Chapter 378: Odds of Victory
Wang Lin's unceremonious fierce words not only did not make Wang Yi feel strange, but had a sense of surprise, obviously he had expected this to be the case, after all, Wang Lin and Lu Qian's disagreement was a long-standing and well-known thing.
Wang Lin and Lu Qian, one gave Huainan to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and now they have the right to "self-dictatorship" granted by the imperial court. One has been in Huainan for more than ten years, serving as the chief military and civilian, and the achievements of the big trees, the whole of the Southern Dynasty are jealous: "Lu Qian is still in Shouyang, and he should return to the north when he hears it, and this captive will not die, and it will be a national disaster." "It's also very influential...... On the normal historical trajectory, the Southern Dynasty also waited for Lu Qian to return to Yecheng to serve as the secretary of the Five Soldiers before setting off on the Northern Expedition. It stands to reason that these two people are right to join forces.
But obviously these two people are not ready, mainly because their mentality has not been reversed, they have been sworn enemies for more than ten years, and they are suddenly asked to work together, even with Wang Lin's current open-minded state of mind, it is difficult to do it.
The contradiction between Wang Lin and Lu Qian lies in two aspects: first, the primary and secondary issues, reasoning, Huainan was offered by Wang Lin, and the local clans were also settled by Wang Lin, and Wang Lin should have been the most important figure in Huainan. But what did the imperial court do? first stripped the local governance power, and then parachuted a "Northern Qi version of Wang Sizheng" down, and let the two of them "work together".
One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, this is an eternal truth.
Everyone knows very well what it means for the imperial court to sneak down, and Wang Lin knows it as well, but Wang Lin has no choice, he has mixed up and defected to the Northern Dynasty, and he still wants to rely on Huainan to divide the land?
So he could only pinch his nose and admit it, anyway, Huainan is still his territory, he still has military power in his hands, and it will not be easy to come to Lu Qian, a northerner, and it will not be easy to occupy a foothold in Huainan...... He obviously underestimated Lu Qian, which led to Wang Lin's status being challenged step by step, and he was slowly dragged into a passive situation in the political struggle.
When the Northern Qi Dynasty first occupied Huainan, it did not attach importance to the counties of Jiangbei, thinking that it was just an unexpected border land, and a group of lords regarded Huainan as a place of disagreement.
Not only did they exploit the people, but some traitorous officials also set their sights on the big clans and wealthy families in Huainan, and did misdeeds, such as forcibly apportioning the debts owed by the Xianbei Hu merchants to the heads of local tyrants, and making the prefectures and counties forcibly collect them...... The war horses requisitioned from the north were also forcibly bought and sold to the powerful people, and as soon as they received the money, they immediately refused to admit it, under the pretext that there was a war in the country, and they wanted to take back all the horses.
It can be said that Haoqiang and the people have offended the light, Lu Qian is different, after Lu Qian was appointed as the Zuo Cheng of Yangzhou Daoxingtai, he severely punished such phenomena, balanced the forces of all parties, and protected the interests of the people. ”
This outstandingness is exchanged for the goodwill and strong support of Huainan's heroes...... If this is the case, of course, it can't shake Wang Lin's status, but Lu Qian is not a nerd who can only govern...... Yangzhou is adjacent to Chendi, and the generals of the Chen Dynasty, Wang Fengguo and Zhou Lingzhen, have entered the Kou successively, and they have been defeated by Lu Qian.
Wang Lin began to feel a sense of crisis, compared with the two, Lu Qian was the minister valued by the Emperor of Northern Qi, while Wang Lin was just a minister who came from the south to surrender and put a big question mark in terms of loyalty.
It is conceivable who the Yecheng court believes more.
So in order to keep his position, Wang Lin began to intentionally or unintentionally provoke Lu Qian's status, so as to give the Yecheng court a hint that "Lu Qiande is not worthy of the position, hurry up and change people...... Gao Yan is also a chicken thief, he didn't give Wang Lin a chance at the beginning, he vigorously supported Lu Qian and put him in the right position, while Wang Lin buckled a few big hats and asked him to come back to report on his work, and since then Wang Lin has sat on the cold bench and retreated to the second line.
Of course, Wang Lin is now the king of the county, and he is the governor of Gyeonggi, leading the title of the Five Soldiers Shangshu, and he doesn't look down on the little profits he fought for back then, but in addition, he has a grudge with Lu Qian:
After Wang Lin surrendered to Qi, he was bent on encouraging the Northern Qi to attack Chen, but like many Northern Qi ministers, Lu Qian implemented the national policy of emphasizing the northwest and ignoring the southeast, so the Southern Expedition was hindered and delayed indefinitely...... Later, Wang Lin was appreciated by the emperor, and after his words became more powerful, he also proposed to the emperor to go south to attack Chen, and it was this Lu Qian who stopped it!
Wang Lin couldn't help but get angry, he had a deep grudge with Chen Baxian, and the taste was so complicated that he couldn't think about it in a few words, so going south to attack Chen almost became a heart disease for him...... Lu Qian stopped him from succeeding in his southern expedition, which was his mortal enemy!
Wang Lin thought to himself that he didn't hold Lu Qian accountable for losing his land, he was already very generous, but at this time, Lu Qian still wanted to provoke his fire!
That is, it is Wang Yi in front of him, and if someone else is replaced by him, he must be pushed out of the account and whipped for twenty years...... Wang Lin frowned unhappily at first, and then took a deep breath and said: "Everyone is suspicious of me, but you should know that I am right, I, Wang Lin, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, about the current battle situation, I still mean that, Wu soldiers are very sharp, and I am mostly Tuntian soldiers, lack of training, I can't fight and conquer, I have to think long-term." ”
Wang Yi was silent, knowing that what Wang Lin said was the truth, Wang Lin was indeed not a person who was afraid of death, how could Wang Lin, who was known as the first in military merit in the pacification of Hou Jing's rebellion, be afraid of death, if he was afraid of death, he should have demoted Chen Baxian back then, how could he repeatedly oppose Chen Baxian for the sake of the old lord Nanliang Xiao clan?
If you say that Wang Lin is the most convincing, the ability is secondary, and the most important thing is righteousness!
But Wang Yi believes in Wang Lin's righteousness, does Your Majesty believe it? Do you believe the Yecheng court, which is already prejudiced against Wang Lin? It's still a hard thing to say!
This Wang Yi was still worried, and Wang Lin talked about it again, "...... His Majesty himself said in the letter that as long as he didn't lose Shouyang, everything would be easy to say, so it can be seen that His Majesty didn't have any expectations...... But I've taken a closer look at their paths, and I think we have a good chance of winning this battle. ”
Wang Yi immediately looked up in astonishment, what are the odds of winning?
"What do you think...... What are the characteristics of the arrangement of the Southern Dynasties' use of troops this time? ”
"Divide the troops, multi-pronged, and attack on multiple fronts at the same time." Even Wang Yi knows this.
"Yes, multi-front combat, greet our vital points everywhere, if you don't fight, you will be chased and suppressed, and then outflanked, if you fight, once you are entangled, the other way of soldiers and horses will free up your hands to outflank, I am also a death, it is really sinister." Wang Lin frowned tightly and paced back and forth in the tent, "They are strong and strong, but I am just a lone army, except for He Ruobi, Yuan Wenyao and Lu Qian don't listen to me very much, Pi Jinghe doesn't know if he is old, he is starting to be afraid of death, shrinking in Pengcheng slowly, and he can't count on it for the time being, so our current situation is really critical!" ”
"-But, if you think about it from another angle, we can't beat them together."
Wang Yi's expression was even more dazed, Wang Lin's turn he thought would be the key to a turnaround, what does this "they never fight together" mean?
Wang Lin knew that he didn't understand when he saw his expression, and sighed again and said, "I mean, at the moment, although they have conquered the city and we have suffered a big loss, the battle situation may not be unfavorable to me in the long run, and we still have a chance." ”
"The generals of the Southern Dynasties are accustomed to multi-front operations, but multi-front operations also have drawbacks, that is, under the simultaneous advancement, the coach is not easy to control the overall situation, and the rhythm is naturally disordered, and then it will be our opportunity."
"But didn't you yourself say that if you fight on multiple fronts, then losing all the way will not affect the overall situation?" Wang Yi became more and more confused.
"You don't understand what I mean," Wang Lin sighed, feeling that he really didn't have a common language with Wang Yi, a nerd who didn't know soldiers, if He Ruobi and Lu Qian were here, they would definitely understand, but this was the son of the old boss, and he also wanted Wang Yi to convey his strategic thoughts, so he had to be patient to explain:
"The Southern Dynasties' army will definitely lose control in the end, and this is our chance,"
Don't wait for Wang Yi to ask why. Wang Lin immediately continued the conversation, "Several armies are attacking at the same time, and it is difficult to control, this is one of them...... Second, you look at who are the commanders of the several armies of the Southern Dynasties, Wu Mingche himself in the middle road, Huang Faqi on the west road, Ren Zhong on the east road, Zhou Jiong is all the way, in terms of qualifications and prestige, which one of these is controlled by him Wu Mingche, just because he is the oldest? ”
The corners of Wang Lin's mouth were hooked, and the contempt was overflowing, according to the truth, Wang Lin really didn't look down on Wu Mingche's two axes, it was nothing more than a set of field battles and irrigation of the city and breaking the embankment, "Look at the configuration of the generals of the Southern Dynasties, there are Wu Mingche, Pei Ji, Xu Jingcheng from the Taiwan army, Huang Fayan of the Yuzhou army, and Chun Yuliang from Xiangzhou...... Heh, there are still many forces in the Zero Zero Total Seven Roads, can he manage it? ”
Between the Jiankang court and the military leaders of the Southern Dynasties, although it is in the name of the monarch and the ministers, they are wary of each other, as long as they are not blind, they can see it, for example, the Southern Dynasty will go on a northern expedition before, and the call for Chun Yuliang is the highest, Wu Mingche is an alternative, but Chen Ji has always been afraid of Chun Yuliang, did not consider him, and chose Wu Mingche, what is even more strange is that Chun Yuliang was defeated, but he was promoted and stayed in Gyeonggi, this promotion and fall are quite puzzling.
But from the perspective of the emperor's checks and balances, it is reasonable...... In short, Huang Fayu, Wu Mingche, and Chun Yuliang are three people, Chen Ji is actually not at ease, and they are all scattered out to take charge of the troops, worried that they will not be able to lose their tails, Chun Yuliang of course understands what Chen Ji thinks, happily performs his duties, and lets his son squeeze into the Northern Expedition team to show his loyalty, and after Huang Fayu broke through Hefei, he took the initiative to divide his troops, all the way to besiege Liyang, all the way to fight Lujiang......
This just shows that Chen Jun's heart is uneven, there has been a trend of differentiation, and in the future, he will put aside the overall situation and fight separately, which is excellent news for Wang Lin!
"Ren Zhong has a ghost in his heart, and he is accompanied by a Xu Jingcheng, I don't think he will do his best, he is coming from the east, and it won't have any impact on me, what I'm worried about is Fan Yi on the Western Front."
Wang Lin held his waist with one hand and looked up at the blue sky outside the tent, "He can be said to be the most important link in the Southern Dynasty, Wu Mingche's goal in the middle is very clear, he wants to chase and fight me, and finally block my passage to the north, and Fan Yi's abacus is to go east from the Huai River, and then go north to choke the Yingkou and block my access to Henan, once they succeed, Shouyang is the place of death." ”
Wang Lin was expressionless, "At that time, Wu Mingche's method of irrigating the city will also be useful...... The only available soldier on the Western Front is Lu Qian, who is about to fight with Zhou Jiong, he is defeated, I think Fan Yi must take this opportunity to cross Dabie Mountain and take Chuzi City directly, I have asked the imperial court to send troops from Henan to rescue, and transfer all the Huainan elites who were transferred back, but it will take time, and I have to find someone to contain it......"
"How?" Wang Yi couldn't help but get nervous.
"I have entrusted all the Jiangbei Prefectures to He Ruobi, let him be self-contained, and I must intercept Fan Yi and Zhou Jiong for me!"
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