Chapter 182: Mo Chao Asks for Help
Shortly after the New Year, Li Guo received news that the imperial court had appointed a new man named Liu Shikun to replace Tu Shaoxuan and take over the post of pacification envoy of Guangxi.
Liu Tichun and Nie Xin came to Li Guo to discuss how to deal with that Liu Shikun.
Li Guo smiled: "Wouldn't it be okay if he can't come!" ”
Liu Tichun and Nie understood in their hearts, so when the man named Liu Shikun was passing through Dongting Lake in Hunan on a boat, the miraculous person and the boat disappeared.
Originally, Tu Shaoxuan, the pacification envoy of Guangxi who was looking forward to someone coming to replace him, was extremely disappointed in his heart, and complained to Li uncontrollably.
Li Guo comforted, "Your Excellency, don't worry, I believe that the imperial court will appoint officials again soon." ”
Tu Shaoxuan could only continue to wait, but two more successors disappeared on the way to Guangxi for no apparent reason. This matter is very troublesome, and even Jinyiwei has sent people to investigate, but it has not been found.
Tu Shaoxuan was even a little suspicious, so he came directly to Li Guo, "Make up for it, you tell me the truth, the official who replaced me is missing, is it your ghost?" ”
Li Guo scratched his head, "My lord, I also heard about that, and I really don't want you to go." But if you want to say that you want to kill the court officials, I really didn't do it, where do I have that ability! Besides, I don't have time to worry about that! ”
Tu Shaoxuan is also sincere, look at Li Guo who is busy hitting the back of the head, think about it, and no longer doubt Li Guo.
Of course, this is Liu Tichun's ghost.
Tu Shaoxuan has never succeeded.
Li Guo has also been training. Moreover, all bandits in Guangxi have been eliminated. Li Guo's 60,000 people were divided into six teams. With 10,000 people per team, it is not a problem to sweep anywhere.
But Li Guo also found that in fact, Guangxi people are also very capable of fighting. At that time, the peopleization of Guangxi was not opened. Productivity is low, and most of the land, including mountains and rivers, is only occupied by a very small number of landlords, bureaucrats, and toasters.
Li Guo was very happy, and he was pleased to find that these troublemakers in Guangxi were really fierce, and they dared to rebel with bare feet and firewood knives. Li Guo likes this kind of soldier very much. He's going to find a way to get these people together.
Thereupon. Li went over to find Tu Shaoxuan. It was not just for the sake of the Guangxi soldiers, but Li Guo had encountered another bottleneck, and there was still no money. If. Sixty thousand people have been turned into combat units, and the cost of military salaries is a big problem.
"My lord, there has been no military salary in this court, and no more military salary will be allocated. I'm afraid the morale of the army is unstable. The rebellion in the territory has just been put down. If the troops mutinied, it would be bad. Li Guo said.
Tu Shaoxuan couldn't help it: "This military salary has always been in arrears, and the population of Guangxi is not large, and if you rely on Guangxi Province alone, you can support an army of more than 10,000 people." ”
"Okay! As long as the adults can pay 10,000 people, I will find a way to do the rest. Li Guo said.
"What's your solution?" Tu Shaoxuan asked.
"Juntun!" Li Guo looked at Tu Shaoxuan.
Tu Shaoxuan thought for a while and nodded, "It's a good idea, okay, then you can do it, I will go home now and keep my filial piety." You're in charge! ”
That's what Li Guo wanted, so. Of Li's 60,000 people, 50,000 began to march into the army.
The military cantonment is only a way, although the soldiers can eat and drink enough, but it is still far from enough to develop and grow.
At this moment, Tu Shaoxuan came to Li Guo in a hurry.
"Make up for it, don't think about the military tun first, there may be another war." Tu Shaoxuan said.
"Another war? Isn't Guangxi stable? "Li Guo is strange.
Tu Shaoxuan shook his head, "No, it's Annan!" Annan's Houli Dynasty is attacking the Mo Dynasty, and the king of the Mo Dynasty, Mo Zhengkuan, sent a special envoy of 100,000 people to ask for help, what do you think? ”
Li Guo had already coveted that place in Annan, and when he saw Tu Shaoxuan's anxious appearance, Li Guo became cold.
"My lord, it's okay to help Mo Zhengkuan fight, but who will pay for the money? No military pay! Li Guo is ready to make a big stroke.
"Are you still worried about the silver? Although the Mo Dynasty is not rich, they are willing to let them pay hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, otherwise they will be destroyed. Tu Shaoxuan said.
"Good! As long as you have money, it's easy to do! Let's go, my lord, let's go see Mo Zhengkuan's envoy and see what he has to say. ”
The two of them brought Mo Chao's envoy over.
The messenger's name was Ruan Zhengping, and he spoke very well in Chinese. Seeing Li Guo and Tu Shaoxuan, Ruan Zhengping knelt down.
"Get up!" Li Guo was not interested in etiquette: "We are not prepared to send troops in line with the principle of non-interference. ”
Tu Shaoxuan's mouth opened widely, and this Li changed after a while.
"But if I don't help you, I guess you will be destroyed by the Houli Kingdom." Li Guo said.
Ruan Zheng nodded uncontrollably.
"In this way, we can send troops, we can defeat the army of Houli Kingdom, and even destroy Houli Kingdom, but the military salary is too much, you have to pay the military salary!" Li Guo looked at Ruan Zhengping.
"That's no problem! The most important thing now is to ask the adults to hurry up and send troops! Or it's too late. Ruan Zhengping agreed.
"No problem?" It startled Li Guo, but Li Guo thought about it, the country was about to be wiped out soon, and there was still a shortage of money! "Okay, when we send out the army, we will first take 100,000 taels of silver, and then you will discuss it, and we will talk about other military salaries slowly, if you want to completely defeat Hou Li Guo, I am afraid it will not work if you don't take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year."
"Don't worry, my lordship, I will tell our king what you think, and ask your lord to send troops immediately!" Ruan Zhengping's head was bruised.
Li Guo looked at Tu Shaoxuan, the two of them nodded, the matter was settled, and Ruan Zhengping hurriedly went back to prepare the silver.
"Make up for it, you go and prepare first, I have to go back and write a chapter to the court, explain this matter, and when the will of the court comes down, we will fight." Tu Shaoxuan said.
"Don't, when the will of the imperial court comes down, the Mo Dynasty will be destroyed a long time ago. My lord, you just said that the Later Dynasty attacked us, and we were forced to fight back, wouldn't it be over? Li Guo came up with an idea.
"But they didn't attack us!" Tu Shaoxuan is also dead-eyed.
"Oh, it's not easy, why don't I make some noise at the border?" Li Guo said.
Tu Shaoxuan thought about it, "Okay, then you are ready to fight, you can rest assured, I will guarantee you with the logistics supply." Tu Shaoxuan went back.
It can't be said that Tu Shaoxuan is warm-hearted in this matter, but that Mo Chao has always been under the protection of Daming. In addition to pacifying Guangxi, the duties of the Guangxi pacification envoy were also responsible for guarding Annan.
Watching Tu Shaoxuan walk away, Li Guo ordered to convene a meeting of his generals.
Liu Tichun, Nie Xin and other officials and generals came.
Li Guo wants to hold a meeting with them, and it has always been Li Guo's idea to ask for Annan, although the time is not ripe now, but how can things be 100% certain? Taking this opportunity, Li Guo wants to attack Annan!
Li Guo thought, Genghis Khan's army of 10,000 people was 100,000 people, what did I Li Guo do!
However, after all, it is a war abroad, and it should be extra cautious, and there are many precautions that must be arranged safely. If you want to fight, you have to fight hard! If you want to fight, you will destroy them! (To be continued......)