Li Chun asked Liu Pi why he rebelled, Liu Pi argued that he was coerced by the army of the Five Academies, Li Chun angrily denounced him for being shameless, and sentenced all the old and young people in the family to death. Liu Pi himself was beheaded.

Li Mao was made a marquis for his merits, and the ministers in the court recommended him to the Son of Heaven to replace Liu Shu as the envoy of the Baoyi Army. Liu Shu, the envoy of Longyou Jinglu and the assassin of Qinzhou, was promoted to the Baoyi Army Festival Envoy half a year ago because of his merits, and died of illness in less than three months, and the Baoyi Army Festival Envoy has been empty and no one has taken over.

Longyou fell to Tubo after the Anshi Rebellion, and Qinzhou was also invaded by Tubo after that, and Liu Shu, the envoy of the Baoyi Army, had no jurisdiction, which was similar to Li Mao's Liaodong Economic Strategy and Liaocheng Prefecture's assassin history. It's just a nominal festival degree, because there are not many benefits, and those with strength don't look down on it, so it's empty.

The Baoyi Army was originally in Longzhou, and later moved to Fengxiang, and Li Maozuo asked to move the institute to Chang'an County, but was refused, and as a compromise, Li Chun agreed to move the institute to Fengtian.

Fengtian is Li Xianyi's territory, although Li Mao is also under the fence, they are all a family, and it is not very embarrassing.

Although Liu Shu has no territory, there are 4,000 soldiers and horses, whether to accept these 4,000 people in their entirety, or to recruit them on their own after being dismissed, or to change the flag and change the banner like the original Andong Army changed to the right Weiyuan military envoy.

Li Mao couldn't make up his mind for a while, just at this time, Zhang Wu came from the river, Zhang Wu was Du Huangshang's proud protégé, this time there must be advice, Li Mao asked to meet in the back garden.

Zhang Wudao: "The Baoyi Army is a pit, the general must not jump into it." ”

Li Mao said: "Everyone ordered me to be in charge of the four armies of Andong, Weiyuan, Longxiang, and Baoyi, and to be the envoy of the Baoyi Army, just for the convenience of suppressing bandits in western Beijing, why not." ”

Zhang Wu smiled without saying a word, Du Huangshang was an old fox, Li Mao believed that he could see farther than himself, frowned, and asked again: "What is my plan to get out?" ”

Zhang Wu didn't answer and asked: "General Liu Wu went south this time and made great contributions, how can there be no reward?" ”

Li Mao understood it, so he played and strongly recommended Liu Wu as the envoy of the Baoyi Army. also released rumors that Li Mao and Li Xianyi have a very close personal relationship, and if the two are in the same city, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not form a party for personal gain.

Shortly thereafter, news came out of the forbidden middle that Li Chun wanted to use Liu Wu as the general of the right Jin Wuwei and serve as the envoy of the righteous army.

Liu Wu jumped from the deputy envoy of the Right Weiyuan Army to the envoy of the Jiedu, which was undoubtedly a big leap. Liu Wu was secretly happy, and Liu Congji was even more overjoyed, and went around to build momentum for his father's ascension.

There was an incident in the middle, which was very beneficial to Liu Wu. Zhenhai Jiedu made Li Qi arrogant and domineering, relying on the favor of Emperor Dezong, and ran rampant in Runzhou. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he watched coldly and wanted to seek to serve as an observer in eastern Zhejiang and annex the entire Wu land. Later, seeing that Xichuan was pacified by the new dynasty without danger, he was panicked in his heart, and listened to the advice of the strategist, and invited him to enter the court on the above table, so as to test Li Chun's bottom line against himself.

Li Chun accepted Prime Minister Jia Tan's suggestion, agreed to Li Qi's entry into the court, worshiped the Ministry of Works, and sent Li Element as the envoy of the town navy, Li Element was still on the way south, Li Qi suddenly repented, claiming that the town navy was unstable and stayed in Runzhou without moving.

Li Chun received the report and summoned the ministers to discuss, and the public agreed to obey Li Qi's request, so that he was still in charge of Zhenhai. Wu Yuanheng, the imperial historian, had different opinions, Wu Yuanheng's opinion was that the new dynasty was established, and Li Qi would enter the court if he wanted to, and if he didn't want to enter the court, he would not enter the court, so capricious. If the imperial court did not accept the blame, it would undoubtedly set a bad example for the other feudal towns. Wu Yuanheng suggested that the imperial court should focus on the long term and make an overall plan, Li Chun was very interested in Wu Yuanheng's words, and called him to Yanying Hall alone.

Wu Yuanheng elaborated on the idea in his heart, and the theme was to use force to pacify Zhenhai and prevent the poison of separatism from encroaching on half of the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Chun was a little worried in his heart, and then summoned Li Mao and Lin Ying to ask for advice, Li Mao was not familiar with the situation in Jiangnan, but after experiencing the Xichuan incident, he found that those arrogant and domineering feudal towns were not invincible, especially those arrogant and domineering feudal towns, especially those like Zhenhai, the foundation was very shallow, and the festival made a moment of madness and said that they were going to rebel, and a few hot-headed or unenlightened subordinates echoed the commotion, which seemed to be lively, but in fact it was vulnerable, as long as the imperial court showed its attitude and crusaded, the rebel alliance instantly disintegrated and was defeated.

Li Mao suggested that the imperial court first issue an edict to worship Li Qi's high-ranking officials, in order to show favor, if he did not obey, it would be immoral, the imperial court immediately issued an edict to crusade, so that the left near the feudal town together to send troops, causing its embattled dilemma, but also made the four feudal towns eliminate the possibility of private peace with the enemy, and then by the central government to send a general, lead the forbidden army to the expedition, the number of forbidden troops does not need to be large, just show the attitude of the imperial court.

Li Mao judged that if this set of combination punches continued, Zhenhai could be pacified within half a year.

After listening to this, Li Chun scolded with a smile: "On paper, I asked you to ask about the situation in Jiangnan, you don't know what to do, but you plan for the prime minister, do you count as a substitute." ”

Li Mao said: "Your Majesty asked the minister how to deal with Jiangnan, and the minister naturally knew everything, and said everything, how dare he hide it a little." ”

Li Chun asked again: "I ordered you to go on the expedition, are you sure?" ”

Li Mao said: "If Your Majesty orders the ministers to go to the south of the Yangtze River, the ministers must do their best." ”

Li Chundao: "I'm not sure when I hear your tone, and that's right, I heard that you led the army to the expedition, and the most time was 800 people, or to fight some unarmed homeless, so it was not all smooth sailing." But there is such a thing. ”

Li Mao said: "The generals and the three armies, charging into battle, are indeed not the strengths of the subordinates, but they have confidence in dealing with Jiangnan." ”

Li Chun said: "A trip to Xichuan, you don't want to take credit, I don't want to reward you with anything, I only add you a marquis, you don't have any complaints, I see your merits in my eyes and remember them in my heart." By the way, the Hongmumu Cave Master you mentioned, I will invite her to Xiyuan tomorrow. ”

Hong Mumu has been in Beijing for a month, and he has not been summoned by Li Chun, and this time Li Chun took the initiative to bring it up, which is equivalent to giving Li Mao a great face.

Soon after this conversation, Liu Wu got his wish and sat on the throne of the envoy of the Baoyi Army.

After being personally received by the Son of Heaven in Xiyuan, Hong Mumu was full of red light, and she couldn't stay in Chang'an for a moment, she wanted to return to Hong Yandong and create a big career that belonged to her.

Zhang Qi joined the army because of his meritorious service, and he was still the governor of Hongyandong as the governor of the capital, assisting Hong Mumu in his meritorious work. When he came to bid farewell to Li Mao, Li Mao stayed in the study and gave him a separate opportunity, not only were outsiders not allowed to enter, but even Qin Mo was stopped outside.

The successful resolution of the rebellion in Xichuan and Xiasui undoubtedly greatly increased Li Chun's confidence, and his attitude towards Li Qi in Jiangnan was tough from the beginning, and became more and more tough. Wu Yuanheng's insights won the sacred heart, and he had to worship Wu Yuanheng's Zhongshu Shilang and Tongzhongshu's subordinate Pingzhangshi, and succeeded Du Huangshang into the center of the palm to plan the world for the Son of Heaven.

According to Wu Yuanheng's suggestion, Li Chun rejected Li Qi's request, issued an edict, summoned Li Qi to the court, and bowed to the left servant.

Li Qi was afraid, so he raised an army to rebel and wantonly killed dissident generals.

Li Chun immediately reacted, ordering the soldiers and horses of Huainan, Xuanxi, Eyue, Jiangxi, and eastern Zhejiang to attack Li Qi, and then set up a forbidden army to go south. On the issue of who should be the commander, another dispute broke out between the DPRK and China.

The war in Xichuan showed that the risk of sending important generals from the middle of the court to the expedition was very high, but the benefits were not high, and the selection of those young generals who were not well-known but had real talent and real learning was not only easy to control, but the risks taken by the imperial court were also minimized.

Some people recommended Li Mao to take command of the expedition, based on the fact that Li Mao was a rare general who was strategizing and had the ability to control the overall situation in the pacification of the Xichuan War.

The voice of opposition immediately struck, and some people turned out Li Mao's old battle example in Ziqing, personally led the Qing navy with 800 elites, attacked the ferry where the displaced people were entrenched, and wandered outside the village wall for half a month, but did not dare to attack the city.

Someone recommended Liu Wu to Li Chun, Liu Wu was on the battlefield in Xichuan, rampage, brave and unparalleled, and had just been promoted to the envoy of the festival because of his merits.

And Liu Wu was suddenly promoted from a partial general to the envoy of the festival, the foundation is still shallow, and it is easy to take it down if he encounters a setback.

Li Chun consulted several prime ministers for advice, and Wu Yuanheng liked Liu Wu and advocated taking Liu Wu as the commander and leading the Youwei Yuan army south to the south of the Yangtze River to quell the rebellion.

Yuan Zi and Jia Tan did not make a clear statement, Li Chun recognized Wu Yuanheng's request, and Liu Wu was used to recruit envoys from Runzhou, and led 2,000 soldiers and horses of the Right Weiyuan Army to the south to quell the chaos.

Liu Wu was appointed, and he was very happy in his heart, and took his son Liu Congzhi to the Gushan Marquis Mansion to thank him.

Liu Congzhi was very happy because Li Mao made Xian's heart, and his attitude towards Li Mao was unprecedentedly respectful.

Liu Wu went south this time, and the 2,000 troops were set by the imperial court, which is not negotiable, but which generals to choose is very debatable. Before coming to Li Mao's mansion, the father and son discussed for an afternoon, and came to the conclusion that Li Mao's people should try not to do anything, and their own people should be taken away, in addition to vigorously promoting young generals.

But there is a paradox here, almost all the young generals available in the Youwei Yuan Army are Li Mao's people, although Liu Wu is also a training envoy, but Li Mao's officer training center only obeys his orders, from the instructor to the students, only Li Mao is the first to look forward, and the chief instructor is closer than his own brother, and it is really difficult to choose a young general who has nothing to do with Li Mao.

Based on this judgment, the father and son changed their strategy, first borrowing a group of Li Mao's backbones, and then vigorously recruiting new people.

On this issue, the attitude of the father and son is unprecedentedly consistent, no matter how good Li Mao's people are, none of them can stay, lest they accidentally let Longshou Mountain make a nest next to their couch.

"The Flying Eagle Battalion and the Sharp Arrow Battalion are all opened, and the parts of the two battalions that are insufficient are fully deployed by the other battalions, and the missing flags and bows and armor are also fully equipped by the military quartermaster according to the highest standard at one time, in addition, I will allocate a part of the Zuo Longxiang Army to you as a commando, and use it for beheading at any time."

In the face of Li Mao's generosity, Liu Wu was moved to tears, but Liu Congji didn't buy it, he didn't smile and said: "Zhenhai is the territory of the imperial court on all sides, there is no foreign enemy interference, Zuo Longxiang's army, I don't think it's necessary, killing chickens with a knife is insulting the prestige of the hero, ah, haha, haha." ”

Liu Wu did not scold his son for the first time, Li Mao smiled and said: "What the virtuous nephew said is extremely true. ”

Stretched out his hand to take a scroll from Hu Chuan's hand, put it in Liu Wu's hand, and said, "This is a detailed map of Jiangnan, I hope it will help Liu Shuai." ”

Liu Wu was overjoyed and got up to accept it.

As soon as Liu Wu's army left, the Youweiyuan army existed in name only, and Li Mao took the lead and moved the elite of the department to the Andong army. After less than a month, Li Chun issued an order and left and right the Weiyuan Army as one, which was still subordinate to Honglu Temple, and Hongluqing concurrently served as a military envoy.

Li Mao relieved Honglu Shaoqing and Youweiyuan as the envoy of the army, and concentrated on being the general of his Zuolongxiang army, focusing on the western part of Beijing, clearing out the spies of the Tubo and Uighur families, and guarding the royal barriers.

Liu Wu went out to the south of the Yangtze River, made meritorious contributions in March, and the general He Sancai crossed the Yangtze River at night, and suddenly came to the city of Runzhou. Li Qi retreated into the city, and Li Qi's nephew Pei Xingli united with Zhang Ziliang, the envoy of Zhenhai's soldiers and horses, and three other confidant generals planned a mutiny, and captured Li Qi alive and sacrificed it in front of Liu Wuma. In November of this year, Li Qi and his son were escorted to Chang'an and beheaded together. Liu Wu was awarded the envoy of the town navy because of his merits, and the general He Sancai was awarded the deputy envoy of the observation of Zhejiang West Province and the history of the Mingzhou assassin. The rebellion of the three towns was put down, the world was subdued, and the prestige of the imperial court reached an unprecedented peak.