Chapter 139 Pretending to be an Expert

Murong Ying died in a very delicate period of time. A few months before his death, more than a dozen tribes including Tiele and Sijie, who were subordinates of Datou Khan of the Western Turkic Khaganate, betrayed Datou and surrendered to Shibi Khan. Datou himself fled to Tuyuhun and his whereabouts are unknown.

So in the north of Great Yan, there appeared a terrible and powerful enemy who had basically completed unification, Shibi Khan and his Turkic Khanate.

Shi Bi, who had always coveted the beautiful mountains and rivers in the south, once again began to think about the possibility of going south.

Shi Shuhuxi, a trusted minister of the grassland lord, proposed a new strategy, which was to support a prince of the Yan State.

And he has already chosen the candidate, Murong Zan, the Prince of Liang and the governor of Bingzhou of Dayan.

In fact, Shi Shu and Hu Xi did not come up with the idea on a whim. As early as when Murong Zan was besieged in Gang County, the two had sent messengers to communicate with each other.

We kept in touch through correspondence afterwards.

Murong Zan already knew at that time that his decision to lead his troops to flee south instead of staying in Guangwu would definitely leave a grudge in Murong Ying's heart, and the position of crown prince would definitely have nothing to do with him.

So he chose to find another way. Although the Turkic Shibi Khan had already torn his relationship with Murong Ying, he might still be able to help him.

In addition, although Yuwen She, the commander-in-chief of Bingzhou’s military affairs, was Murong Ying’s confidant, he was also a descendant of his mother’s family, Yuwen. According to seniority, he had to call Yuwen She his cousin.

Murong Ying actually thought about solving this problem, but on the one hand, he trusted Yuwen She, and on the other hand, he did not expect Murong Zan to be so efficient and rebellious as soon as he died.

The Bingzhou frontier army originally had 30,000 soldiers, and the Daibei Tuoba clan sent 20,000 soldiers. After the uprising, they quickly expanded their troops and recruited surrenders. On the Turkic side, Shibi Khan sent his younger brother Chuluo and his trusted adviser Shi Shuhuxi to lead 60,000 cavalry to the south to help.

Liu Xun, the governor of Hedong, had no idea of ​​Murong Zan's great deeds. When he heard that the governor of Bingzhou and the governor of Bingzhou had come, Liu Xun was surprised that they were going to Luoyang to attend the funeral and should have gone to Henei. Why did they come to Hedong? As a result, when he opened the gate to welcome them, he was captured.

He also loudly asked Murong Zan and the other man what they were doing, and then he saw the smoke and dust raised by tens of thousands of cavalry in the north.

Suddenly cold sweat broke out.

Liu Xun did not choose to join the rebellion, and Yuwen She and Murong Zan did not kill him. After all, this man was from the Hedong Liu family and was a cousin of the Minister of the Central Secretariat Liu He. Their goal was to seize the world, and for someone like Liu Xun, keeping him would definitely be useful.

After taking Hedong, Murong Zan's next target was naturally Guanzhong.

At the same time when Murong Zan took over Hedong, Dai Guogong Tuoba Yuqing led the elite troops of the Tuoba tribe and more than 30,000 new soldiers recruited along the way, and split into two groups with Murong Zan's troops. They quickly captured the entire Shangdang County and then went straight to Yewang in Henei.

Murong Chao, who was in Luoyang, was extremely anxious about this, and immediately appointed General Lou Jushi as the commander-in-chief to lead more than 80,000 elite troops from the central army to rush to the rescue of Guanzhong.

The general Li Shenfu, who had just been laid off, was also urgently called into action and ordered to command the troops in Luoyang in case of any emergency.

At the same time, he ordered Jizhou Governor Murong Hui to rush to Hanoi for assistance.

The tense situation in the north and the Central Plains had little impact on Jianghuai.

The big thieves Wang Qianyou and Wang Fu failed to gain any advantage over Pei Minzhi in Xuzhou, so they decided to go to Jianghuai to cause trouble for Li Yuanhui.

After all, in their eyes, what abilities can a teenager who is still wet behind the ears have?
After being defeated by Pei Minzhi in Xia Pi, he fled directly south.

They also engaged in looting along the way. When they arrived at the city of Guangling, the team had more than 10,000 people and directly surrounded Guangling.

Guo Fenghe of Tianzhu Mountain had accepted the conditions, accepted the amnesty, and went down the mountain.

Li Yuanhui was discussing the resettlement issue with Guo Fenghe when he heard the urgent military report from Guangling.

After learning that the bandits numbered only over 10,000, he did not plan to lead the expedition himself, but instead ordered General Lu Qin to lead the Chaohu navy, carrying 4,000 infantrymen, including the troops under the command of six captains Zhang Jian, Zhang Zhen'e, Zhu Xingzong, Liu Ju, Chen Zhen, and He Gui, to go down the river by water to support Guangling.

General Liu Xuanji, who had just returned, led the cavalry, which had been expanded to two thousand people, and attacked by land.

Unexpectedly, just as the army set out, the next day a messenger of mourning arrived.

Li Yuanhui's rank is not high enough to go back to Beijing to attend the funeral.
Because the will left by Murong Ying was to appoint him as governor-general or provincial governor of each state, which was not of high enough rank.

However, Li Yuanhui was naturally a little sad about his father-in-law's passing. Although it was not much, it was always a genuine feeling.

This should be considered very good for himself. A sixteen-year-old general with a high title, he is one of the four generals of Siping, second only to the four expeditionary generals and the four garrison generals.

If you feel emotional, just cry. For several days in a row, Li Yuanhui did nothing and stayed at home for several days.

Every day I read, sleep, polish my sword, take stock of my current assets, and make plans for the next step.

In terms of family background, his central army was finally fully recruited, with a total of 3,000 people, mainly from Huainan. His cousin Dou Xianjun, cousin Li Xuandao, and good friend Yu Zhongheng were appointed as lieutenants of the guard, each commanding a thousand people.

There were three Simas of different tribes, Zhang Jian's troops had 800 men, Zhu Xingzong's troops had 800 men, and Zhang Zhen'e's troops had 1,200 men, totaling 2,800 men.

The Xuzhou army had 4,000 men, and Guo Fenghe's troops at Tianzhu Mountain were organized into an army of 4,000 men.

The combined forces of Liu Ju and Chang Yanheng numbered over 1,200.

Originally, the troops stationed in Hefei under Yin Gong and Zhou Ben totaled 1,600 men.

Ma Deyi and Wang Tong have a total of 800 light cavalry, and Zhang Shiwu and Zhao Teng have 300 heavy cavalry. Some of them were re-recruited and supplemented after being killed in battle, and the cavalry was expanded. Now the total number of cavalry is 2,000.

However, Huainan still has some horses, so it is not a problem to expand the cavalry by a few hundred.

The Chaohu navy was temporarily expanded to three thousand people.

At present, the General's Office of Pingnan already has 20,000 soldiers, not counting the soldiers from the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the county governors.

Originally, the 4,000 troops of Xuzhou were only temporarily under the command of Li Yuanhui, but under the current circumstances, these 4,000 well-trained elite soldiers must be detained.

After calculating his family's financial situation, Li Yuanhui discovered a problem.

That is, the Pingnan General's Mansion currently lacks generals at the level of generals.

There was only one General Lao Liu, who was powerful and mighty, and one General Yingyang, who was the commander of the Chaohu navy, Lu Qin.

Looking at the paper filled with personnel deployment, Li Yuanhui circled Chen Zhen's name.

Although Chen Zhen is young, he is good at commanding the army and is well versed in military strategies. Judging from the talents he has demonstrated so far, he is no worse than Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bei. He is a wise general who is good at fighting.

Afterwards, he recommended Chen Zhen as General of the Army, commanding 4,000 troops from Xuzhou.

After thinking about it with this person, Guo Feng and Li Yuanhui decided to make him the chief of Pingnan General's Mansion. The 4,000 people of Tianzhu Mountain were led by Xiahou Yuanhong and his son Guo Xing, who were both Sima of the other department.

There is no other way. For those who joined the group with money and have made great contributions, it is not appropriate to give them the rank of general or lieutenant directly. The rank of captain sounds too low. The more temporary rank of Sima of a separate department sounds much more prestigious.

Moreover, for them, the biggest demand is not an empty title of general, but to be able to command their original troops.

You can let him be a team leader, as long as he can still lead his original troops, that's fine.

Half a month later, Li Yuanhui had come out of the "sorrow" of the death of the late emperor, and the result of the Battle of Guangling was also known.

After Zhu Yuanzhang and his men came ashore, Wang Qianyou and Wang Fu were beaten up. Liu Xuanji's cavalry also succeeded in outflanking them, and the two big thieves were captured alive.

More than 2,000 people were beheaded, more than 3,000 surrendered, and the rest were scattered.

There was nothing special about the battle reports of Lu Qin and Liu Xuanji, just very simple "landing" and "destroying it".
Looking at his staff members congratulating him excitedly, Li Yuanhui remained calm.

These tough guys gathered together to fight a group of insignificant bandits. Isn't this a normal operation?
What's so exciting about Chinese players playing in diamond games?
Following the battle report, there was also an imperial edict ordering all states and counties to send troops to the king, and a notification that King Liang was colluding with the Turks to rebel.

This was also what Li Yuanhui had expected. As a result, his calm look made his staff imagine a drama.

When the general heard of the victory, he was not excited at all and treated it as normal.

When hearing about sudden changes, he was not afraid and treated it as nothing.

He never shows his emotions on his face, and he has his own thoughts. He is indeed a man who can do great things.

(End of this chapter)