Chapter 1159: Encirclement and annihilation of Yang Lin (Part 1)
Chapter 1157: Encirclement and annihilation of Yang Lin (Part 1)
After hearing Yan Xiang''s words, Yuan Shu just thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin''s eyes flashed with a cold light, but he hid it well and was not discovered by anyone.
Zhao Kuangyin found that Yuan Shu''s attitude towards him had changed. Although he was still very close, Zhao Kuangyin felt that Yuan Shu was guarding against him intentionally or unintentionally.
In the past, if Yuan Shu sent troops to fight abroad, the first candidate for the position of chief general must be Zhao Kuangyin, but now he has let Ji Ling, the reckless man, be the chief general.
Zhao Kuangyin knew that Ji Ling, who was simple-minded, was definitely not the opponent of Li Mi, who was cunning, so he waited to take over Ji Ling and lead the army to attack Li Mi after Ji Ling was defeated, so as to regain Yuan Shu''s attention.
Everything was as expected by Zhao Kuangyin. Ji Ling was indeed no match for Li Mi. Even if he had three times the enemy''s strength, he was still fooled by Li Mi.
Zhao Kuangyin thought that the position of the chief general must be his, but he did not expect that Yan Xiang would recommend Lian Po as the chief general, which made his plan fail.
Zhao Kuangyin recalled again, but found that from when Yan Xiang had been saying good things about Lian Po, and Lian Po was increasingly valued by Yuan Shu, so that he gradually became idle.
Zhao Kuangyin is Yuan Shu''s brother-in-law, and he is more close to Yuan Shu, but Yan Xiang has followed Yuan Shu since he became an official, and he has always been loyal and trusted by Yuan Shu. Therefore, Yan Xiang is one of the few people who can persuade Yuan Shu.
The reason why Yan Xiang secretly suppressed Zhao Kuangyin was not because he had any dissatisfaction with Zhao Kuangyin, but because he believed that Zhao Kuangyin had too much power and could already threaten his lord Yuan Shu.
If Zhao Kuangyin was a purely loyal minister, Yan Xiang naturally would not doubt Zhao Kuangyin, but it was obvious that Zhao Kuangyin had his own ambitions and had done many things that no one knew about, so he would advise Yuan Shu not to encourage Zhao Kuangyin''s prestige anymore.
Although Yuan Shu''s own abilities are not strong, he is definitely not a fool. Although he does not believe that his brother-in-law will betray him, the military advisor''s words are indeed nothing wrong.
If the minister''s merits and prestige are too high, it will indeed affect the monarch''s dominance.
Therefore, even just to prevent it, Yuan Shu must balance the rights of his generals, and only Ji Ling and Lian Po can check and balance Zhao Kuangyin in the army.
Yuan Shu also had many opponents around him. Qin Hao, Huang Zu, Cao Cao, Li Mi, and Liu Yao, a total of five princes looked around his power, which also restrained Yuan Shu''s huge military strength. If Yuan Shu wanted to expand externally, he had to deal with Li Mi in Yuzhou first.
The candidates for the conquest of Li Mi will only be between Ji Ling and Lian Po.
Although Lian Po was upright and loyal, he had never been a party or arguing, but he had a good personal relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, which made Yuan Shu worry a lot, so he forced Ji Ling to serve as the chief general. However, Ji Ling was difficult to take the big responsibility after all, and in the end he had to rely on Lian Po.
Zhao Kuangyin could naturally guess what Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang thoughts, but not only did he not understand, he also regarded Yan Xiang as a thorn in his eyes.
Zhao Kuangyin had his own ambitions, and the reason why he pretended to be a loyal minister was just to use the power of the Yuan family to use it as his own ladder for promotion. Now that Yuan Shu does not give him the opportunity to develop, what''s the point of staying under Yuan Shu?
"The next road is not easy. Should we continue to endure it? Or should we just leave Yuan Shu and become independent?" "As soon as we thought of this, Zhao Kuangyin couldn''t help but feel anxious, but soon calmed down and said, "No, the situation in the Central Plains is now complicated, and the princes are fighting endlessly. If they rashly become independent, they will only become the first to succeed. Not only will they completely get into the Yuan family, but they will also arouse the fear of other princes.
After all, the foundation of our Zhao family is too shallow, and we must continue to rely on Yuan Shu and endure it. ”
Zhao Kuangyin has been tolerating for many years, but he doesn''t want to fail here. Moreover, he also feels that the benefits of independence are not great enough now, so it''s better to endure and continue to fight for the big ones.
In this way, Zhao Kuangyin chose to continue to hide his ambitions, and his "conformity" performance was also seen by Yuan Shu, so he felt guilty about Zhao Kuangyin and decided to find another opportunity to compensate Zhao Kuangyin in the future.
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Luoyang, schoolyard.
The Women''s Detachment Army, Jiulong Guard, Iron Guard, and Hu Guard, four elite battalions, a total of 12,000 troops have been assembled, and they can start immediately after Qin Hao''s order.
As for Luoyang City, Qin Hao also left behind 12,000 defenders, and transferred back 3,000 troops from the 5,000 defenders to Hulao Pass to help, and gathered 15,000 defenders to defend Luoyang.
Now that Yanzhou is in full swing, neither Li Zicheng nor the Yanzhou princes alliance will be able to offend Qin Hao at this time.
Even if someone attacks Hulao Pass at this time, as long as the troops do not exceed 100,000, the two thousand defenders in Hulao Pass will be enough to support the Qin army''s reinforcements.
After Qin Hao''s mobilization, the Qin army''s troops were deployed on the front line of Luoyang, which became Xu Huang''s commander of two thousand troops to guard Hulao Pass, Guan Sheng and Xun Yu commanded 10,000 troops to guard Yique Pass and were responsible for rebuilding Yique Pass. Tan Daoji, Qin Wu, Qin Jian and others commanded 15,000 troops to guard Luoyang, while Qin Hao led 12,000 elite troops to support Bai Qi.
Qin Hao glanced at the generals below, and Gao Chong, Pei Yuanqing, Xu Chu, Jiang Jiong, Arthur, Hu Sanniang, Hua Mulan and others lined up. After a little counting, they found that the number of female generals was actually more than that of male generals. This made Qin Hao sigh in his heart: The Detachment of Women is really full of talents.
Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Xiong Kuohai, Cheng Yaojin and Jia Fu were all injured. Although most of the time had healed under Sun Simiao''s treatment, they were still not healed after all, so Qin Hao just ordered him to continue recuperating his wounds and did not agree to them going to the army to go to war.
Looking at the generals, Qin Hao said in a deep voice: "A few hours ago, I received the report of the Ye Wang''s battle. Although the fall of Hangu Pass broke the Liang army''s food route, Yang Lin was unwilling to sit and wait for death, and led the army to break through yesterday.
Yang Lin calculated that Bai Qi would set up an ambush on the way to Hangu Pass, so he broke through to Hangu Pass on the surface, but he turned around and came to Luoyang halfway. ”
When the generals heard this, they couldn''t help but feel nervous. Luoyang''s troops are not sufficient now. Once Yang Lin really arrives in Luoyang, there will probably be a fierce battle.
Just as the general was about to get ready to beat his hands in his heart, Qin Hao said again: "But Yang Lin''s thoughts have been understood by Bai Qi. Bai Qi not only arranged ambush troops on the front line of Hangu Pass, but also prevented Yang Lin from jumping over the wall to attack Luoyang..."
(This chapter ends)