Updated: 2013-09-27

Luoyang, because of its trade with the Han army and Jingzhou, has now become a gathering place for the main generals and officials of the Zhao army. The important military and political affairs of the southern regions are all waiting for Zhao Xun and others to deal with here.

"This time, we transported more than 30 merchant ships for the Jieyi army, but then the Qi navy blocked the waters east of Yangzhou and Jiangzhou, as we expected, now, our merchant ships can no longer get close to the coastal areas occupied by the Jieyi army and other rebel forces." Liu Wenqi spoke in a deep voice about the contact with the Yangzhou Rebels.

"However, our merchant ships can still be stationed in the ports occupied by the Qi army. If you want to continue to contact the Jieyi army, you can only let the sea ships first enter the territory occupied by the Qi army at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and then enter the territory of the Jieyi army through the inland. However, if you want to transport supplies, it will be difficult. ”

"Even if we want to enter the Jie Yi Army and other places that have been occupied, it will not be an easy task. The Qi army has now blockaded the border areas of these rebels, and whether it is those who come out of the territory under the jurisdiction of the rebels or those who want to enter, they must be strictly investigated. In addition, the Qi army's extremely strict inspection of the northern merchants should be influenced by our connection with the Jieyi army. ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "This time I transported a lot of materials for them, even if they can't meet all their needs, but it's not much worse." In addition, we have sent a lot of craftsmen, and it is time for them to be self-sufficient in the future. Otherwise, even if they resisted the counterattack of the Qi army, the Jieyi army would be limited at all times. We don't have everything to provide them with at all times. ”

"This time, a town army was dispatched to Xuzhou, and the purpose was to contain the defenders of the northern line of Yangzhou for the Jieyi Army. That's all we can do now. Come to think of it, with the current ability, the Jieyi Army will not be quickly wiped out by the Qi army. ”

Yang Wangqing said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, according to the news from Xuzhou, the transfer of the Ninth Town to Xuzhou this time has also increased our logistical pressure a lot. In addition to the needs of disaster relief and local engineering construction, it is also necessary to bear the logistics of a town army, which has made Xuzhou's burden reach the limit. Therefore, this ninth town is stationed in Xuzhou and cannot be dispatched, but can only be defended. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "This matter is too simple for the king, and it does increase the burden on Xuzhou a lot." However, the king never considered letting the defenders of Xuzhou attack south. The task of the ninth town is to garrison the place, there are 20,000 more defenders, and the Qi army on the opposite side must also leave tens of thousands of Qi troops on the Huai River line and dare not move lightly. As for going south, we won't consider it in the short term. ”

"By the way, how is the operation to let the Luo army go south? It is not enough for us to act, it is in our interest to let the Luo army also start to act. ”

Yang Wangqing said in a deep voice: "After my hint and the bribery of some officials and generals of the Luo army, they also proposed to the king of Luoyang to go south and take the opportunity to recover Jiangxia Mansion in the south of Jingzhou occupied by the Qi army and Wuling Mansion occupied by the Shu army. At the beginning, the king of Luoyang was really reluctant to agree to this, in his opinion, as soon as he made such a move, the alliance of southern princes was completely torn apart, hated each other, and ceased to exist. In addition, the king of Luoyang is also worried that we will go south. ”

"However, as we lowered the price of our weapons and 'pumped' the defenders of Eastern Yongzhou to Xuzhou, the king of Luoyang gradually loosened. As we supported the Han army and the Shu army to fight on a par with each other, and the Qi army was in a 'disorder' in the rear, the king of Luoyang, at the suggestion of some generals under his command, was moved to recover the southern prefectures and counties of Jingzhou. ”

"Now, the Luo army has begun to move to the southern front, 'pressing' Jiangxia Mansion in the southeast and Wuling Mansion in the south. Come to think of it, whether it is Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, or Situ Che, the king of Shu, they all hate Luo Jun at this moment. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "Very good!" Our contact with Jingzhou will remain like this, but we can't continue to sell armor and equipment to the Luo army. We sold the armor and equipment of the Luo army, firstly, because the Luo army was too weak to resist the Qi army's ambitions for Jingzhou. When we can't take Jingzhou immediately, it is better for him to be occupied by the Luo army alone than to be annexed by Murong Cheng's Qi army, and it is easier to solve the problem of having more princes than the princes. Second, in order to eliminate the hostility of the Luo army towards us, we need them to turn their attention to the south, consider themselves, and then turn against the Qi army and the Shu army, and consider the interests of the Luo army themselves, rather than the interests of the southern princes as a whole. ”

"The current Luo army has been able to confront the Qi army, and it can also take this opportunity to compete with the Shu army for Wuling Mansion. But we can't really make the Luo army too strong, otherwise, we are adding enemies to ourselves. ”

Yang Wangqing frowned and said, "The Luo army has been asking us recently to increase the types of arms trade and increase the amount. If we refuse like this, will they doubt what we think about Jingzhou and their Luo army? After all, the Luo army had just transferred its army south. ”

Because the land of Hanzhong and the land north of Yizhou were not directly related to the Zhao army and put down the military affairs in the southeast of Liangzhou, Zhang Yuanjing, who had just arrived here, said with a smile: "This doesn't matter, these armor and equipment were originally hoarded by the Luo army and the Han army in the land of Yongzhou and we captured them from the soldiers of the Han army and the Luo army. The number is limited, and Luo Jun also knows about it. We can directly tell the king of Luoyang that there is not much left of our hoarded armor and equipment, and the trade in armor and equipment cannot continue. However, other trade can go on as usual. After all, through trade, he Jingzhou also gained a lot of benefits. ”

"What worries the minister is that without our support, it is still a question whether the Han army can defend against the Shu army now. Now the armor and equipment of the Han army are almost all given away for free. Even food, we also give a lot. Do we still need to provide the Han army with the standard weapons of our Zhao army? ”

Situ Liang said with a smile: "Brother Zhang has been in charge of the southeast of Liangzhou before, in charge of the Liangzhou army going south to the north of Yizhou, and containing the Shu army from going north to Xiyongzhou to reinforce the troops, so I don't know the situation in Hanzhong. This king of Hanzhong is 'treacherous' and cunning, and it is naturally impossible to say that the Han army has insufficient armor and equipment. It is even more impossible to say that he is powerless to fight against the Shu army. He asked us for food, just to see that there was a cheap way to get it, and we also need the Han army and the Shu army to continue to fight, so as to provide food for the Han army and sell armor and equipment at a reduced price, which is not to say that the Han army is inferior to the Shu army. At the very least, in the land of Hanzhong, the Han army is not weak. ”

"We provided so many supplies for the Han army, just to make it impossible for the Han army and the Shu army to retreat. Now, in this half a month, the 'fierce' battle between the Han army and the Shu army cannot but be fierce. During this period alone, the Han army and the Shu army fought dozens of battles around the Hanzhong City, and both sides lost more than 30,000 soldiers each. Coupled with the losses at the beginning, between the front and back, the two sides suddenly did not fall short of 50,000. Although I dare not say that they are all soldiers, for the king of Shu and the king of Hanzhong, the loss in Hanzhong has already broken their bones. ”

"Now, even if we don't provide supplies to the Han army, the Han army must fight with the Shu army, unless the Han army is willing to give up most of the Hanzhong that is still in their hands, and the Han army is willing to forget the previous hardships and forget the previous efforts of the Han army soldiers and soldiers."

Zhang Yuanjing said with a smile: "So, my arrangement in the southwest of Liangzhou is to make a countermeasure for the next disadvantage of the Han army?" ”

Situ Liang said with a smile: "That's right, in order to prevent the Han army from really being defeated or suddenly defeated, the 'Yin' Pingfu line in the north of Yizhou, we need to make countermeasures at any time." Here, we have to contain some of the people of the Shu army. In addition, if the Han army is unable to resist the Shu army in the end, then the land of Hanzhong will be directly owned by us. ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "The situation in southern Yongzhou, Hanzhong and Jingzhou, for the time being, let's let the Han army and the Luo army be hostile to the Shu army and the Qi army." We are now focusing on internal construction, and as long as our foundation is stable, these two places in the south can be won at any time. ”

"Now that trade has begun between Yongzhou and Jingzhou, we not only have to obtain the goods we need through these merchants, but also sell our goods to the people of Jingzhou for profit. In addition, we must also slowly pass on the situation of our Zhao State through the merchants of Jingzhou and our merchants. At the very least, when the time comes for a big war in the future, the people of Jingzhou will not resist to the death. After all, we treat the people better here than the Luo army. ”

Situ Liang said: "King Qiyu, Li Fangzong, the governor of Xuzhou, played yesterday and said that rumors began to circulate in Xuzhou, which is not good for Xuzhou. Among them, many local clans participated, please tell the king how to deal with it. ”

"Local clans? What can make Li Fangzong embarrassed should naturally be those big clans who took the initiative to surrender at the beginning. Our policies and systems in Xuzhou have caused a lot of loss to the interests of these powerful clans, and it is normal for them to want to toss. In this way, arrange Li Han and other generals of the Li clan who surrendered to Xuzhou, and let them deal with these big clans. No one is more familiar with the powerful people in Xuzhou than them. Tell Li Han and the others that since these powerful clans feel that Xuzhou is not suitable for them to live, there is no need to keep them anymore. Zhao Xun said lightly.

Situ Liang naturally understood what King Zhao meant, this Li Han and the others were originally holding the heads of Li Chi, the former king of Chu, and the officials of the King of Chu's family to make meritorious contributions. Which of these powerful clans existing in Xuzhou has nothing to do with the Chu army? Now, dealing with these people can be regarded as giving Li Han and the others a chance, presumably, in order to show themselves in front of King Zhao, Li Han and the others are happy to clean up these big clans who are dissatisfied with their betrayal of the King of Chu in the first place.

So Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "The minister understands, and the minister will then send an order to Youzhou, so that the Privy Council will transfer these people to Xuzhou to serve as the military governor of Xuzhou Prefecture, cooperate with the governor of Xuzhou, and be responsible for the stability of Xuzhou." ”

In addition, according to the report of Yangzhou Shadow Guard, in addition to blockading Yangzhou and the eastern part of Jiangzhou, the Qi army has also begun to create rumors that are unfavorable to the rebels in the vicinity of these rebels, so that the prefectures and counties adjacent to the rebels begin to regard the rebels as bandits. Especially after the Qi army and navy attack this time, which had already suffered a great setback, the prefectures and counties that had prepared the corresponding ones in various places also began to die down, and they did not dare to make any more movements. It was some Jieyi Army sent to win over those rogues and mountain bandits who were preparing for the corresponding, and they didn't dare to contact the Jieyi Army at this moment. ”

"Are we going to let the secret guards and merchants in Yangzhou and Jiangzhou say something favorable to these rebels, and also wash away the bad reputation of these rebels?"

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Murong Cheng has hit the disadvantages of these rebels this time, the rebels, although we now say that they are the rebels, although the rebels themselves also say that they are the rebels. However, they have never been able to get rid of the fact that they are the 'rebel' army, the enemy of the government, and the rebel 'rebel'. On top of propaganda, they have always been at a disadvantage and have never been able to confront the government that represents orthodoxy. ”

Yang Wangqing sighed: "This is why the princes have to become famous before they rise up and act. Before they obtained a certain status, in the eyes of the people, they were always bandits and a 'chaotic' army. Even, they can't even be called soldiers, they can only be bandits, thieves and cowards! ”

Zhao Xun shook his head and said: "Forget it, our people can't act casually, otherwise, we will be disadvantaged in the end." This Qi army has begun to suspect that we have a connection with the Jieyi army, but they are afraid that they have been prepared to closely monitor all places, and it is good that our people do not move, and if they move, the iron nails will fall into the hands of the Qi army. Don't forget, in the Qi army, there is also a secret guard system. On the territory of the Qi army, it is not easy to 'insert' manpower. ”

"Besides, the Jieyi Army is not weak now, and it needs to solve the problems in front of it by itself, and it can't rely on us for everything. After all, we are far from the south, and we cannot deal with it in time. If one is not good, it will do bad things with good intentions. ”

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As Situ Liang said, although the current situation of the Jieyi Army is not bad, it is not very good. At the very least, some cities and towns that had originally prepared the corresponding righteous army did not dare to come forward now. There are even some places where the contacts sent by the Jieyi Army are directly taken down and 'handed over' to the government.

Unconsciously, the reputation of the rebels was not as good as before, and it was already stinky among the people everywhere. Among them, in addition to the propaganda of the Qi Military Officer's Office, it was more because the Qi army defeated the two righteous armies on the front line of Jiangji and Fu 'Chun' through the counterattack of the navy, and then divided the righteous army into two parts: the north and the south.

These two rebels are not ordinary rebels, but two of the ten rebels. Since then, the Righteous Army has merged the other two routes, and the other rebel armies have also begun to unite, forming a new Ten Routes Rebel Army. Now, the two roads in the central and southern parts of it have been defeated and lost by the Qi army overnight. Moreover, only the first part of the navy and the garrison of the Qi army and a small number of soldiers were dispatched.

In addition to some large groups of bandits, mountain bandits, and rogues who are active in the localities, those who can correspond to the troubles that have already started are some local heroes. This natural disaster has greatly increased the strength of these people. They want to correspond to the righteous army, what is their purpose, naturally it is self-evident, except for their own interests, there is no real righteousness, let alone to go against the government for the sake of the refugees they do.

Originally, after the merger of the righteous army, the rebel army won one after another, and became stronger and stronger. Prepare to take one side and live a heroic addiction.

However, the rebel army was suddenly defeated, and these people who originally had other ideas naturally had to reconsider, consider the gains and losses, and choose again whether to continue to act.

Therefore, with the mobilization of the Qi army, all the counties and localities that were already close to it began to cooperate with the government and began to smear these rebels. Some people who had contacts with the rebels from all walks of life, in order to clear their suspicions, directly took the contacts sent by these rebels and handed them over to the government. And those bandits and bandits who were originally preparing to act died down and hid in the mountains again, not daring to take the lead.

"It's a bad situation, these damn bastards, they were respectfully saying that they want to correspond to us, and they want us to be the master. In the blink of an eye, we were sold, these landlords are strong, all of them are not good things! Hu Niu, the deputy general of the Jieyi Army, said with an annoyed face.

Hu Niu was originally the leader of the Yiyi Army in the south of Jiang Ming's department, but was later co-opted by the captain sent by Zhao Jun and merged with Jiang Ming's department to become the new Jieyi Army, and he also became one of the deputy generals of the Jieyi Army.

Gu Shan said with a smile: "Old Hu, you can't say that, in the territory under the jurisdiction of our Jieyi Army, there are many squires who are on our side. As for those landlords who were unwilling to respond, it was also because the rebel army was suddenly defeated, and the Qi army was gradually 'approaching', so they had to reconsider. After all, this is a matter of life and death for their entire clan. ”

"Besides, there are not a few landlords who have contacted us, but there are only a few of them who have betrayed us. When we act in the future, these people who betrayed us will never make them look good. The reluctance to correspond, which is understandable. But these people who sell our brothers for their own sake must not make them feel better. As he spoke, Gu Shan's eyes were full of murderous energy.

Jiang Ming, the chief general of the Jieyi Army, said in a deep voice: "Now the reputation of our Jieyi Army is not good in other places, these landlords are unwilling to cooperate, and the people everywhere are also hostile to us, and the Qi army is gradually 'approaching'. Now, what should we do? ”

Gu Shan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, general, I have discussed with your lieutenants, since this area close to our jurisdiction is not willing to take the initiative to respond, then we will take the initiative to attack." We went west from Jiaxing County and Yuhang to the north, took Wu County, and occupied the area around Taihu Lake. ”

"Taihu?" Jiang Ming said thoughtfully, "If we take Taihu Lake, we will be able to directly go to Wuxing and Changxing by boat, and in this way, it can be regarded as breaking through the blockade of the Qi army, and it can also let other regions know the situation of our Jieyi army." Occupying Taihu Lake is also a way out for us. ”

Gu Shan said in a deep voice: "That's right, the land of Taihu Lake, three or four hundred miles, occupy this place, and we will not be sealed by the Qi army in the east of Yangzhou." Moreover, it is important to note that because this is located in the interior of Yangzhou, there is no formed naval army here. There are inspection vessels in some local ya'men', which have no great impact on us at all. As long as we quickly take Wu County and confiscate the fishing boats, we can cross the Taihu Lake and enter other prefectures and counties in the west. ”