Chapter 36 Raising the Army (2)
The dispute between the subordinates was very fierce and lasted for a long time. Fang Qin's argument was surging, fighting against the crowd without fear. Lu Yao always stood high on his seat, smiling and watching quietly. Such a debate scene would appear every now and then in the Pingbei Shogunate.
As the number of subordinates increased, the opportunities for conflicts of opinions also increased. Lu Yao's Pingbei Shogunate was strictly a hurry-to-be-sent-minded grass-roots team. In the civil staff system at all levels, there were very few people who truly had experience in government affairs in prefectures and counties. Lu Yao's governance methods were quite different from the traditions of the Wei and Jin dynasties. Various military and civilian camps were just fine. The operation of land and land for meritorious soldiers and methods of resettling refugees, etc., were not precedent. This caused unexpected bumps and bumps in the process of policy implementation, which led to conflicts among officials from all walks of life. But these officials have joined the shogunate one after another for half of the year, and they are still lacking in coordination with each other, so small conflicts often turn into big conflicts. The official documents exchanged and attacked each other every few days, which made Shao Xu, who was in charge of the overall government affairs, was very embarrassed.
Lu Yao had no objection to this. In his opinion, the process of disputes was that the backbone team formed by the Peakbei Shogunate was familiar with the process of running-in with each other, so he was willing to bring all aspects of the operation of the Shogunate to discuss. During the discussion, all relevant parties spoke freely, except for strictly prohibiting false speeches and exaggeration; as long as they were well-founded and reasonable, and could convince everyone, they would follow them together after Lu Yao himself recognized it.
At this moment, Fang Qinzhi, who advocated the reign of the king, made a point, believed that this move was useless to the strength of Youzhou, and that the party who advocated the change was not wrong. In fact, Lu Yao was even a little satisfied with the situation of so many opponents in his heart, because this means that there were no foolish loyal people in the shogunate to the Great Jin court. Although Wang Pengzu's old subordinates such as Zao Song had not yet fully integrated into the Pingbei Shogunate, they were already extremely disappointed with the Great Jin.
During the nearly half an hour of debate, Lu Yao only kept stroking his beard, showing a confident look. At this time, it turned out that the man who had already started a family was different. The short beard that had just left his jaw was now being treated with shiny shiny. Not to mention others, Lu Yao himself felt very majestic. Of course, in addition to this, he had to wave his hand occasionally and smiled flatteringly from time to time, intending to come up to pinch his shoulders and loosen his bones. The Fang brothers are not inferior to anyone, but the habit of servitude is really... Fortunately, Fang Jianzhi is not at the right position and has not been able to participate in this meeting, otherwise he would have to send two flatterers to the death, which would have been twice as busy as he is now. Lu Yao suddenly distracted and thought of the scene where he knocked the Fang brothers one by one like hitting a baseball, he couldn't help but smile.
Although Fang Qinzhi was busy arguing with many colleagues, he always paid attention to Lu Yao's expression from the corner of his eyes. Lu Yao's sudden smile made him misunderstand, so he suddenly stopped and turned around and saluted: "My lord, now the military situation in Luoyang is in urgent need of one day, and it is time to make a decision immediately. Now that the generals cannot decide, what should our army do? I can only ask my lord to make a decision in one sentence!"
Zao Song and Fang Qinzhi debated for a long time, but they were already exhausted, so they quickly led several colleagues to salute each other: "I only ask the lord to decide with one word."
This caught Lu Yao off guard. He coughed lightly and was about to make a few perfunctory words. A cavalry rushed in outside the courtyard, with the sound of his hooves roaring like thunder, and he came across the pavilions and towers without stopping.
Today, the civil and military officials of the Pingbei Military Prefecture gathered to discuss matters, and the inside and outside of the courtyard were under strict vigilance. Most of the hundreds of guards held spears and spears in their hands, guarding the roads everywhere, with a solemn and murderous look. But some of them were a little frivolous. Although they were wearing military uniforms, they chatted and laughed at each other, as if they were wandering in the garden.
Lu Yao is now the General of Pingbei and the general of the military affairs of Youzhou. He is the highest military commander of a state that is absolutely the same. His entourage team has also risen and expanded to a scale of nearly 500 people. Some of these 500 people were formed by the warriors of various troops drawn from each other. They are elite troops responsible for the security of the general's mansion and follow the main general to kill the enemy in wartime. The group of people in the ranks of the solemn group is composed of the newly-fighted children of the large clan within the jurisdiction of the Pingbei Marine Mansion. These people actually have no actual duties in the guards, but are somewhat similar to hostages. Of course, the preferential treatment and care in daily life are much higher than ordinary hostages.
The pedestrian came like lightning, and the children of the great clan all smiled and greeted him, but the other entourages did not dare to relax. As early as the first cordon, they checked their identities, removed the sword, and then separated them to lead him through the corridor to the hall where the officials discussed: "Report to General, Zhu Sheng asked for a meeting."
It turned out to be Zhu Sheng when I came to ride.
Zhu Sheng usually travels to and from all over the Central Plains outside the Great Wall. His subordinates cooperate with the caravans and the former Funiu Village to take on the heavy responsibility of the military government's intelligence reconnaissance. Recently, the main energy has been betting on Jizhou. When Lu Yao saw Zhu Sheng, he suddenly felt excited: "Is Zhu Sheng coming? OK, okay! Look at you so urgent, I think the matter of ordering you to contact you before has been achieved?"
Zhu Sheng's face was covered in dust and his eyes were black. He was obviously very tired when he rushed to the road overnight, and even his voice was hoarse: "That's it."
Lu Yao waved his hand to order the two entourages to retreat: "Do you have any evidence?"
Zhu Sheng took out a document from his arms and presented it to Lu Yao respectfully.
Lu Yao took it and took a look, his expression immediately seemed a little relaxed: "Thank you for your hard work, go down and have a good rest."
"Yes." Although Zhu Sheng's power was heavy, his status was deliberately suppressed by Lu Yao. He was far inferior to that of the civil and military officials who participated in the military operation in the hall. Since Lu Yao gave the order, he bowed and bowed, and walked backwards until he left the threshold of the hall before turning around and leaving the general's mansion.
Lu Yao pondered for a moment, looked over and over again the documents brought by Zhu Sheng twice, and finally slapped the table a few times, got up and went down to the hall.
"It has only been half a year since the establishment of the Pingbei Shogunate. Although the Youzhou Army first saw its scale after hard training, since Wang Pengzu left Youzhou, the army has been fighting for several years, and the people's strength has been repeatedly recruited and almost exhausted. All government affairs such as resettlement of refugees, providing military farmland, and building water conservancy roads are all in a state of disarray. A few months ago, Brother Taichan pointed out that the military government had a shallow foundation. Lu had already deeply understood this sincere heart. At this moment, the military government's foundation is still shallow, and it is far from time to rest assured."
Lu Yao pressed the long sword at his waist and walked back and forth in the hall. He first comforted several civil servants headed by Zao Song with a few words, and then introduced the main topic: "However, now the Hu army invaded and intends to attack the imperial house of Wuhan. This is a time when the imperial career is about to fall, and the world is in a critical autumn. How can loyal and determined people not work hard to repay? Although the border of Youzhou is exhausted, it depends on the hard support of the masters. Now the armor and soldiers are barely available, and food and fodder can be used. With this strength, he is far away from a corner and sits at the rampant Hus, which is not in line with the righteousness, and it is not suitable for the ministers."
"As for what you are worried about, the two armies of the Huns and Han countries are 200,000, and our army is outnumbered..." Lu Yao sighed and turned around and sat down: "This is no longer a problem now."
Lu Yao said it was not a problem, but his face looked worried. The staff looked at each other and asked each other softly, but they didn't know what he said. However, some people were keen, and could only guess or be related to the documents presented by Zhu Sheng just now, so they felt that their lord's actions were unexpected and became more and more unfathomable.
Shao Xu went out to salute: "I dare to ask what the lord said, what does it mean?"
"After Wang Pengzu's death, King Donghai intended to consider me as the governor of Youzhou and govern the military affairs of Youzhou, and also to manage the military and political affairs of Youzhou as his predecessor. Unexpectedly, someone in the King Donghai's shogunate made an obstruction, and the court also planned to restrain the expansion of King Donghai's power. After the two sides added fuel to the fire, he finally appointed Zushi Shizhi as the governor of Youzhou and took the civil and military power with me. For this reason, the Lord of Jingling was deeply angry."
Speaking of this, everyone in the hall whispered. Lu Yao's engagement with the Lord of Jingling County is no longer a secret among the core figures of these military governments. The Lord of Jingling County is deeply relied on by the King of Donghai and has repeatedly intervened in the Luoyang Dynasty in the past few years. His tough personality is widely known. When he thinks that such a powerful person is about to become the wife of General Pingbei, he doesn't know whether it is worry or joy.
Lu Yao glanced at him and immediately calmed everyone down, and then said, "The county magistrate was very dissatisfied with this, so one day he sent an envoy to visit and report secretly, saying that Ding Shao, the governor of Jizhou, was already critically ill, and asked me if I had any intention of Jizhou."
Shao Xu was shocked: "Governor Ding is critically ill? Why haven't we heard the sound of the wind?"
"The military is strange. If it is weak, it is solid. If it is weak, it is weak. Duke Shulun is well versed in military tactics, so he was rumored to spread the news of his critical condition in Hebei that day. In fact, in order to lure the Shile bandits to attack. Now there is no news about the states and counties, but this news is just true. This duke has always been weak and led his army to fight against the Shile bandits for more than half a year, and has long been exhausted. Later, due to the suffering of the people in Jizhou, he was sick and worked day and night. At the beginning of the year, he reached the point where the oil was exhausted. In recent months, the King of Donghai had already begun to choose a successor, but it was all due to the embarrassment of the Central Plains war situation... On the other hand, when the King of Donghai lost his troops and land, his prestige and strength were no longer as good as before. Therefore, if Duke Shulun died of illness, who would decide the ownership of Jizhou, it was already in the uncertain sky."
When Shao Xu and Lu Yao set out from Yecheng to Dai County, he met this brigade official who was devoted to the situation in Hebei. He vaguely remembered that Ding Shao was sick at that time, as if he was forcing himself to hold on. Once the governor of Jizhou passed away, there would be one less pillar of the Jin Dynasty. Shao Xu's heart tightened slightly, and when he was about to sigh, he didn't know what to say.
"Lord, what is the number of our army compared to the Huns' army? " Huang Yi asked in an interrogation.
Shao Xu calmed down and bowed to the court, "Please continue to explain."
"Please look at Mr. Shao." Lu Yao pushed forward the documents placed on the table: "This is a handwritten letter sent by the chief general of the Jizhou Army, the leader of the Qihuo Army, and General Yangwu Li Yun. It clearly stated that if I am willing to support him in charge of Jizhou, the 50,000 troops in Jizhou will advance and retreat with Youzhou from then on."
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This chapter was deleted and revised several times, and it took a few days to post it. It was because there were too many foreshadowings before and I had to close the lines at this time, so I was very tired of writing. Sorry.
Chapter completed!