Chapter 12 The Banner is not rolled in the eleventh section of November, Yanzhou, Chen Liu. The Son of Heaven Xingtai was established in Chenliu, Fu Gan led the Taishang Book Order, Wang Ling and Jiang Ji shot left and right servants for the Xingtai, and many of the former generals' mansions were directly converted into officials of the Son of Heaven Xingtai Zhu Cao Shangshu and Shang Shulang.

On November 12, Zhong Xuan, the general of the expedition to the south, arrived in Chenliu. Subsequently, several generals such as Wang Dang, the right general who was re-requisitioned by the Son of Heaven, and the general Xiaolei of Zhichong, arrived at Xingtai one after another.

On the 15th, Xiao Tianzi convened the lieutenant generals to discuss the leadership of the army and deploy the strategy of attack. Xingtai Shangshu ordered Fu Gan to analyze the situation in the world in detail and expounded the main strategy and ultimate goal of the Son of Heaven to quell the rebellion in the south.

"Under the three consecutive years of campaigning by Your Majesty, the generals and tens of thousands of soldiers, we have pacified the northwest and the desert, and now our main goal is to quell the rebellion in the south, recover the southern states and counties, completely pacify the world, and complete the first step of the great cause of Zhongxing." Fu Gan stood in front of the huge map, pointed to Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou on the map, and said slowly but forcefully,

"Your Majesty's determination is very great, he wants to drink the Yangtze River in the next two to three years and unify the society." There was a cheer in the tent.

Xiao Tianzi stood up, with a shy smile on his face, and waved his hand at the generals of the various armies in the tent, looking full of ambition and high spirits.

Fu Gan looked at him, hoping that he would say a few words to encourage morale. The generals also held their breath, waiting for Xiao Tianzi's wonderful speech.

When today's son went to the battlefield at the age of five, in the past three years, he has commanded a large army to fight in the northwest and the desert, and has experienced dangerous wars, and it is not more than enough to deal with this kind of scene.

"Today next year, I will stand on the edge of the Yangtze River and point to Jiangdong." Xiao Tianzi looked around at the generals and said calmly,

"Whoever takes Xiangyang first will be the commander of the army crossing the river, and the final battle of the unification of Sheji will be completed by him, and the Han will always remember his exploits." There was applause in the big tent.

"In order to successfully complete the goal of the southern expedition, His Majesty established a platform to unify the command of the attacking armies from all directions, coordinate the relationship between the imperial court, the states and counties, and the battlefields, and ensure the victory of the southward battle." Fu Gan continued,

"There are 260,000 troops fighting in the south, and they are attacking at the same time on three battlefields."

"On the battlefield of Xuzhou, the three generals Gao Shun, Wei Xu, and Guan Hai led an army of 60,000 to contain Cao Cao's rebels in Xuzhou."

"On the battlefield of Yuzhou, two generals, Lei Chong and Meng Si, led an army of 40,000 to block the rebels of Jiangdong Sun Quan and Zhou Yu."

"On the battlefield of Nanyang, the two generals Zhong Xuan and Xiao En led an army of 30,000 to attack Wancheng from the direction of Luyang. The two generals Yan Liang and Yu Poison led 40,000 elites of the northern and southern armies to attack Wancheng from the direction of Wuguan. The three generals Wang Dang, Wu Xiong, and Peng Lie led an army of 40,000 to attack Wancheng from the direction of Kunyang. ”

"Your Majesty personally led the Tiger Ben Yulin Battalion of the Chinese Army General Jia Xu, the 5,000 elites of the Protector General He Feng, the 20,000 Northern Army of General Yushi, and the 20,000 troops of Zhang Xiu and Zhao Hu, a total of 50,000 horses, followed up."

"In September, we were defeated in Nanyang, more than 30,000 soldiers were killed, and more than 20,000 soldiers defected to Xiangyang, which dealt us a heavy blow." Fu Gan looked at Wang Dang, who had a gloomy face, and said a few words lightly, and then his tone changed suddenly,

"This revenge must be avenged, this time we must not only defeat Nanyang, but also completely destroy Xiangyang."

"This time, we concentrated 160,000 troops to attack Nanyang, and we had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and this attack was only more than two months after the defeat of Nanyang, and the rebels never imagined that we would gather troops and horses again to enter Nanyang in such a short period of time." Fu Gan punched the map and said angrily,

"This battle will be won."

"Hussar General Zhao Yun came to write yesterday that General Yu Poison has led the army to Wuguan, just after the grain and grass are ready, General Yan Liang will lead the army to attack south, and the scheduled time is the 24th of this month." Fu Gan looked at the generals in the tent,

"On the twenty-second of this month, General Wang Dang took the lead in attacking from the direction of Kunyang, and the Battle of Nanyang officially began." The generals agreed with a bang.

Xiao Tianzi personally sent Zhong Xuan, Wang Dang, Gao Shun, Zhang Xiu, Lei Chong and other army commanders out of Yuanmen.

In the afternoon, the Son of Heaven sat down with the main ministers of Xingtai and the officials of various prefectures and counties to discuss the issues of grain, grass and baggage.

The four counties of Hebei, Qingdao, Yanyu and Henan, and the two counties of Henan and Hanoi will be responsible for supplying grain and grass to the army of the Southern Expedition and recruiting and dispatching people for a long time in the future.

When there was a conflict between the orders of the Chang'an court and the orders of the Son of Heaven, it was crucial to resolutely follow the orders of the Son of Heaven, and there was no room for bargaining.

In order to strengthen the support of Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Zang Ba, Yang Ming, Sun Qin and other state and county officials to Xiao Tianzi and dispel their concerns, Fu Gan also suggested that Xiao Tianzi give each of them an edict, so that if Jinyang or Chang'an wanted to forcibly suppress them, they would have one

"Shield". It is now November, and the autumn harvest has just begun, and the prefectures and counties are collecting taxes, but these taxes do not need to be transported to Chang'an, but are uniformly deployed by the Son of Heaven and transported to the nearby battlefields in the south.

"According to the usual practice, every year Jizhou's taxes must be allocated to Youzhou to supplement the lack of Youzhou's taxes, what should we do this year?" Jizhou Thorn Shi Yang Ming asked,

"If the imperial court orders Jizhou to allocate it, will I directly obey the order?"

"As long as it affects the orders of the southern battlefield, such as money, food, and conscription, you must listen to Your Majesty." Fu Gan shook his hand,

"Although both Xingtai and Chang'an's Shangshutai have decision-making power, they have a clear division of labor, and basically they will not let the state and county be in a dilemma, so don't worry too much. The division of labor between the two places is also very clear, and it is believed that the prime minister will focus on the overall situation and will not arbitrarily dictate power, intensify contradictions, and affect the process of the great cause of Zhongxing. ”

"Xingtai only focuses on the Southern Expedition, and everything must be conceded to the Southern Expedition, while Chang'an has to take into account all aspects, to ensure the stability of the prefecture and county and the food and clothing of the people, how can there be no contradictions and conflicts between the two sides?" Gao Ran was very dissatisfied with Fu Gan's vague and perfunctory attitude,

"The contradiction between Xingtai and Chang'an is big, and the hussar general can't handle it, so he must ask for help in Jinyang. If Jinyang comes forward, what role can we play with this edict of the Son of Heaven? Fu Gan was speechless for a while.

Gao Ran These people have lived in the state and county for a long time, are familiar with government affairs, and are well aware of the court dispute. Taiwei Zhang Yan went north to Jinyang, although it helped Xiao Tianzi to control power, but it also made the situation in Chang'an even more confusing.

Without Zhang Yan's support, Prime Minister Li Wei's situation is very difficult. It is very likely that the new deal will be hit, and this is something that Gao Ran and other state and county officials do not want to see.

The benefits of the New Deal to restore national strength and to the people to live and work in peace and contentment are obvious, and if the New Deal is frustrated, it will be the people who will be hit first.

If the people are uneasy, how can the society be stable? After Zhao Yun presided over the state, in order to alleviate the contradictions in Chang'an, he deliberately helped the gate valve family to suppress the prime minister, trying to find a balance from it, but Zhao Yun was a person from the northern Xinjiang family after all, and he was a close confidant of the general, and it was impossible for him to get all the trust of the gate valve family.

Moreover, the relationship between him and the prime minister is extraordinary, once the general's condition improves and the prime minister's position is stable again, Zhao Yun's situation will be difficult.

When he couldn't alleviate the contradictions in Chang'an, he could only turn to Jinyang for help. If Jinyang comes forward to interfere in politics, how will the state and county officials of the northern Xinjiang system like Gao Ran choose?

Therefore, Xingtai must give a clear attitude, and must give the state and county officials a condition to support the little emperor.

The general has ignored the government and politics all these years, and has taken the little emperor to conquer the world, and everyone knows what the purpose is.

The big Han will be the big man of the little emperor in the future, and the little emperor who came out of the conquest can protect the interests of the military meritorious class.

The support of the military meritorious class for Xiao Tianzi is not only in line with the requirements of the general, but also in the interests of the military meritorious class itself.

But the duty of the little emperor is not to fight the world, but to rule the world, and governing the world requires a family of gate valves, which will seriously threaten the interests of the military class for a long time to come.

The military class felt this threat, so they needed a new deal, but the new deal harmed the interests of the family of the gate lords, and the contradictions between the two were irreconcilable, so the contradictions between the two sides became more and more intense, and they reached the point where they could not tolerate each other.

The Nanyang fiasco was the result of this fierce confrontation of contradictions, and both sides of this confrontation were defeated, both failed to achieve their goals, and neither could eliminate the threat that the other party gave them.

The meaning of Gao Lan's words was very clear, he forced Fu Gan to express his position, he wanted to resolutely support the prime minister, and when there was turmoil in Chang'an, he did not hesitate to attack the gate valve family, and did not let Zhao Yun go to Jinyang for help.

In this way, there will be no conflict between Jinyang and Xingtai, and the military class will be able to easily make a choice and resolutely support Xiao Tianzi.

But Fu Gan didn't dare to express his position, because this matter involved the victory or defeat of the Southern Expedition. If Xingtai resolutely supports the prime minister and uses the contradiction between the military class represented by the prime minister and the gate valve family to hit the gate valve family hard, it will inevitably trigger a crazy counterattack of the southern rebellion.

The backbone of the rebellion in the south is the gate valve family, in order to survive, the gate valve family is bound to fight to the death with the Han army, and the wavering gate valve family that was originally in the middle of their own may become an opposition, and the rebels should be in harmony with the outside, so the Nanyang fiasco may happen again.

killed a group of gate valve families belonging to the opposition, and as a result, offended all the gate valve families, this kind of thing Fu didn't dare to do.

Fu Gan didn't say anything, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Yang Ming, Sun Qin, and Zang Ba forced him together. The army's grain, grass and people are all controlled by them, how dare Fu Gan offend, so he has to say that he will think about it again, and discuss the situation carefully with the prime minister and the hussar general.

The armies attacking Nanyang advanced at high speed towards the assembly area. Hundreds of thousands of civilians carried grain, grass, ordnance and all kinds of military supplies along several galloping roads to Nanyang.

The Son of Heaven led Xingtai and the Tiger Blame Yulin Camp to Yingchuan. November 18, Yingchuan, Yanling. Jin Yang wrote to the Son of Heaven that the general was in stable condition and out of danger.

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed, and told the generals in the army and the ministers of Xingtai and prefectures and counties, and the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted. On the same day, Guanglu Xunqing Zhang He rushed to the Son of Heaven day and night, met with the Son of Heaven, and after explaining the situation in Chang'an, Zhang He and Fu Gan met alone.

Fu Gan listened quietly all the time, and did not say a word from beginning to end.

"Yancai, if you agree, I will immediately return to Chang'an to return to the hussar general and prime minister." Fu Gan pondered for a long time, but still did not speak.

"Now you are in charge of the Son of Heaven's platform, General Jade and General Jia Xu are both by the side of the Son of Heaven to help him fight, as long as you say yes, this matter can be implemented according to the plan." Zhang He smiled,

"Don't you approve?"

"Brother Junyi, the general's condition has stabilized." Fu Gan said,

"Once this news spreads, the matter of Chang'an will ......"

"Somebody's going to retract their heads, right?" Zhang He sneered,

"The head is retracted, can't you just pull it out?"

"But then the southern rebellion will not surrender until death."

"Do you still expect to win without a fight?" Zhang He glanced at him in surprise,

"Who would trust a general to hand over his authority today? Can you believe it? He pointed at Fu Gan, and then at his nose,

"Do I believe it?" Zhang He looked up to the sky and snorted,

"Yancai, don't be a scholar, even if the general's daughter enters the palace, even if the general becomes a relative and leaves the court, even if he is old and has no official position, no one can regret his strength. If he sits alone in Jinyang, he can defend the frontier for the Han Dynasty. You've been following the general for more than ten years, can't you even see this simple thing? ”

"More than 20 years ago, when the general was quelling the rebellion in Western Xinjiang, there were already rumors in the court that the general was the biggest threat to the Han and wanted to kill him. More than 20 years have passed, the general first assisted the eldest princess, and then supported the little emperor, there are too many rumors in the world, but without exception, they all say that the general holds power and conspires to usurp. Now that the eldest princess is married to the general, this rumor has been confirmed, who else will believe the general when the south is rebellious? Zhang He reached out and patted Fu Gan's arm,

"Yancai, as long as the general lives, there is no possibility of peace between us and the southern rebels. Don't say that the general married the eldest princess, with the general's ethereal background, the southern rebellion will not surrender, who would be willing to hand over the Han to a general who may be a Hu person? ”

"What do you mean......" Fu Gan shook his head and sighed bitterly,

"The people of Chang'an have the same idea?"

"Of course. The little emperor has grown up, and the general has not recovered from his illness, it is a good time to turn the world upside down, who wants to miss it? Zhang He's eyes showed a hint of murder,

"Think about Situ Wang Yun back then, you know how tenacious these people are, how loyal their beliefs are, and how invincible their courage is. Fu Gan was suffocated in his heart, and sighed helplessly,

"Okay, I agreed." Jump to