Chapter 391: Friend or Foe?
Li Yuanyi, to be honest, Guo Rong has seen it, but the number of times he has met is limited. Jian doesn't know much about Li Yuanyi's background, experience, and ability, and the reason why he can be impressed is entirely because he has seen him several times, and he has always followed Emperor Li Chun's side.
Although there is not much explanation, according to Guo Rong's understanding, Li Yuanyi is likely to have a similar background or experience to Zhang Yiyi.
Li Yuanyi is either Li Chun's hidden minister when he has not yet become the emperor, or after the hero who has made military achievements, or he is a playmate who grew up with Li Chun, of course, it is not excluded that it is a combination of the three.
In either case, Li Yuanyi can be regarded as a real hardcore cronie under Emperor Li Chun.
This can be seen from the fact that after Li Chunchu took charge of Li Tang's real power, Li Yuanyi jumped from the Zhonglang general named by Li Chun's side to become the commander of the army.
At this moment, this Qianniuwei general stood quietly beside him, standing with his hands down, and his attitude was unusually respectful.
"Li Yuanyi, meet the general!" At least on the surface, Guo Rong can't find any fault, and Guo Rong has a feeling that Li Yuanyi at this time is more respectful to himself than before he didn't become a general in commanding the army.
Although I don't understand why this happens, I haven't thought too much about it, as the so-called dog beating also depends on the owner, not to mention that I don't have much intersection with this guy named Li Yuanyi.
Whether the other party is here to help him, or Li Chun is sent to monitor him because he is not at ease, or simply plays the role of supervising the army, it doesn't matter to Guo Rong, as long as it doesn't affect his command of the battle.
His purpose is to fight back to Anxi, and Li Chun's purpose is to make Li Tang's world as stable as Mount Tai, although the two do not completely coincide, but they are the same at this stage.
That being said, but as the person with the highest status and the highest military rank around him, Guo Rong still needs to have a general understanding of all his abilities, and as for the way to understand his ability, it is natural to look at his ability to lead troops.
"The army marched all the way east from Chang'an, and because of my urging, I had to speed up the march, General Li Yuanyi worked hard all the way."
"The general is polite, they are all serving His Majesty, serving the Tang Dynasty, not to mention hard work, if it is really hard, it is also the soldiers and military academies of these forbidden armies." frugal
"What is the status of the sergeants, and if there is an emergency, how long will it take for them to go into battle?"
"At most, you can take a break for an hour or two, adjust your equipment, and adjust your tactics."
"Oh, an hour or two?"
"Exactly!"
"Pingsu, seeing that General Li Yuanyi is not obvious, I didn't expect that he is still a handsome person who can lead the army, with such a handsome talent, Guo Rong congratulates Your Majesty!" There is no big problem with what he said, but in Guo Rong's heart, he is extremely disgusted with this kind of intriguing-like communication.
If someone asked himself like this before, Guo Rong would most likely be thrown into a big fight, but the Emperor Taishang has already left, Guo Rong must learn what he doesn't like, this is not only to protect himself, but also to protect everyone who follows him.
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"This~" Hearing Guo Rong's praise, Li Yuanyi looked extremely embarrassed, but after a while, Li Yuanyi hugged his fists and explained to Guo Rong.
"Actually, it really doesn't have much to do with me that the soldiers can maintain this state."
"Oh, I can ask General Li to explain a thing or two."
"Although the forbidden army led by me this time is mainly recruits, these recruits have all passed the training assessment under the governance of Han Changshi, and their own quality is indeed excellent, even many veterans of the border army cannot reach such a level."
"As for the second point, most of the military schools of this forbidden army come from veterans of the Fourth Army of the Northern Ya, including the Changying Army, and most of the generals come from Jiangmen families, these people have fought old battles, and they have a relatively tacit understanding of marching and commander-in-chief."
"As for the third point, the real brains of this forbidden army are the staff and officer corps to which each guard belongs, and it is they who are fully planning the route, preparing materials in advance, and making all the necessary preparations." frugal
"As for the fourth point, it is a complete auxiliary system in the forbidden army, with the support of strong auxiliary soldiers, cooks, scouts, engineers, and medical soldiers perform their duties, providing sufficient combat space for the soldiers who are mainly facing the enemy."
As for the fifth point ......", one by one, Li Yuanyi's reply made Guo Rong feel very surprised, although he said a little repetitive, a little redundant, and even Guo Rong could obviously feel that Li Yuanyi was a little nervous, but in Li Yuanyi's words, he used Li Yuanyi's own words to say the advantages of the forbidden army model with the Changying Army as a template.
To be honest, there are definitely not many people who can fully see this. What's more, Guo Rong can see that Li Yuanyi did not hear it from others and memorize it by rote, but based on his own observations, which is really not easy.
Especially, in the case that Li Yuanyi is not a general from the completely forbidden army. Hearing this, Guo Rong is actually basically satisfied, Li Yuanyi's talent Guo Rong doesn't know, but at least Li Yuanyi is a guy who is willing to think and pay, if this guy is not some bad bubbling guy like Ren Dijian, Chen Hongzhi, and Ju Wenzhen, Guo Rong doesn't mind maintaining a good relationship with him.
Frugal, after hearing the end, Guo Rong thought about it and asked a sentence that surprised Li Yuanyi.
"Li Yuanyi is attentive, this is indeed the advantage of the forbidden army, but Li Yuanyi, what about you in this process, doesn't it have any effect? After all, General Li, you are the commander of the army. Guo Rong's question made Li Yuanyi stunned, obviously he didn't expect Guo Rong to ask such a question.
After thinking quietly for a while, Li Yuanyi showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and seemed to be in a state of wanting to speak and stopping.
Originally, Guo Rong just asked casually in interest, but looking at this interesting scene, Guo Rong's interest was directly outlined.
"Isn't there something unspeakable, it doesn't matter." Hearing Guo Rong's persuasion, Li Yuanyi seemed to be even more embarrassed, and even his face was slightly red, but looking at Guo Rong with a frank and smiling face, Li Yuanyi spoke awkwardly after hesitating.
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"General, I won't tell you anything, if I have any role on the way, it is that I didn't give orders indiscriminately and didn't interfere with their normal ......" Listening to Li Yuanyi's extremely embarrassing explanation, Guo Rong laughed directly this time, laughing so heartily and smiling so openly.
With these two sentences, Guo Rong believes that Li Yuanyi can be trusted. For no other reason, sometimes the most feared thing is not the opponent who is already supernatural, but the fact that there is a real pig teammate among his teammates.
Li Yuanyi may not be as unbearable as he said, but his state of not interfering casually will at least not become an obstacle to Guo Rong's deployment and planning.
Originally, Li Yuanyi was quite embarrassed and ashamed, but listening to Guo Rong's smile, his fair face became even redder, and he seemed to want to find a crack in the ground and get into it directly.
At this moment, Guo Rong stepped forward and gently patted Li Yuanyi's shoulder. frugal
"Don't be ashamed, don't feel unbearable, General Li, it's not easy to do this, don't be presumptuous."
"General Xie encouragement!" After the trial was completed and Li Yuanyi was basically reliable, Guo Rong also went directly to the point.
"General Li, I don't know if the things I asked Your Majesty have been delivered?"
"What the general said is that please ask His Majesty to write a pardon and a solicitation order?"
"Exactly!"
"I arrived, probably only before the general, less than an hour." frugal
"It's actually here!" This time it was Guo Rong's turn unexpectedly, and it was only four or five days since he received the orders and letters from Chang'an.
Four days is actually enough to speed up the journey from Zhuzhai to Chang'an, but the problem is that there are rebel occupation and war zones in between, and it can be completed in five days really beyond Guo Rong's most optimistic expectations.
In the face of Guo Rong's surprise, Li Yuanyi also began to explain according to his understanding.
"After hearing that the messenger heard that the general urgently needed this thing, His Majesty immediately picked up the pen and wrote without saying a word, and then used the seal, and even didn't have time to let the messenger save the process and let the messenger bring the thing, it is said that in order to make the edict legal and reasonable, His Majesty was ready to rewrite it after the messenger left, and then went to the door province and the middle book to take the process...... Although the time was a little tight, it was completed. While speaking, Li Yuanyi called the guards behind him at the same time and took the two boxes from the guards' hands. To tell the truth, Guo Rong has long been dissatisfied with these feudal towns that hold local real power, are selfish, divide one side, and listen to the tune and do not listen to propaganda, and even regarded them as the most dangerous enemies. Although these guys did not have a blatant rebellion, they were huge obstacles to the unification of the imperial court, the gathering of imperial forces, and the development of the national strength of the Tang Dynasty. And if Guo Rong wants to fight back to Anxi, what he needs is the support of the entire Datang Dynasty. Therefore, in Guo Rong's eyes, these guys are not too fundamentally different from those who rebelled in Hebei, and sometimes they are even more disgusting to Guo Rong. If it is said that other feudal towns are also forgotten, the problem is that Yuan Zi, who occupies Zhengzhou and Huazhou, is not just too simple. Yuan Zi ruled the land of the two states, sitting on the two fortified cities of Zhengzhou and Huazhou, with more than 60,000 elites in his hands. However, in the face of the rebels, Yu Yu wanted to be. In the face of the imperial court, he also responded. So frugal that except for Zhengzhou and Huazhou, half of them fell into hell on earth under the control of the rebels, and the other half were under the orders of Guo Rong, providing food, grass, supplies, and supplies for the soldiers and horses of the imperial court to quell the rebellion...... At that time, when he heard the ancient stories in the river, Guo Rong had the urge to completely kill this kind of guy. It's just that when Tan Zhong's soldiers pressed the border, Guo Rong couldn't spare his troops to clean up Yuan Zi, who was selfish and selfish to the extreme. Second, although the plan of the Central Plains was there, but at that time, the border army was still confronting an astonishing number of Tubo people in the direction of Tubo, and before the Tubo people made a killing move, Guo Rong naturally did not dare to take the initiative to show his back and let the Tubo people backstab. However, now, with the Tibetan people trying to see the dagger, although the situation in Chang'an and Guanzhong is dangerous, it has not completely collapsed after all, and Guo Rong can finally let go completely. It can be seen from Guo Rong's completely different treatments of Zhengzhou and Huazhou that Guo Rong has been waiting for this day for a long time, and has already prepared all the plans, and the only thing left is to execute. As for what Guo Rong asked Li Chun for, in fact, it was just an accident and a precaution, it was easier and safer, but it was not in the way. Because of the fact that Jian took Zhengzhou and Huazhou, Zheng Huajiedu completely disappeared and was reclassified under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, which was the content of Guo Rong's plan. When I opened it from the box, it was indeed two holy decrees that shimmered golden in the sun. opened the holy decree and looked at the content inside, as he expected, Guo Rong felt a lot more relieved, with this thing, the difficulty of taking Zhengzhou and Yuan Zi suddenly decreased. As he spoke, with a beautiful smile on his face, he put away the two holy decrees sent from Chang'an, Guo Rong was ready to proceed according to his plan, but at this moment Li Yuanyi suddenly spoke.
"General, Your Majesty has a few words that you want me to convey to the general......" Guo Rong just wanted to refuse, but looking at Li Yuanyi with a serious face, Guo Rong still nodded and motioned for Li Yuanyi to continue.
"Before leaving, Your Majesty asked me to remind the general of two points." frugal
"First, the situation in Chang'an is indeed dangerous, and the pressure in Guanzhong is indeed very great, but Your Majesty thinks that Chang'an and the situation are still under control, which means that Chang'an and Guanzhong do not need support for the time being, and the general can patiently fight the rebels, don't lose the whole game because of being in a hurry."
"Understood, what about the second point?"
"The second point is that Your Majesty knows that the emperor and the general have considered giving priority to the decisive battle against Tubo and the two directions of giving priority to the decisive battle against the Hebei rebels."
"The previous conditions have not allowed us to fight on two fronts, but if the war in Bianzhou ends, my Datang does have the strength to fight on two fronts."
"Your Majesty knows that the general wants to start the western expedition as soon as possible, but after all, the Tubo people are the most dangerous enemy of my Tang Dynasty, although the strength on paper is not as good as that of the Hebei Domain, but because of the plateau, the Western Regions, and Tianzhu, the possibility of destroying the Tubo people in one fell swoop is still less than killing the rebels."
"Therefore, after careful consideration, Your Majesty finally feels that it is the safest plan to annihilate the Hebei rebels first and completely pacify the Tang Dynasty, please think about it."
"Of course, Your Majesty also said that if the general really hopes that after the decisive battle with the Hebei rebels, the division will chase the north and the general's army will move westward and fight a decisive battle with Tubo, Your Majesty will also do his best to support it." frugal
"It's just that if the general has made up his mind, please tell His Majesty his thoughts as soon as possible, and His Majesty will be ready for the general in Chang'an." Good guy, Li Chun sent someone to say such content at this time, it's interesting.