Chapter 398 Guanzhong and Pingyang

Chapter 398 Guanzhong and Pingyang

Chapter 398 Guanzhong and Pingyang (Additional update for Zhang Taiwan, the ally)

In the morning mist, there were shouts of killing that were getting louder and louder.

Thousands of soldiers stood in the open field, lined up in neat rows, and charged to the sound of passionate drums.

After the charge, the officers, who were wearing recognition flags, began their daily beatings and scolding.

The recruits were trained like gray grandsons, with their heads almost lowered to their crotches.

The whole process lasted about half an hour.

After the beating and rest, the troops continued to line up. More than 300 of Shao's personal soldiers rode on war horses and started the second round of training from far to near.

This is to familiarize the recruits with the cavalry.

The more familiar and understanding you are, the less likely you are to be afraid and the less likely you are to scare yourself.

Wei Fu and Liang Chen walked around the formation with Shao Xun, chatting and laughing from time to time.

"After Wang Yong of Hejian, the soldiers in Guanzhong have been getting worse day by day. Now, they are completely dependent on the troops of the wealthy families and the Qiang, Di and Hu people." Liang Chen's eyes moved around the soldiers of the right battalion of the Silver Spear Army and said, "If you train your soldiers for another year or two, they will become a formidable force."

"How does it compare to the Huns?" Shao Xun asked.

"It will be a bit difficult to fight against the Xiongnu cavalry." Liang Chen said honestly: "I heard that you also have the Silver Spear Left Camp, which can travel north and south, and may be able to win the battle."

"If I take up my silver spear and lead my righteous people to march north, can I defeat the Xiongnu?"

"No." Wei Fu and Liang Chen said almost in unison, with even some worry on their faces. They were really afraid that Shao Xun would get carried away and think that he could attack the Huns with only 10,000 or 20,000 silver spear soldiers and a few thousand cavalry.

"Haha." Shao Xun was very satisfied. These two people asked him for something and even depended on him, but they did not agree with him. Their character was still acceptable.

If we were to launch a northern expedition against the Huns, judging from the current situation, it would surely lead to an all-out decisive battle.

It's impossible that you only attack one place while others are watching and letting you weaken them little by little.

If we want to fight, we must launch at least four northern expeditions.

Attack Hongnong all the way to eliminate the threat on the flank.

Attack Hanoi all the way and go straight to Shangdang.

Attack Hebei all the way. Even if there is no big fight with Shi Le and Shi Chao, people have to be dispatched in this direction.

Finally, we need to monitor Qingzhou all the way.

Even more, if someone in Jingzhou, Yangzhou or Xuzhou causes trouble and hinders your progress, you will have to divide your troops into three more routes.

It would be too much of a stretch for him now to attack from all four directions at the same time.

Furthermore, he now needs to train generals.

In this regard, the general needs to have two qualities: first, he must be loyal to his country, which is the most important thing; second, he must have qualified abilities.

In the past, he did things too personally and was worried about losing all his capital, so he was not willing to let his subordinates take charge on their own.

Now, our power has reached a new level and we can no longer follow the practices of the small farmers of the past.

It is time to let go of Jin Zheng and Wang Que'er. If the teachers keep caring for them, the students will not get enough opportunities to grow.

After the spring ploughing, Wang Que'er led the left battalion of the Silver Spear Army to Gaoping, and let him be responsible for a direction alone to cultivate his overall capabilities.

Li Chong went to Puyang and continued to lead the river defense line.

The south is empty.

At this time, if Sima Rui stole his ass, it would be quite troublesome - this was one of the main reasons why Shao Xun insisted on protecting the court.

With the imperial court gone, Sima Rui also lost the last bit of moral restraint on his head, and he could act completely freely.

As long as the imperial court was there, Sima Rui would be less likely to send a navy from Shouchun to the north to attack Chenjun.

"When you go to Nanyang, you can discuss everything with Le Hongxu." Shao Xun said, "Expand your troops according to your ability. Governor Liang will not do anything to you. After all, the court is still there."

"My lord, when do you think the war in Guanzhong will end?" Wei Fu asked.

"It's hard to say." Shao Xun said: "This fact depends on the Xiongnu. It depends on how much capital Liu Cong is willing to invest."

Wei Fu and Liang Chen nodded. They shared the same opinion.

To be honest, the Huns' first attack on Guanzhong was too smooth, and there was a bit of trickery involved.

Who could have thought that Zhao Ran would fall out with the King of Nanyang just because of the position of prefect of Fengyi?
After Zhao Ran surrendered, he helped the Xiongnu to disintegrate the army stationed in Tongguan. In this way, the two armies sent by the King of Nanyang were completely destroyed.

Chang'an was also extremely short of food - after two consecutive years of disasters, there was no place in the entire north that was not short of food - and it was impossible to recruit new soldiers. The area was extremely empty, which gave the Huns an easy advantage.

Now Fufeng, Anding and other places have risen up in rebellion, purely because the Xiongnu did not win the first battle. If we can suppress them this time, Guanzhong can be truly stable.

"Where is the Nanyang Concubine?" Shao Xun asked again, "The Nanyang Kingdom cannot be without her, otherwise it will not be legitimate."

Liang Chen stopped silently.

Wei Fu followed Shao Xun and walked forward for seven or eight steps before he whispered, "The Concubine Dowager is with the Princess at Liuhua Courtyard."

Shao Xun turned around suddenly and looked at Wei Fu.

Wei Fu lowered his head and said nothing more.

Damn it, how come everything I did “secretly” was discovered in the end?
You retainers are all smarter than monkeys. Were you just pretending to be stupid before?

When Shao Xun heard the news about the "Princess", his heart was beating fast.

He wanted to hug the child and let his daughter see her father.

This daughter has no name or status until now, which is really wronged. When Shao Xun thought of this, he felt a little irritated. How can he deceive his wife and secretly go to see the child born by the mistress? Help online, urgent.

"I'll find an opportunity to pay a visit to the imperial concubine." Shao Xun said, "You guys are more informed than I am about Guanzhong, so keep an eye out for information. If there's any news, report it immediately."

"Okay." Wei Fu agreed without hesitation.

As the remnants of King Nanyang, if they want to survive in this chaotic world, they can only rely on the stronger party and gain their support.

Mr. Chen is now the only person willing to support these lonely ghosts, so they can only listen to him.

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Liu Han's capital was Pingyang. There was a palace in the city called "Pingyang Palace", which was the power center of Liu Han, the most powerful force in the north.

Since the New Year, Pingyang Palace has issued one decree after another, making adjustments to court positions.

Of course, these are all trivial matters. What people talk about the most is the "sex scandal".

Liu Cong appointed Sikong Wang Yu and Shangshu Ling Ren Yi Nu as the left and right Zhaoyi.

The daughters of General Wang Zhang, the Minister of the Central Army, Fan Long (formerly the Grand Herald), and the Minister of the Left Ma Jing were made his wives, and the daughter of the Minister of the Right Zhu Ji (formerly the Minister of the Central Secretariat) was made his imperial concubine, all of whom had gold seals and purple ribbons.

The two daughters of Taibao Liu Yin were appointed as left and right noble concubines, ranking above Zhaoyi.

Liu Yin's four granddaughters were also made noble ladies, ranking below the noble concubines.

As a result, the six women of the Liu family in two generations were favored in the harem, so much so that Liu Cong rarely went out during this period, and the eunuchs reported any matters to the ministers.

He needs to focus more on women.

Of course, Liu Cong was not a tyrant. He enjoyed playing with women, but he was still rational in government affairs.

In the first month of the year, General Zhenbei Jin Chong and General Pingbei Bu Wei led their troops to attack Jinyang, and Liu Cong agreed.

In fact, the scale of the troops was not large, but Liu Kun had even fewer troops, and Jinyang was directly surrounded. But this matter is not over yet, the outcome of the Jinyang battle depends entirely on whether Tuoba Xianbei will be defeated.

"Chang'an! It's Chang'an again!" Liu Cong felt unhappy after reading the memorial, and even the beauties surrounding him were displeased.

"Your Majesty is feeling depressed. Why not go out of the palace to see whether the Huiguang and Wenming palaces have been completed, so as to relax your mind?" Noble Lady Liu came over and advised.

"You always bring up things that spoil the fun!" Liu Cong pushed Liu away and said angrily.

Liu was caught off guard by the emperor's behavior. He had doted on her and her two aunts before, but now he became furious and shed a few tears.

"Cry! You just know how to cry!" Liu Cong scolded, "If you cry again, I will send you to Shao Xun as a gift. It's just the right time to get a new person in my palace."

Liu stopped crying immediately.

Liu Cong snorted coldly, thinking that his cousin Zhang Shi's two daughters, Huiguang and Liguang, were good and would be brought into the palace as noble ladies in a while - it just so happened that the empress dowager also had this idea.

However, he suddenly thought of the fact that Shao Xun married Princess Lu of Fanyang and Princess Le of Chengdu into his mansion, who were much more fun-loving than he was, and he felt a little melancholy.

The left noble concubine Liu Ying came over quietly, signaled her niece, Little Noble Lady Liu, to leave quickly, then picked up the memorial on the ground, read it roughly, sat down next to Liu Cong, and advised: "Your Majesty, Guanzhong was just acquired, and the people are not yet attached to it. The King of Zhongshan has few soldiers and may not be able to defeat the people of Jia and Liang. You should increase his troops to defend it."

Liu Cong was silent for a while, then said: "You don't know. As for the others, I have already increased the troops, but Yongming..."

Liu Ying advised again: "The King of Zhongshan is loyal to Your Majesty, why doubt him?"

Liu Cong sighed and said, "The imperial court is currently deploying troops to Jinyang. Farming is urgent in February and March, so it is not appropriate to send out so many troops. Let's wait until March or April when the grass turns green again."

Liu Ying looked at Liu Cong and knew that he had made up his mind, so she was smart and stopped trying to persuade him.

The court's decision to send troops to Jinyang was actually an accident.

Xing Yan, the general of Jinyang, presented a jade stone to Liu Kun in the hope of advancement. Liu Kun then gave the stone to his sworn brother Tuoba Liuxiu, the son of Tuoba Yilu.

Liu Xiu found Xing Yan again and said that Xing Yan must still have this thing in his hand. He asked for it in every possible way but failed, so he arrested Xing Yan's wife.

Xing Yan was furious and sent troops to attack Liu Xiu, who was defeated and fled.

Xing Yan then surrendered to the Han Dynasty with Xinxing County.

The two counties of Xinxing and Yanmen were the spoils that Liu Kun obtained last year by presenting Tuoba Yilu to the Duke of Dai at the risk of offending Wang Jun. Now that Xinxing is gone, Yanmen cannot be saved either.

When the Huns saw this good opportunity, they sent troops to besiege Jinyang.

This guy Liu Kun was not only able to borrow troops from the Xianbei, but also able to recruit the miscellaneous Hu people in the north of Dai. However, he was "good at winning them over but not at controlling them. Although thousands of them returned in one day, many also left one after another."

In short, he was famous and could attract people. But after they came and spent some time with him, they found that Liu Kun was not a good person, so they ran away again.

To put it bluntly, his ability to rule and control is very poor, and his emotional intelligence and political intelligence are not high.

Recently, he felt that Jinyang was small in number and weak in military power, so he sent people to sneak back to his hometown Zhongshan to recruit people in Zhongshan and several counties in Youzhou. Wang Jun was furious and friction broke out again, and a fight broke out.

This is the general background of the Huns' siege of Jinyang.

Liu Cong believed that Tuoba Xianbei was entangled by Wang Jun and was fighting endlessly, and might not have the energy to support Liu Kun, so he planned to take him down in one fell swoop.

However, after being advised by Liu Ying just now, he felt that he was indeed too wary of Liu Yao. Moreover, after the setback in Henan last year, the civil and military officials in the court felt that they should exert their strength north of the yellow river and focus on attacking Guanzhong and Hebei, and should not disperse their forces any further.

Liu Cong agreed with this, so he waved his hand, embraced the sisters Liu Ying and Liu E, and asked their four nieces to kneel in front of him to serve him. He squinted his eyes comfortably, and after a long time he finally said, "You two draft an edict to send Shan Zhenxi's troops to Chang'an."

Liu Ying and Liu E responded softly.

"Bring the powder here." Liu Cong said again: "All of you kneel down before me. I will come and deal with you after I have taken the powder."

The decree quickly left the palace filled with the smell of lust and flesh and was sent to the court.

A few days later, the order to mobilize troops was issued.

The situation in Guanzhong has also reached a critical moment.

(End of this chapter)