"There is no need to be like this in the grand mansion." Zheng Liqi sighed and said, "It's good that my road to Fujian is good. Not only is there a waste prince Zhao, but also the king of Zhongshan, so the worst situation is now. It's better to have a royal prince to rely on those heroes who have risen in troubled times. We can also maintain the status of a pure minister of the Great Wei and not be afraid of being ruined in the future."

Yang Shiwei's face was withered and his expression was as if he was dead. There was only a little light flashing deep in his eyes. However, Zheng Liqi saw that it was clear that there was tears flashing in his eyes.

"I also hoped for the King of Zhongshan." After a while, Yang Shiwei said: "However, when the bandits were approaching, he moved the soldiers, civilians to the Dongfan, and it was obvious that the structure was too small..."

"My husband is too pedantic." Zheng Liqi sighed: "This is a strategy of retreating as advancement. Instead of staying in Fuzhou to continue fighting for power with King Zhao, or even being suppressed and used by him, or being regarded as a constraint by outsiders in fighting for power, it is better to just get out of the way and let King Zhao do it..."

"That's what?" Yang Shiwei was not a slow person, and immediately said, "Is it Zhongshan King who thinks that King Zhao will be defeated?"

"And it was a crushing defeat." Zheng Liqi said without expression, and after a while, "To be honest, I still think that the winner is between 55 and 5, but as the situation becomes more and more broken, the money and food are getting tighter. King Zhao has no ability to marching and restrain the army, and the defeat has appeared, and now he has lost 70% of the loss."

Yang Shiwei said nothing for a long time, and then said for a long time: "The King of Zhongshan is also a prince of the royal family, so he sat down and watched King Zhao lead 100,000 officers and soldiers, and the good sons of the Great Wei family went to die?"

"Otherwise, what else can you do?" Zheng Liqi also sighed. It is obvious that those who have become officials in the Great Wei Dynasty cannot withdraw from the current system, watch the success or failure of the 100,000 troops, and then take the Fujian Road in one fell swoop. This is actually the most infringing and the quickest way to resolve the chaos in Fujian Road! If it is delayed, if each other fights for power, more people will die!"

Yang Shiwei stumbled for a moment and stopped talking about the words of tolerance for the country. Such words were too naive, and only those bookworms who died of studying would say such naive words.

In this situation, not to mention the decades of conflict between the Zhongshan Palace and the Zhao Palace, it is just to be realistic. The two princes are in charge of the rule. Who will the officials, gentry and soldiers under him listen to? Who will take the initiative to give in when he is confident and has the opportunity? Even if the Zhongshan King really assists the Zhao King with his junior attitude, the Zhao King dares to accept it? Even if the Zhao King dares to accept it, how could the people around him, those in the circle of power, give it a part of the power in his hands and give it to the Zhongshan King? If there is no position and no power, how can the Zhongshan King do what he wants to do and display his ambitions?

The political power struggle was originally so cruel, even to sacrifice the lives of a large number of innocent people.

"I will still try my best to do money, food, and people." Yang Shiwei said sadly: "No matter what, if you win this battle, Fujian Road will retain more vitality and benefit the overall situation."

"Does the Grand Mansion think that the King of Zhongshan cannot quell the rebellion?"

"Even if he can quell the rebellion, it will be a military disaster. I don't know how long it will take to fight."

Zheng Liqi was also a little worried about Yang Shiwei's judgment, but things had reached this point, and everything could only be followed by the plan of Zhongshan King, and there was no other way to find it.

Today's conversation is not because Zheng Liqi, who is idle in the punishment... Since the Xiang army gathered in Fuzhou, there have been frequent robbery cases, and there are also many robbery and murder cases. The originally peaceful Fuzhou was in chaos. Now the army is in Jianzhou, and there are also some robbery and rogues who fled to the Xiang army and took advantage of the situation to get into trouble everywhere. Zheng Liqi has launched all the robbery camps of the Ti Punishment Department.

Under the command of officials, the effect is still not good, which means that people are confused.

Xu Zixian has been dormant for a long time. After this battle, Fuzhou will be quickly concealed, and the court cannot control it. This opportunity was driven by Li Gu's stupidity, Pu Shougao's promotion, Li Kaiming's ambitions, and King Zhao's ignorance.

This is the real time when heaven and earth work together, and heroes are not free from luck.

If you don’t take this opportunity to achieve something really, will you have to wait for the next great opportunity that is hard to recover?

In this way, the Zhongshan Palace first focused on military affairs. Fuzhou was the capital of Fujian Road and the place where the military prefectures were sighted and viewed. If the handling was done properly, such as Zheng Liqi's place of robbery and peace, Yang Shiwei's rule of civil affairs to stabilize the people's hearts, and Fuzhou Prefecture was stable, then the military prefectures could generally be determined without any trouble.

As for the subsequent adjustment of the garrison and officials, and the real rule, that is what happened in the future.

Although Yang Shiwei had not been deeply involved in the matter, he had long been very respectful to Xu Zixian. He was also one of the first people among the senior officials of Fuzhou to get close to the Zhongshan Palace. However, the old prefect was too determined. When Xu Zixian evacuated, he knew that Yang Shiwei must be dissatisfied, so he had Zheng Liqi's sign today.

"It's not wrong to plan like this in Zhongshan Palace." Yang Shiwei was silent for a moment, and said: "But listen to his words and observe his actions. If he can really destroy the bandits and stabilize the southeast, it will of course be a major royal family and a pillar of the southeast. If it weren't for this, I would be tired, and I would not want to participate in this kind of intrigue and intrigue."

Zheng Liqi completed the task successfully, and his inner thoughts were exactly the same as Yang Shiwei. If Xu Zixian could not defeat the bandits, and had a lot of trouble, and was dedicated to internal struggle, there was no need to follow the King of Zhongshan. It would be better to ask for it.

The two big men from Fujian Road looked at each other and both noticed the bitter smile on each other's faces.

"I hope that King Zhongshan will defeat the thief as soon as possible."

The dusk drooped westward, and there were red clouds on my head, and the cold wind suddenly came, blowing the corners of the robes of the two high-ranking officials. At this point, the two had no intention of talking anymore. Zheng Liqi said in a hurry and said goodbye to Yang Shiwei.

...

The war to fight against bandits was barely started at the end of November of the 15th year, until the 21st.

On the 19th, the vanguard of the officers and soldiers arrived at the foot of Nanping Mountain in Jianyang. Jianyang is also mountainous in the entire Jianzhou. Although it is mountainous, after thousands of years of development, the land is not small.

Looking along the mountain, it is green and lush. As long as there is not a place where minerals are excavated, there are green colors everywhere, even in the deep winter.

This is completely different from the Daibei at this time. Even in spring, except for the crops planted by the people, the eyes are full of yellow and there is no trace of green.

It’s just that Jianzhou has too many mountainous lands, and the entire prefecture is under construction, whether it is cities, towns, villages, or even fields, there are only a few plain areas, and the remaining buildings or fields are built and cultivated on hills, or built and cultivated along hillsides. In fact, this is the case with the entire Fujian Road. Only Fuzhou has vast plains, which are gradually impacted by the Minjiang River and other water flows.

After the officers and soldiers entered Jianzhou, they were devastated, and Li Kaiming's method of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields was quite well done.

After the 19th day, King Zhao issued strict orders, and the army accelerated its march, and even scolded many generals of the wing army and the imperial guards, and were also reprimanded.

Under strict orders, the armies barely increased their marching speed, and what is quite obvious is that the number of wing soldiers who fled suddenly became more and more mutiny. Even when marching, there were many wing soldiers on both sides of the road where they died.

On the evening of the 19th, a small number of whistle-knight cavalry and a bandit-knight cavalry were encountered.

The two sides fought at several hills near the foot of Nanping Mountain, fighting horses to hedge.

Most of the bandits wore Fan Yang hats or red headscarves, which were the standard outfits when the Central Plains were raging.

However, the bandits had many bunches of armor, most of which were serious iron scale armor, and many were quickly made armor.

Inside the iron armor, there are leather or cotton armor. The enemy cavalry with double armor roars, and dozens of cavalry are in one roar, gathering about thousands of cavalry, gradually gathering in all directions of the hills.

At the beginning, the whistle-cavalry battle of dozens of people soon ended in a crushing defeat by the officers and soldiers.

There were very few cavalrymen in the imperial guards, and the total size was only more than 200. Most of them were sentry cavalry, scouts, and commands from the army, and generals guarded them privately. After the war between sentry cavalry gradually increased, the generals of the imperial guards released all the cavalry, hoping to make a good start. However, not only did the bandits fight more and more cavalry, but they gradually became a slaughter, but they all had armor, but only a few iron helmets.

The imperial cavalry gathered in a hurry, without mentioning the lack of hedging experience, and even armor was not as good as thieves. Most imperial cavalry only had leather armor or cotton armor, because they were originally whistle cavalry scouts and did not need iron armor.

However, with will, courage, military strength and armor, everything is inferior to others, and it goes without saying that the defeat is defeated.

Fortunately, the speed of escaping was extremely fast. Before the evening, when King Zhao and his party arrived near the battlefield, the cavalry battle had ended, and the officers and soldiers were defeated, losing more than 160 cavalry, and only dozens of cavalry fled back to their army's formation.

At this point, the officers and soldiers lacked the corresponding harassment of the enemy cavalry on both wings, and even felt worried about the attack on the logistics and food route.

King Zhao had to retreat more than 10,000 wings of troops and set up camps along the way to protect his own food route from being haunted by cavalry.

On the 21st day, when the army arrives at the foot of Nanping Mountain, you can see the ups and downs with your naked eyes, just like the storm of huge waves, and you can also see the foot of the mountain. In front of many deserted farmlands and abandoned villages, there is Jianyang County, built on a three-foot-high city foundation and about four miles in radius.

This is basically the building of the county, prefecture, and capital.

In addition to a few mountain city military forts, cities are mostly built on the side of the water flow. In addition to being a moat during wartime, it is also convenient for the residents of the city to obtain water. Otherwise, the city's water use cannot be guaranteed by just the well.

Jianyang County is more than four miles away, and there are usually 50,000 or 60,000 people living there. Due to the large number of iron ore and the prosperous trade, there are many shops in the city and there are many merchants coming and going.

There are several official roads outside the city that can accommodate two large trucks in parallel. The official roads are both flattened with rammed earth. The regulations of county roads or state roads are generally as narrow. There are no trees or drainage ditches on both sides. Therefore, after a long time, the middle is sunken and the sides are raised. After a long time, the carriages and pedestrians are not allowed to drive, the weeds will grow.

The Jianyang County town in front of me was in sight, and the surrounding villages were almost ruins, and the official roads were also deserted. Only the thief cavalry were faintly hidden on both sides of the north and south. Occasionally, smoke and dust were seen, which made the officers and soldiers brigade suspicious.

More than 60,000 wing troops, more than 10,000 imperial guards, and thousands of civilians began to camp along the way.

King Zhao used the Xiang army to protect the food road behind him, but he still seemed to be short of money.

"King, this battle should be attacked quickly, not delaying the confrontation with the bandits." Although Liu Guangsi was arrogant and conceited, he was still a long-time general who had fought for 30 years. The current situation, especially the unfavorable cavalry warfare, also made him a little alert. When the generals surrounded King Zhao to observe the enemy situation, Liu Guangsi said bluntly: "The military rations are not maintained, the wages and equipment are insufficient, and the morale of the Xiang army is dispersed. In the current plan, the only way is to fight quickly and win, and after suppressing the bandits, they will get military supplies and food, and give them to calm the morale of the army."
Chapter completed!