Chapter 983: A series of actions
Chen Yu's speculation is not entirely impossible, Li Xin is so bold that he dares to pretend to be the imperial envoys, why don't he dare to say some specious rumors that the emperor supports him?
According to Chen Yu's thoughts, as long as Li Xin did not personally and publicly shout out the emperor's support for him, the matter would not be too big, and who would go to the emperor to verify whether he really instructed Li Xin to do something.
Liu Bang is also a very bold person, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that Chen Yu makes sense. He believes that when a person is down and wants to climb up again, as long as the risk is still bearable or will not be exposed, he will do everything he can.
"We must take a solemn stand to all parties, only we are the real envoys in the Western Regions!" Liu Bang was still admiring Li Xin for being a great husband and daring to kill the king of the country in a royal palace, but after things were not in his favor, he immediately changed his face to anger: "Send someone to warn Li Xin and let him himself admit that his identity is fake!" ”
"It's too late." Chen Yu calmed his face and said, "The matter has been done, and it is too late to clarify now." ”
"That's going to do it too!" Liu Bang patted the case: "It may be too late to make amends, but the attitude must be made." ”
Chen Yu dispensably agreed to Liu Bang's disposal, and then said, "The snow has stopped. According to the plan, we will stop in the territory of Wusun and wait for the snow to stop, and we should leave immediately, should we make arrangements immediately? ”
Liu Bang said without thinking about it: "The snow has stopped, but there is still a period of time before winter passes." I don't know if it will snow, or if I don't start again. ”
What a joke! Wusun is now in an unstable situation, and instability means that there are many things that can be done, and if there are things, there will be opportunities to make contributions, what a pity to leave in this case?
"The brigade doesn't go...... Chen Yu knew what Liu Bang thought, and he also wanted to look for opportunities here in Wusun, and said: "Then send a team to explore the road ahead first, and then the team will leave when spring is about to begin." ”
Liu Bang agreed, just as he wanted to say something. Someone outside the account reported that Han Xin had come over.
Han Xin didn't come alone, he also brought a stranger to Liu Bang and Chen Yu. After Han Xin's introduction, Liu Bang and Chen Yu learned that the stranger was a captain of the Western Regions Dispatch Army, named Chen Min.
Chen Min didn't have any extra polite words, and after seeing the salute, he took out a sealed box, saying that it was sent by the long history of the Western Regions Dispatch Army, that is, Lu Jia's order.
The Western Regions Dispatch Army belongs to the military, but the envoys directly obey the emperor's orders, so the Western Regions Dispatch Army has no right to demand anything from the envoys. It can only be done in a detailed manner. On the contrary, because of the special mission of the mission, the envoys have the right to request the dispatch of troops from the Western Regions to cooperate within an appropriate scope, but the rights are relatively small.
The document sent by Lu Jia was not very long, first introducing the situation in the central and southern parts of the Western Regions, and then asking the envoys if they could cooperate in some matters.
Wusun takes imperial aid for granted, and Liu Bang is also aware of this fucked up attitude, and he actually hates the face of some Wusun people who take imperial aid for granted.
"Is that what the deputy commander mean?" Liu Bang said and handed the paperwork to Chen Yu.
Chen Minmin was first explained some matters, and he could answer some of Liu Bang's questions. If you can't answer, you can simply say that your boss didn't explain.
Chen Yu finished reading the document and handed it to Han Xin, and he Liu Bang said: "The Maodun Xiongnu in the south have fully retreated, and those Hu people in the north will not make any movement in the near future, it is indeed a good time." ”
Liu Bang pondered for a moment. He asked, "Isn't it going to cause any big trouble?" ”
Chen Yuguaner, he saw that what the Western Regions Dispatch Army was about to do was to make Wusun mess up for a while, but it should also make Wusun mess up, so that the Wusun people could recognize the facts. It may also be able to provoke some movement from the southern Maudun or the northern tribes, and the Imperial army in the Western Regions may be able to take this opportunity to achieve some success.
Han Xin finished reading the paperwork and didn't say anything, he walked to the side. Staring at the mountains and rivers on the shelf.
There are Xiaoyue clans and some slaves in Wusun who are ready to move, and it is not entirely because Wusun has a relationship with foreign invasions, but in fact, it is because Wusun's ruling class has gradually become corrupt.
The royal family surnamed Mi has ruled Wusun for hundreds of years, and it is the blood relationship to maintain the unity of the entire large tribal alliance. Blood relationship as a hub is good in many cases, but with the estrangement of blood relations from generation to generation, many tribes have no closeness to the royal family surnamed Mi, and some tribes that have no blood relationship with the royal family surnamed Mi are gradually growing, and when they are stronger, they will naturally have additional ideas, and the result is that the farther away from the Wusun royal court, the more disobedient those tribes begin to obey Kunmo's dispatch.
One force, a country, the ruling class does not only refer to the royal family, in fact, it is the top of the pyramid and the middle administrator who maintain the entire group, Wusun has a history of hundreds of years, it must have its historical baggage, perhaps because the royal family surnamed Mi is out of control of the middle class, maybe the middle class oppresses the bottom too much, or maybe the bottom brutally treats those slaves at the bottom, resulting in the state of Wusun out of control.
"I'll write a reply letter, and you can bring it back to Changshi later." After Liu Bang finished speaking, he lay on the desk and began to write.
The envoys not only included merchants from the empire, but also some merchants from Central Asia, and if they wanted to start their journey again, they also needed to notify the entourage from Central Asia, and Chen Yu was in charge of this.
"There are swamps to the west of Wusun, and if we want to go west, we need to take the route near the pond." Han Xin's eyes were still staring at the map of the mountains and rivers, and he continued: "The Maodun Department is now entrenched in the Changchi and Beishan areas, and this needs to be taken into account. ”
Liu Bang didn't raise his head and said: "The envoy corps is integrated with the size of a legion, and there are about 20,000 national defense troops in the south of Wusun. ”
Han Xin nodded: "According to the speculation of Deputy Commander He and Lu Changshi, maybe there will be some movement in Maodun." We should be ready for war. ”
Chen Yu said: "You are in charge of the military, and you are responsible for how to communicate with the troops sent to the Western Regions." ”
Han Xin naturally has no opinion, Mao Dun has a tendency to break through to the west, and it is difficult for the empire's military force in the Western Regions to stop it, maybe the turmoil in Wusun can make Mao Dun hesitate, and it should be able to delay Mao Dun for a while.
Meng Tian has already entered the Western Regions with a legion, and the first destination is the southern part of the Western Regions, and after gaining a certain initiative, it is time to march into Wanguo. It's just that I don't know how long it will take to solve Wanguo, and I won't have time to reach the west of Maodun's department.
"Maybe it's the right decision for us to go west, but it's very risky." Han Xin said that if Maudun broke through to the west, they would be in the direction of Maudun's breakthrough.
Liu Bang had already finished writing the paperwork, sealed it and handed it to Chen Min.
Chen Min naturally left after finishing his business.
"We are an envoy corps, not a conscription army, but we have no obligation to stop the Maudun headquarters for the conscription corps." Liu Bang pursed his lips and said, "Besides, even if we are willing to stop Maudun, with our patchwork troops. Can it be stopped? ”
The envoy corps has nearly 50,000 troops, but to be honest, at least more than half of the 50,000 armed forces are already old men in their forties. The rest of the people have individual strength, but only after military training in summer and winter every year, what they have to do is not to fight and fight, but to fight between the army, and the coordination and cooperation can determine the victory or defeat of a war, and the armament held by the envoys cannot be compared with the Wehrmacht.
"Besides, those samurai are not Imperial soldiers. It is the people who are hired, and it is not the state that pays the follow-up pension when they die, but the businessmen who employ them to bear the consequences. Merchants seek profit, mercenaries fight at our command. If there are dead or wounded, the merchant will not care. Liu Bang said very clearly: "We want to bear the follow-up pension for the disabled who died in the war, but have we done this?" ”
"We will also be able to assemble nearly a legion of troops and go to Central Asia and beyond, where we will need those warriors for security." Chen Yu looked at Han Xin. said: "Relying on the escort of the envoy group alone, you must not think it is enough, right? ”
After all, the legations were the mercenaries who had been temporarily stripped of their command from the merchant's side. However, mercenaries really do not belong to the national system, and casualties in the defensive state and casualties after taking the initiative are really two concepts. In addition, the envoys can temporarily gain command, but it is not without restrictions, if the merchants are not happy to release the mercenary mercenary, it is not known what will cause trouble later.
"The Western Regions Dispatch Army has obtained 40,000 servant troops in the central part of the Western Regions, and two corps of servant armies will be formed in the future." Han Xin didn't refute Liu Bang and Chen Yu anything, he asked, "What if I take over the command of the servant army from the Western Regions?" ”
Liu Bang and Chen Yu glanced at each other, and the two nodded in unison and said, "Yes." ”
"As long as you can do it, we won't care how many natives in the Western Regions die, and the empire itself won't care." Liu Bang laughed and said, "It is estimated that the Western Expeditionary Corps will care, but that's not something we can consider." ”
"With your special status...... Chen Yu saw Han Xin frowning, and changed his words: "With your record of serving in both the National Defense Force and the Forbidden Army, presumably the Western Legion will agree to you taking over the command of the servant army." It's just that how much combat power can those natives have? ”
"Zhong Liyi and Shen Tujia are already reorganizing the natives." Han Xin pondered for a while, and muttered: "It is not difficult to form a preliminary corps structure, and when the time comes, some officers of the escort team will be sent as the command hub, and the great use will not be used, and there should be no problem in building a positional defense." In addition, I will also ask the Western Legion to gather more natives from the Western Regions, in short, the more the merrier. ”
Nothing can be done in the blink of an eye, especially when deploying for the start of some war, there will always be a process and step step after step.
At present, there is still a month and a half before leaving the spring, and if you contact Kuaima, there will be a time delay in cooperating with each other under timely communication between all parties, but the impact will not be great.
At the same time as the layout, Liu Bang had already gone to Bo Ximi, saying that the snow had stopped the envoy group from taking on the mission of the envoy, and it was time to start again.
For the envoy to leave, Bo Ximi was a little surprised and a little confused, he thought that he was very grand to receive Liu Bang and others, and he also responded to some reasonable requests, and he couldn't understand why Liu Bang and others suddenly said that they wanted to leave for a period of time before the spring flowers bloomed.
"I'll tell you the truth." Liu Bang looked sorry and said: "I personally hope to be able to start again after the arrival of spring, but the Wehrmacht made it very clear that there will be several major battles in the future, and we can leave before the fight starts, and it will not be so easy to fight." ”
Bo Ximi was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know where the few major battles Liu Bang was talking about, and asked, "Is it against those city-states or kingdoms that sent troops to join the empire on the other side of the source of the Yellow River?" ”
Liu Bang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "We and the National Defense Force are not the same system, how can they tell us everything?" ”
Bo Ximi was a little dazed, there was no "system" in Wusun under his rule, it was Kunmo who ruled everyone, and then the leaders of each tribe ran the entire tribe.
"The Great War?" Knowing that there would be a great war in the future, he thought that it should be with the Xiongnu and other tribes, and thought: "The city-states and kingdoms are not looked at by the empire at all, and the word 'great war' will not be used." ”
In fact, Wusun is not ignorant of the movements of the empire, not to mention the local affairs in the Western Regions, the empire has deployed several legions in the direction of the grassland, in the winter season, the cat is in the garrison, and some infantry legions should advance to the depths of the grassland after the spring is warm, waiting for the season of high horse fattening in autumn, some newly formed cavalry corps will also go deep into the grassland one after another, and the first target of attack is Junji Mountain.
He received a letter from the Emperor of the Imperial Empire, in which he asked for a proper increase in the number of troops to the north. He took it for granted that there were some changes in the situation that Wusun did not understand, so the empire would make arrangements for the big war in advance.
After sending Liu Bang away, Bo Ximi summoned a lot of people, and he asked about the recent actions of the Western Regions Dispatch Army, and also discussed what happened in the Central Alliance, and the topic once focused on the newly opened Meng Tian's troops towards the Western Regions.
"The Empire's intention to occupy the south is very obvious, and those city-states and kingdoms in the south are simply unable to defend themselves against the Empire, and can only submit in exchange for survival."
"Well, only the Wan Kingdom in the west can have a contest with the Empire, but the Empire has to get serious and concentrate its forces to attack the Wan Kingdom, and the Wan Kingdom will not be able to support it for long."
"Once the Empire starts attacking Wanguo, the Imperial Army in our territory will definitely be deployed."
"The Empire still wants to annihilate Maudun, and their hearts are big."
"The Empire's attention is drawn, and the forces remaining within our borders will definitely become very few."
"It depends on whether they target Mao Dun or Wan Guo first. Is that so? ”
Bo Ximi listened to a discussion of nobles or chieftains, and I don't know why, and I had a bad feeling in my heart? (To be continued.) )