Chapter 680: An Undercurrent Under Calm
"Li Xin is treacherous, and the younger brother is still a little worried." Xu Bi said with some worry. He really wanted to teach Li Xin a lesson, but what was more worried was that Xu Shiji was angry and raised troops and fell for Li Xin's calculations.
"Do you know why Li Xin is touring the east at this time?" Xu Shiji took out a note from a book beside him, handed it to his younger brother, and said: "Recently, there is news spreading in Chang'an City, Li Xin is preparing to move the capital, and he is touring Bianzhou in the east, but someone sees that Bianzhou has a royal spirit, so he will tour Bianzhou in the east." ”
"Move the capital to Bianzhou?" Xu Bi didn't expect that there would be such news behind Li Xin's eastern tour, Li Xin thought about moving the capital, which he didn't expect. I don't know how much shock it will cause when such news spreads.
"It's not impossible." Xu Shiji sighed and said: "Although I hate Li Xin very much, I have to say that when Li Xin first ascended the throne, he had already thought about the future, although Guanzhong is very ripe, but Chang'an has too many people, and relying on the grain in Guanzhong cannot feed the people in Guanzhong at all, and part of the grain entering Chang'an is transported through the Yellow River, or it is departed from the land, which consumes a lot, even in Luoyang, grain transportation is extremely difficult, once there is a problem with the canal, Jingshi will fall into a situation of no food, But if it is in Bianzhou, it is different, the surrounding area of Bianzhou itself is a large grain area, whether it is from the land or on the canal, grain, salt, etc. will quickly arrive in Bianzhou, Bianzhou in the hands of Li Xin will definitely develop more rapidly, and it is also possible that it will be the second Chang'an City in the future. ”
"What does that mean, brother?" After Xu Bi heard this, he somewhat agreed with Xu Shiji's point of view, but he was still a little worried about rashly sending troops to Bianzhou.
"Attacking Bianzhou is naturally not my business alone, with the soldiers and horses in our hands are enough to besiege Bianzhou, but if we want to capture Bianzhou, and before Li Xin's command reacts back, these are not enough." Xu Shiji shook his head and said, "We now have an army of 60,000. But will the 60,000-strong army attack together? The people of the Zheng family will definitely oppose it, don't look at it, Zheng Shanguo's old thing has already gone to Xindu, but Xingyang will always be the base camp of the Zheng family, if Xingyang falls into the hands of Li Xin, you and I will probably be unlucky. ”
"How many soldiers and horses is the brother going to take?" Xu Bi said with some worry.
"I have an army of 30,000, but we still have allies, Li Xin inspected Bianzhou, but the implication is very obvious, his next target is the land of Shandong. Starting from Bianzhou, attacking Shandong, not this year, next year will definitely attack Shandong, not only Li Xin, we are the same, the situation in the world is very clear, not Longxi Li, or Zhaojun Li. There is no hope for the people of Shandong, so they are facing either one of the two families, or they will be exterminated by the two families. Xu Shiji walked two steps and said.
"Brother is ready to unite them?" Xu Bi asked with some concern.
"That's nature. If I don't unite them, how can I deal with Li Xin. To kill Li Xin is to use the most soldiers and horses in the shortest time. Kill Li Xin and don't give Li Xin's subordinates a chance to react. In Bianzhou, there are not only soldiers and horses with kings and Hans. There are also Zhang Zhenzhou's soldiers and horses, Zhang Zhenzhou was a general under Wang Shichong back then, it is easy to deal with Wang Yaohan, but it is difficult to deal with Zhang Zhenzhou. Xu Shiji clenched his fists and said: "Those guys in Shandong, occupy the city, have countless money in their hands, and countless fertile fields, if Li Xin attacks Shandong, do these guys' money and land still belong to them?" ”
"What my brother said is very true." Xu Bi nodded.
"So I'm going to unite them." Xu Shiji beckoned Xu Bi and said: "Remember, I will set off for Shandong overnight tonight, and I won't move the soldiers and horses in Xingyang for the time being, and after Xu Yuanlang and these guys besiege Bianzhou, you can lead an army of 30,000 to Bianzhou, or in other words, it is okay to dispatch more soldiers and horses, if we want to kill with one blow, we must solve Li Xin in the shortest possible time." If there are few soldiers and horses, it will not work. ”
"Brother, don't worry, the younger brother will definitely arrange it." Xu Bi nodded and said.
"This attack on Bianzhou, as long as the operation is done properly, it is easy to kill Li Xin, although Li Xin is very powerful, but there is one thing Li Xin never expected, he thinks that his subordinates are the same as himself, they are all good people, but he doesn't know that in the eyes of many people in the world, those who offend their interests are their enemies. The same is true under Li Xin. Hehe, I'll write a letter to the Son of Heaven later, if Li Xin can be solved this time, the world will definitely be unified. I have limited skills as a Xu Shiji, if we let the emperor take action, we will get more help. Xu Shiji looked at the east with an inexplicable smile on his face.
Xu Shiji is to do what he says, overnight he led his own guards and horses towards Yanzhou, among the many soldiers and horses, Xu Yuanlang's soldiers and horses are the most, Meng Haigong's soldiers and horses are the strongest, Qi Gongshun's prestige is the highest, he occupies Qingzhou and Laizhou, the people under his rule are doing well, the soldiers under his command are mostly serving him, and his subordinate soldiers Liu Lan is also a rare wise man in Shandong.
Although Bianzhou City is not as prosperous as in later history, as the hub of north-south exchanges, the prosperity of Bianzhou is ranked in the top position in the entire Shandong and Henan regions.
Now in the land of Bianzhou, the general army of Bianzhou is Zhang Zhenzhou, the deputy general soldier Wang Yaohan, the two led an army of 30,000 to sit in Bianzhou, the two of them trained the army while strengthening the city defense, Zhang Zhenzhou was both civil and military, Wang Yaohan was superb in martial arts, but Bianzhou was run like an iron wall and copper wall.
However, with the arrival of Li Xin, the two also began to get busy, Zhang Zhenzhou and Wang Yaohan gathered many civil and military forces in the hall of Bianzhou Mansion, Zhang Zhenzhou glanced at everyone and said: "The emperor is about to tour Bianzhou in the east, this is the first time the emperor has inspected the place since he ascended the throne, this is the first time to inspect Bianzhou, this is my honor, but this is also a very heavy task, if the emperor has a little problem in Bianzhou, I am afraid that my waiting head will leave us, before the Chinese military minister of the DPRK kills us, The former townsman and I will first ask for your heads. ”
"Honoring the orders of the Commander-in-Chief." Many civil and military officers said loudly.
"The prefect of Bianzhou immediately issued an order to strictly investigate all the markets, arrest the thieves, and calm the people." A middle-aged literati came out and said. His name is Zheng Jingrang, a native of Luoyang, the eastern capital. Originally, it was Sima of Shezhou, and not long ago, the officials sent a document to make him the prefect of Bianzhou, which was considered to be a promotion, and this time Li Xindong toured, and he was the one with the most pressure.
"There are other generals, the emperor should still have ten days to half a month from our Bianzhou, and all the thieves within a hundred miles of Bianzhou must be exterminated, and no remnants can be left." Zhang Zhenzhou glanced at everyone and said.
"Yes, this last general will personally lead the army." Wang Yaohan said loudly. When Li Xin ascended the throne, there were many princely gold, Shu brocade and other belongings last time, Wang Yaohan had a feeling of dying for his confidant, at this time Li Xin first inspected Bianzhou, and Wang Yaohan naturally wanted to behave well.
"Many thieves in Shandong are nearby, not far from us, the emperor only brought 10,000 guards this time, plus our soldiers and horses are only 40,000, so the defense of Bianzhou City will also be a big problem, in terms of city defense, the generals still have to be more serious, reinforced, heightened, and there must be no loopholes." Zhang Zhenzhou glanced at everyone and said: "Recently, someone in the court suggested moving the capital, and the emperor did not say anything, but this inspection of Bianzhou may not have this meaning, everyone, if the emperor really moves the capital to Bianzhou, my title and official position may have to take a step forward." ”
After hearing this, many generals were stunned, and their eyes lit up, if Bianzhou really became a Beijing division, these people living in Beijing would get a lot of benefits, money, official positions, etc., all of which were first-class, and there would be many more opportunities than others.
"Humph! The old man has heard that after some people came to Bianzhou, they bought land on a large scale, and now many people have become local tyrants! Remember, the emperor's least favorite thing is that his subordinates and generals have all become landlords. Some of you have titles, some of you have official positions, and some of you still run shops, what? Isn't that money enough? Still going to buy land? Don't you want the brocade guard to come to the door? Zhang Zhen and Zhou swept his eyes, and many people in the lobby suddenly lowered their heads. Apparently someone did that.
"Everyone, General Zhang's words, I think you all know, while the emperor has not yet come, and Jinyiwei has not yet come to the door, what should be solved should be solved quickly. At that time, the emperor's mercy may spare your lives, but this general will not show mercy. The world has not yet been unified! Why, at this time, you started to buy fields? I am not afraid that one day I will die on the battlefield, and all my body will be obtained by others. I advise you to practice martial arts more diligently now, make more contributions, and be rewarded by the emperor, which is enough for you to form a family. Wang Yaohan reprimanded.
"Okay, General Wang, it's not too early, it's better to go down early, there are only ten days, there are more things, don't delay here." Zhang Zhenzhou commanded with a frown.
With the mobilization of Zhang Zhenzhou's soldiers and horses, the entire Bianzhou suddenly boiled, the streets and alleys were the figures of the scouts, those rangers, ruffians and the like, were the targets of this army's extermination, even if it was a hundred miles of bandits, bandits, under the attack of Zhang Zhenzhou and Wang Yaohan, they quickly disappeared, in just half a month, the atmosphere in Bianzhou was clear, and there was an unprecedented peaceful and prosperous era. (To be continued......)