Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 596 Luoyang Besieged Again
Looking at the battle report sent by Yuchi Xin, Qin Chuan said with a smile: "This Yuchi guy is still known as a famous player among the players. I didn't expect Cai Wenjing to mess with him. Now we need to wipe his ass!"

After saying this, the players and generals around Qin Chuan laughed one after another.

Since the last Hexi War, Qin Chuan entered Tuyuhun, and Yu Chixin went on to fight the Uighur War, completely establishing his No. 1 position in the army.

Later, Qin Chuan was busy running Tuyuhun, and the King of Yue ordered that he could not easily start a war with Tubo, so Qin Chuan was busy building a railway at Jinshan Pass.

Now that Yu Chixin was devastated outside the city of Yingzhou, Qin Chuan took pleasure in his misfortune and led the troops to come to the rescue, but he was not walking slowly on the grassland, and he was about to reach Tongliao City soon.

"We will arrive in Tongliao City in two days. Next, we will rest in Tongliao for a day, then go south to Yingzhou, and we will arrive outside Yingzhou City within ten days."

A staff officer sent the marching plan, Qin Chuan glanced at the plan and said, "It's too slow, we'll spend a day in Tongliao City, and then head south quickly, trying to reach Yingzhou City within a week!"

The staff officer was taken aback and said, "General, this march is too hasty."

Qin Chuan said: "Rush? The big roundabout strategy has been delayed for too long!"

Qin Chuan looked at the map, these days Zhang Guangde had already cut off Shi Chaoyi's supply line through ships and landing operations, but Shi Chaoyi's camp was too peaceful, which made Qin Chuan have a bad prediction.

In Shi Chaoyi's camp, Shi Chaoyi once again received a letter from his father Shi Siming, asking him to end the battle at Yuguan as soon as possible and lead the Fan Yang army back to Fan Yang quickly.

After handing over his father's letter to the mastermind Luo Yue, after reading Shi Siming's letter, Luo Yue said: "It seems that the old Jiedu envoy will send troops to the Central Plains."

Shi Chaoyi nodded and said: "I think so too, that's why my father asked me to end the battle in Yuguan as soon as possible and return to Zhuojun."

Luo Yue said worriedly: "But what about Pinglu?"

Shi Chaoyi also sighed and said: "The current plan is to temporarily abandon Pinglu, that is Cai Wenjing's [-] elites. It is really a pity."

Although Luo Yue was at odds with Cai Wenjing, he also had a fair heart. He said: "General Cai relies on Yingzhou City, so he should be able to defend it, as long as we are."

Shi Chaoyi interrupted his adviser, he looked at Yuguan and said, "I just hope that Cai Wenjing can contain these Tang troops for a while longer."

Now Luo Yue didn't speak anymore, obviously he had the same opinion of Cai Wenjing's lone army as Shi Chaoyi, they were just victims of restraining Tang's army.

Luo Yue said again: "Once the old commander sends his troops south, he will definitely be able to sweep the Central Plains and destroy the Tang family!"

However, Shi Chaoyi said worriedly: "Where did the Yuguan Tang army come from? Guo Ziyi, who was guarding Luoyang, fought back and forth with that bastard An Qingxu, and An Qingxu never saw such a sharp siege weapon. "

Luo Yue was also silent, where did this Tang army come from?Where did they get such a sharp weapon? During these days, Shi Chaoyi's army was constantly harassed by gunboats and landing Tang troops, and the logistics supply line was almost cut off.

If the Tang army had such weapons, how could Luoyang and Chang'an have fallen?
But these soldiers were all under the banner of the Tang army, and they all looked like Han Chinese. Luo Yue really couldn't figure out where these elites came from.

Shi Chaoyi also got the news that some time ago An Qingxu sent someone to ask his father for help. This time An Qingxu only needed equipment and food, but this time An Qingxu did not arrogantly order himself to surrender with the puppet Emperor Yan like before. Instead, he kindly expressed his willingness to exchange Xiangzhou and other states near Hedong with Shi Siming.

This time Shi Siming finally agreed to negotiate with An Qingxu, and finally agreed in secret that Shi Siming would provide An Qingxu with enough weapons and food to equip 5 people in exchange for the land of the three states of Henan Province near Hedong.

An Qingxu also figured it out. With the ability of his subordinates, there is no way to effectively control the three states. Although the local tycoons took refuge in An Qingxu, they also built Wubao and surrendered. Every time An Qingxu went to collect food and soldiers, They will also be blocked by these tyrants.

An Qingxu could only recruit those refugees to join the army, but these refugees basically had no military training, and all of them were reincarnated from starvation. The food that An Qingxu collected had to feed these rice buckets, which made Guo Ziyi regain Huayin again.

After An Qingxu suffered several defeats and was teased several times by the local tyrants in Xiangzhou, he also figured it out.

Instead of keeping these lands, why not just sell them for a good price, and wait until you lead the army to capture Luoyang and enter Guanzhong?What are you competing with these poor landlords in Henan Province!
An Qingxu simply packed up all these places and sold them directly to his "good uncle" Shi Siming.

This time was different from the last time, Shi Siming had already decided to oppose the Tang Dynasty, so naturally he didn't need to worry about anything, and Shi Siming quickly agreed to the land in the three states that he offered for nothing.

Having obtained food and weapons, and lost the burden of the three states, An Qingxu decided to put all his eggs in one basket and launched another attack in Heyin.

On the Tang army's side, although the emperor's reward had been delivered, the morale of the Tang army who could not get supplies due to the obstruction of water transportation was very low.

A battle that will determine the fate of Luoyang is about to start in Heyin, but at this time, Guo Ziyi suffers from the lack of sufficient supplies for the Tang army, and has a pen and ink lawsuit with the Tang court.

Shi Chaoyi asked Luo Yue: "If we retreat now, will we be chased by the Tang army in Yuguan?"

Luo Yue immediately said: "No, the enemy's goal is to occupy Yuguan. The enemy's army is small, so they definitely dare not go out of Yuguan to pursue."

Shi Chaoyi asked again: "But if you give up Pinglu and let these Tang troops develop in Pinglu, it will be a big problem in the future!"

Luo Yue also frowned and said, "Young commander, the Central Plains is more important than Pinglu."

Shi Chaoyi nodded. The reason why he gave up attacking Yuguan was because the war in the Central Plains was about to start, and his father summoned him to return to Fanyang, ready to send troops south from Fanyang at any time.

Compared with the bitter cold Pinglu, the vast Central Plains is obviously more attractive.

At this time Luo Yue said again: "Pinglu's Tang army has sharp weapons, but not many people. It would be good for these troops to defend Yuguan. Even if Pinglu is handed over to them, Pinglu has a vast land and few people, and they will not be able to set off the battle." What storm."

Shi Chaoyi nodded. Although the weapons were sharp, the number of the Tang army was too small. If it weren't for the sharp artillery of the Tang army, Shi Chaoyi would have stormed Yuguan long ago.

After agreeing on the decision to withdraw troops, Shi Chaoyi ordered his men to raise the cooking smoke, and then quickly withdrew from the camp.

Zhang Guangde, who was guarding Yuguan, had received information from the internal guard players. He sent scouts to discover that Shi Chaoyi's army had retreated, so Zhang Guangde quickly ordered the fleet at sea and the players behind the landing to attack Shi Chaoyi's army.

Unexpectedly, Shi Chaoyi had already made preparations. The player landing troops who sneaked into the army were defeated by Shi Chaoyi's cavalry. Zhang Guangde originally wanted to go out of Yuguan to pursue them, but seeing that Shi Chaoyi's troops were neat and organized, they still had a method of advancing and retreating. He was afraid that Shi Chaoyi was pretending They withdrew their troops and dared not continue to pursue them.

Zhang Guangde immediately reported the news of Shi Chaoyi's withdrawal to the General Staff and Yu Chixin. When the Chief of Staff Xu Jun received the news, his first reaction was not surprise, but deep worry.

Judging from Shi Chaoyi's retreat, he did not retreat hastily because his logistics was cut off, but a premeditated retreat.

And the internal guard players in Taiyuan Mansion also sent news that Shi Siming was also gathering troops. Judging from these situations, the historian is going to participate in the war in the Central Plains!

This is not good news for Guo Ziyi who is still defending Luoyang. Datang can't even stop An Qingxu. If Shi Siming and his son join the war again, will the court be able to defend Luoyang and Chang'an?

Xu Jun quickly sent a message to Qin Chuan, who was marching rapidly, asking him to go to Yingzhou City as soon as possible, and join Yu Chixin to capture Yingzhou City.

If the Shijia father and son really joined the war, they must complete the first goal of the great detour strategy as soon as possible, and control Pinglu as soon as possible!
Just when Qin Chuan led the army and was about to reach the city of Yingzhou, on February [-]th, An Qingxu launched a sudden attack and personally led the puppet Yan army to attack Huayin.

Guo Ziyi was caught off guard. The puppet Yan army was suddenly equipped with new weapons and armor. In addition, An Qingxu personally led the army this time. The high morale of the puppet Yan army broke through the Huayin defense line. Guo Ziyi knew that he was invincible. It can only lead the remaining army to retreat.

When he got to the edge of Luoyang City, Guo Ziyi looked at the puppet Yan army behind him shouting to kill. Just as Guo Ziyi was about to enter Luoyang, Li Fuguo pulled his horse and said:
"Marshal, the bandits are powerful now. If our army enters Luoyang and is besieged, Guanzhong will have no danger to defend! Chang'an is in danger!"

Of course, Guo Ziyi understands the meaning of Li Fuguo's words. Luoyang City is located outside Guanzhong, and there are no dangerous positions around to defend. Now Guo Ziyi has less than 5 remnants. If An Qingxu does not attack Luoyang, he will directly attack Tongguan , then Chang'an is in danger.

But if he returns to Tongguan now, it will be tantamount to handing over Zhang Xun's army and Luoyang people in Luoyang City to An Qingxu again. Guo Ziyi said painfully: "The supervisor is right! Go to Tongguan!"

Guo Ziyi led the remnants of the Tang army back to Tongguan, and An Qingxu led his troops to surround Luoyang City, but instead of directly attacking Luoyang, he sent someone to shout to Zhang Xun who was guarding Luoyang, hoping that Zhang Xun would open the city and surrender.

And An Qingxu sent a forward to follow Guo Ziyi to Tongguan, but seeing that Tongguan was heavily guarded, he had to send someone to inform An Qingxu.

Looking at the tall Luoyang City, An Qingxu was also caught in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)