Chapter 664: Rong Wang Li Wan
After the generals left, Zhao Ziliang went to the map to study the current battle situation, from Chang'an to Luoyang, calling it the southern front battlefield; From Taihang to Zhending, the first line is called the middle battlefield; From the Jingbian Army to the Yunzhong line, it is called the Northern Front Battlefield, if among these three battlefields, the rebels gather the most troops in the area from Luoyang to Tongguan, and the other two battlefields are also quite unfavorable to the Tang Army, although now Li Guangbi as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu and the Imperial Shi Dafu has captured Zhending and cut off the rebels' north-south echo trend, but the rebel Shi Siming Department has regrouped the army and is preparing to counterattack Changshan, and the Northern Front Battlefield Guo Ziyi is in a state of stalemate with the rebel Gao Xiuyan Department in the Jingbian Army, and is threatened by Zhang Shouyu's Department of the Northern Mobei Army, Most of the troops were pinned down, and they were almost immobile. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Now that Chang'an has been recaptured and the rebels occupy Tongguan, they are bound to make a comeback, and for the southern front battlefield, the main task at present is to prepare for a big battle with the main rebel forces that are ready to arrive at any time.
If the rebels want to continue to send heavy troops to attack Chang'an, they will not have enough troops to attack Nanyang in the south, nor will they have enough troops to attack Yongqiu in the east.
Now the troops in the hands of An Lushan have long been more than the original 150,000, the rebels have gone all the way south to collect and surrender a lot of Tang troops, and defeated Feng Changqing, Ge Shuhan and others, captured two or three hundred thousand rebels, although these captives have not all surrendered to An Lushan, but at least half of them are serving An Lushan, the rebels in Luoyang and Tongguan are at least more than 200,000 troops, in terms of strength, Zhao Ziliang thinks that the troops in his hands are relatively weak, but he is not afraid, There are only 50,000 or 60,000 elite soldiers in An Lushan's hands at most, these people are An Lushan's old foundations, and the others are all rabble who surrendered from the Tang Army, these people have no combat effectiveness, so what Zhao Ziliang really wants to deal with is the 50,000 or 60,000 elite soldiers under An Lushan.
After studying for a long time, Zhao Ziliang decided to stay in Chang'an first to wait for work, the Beiting army spent too much energy and physical strength all the way from Beiting to Chang'an on the way, and the combat power was quite lost, and it urgently needed time to rest and recuperate, and waited for the rebels to take the initiative to attack, and then defeated the rebels in one fell swoop, and then sent troops to recapture all the counties west of Tongguan occupied by the rebels, especially from Chang'an to Feng Ling, and then occupied the Yellow River ferry after recapturing Feng Ling, and could cross the river to attack Hedong (Yongji) to capture the Portuguese and Tianjin Pass.
At this time, Chu Ge's voice came from outside the tent: "Dashuai, there will be something to report at the end!" ”
"Come in!" Zhao Ziliang turned around and shouted.
Seeing Chu Ge coming in, Zhao Ziliang asked, "Why are you back again?" Chang'an City has just been recaptured by us, and the order in the city is not very good, you should sit in the city! ”
Chu Ge clenched his fists and said: "Dashuai, just now the last general remembered something and forgot to report it to Dashuai." The day before yesterday, after we recaptured Chang'an and killed the rebels, we found a large number of soldiers who had been stationed in Chang'an captured by the rebels in the city, a total of more than 7,000 people, these people surrendered when the rebels arrived, but the rebels did not trust them at all, and disarmed and imprisoned them in Yongxingfang, from generals to soldiers, and now these people are still in Yongxingfang. Jingzhao Yin Weige, who had just taken office yesterday, made representations to the last general after knowing this, asking that these people be released under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, and that they be responsible for the security of Chang'an. ”
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and instructed Chu Ge: "Ben Shuai has other plans for this matter, you don't have to pay attention to Wei Ge for the time being, if he looks for you again, you let him come directly to Ben Shuai!" ”
"No!"
In the early morning of 23 June, in the Beiting Army camp east of Chang'an City, the morning exercise was carried out as usual, although Zhao Ziliang had ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, but at any time the morning exercise and evening class must be carried out as usual, which can not only enable the soldiers to quickly recover their physical strength and eliminate fatigue, but also count the number of people in the army in time.
The officers and soldiers of the Beiting Army who had breakfast were not released and no one cared about them, but the military leaders and generals organized their own people to play various intellectual games. Even if the Beiting Army is in a state of rest, it will be organized by the military leaders and generals to carry out some entertainment competitions, such as playing polo, bowing, tug-of-war and other games and competitions, these activities can strengthen the interaction between the officers and men in the army on the one hand, cultivate tacit understanding and comradeship, and on the other hand, can make people feel happy and play a role in quickly recovering their spirits.
After breakfast, there was a grand bow game in the army, which was a bow competition between the Moxi Army and the White Water Army. In the North Garden, in addition to the normal military training competitions between the various armies every year, there will also be a bow competition, and the winning team will be rewarded handsomely.
The warriors selected by both sides must be superior in terms of bowing, which is also more interesting, so before the game started, tens of thousands of people were sitting or standing around the competition venue, and Zhao Ziliang and his son Zhao Ting also came to the point stand next to the competition venue with great interest.
Under the leadership of the referee, the warriors of the Moxi Army and the White Water Army team lined up in two columns and walked to the edge of the field to salute Zhao Ziliang who was watching from the point platform, and asked Zhao Ziliang to speak.
Zhao Ziliang got up and walked to the side of the stage and said loudly: "Ben Shuai hasn't watched the Ju Ke game for a long time, today your Moxi Army team and the White Water Army team are going to give Ben Shuai and all his comrades a wonderful game!" Ben Shuai will take out a little color here, and the winning team will receive eleven taels of gold and eleven brocades! ”
"Oh-" Not only did the soldiers watching around the arena let out a burst of exclamations, but even the players on both sides of the game were amazed, this lottery was really not small, and after one team won, each of them could get a tael of gold and a brocade. One tael of gold is equivalent to ten taels of silver, which is equivalent to 10,000 copper coins, which is almost a year's salary for a soldier of the Beiting Army, not to mention a brocade, which is worth a lot of money, and can be used directly as money.
Zhao Ziliang ignored everyone's exclamations and announced directly: "Ben Shuai announced, now the game has officially begun!" ”
The referee immediately put the players on both sides in their respective positions and prepared to kick off.
As the referee's whistle sounded, Ju Kei was passed around, and the double kicks were quite orderly, each with their own tactics, and the kick was exciting, which caused everyone to applaud loudly.
"Pass, pass, oops, how to shoot straight to the goal! Yes, it didn't score, it was a waste! Zhao Ziliang shouted a few words with a regretful face and then sat down again, he, the coach, was so excited, and the soldiers watching around him also cheered for their respective teams.
Li Sheng, who was on duty in the military camp today, strode over with his sword and bowed to Zhao Ziliang, who was watching the game, and reported: "Dashuai, King Rong is here, and now he is in front of the camp gate!" ”
"King Rong? Li Wan? What is he here for? Zhao Ziliang was stunned.
"Yes, King Rong! The marshal forgot, he is the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, and now that the counterinsurgency army is in Chang'an, of course he has to come and see it! Li Sheng reminded.
At the beginning, Li Wan was appointed as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, and Gao Xianzhi was appointed as the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, everyone knew that Li Wan was just a name, and it was Gao Xianzhi who really presided over the overall situation and commanded the army to fight. When the rebels arrived in Chang'an, Li Wan, who had no time to escape, didn't know where to hide, he was not caught by the rebels, and when Chu Ge led the troops to recover Chang'an, he didn't know where he ran out again.
Xuanzong also thought that Li Wan had been ordered by An Lushan to cut off his head, and he regretted it in his heart, before Zhao Ziliang came to Chang'an, Xuanzong did not appoint other princes and grandsons as generalissimos, and Zhao Ziliang also led troops to Chang'an before he knew that Li Wan was not dead.
After listening to Li Sheng's reminder, Zhao Ziliang slapped his head and got up and said, "Come with me to greet you!" ”
Rongwang Li Wan is a gentleman, he doesn't like political affairs, he has self-knowledge, he knows that he is not the material to be the emperor, so he does not fight for the throne, and spends all day long, nostalgic for the land of flowers, and the scholars chant poems against them. Although Zhao Ziliang doesn't like people like King Rong very much, he doesn't hate them either, but this kind of person is at least much easier to get along with than traitors and gluttons in the court.
When Zhao Ziliang led the generals to the gate of the barracks, he saw a middle-aged nobleman who was quite tall and thin, wearing a golden crown and a moon-white brocade robe, standing at the gate of the barracks with a few entourage guards, who was not Li Wan, the king of Rong?
Zhao Ziliang laughed and hugged his fists before he walked in: "Hahaha, His Royal Highness King Rong is coming, please forgive me for missing the future!" ”
When Zhao Ziliang was still in Chang'an as the general of Jin Wuwei, King Rong was already in his thirties, and he was still very stubborn, not afraid of heaven and earth, and even many ministers of the court did not dare to provoke him, even Li Linfu did not want to make enemies with this prince, but King Rong was honest in front of Zhao Ziliang alone, Zhao Ziliang had great military achievements and strong martial arts, so he not only admired Zhao Ziliang but also feared him.
Li Wan saw Zhao Ziliang and immediately threw his hand to the ground: "I've seen the generalissimo!" ”
Zhao Ziliang pulled him up and said with a smile: "Don't call it that, His Royal Highness King Rong is the generalissimo of soldiers and horses canonized by His Majesty, and the last general is just a deputy!" ”
Li Wan smiled bitterly: "Others don't know what's going on, don't you know what's going on?" Do you think I look like a generalissimo? To tell you the truth, I'm here today to discuss something with you! ”
Zhao Ziliang said: "I don't know what His Highness commands?" (To be continued.) )