Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1190 Tactics
These battles at the beginning of July in the third year of Jianji made Cangjing Wuren realize his own gap.

The five strongholds were smashed in a row, and more than ten thousand people were captured and beheaded. The loss was extremely heavy, and their morale was severely hit.

On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, Long Xiang's army entered the vicinity of Dongguang County again. Lu Yanwei went out of the city to fight in person, and was defeated again, all the way to Nanpi.The formation is no longer in formation, the army is no longer in the army, and only tens of thousands of people are besieged to defend the isolated city. The signs of defeat are very obvious.

Ge Congzhou felt a little unreal when he heard the news.

He didn't suppress the whole army, only dispatched tens of thousands of people one after another, and they took turns in batches, and the result was so overwhelming.Cangjing Wufu who was hiding behind the barracks was beaten to pieces, and he was completely defeated. He was very surprised.

During the entire battle, the only thing that allowed him to feel the enemy's military literacy was that during the retreat, someone cut off the rear and was very resolute.Although the broken army was finally defeated, it is fair to say that the fight was still very tenacious.

Cang Jing Wufu is a big disappointment!
"The bandit army is so weak. In my opinion, it's better to go straight to Nanpi. After the attack, they will take Changlu and join the East Route Army to completely take Cangzhou." , is strongly recommended.

"It's too far to go north by Yongji Canal, isn't it? Our army has no reinforcements behind." Deputy envoy Wang Qianyu disagreed.

Seeing him like that, He Delun didn't flick the whip back and forth. Although he didn't speak, he looked very unhappy.

Zhu Zhen watched silently from the side.He is very low-key now, and he basically doesn't express his opinions unless he has to.

"Five hundred miles from Wei to Cang..." Ge Congzhou glanced at Zhu Zhen, saw that he was silent, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Floating up the Yongji Canal is a shortcut. However, we still have to solve the problem of Chengde." In this battle, Cangjing is only the enemy on the one hand, while Hedong and Chengde are the confidants."

Chengde can easily cut off the Yongji Canal by going east from Jizhou.Before Ge Congzhou attacked Yu County, it was to block the way of Chengde's army going east.

However, the Longxiang Army only has more than 2 people. If they stationed heavy troops in Yu County, they would not have enough strength to go north to Cangzhou.If you don't care about the county, and the whole army goes north, according to Cangjing's current appearance, I probably don't have the idea of ​​fighting with you in the field. With such a small number of people, it will be difficult to capture Nanpi.

So He Delun is indeed a little whimsical, and he was also inspired by the series of victories before.No matter how bad Lu Yanwei is, he can still defend the city.

In addition, in Ge Congzhou's plan, the battle was not fought like this.

It seems exciting to advance all the way and occupy land again and again, but what is your strategic goal?This question needs to be clarified.As a general, you must not deviate from the strategic goal just by hitting it. This is a big taboo.

"Send wild soldiers and horse envoys to approach Nanpi to intimidate the enemy." Ge Congzhou recruited his staff and asked him to write an order: "If the bandit army does not abandon the city and flee, then leave him alone and retreat. .”

This is actually a routine operation to take advantage of the low morale of the enemy army to see if there is any advantage to take advantage of.

"Secondly, the Dingnan Army stepped up the search to find out the movements of the Chengde Army."

The Chengde army was attacking Beizhou before, and the cavalry of the Dingnan army quickly maneuvered around to the rear, trying to cut off its food road.They successfully found the grain transport brigade escorted by the German army, and launched a tentative charge, but suffered great losses and retreated in defeat.

However, this harassment also shocked Chengde from top to bottom.Chengde, who had far more cavalry in the five towns of Hebei than the other four towns, sent a large number of cavalry to find the Dingnan army to fight, expelled them, and tried to cut off the Xia army's food road.

The two sides are still entangled in this direction.

"Thirdly, send an order to Muzangjie to attack Dezhou at all costs. The [-] people cannot be pinned down there forever."

Although Wang Qixian's Department in Dezhou has been completely crushed into Dezhou City, the total number of soldiers and horses is no less than [-]. If they are left alone, the rear of the Central Army will be cut off.

When Ge Congzhou ordered to bypass Texas and go north, he actually took a certain risk.The army led by Lu Yanwei failed again and again, and there may be unexpected factors in this regard.

After fighting for so long now, everything is clear.For the rest, it is difficult to speculate. The deployment of both sides is basically clear, and it depends entirely on the performance before the battle.

Three orders were issued one after another, and the courier rushed to deliver the order.

He Delun was upset.The interest just raised because of the big victory was extinguished by Ge Cong's series of operations on Monday.It's all the formations that the fucking Tianshefu knows, and they don't show their superiority at all.

After issuing the order, Ge Congzhou listened to the messenger's report on the West Route Army.

In fact, the West Road is dominated by the Tiande army, guarding Xing Mingci and Wei Bo, with relatively scattered troops and heavy tasks. Ge Congzhou has always been more concerned about this place, because this place may be attacked by both sides of Hedong and Chengde.And this, in fact, is also one of the important reasons why he has not been confident and bold to go northward along the Yongji Canal.

According to the messenger's report, Li Cunxu's troops of the Jin army went down the mountain several times to attack Wu'an, and there have been several small-scale battles between the two sides.Chengde's army went south to attack Beizhou again, and fought several times.

As the general reserve of the three-way army, the Wuwei Army had sent a unit northward to Xiangzhou to suppress a Weibo rebellion and repel an attack by Li Cunxu's silver gun Xiaoyi army.However, this department has not been subordinated to the West Route Army for the time being, and still exists as the general reserve of the whole army.

After listening, Ge Congzhou was basically relieved.Judging from the current deployment and offensive strength of the enemy's troops, the west road is safe for the time being, and there will be no major incidents in the local area.And as long as the west road is stable, then the success of this battle will be more likely. After all, the east road army is strong and strong, and they have already pushed to a place not far from Cangzhou. They are the main force.

Defend from the west and attack from the east, weak first and then strong, but after defeating the relatively weak Cangjing Town, a large number of troops can be liberated, and then the whole army can be invincible by advancing westward or northward. land.

Of course, these are all his ideas.As for whether the situation on the battlefield will go according to his prediction, Ge Congzhou doesn't hold out much hope. Anyway, he has a clear goal, and it's enough to see what happens.

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Zang Dubao and his party of more than ten people arrived outside the city of Cangzhou.

"Since you are a Jinshi, why don't you want to contribute to the new dynasty? Could it be that you have no talent? That Jinshi from the former Tang Dynasty got it through a trick?" Wang Jianji, the commander of the Tianxiong Army, looked at his newly recruited staff Li Yu asked in a low voice.

Li Yu is 38 years old and is from Wudi, Cangzhou.In a place where people are fighting and fighting, people's feelings are unstable and people's feelings are uneasy. Li Yu took refuge with his family, but was caught by Wang Jianji on the road.Hearing that he was a Jinshi, he forced him to stay and let him be a civil servant for himself.

Li Yu is also very helpless, his arms can't hold his thighs, what can he say to these fierce warriors?I was afraid that if he was unhappy, his head would be chopped off, so after settling down his family, he followed Wang Jianji, acting as a staff member, and writing official documents.

"General Wang, as the saying goes, people have their own ambitions, and some things cannot be forced." Li Yu smiled wryly.

"Could it be——are you dissatisfied with usurping the throne?" Wang Jianji lowered his voice a few more times and asked with a smirk.

"This..." How could Li Yu dare to answer those words.

He was indeed dissatisfied with Shao Shude's usurping the throne, but he cherished his wealth and life, and dared not show the slightest difference on the surface.At the same time, he was also a little helpless, this General Wang was not like a rough warrior at all, his mind was frighteningly sensitive and delicate.

"Are you scared?" Wang Jianji put away his smile and asked.

"I'm afraid." Li Yu nodded with a wry smile.

"It's fine if you're afraid. Do things for me in the future." Wang Jianji said carelessly: "I recruited two clerks one after another. One fell into the water and died drunk, and the other died on the battlefield. Do it well for me. I won't treat you badly."

Li Yu was startled.Are his two predecessors really so dead?
"I heard that you were born in Li, Zhao County. There should be many young people in the family who are well-educated in poetry and books, right? I still lack a talent to settle accounts. You recommend one. If I am satisfied, it is not a bad idea to accept him as a foster son." No." Wang Jianji said again.

"This..." Li Yu wanted to smile wryly again, but was interrupted by Wang Jianji.

"This, this, that, that, that! You are still a Jinshi, so you know these words?" Wang Jianji said with some contempt, "Military Chinese officials are different from local state and county officials. If you are timid, you can't do anything, and you will die." of."

"Yes." Li Yu calmed down and replied.

Wang Jianji laughed again, and said, "That's right. You heard Zang Dutou's words just now, now tell me, how is this battle going to be played?"

After finishing speaking, Wang Jianji sat on the grass by himself, picked up the water bag and poured water on his neck.He didn't pay too much attention to Li Yu's opinion, he just asked casually.

"Return to the general." Li Yu straightened his thoughts and said, "Ge Shuai should have a lot of appetite."

Wang Jianji glanced at him in surprise, and asked, "Why?"

"Ge Shuai was also well-known in the Central Plains back then. Although I was far away in Cangzhou, I heard about it a little bit." Li Yu said: "Looking at his use of troops, he should be brave, diligent, and unexpected."

Wang Jianji nodded slightly.

"However, the deployment of troops this time is well-regulated, heavy and solid, unlike his previous style." Li Yu continued, "After listening to Zang Dutou's deployment of troops, I boldly guess that Ge Shuai is waiting for the fish to take the bait."

"Why?" Wang Jianji asked with interest.

"I'm waiting for Li Keyong." Li Yu said without hesitation: "If troops from Hedong are sent, there are two most likely routes. One is Zelu, and the other is Youzhou. If Jin soldiers come in large numbers, Ge Shuai may Let's fight against it, hoping to destroy the main force of the enemy army in one battle and establish the overall situation."

Wang Jianji really admired this person.

He got very little information, but he dared to analyze it boldly, and he was even fooled. This is his level.

"How should we fight in Cangzhou?" Wang Jianji stood up, handed the water bag to Li Yu, and asked.

Li Yu didn't dislike it either, picked it up, took a sip, and said: "Jiangling, Longjian and other townsmen and horses have arrived, the general should know better than me how to fight Cangzhou. Now there is one matter, which is related to the general's next actions. "

"Speak." Wang Jianji said.

"If Jin soldiers go south from Youzhou, the general may go north to the Lutai army." Li Yu said.

Lutai Army, also known as Qianning Army and Fengqiao Town, is located in the north of Changlu County. It is an important military base in the northern border of Cangzhou, and it is also a water transport terminal by the Yongji Canal.If Jin soldiers go south, they will not be able to bypass this place.

"This time I found a treasure." Wang Jianji said with a smile: "Do things well. If you have merit, I will definitely recommend you, and finding an official position is no problem."

Li Yu shook his head lightly and sighed.

(End of this chapter)