Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 410
The Jin division's large-scale southward movement greatly exceeded Zhu Quanzhong's expectations.

At that time, he had just surrendered Suzhou, and the connection between Xuzhou and Hao and Sizhou was cut off. There was no need to take the initiative to attack these two prefectures. It took a little effort, and most of them would surrender by themselves.

Can Hao and Si prefectures vote for Yang Xingmi?How many soldiers does he have?
Shouzhou, which was guarded by Cai Bing, also surrendered. Liu Hong'e was hesitant and helpless, and Zhu Quanzhong intentionally wooed him, so he surrendered simply.

Guo Zhu, the governor of Caozhou, attacked and killed Guo Ci, the assassin, and also surrendered from the city.

The Tianping army is almost finished. It has been beaten for so many years, dozens of battles, big and small, and its blood has been drained.

As soon as Caozhou fell, Zhu Xuan could only rely on sending troops from his brother Zhu Jin to help him find a place. As a result, Zhu Jin returned in a disastrous defeat, "running away alone", and lost more than ten thousand troops.

Zhu Quanzhong is not surprised by these victories, because he has reached the time to reap the fruits.

Whenever attacking a place, it is always the hardest at the beginning.Because the enemy has elite soldiers, good generals, sufficient supplies, and united as one, it takes several years to fight to drain their blood before they can be dealt with later.

The three towns of Tianping, Taining, and Wuning are at the end of their battles.

The [-] soldiers that Zhu Jin brought over this time were not as good as the [-] soldiers a few years ago, so they were quickly defeated.

In the future, the brothers of the Zhu family would jump over the wall in a hurry, and would often recruit soldiers with all their strength. The number of troops seemed to be large, and 5 troops could be pulled out.But these 2 people are not as good as the [-] people a few years ago, and they will be defeated in one blow.

Elite soldiers die when they die, how can it be so easy to replenish in a short time.

But Li Ke went south in a big way!
Just when everyone in Bianzhou thought he was going to attack Chengde, he didn't know what to think, and sent his troops south to attack Heyang.

Zhu Quanzhong was stunned, so he had to suspend the offensive against Tianping and Taining towns, withdraw troops and turn around to deal with the army of Hedong.

At the same time, the news that the Shuofang army stationed in Tongguan on a large scale and seemed to be going eastward made Bianzhou even more silent.

……

"Hedong is moving too fast!" Originally, he was walking slowly on the border of Yinzhou with his troops. After hearing the news that the Hedong Army had already attacked, Shao Shude was very annoyed. Guan, took the iron cavalry and the Feixiong army to the south, and arrived at Xingde Palace in Tongzhou on the day of the Double Ninth Festival.

At this time, in the two states of Tonghua, [-] cavalry from the two armies of Yicong and Shunyi had been assembled in advance, and the [-] cavalry from Fengxiang Zhejia had passed Weinan, which was very close to Huazhou.

In Hengshan, more than [-] party soldiers and horses have just assembled, and they have only set out for two or three days.

The bodyguard's [-]-step cavalry is still in the Luoshui River Valley.

In Yinzhou and Suizhou, the armies of Tielin, Tianxiong, and Tianzhu are still on their way.

After Wuwei Army received the news, they left the guarded Xiazhou, which was still in Yanzhou.

The troops haven't been assembled yet, why should Li Ke use you to panic!The agreed time has not yet come, so do whatever you want, if I don't send troops at all this time, just sit on the sidelines and see if Zhu Quanzhong doesn't hang you up and beat you!

"Marshal, in fact, Li Keyong may not think that he can't beat Zhu Quanzhong." Chen Cheng reminded, watching his words and demeanor.

Shao Shude paused.

The direct war between Hedong and Bianzhou broke out twice.

The first time was when Li Keyong attacked Meng Fangli in Xingzhou, because of the outbreak of conflicts between Zhang Quanyi and Li Hanzhi, the two major forces of Hedong and Xuanwu were involved.

Zhang Quanyi attached to Quanzhong, but Quanzhong didn't want to save him at all. Instead, he sent his troops to attack Zelu, intending to cut off the retreat of Li Ke's main force, but he returned in vain and was forced to retreat.

The second time was last year, because of the military chaos in Luzhou, Xiancheng was surrendered.Zhu Quanzhong joined hands with Li Kuangwei of Youzhou, Helianduo of Datong, and Wang Rong of Chengde to besiege Li Keyong.Wang Rong changed his mind temporarily and did not send troops. Li and Helian were not prepared. Li Ke used his main force to go north, and 3 troops were defeated.

Zhu Quanzhong's frontline general Deng Jiyun was captured alive and forced to withdraw.

Zhu Quanzhong didn't take advantage of these two direct confrontations!Li Keyong was not beaten, is he really afraid of Zhu Quanzhong?
"How could Ke Yong gather his troops so quickly?"

"Commander, Ke Yong should be planning to attack Zhenzhou. He has already made preparations and is just waiting to go out. Now, he just changed the direction and went south from Zelu instead of going east, so it was extremely fast."

"Brother Yi is really a god!" Shao Shude suddenly laughed.

He had to admit that he had fallen into a misunderstanding.

I always felt that Li Keyong was beaten so badly by Zhu Quanzhong, so he should not dare to take the initiative to provoke trouble.But if you think about it carefully, they just broke through the siege of the coalition forces of the three towns, and Li Cunxiao, the adopted son, even captured Deng Jiyun, the leader of the Bian army.From Li Keyong's standpoint, should he be afraid of Zhu Quanzhong?
Maybe he thinks that Zhu Quanzhong is strong and may not be able to win, but it is impossible to talk about how scared he is.

Furthermore, the siege by soldiers and horses from all walks of life looks good, but so far I have never seen a plan that can be perfectly executed.

During the encirclement and suppression of Li Guochang and his son during the Qianfu period, the pace of the various armies was never unified.

During the Zhonghe period to encircle and suppress Huangchao, you marched, I didn't march, you retreated, and I didn't have time to run, so it was difficult to coordinate.

Last year, the three towns besieged Li Keyong, which left a big time gap, allowing Li Keyong to move around and repel the army of the three towns.

In history, the imperial court organized various towns to besiege Hedong, and Zhang Jun's entire army was wiped out, while the rest of the troops were still marching.

The so-called time agreed in advance is bullshit, forget it.

"Let's take stock of the troops at hand." Shao Shude didn't think too much, sat down directly, and asked people to spread out the map.

The immediately available force was [-] cavalry, most of which were cavalry.

The 4-step cavalry brought by Zhe Silun is about to arrive, and it can also be counted. This is more than [-] people.

The strength of Wang Bian in Huazhou has been restored to [-], but there are many recruits among them, who have only been trained for a year and cannot take on major responsibilities.

In the next month, more than [-] people from the Fourth Army of Tielin, Wuwei, Tianzhu, Tianxiong and the guards will arrive one after another.

More than [-] soldiers from the Hengshan Party Xiangfan will also arrive.

There are more than 8 people available. Except for a part of the defense of the same state to guard against Wang Chongying's sudden attack, about 7 people can go east.

No, Huazhou and Tongguan also have to keep some people.

What if Wang Bian cut off the army's way back?Just like when Zhu Quanzhong wanted to capture Zelu and cut off Li Ke's main force in Xingzhou, he had to keep a hand, so there are still 6 people who can go east.

enough!

There are too many troops, and they cannot be supplied under the current conditions.

The consumption of these 6 people is much higher than the general 6 people, and Weibei and Huazhou alone cannot support it for a long time.Jingzhao Mansion can send people to collect food.

"Marshal, there is only one strategy to take today." Chen Cheng looked at the map and said.

He had already racked his brains on the road and analyzed the current situation.

"speak."

"Assemble the troops, garrison in Shanguo, and stand still."

"Continue talking." Shao Shude said calmly.

"In the war between Jin and Bian, what good will it do me if I can use it to win? Weibei has not long been established, and people's hearts have not recovered. Huazhou is an out-of-town town. There are Wang Chongying and his son in Shanguo and Hezhong. If they are all loyal, Henan If there is no owner, the land is all you can get.”

Shao Shude's heart moved when he heard this.His eyes fell on the narrow and fragile post road between Huazhou and Henan Prefecture passing through Shanguo.

"Hold on." Shao Shude reached out his hand to stop Chen Cheng's words, and said, "Let's go to Tongguan first."

"Of order." Chen Cheng took a careful look at Shao Shude, but didn't see any expression on his face.

The commander in chief is deeper than ten years ago.

At that time, what could be guessed from the expressions on the face and subtle movements, it was getting more and more difficult now.

On September [-]th, the second year of Dashun, Shao Shude arrived at Tongguan with cavalry.

Huazhou and Tongguan regiments practiced guarding and arresting, so Wang Bian opened the door and went out of the city to meet him.

The situation was tense. He had already left Huazhou and sat in Tongguan in person to inquire about news from the Guandong day and night.

Shao Shude was not in a hurry to enter the city, but first took a rough look at the terrain near Tongguan.

The first time this pass was recorded in history books, it should be Cao Cao's conquest of Han Sui.

From the late Han Dynasty to the Guo Dynasty, the location of Tongguan has been changed many times.The location of Tongguan in the Guo Dynasty was easier during the reign of Empress Wu. It was three or four miles away from the Yellow River in the north, Yuanwanggou in the east, and Jingou at the source of the Tonghe River in the west.

In fact, there are quite a lot of roads here, and Tongguan just blocks the best one.

For other trails, the imperial court planted many trees, densely packed, no one was allowed to cut them down, and the trails were also dug up.

But there are many businessmen who can't stand the tax evasion. They secretly cut down the trees blocking the road, filled the trenches on the road, and tried their best to evade taxes.Over time, many roads have been explored, and they are still in use today.

These roads are actually very easy to defend, just set up a stronghold, and with the addition of geographical advantages, it is difficult for the enemy to break through.

But the problem is that in history, when anyone attacked here, the morale of the defending side was low, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, so they often failed to defend.

You can't do it if you have to close it, and you can't do it with people!

"Wang Shijun, tomorrow I will inspect Huazhou soldiers in Nanyuan." After viewing the terrain, Shao Shude entered Guancheng under the guard of Iron Cavalry Army and Flying Bear Army, and lived in Tongguan Station. Before leaving, he said suddenly .

"Since the king of Lingwu County has ordered, he will obey." Wang Bian bowed in response.

"What else is there?" Seeing that Wang Bian hesitated to speak, Shao Shude wondered.

"The commander-in-chief wants to enter Henan Province eastward? In the past few days, news has spread that Zhang Quanyi has summoned more than [-] county generals, government generals, foreign town generals, state soldiers, county town soldiers, and local regiment soldiers to practice and repair the city. Village. This person has never summoned so many people during busy farming seasons, nor is he willing to spend so much money on the chief soldiers."

"When the army is assembled, how could it be possible to be silent? Huazhou is such a place with leaks everywhere." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Wang Chongying and you both know when I move in Weibei. When you move in Huazhou, Wang Gong knows." Yes, does Zhang Quanyi know it's strange?"

Wang Bian remained silent.

There are some things that he really shouldn't ask.Those who are not direct descendants of the Shuofang army, even those from outside the army are very reluctant.

Just really curious!
"Commander, there is news from Chang'an." After Wang Bian left, Zheng Yong, the tenth personal soldier, suddenly came to report.

Shao Shude took the letter, but didn't read it, he knew what was inside.

Zhao Guangfeng is urging!

　After working overtime, I coded, and finally finished coding, and I was about to be paralyzed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)