The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 166 Water

On the third day of the second month of the first year of Qianning, the imperial court dismissed Zhu Yanshou, the governor of Danyang. Xingmi received the imperial edict and did not want to offend his brother-in-law, so he let Zhu Yanshou go. Feng Hongduo, the governor of Tiancheng Army, refused to accept the dismissal and rebelled with Zhu Wen with more than 50,000 cavalry and land troops, as well as the people of Jiangning Prefecture and other counties.

Zhu Yanshou continued to march towards Jiankang from Shouchun, and sent secret troops to assist him in taking up his post. The people of Bian also ordered Cui Hong of Caizhou and others to send troops south to support Feng Hongduo. Under the deliberate instigation of the court to take advantage of the ambitions of the warriors, a new war of spokespersons began.

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Zhu Wen leaned over and looked at the map on the table without speaking for a long time.

He is very annoyed.

Shi Renyu, Shi Shenxiao and Li Gongquan of Wei Bo attacked Huazhou again and looted Baima Station. The messengers and officials who failed to escape were arrested by Wei thieves. He had to admit that he had misjudged the situation of Wei Bo before, thinking that it was decadent, had no intention of expansion, and was not threatening. He only needed to suppress it violently and teach it a lesson, and there would be no need to worry. However, after Luo Hongxin was killed and the flag of Yecheng was changed, the remnants of the rebellion, led by Tian Xide, Shi Renyu, Wu Yiji, He Changle, Ashina Gaoyang, Zang Yanfan, Li Gongquan and Tian Heng, usurped power.

Let’s not talk about Tian Xide and Shi Renyu.

Wu Yiji is the descendant of An Lushan's general Wu Lingxun. He Changle is the descendant of He Qiannian, the pseudo-Yan Yeluohe commander. His ancestor sneaked into Taiyuan with dozens of riders and kidnapped Yang Guangyu, the governor of Beijing. Ashina Gaoyang is the descendant of Congli. Zang Yanfan is the descendant of Zang Jun. Tian Heng is the descendant of the general Tian Qianzhen. Li Gongquan is the descendant of Li Guiren. Let's put it this way, half of the Yajun family are descendants of Tian Chengsi, who "had 100,000 soldiers, and selected 10,000 of them for self-defense, and they were called Yabing." The puppet governors of the following surnames had limited power to develop themselves. After Tian Xide was promoted to commander, considering that he might be killed and presented to Zhu Wen one day, he chose to use "his own people".

Under the leadership of these people, the atmosphere in Wei Bo has returned to the past. In particular, the achievements of Shi Shenxiao and others in the southward raids and Zhu Wen's defeat in Hezhong have further inspired the people in the town - it seems that it is not impossible to fight Zhu Wen. Now, they have strengthened the deterrence against Huazhou. Don't say that Wei Bo is unwilling to fight, they just don't fight a battle without confidence. Things that have no chance of winning are more accustomed to being solved through political means or spending money to avoid fighting. For this reason, Zhu Wen had to stockpile heavy troops on the border, preparing to conquer Qi and Lu and then conquer Wei. But in this way, a part of the mobile force was reduced.

In addition, rebellions also occurred one after another. Tian Xide, Hou Song, Shao Guangchou, Liu Zhijun, Liu E, Liu Shizheng... these are the ones who have already rebelled. There are also potential traitors hiding and looking for opportunities. For example, Jia Sheng, Zhang Cunjing, Ding Hui, Zhao Keyu, Yin Tielin.

And that Wang Yanzhang! He actually insulted Jing Xiang, Li Zhen, and Kou Yanqing in the army and said they deserved death. These three were his right-hand men. What's the difference between Wang Yanzhang challenging them and being unhappy with him? According to Zhu Wen's original intention, he could just find a crime to kill him. But the Queen Mother said that Wang Yanzhang was just so stubborn and would not allow it - "You must kill Zhang Hui first, and then you can kill Yanzhang. If he dies violently today, I will ascend to heaven tomorrow."

This made him feel very uncomfortable. Who is your man?

Shrew!

What else can the husband say when he is controlled by the heroine?

For example, Zhu Youyu and Prince of Bo Zhu Youwen.

He had no feelings for Zhu Youyu, because this was the product of his sexual desire when he was young, and he had forgotten what that woman looked like. Secondly, he had always wanted to make the son of the Queen Mother his heir, and as Zhu Youyu's prestige in the army grew, he had become a threat to him and Zhu Youzhen. He tried to kill his son several times, but he did not dare to act rashly due to Zhang Hui's strict protection. If he really wanted to get rid of his eldest son, he would probably have to wait until the Queen Mother died, and then make him die unexpectedly but reasonably in another place or on the way to war. Zhu Wen believed that this bastard must have noticed his thoughts, so he had been using Zhu Youyu as a time bomb. Alas, I should have shot it on the wall earlier.

As for Zhu Youwen, we will not discuss the reasons why Zhu Wen hated him.

He actually got upset and resigned from his post, living a life of drunkenness and debauchery all day long. And somehow, the Queen Mother found out about his affair with Wang Yu... The Queen Mother refused to eat for several days and stopped attending government affairs. Now all the trivial matters have to be sent to the front line for his instructions. What's even more heartbreaking is that the Queen Mother is ill, and not lightly - she has nosebleeds from time to time. Although this allowed Zhu Sheng to vent his anger about being scolded and humiliated in the Pepper Room and being unable to do many things on his own, his love for the Queen Mother is still greater than his hatred. Now that the couple are drifting apart and no longer writing to each other, he feels heartbroken.

Perhaps, we will soon become the most familiar strangers to each other.

Zhang Hui is the apple of his eye. The suspicious and exhausted Zhu Sheng can only feel a little tenderness and a moment of peace when he is with this woman. He really can't imagine how he will continue his life after losing the queen, and what will happen to him when he is immersed in the memories of his deceased wife.

Probably going... crazy.

It's too late to regret!

Beauty is indeed a source of trouble. Perhaps she should stay away from Wang Yu.

I hate it too.

Damn Tongzhou Army!

If the Queen had not fallen into this dark abyss...how could I meet you, with tears streaming down my face without words!
In addition to these things, there is always more bad news than good news every day.

The younger son didn't like archery but liked writing. Monk Mani in Chenzhou area instigated the people to rebel.

Finances are tight.

Li Ni entered Wuguan Road from Lantian and was going to attack Wang Yanzhang. As soon as he set out, Zhao Kuangning immediately increased the intensity of harassment against Ru, Guang, and Shen. Cheng Li also sent 5,000 troops symbolically. Qianzhou Wang Jianzhao, Kuimen Zhao Wu and other military governors and governors also expressed their willingness to serve the king.

He felt exhausted and helpless over everything. Why had things been so bad in the past two years?

Is it a ghost?

Zhu Wen stood up suddenly. He stared at the map for a long time, but couldn't concentrate at all. Yes, he was always positive, optimistic, enthusiastic and rational, but recently he couldn't control his emotions, or it was getting harder and harder to control; he would be distracted for no reason from time to time.

Zhu Sheng is having a hard time these days.

War is a huge domino formation. When it is not started, it will cause a phenomenon - politicians and warlords who study strategies based on intelligence and maps will think that the situation will go according to their own logic. But when the war is started, the sophisticated machine composed of countless parts and details will expose many cruel truths, and the government will not be able to control the trend of the war at all.

He can't, Li Ni can't, no one can.

After the Battle of Hezhong, almost overnight, the flags of the kings were changed on the city walls in Hebei, Qilu, Jianghuai, Hunan, and Wuyue. They could betray the Li family without any psychological burden, and the same was true for Zhu Wen; and these changes also led to a shift in Zhu Liang's internal and external military and political power.

On the first day of February, all the Shenjie, Longhu, Guangsheng armies and more than 70,000 miscellaneous personnel deployed by Zhu Wen in the Xuzhou camp arrived north and joined the battle against Wei, Qi, Yan and Yun.

Seven thousand men from the left wing of the Changjian Army were transferred to the Hezhong camp to strengthen Zhang Cunjing's strength and guard against Li Ni's counterattack.

Another ace unit, the right wing of the Changzhi Army, was sent to Wenchengzha in Caizhou to intimidate the Cai people and cooperate with the local garrison to welcome Zhao Kuangning's invasion.

The three backbones of Wude, Tianxing, and Chibai were in Shanzhou to guide the construction of cities and forts, and train the non-direct troops in chariot warfare and horseback spear fighting, in order to prevent Li Ni from leaving Tongguan again to raid the Central Plains after the beginning of spring. Luoyan was in Songzhou, and the Tingzi Infantry Wing was in Chenzhou, serving as garrison troops.

More military mobilizations are underway.

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The huge Bian army was scattered all over Henan. If we form a fist and attack Guanzhong, the Chang'an boy will die! Unfortunately, this cannot be realized. The limitation of the territory is there - when you have an advantage, you can rely on the economic conditions of a dense population and plain water and land transportation to attack from all sides. Similarly, opponents who have no strong passes to rely on can only be forced to fight you in the field. As long as you have strong combat effectiveness, you will expand very quickly. When you are at a disadvantage, it will be painful.

Your former natural advantage can also become the enemy's. The river with densely covered post roads will become the opponent's transportation line. If the opponent invades the hinterland, you can only bite the bullet and fight in the field. Defend the city? What city? Defend Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Heyang City, Lingjin Village? Whoever wants to defend, can defend. Anyway, in the future, Duan Ning's 50,000 Daliang imperial guards did not defend, but directly sent representatives to report the "enemy situation" to the Shatuo people.

Even population is a calamity! Where is the most densely populated place in the world today? Hebei. In Xiangzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Weizhou, there are 7.8 households in Kaiyuan. After eight years of tug-of-war during the An-Shi Rebellion, the statistics in the Yuanhe year still have a crazy number of 3.9. According to the minimum standard of a family of three, the lower limit of Xiangzhou's population is . But, is it possible? A family of three in this era is as rare as a family of ten in later generations. Moreover, Weizhou has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the actual number of households has long exceeded the number of Yuanhe, and even exceeded the number of Kaiyuan; this is just one Xiangzhou.

It is undoubtedly the economic center and at least it still holds the leading position for now.

The second is Henan. Take Songzhou, where the Queen Mother lived, for example. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the number of households was more than 12, and the population of one state reached the shocking mark of one million. It is true that it was ravaged by the Chao army and Qin Zongquan - "sweeping two thousand miles from east to west." But the foundation is deep, and the warriors have been poisoned to death. It is considered a great skill to kill half of them. If it were not for the series of wars caused by Wang Xianzhi's uprising, Henan would be better than Hebei. The advantage of occupying this place is that the speed of explosive growth is terrifying. But once it is at a disadvantage, it is the enemy's mobile blood bag. The derived hooligan problem will not only cause a heavy financial burden due to its huge scale, but also seriously affect social instability.

The thieves have already proved this with their actions.

Therefore, although our Saint Zhu has hundreds of thousands of auxiliary troops, the number of troops he can flexibly mobilize is actually very limited.

I hope that we will never see the day when the war breaks out again in Henan.

　No eunuchs, no eunuchs, no eunuchs. Can we not "not be in a good mood, the public is shocked, and then rumors and criticisms"? You are all wise. I have been too busy recently, with many things to do. Book friends who are my age should be able to empathize with me. It's not that I don't want to update. Will I not write if I have time? When I am done with my work, I will return to normal.
　　
　
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