Chapter 85: Mengjiang Temple

Chapter 85: Mengjiang Temple

  Chapter 85 Temple of the Warrior

   "No way!"

  Bing Cao joined the army and Wang Lishe objected loudly.

   Li Yuan glared at him, and Cao, a small seventh-rank soldier, dared to oppose him loudly, "You want to go against him?"

  Wang Lishe had a humble official position. He was originally a small official in Hebei in the Sui Dynasty, but he was captured by Dou Jiande and returned to Tang after Dou's defeat. However, although he has a low official position, he was just unlucky to follow Dou Jiande, not lack of ability.

   "Your Majesty, the Imperial Court of Kyoto has issued an edict, and your Majesty refused to obey the edict and conscripted troops without authorization. This is against the law. Therefore, my subordinates believe that the current laws and regulations must be changed to adapt to expediency and to determine the hearts of the people first."

What Wang Bingcao said is actually somewhat similar to what Wang Junkuo said earlier, that is, since you, Li Yuan, refused to obey the imperial edict and conscripted troops without authorization, this is definitely treason, then at this time you should jump out of the Tang court system, and you have to find a way , such as playing a banner. But now Li Yuan is just the opposite. He neither obeyed the edict nor recruited troops without authorization, which is already a conspiracy, but he still wants to use his official position in the Tang Dynasty to recruit state and county soldiers. Isn't this contradictory?

  Once the governor and governors refuse to obey orders, what will we do then?

  Wang Lishe is indeed a very insightful person, he is very clear about the situation in Hebei.

  Since the Sui Rebellion, Luo Yi was the first to separatist Youzhou and fought against Dou Jiande, Gao Kaidao and others. Later, Luo Yi returned to Datang and was awarded the post of Youzhou General Manager, with jurisdiction over the military and civil affairs of the thirty-nine prefectures. Later, after the imperial court pacified Hebei, Luo Yi was conscripted into the court, and the Youzhou General Manager's Mansion was changed to the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but the prefectures under its jurisdiction had been reduced from the original thirty-nine prefectures to seventeen prefectures.

   Several new Dudufu were built in the original Zhuzhou.

   Not only that, the imperial court sent Li Yuan to replace Luo Yi as the governor of Youzhou, but Li Yuan himself did not have much prestige and ability, so the imperial court sent a fierce general Wang Junkuo.

  But in fact, in Hebei at this time, the forces of all parties are intricate. Although Li Yuan has the highest position in Hebei, he can't govern the whole of Hebei. Even in the seventeen states he governs, he can only order Li Jiancheng's people. It is difficult for him to mobilize other people like Li Shimin.

   Not to mention that there are still many old departments of Luo Yi. Although Luo Yi has a good relationship with the prince after entering the court, in fact Luo Yi's people have always been in their own line.

  Before, Li Yuan, as the governor of Youzhou, was barely able to suppress all these parties, but now that he dares to rebel, then the governors and governors below, especially Li Shimin and Luo Yi, might not listen to him.

  Wang Bing Cao Yiyu pointed out the core of the problem. The governors of various states may have rebelled, and Wang Zhengbing did not gather.

  He has already determined that Li Yuan conscripted in the name of the Great Governor, and the subordinates will definitely not follow him.

  Li Yuan, who was quite unhappy at first, felt quite reasonable when he heard it.

   "What's the best opinion of Wang Bingcao?"

"Your Majesty, in the land of Shandong, Dou Jiande, the leader of the powerful chieftain, was all false officials. Now he is dismissed and retired to the common people. This person thinks about chaos, like a dry seedling looking forward to rain. Wang Yi sent an envoy to return to his old post, and everyone Recruit soldiers and horses at the place. If the states do not follow, they will be punished immediately. If this plan works, Hebei will be able to breathe. Then Wang Shen will be assigned to connect the Turks in the north, the road will start from Taiyuan, and Pu and Jiang will be in the south. Go to Luoyang with your relatives, and enter Tongguan in the west, and the two armies will join forces, and if there is no surplus for ten months, the world will be settled!"

  Wang Li is a low-level official, but he has a unique view of the situation in the world after he has been in Hebei for many years. He objected to Li Yuan directly recruiting soldiers and horses from all states and counties to rebel, but put forward a better suggestion.

  That is, in this place of Hebei, the people's hearts do not belong to Datang even now. At that time, Dou Jiande was very popular in Hebei. After Dou Jiande was captured after the defeat of the Central Plains, Li Yuan released Wang Shichong but killed Dou Jiande alone. Then he sent officials to pursue the original Dou Jiande's old ministry. He was also very harsh on the people in Hebei, which eventually led to chaos in Hebei rise.

  Liu Heitai had two defeats and two defeats, but the Hebei tycoons are still unwilling to be convinced.

So right now, as long as Li Yuan plays the banner of anti-Tang, or the banner of revenge for the abolished prince on the side of the Qing emperor, and appoints officials and appointments to those old ministries under the former Dou Jiande and Liu Heita, and asks them to recruit soldiers, then Li Yuan will You can get an elite army that can fight and is willing to fight.

At that time, use this army to threaten and coerce the governors and governors of the Tang Dynasty in the Hebei states to send troops to obey. If anyone dares to disobey, they will simply let the Hebei soldiers kill them, seize their cities, rob their seals, and control their soldiers. .

   Waiting for that time, send the old department of Luo Yi, now the governor of Youzhou, and Wang Shen, the governor of North Yanzhou, to cross the Taihang Mountains, send troops to the east of the river, unite with the Turks, and march southward until they reach Puzhou and Jiangzhou. However, Li Yuan led the army from Youzhou to the south and fought all the way to Luoyang. Finally, the two armies entered Lintong Pass, entered the pass, and captured Chang'an.

   This plan is really good.

  Of course, whether he can get what he wants is not that simple. For example, although there are still many old troops of Dou Jiande and Liu Heikai back then, many fierce generals have been strangled to death in several wars, leaving a few people, some of whom belonged to the Tang Dynasty, such as the original left servant who shot Qi Shanxing and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty Afterwards, they became the Second Left Guard of the Prince Qin's Mansion, and Cheng Mingzhen, etc. There were also some who didn't want to come out again, so they stayed in the countryside and farmed, such as Liu Ya, Su Lie, etc.

  Of course there will still be some people who are unwilling to come out and make trouble if they have the opportunity, but there are some of these people now, but they are neither too many nor too strong.

   After all, a strong person is almost dead after Liu Heita rebelled against Tang Dynasty twice.

On the other hand, now is not the time for Liu Heitai to raise troops. It has been five years since Datang entered Hebei. four years ago.

In the past four years, the Tang Dynasty has become more and more stable in Hebei, especially when the prince took command of the second chaos, he followed the advice of Wei Zheng and others, and focused on appeasement, followed by suppression. People gradually returned to the Tang Dynasty.

  This is also the reason why Wang Lishe just proposed to play the Qing Dynasty's side and avenge the old prince. Li Jiancheng is more popular than Li Shimin in Hebei.

  Wang Lishe finally mentioned another important suggestion.

   "Wang Junkuo was born as a rogue and a thief, so capricious, the king must not trust him. It is better to entrust the military power to Wang Shen, and look for opportunities to get rid of Wang Junkuo first."

Wang Junkuo is famous for his bravery. He once rode thirteen thousand riders, but Wang Junkuo’s scoundrels became famous repeatedly. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he led tens of thousands of horses and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Wang Shichong, who finally returned to the Tang Dynasty, can be said to be capricious.

  Of course this kind of person cannot be trusted.

  But Li Yuan was very embarrassed after listening.

   "Peng Guogong is my father-in-law, how can he turn against me? Besides, when an army is raised, a strong general like Peng Guogong is needed to lead the army. How can we kill the general before the battle?"

  Seeing him shaking his head, Wang Lishe was very disappointed, as if he saw that the suggestions he made to Dou Jiande and Liu Heita were not adopted.

Li Yuan hesitated for a long time, and finally decided that, on the one hand, he would recruit troops from all states and counties, and hand over the city defense of Youzhou to Wang Junkuo's command; The old ministries appointed officials and knights, and called them to recruit soldiers and horses to make trouble.

  Li Yuan was very proud of his strategy of achieving both, and finally asked Wang Lishe to go to Dingxiang to meet Jieli Khan in person, and asked Jieli to send troops south to Taiyuan.

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  In Mingshui, Hebei, a caravan arrived, with dozens of camels and horses, loaded with all kinds of rare and precious goods from Chang'an.

  Mingzhou, Liu Heita's capital during his first rebellion, Mingzhou Xiaxiao Town.

  In the fifth year of Wude, Li Shimin led the army of the Tang Dynasty, joined forces with Li Yi, the general manager of Youzhou, Li Shiji, the general manager of Lizhou, and Li Shentong, the comfort ambassador of Shandong Province, to launch a decisive battle against Liu Heita in Mingzhou.

  In this battle, Luo Shixin, the **** of war, fell.

   This battle can be said to have been fought in a dark environment. Liu Heitai fully demonstrated his master tactician skills, and also let the world see the bravery of Yanzhao Erlang.

  It's a pity that Liu Heita was born at an untimely time. Although he defeated Li Yi, Li Shiji, Li Shentong and others many times, he was finally defeated by Li Shimin, another master tactician and strategist in the world at that time.

  However, at that time, Liu Heita raised his troops in a hurry, but he was able to sweep Hebei in a short period of time, and beat Li Shimin into a hurry. It can still be said that he is not weaker than Li Shimin in terms of tactics, but he was defeated outside the battlefield.

   Under Mingshui City.

  Qin Lang looked at the city surrounded by water, and couldn't help sighing, this city is surrounded by water, the water is three or four feet deep, and once the city gate is closed, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

  I think back to the time when Luo Shixin asked for orders to enter the city with 200 warriors when they were in danger, and fought **** battles for eight days, how generous that was.

   Ah Huang, who went to the city first to inquire about news, came back.

"Sanlang, I heard some news. After General Luo died in the battle, the local people built a temple for him outside the city. It is said that after the war that year, there was a plague here, and many people died after being infected. Later, a doctor When I met General Luo Tuomeng, he said that there was a kind of herbal medicine in the place where he died in the battle. Later, the doctor found the place and picked the herbal medicine to make a decoction. It really cured the plague. The Temple of the Great General, to commemorate the protection of the general, the **** of war, for everyone."

   "There are other things like this? Where is the temple of the fierce general?" Qin Lang was surprised.

   "Not far from this city, General Luo was captured after defending Mingshui **** battle for eight days. He refused to surrender, and was finally beheaded by Liu Heita himself outside the city."

   "Let's go, go to Mengjiang Temple to pay respects to Uncle Luo."

  Mengjiang Temple is not far outside Mingshui City. The east of the temple is adjacent to the river, the south is adjacent to the lake beach, and the west and north sides are surrounded by rivers. There is a bridge on the southwest side of the temple across the river to Mingshui City.

  The temple has five bays and two entrances and eighteen bays.

  The thirteenth day of the first lunar month is Luo Shixin’s birthday, so every year from the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Temple Fair of Mengjiang Temple. People in the vicinity will come here to pay respects to the generals, go to the temple fair, and vendors also come to the market. In March and April every year, the people in the vicinity come here to perform operas again, and each village takes turns to perform operas, and there can be dozens of performances.

  Every fifth and tenth day, Mengjiang Temple is also a grass market, and the people in the vicinity come here to rush to the market.

  Today coincides with the market, just like the market, or Daxu, people from all over the world came to this market, it was very lively.

  When Qin Lang and his party arrived, in the backyard of Mengjiang Temple, Su Lie was receiving a guest from Youzhou, and next to him, a little boy was practicing with a gun.

  (end of this chapter)