Chapter Twenty-six
There are many generals in the Blood Camp, but they can be done more perfectly... It turns out that there are many generals, such as Guo Zhiyun, Xiao Song, Zhang Xiaosong, Wang Shi, Li Kailuo and others. Their command art is not much inferior to those present.
It was just that Lao Wu was transferred twice and many soldiers with essence were removed.
Originally, they could have shown their abilities at various borders, but because of Wang Hua's military service, these people were successively invaded to the cold palace by the court.
When he heard that Wang Hua was in danger in Tubo, Kong Heizi wrote a letter to them. But he couldn't wait to reply, Kong Heizi left Youzhou. Later, when Wang Hua appeared in Shannan, the soldiers expressed silence. Wang Hua did not intend to recruit him, which gave them room for thinking. As Ge Shuhan's reminder, Wang Hua was not really ready. Moreover, because of Kong Heizi's departure, the court monitored them closely. Nearly half a year passed, and there was no movement, so the court surveillance finally relaxed. Of course, they were even more neglected by the court.
But now these talents are needed, so Wang Hua is preparing to write a letter to them personally. He does not say whether they want to return to the Blood Camp. He only revealed the truth and intention of Wei's betrayal of the Blood Camp and Da Zhang's experience in the letter. If he decides to come to Lingzhou, he will immediately send someone to arrange for their family members to evacuate the Tang Dynasty, and he will not force him to persuade him if he doesn't come.
It may not work for everyone. It may be expected that a considerable number of people will come to Bazhou under the indifference of the court, and the murder of Wei's clan.
These people will undoubtedly strengthen the strength of the Blood Camp again.
Hearing Wang Hua's explanation, everyone's eyes shone with brilliance.
Wang Hua said again: "And we don't have to be discouraged. If the imperial court or the Tubo army came, we would have more difficulties to deal with. But if the two countries joined forces, have you ever thought about what the Tubo people would think and what the imperial court would be like?"
Everyone's eyes lit up again.
The situation in Tubo is not very good now. Otherwise, after Dadiyan's defeat, with his previous heroism, he would have been likely to send 100,000 or 200,000 troops to Shanzhou to take revenge. Therefore, once the two countries join forces, Tubo is unwilling to be the main force to fight with Wang Hua, they will definitely watch the show and reap the greatest fruit at the lowest price. This is also in line with their usual rules, and fight to support the war.
The court may also have this idea. Wei must eliminate Wang Hua and then beg him, but other people in the court would not think so. If you defeat the Bazhou Blood Camp, it is possible to achieve it as long as you pay a price. If you can kill Wang Hua, it is most likely not successful. So will the consequences be that thousands of chrysanthemums bloom? So Tubo will force him to take action first.
Joining these two countries will cause serious divisions.
This is also an opportunity. With Wang Hua's strategy, it would be strange if he did not use this loophole and tie both sides into sieves.
Everyone rubbed their hands one by one.
As long as this battle survived, no one would dare to provoke the Eighthshu and the Blood Camp. At that time, the Blood Camp really stood up, and even if they were to cut the land and establish a country in the Eighthshu territory, no one would dare to make things difficult for them.
The confidence in his heart has recovered and all kinds of wonderful ideas have been raised. Wang Hua just listened quietly, which is his advantage. Although he was completely defeated in the previous battle, he still thought that he had many improvements in military knowledge. Therefore, he tried to listen to everyone's opinions. You must know that when these people grew up, they were all world-renowned generals. A flash of inspiration in their heads may determine the direction of the entire battle.
Moreover, they were also blazing in their hearts, that was to become strong and seek justice from the damn court and the damn Weishi.
So new changes occurred in the Eighthshu. Although the cold north wind almost cut people's skin, the Fourth Brigade of the Seventh Army was still training wildly.
Sinuoluo hides in Jishi Mountain and is depressed. We don’t want to attack your blood camp immediately now. What are you doing?
But not everyone thinks so.
Mochu was also paying attention to the growth of this blood camp by the banks of the Yulun River.
It was understandable that Zheng Jun Mochuo could understand, but then Wang Hua made the 50,000 militia and distributed weapons, and he felt that there was a trick in it.
It is also necessary to train militias. All the people are soldiers, which will make the Eight Prefectures stronger. But unlike other places in the Tang Dynasty, the Eight Prefectures are almost half. Now, after Wang Hua's immigrants, they have become more than half, and they have become tribes of the foreign or Hu people. All the people are soldiers. Although there are many sources of troops, each tribe becomes stronger and has regular weapons in their hands, which increases the difficulty of governance.
So he has been suppressing other departments on the grassland and using heavy taxes to prevent them from growing. This is very similar to this principle.
Wang Hua did this not a wise move, and Wang Hua also liked to use elite soldiers when using military forces, and this militia did not meet his requirements.
Mochu smelled a trace of unusual atmosphere.
His keen sense of smell made the already chaotic and unclear situation even more blurred.
But not everyone has his talent and a brilliant person.
Because the food crisis in the Eight Prefectures was lifted, the blockade of the Eight Prefectures was also lifted. In addition, Li Xian had already gone to Luoyang, farther away from the emperor's sight and was close to several states, so he did not dare to strictly inspect the goods transported to the Eight Prefectures. Last time, because of Wang Hua's capture of the city, officials of the three states were demoted to a corner where no ghosts of the Tang Dynasty were not going to go. Officials from various states also did not want to encounter the fate of their predecessors again.
In addition to the crazy training of the Blood Camp, 50,000 militias appeared, and they were also practicing.
They did not have the keen intuition of silent sucking. Wang Hua defeated Tubo in a miserable way. As spring comes, Tubo may retaliate wildly. This is normal for the Blood Camp Training Army. Thinking of this, the timid one scared the blood camp's crazy spirit, while the soft-hearted one thought that although Wang Hua was not good at it, he actually fought against Tubo. So even though he knew that there were a lot of supplies transferred to the eight states during this period, he also turned a blind eye.
As a result, various sources of material resources were continuously transferred to the Eight Prefectures. The war not only competed with the command ability of the generals, the number and combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but also competed with the logistics supply.
It cannot be said that Wang Hua is doing useless work, Shangguan Xiaowan replied quickly.
After saying some unrelated words of longing for greetings in the letter, he said that Wei summoned the Tubo envoy. Even Shangguan Xiaowan didn't know what he had talked about. He only knew that after the Tubo envoy left, he smiled all over his face.
When the Tubo envoy came to the Tang Dynasty, he explained to the Tang Dynasty the matter about Princess Jincheng. In fact, everyone knew that it was painted for the king.
After giving the honorary gift, he asked Li Xian, who was very depressed.
The Tubo people admitted their mistakes and could not recall Princess Jincheng. They also knew that if nothing happened, Li Nunu would not have made any mistakes. Tubo intentionally concealed it, even if he admits his mistakes, it was also forced by Wang Hua. But the only one who got married was only an adopted daughter, and Tubo had to forget it if he admitted his mistakes.
But what to do now?
Let Wang Hua not fight against the Tubo people? Will Wang Hua listen to him? If he said this, Wang Hua is still acting in the name of a minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the Eight Prefectures made it very clear, and first borrow it from the court to manage it. After the Tubo affairs, he will be handed over to the court. But in this place where there are tens of thousands of people, he has no choice but to lose face when he says it.
Even if Wang Hua agreed, Tubo suffered such a big loss, how could they not find a place?
He was very depressed, but he really sent the imperial envoy to Lingzhou. However, the imperial envoy was also uneasy and the itinerary was very slow. Instead, Shangguan Xiaowan's letter arrived in Lingzhou City in advance.
The Tubo envoy also knew that Wang Hua would not listen to Li Xian's unhealthy edict. So he encouraged ministers in Luoyang to advise Li Xian to send troops to Lingzhou and sue Wang Hua. This matter is also an open secret. But who is willing to be the first to be the first?
The lobbying failed. The Tubo envoy was very anxious these days. After this meeting, he smiled and must have received some answer from Wei to have this expression. This is obviously an answer that is not good for Wang Hua.
But Shangguan Xiaowan also underestimated the seriousness of the matter. It was not until the person sent by Wang Hua met with her, and talked about what happened back then and told Wang Hua's guess that Shangguan Xiaowan thought deeply. Wang Hua was in Lingzhou, and Li Xian might be better. But Wang Hua's biggest enemy was the Wei family and Wei family. At this point, Wei family no longer cared about the safety of the people in several states and cities.
But she didn't hear the specific news, or Wei's plan has not yet come out. After Wang Hua made a fleeing incident, Wei's behavior is also more careful now, and Shangguan Xiaowan dared not try to test the words. She only said this and said that if there is any news, she would secretly send someone to notify Wang Hua in advance immediately.
Although Wei trusts Shangguan Xiaowan, now because of Wang Hua, Wei is angry and resentful. It’s just that the opportunity has not come, and these backlogs of contradictions have not been exacerbated.
Therefore, Shangguan Xiaowan is more willing to help Wang Hua with her help and find a strong backer.
No matter what factors are mixed in her relationship or what kind of motives she has, Wang Hua looked at Juanli's handwriting and thanked Shangguan Xiaowan for her two timely notifications.
Although Shangguan Xiaowan wrote very carefully, it basically confirmed Wang Hua's guess.
Wang Hua came to Hezhou and said to Geshuhan: "Take five thousand brothers with us and we will go to Jishi Mountain together."
"Go to Jishi Mountain?" Geshuhan asked suspiciously.
The last time he went to Jishi Mountain, Wang Hua made him criticize him severely, saying that he underestimated the enemy and went deep into the army alone. Now when he went to Jishi Mountain, he was covered with heavy snow, and he was also going deep into the army alone.
"Yes, go now."
Geshuhan didn't know what Wang Hua had sold, so he had to choose five thousand troops and set off with back and forth supplies.
There is a road to Jishi Mountain, but now the road is full of ice and snow, and the marching speed is not very fast. Fortunately, the riders are all Tubo horses, which are cold-resistant, and the soldiers are all Fanzi soldiers, and they are also in good physical condition. The group of people set out to the south in a mighty manner. There are still many herders in this area, all of whom are huddled in their tents and dare not come out.
Once, before Sinuolu arrived, these herders also had the idea of thinking about Eight Prefectures. But they were rejected by Wang Hua. Moreover, because hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated, the land they occupied increased, and although the tax revenue also increased, they could still survive after calculation. So they continued to stay here.
In fact, Wang Hua regretted it now. If he had known this, it would be better to place more herders. These herders would become a new source of soldiers in Tubo by the beginning of next spring. Reducing herders also means reducing the number of enemy soldiers.
Without alarming them, no one dared to resist. The group was like walking in a deserted area, and the team dispersed from time to time and performed exercises.
The group finally alarmed Sinuoluo. He was very angry. It turned out that everyone practiced each other but had never had the other's territory. Now Wang Hua was undoubtedly too arrogant to do this. But like Geshuhan, he didn't know what Wang Hua sold in the gourd. Do you really dare to go deep into the army with five thousand people?
So after learning the news, many scouts were immediately sent to the grassland to inquire about the news, and at the same time ordered the garrison to strengthen the vigilance.
Just as he was hurrying to do Anpai, Wang Hua brought the army to his camp. Wang Hua called out, left the army, and took it alone to the Sinuoluo camp and shouted: "I'm Wang Hua, I'm asking to meet your head coach."
Sinuoluo could not ignore it. However, Tubo established his country with martial law and respected powerful generals. If he did not go to fight the enemy, Sinuoluo would be ridiculed by his subordinates. He was not old and young and competitive. So he rode out of the military camp.
Wang Hua did not fight him, but instead talked and laughed, and asked, "I heard that you are the prince of Supi?"
This is asked in Tubo language.
After staying for so long, Wang Hua also knew some rough Tubo languages.
Sinuoluo replied proudly: "That's it."
"But I don't know what you thought as a prince when the Tubo people raised their butcher knives to slaughter your tribe a few years ago?"
The sound was not very loud, but it was just enough to let the soldiers behind Sinuoluo hear it.
Sinuoluo's face changed. He was forced to surrender back then, and his heart felt a little painful. However, Wulu was very gentle to him, so he began to feel at ease to kill the enemy for Tubo. This matter had been forgotten in his heart.
Wang Hua did not wait for his answer and continued, "Prince Sinuoluo, why not join forces with you and me. I promised you to restore your country for you and support your Supi tribe to become the largest king from Yak River to Zang River. How about it? Only His Highness, the prince, agreed, I will provide you with food and weapons immediately. In addition, the political situation in Tubo is unstable now, and you will carry hundreds of thousands of troops from Dafeichuan to Jishishan, and major events will be completed immediately."
Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Your Highness, you can consider it. I'll listen to your echoes quietly in Lingzhou."
After saying that, before Sinuoluo could react, he returned to the army and took the army away.
After a while, Sinuolu realized that this was Wang Hua's counter-espionage plan. He wanted to chase him, but he still endured it. Because Wang Hua had many tricks, he was a little worried. The counter-espionage plan was small, and if he had another series of plans, he would just fall into his trap as soon as he chased him.
After thinking about it, many soldiers in his military camp were brought from Luoshecheng, among them were the powerful disciples of Tubo in Zangjiang area. Wang Hua's words were vicious and would immediately spread to the Wulu family's ears. So he quickly wrote a letter to report what happened today to the Wulu family.
Wang Hua did not care about his worries and began the second step again.
He was going to prepare to welcome the imperial envoy sent by the court. In fact, the imperial envoy had arrived in Lingzhou to allow Zhu Tong to settle down.
A few days later, Wang Hua came back, and the imperial envoy read out Li Xian's imperial edict. He was also worried. Since the court blocked the grain transported to the eight states, Wang Hua never reported to the court since he attacked the city and seized the grain. Moreover, he had a feud with Tubo, so now that Wang Hua stopped, would Wang Hua change color in a contradictory way?
But when he saw Wang Hua respectfully welcome the imperial edict, he felt at ease.
After reading the imperial edict, Wang Hua asked him to sit down, ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked gently: "Eunuch, since you have finished promulgating the imperial edict, can you believe the words of the Tubo people?"
How dare the eunuch answer? He shook his head and said, "I just came to announce the edict, and the matter outside has nothing to do with me."
"Then please go back and convey my words. The facts are different from what the Tubo people said. Princess Jincheng is not unreasonable. I have sent people to go deep into the city and secretly saw the situation of Princess Jincheng." After saying that, he took out the information written by the guards sent to Princess Jincheng and handed it to the eunuch.
The eunuch flipped through it and through the color of the handwriting paper, the information was obviously not forged in one or two days.
"And you can believe that if Tubo suffers losses in the hands of his ministers, they will be able to reconcile sincerely? Also, I wrote a horse article saying that it is not that there is no good horse, but that it is not used in appropriate places. Last year, General Guo wrote a letter, and the court believed that the treacherous ministers were provoking, resulting in the defeat of the army. Furthermore, General Zhang was the general manager of the Shuofang Army at that time, and the Turks were repeatedly defeated. But the court transferred him back to the court to annihilate him. Now Chang Yuankai is the general manager of the Shuofang Army. What is the result? The general is outside, and the emperor has no orders. It is difficult for me to submit to the imperial edict. Please tell Your Majesty that Tubo's wolf ambitions must not be fooled. If you do not take the opportunity to use it in the past few years, if you want to fight with Tubo again, you may pay a hundred times a thousand times a day."
After finishing the talk, Wang Hua was still worried, so he wrote a memorial himself, and the words were sincere and he wrote it and handed it to the eunuch.
This eunuch naturally had no choice but to say anything, so he left with Wang Hua's memorial.
Watching him leave, Wang Hua and Zhu Tong looked at each other and smiled.
Now there is no famous general in the court. Xue Ne guards Youzhou, and the court dares not transfer him. One is because Xue Song is in the blood camp, and the other is that the Turks invade the south in the past two years. Youzhou is a major land in Hebei, and the court has to guard against it. Lao Guo is placed in the Western Regions, and Wang Hua has no choice but to transfer Lao Guo away from the Western Regions, so that Wang Hua can take away Liangzhou and Shazhou and other places without any hesitation. With this calculation, the only strong enemy in the court is Zhang Renyuan.
Wang Hua deliberately praised the two, but Lao Guo was worried that he had never dared to send troops since Wang Hua started the incident. As for whether the court asked him to send troops, Wang Hua was unknown. But some people must be unhappy. If they heard their praise, would they think about it? Moreover, the two of them had also cooperated in the past few years.
As for Zhang Renyuan, the two of them had never cooperated. But a few years ago, Wang Hua publicly mentioned this person in front of Lao Wu in the court. Speaking of which, Zhang Renyuan was valued and Wang Hua had great contributions. In addition, Zhang Renyuan weighed himself in the court and was also very weak in Wang Hua's affairs.
Wang Hua now deliberately mentions them, what will someone think? And in the general score of Wang Hua's Hulan, Wang Hua also praised them to a high position. Will someone have an association again?
It was just a sentence and memorial. If the court sent troops to come, and one of the two people was removed, Wang Hua's danger would be reduced by half. If neither of them came, Wang Hua could be said to be restless. The same was true for Xinuolu, but for Zhang Guo's matter, Wang Hua's counter-espionage plan was more clever and obscure.
But this is the first step, and the second step Wang Hua's strategy comes one after another!
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Chapter completed!