Maybe it was time to rest after the battle, so the night of the fifth day of the lunar month was relatively quiet.
Mi Huang sent a large number of rangers to investigate the enemy's situation everywhere, and the news they reported back was that the Western Army was camped in the Mangshan area and seemed to be waiting for the arrival of a large group of troops, which made him very relieved.
This night, Shao Xun hardly rested. He had too many things to do, and he couldn't delay.
He directly found Hou Hu and Fan Cheng and annexed the remaining Manfen soldiers who had lost their commander.
At this point, the Royal Army's central army has more than 3,300 soldiers, organized into six buildings, and the extra one is the Chen Yong Building.
There are also 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, organized into five buildings.
There are more than five thousand people in the He Lun tribe of the Shangjun.
Wang Bing's subordinate army numbered 2,000 people.
There are still more than 2,000 Miao Yuan people in the city.
Tingwei Zhou Fu had hundreds of soldiers.
After experiencing some twists and turns, the "East China Sea Gang" once again gained the upper hand in Luoyang City, and its advantage increased sharply.
At dawn, Shao Xun, who had not slept all night, hurried back to Jinyong City and slept in his clothes. Before going to bed, he gave an order to Jin San and Lu Heigou to lead 600 soldiers of his own group to the palace city and stationed in front of the Tai Chi Hall for training.
This night was somewhat torturous for Shangshu Zuopushe and Wang Yan.
At dawn, after tossing and turning all night, he got up angrily and walked around the courtyard, feeling quite bad.
At the beginning of the hour, Wang Dun, Zhou Fu and others hurried over.
Wang Yan invited everyone into the study and sat speechless.
"Unexpectedly, it was self-defeating." Wang Yan said with some annoyance.
Wang Dun and Zhou Fu looked at each other.
Originally, Shangguan had considerable power in the city, and he held the prince hostage, plundered and plundered, and had great ambitions. When everyone saw that something was wrong, they united to get rid of him.
Now it seems that Shangguan has indeed been removed due to a combination of circumstances, but the East China Sea Kingdom's army was very quick and annexed the remaining friendly forces. After one night, the city of Luoyang seemed to have changed.
Miao Yuan and Chen Jin were invited today, but neither of them came. It is clear what their attitude is.
"As far as I know, the man who led the troops to repel the Western troops yesterday was Sima Shaoxun, the lieutenant of the East China Sea. He was also the one who advocated annexing the defeated troops and controlling the remaining Manchu troops." Zhou Fu said: "Just after the battle, Taking advantage of the new defeat of the king's army and the panic among all the camps, he suddenly struck, as fast as lightning, and annexed all the tribes at once. Not only that, Shao Xun also sent hundreds of soldiers into the palace city and stationed them in front of the Taiji Hall. The prince and the queen hold it in their hands. In my opinion, this son has great ambitions, and I am afraid he will be another Shangguan Si."
Wang Yan was speechless.
I really underestimate this soldier. Like a poisonous snake, hiding in a dark corner, waiting for the opportunity to appear, without hesitation, immediately launch a fatal blow.
"I have said before that this person has a thick face and a dark heart, and is as traitorous as he is loyal." Wang Dun said angrily, "Brother just doesn't take it seriously."
Wang Yan glared at Wang Dun.
Wang Dun chuckled and didn't take it seriously.
He has such a temperament that he is not afraid of his brother's blame at all, not to mention that his brother will not blame him.
"Now that the matter has come to this, why are you talking about this?" Wang Yan took a long breath and let go of the depression in his chest.
"That's it for now -" Wang Dun chuckled, imitating his brother's tone, and then changed the topic and said: "It's time to find out more about Shao Xun. His generals may be able to contact him secretly. , see if there is any chance.”
"Zhu Zhong, you are too impetuous." Wang Yan gave a lesson and said earnestly: "I don't know what kind of temperament Shao Xun has, so don't act rashly. If he is as violent as Zhang Fang, he may be self-defeating again. "
Wang Dun was a little dissatisfied and wanted to say something, but he flinched under Wang Yan's gaze and responded in a low voice: "Okay."
Wang Yan sighed lightly, Chu Zhong was more sharp than Mao Hong, but it was not a good thing.
People like Shao Xun have become a climate, and it's time to find a way to deal with it.
In this matter, Wang Yan felt a little at a loss.
He hated dealing with people like Zhang Fang and Shao Xun the most.
He was never afraid of debating scriptures, poetry, family background, relationships, or planning conspiracies, and he even felt at ease with them.
But for people like Zhang Fang, he won't compete with you at all.
He is moody, kills people at every turn, doesn't make sense at all, and sometimes doesn't even give you time to react, and the whole family will fall into the trap. It really makes people want to cry.
At this time, what's the use of having more branches in other states? I can't help you at all.
"Since Pu She is on good terms with Mi Huang and Mi Zihui, maybe you can talk to him and find out what's going on?" Zhou Fu suggested from the side: "Mi Zihui is from a wealthy family in the East China Sea, so it might be easier to deal with him."
Wang Yan stood up irritably and remained silent for a long time.
In fact, he also felt that Mi Huang was easier to deal with because he was a scholar after all.
Although Shao Xun has official rank, he has no character - personal rank is family status and local rank.
When a humble person suddenly gains great power, it is easy for a villain to get his way and become greedy and cruel, just like Zhang Fang, Shangguan Si, or even Gou Xi.
Power is the most fascinating thing. If you are not careful, you will become addicted to it, and then behave in a panic, die, and make the world laugh.
"Let's wait and see for now." Wang Yan made the final decision: "Zhang Fang is still at Mangshan. Once the main force arrives, he will definitely attack the city. If something goes wrong at this time, it may not be a good thing."
Everyone has a preference as to who controls Luoyang better, Zhang Fang or Shao Xun.
Moreover, Shao Xun doesn't seem to have the final say alone.
There is still a Mihuang on his head, and there are two generals, Ho Lun and Wang Bing, and even Miao Yuan. Although they are despondent, they are not unstoppable.
In short, the disaster caused by Zhang Fang was more serious, and everyone couldn't stand him.
It's the lesser of two evils, so let's go with this.
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Shao Xun only slept for less than two hours before he suddenly woke up.
There was no way, at this moment, he couldn't numb himself and fall asleep peacefully.
"Chen Yougen!" He stood up and shouted.
"General." Chen Yougen walked in with a smile.
"General?" Shao Xun laughed dumbly.
This general was his "self-proclaimed" one, and strictly speaking it didn't count. But as long as the soldiers recognize it, it won't be a big problem.
His biggest worry now is what he said to Mi Huang before: "The prestige has not been established, and the favor has not been added."
I have gained a little prestige.
Demonstrating martial arts on the battlefield, yesterday they drove the enemy cavalry out of Daxia Gate.
But this prestige is weak and unstable, and cannot be taken lightly.
"Where is the Governor?" Shao Xun asked while getting dressed.
"I'm going to see the king's servant." Chen Yougen brought a military uniform and helped Shao Xun put it on.
Shao Xun frowned.
I didn't see this person during the fight yesterday, but he showed up again now. He's quite capable of sneaking into the camp.
To be honest, until now, he felt that Wang Yan was better than Director Wang, but thinking about their status in history books, he could only be speechless.
"Did Miao Yuan go to defend Nancheng?" Shao Xun asked after taking a few bites of rice from Chen Yougen.
"He went." Chen Yougen said: "He also sent people to Jinyong City, saying that he was confused and made a big mistake before, but now he is willing to serve as the governor and has no second thoughts."
"What did the governor say?"
"The governor is a kind man and comforted him and ordered him to still lead his headquarters and guard Nancheng."
"With two thousand new soldiers, I'm afraid Nancheng won't be able to defend it well. It depends on when Zhang Fang sees the truth." Shao Xun said with a smile.
In short, the more than 2,000 recruits under Miao Yuan, who had only been trained for three or four months, could still bluff people while standing on the top of the city, but once they fought, their true colors would be revealed. Now it depends on when Zhang Fang can see through the showmanship of those people in Nancheng.
However, Zhang Fang is in the north, and Nancheng is the relatively safest side - theoretically speaking - maybe Miao is lucky enough not to encounter Zhang Fang's main force.
In addition to Miao Yuan, Wang Bing guarded the east city, and Shao Xun gave him additional auxiliary troops from the Chinese army.
He Lun's troops had many troops and guarded the relatively important Xicheng.
Shao Xun took charge of his own headquarters and faced the enemy in Beicheng.
There are still more than a thousand organic troops left in the city, ready to rush to help everywhere at any time.
Before going to bed last night, Shao Xun even discussed with Mi Huang, planning to recruit servants and tribes from wealthy families to form a temporary army.
Yes, the wealthy family is like leeks in the ground, it will grow by itself.
Take the Yu family as an example. The previous batch of people were recruited by Shao Xun. In May of this year, hundreds of songs came to Luoyang from Yingchuan's hometown. Isn't it just growing automatically?
Furthermore, scholars and businessmen from other places continued to enter Beijing. In this day and age, if you dare to travel alone, I respect you as a man, and you will definitely travel in groups.
Therefore, Luoyang City actually has a lot of private armed forces. It's just that they are relatively scattered and no one is organized.
Mi Huang basically agreed with Shao Xun's suggestion.
But he felt that Wang Yan had to step forward to handle this matter.
Wang Yifu has the reputation of the world and is very good at speaking and speaking. If the imperial court comes forward and Wang Yan assists, this matter will not be difficult to accomplish.
Shao Xun had nothing to say about this. When he went to persuade the wealthy families to hand over their private soldiers, they thought they were here to rob just like Shangguan Si. It is indeed the most appropriate for Wang Yan to come forward.
"Fame can really be eaten!" Shao Xun sighed while eating. At the same time, he did a self-examination to see if there were any oversights in his recent actions.
What is my goal?
At this stage, it is to increase reputation, cultivate private soldiers, and at the same time continuously strengthen the prestige within the Chinese army and even the upper and lower armies, creating a fait accompli.
If Sima Yue appears again in the future, he will have more bargaining chips.
So what are the measures?
After thinking about it, there is actually no need to stand on the bright side. Leading the troops well, stabilizing the troops, and winning the battle are better than anything else.
Wang Yan likes to stand in front of the stage, so let him be in the limelight. I don't mind. But the benefits should not be less, this is the bottom line.
Finally it becomes difficult.
At the current stage, the biggest difficulty is nothing more than swallowing up too many broken troops and friendly troops. The troops are mentally confused and unable to effectively display their combat effectiveness. This is a part that needs to be resolved with efforts.
After figuring it out, he was no longer confused and became more determined.
It’s really a different scene when the boss is not at home.
A place with a power vacuum is naturally a paradise for careerists.
