Chapter 186 All the counties of the Wind Country bowed down to Zhong Tian, only the Tianyuan County headed by Tang Yin openly opposed him, and also killed the historian he sent, this Qiu Zhongtian always remembered, but he had just become king, and many things needed to be stabilized, and Tianyuan County was in the far north, and the road was very long, so he never had time to deal with Tang Yin.
Now that Tang Yin snatched the three most important trump cards in his hand, including his wife Wumei, who had not been in the door for a long time, and published a rebellious article in Tianyuan County, Zhong Tian couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately summoned his henchmen to discuss the matter of raising troops to exterminate Tang Yin's family.
At this time, several of Zhong Tian's staff members stood up to oppose it, their meaning was that the overall situation was not stable now, and it was not suitable for a large number of troops, and the Tianyuan army was too far away from Yancheng, and the soldiers were tired after the march, and they were afraid of being counterattacked by the other party.
Zhong Tian listened to these persuasions, and his head shook like a rattle.
Now he has an army of more than 600,000, plus 400,000 Ning troops, a total of one million people, and Tang Yin is only 200,000 people, the difference in strength is huge, and his army can flatten Tianyuan County in a single pass, where do those worries come from Other staff members don't know how to read Zhong Tian's thoughts, and even if they see it, they will be blunt in Cambodia, but there is a staff member who is very good at speculating on Zhong Tian's preferences, and is also very good at speaking according to Zhong Tian's preferences, this person's name is Zhou Shun, and he has no real talent and learning, and he has a place in Zhong Tian's staff by relying on flattery.
He looked at the others, grinned, and said: "I think what you adults said is not right, if you want to destroy Tang Yin, you must do it as soon as possible, if the situation on our side stabilizes, Tang Yin's strength will also increase, at that time, he will rely on the heavenly danger, even if we have a million troops, it will be difficult to break the enemy." ” Zhong Tian likes to listen to this, and he nodded his head, indicating that what Zhou Shun said made sense.
Seeing that he showed a happy look, Zhou Shun was even more confident in his heart, and said endlessly: "The king sent troops, it is the king's division, and Tang Yin's family is the rebels, the king's division went out to fight against the rebels, it is natural and righteous, how can there be no reason to be invincible, not to mention that the king is to fight a small Tianyuan County with the strength of the whole country, and the army of Ningguo assists from it, this battle is nine out of ten, which is enough to annihilate Tang Yin in one fell swoop and eliminate this trouble."
"En" Zhong Tian praised: "Well said" Wang Shi crusaded against the rebels, it can be said that the division is famous, after listening to Zhou Shun's words, Zhong Tian's confidence swelled, and he had the ambition to swallow Tianyuan County in one go.
But before his army could be dispatched, a sudden incident in Yancheng completely disrupted Zhong Tian's plan, that is, there was a large-scale desertion in various corps.
It stands to reason that deserters should only exist individually, and even if there are, they are ordinary soldiers below who escape, but this time is different, not only the soldiers, but even the captain, captain, commander and even the commander of the corps have taken the lead in running away.
As a result, the order of the Central Corps under Zhong Tian was completely disrupted, causing panic and turmoil in the hearts of the army, but fortunately, the six corps directly under Zhong Tian were still stable, in order to put an end to the phenomenon of desertion, Zhong Tian ordered to block the city again, and once the deserters were found, regardless of the size of the official position, they would all be executed.
Subsequently, he rectified the corps that originally belonged directly to the three families of Liang, Wu, and Ziyang, and replaced the corps commander and the commander of the thousand commanders regardless of whether they were indiscriminate, and filled the vacancy with his henchmen and disciples.
His quick cut through the mess seems to be fine on the surface, but in fact it leaves a huge hidden danger.
Among the twenty corps directly belonging to the three families of Liang, Wu, and Ziyang, there are some corps commanders and commanders who are very loyal to their old masters, and they will never forget, and after receiving the letter, they will lead their henchmen to flee to Tianyuan County to defect, but others are still in the midst of undecided, or have no intention of going to defect, and were dismissed by Zhong Tian's cut-and-neck dismissal, involving their own actual interests, and dissatisfaction naturally began to spread rapidly.
You must know that the relationship between superiors and subordinates in the army is much closer than that between superiors and subordinates in the officialdom, and the relationship between them is cultivated in fighting side by side, birth and death, Zhong Tian replaced the corps commander and the commander of the thousand, but the captains and captains below are still loyal to their original bosses, even if the captain and captain are replaced, it is impossible to replace all the non-commissioned officers.
His practice did not effectively stop deserters, but only exacerbated the phenomenon of desertion, which was tantamount to these people defecting to their old masters.
Even if the city was sealed, there were still many soldiers who took the risk to escape over the wall, some were caught and executed, but many more were not caught and successfully escaped to Tianyuan County.
It didn't take long for these 20 corps to be disheartened, riddled with holes, unable to form an army, and without combat effectiveness.
That's not all, Liang Xing, Wu Yu, Ziyang Haochun, these three jointly drafted a rebellion once it was issued, it immediately caused a sensation and response in all parts of the Wind Country, countless people of the Wind Country traveled a long distance to Tianyuan County to fill the army, and the 200,000 local troops outside Yancheng City also received news from home, everyone had the intention of returning home to Tianyuan County, and the army was also panicked and disciplined.
As Zhang Zhe analyzed to Tang Yin at the beginning, although Zhong Tian had more than 500,000 troops under his command after becoming king, in fact, only the six corps directly under him were really loyal to him.
Zhong Tian may be a brilliant politician and conspirator, but he is by no means a man who can manage soldiers.
Now, Zhong Tian was as anxious about the situation in front of him as an ant on a hot pot, while the situation in Tianyuan County was diametrically opposite.
The troops of the Liang, Wu, and Ziyang families came to vote, and the troops directly brought in were close to 100,000, and the people from all over the Wind Country who came to fill the army were almost 100,000, so the strength of Tianyuan County doubled in a very short period of time.
Tang Yin treated the central army who came to defect and did not move, but for the people who were in charge of the army in various places, he was all absorbed into the Tianyuan army and incorporated into the county's direct corps, the original Tianyuan County's direct corps was only three, and now it has expanded to thirteen at once.
Tang Yin took all the people who had joined the army in front of him under his command, which naturally caused Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun to be dissatisfied, and they came to him to question him and ask him for people, but Tang Yin refused to give them to the three families on the pretext that their three families had not yet stabilized.
At this time, the three families were already dissatisfied with Tang Yin.
The strength of Tianyuan County increased from 200,000 to 400,000 at once, and not only could it not be financially supported, but even food and grass became a problem.
At this time, Tang Yin remembered Zhao Hui, the head of Guannan County.
Tianyuan County can't afford to raise an army of 400,000, but if you add Guannan County, it's about the same.
He sent someone to send a letter to Zhao Hui, asking Zhao Hui to reinforce the military and food of Tianyuan County, and contribute to the crusade against the traitor Zhong Tian.
The content of the letter is very polite, but it mentions more than once that the Tianyuan army has expanded to 400,000, which is to secretly threaten Zhao Hui that if he does not give materials or money, the 400,000 Tianyuan army will attack his Guannan County at any time.
Zhao Hui was so clever how could he not see the meaning of Tang Yin's words, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly wrote a reply to Tang Yin, promising to fully fund Tianyuan County.
In fact, he really did it, the money, grain and grass in the county treasury were not his, whether it was given to Zhong Tian, or given to Tang Yin, how could he be willing to seek the near and far, and offend Tang Yin, a close neighbor who was looking at him and delayed With the continuous flow of military funds and food from Guannan County into Tianguan, the pressure on Tianyuan County was immediately reduced a lot, and at this time, Tang Yin already had plans to send troops to fight.
On this day, Tang Yin summoned his generals for a meeting, and of course Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun were also within the scope of his invitation.
At the meeting, he first made a brief inquiry and analysis of the current situation, and then cut to the point, Zhengse said: "Now our army, with a large number of troops and abundant food, can send troops to Zhong Tian, I don't know what you mean."
As soon as he heard that Tang Yin was finally going to send troops, Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun said in a loud voice: "Now is the right time to go on the expedition, our army is vigorous, and Zhong Tian is declining, and he will definitely be able to win the battle."
Qiu Zhenqing cleared his throat and arched his hand and said: "Now our army still has hidden dangers, and we can't go out for the time being." ” "What kind of hidden danger" Everyone looked at Qiu Zhen one after another, and Liang Xing said: "If Lord Qiu has anything to say, please say it directly" Qiu Zhen smiled and said, "That's right, although our army has 400,000 people, it is actually only equivalent to 300,000.
Seeing that everyone looked suspicious, he explained: "There are 100,000 people under the command of Liang Xiang, Wu Xiang, and Ziyang, but they lack unified command, and in the battle between the two armies, it will only be a plate of scattered sand, and it is difficult to play a practical role. ” Although Liang Xing is the left minister and is in charge of military affairs, he is mainly responsible for civilian affairs in the army, and he is not good at commanding troops and fighting wars, and Wu Yu is a literati and knows nothing about this matter.
After listening to Qiu Zhen's words, the two of them didn't know what to do, and they both frowned.
Ziyang Haochun asked, "What does Lord Qiu mean?"
"In my opinion, the three adults might as well hand over the command to Lord Tang, and be uniformly commanded and dispatched by Lord Tang, what do the three adults mean?"
"This" In the current situation, who doesn't want to hand over the corps with soldiers in their hands, it's like handing over the root of their lives, Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun are all embarrassed and silent.
Just when the atmosphere was about to be stiff, Tang Yin suddenly laughed and said, "If you want to achieve unified command and deployment, the three adults don't need to hand over all the military power to me." ” "Oh" These words lifted the spirits of the three old men, and they asked in unison: "What do you say about Lord Tang?"
Tang Yin said with a smile: "As long as the three adults elect one person who can command the armies of the three families in a unified manner." ”: