Whether it's a letter of victory or a set of rules, after all, it can only show its effect at least until there is a reply from the court. The current problem must be solved first, and this can't wait long.
Li Rusong's status among military generals is high enough. The reason why the eight guerrillas blocked the meeting just now was mainly due to high pragmatism. There are at least two reasons for this: First, the Eight Guerrilla's backers are originally highly pragmatic, and the Eight Guerrilla were naturally confident when the meeting was held in his strategic office; second, at the meeting just now, only Li Rusong from the Liaodong Army was present, and the other generals included No important officials like Zu Chengxun attended the meeting, so Li Rusong's side seemed weak.
The lineup that Li Rusong brought this time was not simple. He brought at least 80% of the Li family's family wealth, such as Li Chengliang's old subordinates Zu Chengxun, Qin Deyi, and Sun Shoulian. Li Chengliang's adopted sons and servants such as Li Pinghu, Li Ning, and Li Xing, Li Yousheng, Li Youde, Li Youhua, and Li Chengliang's nephews such as Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang, Li Rumei, Li Ruwu...
This group of names almost represents the Li Jiajun's strength. Except for Li Chengliang's younger brother Li Chengdong, several younger nephews and nephews of the Li family, and several other trusted generals who guard the Liaoxi base camp, the Li Jiajun has many generals that can be used. Almost there.
The vast majority of these people are already at the participation and tour levels, and a few are commanders and guards. According to the general standards of high-pragmatic meetings, at least participating generals and guerrillas are definitely qualified to attend the meeting. Commanders and guards can sometimes Attending (Note: Generally speaking, attending means being able to speak and express one's position, while attending means being able to observe but not speak). If all the generals and guerrillas among these people had attended the meeting just now, Li Rusong would have been able to suppress the eight guerrillas on the scene.
However, the meeting just now was a bit unexpected. Since Gao Pragmatic handed over the cleaning of the battlefield to Li Rusong, Li Rusong sent all their ministries out. Some of them went to count the results of the war, and some went to prevent the Tatars from returning. In short, they were not able to attend the meeting. The result was that Li Rusong came with a large army, but when he attended the meeting, he actually "went to the meeting alone."
However, this kind of thing will never happen again. The non-dealing between Li Rusong and Ba Guerrilla will eventually be resolved. It won't take too long. When the inventory is completed, there will definitely be another meeting. By the way, everyone also needs to hear what the Economic Desk Master has planned for the follow-up actions.
Sure enough, around evening, all the finishing work was completed, and a large number of generals came to report on the progress of the work. Gao Pragmatic took advantage of the situation and held another military meeting.
Determining the results of the battle is very important, so it is done first. However, since the results obtained are very different from before, they will not be repeated here. Immediately afterwards, there is the next action arrangement.
Li Rusong still seemed to be very energetic, and once again made suggestions, thinking that he should pursue immediately - at most, he should take a rest tonight, and not have to travel all night long. However, he believed that the army must set off early tomorrow morning to chase and beat Bu Rihatu and Buyan Huang Taiji, so that the main force of Tumen would not have time to react.
Ye Bangrong expressed his objection, saying that although the victory at Lightning Lake was gratifying, although our army killed many enemies, its own losses were not small. Among them, the dead officers and soldiers can be buried on the spot, but the wounded cannot be given up casually. Necessary treatment and care must be arranged, so it is obviously inconvenient to pursue them immediately.
Qin Deyi, the general of the Li family army, immediately retorted, saying that soldiers are valuable and quick, and the most critical issue now is to break the siege of naturalization. At present, we have more than 60,000 elite heavenly soldiers, enough to sweep across Mengdi. How can we delay our progress? As for the wounded, the Tatars have all run away anyway, leaving a few hundred people to guard the camp. Wouldn't it be enough to arrange for the wounded to recuperate in Lightning Lake? What kind of special treatment is needed?
Li Rusong's fourth brother Li Ruzhang also stood up and said that the problem of the wounded was nothing more than a trivial matter and that 90% of the Liaodong Army's accompanying military doctors could be retained to properly take care of the wounded.
Li Ruzhang's words should obviously have been agreed by Li Rusong, so Gao pragmatic just glanced at Li Rusong, who immediately nodded to confirm, and then expressed that the Liaodong Army was indeed willing.
It seemed that Li Rusong was either naturally warlike, or he really needed military exploits. Judging from his identity, "property" and the military exploits he has achieved today, he should not need further military exploits to bring much benefit to himself, so there is a high probability that he is really doing this because of money.
The huge number of cavalry servants has allowed Tieling Li to firmly occupy the top spot as the number one general, but the huge expenses will obviously bring untold pressure.
In the past, Li Chengliang relied on his almost overwhelming power in Liaodong, and used this power to control a large number of fields, shops, horse markets and other related industries, and then obtained enough profits to maintain this military strength.
However, in the last year or two of Li Chengliang's reign in the Liao Dynasty, the Li family's financial resources were actually somewhat tight. To a certain extent, Li Chengliang actually smuggled gunpowder to Chahar at that time. It was most likely because the family's financial pressure was too great. Big cause.
Now that so much time has passed, Li Chengliang stepped down and Li Rusong took over. Tieling Li's power in various industries in Liaodong is declining day by day. At the same time, Beijing, or the Maritime Trade Alliance, was increasingly squeezing the Li family's economy. Li Rusong's methods in this regard were not as "flexible" as his father's, so he would naturally need more military exploits to increase his influence.
Influence is a very interesting thing. It may not be directly exchanged for money, but it can often bring indirect benefits. The highly pragmatic Jinghua was able to expand rapidly at the beginning, largely relying on the bonus of intangible influence such as the emperor's holy family and Gao Gong's status.
This is even a bit like the stock market in later generations, and influence is like a company telling a good story, making investors confident in its prospects, and then it gains corresponding benefits. In the stock market, investors bought the company one after another, raising its stock price and earning sufficient cash flow. At that time, Jinghua gained recognition from the market and its partners and was able to make the largest deal with the smallest cost.
And Li Rusong was eager to obtain major military exploits. On the one hand, he must have proved to the emperor that the Li family was still capable of fighting and was always worth using; on the other hand, he wanted to stabilize the old Liaodong troops' confidence in them through military exploits and at least maintain their basic base; I would like to tell the Heart School that our Li family is still your most valuable ally in the military. If you want to avoid being completely squeezed out of the military by the Real School, then quickly find a way to get us money.
How should I put it? Gao Pragmatic felt that Li Rusong's approach was at least better than Li Chengliang's. If it weren't for the fact that his starting point was a bit smaller, Gao Pragmatic would even be willing to regard this as a virtuous circle.
Gao Pragmatic still did not express his position and continued to let the two sides argue. At this time, Pogui stood up and said that based on his understanding of the Mongolian army, he would not be able to catch up after tonight. The so-called continued pursuit tomorrow morning actually had little meaning.
Li Rusong knew that Pogui's words actually made sense. After all, the elite of the Mongolian cavalry could even ride horses while half asleep. This was a fact. [Note: The horses have a strong sense of hierarchy and will naturally follow the leading horse. This is the key factor in the Mongolian cavalry's "sleep marching". However, this explanation is more troublesome. Friends who are interested can check the information themselves. I will not go into details here. ]
However, Li Rusong didn't think Pogui's words were true. He felt that Pogui was just deliberately making excuses to prevent him from continuing to "grab credit."
Li Rusong was about to go out and refute in person, but unexpectedly, a scout came to report that he had received an urgent military report and must immediately submit it to the manager for review. The Liaodong General Soldier had to swallow the words that were already on his lips.
This military report was very formal. It was not a dictation, but a secret letter. The envelope and the paint on it were intact. After a high pragmatic inspection, I took it apart and looked at it myself.
After just a few glances, he, who was usually indifferent, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows under the gaze of the generals. Everyone couldn't help but secretly marveled, guessing what kind of news could move the platform.
But Gao Pangshi didn't explain too much, he just couldn't help but smile "haha", and then said: "Shuai Liao, you strongly advocated pursuing the pursuit as soon as possible, and I am not a person who cannot listen to your words, so I agree with you. Suggestion. Early tomorrow morning, your troops can go west to pursue us. Except for the prohibitions stipulated by the headquarters before this battle, which must not be violated, you can fight however you want."
Li Rusong suddenly became more and more suspicious of the content of this military report. However, since Gao Pragmatic chose not to say anything, he knew that he would not be able to press for questioning, so he agreed after thinking quickly, looking generally relieved.
The matter should have ended here, but Li Rusong, not knowing whether it was out of curiosity or confusion, asked out of nowhere: "What about the sutra platform, you..."
Strictly speaking, his question went beyond his duty, because as his immediate boss at the moment, Gao Pragmatic had no obligation to explain his further action plan to him. Even though communication between superiors and subordinates should theoretically exist, the leading soldiers and civil servants of the Ming Dynasty did not treat military generals as thoughtful people for a long time. The so-called normalization did not exist at all.
Because of this, when Li Rusong said these words, even he felt a little regretful. With his high and pragmatic status, there is no guarantee that he, Li Rusong, will not think that he is acting impudently and suspect that he is proud of himself, so he will deliberately suppress him, and may even embarrass him in public.
The generals present were also shocked at the same time, but their shocks were completely different.
General Li Jiajun suddenly felt a thump, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat. He felt a bit like the annoyance and anxiety of a child when he had done something wrong and was caught on the spot; Ba Guerrilla was simply surprised at first, and then doubted the intention of Li Rusong's words. ——Are you using this to test the sutra's attitude toward you?
Only Gao Pragmatic didn't seem to agree with this, and replied naturally and even leisurely: "I'm not in a hurry anymore. I'm going to celebrate Ji Shuai's naturalization together after he comes."
This answer was truly unbelievable under the current situation. All generals, regardless of faction, were all stunned. Li Rusong himself was even more surprised. He thought that if Gao Pingshi wanted to take the opportunity to embarrass him, he should have done it just now, so he didn't care to think too much and asked: "What does Jingtai mean?"
Li Rusong was confused by Monk Zhang Er, but Ba Guerrilla slowly came to his senses, remembering that Jinglue had said before that he had other plans for Guihua City, and that a large army had already arrived near Guihua. Now it seems that maybe that army has made contact and even has some good news?
Seeing the completely different expressions of the two generals under his command, Gao Pingshi smiled slightly and Shi Shiran said: "The siege of naturalization has been solved."
"Ah!" "Hiss!" "Huh?"
All kinds of sounds of exclamation and surprise suddenly sounded in the handsome tent, which perfectly explained what an uproar was.
Li Rusong immediately became nervous after being surprised, and he didn't care whether he would offend Gao Pragmatic, and hurriedly asked: "What's going on, why is the naturalization... uh, the general said, why did the siege of naturalization suddenly resolve itself? What about Tumen?”
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Shuai Liao is joking, how can the siege of Guihua be 'solved' by itself? Tumen was planning on breaking through Guihua City and plundering it, so there is no reason to leave without fighting!"
He paused for a moment, and finally stopped appealing to the generals' appetites, and continued slowly: "It was Tumen who was defeated by the Imperial Guards. I am afraid that they are being chased by Commander Qi like a duck. They have no way to go to the sky or the ground. Where is the time to think about Guihua City?"
This news was earth-shattering. Ba Guerrilla had already had certain psychological expectations and behaved a little better. His expression was roughly "Ah, I see." The generals of the Li family army looked like they had seen a ghost, with disbelief on their faces. Li Rusong was even more confused. He widened his eyes and asked, "Do you really mean what Jingtai said?"
Gao Pragmatic's face darkened this time, and he said with a hint of sullenness: "There are no jokes in the army. Does this department seem to be joking?"
Although Li Rusong was used to being domineering, he did not dare to ignore the privilege of the highly pragmatic Shang Fangjian to kill first and then report. Hearing this, he could only admit his mistake and said: "Jingtai forgives me, I didn't mean that. It's just... well, I'm just too surprised. . Wasn’t Commander Qi in the direction of Helin before? Why did he suddenly appear at the foot of Guihua City? The two places are far apart..."
"Shuai Liao wants to say that the two places are two thousand miles apart, which is really too far, right?" Gao Jingshi shook his head slightly, then waved his hand: "But Marshal Liao, you came here from Yuerhai, and there is a It’s a thousand and six hundred miles away.”
Who knew that these words made Li Rusong blush slightly. He seemed to be gritting his teeth and asking: "Jingtai said that during the sixteen hundred miles that Li traveled, Commander Qi's Imperial Guards traveled two thousand miles." ?”
If you want to undermine Li Rusong's self-confidence, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity. However, Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said, "That's not true. It is too slow to convey orders to your army, and Commander Qi has carrier pigeons in his army."
In fact, the Tieling Li family also has homing pigeons, but they are not used for marching and fighting. They are generally only used for emergency communication between fixed areas. Although raising pigeons doesn't cost a lot of money, the money spent on raising pigeons is not the food for raising pigeons. Therefore, being pragmatic and able to afford a relatively large pigeon system does not mean that everyone can afford it.
Since the Imperial Guards were not able to attack better than his own Liaodong cavalry, Li Rusong barely breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately raised a new question: "Even so, the Imperial Guards were able to defeat the Tumen army in one fell swoop when they attacked all the way south?"
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