【Chapter 339】
"boom!"
Dark clouds rolling in the sky, muffled thunder, and thunder penetrated the world.
"KaKa——"
A white lightning flashed across the sky, roaring with the strong wind, and rolling up dust in the sky.
Lightning and thunder roaring in the world.
Longxiang Li's Mansion.
In the main hall, Li Li and Li Jue had a great chat.
Listening to the howling wind and thunder outside the door, the uncle and nephew drank tea and talked, which was quite a sense of letting the wind and waves rise and sat firmly on the fishing boat.
Li Li knelt down just now, which really shocked and moved Li Jue.
With Li Li's current strength and status alone, there were almost no one in the Han Dynasty who could kneel down and worship him, and even the emperor who was above the court could not do it. In addition, Li Li's parents had long passed away. At the age of sixteen, they were swept out by Li Jie's wife Yang, who was the wife of Li Jie. Fortunately, Dong Zhuo rewarded him with a place to settle down and set up a new home. With this period alone, Li Li's relationship with Li Jie's uncle and nephew had long broken down. If they parted ways with Li Jie, the world would not speak out and criticize him.
Now, Li Li holds 300,000 Xiliang army, holding the emperor in his palm, and is powerful and powerful. His military and political power is in his control. His reputation and strength are no less than Dong Zhuo in the past, and even more than that of Dong Zhuo. It is far more shocking to the princes of the world than Dong Zhuo before. Because Li Li is far younger than Dong Zhuo, but his actual power is no less than that of Dong Zhuo before. It is not difficult to imagine that Li Li has a bright future, and Dong Zhuo's unfinished great cause is very likely to be realized in his hands and dominate the world.
The most important thing is that Li Li's control over the Xiliang army was far better than Dong Zhuo. All the 300,000 Xiliang army were disrupted and reorganized, and no one dared to resist in the entire army, which made the entire adaptation process extremely smooth. It took only half a month to declare the completion of the army. Such a huge and arduous military reorganization operation, even if Dong Zhuo was alive, he did not have such a strong mind and courage. He did not have such strong confidence, nor did he fully grasp the strength of the army.
Although Dong Zhuo was the supreme commander of the Western Liang army during his lifetime, he was at most the commander. No one of his generals opposed his orders in person, but it was difficult to make Dong Zhuo satisfied with how to implement the military orders. In fact, Dong Zhuo could not fully control the Western Liang army. Some generals with heavy troops were nominally attached to his command, and they acted on their own; for example, Duan Wei and Fan Chou, the Huayin guard generals, were typical representatives. Dong Zhuo naturally knew that his generals had their own thoughts, but in order to maintain the stability of the Western Liang army, he kept keeping a low profile. Turned a blind eye, as long as these generals who obeyed the Western Liang army, they did not rebel clearly, he would let it go and not want to make a big move.
It was precisely because of Dong Zhuo's indulgence that the generals of Xiliang became increasingly large and thus formed a powerful force. As soon as Dong Zhuo died, the generals of Xiliang were uncontrollable, each with their own ulterior motives, relying on the troops in their hands, waiting for the price to be sold, and they all coveted the power of being appointed as the general and the marquis. Some even attempted to ascend to Dong Zhuo's former power and status.
This kind of situation where the surface is peaceful but intrigue is actually difficult for outsiders to experience the ups and downs. However, as the nominal commander of the Western Liang Army, Li Jue was in it, and was in a hindrance everywhere and suffered.
However, now the Western Liang army has been completely subdued by Li Li. With a command, hundreds of thousands of troops have been disbanded and reorganized a new army. With Li Li's courage and mind alone, Li Jue is worthy of being inferior. In addition, he admires Li Li's strong strength and clever skills. During the process of reorganization, Li Li did not participate in the reorganization of the army on the surface. In fact, he personally went to various military camps, fed and slept with ordinary soldiers, and became a group, and invisibly received the support of most of the soldiers in the army. Li Li stayed in the military camp for half a month, and his prestige in the army increased day by day, which directly prompted some middle and low-level generals in the army to show signs of resistance to reorganization and were quickly wiped out, making it difficult for the resistance forces to form a climate, and quietly did not be in the vigorous reorganization movement.
The completion of the army means that Li Li's intention to control the entire army was realized. Almost all the main generals of the ten main battle camps of the entire army were direct generals under Li Li. All the soldiers of the former Xiliang Army were dispersed and chaotic and organized into the Wuwei Army, and the Wuwei Army soldiers occupied an absolute dominant position in the new army. This time, the Wuwei Army was truly annexed the Western Liang Army and formed a new army that was completely obedient to Li Li.
After half a month of military reorganization, Li Jue was completely out of the matter, stayed in the mansion to cultivate one's nature and study behind closed doors. However, it was difficult for the big and small things in the army to avoid him, and he reported the general's information to him every day, so he knew the situation of the entire army very well. It was precisely because he knew the situation in the army that he was full of righteous indignation, his heart was depressed, and he was unable to stand up. Because Li Li had almost incorporated all the Xiliang army, including his direct troops of Li Jue, and he was not left alone and had all been incorporated into the new army. What made him most indignant was that there was no position in the new army, and he was excluded from it, making him, the famous Xiliang general, become a bare general, with only the name of a general, but no soldier under his command.
For this reason, Li Jue has a very irritable temper over the past period of time, often getting angry for no reason, not thinking about food and food, and unable to sleep at night.
However, everything has its disadvantages and advantages.
After this period of silence, Li Jue's mentality also changed, and he began to face himself and value Li Li, and occasionally checked and reflected on himself. After adjusting his mentality, he found that he had done many things wrong, the biggest mistake was that he should not give his nephew Li Li a letter of war, and he should not covet the power and status left by Dong Zhuo. If the Western Liang army really fell into the hands of Li Li, he would never be as big as Li Li.
The rapid reorganization of the army was even more impossible to completely conquer Guo Si, Duan Wei, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others. If this is true, the Xiliang army could only temporarily maintain open stability. The open and secret struggles between the generals in the army could not be eradicated. Sooner or later, it would inevitably lead to a disaster and collapse. Rather than this, it would be better to hand over the army to his nephew Li Li. Anyway, the uncle and nephew were together, and after Li Li took charge of the army, he would never be able to tolerate his uncle.
In this way, after learning from his mistakes, Li Jue felt sorry for his nephew Li Li. If it weren't for his selfishness and his desire for power was too heavy, the two armies would not have fought in a decisive battle. If there was no war in the southern suburbs, the 90,000 Xiliang soldiers would not have died in vain, and the Xiliang army would have been more than 300,000, but 400,000 troops. Unfortunately, the war that could have been avoided eventually happened, and the big mistake was already made, and it was too late to regret it.
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"Wow!"
Outside the main hall, after lightning and thunder, heavy rain came as scheduled.
In the hall, Li Jue listened to Li Li talking about the trivial matters of the inner palace that had happened recently. He seemed absent-minded and absent-minded.
Suddenly, Li Li paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Uncle, I have something to report to you. Xin'er, Yu'er and Wan'er are pregnant. When the spring of next year begins, my uncle will be uncles! Hahaha---"
"Ah!" Li Jue was shocked when he heard this, his expression was trembling, and his eyebrows couldn't help but look surprised. Then he asked anxiously: "Is this true? All three of them are. Have you ever asked the imperial doctor to serve in Meiwu?"
"Uh? This,,,,,,,,," Li Li didn't expect that Li Jue would think so comprehensively. He stammered and whispered embarrassedly: "My nephew has been busy with military affairs recently and has not taken time to take care of Xin'er and the others. He also forgot to send the imperial physicians in the palace to Meiwu to listen to it at any time."
"You are so confused! Xin'er, Yu'er and the others are pregnant. This is a big deal. You can push other things back!" Seeing that Li Li was unprepared, Li Jue immediately forgot his worries and accused him without any hesitation.
Li Li laughed knowingly and said, "What my uncle said is so true, my nephew will do it. However, Xin'er and Yu'er are in good health and are not pregnant for a long time. There is no serious problem for the time being. My nephew invited my uncle to come and talk about it. I really have something to ask for. I wonder if my uncle can agree?"
"Oh, what's the matter?" Li Jue said with a slight expression and pondered in surprise.
Li Li asked with a smile: "My nephew wants to ask his uncle to take charge of the court, take over the government affairs of the court, and take charge of the world's power. He is in charge of Chang'an. I wonder what his uncle wants?"
"Wenchang said this?" Li Jue looked at Li Li in confusion and asked in surprise.
Li Li said firmly, "Uncle still remembers what my nephew said in the past? You, my uncle and nephew are close relatives of blood, and they share the same spirit and honor and disgrace. Although Chang'an is stable now, all officials in the court will definitely not sit idly by and watch our uncle and nephew control the world. They will still secretly be together like they did when dealing with the Prime Minister Dong, waiting for an opportunity to get rid of our uncle and nephew. But we know that these old ministers are secretly ill-intentioned, but we cannot directly dismiss them from office and expel them from Chang'an, because this is why our uncle and nephew are criticized by the world for being criticized by the world. Therefore, my nephew wants to ask our uncle to take charge of Chang'an and take charge of the court. After all, my uncle is knowledgeable and knows very well about the tricks of these old ministers."
Speaking of this, Li Li paused his tone and continued, "In addition, there are still lords in Chang'an Sanfu and Liangzhou, and the officials of various counties and counties are also slandering us. Therefore, my nephew plans to ask my uncle to take charge of the court, while I lead the troops to fight the west, investigate the officials of various counties and counties along the way, wipe out the remnants of Ma Teng and Han Sui, and unify the two prefectures of Xiliang. After the Xiliang is completely pacified, my nephew will not return to Chang'an, but will take charge of Anding County and send troops to the Qiang people's army.
The territory of the Southern Xiongnu was to eliminate the border troubles of Liangzhou in one fell swoop. In this way, our two prefectures in Xiliang sent troops to wipe out the barbarians, vigorously developed farming and built rivers and canals, and took two measures. Two years later, our two prefectures in Xiliang could recover their vitality and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and could support 300,000 Xiliang troops. After the work of raising the people was completed, our army could launch a large-scale army, and we could capture Bingzhou in the north, attack Jingxiang in the south, and capture Hanzhong and Xichuan in the south."
Li Li's words made Li Jue feel excited, his expression was extremely excited, and his eyes were full of excitement. After a while, he said, "Since Wenchang trusts me so much, I will do my best to help you achieve great fame and fortune. However, I have been leading troops all year round and are not good at government affairs. Even if I am afraid of guarding Chang'an, I am powerless!"
"Hahaha!" Li Li said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry. Li Ru assisted his uncle in the government affairs in the court, Li Xuan was responsible for the political affairs and agricultural affairs of the two states of Xiliang, and Tietuo, the commander of the Chang'an defenders, would he obey his uncle's orders and would never dare to resist the order. My uncle had concerns in his heart. Could it be that it was because you didn't have any soldiers? If this is true, then my uncle would be wrong. You are not a bare general, nor do you have no soldiers under your command. In fact, you have always had a powerful army. No matter when, as long as your nephew is still alive, I, Li Li, are soldiers under my uncle!
Our uncle and nephew are one, and we share honor and disgrace. The soldiers under our nephew are the uncle's soldiers. Whoever dares to disrespect my uncle or do not respect the orders is to disobey my Li Li's orders, and we will definitely be punished!"
Li Li's words completely disappeared from the only depression in Li Jue's heart, and a knowing smile appeared on his face. It was not until this time that he realized that Li Li did not arrange a military position for him. Everything was as Li Li said, Li Jue was an elder and the uncle who raised Li Li himself. As an elder, he should have the mind and demeanor of respecting others. How could he be petty and petty?
Why should uncle and nephew lead an army? As long as he and his nephew always have the same mind, isn’t the army the same in anyone’s hands? Although he does not directly control a battalion of troops, he can still mobilize the army. Who in the generals dare to disrespect the generals in the army?—————— (To be continued)
Chapter completed!