Chapter 601: Winning People’s Hearts Luo Ziming
Luo Xiao's will is the will of Taiping Dao. With the current level of organization of Taiping Dao, this tactic of bluffing and making a feint to the east and attacking in the west can be easily implemented.
The news was leaked intentionally or unintentionally, and naturally spread quickly from scouts to various households. Countless different voices asked the same question: "The Taiping Army is heading west? Is this news true?"
Almost every scout said with absolute certainty: "I saw it with my own eyes, it is absolutely true."
These scouts were all professionals, and they described the scene of the Taiping Army to the princes in a vivid way: "Countless flags covered the sky, and there were dozens of battalions just by looking at them. The marching column was like a long snake, and the number of the first vanguard alone was probably 30,000. The large number of baggage carts, judging from experience, was enough to consume tens of thousands of troops for half a year."
The three most important data for judging the number of troops are the flags and banners, the number of soldiers, and the amount of baggage. Now that there are no problems with these three points, then there is no problem with the army!
The Taiping Army really went west to attack Huangfu Song.
No one would have thought that there was a trick involved.
Because attacking Huangfu Song was not a wrong move. On the contrary, it was actually one of the best choices Luo Xiao could make.
"Defending Xingyang and fighting Huangfu Song, he had no worries but was pressing on to Luoyang. If he pressed on to Luoyang, all the troops supporting the king would be mobilized, and if they were mobilized, there would be changes. Zhang Jue could advance to attack weak points, and retreat to defend the natural barrier of Xingyang. It was really wonderful."
Those who received the news, whether it was Luo Kong, Luo Zichuan, or even Huangfu Song, all thought so. As for the fact that attacking Huangfu Song would lead to a joint encirclement and suppression by Luo Kong's Western Region Army, as well as a joint attack by the loyal army from Hongnong, Sanfu and other counties, they forgot about it.
Because in the eyes of these smartest people, Zhang Jue was an extremely arrogant person.
All the people in the world wondered why Zhang Jue stayed in Xingyang instead of attacking Luoyang, as if he was waiting for the army to arrive to support the king.
But now, when the army to support the king has really arrived, this absurd explanation may actually be true.
Zhang Jue just wanted to wait for the army from all over the world to come to support the king, and then he would march into Luoyang amidst the thousands of troops, overthrow the emperor, fulfill his oath, take off the emperor's crown, and destroy the Han Dynasty's destiny.
What a madman!
Now he wants to challenge both Huangfu Song and Luo Kong at the same time, which is very reasonable. Anything such a madman does is reasonable.
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Hanoi County.
Luo Kong and Luo Chuan sat opposite each other in the room, and Jia Xu closed his eyes slightly.
Luo Chuan and Luo Kong are roughly of the same age. In terms of relationship, Luo Chuan's wife is Luo Kong's cousin, because Luo Xin's mother and Wushuang Hou's wife are sisters. However, in the Luo family, there is no difference between cousins.
After Luochuan met with the princes, he came to Henei County and prepared to cooperate with Luo Kong's actions.
Luo Kong, who was stationed in Hanoi County, began to pace anxiously after receiving the news that the Taiping Army was dispatched. Luo Chuan knelt beside him and asked, "Ziming, why are you so anxious?
Huangfu Song was a famous general in the world and he was guarding the city carefully. How could he be defeated directly?
Even though Zhang Jue had defeated Huangfu Song before, fighting in the field was different from defending a city.
And if you are really anxious, why not just lead your army across the river and attack? The food and grass raised by Henei County is enough to support an army of 10,000."
Luo Kong stopped pacing, knelt down on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Brother-in-law, you have been in the Central Plains for a long time, and you don't understand that a general who has been on the battlefield for a long time has consciousness. Whenever I want to cross the river, I feel it is very dangerous.
It seemed as if something terrible would happen after doing this, which made me quite suspicious.
In the past, when this situation occurred on the battlefield, it could save lives.
I have to bring all 30,000 troops with me, otherwise I will always have a bad feeling. "
Hearing what Luo Kong said, Luo Chuan's eyebrows showed a trace of solemnity. He never thought it would be so dangerous. He pondered and said, "What should we do now?"
Luo Kong rubbed his fingers unconsciously, and then a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he said sternly: "Wenhe, what was the method you mentioned before?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Xu's eyes, which had been closed, opened slightly, and Luo Kong and Luo Chuan's gazes fell on him.
After meeting Jia Xu, Luochuan's biggest feeling was that there were talented people in this world, but the Han court did not use them.
All the ministers in the palace are not as good as a scholar from a humble family, and are even far inferior to him.
Apart from anything else, if Jia Xu was placed in the position of one of the Three Dukes and was allowed to take charge of the Secretariat, at least the court could operate stably and would not fall into such frequent internal frictions, let alone reach this point.
After Jia Xu came to Luo Kong, he had been trying very hard to suppress his darker side, and seemed quite honest from a distance.
Jia Xu is very satisfied with his current life. He has always wanted to say, who understands, he is actually a good person with a kind face.
Those evil actions in the past were just his protective color.
At this moment, he heard what Luo Kong asked and bowed slightly to the two of them, then slowly said: "There are tens of thousands of troops in Henei County, but the elite have been withdrawn to Luoyang, and the rest are farmers.
These farmers were harming themselves and others when they went to the battlefield. The governor of Henei actually did such a thing for his own selfish interests. He is truly despicable.
The most crucial thing is that the presence of these farmers occupied a large amount of food and grass, which prevented our troops in the Western Regions from crossing the river and engaging in a decisive battle with the Taiping Army.
Just with these two points, the governor of Henei was doomed to death.
But God is merciful. My lord, you can invite the governor of Henei here, tell him the pros and cons, and ask him to disband the army that is coming to support the king and supply food and fodder to our troops in the Western Regions.
If you are willing, you can give him a share of the credit. If you are not willing, both of you are marquises of the Jinling rank. I think it will be no problem for you to kill a governor of 2,000 stones in war."
The previous words were relatively peaceful, but when he said the last sentence, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of his kind nature. He couldn't help but look up and saw that Luo Kong and Luo Chuan had no reaction. He felt relieved. It seemed that the two princes in front of him were as kind as he was.
After Jia Xu finished speaking, Luo Kong couldn’t help but sigh, “Wen He said it well.
By disbanding the Henei County's loyalist army, the people of Henei County can be spared from dying on the battlefield, the Henei prefect, a weak and helpless soldier, can avoid stepping onto the dangerous battlefield, and my army in the Western Regions gets food and fodder for the march. This is a win-win-win situation, right?
Just do as Wenhe said, and kill the governor of Henei today...
Good persuasion.
Brother-in-law, Marquis Anyang is a prominent family in Henei. Can you let Marquis Anyang go there and contact the prominent families in Henei and ask the governor of Henei to stop getting in the way? "
The Anyang Marquisate was originally located at the border of Jizhou and Sili. The Later Han Dynasty redivided the area and completely incorporated the entire Anyang Marquisate and the area a hundred miles to the north of the Anyang Marquisate into the Henei County of Sili. The Anyang Marquisate then became a large clan in Henei County.
Although Marquis Anyang was not here, Luo Chuan nodded and said, "No problem, have you not met Marquis Anyang yet?
This generation of Anyang Hou is even closer to the family. His sister married into Zhaocheng, so just tell him about these little things."
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As night fell, the governor of Henei felt his scalp tingling. Ever since Luo Kong came to Henei County, he had been avoiding direct contact with Luo Kong.
Because he really couldn't conjure up any food and grass, Luo Kong had no more if he asked for it. He had been arguing with Luo Kong before, and he was quite pleased with himself. He didn't expect that Luo Kong would not help at all, but once he did, he actually invited him to join the fight.
Luo Kong's headquarters was a dangerous place for the governor of Henei, a place he wanted to avoid as much as possible. But now he had to go there himself. It was really unlucky.
"I pay my respects to General Xiaoqi and Marquis Wushuang. May your majesty be well and safe."
The governor of Henei bowed with a face that looked uglier than tears. Both of Luo Kong's two main identities were higher than his position as a county governor with a salary of two thousand stones. Luo Kong slightly clasped his fists in return.
As soon as the governor of Hanoi sat down and his buttocks touched the support he was kneeling on, he saw pots of fine wine being served and he drank several glasses of wine right away.
Luo Kong then spoke with a smile. He did not try to hide anything and directly told Jia Xu what he had said.
Then he directly asked the governor of Henei to disband the army to support the king and hand over the food and grass to the army in the Western Regions. He wanted to cross the river to engage in crossfire with Huangfu Song.
The governor of Henei had just drunk a glass of wine, and upon hearing this he started coughing madly. He could hardly believe what he had just heard.
When he took another look at Wushuang Hou, who was sitting in the main seat and looking at him with a smile, he felt relieved, realizing that he was indeed hallucinating.
What a hallucination!
Before the governor of Kawachi could deceive himself, his expression completely fell.
He wanted to stand up and angrily scold Luo Kong for his nonsense, and said that disbanding the army that came to support the king was the act of a traitor.
But he raised his eyes slightly and looked at Luo Kong. Behind Luo Kong, there was a phoenix flag.
The image of the phoenix seemed to be about to take off, and the gold threads embroidered on it were burning like flames.
"Once we have entered the headquarters of Marquis Wushuang, no matter what the marquis asks, Lord Chengjing must agree to it. This is the only chance of survival."
He recalled what the always wise young man had said, and then looked at Wushuang Hou's kind smile.
The governor of Henei swallowed his saliva and forced a smile, saying, "Your Excellency's words make sense, but Jing didn't understand the reasoning behind it before.
Jing would like to thank you very much. If it weren't for you, Jing would have almost missed the big event. I will do as you said and I will make the arrangements now."
Luo Kong’s eyes were cold, but he smiled heartily and said loudly: “Well, you are a loyal minister!
When we defeat the Taiping Army, I will certainly give credit to the governor. Since the governor has important matters to attend to, I will not keep him here for long. I will certainly have a great time drinking with him in the future."
"He noticed that there was someone behind this."
Jia Xu walked out from behind and said in a deep voice. Luo Kong drank the wine and smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter. As long as the matter is done, he is a senior official of the court. Since he knows the current situation, forget it and prepare to cross the river."
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He was only kind and righteous, and could win the hearts of the people. When the army was in Henei, the governor dispersed 50,000 of his own troops and ran to the camp at night, saying, "I am willing to be a soldier in your tent."
The elders and heroes of Hanoi also followed him, and they traveled 5,000 miles from the Western Regions. In a matter of days, they won the hearts of the people. It was truly a miraculous sight. - "Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty"
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