Chapter 442 Fiasco (3)
Li Xun patted Li Xiao on the shoulder: "What are you talking about these things? What kind of person is Li Xun? Don't you know? Drinking or something, there will be opportunities in the future. Kuangsha Literature Network."
"Is it because of Hou Quan?"
Li Xiao came over a little. Before dinner, Hou Quan suddenly arrived and told Li Xun some things alone.
Li Xun nodded: "I will rush back to Wuzhou overnight tonight. If I drink too much, I will not be able to leave."
Li Xun didn't say much. Hou Quan came from Wuzhou. It was indeed a matter of fact. Half a month ago, Wang Renzi ordered the Wuzhou army to gather in Suzhou. Fan Zhong persuaded Sima Zhong to send a letter to reply to Wang Renzi in his name, saying that the war in the Western Regions was getting more intense, and there were signs of army mobilization in Xizhou on the other side of the Mulang River. Using this as an excuse, he stopped moving the matter and dragged it down.
Four days ago, the news of Tubo's raid on Shanzhou reached Wuzhou. Fan Zhong immediately sent people to gather all the new recruits who had been farming. He received more than 20,000 troops and gave them weapons. At dusk today, the 5,000 vanguard troops led by Zhao Wei had already arrived in Xiazhou and gathered on standby.
Li Xun was very short of time. He promised Liu Zhigu that within five days, Wuzhou would definitely have troops to support him. You Min was pregnant and had too slow travel. He followed him with him. There was no time at all. Now that he entered Minzhou, he was out of the threat of war. Therefore, Li Xun decided to take a step first, rush back to Wuzhou, and preside over the overall military and political situation.
Li Xiao didn't say much. In the face of war, everyone's nerves must become firm.
Afterwards, Li Xun found Hua Shaosheng and asked him to lead two hundred personal soldiers to escort You Min to Wuzhou. He led more than 20 people including Jiang Daxiong, Hou Quan, etc. to Wuzhou overnight.
When Hou Quan came, he had already made arrangements and sent someone to wait with his horses on the way. He worked all the way, and it took only one day. Late the night the next day, Li Xun and others arrived in Xiazhou.
Li Xun immediately summoned Zhao Wei, Yu Yanhui and more than ten generals of the army to inquire about the matters in the army. Everyone had a brief discussion. Li Xun issued an order to ask Zhao Wei to lead the army. At dawn, they immediately set off their troops to Xiaogu County, Minzhou. Yu Yanhui gathered 5,000 troops from the headquarters and gathered on standby.
At this point, Li Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Wei would lead his troops to Xiaogu County, Minzhou at dawn. It would take almost three days to arrive.
Xiaogu County is close to Shanzhou, and the army of Zhao Wei and Li Xiao is worth tens of thousands, which has reached the stance of threatening the Tubo army from the side, which can effectively reduce the pressure of Zhao Feidu defending the city. Although it did not enter the northern Longyou Road as Liu Zhigu agreed, the posture was finally done. After all, Li Xun had just returned, and all the movements would take a certain amount of time. Liu Zhigu and others should be able to understand this.
That night, Li Xun stayed here, slept well, until Shangwu, and after lunch, he continued on his way.
It was the afternoon of the third day when I returned to Wu'an City.
Li Xun's return was given a gift from all Wuzhou generals who went out of the city for dozens of miles to welcome him.
After returning to the Governor's Office, Li Xun got off the horse, raised his hand and pointed to the plaque on the gate, and joked with a smile: "I am now the governor of Wuzhou, and this sign should be changed."
When everyone heard this, they all laughed.
When they walked into the lobby, Fan Zhong and Sima Zhong were sitting there, and they did not go to greet Li Xun.
"Old Fan, I miss you so much."
Li Xun laughed loudly and stepped forward to give Fan Zhong a big hug.
Fan Zhong pushed Li Xun away and said helplessly: "It's just a year, there's no need to do this, right?"
Li Xun smiled and then bowed to Sima Zhong and said, "Senior Sima, I haven't seen you for more than a year. You are polite here."
Sima Zhong smiled and said, "I thought you boy wouldn't come back."
Li Xun smiled. This is probably the idea of many people. Of course, some people are worried and some are happy about this, but in the end, he still came back.
Li Xun sat in the upper seat, pressed his hands and signaled everyone to sit down.
After glanced at everyone, except Zhao Wei led 5,000 troops to Xiaogu County, Yu Yanhui gathered his troops in Xiazhou. In addition to the two of them, the main generals of the three prefectures in the West Longyou Road were gathered together at this moment.
"Governor, when will we start our army and go to the front line?"
Li Cunxiao was the first to speak out. Here, his official position was relatively low, and it was not his turn to make the preface. Sima Zhong's old qualifications looked at Li Cunxiao and his brows frowned slightly.
Li Xun was not guilty of the blame and smiled: "Of course the faster the better, but we have to deal with the matter in our hands so that we can leave with peace of mind."
After saying that, Li Xun looked at Fan Zhong and asked, "Old Fan, tell me, what's going on here."
Fan Zhong nodded and said, "There were more than 22,000 soldiers in the three prefectures of Longyou West Road at the beginning, 5,000 Xiazhou, 5,000 Shazhou, and 12,000 Wuzhou. Half a month ago, Wang Renzi ordered the Wuzhou army to gather in Suzhou. I refused politely in the name of Sima Zhong, but I still gathered the army and logistics supplies and prepared to fight at any time. I will make the final decision after you come back."
After Fan Zhong finished speaking, Shan Qiu continued: "The gathering of new recruits has reached 20,000. Zhao Wei took away five thousand people, and there were still seven thousand people left in Wuzhou. Mr. Fan discussed with us and decided that the seven thousand people in Wuzhou would remain, leaving five thousand new recruits, or 12,000 new recruits to guard Wuzhou, the remaining 15,000 new recruits, as well as the 10,000 troops in Sha and Xia, plus Zhao Wei's 5,000 troops, a total of 30,000 troops, will set out on the front line to participate in the war."
Li Xun nodded. Fan Zhong and others had obviously done all the preparations. The military deployment was completed. The battle situation was urgent and the changes were unpredictable. When I came back, I would do these things and the daylily would be cold.
"How is the situation in the Western Regions?"
After leaving this, the troops of Shazhou and Xiazhou in the three prefectures of the West Road of Longyou were all drawn, leaving only 12,000 guards in Wuzhou. Li Xun naturally had to know the situation in the Western Regions.
Zhao Zhang, who was stationed in Liangshuikou, was the clearest about this matter. He said, "As far as the merchants came and went, the two sides were still in a stalemate in the battle situation in the Western Regions, but the troops and combat power of the Dashi Empire were both superior in the battle situation. After more than two years of fighting, the 36-Nation Alliance of the Western Regions could no longer support it. The final battle between the two sides may soon come. There were originally 10,000 troops in Xizhou. A month ago, with the tightening of the front-line war, seven thousand people were transferred away, and now there are only three thousand people left, which does not pose any major threat to our Wuzhou."
Chapter completed!