Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 261
Sun Ru caused chaos in Huainan, and even Shi Pu's Wuning Town suffered greatly from it. The imperial court's escape from attacking Sun Ru was justified.

"Your Majesty, the river network in Huainan is criss-crossed, and land transportation is difficult. I think it is convenient to store grain and water transportation."

Li Ye nodded and said: "What Prince Shi said is very reasonable, but where is the convenience of water transportation?"

Shi Pu said: "I think that the grain and grass in the east of Shannan can be stationed in Shenzhou, and can be transported along the Huaihe River; Stationed in Xuanzhou, Liangchuan and Jingnan's grain and grass can flow down the Sichuan River, stationed in Jiangling Mansion, and the army enters Huainan, where there is water, there will be food. This is what I planned for your majesty."

Li Ye nodded. Shi Pu's words contained a lot of dry goods, but they also included private goods, and Bianliang was not mentioned from the beginning to the end.The reason is not difficult to guess. If grain is stored in Bianliang and enters the Huai River along the Bian River, it will go to Sizhou in the territory of Wuning Town. .

Li Ye said: "When I was in Caizhou, I sent people to survey the Wushui River and Rushui River. These two rivers were in disrepair for a long time. When Qin Zongquan rebelled in Caizhou, many places were filled with villages to prevent the army from being transported."

"This……"

"As for Xuanzhou, as far as I know, Xuanzhou is being occupied by Yang Xingmi. I remember that the imperial court appointed Yang Xingmi as the governor of Luzhou. I don't know what he did in Xuanshe. The grain and grass were transported to Xuanzhou. Will it be intercepted by Yang Xingmi?"

Shi Pu couldn't say anything, he really couldn't guarantee whether Yang Xingmi would do this, but as a former ally, Shi Pu still needed to help talk.

"Your Majesty, Sun Ru's army is strong, so Yang Xingmi fled Luzhou and transferred his troops to Xuanshe. It was a last resort. I think that Yang Xingmi is still loyal to the imperial court, and the imperial court can issue an edict ordering him to attack Sun Ru.

If so, Yang Xingmi sent troops from Xuanshe to attack Sun Ru from south to north, and the imperial court led troops to attack Sun Ru from north to south. "

Li Ye said: "If Yang Xingmi can make such a great contribution, I don't care about losing states and counties and inflicting the crime of attacking again."

When Li Ye said these words, he hoped that Shi Pu would bring these words to Yang Xingmi. If Yang Xingmi restrained him, he would be more confident in attacking Sun Ru. After Huainan was restored, it would be much easier to deal with Yang Xingmi.

Regarding the matter of water transport, His Majesty the Emperor said: "I sent people to investigate the water transport of the Bianhe River. The water transport in Xuanwu is still navigable. I don't know if the Surabaya section has been surveyed by the county king at that time. Can it be navigable?"

Shi Pu frowned and said: "Your Majesty, when Zhu Wen attacked Wuning, he was afraid that Xuanwu's army would go south along the Bian River, so he sent people to fill up the river and set up water fortresses to defend it. I'm afraid it will not be navigable at this time!"

Li Ye said: "How long will it take to enlist the civil servants? How many civil servants will be recruited?"

Shi Pu said: "I don't know about water conservancy, and I don't know how long it will take!"

On the contrary, he refused fiercely. Li Ye smiled and said: "I have people who are good at water conservancy, and I can send them to investigate tomorrow. Rushui, Weishui, and Bianshui, choose the easy one to dredge!"

Shi Pu was very helpless, and had to accept the fact that if the imperial court went to Sizhou and entered the Huaihe River, he would not be able to stop it, but he also thought that if he could make contributions in the battle to pacify Sun Ru, there might be a turning point.

All the feudal towns in the world are watching, Wu Ning has meritorious service, if the imperial court conducts false actions to annihilate Guo, how can it convince the public!

Thinking of this, he no longer resisted, saying: "Your Majesty, if there are people who are proficient in water conservancy, I can send civilians in Wuning to dredge Surabaya. The problem now is that the imperial court cannot gather enough ships to transport troops and food!"

Li Ye said: "Is it not feasible to confiscate civilian ships and build new ones?"

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, since the Huangchao Rebellion, the Central Plains has been fighting for more than ten years, and the civilian ships have been collected long ago. The trees that are convenient for felling have been felled to make siege equipment. Now I want to find one that can build ships. Trees are hard!"

Li Ye had a headache, and really wanted to scold mmp, the water transport was blocked, and the boats couldn't be found, so what to use to transport the food!
"It is ordered that the prefectures and counties along the Bianshui, Hushui, and Rushui rivers, after the summer harvest, send people to dredge the rivers in their respective territories. Anyway, the water transport will be dredged sooner or later.

As for the boats, if there are no trees in the nearby places, then cut down the ones farther away. I thought that this matter would also be supervised by the states and counties to build the boats, but people's power should not be abused. I would rather slow down! "

"promise!"

In the short term, it seems that water transportation is hopeless.

If the food cannot keep up, there will not be many troops going to Huainan.

Now I don't know how the summer harvest will be. How much food are there in Caizhou, Bozhou, Wuzhou, and Guangzhou?Therefore, there was no way to discuss many things, and the court meeting was hastily ended, and Li Ye left Jingxiang behind.

"The soldiers of the Zuo Huwei Army have been fighting for years, and they are exhausted. The Zuo Shence Army also has to garrison Bianliang. The Huainan River network is dense, which is not conducive to cavalry. In the battle of Bianliang, Fu Cunshen's Zuo Yongwu Army was severely injured and could not fight again. .

I want the deputy general Wen Zefeng to lead the Zuo Huwei army to Tongguan to garrison, and the Zuo Shenwu army stationed in Tongguan to Bianliang to fight in Huainan. What do you think? "

Jing Xiang thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid there will be insufficient troops!"

Li Ye said: "I want to worship Zhu Zhen as the general manager of the Huainan Road Army, the commander of Zuo Shenwu Army, Niu Cunjie Xuanwu Zuo Army, Wang Zhong's Division, Xie Yanzhang's Division, Ge Congzhou Division, and Li Hanzhi's Zezhou Army."

Jing Xiang has no objection to controlling the Xuanwu Army. The family members of the Xuanwu Army are under the control of the imperial court. According to Jingxiang, the post-war actions of the imperial court have won the hearts of the Xuanwu Army and the people. Not to mention, Zhu Zhen was in the Xuanwu Army. He is very prestigious, but when Li Hanzhi was mentioned, Jingxiang frowned and said hurriedly:
"Your Majesty, Li Hanzhi cannot be trusted!"

Li Ye said: "I also know that Li Hanzhi is not trustworthy. He is a cruel man and caused great disasters. Sending them to Huainan this time also means to use Sun Ru's hand to exterminate him."

Jing Xiang said: "Li Han is as cunning as a fox, so he will definitely not obey Zhu's command and envoy's restraint. The military orders are different, but he is restrained. This person is after profit, so he should be eliminated early for good."

Li Ye frowned slightly, Li Hanzhi was the one he wanted back from Li Keyong, in order to take back Zezhou when Li Hanzhi went south.

Ke Jingxiang's next words moved Li Ye's heart.

"Luoyang's military supplies will arrive tomorrow, and when the time comes, the towns will withdraw their troops with money and food. Only Li Hanzhi's troops will be in Bianliang, and things will be easy."

"What is Aiqing's good plan?"

"Your Majesty only needs to invite all the generals and soldiers of the Zezhou Army to the banquet, and when the time comes, throw cups as a sign, and use all knives and axes. This matter can be decided."

Li Ye nodded, throwing a cup as a sign is fine, His Majesty the Emperor is not in the mood to play with them, so he immediately killed them when he summoned them.

He asked again, "How to deal with the remaining people?"

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, Fu Cunshen came from Li Han's tribe, and he can be selected to supplement the Zuo Yongwu Army. As for the old and weak, he can be treated like Caizhou Army, tattooed on the fields, and can also serve hard labor."

Li Ye nodded and said, "It can be done once and for all, but I will not be able to explain it to Li Keyong!"

Jing Xiang said: "Li Hanzhi is like a chicken rib to Li Junwang. If he has a heart, how can he put Zezhou away, no matter what he doesn't care, then he will say that Li Hanzhi disrespects orders, that's all!"

After Li Ye paced back and forth, he thought about it, and felt that it was indeed a better time to deal with Li Hanzhi now. If he was in Huainan, if Li Hanzhi was not restrained, there would be more accidents, and rebellion was not impossible. thing.

But since the matter is serious, Li Ye still said to Jingxiang: "This matter involves a lot, I have to think about it..."

(End of this chapter)