It has been more than three years since the pacification of Xichuan in February of the first year of Yongzhen. It has also taken three years for Li Jifu to make a major adjustment of the degree of moderation. Experience has proved that the best way to let the local officials share their shares in peace, not have different hearts, and diligently contribute their wisdom and sweat to His Majesty the Tang Emperor is not to let them stay in one place for too long, so that they will not have time to stabilize their foundations. So according to the rules, it's time for a big change in personnel again.

In October, taking advantage of the east wind of the great judges, one order after another was issued.

Due to the death of Yan Li, the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, Duan You, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei, took over as the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival. The head of the military department, Shangshu Yishen, was transferred to the rank of general of Jingo. The exhausted Li Xun no longer served as the envoy of the degree, and was reappointed as the secretary of the military department and the secretary of the peace chapter. Liu Gongxuan succeeded Xi Shimei as the observer envoy of Eyue, and Xi Shimei officially went to Xuanshu to serve as the observer envoy.

The Hunan Observer Wei Zhiyi was transferred to the post of Observer of Eastern Zhejiang, and the Jiangxi Observer Chen Jian was transferred to the post of Observer of Hunan. Yuan Zi, who was the first to be demoted to Lingnan and appointed as the assassin of Chaozhou, because of his meritorious work in resettlement, reclamation of wasteland, killing crocodiles, and promoting Zhancheng rice, finally achieved positive results after three consecutive years of evaluation, and returned to Lingbei to be promoted to Jiangxi Observation Envoy. Ling Huai served as the observer of Shaanxi. The former Shaanxi Yu observed that Wei Cigong entered the court as a servant of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhang Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was transferred to the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Liu Changyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was transferred to the secretary of the Ministry of Households.

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At the same time, after besieging Huaixi for two months and achieving only a few small victories, Li Yu fine-tuned the personnel positions around Huaixi. Originally, Li Yu considered taking the opportunity to realize the separation of military and government, but after two months of war, it was not easy for all parties to respond and coordinate, according to the prince's suggestion, Li Yu issued an edict, and Anhuang Jiedu made Han Gao transfer to Jingnan Jiedu envoy, Chen Xu Jiedu envoy, and Xue Ping, the head of the Huaidong marching army, served as Anhuang Jiedu envoy. In two months, he repeatedly defeated the Huaixi Army and beheaded thousands of people, and the head of the Jin Shangdao march, Adie Guangyan, was transferred to Chen Xujiedu, and concurrently served as the commander of the Huaixi Battalion, becoming the actual commander-in-chief of the former enemy, leading the Eighth Army of the First Army and Wuzhongyin, Gao Xiayu, Han Gongwu, plus the Third Guards Army (renamed the former army) and Wang Peixian's two brigades, one Huainan Army, and two Wuning Army, with a total strength of 80,000 troops. The Tenth Army defended the Western Front, and the marching commander was led by Lu Zhenyao. Li Wentong, the general of Zuo Jin Wuwei, was transferred to the defense envoy of Shouzhou. In this way, the siege on all sides was officially changed to a siege on all sides, advancing from north to south, oppressing and annihilating the main force of Huaixi, striving to achieve several big victories before Wu Shaocheng hung up, and promoting internal strife in Huaixi by external forces. Such fine-tuning once again confirmed the courtiers' evaluation of the emperor's unfamiliarity with government affairs. Li Yu laughed at himself for not understanding the situation of the Tang Dynasty, and his theory was divorced from reality.

Li Yu, the head of the Shannan Provincial March, was officially appointed as the envoy of the Changyi (Huaixi) Jiedu, commanding one army in Shannan East Province, one army in Shannan West Province, two brigades of Eyue soldiers, two brigades of Jingnan soldiers, and one brigade of Hunan soldiers, with a total army of 40,000 people. Li Yu also asked for another order to recruit 3,000 villagers from Tangzhou to form a temporary brigade. Tangzhou, Suizhou, Dengzhou, Anzhou, Shouzhou and other places have been robbed by Huaixi for many years, and have developed a long tradition of defending the country and defending the country. At the same time, it was strictly forbidden for officers and soldiers to take revenge on the people of Huaixi. Li Yu, who had been educated in the concept of people's war for many years, immediately agreed to Han Yu's suggestion. On the road, the defense of Shouzhou made Li Wentong have another position: the Shouzhou regiment training envoy.

However, before the orders arrived, a major war broke out in the north and south of Huaixi at the same time. On the southern front, Li Yu, the head of the Shannan Road march, and Yan Qinbing, the deputy commander, attacked Shenzhou in two ways. On the northern front, Wu Shaocheng took Wu Yuanqing as the main general, Zhang Boliang and Dong Chongzhen as deputy generals, gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses from Yuncheng, Huiqu and Caizhou, and launched an attack on Wuzhongyin. At this time, Wu Chongyin's army was only 40,000 people, and they also came from different factions such as Henan, Zhaoyi, Guanzhong, Chen Xu, Xuanwu, Wuning and the Guards. In addition, the camp also provides for the living ancestor of the prince. When it was discovered in the early morning that the Huaixi army had secretly crossed the water by the same way and was in front of the camp, Han Gongwu's scalp was numb.

In fact, the frequent contacts between the two sides have made everyone know that a battle will break out sooner or later, and military meetings have been held many times, and there are strategies for dealing with them. Therefore, when Wu Yuanqing wrote a letter to invite the battle, Wu Chongyin wrote the word "quasi" after understanding the prince.

It's like he's a grandfather. Wu Yuanqing got the war book that was sent back, and thought indignantly, Lao Tzu fought with him as if he begged him. Wu Yuanqing didn't know that this was signed by Wu Chongyin on behalf of the prince, but fortunately, Wu Yuanqing was full of confidence in victory, so he just regarded it as a little trick on Wu Chongyin's mouth and ignored it. After all, the raid in the morning made Wu Chongyin embarrassed, so let the surnamed Wu take advantage of his mouth!

To tell the truth, although the army has undergone a large-scale reorganization, the problems of the officers and troops are still not small. For example, for example, to eat empty salaries, to conduct drills, and to maintain weapons and equipment. Soon after Adieguang entered Zhenwu, the surrendered city was washed away by the flood, and when he inspected the surrendered city, he found that the original registered 400 defenders were only about 50 people, and there was only one bow left for the long-range weapon! Fortunately, Adieguangjin, who was not attacked, took the defender of the surrendered city at that time, and played it with a book, and now Wei Guanzhi is investigating the matter in Zhenwu. The siege of Huaixi was a major military event, and the soldiers and horses naturally did not dare to slack off, and they sent elite soldiers, wore new military uniforms, and used sophisticated weapons taken out of the treasury. But the problems of discipline and coordination have always been nerve-wracking. Whether it was Wu Chongyin, Adie, Guangyan or Li Yu, the reason why they made a small fuss at the beginning was that the problem was this. Therefore, Li Yu also regarded the crusade against Huaixi as an important opportunity to test, after all, the pacification of Xichuan and Zhenhai were both old armies that relied on generals, and this time Huaixi was fought with a new army belonging to the imperial court.

But after all, the new army was also born from the old army, and when the Huaixi cavalry suddenly appeared outside the Wuzhongyin camp early this morning, it caused a panic. The soldiers from Zhaoyi, Chen Xu, Wuning, Xuanwu and other towns, except for Wuning Xuanwu still did not rely on the imperial court finances, the other towns did not abandon the idea of mercenaries from the imperial court, and the soldiers who planned to flee when they saw the menacing Huaixi were not one or two, so angry that Wu Chongyin cut down more than a dozen people to stabilize the situation. Wu Ningjun has now begun to transform into a good boy under Wang Shao's tutelage, and is planning to behave in front of the prince; Xuanwu Army Han Hong is also swaying now, not planning to let the imperial court seize the handle, the two armies and the guards who have not been in battle are not moving, so that Wu Chongyin's face is red, he took the blade and turned over his horse, and ordered to open the camp gate and rush out with his own soldiers.

The Huaixi cavalry is different from other places, other places ride horses, due to the long-term blockade and the location in the Central Plains does not produce horses, the Huaixi cavalry rides very little, and there are many mules on horseback. The commander of the mule cavalry army is Dong Chongzhen, and it was Dong Chongzhen's idea to unexpectedly press the door this morning to bully the officers and soldiers and frustrate the morale of the officers and troops. For a while, the Huaixi mule cavalry galloped back and forth, and the rain of arrows flew in, so that the officers and soldiers in the camp couldn't lift their heads, and they were so angry that they hurriedly got up and watched Li Chun, who was watching from the watchtower in the back camp, turned pale.

Father, I don't know now why you've put up with it for so long.

Li Chun shouted:

"Gao Yu!"

Gao Yuyue, who had already been dressed neatly, stepped forward and said:

"The minister is here!"

"Take the widowed guards out, drive these traitors away, and let these soldiers and horses have a good look at what kind of officers and soldiers are called officers!"

Gao Yu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare not listen, and said:

"It's enough for the minister to bring five hundred people for a long time!"

The men and horses were just about to go to the front camp, and the front had already reported back:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Chief Wu personally led the troops to kill him!"

Li Yu looked up, only to see a thousand cavalry rushing out with arrows like rain, and the first general waved his long lance and kept picking up the feather arrows that came from him, vaguely Wu Chongyin. The soldiers were originally afraid, but seeing that Wu Chongyin was so heroic, one by one their courage also recovered, and some officers began to organize infantry to march forward with shields to cover the crossbowmen to suppress the Huaixi mule cavalry.

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