Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 668
The angel came to Henan from Xijing to read the imperial order.

Hulao shut down.

Henan pacifier Wang Shichong greeted the angel, and after he finished listening, he was shocked.I have been a majestic Henan appeasement envoy for a few days, but now half of Henan is cut off and given to Zhang Xutuo?
Is he still a Jiedushi?

Why?
"Wang Anfu, the Marshal of the Shandong Dao Mighty Army is the Marshal who came to protect the children from Duke Rong, and Zhang Xutuo is only the Deputy Marshal." The angel corrected.

But Wang Shichong is not stupid, Lai Huer has been with Yujia all the time, so although Zhang Xutuo is only appointed deputy envoy, but the order also said that the deputy envoy will act as Jiedu envoy, Zhang Xutuo is still a new one The top leader of the Shandong mighty army.

He was just a pacifier, but Zhang Xutuo, a defeated general, became a Jiedu envoy instead. His soldiers and horses had not yet been given bugles, but Zhang Xutuo had a mighty bugle.

"Although Deputy Commander Zhang was defeated on behalf of Haisi, he also actively recruited and organized soldiers and horses to counterattack the bandits. He lost territory in several counties. His meritorious service is not small."

These words could not convince Wang Shichong, he felt very unconvinced.Originally, Luoyang, the eastern capital of Henan Province, was independent from Henan, and now the east of the canal was cut off and Shandong Road was established, so what's the point of him being the appeasement envoy of Henan?
Excluding Luoyang, and cutting off the thirteen counties in Shandong Province, there are only fifteen counties left in Henan Province, and now seven of the fifteen counties are in the hands of Li Mi and Meng Rang, and he, the Henan pacifier, is left with only [-] counties. The land of eight counties.

Fan Zigai was also somewhat dissatisfied with this appointment, but this was not the time to be angry, he persuaded Wang Shichong, "Wang Shuai, first find a way to wipe out Li Mi together."

Li Yuan was also persuading.

He is in a hurry to return to Huainan now, so he doesn't want to stay in Henan every day, but Wang Shichong is unwilling to fight the rebels until now, which makes him helpless.

Now that I heard that Zhang Xutuo was appointed as the deputy envoy of Shandong Dao Jiedu, I think it is a good thing. If Li Mi is attacked by east and west, he will be able to go south to Jianghuai earlier.

The emperor might arrive in Jiangdu someday, so he had to go back early to prepare.Moreover, because of Li Mi and Meng Rang's gaining power, Jianghuai is not at peace now, not to mention Meng Rang's invasion of Huaixi to make troubles, and Zuo Caixiang and Li Zitong are also making trouble.

Li Yuan didn't want the Jianghuai comfort envoy, who had finally obtained it, to be handed over by the emperor in the end.

Speaking of which, the current situation in the Central Plains is indeed embarrassing.

Li Mi blocked Xingyang, cut off the canal, and forced Luoyang with his troops, almost hitting the throat of the imperial court.Luoyang, the eastern capital, was built at that time because Daxing in Guanzhong lived in a corner, especially Daxing City could not serve as the capital of the unified imperial court. Because of the large population, Xijing could not be self-sufficient, and was limited by the terrain of Guanzhong, making water transportation difficult. Water transportation, but there is also a long distance in Shanzhou where it is impossible to travel by boat.

It takes a lot of people's and people's resources to transport it by land. Every year, it needs to transport several million shi of grain from the southeast to Xijing, but it takes more food and people's resources to transport these grains to Beijing.

Not to mention, the huge expenses of private merchants transporting grain to Beijing.

Therefore, the emperor built the eastern capital and established the capital in Luoyang, the center of the world.

It is not only conducive to the transmission of government orders to the world, but also the Central Plains is rich and self-sufficient. In addition, the Grand Canal was opened later, so that the court did not have to worry about water transportation and grain. The establishment of several large granaries made Luoyang extremely rich.

But Luoyang also has shortcomings, that is, the lack of insurance.

Li Mi now made Luoyang extremely dangerous, and the prime ministers had to take the emperor to leave Luoyang, called Xingxing the world, but in fact it was refuge.

Both Taiyuan Mansion and Fanyang Mansion are in the north. Although they are very dangerous, they both have the problem of insufficient supply, so only Jiangdu Mansion is left with money and food from the southeast.

In other words.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the strategy of the prime ministers. Luoyang is not safe, and the supply in Xijing is insufficient. It is not bad to go to Jiangdu first, then fight steadily to suppress the rebellion in the world, and then return the capital to Luoyang.

It's better than having the emperor, hundreds of officials, and 10 soldiers and civilians crammed into Luoyang or Xijing, and there's no guarantee of food, right?
And although the emperor built a new Xiaoguo army of [-], the combat effectiveness of this forbidden army is no longer as good as before, and now it is not of much use except that it is more edible.

In a few years, it is estimated that it will be difficult to truly become an army.

Li Yuan saw that Wang Shichong was unhappy, and he was not interested in continuing to spend time with him here, so he simply said, "Now that there are [-] soldiers and horses from Shandong Province's mighty military army to attack the rebels, I don't think I need to continue." Stay here. His Majesty's royal driver has already left Xijing, I must go back to Jiangdu immediately and prepare to meet him, Meng Rang, Zuo Caixiang, Li Zitong and other thieves are still making trouble in Jianghuai."

Li Yuan is leaving.

Wang Shichong couldn't stay, after all, he had a good reason.

So Wang Shichong could only let Li Yuan leave.

Li Yuan led [-] troops to leave Luoyang, and went south to Jianghuai by land via the Hanoi County Bypass Canal.

Not long after he left, the rebels Jing Banduo and Chai Baochang in Jiangjun in Hedong made a rebellion, attacked Jiangjun and Hedong County one after another, approached Hanoi, and threatened Luoyang, the eastern capital.

The two thieves accepted Li Mi's reward and responded to Li Mi.

Fan Zigai had no choice but to discuss with Wang Shichong, "Now that Luoyang is threatened by rebels in the north, I must lead my troops to destroy these two thieves first."

"The traitors in Henan will be encircled and suppressed by Wang Shuai and Deputy Zhang."

Although Wang Shichong was unwilling, Fan Zigai was still above him in rank, so he had no choice but to agree, watching Fan Zigai take away tens of thousands of horses.

The late spring of the 12th year of Daye.

Wang Shichong continued to confront Li Mi in Xingluocang.

Several tentative attacks by the two armies failed.

Li Mi's soldiers had plenty of food, but they were numerous but not skilled, while Wang Shichong's Jianghuai soldiers were fierce, but not many in number. As a result, the two armies were temporarily evenly matched, and the stalemate could not be broken for a while.

No commander is willing to fight an evenly matched battle, and everyone is willing to try their best to gain more advantages before starting the war.

Evenly matched means the toughest battle.

No one dared to act rashly, so they were all waiting for the opportunity.

Wang Shichong waited for Zhang Xutuo to send troops to attack Li Mi's back first, but Li Mi also hoped that Jing Banduo and Chai Baochang would use Zhu Can and Meng Rang's few peripheral troops to exert greater influence and contain the imperial soldiers. Horses, and even finally fought to the east to join forces and gather and annihilate the imperial soldiers and horses.

Li Mi has the Xingluo warehouse in his hand, and there is no shortage of food, so he is not in a hurry. He is stepping up to supervise the training of soldiers and horses every day.

Wang Shichong was very anxious. The east capital lost the Xingluo warehouse, and the canal water transportation was cut off. The grain and grass were sitting on the mountain.

Along the Luoshui River, in Wang Shichong's Jianghuai Army, soldiers complained from time to time.

"Confronting the rebels here every day, seeing that the spring plowing has been missed, and summer is coming again, everyone hopes to return to their hometown in Jianghuai and Jiangnan as soon as possible!"

These developments were constantly reported to Wang Shichong through military officers, making him even more anxious.

(End of this chapter)