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After Li Wei received the news that the lieutenant had re-entered the palace, he keenly noticed that the crisis in Luoyang had not only not eased, but had become more serious. On the one hand, he quickly informed Jinyang Xingyuan and Yunzhong Xingyuan of what happened in Luoyang, and on the other hand, he played the imperial court and urged the Dasi Nongfu to speed up the allocation of grain and grass for the expeditionary army. At the same time, he urgently summoned Zhang Baiqi and Xie Ming, the commander of the Dian Nong Zhonglang, and Xie Ming, the commander of the salt and iron capital, to Xingyuan to discuss the matter.

Zhang Baiqi was training soldiers in the Xiangling area, and rushed to Linfen overnight after receiving Li Wei's urgent letter. Li Wei explained the situation in Luoyang in detail, and then asked, "When will these 100,000 Tuntian recruits come in handy?" ”

Zhang Baiqi was taken aback. "Master Li, these people can't go to the battlefield without half a year's training. October is the autumn harvest season, and during this month, the tuntian soldiers must go to the field to harvest, so if the adults want to requisition, at least until the beginning of next year. Zhang Baiqi asked nervously, "Is there anything wrong with my lord?" Could it be that something is going to happen in Luoyang? ”

"Master Zhang misunderstood." Li Wei said with a smile, "I don't have the power to recruit 100,000 Tuntian soldiers. I want to ask you, can these 100,000 Tuntian recruits be responsible for the vigilance of the water and land in the east of the river? ”

"Lord Li, now there are 20,000 Tuntian veterans who are guarding the water and land roads in Hedong, and the manpower is already more than enough, so there is no need to increase the number of troops." Zhang Baiqi said, "Due to the need to fully support the expeditionary army, our weapons and military salaries are seriously insufficient. If it weren't for Lord Taishou's temporary collection of some military funds for us, my 20,000 garrison soldiers in Tuntian would not even have military salaries, so I could only consider giving them more food in the future. ”

Li Wei thought for a moment and said: "Lord Zhang, the 20,000 Tuntian veterans will be called by the General's Mansion, and you will select 20,000 people from the 100,000 Tuntian recruits to guard the water and land roads, and this matter must be done immediately and cannot be delayed." ”

Zhang Baiqi was silent. When Li Hong was leaving, he repeatedly instructed Zhang Baiqi that the affairs of Hedong must obey Li Wei's dispatch. Li Wei is now the long history of the Cheqi General's Mansion, and his official position belongs to the same level as the four major generals in Northern Xinjiang, and Li Hong gave Li Wei full authority to deal with all the affairs outside Northern Xinjiang, and Zhang Baiqi can't listen to it. However, Zhang Baiqi had to consider the garrison in Hedong and the transportation of land and water, and the temporary recruitment of the Tuntian soldiers must be equipped with weapons and food, both of which are indispensable, otherwise where will the safety and morale of the army come from?

Li Wei saw Zhang Baiqi hesitating and sighed softly. He is young and has young qualifications. Although everyone is usually polite together, it is still difficult for him to gain Zhang Baiqi's trust and support at a critical time.

Li Wei was not unhappy with Zhang Baiqi's attitude. To make people like Zhang Baiqi fully trust and obey themselves, it is not enough to rely on official positions and orders, and they must have real skills. Li Hong and Zhang Baiqi met as early as five years ago, when the two went from rivals to friends. Zhang Baiqi is to serve Li Hong, and Li Hong also trusts Zhang Baiqi very much, he handed over the military tun of the state to Zhang Baiqi, and let him be fully responsible. Juntun is the source of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and it is also the granary of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the future, which shows Li Hong's absolute trust in him.

Li Wei didn't want to offend this kind of person. If the two had a conflict at this critical time and affected the expeditionary war, even if Li Hong let himself go for the time being, he would not reuse himself in the future. This shows that he is incompetent, his subordinates don't listen to his own words and don't obey his orders, can he still say that he has the ability?

"I told you about the situation in Luoyang just now, Luoyang is in crisis, and the consequences are unpredictable." Li Wei took a bowl of water and handed it to Zhang Baiqi, and said with an anxious expression, "It's been almost a month since the last expulsion of the lieutenant officials, and it's incredible that the general He Jin hasn't completely controlled the Xiyuan Army yet." What was he thinking? Is it so complicated to control the West Park Army? The general has 10,000 northern troops in his hands, as well as soldiers and horses entering Beijing from the seventh route, and his strength is far stronger than the Xiyuan army, why didn't he take the opportunity to quickly relieve Cao Cao, Chun Yuqiong and Bao Hong of their military power, and firmly grasp the Xiyuan army into his hands? ”

"The general can't control the Xiyuan Army, so he doesn't dare to merge the soldiers and horses of the Seven Roads into Beijing into the Northern Army, so as not to cause chaos when the army merges and be attacked by the Xiyuan Army." Li Wei said with a wry smile, "The general can't expand the Northern Army in time, not only is the troops scattered, but he can't guarantee the loyalty of the generals who command the army." So he is very tricky now, he can not use the Xiyuan Army with confidence, and he does not dare to transfer all his troops into the city. However, the current situation in Luoyang forced the general to expel the lieutenant as soon as possible, so as not to have an accident in the long night, and he had to use the army to coerce the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother. Therefore, the only thing that the general can use with confidence now is Dong Zhuo outside the Hangu Pass. ”

"Dong Zhuo is outside the Hangu Pass, as long as he does not enter the pass, the safety of Luoyang will be guaranteed, and at the same time, he can maintain the coercion of the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother." Li Wei shook his head and said, "But the general may not have thought that if the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother insisted on keeping the lieutenant in the palace, and the two sides were deadlocked, things would be very troublesome." At that time, did the general want Dong Zhuo to enter the customs? ”

"What does Master Li mean is that once Dong Zhuo enters the customs, it may cause chaos in Gyeonggi?" Zhang Baiqi asked in surprise.

"I don't know, but when I was in Luoyang, I had contact with Lord Lu Zhilu, Lord He Hao, and many clan lords in Luoyang, and I knew that they were determined to eradicate both the ** eunuch and the relatives." Li Wei whispered, "You don't want to see that the scholars don't have actual control of the army in Luoyang now, but if they want to kill the ** eunuch and the general, there are still enough ways." ”

"I have told the general many times that the top priority at present is to go south to Luoyang, stabilize the court, and then go north on an expedition when Luoyang is completely stabilized in the future." Li Wei said, "But the general is stubborn, he thinks that the general He Jin will quickly control the situation in Luoyang, and he is anxious to go on an expedition to open up a larger survival territory for the victims of the disaster in northern Xinjiang." Lord Zhang, look at it, the general has just led the army across Yinshan, and the lieutenant has entered the palace again, what does this mean? It shows that the general is not able to control the situation in Luoyang at all. Under the condition that the general, Dong Zhuo, and the seven roads returned to the Beijing division to aid the soldiers and horses, he still could not quickly sweep away Luoyang ** with thunderous means, and could not fully control the Gyeonggi army, so that he was helpless to watch the situation in Luoyang deteriorate again. ”

"The lieutenant entered the palace again, the general was hesitant, the armies of all walks of life in Gyeonggi were eyeing each other, and the chaos in Luoyang was approaching in an instant." Li Wei said helplessly, "Especially Dong Zhuo, this person now has a large army, once he enters Beijing to help He Jin eradicate the ** Yu, he will definitely enter the court as the third duke, and the scholars must take advantage of this golden opportunity to join forces with Dong Zhuo and then leave relatives." The disaster of relatives is known to the whole world. It is not known which side Dong Zhuo will stand on. Dong Zhuo is cunning and bloody, and there are ministers of the scholar clan to help, how can He Jin be an opponent? As soon as He Jin dies, will the son and the queen mother still be able to live in the palace today? Unless Dong Zhuo and the ministers of the court don't want to live. They killed the uncle of the Son of Heaven and the brother of the Queen Mother, and they had only a few days to live. ”

Zhang Baiqi looked shocked and hurriedly asked, "What about the grain and grass of the expeditionary army?" What about the general and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in northern Xinjiang? ”

"That's why I'm going to recruit your Tuntian soldiers." Li Wei said calmly, "We don't care how chaotic Luoyang is." We don't care who becomes the emperor or who inherits the unification. We only need the food and grass of the expeditionary army. If the imperial court dares to lose a grain of grain and a penny for us, we will meddle in the affairs of Luoyang. ”

"But we only have 20,000 tuntian soldiers available." Zhang Baiqi said worriedly, "Lord Li should urgently inform the general about the situation in Luoyang and ask him to consider whether to postpone the expedition, so as not to lose the expedition of the Northern Xinjiang army." ”

"No, we can't tell the general about this speculation, let alone ask him to abandon the expedition." Li Wei shook his hand and said, "We should tell the general that everything is safe in Luoyang, and that grain and grass are being sent to the north in a steady stream." ”

"Why?" Zhang Baiqi's thick eyebrows furrowed, "Is Lord Li worried that the people in Luoyang will deal with the general?" Is it He Jin or Dong Zhuo? The general led his troops back to the south of Yinshan, I'm afraid no one dares to touch him, right? The danger of continuing the expedition was too great, how could Master Li make such a decision? ”

"He Jin has reached a tacit understanding with the general, and he will not deal with the general. If the minister of the scholar clan and Dong Zhuo killed He Jin and took control of the imperial court, they would not easily provoke the general. At that time, they were already busy taking care of themselves, and they had more urgent things to do for the sake of glory and wealth and their lives, so they would not deal with the general. Li Wei said with a smile, "Tell the general that Luoyang is stable and the supply of grain and grass is normal, it doesn't mean that the general will go on an expedition of 2,000 miles, he can also go on an expedition of 1,000 miles." As long as we can occupy Xianbei and Danhan Mountain in the north, our expedition will be regarded as a great victory. ”

"Gyeonggi currently has an army of 110,000 people, belonging to different powers, if Luoyang is in chaos, He Jin will die, it is bound to fight, where is there still grain and grass to supply the expeditionary army?" Zhang Baiqi said eagerly, "Even if the adults only go on an expedition of 1,000 miles, if the grain and grass of the 160,000 army are suddenly cut off, how can the army gain a foothold in the desert?" ”

"However, the problem of millions of victims in northern Xinjiang must be solved, and the security problem of tuntian in border counties must be solved, so this expedition is still necessary, otherwise northern Xinjiang will be struggling and will become more and more difficult to support." Li Wei said, "What we have to do is to try our best to keep Luoyang stable, even if it is chaotic, we must try our best to make it stable quickly, and we must force the imperial court to continue to provide food, grass and baggage for the expeditionary army." ”

"The general didn't let us stay here to call the police, he wanted us to ensure the grain and grass of the expeditionary army, and he wanted us to ensure the stability of Luoyang and northern Xinjiang." Li Wei looked at Zhang Baiqi with admiration on his face, smiled secretly in his heart, bowed down and asked, "Master Zhang, what do you say?" ”

"If Lord Li has any good plan to resolve the crisis in northern Xinjiang, please do whatever you want, and this official should do his best to serve to the death." Zhang Baiqi stood up, bowed respectfully and said.

"Okay, then I'll thank Master Zhang first." Li Wei said, "I want your 20,000 Tuntian veterans." The 20,000 men immediately rushed to Fenglingdu, and the 5,000 men of the front army crossed the Yellow River and set up camp on the opposite bank. ”

Zhang Baiqi asked in surprise: "Crossing the river?" It is already a violation of the law for you to recruit and transfer Tuntian soldiers without the consent of the Son of Heaven, and if we enter the Gyeonggi region again, we will ......."

"We are for the Han Kingdom, in order to eradicate the ** people, in order to revive the Han Society, what is wrong with us? Dong Zhuo dared to cross the river, why didn't we? Li Wei waved his hand disdainfully and said, "We also crossed the river, but the purpose of our crossing the river is to maintain the threat to Luoyang." Don't underestimate the 20,000 Tuntian soldiers, this represents the determination of the general, and also represents the deterrence of the Northern Xinjiang army against Gyeonggi. Whoever dares to cut off our grain and grass will be waiting to die. ”

Zhang Baiqi was infected by Li Wei's arrogance, and his heart was suddenly settled.

"After you arrange for 20,000 Tuntian recruits to guard the water and land routes, immediately lead the remaining 80,000 Tuntian soldiers to increase their training time." Li Wei said, "We will use these 80,000 people in the future." ”

"Lord Li, do we want to give a recital to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court?" Zhang Baiqi asked, "In this way, we will also be famous, so as not to cause trouble to the general." ”

"Don't write." Li Wei said resolutely, "The people in Luoyang are crazy, they don't even want the state for their own power and interests, what are we polite?" Can you see this piece of music? ”

Zhang Baiqi thought about it, and then he asked, "My lord, will you help solve the salary of the 20,000 Tuntian veterans?" Since your lordship does not agree to transfer money from the salaries of the expeditionary army, you must think of a solution? ”

"I know." Li Wei said with a smile, "You ask the lieutenants Guo Xun and Liu Yu, who command these 20,000 Tuntian soldiers, to come to Xingyuan immediately, and I will give them the food." ”

Xie Ming, the commander of the salt and iron capital, also arrived at Xingyuan later, accompanied by Wei Zhu, the head of the Wei Lord's family, and Xu Ling, a giant in Chang'an.

After Li Wei exchanged pleasantries with them, he immediately talked about the situation in Luoyang. Wei Zhu and Xu Ling were very worried that once Luoyang was in turmoil, the most direct victims would be Li Hong, the general of the cavalry who was now on an expedition to the desert, and his 160,000 expeditionary army. If Li Hong's expedition fails, if the northern Xinjiang falls into chaos, the biggest losses will be the giant merchants such as Wei Zhu and Xu Ling. The huge amount of money they had invested in northern Xinjiang disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Li Wei and Xie Ming repeatedly assured them that even if Luoyang was in chaos and the expeditionary army was cut off from food and grass, the general of the chariot cavalry and the army of Northern Xinjiang would safely withdraw from the desert. Thanks to the efforts of all parties, especially the great help of merchants from all over the country, Yunzhong City and Jinyang have now hoarded grain and grass for three months, enough for 160,000 troops to withdraw from the desert.

"The problem now is not the matter of northern Xinjiang, but the matter of Luoyang." Li Wei smiled, "Your news is far better than ours, you should know what the current situation in Luoyang is." Regardless of whether the general of the chariot cavalry won the expedition or not, the chaos in Luoyang was inevitable. If Luoyang continues to be in turmoil, the northern Xinjiang will be unsustainable, and it is likely to fall into the danger of collapse in the short term, so ......"

Li Wei deliberately stopped and didn't say anything. Wei Zhu and Xu Ling looked at each other and smiled. Xu Ling said: "The general asked for half of our lives, but Lord Li was even more ruthless, and even asked for half of our lives." ”

Li Wei laughed, pointed at Xu Ling and said, "Bo Yu, we are all old friends, you say this, it is too unreasonable." Today's Great Han Kingdom has been stormy, and it is no longer realistic for you businessmen to make a lot of money every year. You have always boasted of having a unique and sharp vision, so tell me, where is the best prospect for today's Han Kingdom? ”

Xu Ling smiled bitterly: "You let me think about it." The situation in Northern Xinjiang and Luoyang is not clear now, and I have no way to speculate about the fate of the future, but there is still some truth in your suggestion that I move all my family wealth to Hedong or Jinyang. The general has already asked for half of my life, so why should I give the other half of my life to Lord Li? ”

Li Wei smiled: "Brother Boyu still has a unique vision." Please Bo Yu bring my meaning to some merchants in Lizhong and Chang'an, and let them consider whether to move their families to Hedong or Jinyang, and the general will definitely raise his hand to welcome them. ”

Xu Ling agreed again and again.

At this time, Wei Zhu asked: "Lord Li, Gyeonggi is in chaos, and the safety of this Hedong ......"

"I have already requisitioned 20,000 Tuntian soldiers to rush to Fenglingdu to garrison, and later depending on the situation in Luoyang, I will recruit Tuntian soldiers to garrison in the area on the north bank of the Yellow River." Li Wei comforted, "The grain will be harvested in October, and in order to be able to stock up on some grain and grass for the expeditionary army, I must protect the safety of Hedong." So don't worry, Luoyang won't spread to Hedong even if the war is raging, but ......"

Li Wei smiled maliciously: "Master Zhang, the general of Diannong Zhonglang, complained to me that his Tuntian soldiers lack weapons and no military salaries, I wonder if you can donate a little?" ”

After sending Wei Zhu and Xu Ling away, Li Wei and Xie Ming rarely had a little leisure, and then sat in the big tent to play a game.

"Zhizhi, you married this time, and the general and we didn't come to Anyi to congratulate you, won't you be unhappy?" Li Wei looked at Xie Ming and asked with a smile.

Xie Ming smiled: "No." The General and you are busy with the expedition, how dare I disturb? ”

Li Wei gently put down a sunspot and said quietly, "Do you remember what General Xu said to you in the Longshan camp when he was in charge of the Zhenbei General's Mansion?" ”

Xie Ming smiled slightly and nodded.

"I heard that when you got married, there was a lot of traffic in front of the house, and it was endless for several days." Li Wei said, "Is it true? ”

Xie Ming's expression tightened, and he smiled reluctantly: "I am in charge of salt and iron, and I deal with businessmen all day long, so it is inevitable that I will have more friends." ”

"Lord Wang Han has been in charge of the Dasi Nong Mansion for four years, and when he took office in Hedong, he couldn't even recruit Peng Shi." Li Wei smiled, "Zhizhi, you have to do it yourself." ”

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