a naval number.

The 12th Division, commanded by Gao Wen, had a strength of 5,000.

The 13th Division was trained with the Chengde Army as the team, with 17,000 troops, and commanded Lu Zhen.

The 14th Division was reorganized from the Muhai Division of the Lulong Army, commanding the Muhaihai and having a strength of 10,000.

In addition to the 14 integrated divisions, the Lu Long Army (stationed in Ziqing, Hao Jun with soldiers and horses, with 10,000 troops) and the Xiongwu Army (stationed in Danzhou, with 10,000 troops and 10,000 troops).

The security army, which is responsible for internal security, has Chen Guangdao as its soldiers and horses, with 10,000 troops. Weak combat effectiveness.

Yan Qin was the deputy commander of the Fifth Division, actually in charge of the army, and the 6,000 Shence Army under his command was also included in the Fifth Division.

In addition, the regular army subordinate to Youzhou also has Tianbu's Chengde army, with a strength of about 6,000; Xue Rong's Ziqing Ping Lu Army, with a strength of about 3,000; Sang Rong's Qing Navy (Veteran Xue's 11th Division also flagged the Qing Navy, but was not under Sang Rong's command. ), with a strength of about four thousand; Liaodong, Yingping, Fuyu, Longquan, Anyuan and other military government directly subordinate teams totaled about 10,000 people, commanded by the envoys of each town.

Li Mao's Yanwangfu Guards (pro-army) had a strength of 1,002 and an actual strength of 12,000, which was under the command of Shi Kong, the commander of the pro-army, and Cai Youcai, the general of the Wangfu Lang.

Entering Hedong, Qian Duoduo sent troops the most convenient, Chi Longshu and Zhang Kuiyi, who were placed in Hedong earlier, were Qian Duoduo's subordinates, Zhang Kuiyi followed Li Jiang to the south to Qinwang, but Chi Longshu stayed in Taiyuan and held the real power of city defense. After receiving the order, Qian Duoduo immediately selected 3,000 elite people, and Liu Ming was the vanguard to cross the Taihang Mountain and enter Hedong first, and he himself supervised the headquarters to follow. At the same time, Zhu Jiu was ordered to lead the army to the outside of Yanmen Pass, creating a sense of oppression under the city and intimidating the Hedong region.

Hedong Jiedu made Li Jiang send troops into Beijing, took away all his cronies, he had already expected that after he left, Li Mao would plot against Hedong, but he couldn't care about much, he had limited troops in his hands, and if he stayed in Taiyuan, he would not be able to protect King Qin, and King Qin would not be able to keep Taiyuan. Between the two dilemmas, he chose to enter the king of Beijing and fulfill the last obligation of a loyal minister.

Half a month later, Liu Mingzhuan's vanguard army arrived at the city of Taiyuan, and Li Liang, the deputy envoy of Hedong and Jiedu, carried sheep wine out of the city to comfort him, and the etiquette was complete and very enthusiastic. This time, Liu Mingzhuan has come to the city, and Chi Longshu is in the city to respond, Taiyuan may not be able to hold it, even if it can stop Liu Mingzhuan, how can the follow-up Qian Duoduo be stopped? This young man is known as Bai Qi's rebirth, Huo Qu's illness and soul, using soldiers like a god, invincible, who is willing to stand out in Hedong? Qian Duoduo is just a striker, and behind him are Shi Xiong and Shi Xianzhong, two fierce generals.

The "Four Tigers of Youzhou" came to the three tigers, how can they resist it? Although Hedong is crouching tiger, hidden dragon, the people's hearts are not aligned, and the local powerful factions are doing their own thing, and they are scattered, and they have no strength to argue with Li Mao at all. Moreover, most of the officials in Hedong had close contacts with Wang Shoucheng and Qiu Shiliang, and now that the emperor was killing in Chang'an to purge the remnants of Qiu Shiliang, they were already panicked for fear of being implicated.

Before Li Jiang left, the local powerful faction conspired to expel Li Jiang, following the Hebei story, supporting the army to protect itself, but the strength was evenly matched, and the weighty leader could not be elected for a while and failed to succeed. Li Mao's sudden intrusion gave everyone a new choice. On the one hand, they dispatched troops to block the passes, making it more difficult for Li Mao to enter the Jin Dynasty, and on the other hand, they sent envoys to Youzhou to negotiate, hoping to strive for greater interests. After receiving Li Mao's promise that he would only garrison troops in Hedong and not interfere in local internal affairs, he let the Youzhou army enter Taiyuan.

Li Mao was very grateful for such cooperation from Hedong officialdom, he kept his promise, did not interfere in local internal affairs, respected the local powerful factions, protected the safety of his family and property, and did not arrest or kill the remnants of Qiu Shiliang.

After stabilizing the east of the river, Li Mao ordered Qian Duoduo to be the striker, and went south along the Fenshui River to take the middle of the river.

Hezhong Jiedu made Xue Nong a former general of Zuo Xiaowei, borrowed debts to bribe Wang Shoucheng, and became Wang Shoucheng's protégé. After Wang Shoucheng squeezed out Tian Bu, he wanted to send his son Wang Shen out of the palm of the river, but because Wang Shen's bad deeds were intolerable, he had to cheapen Xue Nongben. After Wang Shoucheng fell, Xue Nongben changed his court in time, and took refuge in Qiu Shiliang, because he followed closely and was not Wang Shoucheng's descendant, Qiu Shiliang accepted his surrender. In order to repay the principal and interest, during the reign of Qiu Shiliang, Xue Nongben wantonly looted the place to repay the debt, which caused the people's resentment to boil. The royal history bee played, only because of Qiu Shiliang's maintenance, this is not dangerous.

After the change of manna, the people of the world were disgusted with Qiu Shiliang, Xue Nong wanted to cut off Qiu Shiliang to protect himself, and when Li Jiang entered the king of Qinxi, he wanted to lead the army to follow and clarify his innocence, but Li Jiang politely refused.

At present, Qiu Shiliang was condemned as an opponent of the party, given death, and all the party members were liquidated.

At this time, when he heard that Li Mao's army had arrived in Hedong, under the banner of King Qin, Xue Nongben was overjoyed and hurriedly sent his eldest son to Qian Duoduo's camp to ask for annexation. Qian Duoduo accepted his kindness and ordered him to open various passes to welcome King Qin's army into the river, promising to protect his life and property.

Because of Xue Nongben's cooperation, Li Maobing entered Hezhong Mansion without blood.

Hezhong and Jingzhaofu are across the Yellow River, and after Li Mao occupies Hezhong, the forward soldiers and horses are only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an City.

It was only at this time that Li Han came back to his senses, and he made enemies on all sides before he had a firm foothold, causing Hedong and Hezhong to return to Li Mao without a fight, and let the soldiers come to the city and directly threaten his heart, which is really stupid! He worships Li Jiang as his prime minister, but he refuses to use his schemes, he is stubborn and self-serving, and he is so arbitrary and arbitrary. After learning from the pain, Li Han sincerely asked Li Jiang for advice.

Li Jiang said: "Your Majesty listened to slander and classified King Yan into the party of Qiu Shiliang, which is a big mistake. King Yan is here to seek justice from His Majesty. If justice does not come, he will not withdraw from the army. ”

Li Jiang's words were very difficult to hear, but Li Han listened to them, his face flushed, he smiled awkwardly, and bowed: "Good medicine is good for disease, I regret not listening to the prime minister's loyal and righteous words, being stubborn and self-serving, and blindly working hard, so that I have today's difficulties." At present, he also asked the prime minister to make it difficult and send Hedong to resolve this embarrassment. ”

Li Jiang deliberately said something very ugly, the purpose was to try the emperor's sincerity, seeing that he knew that he could change his mistakes and sincerely repented, he was moved for a while, and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise and wise, and the Tang Dynasty is hopeful." ”

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