Chapter 358

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Zhuo Buyi sat down on the chair, poured himself a cup of herbal tea, took a sip and continued: "It should be that the rebels have released the news. Now all the northern provinces, including Gyeonggi, know about the defeat in the northwest, which makes your majesty have to make a decision immediately. The news from the Imperial Guard said that your majesty has issued an order to announce the defeat in the northwest, make public Li Yuanshan's rebellion, and announce the recruitment of Minyong."

"Recruit Minyong?"

Fang Xie was surprised. He always felt there was something wrong, but he couldn't think of where it was wrong.

"Recruiting people is the quickest way. Although the Sui Dynasty was full of troops and food, it was difficult for the garrison to mobilize all the guards. Even if they were transferred, it would take too long for people from all over the country to arrive in the Northwest... Just the Ministry of war is busy enough. It is necessary to count the number of troops transferred. Don't underestimate this sentence. In order to count a number, how many people need to run back and forth between the roads Bo can imagine. It will take at least a year to sum up this figure. Without this figure, we can't raise supplies. This is not the first western expedition. At that time, the National Treasury was full. How can we care about it now... "

Fang Xie rubbed his eyebrows: "I haven't thought so much before. I always think it's your Majesty's word to fight."

"That's right. It's really your Majesty's word to fight. But it's not a day or two from your Majesty's words to action. But recruiting people's courage is different. Now just Gyeonggi province has more than 300000 young people who have signed up for the army. At this speed, it's easy to recruit millions of people's courage in the northern provinces. Moreover, the weapons and armor are subdued Horses are provided by themselves, and the consumption of the National Treasury is also reduced to the lowest. All the remaining money is used as military pay, which is also good for the morale of Minyong. "

Fang Xie still felt a little uneasy. It seemed that some ominous things in his memory were gradually consistent with the current situation of the great Sui Dynasty. But for a time, he couldn't think of anything ominous, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

"In terms of combat effectiveness, the people's courage is far inferior to the soldiers, even the county soldiers."

"The people in the military department were earlier than you thought."

Chubby Road: "According to the plan, all the Minyong soldiers are organized into a battalion of 10000 people, among which veterans are assigned from the top of the team. The battalion formed first will be trained first, and it will take at least two or three months to wait for a sufficient number of people. At this time, the Minyong soldiers established earlier have been trained for a period of time, and they can master the basic formation. If they don't have training, they might as well go to the northwest first, and they must go to the northwest before the war Training. "

"Moreover, in the first war, we must not use people's courage, but use war soldiers to fight pioneers."

Fang Xie shook his head: "Even if there is training, the biggest problem is not this, but the mood of soldiers... People join the army with anger, and they hate traitors. But once they see blood on the battlefield, how much of their ambition is scared away by fear is unknown. How many people swear that once they can go to the battle to kill the enemy, they are scared to pee at the sight of incomplete bodies on the battlefield Pants? "

Chubby Road: "So at first, it must be the soldiers who started the war, and then the generals who led the troops will take the people to watch the war. Let them feel the atmosphere of several wars... You are too pessimistic, aren't the soldiers afraid when they went to the battlefield for the first time? When the army went south to destroy business, how many people were scared to shit and urine on the battlefield? After more experience, these soldiers who were scared to pee their pants were all hundreds later War elite! "

"To put it bluntly, I want them to kill. If they kill more, they are qualified soldiers. Soldiers are the most fierce weapons in the world. Why are they fierce if they don't kill?"

Hearing this, Fang Xie was suddenly stunned: "what I'm most worried about is what you said... When recruits arrive on the battlefield, where are there so many cheap wars for them to fight. At that time, in order to let recruits experience the atmosphere of the war and adapt them to the battlefield fighting, the most direct means of the leader is to let them kill, but who can recruits kill?"

Fang Xie sighed, "people, prisoners..."

Zhuo Buyi smiled: "you're just too pessimistic. You always look at the bad. Which of the great generals in the imperial court who have led the army for many years knows better than you?"

Fang Xie thought about it, and then smiled: "I'm not worried about the difficulties encountered in the western expedition. By the way, your majesty really wants to enlist in person?"

"It seems"

Zhuo Buyi said, "the news from the capital says that your majesty announced his intention to enlist in person when he went to the court a while ago. However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty seem to be trying their best to dissuade the emperor from leaving Beijing. It's no small matter. However, it seems that your majesty is very determined and no one can stop him."

"When your majesty leaves Beijing, will not the six armies of the son of heaven follow him?"

Fang Xie asked.

"It must be."

"Who will be the garrison of Chang'an?"

"Your Majesty seems to mean that the crown prince should be appointed as the vice minister. In fact, to put it bluntly, the queen is going to listen to the government. Among the vice ministers is general Yang Shunhui of zuoyiwei, who is also of Royal origin. Zuoyiwei's men and horses went out of Beijing with your majesty, but they have urgently transferred troops from Gyeonggi Road, Jizhou, Bazhou and Yanzhou to Chang'an, plus the forbidden army and Chang'an The number of people and horses guarding Chang'an is still no less than 200000. Yang Shunhui is a master of the art of war. His majesty relied on Prince Ping mieyi when he plotted against him. I think his majesty wanted him to stay in Chang'an at that time. "

Fang Xie shook his head: "the prince is young. Anyway, the emperor shouldn't go out of Beijing to enlist himself."

"I can't persuade you."

Zhuo Buyi sighed: "Your Majesty regards it as a great shame that 700000 troops fell in the northwest. How can your majesty bear this tone if you don't personally lead the troops to wipe out the rebels?"

"Who else is the Deputy Minister?"

"There are three more, Pei Yan, the waiter of the yellow gate, Zong Lianghu, the new minister of the military department, and Niu huilun, the great Bachelor of wenyuange."

"Only Yang Shunhui is close to the royal family..."

Fang Xie frowned slightly and couldn't help sighing. How much did the emperor distrust his relatives. There are several princes in Chang'an city. It's time to use these people. But the emperor would rather use courtiers than relatives... Zong Lianghu got up so quickly. Is such an official really easy to use?

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There is nothing to worry about in Chang'an city. Now he can't even figure out the direction of his own affairs. Although the emperor was paranoid, he was not dazed. Fang Xie believed that he would arrange everything when he left Beijing. On his own side, his life experience has made him anxious.

The Buddha of Shiyuan in the dark, who knows when he will come out?

With his own strength, I'm afraid he can't kill him.

But at this time, we must find a way to kill this scourge.

Fang Xie and Zhuo Buyi and others have been discussing for two days without a good way. The key is that Shiyuan is hiding in the dark. If he doesn't come out, he can't find it. If you want to set up a bureau to kill him, you can't decide where the bureau is located. On the third day after Luo Yao instructed Fang Xie to practice, ye Jinnan came to the door again.

"The senior general asked Lord Fang to parade together."

"Parade?"

Fang Xie frowned and asked, "why the parade?"

Ye Jinnan held his jaw slightly and proudly said: "The senior general has written to the imperial court to fight. In the past two days, the senior general has summoned all the left avant-garde generals above the fifth grade to announce the northern expedition. Now the soldiers are gearing up and can move north as soon as the order of the imperial court arrives. The senior general wants to invite Lord Fang to review the troops together. The Imperial Envoys to go with the army, which is also good for improving morale."

Hearing these words, Fang Xie suddenly woke up.

I still underestimate Luo Yao and am still too naive.

Luo Yao showed himself the memorial he wrote a few days ago and wanted to take the initiative to fight. At that moment, Fang Xie began to believe that Luo Yao had no opposition to the imperial court, but those in high power for too long would inevitably be domineering and jealous. But at this moment, Fang Xie woke up.

Luo Yao must have got the news that the emperor wanted to send left avant-garde to fight a few days earlier than himself, so he pretended to write a memorial first and asked for war. A few days after he let himself see the memorial, Zhuo Buyi also received the news from the big internal guard. He was in a mess at that time, but he didn't respond for a moment.

It seems that someone in the capital is a very important person to inform Luo Yao. Otherwise, Luo Yao can't get the news faster than the way of transmission in the Imperial Guard. The person who sent the news to Luo Yao knew before the people in the Imperial Guard knew the emperor's decision.

A general with 400 thousand soldiers dominates the country. There are some important people in the imperial court who hook up with him... Fang Xie's heart is cold.

"Well, let me tidy up and go right away."

"OK"

Ye Jinnan hugged his fist and said, "I'll wait outside the door."

Fang Xie went back to his room and changed his formal clothes. Then he asked Shen qingfan and Mu Xiaoyao to go shopping and try to connect with the big dogs. Let them be ready. If they really want to go north with the army, the twelve of them must come back to Fang Xie. In the army, the role of the twelve outside is far less than that of being around them.

With only Yan Kuang and Chen Xiaoru, Fang Xie rode with Ye Jinnan directly towards the school yard in the city. The red horse he took when he went south has gained a lot of weight these days and looks rather bloated and clumsy. He hasn't ridden for a while, and even Fang Xie feels a little rusty.

Fortunately, the red horse's foundation is still there and it's not hard to run.

But those left avant-garde people under Ye Jinnan couldn't help laughing when they saw Fang Xie sitting down on the amazing fat horse.

When Fang Xie got on the horse, he patted the red horse on the neck and whispered in its ear, "let them envy you. Even if you are fat like Ronaldo, you still run faster than their horse."

The red horse snorted as if it knew who Ronaldo was.

However, even Fang Xie felt a little uncomfortable. The red horse is really too fat now. Especially from the back, when walking, the huge and fat horse buttocks twist with a unique style. However, Fang Xie thought that the red horse was a cold horse in northern Liaoning, and there must be nothing delicious to serve in his hometown. After arriving at the imperial capital, he connected it with his identity The treatment of employees has also increased.

But after eating, I lie down like a hen. It's strange that I'm not fat.

The left avant-garde school yard is located in the north of Yongzhou City, close to the city wall on one side, and covers a huge area. The army in the city is the elite of the left avant-garde, just like Luo Yao's own soldiers. In addition to the people and horses in the city, the left avant-garde army is divided into two groups. One group is stationed 200 miles south of Yongzhou, far away deterring Nanyan. The other group of 178000 people are stationed in the front line of Southern Xinjiang and use knives against barbarians from time to time.

There are 36000 soldiers in Yongzhou City, which is the standard force allocation of the first guard soldiers. But these 36000 people were selected from the 400000 troops of the left avant-garde!

As soon as he entered the door, Fang Xie felt the solemn atmosphere.

The two flags fluttered with the wind and attracted people's attention.

On one side is the Dragon flag of the great Sui Dynasty. A lifelike five clawed Golden Dragon is embroidered on the red war flag. Above the golden dragon is a huge Sui character. The flag on the other side has no pattern, only seven simple characters. In the middle is a Luo character, and next to it are six small characters, the left avant-garde general.

When entering here, Fang Xie suddenly had an illusion.

He always felt that the black armour army lined up in full array on the school field and the gold armour general standing against the wind on the commanding platform were familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.