Chapter 41 Friendship and Reunion (Additional Update for Brother Kui Yuan, Leader of the Alliance)
After the family banquet, the guests dispersed.
Concubine Pei sent her brother Pei Xia out and said a few words.
"Since Uncle Dao is working as a staff member for Fourth Brother, you might as well give me a few words." Under the dim moonlight, Concubine Pei's face seemed a little sad.
Pei Xia did not dare to be careless and said immediately: "My sister, please speak."
"Master Wang has repeatedly defeated the Ji soldiers, and he is indeed majestic. However, I am worried that the Ye people have a grudge, and in the future Once defeated, revenge will be carried out," Concubine Pei said with a frown.
"Isn't this a good fight? How could Xianmei think of defeat?" Pei Xia asked.
“If you don’t have long-term worries, you must have immediate worries.” Concubine Pei sighed and said: “It is no longer a secret that there is food in the capital. I heard from the king that it will probably be enough to last until February. . If we can’t win in these few months, Master Wang may be unable to survive.”
Pei Xia was silent.
This problem is indeed very difficult.
To encircle a city, you do not need to put your swords and guns under the city wall without leaving any gaps. In fact, you only need to control the traffic arteries.
Transporting grain requires vehicles, and the vehicles must take the post road, so you can just cut off the post road.
If it is shipping, it is actually simple, just cut off the water transportation. What's more, winter is about to begin, the rivers are frozen, and shipping cannot continue.
As for people carrying it on their shoulders, or horses and donkeys carrying it, it is too inefficient and should not be considered - in fact, this trick is also easy to prevent.
Now Jizhou soldiers are in the east of the city, and Guanzhong soldiers are in the west of the city. Although they suffered consecutive defeats, they persisted and did not retreat.
There is also a camp of Ye soldiers in Mang Mountain (Mang Mountain) in the north of the city. In the south of the city, south of Luoshui, there are Xianbei cavalry raiding. Luoyang is actually still under siege, and external supplies cannot be imported into Beijing. middle.
To be honest, if the enemy army had not arrived after the autumn harvest, the situation would have been even more difficult.
"Mei, what do you want to say? You might as well say it bluntly." Pei Xia thought for a while and said, "Although you are a daughter, you are always smart. We all admire you, but there is no harm in speaking."
"If the King of Changsha fails in the end and foreign troops enter the city, many unspeakable things may happen." Concubine Pei said: "Let's not talk about the people, but just the officials and nobles inside and outside the city. If they are disturbed, , plunder and even——"
At this point, Concubine Pei looked sad. After taking a deep breath to calm down, she said: "For the current plan, we still have to unite, otherwise we will have to be manipulated by others. . I don’t think Sima Ying is a wise person, and he doesn’t listen to Da Jin’s advice. If everyone unites together, he will not be able to succeed, so maybe he will be satisfied in the name of the emperor’s brother.”
"Luoyang cannot fall into the hands of others, at least not all of it falls into the hands of foreign soldiers." Concubine Pei finally said.
That makes sense! This was Pei Xia's first thought.
It’s hard for others to tell, but what kind of beasts are Zhang Fang’s men?
Once they enter the colorful world of Luoyang, they don’t know how much trouble they will cause under their indulgence.
So, even if the whole city cannot be protected, some areas must be protected, which requires everyone to work together.
"What do you think A-mei should do?" Pei Xia asked sincerely.
"Wang Hu killed sixteen generals in Hebei and gained a high reputation. Gou Xi also fought vigorously, and even Mi Huang occasionally had a small victory." Concubine Pei said: "Contact them more, Everyone hugs together to keep warm, maybe we can save our own homes."
Pei Xia nodded and glanced at his cousin.
She worked so hard, probably because she was trying to win over the Forbidden Army generals for Sima Yue.
If it fails in the end and the generals unite around King Donghai, he will have the leverage to bargain with Sima Ying.
Sima Ying probably wouldn't be willing to leave her old home in Yecheng.
He does have limited intelligence, but he is not stupid. Once you leave Yecheng and come to Luoyang, your destiny is no longer under your control, just like Sima Yi back then - he originally brought an army of 200,000 to kill Sima Lun, but more than 200,000 people were the world's Soldiers or temporarily recruited Ding men are not professional warriors. You can't tie them to your side for life, they will have to be dismissed.
Since Sima Ying refuses to come to Luoyang, she is destined to be unable to control the court situation for a long time. It will be a bit difficult to dominate the government here because the conditions are not mature.
As time goes by, the situation in the court will most likely fall into the hands of King Donghai, right? If he is supported by the generals of the Forbidden Army or the wealthy noble families.
What a good strategy, a good strategy!
Hua Nu is really a good wife. Sima Yue made a lot of money by getting such a wife.
After the two talked for a while, Pei Xia said goodbye and left.
Concubine Pei put away the sad look on her face and stood quietly for a while.
What she did was indeed worthy of the Pei family and her husband, and was of great benefit to them. As for the side effects, they are all trivial and not worth mentioning...
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The late autumn morning is crisp and cold.
The mist is like a veil, wandering in the air, covering the messy battlefield.
Deep in the mist, a fiery red figure shouted loudly, and the heavy sword slashed down with great force, almost hitting the same place every time.
Shao Xun got up before dawn to practice his martial arts.
He will feel particularly at ease when listening to the commands of the soldiers on duty and the footsteps of the patrols coming and going.
People who stay in military camps for a long time may have this hobby. If the world becomes more chaotic, the military camp will be the last place to settle down, providing people with an unparalleled sense of security.
After practicing the epee, Shao Xun threw the instrument to Wang Queer and thought about his own things.
In the battle with Meng Chao's men, their small group suffered nearly 300 casualties. When the battle just ended, there were almost only this number of capable warriors left, if you don't count the young children. Among the injured, there are probably dozens of people who can return to the team, but there are only so many.
Shao Xun felt a little emotional.
Many familiar faces are gone, such as Liu Tong, the team leader under Yang Bao, and Zhong Badger, the team leader he appointed himself - who died of injuries.
Many of the seedlings he had once been optimistic about died and became disabled, and his expectations and efforts were in vain.
Many officers and soldiers who have gained his initial trust have withdrawn, and will have to go through the process again in the future to train new people.
In short, half of the troops that were built up with great effort were lost in one battle - not only the men were lost, but also his energy.
After defeating Meng Chao, many defeated soldiers came to seek refuge. They were in groups of three or five, and the total number of soldiers was quite large, so that the total strength of their group exceeded 800.
However, the origins of these soldiers are complex, they even speak different dialects, and they are in a state of low morale, which has actually lowered the average level of the entire building.
There is no doubt that he still needs to spend a lot of energy to rectify.
Of course, the more important point is: cultivate more of your own people.
Shao Xun is sure that Wu Qian, Chen Yougen, Huang Biao and others can be trusted. There must be dozens of such people in total. Some of them can even run away with him, that is, if the court wants to arrest him, these people will not side with the court.
Besides these dozens of people, other people can respect military orders, but they will not become his personal people.
The direction of future efforts is to train more individuals and put them into suitable positions.
Outside of the army, his network of contacts also began to slowly expand.
Not to mention Mi Huang, people from the Yingchuan Yu family, the Donghai Xu family, and even the Runan Zhou family began to realize his value, no longer relied on their status, and ignored him, all kinds of despise.
This is a good start.
Because of his origin, he has no favorable impression of these aristocratic families, but he is also a pragmatic person. He knows that it is impossible to eliminate the aristocratic families as a whole, so there is only one way: divide and disintegrate, win over those who are willing to cooperate, and exclude those who are willing to cooperate. Even attacking those who are uncooperative is, to put it bluntly, a united front.
Calculate carefully, there is a long way to go, and the most important thing is to continue to accumulate capital, make friends with noble people, establish meritorious deeds, and gain reputation.
Otherwise, given my background, to put it harshly, I would not be able to keep up with the heat even if I eat shit.
After introspection, he saw Mi Huang who had changed into a soap-colored official uniform and was about to go out.
"Go back to Luoyang." Mi Huang said with a smile.
“The guardian is beaming with joy. Could it be something good happened?” Shao Xun joked.
"It's really a good thing." Mi Huang thought for a while and decided to reveal the truth: "I received news that Sikong wanted to reorganize the Kingdom's army."
"Why?"
"Isn't Wang Bing Have you suffered a huge defeat? There are only a few of the 1,500 men left." Mi Huang laughed so hard that he continued: "He Lun only has less than a thousand soldiers. , Sikong decided to recruit new soldiers and rebuild the Kingdom's army in Luoyang."
"How many people to recruit?"
"Two thousand people for the upper army and one thousand people for the lower army."
"This. It’s the establishment of the sub-state.”
“It’s the establishment of the sub-state.”
“People from Luoyang City.”
"How can we recruit people from Luoyang City?!" Shao Xun was shocked and said: "Can they fight?"
Mi Huang said helplessly: "Now that business travel has stopped, there are many people in the city who have no food and clothing. If we don't recruit them, who can we recruit? Besides, I have seen those people before, and they are not thin, so they should be able to do it."
< br>"The governors and guards are ignorant, and the people in the city are wandering and cunning. When they enter the military camp, they will only bring bad atmosphere. Let me put it bluntly, they are worse than the servants of rich families." Shao Xun advised.
"Is it really that bad?" Mi Huang thought for a moment and seemed to really mean that.
There is a shop in his hometown in Donghai, and he often goes to the market. The people he sees are really not that good. It is absolutely true to say that they are snobbish and cunning. The people of Luoyang, the capital city, should be more serious, right?
"If we really recruit city people into an army, and lead our own soldiers to fight head-on, and beat them to the point where they kneel down and beg for mercy, and hand over all the coffins of my parents--they will really do it. Hand it over." Shao Xun said seriously.
Mi Huang was happy, shook his head, and said: "The deal is done, it's useless to talk more. In fact, everyone does this. It doesn't matter whether you are a city citizen, a farmer, a servant, or a barbarian, Thirteen You can be recruited when you are over the age of 10, and you can become a soldier with a wooden spear. How can you fight differently?"
"If you want to win the war, you can't be so hasty." Shao Xun said: "We haven't fought much before. Understood. But since the kings revolted, there have been many battles in various places. Over time, people will gradually figure out what kind of soldiers are good, how to train them, and how to improve their combat effectiveness. Let's put it this way. I think it’s a bit of a joke, but in five or ten years, the level will definitely improve. When everyone is making progress, we are regressing. If we use people from Luoyang as soldiers, we will lose the battle.”
Mi Huang didn’t expect the problem to be so complicated, so he was a little hesitant.
"Forget it, I'll go take a look first." Mi Huang sighed: "Maybe - things are not as simple as you and I thought. I suspect that He Lun and Wang Bing have taken a liking to our troops. Let’s go find out first.”
When Shao Xun heard this, his face became serious.
"It's not necessarily a bad thing." Mi Huang said comfortingly and said, "I'm leaving first."
(End of this chapter)