You've all seen it, right? Wang Meng saw that the military report was in the hands of all the participants and asked aloud.

"Shuozhou in the north, Jizhou in the south, and Siluo in the south, plus the rebellion in the three states of Yongqinshuo in my northern capital, Yan Guo's attack is really extraordinary, and it is hard to score three points." The index finger of Pu's right hand tapped lightly on the military newspaper on the table, and said slowly in a deep voice, this is the habit he learned from Zeng Hua.

"This should be the means of Sima Murong Ke of Yan Guoda, it is really powerful. As far as Liu Xi Beqi, as close as Kong and Liu rebelled, he actually did so many things under our noses, this Yan Da Sima is really clever. Park is still in that low and steady tone.

"What a dereliction of duty." It was Zhong Qi, the supervisor of the Tanma Division, who spoke, and Zuo Qinghou, the supervisor of the Reconnaissance Department next to him, also looked ashamed. Spying on military intelligence is the duty of the Horse Scouting Division and the Reconnaissance Cavalry Department, their eyes and ears are all over the world, claiming that there is nothing they don't know, who knew that Murong Ke actually made such a big move under their noses, and the two agencies actually just got a little wind when they were approaching, and they were caught off guard before they could take any action.

"This time, Yan Guo is very secretive, and it took a lot of effort for the secret sentinel in Jicheng to find a little clue, but who knew that it was detected by Yan Guo's secret agents. Dong Lupu (Dong Shi) and more than a dozen spies fought with their lives to let Chu Yongnian (Chu Ming) escape with the news. Yongnian took a lot of hard work to return to my Beifu, who knew that Yan Guo had already started an incident. Zuo Qinghou said ashamedly.

"We underestimated Yan Guo and Murong Ke too much." Liu Gu, the left member of the Privy Council, sat there, and looked at Rong Yewang, the member of the right house. Then he lowered his head and said with a gloomy face.

"It is true that we underestimate the enemy and overestimate ourselves." Park continued, unceremoniously in his words. However, he is an old-timer of the Beifu military intelligence system, and he is also Zeng Hua's confidant, and when he says such a thing, no matter what others think, he can only honestly admit and accept it.

"We are always calculating the Yan State, using the Wei State and Jizhou as bait. I always thought that Yan Guo's actions were always within our strategy. Now it's very passive. Mao Muzhi also frowned and said. Liu Xi Beqi rose up in the clouds, restrained the soldiers and horses of Shuozhou and Bingzhou, and the Yan army went straight to Siluo, defeated the Zhou State with Zhang Yu and Zhai Bin as chess pieces, threatened Luoyang, and restrained the soldiers and horses of our Yongzhou and Jingzhou Huangong. And the rebellion in Yong and Qin states rose at the right time, so that my Yong and Qin soldiers and horses were restrained. Yan can take advantage of this opportunity to pacify Ji and Qingzhou, accumulate troops to strengthen its momentum, and then raise troops to the west, and fight with my northern mansion for Siluo, at that time they Yan can advance or retreat, and the fighters are in their hands. ”

The crowd heard this. They were silent. They were all secretly thinking about their own thoughts, but they all had one thing in common, and that was full of regret and frustration. Maybe it was under the leadership of the Great General that Beifu had gone too smoothly before. Although Beifu despises the capital of the heroes, but the pride and complacency make the Beifu suffer a big loss. Since the Yan State launched a surprise action in April, Beifu has been led by the nose of Yan State, and has lost opportunities everywhere, which has made the Beifu military, which has always been war-oriented, lose face.

At the end of April, just as Beifu began to prepare for a counterattack, Qin and Yongzhou's Hexi Xianbei and some aristocratic leaders of Beidi, Shangjun Qiang, and Xiongnu were instigated and influenced by Liu Xibeqi and Yan Guo, and suddenly launched a rebellion inside Beifu, which made the Beifu army uncomfortable for a while, so they had to throw their heads and clean up the interior, and watched Yan State rampage in the Central Plains.

"It's more than we expected, but it's still within our reach." Wang Meng broke the silence in the council hall, and as the convener of this joint military-government meeting, Wang Meng felt that he should lead this meeting.

"Although there are tens of thousands of people in Suyi, Liu Zhen in Niyang, Xiahou Xian, Hu Yangchi in Guide, and Huyan Poison in Dacheng, they are trapped in other places and cannot be connected. Wang Meng continued.

It is true that several internal rebellions made Beifu busy at the beginning, but the foundation that Zeng Hua spent ten years laying in Beifu can bear initial results, especially the military systems such as the government soldiers and the militia. When the counties and counties near the rebel area gathered their soldiers and militia to defend the important city, the rebels could no longer advance half a step. And when the government soldiers from other places were continuously mobilized, the fate of these rebels could already be imagined.

You must know that the militia in Beifu is young and strong between the ages of 20 and 45, and they are strictly trained by the commanders of each county during the months of the agricultural slack every year. The county lieutenant's office and the prefecture governor's office have to conduct random inspections every year, and the militia's training effect is the criterion. The militia also wanted to become government soldiers and enjoy the preferential treatment of being exempt from taxes. Because Beifu is based on military merits, Yongye Tian of those with military merits is a lot higher than ordinary people, how can it not be envied?

However, the government soldiers are selected from the militia to choose two or three out of ten, and after becoming a government soldier, the training is more diligent and professional, because the government soldiers are eliminated once a year, and every government soldier wants to become a van army that can lead the army and enjoy more generous treatment, and does not want to be kicked back into the militia team in shame.

Therefore, when the well-trained and well-equipped government soldiers surrounded and annihilated the rebels, these suddenly gathered men and horses were really vulnerable in front of the semi-professional soldiers. Moreover, the rebels themselves are also congenitally deficient, and those "rebel leaders" are some leaders and nobles with limited influence, because the influential clan leaders and nobles were either destroyed because of the rebellion when they opened the Beifu Prefecture, or they were honestly surrendered and moved to other places.

The Xianbei, Beiqiang, and Xiongnu ethnic groups in various places were all disrupted and mixed and resettled in other places, and they had long lost the organization of their original tribes. In the past ten years, these people of all ethnic groups have not only been favored by the economic system of Beifu, and their lives have become more and more stable and rich, but also by the key education of Beifu, most of the children have studied in the church and county schools, and the children of the nobles have entered the county schools and state schools, and are proud of learning Han culture, and no one will abandon a stable life and take great risks to rebel.

So when these rebel leaders struggled to gather thousands of soldiers and horses. However, the people were panicked, and they did not have the strength to fight against the rebels, and even as long as the rebels raised a banner of the Holy Religion "Yin and Yang Fish" in front of the battle, and sent a few bishops to say a few words, the "rebels" of all ethnic groups who had long been devout Saints would immediately disperse or surrender to the ground.

"We don't understand all kinds of measures when the general was in Beifu, but now they seem to be quite meaningful. This soft knife is even more effective than the steel knives of our soldiers. On the one hand, the general encouraged the Jin people of Beifu with martial arts, equipped with sharp weapons, and became self-reliant and self-reliant. and then tempted them with money. Rites and books. The Holy Religion is attached. Ten years has already achieved considerable results, such as decades, how can there be a difference between inside and outside? When Wang Meng said this, his voice couldn't help but become high-pitched, like the sound of gold and stone.

"The general is really because of this

That's why I dare to go west calmly and without any worries. Yan people are jealous of our Xiang Army, and they know that our soldiers are also in the same line, and Wu Yong does not let the former Qin Tiger Ben. Wang Meng became more and more loud, "The general personally led the Western Expedition, hung alone in the Western Regions, and entrusted the great cause of the Northern Mansion to us, this kind of trust is unprecedented; The general don't let the Yan people, don't get the great merit, and take me to the Pavilion of Yuntai. Such kindness is hard to come by! ”

Speaking of which. Wang Meng stood up suddenly, a pair of tiger eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and then continued: "I will receive the kindness of the great general. It's hard to report a thing or two. Today, the Yan people are in trouble, and we should do our best to repay the great favor and achieve full success. ”

Everyone stood up abruptly and replied, "Lord Yongzhou is very right! We will do our best to defend the North Mansion and Jingping Central Plains! ”

Hearing this, many people were shocked in their hearts, and some of them began to truly understand that Zeng Hua deliberately went to the Western Regions thousands of miles away to go on an expedition, not only did he have this confidence, but he also wanted to exercise his subordinates well, and there may be some unknown deep meanings.

Seeing that everyone's morale was boosted, Wang Meng eased his tone and said: "The current situation is not the time to say gloomy words, but the time to find ways to calm the Yan people." ”

||There is a teaching, and today's teaching is not embarrassing. ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but smile, and even Wang Meng, who had been breaking his face just now, couldn't help but ease up.

"Now that the rebellion in various places has been quelled, the 129th battalion of the Yongzhou government soldiers can now be transferred out of 80 battalions, the 55th battalion of the Qinzhou government soldiers can be transferred out of 30 battalions, and the 49th battalion of the Liangzhou government soldiers can be transferred out of 30 battalions. Wang Meng began to get to the point.

"And the seventy-eight battalions of Shuozhou Prefecture soldiers plus Mobei and Monan Prefecture soldiers can gather 200,000 cavalry. In this way, there are thirty-five armies that can launch a counteroffensive against Yan. The 53rd Battalion of the Governor Soldiers had to resist the Tiefu Liu thieves on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were a little difficult to annex the state in the east, but with the addition of the 16th Battalion and various dangers, I think the attack was insufficient but the defense was more than enough. Wang Meng stood on the huge map that had been opened by the staff officer, held up the long wooden pole and began to speak.

"The 68th Battalion of the Yizhou Mansion has to garrison the east and south, and it also has to assist in the defense of Liangzhou, so not a single soldier can be moved. There are 37 battalions of government soldiers, 26 battalions of the Xiang army, and natural hazards such as Hangu and Wuguan in Hongnong and Shangluo counties, which are enough to deter. And the Yan State, the great Sima Murong Ke led a large army to besiege Xindu, and the city was governed by the Wei general Murong Ping, with nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. Coupled with Zhang Yu of Ji County in the south and Zhai Bin in Henan, the army is very strong. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Meng leaned the wooden pole to the side and said to Liu Gu: "Next is our army's countermeasures and deployment, there should be an order from the Privy Council, Zizhan, it's your turn." ”

After Wang Meng sat down, Liu Gu said: "Duke Huan of Jingzhou has sent someone to inform him that he will lead 40,000 cavalry out of Luoyang in September to attack Rongyang. ”

Hearing this, Duan Lian, the Governor of the Guards, had some questions: "Why didn't Duke Huan attack Xuchang on his side first, but instead attacked Rongyang in the distance, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use troops like this." ”

"It's not appropriate, but Duke Huan is helpless." Liu Gu replied.

"Why?"

"Luoyang!"

Duan Lian suddenly understood, Huan Wen's biggest burden now is Luoyang, if Luoyang loses, I am afraid that he will be scolded by the world pointing at his back. It is precisely because of the "ambitious" Zhai Bin who went around after the victory that even Yao Xiang of Xuchang did not dare to block his edge, and showed a strong interest in Luoyang, the old capital, so it would attract the attention of Huan Wen, and he deployed heavy troops to prepare to defeat Zhai Bin and ensure the safety of Luoyang.

"Our Beifu will also send troops, otherwise Du Dudu will die in vain, and the martyrs of Wolf Mengting will die in vain, and the people of the world will think that my Beifu is all soft eggs!" Liu Gu rolled up his sleeves, his face widened angrily, and his words became murderous.

Liu Gu waited for a while before calming down his emotions, and then continued: "The plan of the Privy Council Military Service is as follows, the main force of the Beifu Army will go out of Huguan and point directly at the city, intending to engage the main force of Murong Ping, as long as Murong Ping's army is defeated, the enemies of Jijun and Henan will not be a problem. And the whole army of my Shuozhou, and a part of the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou and Monan encircled and suppressed Liu Xibe's prayer department; Most of the army in Monan went out of the southeast, pointed directly at Jicheng, and cut off Youzhou; The whole army of Mobei went south along Xianbei Mountain, directly took the rear wing of Pingzhou, and copied its old nest. ”

After hearing what Liu Gu said, Wang Meng stood up again and said, "The order of the great general has arrived a few days ago,"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but immediately stand up and listen.

"The general ordered Mr. Wuzi (Che Yin) to lead the affairs of the Northern Mansion, Mr. Suchang (Park) to lead the military affairs of the Northern Mansion, and Mr. Wuzi (Mao Muzhi) to lead the logistics branch. moved Li Tianzheng as the governor of Shuozhou, led the Shuozhou government soldiers, ordered Tuoba Shi Yijian to be the head of the march of the Monan East Road, and led the Shuozhou governor Li Tianzheng, Yanmen Captain Hou Ming, and Shanbei General to seek peace with Liu Xibe; ordered the Heishui general Yang Su to be the head of the march of Haixi Road, and led the Modong general Fei Tinggu and the Lingnan general Gong Tangxiu to attack Jicheng in Yanzhou; Ordered Beihai General Lu Zhen to be the head of the Bohai East Road march, and after receiving the water general as a decoction tu, General Nuoshui sealed and raised, and attacked Pingzhou. ”

"Ordered Wang Meng to be the general manager of the march of Hebei Province, and led 100,000 soldiers from Yong, Qin, and Liang to go out of Jizhou to conquer Yan."

Finally, after saying his own appointment, Wang Meng circulated Zeng Hua's letter to everyone, and at this time, Tuoba Shi Yijian, who had been silent, suddenly grabbed out and said: "Tuoba dare not accept this heavy responsibility!" ”

Wang Meng and others knew that Tuoba Shi Yijian was because he was the same as Liu Xi Beqi, both of them were Shuobei generals, Liu Xi Beqi rebelled, and Tuoba Shi Yijian naturally clamped his tail and became a man. Now I heard that Zeng Hua handed over Liu Daren to him, of course, he was very afraid.

"General Tuoba doesn't have to be like this, since the general is willing to give you a heavy responsibility, he naturally trusts you. For the sake of the descendants of the Tuoba Department, General Tuoba should be a great talent! Wang Meng persuaded.

Tuoba Shi Yijian lowered his head and thought about it, and immediately made a salute, and got up to receive the order after making a promise.

Wang Meng turned to Pu and said, "Mr. Su Chang, now the general's seal is under your protection, and you give the order." ”

"Good!"

After everyone dispersed, Che Yin glanced at Tuoba Shiyi's back and turned to Park and asked, "Is it really okay?" ”

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At this time, Mao Muzhi frowned and said, "What should Mrs. Leling do?" ”

"The main mother, Mrs. Wu Jun, has ordered Mrs. Leling to be grounded, to be strictly guarded by the Su Wei and the Inner Mansion, and to be disposed of when the general returns. Mrs. Leling's maid Ke Zuhun and several others have been arrested and interrogated by the Guards and Military Division, and the actual evidence of spying on the military situation has been asked, and they have been handed over to the Jingzhao Investigation Department and the Jingzhao First Tribunal. Che Yin replied.

"Mrs. Leling is a general's family matter, and I can't wait for a courtier to ask, so I can only wait for the general to deal with it personally." Mao Muzhi nodded after listening.

On September 12, the second year of Shengping, Wang Meng swore an oath on Ba and led the army eastward to Huguan.