Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 330
"Li Keyong himself sent [-] Fan and Han soldiers to Zelu, and sent Li Hanzhi and Li Cunxiao to lead more than [-] Fan and Han soldiers to attack Hebei."

"Yang Xingmi besieged Xuanzhou. The food in the city was exhausted, and people ate each other. The Yamen general Zhou Jinsi drove the governor Zhao Yu to stand on his own. Not long after, he was arrested and sent to the Xingmi camp. Xuanzhou was destroyed, and all the generals fought for gold and silk. Only Xu Wen If you have a long-term strategy, send troops to occupy the granary and give porridge to the hungry people."

"Zhu Zhen led the army to attack the Wuning army and took out Xiao County. Shi Pu led the army to come, and the two armies were at a stalemate."

In the city of the Anren Army, Shao Shude had breakfast while asking Lu Siye to read the military newspaper aloud.

Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong really don't waste any time.In the past two years, there was no moon without fighting, but this year I endured a spring sowing farming season.As soon as the spring sowing was over, the army set off again, one to attack Xingzhou and the other to attack Xuzhou.

Shao Shude thought of himself again.

The biggest warlords in the world are all expanding their territory in full swing.After this round of offensive is over, I don't know what will happen again.

Li Keyong had the rare patience to focus on the three prefectures of Zhaoyi, Hebei Province with a large population.This is a smart choice. Once the buffer zone of the Datong Army disappears, the Shuofang Army and the Hedong Army will face each other directly. This is a huge test.

Shao Shude didn't make up his mind, and Li Keyong probably wasn't ready either.No way, I have to meet with the righteous brothers again.

It is understandable that Zhu Quanzhong attacked Wuning Army.But what is puzzling is what are brothers Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan doing?Yes, if you don't move your troops, Zhu Quanzhong still has to keep his troops on defense, and he can't attack Shi Pu with all his strength.But please be more active, there is no need to actually fight, just mobilize troops, maybe Zhu Quanzhong will have to withdraw troops from the front line to defend.

It can only be said that the two brothers are scared, and their minds are not very clear.What can I do!
Yang Xingmi's current territory is very small, not worth mentioning.Fortunately, Sun Ru felt that he had earned enough, so he stayed in Guangling for the time being and did not move much.Otherwise, warlords like Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu would not be enough for him to fight together.

Xu Wen really stands out among the vulgar warriors under Yang's command, his vision and knowledge are much better than others.

"Vice Envoy Chen, the number of tribes that voted in these two days has decreased, why?" After eating a bowl of physalis, Shao Shude pushed the bowl away and ordered his soldiers to bring the map.

"Marshal, I am surprised that so many tribes can come. Most of the rest will not come." Chen Cheng said: "The soldiers from the Yepang tribe that were captured a few days ago all said that each tribe gathered tens of thousands of troops. , want to fight with me, now the old and weak, cattle and sheep, should have gathered to the south and west of Qingtang City. General Guan's troops captured a lot, and the two foreign generals Zhang and Long also captured [-] Dingkou Yu, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep."

"Where is the main force of Tubo in the Qingtang Dynasty? Tianzhu Army, Feng'an Army, Iron Cavalry Army, Leopard Cavalry Capital, and more than [-] soldiers and horses from the various tribes. After I conquered the Anren army city, the captive army disappeared. Deputy Chen, do you know where the main force is?"

Chen Cheng got up, walked to the picture and looked carefully, and said: "Either you are in Qingtang City and guard the city; or you have moved to the south or west, stop fighting, and wait for me to retreat; or lie in ambush and go to Qingtang City. On the way, we are preparing to attack our army; the last possibility is that the three rounds of detours are stirring up the situation in the rear, and the Tubo tribes have dispersed to protect themselves."

Shao Shude nodded.

A qualified counselor basically listed the biggest possibilities.

Tubo buried [-] cavalry in the south of Xingsuchuan, and lost more than [-] cavalry in Anrenjun City.These two defeated soldiers are both blocking and luring the enemy.

If you do a blocking solution, then Tubo is going to flee, or wants to fight, but the tribal army has not gathered.

If the solution is to lure the enemy, Tubo has already assembled its troops and is ready for a big battle.

On the whole, the possibility of stagnation is unlikely, because the Tibetans did not stick to the Anren Army City, which is puzzling.

"Send an order to Zhang Huaishen and Wang Chong, the two armies will advance east and west, and attack Qingtang City." Shao Shude thought for a while, and with a plan, he directly ordered: "Order Yanmo Luyan to lead three thousand Qingqi, and go south to occupy Changning Bridge. Cui Su, led the last step and rode three thousand horses, occupying Yak Niu Gorge."

Changning Bridge, seventy miles south of Anrenjun City, at the south entrance of Changning Canyon, forty or fifty miles away from Qingtang City, is the main road out of the valley.

Yak Gorge is the most dangerous place in Changning Canyon, ten miles north of Changning Bridge.

"The commander-in-chief is still so cautious." Chen Cheng was convinced.

These two places are indeed the most important places on the way to the south.One is the exit. When Emperor Sui Yang passed through here, the bridge was damaged. Lu Yan led [-] cavalry to occupy this place to prevent others from doing bad things.The other is a dangerous place to prevent ambushes and cut the army into two sections.

Chen Cheng remembered that when he crossed the Xingling Mountains a while ago, the general was afraid of an ambush by the captives, so he specially ordered the Feng'an army to cut trees and camp in the dangerous places.

The commander in chief is still so steady when he uses his troops.

"Wait for the results from Qingtang City. I want to see what the Tubo people are playing?" Shao Shude said.

Qingtang City is like a cesspit, and the bandit army is like flies.Shao Shude now wants to blow up this cesspit. If there are many flies flying out of it, then this is where the bandit army gathers, and the main force can go south boldly.

If few flies fly out, then it is necessary to analyze carefully what the Tibetans are playing.The three rounds of men and horses who went round and round did not encounter a large group of Tubo troops.Think about it carefully, isn't it scary?
Be invincible first, and wait for the enemy to be victorious.

What is my invincibility?Soldiers are many and fine, and they act prudently, without many flaws.

What is the enemy's victory?The tribe was copied, Qingtang City was in danger, and the morale of the army was low.

If you do this, if you still lose the battle, it is bad luck, and it is not a crime of war.

That's why Chen Cheng admired it very much. The word "seriousness" is deeply rooted in the marshal of the general.

Zhuge's art of war is really extraordinary.

It was already June [-] when Zhang Huaishen received the order, and the [-] infantry led by Suo Xun had already arrived here.

Zhang Huaishen immediately sent [-] infantry to escort a large number of Tubo Dingkou, cattle and sheep back to the north, while he rode eastward with [-] infantry.Accompanying them were five thousand cavalry from the Yumen army, driving a large herd of cattle and sheep all the way eastward.

"Commander, the king of Lingwu County ordered our army to attack Qingtang. This is death!" Seeing that there was no one around, Suo Xun asked softly, "Where is Qingtang City? Can you attack?"

Zhang Huai looked deeply at the green hills, streams, and pastures on both sides, and remained silent for a while.

"Master!" Suo Xun emphasized his tone.

Ever since he found out that Zhang and Shao were married, he secretly sent someone back to Dunhuang to cut off the family's contact with Zhang Huaiding.He won't do things like eggs hitting rocks.Therefore, he was really thinking deeply about Zhang Huai at this time.

"Do you know why the King of Lingwu ordered the Yumen Army to dispatch with us?" Zhang Huaishen asked suddenly.

Soxun was silent.The reason for this is actually not complicated. There are reasons for strengthening the strength of this road, and there is also a plan to monitor each other.

"The Shuofang army has been formed now. How can we do it yet?" Zhang Huai sighed deeply, and said, "Don't talk too much! In the battle against Qingtang City, the battalions are not allowed to steal, rape and play tricks. The army seized I bought some goods and distributed them before the battle, so that the sons and daughters can work harder."

Soxun sighed.The king of Lingwu County obviously asked them to consume the strength of Qingtang City's defenders, and then waited for the main force to arrive, attacking the exhausted defenders with fresh troops, and reaped the great merit.

But what can I do?Qingtang is the lair of the captive army, and with their small number of people, they will definitely not be able to defeat them.Now I can only hope that there will be fewer losses during the siege.

On the 22nd, Guiyi Army and Yumen Army occupied Baishui Army City.

On the 25th, he arrived at Linfan Military City.Here, they finally encountered resistance, but it was not very strong, and they pulled out the city in half a day.

Here, only fifty miles away from Qingtang City, what are the Tibetans doing?It was so empty along the way.

Zhang Huaishen, Suo Xun, and Long Jiu were a little dumbfounded.It's all here, where is the main force of Tubo?Could it be that they are waiting for them in the valley between Linfan Army and Heyuan Army?

And [-] miles east of Qingtang City, Silver Spears and Five Thousand Riders are galloping fast.

After attacking the Miaochuan tribe, they moved to other places and continued to burn, kill and loot.

The disadvantages of the Tibetan system were revealed.The connection between the various ministries was not close enough, they swept the snow in front of their own doors, and even allowed their five thousand horses to gallop freely, messing up the situation in the lower reaches of the Huangshui River.

At this time, the silver guns received the order from the messenger, and the whole army marched westward to raid Qingtang City.

Without another word, Wang Chong immediately marched westward with his army.

He didn't have as many thoughts as Zhang Huaishen and Suo Xun.

Since the commander-in-chief issued this order, there must be a reason.Military orders are like a mountain, no matter what they have to be executed.

Qingtang City will definitely not be defeated.Perhaps the general's intention was to let them cut off the internal and external traffic and ambush the Tubo army who came to rescue, that's all.

But then again, the Tibetan people's rear is really empty!A tribe of 5000 people should have more than a thousand strong people, but at this time, it would be good to have four or five hundred people, and the rest don't know where to go.According to the torture of the prisoners, they only knew that they followed the leader.As for where the leader went, it is not clear.

What's wrong with this?
The sun is gradually setting, but the silver guns are still marching.

The outline of Qingtang City has gradually appeared on the distant horizon.

(End of this chapter)