Chapter 520 I have made up my mind
“The plains of Ye are thousands of miles away, and there are four ways to transport water and canals.” Shi Le suddenly felt a little emotional on the Tongque stage.
He looked at Linyuan in Yexi.
Someone once said to him that after the capital city of Ye, he could build a palace in the garden. In the hot summer, he could escape the heat, enjoy the coolness and watch the magnificent scenery of Zhangshui River.
He believed deeply, but the time was not yet ripe and he did not want to waste too much people's energy, so he gave up.
Of course, some people say that Ye is not a place to live for a long time. Since Ximen Bao ruled Ye, Gai Yin has become a world-famous and prosperous place. Along with Hebei, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields and a large number of people living in Yin. The success of Han Guang's military use, which Yuan Benchu relied on to resist Cao Cao, is actually a first-class wealthy place. It is easy for people to linger in wealth and luxury, and gradually lose their enterprising spirit.
The country's rich people are extravagant, and rapid success and failure are not just words.
But these may have nothing to do with him!
Some things are better to look at than once.
Unknowingly, Shi Le also recognized the reality, and he could only let it go if he could afford it.
Of course, recognizing the reality is one thing, but it doesn't mean he is willing, let alone that he can do whatever he wants. Even Shao Xun, who had the upper hand, couldn't do whatever he wanted.
Some battles must be fought.
"Meng Sun, how is the fighting in Bingzhou?" After looking at the scenery, Shi Le calmed down and asked with a calm face.
"The two sides fought three battles at the foot of Jinyang City, Langu, and Guanjuejin. Xianbei did not get any advantage and already wanted to retreat." Zhang Bin replied.
Shi Le said "Huh" and said with a smile: "Look, as soon as I asked Meng Sun, there was good news."
"Your Majesty, if there is any other good news, you might as well Let’s talk about it together,” Zhang Jing said jokingly.
“Haha.” Shi Le tapped Zhang Jing from a distance with his hand, then put it behind his back, took two steps calmly, and said: “The news has come back from Pingyang, and the emperor canonizes my son as the emperor. The Prince of the Party..."
After saying this, he stood with his hands behind his back, his back to everyone, and for a moment, it seemed that all his energy and energy had gathered together.
“Doesn’t this mean that the emperor and his party conferred the kingdom on behalf of the king?” Zhang Jing said hesitantly.
Shi Le turned around and nodded with a smile.
When the generals heard this, they looked a little excited.
Zhang Bin lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, saying nothing.
This matter was actually decided at the beginning of the month, but Dahu kept it secret.
He is the Ping Jin King of the Han Dynasty. He had an empty title in the past and had nothing. It's different now. Shangdang County is a feudal state. This is a standard earth-breaking feudal kingship.
Of course, Shangdang County has basically been under Hu’s sphere of influence for a long time. There are not many Jin people in the local area, and the Jie people and Wuhuan people are all Dahu people. Granting this place to Dahu is just an acknowledgment of the fait accompli.
But if you want to say it has no effect at all, that’s not right.
This is an attitude that shows that the imperial court trusts Hu and relies heavily on him. He is a stronghold of the country.
This is not difficult to think of.
If Zhang Bin can think of it, others can also understand it.
The reason Da Hu threw out this news at this time was actually to reassure people: Don’t panic, the imperial court will come to save us.
Unknowingly, everyone has gradually changed from tacitly following Da Hu and establishing an independent force as their goal to relying on Pingyang and maintaining survival as their primary goal.
What is this? This is the destruction of the heart.
What is even more difficult to understand is that everyone in Yecheng seems to have accepted this fact calmly. This made Zhang Bin feel that the upper limit of their military and political group had actually been locked, and there was no future left - unless there was a big change.
As a king, it is difficult for a good minister to help him.
As a minister, unless you are a wise king, it will be difficult for you to show your talents.
The king and his ministers are in harmony with each other, just like the harmony of yin and yang, the present and the past are one, and they inherit the law.
The generals and subordinates under Da Hu’s tent originally seemed to have quite good abilities, but now I see that they are all just outstanding talents, not good ministers who can assist a generation of kings and break the world.
He already regrets it.
The king chooses his ministers, and the ministers choose their king. In these troubled times, there is really no certainty about who is Allah, and he is still not good at learning.
But there are not many people who are willing to take Hebei as the foundation.
There was Sima Ying in front of him, but he ruined his great advantage.
Later, there were Gongshi Fan, Ji Sang, Shi Chao, Sima Mo, Sima Teng and others, who all rose up and perished. During this period, he had been watching with cold eyes and did not act rashly. Finally, he bet on Baoshi...
Naihe, naihe, after all, he was not good at learning and had poor vision. The picture in my mind is not big enough. I am too obsessed with a corner of Hebei and fail to look across the nine states and carefully observe the heroes of the world.
Taobao stood among the generals and secretly observed Zhang Bin.
There is actually nothing to discuss in the military discussion. The morale of the army is so low, what can be done?
Da Hu mentioned that the Pingyang court would have reinforcements, but Tao Bao only believed half of it.
Taking a step back, even if this is true, is it too late?
I have been fighting with Tuoba Xianbei in Jinyang for almost two months. Even if he leaves now, do you want to replenish supplies and rest and reorganize the troops? But Yecheng couldn't wait any longer, unless Da Hu was willing to risk being besieged and hold on until the moment the food ran out. But judging from the current situation, Da Hu was unwilling to take this road.
Although he was born a bandit, he still had a sense of style and was unwilling to die in such a useless way.
After listening for a while, he already understood: Da Hu decided to fight to the death with Shao Xun.
He had nothing to say about it.
Let’s fight. Anyway, all the troops that can fight are in the hands of Hu. As the prefect of Wei County, he only had five or six thousand men, half county soldiers and half temporarily recruited men. In a battle of this level, he was really useless.
What he is more worried about now is his future.
My concubine’s words still ring in my ears.
The childish child who is babbling smiles at him every day. He felt that he was not as hard-hearted as when he followed Da Hu in his early years. After he had a wife and children, and became wealthy, he became even more reluctant to give up.
When he thought of the failure of the war and the destruction of his family, he felt so uncomfortable that he could not eat. Just now, he was distracted again, thinking that if the city was broken and his young child was beheaded, he was sweating profusely and looked at Zhang Bin subconsciously.
Zhang Bin was very silent, and nothing could be seen on his face. He hid his thoughts very well, but Tao Bao had an intuition that this person no longer wanted to be a big deal. Hu came up with a plan.
"Old guy, you are just unreliable!" Tao Bao complained secretly in his heart.
A "swipe" sound came from my ears.
Tao Bao was startled and looked up, only to see Da Hu pull out the sword from his waist. After scanning the crowd, he said: "He who is helped by God must first help himself. If you are defeated repeatedly, reinforcements from the imperial court will come. You won’t take us seriously either. I have decided to go out to fight with the Shao thieves. You don’t have to say anything, but just follow the orders.”
Everyone hesitated and said. : "As ordered."
Shi Le looked at everyone again, said no more, and went back to his house.
His family members have been taken to Santai and live in the palace next to the jade well. When he returned home, his wife Liu and his concubine Cheng came forward to salute.
"I heard that my husband is going out of the city to fight Shao Xun?" asked Ms. Liu.
Shi Le nodded, not surprised why his wife knew about this.
In fact, as the daughter of the chieftain of Shangdang Jie tribe, Liu was admittedly "beautiful", but she did not serve others with sex. Instead, she often assisted Shi Le in handling military and political affairs, made suggestions, and exerted her influence key role.
Shi Le was very miserable when he was young and did not even have a wife. After being sold into slavery, there is no way to get a wife. It was only when he took refuge with Liu Yuan that he slowly stabilized, and he also got married at that time. It has only been a few years since then.
So far he has only two sons. The eldest son, Shi Xing, was born to the Liu family and is six years old this year.
The second son, Shi Hong, was just born this year. His mother was Cheng Xia, the sister of Cheng Xia from Jin Dynasty. She was Shi Le's concubine after he settled in Hebei.
He has fewer children than Shao Xun, and now he is stared at and beaten by Shao Xun, not to mention how miserable it is.
The Liu family was born in the Shangdang Jie tribe. She was of the same type as Le. She was courageous and good at bowing, horse riding and shooting. She was not a delicate beauty in the boudoir.
Theoretically speaking, Shi Le could start a business because the Liu family was the original shareholder and contributed a lot. At least many of the large black Jie cavalry came from the Liu family.
It is a custom in the prairie that men go out to fight while women guard the house. This Liu family is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Although Shi Le discussed many things with his generals, after returning home, he would go over it with Liu again to see if there were any omissions.
Historically, when the former Zhao Dynasty was conquered, the Liu family actively made plans, with a very large-scale and ambitious plan - "Liu family was bold and strategic, Le Mei participated in military affairs with her, Zuo Le made achievements, and she was like Empress Lu. , It is better not to be jealous."
When Zhang Pi rebelled in Xiangcheng, Liu was also very qualified."
Even after Shi Le's death, she still refused to admit defeat - "Shi Hu was monopolizing power, and the Liu family planned to conscript troops to fight against him. When the incident was revealed, he was killed by Shi Hu."
This woman is not simple.
Seeing Shi Le nodding at this time, even though he was worried, Liu still nodded and said: "There are still some treasures and treasures in the house. My husband can just take them out and evaluate them, reward the soldiers, and encourage them to fight bravely."
"Madam is really a good wife." Shi Le sighed.
When it comes to this job, many generals have a lot of money to give up. He has hinted many times but is unwilling to pay to reward the sergeants. He is not as decisive as a woman!
After sighing, he saw the prairie-style braids that his wife still had, and subconsciously reached out to fish them out, then stroked her face.
Ms. Liu avoided it and admonished: "Husband, how can you behave like a child in this critical time of life and death? Men should be wielding swords to run rampant in the world, and what kind of things will happen when great achievements are accomplished? Women are not allowed?”
Shi Le was actually silenced by her training.
Liu said again: "Once the wolf king on the grassland shows signs of fatigue, he will soon be replaced. I have long heard that Shao Xun is obsessed with women. I looked down on such a person. But now he mentioned The soldiers are stationed at Ye, showing off their power. The sound of the roaring mountains and the tsunami can be heard clearly even in the depths of the harem. This is what a man does. If you want to turn defeat into victory, you should abandon your distracting thoughts, fight bravely, and fight with all your strength. This way there is a glimmer of hope."
After that, he waved his hand to Cheng and others to leave.
Shi Le was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Madam is right."
Liu sat down opposite Shi Le again and asked with concern: "Inviting a battle under the city has both advantages and disadvantages. If there is a war, It's not good, I'm afraid someone will take advantage of him and fight for the city gate. Do you have a comprehensive strategy?"
"Wang Yang is responsible for the city defense. I have already taken care of him."
"How to fight the decisive battle?" Liu asked again.
"It's impossible to rely on the infantry." Only in front of his family, Shi Le would tell the truth: "We can only hope that the cavalry will work hard."
Ms. Liu nodded, He said: "I will give them some advice."
Shi Le made up his mind and said: "With the help of my wife, my chances of winning will be better."
As for the power of the wife clan, he It's love and hate.
What I love is that it is easy to use, and they work harder. After all, everyone will be prosperous and everyone will suffer.
What he hates is that he is too powerful and threatens his core position, so he has been secretly suppressing him in the past few years, and military power has always been in the hands of the "Eighteen Cavalry" who first followed him.
He had no choice but to start with nothing, so he relied on Liu Han's tiger skin, his eloquent tongue to persuade the Wuhuan people to join the gang, and obtained official positions, and then used this to win over other tribes. After marrying a wife, he received strong support from the Liu family and finally had a core army. However, during the years of fighting in the north and south, although Liu's men were often suppressed and could not climb to high positions, the middle-level generals and colonels There are a large number of their people among them.
He wanted to spend time slowly rectifying and cleaning up, but Shao Xun knocked on the door, but it was not appropriate to move lightly.
At this time, his wife actually had to come out to say hello, which made him a little uncomfortable.
But if you think about it from another angle, Shao Xun also made his fortune with women, and they all rely on each other.
In the next two days, Shi Le took out his belongings and rewarded the sergeants, which boosted the morale of the soldiers.
On the 26th, he ordered to collect the people's livestock and slaughtered a group of old and weak horses and donkeys to feast on the whole army.
After doing all this, on the 27th, he ordered 30,000 infantry and 10,000 elite cavalry, and went out of the city to form an array in the wilderness.
The Jin army, which is building siege equipment, is also unambiguous.
Early in the morning, the drums were rumbling, and the Silver Spear Army, the Yi Cong Army, the Fu Army, and the Nanyang Army all came out. More than 30,000 people on foot and cavalry lined up in formation facing the soldiers and horses of Yecheng.
The war is today.
(End of this chapter)