Chapter 115: Planning the Chang'an Army
"Lu Ling, everything depends on you. Liu Jian, the king of Linhai who sent the prince and the king of Nanyang away, looked at the departing army with envy, and his family followed the frame of the king of Nanyang. On the one hand, Liu Jian felt that Qinzhou in the rear was safer, and on the other hand, the crown prince and the king of Nanyang did not believe in their eldest brother Liu Jian as much as they imagined, and took his family with him in order to be a hostage.
Of course, Liu Jian also understands that he voluntarily stayed this time to prepare to become a benevolent person if he does not succeed, Liu Jian is not so great, he is also for his family and country. Even if Liu Yao didn't like his son when he was there, Liu Jian regarded Liu Yao as his father in his heart. If he can succeed this time, then his country can also exist, and if he fails, then he will die, but Liu Jian does not want to die.
In order to create pressure on Chang'an, Shi Le constantly sent small groups of cavalry to cruise on the border of Yongzhou, Chang'an was really three shocks a day, and with the departure of the imperial court and hundreds of officials, Chang'an was even more chaotic to the extreme. Liu Jian is also a person who doesn't have much ability, so except for Lu Ling, who Chu Yun pretended to be, Liu Jian really doesn't have much to rely on.
Whether he can survive this time depends entirely on Chu Yun. Therefore, Lu Ling named Chu Yun as the general in the name of the general, the great Sima, and the Yongzhou assassin history, and was responsible for rectifying all the troops in Chang'an.
Chang'an's army now has about 100,000 people, and it is impossible for anyone with some military talent to abandon the army and the fortified city with abundant food and escape, but the Huns, who are proud of their bravery, have done it, which is simply ironic. The composition of these armies is quite complicated, among them there are some Huns who will have time to flee with the prince in the future, of course, most of them are the various Hu armies and the surrendered Han army, Liu Yao's emperor in these years has not been in vain, Chang'an is still very developed in Liu Yao's hands, and he has filled a large number of people to Chang'an.
The top commanders of these armies have run out, and even some of the army even middle-level generals have run out, in Qianzhao, if it is not for the Xiongnu nobles, it is impossible to become the controller of an army, and these Xiongnu nobles have run away with the prince, so these hundreds of thousands of people are equivalent to being in a state of leaderlessness.
Miscellaneous generals Jiang Ying and Xin Shu took advantage of the situation, they continued to annex all sides of the army, mastered the largest number of troops, they controlled tens of thousands of people respectively, and the two of them together mastered half of the army in Chang'an City, which is the largest force in Chang'an City.
These two are not Huns, one is Han, the other is Di, the former Zhao counts Liu Yuan and Liu Cong father and son of the Xiongnu Han State, has been established for more than 20 years, so many people have adapted to the rule of the Huns, and more and more talents of all ethnic groups have begun to serve in the former Zhao. Of course, this is also related to a series of pacification policies of several Xiongnu emperors, if there is no oppression of Later Zhao Shile, Former Zhao may not be able to become a long-term Hu dynasty.
But the former Zhao made a faint move, and the emperor Liu Yao was drunk and captured, which was an accident. However, when Chang'an City was not attacked, the prince in power, the king of Nanyang, Liu Hou, the king of Ruyin, and Liu Ce, the king of Anding, all abandoned the city and fled from the city, which made the people of the former Zhao completely lost. Although Liu Jian, the king of Linhai, was left behind, except for a very few people, no one knew about it at all. And even if he knew, no one cared, Liu Yao's dislike for Liu Jian was well known, and everyone thought that it was just the prince and the king of Nanyang who let the king of Linhai top the thunder. What's more, they don't know that at Chu Yun's request, Liu Jian has disappeared these days, Chu Yun is busy surveying the forces of all parties, and he treats Liu Jian as a hole card, and he will not show the card until the critical moment.
Therefore, in the case of thinking that Former Zhao had completely abandoned Chang'an, Jiang Ying and Xin Shu thought that they were the kings of Chang'an City, and they summoned the generals of the major forces in the posture of the alliance leader, of course, they were their original subordinates, and other forces did not necessarily give them face.
Jiang Ying and Xin Shu did not hide it, they announced on the spot that they were ready to surrender after Zhao Shile, which made all their generals shocked, some of them opposed on the spot, and were killed by two people on the spot, this scene shocked everyone, although some people still disagreed in their hearts, but no one dared to say anything. After all, the former Zhao has ruled for so many years, and there are still a few loyal ministers and filial sons.
In the eyes of Jiang Ying and Xin Shu, the discussion went smoothly, and with the strong support of the two, everyone reached a consensus on surrender. In history, they did succeed, after all, at that time, the former Zhao was completely hopeless, and no one was stupid enough to be martyred for the imperial court, but in this time and space, it is not necessarily.
"We are willing to advance and retreat with General Chiang and General Xin. "Whether they are wise enough to protect themselves or break the jar, no one will object to the orders of the two men anymore. Jiang Ying and Xin Shu glanced at each other and laughed with satisfaction.
Although the Huns ran a lot under the leadership of the prince, after all, they have been in Chang'an for more than ten years, and many people regard Chang'an as their home, and they regard themselves as natives in Chang'an. Therefore, they would rather die in their "home" than flee with their prince.
There are still many such people, after so many years of reproduction, the population of the Huns has exceeded one million, and the Huns in Chang'an account for at least half, and there are only 50,000 Praetorian Guards who follow the prince, even if you add their families, that is, two or three hundred thousand. That is to say, there are at least 200,000 Huns left in Chang'an, and among these 200,000 people, one out of ten can choose 20,000 troops. But now Chang'an is in a mess, and no one cares about their life or death.
Liu Dongyong turned out to be a captain of the Xiongnu Forbidden Army, he should have left with the prince, but he was reluctant to give birth to his wife, so he stayed in Chang'an, Liu Dongyong was known for his bravery in the forbidden army, and his popularity was quite good, because he did not leave Chang'an, more than half of his team of forbidden troops stayed, which shows his influence.
After Liu Cong's death, the number of the Xiongnu forbidden army increased greatly, but the quality became lower and lower, after all, there were more and more children of Yin En, but his team of more than 800 people was mostly elite. Liu Dongyong was deeply valued by the king of Nanyang, when Liu Yin, the king of Nanyang, resisted the invasion of Qianliang, Liu Dongyong once made great contributions, leaving a deep impression on the king of Nanyang, and he was therefore mobilized from the general army to the forbidden army, and as a civilian, he sought the official position of a captain, if his status was not too low, with his military exploits, even if it was a miscellaneous general.
In front of his family and country, Liu Dongyong chose his own family. Chang'an is not peaceful now, Liu Dongyong gathered more than 500 brothers who remained, demarcated a territory in the south of the Great Wall, and as the situation became more and more chaotic, more and more people took refuge in Liu Dongyong, Liu Dongyong gathered more than 2,000 Hun soldiers in a short period of time.
But it also made Liu Dongyong uncomfortable, he had no ambition, after all, these two thousand people seemed to be a lot, but they were nothing in Chang'an's army of hundreds of thousands. Moreover, how could Liu Dongyong afford the grain and grass of so many people? Just when Liu Dongyong was anxious and was about to go out to grab grain, his subordinates came to report.
"Captain, someone is looking for you. "Liu Dongyong's wife had just given birth to a boy, and he was found shortly after.
"Are you?" A man covered in a black robe appeared in Liu Dongyong's eyes, from the perspective of Liu Dongyong, a veteran, this black-robed man was extremely dangerous, but he didn't seem to know such a person.
The black-robed man didn't speak, and suddenly a gilded bronze medal appeared in the black-robed man's hand, Liu Dongyong's eyes widened suddenly, and after he was sure again, he knelt on one knee with his hands in fists.
"Humble to meet General Wei. ”
"Captain Liu Dongyong, I order you to gather all your men and wait for my orders. I believe that you are a loyal servant of the court and will make the right choice. I heard that your wife just gave birth to an eight-pound boy, and I want to congratulate Captain Liu. Although the black-robed man said congratulations, he made a move. He swept it out with one kick, and the huge stone lion that had been in front of Liu Dongyong's door for several years was kicked to pieces. Liu Dongyong swallowed deeply, these two stone lions weighed more than five hundred pounds, and he could barely lift them, but this person could actually kick them to pieces?
"The lowly knows how to do it. Liu Dongyong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, even if he didn't listen to the court, he had to think about his family.
That night, Liu Dongyong received an order to take his men to gather at the barracks outside the east gate of Chang'an City, which was originally a barracks of the Xiongnu forbidden army, but now in this situation, the building has long been empty, and only a few hundred homeless homeless people live here temporarily.
These homeless people are also poor people, they had slept well, but they were suddenly awakened from their sleep, they cried and were dragged out by some soldiers, these soldiers were the Huns gathered by Liu Dongyong, but more than 2,000 people he only brought 1,500 people, after all, Chang'an City is very unsafe, especially at night.
"Captain Liu, we asked, these are just displaced people, have we been deceived?" Jiang Hongsheng, Liu Dongyong's left and right man, said, although they are all Huns, but the situation has endangered them to the point that they can also see it, not everyone has a good impression of the court like Liu Dongyong.
"Report to the captain, someone is coming from outside the camp, although I can't see it clearly, but it is estimated that there are quite a few people. Liu Dongyong's other left and right hand, Feng Kun, hurriedly came in and said.
"Don't panic, defend on the spot. Liu Dongyong immediately gave an order, but they were worried in vain, the person who came was also a Hun general, slightly higher than Liu Dongyong, called Zhou Haoxiong, a partial general, he was also called by General Wei. With the arrival of Zhou Haoxiong, several groups of people came one after another. Liu Dongyong was a little surprised in his heart, these people were all Hun generals who had troops in their hands like himself, and the number of them together had exceeded 15,000 people, which was not inferior to the combat power.
The chiefs had their own ideas, they arranged their men, and sat in a clean house in the barracks and waited, each of them was silent, they were all Huns, so they were quite familiar with each other. Their identities are not the big nobles in the Huns, their identities are very close, and their positions are similar, because there are so many channels for promotion, so the relationship between them is very general, which also causes a cold scene between them. In addition, they are very worried about today's events, so they are not in the mood to get close.
But they didn't stay cold for long, Chu Yun took Liu Jian, the king of Linhai, on the field, and the king of Nanyang was very considerate of his brother Liu Jian, leaving him with more than a hundred elite forbidden troops to protect, and these guys were all used by Chu Yun to support the scene. Liu Jian, the king of Linhai, appeared under the extremely luxurious full set of royal honor guards.
In the hierarchical ancient times, the royal family had a natural suppressive power over ordinary people, and they were originally Huns, so they immediately swore allegiance without thinking about it. And Liu Jian just showed his side and left, in Chu Yun's opinion, he was just a mascot, and the longer he stayed, the more likely he was to reveal his flaws.
Chu Yun divided the fifteen-thousand-strong army into seven teams as General Wei, which was of course to appease the small leaders of the original seven forces, although Chu Yun did not completely break them up, but still mixed some sand with each other for them, and managed them themselves.
With an army of 15,000 in hand, Chu Yun finally had the strength to take a risk, Chu Yun had long known that the biggest forces in Chang'an City now were Jiang Ying and Xin Shu, Chu Yun originally wanted to subdue the two people, after all, they were Han and Di people, and they were naturally closer to Chu Yun than the Huns. But after monitoring them for a while, Chu Yun realized that the two of them were simply people whose interests were paramount, and whoever gave more benefits would follow whomever they wanted, and they had already made up their minds to join Shi Le, and they had already had contact with Shi Le, and it was absolutely impossible for Chu Yun to win them. Since it cannot be won, then it is the enemy.
Therefore, Chu Yun recruited Liu Dongyong and others, and after Chu Yun delayed for more than a month, he was ready to rely on Liu Jian's identity and rely on the Huns for the time being.
Chu Yun knew that Jiang Ying and Xin Shu had already contacted Shi Le, but Chu Yun never made a move, just to lure the Qian people over, and then unify all the forces in Chang'an City with external forces. Then Chu Yun completely convinced the army with the glory of resisting the army of the Qian people, only by controlling the army, it was not too difficult to overthrow the former Zhao regime, this was Chu Yun's plan, although it was simple, but practical.
However, this plan has both opportunities and risks, if Chang'an can't withstand the Qian, then all of Chu Yun's plans will go bankrupt. If this result really appears, then Chu Yun's plan will not be realized for decades. Once Shi Le really conquered Chang'an and destroyed the former Zhao, then their strength would definitely skyrocket, under the leadership of such a cautious commander as Shi Le, even Chu Yun would not be able to find a chance to recover in a short time, and the influence of the Iron Blood Army would slowly dissipate in the long river of history.
"All of you stay here for me, there is a secret cellar in the camp, where a lot of food is stored, you will not die of hunger, the generals should hurry up and familiarize themselves with their men during this time, and once I come to inform you, it will be the beginning of the great war. Chu Yun repeatedly emphasized that they should not go out, and anyone who saw them should be arrested to prevent leakage. This is also to make Jiang Ying and Xin Shu more bold to contact Shi Le.
The chaos in Chang'an did not calm down at all, but became more and more chaotic as time went by, and although Jiang Ying and Xin Shu controlled a large number of troops, they did not care about restoring order in Chang'an.
From the first month of the first month of the crown prince Zhao and the king of Nanyang abandoned Chang'an and fled for more than half a year, Shi Le finally believed the news that Chang'an was about to surrender, not that Jiang Ying and Xin Shu were too slow to send envoys, but that Shi Le did not believe that things were so smooth.
Therefore, after he used a large number of secret agents to spy on the situation in Chang'an, Shi Le finally made up his mind, and he ordered Shi Sheng, his godson stationed in Luoyang, to lead the defenders of Luoyang to take over Chang'an. After the defeat of the Iron Army, Shi Le absorbed a lot of advanced experience of the Iron Blood Army, and the establishment of the Black Feather Guard was one of them, and the responsibilities of the Black Feather Guard were very similar to the Supervision Department set up by Chu Yun, which was a special inspection agency, which undoubtedly made Shi Le even more difficult.
Shi Le's generals came out in large numbers, after the fall of the eighteen cavalry who followed him at the earliest, Shi Hu, Shi Sheng and other clan generals continued to emerge, Shi Sheng is the representative, he once defeated the former Zhao Henan Taishou Yin Ping, Yingchuan Taishou Guo Mo, and captured Shi Zuji in Runan, and this time Liu Yao's defeat was also Shi Sheng dragged Liu Yao's main force, so that Liu Yao had no time to retreat, and was defeated by Shi Le who came later.
Therefore, Shi Le sent Shi Sheng to command an army of 30,000 troops into Chang'an, firstly, to increase the record of his godson, so that he could guard Chang'an, and on the other hand, to prevent accidents.
The news of Shi Sheng's army was quickly spread to Chang'an with the help of people with good intentions, and unlike the excitement of Jiang Ying, Xin Shu and others, Chang'an City also had other news delivered, this news Jiang Ying and Xin Shu repeatedly forbidden, but it was boiling, and for a while, the situation in Chang'an City that had finally stabilized after half a year was boiling again.
ps: I am in very bad health, I have been hospitalized, and I can't get out of bed directly two days ago. Pneumonia, bronchitis, fever and fever, I didn't ask for leave this month, and my full attendance is gone, but I still insist on writing, I'm sorry everyone.