Chapter 39: Wang Zhang's Clever Plan
Liu Tai added, "By the way, it's better to be literate." ”
"You're really going to make a request!" Wang Zhang couldn't help but say when he heard Liu Tai's words, "I'll help you find and report to you in a few days." ”
"Hey, hey!" Liu Tai couldn't help but smile when he heard Wang Zhang's words.
"But......" Wang Zhang said to Liu Tai, "the affairs of the army must be hurried, you hurry up and train the soldiers!" ”
"Huh?!" Liu Tai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and said, "It's almost winter, do you still have to go on the expedition!" ”
"For the Huns, the autumn and winter seasons were originally the time to go on the expedition!" Wang Zhang said quietly.
Liu Tai couldn't help but squint his eyes when he heard this, and had to admit that although the Southern Xiongnu had lived in China for many years, they had already developed a bit of farming habits, and it could be said that they were quite well sinicized.
But when it comes to the sky, they are still the Xiongnu, not the Han people, and many of the habits belonging to the Xiongnu have also been retained.
Compared with the normal thinking of the Han people, after the Battle of Changping, Liu Cong did not take Luoyang, so he naturally chose to return to his base area to develop for a few years, wait until the savings are seven, seven, eighty, eight, and eight, and wait until the other party has a moth, and then fight with the other party.
However, although Liu Cong and Liu Yuan have been almost completely sinicized, they have somewhat adhered to the habits of the Huns when using troops.
So in the autumn and winter, even though the Han people in the country wanted to rest, the Xiongnu tribes began to agitate and wanted to increase the conquest of Luoyang.
And for Liu Cong, who wanted to take revenge, this incident was just to sleep on the pillow.
"In the imperial court, are there many people who support the Winter Southern Expedition?" Liu Tai couldn't help frowning and asked.
"A lot!" Wang Zhang nodded and said, "Especially with Liu Yao, Liu Jing, and Hu Yanyi, several quite powerful generals are all supporting. ”
"They are ......" Liu Tai was a little unfamiliar when he heard these names.
"Clansmen, old generals, relatives, and even the prince himself are all pushing for this expedition."
Wang Zhang couldn't help but sigh a little, "So we're afraid that we may not be able to avoid it!" ”
"I didn't see them during the Battle of Changping, but after the Battle of Changping, the strategic offensive and defensive changes were over, but they jumped out one by one...... Hehe! Liu Tai couldn't help laughing a few times, then looked at Wang Zhang and said, "What is Uncle's attitude?" ”
"It's none of our business for the time being, let's see who the commander of this expedition is." Wang Zhang said, "The other thing is to prepare food, if we really fight, we are afraid that we want to run, and we are afraid that we will not be able to run!" ”
"Why don't we climb over Taihang Mountain, take Yecheng as the foundation, and attack in all directions, at least it's much better than smashing Luoyang to the death!"
Liu Tai opened his mouth and said, "If we continue to fight to the death, the significance of our capture of Yecheng will become smaller and smaller!" ”
"I'm afraid I can't do it for the time being!" Wang Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard Liu Tai's words, but he still shook his head and said.
"Why?!" Liu Tai was slightly stunned.
"Because now your uncle is the first Han general of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, His Majesty will use him, but he will not entrust the whole army to him!"
Wang Zhang paused slightly when he said this, and said, "However, it's also a good thing to mention this matter first." Although it can't be done once, it can't be done twice, but if you mention it many times, you still have a chance after all! ”
Liu Tai somewhat understood when he heard Wang Zhang's words, Liu Yuan knew Wang Mi's ability, and Liu Yuan was willing to believe Wang Mi.
That's the case, so Liu Yuan didn't want to let Wang Mi out completely independently, because Liu Yuan was also afraid that Wang Miwei would not be able to fall off!
In the final analysis, although Liu Yuan is holding the signboard of the Han Dynasty, but in the end, he is a Hun, how to use a small number of Huns to control a large number of Han people, Liu Yuan has no experience, or the current Chinese history has no experience!
Liu Yuan's first step of holding up the signboard of "Han" has been very good, it is this step that attracts Han people, and Han people like Wang Mi who were excluded by the Jin court to join him, but this is only to attract Han people.
The real problem is that the Xiongnu Han State really became a great Han, and it still needs to think of a system to collect the rights of the Han people, so that the Han people can use it willingly for their own purposes.
Let a small number of Huns rule a large number of Han people, but there is nothing to learn from in the current history, all of which need Liu Yuan to think about himself.
And this takes time and trial and error, so Liu Yuan can only control Wang Mi first, instead of letting Wang Mi out at will.
If Wang Mi is allowed to be independent, and everywhere he passes, everyone takes the initiative to join Wang Mi's command, then how can he control it.
To be honest, there are almost no people who think of this now, even Liu Yuan just instinctively and vaguely feels that it is definitely not a good thing to let Wang Mi out like this, not that Liu Yuan really figured everything out.
But if the Western Jin Dynasty fell and the situation became clear, Liu Yuan had not thought of a system that could effectively control the Han people, and the Han people would likely take refuge in large numbers under Wang Mi, and Wang Mi would really be involuntary at that time.
Liu Tai can even imagine that one day when Wang Mi crosses a certain bridge, he will take the initiative to put on a yellow robe for Wang Mi, and then he said very dog-legged:
"Uncle, it's cold, don't freeze."
Wang Zhang said this, as if he thought of something, and said, "Speaking of which, Shi Le is going to visit you in a few days, and I originally wanted to refuse, but now it seems that it is necessary to have a certain degree of friendship with him." ”
"Schle, visit me? What did he visit me? Liu Tai was very confused when he heard Wang Zhang's words.
"According to him, he wants to learn from you how to run the army." Wang Zhang thought for a moment and said, "When the time comes, take him to your camp and walk around casually, he won't be able to see anything when he thinks about it, how can he govern the army know things by looking at it like this!" ”
"Huh?" Liu Tai didn't ask much when he heard this, but said: "When the time comes, I will receive him." ”
Liu Tai didn't think much about it, but he also had to admire Shi Le.
At the beginning of the Battle of Changping, Shi Le still competed with Wang Mi and won the position of vanguard, but when the war ended, Shi Le actually took the initiative to come over and hope to catch himself through the line between Shi Le and Wang Zhang.
Obviously, Shi Le has not been idle these days, at least a little contradiction with Wang Mi has long been smoothed out by his wrist that can bend and stretch.
"This guy is not an ordinary person!" Liu Tai was thoughtful in his heart, but he didn't care too much.
Anyway, he took the Han route, and treated all Hu people equally, neither too disgusted nor too disgusted.
It would be better if the Hu people were willing to learn Han culture, and then they would be able to take advantage of the situation to see if they could help them sinicize their nation.
After Liu Tai asked Wang Zhang for someone, he quickly chose to leave, and Wang Zhang didn't stay in his home for too long, sorted out his thoughts a little, and came to Wang Mi's mansion.
At this time, there was a scribe sitting opposite Wang Mi, who was playing chess with Wang Mi.
"I've seen my brother, Zhang Changshi!" Wang Zhang saluted the two of them.
"Oh, Zhongyu, you came just in time, the two of us joined forces to kill Zhang Changshi's arrogance!" Wang Mi said with a smile.
Wang Zhang was slightly stunned and said, "Okay, don't blame me for that long history!" ”
Zhang Song didn't say much, just made a gesture of please.
Soon, under the joint efforts of the two, Changshi Zhang Song admitted defeat, and then said goodbye to Wang Mi very interestingly.
Wang Mi watched Zhang Song leave, and then said slowly, "What's the matter with coming to me today?" ”
Wang Zhang assisted Wang Mi in packing up his chess pieces and said, "Today, Tai'er came to ask me to borrow a few people to assist him in expanding his army. ”
"Uh-huh!" Wang Mi couldn't help but nod when he heard this, he still appreciated Liu Tai's attitude of taking the initiative to come over to ask for people to expand the army, after all, this world is chaotic, and only his own family can trust him.
"We talked about Shi Le sending you money and wanted to talk to him about governing the army, so I thought that we could support Shi Le to a certain extent and throw bricks and lead jade, so that my brother can get you out of trouble and return to Qingxu!"
"Oh?!" Hearing this, Wang Mi suddenly became a little interested, and said, "You can tell me in detail." ”
"Shi Le is familiar with Jizhou, so we will recommend him to operate in Jizhou, as long as Shi Le can survive, even if it only restrains Wang Jun, then we can put forward a proposal that we go to Qingxu to open up a new battlefield, and the person in charge at that time is none other than my brother."
Wang Zhang said very seriously to Wang Mi at this moment.
"Very good!" Wang Mi thought for a moment, and then said, "But what if Shile is not strong enough and is destroyed by Wang Jun of Youzhou?" ”
"That's even better!" Wang Zhang heard this and said, "If Shile is defeated, then we will take advantage of the situation and reorganize the army in Yecheng, which is better than continuing to stay in Pingyang, surrounded by people we can't afford to mess with." ”
"Hmm...... Wang Mi thought for a moment and nodded, "You can indeed give it a try." ”
Seeing that Wang Mi agreed, Wang Zhang was also proud that he thought of this plan.
Thinking about it, there seems to be no loophole in this plan, especially at this time, the forces of the Xiongnu faction are not agitating to send troops, so the people of their own faction are also agitating to send troops.
It's just that they are agitating to send troops to Luoyang, and they themselves are agitating to send troops to Jizhou.
To tell the truth, Shi Le was originally unable to participate in this kind of thing, because Shi Le was a member of the Qiang nationality, and Shi Le's highest achievement was the highest achievement of the Qiang nationality, and Shi Ler's officialdom in the entire Xiongnu and Han States was not a strength at all.
can only be regarded as a thug, and not the most prominent thug!
But just like this, at this time, when the Han faction dominated by Wang Mi shouted to send troops out of Jizhou, Liu Yuan instinctively became vigilant, and naturally he would not choose to let Wang Mi be the commander, so he chose the suboptimal choice Shile.
Because when he took Yecheng, he was the commander of Wang Mi and Shi Le, and since Wang Mi was not the commander, he naturally chose Shi Le.
Originally, Liu Yuan thought that Wang Mi would oppose it, so that if there was a contradiction between the two factions, he would be able to further intervene.
But unexpectedly, Wang Mi not only did not resist, but instead expressed his support for Shile to open up a second battlefield in Jizhou.
Shi Le still couldn't see the situation clearly at this time, but the commander of the second battlefield just smashed it on his head.
Naturally, Shile would not refuse anything, and if such an opportunity was missed, he was afraid that he would be punished by heaven.
Therefore, Shi Le did not give anyone a chance to repent, and immediately thanked His Majesty for his holy grace and took this matter first.
Although Liu Yuan didn't know what Wang Mi was planning, it was already a foregone conclusion at this time, so he didn't say anything more.
At least Wang Mi, who he has been staring at, is enough under his nose.
And after Wang Mi did the favor of pushing the boat down the river, he didn't say anything more, just made a wooden man in the court, and looked coldly at the court and continued to argue whether it was necessary to continue to conquer Luoyang, and who was the most suitable to crusade against Luoyang this time.
Liu Tai naturally didn't know about this, but his recruitment of recruits was going quite smoothly, and Wang Zhang also sent himself the grassroots talents he wanted.
To be honest, Liu Tai hopes that these people will be arrogant and arrogant.
But the reality is that since the Wang family took refuge in Liu Tai's father, Liu Bogen, those who have a family atmosphere or all kinds of arrogance will not survive last year's siege of Luoyang.
In the encirclement and suppression of the Jin court again and again, this group of people who could not recognize the reality was the fastest to die.
And the rest of the people, among Wang Mi, Wang Zhang, or Wang Sang's personal guards, know more about Liu Tai's identity, know more about the friendship between Liu Tai and Wang Mi, and more importantly, these people can be regarded as seeing Liu Tai's meritorious deeds in the past two years.
So naturally, there will be no dissatisfaction, and when he came to Liu Tai, his posture was quite low, and he didn't show any arrogance!
Such an obedient guy, Liu Tai is not a demon, so naturally he will not kill them for no reason.
After all, there must be a reason for killing, so he appointed and dismissed them as commanders or military historians, and began to hand over recruits to them for training.
Liu Tai didn't care if they were Wang Mi or Wang Zhang's spies arranged here, after all, he took the "Book of Han" as the program, the main idea of advocating the Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms were full of political correctness, so he was still afraid of Wang Mi and Wang Zhang's vigilance.
And before Liu Tai planned to close the barracks and conduct assault training for the soldiers to ensure that they could master the survival skills on the battlefield in the shortest possible time, Shi Le's invitation was delivered, and a thousand gold was also delivered!
"General Shile's sincerity, I received it, please, please, please!"
On the day of the appointment, Shi Le drove his horse and brought a few retinues to come, and Liu Tai greeted him very warmly, smiling all over his face to show what it means to be at home.
Make money, don't chill!
"This, this, this ......" Shi Le looked at Liu Tai's courteous posture, I don't know why, as if he saw the shadow on Liu Tai's body when he often stuffed people with money, and always felt that Liu Tai's appearance was completely different from what he thought.
And Liu Tai grabbed Shi Le quite enthusiastically and said, "The general is a hero of the Qian tribe, I heard Second Uncle Wang say, you want to exchange the art of war with me, and it is impossible for Tai to communicate with the general, so why give such a heavy gift!" ”
Shi Le listened to Liu Tai's words, and knew in his heart that if he hadn't given away this gold, Liu Tai would not have been so enthusiastic.
But even so, Shi Le was still a little surprised, although he heard that Liu Tai was rich, so he directly sent it to Liu Tai at one time, but looking at Liu Tai's current appearance, this Liu Tai was too enthusiastic.
I still seem to like Liu Tai's cold and heroic general appearance on the battlefield!
"General Liu is polite, he can see the general and listen to the general's skills in governing the army, not to mention the daughter.
This time, I was recommended by General Wang Mi to enter Jizhou, and I hope to learn a thing or two from the general, so as to repay the general's kindness! ”
Shi Le said half-truths to Liu Tai.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say......" Liu Tai heard this, and said with a smile, "It happens that the recruits are being trained, and General Shile is watching with me, if there is anything I don't understand, Tai will definitely answer them one by one, knowing everything and saying everything, and I promise to satisfy General Shile!" ”