Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 340 The plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves
On the fourth day of July in 937, Zhang Zhaoda broke the Jingyuan Jiedu to envoy the Zhangyi Army and the Binning Jiedu sent the Jingnan Army to rebel against the south of the Weishui River.

There were 10,000 taels in the rebel army, more than [-] were beheaded, most of the rest were captured, and more than a hundred generals below the leader of the rebel army, He Chuan, were captured alive.

Zhang Zhao seized more than [-] mules and horses, [-] sets of iron armor, [-] sets of leather and paper armor, worthless swords, guns and sticks, more than [-] well-made arrows, and [-] stones of grain. Seventeen thousand guan of gold and silver were carried.

For the Guiyi Army, who had always been poor in armor, weapons, arrows, etc., this was a bumper harvest, but the tens of thousands of money and mules and horses were not important.

But in the coach's tent, I, Zhang Sikong, lost my temper for the first time, and even overturned the case of wrestling in front of me.

There is only one reason why Zhang Zhao was so furious, and that was that he was picked a peach.

At the same time he defeated the rebellion, the inspector Taibao, Tongping Zhangshi, Jinchang Army Jiedushi, Xingjingzhao Yin An Shenqi finally led hundreds of Yabing soldiers, bypassing Luoyang blocked by Zhang Congbin, and entered from the north bank of the Yellow River. Shanzhou, arrived at Chang'an City.

Arriving with him, there were also [-] soldiers and horses from Zhao Kuangzan, the military governor of Huazhou Township.

At the same time, Kang Fu, the Jiedu envoy of the Xiongwu Army of Qinzhou, led 8000 people of the Xiongwu Army to Yulu County.

Fengxiang Jiedu envoy, Qi Wang Li Congxuan (yan) led Fengxiang army [-] to garrison Wugong County.

Damn it, when Zhang Zhao led the rebel army to fight bloodily, no one could be seen, and when the battle was over, one or two appeared like gophers.

What angered Zhang Zhao the most was that Li Congxuan's Fengxiang Army sent elite soldiers to capture Xingping County when Zhang Zhao was fighting the rebels.

You must know that Xingping County is one of the two important strongholds for the rebels to collect and store wealth. The grain alone has tens of thousands of stones. This time, Li Congzhen's mouth was full of oil.

At the same time, the National Army of Huazhou Town also beat Zhang Zhao, defeated hundreds of rebels at the Xiwei Bridge, and ate part of the goods that the rebels could not take away. The Jinchang Army in Xianyang City also refused to let return The rebels entered the city.

Moreover, his current situation is a little bit bad.

Fengxiang Army has 20,000 people stationed in Wugong and Xingping counties, which are to the northwest of him.

Qinzhou Xiongwu Army 8000 people are stationed in Yulu County, southwest of Zhangzhao.

There were [-] national troops in Huazhou Town, stationed in the east of Zhang Zhao, occupying the Xiwei Bridge, and preventing the Guiyi Army from entering Chang'an.

The Jinchang Army, which was originally responsible for guarding Chang'an, also occupied Xianyang City to the northeast of Zhang Zhao after An Shenqi arrived, and made it clear that his horses and chariots would not let him pass.

The southeast, west, west and northeast sides were all blocked. These people added up to at least 50,000 people, among whom there might not be less than [-] dental soldiers. It would be difficult for Zhang Zhao to deal with a fight.

And what's worse, he doesn't have a reliable base now, the surrounding counties are occupied, and his Guiyi army is still in the wilderness.

To ensure safety, the best way now is to go directly north and return to Qianzhou, but as soon as he leaves from the Wei River, the Guiyi Army loses its bargaining power.

Now that Zhang Zhao has wiped out the rebellious soldiers by himself, not to mention that he can enter Chang'an to plunder according to the current practice, I am afraid that how many rewards he can get depends on people's eyes.

This must be An Shenqi's method!

Zhang Zhao thought in his heart that this man was born in the three tribes of Daibei. He had been serving Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty since he was a child.

Eight years later, An Shenqi broke in alone in Yulindian and rescued the besieged Huangfu Yu. .

What's more special is that this person is a unique Qingliu among the warlords of the Five Dynasties. He is good at appeasing the local people. He is strict but not cruel, powerful but not violent.

Damn it!Zhang Zhao rubbed his chin, this is somewhat similar to Lao Tzu's character setup!
It must be An Shenqi's fault, only this kind of veteran general who was born in the three tribes of Daibei, and his father and grandparents were all officials of Fangzhen in the imperial court, could make old tricksters like Li Congzhen and Kang Fu obey.

So how to break the situation?
Zhang Zhao sat in the messy handsome tent and began to think. Guo Tiance hurriedly took a few guards to clean up the surrounding area, and then retreated out so as not to disturb Zhang Zhao's thinking.

According to the current situation, An Shenqi has just arrived in Chang'an, and everything has not been completely sorted out.

Li Congzhen, Kang Fu and others listened to his orders, but it was just to save face and grab some benefits.

They definitely haven't reached a cooperation agreement yet, and they just want to push themselves away, and they haven't reached the critical moment.

However, if it continues like this, it will be difficult to say. After all, the Guiyi Army defeated the rebels, obtained a large amount of armor, weapons, mules and horses, and captured thousands of prisoners.

In the eyes of the warriors of this era, these are all treasures to settle down.

Once they become coveted and reach an agreement on sharing the spoils, they might come up and bite.

Therefore, a decision must be made now, whether to go or stay, whether to fight or make peace, all must be decided quickly.

Zhang Zhao began to analyze one by one, first of all was the Jinchang army in Chang'an, they were beaten up by the rebels, and they were already terrified, Zhang Zhaoneng wiped out the rebels in the field, even though they didn't have the courage to come up to ask for a fight.

Moreover, An Shenqi had just entered Chang'an, so it was impossible to grasp the Jinchang army so quickly, so these thousands of people could not be considered for the time being.

For the Huazhou Township National Army, the Jiedu envoy Zhao Kuangzan was actually a child. He was born in 923 and is only 14 years old now.

His mother was Li Shi, the fourteenth daughter of Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, Princess Xingping, and his grandfather was Zhao Dejun, the treacherous Lulong Jiedu envoy.

It was the unlucky guy who wanted to compete with Shi Jingtang to be a traitor, but the lower limit was a little higher, which led to failure.

Zhao Kuangzan's father, Zhao Yanshou, has now taken refuge in the Khitan people, and has won the favor of Yelu Deguang.

Although Zhao Kuangzan was intelligent since he was a child, when he was ten years old, Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty, bestowed upon him the Tongzi Division. Historically, he had some means.

But at present, he is too young. Even if he is serving as the National Army Jiedu Envoy in Huazhou Town, he still relies on the support of Lu Longya soldiers left by his father and grandfather.

Zhang Zhao guessed that his military power must have been taken away by An Shenqi now, and it must be An Shenqi's arrangement to control the Xiwei Bridge.

However, Zhao Kuangzan's status is very embarrassing now. His father and ancestors have grievances with Shi Jingtang, and the main force of the Zhen Guojun is those generals of Lu Longya soldiers. This is the foundation of Zhao Kuangzan's life.

So Zhao Kuangzan can be used by An Shenqi, but he will definitely not obey orders without a bottom line.

As for Kang Fu, the envoy of the Xiongwu Army of Qinzhou, how should I put it, he was also from the third department of Daibei.

However, he is not from Shatuo, but from Sogdian in Kangguo. The joke about his background among the Hu people was contributed by Kang Fu.

Kang Fu was born in the fourth year of Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty (884). He is now 53 years old. Although he is a brave general who is skilled in bow and horse when he is young, he has not had a good life for a few years so far.

Thinking about it, his biggest wish should be to go back to the Central Plains to retire, and his mighty army only has 8000 people, so he probably won't fight Zhang Zhao.

Then, the only people An Shenqi could use were Fengxiang Jiedushi and Qi Wang Li Congxi.

This man, that is my acquaintance of Zhang Sikong, this guy is the son of Li Maozhen, the king of Qi Zhongjing with a very funny posthumous title, people at the time said that he was gentle, unscrupulous, and good at being a sycophant.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago, Li Maozhen entered the court and surrendered, and Li Congyu was appointed as the envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu to stay. Later, Zhuang Zong took advantage of his opportunity to meet with Luoyang and detained him.

But after the change of Xingjiaomen, Li Congzhen was able to return to Fengxiang smoothly by bribing the empress of Mingzong Li Siyuan.

But Li Siyuan regretted it very quickly, so he appointed his adopted son, Li Congke, the last emperor of the later Tang Dynasty, as Fengxiang Jiedushi, and asked him to watch Li Congxi.

Later, Li Congke was forced to cry on the top of Fengxiang City, and persuaded the soldiers who came to crusade to defect. Li Congke took the opportunity to help Li Congke with money and goods, and Li Congke appointed Li Congke as Fengxiang Jiedu.

Li Maozhen's descendants have been able to continue to occupy Fengxiang since then.

After Shi Jingtang was established in the later Jin Dynasty, Li Congzhen had been operating in Fengxiang for several years, and his position was already stable, so Shi Jingtang had no good solution.

Li Maozhen and his son have been running Fengxiang for decades, and they are all members of their staff, as if they were monolithic.

So the son emperor named Li Congxuan as the king of Qi, and returned this special significance to Li Congzheng, and practiced restraint and win over.

After sorting out these relationships, Zhang Zhao's vision suddenly became clear.

Good guy!Hello Shi Jingtang, An Shenqi!

I can't tell, you Hu'ers actually have a bit of Xun Yu's talent!
What An Shenqi did was to drive away tigers and devour wolves. He regarded Li Congzhen, who was on the separatist side, as a sitting tiger like Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, and regarded Zhang Zhao as a mighty but unfounded Lu Bu.

Drive Li Congzhen to attack Zhang Zhao, let them kill each other, so as to achieve the purpose of driving both of them out of Guanzhong, at least from the vicinity of Chang'an.

So how should you deal with it yourself?Will Li Congyu be driven by An Shenqi?Zhang Zhao thought for a while, and it was very possible.

Because Li Congxuan had just taken back King Qi's title from Shi Jingtang recently, it was comparable to Liu Xuande's getting Xuzhou Mu from Cao Cao.

Compared with the Central Plains court, Zhang Zhao is undoubtedly a small one. Although the Hexi Guiyi Army is good at fighting, they have traveled thousands of miles and have no foundation in Guanzhong.

Li Congxuan's Fengxiang Army is twice as large as Zhang Zhao's Guiyi Army, and they consciously have the support of the imperial court. There are also armored weapons, mules and horses in the Guiyi Army. If Zhang Zhao is Li Congzhen, he must try Give it a try.

Then can I break my wrist with Li Congzhen?Zhang Zhao nodded, it should be possible!
Although Li Congzhen took back the title of King Qi, he could not compare with Li Maozhen's time at all.

Now Li Congxi only has two territories, Fengxiang Mansion and Fengzhou, with a household registration of only 400,000 people, so it is impossible to raise too many soldiers.

His [-] soldiers seem to be strong and strong, but the real tooth soldiers should be only a few thousand.

Then I can take him into action, and as long as Zhang Zhao doesn't show the strength to annex Fengxiang, An Shenqi will just sit back and watch.

To drive tigers and devour wolves, no matter if the tiger is shoveled or the wolf is beaten to death, the trick is considered successful, and it doesn't matter who is unlucky.

But Zhang Zhao must move quickly!If An Shenqi had firmly controlled the Jinchang army, there might be other accidents. Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao roared and rushed out of the tent.

"Li Congxuan! You are deceiving people too much! Come and send a message to An Taibao that someone wants to raise an army and swear to kill Li Congxuan, this thief and slave!"

(End of this chapter)