Chapter 688: Deputy Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses



Li Han laughed and asked Li, Liu, and Han if they agreed with what Tian Ciling said. Since Xie Biao came to Luoyang to ask the imperial court to determine the strategy of Guanzhong and war, the three of them knew that Li Mao wanted to be the king of Guanzhong, in all fairness, the three of them did not want Li Mao's family to be dominant, but the problem was that Guanzhong was already under his control, and no one other than him could not interfere in it. If he openly opposes it, he will have an enmity with Li Mao, which is very uneconomical, but if the three of them publicly propose that Li Mao preside over the Guanzhong military, no one is willing.

Li Mao's ambition has already appeared, in case he can't hold it and follows the Pei family brothers to claim that the emperor founded the country and became a rebel minister of the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't he also suffer, at least because of his reputation.

Today's words were put forward by Tian Ciling, this person was good with Li Mao in the old days, Weizhou has changed for more than ten years, the master has changed several times, but people are still reused, which shows that the skill is not shallow, this time he must have gotten a hint from whom, before he said such a thing, he grabbed the black pot, and it was up to him.

Seeing that Li Han asked by name, the three of them pushed the boat down the river and agreed that Li Mao would be in charge of the military and political affairs of Guanzhong, recover Chang'an, punish the rebels, and rescue the empress dowager of the four palaces, concubines, clans, hundred officials and the people of Chang'an.

In the eyes of the three of them, if Li Mao does this, it is equivalent to embarking on a road of no return: since ancient times, he has been the most taboo for courtiers to make a mistake - high merit and shock the master, if he can resolve this crisis, it is to set things right, reorganize the world, and the glory instantly overshadows the emperor, and after doing this thing, even if he wants to be Guo Ziyi, he can't get it, and there is only one way left - to stand on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, and then the notoriety of the world will be borne by him.

On the contrary, if Li Mao is defeated, he will have to obediently go back to Youzhou, whether Chang'an can recover it or not, the important thing is that the emperor can't go back, and in their hands, there is an emperor, Li Tang's country is there, a weak lord, several strong vassals, this pattern is the safest, is what they are happy to see.

Seeing that everyone agreed that Li Mao was presiding over the crisis situation in Guanzhong, Li Han was overjoyed, and immediately issued an edict to set up the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and opened the mansion, with Li Chen, the king of light, as the generalissimo, Li Mao, the king of Yan, as the deputy generalissimo, and the marshal of the Zhi, Li, Liu, and Han as the marshals of the soldiers and horses, and Shi Xianzhong, He Jintao, Wang Zhixing, Zhu Kerong and others as the commanders of the army.

Li Chen, the king of light, named the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, wants to show the people of the world that this world is still Li Tang's world, and everything is still under the control of the Li family; let Li Mao do practical things, because he has soldiers in his hands, has the ability, and wants to make meritorious contributions; Let Li Quanzhong, Liu Wu, Han Hong, Shi Xiancheng, He Jintao, Wang Zhixing and others be named in order to win people's hearts: victory is meritorious, defeat is not guilty, can advance or retreat, and can always be invincible.

The edict was taken to Guanzhong by Tutu Chenghua, and another secret edict was given to Zhu Kerong.

After Li Mao received the edict, he moved to Jinshang, Xiangyang, Shannan and other places to urge grain and grass, and sent generals to take over Sanguan. Sanguan is the key pass to Guanzhong and Shu, which was originally under the control of Zhu Kerong, but now Li Mao is Zhu Kerong's top boss, and the military order is issued, and if he does not obey the order, he will lose the territory if he obeys, and Zhu Kerong is very distressed about this.

At this time, hearing that a secret envoy from Luoyang had arrived and asked him to greet him in a remote place, Zhu Kerong was keenly aware of the turning point.

When they met, it was the privy envoy who suddenly vomited into a hua, Zhu Kerong's eyes turned red, and he cried: "Taishi Li wants to avenge the old revenge, and he wants to take me under the knife, and the privy envoy will save me." ”

Tu Tu Chenghua said: "Taishi is not the person who is cautious, and the general Hugh has to listen to the villain's provocation." The takeover of Sanguan is to facilitate the import of southern grain into Guanzhong. But the two of you have had a holiday in the past, but it's true, I've heard of it, and this kind of grudge can't be resolved for a while and a half. Now that the fierce and ugly are entrenched in Chang'an, the Son of Heaven is hunting in the east, and the country is in danger. If the matter in Guanzhong is really impossible, why don't the general go to Luoyang to escort him? ”

went around in a big circle, and the last sentence won Zhu Kerong's heart the most.

Zhu Kerong said: "I also have this intention, but all the passes are in the hands of Taishi Li, and the army is crossing the border, so I am afraid of causing misunderstanding." ”

Tutu Chenghua said: "Thousands of troops are easy to get, but good generals are hard to find." There are still 50,000 soldiers in Luoyang, and there are no generals to lead them. When the general arrived in Luoyang, why was he afraid of having no soldiers in his hands? Besides, the general has gone east to escort him, what reason does Taishi Li have not to let your command go, it's still a family. ”

Zhu Kerong's eyes lit up, and he said secretly: I was trapped by Li Mao in Guanzhong, neither did I advance, nor did I retreat, sooner or later he announced a personal vendetta, it is better to go to Luoyang to fight, now that there is no general in Luoyang, Your Majesty will definitely reuse me. If I leave, he won't be able to swallow the 30,000 Shence troops, so he can only let them go back.

Seeing that Zhu Kerong was moved, Tutu Chenghuang took out the secret edict again, Zhu Kerong cried bitterly after reading it, and immediately agreed to go to Luoyang with Tutu Chenghua to escort him. Tutu Chenghua's trip was not only to make books, but also to comfort the mission of the various armies, he asked Zhu Kerong to mix in his entourage, take him with him, and go all the way back to Luoyang. As soon as Zhu Kerong arrived in Luoyang, he was appointed as the general of Zuo Shence, the military governor, and presided over the reorganization of the Shence army scattered around Luoyang, with more than 20,000 soldiers.

After Qiu Shiliang was killed, the left and right Shence army was restructured, the system of supervising the army by lieutenants of the escort army was abolished, and the army was supervised by the establishment of a war to supervise the army, and the general knew the fact that the army was in charge of the military.

In order to show his attention to Zhu Kerong, Li Han deliberately added General Zhu Kerong and actually took over the military power.

Zhu Kerong asked several military horses in the customs to return to Luoyang, and Li Han allowed it, fearing that Li Quanzhong, Liu Wu, Han Hong and others would be hindered, so he did not issue a military order, and asked Zhu Kerong to send a private person to persuade him, break it into pieces, and return to the east in private.

Zhu Kerong's every move was under Li Mao's surveillance, and he was happy to see the withdrawal of the 30,000 Shence army from Guanzhong, but he was very unaccustomed to being sneaky like this. However, there is a lot of crisis right now, and it's not the time to be angry with Zhu Ke, not only can't you be angry, but you also have to help him. Li Quanzhong and others wantonly interfered with the entry of Nanliang into the customs, so Li Mao did not need to be polite to them, he ordered all the passes, but all the officers and soldiers of the Shence Army who were willing to go to Luoyang to escort them were all released, and there was no entanglement in the relief of the entanglement, and the food and accommodation at the military stations along the way were comprehensive, and they were treated as friendly troops, and they could not make enemies.

Li Quanzhong, Liu Wu, and Han Hong were caught off guard by Li Han, and they hated and feared in their hearts, but the three of them were not in unison, and they couldn't find a way to fight back for a while. When the opinions of the three of them converged, they found that Li Xiao had Tu Tu Chenghua's personal guard, and Zhu Kerong led the Shence army of 50,000 people to defend the palace, and the imperial power was steep, and the balance of power had quietly reversed.

In addition, Li Mao and Guo Liang of the Four Seas Association reached a secret agreement: if the hundred officials in Chang'an City were willing to go to Luoyang to follow the emperor, Guo Liang would arrange for them to go out of the city, and the accumulated merits could be used to atone for their crimes in the future.

Li Han's court was quickly enriched, and the emperor's waist became more and more stiff, and he could find the feeling of being an emperor more and more. After a long time, Li Quanzhong, Liu Wu, and Han Hong suddenly felt that they had been deprived of their right to speak.

The three of them were both afraid and hateful, and as a countermeasure, they agreed to the boat gang to transport grain and rice from the south into Guanzhong for the first time.

With the nourishment of rice grain in the south, Li Mao's situation has changed greatly, and he has more energy to slowly concoct the Pei family emperor.