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News of the great victory in the Battle of Wangzhou spread rapidly. Before that, if you ask a random official or general of the Tang Dynasty or the Southern Zhao Kingdom, they will never predict this result. With less than 20,000 troops, the Jiannan army annihilated them all in the face of nearly 40,000 Tubo and Nanzhao allied troops outside the city, which was tantamount to a thunderous explosion, which made people look at the new deputy envoy of Jiannan Jiedu.

After taking office for a month, two big victories in a row, if there are still people who suspect that Wang Yuan is lucky after the victory in Quzhou, then after the battle of Wangzhou, no one dares to say that he is lucky. The name of the deputy marshal of the Jiannan Army has already shocked the Quartet.

Two days later, Quzhou Song Jiangong ordered people to come to report, because of the complete victory in the battle of Wangzhou, Ge Luofeng immediately withdrew from the Wumeng Mountain in the south of Quzhou after receiving the news, and retreated to Yaozhou with his more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Song Jiangong asked if he wanted to attack and drag down Ge Luofeng's army.

Wang Yuan's answer to him was to leave Ge Luofeng alone and let him return to Yaozhou. The reason is very simple, Wang Yuan didn't want Song Jiangong to be ambushed by Ge Luofeng because of the attack. In the south of Quzhou, Yaozhou is close to the mountains and mountains, dense forests and deep valleys, and fighting with Ge Luofeng in such a terrain is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation. Wang Yuan didn't say anything, but he attached great importance to the soldiers and horses under Ge Luofeng, especially after seeing the means of the poisonous miasma attack that Jiao Chongdao cast that day. Wang Yuan would never easily engage him in the dense forest without being prepared with restraint.

Therefore, on the third day after the Battle of Wangzhou, Wang Yuan did nothing except send Liu Jun to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to occupy Huichuan City, which was sixty miles south of Wangzhou, as an outpost, but ordered Liu Dehai to seize the time to recruit new soldiers to supplement the troops. In fact, the loss of the battle of Netzhou was not small, with more than 8,000 soldiers and horses killed and wounded, and almost half of the troops were lost. If you can't replenish the soldiers, you don't have to continue the battles in the future.

On the twelfth day of the first month, on the evening of the seventh day after the Battle of Wangzhou, Xian Yu Zhongtong, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, who received the news, led more than a dozen officials of Jiannan Province from Chengdu to Wangzhou to celebrate Wang Yuan's belated achievement. Wang Yuan, who received the news and greeted him at the gate of Beicheng, also received an unexpected surprise, Li Xin'er and Qingyun'er Ziyun'er actually rushed to Wangzhou with Xian Yu Zhongtong's team.

The moment he saw Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan didn't even have time to say hello to Xian Yu Zhongtong, but Li Xin'er flew down from his horse and hugged his neck in front of everyone, which made Wang Yuan very embarrassed. The officials coughed and turned their heads, not wanting to see such an outrageous scene.

"I'm sorry, Xian Yu is handsome, my wife is more ...... It's more unrestrained. See the smile and laugh. Wang Yuan broke free of Li Xin'er's arm, and only then was he able to greet Xian Yu Zhongtong.

Xian Yu Zhongtong smiled and said: "It's not strange, it's not strange, it's normal for people to win a newlywed." Mrs. Xian has a straightforward and lovely temperament, and she is worried about Vice Marshal Wang, which is really the blessing of Vice Marshal Wang, and she envies others. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong actually wanted to say a few other words: Do you know how domineering your lady is? After getting the news of the victory in Wangzhou, she came to me, saying that she wanted me to allow her to visit in Wangzhou, and asked me to promise in person in front of you Wang Yuan that this move would not violate the rules of the army, so that you could not drive him away. I've been so mad by your lady that I can't bring her with me.

Wang Yuan will Xian Yu Zhongtong welcome into the city, in the governor's mansion Yamen banquet for its wind, the banquet Xian Yu Zhongtong greatly praised and congratulated after a while: "Brother Wang, I won't tell you, before my brother went to office, the commander was suspicious of you, but Brother Wang was thunderous as soon as he made a move, and quickly reversed the situation of decline, and I admired it." I have signed the good news and sent it to Chang'an, and I am afraid that Zuo Xiang will not be able to sleep with joy when he learns the news. This time, I came to congratulate the victory, and secondly, to ask Brother Wang what his strategy is next. After all, the capture of Yaozhou is what Zuo Xiang wants to see the most. After Yaozhou is recovered, the next step is to enter the border of Nanzhao, which is the ultimate goal of this battle. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "I understand Xian Yu's mood very well, after all, everyone thinks that if Yaozhou is not recovered, we will not be able to reverse the situation." I can only say that Yaozhou is actually at your fingertips, it's just a matter of time. Please rest assured that in the letter to Zuo Xiang, you can say that you don't need to make Zuo Xiang sleep. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong's face turned red, and the little secret in his heart was pierced by Wang Yuan's words, Yang Guozhong asked about Yaozhou every time he wrote a letter, and he was in a hurry to give Yang Guozhong a positive answer, so he decided to ask Wang Yuan in person. Originally, Yu Zhongtong only planned to write a letter of encouragement after receiving the good news, but when he heard that Wang Yuan did not move his troops and asked Ge Luofeng to entrench a large number of soldiers and horses in Yaozhou, he had to rush to ask. Time is pressing, and just holding on to Wangzhou and Quzhou is not a victory in the crusade against Nanzhao.

"If you say that, I can rest assured, if you have any needs, just tell me, this commander is your logistics officer, and I will find a way for you to find a way to do whatever you want." Xian Yu Zhongtong laughed.

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Dashuai's words have touched my heart, the reason why I have not marched into Yaozhou is actually to prepare. As long as I am ready, I will wave my army and go straight to Yaozhou. ”

"But I don't know what to prepare?"

Wang Yuan said: "One is the replenishment of soldiers, I am recruiting new soldiers to supplement the loss of soldiers and horses after the war. Without troops, everything is free to talk about. I have less than 30,000 soldiers and horses on hand plus Quzhou, and it is very difficult to attack Yaozhou, so I must speed up the recruitment of soldiers and horses. Since Dashuai mentioned this matter today, I want to ask Dashuai to do me a favor, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Xian Yu Zhong channel: "How to help?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "Can you allow me to recruit soldiers in the entire territory of Jiannan Dao?" The city is too small, and after recruiting 3,000 people, there will be no more people. I can't take all the young and strong to fight, then the old and weak, the women and children will starve to death, and the young and strong will always be left to farm and work to support their families. ”

Xian Yuzhong channel: "How many soldiers are you planning to recruit?" Do you want the entire state capital to recruit soldiers? ”

Wang Yuan said: "Xian Yu Dashuai, aren't you pretending to be confused with me, do you think it will work to raise 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses?" You must know that we have only annihilated 30,000 Tibetan troops, which can be regarded as completely offending the Tibetans, needless to say, they will definitely send a large army to retaliate, do you think we can do it with these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on our hands at that time? I am now recruiting troops to be ready to go to war with the Tibetans, so is it possible that we know that the Tibetan army is coming, but we are not doing anything? ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong scratched his head and said: "This is a difficult problem, Ben Shuai didn't take this into account." If the Tibetan army makes a comeback, it will indeed be a ** annoyance. So how many troops are you going to recruit? ”

Wang Yuan said: "How can I get seventy or eighty thousand people." There aren't so many troops at all. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong was stunned and said, "Seventy or eighty thousand? Are you kidding? Your recruitment of thousands of troops this time is a violation of the law, raising 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers, Zuo Xiang will go crazy, how can he hide it for you. ”

Wang Yuan said: "If it is more than seventy or eighty thousand, it will be at least forty or fifty thousand, this is the bottom line." ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong smacked his lips and said: "You said it easily, forty or fifty thousand soldiers are forty or fifty thousand sets of armor and blades, where do these things come from?" Zuo Xiang said that he wanted to give what he wanted, and he gave as much as he wanted, but he didn't open his mouth as much as you did, should you have three melons and two dates? ”

Wang Yuan spread his hands and said: "Xian Yu Dashuai, it's not difficult for me to discuss with you, what should I do?" I have seized a lot of weapons and armor this time, you can find a way to ask Zuo Xiang for more than 10,000 sets. As for food and salary, naturally you can't ask the court for it, so wouldn't it make people grab the handle. The quota of our Jiannan Army can be increased by 510,000, and part of it will be solved. , the rest of Xian Yu Dashuai is thinking of a way inside Jiannan Dao, there is always a solution, 50,000 soldiers, only 60,000 guan a month, and only 780,000 guan a year. Xian Yu Dashuai still cares about this money? Besides, this soldier and horse are not in the Jiannan Dao, isn't it for us to strengthen our own strength? ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong thought for a long time and frowned: "There's no way, let's do what you say first, but this matter won't last long." I see if I can discuss a way with Prime Minister Zuo and let the imperial court take the initiative to increase the number of troops for Jiannan, and then it will be a hundred. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The method is ready-made, let's just say that the Tubo army is fishing in troubled waters, and the Jiannan army urgently needs to expand against the Tubo soldiers and horses, how can the imperial court disagree?" But you can't mention it until you have pacified Nanzhao, otherwise Li Linfu and his ilk will find trouble. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong nodded and said: "That's it, you're right, I agreed to recruit soldiers, and I can only raise 40,000, and I can't afford more." I still have to use local finances and taxes, and I don't know how to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and smiled: "Xian Yu Dashuai will definitely have a way, with your strong support, I just have to win the battle." ”

Xian Yu Zhong channel: "I said the ugly words in the head, the situation must be reversed, Nanzhao must be calmed, in addition, let me tell you, after pacifying Nanzhao, Zuo Xiang will transfer me to the post of Jing Zhaoyin, and you will clean up the mess in Jiannan Dao by yourself, you have to think about it, don't make trouble for yourself when the time comes." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong said solemnly: "Don't you have one more thing? If it's so hard with the first one, you don't have to say it, I can't do it. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The second thing is easy to do, and it doesn't cost much, I just need Xian Yu Dashuai to help me transport some materials, and gather some craftsmen to help me do one thing." ”

"What's the matter? Say it. ”

"Don't worry, please come with me, I'll show you something." Wang Yuan got up and smiled.