Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 568 Fundamental Strategy
"Let Li Hanzhi get out!" Li Keyong, who rushed back to Jinyang earlier at the end of May, shouted furiously.

Seeing the master's fury, the servants of Li's mansion ran away one after another, not daring to touch the bad luck.

The soldiers were full of murderous intent, their hands were already on the handle of the knife, and when the lord gave the order, they would start to chop Li Hanzhi into a pulp.

Only Mrs. Liu is persuading in a low voice.

"Husband, what do you think of this hairpin?" Liu put on a hairpin with a smile.

Li Ke didn't need to read it.

"Husband." Mrs. Liu went around to Li Keyong and said with a smile, "Isn't it pretty?"

Li Keyong was helpless, and said: "I am the lord of the four towns, what can I not ask for? What is there to see in a hairpin? If Madam likes it, I can get hundreds of them."

"It's different." Mrs. Liu said with a smile, "When the army entered Youzhou, they searched Li Kuangchou's mansion, and selected all the utensils. The concubine took a fancy to this, isn't it beautiful?"

Li Ke took a closer look. The hairpin in the shape of a golden chrysanthemum was worn on the head of the sweetly smiling lady, like a butterfly alighting on it, which is really interesting.

"It's okay." Li Ke pulled the corner of his mouth.

Liu's mention of raiding Li Kuangchou's mansion made him feel better.The capture of Youzhou was the highlight moment in his life so far. Every time he mentions this matter, he will sweep away his downfall, become radiant, and look forward to being a hero.

Then he thought that this hairpin flower might have been worn by Li Kuangchou's wife, Mrs. Zhang, and felt a little guilty.His wife planned for him day and night, but he—

"This hairpin is beautiful, and my wife is even more beautiful." Li Keyong finally showed a little smile on his face.

Liu blushed, took Li Keyong's hand, and said with a smile: "The concubine's jewelry was obtained by my husband's battle in Hebei."

Li Keyong laughed when he heard the words: "Hebei warriors are rebellious and domineering, how can they give in so easily."

"My husband is good at fighting, and Hedong is a place of victory. You only need to leave a few troops to guard Shangdang, and then you can devote all your strength to Hebei, fighting and fighting. With your talent, isn't it easy to capture?" Liu said with wide eyes, surprised.

Li Ke choked for a moment, and then laughed and cursed after a while: "It's cheap Li Hanzhi. I was going to kill him this time, and hooked up with Shao Shude. Do you still have me in your eyes?"

"Husband, Li Hanzhi is still useful." Liu said: "He is quite capable of running an army and fighting, but he has nowhere to go right now, so he can only stay in Zezhou. He only needs to provide a little money and food, and he can guard the east of the river. Nanmen Gate. When you come over later, just reprimand them, don’t shout and kill them. This kind of people live in fear, and they don’t believe anyone. If something goes wrong, Zezhou will be reversed.”

"Hmph! This dog is only useful for this." Li Ke said with a sneer: "Guarding the south gate, who are you guarding against?"

"It depends on what your husband's strategy is." Liu said with a smile: "Whether it is to guard the prosperous land of Hedong to live, or to be aggressive."

Li Ke fixed his eyes and remained silent.Madam's words relate to Hedong's fundamental strategy.

If the strategy is defense, then it's time to attack Shao Shude now, at least put some pressure on him, maybe try to attack Hezhong, there is the East Road.

If the strategy is to be aggressive, then you should not be distracted by other things now, and you must go all out to capture Hebei.

With Hedong and Hebei in hand, with a population of more than 1000 million, who can be the enemy in the world?

"How does Madam think about the battle in Heyang?" Li Keyong asked suddenly.

"Pang Shigu mobilized his troops and failed to attack repeatedly. Zhu Quanzhong was suspicious by nature, so he ordered the withdrawal." Liu said: "Zhu Quanzhong has such a great enemy, he can no longer threaten Hedong, and his deterrent power against Wei Bo is also greatly reduced. Husband or You can take advantage of the situation to attack the states in Hebei, drive the soldiers of Youyan to the south, and move the army of Xing Ming to the north to attack Chengde. For Wang Rong, if the husband wants to go down quickly, he can be a vassal. Wang Rong is alone and can only vote for the husband. If you want to take it all, you have to fight hard."

What Mr. Liu said touched on another matter of principle, that is, do you want to unify Hebei on the surface, or actually control the whole of Hebei.

The former is not very difficult.

Zhu Quanzhong's influence in Hebei has begun to weaken, which is a general trend.As for Wang Rong, he was flexible, and he knew from giving gifts and stuffing money to people in the past, and it wasn't that difficult to be a vassal of the Wang family if he didn't move his position as Jiedushi.

But if you want to eradicate the forces of the Wang family and attack the four prefectures of Zhenji one by one, then the war will be prolonged, and Chengde will fight desperately. It is hard to say what the outcome will be.If it is not done well, it will also attract the interference of external forces.

Li Keyong actually understood this truth.

But he was a little impatient and didn't have the patience to digest Hebei's territory slowly.In the fifth year of Dashun, the forces of all parties have accelerated their actions. For this reason, many standards have been lowered, and they no longer strictly pursue the need to actually digest and control a certain place.

Zhu Quanzhong's Huainan prefectures, such as Haozhou, Shouzhou, and Chuzhou, are not independent separatist forces, because their wealth and wealth are regularly submitted, and Pei Di, who is in charge of the prison money valley, sent his staff to the three states. The state counted the fields and household registrations. The troops of these three states were also fighting for Zhu Quanzhong. loyalty to maintain the system.

If the governor rebels, then it is really rebellious.

But in the states of Bian and Song Dynasties, the governors rebelled, but the subordinates may not necessarily rebel. This is the difference.

Zhu Quanzhong is dealing with these matters recently, but he doesn't dare to act too hastily, he can only plan it slowly and control it step by step.

Shao Shude annexed Hezhong, is it under real control?No, still struggling to digest.

His vassals have a lot of territory, so far he only dared to annex the weak persimmons, and he still has a tolerant attitude towards Dafan Town.

It is true that vassal towns can also play a big role.For example, Zhejia captured Shannan Dongdao for Shao Shude, and Wei Bo made a confession to Zhu Quanzhong and helped him solve many financial problems. If Wang Rong became a vassal to Hedong, he would be able to use it immediately, and the goods and soldiers would be able to play a role on the spot. .

But it also sows the potential for rebellion.

How to choose is actually quite difficult.You tried your best to digest the actual control, and you went around to suppress the rebellion, which made you burnt out, and the place was dilapidated, but people have already taken the tribute money from the vassal town, and brought the soldiers from the vassal town to beat you together.Sometimes it's not that people don't want to control it, but that the actual situation doesn't allow it, and no one is a fool.

The root of all these problems is the consciousness of the emperor born in the 120 years of the separatist rule of the feudal town, and the ethos and values ​​of the grass head king who has soldiers.

"Successful virtue is still far away. This time in Youzhou, I ate a raw rice sandwich, which made people really annoyed." Li Keyong sighed: "I shouldn't be like my righteous brother. If I knew it, I would just let Gao Siji be the military governor. Youzhou surrendered a long time ago. Maybe at this time, I have brought [-] troops from the Jin and Yan towns to fight Wang Rong in Zhenzhou."

It's hard for Liu to say anything.The tradition of Hedong is to give troops to territory. This time when they marched into Youzhou, due to internal pressure and the factors of learning from Zhu Quanzhong and Shao Shude's methods, they ceded some Youzhou territory to their own people, resulting in endless rebellion, which has not yet been put down.

The husband should be annoyed, and want to go back to the old way.But since the incident in Youzhou started, how can it be stopped? There will probably be more fights in the future.

"Husband, now that you have returned to Jinyang, you might as well pay attention to the battle situation in Heyang, my uncle will send envoys to Jinyang to find out your husband's attitude." Liu said.

"Oh? He will definitely come?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

"I will definitely come." Mrs. Liu said with certainty: "My uncle is also worried that my husband will interfere with his good affairs. Zelu is condescending, overlooking Heyang. After going out of the Taihangxing Road, there is no danger to defend. On the west side of Wuling Road, Li Hanzhi guarded the high mountain, and he could rush to the rich Jinjiang and Jiangxi states by descending the mountain, and his brother-in-law would not be in danger. He was probably worried. Although it is common sense that a husband should not have conflicts with him, but the husband usually -"

"Ma'am, are you saying that I'm moody? I don't follow the rules?" Li Ke pretended to be angry.

Covering her mouth and laughing, Liu said: "What I'm afraid of is that my husband's head will get hot, and he will mess up when he gets angry. Maybe he can get some benefits based on this."

Li Ke laughed loudly, but he didn't expect his temper to be useful.

Li Hanzhi listened quietly to the laughter of Li Keyong and his wife outside the door, but he was relieved.The army was defeated and fled back, losing more than 5000 people. Even counting the soldiers left behind in Zezhou, he now has only [-] soldiers, so he has to be more careful.

Alas, I was played by the Bian thief.Shao Shude is not a good bird either, he was used as a scapegoat to take advantage of the false attack to occupy Huaizhou, this matter!
……

Outside Heqing County, a large army gathered. Gao Renhou's army strength had grown to 4 to [-], but he did not launch a decisive battle because he was not sure.

There should be more than 7 people in the Bian army, almost twice the strength of our own troops.

After more than a month of offensive and defensive battles, both sides have basically figured out the strength of the other side: if the main government army fights in a field formation, it is really hard to say who will win and who will win, it all depends on the performance on the spot.

The best way to deal with it is to wait for the Bian army to retreat, which is the safest.

But Shao Shude gave the order to fight back, so he couldn't say that he didn't.

On May [-], more than [-] troops were jointly dispatched from Heqing County and Baiyacang to attack the trenches and camps of the Bian Army, killing more than [-] strong soldiers.

The Bian army arrived, and the two sides fought in arrays. The Shaozhou native regiments were defeated and the front line was shaken. At the critical moment, the [-] cavalry of the Tielin Army led [-] Tibetan cavalry and rushed to defeat the most ferocious pursuit of the Xiongwei army. Stabilized the battle line.

On May 22, Cai Songyang, envoy of the Tiande Army, led more than [-] yamen soldiers, with the cooperation of Shaozhou Tutuan villagers, stormed the northwest camp occupied by the Bian Army, and defeated them that day.

Pang Shigu dispatched troops to rescue them. The two sides fought outside the camp.

On May 23, they attacked the trenches and camps again, killing thousands of strong soldiers.

On May 24, the Bian army attacked Liaowu by land and water and was repelled.

On the 25th, heavy rain fell, and on the 26th, the rain continued. Both sides went on strike, and the front line was still deadlocked.

The fierce counterattack launched by Xia Jun surprised Pang Shigu, and the huge casualties caused by the attack on the camp also made Gao Renhou grin his teeth.

"Fortunately, we didn't start a decisive battle with the Bian thieves." In Heqing County, Gao Renhou sat opposite his staff.

Zhu Quanzhong dared to move an army of [-] to the west, and he should have full confidence in the combat effectiveness of this army.They fought Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, Shi Pu, and Luo Hongxin, and they were invincible in field battles.

"The Bian thief's Jianrui army should have been disabled. They lost nearly [-] yuan before and after, and there is basically no trace of them."

"The Hewei and Fan tribe suffered huge losses. If they are forced to attack again, they will most likely mutiny."

"The Fan people who came this time are the most obedient."

The aides chattered a lot, but all they mentioned were bloody human lives.

There are more than 1 adults in the eight thousand households of the Hewei and Fan tribes, and now there are about 4000 left, which are almost squeezed dry.The stage with the heaviest losses was the siege battle before the arrival of Pang Shigu. More than [-] people from the Bian army were captured and beheaded. The Xia army lost more than [-] people, most of whom were Tibetans.

The Wuwei Army has 6000 cavalry, and now there are about [-] people left. The main losses also occurred during the siege battle.

The German army has 5000 paces, and there are less than [-] people left.

The Feilong army consumed about a thousand people in the northwest camp.

The Shaozhou Tutuan soldiers were defeated and lost more than [-] troops.

Unknowingly, in the nearly four months of the Heqing War, the Xia Army has lost about 7000 people, including 6000 people from the Ya Army.

The Bian army brought by Pang Shigu lost about 5000 people in Heqing, including more than 4000 Bian Song Yajun and hundreds of navy troops.In addition, the Bian army also lost more than 3000 Tutuan villagers recruited in Heyang, but it is really hard to say who is responsible for this loss.

Before Pang Shigu arrived, Zhang Shensi lost more than 5000 people in Mengzhou and Heqing, including more than [-] people from the Yajun.

The main losses of both sides occurred in the critical stage, and the bloody battle was eye-catching.

Of course, on the Huaizhou battlefield, the Xia army’s battle loss ratio was much better. The Feilong army only paid hundreds of casualties before occupying Huaizhou, and captured and killed more than [-] people from the Bian army, of which one thousand were from the Bian Song Ya army. ——But the Bian army didn't seem to lose, because they also captured and beheaded more than [-] people from the Zezhou army, which is outrageous.

The heavy casualties and the humidity of the rainy season were torture for both sides.

"It's about time for the harvest." Gao Renhou knocked on the table and said, "The German army is ready to attack Zhiguan, bite the Bian army tightly, and prevent the bandit troops on the front line of Zhiguan and Jiyuan from withdrawing safely. The Bian army is still besieging Huaizhou, but judging by the situation in front of us, they probably have to clear the siege. Hurry up and come up with a detailed strategy, how to pursue and which one to focus on should be clear."

"As ordered."

"The Bian army can actually persist. There are 4 people on the front line of Zhiguan and Jiyuan, and there are [-] to [-] people besieging Huaizhou, and they are very elite. The state is burning high incense. What is the reason for the general to judge that the Bian army will retreat sooner or later?" Gao Renhou was a little helpless, from a military perspective, there was no reason.

Counting the troops that came and were coming later, the Xia army successively invested more than 15 Han soldiers and horses in the Zhiguan, Huaizhou, and Heqing battlefields. The Bian army Pang Shigu brought at least 15, and maybe eleven or two [-], plus Heyang's original soldiers and navy, the total is about [-] forced to retreat with [-], if it can be done, it will be a brilliant victory.

Let's take a look, anyway, our army is invincible.

(End of this chapter)