Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 616 Luoyang Relief
Ge Shuhan took out a map. This map was given to Ge Shuhan by Zhang Wu back then, and it has always been hung on the wall of Ge Shuhan's bedroom.

This is a full map of the Tang Dynasty and a detailed map of the Luoyang area.

Ge Shuhan pointed to the map and said, "Let me test you, where is the most important place near Luoyang?"

Guo Mu looked at the map and asked for a long time, "Tongguan?"

Ge Shuhan's face darkened, he shook his head and said, "Tongguan is the gateway to Guanzhong, so it is of course extremely important, but Tongguan has little to do with Luoyang, even if An Qingxu wins Tongguan, it will have little impact on the situation in Luoyang."

Guo Mu said honestly, "Please teach me, teacher."

Ge Shuhan pointed to the water system in Luoyang, followed the river to the east, and finally stopped at a place.

Guo Mu walked closer to the map and saw that this was the place where the Si River and the Bian River converged, and there was a city named Xingyang in this place.

Ge Shuhan pointed to the map and said: "Look at the grain in Jiangdong, it is transported to Xingyang through the Bian River, and then to Luoyang through the Si River. Now An Qingxu has cut off the Si River, right?"

Guo Mu nodded, An Qingxu cut off the Sishui River, so that the tank boats could not enter Luoyang, and wanted to use this method to besiege the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang.

Ge Shuhan pointed to Xingyang and said: "As long as Zhang Xun is not a fool to stay in the eastern capital, he must have sent reliable people to guard Xingyang, right? If Xingyang falls, this Luoyang does not need to defend. Xingyang is still in Datang's hands, right?"

Guo Mu nodded quickly. Before Luoyang was besieged, Zhang Xun had assigned heavy troops to guard Xingyang.

Xingyang is backed by the Taihang Mountains, and it is also the intersection of the four rivers of Fen, Si, Bian, and the old Yongji Canal. Surround instead of fighting.

Ge Shuhan said: "Now there is a large amount of grain in Xingyang. As long as you can break out and transport the grain back from Xingyang, the morale of Luoyang will definitely be boosted, the morale of the security bandits will be lowered, and the siege of Luoyang will be broken."

Hearing Ge Shuhan's method, Guo Mu only felt that he could see the sun behind the clouds.

In fact, both An Qingxu's side and Zhang Xun's side have reached a critical point now, and the collapse of both parties will happen in an instant.

In fact, the food brought from Xingyang and transported into Luoyang could not solve the famine in Luoyang at all, but it could make An Qingxu, who was besieging Luoyang, collapse emotionally.

Wonderful!

Guo Mu immediately bid farewell to Brother Shuhan. The old man saw Guo Mu walking out of the yard confidently, and he couldn't help but muttered:

"That day in Tongguan, if the old man's generals had the level of Zhang Wu and Guo Mu, I'm afraid that An Lushan would not be able to break through Tongguan."

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help sighing again, but he was much luckier than many people to survive in this troubled world. Ge Shuhan closed his eyes again and enjoyed the early spring sunshine in the yard.

Guo Mu immediately proposed this plan to Zhang Xun to open up Xingyang and transport a batch of grain from Xingyang back to Luoyang.

For this plan, Zhang Xun was naturally very supportive. He gave Guo Mu a token and a soldier talisman, and ordered him to lead his soldiers to break out of Luoyang and grab food from Xingyang.

On the other hand, because of Guo Mu's long-term harassment, An Qingxu's scattered blockades gathered into camps to defend themselves, and gaps were opened in the encirclement. All of this was discovered by the inner guard players who were investigating around Luoyang.

Guo Mu immediately made a route out of Luoyang, and with the help of the real-time map provided by the inner guard player, he led his cavalry out of the Luoyang blockade in a grandiose manner without encountering a single enemy soldier!
The soldiers under him were stunned!I admire Guo Mu even more.

Guo Mu immediately got on his horse and galloped all the way to the city. He bypassed An Qingxu's army that blocked Xingyang, and rushed into Xingyang City.

The Xingyang garrison knew Guo Mu in the first place, and with Zhang Xun's military order, they immediately dispatched 100 men to load [-] carts of grain, and escorted the grain back to Luoyang City together with Guo Mu.

When returning back, there was no danger. Under the inner guard players cleared the way, they hardly encountered decent enemies. When they were about to approach Luoyang, Guo Mu said to his subordinates:
"The next section of the road is the most dangerous section of this operation. We have to transport the food back to Luoyang in front of the security thieves!"

All the soldiers shouted, Guo Mu got on his horse and said, "Show momentum! Go!"

This time Guo Mu didn't make a detour, but passed by a large camp of An Qingxu's army in a grand manner.

When the patrolling soldiers in the barracks found out and sent soldiers to intercept them, Guo Mu led the cavalry to charge over and blocked An Qingxu's bandit soldiers who were just about to rush out of the barracks.

Then Guo Mu fought and retreated, twenty carts of grain were transported from the side of the camp, and the soldiers in the camp could see clearly.

After the food convoy passed by, Guo Mu led the soldiers to fight and retreat, and then led the soldiers back to Luoyang.

Zhang Xun, who was standing on the city wall, immediately dispatched soldiers to respond. The generals on An Qingxu's side saw that the pursuit was hopeless, so they could only ask the soldiers to stop the pursuit.

The people of Luoyang watched Guo Mu deliver [-] carts of food with their own eyes, and the people lined up to welcome them. The laughter filled the entire Luoyang city, and even the Anqingxu military camp outside the city could hear it.

The morale of An Qingxu's side was low, and An Qingxu recruited the general Cui Yougan and said: "Luoyang has food, and it is even more difficult to capture. The current strategy is to withdraw the troops?"

Cui Yougan also nodded and said, "Zhang Xun is too tough."

Luoyang could not be attacked for a long time, An Qingxu knew his family affairs, and these refugees of his own would be fine if they fought a smooth battle, but they would not be able to fight a tough one.

If there is no victory for a long time and no city plunder, it will be difficult for these soldiers to maintain their combat effectiveness.

Since the rise of troops in Xiangzhou, An Qingxu has been victorious in successive battles. After each victory, he would plunder wantonly, and the soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought.

Defeating Tang Jun several times gave An Qingxu's army a feeling that Tang Jun was nothing more than that.

But now that Luoyang has suffered, and now that Luoyang has brought in food, the siege plan has also failed, and An Qingxu also has the idea of ​​​​withdrawing his troops.

Cui Youqian is the most knowledgeable general under An Qingxu's command. Hearing that Cui Youqian also agreed to withdraw, An Qingxu asked, "But Tongguan is also tough."

Cui Youqian suddenly said: "What's so good about Chang'an? The old man has already plundered Chang'an. What kind of money can we have in just a few years?"

When Cui Yougan said this, An Qingxu was stunned.

Cui Youqian said again: "The old commander swept the world back then, and captured Chang'an in order to make the world stable. Do you dare to ask your majesty if you want to capture Chang'an before you ascend the throne?"

Cui Yougan's words made An Qingxu speechless. Although An Qingxu's Puppet Yan Emperor and Cui Yougan were in the relationship of monarch and minister, but in this mess, there is no respect for monarch and minister.

Moreover, Cui Youqian has a high prestige among the veterans, and he and An Qingxu are more like a cooperative relationship.

But although Cui Youqian's words were harsh, they were not harsh.

How many times have Chang'an and Luoyang been ravaged by the flames of war, and they are already poor. In fact, even if Luoyang is captured, it is estimated that they will not be able to grab too many things.

Guanzhong is now a thousand miles away, and there are victims everywhere who can't eat enough.

Even if they captured Chang'an, it would not be of much practical benefit to An Qingxu's side.

The reason why An Qingxu insisted on attacking Chang'an was due to strategic inertia.

After Cui Youqian's reminder, An Qingxu finally came to his senses, yes, why did he have to attack Tongguan and Chang'an?

The last time his father took down Chang'an, one of Li Tang's royal family fled to Chengdu, the other fled to Lingwu, didn't they fight back in the end?
Everything that could be plundered in Guanzhong was taken away, so why go to Chang'an?
An Qingxu immediately asked, "Then where?"

Cui Youqian has also thought a lot recently, and he said directly: "Hit Pengcheng!"

Pengcheng?

This was an option that surprised An Qingxu.

Cui Youqian said: "The last time I was defeated and retreated to Xiangzhou, I have thought a lot about it. The fact that the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty were still dead but not stiff was because the Jiangdong Water Transport continued to send supplies to the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang army was able to fight repeatedly. Drive out of Guanzhong."

An Qingxu nodded. When he was hiding in Xiangzhou Mountain and eating bark, he also thought about this problem. It was similar to Cui Youqian's conclusion. Rather than saying that Dayan lost to Datang, it is better to say that Hedong lost to Jiangdong.

Cui Youqian said: "Pengcheng is the gateway to Jiangdong. If we occupy Pengcheng, we can go south along the Huaihe River network, then attack Luzhou (Hefei), build ships in Luzhou and go down the river to attack Jiangnan!"

Hearing the word Jiangnan, An Qingxu's eyes lit up.

In today's affluent places in the world, Yangzhou's wealth makes An Qingxu covet, and Cui Youqian's strategy is no problem. Occupying the south of the Yangtze River and cutting off the Tang Dynasty's supplies, then the Tang Dynasty will collapse without fighting.

And there is another point that Cui Youqian didn't say. Now that Hedong is in the hands of Shijia and his son, it is not actually the territory of Puppet Yan.

If he can occupy Jiangzuo, then An Qingxu can stay in the south of the Yangtze River to recuperate, and let the historians and his sons directly fight Datang!
In that way, An Qingxu also has his own territory, even if he can't enter the world, he can still be a vassal of one side.

Now that he had made up his mind to withdraw his troops, An Qingxu simply gave up the siege of Luoyang, and he directly ordered the soldiers to set off and head towards Pengcheng along the Bian River.

Zhang Xun boarded the city wall and saw that the puppet Yan army retreated to the east, but did not attack Tongguan to the west. Zhang Xun was not happy at all, but worried.

Guo Mu asked suspiciously: "Stay behind, the siege of Luoyang is over, why are you still unhappy?"

Zhang Xun pointed to the puppet Yan army heading east and said: "The puppet Yan army retreated on their own initiative, and their strength was not damaged. Now they are going east, I am afraid they will cause harm to Jiangdong."

Guo Mu looked at the puppet Yan army retreating in an orderly manner. There were too few troops in the city to pursue the enemy, so he could only let the puppet Yan army leave.

However, unlike Zhang Xun's anxiety, Guo Mu, who knew that Zhang Duanyang was training the new army in Pengcheng, was full of confidence in the current situation. Before he knew it, the players had the power to stir up the world.

(End of this chapter)