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In order to obtain the emperor's consent, Yang Fugong continued: "Your Majesty has decided to fight a war and pacify Hebei. The Privy Council thought that if the troops and horses of the towns were mobilized to quell the rebellion, the expenditure of fifteen million military expenses would definitely not be enough, and even if all the armies were mobilized to participate in the war, if they hoped for a quick victory within a year, they were afraid that it would be difficult to achieve it. The minister thought that the imperial court should be prepared to fight for at least two or even more years. Moreover, in addition to Hebei, the imperial court must also guard against the grass thieves who are scurrying. Troops and horses from Jingnan, Henan, Shannan East Road, and Shannan West Road cannot be mobilized to the north, and they must strengthen their guard against grass thieves advancing westward. ”

"In addition, the soldiers and horses of the towns of Hedong and Guanzhong cannot leave the town, and they need to remain vigilant to prevent unforeseen changes and keep the land of Gyeonggi safe."

Yang Fugong first pointed out these difficulties in order to improve the feasibility of his strategy.

"If the troops are transferred into Hebei to quell the rebellion, there will be 30,000 available troops in the five departments of Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Anqing, Sage, and Qibi. In addition, if the Shatuo, Tatar, Xi, and Uighur soldiers were recruited, they could also recruit at least 50,000 to 80,000 infantry cavalry within the year. With just nine soldiers, you can get 100,000 soldiers. Moreover, as long as these soldiers promised to be rewarded with the wealth obtained by Hebei, they could even be exempted from the reward of grain and grass. ”

Nine troops of 100,000 soldiers, this is definitely a combat force that should not be underestimated.

Let the soldiers deal with the rebels in Hebei, and the court does not need to pay for grain and grass, what a good thing. All the court needed to pay was to give these Hu leaders some official titles and allow these soldiers to obtain spoils of war in Hebei, to put it bluntly, to allow them to plunder the people of the city. However, since the land of Hebei is the territory of the rebels. That's not a problem.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court remained motionless. It can retain its strength. It can also be used as a second line of defense. At the same time, it can also monitor rebels and soldiers.

Of course, in Yang Fugong's plan, he can't completely count on these Tibetan troops.

In the entire detailed plan of the privy council, in the entire Hebei battlefield, the absolute main position was still reserved for Li Jing's Zhenguo army.

In order to restrain Li Jing, the imperial court will set up a western camp in the east of the river, and Zheng Congyan will be the commander of the western camp. Li Jing's teachers Yu Xuan and Xin Yan served as deputy commanders, and they commanded nine 100,000 cavalry, and transferred 20,000 Tang troops from the three towns of Hedong, Zhenwu, and Datong to participate in the battle.

In the south, Cui Anqian, Zhang Zimian, and Du Xian sat in the eastern capital of Luoyang, and they were responsible for defense, not attack. The southern camp was headed by Cui Anqian, and Zhang Zimian and Du Xian were appointed deputy commanders.

In addition, in the east, it is also necessary to set up an eastern camp, and Zheng Hanqing will be the commander of the eastern camp with the Yichang army as the commander, with the Yichang army as the main one. And mobilized the Tianping Army, the Yicheng Army, and the Taining Army to defend their own towns to prevent the rebels from invading the south.

The most rear. A northern camp will also be formed in the north, and Li Jing's teacher, Cui Yunqing, the envoy of the Ziqing Festival, will serve as the commander of the camp.

As for Li Jing, Yang Fugong proposed to add a Hebei four-sided camp capital to Li Jing, as the capital of all roads.

On the surface, Li Jing was the commander-in-chief of Hebei's counterinsurgency, but in fact, it was based on the nine Tibetan cavalry as the main force to counterinsurgency. This plan, no matter whether Li Jing is willing to send troops to quell the rebellion, the imperial court can still quell the rebellion, but there is no need to mobilize too many soldiers and horses.

In addition to the 20,000 Tang troops camped west of Zheng Congyan, the other soldiers and horses of the imperial court were only transferred to Luoyang and Shannan on the main roads, all of which were added together, no more than 50,000 people. The rest of the towns are all sticking to their own towns and do not need the imperial court to supply troops.

In this way, the Privy Council's plan was no less than the original, but it needed two-thirds less supplies.

The imperial court supplied 50,000 soldiers and horses with grain and grass, but had 200,000 to 300,000 counterinsurgency troops.

The four towns of Hebei, although Lulong Town has been turbulent one after another, there are also a lot of soldiers and horses. At the same time, the two major towns of Chengde and Weibo, the four towns combined, Ma Buquan together is at least 200,000 people. There are no less than 100,000 elite soldiers. Moreover, the four towns are recruiting troops, and in a short period of time, they can arm 100,000 soldiers.

The people of Hebei are fierce, and these young and strong people are also a combat force that cannot be underestimated.

When calculating the military strength of the imperial court, the Privy Council couldn't figure out Li Jing's attitude, so the Privy Council didn't dare to really use the Zhenguo Army as the main force, but instead took the Nine Fan Soldiers as the main force. The immobility of the towns in the imperial court was also a countermeasure to Li Jing's possible rebellion at this time.

The Hebei rebellion has been going on for more than half a month, but the imperial court has not yet come up with a specific plan to counterbalance the rebellion. The biggest reason is that Li Jing's attitude is ambiguous.

As early as Chang'an received the news of the Hebei rebellion, the Son of Heaven Li Yi discussed with Yanying, the political affairs hall, and then immediately sent an envoy to Liaodong to announce the decree to Li Jing, ordering Li Jing to lead the Zhenguo army into the pass to attack the Hebei rebels.

As a result, Li Jing replied to the envoy that he had surrendered the military power of the Zhenguo Army to the imperial court, so he had no right to mobilize the Zhenguo Army.

The envoy rushed all the way back to Chang'an with this result, and when he heard Li Jing's answer, he was in an uproar.

Li Yi has always thought that Li Jing should be loyal to the court and loyal to him, but now Li Jing's attitude is so ambiguous, and he obviously has a wait-and-see plan.

This result can be said to have caused the monarchs and ministers of the DPRK and China to suffer a heavy blow. Although Li Jing did not follow the rebellion, this is already a very bad signal. Li Jing's current attitude is no longer to enter the customs, but wants to wait and see. Next, Li Jing will either support the troops and sit on the ground and watch, which is still a good situation. In the worst-case scenario, Li Jing is likely to collude with the rebels in the four towns of Hebei, such as the rebellion of Li Xilie back then.

In this regard, although Li Jing was extremely angry in his heart, he felt that Li Jing had betrayed him. But there was nothing he could do about it, Li Jing had a heavy army in his hands, staying in distant Liaodong, and the imperial court was now separated from him by a rebellious Hebei, and there was nothing to do about them.

And at this time, the imperial court did not dare to make any drastic moves at all, so as not to irritate Li Jing. If Li Jing was just waiting and watching, but because of the actions of the imperial court, he also rebelled, then the imperial court would really fall into a nightmare.

Now the Privy Council's counterinsurgency plan is unscrupulous, and it does not dare to use Li Jing's Zhenguo Army as the main force for counterinsurgency.

However, at this time, he did not dare to leave Li Jing behind.

Originally, the imperial court was not too worried about Li Jing and Zhenguojun, and felt that Li Jing had only been in Dengzhou for five years, and his roots were not deep.

But now, when Hebei rebelled, the imperial court found out for the first time that they needed Li Jing so much, needed Li Jing's money, and needed Li Jing's soldiers. It was also the first time that Li Jing had such a great power and such an important position.

When Li Jing no longer confessed to the court and no longer obeyed the dispatch of the court, the Manchu monarchs and ministers were at a loss to find that they didn't even have a means to sanction Li Jing.

Especially when Li Jing has this ambiguous attitude now, the court sighs even more, Li Jing is completely untouchable and unbeatable now. According to the news brought by Zhang Taihe and the envoys who later went to Liaodong, although the imperial court had previously issued an order to relieve Li Jing's military power, and promoted Li Jing's subordinates, split the Zhenguo army, and promoted him to the commander of the Five Towns.

But in fact, Li Jing still controls this army and the territory of these sixteen states, and not only Li Zhen and others are loyal to Li Jing, but Li Jing's teacher Cui Yunqing still supports him.

Li Jing didn't listen to the order, and the court not only couldn't do anything about him, but also didn't even dare to say anything about reprimand. Once Li Jing is in a hurry, he takes 200,000 soldiers and sixteen states to directly pull the flag and rebel, and that is a big deal.

It is a high honor to give Li Jing the position of commander of the battalions on all sides, and the nominal supreme commander of the Hebei battlefield.

However, Tian Lingzi, Ximen Sigong, Lu Xi, Dou Lu Peng, Cui Xin, Yu Cong, Li Wei and others all knew that this position was completely insufficient.

Yang Fugong also knew in his heart that a small four-sided camp would never allow Li Jing to obey the orders of the imperial court and lead troops into the pass to quell the rebellion. But he didn't dare to mention too high a position, this could only be proposed by Li Yi, the son of heaven.

Sure enough, Li Yi shook his head helplessly when he heard the Privy Council's proposal that Li Jing be appointed as the commander of the camp on all sides.

Now what Li Jing needs is not the position of commander of everything, but the need for the imperial court to take back the military power that relieved him. Otherwise, Li Yi believed that Li Jing would never obey the transfer of the imperial court and send a single soldier.

Li Jing chose a good opportunity to sell at a price.

Li Yi began to regret a little, he shouldn't have relieved Li Jing's military power so lightly.

But at this time, it is impossible to merge the split five towns back, let alone let Li Jing take over the post of marshal of the five towns again. If this is the case, where is the face of the imperial court, I am afraid that Cui Yunqing, Li Zhen and others will be more determined to have one heart with Li Jing from now on, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to touch Li Jing forever in the future.

Prime Minister Dou Lu Peng thought about it and then came out of the ranks, "Your Majesty, the minister thought that the five towns would be divided into the Northeast Road, and then Li Jing would be the marshal of the Northeast Province to control the soldiers and horses of the five towns of the original town army. ”

The Tang Dynasty had generalissimo, marshal, deputy marshal, and so on. The generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses is generally held by the prince, and the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses is generally served by the prince. In addition, the posts of deputy marshals such as Hedong and Hebei were granted to the generals of various theaters for unified command. For example, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others have all served as deputy marshals. These marshals were generally temporary during wartime, and were abolished once the war was over.

Daoben has had an administrative plan since the Northern Wei Dynasty, above the state. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were ten paths, and later there were fifteen paths. However, now, each feudal town is also called one, and the system of the national province has been confused, and there are forty or fifty provinces in the world. Now Dou Lu Peng means to set the original territory of the Zhenguo Army as a new road, build the Northeast Road, and then take Li Jing as a marshal. In this way, Li Jing's original soldiers and horses could be restrained, and the imperial court did not have to revoke the original will. And because the marshal is sent temporarily, after the war is settled, the imperial court can take it back.

Li Yi sat on the throne and frowned and thought about it, although he was quite angry and resentful of Li Jing now, he also knew the importance of Li Jing now. After the last day, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Immediately draft an edict to take the five towns of Ziqing, Liaoxi, Denglai, Hengqing, and Jian'an as the Northeast Road, and specially add Li Jing as the marshal of the Northeast Province to control the soldiers and horses of the five towns." After thinking about it, he said: "In addition, Li Jing, Marshal of Hebei Province, and Hebei Commander of the Soldiers and Horses of the Camp on all sides, commanded all armies to quell the Hebei rebellion." (To be continued......)