Late Tang

(Thanks for the support of Yeduzui and DizzyHappy. Today, Muzi suffered from a severe stomachache. I only got up to type in the afternoon. Today I may only be able to write another chapter.)

The sun rises in the east, and a round of red sun leaps from the sea and gradually rises higher.The golden morning sun diffused across the eastern plain through the morning glow, and climbed up the Great Wall of the Great Northern Dragon, which winds high and winding among the mountains, and when it illuminated the streets and alleys of Guancheng, Li Jing had already descended from the Great Wall. Already sitting in the hall of the temporary camp in the military capital and working.

Right now, he has finished processing several important official documents, and signed his signature on the memorial approved by the cabinet.He frowned and stood in front of the geographic map of ** mountains and rivers on the wooden shelf by the wall.In the morning of early June, the unexploded sunlight came in through the window sills, dragging out a long beam of light in the room, and fine floating dust danced up and down in the beam of light, ups and downs and ups and downs.Because he was too absorbed, he stood still for a long time, looking like a statue bathed in light and shadow,

He was nervously thinking about things to the west.

Although this time Zhang Zimian took the initiative to invite Ying, and he had already issued a military order to lead his troops to the west.It is undeniable that Zhang Zimian is indeed a very well-informed general, but what Li Jing is worried about is that Zhang Zimian is new. It's the past when the court led troops.And before coming here, Zhang Zimian was defeated by Huang Chao in Tongguan, and almost his entire army was wiped out.Now he voted under his command as a county duke, this time as the county duke as the marshal of the Western Expedition, leading Yang Shihou, Gao Siji, Li Cunxiao and other marquises to fight.Let him worry that Zhang Zimian will not be able to order the generals to conquer the west.No matter how powerful a marshal is, if he cannot get the support of the generals, it is impossible for him to win the battle.

It's not that Li Jing didn't expect to transfer Li Cunxiao and other disciples and generals to Zhang Zimian's command.But this time, he drew [-] soldiers from the [-] soldiers on both sides of the Taihang Mountains to Zhang Zimian, and another [-] rural soldiers, which already left the base camp in Hebei a bit empty.If Zhang Zimian can't win, what's the use of cutting off his head?What Li Jing needed was victory, so he seized the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Li Siyuan came to vote for, and gave Li Ke a slash.

This is often the case in wars, when an opportunity presents itself, one must seize it.If you don't catch him, it is possible for someone else to catch him.

In order to show trust, Li Jing did not send Zhang Zimian a supervisor this time, not even a teaching envoy. Everything was based on Zhang Zimian and gave him 100% trust.The general led the troops outside, and the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. Li Jing himself was also the leader of the troops, so it was impossible for him to be restrained outside the battlefield.

Li Jing understands that the situation Zhang Zimian is facing this time is very serious.With only [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers entering Datong, they have to face [-] barbarian bandits and tens of thousands of Shatuo troops in the south. Even Li Siyuan in Datong Town may not be completely credible now, at least his The subordinates are not completely credible.

In a stricter sense, Zhang Zimian's enemies include not only the Hu people, but also the Shatuo people, including the Shatuo people under Li Siyuan.

However, Li Jing did not have more soldiers and horses to transfer to Zhang Zimian. This time, he handed over 5 troops to a former court general who had just come to vote. This was Li Jing's extremely risky decision.Now there are only 7 people left in the entire Hebei region. They must guard Yanjing, Junduguan and Shanhaiguan, Lulongsai, the Great Wall, and Mozhou, Yingzhou, Cangzhou and other places to defend against the Khitans in the north and the Chengs in the south at any time. German Army and Wei Bo Army.

All Li Jing could do was to order the Guo Chongtao Army and Lin Wei Army in the north to approach the northern area of ​​Yinshan Mountain to put some pressure on the Hu people.In addition, Li Jing personally moved the garrison and closed it, called inspections, in fact to prepare for the worst.In case Zhang Zimian's situation is unfavorable, Li Jing will have to take his guards and Yanjing guards out for reinforcements.

Entering June, Zhang Zimian has also sent troops for many days.

Zhang Zimian sent back a report stating that he had already discussed with Li Siyuan, in order to prevent his subordinates from suddenly defecting when Li Siyuan fought against the Shatuo people, they decided to let Li Siyuan lead his troops to gather [-] Shatuo soldiers and [-] Shatuo auxiliary soldiers , and then moved to the north of Yunzhou, guarding the Niupi Pass on Qingslope Road, the only way for Hu people to go south.After Zhang Zimian left [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers stationed in Yunzhou, he has led [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers to Shuozhou.

The Military Intelligence Bureau and the CIA also reported successively that Li Keyong was still in Hezhong Town, and his [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers were all staying in Hezhong Town, and he was about to cross the river with the Hezhong Allied Forces to attack the Puppet Qi soldiers in Henan.Regarding this situation, Li Jing felt very puzzled. Now that Li Ke used the backyard to catch fire, he didn't rush back to rescue his hometown, but he still wanted to go south to crusade against the puppet Qi. Where did this calmness come from?

Whether Li Keyong really couldn't help himself and was restrained by Zheng Congxuan and other commanders in Hedong, or Li Keyong had actually made other arrangements long ago, so he was confident and didn't worry at all.

Now the question is, what exactly is Li Ke's back trick?This time, what does Li Keyong plan to do?Could it be said that Li Keyong really planned to give up Datong Town, as for Yanmen Town, if he didn't come back, Yanmen might not be guaranteed.

His gaze stayed on the top of the map for a long time, where there were rolling mountains and rivers, a large area of ​​blank space, only a few rivers, mountains and rivers and a few place names were marked.Yunzhong, Wuzhou, Jingbian, Baideng Mountain, Niupi Pass, Qingslope, Huanghuadui, Lahe Valley, Mayi, Shanyang, Shuozhou, Xincheng, Loufan Pass, Yanmen Pass, Juzhu Mountain, Shenwuchuan, Sang dry river.

For Li Jing, he is no stranger to Yunzhou and Shuozhou, and even Yanmen Daizhou Xinzhou.The area within Yanmen Pass is not bad, and it has always been considered a place controlled by the forces of the Central Plains, but Yunshuo outside Yanmen is already considered outside the Great Wall, even though it has always been the territory of Tang, but in fact there are more Hu people than Han people here. Living together, the folk customs are sturdy.Moreover, because the Qin army had implemented a strategy of relocating these barbarians here, the border residents in these places did not have a good impression of the Qin army, and Li Jing's army could not get much support in this area.

Datong's Yunshuo two prefectures are sparsely populated, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, and supplies are difficult. Throwing tens of thousands of horses into it is like throwing stones into the sea.

On the contrary, Li Keyong has great prestige in this area.Shatuo moved to Datang for decades and lived outside Yanmen Pass, managing the tribes on behalf of the imperial court. Many tribesmen only knew Shatuo Zhuxie's family, but did not know that it was actually Li Tang's territory.Li Keyong's ups and downs, but not his downfall, are largely due to the support they received in Daibei.Every time he falls, he always recovers here.Li Keyong is very good at fighting. He has a vicious vision, is brave and dares to fight, and dares to take risks. He cooperates with these tough barbarians in Daibei. He is a born fighter, so he can always pull up a strong team.

He pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and his black pupils shone with wisdom behind his eyelids.

He suddenly remembered a conversation he had with Whitebeard earlier.

One day, he went to Tianjin for inspection. After finishing his official duties, because he had some spare time, he went to meet a group of retired pirates such as Whitebeard who had moved to Tianjin with the navy headquarters.These old pirates didn't get on board early, and all of them held the title of naval consultant, or lecturer or teaching assistant of the Naval Academy, and received a fixed salary. They lived a very chic life.When Li Jing chatted with him, he talked about Li Keyong and the Shatuo people from Daibei.Whitebeard believed at the time that the biggest reason why Li Keyong could always get back up after each defeat was the problem of Dai Bei.The Li family has been in Daibei for more than [-] years, and it has already been deeply rooted.Moreover, in the Northern Han Dynasty, there were fewer Husbands, the folk customs were tough, difficult to control, and they always admired the strong. Li Keyong's brave performance just convinced many border residents.But the imperial court has no prestige in Daibei at all, so even if Li Keyong is defeated, the border people in Daibei are always willing to follow him.Even the powerful Qin army had difficulty gaining a foothold in this area.

Therefore, in order to defeat Li Keyong, the key is to calm down the border residents in Daibei.Daibei is the root of Li Keyong, if the root of Daibei is gone, Li Keyong will have nothing to fear.

At that time, he couldn't help but look at the old pirate with admiration. He didn't expect that besides robbing everywhere in the sea, he could even see the situation in Daibei thousands of miles away so clearly.He once asked Whitebeard how he came to this conclusion, but Whitebeard laughed and told him proudly that he didn't actually come up with these things.It's just that when he was an honorary professor at the Naval Academy, he accidentally saw it from a student's current policy coursework. At that time, he felt that what the student said made sense, so he wrote it down.

"What's that student's name?" Li Jing asked at the time, but White Beard couldn't remember it at all.Afterwards, Li Jing sent someone to search, and finally found that it was mentioned by a naval student named Li An. Li Jing met this young student in person, asked him a lot of questions, was very satisfied with him, and finally sent him to Went to the Yanjing Lecture Hall Staff Academy for advanced studies.

He remembered that when he met Li An, the distant nephew and nephew of the family, he asked him, since he proposed to deal with Li Keyong, he should start with Daibei first, how to proceed specifically, he was still full of childishness. However, Li An said coldly on his face: "One word can solve it, kill! As long as you kill all these sturdy border people who refuse to submit, Li Keyong is a tree without roots. If the king doesn't mind trouble, you can It can be solved with two words, relocation. All the Hu people and Han people in the north will be moved away, just like how the king dealt with the Goguryeo people, breaking them up and moving them to the interior, and resettling the prefectures and counties."

Of course, it is impossible to solve the specifics with one word or two words. Li An talked to Li Jing for a long time, and proposed many practical and feasible plans.In fact, what satisfied Li Jing most was to relocate the border residents in Daibei, and then resettled those refugees who entered the Qin Dynasty to Daibei.At the same time, the Great Wall on the border between Daidaibei and the grassland was repaired, beacon towers were rebuilt, and military fortresses were fortified.Of course, several cement avenues need to be built to connect the entire Daibei.Use the Great Wall, concrete roads, military forts, beacon towers, and cities to form a tight network, just like spiders weaving. Usually, local garrisons are stationed in the Great Wall and various military cities. After retreating into the fortress, the troops stationed in important towns quickly followed the main road to various places for defense.

In his plan, immigrants can remove the tough border residents, and Chang'an can keep the barbarians out, with beacon fires to warn, and troops stationed in fortresses.With the cement road, not only soldiers and horses can quickly reach the front line, but also the problem of grain and grass transportation can be solved.

Li Jing admired Li An's plan at the beginning, but it was only appreciation, because at that time, the Qin army's grand strategy centered on Hebei, and Daibei was not under consideration.But now, maybe he should take the matter seriously. (To be continued.)