Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 667

Zhang Xutuo was still recovering from his injury, so after showing his face, he continued to recuperate in Zhangqiu.The [-] thief army was actually led by Luo Gui, the prime minister of Donglai County, Shan Binbin, Luo Jizu, Luo Chengzong and other unified armies.

With 3 horses, under the banner of Zhang Xutuo, they slowly advanced westward. The armies were separated by ten or twenty miles, and they marched no more than forty or fifty miles a day.While marching and training, it looks similar.

When they advanced along the Jishui River to Shouzhang in Jibei County, they were already very close to Liangshan.

At any rate, Luo Gui was also a son of Xungui. After being a general, he served as a personal guard and the emperor's gold melon warrior, so he also has some understanding of the art of war. In addition, in the past few years in Qi County, he has suppressed bandits and quelled chaos. very rich.

He sent out countless light cavalry to patrol around, and went to inquire about Zhu Can's movement in Liangshan.

As a result, the scouts reported that there was no trace of the enemy in Liangshan.

After a long period of reconnaissance, I got a message that Zhu Can had led his troops to evacuate Liangshan and went to Dongjun.

Luo Gui was more cautious, worried that Zhu Can was going to lure the enemy into an ambush, so he was not in a hurry to pursue, but sent additional cavalry scouts to open the way for reconnaissance, and then the armies continued to advance slowly.

a few days later.

The news came back that after Zhu Can plundered Dongjun again, he crossed the Yellow River north on Baima and entered Jijun, Hebei, and then he captured Liyangcang.

This is not the first time Liyang warehouse has been breached.

In the ninth year of Daye, Yang Xuangan rebelled, so he raised troops in Liyang and captured Cangcheng.Later, the imperial court sent troops to quell the chaos. At that time, Chen Leng led tens of thousands of troops to attack Liyang Cangcheng.

Then, in the tenth year of Daye, Zhang Jin said that he once again raided Liyang warehouse.

Therefore, in the warehouse city of Liyangcang, in fact, there was not much food for a long time, and there were not many soldiers in the warehouse city.

This led to Zhu Can's sudden northward attack, a successful sneak attack, and the capture of Liyang Cangcheng in one fell swoop.

"Jun Cheng, what should we do now?"

The generals of this self-protection army who got the news all came to Luo Gui to ask advice. Most of these generals are composed of the county officials, county captains, county lieutenants or local tyrants from the counties. The second time I came to defend my hometown.

But now Zhu Can has gone to Hebei.

Luo Gui suggested that it is better to take the opportunity to chase Zhu Can across the Yellow River and go to Zhuo County to hunt down and kill Zhu Can. The reason is that Zhu Can is now fleeing to Hebei, but he is actually a lone army.

But after discussing for a long time, many people objected.

They even advocated continuing to advance westward, taking advantage of Zhu Can to go north, while the rest of the main force of the rebels gathered in Xingyang to deal with Wang Shichong, which happened to be able to recover the counties on the east bank of the canal that had been attacked by the rebels.

Seeing everyone's strong will, Luo Gui did not act arbitrarily, and finally agreed.

Ever since, the army continued to advance under the banner of Zhang Xutuo.

At the end of February, the army recaptured Dongping County, wiped out several bandits who were still roaming in the county, and chopped off hundreds of heads, which was considered a first victory.

Then move on.

At the beginning of March, Dongjun and Jiyin counties were recovered one after another. At this time, Li Xiuning joined Pengcheng prefect Chen Lengjun, and also came all the way to suppress bandits and thieves, and recovered Qiao and Liang counties one after another.

For a time, the situation was very good.

Li Mi was at the gate of Hulao Pass, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help scolding Zhu Can.

"This bastard, let him defend the east, but he actually ran to Hebei."

After getting angry, Li Mi had to transfer a few more generals, and then arranged for them to be stationed in Daliang and Kaifeng in the south of Xingyang, and at the same time divide his troops to guard Huaiyang to guard the west bank of the canal. "We must guard the west bank of the canal!"

"When I kill Wang Shichong, I will deal with those guys when I turn around!"

Facing the rebel army fortified along the canal, Chen Leng and Luo Gui did not continue to march, but withdrew the soldiers and horses who had crossed the canal to the east bank of the canal. Chen Leng was stationed at Dangshan, Li Xiuning was stationed at Zhouqiao, and Shan Binbin was stationed at Yu Wagang.

The soldiers of the three routes approached the line of the canal, but did not move, but each sent a soldier to sweep up the lost counties behind them.

Zhang Xutuo, Chen Leng, and Luo Guihuan all sent letters to Luoyang City and reported to Daxing in Guanzhong.

At this time, Wang Shichong, Li Yuan, Fan Zigai and others who were stationed in Hulao by the Sishui River realized that Zhang Xutuo was not dead.

While Fan Zigai announced the good news to the emperor in Xijing, he discussed with Wang Shichong and Li Yuan how to attack the rebels on both sides.

When the letter was delivered to Daxing City, Pei Shiju and others were also very surprised.

"Zhang Xutuo is not dead. Now, under the banner of the Henan appeasement envoy, he has organized troops to recover the lost land of the counties east of the canal. How to deal with this matter?"

Pei Yun thought that Zhang Xutuo had been defeated earlier and was punished, even if he didn't die, but since Wang Shichong had been assigned as a pacifier, this matter cannot be changed.

"No, right now Li Mi's rebel army is very powerful. Wang Shichong and others have been besieging Hulao and Luokoucang, but there has been no progress. Now Zhang Xutuo can pull 10 horses. This army is very important. Why don't you appease Zhang Xutuo first? , after Li Mi is wiped out, it will not be too late to deal with it."

"How to appease?" Pei Shiju asked.

Su Wei opened his eyes, "Previously, His Majesty set up the governor of Donglai in the three counties of Beihai, Gaomi, and Donglai, but now the governor of Donglai has come to protect his son and accompany He Yuqian. I think it's better to put the east of the canal, the south of the Yellow River, The land to the north of the Huaihe River was all separated from the Henan Road, and the Huanghuai Road was established. Lai Huer was the Jiedu envoy of Huaibei Road, and then Zhang Xutuo was appointed as the deputy envoy, and Zhang Xutuo was appointed to act as the Jiedu envoy. Kill Li Mi."

Pei Shiju thinks about it, this is also a solution, after all, there are now two appeasement envoys appearing together, and each unites an army.However, Zhang Xutuo's current momentum is stronger than Wang Shichong's, so it is feasible.

"It's just that the name Huanghuai Road is not suitable. After all, Huanghuai refers to the south of the Yellow River and the north of the Huaihe River, and also includes Xingyang, Yingchuan, Runan and other counties west of the canal. I think it is better to call it Shandong Road."

"It doesn't matter what the name is. It doesn't matter if it's called Huanghuai or Shandong. The key is to let Zhang Xutuo and Wang Shichong destroy Li Mi as soon as possible." Su Wei said.

Therefore, the four prime ministers became the masters for the emperor, and they did not report this matter to the emperor. Tuo was the deputy envoy and prefect of Qi County, Luo Gui, prime minister of Donglai County, was the chief historian and prefect of Donglai County, and Chen Leng was Sima and prefect of Peng County. The appeasement envoy Li Yuan went together to suppress the traitor Li Mi.

"I don't know when the chaos in the Central Plains will stop. Now that the spring water is warm, I think you can invite your majesty to go out of Xijing and visit the south of the Yangtze River through Jianghan." Pei Yun said.

Yu Shiji also nodded, the Central Plains has become a pot of porridge, and it has long been unstable.As long as Li Mi is not destroyed, Dongdu will not be safe for a day, and even food cannot be guaranteed, so we still have to go to Jiangdu.

Staying in Xijing, there is also no grain to enter the customs, and it is still unstable.

The four prime ministers were also a little helpless, but they couldn't think of any better way, so they could only leave the mess behind and leave it to the generals to deal with. They should accompany the emperor to Jiangnan to be quiet and quiet.

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