Yi Song

Chapter 169 New Strategy and New Layout

The newly appointed Jiedushi Envoy of the two towns, the school inspector and Shaobao, and the founding marquis of Fenghua County, Liu Hu and Liu Guozhang, were discussing matters in another place in the house.

He is sitting at the top. On his left are Wang Xun, Yang Xiaojie, Ma Kuo, Kuang Yousheng, Kuang Yousheng, Yu Chijing, and Li Shigui; on his right are Murong Yewang, Changsun Mo, Liu Zhene, Xue Anliang, Dazhongbao, and Yan Zhengchen.

They are either the backbone of the Red Heart Society or their immediate confidants.

"Yang Liulang, you have lived in Daizhou for a long time, are you familiar with all the tribes in Yunshuo area?" Liu Guozhang asked first.

"Familiar." Yang Xiaojie replied, "I can find people not only in the Yunnei and Shuozhou tribes on the Xijing Road in northern Liaoning, but also in the Zhaopu Division on the Southwest Road further north, as well as Wang Gu, Moge Shi and other tribes. Talk."

"Are there any caravans going there?"

"Yes! And there are quite a few. The Northern Liao Dynasty does not control the Xijing Road as much as the Yanjing and Liaodong areas. There are many ministries there, and everyone likes tea, silk, salt, porcelain and bronze ware from the Central Plains. There are dozens of merchants in Taiyuan every year The team went north and left Yanmen Pass in Daizhou.

Some stopped in the Yunshuo area and were sold to Khitan and Tatar caravans. Some go directly north. They divided into two routes, heading northwest, crossing the desert, and arrived at the Zhenzhou area where the northwest road was recruiting Si. All the way to the northeast, passing Hei Chezi, Wugu, Dilie and other tribes, arrived at Hedong, Jumu, Jingbian and other cities where the Wugu Dilie Army Department was located. "

Liu Guozhang and Liu Zhene looked at each other calmly.

"I have a relationship with the Zhenwu Department in the north of Jingbian City. Zhenxi and Anliang belong to that department. Now I want to organize a caravan, bringing tea, salt, cloth, swords, armor, bows and arrows, out of Yunshuo, along the northeast This road goes straight to Jingbian City. Can it be passed?"

Yang Xiaojie thought for a while and asked: "How many people does Erlang want to organize to go north?"

"How many people do you think are suitable?"

"Too many will cause panic among all the tribes and they will join forces to deal with it. Too few will make the tribes get greedy and kill people on the way. Five hundred people, equipped with a thousand horses, carrying armor, bows and arrows, and equipped with high wheels Cars and camels are safe. The key is to find two or three trustworthy and reliable guides."

"Yang Liulang, I'll leave the guide to you. I'll help you find the four of them with all your heart. On Zhenye's side, they will select five hundred people from the East China Sea. Liulang, you can help find good cavalry and archers in the Daizhou area. You can trust me." Three hundred young men."

Liu Guozhang began to make arrangements: "I will go to the Privy Council and appoint you as the commander of the Daizhou Border Army and Cavalry, so that it can be convenient. Yufeng Bank has a branch in Taiyuan, and I will ask Ye Wang to go there with the money and go through the officialdom of Taiyuan. , the soldiers, armor, bows and arrows needed to suppress evil can be obtained from the local arsenal."

Murong Yewang nodded.

"I estimate to prepare 500 sets of cavalry armor, 3,000 horn bows, 3,000 knives, 2,000 plain wood spears, 100,000 arrows, and some tea, salt, and cloth. Account books of the Privy Council and the Superintendent of Arms I have seen how many soldiers, armor, bows and arrows are lost every year, and there is no shortage of this many."

Everyone looked at each other, and Wang Xun couldn't help but ask on behalf of everyone: "Erlang, what's the purpose of transporting supplies to the Zhenwu Department?"

"Next, I'm going to the northwest."

"northwest!"

Everyone was excited.

"Use troops against the Hexi family?"

"Okay, I can finally fight the gangsters again!"

"Straight bitches can wait until this day."

When everyone was venting their feelings, Liu Guozhang stretched out his hand and pressed it, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Ma Kuo couldn't help but said: "Erlang, Captain Tong is still in the northwest." Liu Guozhang smiled and replied: "Tong Guan was involved in Zhu E's regicide case, and the official family's trust in him is gone. These days, I I will work hard and make the officials completely disappointed in him."

Everyone looked at each other in disbelief.

Tong Guan has been trusted by the officials for more than ten years, how could he give up on it?

"Although our officials have soft ears and long for old friendships, they think highly of themselves and hate those who betrayed them the most. Zhu Meng betrayed, and the father and son immediately abandoned the market. No matter who Tong Guan is trusted, he will only be his domestic slave.

Now it is involved in a major case of treason and the intention to kill the king. The evidence is conclusive. In the hearts of the officials, the past friendship has long been gone. These days, I will make some more plans. It won't be long before the officials can't help but change their generals. "

"That's good! Follow Erlang to the northwest, where the dragon enters the sea and the tiger returns to the forest." Everyone happily whispered to each other.

Liu Guozhang continued: "When we go to the northwest, we must use Xixia as a whetstone. To deal with it, we cannot just rely on the Western Army. We don't know how capable it is.

Tong Guan's legacy left many military generals and families. There is also a battle involving logistics. The Yongxing Army, the Qinfeng Army, the six prefectures and counties along the border and the Shaanxi Transportation Department have manpower and material resources. Whether they can cooperate is also a problem.

So I have to plan ahead. Li Zhongjie, the Superintendent of the Military and Horse Command of Nanjing, guarded Nanjing. He assisted me in pacifying Tian Wenbao and was promoted to Doctor Xuanzheng and Training Envoy of the Tangzhou Regiment. I worked hard, and the Privy Council moved him to be the governor of Qinzhou, the deputy envoy in charge of the strategy and pacification of Qinfeng Road, and the general manager of the military and horse capital of Xihe Road.

When the official envoy is vacant, Li Zhizhou is equal to the envoy. These civil servants did not want the military attache to be the envoy, and they could not choose a civil servant who dared to go to the front line and take up the task, so they had to deal with it in this way. They only have this face left. "

When everyone heard this, they were angry and funny.

Liu Guozhang continued: "In the past years on Xihe Road, the Tibetan tribes sometimes attached themselves to and rebelled. The prefectures and counties established during the Xining period, Xizhou, Hezhou, Lanzhou, and Huangzhou, sometimes fell into the hands of the Tibetan tribes, and sometimes fell into the hands of the Xixia army. There is no day without fighting. For twenty years, they have been beaten to a pulp, with basically only a few soldiers and horses guarding a few dilapidated cities and military strongholds.

Si Hegong petitioned last year to withdraw the Xihe Road Economic Strategy and Appeasement Envoy Department and put it under the concurrent management of Qin Feng Road. He only set up a separate general manager of the Xihe Road Soldiers and Horses Department, with Qian in charge of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Li Zhongjie was born as a Tibetan general and a descendant of Tubo Zanpu. He had a great influence on the Tibetan tribes in the Hehuang area. I asked him to spend more time conquering the various tribes there after he went to Qinzhou.

Among the state's seed masters, the former magistrate of Qinzhou, he was outstanding in surveying and surveying, and moved to Weizhou, where he also served as the deputy envoy for the strategy and appeasement of Jingyuan Road. He met me in Kaocheng years ago, and we went to Nanjing with him. We stayed there for more than ten days, and we had a very pleasant conversation and we were able to win over each other. Two chess pieces have been laid out in the northwest. "

Everyone was very excited after hearing this. We knew that Erlang was strategizing and would never fight an unprepared battle.

"But it's not enough. So I asked Zhenwu to return to the Zhenwu Department, recruit cavalry, go straight to the Hetao area, and threaten Xixia from the north. If we plan well, we can encircle Xixia on three sides. Hexi's territory is narrow and there is little room for maneuver.

The population is sparse and the products are not abundant. The most feared thing is a stalemate war of attrition. Well, let’s talk about this for now. The specific strategic deployment will be discussed after we go to the northwest and find out the specific situation. "

"Yes."

"Also, the DPRK and the Central Committee have agreed that the 107,000 Huaibei rebels who followed Tian Wenbao, plus the 200,000 victims of the Yellow River gap last year, in Hebei and Jingdong, will all be integrated into the Xiang Army, and I was appointed to deal with the aftermath.

There are 300,000 people here, plus the Changshui Army, there are 500,000 people. The straight bitch is being targeted by these bastards. "

Everyone chuckled a few times, full of pride.

The Erlang of our family is capable of both literary and military skills. When mounted, he is good at conquering and fighting, and when he is dismounted, he is able to care for the people, manage government, and govern the country.

If you follow him, your future will be bright!

(End of this chapter)