"Defeat? What defeat? ”

Zhou Gandang obviously didn't understand it yet, and said with a smile: "You still have to take a look at the good news in Jiangnan, Ah Guduo really lived up to my expectations, captured more than a dozen cities, collected equipment, and countless grains and grasses, and now these resources are being sent to Jincheng in a steady stream." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Say, isn't this a great event?"

Li Heng arched his hand and said: "This is indeed a great event, but..." ”

Li Heng couldn't bear to say that the defeat of Qinglong Pass had been reported, at this time, for Zhou Gandang, it was undoubtedly pouring cold water from his head.

"Huh? Li Heng, what did you just say? ”

Li Heng sighed, reacted, and said, "The minister said that the defeat of Qinglong Pass has been reported. ”

"After Du Ran's death, the Qinglong Pass group of dragons had no leader, Fu Yan took his place, but was fiercely attacked by the Tang army, Qinglong Pass was almost forced, just a few days ago, several generals under the original Du Ran account left and evacuated, Fu Yan was difficult to support alone, after Fu Yan led the troops away, Qinglong Pass was captured by the Tang army."

At the same time, the smile on Zhou Gandang's face disappeared, and he hurriedly unfolded the letter in his hand and read it.

After he finished reading, he fell to the ground with a snap and roared: "How can this be reasonable, retreat from the battle, and hand over the Qinglong Pass to others!" ”

"Go and imprison all the generals who evacuated Fu Yan and others, and this king will behead them!"

Li Heng hurriedly said: "The king is angry, and the minister thinks that it must not be." ”

Zhou Gandang asked, "What?" Don't you think they should be killed? ”

Li Heng said: "Those generals, retreating from the battle, and ceding the Qinglong Pass to the Tang Army should indeed be beheaded, but now the king is the time to use people, behead them, who will guard the pass for the king?" ”

"The minister thinks that a group should be killed and a group should be kept!"

Zhou Gandang fell silent, slowly walked to the throne and sat down, and asked, "Then what do you think should be killed?" Which ones to use? ”

Li Heng said: "Fu Yan and the generals under Fu Yan are all loyal to the king, although they retreat from the battle, but they are also to preserve their strength for the king, in order to let those generals who escaped be punished by the king, they... should not be punished; And Fu Yan himself is also quite talented, extremely capable of leading troops, and is a usable talent, the king should enable him, let him lead the army, and continue to fight against the Tang army; As for the other generals who are Du Ran, they should all be killed, and no one should be left, so that the other generals in Xiliang know that those who retreat from the battle will be killed! ”

Li Heng's words have to be said to be a bit far-fetched, Fu Yan's retreat is to preserve his strength, and Du Ran's generals are to flee...

But Zhou Gandang knew that at this time, he really couldn't kill Fu Yan, and if Fu Yan died, Xiliang really wouldn't have anyone who could lead troops to fight. In the early years, Fu Yan was also a general in Xiliang, and he was a loyal general like Wang Buchao. The reason why he was sent to guard Qinglong Pass was to see his loyalty, knowing that Qinglong Pass was in his hands, and there would be no loss, and it was also a trust in him, if he didn't guard Qinglong Pass, Fu Yan must be the general who commanded the three armies!

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Gandang stood up and said, "Okay, then prepare the king's edict; Feng Fu Yan was the general of the expedition to the south, gave the king a sword, and ten days later, led 200,000 troops to the expedition, eliminated Cheng Biting Jin, and went straight to Chang'an; At the same time, those generals who fled will be beheaded at the time of the expedition, so that everyone knows that those who retreat from the battle will be killed! ”

"The king is wise!"

Li Heng smiled and said.

Regardless of the moment, Li Heng frowned again, and said: "King, we can now have 200,000 horses, 100,000 garrisons in Jincheng, 50,000 around the periphery, plus 50,000 or 60,000 withdrawn... If they are all transferred, once something happens to Xiliang... That.... ”

"Don't worry."

Zhou Gandang said with a smile: "I have thought of this a long time ago, the grain that Aguduo transported from Jiangnan is heavy, enough for us to recruit troops and horses, and Luo Yi, I am about to urge him to ask for grain and grass, with these, we will immediately have another 100,000 troops, or even more, what is there to worry about?" And I even chose the generals who would train the recruits. ”

"Oh? Be...? ”

Zhou Gan said: "Wang Buchao! ”

"General Wang Lao has fought all his life and made great achievements for me in Xiliang, and I am relieved to have him train recruits."

Li Heng frowned and said, "But don't forget, the king, he is Luo Yi's father-in-law." ”

Zhou Gan said: "How can I forget, you don't have to worry about this, Wang Buchao will not sentence me, I can still see this; Think about the battle of Jiepai Pass in the past, Wang Buchao's daughter married Luo Yi, he could have taken refuge in the Tang Army and enjoyed all the glory, but he didn't do that, he just went to Jincheng to confess the crime, how could such a loyal person betray me? ”

"If I don't even have this bit of knowledge, how can I be this king?"

Li Heng wanted to say something, but after hesitating, he didn't say it, nodded and said, "Okay, the minister obeys the order, go here and give Fu Yan an order." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Zhou Gandang waved his hand.

Ten days later, Fu Yan was ordered to go out again, leading 200,000 horses to Qinglong Pass, ready to fight to the death with Cheng Yanjin!

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At the same time, in Longxi County, something big happened too.

After Luo Tong and Shan Fei's victory, Longxi County was completely pacified, and all small forces, whether they were magistrates, family private soldiers, or bandits, all sent people to Pingxing to ask Luo Yi to surrender.

The so-called surrender is to hand over your net worth and life to Luo Yi and Luo Yi to dispose of it!

All forces have seen Luo Yi's strength, and they know that if they don't surrender, it means death, which means that they will be attacked by Luo Tong and Solo Fei, and they don't have the strength to compete with the two.

Even Li Dejiang, Zheng Tiande, etc., are not Luo Yi's opponents, just ask the land of Longxi, where are the opponents?

Luo Tong and Solo Fei, after completing the task, all returned to Pingxing with prisoners, resources, food and grass.

Luo Yi set up wine for the two of them to celebrate their success, and they were busy for several days.

Now in the land of Longxi, no one knows Solo Fei and Luo Tong, and they have respect and awe for the two, and in the army, the two have also established a high prestige; The merits of the two can be said to be the most received since they moved into Longxi.

But when it came to building the army, Luo Yi thought about it for a few days.

On this day, Luo Yi invited Luo Tong and Shan Fei, as well as Pan Long, Zhao Wenxian, etc., who were also invited, mainly to discuss the division of soldiers, and to agree on how many regular troops in Longxi should be, which ones are theirs, and which ones are from the places below.

This is extremely important for Longxi.

The establishment of the army is an important factor in ensuring the peace of Longxi, and without a large army, it will never be able to achieve stability.

In the county guard's mansion, Luo Yi motioned for everyone to sit down, and said: "It's been a few days since you returned to Pingxing, the rebels in various places have been wiped out, and small forces have also taken refuge, this is all your credit. ”

Luo Yi didn't seem to finish speaking, paused, and said: "We are very busy now, in addition to selecting the candidates for the county orders and garrison captains in the thirty-three counties of Longxi (including those counties divided from Wuyang County), we also have to appease the people, formulate policies, form our officials, and..." ”

Luo Yi smiled and said: "We also want to form a regular army that belongs to us, which is why I came to you today, because this regular army, the commander general, was born among you." ”

Hearing this, Shan Fei was overjoyed, and he knew in his heart that next, he was going to have military power.

In fact, he didn't know in his heart, Luo Yi was also worried about this, the grudge between Shan Fei and Datang was too deep, and he handed over the military power to Shan Fei, and Shan Fei was very likely to disregard the military strength and go to war without authorization, and lead the army to crusade against Li Shimin, which was fatal to him, and he would never allow such a thing to happen.

Shan Fei said: "General, just say, how to distribute." ”

Luo Yi nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you my opinion." ”

"I estimated it a few days ago, and I also consulted Zhang Wancheng, the commander of Yincheng County... Er, now he should not be the county magistrate, I have transferred him to Pingxing, appointed him as the chief secretary of Longxi, and assisted in charge of internal affairs; I estimated with him that with the strength and civil power of Longxi, we can only raise 60,000 soldiers, not counting the taxes that we have to pay to the king every year in Longxi, if we go out to pay taxes, we can only afford to raise 40,000 soldiers. ”