Chapter 234: Retreat as Advance
Gao Chibang's empty letter surprised Bi Shiduo, he once wondered if the sergeant had made a mistake when sending the letter, and boldly changed the letter, but after carefully reading the letter, he ruled out this suspicion, after all, the letter that he opened was completely different, and the correspondence between him and Gao Chibang was absolutely confidential, and it was also an absolutely important thing, and it was all operated by confidants.
Bi Shiduo knows very well that it is impossible for the Iron Blood Army to unconditionally evacuate Huainan Dao, after all, he Bi Shiduo does not have such majesty, Li Rupei is the prince, the son of the authentic Li Tang royal family, and the Iron Blood Army is so brave, how can it be easy to spit out the meat that has eaten in his mouth.
Bi Shiduo relied on the imperial edict, after all, he was the envoy of Huainan Province.
In fact, to solve this matter, there is one of the most critical places, that is, Bi Shiduo must come up with a lot of money, nominally to thank the Iron Army for entering Huainan Province to quell the rebellion, but unfortunately Bi Shiduo is reluctant to take out the money, and at the same time he does not have so much money, the consumption of 100,000 troops is amazing, so far Bi Shiduo is worried about the food and salary of the army.
Lacking this necessary condition, if you want the Iron Blood Army to evacuate Huainan Road, there is only one way, that is, to allow the Iron Blood Army to collect grain and grass in the places occupied by Huainan Province to supplement the consumption of the army, but unfortunately the places occupied by the Iron Blood Army are all relatively poor places in Huainan Province, plus these places have been occupied by Huangchao for a long time, there is no oil and water at all.
No matter what level of analysis is made, Bi Shiduo can't show his sincerity, and he wrote a letter to Gao Chibang, just to test it to see what the Iron and Blood Army thinks and whether it will put forward the conditions for evacuating Huainan Province.
Who knows that people don't say anything, and all they come back is empty letters.
After years of fighting and conquest, Bi Shiduo is no longer the hairy boy he was at the beginning. He also learned to control his emotions, and he will still do things that analyze the pros and cons.
Yangzhou's 100,000 army is not particularly stable at present, the influence of Qin Yan and Li Hanzhi still exists, these need time to wear, and secondly, Gao Yu also has a lot of influence in the army, which also requires Bi Shiduo to find a way to stabilize the vast majority of officers and sergeants, as for a small number of Gao Yu's die-hard henchmen, slowly find a way to clean up.
Under such circumstances, Huainan Province needs to be stabilized. can't continue to mess up, otherwise Bi Shiduo, the Huainan Festival Envoy, will not be able to sit steadily.
Bi Shiduo's idea is not unrealistic, the Iron Blood Army drove away the Yellow Nest, which removed Bi Shiduo's biggest henchman, Huainan Dao is a rich land after all, and it is also a place of grain production, as long as it takes two or three years of stability and construction, it can slowly recover, and at that time. Bi Shiduo can control more money, and can better comfort the army of 100,000.
It can be said that Huainan Province has completely stabilized, and it is possible for Bi Shiduo to completely control the 100,000 army in Yangzhou.
Now, if you want to forcibly drive out the Predator Army, there are only two ways.
The first is to confide in the court. Bi Shiduo himself felt very bored at this point, not to mention that Li Rupei was the identity of the prince, but to say that the reasons why the Iron Blood Army did not withdraw from Huainan Province for the time being were very sufficient, and the chaos had just passed. Hwangju and Gwangju and other places needed stability, so the Iron Blood Army was temporarily stationed in these places, etc., and the imperial court saw such a setback. Definitely won't say anything, in the end it is a tacit acquiescence, but this temporary stationing is fatal for Bi Shiduo.
How did the Iron Blood Army occupy Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, Bi Shiduo basically knew that the Iron Blood Army entered Huainan Road, and once it took root here, the next step was to occupy the entire Huainan Road, including Yangzhou, which was rich.
Therefore, it is not advisable to write a memora to the imperial court, and it may buy time and opportunity for the Iron Army.
The second way is to lead the 100,000 troops in Yangzhou and force the iron-blooded army to withdraw from Huainan Province in the form of the threat of force.
If he did this, Bi Shiduo estimated that he would soon lose the entire Huainan Province, the 100,000 army was not very stable, once the Huainan Province was in chaos again, Gao Biao, who was in the eastern capital, would not give up, and those officers who were unhappy with Qin Yan and Li Hanzhi would also come out, and the 100,000 army would probably fall apart before the official attack was launched.
Neither option is desirable and must not be done.
After a whole day of thinking about empty letters and maps, Bishiduo finally made a decision.
The 100,000 troops in Yangzhou were stationed in Haozhou to be responsible for the order of Shouzhou and Haozhou, and the 10,000 troops were stationed in Luzhou to be responsible for the order of Shuzhou and Luzhou, and the remaining 80,000 troops were still stationed in Yangzhou and were responsible for the order of Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Chuzhou and Hezhou.
This order from Master Bi was given as quickly as possible.
The order issued by Bi Shiduo was also delivered to the palace of Xiangyang as quickly as possible in the form of intelligence.
After Li Rupei read this information, he thought about it for a long time.
When Cui An sneaked into the palace wing, Li Rupei was still looking at the map and pondering.
Li Rupei had already sent someone to send the information to the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy so that Cui Anqian could see it.
"Father-in-law, I still underestimated this Master Bi, his move is to retreat into advance, and the arrangement is very good, no wonder he was able to kill Qin Yan and Li Hanzhi and lead the 100,000 army in Yangzhou."
Li Rupei pointed to the map and spoke again.
"Everyone says that Huainan Province is rich, in fact, the wealth of Huainan Province is mainly in Yangzhou, on the other hand, Huangzhou and Guangzhou, etc., are relatively poor, after the rebellion of Huangchao and Wang Xu and others, these places can be described as the people are not living, the iron-blooded army occupies these places, originally prepared to be used as a springboard, take the opportunity to occupy the entire Huainan Province, but Bi Shiduo did not give a chance."
"Bi Shiduo's arrangement is actually to abandon Huangzhou and Guangzhou, firmly occupy Yangzhou, defend the front line of Haozhou, Luzhou and Hezhou, and use Shouzhou and Shuzhou as a buffer zone to avoid direct conflict with the iron-blooded army."
"If the iron-blooded army can't occupy Yangzhou and other places, the gains outweigh the losses, and they only occupy the poor places in Huainan Road, to a certain extent, they will remove the burden for Bi Shiduo, and the 100,000 troops in Yangzhou will not suffer the slightest loss, and Bi Shiduo will be able to concentrate his forces more and firmly defend Yangzhou."
"It seems that this is a decision made by Bi Shiduo after thinking about it carefully, and in the future, the Iron and Blood Army must attach great importance to this Bi Shiduo, and he may not have to go anywhere."
After Li Rupei finished speaking, Cui Anqian quickly spoke.
"Lord Wang, Bi Shiduo is indeed self-aware, he killed Qin Yan and Li Hanzhi, which is equivalent to expelling Gao Yu, which will inevitably lead to the instability of Yangzhou's 100,000 army, if under such circumstances, a large-scale war breaks out in Huainan Province again, Bi Shiduo can't stabilize the 100,000 army, and at that time, the iron-blooded army can easily occupy the entire Huainan Province."
Li Rupei nodded.
"Father-in-law, what do you think should be done for the sake of today?"
"It's not a big deal, the prince occupies part of Shannan Dongda, Shannan West Road and Huainan Province, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, and through unremitting construction, he can obtain sufficient grain and grass, even if it is Gwangju and Huangzhou in Huainan Province, which are temporarily poor, as long as they spend some energy on construction, I believe that these places can quickly become rich."
"I think the most important thing is the measures implemented by the prince, which is conducive to the stability of various places, although Bi Shiduo has an accurate analysis and can know many pros and cons, but he was born in the army, and he is not familiar with the people's livelihood at all, relying on less than ten states to feed an army of 100,000, which is a joke in a certain opinion, the gentry and rich families and people in these places must be unbearable, and they will not be able to last long."
"Under the advantages of this and the other, as long as the prince can build Guangzhou and Huangzhou and other places with peace of mind, and sit back and watch the turmoil in Yangzhou, at that time, the iron-blooded army will be able to occupy the entire Huainan Province at the minimum cost."
After Cui Anqian finished speaking, a smile appeared on Li Rupei's face.
"My father-in-law is really powerful, this Master Bi Duo uses the strategy of retreating as advance, thinking that the iron-blooded army will not be able to hold on, and my father-in-law will plan to let the iron-blooded army take root in Gwangju and Huangzhou, and besiege the 100,000 troops in Yangzhou, this is the real retreat."
Cui Anqian also smiled.
"The prince has actually thought of this plan a long time ago, a certain is just to say it, but to do this, there are two aspects to pay attention to, one is to quickly write to the imperial court, Yanguangzhou and Huangzhou and other places, encountered the robbery of the anti-thieves, the people are not happy, after the iron-blooded army defeated the anti-thieves, they can not evacuate for the time being, so as not to starve and cold the people, because there is no way to live, rebel again or gather in the Wuthering Mountains, so that the previous counterinsurgency will be in vain, and the second is to be stationed in Gwangju, Huangzhou, Qizhou, Shenzhou, The 50,000 iron-blooded soldiers of Anzhou and Chuzhou should stick to the localities, do not stir up disputes, and do not give the court a truth. ”
"What my father-in-law said is that my father-in-law will be responsible for this recital, and there is another aspect that needs to be paid attention to, that is, the Iron and Blood Army cannot interfere in local affairs, and the main task is to strictly prevent the emergence of bandits gathering in the Wuthering Mountains and forests, and all government affairs are handled by the local government.
"Although Huangchao has withdrawn, the influence still exists, Wang Xu was killed, but the Diao people who have the intention of occupying the mountain as the king also exist, the gentry and rich households in these places have been plundered, and they are still in a state of panic, and the local elders, Li Zheng and Jiashou have been liquidated and killed more, and the local government must stabilize the people in the shortest possible time, and do not give people with ulterior motives a chance to take advantage of it, so that it can truly maintain stability, otherwise local riots will still exist." (To be continued......)