Xuzhou, General Military Mansion.
Now the person in charge of the General Military Office of Xuzhou is not Xuzhou General Soldier Gao Jie, but his nephew Li Benshen.
On May 13th, Gao Jie was ordered to lead his troops to help Shandong and took away almost all his elite troops, leaving only 3,000 men to garrison Xuzhou.
Such a large-scale mobilization of personnel left Xuzhou empty of troops, and Li Benzhen had to concentrate the only 3,000 soldiers stationed in Xuzhou City.
Recently, there have been reports that Liu Liangzuo's troops stationed in Fengyang Mansion and Liu Zeqing's troops have repeatedly had conflicts, and there have even been small-scale firefights.
Although the war did not spread to Xuzhou, Li Benzhen was still worried.
The reason for the friction between these two military leaders was simply because of money and food.
Although Fengyang is a large mansion, it cannot support two armies.
It is natural for soldiers to eat food, but these Qiu Ba will cause trouble if they don't have enough to eat.
Now it seems that this is just a problem between the two Lius, but what if they come back and plan to annex Xuzhou?
Even if they dare not openly annex Xuzhou, they can still send troops to plunder and even harvest autumn wheat.
If the wheat is harvested by them, what will the thousands of soldiers left behind in Xuzhou eat?
If Gao Jie was in Xuzhou, Li Benshen would not be worried, but now Gao Jie's main force is guarding in Shandong.
If Liu and Liu reach an agreement and point the sword at Xuzhou, what should they do?
The more Li Benzhen thought about it, the more worried he became, but for the moment he couldn't think of any good solution.
Just when he was worried, some soldiers came to the Yamen to report.
The soldier was obviously extremely panicked.
He knelt on the ground and said in horror: "General, a large number of bandits have been discovered in Xiao County, and they are all horse thieves."
Li Benzhen stood up in shock when he heard this: "Say what you said again."
"Reporting to General, a large group of horse thieves have been discovered in Xiao County.
It seems that there are thousands of horsemen."
When Li Benzhen heard this, his brain exploded and he almost fell down.
How is this possible with thousands of horse bandits?
Not to mention that there are not that many horses in Xuzhou, but even if there are so many horses, how could they all be concentrated in the hands of a group of bandits?
There is no doubt that these horse thieves are people in disguise.
As for who has the ability to send thousands of cavalry, it doesn't take much to know that it must be one of the two Liu.
Compared with Liu Liangzuo, Li Benshen believed that Liu Zeqing was more likely.
After all, Liu Liangzuo was stationed in Shouzhou, while Liu Zeqing was stationed in Huaiyuan, which was closer to Xuzhou.
Of course, it is impossible to determine who Li Benshen is, unless a few people are arrested and interrogated strictly.
"Your mother is a thief.
You have bullied me.
Send people to Xiao County and be sure to capture a few alive for me."
Li Ben got angry and scolded his mother, but the soldier was confused: "General, how many people should you send?"
This question stunned Li Benzhen.
Yes, Xuzhou is now depleted of troops.
It is not enough to garrison the city.
Where can we find more troops?
If a dozen people were sent, dozens of people might just follow these "horse thieves" and eat ashes.
If thousands of people are sent, Xuzhou will be even more empty.
"Damn it, are you just watching these grandsons looting?"
Li Benzhen felt like he was holding his breath in his chest, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
"I don't believe it anymore.
If my uncle knows this, he can bear it and call Mr.
Du.
I want to write a letter."
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The soldier quickly dodged and ran out.
After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian robe walked in.
Li Benzhen rushed forward to greet him.
"Yeah, Mr.
Du, sit down quickly.
I'm going to be furious.
Please give me some advice."
The Mr.
Du mentioned by Li Benzhen is Du Hui, one of Gao Jie's staff.
When leaving Xuzhou, Gao Jie was worried about leaving Xuzhou to Li Benzhen, a big boss, so he left Du Hui to assist him.
In this way, when Li Benzhen was at a loss, he would have someone he could ask for advice.
Du Hui is forty-one this year.
Although he works as a staff member of Gao Jie's army, his fame is really not that great.
He is just a scholar.
There is nothing that can be done about this, the literati are so arrogant.
Not to mention Jinshi, whoever has the reputation of being a civil servant is willing to work as a mere aide in the military headquarters.
However, although Du Hui was not famous, his abilities were good, and he was especially good at coming up with some strange strategies, so he was cited as a think tank by Gao Jie.
Li Benshen took Du Hui to sit down, told him the cause and effect of the incident, and said with emotion: "My uncle has been hunting geese all year round, but he was pecked in the eye by the geese.
I can't bear to swallow this."
Du Hui squinted his triangular eyes, slowly stroked his chin and beard, and after a long time he said leisurely: "General, don't be anxious, I think this is a good thing."
"Oh, how can I say this?"
Li Benzhen quickly urged: "Mr.
Du, tell me quickly."
Du Hui nodded slightly and said: "As the general said, the person who disguised himself as a horse thief and robbed Xiao County this time must be one of Liu Liangzuo or Liu Zeqing.
But who it is is not important."
"Ah" Li Benshen felt dizzy after hearing this.
He thought that scholars have a lot of tricks, and their words are full of mist.
"General, why do you think the imperial court placed both Liu and Liu in Fengyang Mansion?"
Seeing Du Hui's enigmatic look, Li Benzhen became a little anxious: "How do I know that I am not a bug in the little emperor's belly?"
Du Hui didn't care at all about Li Benzhen's contempt for his father, and simply said: "The imperial court wants to kill two birds with one stone.
Neither Liu Liangzuo nor Liu Zeqing are fuel-efficient lamps, and Fengyang is not as wealthy as Huaiyang.
If they want to support their own Strong troops and strong horses will inevitably lead to friction, which is what the court wants to see most."
"I know this.
It's up to them how they want to fight.
But if it's Xuzhou's idea, I'll be the first one not to do it."
"General Li, please be patient and listen to what I have to say."
Du Hui twirled his beard and said slowly: "The imperial court is very afraid of the two Lius, so if they are in conflict, the imperial court will be happy to see it.
If the two of them are not in conflict, then they will definitely expand outward in order to divert the pressure of money and food.
To the north of Fengyang is Xuzhou , Hezhou and Chuzhou are to the south, Huaiyang is to the east, and Henan is to the west.
Huaiyang is the richest, but Huaiyang is currently stationed by Huang Degong, and Hezhou and Chuzhou are the second ones. , but it is too close to Yingtian Mansion.
If the two of them send troops there, But they are suspected of treason.
If they go to Xuzhou in the north, they do have a chance, but at the moment they don't want to break up with the general, and they just send people to pretend to be horse thieves to plunder.
Er Liu is also testing the general, if the general is strong.
Some troops were stationed in Xiao County, and they They probably gave up the idea of plotting against Xuzhou.
After all, the commander-in-chief still has tens of thousands of troops in Shandong.
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If he gets angry and returns to the army, even if they join forces, they may not be able to defeat him from the north, east, or south.
If none of them work, then only Ximian is left.”
"Mr.
Du means that the imperial court hopes that Er Liu will go to Henan."
Li Benzhen's eyes lit up and he said.
s: Zhu Cixiang's arrangement of the "Four Towns" is different from the original history.
For details, see Chapter 12 above.
In the final analysis, Nanming relied on the four towns because the imperial court had no soldiers.
This is why the protagonist of this book is so eager to organize a new army.
Huang Degong and Gao Jie still have integrity, at least they haven't been demoted to Qing Dynasty, so they can be used.
As for Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing, these two weaklings are really unable to hold up the wall.
Due to the strength of the two, the protagonist cannot directly seize their military power and break up their tribes to reorganize them.
If this is true, it is estimated that the two will directly turn against each other.
Nan Ming temporarily Can't stand the internal friction.
For the sake of the overall situation, the protagonist can only use this kind of power to maximize interests.
Of course, what ultimately determines everything is strength, and having a strong army in hand is decisive.
Any strategy is a paper tiger in the face of absolute strength
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