Chapter 564: The Change of the Legion
"Sent an order to Montaigne, Huo ordered him to lead the army from the grassland to sweep away the Qiang people." It has been more than half a year since Yang Guang and Cao Cao destroyed Zhu Yuanzhang, and Liu Wei finally started the next plan.
"Yes!"
"Temujin, I want to thank you for sweeping away the tribes outside the fortress and saving me so much trouble." Liu Wei sighed in his heart.
Sweeping away the Qiang people was only the first step of Liu Bian, and Liu Bian's second step was to go south from the north, sweep Liangzhou, and attack Chang'an by both routes.
"Bodang, do you think some of the generals in the court are getting too close now?" Liu Wei suddenly asked out loud.
"Your Majesty thinks they will support their own troops?" Wang Bodang asked tentatively.
"I have confidence in myself, I have confidence in what they want, but what I am worried about is that in the future, the generals will be divided into factions, compete for credit, grab credit, and disobey each other, until one day a grudge is formed, and when the two sides do not rescue each other at a time of crisis, then it will be too late to regret it." Liu Wei sighed.
"Weichen doesn't understand!" Wang Bodang said confusedly.
"Fengxiao, Wenruo, and you all talk about it, do you think what I said is right?" Liu Wei looked at Guo Jia and the other strategists.
In addition to Wang Bodang and Liu Wei, there were also Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Liu Ji, Xun You, Du Ruhui, Zhao Pu, Xu Shu and others gathered in the room.
"Your Majesty is right, once this matter is not handled properly, it is likely to cause various armies to have different grievances and mutual enmity." Xun Yu took the initiative to say.
The rest of the people also spoke one after another, and even Liu Ji, who was low-key because of Liu Yu's incident, also opened his mouth to agree with Liu Wei's opinion.
"The best way is to disperse them all and use me to mobilize them in a unified manner, but the princes of all walks of life in the world are strong, and it is impossible for me to come to every battle, so the legions of each faction are extremely important, but they can't let them fight separately and hate each other, so they must be adjusted."
"According to what Your Majesty said, there are now six major factions in the army, the Northern Great Wall Army led by General Montaigne, the Bingzhou Army led by General Yue Fei, the Youzhou Army led by General Li Jing, the Jizhou Army led by General Xu Da, the Qingzhou Army led by General Xu Huang, and the Forbidden Army and the Imperial Forest Army that defend Kyoto." Xun You introduced.
"Among them, General Montaigne has the most soldiers and horses, after the First World War of Mongolia, there are more than 70,000 people in its headquarters, plus 30,000 Mongolian troops formed by the Great Khan of Tuolei, a total of 100,000 people are commanded by General Meng, General Meng also has Huo Ji, Yang Tai, Yang Xun, Yang Gui, Yang Jing, Yang Xi, Ma Chao, Pang De, Yang Ji, Kan Leng, Xu Ning, Hua Rong and other generals, whether it is soldiers or generals, it is the most, but the only generals under General Meng who can really do it are General Ma Chao, followed by General Yang Xi, General Meng's headquarters was about to attack the Qiang, so Weichen thought that General Meng's headquarters was not suitable for mobilization. Du Ruhui said.
"That makes sense!" Liu Wei agreed with Du Ruhui's statement.
"Your Majesty, the Qingzhou Imperial Court has been in business for more than ten years, and the hearts of the people of Qingzhou are towards Your Majesty, and Qingzhou has gradually escaped from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. However, Qingzhou is close to Cao Cao, who occupies Xuzhou and Yanzhou, Cao Cao is strong, and there are countless elite soldiers, but Xu Huang's general department only has 60,000 soldiers and horses, and there will only be Tai Shici, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, and Zhang Yu's four generals, and their strength is insufficient. A battle between our army and Chang'an is inevitable, but Cao Cao is eyeing it, and if he wants to resist Cao Cao, General Xu Huang must increase his strength. Zhao Pu said.
"Aiqing is right!"
"Your Majesty, Jizhou is rich, population, money and grain is the top priority of my court, for the imperial court, Jizhou must not be lost, but Jizhou and Yanzhou, Sili two states are adjacent, there are many dangers, the right Xiao cavalry Mongolian war is a heavy loss, although there are supplements, but most of them are recruits, the combat power is not good, even so Xu Da's general department is only 60,000 horses, and his command is only Gao Su, Xue Li, Gao Pet, Xue Kui four generals, Wei Chen thought that the Jizhou Department needed to be strengthened." Xu Shu said.
"Go on!"
"Your Majesty, Youzhou is the foundation of the imperial court, Yanjing is Youzhou, Youzhou is the foundation of His Majesty's army, the people of Youzhou will worship His Majesty as a god Youzhou is in the imperial court, and now the enemy in the north of Youzhou is no longer there, but the Tang Kingdom in the east is still there, although the Tang State is a remote country, the Tang army is only tens of thousands, and the gap between the military strength and the imperial court is huge, but the Tang State is full of talents, the invincible Li Yuanba, Li Mu, who commanded the army, and the two princes Li Shimin, who is wise and brave, Li Jiancheng These are the strength of the Tang State, General Li Jing in the Youzhou army not only uses soldiers like a god, has a good command, and General Li Jing's wisdom is not inferior to me, General Li Cunxiao is the first fierce general in the court, although not as good as Li Yuanba, there is not much difference, in addition to Wang Yanzhang, Lu Wenlong, Zhou Wu, Guangyang Wang Xiangzhu, although there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses, but not far from Yanjing, the forbidden army, the Royal Forest Army can help him, His Majesty can send a few more effective lieutenants, mobilize one or two generals. "It was Liu Ji who spoke this time, and Liu Ji attached great importance to the affairs of Youzhou.
"Yanjing has three armies, such as the Imperial Forest Army, the Forbidden Army, and the White Horse Yicong, but the White Horse Yicong and the Imperial Forest Army were damaged in the Mongolian War, and the Forbidden Army was damaged in the Yanjing Rebellion, and now the three armies have just recovered Although Yanjing is under the protection of all legions, but Yanjing is the capital of the country, Your Majesty, and the imperial court are not much wrong in Yanjing, and when the war is about to go, the forbidden army and the Royal Forest Army can also be used as a backup force to support the armies, and many talents appeared in the battle of Yanjing, Wei Qing, Yu Wenyong, Zhao Yun, Lu Yong, Li Ling, Shang Ru, Cheng Yanjin, You Junda, Li Xin, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Qin Liangyu, most of these people have the talent of deputy generals to be transferred to General Li Jing. Xun Yu also spoke, and he said the situation in the Yanjing army.
But the special thing is that after Xun Yu finished speaking, no one spoke again, and there was silence in the imperial study.
"What's going on, it's been merged, why is there no one to talk about it?"
"Since you don't want to say it, and you should be confused if you understand, then let me say it. Whoever called you all older than me. Guo Jia said helplessly.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" Guo Jia adjusted his tone, and his face became extremely heavy and serious.
"Say it!"
"Your Majesty, the Bingzhou Army is led by General Yue Fei, General Yue Fei is the most meritorious in the imperial court, the southern and northern wars, the eastern and western expeditions, countless meritorious contributions, the same Bingzhou Army is also the most unreasonable among the six legions, except for the five legions and the miscellaneous armies in various places, General Yue Fei has 70,000 people, 70,000 people is really not much compared to General Meng's 100,000 people, but only 70,000 of the 100,000 people are Han troops, and the reason why General Meng had an army of 80,000 is also to fight against Mongolia, Mongolia is a country, That is to say, General Meng's 80,000 people are resisting the army of a country, which is understandable, but General Yue's army of 70,000 people is a bit much, of course, after all, General Yue is facing Yang Guang's main army, and when the battle is about to go, the army is of course the more the merrier, but when Yang Guang and Zhu Yuanzhang confronted each other, the court asked General Yue to send troops and horses to reinforce Jizhou and Qingzhou, and General Yue asked me to go directly to Qin and Yang. Then Lord Ouyang and Lord Fan went to see these two generals in person, but they were rejected and humiliated, just because there was no order from General Yue, the matter was over. ”
"Why haven't any of you mentioned this to me?" Liu Wei asked with a gloomy face.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister and Berwyn have mentioned it to Your Majesty, but unfortunately Your Majesty and nobles have forgotten everything about it, so the minister thinks that His Majesty feels that the matter of the state army is not hindered, so the ministers will let it go, but now the situation has changed greatly, and the minister must say." Guo Jia had no scruples and said bluntly.
"I've been negligent in this matter, so go on." Liu Wei would not think that Guo Jia was lying to him, after all, he mentioned Liu Ji, and Liu Wei did have some impressions.
"Your Majesty, now the generals and soldiers of the Bingzhou Army are obedient to General Yue, and the Bingzhou Army has given itself a new name, Yuejiajun. The name of Yue Jiajun is indeed good, and the general of the state army, Yue Yun, Yue Sheng is son is nephew, Qin Qiong, Long Ju is a sworn brother, Yang Lie has shared weal and woe with Yue Yun, Yue Fei has a life-saving grace for him, Yue Fei has the grace of Nangong Wan, as for General Wei Chi's heart in His Majesty, he has worked together for many years, even he has a deep friendship with Yue Fei, and the minister implores His Majesty to rectify and merge the state army. ”
Guo Jia's words swirled in Liu Bian's ears, making Liu Bian's heart confused, Liu Bian knows Guo Jia's character very well, Guo Jia is indisputable, straight, although he is good at drinking, and his speech is not measured, but he is kind to others, and will not take the initiative to make enemies with others, but now his words undoubtedly show that he can no longer stand the behavior of the state army.