Chapter 854: Raising Troops
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Looking at Yanjing City outside the car window, he almost didn't know it, as if he was walking in another world. A year ago, it was just a somewhat chaotic military city on the northern borderlands, but now it is not only a military city, but also a cultural and economic center.
Li Jing has only ruled here for a long time, but it is said that the population of Yanjing City has exceeded 1 million, and even if the registered population of the army and floating population is removed, it has reached 500,000. If the population of the two acropolis cities of Tianjin and Tangshan is added together, the population of the entire Youzhou has reached two million people.
Before he set off in Huaixi, he already knew that Li Jing was now fighting with the Hu people outside the Guanwai, so this time, called He Shou, actually wanted to take this opportunity to have a good talk with Li Jing and strive for greater benefits for Huaixi Town. He was not satisfied with Li Jing's discipleship, nor was he willing to be Li Jing's agent in Huaixi all the time. What he wants is to be on an equal footing with Li Jing, and he is even ready to send someone to Chengdu to contact the Son of Heaven after this negotiation with Li Jing, and directly contact the imperial court to win the title of king for himself.
Before entering Yanjing City, he found out that 200,000 Hu people had already entered Daibei, and Li Jing had mobilized all the soldiers and horses, including the township soldiers and militia students, to prepare to personally conquer Daibei and make a desperate bet. At that time, he was very happy, thinking that Li Jing's current situation was not good, and it was a good time for him to negotiate with Li Jing. But when his sister Yang Lihua took him to visit Yanjing, his heart had changed a lot.
Li Jing's strength is far stronger than he expected!
How he should decide is to continue his original judgment. At this time, he made his own request to Li Jing. Still is?
He shook his head inwardly. What if Li Jing is not as determined by himself? If Li Jing is not only not in danger, but will win the same victory in this battle with the Hu people, then will he be considered a betrayal by Li Jing if he makes more demands at this time? So next, will Li Jing continue to support him as always? Or, will Li Jing support a guy to deal with himself as he did when he supported him against Gao Yu?
Doesn't Li Jing just like to do this? Just like in Huainan, he supported himself to deal with Gao Piao. And in the west of Zhejiang. and supported Qian Biao to deal with Zhou Bao. Gao Biao's strength was at the beginning, but now, he only guards Yang and Chuzhou, and the sun is shaking.
Thinking of the news that Xu Wen had inquired about, Li Jing also fought with the foreign tribes at such a time, and sent six legions of about four or five hundred thousand men to fight on several battlefields. But even if Li Jing wanted to mobilize the township soldiers and militia to face 200,000 Hu people, he did not mobilize the garrison in Jianghuai Shandong at all, which made him vaguely feel that Li Jing had not reached the most critical time. Otherwise, he would never have left the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Huaisi Heji area unmoved. Since Li Jing does not transfer these soldiers and horses. That only shows one thing, Li Jing has full confidence in the next pro-campaign.
Sure enough, Li Jing always likes to keep a hand.
I heard that Li Jing used soldiers, and at any time, he liked to leave an elite army as a reserve. It seems that the more than 100,000 horses in Huaisi Heji are Li Jing's reserve army.
"Big brother, do you want to go to the zoo too?" Yang Lihua's voice interrupted Yang Xingmi's thoughts, and he was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the carriage had arrived at the gate of the zoo. He glanced out of the car window and saw that the front of the zoo was crowded with people queuing up to buy tickets, he shook his head, "I'm suddenly a little tired, let's go back first today." ”
Xu Wen looked at some Yang Xingmi, thoughtfully, and hurriedly smiled: "Since the eldest brother is not feeling well, why don't we go home, anyway, today is also a good day." He saw that Yang Xingmi's sudden change of mood must have something on his mind.
The carriage returned to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
After Yang Lihua left in the car, Yang Xingmi immediately summoned Xu Wen and Yuan Xi and other subordinates to discuss secretly.
"Dunmei, how do you feel about visiting Yanjing today?" Yang Xingmi looked at Xu Wen.
"Big brother, I feel a lot, but there is only one word to sum it up, strong! The Qin clan is truly rich and strong, and the king of Qin, Li Jing, is unfathomable! Xu Wen sighed.
Yang Xingmi nodded, "I think so." It seems that our previous plans will have to be adjusted. I intend to fully support King Qin in this battle, as long as King Qin needs it, we can transfer troops and pull out food. ”
Many people in the audience looked surprised, which was completely contrary to the plan agreed upon before they came.
Only the strategist Yuan Xi smiled and nodded again and again with his long beard, "The big handsome's eyes are like torches, and he sees them very accurately, Li Jing is strong, not to mention that he is unlikely to lose this battle, even if he will lose, it will be useless." He has such a background that one or two battles will not affect his foundation at all. If we support him at this time, it will be equivalent to sending charcoal in the snow. Although our Huaixi Town now has a small foundation, it is still too far behind the Qin Domain, which is the most powerful domain in the world. This time to the north, also let us see the real gap between the two sides, a certain thought, at least for three years, we should not try to part ways with Li Jing, on the contrary, we should follow in Li Jing's footsteps, so that we can feel at ease and develop with all our might. In three years, Coco Li will not be an obstacle to our development, but a help to our development. ”
"But Li Jing is now looking at the north, but if he wins this battle, how about entering Huaixi and taking over our territory?" Someone worried. This time, they went north out of concern about this. To the north of their Huaixi Town, there were already two prefectures of Shou and Hao controlled by Li Jing, and if Li Jing went south to annex their territory, it would be indeed difficult for them to resist.
"No, not now, at least not for the time being, even if Li Jing wins the battle of the Hu people, in two or three years, Li Jing's focus will be on Hebei, Hedong, and even the Central Plains, Guanzhong. In short, Li Jing's actions are purposeful. He defeated Gao Biao at the beginning, but did you see that he took the opportunity to defeat Gao Biao in one fell swoop? It's not that you can't, but you don't want to. Li Jing's foundation is in the north, so even if he took the opportunity to seize the Huaisi area, it was also to shield the land of Shandong. Yuan Xi analyzed.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and Li Jian, who was out to inquire about the news, strode in.
"Big brother, I just got the news that the brothers who stayed in Tianjin found that Qian Biao, the envoy of the Zhendong Army, had just arrived in Tianjin City with a fleet, and Li Jing's envoy had already met them at the dock to go ashore, and they were now coming to Yanjing."
Hearing the news, everyone present couldn't help but move.
Qian Biao, this is not a stranger. Qian Biao is now the envoy of the Zhendong Army and the history of Hangzhou. In the southeast of their newfound territory, Xuanzhou, the two families are neighbors. Moreover, Qian Biao is still Li Jing's thirteenth disciple, and he is married to Li Jing like Yang Xingmi is still a senior brother and Qian Biao's sister.
In essence, Yang Xingmi and Qian Biao are the same, and they are Li Jing's agents in the southeast. Li Jing supported Yang Xingmi to contain and deal with Gao Biao for him, and supported Qian Biao to contain and deal with Zhou Bao for him. Help him stabilize the situation in the south, so that he can look north with all his might.
At this time, Qian Biao suddenly went north, but he was afraid that there was only one purpose.
"Zhilu Dao, what are they doing at this time?" Yang Xingmi asked.
"Qian Biao came under the banner of celebrating the birthday of King Qin, and the news that the brothers in Tianjin sent back that Qian Biao did not come alone, he also brought a large amount of food and an army of 10,000 people!"
Qian Biao came with 20,000 soldiers and horses, this could never be to fight with Li Jing, and naturally it was impossible to just bring guards, who would bring 10,000 guards from Hangzhou Bay to Tianjin Port?
There's only one possibility, the damn Qian Biao is one step ahead of them, and he's here to show his loyalty. These 10,000 people are here to support Li Jing in the war with the Hu people.
Bang, Yang Xingmi's fist slammed on the table, damn it, he was a step too late. Although he and Qian Biao are still safe at the moment, the two of them have been connected together. Qian Biao was actually very dissatisfied with him for sending troops across the Yangtze River to occupy Xuanzhou north of Hangzhou. It is precisely because both sides are Li Jing's disciples that no conflict broke out. But contradictions have arisen.
When he Yang Xingmi defeated Gao Biao in the future, it would be impossible to fight for territory with Li Jing in the north at that time, so he could only go south to west, and at that time, sooner or later he would have to have a battle with Qian Biao.
For Qian Biao, Yang Xingmi is very familiar, familiar can no longer be familiar, he sold salt back then, and Qian Biao also sold salt. The two sides were still fighting for territory, but at that time they were just small salt sellers, and they were suppressed by the big salt dealers Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi at the end, and they couldn't do it anymore. He changed his career to become a bandit, and Qian Biao later changed his career to become a Tutuan village soldier. All these years have passed, and now the two have become Li Jing's disciples together, and with their brother-in-law, the territory of the two families is still next to each other, which is really fateful.
"Dunmei, you return to Huaixi immediately, and immediately transfer 10,000 horses from Huaixi to the north, no, transfer 15,000, and raise a batch of grain to transport. Damn, we can't be left by Mrs. Qian! "Yang Xingmi is not angry, they are both Li Jing's agents in the southeast, if Li Jing is very moved by Qian Bi's loyalty, and support him more in the future, then they will definitely get less support in Jiangdong.
"Dispatch 15,000 men and horses to the north, do you want to think about it again, we have Gao Biao, an old thief, in the east, and Qin Zongquan in the northwest, so we have to guard against it."
"No, Huaisi still has the army of King Qin, and no one dares to mess around. Since we have sent troops to support King Qin, we will send a little more if we want to. Qian Biao only has three prefectures, Hangzhou, Hu, and Mu, and can send 10,000 soldiers and horses to come, and we can't be inferior to him according to the four states. "Yang Xingmi has always been a person who is willing to give up his capital as long as he sees it. Since he has decided to continue to follow Li Jing, he can't let Qian Biao snatch the opportunity to perform this time no matter what. (To be continued......)