Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty: I will pit you in an open and honest way
"Move to Weizhou?" Zhang Jia was shocked and almost jumped up.
Although Weizhou is now white, it faces Lu Long's Guizhou. Lu Long's army does not want Weizhou as a barren land now, which does not mean that they will tolerate a hostile army in this place. If this army takes root in Weizhou, it will undoubtedly pose a huge threat to Guizhou.
If Zhang Jia moved to Weizhou, he would undoubtedly face a blow from Lu Long's army and thus face a difficult situation. Even if the main forces of Lu Long's army are now gathering in Zhuozhou, the troops stationed in Guizhou are not something that Zhang Jia can fight against now.
"Yes, I'll move to Weizhou!" Xu Ziyuan said firmly. From the greetings he carried, he found a letter of appointment covering the three seals of the marching commander of the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Wuwei, and the general Qianniuwei, and spread it in front of Zhang Jia.
"If you move to Weizhou, then you will be the Minister of Military Affairs under the General Manager of the Northland Marine. Only You Yong won this position in Wuwei Jie Town. General Zhang, you can use this position to supervise Weizhou, Yunzhou and Shuozhou." Xu Ziyuan said with a smile.
Zhang Jia stared at the letter of appointment in front of him. For him, this was of course a huge piece of fat. After taking on this letter of appointment, he would jump into one of the top warriors in the Tang Dynasty and supervising the three states, which almost made him a de facto military governor. Although there are two states in these three states that have almost become white, and the only slightly better Shuozhou is still controlled by Li Cunzhong.
But there is no doubt that this letter of appointment signed by Li Ze is of legal significance and is real and valid. No matter what the fact is, for him, Zhang Jia personally, he will have a de facto qualitative leap.
His hands were trembling, but he didn't reach out.
"General Zhang, please forgive me for being frank. Although you can stay in Yunzhou for a while, the prospects are really not good." Xu Ziyuan continued to tempt him. "Not to mention that Peng Fang from Yiwu is eyeing your men, even Li Cunzhong, do you have good intentions to you? Don't forget that Li Cunzhong himself is a Turkic person, and the main cavalry under your command are also composed of Turkic people. Li Cunzhong's identity has a great temptation to them. Now you can still control the army, but over time, when you cannot give them the most basic treatment and cannot guarantee the most basic living conditions for their families, I am afraid that Li Cunzhong will wave to him and these people will run away? Without these three thousand Turkic cavalry, are you still the heavenly army or the heavenly army?"
Zhang Jia took a deep breath, and finally slowly reached out and grabbed the letter of commission in his hand.
"If I move to Weizhou, how can I gain a foothold?"
Seeing Zhang Jia finally accepted the letter of appointment, Xu Ziyuan also smiled. He dipped his hand in some tea and drew a few strokes on the desk. Xu Ziyuan said: "General Zhang, don't forget that if you move to Weizhou, you will become a barrier to Daizhou."
Zhang Jia said indignantly: "That's true for Li Cunzhong bullied me like this, do I still want to guard the gate for him?"
"No, you are not guarding the gate for him, you are sharing the pressure for Jishou." Xu Ziyuan said: "As long as you gain a foothold in Weizhou, Lu Longjun must face your existence. This is your value and why Jishou awarded you such an important position. General Zhang, once you succeed, with this contribution, are you still afraid that you will not be able to get the three states? At that time, why should Li Cunzhong, who was huddled behind you, compete with you for Shuozhou?"
Zhang Jia sighed: "Li'er is this, but how can I stand firm? If I can't walk the first step, how can I get all the things behind it?"
"Now General Zhang has more than 10,000 soldiers who can fight under his command, and their families and the subordinates you have collected in Yunzhou are about 30,000 to 50,000. All this force is moved to Weizhou, and there is more than the temporary preservation. Your problem is that you lack military equipment and lack of food. So nothing can be done, right?" Xu Ziyuan asked.
“That’s right!”
"Wuwei will solve some of your needs!" Xu Ziyuan said: "When I came, the governor of Dingzhou and the governor Cao Xin and Cao, who were in the war in Yizhou, have prepared some of the troops and equipment for you. As long as you move to Weizhou, these things will be handed over to you to alleviate your temporary danger."
Zhang Jia showed joy on his face.
"After you move to Weizhou, I will join other groups in Hedong. Whether it is Li Cunzhong or Han Qi, I will get some support from them for you. They will not give you military, armor and weapons, but they always have to give you some food." Xu Ziyuan said.
"They wish I was done sooner, so how could they give me food?" Zhang Jia shook his head and said.
"You are wrong to think so." Xu Ziyuan smiled and said, "First of all, they are officials of the Tang Dynasty and subordinates of the General Manager of the Northland Marines. Our Jieshou will first issue orders to them from the official side, asking them to raise food and grass for you to fight against the rebel Zhang Zhongwu. Whether they think about the overall situation or for the sake of reputation, they will more or less have to take out some of them. Otherwise, even the court will not agree, and what did Gao Pian leave them behind? At such a critical moment, if they hate the court and the emperor, will they still gain the trust of the emperor and the court in the future?"
Speaking of this, Xu Ziyuan couldn't help laughing. Zhang Hui and Jieshou Li Ze's open and open plot really grasped the weakness of Han Qi and Li Cunzhong.
Han Qi and Li Cunzhong were left by Gao Pian for the emperor to use as a backup plan to restrain Li Ze in the future. In Gao Pian's view, Li Ze would inevitably wipe out Zhang Zhongwu and dominate the north. If there was no sufficient restraining power, Li Ze would dominate the country. For this reason, he did not hesitate to severely damage the disobedient Kelan Army, Xinzhou Army, Tianbing Army, and Gao Pian's purpose was to let Li Ze not take care of Hedong in the battle with Zhang Zhongwu, but Li Cunzhong and Han Qi would join forces to annex these three armies and integrate Hedong.
There is no doubt that if Gao Pian's plan followed, the Hedong general would be headed by Han Qi after such integration, and Li Cunzhong would not be able to control Hedong because of his original identity and strength. What's more, Gao Pian also installed the Daizhou Army under Li Cunzhong's command, and the remnants of the Hengye Army were used to support Han Qi?
However, Gao Pian could not explain this in his confession. He could only expect the court and the emperor to understand his painstaking efforts.
It is precisely because of his insight into this that Li Ze did not hesitate to reach out to grab the Heavenly Soldiers.
Now the Heavenly War Army, regardless of its own safety, moved to Weizhou and faced the Lulong Army in Guizhou, thinking that Wuwei was restrained and supported. As soon as this move came out, it highlighted Han Qi and Li Cunzhong's behavior of abandoning Weizhou and other places, and squatting within Yanmen Pass, which made them look extremely embarrassed.
At this time, Li Ze ordered them to provide food and grass to Zhang Jia, and they were roasted on the fire.
If you don’t give, you will ignore the overall situation, even feel disgusted, ignore the righteousness of the court, and intend to annex colleagues and sever the party. In the eyes of the court and the emperor, this behavior is no different from Zhang Zhongwu?
If you give it, once Zhang Jia's Tianjian Army gained a foothold in Weizhou, it would definitely become a big deal. Hedong integration became a big joke.
This is a dilemma.
Li Ze estimated that in the end, I was afraid they would still give it. Of course, the number was hard to say, but for the current Tianjian Army, as long as there was, it was good. As long as there was, Zhang Jia could stabilize the morale of the army. With support from the rear and support from Wuwei, their hope of gaining a foothold in Weizhou increased greatly.
The Heavenly Bing Army has never had its own fixed territory. Wherever it goes, it is considered a guest army. Now they suddenly have a territory of their own. And with a big stroke of their pen, Li Ze gave them all Weizhou, Yunzhou and Shuozhou. It was a huge temptation for Zhang Jia, but also for the generals and officials under Zhang Jia.
Such a large area requires countless officials, so of course they can also gain benefits. Once they defeat Zhang Zhongwu, they will be rewarded as winners.
Under Xu Ziyuan's argument, Zhang Jia finally understood some of these things. Of course, Xu Ziyuan only said seven points. The rest depends on whether Zhang Jia can understand it himself, but only Zhang Jia understands that although he will take great risks when he moves to Weizhou, compared with possible gains, these risks are completely worth it.
A dead person and a bird approaches the sky, and it will never die for thousands of years.
How could Zhang Jia, who has figured out the truth here, not fighting?
"General Zhang, with all the support in all aspects, I think you can gain a foothold." Xu Ziyuan said: "But next, you still have to rely on yourself. Tens of thousands of people have to support you, and you can't always count on the assistance from outside. In Weizhou, you need to fight against Lu Long's army while actively launching military camps and civil camps to make long-term plans. In this regard, we are very experienced in Wuwei. At that time, we will naturally send people to help you. At most one year, you will have a brand new Weizhou. When we completely defeat Zhang Zhongwu, you will get huge rewards you would not expect."
Li Ze was so worried and hard, so it was not because of his moral integrity that he wanted to save the Heavenly Soldier Army once. Zhang Jia knew this very well. In addition to the need to restrain Lu Long's army, Li Ze naturally wanted to hold himself in his hands. However, in Zhang Jia's opinion, as long as he firmly held the military power, it would be enough to protect his own interests.
Xu Ziyuan was also smiling. As long as the personnel of Wuwei Yixing Society can enter Zhang Jia's command openly, what will happen in the future will be a little bit! Zhang Jia needs to continue to fight against the Lu Long people, and his army will continue to lose money. If there is any loss, there will naturally be a little bit of supplementary people. But for those who are replenishing, who will listen to in the end, it will be a little bit of what to say.
Chapter completed!