Section 168: Crisis
The collapse of King Shouzhong's power of King Pinglu came faster than expected.
There are several main factors here.
First, Wang Shouzhong was captured himself, and he had never considered the candidate for the inheritor, which left the group without a leader.
Second, the Huai Youjun adopted the tactic of beheading with hearts, which not only solved Wang Shouzhong, but also captured Qingzhou City.
Qingzhou City is just in the center of the entire Pinglu Prefectures. Once it is lost, and Zhu Mao's offensive in Qizhou is stormy, the entire eastern Pinglu area is basically unable to provide support to other states.
The special status of Qingzhou City is also reflected in its control over the two states of Denglai. As long as Qingzhou is controlled, the main throats of Denglai two states will be strangled by Qingzhou.
This means that except for Mizhou and Haizhou, most of the entire Pinglu department was actually under the control of the Huaiyou Army, and it was impossible for Mizhou to divide its troops to guard the two Denglai Prefectures.
The third is the special area where the Pinglu Army is located, which makes it difficult to obtain foreign aid. It can be said that Qingzhou is in. In addition to Zibo's states, the remaining Pinglu prefectures that have not yet been accepted, can also border the Wei Bo Army in the north, and other places must be connected to the Central Plains or the Jianghuai region.
In other words, Pinglu is equivalent to being surrounded by Huaiyou.
In addition, due to the sharp changes in the situation in the Central Plains, Daliang, who can truly exert influence in Pinglu, was too busy to take care of himself. Nanyang and Caizhou were also attracted by the various uncertainties and interests brought about by Daliang's possible collapse and disintegration, and it is unlikely that he would do his best to deal with Huaiyou.
Therefore, these factors combined have led the Pinglu garrison to slowly accept this reality.
For many of them, no matter what kind of master they change, it doesn’t matter what kind of master they need to stabilize the situation and make them have some support. This is what they care about the most.
At this time, Jiang Feng's performance in Huainan, Xusi, and Yanyunyi became the most intuitive example.
Qin and Han dynasties, Chai Yong, Yu Mingzhen, Lu Qiming, Hong Kui, Lang Kun and others of Taining Army in Luzhou, are now all deputy soldiers and horse envoys and senior generals at the level of military envoys, and they are all commanding troops alone during this northern expedition to Qingzhou. This shows the grandeur of the Huaiyou master.
This is also the most important factor that makes the generals of the Pinglu Army peacefully accept the reorganization of Huaiyou. It can be said that without Jiang Feng's reputation and reputation accumulated in Huainan, Xu Si, Yan, Yunyi, these Pinglu Army generals would never be so easily impressed by Jiang Feng's personal charm, and personal charm is often slowly shaped in these details.
Of course, peaceful acceptance of reorganization does not mean that everything is over, and there are still many subsequent problems.
How to deal with Wang Shouzhong and Wang family members is also a big problem.
Wang Shouzhong also accepted the opinion of leaving Pinglu, but where to go and when to get free to leave, these two points became a difficult problem.
Logically speaking, Chang'an is the best place to go, but although the Dangxiang people reached an agreement with the Guanzhong court and retreated northward, they still retained some of the troops to stay in the Guanzhong Plain, because the court did not give them enough money and food, and the ambition behind them was self-evident, especially after seeing that the Shatuo people began to gradually gain advantages in the war against Daliang, and they were very likely to enter the Central Plains, their thoughts were probably even more eager.
Although Chang'an has not been looted by the Dangxiang people, it was also severely damaged after being extorted by the Dangxiang people. In addition, there are Yang Wenchang's army with ulterior motives in the west, and the Dangxiang Huqi, who is in love with the north, it can be said that the entire situation in Guanzhong is not safe.
Even though Wang Shouzhong is a master of the small heaven, one day when he encounters Yang Wenchang's army or Dangxiang and Hu cavalry entering the city, you can escape with your own strength, but what about wives, concubines, women, children, family members, relatives and friends? These are all things that you have to consider.
Wang Shouzhong also knew about this situation, so he still needs to consider whether to go to Chang'an.
Then where can I go if I don’t go to Chang'an? It’s definitely not possible to stay in Pinglu, so where else can I go?
It turns out that Luoyang and Bianliang are also optional places, but it is definitely not possible now. The Shatuo army has captured Luoyang, and Bianliang is now in a tight mood, and it is not suitable.
And there are metropolis such as Nanyang, Yangzhou, Xiangyang, Jiangling and Guangzhou.
Nanyang or Yangzhou is also a suitable place to go, but at present, Yangzhou and Huaiyou are still in a hostile relationship, so if you really want to go, you will definitely have to wait for a while, which means at least Huaiyou needs to complete the reorganization of Pinglu army and completely control the entire Pinglu future.
As for Xiangyang, Jiangling and Guangzhou, we can go there, but we still need to wait for a while, but Wang Shouzhong may not be willing to go there.
The best choice is Chang'an, but after the situation in Guanzhong is stable, of course, Wang Shouzhong can also choose metropolis such as Xuzhou, Shouzhou and Luzhou that are already firmly in the hands of Huaiyou.
No matter what, this will be after Huaiyou completely solved the problem of Pinglu Army.
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"Zhu Mao hasn't heard back yet?" Jiang Feng leaned against Hu's bed and asked faintly.
"Return to the county duke, there is not yet." Cui Shang also arrived in Qingzhou. The Nanyang Army and the Caizhou Army were both attracted by Daliang. The ant thief and Li Wu were still fighting in Jiangnan. The entire Huaiyou Territory is currently in a relatively calm state.
"What do you think should you deal with the Wang generals, Bai Ling?"
Among the Wang family, except for Wang Shouzhong, who could not be used by Huaiyou, all others were quite powerful.
Such as Wang Shouxin, Wang Guorong, Wang Guohua, Wang Guoxi, Wang Guoqing, Wang Guoxu and other scholars are worth a visit.
Wang Shouxin is already a powerful man in the small heavenly rank, and he is also a long-time general on the battlefield. Needless to say, Wang Guoxi is a rookie in the Guxi period. He is calm and clear-headed. When Wang Pu comes back, he praises him endlessly, and is also a talent.
Even the two brothers Wang Guorong and Wang Guohua are worthy of use in Jiang Feng's opinion. The calmness and stability of Wang Guorong, coupled with his years of experience in the Pinglu army and his neglect, are all highlights.
There are also Wang Guoqing, Wang Guoxu and other concubines, who are also masters in the Tiandi Realm Restoration Period. They have been trained in the army for many years. They have never been beaten by Wang Shouzhong, nor have they ever hoped to get anything. Now that they have changed their lords, they naturally have no bonds and are willing to serve Jiang Feng.
"Wang Shouxin is very useful, but his subordinates think it is not suitable to be in Pinglu, but they can be transferred to Yanyun, such as Yunzhou or the front line." Cui Shang stroked his jaw, "The Wang family's sons do not need to be too concerned. The county officials can use it as appropriate."
To be transferred to Yunzhou, we must prevent the situation that may change dramatically after Daliang was really crushed by Shatuo people. To be transferred to Xuzhou, we must prepare to confront Caizhou in Songzhou.
Cui Shang is already focusing on future layouts.
"Oh?" Jiang Feng laughed, "From Bai Ling's intention, it seems that the Pinglu army should not be dismantled and reorganized?"
"In the long run, the Pinglu Army and even the Wuning Army now need to be reorganized, but from the momentum, the situation does not allow us to do this." Cui Shang did not hide his attitude, "The Daliang may not be able to hold on. When the Khitans go south is also a difficult problem. Pinglu Army is still quite combat-effective. Perhaps it has been weakened due to its own reasons in recent years, but its basic combat power can still be guaranteed. This can be seen from this Qingzhou offensive and defensive battle, so it is better to be stable than move now."
"If the Shatuo people really break the beam, what should we do?" Jiang Feng leaned forward slightly and asked.
Information shows that although the Daliang army retreated to Xingyang and the Heyin line, they also drew elite troops from Bianzhou again and seemed to be able to persist, but from the news from Wuwentang, Daliang's spirit seemed to have dispersed after Luoyang was breached, and it was difficult to gather. In this case, it is hard to say how long it can withstand the attack of the Shatuo people.
Wuwentang's judgment is that if the harvest is achieved next summer, the Liang may be able to continue the harvest, but I am afraid that the Liang will not be able to survive next summer.
Wuwentang believes that the possibility of Daliang being able to survive until next summer harvest is less than 30%, or even less than 20%, so Huaiyou must be prepared to deal with it.
This can be seen from the unscrupulous actions of Nanyang and Caizhou. Nanyang has sent troops to Ruzhou, and Caizhou is actively preparing for war. It is estimated that attacking Chenzhou and Songzhou is also imminent.
This is a difficult problem.
If Daliang really cannot prolong his life, then Huaiyou naturally has to start from his own interests and take the lead, such as considering taking Pu and Caozhou.
In fact, the defenses of Pu and Cao are extremely weak now, especially Caozhou, where there are almost no soldiers. The Ruan clan and Chao clan in Yunzhou both secretly advised him that he could take Caozhou first, and even Chao clans could lead the thread from it and lead the Caozhou clan to surrender first.
Puzhou now has Shangyunxi tribe stationed, and has sent envoys to Xuzhou. It should be aware of the danger in Daliang and wants to find another way out.
As long as Huaiyou is interested, Pu and Caozhou can change color in a flash. The question is, what can Pu and Caozhou rely on Huaiyou?
The Shatu people would not care about this, and they would even applaud.
Their main goal now is to completely destroy the beam. Once the beam is completely destroyed, where will the powerful Shatuo people's blade point?
Once you point to Huaiyou, can Huaiyou stand it?
No matter how much land you store, it cannot be quickly transformed into your own strength. This is the problem at hand.
For example, the Pinglu prefectures were included, and there were 40,000 to 50,000 Pinglu troops. Even though you knew that if you did not reorganize and reorganize, the centripetal force of this army would be very weak, and even the possibility of rebellion would always exist, but you could not move it now because the foreign enemy was looking at it and you needed to stabilize the internal situation.
Chapter completed!