Chapter 1593: Incorporating Liangshan
Chapter 1591: Incorporating Liangshan
Li Jing did not trust all the surrendered Liangshan generals, so he allowed Chao Gai and Shi Jin, who took the initiative to surrender and could absolutely trust the army.
Of course, if there are not even a single general in Liangshan who is in charge of military power, wouldn’t it be obvious that Li Jing distrusts the surrendered general?
Therefore, Li Jing chose Lu Junyi, who was relatively more reliable among the surrendered generals.
Compared with heroes like Lu Zhishen who are the first to speak of righteousness, Lu Junyi, who came from a noble family, should pay more attention to loyalty to the emperor.
Chao Gai and Lu Junyi had a very high prestige in Liangshan. After they took over the surrendered army, the surrendered army in Liangshan quickly settled down, and their sense of belonging to the Qin army increased. Perhaps they could not return to their peak state for the time being, but there was no problem in participating in the defense of the city.
The war is imminent. In order to get the Liangshan surrendered army back as soon as possible, Li Jing decided to give them the same treatment as regular army. It was this decision that completely brought the 23,000 surrendered army back.
The treatment of the regular army of the Qin army is the best among all princes. As long as they join the army, they will receive military pay every month, and they will also distribute land to their families. They will enjoy a series of tax-free welfare policies. If they die in battle, they will also have generous pensions. This is a treatment that many people want but cannot get in troubled times.
Therefore, whenever the Qin army issued a conscription notice, people from all over the country gathered to respond, but the quota was always in short supply. After all, the Qin army''s organization was limited.
As for Beihai County, since Li Jing arrived, he has only issued a conscription notice, but only selected 10,000 people from 100,000 strong men to join the army. It is conceivable how precious the quota for the formal establishment of the Qin army is.
The Liangshan surrendered army naturally knew this, so they were more grateful to Li Jing and cooperated more actively and proactively with the reorganization of Chao Gai and Lu Junyi.
The reorganization of the Liangshan surrendered army was in full swing, and Wang Mang, who arrived in Liang State, had also received news that Song Jiang had died in battle and that the main force of the Liangshan army was almost wiped out.
After learning the news, Wang Mang was furious and cursed: "Baste, Song Gongming, no, Liangshanbo is simply a bunch of waste."
Wang Mang had long expected that Song Jiang was not Li Jing''s opponent, but he did not expect that Song Jiang would be so useless. He had no less troops than the Qin army, but he had not even held on for half a month and was easily defeated by Li Jing like he was almost playful.
In Wang Mang''s opinion, the various chain strategies used by Li Jing are actually not very clever. Such a long chain strategy cannot be without flaws. However, none of the Liangshan senior executives, including military advisor Wu Yong, could see it, and they were all tricked by Li Jing, and finally took the initiative to jump into the trap carefully woven by Li Jing.
Wang Mang didn’t know whether to say this, was Li Jing too smart? Or are the people in Liangshan too stupid?
Wang Mang has absolute confidence. If Li Jing used such a strategy to deal with him, he would never fall into the trap. Instead, he would formulate strategies to turn defeat into victory.
What Wang Mang didn''t know was that Li Jing was not good at dealing with Song Jiang, so he dared to use such a nearly rampant and elegant strategy, because he was confident that even if his strategy had flaws, Song Jiang and Wu Yong would not be able to discover it.
But if the opponent was replaced by Wang Mang, Li Jing would naturally not use a plan with obvious flaws. He would definitely make a closer layout and would never let Wang Mang discover and implement it again.
Below, when Song Yu and Wu Yong saw Wang Mang comment on Song Jiang and Liangshan, their faces became extremely bad, but they did not dare to have an attack. After all, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and the 40,000 elite soldiers brought by Wang Mang were their last saviors.
"Prime Minister Wang, although the lord died, the position of King Liang must be inherited by others as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the army as soon as possible."
As he said that, Wu Yong pointed at Song Yu and continued, "My lord, Song Yu, is both civil and military. Do you think you can inherit the position of King Liang?"
Hearing Wu Yong''s words, a trace of playfulness flashed in Wang Mang''s eyes and he sneered: "There is less than 10,000 left in Liangshan Army, what else can be stable? Besides, how did the position of King Liang of Song Jiang come from? Don''t you two know what to do in your mind? Still want to pass on it? Just rely on this mere seven thousand army?"
Hearing Wang Mang say this, Wu Yong and Song Yu''s expressions suddenly changed. Wang Mang is not going to recognize the position of King Liang.
Song Yu suppressed the indignation in his heart and said with a tough bullet: "Prime Minister Wang, the title of his brother is finally granted by His Majesty and was recognized by the court. It is natural that his brother has no son and his brother will succeed him."
"hehe…"
Wang Mang smiled disdainfully and said, "Your Majesty is named Song Jiang, and he did not say that Song Jiang''s title can be inherited.
Besides, even if I agreed and asked Song Yu to inherit the position of King Liang of Song Jiang, would you really think Song Yu can hold this position? ”
As soon as this statement came out, let alone Song Yu, even Wu Yong had nothing to say. Song Jiang was able to become King Liang mainly because of his 40,000 troops. Now Song Yu only has 7,000 left in his hands, so it is naturally impossible to still want a king. After all, the king''s price is far more than this.
In short, in one sentence, Song Yu cannot become King Liang.
"Although the position of King Liang cannot be inherited by Song Yu, Song Yu can continue to make achievements for the court. As long as you can make enough contributions to the court, I will personally ask you for your title in the future."
As he said that, Wang Mang patted Song Yu on the shoulder and smiled faintly, "From the future, Liangshan Army will be under the command of the prime minister, and you will use it carefully."
Song Yu glanced at Wu Yong and saw the other party nodding at him solemnly. He also understood in his heart that Wang Mang was determined to incorporate Liangshan. If he refused, he might die suddenly in a few days.
Song Yu suppressed the aggrievance in his heart and smiled bitterly: "Song Yu thanked Prime Minister Wang."
Looking at Song Yu and Wu Yong with a respectful look, Wang Mang showed a joyful smile. It would be good for him that Li Jing severely injured the main force of Liangshan. At least if Song Jiang was still alive, he would never be able to incorporate the Liangshan army so easily.
Shortly after Song Yu and Wu Yong left, Zhou Yafu and Xun Yu came to the door with great momentum because they received news that the Liangshan remnants were thrown into Wang Mang''s command.
Zhou Yafu and Xun Yu were both Liu Che''s confidants, so it was naturally impossible to watch Wang Mang continue to pull the tiger skins of the Northern Han to strengthen himself, but they never expected that Wang Mang would be so weak that he could not get into the air and sent them in just a few words.
"Prime Minister Wang, don''t forget that you are still the right prime minister of my great man." Zhou Yafu said meaningfully.
"Don''t worry, General Zhou, I will never forget my true identity." Wang Mang said seriously.
Zhou Yafu had nothing to say, turned his head and left. The moment he walked out of the door, a cold light flashed in Wang Mang''s eyes, but he was soon suppressed.
Chen Qingzhi walked out from behind the screen and said, "Lord, now is not the time for internal fighting."
"I know."
Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi felt relieved and then said, "Lord, Song Jiang died in battle, the main force of the Liangshan Army is almost destroyed, and now only seven thousand remaining troops are left.
The 80,000 army expected to be dispatched before the war is now less than 50,000, so it is probably difficult to get rid of Li Jing. ”
"Qi State dispatched 70,000 troops this time, plus our 50,000 troops, a total of nearly 130,000 troops, while Li Jing only had 40,000 Qin troops. Our army had three times the strength of the ground. Can''t we still conquer the Beihai?"
"It''s OK, but I''m afraid there will be heavy casualties."
Chen Qingzhi''s words immediately reminded Wang Mang that he had finally saved up some of his wealth, so he could not just spend it on siege.
"I wrote a letter to Yuan Shao for help. He recruited tens of thousands of new soldiers on the Bohai Sea. Although the new recruits are still not strong in combat, they are still more than enough as cannon fodder."
As for whether Yuan Shao would refuse? Wang Mang was not worried about this at all.
Li Jing has become a sword of Damocles hanging on the heads of all the princes of Hebei. If he does not completely eliminate him from Qingzhou, all the achievements achieved by the coalition forces in Hebei will be meaningless.
So, no matter how unhappy Yuan Shao was, he could only send troops to help Wang Mang first, completely pacify Qingzhou and then return to Jizhou.
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