New Wagang

Chapter 531 Chaotic Huainan

Li Mi also agrees with the analysis and suggestions of the two.

The Fengming Army was stronger than itself, and much larger, but as far as the soldiers and horses crossing the river and based in the Huaibei area are not many, although the Fengming Army claims to have an army of more than 30, most of them are In his lair, if he doesn't attack at this time and wait until the Fengming Army's follow-up troops gradually increase before making any calculations, he may miss a good opportunity.

Even if Li Zitong was angered by this battle, as long as he can defeat the troops who came across the river and drive them back, then it is not certain that Li Zitong will be able to cross the river smoothly in the future.

War is a situation of ebb and flow, as long as Li Zitong wins, then he is very likely to take advantage of the situation and take Huaibei area into his own. When the time comes, the army will be strong and horses will be strong, and if they defend according to the river, why should they be afraid of how many soldiers Li Zitong has?
After all, Li Zitong's troops were not as proficient in water warfare as the Huainan army.

"However, this time, Li Zitong has acquired a lot of local forces in Huaibei, and he used rewards to buy people's hearts. Most of my Wei soldiers also live here for generations. It is inevitable that they will attack and kill each other. I am afraid that the morale of the army will be damaged. It's not right." Fang Yanzao raised his concerns again.

"There is only one person who can resolve this worry." Cui Shishu glanced at the two of them, and said two words softly: "Guan Chong."

"General Cui wants this king to use Guan Chong?" Li Mi was very surprised.

At that time, when I seized power from Zhu Xie, Guan Chong wanted to antagonize me directly. Thanks to buying Guan Chong’s confidants in advance, I put him under house arrest first. Originally, I wanted to kill Guan Chong directly, but later I was concerned about the morale of the Huainan army. He was placed under house arrest, but even today Guan Chong has not been able to claim himself as a vassal.

"King of Wei." Cui Shishu took two steps forward, bowed and said, "Guan Chong and Zhu Xie are sworn brothers. It is reasonable for Zhu Xie to die and Guan Chong will avenge his brother. This only shows that Guan Chong is not afraid of life and death." He is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and this person has made great achievements in both administration and battle strategy. If such a person is adopted by the King of Wei for his own use, he will become a capable general of our Wei army."

"I really want to take it for my own use, but I'm afraid that Guan Chong will not follow suit." Li Mi sighed.

"This matter can be turned around." Fang Yanzao interjected: "The so-called one moment and another moment, at that time Zhu Xiexin died and Guan Chong wanted to take revenge, it was reasonable. Being protected by the king of Wei and enjoying wealth and honor, this can be regarded as the king of Wei's kindness to Guan Chong. As long as the king of Wei sends Zhu Xie's wife, family and children to Guan Chong's mansion, Guan Chong can treat his deceased brother's relatives. As far as I can remember, I think Guan Chong's hatred for the King of Wei will live up to him."

"Fang Gong's words are very true." Cui Shishu was afraid that Li Mi would lose face or something, so he hurriedly said: "Then Guan Chong is a veteran of the former Huainan Army, and he has the support of many sergeants, and he is very familiar with all the forces in the Huaibei area. , if you win Guan Chong, it is comparable to winning the land of Huaibei!"

"Okay!" Li Mi finally made a decision: "Immediately order someone to settle Zhu Xie's family and send them to Guan Chong's mansion, and immediately remove the monitoring of Guan Chong's mansion so that he can come and go freely, and then send someone to send a thousand taels of silver. , a hundred taels of gold to show my favor, and the next day the king will personally come to invite you."

When Fang Yanzao and Cui Shishu heard Li Mi's words, excitement appeared on their faces, and they immediately turned around to say goodbye. Li Mi was busy preparing to go.



When Yu Wenba and his party entered the boundary of Xining Prefecture, it was already January.

Over the past month, Yuwenba has not been in a hurry, but moved slowly at a relatively slow speed. When he arrived at a place, he also found the right time to disembark and land, and wandered around, not for sightseeing. , but try to understand this world as much as possible and grasp the most substantive information.

During the period, there were several fights, but for Yuwenba's personal guard battalion, it was a piece of cake, especially after the four Lei brothers learned how to lead the battalion with Luo Chun, they commanded the 500 guard battalion. The arrival of people and horses greatly increased the power of the guard battalion.

However, Yuwenba has never let anyone reveal his true identity all the way, and only the ship merchants are known to the outside world. Because the Great Sui Dynasty had reduced the large ships of the Chen Kingdom in the past, many people also passed some of them at the beginning. The channel bought some ships, of course, the ones that are no longer suitable for combat after certain modifications, just like the two ships that Yuwenba and the Qinweiying are currently riding on.

And Lu Mingxing covered the mechanical crossbow on the deck and the bed crossbow on the bow with objects to cover up, so that outsiders can see that this is just a merchant on the ship.

this night.

The two ships were resting in a bay. Yuwenba and Wang Bodang were drinking and talking in the cabin, looking at the night view of the water surface outside the cabin from time to time, which was quite relaxing.

"Brother Bodang is familiar with piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and Fu." Yu Wenba put down his wine glass and looked at Wang Bodang and said suddenly: "Brother Bodang, the scenery is good tonight. I wonder if there is poetry?"

Uh

Uncle Wang was taken aback for a moment, then grinned, and quickly waved his hands and said straightly: "I have abandoned pen and ink for many years, and now my hands can only hold knives and guns. I am afraid that there will be no more sour scholars."

"Brother Bodang, don't use the word sour to describe scholars like this." Yuwenba also nodded at Wang Bodang understandingly, but then said: "It doesn't matter whether we are Daxin Kingdom today, or other ways It doesn’t matter if you fight against the king, now you are fighting the world for the people of the world, and when you are in the world one day, will you still have to rely on fighting and killing to rule the world? The so-called Wenzhiwugong also means that the word Wenzhi comes before it.”

"If my elder brother wins the world, is it necessary to vigorously promote the prosperity of calligraphy?" Uncle Wang stared at Yuwenba's eyes with some splendor in his eyes, as if he wanted to see through Yuwenba's eyes whether his elder brother was lying or not.

Yuwenba nodded slightly at Wang Bodang's gaze, and said: "The Qin Emperor burned books and robbed Confucian scholars. In the past, emperors of all dynasties have strictly restrained scholars, but in my opinion, scholars are not the root of chaos. , mostly for the sake of sensationalism or arbitrariness by the foolish king, as long as those in power guide and use them in a timely manner, then scholars will only be of great use to the current dynasty and can educate the world. In my opinion, people like to read books Reading is one of the best ways to consolidate power."

Wang Bodang was dumbfounded by Yuwenba's words. Although Wang Bodang was a scholar, he also wanted to fight for more rights and interests for the world's scholars. I have always been very vigilant, afraid that scholars think too much and most scholars are especially resourceful. Therefore, almost all dynasties and regions have attacks on scholars.

(End of this chapter)