Summon players, rebuild Dawei
Chapter 138
"Recently, I heard that Wang Cheqi sent envoys to and from the Huaiyang king's tent many times on the pretext of giving gifts." Pei Xin sat on the main seat, looking majestically at the crowd, "What do you think?"
After a moment of silence, the guests present spoke one after another.
"The king of Huaiyang, Chen Bing Huazhoukou, refused to retreat, as if he wanted to kill himself, so we must guard against it."
"At the beginning when Wang Cheqi contacted Huaiyang King to go to Beijing to fight against the rebels of the Kong family, but His Highness took the first step, they must have a grudge."
"These two people are in close contact at the moment, maybe they are secretly plotting to enter Beijing."
While listening to them discussing the situation, Shi Yun ate delicious fish sticks, raised his head from time to time and echoed "Yes, yes", "The king of Huaiyang is insidious and cunning, we must be cautious", perfectly interpreting a rubbish Diners who eat and drink.
But this is not what he wants, and his ability is really limited, so he cannot participate in this topic.
As a player, he accidentally recited a song "Wang Yue" when he was climbing a mountain, and he was taken by a high-ranking student surnamed Li, and became friends with him.
At that time, the King of Southwest came to Beijing. In order to gain fame, he recruited literati and scholars. He was recommended by a friend surnamed Li. By reciting ancient poems, he successfully entered the Southwest Palace and became a guest of the royal family and nobles.
Along the way, Shi Yun felt as if he had stepped on the plot line that the game had already designed, and everything went smoothly.
But after mixing into the palace, it will be difficult to get promoted.
In order to gain the attention of the Southwest King, you can only rely on brains and strategies. The road of memorizing ancient poems is completely unworkable. In addition, his background is humble, he is excluded and marginalized by others, and he rarely has the opportunity to speak. It is rare to have the courage to offer a plan , and was despised by the Southwest King, Shi Yun worried that he would expose his real IQ by talking too much, so he basically stopped talking now.
Now whenever he attends such a banquet again, he treats it as if he is here to taste delicious food. Sometimes when he sees a few counselors arguing over a small issue, he will feel a disillusioned attitude in his heart: Why bother!What's the use of calculating and breaking your head?Sooner or later, this country will belong to Brother Shu!
Pei Xin listened for a while but didn't hear what he wanted to hear, so he couldn't help frowning deeply, looked at Lu Qing, who was drinking quietly, and said, "Lu Canjun, tell me."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the surroundings fell silent.
Lu Qing was watched by many pairs of eyes, but he didn't care at all. He calmly said: "Your Highness still lacks one achievement, the achievement of further controlling real power."
Pei Xin: "If you have any ideas, you might as well just say it."
"His Highness ordered Su Inspector to quell the rebellion in Lingzhou, but Su Inspector was negligent. Instead of doing his best to put down the rebellion, he let the beggar army occupy half of Lingzhou. There have been many criticisms in Beijing about this matter."
Lu Qing spoke slowly, then turned his head to look at Pei Xin: "Su Inspector's ability is not enough, this position of Lingzhou Inspector, wouldn't it be better for His Highness to sit down?"
"I took control of Huaizhou, and almost caused a minister to be killed in the court meeting. How do I take Lingzhou?"
"If His Highness can put an end to the chaos in Lingzhou, everyone in the court will have nothing to say."
Pei Xin squinted his eyes: "What's the plan for joining the army?"
Lu Qing smiled slightly, and said simply: "Persuade to surrender."
"To persuade the rebels to surrender?"
"That's right, the begging army attacked many counties in Lingzhou, but they never dared to touch the land of the Southwest Kingdom, which shows how much they respect the royal family. From this, we can see that the leaders of the rebel army are mostly poor families who have never seen the world.
"Such a person has limited ability and is difficult to control the army under him. Maybe he is already in a state of distress at this time. If His Highness secretly promises high officials and rich salary, those traitor leaders will surely surrender."
Someone disagreed and said: "If you want His Highness to add officials to those traitors, aren't you afraid of attracting resentment from the court?"
Lu Qing replied indifferently: "This is just an expedient measure. Give those rebel leaders some official positions to satisfy their greed. When the rebellion is put down, His Highness can dismantle and reorganize the begging army after taking Lingzhou. To be able to deal with those rebel leaders, this is a soldier who never tires of deceit."
Hearing the recruitment of the army, Pei Xin's heart moved.
He is currently constrained in his actions in Beijing, and a large part of the reason is insufficient force. If he can take down the begging army of more than 4 people for his own use, why should he be afraid of King Huaiyang, Wang Yi and others.
Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Pei Xin's lips: "Lu Canjun's plan is very good, and it won my heart."
When the rest of the people heard the words, they also praised Lu Qing's ingenuity and strategy.
Shi Yun echoed with a few compliments, and then took advantage of everyone not paying attention, took a picture of the Southwest King, and posted a post on the forum.
[Shi Yun: This idiot beeping the Southwest King, if he can't beat the rebel army, he wants to persuade him to surrender, even if he persuades him to surrender, he also wants to cheat.
@DUAN英雄, if he writes to ask you to surrender, don’t be fooled. He’s planning to kill you when he gets your army. There are a lot of bad-hearted people in the court. {picture}】
·
The news that the Southwest King wanted to secretly send a letter to persuade the Lingzhou uprising army to surrender quickly reached Jiang Shu's ears, but he had no time to deal with it for the time being.
At this time, an even bigger message was sent to him by an envoy from Qingzhou.
"A few days ago, Murong Xianbei led an army of [-] troops to the south, captured the four counties of Shijun, Liyue, Dingshan, and Miankou, and surrounded Donghe County. , the Qingzhou army has no leader, and the situation is critical, and the governor of Meng sent a letter to ask for help."
As soon as he received the distress letter, Jiang Shu immediately summoned a group of staff to discuss the matter. In order to let the two players in the staff understand the characters involved, he expressed everything as clearly as possible.
Qin Shang frowned: "Since the three tribes of Xianbei invaded Dongzhou four years ago, they stopped attacking after the first battle in Yiling. Why did the Murong tribe suddenly commit crimes south this time?"
"Because of the severe winter." Jiang Shu replied, "Last winter, it snowed for dozens of days in the Dongzhou area, and the snow was full of feet. Countless people died of freezing, and poultry and livestock were rarely spared."
This is the news he searched on the forum after receiving the messenger's letter.
Because Dongzhou and Qingzhou Yiling County have been occupied by Xianbei, it is too dangerous for the Wei people, and players rarely go there, so there is very little news about the Xianbei tribe on the forum.
Jiang Shu deliberately searched for keywords, only to see the real situation of Xianbei territory from the few posts of players who went to Dongzhou for a day trip to take pictures of snow scenes.
Speaking of which, this was also his negligence.
In the plot of his original novel, at this time the northern land was ruled by the Xiongnu, and the power of the Huyan family was in full swing. No matter how hard the Xianbei tribe survived, they dared not challenge this powerful enemy. Therefore, this hidden danger hidden in the northeast border was ignored.
After listening to his statement, everyone couldn't help showing an expression of indignation.
Because of the snowstorm and lack of food, he went south to invade other countries and plundered the people of other countries, which is simply an act of robbers!
"Master," Zhang Zifang said suddenly after a moment of silence, looking at Jiang Shu and said calmly, "This is an opportunity."
Jiang Shu nodded, understanding what he meant. Just over half a month ago, they talked about Qingzhou port because of the copper mine.
Now that General Fan, who was in command of the Qingzhou army, is dead, and the governor of Qingzhou, Meng Yu, is a bicycle governor who does not hold military power. This time, the governor of Qingzhou asked for help.
"Commander Bu," Jiang Shu looked at Bu Jingyun, "How many soldiers and horses can the Xunzhou Army have at the moment?"
"Including the Flying Eagles, we can pay [-] yuan."
Jiang Shu frowned slightly, [-] troops were still too few.
But this is impossible. Although Miryang has been recruiting and training troops, the border counties of Xunzhou have just been recaptured. The counties in the north, especially the bordering areas with the Xiongnu, must send large troops to garrison. It is much less.
"We have never fought against Murong Xianbei, and we don't know who is leading the army and what tactics it is. If we want to send troops to help, we must be cautious." Jiang Shu said.
"Winning four counties in a row in one month, the leader is by no means an idle person." Xie Min reminded, "There are only a handful of people in the Murong Department who have this ability."
Jiang Shu was stunned for a moment, then changed his mind and said, "You mean to lead the army for Murong Liao this time?"
Xie Yin responded lightly.
Jiang Shu couldn't help frowning, Murong Liao was the chief chanyu of the Murong Ministry.
"If it is really Murong Liao who leads the army himself, he is going south to attack the city, and his plan is probably not small."
"Emissary, do you want to send troops to support Qingzhou?" Liu Shan asked.
Jiang Shu was silent, hesitating in his heart.
It is not a good time for them to send troops at this time.
Firstly, the weather was cold, which was not conducive to combat. Secondly, the battle in the north of Xunzhou had not been over for long, and the army had not yet rested. At this time, it was suddenly going to go out again, and the soldiers in the army would inevitably complain.
What's more, it was still the land of Qingzhou, which had nothing to do with the soldiers of Xunzhou.
But it can't be done without rescue. Qingzhou directly borders Xunzhou, and today's Yi County has been captured, which has already threatened the safety of Xizhu County.
Furthermore, as Zhang Zifang said, saving Qingzhou is very dangerous, but it is also an opportunity...
Seeing that the lord was deep in thought, everyone in the hall kept silent, and no one interrupted his thinking.
After thinking for a long time, Jiang Shu finally raised his head, looked at Bu Jingyun solemnly and said, "Commander Bu, with ten thousand soldiers, are you sure you can rescue Qingzhou?"
He finally decided to send troops.
The reason is also very simple. The southern part of Qingzhou is adjacent to Huaizhou. When the court learned of this situation, it was afraid of endangering itself. At that time, it would inevitably send troops to rescue, and the most likely one would be the nearest Xunzhou army.
Since we have to go to the rescue sooner or later, if we go late, more people will die, so why delay it for several days.
"Preserving Donghe County is no problem." Bu Jingyun replied.
"What if I want a mouthful?"
Miankou is the largest port in Qingzhou. Jiang Shu looked at the map and knew that this is also the closest port to Sha Wujing Island.
Bu Jingyun thought for a while, Miankou was already occupied by Xianbei, and it was far more difficult to seize the territory than to help others defend the territory, not to mention that the Xianbei army had three times the number of Xunzhou army.
"I haven't been to the field and surveyed the enemy's military situation, so I dare not make any promises," he replied truthfully, "but after the siege of Donghe County is solved, if there is a possibility of attack, I will try my best to help the Lord take the Mian mouth."
"Okay," Jiang Shu waited for his words, "Then assemble the army as soon as possible, and strive to send troops to support Qingzhou within three days."
Bu Jingyun nodded in response.
After making a decision, the discussion on the topic has almost come to an end, and the following discussion is about some details about supplies and food.
But at this time, Xie Yin suddenly said: "My lord, there must be a civil servant for this trip."
After the words fell, everyone was puzzled for a moment.
Zhang Zifang was the first to react and said: "Xie is right. This time we are going to fight in other people's territory. We must bring civil servants with us. Otherwise, we will be making wedding dresses for others, which is a waste of troops."
After his explanation, Jiang Shu also understood what Xie Yin meant.
If this trip can really win Miankou County, then it is best to let one's own people enter the government at that time. In this way, the imperial court should also worry about their success in taking the city when appointing the prefect.
But in this way, the civil servants sent became the key.
If it is a poor family scholar, even if he is stationed in the government, the imperial court will definitely not give him a high position. If he wants to win the position of prefect of Miankou County, he must at least send a middle-level and high-level student.
Does such a background exist around him?
Jiang Shu suddenly felt flustered.
The children of the high school, the Qin Shang in the past was among them, but now the Qin family has declined, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are poor.
Besides Qin Shang, there was only one trusted family member around him.
Jiang Shu slowly looked sideways, and met Xie Min's gaze.
"Thank you brother."
"En." Xie Min stared at him with quiet tenderness, and immediately got up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please go with the army."
After a moment of silence, the guests present spoke one after another.
"The king of Huaiyang, Chen Bing Huazhoukou, refused to retreat, as if he wanted to kill himself, so we must guard against it."
"At the beginning when Wang Cheqi contacted Huaiyang King to go to Beijing to fight against the rebels of the Kong family, but His Highness took the first step, they must have a grudge."
"These two people are in close contact at the moment, maybe they are secretly plotting to enter Beijing."
While listening to them discussing the situation, Shi Yun ate delicious fish sticks, raised his head from time to time and echoed "Yes, yes", "The king of Huaiyang is insidious and cunning, we must be cautious", perfectly interpreting a rubbish Diners who eat and drink.
But this is not what he wants, and his ability is really limited, so he cannot participate in this topic.
As a player, he accidentally recited a song "Wang Yue" when he was climbing a mountain, and he was taken by a high-ranking student surnamed Li, and became friends with him.
At that time, the King of Southwest came to Beijing. In order to gain fame, he recruited literati and scholars. He was recommended by a friend surnamed Li. By reciting ancient poems, he successfully entered the Southwest Palace and became a guest of the royal family and nobles.
Along the way, Shi Yun felt as if he had stepped on the plot line that the game had already designed, and everything went smoothly.
But after mixing into the palace, it will be difficult to get promoted.
In order to gain the attention of the Southwest King, you can only rely on brains and strategies. The road of memorizing ancient poems is completely unworkable. In addition, his background is humble, he is excluded and marginalized by others, and he rarely has the opportunity to speak. It is rare to have the courage to offer a plan , and was despised by the Southwest King, Shi Yun worried that he would expose his real IQ by talking too much, so he basically stopped talking now.
Now whenever he attends such a banquet again, he treats it as if he is here to taste delicious food. Sometimes when he sees a few counselors arguing over a small issue, he will feel a disillusioned attitude in his heart: Why bother!What's the use of calculating and breaking your head?Sooner or later, this country will belong to Brother Shu!
Pei Xin listened for a while but didn't hear what he wanted to hear, so he couldn't help frowning deeply, looked at Lu Qing, who was drinking quietly, and said, "Lu Canjun, tell me."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the surroundings fell silent.
Lu Qing was watched by many pairs of eyes, but he didn't care at all. He calmly said: "Your Highness still lacks one achievement, the achievement of further controlling real power."
Pei Xin: "If you have any ideas, you might as well just say it."
"His Highness ordered Su Inspector to quell the rebellion in Lingzhou, but Su Inspector was negligent. Instead of doing his best to put down the rebellion, he let the beggar army occupy half of Lingzhou. There have been many criticisms in Beijing about this matter."
Lu Qing spoke slowly, then turned his head to look at Pei Xin: "Su Inspector's ability is not enough, this position of Lingzhou Inspector, wouldn't it be better for His Highness to sit down?"
"I took control of Huaizhou, and almost caused a minister to be killed in the court meeting. How do I take Lingzhou?"
"If His Highness can put an end to the chaos in Lingzhou, everyone in the court will have nothing to say."
Pei Xin squinted his eyes: "What's the plan for joining the army?"
Lu Qing smiled slightly, and said simply: "Persuade to surrender."
"To persuade the rebels to surrender?"
"That's right, the begging army attacked many counties in Lingzhou, but they never dared to touch the land of the Southwest Kingdom, which shows how much they respect the royal family. From this, we can see that the leaders of the rebel army are mostly poor families who have never seen the world.
"Such a person has limited ability and is difficult to control the army under him. Maybe he is already in a state of distress at this time. If His Highness secretly promises high officials and rich salary, those traitor leaders will surely surrender."
Someone disagreed and said: "If you want His Highness to add officials to those traitors, aren't you afraid of attracting resentment from the court?"
Lu Qing replied indifferently: "This is just an expedient measure. Give those rebel leaders some official positions to satisfy their greed. When the rebellion is put down, His Highness can dismantle and reorganize the begging army after taking Lingzhou. To be able to deal with those rebel leaders, this is a soldier who never tires of deceit."
Hearing the recruitment of the army, Pei Xin's heart moved.
He is currently constrained in his actions in Beijing, and a large part of the reason is insufficient force. If he can take down the begging army of more than 4 people for his own use, why should he be afraid of King Huaiyang, Wang Yi and others.
Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Pei Xin's lips: "Lu Canjun's plan is very good, and it won my heart."
When the rest of the people heard the words, they also praised Lu Qing's ingenuity and strategy.
Shi Yun echoed with a few compliments, and then took advantage of everyone not paying attention, took a picture of the Southwest King, and posted a post on the forum.
[Shi Yun: This idiot beeping the Southwest King, if he can't beat the rebel army, he wants to persuade him to surrender, even if he persuades him to surrender, he also wants to cheat.
@DUAN英雄, if he writes to ask you to surrender, don’t be fooled. He’s planning to kill you when he gets your army. There are a lot of bad-hearted people in the court. {picture}】
·
The news that the Southwest King wanted to secretly send a letter to persuade the Lingzhou uprising army to surrender quickly reached Jiang Shu's ears, but he had no time to deal with it for the time being.
At this time, an even bigger message was sent to him by an envoy from Qingzhou.
"A few days ago, Murong Xianbei led an army of [-] troops to the south, captured the four counties of Shijun, Liyue, Dingshan, and Miankou, and surrounded Donghe County. , the Qingzhou army has no leader, and the situation is critical, and the governor of Meng sent a letter to ask for help."
As soon as he received the distress letter, Jiang Shu immediately summoned a group of staff to discuss the matter. In order to let the two players in the staff understand the characters involved, he expressed everything as clearly as possible.
Qin Shang frowned: "Since the three tribes of Xianbei invaded Dongzhou four years ago, they stopped attacking after the first battle in Yiling. Why did the Murong tribe suddenly commit crimes south this time?"
"Because of the severe winter." Jiang Shu replied, "Last winter, it snowed for dozens of days in the Dongzhou area, and the snow was full of feet. Countless people died of freezing, and poultry and livestock were rarely spared."
This is the news he searched on the forum after receiving the messenger's letter.
Because Dongzhou and Qingzhou Yiling County have been occupied by Xianbei, it is too dangerous for the Wei people, and players rarely go there, so there is very little news about the Xianbei tribe on the forum.
Jiang Shu deliberately searched for keywords, only to see the real situation of Xianbei territory from the few posts of players who went to Dongzhou for a day trip to take pictures of snow scenes.
Speaking of which, this was also his negligence.
In the plot of his original novel, at this time the northern land was ruled by the Xiongnu, and the power of the Huyan family was in full swing. No matter how hard the Xianbei tribe survived, they dared not challenge this powerful enemy. Therefore, this hidden danger hidden in the northeast border was ignored.
After listening to his statement, everyone couldn't help showing an expression of indignation.
Because of the snowstorm and lack of food, he went south to invade other countries and plundered the people of other countries, which is simply an act of robbers!
"Master," Zhang Zifang said suddenly after a moment of silence, looking at Jiang Shu and said calmly, "This is an opportunity."
Jiang Shu nodded, understanding what he meant. Just over half a month ago, they talked about Qingzhou port because of the copper mine.
Now that General Fan, who was in command of the Qingzhou army, is dead, and the governor of Qingzhou, Meng Yu, is a bicycle governor who does not hold military power. This time, the governor of Qingzhou asked for help.
"Commander Bu," Jiang Shu looked at Bu Jingyun, "How many soldiers and horses can the Xunzhou Army have at the moment?"
"Including the Flying Eagles, we can pay [-] yuan."
Jiang Shu frowned slightly, [-] troops were still too few.
But this is impossible. Although Miryang has been recruiting and training troops, the border counties of Xunzhou have just been recaptured. The counties in the north, especially the bordering areas with the Xiongnu, must send large troops to garrison. It is much less.
"We have never fought against Murong Xianbei, and we don't know who is leading the army and what tactics it is. If we want to send troops to help, we must be cautious." Jiang Shu said.
"Winning four counties in a row in one month, the leader is by no means an idle person." Xie Min reminded, "There are only a handful of people in the Murong Department who have this ability."
Jiang Shu was stunned for a moment, then changed his mind and said, "You mean to lead the army for Murong Liao this time?"
Xie Yin responded lightly.
Jiang Shu couldn't help frowning, Murong Liao was the chief chanyu of the Murong Ministry.
"If it is really Murong Liao who leads the army himself, he is going south to attack the city, and his plan is probably not small."
"Emissary, do you want to send troops to support Qingzhou?" Liu Shan asked.
Jiang Shu was silent, hesitating in his heart.
It is not a good time for them to send troops at this time.
Firstly, the weather was cold, which was not conducive to combat. Secondly, the battle in the north of Xunzhou had not been over for long, and the army had not yet rested. At this time, it was suddenly going to go out again, and the soldiers in the army would inevitably complain.
What's more, it was still the land of Qingzhou, which had nothing to do with the soldiers of Xunzhou.
But it can't be done without rescue. Qingzhou directly borders Xunzhou, and today's Yi County has been captured, which has already threatened the safety of Xizhu County.
Furthermore, as Zhang Zifang said, saving Qingzhou is very dangerous, but it is also an opportunity...
Seeing that the lord was deep in thought, everyone in the hall kept silent, and no one interrupted his thinking.
After thinking for a long time, Jiang Shu finally raised his head, looked at Bu Jingyun solemnly and said, "Commander Bu, with ten thousand soldiers, are you sure you can rescue Qingzhou?"
He finally decided to send troops.
The reason is also very simple. The southern part of Qingzhou is adjacent to Huaizhou. When the court learned of this situation, it was afraid of endangering itself. At that time, it would inevitably send troops to rescue, and the most likely one would be the nearest Xunzhou army.
Since we have to go to the rescue sooner or later, if we go late, more people will die, so why delay it for several days.
"Preserving Donghe County is no problem." Bu Jingyun replied.
"What if I want a mouthful?"
Miankou is the largest port in Qingzhou. Jiang Shu looked at the map and knew that this is also the closest port to Sha Wujing Island.
Bu Jingyun thought for a while, Miankou was already occupied by Xianbei, and it was far more difficult to seize the territory than to help others defend the territory, not to mention that the Xianbei army had three times the number of Xunzhou army.
"I haven't been to the field and surveyed the enemy's military situation, so I dare not make any promises," he replied truthfully, "but after the siege of Donghe County is solved, if there is a possibility of attack, I will try my best to help the Lord take the Mian mouth."
"Okay," Jiang Shu waited for his words, "Then assemble the army as soon as possible, and strive to send troops to support Qingzhou within three days."
Bu Jingyun nodded in response.
After making a decision, the discussion on the topic has almost come to an end, and the following discussion is about some details about supplies and food.
But at this time, Xie Yin suddenly said: "My lord, there must be a civil servant for this trip."
After the words fell, everyone was puzzled for a moment.
Zhang Zifang was the first to react and said: "Xie is right. This time we are going to fight in other people's territory. We must bring civil servants with us. Otherwise, we will be making wedding dresses for others, which is a waste of troops."
After his explanation, Jiang Shu also understood what Xie Yin meant.
If this trip can really win Miankou County, then it is best to let one's own people enter the government at that time. In this way, the imperial court should also worry about their success in taking the city when appointing the prefect.
But in this way, the civil servants sent became the key.
If it is a poor family scholar, even if he is stationed in the government, the imperial court will definitely not give him a high position. If he wants to win the position of prefect of Miankou County, he must at least send a middle-level and high-level student.
Does such a background exist around him?
Jiang Shu suddenly felt flustered.
The children of the high school, the Qin Shang in the past was among them, but now the Qin family has declined, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are poor.
Besides Qin Shang, there was only one trusted family member around him.
Jiang Shu slowly looked sideways, and met Xie Min's gaze.
"Thank you brother."
"En." Xie Min stared at him with quiet tenderness, and immediately got up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please go with the army."
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