But in Pubancheng (Puzhou Town, Yongji County, Shanxi Province) in Hezhongfu, it was the period of the strong young and strong, and the wide forehead and prominent brow bones made Wang Chongrong look forward to reply with a cold expression. The messenger:
"So after the Taiping thief took Hangu Dao and Shan Guo and killed my brother, will he continue to embarrass me?"
"At the festival, I didn't dare to conceal it. I was so small that a group of people waited. When I arrived in Xiayang, I was stopped, let alone go to Chang'an for a meeting..."
The messenger tremblingly said:
"If you say that, is it because someone is seeking meritorious service and secretly stalking, wanting to ruin the dispute?"
A general with a thick neck and big eyes beside Wang Chongrong couldn't help yelling:
"The villain doesn't know it! They say that things you can't get in battle, don't want to get it lightly..."
The messenger has become more cautious:
"All right!"
However, Wang Chongrong waved his hand unconsciously:
"Since his generation has no intention of stopping the soldiers, they can only continue to see the difference in the battlefield!"
Then he turned his head and said to the generals in the account:
"You can all understand. It's not that I don't want to settle down in the river, but the peace thief who is fighting and deceiving people too much! If you want to long Wangshu, you will still seek the foundation of our army. There will be words in the army in the future. Those negotiating with the other side, let this be the case!"
During the words, I saw that he took out the swordsman to rise and fall, and the exquisitely lacquered carved case was suddenly cut off. And the generals in the account were also silent as a chilling cicada, and did not dare to come out, so they responded in unison:
"Only the boss fights to death but the thief!!"
But when all the generals retreated, leaving Wang Chongrong alone in the empty hall, he sighed invisible, but he was looking at the historical allusions of the painted "Shun Du" on the top of the sky. Diaoliang fell into contemplation
Although his current situation is not the worst, it is not much better. Although the five states of Jin, Jiang, Ci, and Xi are used in the Hezhong Prefecture, plus the additional commercial roads that also lead the two states of Shaanxi and Guo, the benefits of the large and small salt ponds of Anyi and Xiexian, so that he can easily levy with more energy. He mobilized 50,000 troops, and repeatedly fought outside and west.
However, the current situation is that he has lost the two prefectures under the name of the Shaanxi Observatory Envoy; he has to deploy nearly 20,000 horses in the newly won Fen and Qin prefectures; to prevent and block people from The Taiyuan Mansion can take advantage of the momentum to counterattack.
However, these two states have been devastated by the war and their populations are declining, and there is hardly any decent land tax output. Therefore, it can only rely on the supply and maintenance from the rear. Then, in the Jinju area, he had to separate more than 10,000 men and horses to guard against possible changes in the Heyang army and suppressed local changes.
In the area of Dayang Bridge at the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain on the north bank of the Yellow River, he also had to maintain a team of men and horses to block the dual threats from the Duji Dao soldiers and horses from Henan on the opposite bank and the Heyang Army from Hebei on the east.
In the end, after crossing the river and being raided in the rear after a defeat, he again divided his troops to maintain and defend in order to ensure the integrity of Anyi and Yanchi in Xie County. In this case, there are no more than 20,000 soldiers available in Pubaka City where he is personally seated.
Even if he and he urgently recruited the same number of new pawns and more than 10,000 civilian husbands from the Hezhong Mansion; but he still felt that it was not enough. Because, now He Zhongzheng can be said to be enemies on all sides and use more soldiers everywhere;
And just the day and night expenses of confronting the Taiping Army across the river is also a particularly considerable burden and pressure on the well-preserved states of Hezhong Town. Especially in recent years, the salt of Hezhong Pond has also begun to be unsalable, and it has lost the way to transport it outside the Great Wall and Kansai.
The relative expectation of sitting and eating is a particularly terrifying prospect for any handsome fan in the town. Because that would mean living beyond their means, not only unable to maintain a decent and extravagant pomp, but also a backlash from the army with insufficient food and rewards, and even the tradition of Yishuai.
You know, back then, he used the fact that he rebelled in his hometown and seized Anyi, Yanchi in Xie County, and controlled the largest financial institution in Hezhong Town, to force Li Du to bow his head as the prime minister appointed by the court. It was finally able to complete and replace it.
Therefore, since he took power, he has been careful and cautious to maintain the fact of local separatism, and he did not hesitate to pay tribute to the new dynasty of Daqi, who was born as a grass thief. After the Western army counterattacked, he did not hesitate to abandon it and support his brother. Captured and cut off the tunnels between Guan Nei and the Central Plains.
On the other hand, he also attacked the already declining Hedong town time and time again, in order to consume the unstable factors that might threaten his family’s long-term rule of Hezhong town; also through the new seizure of the wealth and population on the land of the state and county. Come to feed his tiger-wolf teacher and make him more and more devoted.
If it weren’t for the Sha Tuo child of the Zhu Xie clan who had been killed from Daibei’s land, he would have to smash his hand, so that his army would have to hate the northern capital of Jinyang, even if he had already ruled Hedong and was sitting on the mountain and river. Rich and magnificent.
However, what is even more disturbing is that the Yellow King’s Daqi New Dynasty has been destroyed, but Zheng Tanglao’s combination of the Great Western Army has also been defeated; the one who was able to enter the master pass was the one that rose in the south, and it is also today. A peaceful thief with full wings.
We must know that through the ages, there have been long-standing examples of expeditions from the south to the north, which will eventually succeed and gain a firm foothold? Whether it is Liu Laozhi or Chen Qingzhi, it will inevitably fail in the end.
Therefore, the forces that can succeed in the South are inherently weaker than those in the North in terms of innate structure and foundation, and are basically reserved for the unification of the Southern Dynasties in the future; even if there are some heroic strengths, they are often not put by others. In the eyes.
But it was this peaceful thief who emerged from the barren land outside the ridge. Let him unexpectedly be frustrated and lost time and time again. Therefore, in the interests and gains of military adventures, gradually calmed down, and in Wang Zhongrong's heart, who was striving to stabilize and gain the upper hand, it was not a shameful thing to seek peace at a price.
After all, his position as a handsome man was taken advantage of when Hezhong Town was in crisis. Therefore, he can't ensure that when Hezhong Town encounters another crisis, will anyone think about the possibility of taking advantage of the situation and abandoning his leader, or replacing it
However, the current situation of being forced to split the army repeatedly to fight on all sides has exacerbated this worry and trend in disguise. Because the opportunity to lead soldiers out alone also means more opportunities to contact and win over soldiers.
Therefore, these key positions and important tasks are in the hands of the Wang family and related people. When the three Wang brothers were present, Wang Chongrong, the second child, was sitting in Hezhong, his elder brother Wang Chongying supervised Shaanguo (observing envoy), and another younger brother Wang Chongjian was a defense envoy of the same state. .
As a result, a three-legged echoing trend was formed, which almost responded with ease to the challenges and threats from all sides; even if Wang Chongrong was out on the expedition, the remaining two would naturally contradict each other and stabilize the situation in the rear.
But now, in the early years when Wang Chongjian was ordered to support Chang'an, but unfortunately died in the same state, now Wang Chongying and the two states of Shaanxi and Guo with the same wings are lost together; he can only use those who are relatively inferior in prestige and seniority. Nephews, come as a substitute.
But with the exception of a few candidates who are still adept at bowing horses, such as the adopted son Wang Ke, the others can only belong to the leader of the supervising formation. This has inevitably reduced his control over the military by more than one level.
Therefore, he must carefully preserve and personally grasp the most elite part of the Hezhong Army, in order to form sufficient deterrence and checks and balances against other aspects; not to mention excessive losses in the battle with the Taiping thief. .
Therefore, after seeing the warships of peace thief, easily smashing the fortresses and bridge crossings. In addition to making up his mind to retake Dayu Dongdu (guan), which had already been taken by the Taiping Army, he didn't want to have a bigger conflict and expand the battle.
Even if there were blood feuds that attacked and killed his brother Wang Chongying; however, compared to the long-term wealth of the Wang family and the safety of the clan, temporary bowing and patience were not an unacceptable price.
However, the front foot of all this is to take down the Taiping thief from the east crossing of Dayu to have a commendable victory to convince the public; at the same time, as a bargaining chip and evidence for coexistence across the river, the negotiation will be reopened with the other party. Gate.
According to the news and knowledge he has received so far, this Taiping thief had traveled all the way from Shu, and then entered the pass to fight with the Western forces. Naturally, he would inevitably damage a lot, and he had to deal with and suppress the Quartet. , To guard against Helong's counterattack.
In addition, there have been many wars in the pass, and they have not been recuperating for several years. The place is dilapidated and the population is dying; the Taiping Pirates do not get much cooperation in the local area, and instead rely on the long distance to the south to make efforts to support and confess.
Therefore, even if the Taiping thief had taken unexpected risks and took away Hangu Dao and Shaanxi and Guo by surprise, it was also about to be divided into defenses. There was definitely not much left to hold on to the river for a long time.
The firearms of their warships were sharp, but they were unable to go ashore or threaten them deeply; therefore, among the three threatening enemies, the highest priority was to strike out with the Taiping Army across the river.
As long as the Taiping thief shrinks, Heyang Zhuge Shuang is just an old dog who is plundered by fire, and will naturally retreat when he is unable to support it alone. In Wang Chongrong's eyes, the greatest threat to the Hezhong Army was always the Sha Tuo Army, who lived in the topography of the high-rise buildings in the east of the river.
In other words, it is the Zhu Xie child who holds the Northern Fans and the athletes of various races, and is like a thorn on the back; just after several years of attacking and killing each other, they have long since forged blood feuds and old grudges that can't be resolved.
If you can get a box with the Taiping thief, maybe you still have the opportunity to use the Sha Tuo army in the east of the river as the excuse to exchange the aid of the opponent; and get the firearms and weapons sufficient to deal with the Sha Tuo Cavalry
Thinking of this, Wang Chongrong suddenly asked outsiders: "Is there any news in Fenzhou recently?"
Then someone replied:
"On the return section, apart from the routine military information report, Fenzhou has no other news to return in the past three days..."
"No, send someone north to find out..."
When Wang Chongrong heard this, he immediately stood up again: because when he left his nephew (the son of Wang Chongjian) Wang Lian in Fenyang City as a grain transfer judge, he repeatedly asked for a messenger every day. For correspondence submission, even if there is nothing but a notification of safety, it is fine.
Therefore, even if Wang Lian is slack, but the person responsible for handling it is designated by Wang Chongrong. Or there is an accidental delay on the road, the delay should not exceed two days. Therefore, Wang Chongrong can only take the worst case and consider it prepared. (End of this chapter)