Chapter 312: Grain and Grass
Weng Ming, a famous doctor in Youzhou, carried a medicine box and hurriedly knocked on the door, he was a frequent visitor to Zhang's mansion and a close friend of Zhang Zhongwu, so he didn't have to avoid anything, he directly entered Zhang Zhongwu's study, and after entering the door to see the ceremony, he was not polite, he directly peeled off Fei Zhong's clothes and re-examined Fei Zhong's injuries.
Zhang Zhongwu took advantage of this opportunity to paced to the wall, staring at the huge map on the wall, and Zhang Zhongwen also stood beside him.
"Gao Biao's physical condition is not good, and it seems that we can accelerate our strategic focus from Hedong to Wuwei." Zhang Zhongwen said: "At this moment, the Hedong army is bound to be unstable, even if they know that we are withdrawing, I am afraid that they will not be able to do anything. ”
"Brother is right. If Gao Yu is unharmed, his control over his command is naturally unquestionable, but now that he has a physical problem, it is difficult to say about the arrogant soldiers under him. Especially now that Li Ze has become the chief of the Northland March, nominally speaking, he has become their commander, and these people are convinced of a yellow-mouthed son like Li Ze, hehe, I'm afraid it's not so easy. ”
"But Gao Yu is not dead yet. What if we withdraw our troops on a large scale and Gao Yu orders the pursuit? Zhang Zhongwen asked.
"The pursuit will definitely be pursued." Zhang Zhongwu said lightly: "But with the current situation, it is not certain whether those generals will do their best, under the yin and yang, we can operate more space." Maybe if we withdraw our troops, the generals of the Hedong army will be greatly relieved. There is such a thing as strategic vision, which not everyone can have. Some people can only stare at a certain point of their own land. ”
Zhang Zhongwen nodded.
"We want to increase our troops in Yingzhou on a large scale, and we will fight a few big battles in Yingzhou, so that Li Ze mistakenly thinks that our next focus will be on retaking Yingzhou." Zhang Zhongwu pointed to Yingzhou and said: "Let Deng Jingwen lead his troops to fully support Shijiabao to ensure that we do not lose the largest stronghold in Yingzhou, and at the same time, we must wait for the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive." ”
"Liu Chenglin is a fierce general, not counting the soldiers of Yingzhou Prefecture, there are 5,000 soldiers under his command alone, this is the elite of Li Ze drawn from the various armies under his command, plus the thousands of rangers led by Li De, with Deng Jingwen's strength in Mozhou alone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight."
"In addition to Deng Jingwen's Mozhou soldiers and horses, another 10,000 Khitan cavalry was recruited as auxiliary soldiers and horses." Zhang Zhongwu said, "In this way, whether it is in the infantry force or in the cavalry, we have an absolute advantage. ”
Fei Zhong on the side interjected: "Jie Shuai, you must be cautious about the use of Khitan cavalry, the Yeluqi incident has set a very bad precedent for the Khitan tribe." The reason why Li Ze treated Yeluqi's subordinates favorably was that his goal was to directly target the Khitan tribes. ”
Hearing Fei Zhong's words, Zhang Zhongwen said with a smile: "General Fei is too worried, after the Yeluqi incident, the commander is also reflecting on the strategy of using the Khitans. Although it is not possible to talk about changing course now, for the Khitan tribe who are willing to fight for Lu Long, the treatment has been improved. ”
"Oh? Is it the last few months? Fei Zhong gasped slightly, looked down at some of Weng Ming's movements on the wound under his ribs, and continued: "I don't know what regulations the festival marshal has?" ”
"First of all, the reward." Zhang Zhongwen said: "After taking Daizhou, the commander of the festival will reward the Khitan cavalry who have made great contributions to the battle, of course, this is only an expedient measure, the most important thing is that Lu Long has reduced the supply of the Khitans, and at the same time, the army that will fight will also be provided by Lu Long. Now Li Ze wants to dig into our corners, but it is not so easy. ”
Fei Zhong nodded and praised: "This is the way to stay for a long time." However, it is still necessary to prevent the Khitans from becoming bigger, especially not to let one person stand out from the crowd, but whenever such a person appears, it must be immediately exterminated. Let them fight each other and control each other, and they have to rely on us to be the best. ”
"These strategies were originally formulated by Gongsun Changming back then, and of course they will be implemented persistently, but slightly improve their treatment, so that these Khitan tribes can live better. What's more, now that the Hui people are gradually rising, they have become the great enemies of the Khitans, and the Khitans really have no other way out except for us as their backers. Zhang Zhongwen said with a smile.
"But in this way, we are under a lot of pressure on the economy." Staring at Weng Ming to remedicate himself and wrap it in bandages, Fei Zhong said worriedly: "Deng Jingwen took the lead in launching a big war in Yingzhou, and I am afraid that the pressure on logistics will be very great, and the transfer of large troops from the direction of Hedong to the direction of Wuwei is also a huge expense. ”
"This year, Korea is ripe." Zhang Zhongwen said with a smile.
Fei Zhong was taken aback: "At this time, you can't open the second battlefield." ”
"There's a need to fight there!" Zhang Zhongwen smiled: "The marshal sent Yelu Yuan to Yingzhou, and at the same time asked Yingzhou Assassin Wang Xiu to send an envoy to the king of Goryeo to ask them for grain and grass. ”
Fei Zhong suddenly realized: "Although Yelu Yuan did not perform well against Wude, let him go to Yingzhou to threaten the Goryeo, he is a good candidate, so we have already succeeded?" ”
"Naturally, the king of Goryeo promised to give us a million quintals of grain and grass, of course, we will not force him to jump over the wall in a hurry, except for this million quintals, the rest, we will exchange with him with armor and so on. The king of Goryeo is not having a good time now, the domestic power minister Tan Dao Ji is aggressive, the king of Goryeo is eager to strengthen his strength to fight with Tan Dao Ji, he even said to Wang Xiu's envoy that as long as we send troops and horses to help him pacify Tan Dao Ji, then he is willing to give us a million quintals of grain every year. ”
"It's a good business, but now we don't have a large number of soldiers and horses to invest in Goryeo, if we really want to fight that place, we need to do our best, it's a pool of muddy water, and now it's really not easy for us to get into it, but it's no problem to send some armor and send some officers to help train the army."
Zhang Zhongwen stroked his palms and smiled: "The hero sees the same thing, that's what I told Wang Xiu." Not only that, but he also sent someone to warn Tan Daoji and let him get acquainted, otherwise as soon as the heavenly army arrives, he will be wiped out. ”
"That Tan Daoji must be only talking, but in fact, it will speed up the pace of rebellion."
"Otherwise, how can we get a steady stream of benefits from the Koreans? Only by making the king of Goryeo anxious can we squeeze more benefits. As for his life or death, who cares? Even if Tan Daoji kills him, in the end, Tan Daoji can't cooperate with us anymore? ”
"That's it!" Both of them looked at each other and laughed. laughed heartily, but it touched the wound, and Fei Zhong couldn't help but gasp again.
Weng Ming, who was packing the medicine box, said angrily: "General Fei, your wound itself is not a big deal, but after being injured, you are still tired from traveling long distances, so that the wound cannot heal for a long time, and now it is a lot of trouble." What you need to do now is to have a good rest and avoid overjoy, so that the wound can heal as soon as possible. ”
"Thank you, Mr. Weng, Fei remembered, after going home, he lay on the bed and didn't move until the wound healed?" Fei Zhong arched his hand and smiled.
"The devil believes you!" Weng Ming smiled and shook his head: "Change the medicine every three days, as for the medicine for internal use, my prescription has already been prescribed, and General Fei also understands medicine, so go back and prepare your own." Marshal, General Fei doesn't have any big deals, the important thing is to have a good rest, so I'll leave. ”
"There's Monsieur Lauon." Zhang Zhongwu said.
"Mr. Weng, please stay!" Fei Zhong stretched out his hand and grabbed Weng Ming, and said, "I have something to discuss with Mr. Weng." ”
"What else is going on with General Fei?"
Fei Zhong pondered for a moment and said: "Mr. Weng, you are a famous doctor in Youzhou, and you naturally have nothing to say about your medical skills, but no matter how high Mr. Weng's medical skills are, he only has one person and two hands, and even if you add your disciples, after all, the manpower is limited." I don't know if Mr. Weng knows Zhenzhou Jinyuan? ”
Weng Ming nodded.
With the support of Li Ze, this person opened a school in Zhenzhou, specializing in teaching medical skills, and several of his disciples now only sit in the hall for one day every ten days, and they also teach apprentices in the school hall at other times. As far as I know, in one year, about 100 disciples of this academy have graduated. ”
Weng Ming said disdainfully: "What good disciples can be taught in this way, needless to say, they are all quacks who harm people!" ”
"Mr. Weng, that's not what I said. Naturally, what these people learn in a year is very limited, but they still understand ordinary diseases, and my people have also explored it, and the focus of the professors in this school is how to heal external injuries. ”
Weng Ming was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he suddenly realized: "These people are sent to the army. ”
Fei Zhong nodded. "Not only that, but Zhenzhou also edited all the prescriptions for what diseases need to be used into a book, and the editor-in-chief is also this Dr. Jin, and all the doctors under Li Ze have contributed their own prescriptions. These books, those who have completed their studies in the medical hall, each have a copy. ”
Hearing this, Weng Ming's face couldn't help but change slightly.
Every physician has his own specialty, and if he prints all these prescriptions, won't he throw out the guy he eats?
"I need to think about it!" He said with some hesitation.
Fei Zhong said with a smile: "The second thing is okay, I also want to ask Dr. Weng to take the lead, we will also open such a medical hall, teach some quick doctors to send to the army, in this way, it can greatly reduce the casualties of our sergeants, I don't know if Mr. Weng may should." ”
Hearing that there was no need to sacrifice his exclusive secret skills, Weng Ming breathed a sigh of relief, it didn't matter if he only taught to treat some external injuries, it was nothing more than a little harder.
Isn't it because he has an exclusive secret recipe for treating diseases, and if he is forced to sacrifice his unique skills, the people in this room will respect him as much as before?