Chapter 497: Our Goal Is Luoyang
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Yi Feng is indeed wary of Wei Chong, it is really in this era, in the hearts of many people, especially those officials from the gate family, the family is more important to the country, and the interests of the family are indeed the first.
For them, there are no thousand-year-old dynasties, but thousand-year-old families. Dynasties rise and fall, and families are inherited for thousands of years. Let's put it bluntly, whoever is the emperor is not the emperor, and who is not the emperor. Wei Chong is Yang Guang's in-laws, who knows whether he will be loyal to the Taiyuan court, loyal to him as the regent of the prison state, or closer to his own children's in-laws. The most reliable thing is to replace him from Yingzhou as soon as possible, so as not to be stabbed in the back when he gets it. Sooner or later, this kind of thing will not happen, so as not to make Wei Chong embarrassed.
The deliberations ended quickly, and two important things were determined at the meeting, one was to organize the 100,000 Guanzhong soldiers and 20,000 Turkic cavalry in the 12 guards of the Southern Ya into the vanguard army of the rebellion, with He Ruobi as the marching marshal, Yang Xiong, the king of Qingzhang, as the marching chief, the former governor of Yanzhou as the marching Sima, and Wei Chong as the marching commander. By the way, Yi Feng abolished the governors of Fuzhou, Yingzhou, and Wuzhou, and took Xu Deyan as the assassin of Wuzhou, and Gao Yi as the governor of Wuzhou. Qu Tugai is the assassin of Yanzhou, and Yang Yanxun is the captain. Fang Xuanling is the history of the Yingzhou inspection school, and Luo Yi is the lieutenant of Yingzhou. The second important thing decided at the meeting was that in addition to the 100,000 soldiers and horses of Guanzhong nationality as the vanguard of the Southern Ya Army, the rest of the guards would be disbanded and return to their hometowns, go home for summer harvest and autumn ploughing, and even the people in the army would be disbanded and returned to their hometowns.
The two resolutions were passed on as soon as guò. After stamping Yi Feng's crown prince's seal, it was immediately sent to the Privy Council. Appointment is made by the Privy Council.
The order was issued, and both the army and the people began to move. Report to the camp to report for duty, and return to the hometown with the order to return to the hometown.
Liu Wenjing stood beside Yi Feng, looked at the team that was packing up, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "Your Highness's order, the Southern Yajun will be scattered, isn't this a self-abandoning martial arts?" ”
"Yes, there are 360,000 soldiers and horses in the Southern Ya Army, and now there are only 120,000 rebel troops left, and they are about to go south." Pei Lin also cooperated on the side. "In one day, Taiyuan will lose hundreds of thousands of troops, which is unprecedented. His Royal Highness is not worried, what if Yang Guang calls? ”
"The more soldiers and horses the better, hundreds of thousands of troops and so many people gathered here, how much food and grass do you think you need, this pressure is very great. The soldiers are not expensive, and it is enough to attack Guanzhong with 120,000 vanguard troops. The remaining Nanya Army was disbanded by the summer harvest. Not only does it save the supply of grain and grass, but it is also equivalent to directly relieving Gao Gong and others of their military power, don't you understand? It was Li Baiyao who spoke, who was driven out of the capital by Yang Su. Looking back now, in fact, it was indeed a good fate to follow Yang Lin. The days are much better than before. Li Baiyao, as the son of Li Delin, an important minister who helped Yang Jian succeed in seizing the throne in the Sui Dynasty, although he was usually frivolous. But for the conspiracy of the court or something, he is really talented. Liu Wenjing and the others were staring at the number of troops. But I didn't see it, the prince made a slight move, and made the 360,000 of the Nanya Army to only 120,000, full of self-defeating martial arts, but I didn't see that the Nanya Army originally belonged to the old princelings such as Gao Gong, and the prince Yang Lin had no real control over this army at all. Now the prince has reduced the Nanyajun by two-thirds at once, but if you calculate carefully, since the Nanyajun was not controlled by the prince in the first place, it has been reduced now, and it has something to do with the prince? The prince still holds his Northern Ya Seven Guards and Ten Armies and Nine Ya Nine Towns, and the 250,000 Beiya Forbidden Army and the 180,000 Border Army are not many. The real loss of soldiers and horses was the old princelings such as Gao Gong. Now there are only 120,000 left in the Nanya army, and all of them will be sent to the south, so that the old party such as Gao Gong Han Seng Shou will not have a single soldier in their hands. Isn't this a good thing for the crown prince, for the new party?
As for whether this will have an impact on the Taiyuan Imperial Court, Li Baiyao feels that it will not have much impact. Now that Yang Xiu is busy guarding Guanzhong, and Yang Guang is competing to grab Guanzhong, who has time to take care of Guandong?
Yi Feng took advantage of this opportunity to first integrate the soldiers and horses in the hands of Gao Gong and other old princelings into the Nanya, and then sent 120,000 Chinese nationals back to their hometowns, and the rest were all disbanded and went home to harvest wheat and plant beans, and the army in the hands of Gao Gong and others was dispersed overnight. The greatest interest is naturally the prince and the new princelings, they can take this opportunity to strengthen their control over the Taiyuan court with peace of mind, and even he can be sure that the prince's next step will definitely be to send troops to take over and occupy the states of Hedong, Henan, and Hebei one by one. In that way, it is the real control of Kanto, in that way, even if the rebel army can't seize Guanzhong first, but with a solid Kanto in hand, whether it is Yang Xiu or Yang Guang, there will be no advantage, and the prince will be invincible.
Li Baiyao's guess and analysis of Yi Feng is very accurate, Yi Feng acts, does not like to be aggressive, but likes to be down-to-earth, and likes to have a solid base. Such a large area of territory in Hebei, Henan, and Hedong has not been consolidated, so why are the three families in the Central Plains in a hurry.
Of course, Yi Feng also wanted to take Guanzhong as soon as possible, after all, Guanzhong's status was not comparable to that of Kanto, it was the political center of the country, and if Yang Guangxian captured Guanzhong and captured the Jingshi, it would definitely not be a good thing for Yang Lin. It's just that Yi Feng has his own ideas and plans, so he has to really control the Taiyuan Imperial Court and temporarily disband the Southern Yajun away, and it is precisely to relieve the reliance behind Gao Gong and others, and then he can better implement his plan. After straightening out the Kanto, it is not too late to enter the Guanzhong again. As the saying goes, sharpening knives does not mistake cutting wood.
"Now that the Southern Yajun is no longer a constraint, then we will use the fastest speed to really control the three places of Hedong, Hebei and Henan, and carry out the reform of removing the general administration and setting up provinces, and replace the civil affairs and troops of the three places with our people, so that these three places will completely become our territory, just like Huai Famine, no one can take it away, do you understand what I mean?" Yi Feng glanced at Li Baiyao, and then unveiled the last veil to Liu Wenjing and the others, and told everyone about his goal.
The abolition of the general control and the implementation of the provincial system is by no means just a reform of administrative divisions, and the reform of a qiē actually revolves around the service of rights. General control, the three-level governorship of large, medium and small, the three-level governor, the commander of the army and the people, the authority is great, and even the Tang Dynasty's festival envoy is no different, it can be said with certainty that the later Tang Dynasty, the beginning of the governor's office, it is the governor's office that changed its name. The Governor's Mansion developed into a military town of Jiedu, and finally became an unstoppable warlord secession, and the central government was completely hollowed out. Not to mention it from afar, just look at the current chaotic situation, isn't it because the prince is the chief governor, and the chief is in charge of the army, the people, and dozens of states have extreme power. When problems are discovered, they naturally have to be corrected, especially to prevent people from rebelling again because of this in the future. It's also about preventing future threats.
Taizu of the Red Dynasty once surrounded the city with the countryside and finally won the world.
In the current Taiyuan Imperial Court, Yi Feng does not plan to change the officials of the provinces and ministries in the court first, those officials are all old parties, and if they move and move, it will be a struggle between the old and new parties. It is better to start from the local level first, take the opportunity of abolishing the governor and setting up a province, and control the civil affairs and military affairs of the local provinces, prefectures and counties.
Liu Wenjing was stunned for a moment, and then showed a sudden expression, "The winding path is secluded, it's really good." ”
In fact, Yi Feng still has some words that have not been said, if he can proceed according to the current plan, after Shun Lì takes over and controls Hedong Henan, it will be moved to Henan when the time comes, and the east can tackle the key problems, and the south can take Yangzhou. At that time, when the Chinese army was tackling key problems, he directly sent a group of soldiers and horses to copy Yang Guang's old nest, Yangzhou Huainan, and cut off his food and salary, how could Yang Guang fight this battle?
The war is not all based on quantity, otherwise there would not have been Yang Guang's later expedition to Goryeo, and even once sent more than one million troops, but the result was still defeated in Liaodong. The more troops there are, the more unified the mobilization, the more difficult it is to cooperate, the greater the need for food and ordnance, and the more difficult it is to transport and supply. Hundreds of thousands of troops, once there is a shortage of food, it will be catastrophic, and sometimes even one of the armies is defeated, and the result is a rout. For the Northern Expedition, the imperial court spent more than ten years of preparation and accumulation, and mobilized millions of people, before it was ready for this campaign. If Yi Feng doesn't disband those government soldiers and people, and hundreds of thousands of people gather in Hedong, even if Taiyuan has more grain, it won't last long.
In the same way, Yang Guang has now transferred 100,000 soldiers and horses from Jianghuai to the west into Guanzhong, and along the way, Jingzhou and Yizhou will each send 50,000 soldiers and horses to join in reinforcements, and when they attack Guanzhong, they have 200,000 troops. To maintain an army of 200,000 troops, a large amount of grain and grass is needed, and even if grain and grass are transported from the south by rivers, there is still a great logistical pressure. If Yi Feng took a boat from Luoyang to the south at this time, attacked Yangzhou directly, copied Yang Guang's lair, and cut off the source of food and grass for his army, what would he do?
This is Yi Feng's real plan, Yang Guang was in a hurry to fight Guanzhong and let him go, Yi Feng also sent 120,000 people, which was enough. He took the main force to take over Hedong and Henan first, and then went to fight Yang Guang's base, the base is gone, can Yang Guang still be undefeated?
And even if Yang Guang is really lucky, he can attack Guanzhong and capture the Beijing Division, and he will have another base. That Yi Feng is a big deal and directly set the capital of Luoyang, and then Yang Guang will stay in the big fart place in Guanzhong, how long will it last?
"Prepare, we will go south to Luoyang as much as possible." Yi Feng said to a group of confidants. Yang Guang, you are in a hurry to rush to Guanzhong, there is Yang Xiu waiting for you in front. Luoyang, on the other hand, is open to itself. (To be continued......) R1292