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Taiyuan City, Hedong, and the governor's mansion of the state.

November 20, Xiaohan. The cold air has accumulated for a long time, although it has not reached the extreme, but it has also made the northern town of Taiyuan a piece of ice, the wind is howling, and the grass and trees outside the city have already been bleak. As soon as night fell, there were no pedestrians in the city markets, and they all huddled at home to avoid the cold. The husband's voice came, adding to the coldness.

In the governor's mansion of the state, in the luxurious study, the lord sat opposite each other from afar and did not speak. The wine was warm on the small charcoal stove, and the hot wine was rising, and several henchmen of the Han King in leopard fur silk clothes were drinking the warm wine in small sips, but their eyes lingered on the information placed in front of them.

"Yi Feng recently defeated the three Tiele people in a row, annihilated tens of thousands of horses and horses in Mobei Tiecai, and each time won a complete victory with almost no damage. King, are you really going to fight Yi Feng? "For a long time, the military advisor of the Han King Yang Liang, the advisor to the army, Wang Yan was the first to break the silence. Wang Fei is 48 years old this year and a native of Taiyuan. Born in the first year of Emperor Liang Jianwen's Tianzheng, he was a good ranger, and when he was twenty years old, he didn't know how to read. Later, he was taught by his brother Wang Hao and began to study seriously. And it was out of control, and I read a doctorate. Of course, it was not a doctor in later generations, but he was quite good at reading, and he was known as a naturalist at that time, and he knew the art of war, so after the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, he was elected by the Son of Heaven as the doctor of Guozi, and this doctor is equivalent to the professor of Guozijian. And Guozijian is almost equivalent to the Central Party School of the Sui Dynasty, which can be seen to be very talented and valued by the imperial court. But it didn't take long. Because he was involved in the political struggle of the imperial court, he was sent to Lingnan. At that time, it can be said that there was almost no possibility of coming back to that place in Lingnan. But Wang Fei was lucky. When he was about to be forgotten in Lingnan, he received an edict from the emperor and appointed him as the advisor of the king of Han to join the army, and served as a military advisor to the prince of the great governor. However, Wang Fei's ability to leave Lingnan and return to the Central Plains is also inseparable from his family background. Wang Fei has a very famous father, who is Wang Sengfen, the general of the Liang Dynasty. He worked with Chen Baxian to quell the Hou Jing Rebellion, but was ultimately defeated in a battle with Chen Baxian, who defeated Wang Seng and then established Southern Chen.

When Wang Jun was young, he and several brothers entered the customs. His eldest brother Wang Fei was the assassin of Qizhou, and the second son Wang Yu had the Sui army to the south to level Chen, and when he broke through Jiangling, he deliberately dug up the tomb of Chen Baxian. Incinerate the bones to ashes. Add water and drink into your stomach. Wang Hao's third brother, Wang Hao, served as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. It can be said that his recovery is not unrelated to several brothers. Historically, Wang Hao's nephew was more famous than their brothers, and he was later known as Wang Qi, one of the four famous ministers of the early Tang Dynasty, together with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng.

In addition to the smooth career of the brothers at this time, there is another most important reason why Wang Gong can recover, that is, he is among the brothers, and even in the entire government and the opposition. Both are quite scheming characters. Even in Yang Jian's heart, Wang Yan's mind is on par with today's right servant Yang Su. That's why. After Yang Jian arranged his youngest son to serve as the governor of Bingzhou, a large number of civil and military officials were reinstated one after another, basically all of whom were extremely capable. For example, it turned out that Xiao Maha, the god of war in Nanchen, had been refrigerated by Yang Jian since he surrendered to Sui, but this time he was taken out of the bag by Yang Jian and transferred to Yang Liang to join the army and lead the military affairs for him, and Wang Fei, who was far away in Lingnan, was finally returned by Yang Jian's edict and appointed as Yang Liang's adviser to join the army, so that he could be Yang Liang's military advisor.

Wang Fei is very grateful and loyal to Yang Liang, the king of Han, if there is no Han king, he is afraid that he will still stay in Lingnan at this time. Although this appointment was an edict from the Son of Heaven, he still felt that if it wasn't for the King of Han, he would not have been able to return to the Central Plains. Since taking office, Wang Fei has indeed been loyal and conscientious to Yang Liang, and after staying in Lingnan for many years, Wang Fei's original flying personality has become much calmer. Faced with Yang Liang's ambition for Huaihuang, as the mastermind, he had to pour some cold water on Yang Liang first.

The tiger father has no dog son, as the son of Wang Shengbraid, who once almost became the lord of Jiangdong, Wang Fei's vision is indeed very good. Although Huaihuang rose too quickly, and a lot of information couldn't keep up with the rhythm, just from the scattered Huaihuang information that he had obtained, Wang Fei had already analyzed that although this Yi Feng was young, it was by no means simple. Especially judging from the four battles that Yi Feng has fought successively, the more he looks at it, the more he feels that this Yi Feng has amazing talents, especially extraordinary military command ability. Limited to the lack of intelligence, Wang Fei still doesn't know how this former leader of the Yanshan horse thieves became the big boss of the Yanshan Tiger League in a short period of time, and how he pacified the Yanshan villages in a short period of time, and then integrated the horse thieves forces of the various green forests in Yinshan farther away into his subordinates. However, it was only from the fact that Yi Feng only became the acting leader of the Tiger Alliance in May, and then defeated an elite Tongluo cavalry in less than a month later, and then quickly defeated the combined forces of the bandits in Taoshan, and in one fell swoop took the large and small green forest bandits of Yanshan Yin Mountain under his command, it can be known that this Yi Feng is by no means simple. And the information just obtained now shows that Yi Feng has only been going north for more than a month, and he has already fought two ambush battles by the Xi Jingshe River and the Raole River, annihilating tens of thousands of Tiele people, and it is said that Yi Feng's losses are minimal, not only that, but he also brought the Xi Qi Dan and Xi clans together.

"Yi Feng's so-called victories, I also got some accurate information and knew some about the course of the war. Almost without exception, every battle is not a frontal battle, but a few despicable tricks. Either deceive the enemy or ambush in advance. ”

Wang Jun couldn't help but shake his head in his heart when he heard this, what he wants in a war is the result of victory, as for the process, does it matter? As long as you can win, you can do whatever it takes. As for cunning, it should be said that he is good at using stratagem, as the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit. Yi Feng can defeat his opponent with tactics on the spot, which shows that Yi Feng is experienced in using soldiers and knows how to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses. If you only know that you can fight head-on, then what is it called a war, it is simply called a brawl.

Xiao Maha, who joined the army, couldn't help but say bluntly: "King, soldiers are not tired of cheating, what Yi Feng did is not wrong, and it even shows that it is just right." Although this man was born as a bandit and was young, he was quite good at commanding troops. As the king said earlier, Yi Feng began to rise just over half a year ago. His men were initially just a group of bandits, but with his strategy, he defeated one after another who was stronger than him. Wang Consultation is right, this Yi Feng is not an idle person, and the king must not underestimate the enemy. ”

Yang Liang frowned, slightly unhappy in his heart. He didn't think Yi Feng was that great, but he just defeated a few groups of Hu people and bandits. What's the big deal. No matter how cunning Yi Feng is, he can still only be vulnerable in the face of his absolute strength. In his opinion. No matter how much the Huaihuang army wins, it is just a rabble composed of bandits and Hu people, and there is nothing to gain. Besides, he didn't really want to go to war with the Huaihuang Army. And does the Huaihuang Army dare to go to war with itself?

"Although Yi Feng has tens of thousands of horses in his hands. But there are hundreds of thousands of troops under Lone, not to mention, Wuzhou is subordinate to the Governor's Mansion, and he Yi Feng is just Lone's direct subordinate. Since this is the case, then Wuzhou should obey Yu Gu. Isn't he Yi Feng rich, Huai Huangbian City is so lively, gold and silver flow in like flowing water every day, and there is a large amount of money to expand the army. Shouldn't he have paid taxes to Lone? "When Yang Liang was in Beijing, he only heard that the border market in Huaihuang was very prosperous, but he didn't know how much income there was. But after coming back. After a detailed discussion with his uncle, Dou Luyu, he was shocked. Huaihuang is not just a dilapidated village outside the fortress in the impression, but a strong and prosperous triple city, in addition to the border of Huaihuang, there are thirteen prosperous towns. Today's Huaihuang is no longer the original bandits' den, and now it is the largest trading center of the Han Dynasty in the entire north, not only merchants of all ethnic groups gather here, but even the merchants of the distant Western Regions and the merchants of the South China Sea, who have come from thousands of miles to trade here.

The income of Huaihuang City is amazingly high, so high that Yi Feng can support a population of three or four hundred thousand people by relying on such a small piece of land, and even raise an army of no less than 100,000 people. This result made Yang Liang both shocked and red-eyed, although he had hundreds of thousands of troops under his name, they were basically government soldiers who were soldiers and farmers who served the people during wartime, and some of the town soldiers were mainly prisoners, and the troops he could really control were even less pitiful. And this Yi Feng can actually raise so many troops. And Dou Luyu also reported a few news to him, Yi Feng's Huaihuang Town is not only a high-tech trade center, but also Yi Feng has established many military horse farms and ordnance fields in Huaihuang, Huaihuang has a large number of high-grade war horses, has the best iron-making and steel-making workshop in the north, and the steel produced by Huaihuang is of excellent quality, and it is the best choice for building weapons and armor. In addition, Huaihuang also has several special technologies, such as snow salt refining technology, rock sugar refining technology, the latest papermaking technology, book printing technology, liquor brewing technology, four-wheeled carriage manufacturing technology, etc., each of which is a big business that represents rolling money.

Is Yang Liang short of money?

If it's just money that he squande, he doesn't lack it. But if he wants to go further, if he wants to compete for the position of prince, then he is very short of money, and he lacks a lot of money.

The room was silent for a long time, and Xiao Maha and the others all lowered their heads and drank a glass of Chinese wine.

"Since Yi Feng was appointed as the governor of Wuzhou, although he has been directly a lonely, he has not come to visit a certain person until now, and he has not even sent a subordinate to him, let alone handed over a penny of money and food. He simply ignored the existence of this boss, he was just a new governor of Wuzhou, where did he get such courage. If this continues, how will Gu rule the fifty-four states of Kanto in the future? Yang Liang said with resentment.

It has been more than a year since he was appointed governor of Bingzhou, and such a long time is enough for him to have a deep understanding of his own territory. There are fifty-four states in charge of the state, and among the various states, there are many of them, such as Youzhou, the middle governor's office, and the lower governor's office, such as Wuzhou. Basically, the states on the northern frontier are all governors. These generals, who are also the governors of the assassins, all hold real power, and many people don't buy him too much as the governor of the state. For example, the governor of Youzhou, when he first took office, Yan Rong, the governor of Youzhou, had been in Youzhou for seven years, and his subordinates ruled thirteen states. Especially relying on the fact that Yang Xiong, the king of Qinghe, is a son and daughter, and he is even more domineering. There are even rumors that this Yan Rong is actually secretly more inclined to the side of Yang Guang, the king of Jin.

Several other governors, Wei Shiyi, the governor of Yingzhou. is more directly Yang Guang's in-laws, Wei Shiyi's daughter has already been given to the second brother Yang Guang's second son Yang Yin. Another example is Han Hong, the governor of Daizhou, whose territory is in the north of Bingzhou. But such a very important position for the governor of Bingzhou, its governor Han Hong turned out to be Yang Guang's person. Several other managers are basically like this, either they are very domineering and don't take themselves seriously, or they are the crown prince or the king of Jin. Although the thorns in the south who did not have a general manager were very obedient to his own general governor, he had little say in some of the most important general states in the state. How could he accept it. This year, two new states were established, Yanzhou and Wuzhou. Yi Feng, the governor of Wuzhou, is directly the prince's long-lost son. Now he has elite soldiers and a cornucopia, and he is not a person all the way. Qu Tutong, the governor of Yanzhou, this guy is also on the same side as King Jin, so he gets angry when he thinks about it. If he doesn't react at all. I'm afraid that in the future, the subordinate managers will even more ignore themselves. Maybe then those assassins won't take themselves seriously.

Especially after the failure of this Eastern Crusade, Yan Rong, Han Hong, Wei Shiyi, and others even said a lot of rumors, and they looked down on him more and more. If he doesn't threaten again, they really want to treat him as a sick cat.

It's time to kill a chicken and make an example of a monkey.

The idea of killing chickens and monkeys is not wrong, and Wang Fei also feels the need to borrow a head to stand up. But he directly pointed the finger at Yi Feng, but I am afraid that this Yi Feng is not the chicken.

"Maybe we can salute first and then soldier, and then look at Yi Feng's attitude for the time being. I feel that Yi Feng is now strong, and maybe we don't need to take action. There are people who are not in a hurry to strike first. Wang Jun said.

"What do you mean, sir?" Yang Liang was puzzled.

"The king has just returned from Beijing, and I heard that the position of the prince has been extremely unstable. But since the Son of Heaven confirmed with the prince that Yi Feng was the son of the prince and the concubine, he seems to have been much better to the prince recently. May I ask you, my lord, is there really such a thing? ”

Yang Liang nodded, "This is true, because of this Yi Feng, when I was in Beijing some time ago, the number of times the Son of Heaven summoned the prince into the palace also increased suddenly, and even the queen mother, who had always disliked the prince, summoned the prince into the palace several times. ”

"It seems that the rumors are true, and the second sage has indeed undergone a subtle change in his attitude towards the prince because of the matter of Yi Feng. For the time being, the prince's status as a monarch will be no obstacle for a short time. O king, you say, who is the happiest and who is the most unhappy about this sudden change? ”

Of course, the prince is happy, and the most unhappy is naturally himself. However, he looked at the smile on Wang Fei's face, and suddenly understood that the most unhappy person should be King Jin. After all, the prince's position was unstable before, and there were faint rumors of easy storage, and the candidates for the new owner of the East Palace, the government and the opposition were all optimistic about the very virtuous second brother Yang Guang. Now that the crown prince has been able to suddenly stabilize his position because of Yi Feng, I am afraid that the most unhappy person is Yang Guang, the king of Jin.

"Why don't you sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight for the time being, and watch the fire from the other side? We may be able to borrow a knife to kill people, and when the King of Jin can't help but get rid of Yi Feng, then the king will reap the benefits of the fishermen and take Huai Huang into his pocket in one fell swoop. After all, King Jin is still far away in Jiangnan, even if he really gets rid of Yi Feng, he can't take away this famine. I think that the king of Huaihuang can beat it appropriately, but there is no need to really do it, let's wait for the king of Jin to do it. The king had free time, so he just cleaned up the others first, such as Yan Rong, the governor of Youzhou. If we can pull Yan Rong off the horse, we will not only remove a disobedient thorn in the flesh, but also cut off an arm that the King of Jin stretched out to our state, killing two birds with one stone, why not? ”

"Against the enemy, the general will plan, the lieutenant general will plan, and the general will fight. The gentleman is really resourceful, and one person wins but 100,000 soldiers. It's just that why did you choose Yan Rong instead of Han Hong or Wei Shiyi? ”

"Although Han Hong is the governor of Daizhou, he is just north of my Taiyuan. But the strength of Daizhou is too weak to pose no threat to us at all, and Yan Rong is different, this person has been in Youzhou for a long time, it can be said that he is the emperor of Hebei, he has always been arrogant, and he does not put us in his eyes at all, and although this year, His Majesty has reduced the thirteen states of Youzhou to only six states, but Youzhou Town is still the largest state in charge of the state, if we can get rid of Yan Rong and take back the control of the Youzhou governor's area, then the other state governors will have to clamp their tails and be people, and no one will dare to despise the king in the future. Moreover, Youzhou is the central town in the north of Hebei, and after controlling Youzhou, it is equivalent to breaking up these governors in the east of the state at once, with Youzhou in hand, these governors who originally formed a piece will be scattered, and then they will not be able to integrate forces, and if they can be attached to and submit to the king, or they will be broken by each of us, and they don't have to worry about them. ”

"Good!" Yang Liang slapped the table and excitedly agreed. He raised his wine glass and toasted to Wang Hao, "Mr. Jing is talented, and he will do it alone." ”

Wang Jun also took the cup and drank it all.

Putting down the wine glass, Yang Liang patted the table, he was very happy, he had been unhappy with Yan Rong for a long time. "Next, please ask Mr. to plan for Gu and win Yan Rong in one fell swoop." After speaking, he thought about it and said, "But Huaihuang's side, I can't just let it go." Send someone to Huai Famine, and tell Yi Feng that in order to prepare for the Turks, the state needs to levy a batch of money and grain from the subordinate states, as for the quantity" (to be continued......