Chapter 118 The Last Corner
When Shao Xun saw Chen Yougen again, he had returned from Hongnong County Office.
This county is located on the Yellow River northeast of present-day Lingbao. It was named Hongnong in the Jin Dynasty and Taolin in the early Tang Dynasty. It was later renamed Lingbao and was named after the "Lingfu".
Three miles northwest of Hongnong is Zhujin, which is the key point for crossing Dahejin.
Shao Xun wrote down the terrain, post roads, water sources, ferries, cities and even all kinds of miscellaneous news he had learned along the way, and returned with satisfaction.
On the tenth day of March, the army stayed overnight on the Zhaogong Plateau in the south of Shaanxi County.
Shao Xun has a good impression of this place name.
During the Han Dynasty, many descendants of Duke Zhao changed their surname to "Shao". This was God's will.
The land of my home.
Including Shaanxi County and Hongnong, they are all my family’s land.
"General, Duke Pei has agreed to send someone to Yiyang. He is a man named Liu Anzhi, bringing five hundred pieces of Shu brocade." In the big tent, Chen Yougen recounted everything that had happened over the past few days.
"Liu Anzhi? The princess's niece-in-law?" Shao Xun has heard of this man. He is the Wubao Commander from Hedong, a member of the Liu family. He married the princess's niece Nunu. He heard that he also participated in last year's prostitution. The battle resulted in heavy losses, with only less than a thousand of the 1,500 troops returning.
“This Liu Anzhi, I guess he didn’t just come here as a gift.” Shao Xun continued to ponder: “Maybe we also want to see what we are capable of and how far we have gone.”
< br>Obviously, Liu Anzhi came here to inspect.
Five hundred pieces of Shu Brocade is just the "down payment". If the inspection results are good, additional investment may be made, and some core members of the Pei family may even go south to seek the official position of Hongnong.
Shao Xun has just received the news: the prefect of Jijun who serves Yu Shi Yuchen has completed the process and is about to take office. The original governor of Jijun Zhang Yan was originally going to pacify the prefect of Hanoi, but he was interfered by the Pei family, and Pei Zheng Served as the governor of Hanoi.
Shao Xun doesn’t know what happened in history, but based on current analysis, the Pei family seems to have the idea of expanding their power.
It’s right to think about it, who doesn’t have some ambition these days? Wang Yan is also seeking Xuzhou, and perhaps Qingzhou, so how could the Pei family have no idea about Hongnong, who is so close at hand?
There is a man named Pei 廙 (yì) who became the magistrate of Hongnong County at the end of last year. Shao Xun had just met him a few days ago, but he didn't know much about him. He might not be a core member of the Pei family, but his ability to come to Hongnong must have been due to the help of the Pei family across the river.
The troubled times have come, and the Wenxi Pei family began to expand in Hanoi and Hongnong counties around Hedong County, which is completely reasonable.
Use Hongnong to catch them, and be sure to catch them one by one.
"General, do you want to pull everyone out and scare Liu An, lest he underestimate us?" Chen Yougen asked.
“No need.” Shao Xun waved his hand and said, “Just do whatever you want. It’s enough to have the Silver Spear Army. Although they have only been training for more than a year, it’s still good to show them off.”< br>
"The coolies of the Silver Spear Army are indeed different now." Chen Yougen said a little sourly.
Once upon a time, those people were really stupid. When the teaching team was practicing, I didn’t know how many sticks they hit. I didn’t expect that at this young age, he would already look pretty good.
"Speaking of the Silver Spear Army, I have some new ideas." Shao Xun put his right hand on the table and tapped his index finger on the table, obviously thinking about something.
Chen Yougen looked at him and waited quietly.
"In the past few days, you have to find out. If the teaching team as a whole leaves the Royal Army or even the Forbidden Army, see how many people are willing." Shao Xun said.
“Why are you in such a hurry?” Chen Yougen asked in surprise.
"It's not that I'm anxious, it's Sikong who is." Shao Xun said with a bitter smile: "Hua Tan kept urging me in the capital, and Cao Junsi sent Yu Yuangui to the west to deliver the official seal to Mr. Mi Fu and me."
After that, Shao Xun took out the official seal of the general in the palace from the small box on the side and said: "I am no longer the general of the kingdom's army."
"You are a self-proclaimed general..." Chen Yougen whispered something, and as expected, Shao Xun gave him a sharp look.
“The general in the palace is in charge of the forbidden troops and supervises the palace. He is divided into left and right guard generals. He attends banquets and rides in and out, waits on the left and right, and opens the gates of the palace at night..." Shao Xun Looking at the official seal, he said slowly: "From now on, I will be the general of the imperial army, and the royal army will also be dismantled and distributed to various places."
In fact, the general in the palace is a more critical position.
In ancient times, the palace was guarded. In addition to the guards, there were also field troops of the Forbidden Army.
This tradition lasted until the Northern Song Dynasty, such as the Golden Spear Class of the Palace Front Division, the Inner Palace, etc. These troops not only had to participate in foreign wars, but also took turns guarding the palace.
To put it bluntly, the emperor just wanted to increase his influence in the army.
Yang Xianrong wooed Shao Xun because he was a general in the palace and a front-line leader.
At the critical moment, he is more useful than the commander of the Forbidden Army and the Northern Army.
After all, the lieutenant general of the Northern Army will not directly command the troops of the Suwei Palace, but the general of the palace will - this is like the difference between the minister of defense and the front-line division commander.
If Yang Xianrong really wants to plot any conspiracy, the general in the palace can play a great role, such as sealing off the palace and killing powerful officials. Regardless of the consequences, this is really possible, provided that the lieutenant general can deeply control his troops and at least cultivate a considerable number of cronies.
"General, are all our old men going to evacuate?" Chen Yougen asked.
"We must withdraw, but not all of them." Shao Xun nodded and said: "I don't intend to leave the teaching team to the Forbidden Army. You and the brothers will discuss it and try to come out as much as possible. I will set up a new The first army, called the 'Long Sword Army', is based on the teaching team. "Where is the Long Sword Army stationed?" Chen Yougen's eyes lit up and he asked anxiously.
He no longer wants to work for this bird court, it would be great to be independent.
The teaching team is equivalent to General Shao's personal soldiers. They are very convinced of him. Most of them should be willing to leave, as long as there is a place for them to stay.
"When Yu Yuangui came today, I remembered a place." Shao Xun said: "Yushan Wu."
"That Wubao in Yangzhai County?"
"Yes." Shao Xun said: "After being forced to retreat from Zhang Hong, Yu Shubao left Yushanwu and returned to his hometown in Yingchuan for a while, and then returned to Luoyang. After successive wars in Luoyang, Yu Gun and his wife and tribesmen Went to Linlu Mountain in Jijun and built a second fort. After Yu Gun left, most of the people in Yushanwu were scattered, and now there are not many people left in Yushanwu."
The situation in Yushanwu is quite special. , because this Wubao has no "core".
Yu Gun only brought a small number of tribesmen, and relying solely on his personal ability and charm, he won over the fortress households with extremely complex origins, and then they swore an alliance together until Zhang Hong withdrew his troops.
To put it bluntly, this was just for the sake of self-protection and because he couldn't bear to see the people of Yangdi County being ravaged by bandit soldiers, Yu Gun took them to the mountains to build docks. Many marshals, city chiefs, li Xian in Yushanwu are even directly officials of Yangzhai County.
After the situation stabilized, they left, leaving Yushanwu half abandoned.
Shao Xun’s plan is to use his relationship with Yu Chen, the prefect of Jijun, to ask Yu Gun, who is building a dock in Linlushan to farm his own land, to come forward and use his remaining influence to occupy Yushan dock as a The headquarters of the newly formed Long Sword Army.
To this end, he needs to exchange interests with the Yu family, such as recruiting some people from the royal army, following Yu Chen to take office in Jijun, and becoming the de facto county soldiers of Jijun - Hebei is not peaceful.
This matter is not simple, but it is not difficult either. If there is no benefit, Shao Xun is not willing to consume his prestige and influence to do this, but if there is such a real benefit as Yushanwu, he is still willing.
If Sikong doesn’t come, everyone can keep busy. You have the right to use it, it will become invalid upon expiration.
"You can recruit some familiar soldiers in the army. If they dare to fight and fight, as long as they are willing to leave, they will all be incorporated into the Long Sword Army. After all, it has been several years, and Yushanwu is now It's hard to say what the situation is. There is no harm in having more people." Shao Xun said: "The Silver Spear and Long Sword armies are my confidants. From now on, you will be training in Yangzhai and they will be in Yi. Yang Zhengxun will be of great use in the future. "
Yiyang and Yangzhai are not far from Luoyang, and can be reached in a day with two or three fast horses, which is conducive to his frequent inspections of these places. , review and enhance influence.
No matter how far it is.
It is not a good thing for soldiers not to see their commander for a long time.
After hearing what Shao Xun said, Chen Yougen nodded first, and then couldn't help but ask: "General, what will you do in the Forbidden Army after I leave? You have no one of your own."
"What are you talking about?" Shao Xun was amused: "Aren't Huang Biao, Yu An, Li Chong, Zhang Gu, and Wu Qian one of our own? There are so many old brothers. I led them to defeat Zhang Fang and kill Meng Chao. , and even beat Shi Chao away, are you still worried about not having any of your own?"
Chen Yougen hesitated.
He always feels that only the teaching team is the most reliable, they are General Shao's personal soldiers, and no one else is good.
"Don't think too much. Since I can bring you out, I can definitely bring out more people." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Breaking up my old foundation, some people are very calculating. But as long as I am given enough time, I can still build a team. How can a general of the imperial army who spends his days traveling around and chatting with others really convince the sergeants? "
Actually? , as far as the superiors are concerned, every military reorganization is a good opportunity to break through the originally intricate and complicated relationships.
Dismantle your old troops and move them to new positions, with all new people under your command. Most of the early accumulation was wasted and everything was started from scratch. This was a necessary means to avoid the formation of a warlord mountain in the army.
Even if it were replaced by Shao Xun, he would definitely do the same thing. Don’t think of others too stupidly.
Based on this idea, the only way is to poach in advance and save as much capital as possible.
Some people will always seek death, just wait for the opportunity slowly.
After the secret talk with Chen Yougen, Shao Xun went to the Mi family and his son and negotiated the recruitment of 1,500 kingdom soldiers to serve as county soldiers in Hongnong.
No matter how loyal Mi Huang was to Sikong, he also had selfish motives in this matter. He did not refuse and even urged Shao Xun to get it done as soon as possible.
After all plans were made, the army slowly returned eastward and returned to Luoyang at the end of March.
On the eighth day of April, Hua Tan ordered Cao Fu to exert pressure and let the royal army march outside the city to check the number of soldiers and weapons.
Shao Xun delayed and refused to agree.
On April 20, Hua Tan pressed again, but still delayed.
On the first day of May, Wang Rong, the Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army, personally ordered the disbandment of the Royal Army. The sergeants were dispersed in teams, and together with more than 10,000 newly recruited soldiers, they were organized into the left and right guards of the Forbidden Army.
This time, Shao Xun did not delay and cooperated quickly.
At this point, the East China Sea Kingdom Army, which was once famous in Luoyang, has become history.
Shao Xun also officially started his busy life of training soldiers, guarding the palace, and managing private properties.
(End of this chapter)