Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 161 Sending Troops to Jingxiang
Sanchuan's pacification did not make Li Ye happy for long.

In Jiannan Xichuan Jiedushi's mansion, Li Ye looked at the map of the whole world on the table, feeling anxious.

Huainan, which originally accounted for one-third of the Tang Dynasty's taxes, is now dilapidated. The bandits Sun Ru, Yang Xingmi, and Qin Zongquan come and go, and the taxation has long been cut off.

And the land of Jingxiang is also because of His Majesty the Emperor's use of Hedong to suppress Xuanwu, and the Cai thief Qin Zongquan has not been destroyed to this day, and Jingxiang is in the hands of Qin Zongquan in the east of Shannan.

Cheng Rui, who originally subdued Jingnan and drove away Wang Jianzhao, is now huddled in Guizhou and dare not leave.

"Cai thief Zhao Dezhen occupied the east road in Shannan, Wang Jianzhao occupied Jingnan, Caizhou and Huainan were in chaos, the people were in dire straits, and the towns of Qianzhou, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi and other towns could not pass taxes.

I now have [-] soldiers and horses. If we start from Hejiang County in Luzhou, go down the Yangtze River, calm down Jingxiang, and push Caizhou, what does Ma Shijun think? "

Ma Jingru, the governor of Luzhou under the case, said: "Your Majesty, the Sichuan River is dangerous, and there are many shoals and hidden rocks. If a boat touches it, people and boats will be destroyed. Last year, Liu Changmei, the governor of Kuizhou, ran aground on the Sichuan River when he went to work by boat. No one can be saved."

Li Ye was stunned!

"Is there a land route?"

"To the east of Yuzhou, pass Baidi City, take the Fuling Trail, and you can leave Sichuan and enter Xiangyang, but this road is dangerous and grain trucks are not feasible. In the past, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty attacked Wu from this way. His Majesty's [-] troops are afraid that the food and grass will not continue. ah!"

Li Ye frowned slightly after hearing this, and did not speak. Grain carts cannot be used by land, and all the grain, grass and luggage can only be carried on shoulders, which is too much loss.

On the Jinniu Road that enters Sichuan, if you can transport a hundred stones all the way, you can only deliver ten stones. If you can’t use grain trucks, you can only send one hundred stones to one or two stones. A hundred thousand troops, without a hundred thousand people, will definitely not work.

Li Ye shook his head, and marked the waterway with a red line on the map.

Three days later, Jingxiang came to Zizhou.

Li Ye didn't meet anyone else, and directly called Jing Xiang to discuss matters.

Jing Xiang saw a red line on the map, seeing that it was the Chuan Chuan waterway, how could he not know, and said: "Does Your Majesty want to beg Jing Xiang?"

Li Ye nodded and said: "I have this wish, but Luzhou Governor Ma Shijun said that the Sichuan River is dangerous, the land road is difficult, and the logistics are not good. I can't make a decision. I want to hear Jing Aiqing's opinion."

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, this is an opportunity given by the heavens, how can we stop the army because of food and grass?"

"send troops?"

Li Ye said: "Ai Qing, please tell me in detail."

Jing Xiang said with a smile: "The two rivers are rich and rich. Dongchuan well salt is worth a million stones a year, and gold, silver, copper, and iron are innumerable. The yearly output is one million bolts of silk, and grain is five million stones. Jingxiang uses salt. How can it be said that the supply from the two rivers is poor?”

Li Ye said: "Chuanjiang is difficult to travel, no matter how rich it is, it will be difficult to transport it to the army!"

"Your Majesty, in the Sichuan River, there are no less than a thousand small boats for transportation. Those boatmen have been traveling in the Sichuan River for many years. Although they can't transport [-] soldiers, they must have no problem transporting food and grass to supply more than [-] people."

Li Ye said: "You mean that the army travels by land, and the grain and grass are transported by water?"

Jing Xiang nodded and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't have many soldiers, ten thousand people can contain them. Your Majesty can send a general Dian army to Jingxiang. If you can fight, you can fight. If you can't fight, you can choose a city to resist and go to Jingxiang. After that, there will be no need for supplies from Central Shu.”

"Doesn't rely on Shuzhong?"

Jingxiang continued: "The imperial court issued an edict ordering Jiangxi, Hunan, Qianzhou and other southern towns to pay taxes and release them to Jingxiang."

Li Ye was overjoyed, it was feasible, the roads were cut off, and the taxes were impassable, so he was escorted to Jingxiang to support the imperial army, which was useful.

"Your Majesty, there are two advantages to this."

"What are the two benefits?"

Jing Xiang said: "One benefit is that the imperial court stationed troops in Jingxiang, and the towns in the south will not dare to disagree, and they will respect and respect them. The second benefit is that if the imperial court uses troops against the Cai thieves, the Jingxiang army can contain a large group of enemy soldiers.

At that time, Your Majesty will lead the army to attack Caizhou from Luoyang, and the Jingxiang army will attack the Shannan East Road from the south, and the north and south will attack. What will the Cai thief use to resist? "

Li Ye nodded and said, "Although this strategy is good, there are also worries?"

"What worries does His Majesty have?"

Li Ye didn't hide it from Jingxiang, and said: "Jingxiang is too far away from Chang'an, I'm afraid that the court will not be able to control the army after a long time?"

To stay away from the imperial court, one must grant impromptu discretionary power, power will corrupt people, and the imperial court has taught too many lessons like this.

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the army's logistics is provided by the imperial court in Nashu and the southern towns, just like a baby longing for mother's milk. If there is a rebellious heart, the imperial court can cut off the army's supply and lose the mother's support." Milk, will the baby survive?"

Li Ye's brows gradually relaxed, and he said: "The governor of Guizhou, Chengna, wrote a letter requesting to attack King Jianzhao of Jingnan. Since that's the case, I agree with his request, and let Zuo Shenwei's army go out of Sichuan and enter Guizhou, and return to Chengrui's restraint. What does Aiqing think? ?”

Jing Xiang said: "Most of Zuo Shenwei's troops are soldiers from the north, so I'm afraid they won't accept the environment."

Li Ye shook his head, Zhu Zhen's Zuohuwei army, he couldn't bear it, the newly built Zuohu Zhenwu army still needs to be practiced, it can't be used, the Zuoyulin army is fully formed, the number is more than 4000 more, and it is also composed of northern soldiers.

"Zuo Shenwei's army has fought for thousands of years. The battle between Fuzhou and Chengdu has made great achievements. Jingxiang is not as miasmaous as Lingnan. I expect nothing will happen. If there is a change, the [-] troops in Yuzhou can be sent down the river. Can gain a firm foothold in Jingxiang."

Jing Xiang thought about it, and it was the only way.

"Your Majesty, Cheng Rui is just a governor, do you want to send important officials from the court to sit in charge?"

Li Ye still knows Cheng Rui, he is a good hand in government affairs, but he is definitely not top-notch in military affairs, and there is still more than enough for Cheng Rui.

"No, it's a big taboo to go out of many schools in politics. Besides, there are no ministers to send out in a hurry. First of all, if there is any discord, I can also recall Chengrui and send other talents. I order the townships to share food and grass with the left. The Commander of the Shenwei Army, An Fujiang, will not be hindered by other matters when he is handed over."

Jing Xiang nodded, His Majesty's old routine only gives you the command power of Cheng Yu, but not the right to command the army.

Li Ye issued a decree to appoint Cheng Rui as the Jingnan defense envoy, and after the imperial army arrived in Guizhou, he would attack Jingnan.

He also summoned An Fujiang, the commander of the Zuo Shenwei Army, to meet with him.

"I want to send the Zuo Shenwei army to Jingnan, what does General An think?"

"The general obeys the order, even if His Majesty orders the general to go to the mountains of swords and seas of fire, the general will go."

Li Ye nodded, this is what the direct line army looks like, they fight wherever they are called, without any conditions.

"This time we are fighting alone, don't put them in danger. If something unexpected happens, you can quickly pass the news. The [-] troops in Yuzhou can go down the river, and the army will be safe."

"promise!"

Three days later, Li Ye personally sent the Zuo Shenwei army out of Sichuan.

"I have ordered the Left Han Central Army to take over Yangping Pass, and the Right Han Central Army to take over Fangjiange. The first, third, fourth, and fifth troops of the Left Shenwei Army rushed to Guizhou. in case for need."

"promise!"

Zuo Shenwei's army abandoned their carts, leaving only over [-] horses. The whole army took dry food for three days, and went to Fuling to replenish the supplies brought by water.

Watching the army gradually disappearing into the forest, Li Ye stood there for a long time.

The current Zuo Shenwei Army has 1000 troops in the ten capitals, plus 300 directly subordinate cavalry troops, and 2000 auxiliary soldiers in the two capitals. The army has 1 people.not weak anymore
With Yuzhou's [-] garrison troops as backup, Li Ye does not plan to send any more main troops.

Strong stems and weak branches, the imperial court must have a strong central force to deal with it.

Chang'an played the report, Li Keyong was ready to move, and the situation became more and more serious.

　Cheng Rui's original name is Guo Yu, and he is a person. When Cheng Rui was young, he killed someone and changed his name to Guo Yu. After becoming Jingnan Jiedushi, he changed his name to Cheng Rui , like Han Jian, is also a small expert in farming.

　　In order to avoid confusion, they are all called Chengrui in this article.

　　Can "汭" read?How many people read Na? I always thought it read na, but I couldn’t type it out. I found out after I checked it. It turned out to read rui.

　　
　
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