Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1504 Four before enthronement

Hu Zhao and the others are ministers who are good at internal affairs and in control of the overall situation. In terms of military affairs, Mu Jing trusts Xi Zhicai's ability and vision even more.

Once he ascends the throne, he will inevitably suffer military oppression from the princes.

So he has to solve this problem in advance.

Even though Xi Zhicai had just returned to Yudu, seeing that he was full of food and drink, he was not polite to him, and directly pulled him along, and began to discuss the layout of the military division.

"We defeated the Hebei Zhou army and the Central Plains Wei army, so once we become emperor, no matter whether it is the Central Plains or Hebei, we don't need to think too much about it. Only the Yan army in Youzhou is a problem. Gu believes in Zhang Wenyuan, even if he doesn't send troops, I can hold back!"

Mujing gazed far away, through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and stared at the land of the northern border: "It's just that there are still too many enemies in the northern border, and the pressure on Gu will be great. When the time comes, they will have a union. It might be a fierce battle for the advantage!"

The front line of the Ming Dynasty in the north was already too long. From Xiliang to Henan, the defense lines of the three princes had too many enemies.

Moreover, this place in Guanzhong itself is a place of hundreds of battles. Whether it is the army of Wei and Yan, they all have the urge to fight in, and they also have such strength. If they really fight, they may not be afraid, but they will be held back.

This is what Mujing doesn't want to see.

In addition, during this expedition to the Central Plains, the strength of the Yan army in Youzhou was the best preserved. The abilities of Zhang Fei and Zhang Xiu were enough to kill them.

"My lord, now we have enough troops in the northern border. I don't think we need to worry too much at the moment. Moreover, the Luoyang battle was fought so fiercely. We need to recuperate. I believe they need it too!"

Xi Zhicai said: "Although Zhang Fei is brave, if he has other plans, he will not care about Hedong, and he will even give up Hedong. He had such a plan before!"

"Anything else?"

"Liu Xuande contributed too little in this battle, and he seemed to be accumulating energy, but what he was accumulating energy for, I thought about it, and I felt that he was going to attack Hebei!"

"really!"

"guess!"

"Then go check it out!"

"I have mobilized Jing Wusi's spies in the Northland, but there is not much specific news, and it does not support my guess at present!"

"Your guess is not unreasonable!" Mu Jing smiled, and said, "It's terrible for a person like Liu Xuande to tear his face apart!"

Liu Xuande, a person who can deceive himself, really let go of being a villain, he is even more terrifying than Cao Cao.

"Even if the fight starts, Liu Xuande can still find a chance, he is Uncle Liu Huang!"

"That's right!" Mu Jing nodded, "I hope he has such lofty ambitions!"

The Ming Kingdom now needs heroes like them to divert the attention of the people of the world, so that it will be much easier for him to proclaim himself emperor, as long as he can survive the period of recuperation.

There will be no princes in the world that the Ming Dynasty fears.

"But I'm a little worried about Xiliang!" Xi Zhicai said suddenly.

"Xi Liang?"

Mu Jing frowned immediately: "Gu has already read the report submitted by Xiliang recently. Initially, although there are some minor problems, they are also management problems, political problems, and the overall situation is quite stable. At least no one dares to stand up against our Ming country, so there will be no one who opposes us!"

Although there were some minor disturbances, they did not affect the overall situation. Ma Chao Pound was there, and he could send troops back at any time, so there would be no major troubles.

"I'm worried about Xiliang, not from the interior, but from the prairie north of Xiliang. If the Southern Huns reach some agreement with the Yan army in Bingzhou, they will choose to enter Liangzhou!"

Xi Zhicai said: "There are some signs before this!"

"Southern Xiongnu?" Hearing the words, Mu Jing immediately recalled some news, and after a while, he said: "I heard that Yu Fuluo is dead. After his death, it must be Hu Chuquan who succeeded Shan Yu!"

"Ok!"

Xi Zhicai said: "I asked Jing Wusi to know about this person, and collected some information. Compared with his elder brother, he may not be braver, but he is definitely more difficult to deal with. If he is given a chance, he will definitely go south, but before he goes south, If he wants to test us, he must attack Xiliang!"

"Huchuquan?"

Mu Jing sneered: "He is quite courageous. He knows that Xi Liang is lonely, but he still dares to make up his mind. Is it true that there is no way to deal with him if he is lonely!"

The era of the Huns has passed, and it was Xianbei who rose up. Mu Jing paid more attention to Xianbei, but the Huns no longer let him take it seriously.

In particular, after the split of the Huns, the influence of the Southern Huns was limited.

However, in recent years, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the Southern Huns took the opportunity to rise, but they had some footholds in the land of Hetao. The Huchu Spring of the Southern Huns can be regarded as a hero in this troubled world.

"It's not that he has the guts, he has nowhere to go!" Xi Zhicai said softly: "If we keep an eye on the situation on the grassland, after all, although the Central Plains is chaotic, it's just our own people who fight here and there. Our real enemy has always been the vagrant nation, that is the alien race on the back of the stud!"

"At present, the Xiongnu have less and less right to speak on the grassland. Whether it is Mobei or Monan, most of them are the Xianbei clan!"

Xi Zhicai said: "The Southern Xiongnu took refuge in the Han court at the beginning, which made many grassland tribes dissatisfied. They lost their hearts so much that even if they were tossing about, they could only toss in the land of Hetao!"

He changed his words: "However, this is also very harmful to our Central Plains. Although Xianbei is strong, it has been blocked from Daijun. The two prefectures of Youbin also have vertical and horizontal, but they never dare to go deep. But the Southern Huns It’s hard to say, they went deep into the Central Plains in the past!”

"They have no way to go, it's their business, but if they dare to enter Liangzhou, we can't be beaten. Even if our current situation is not very optimistic, it is best to recuperate, but as long as the enemy invades, we will move. It should be fought!" Mu Jing paced back and forth: "If he dares to enter our Xiliang, he dares to fight him alone, and I have thought about it, our Ming army cannot lack cavalry, this battle exposed The defect of our cavalry is a big problem, but if we want to train our elite cavalry, we also need a whetstone!"

Cavalry is the trump card of the cold weapon era. The Ming army did not make much progress in cavalry. Although the Heijia Battalion is an elite cavalry battalion, it is too small.

Without tens of thousands of elite cavalry, it is still very difficult to fight for the Central Plains, let alone leveling the grasslands.

"What does the king mean?" Xi Zhicai looked at Mu Jing, and Mu Jing's thoughts were a little too bold.

"Guanzhong has not stabilized yet. For the time being, I will not withdraw troops from Luoyang, but the cavalry battalion is excited enough to let Pang Xi go to Xiliang!" Mu Jing said: "I don't ask him to stop the Southern Huns, but I hope he can entangle them when the Southern Huns attack!"

He thought for a while, and then continued: "After all, being beaten is too much of a disadvantage. Pang Xi is still useful. At present, there is no way to send out the elite general, so let him take command and expand the Black Armored Cavalry Battalion. To become a truly elite cavalry army, I will send him horses that can be used for battle from several pastures, and give him a recruit. coming!"

The Ming army had long had the idea of ​​building a cavalry army. When they captured Xiliang, Xiliang was a very suitable pasture, so the Privy Council built no less than ten pastures in Xiliang, which cost a lot.

There are some war horses here, which are usable.

Picked out, there are more than tens of thousands of horses.

"Pang Xi is a capable general!" Xi Zhicai said: "Personal combat power may not be the strongest, and his martial arts may not be very good, but he is good at using troops, and the style of using troops is as fast as the wind, and he is best at mobile combat. Qualifications, but in terms of training..."

"He thinks he has some flaws in military training?" Mu Jing frowned.

"According to my observation, he is really not very good at this aspect!" Xi Zhicai said: "If you really want him to cultivate an elite cavalry, at least give him a lieutenant general, and a lieutenant general who is good at training troops!"

"Who is it?" Mu Jing asked.

"At this moment, I can't think of a suitable person!" Xi Zhicai shook his head. Although there were many generals in the Ming army, there were really not many people after such a big plate was put down.

Moreover, the cavalry is the weakest branch of the Ming army. It has not made much progress since one branch, only the black armored cavalry battalion has some capabilities, but there are too few elites to be considered a strong soldier.

"This matter can't be delayed!" Mu Jing couldn't think of anyone: "It must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise we will suffer a lot if we don't have any preparations when the Southern Huns come to kill us!"

Although the Southern Huns may not come in, it's all their guesswork, but many things are better believed than believed.

The Ming army wanted to train elite cavalry, so that must be done in advance.

"I thought of someone!"

Xi Zhicai had an idea, and said, "Just to see if the king dares to use it!"

"Who?"

"Chunyu Qiong!"

"The general of Yuan Shao who surrendered to our Ming army after being captured?" Mu Jing was slightly surprised: "I heard that he was very stubborn at the beginning!"

"Ok!"

Xi Zhicai said: "We won this battle, he owed a lot of credit, although it was forced, but it is understandable that from now on, he can only be branded as a general of our Ming army, no one can believe him He didn’t give up, but he still didn’t give up, until Yuan Benchu ​​found out that he was still alive and sent no less than ten assassins to assassinate him again and again, then he completely gave up and truly surrendered to our Ming army!”

"What about ability?"

Mujing thought for a while, talking about loyalty at this time has no effect. You are a captive and forced others to surrender, and Chunyuqiong was forced to surrender to the Ming Kingdom. Maybe there is much resentment towards the Ming Kingdom in your heart, and it is natural for the Ming Kingdom There is not much loyalty, but due to the circumstances, he can only obey, which is enough. He has absolute confidence that Chunyu Qiong will not have the chance to rebel, and the rest depends on Chunyu Qiong's ability.

"ability?"

Xi Zhicai heard the words, pondered for a while, and said: "I recommend this person because I have a little understanding of him. Although this person is nothing among famous generals, there is a saying that a good fighter has no name." , this person is a veteran, a veteran with a lot of experience. I have seen some of his experiences. He can be compared to the person who was the eighth captain of Xiyuan back then. He is not bad in ability. Until now, he has been in the Hebei Army, Although he is not well-known, what he does is to train soldiers frequently, and he has trained a lot of elite soldiers. Moreover, this person has a very tenacious personality. Difficult to attack!"

"Then give him a chance!"

Mu Jing immediately stopped hesitating, some things had to be cut quickly, and said: "Time is running out, there is no need for him to rush back from Luoyang to meet Gu, let him follow Pang Xi directly to Xiliang, but let Jing Wusi kept a close eye on him, when Gu failed to completely trust him, Gu could only use this method!"

Jingwu Yousi has the responsibility of supervising officials and generals.

Although doing so would cause a lot of criticism, but in the current situation, it is impossible for Mu Jing to make everyone loyal to him, and some people need to be on guard.

As long as he doesn't go too far, he believes that even if some ministers find out, they won't have too much resentment.

Supervision, the key is to look at a degree.

In this regard, Mu Jing has always been in good control. Jing Wusi has internal supervision, which is known to many people, but it has never turned the world upside down.

"It's okay, but!..." Xi Zhicai reminded: "Don't overdo it. Although Chunyu Qiong is a surrendered general, we still give him enough dignity!"

"Do not worry!"

Mu Jing said: "Jingwu Yousi will do it very secretly, try not to let him find out, once found out, withdraw immediately, and then I will analyze it for him alone!"

One thing, if you want to do it well, it mainly depends on your attitude. Mujing's attitude is here, even if something really happens, he will come forward in person, shameless and shameless, Chunyu Qiong will not say anything.

"The stability of the northern border is not a problem. Now that the Central Plains are in turmoil, Cao Cao should not have the energy to trouble us, but we have to guard against Jiangdong!"

Xi Zhicai brought it up directly, and said: "Although we fought a beautiful battle in Jiangdong, and killed Sun Wentai, which caused heavy losses to the state of Wu, it may not be a good thing for us to have Sun Bofu come to power. , Sun Wentai will still consider whether he should fight or not, but Sun Bofu is fierce enough, but he is also fierce enough. It's not that he has no brains. If you don't want to fight, if you really fight, you may not think too much, and you will even hurt both sides, so you have to rush in!"

He reminded Mujing: "Furthermore, our navy is not on the Yangtze River at this time, so it may not be able to stop the Jiangdong army's attack. Once the Jingxiang five prefectures are in turmoil, it will affect our entire Ming country, especially the Ming Dynasty. Now that the king is about to ascend the throne, when the day changes, he doesn't even need to break out into a big war, as long as he comes in with great fanfare, it will cause us a lot of trouble!"

"Jiangdong!"

Mu Jing sneered: "Although Sun Bofu is fierce, but at this time, I don't think he will enter our Jingxiang, he still has more ideas!"

"But it is a fact that our Yangtze River waterway lacks combat effectiveness!"

Xi Zhicai said worriedly.

In the battle of Jianyedu, the main warships of the Ming army have all gone to sea. It will take time to return from the East China Sea, station in the South China Sea, and go north to Jingzhou.

(End of this chapter)