No matter how shrewd a person is, he will be a little blind and a little restless when he has a problem in the things he is most concerned about, so that his shrewdness will not exist in a short time.

Now, Situ Lei is like this. The defeat of Pinggao City made its mobilizable army in Yongzhou disappear at once, making its follow-up plan impossible. Moreover, his actions before and after included the powerful forces of Murong Cheng and Zhao Xun. If you lose in the land of Yanzhou, then the whole situation will collapse.

Of course, it is not that Situ Lei has no soldiers and horses in his hands, in addition to the soldiers who guard the place and are responsible for local security, there are 50,000 soldiers guarding Luoyang City. However, these 50,000 people are obviously immovable. Therefore, Situ Lei is now in an extremely irritable mood, and he is also very worried about the situation in Yanzhou.

"Lord Wang, now...... The land of Yanzhou relies on us for support, I'm afraid it won't work. Therefore, the heavy task of cleaning up the Yanzhou Armed Guards is still Situ Wen's responsibility to coordinate the attack of the Yanzhou Mansion Army. Lin Shiwen said slowly.

Situ Lei said angrily: "Are they responsible? Now that the Tang army has betrayed, and the Xuzhou army has been forced to withdraw, the Yanzhou government army is not an opponent of the Wuwei army at all. Otherwise, Situ Wen would not have asked me for help. How long will it take for us to transfer troops from Liangzhou and Yizhou? After the transfer, let the local level continue to recruit new pawns. ”

Lin Shucheng said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, if you transfer troops from these two places, and wait for the adjustment to be completed, and resist Yongzhou, I am afraid that it will be a month later, and I will not be able to catch up in time." ”

"Damn! I can't catch up with anything, according to what you say, I can only watch the Wuwei Army occupy Yanzhou and connect with Yuzhou? At that time, the Xuzhou army will no longer exist. Without the containment of the Xuzhou army in the north of Yangzhou, Murong Chengcheng could raise a large army and retaliate against us. Situ Lei said gloomily.

Lin Shiwen said: "Lord Wang, it's not that it can't be solved, isn't there a force in Yanzhou that has not participated in the war, but is not small?" We give it benefits and make them work for us. At the same time, we also began to draw troops in Liangzhou and Yizhou to guard against the enemy army in Yuzhou. Lord Wang, now Murong Cheng in the south is also sending reinforcements to the north, so we can't help but prepare early. If we take the land of Yanzhou as soon as possible, even if Murong Cheng's reinforcements arrive first, we can wait until the collected army advances eastward. ”

Situ Lei frowned and said, "You mean the Shanyang Mansion that wants Yanzhou Mansion?" The heart is too greedy. Moreover, the new policies implemented in Shanyang Mansion are very similar to those in the territory of the Xiaoguo Army. Although there are imitations of the Xiaoguo Army in various places to reform and develop the localities, but the only thing that is so similar to the territory of the Xiaoguo Army is this Shanyang Army, which has sprung up. ”

Lin Shiwen said: "What does the prince mean, this Shanyang Army has something to do with the Xiaoguo Army?" Even if it is related, it doesn't matter, now, it has a lot to do with the Xiaoguo Army. Even Murong Cheng is now joining forces with the Xiaoguo Army. As long as the Wuwei Army is defeated, the land of Yanzhou is not our decision. ”

Situ Lei snorted coldly and said, "It's not that you don't understand what I mean, if it's just a simple general relationship, what do I have to guard against?" But I suspect that this Shanyang Army may be part of the Xiaoguo Army, and it is also the idea of wanting to attack the land of Yanzhou. That's why I can't get them involved. ”

Lin Shucheng said: "Don't worry, Lord Wang, we still don't know how deep the relationship between this Shanyang Army and the Xiaoguo Army is. However, the fact that the land of Yanzhou is about to be returned by the Wuwei army is just around the corner, and we can't let the Wuwei army turn defeat into victory and occupy the land of Yanzhou because of this possible probability. ”

"In addition, now on the surface, Xiaoguo Army and Murong Cheng have a slight connection, and they are both fighting back against our army. Needless to say, Murong Cheng was at a disadvantage. Although the Xiaoguo army is not at a disadvantage, it is also dissatisfied with us in their hearts because we caused it to start a war with the Yan tribes, and they don't want us to defeat Murong Cheng. Even if this Shanyang Army is a part of the Xiaoguo Army, even if it captures the land of Yanzhou, it must complete the defeat of the Wuwei Army. At that time, this Xiaoguo army will become a hostile force with Murong Cheng. In any case, this is better than falling into the hands of Murong Cheng. Moreover, it did not affect our major affairs, but caused Murong Cheng to suffer. Perhaps, it will also bring the southern forces of the Xiaoguo Army closer to the war. It's just that this time we won't let the Xiaoguo Army just target us. For us, the benefits are harmless. ”

"Moreover, even if this Shanyang Army is a Xiaoguo Army, if you want to take down the Wuwei Army, you also need the cooperation of the Yanzhou Mansion Army. After that, we will send an order to the land of Yanzhou to preserve its strength. At that time, after the defeat of the Wuwei Army, he did not dare to act against the Yanzhou Mansion Army at will. Of course, even if they were part of the Xiaoguo Army, they didn't dare to announce it, lest they turn the Xiaoguo Army and Murong Cheng into hostile forces. ”

"What we say is all speculation, guessing that it is a branch of the Xiaoguo Army. If not, then we can make it work for us. Even if it can't be used by us, the land of Yanzhou is also divided between Tang Xian, the Shanyang Army and the Yanzhou Mansion Army. When the time comes, defeat Murong Cheng and force him back to the south of the Yangtze River, and then stir up disputes among them. ”

"Lord Wang, I agree with Lord Lin's meaning, no, we will fail. Yes, although it is possible to form an independent force in the land of Yanzhou, the Wuwei army in the south of the land of Yanzhou has been wiped out by us. After all, this guard is the most elite under Murong Cheng's command, and it is also the oldest trained and strongest veteran. Lin Shucheng and the rest of the people successively expressed their agreement.

After Situ Lei pondered for a while, he carefully considered the gains and losses, and finally said in a deep voice: "Okay, this matter, just do what you say, and give Situ Wen an order." This time, it's cheaper for this guy who took advantage of us. In the future, he will not be kept. Remember, the Guards must be defeated once and for all. ”

"Lord Wang, Ningzhou intelligence!" A guard outside the door whispered.

"Bring it in!" Situ Lei said in a deep voice.

After receiving the information handed over by the guard, Situ Lei frowned slightly, and he couldn't get an idea. After secretly sighing that he was getting old, he handed the information in his hand to the rest of the people.

"Look, are you going to do it according to the plan?" After seeing that everyone had read the information together, Situ Lei asked in a deep voice.

Lin Shucheng nodded and replied: "My subordinates think it's feasible!" Now in Jiaozhou, we have bought two of the five divisions of the Jiaozhou Army, in addition to the Guangzhou Mansion, even the passage connecting with us has been opened, so that one of our troops can quietly appear in the territory. We broke through from the western part of Jiaozhou, and with the help of internal counterparts, it was enough to take down the Guangzhou Mansion and the Lingnan County King in a short time. By the time Murong Cheng wanted to return to the army to rescue or enter Jiaozhou to defend our army, our army had already taken Jiaozhou. ”

The rest of the group nodded secretly, all agreeing with their actions.

"Okay, send an order to Ningzhou and start an operation. Be quick, dare to take Jiaozhou before Murong Cheng reacts, at least the area west of Guangzhou Mansion. ”

"Give Liangzhou and Yizhou Xuanfu envoys and garrison generals, while sending troops to Yongzhou to obey orders, while recruiting young and strong, replenishing local armaments, and training soldiers."

"Order the guards of the cities of Hanoi Province to give me a firm hold on to the fortified cities. If anyone loses it again, let him come to me with his own head. The government of Yongzhou was ordered to immediately recruit troops and replenish the soldiers. Situ Lei ordered in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, we don't have much money and food in our hands, it's conscription and war, and there is also the mobilization of the army, I'm afraid that we can't supply it above the logistics!" Lin Shucheng said with a sigh.

Situ Lei's face froze, and he also secretly hated this. Indeed, the years of war, coupled with the poor harvest in the western prefectures and counties, and the local governments cut off taxes and supplies, made him a little uncomfortable with relying on the state household department to strengthen himself. Thinking of this, Situ Lei was a little envious and jealous of Murong Cheng, Murong Cheng's power was in the east, which was a land of money and food. There are no major accidents, and basically I don't have to worry about money and food. This is also an important reason and guarantee for Murong Chengneng to send troops to attack Yuzhou and Yanzhou. Of course, he was envious and admired by Zhao Xun in the north. The implementation of the new policy by the Xiaoguo Army was poor and white at the beginning, but now, the tax revenue of the Xiaoguo Army has risen and the business is prosperous, which is not as good as Murong Cheng, but it is also much stronger than him Situ Lei. Of course, in his Situ Lei's meaning, the position of this Xiaoguo Army's sphere of influence is better than that of his Situ Lei. Speaking of which, Situ Lei also emulated some of the policies of the Xiaoguo Army, but many of them could not be implemented, and he died halfway through because he could not be carried out effectively.

"In this way, let Liangzhou and Yizhou each send 10,000 people out to make up for the vacancy in Yongzhou's troops first. After all, Yongzhou is now about to become the front line. In addition, the local conscription campaign in Yongzhou cannot be stopped. There was Turkic pressure in the north, the Xiaoguo army in the northeast, and Murong Cheng in the east and south. If you don't make some preparations earlier, the future will be unpredictable. After a moment of silence, Situ Lei made a decision.

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In Shanyang Prefecture, the current Zhao Xun and Feng Ziming are paying attention to the situation in the south and watching the battle situation between the Wuwei Army and the Yanzhou Mansion Army, while inspecting the counties of Shanyang Prefecture to understand and correct some of the situations in the counties.

Since Feng Ziming set up a single banner, the local government and its big clans are not optimistic about Feng Ziming. However, after Zhao Xun returned from the great victory in Boping on the northern front, the position of the Shanyang Army, which did not match the title of the government army, was completely stabilized in the hearts of the people of Shanyang Mansion, and the county officials no longer dared to disobey the order of Feng Ziming, the assassin of Shanyang Mansion. It is also because of this that the local officials did not dare to have any complaints about Feng Ziming's behavior of replacing him one by one without reporting him, and replacing him with his own people.

The implementation of the new policy will of course discontent many people, but it will satisfy the people. It stands to reason that Zhao Xun should not be for the sake of the people, and can push these big clans to the opposite side. It's a pity that these big clans have restricted the development of Shanyang Mansion, not to mention, and they also disdain the Thorn History Mansion. After all, this Shanyang army is independent from the outside, so they don't dare to make a decision to turn against the outside world. In this way, Zhao Xun hopes to get the support of the people, of course, this is also to cooperate with the Xiaoguo army.

Although these clans are very strong, after all, they are not as strong as the Shanyang Army that defeated the Tang Army. And the Shanyang sergeant has improved his salary, and his family has also benefited, so he naturally has to work hard for Zhao Xun and fight with those big clans who do not cooperate. Therefore, the new local policy is also steadily unfolding. Especially after solving the situation that a large number of uncooperative clans and the military governor of Yanzhou Prefecture, Xu Jie, did not react, these clans finally gave in. After all, not everyone wants to die for some money.

Therefore, the inventory of acres of land, the suppression of hidden households and hidden fields, the redivision of fields, the distribution of land to the people according to the population, the encouragement of business, the encouragement of many people to join hands in business, and the formation of cooperative workshops have become the busiest things in the Shanyang Military Office now. Of course, the replacement of local officials is also a top priority. It can be said that up to now, after more than three months of action and efforts, the officials in all the counties of Sanyang Prefecture have been almost replaced. Even if it wasn't replaced, it was an empty shelf.

Of course, the reduction and exemption of Ding tax and various capitation assessments, just like the beginning of the Xiaoguo Army, Shanyang Mansion will lose a large loss, but in addition to the inventory of acres of land in the past year and a half and a half, and the restriction on the amount of land owned by the big clan, the number of acres of land purchased from it is enough to distribute to all the people in Shanyang Mansion who do not have land. Although it will not work this year, after next year, this piece can increase a lot of income for Shanyang Mansion.

Of course, the most important thing is that these fields are in the hands of the people, which not only makes the people more satisfied with the Shanyang army, but also restricts the control of local grain by the big clans and provides sufficient food reserves for the Shanyang army. You must know that in times of war, food is the most important thing.

In addition, the seizure of those big families made the Shanyang Army officially harvest a lot of money and food. Moreover, a lot of private army slaves were also liberated. Of course, this is for those big clans who don't follow the military orders of Shanyang Mansion, and it doesn't catch all the big clans.