Chapter 104: An Empire of One's Own
Lu Bing and the Gutian rebels have been fighting dozens of battles, and you are fighting back and forth on both sides. The Gutian rebels were familiar with the terrain and had a good foundation among the people, and they had an advantage in terms of geography and people. And the reason why Lu Bing can persist is because of his various elite soldiers and a large number of troops, as well as advanced weapons and his own think tank.
The battle did not go as smoothly as previously thought, but it also did not reach the worst that had been predicted. Lu Bing sat in the big tent with a gloomy face, and his mood was invisible, which was usually not suitable for this sassy man. However, his subordinates still didn't dare to despise this overly young commander, not only because of the name of the Dragon Shadow General, but also because no one could guess what Lu Bing was thinking, let alone when a whimsical idea to change the tide of the battle would burst out in his head.
Yesterday, Wei Yinbao's troops had just captured one percent, but with the help of the local people, Wei Chaofeng attacked again, losing two villages in a row. The northern route to attack Wei Chaofeng's army was quite effective, but Lin Yinhan gave the Ming army a sneak attack in the direction of Dazhushan. A large number of troops acted collectively, and the pressure of taking care of each other did not work at all, and the rebels would avoid their edge to do roundabout tactics or hide, so it was Lu Bing's original intention to rely on more troops than the other side to adopt a four-sided fighting style, but at present, such tactics are not effective.
Regarding the issue of people's hearts, even if Lu Bing's army is now not guilty, it can be said that he is a benevolent and righteous king, but it is still difficult to reverse the bad impression of the people on the Ming army. What's more, the people think that they are the opposite party to the government. Far less iron than the relationship between the rebels and the common people, naturally. No taxes, no food, bad reputation, that's no wonder.
Lu Bing came in and asked, "Urge the imperial court again, and send an urgent letter to Cai Jing to ask why he hasn't come to Gutian yet!" Hurry, hurry, hurry. Eight hundred miles of expedited paperwork, speed! ”
After the man stepped back, Lu Bing stood up and looked at the map with his back to the big tent. What kind of bullshit map is this, the various terrain is marked unknown, this is still redrawn after organizing the local generals by himself, and the original one is even more vague. The terrain is indicated by the cursor. The light cursor indicates that the terrain has a fart! The two places look very short, but in the middle of the deep ditch, rivers and jungles can appear in various terrains, and the time of the march is affected. Plans will also be affected, and no plans will be useful at that time.
His own think tank really works, he is familiar with the art of war, resourceful, and everyone gathers firewood and fireworks, and brainstorming does come up with a lot of good ideas. But most of these people are just talking on paper. The local generals they spoke about didn't understand. They did not know the difficulties of the local generals, but theoretically showed that they were living in illusions and did not take into account the problems that might arise in practice. Let's take this map as an example, so long before they came, no one questioned the inaccuracy of the map!
The local generals are also very annoying, some of them have led troops here for many years, and they still don't know the terrain indicated on some maps. Although most of these are enemy-occupied areas. It's no wonder that they don't know, even the local natives don't know the way. Most people live on their own one-third of an acre of land, and their understanding of nature is limited. Ay. How can everything be as expected, Lu Bing rubbed his temples, only feeling weak, and secretly planning in his heart.
Suddenly, there was a quick report, and the man was called in by Lu Bing as soon as he reported it. The sentry was gray-headed and dusty, but there was an irrepressible light in his eyes, and he knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "General Bingda, there is a good report." ”
Lu Bing smiled, stepped forward, pulled the man to stand up, and said: "This is the best news today, I know you, you are Cai Longyu's person, you used to be in Yanyin Mountain and Hong Yishan, the big boss of Yanyin Mountain, am I right." ”
The man was stunned in disbelief, nodded randomly, and said excitedly: "The general has a lot of opportunities, and he still remembers me." ”
"Remember, there are thousands of brothers under me, I don't dare to say that everyone remembers, but I remember all the outstanding talents, I know that your surname is Feng, but I can't remember what it is, because the name you used at the beginning." Lu Bing patted the dust on the man's body and said, the man was in tears, what is Lu Bing's identity, can be remembered by Lu Bing, such a lord is not wrong, it is worth working for him, and he will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire. Lu Bing nodded and said, "By the way, there is a big victory in the northwest to report, is it Yili who has won a big victory?" ”
"Yes, and Yili has destroyed the country!" The man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his cuffs and replied in a loud voice. Lu Bing suddenly turned around in the tent, laughing and scolding as he walked: "Damn, great, great, even better than I imagined!" Okay, God help me! ”
The man surnamed Feng handed over a letter in a timely manner, Lu Bingzhi said that he had lost his temper just now, smiled awkwardly and said: "Rest for a while, you don't need to send the letter back, I'll let someone else come, such a good soldier can't be used." ”
"Yes, General." The man clenched his fists again and stepped back.
Lu Bing opened the letter, the letter was written in encryption, and Lu Bing deliberately chose several sets of encryption methods for the confidentiality of the letter. There are different methods for each party to master, but Xia Dade, Duan Qingfeng and Meng Xueqing use a very unique method, but once it is learned, it is extremely simple, and that is Hanyu Pinyin.
Xia Dade, Duan Qingfeng and Meng Xueqing are all smart people, and Hanyu Pinyin naturally can't overwhelm them, and the rest is the same as the way of speaking, so they can use it freely.
The letter told Lu Bing Yili to tell the truth about the victory in Li, and informed him that in addition to recovering Jiayuguan and the three towns outside Jiayuguan and reporting to the imperial court, the news of this great victory was not informed to the imperial court. That is to say, no one knows the news of Lu Dao Yili's demise, although it is not explained in the words, but the meaning of the second brother Lu Bing understands that on this issue, their brothers have talked about it.
Lu Bing stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and sighed in his heart, second brother, second brother, you can be regarded as seeing my heart, how should I choose?
In fact, Xia Dade's meaning is very simple, whether this matter is high-speed to the imperial court is to be discussed, and the reason why he did not tell the imperial court is because the current conditions can completely create Lu Bing's own empire, and the time, place and people are all occupied, and it is a pity that Lu Bing does not seize this opportunity. Tianshi, the so-called Tianshi is the Mandate of Heaven is an opportunity, this time the Northwest is in turmoil, and Lu Bing was appointed as the General of the Dragon Shadow, in charge of the whole country, and the dispatch of one person under 10,000 people, this is the opportunity given by God, and it is the time of heaven.
The location is advantageous, the northwest is both desolate and rich, rich here, cattle and sheep herds, all kinds of fruits and grain products are also a lot, desolation lies in the land bordering the Ming Dynasty. The desolate desert separates Daming from the northwest, forming a natural barrier. Out of Jiayu Pass, it is difficult to see the Han people, and there are even few people, so even if Lu Bing secretly established his own country here, as long as the secrecy work is done well, no one in the capital will know about it.
He, the main force of the attack on Yili is Cai Longyu's troops, which is Lu Bing's private army, and the coach Xia Dade Cai Longyu Qi Jingtong is Lu Bing's descendant, so no one will talk nonsense. As for the other imperial court reinforcements, because the training and equipment are not as good as Cai Longyu's, the casualties are relatively large, as long as a little trick is used to let them be stationed here, no one in the imperial court will know the way, and the gods will not know it, and Yili will become Lu Bing's bag. In terms of reason, this is also the world that Lu Bing himself has beaten down, and the human, financial and material resources are all provided by Lu Bing, even if he is a brother with Zhu Houxi, he is not so generous.
Lu Bing himself knows that in the 21st century, people like himself are called choice phobia, and he always thinks about it a lot, and if it sounds good, it is called thoughtfulness, and if it is not good, it is indecisive. As for whether to take Yili as one's own, there are pros and cons.
It doesn't take much to benefit, it has its own base, which is different from Shandong, this is the real Lu family empire, and the Tiangao Emperor is far from being the king of himself, whether it is psychologically or in real power, there is no difference with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Even if Lu Bing commits some heinous crimes, if Yili is stabilized and truly taken into his pocket, this can also become a lifesaver. Besides, as a man, it is every man's dream to have his own world.
But on the contrary, it's not so wonderful to think about it, if Yili doesn't stabilize the inside, it won't play a role, even Lu Bing doesn't have much confidence in this, after all, different clans and different clans want to rule too hard. At the same time, if it is discovered by the imperial court before it has stabilized and formed a national strength, then not only Lu Bing will be implicated in the catastrophe, but also his family, brothers and friends.
Regardless of whether the troops who went to battle this time were the troops cultivated by Lu Bing, and whether this army was supplied by Lu Bing independently, it did not cost a penny of the imperial court, and this expedition was to relieve the siege of the imperial court. But I am the world, the emperor has been loyal to him for a long time, and the world is his own, and now he is also trying to be defeated by Lu Bing, a courtier of his own, that is, it should become the great achievement of the Ming Dynasty to open up the territory, and become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, rather than being occupied by Lu Bing as his own.
Lu Bing paced back and forth, constantly figuring it out, and constantly suffering from it, damn it, it!
Lu Bingti replied in Hanyu Pinyin on a letter: "My brother, calm down and make every effort, don't inform the court to maintain stability and stability, and please consider all actions at your own discretion." ”
Sending this letter, Lu Bing put out the light and lay down in his clothes, in fact, it was just dark now, but Lu Bing's heart naturally felt tired after a day's work, and he couldn't sleep when he closed his eyes, thinking about the uncertainty of the situation. Speaking of which, the rise of the Gutian Rebellion this time is also related to the dispatch of Ming officialdom. (To be continued......)