I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 222
After thousands of casualties, Cheng Jintang was finally able to repay the marshals of Shangjing and Dengzhou, and Yiling was restored.

Although Yiling has a dangerous terrain, it is actually a small city, but the restoration of this small city is of great significance. A few months ago, "Common Man Cheng Jun" proclaimed himself emperor here.

Taking Yiling back means that the imperial court is still in control of the situation.

As for the rebels, although they have not been completely wiped out, they can only run around.

At least this is an explanation to the subjects of the world.

Marshal Xingyuan was temporarily photographed in Nanyang under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, also known as Wancheng.It is the only way for Jingchu to go north to Gyeonggi, and it is a strategic place.

Nanyang city is well-defended, and it is one of the largest cities in the world. In the last year of the former Qi Dynasty, the city once resisted the siege of hundreds of thousands of rebels for half a year.

Therefore, when the prince came to Shannan Road, he did not go to Rang County, the state government of Dengzhou, to establish the Marshal's Xingyuan. Instead, he followed the advice of the officials of the East Palace and chose Nanyang as the location of the Marshal's Xingyuan.

Marshal Xingyuan is also very busy these days. First, the Red Lotus Army appeared in Fangzhou. Xingyuan immediately sent Xianyang County King to lead the two imperial guards to Fangzhou to attack. Although he defeated several small-scale suspected bandits, But it has not been able to meet the main force of the rebels.

Marshal Xingyuan here can only send a letter to Guanzhong, ordering the Xijing Left-behind Division in Guanzhong to strengthen its guard, strictly guard all the passes in the Qinling Mountains, and prevent the rebels from entering Guanzhong through the mountain road.

In addition to Guanzhong, Fangzhou can also enter Sichuan via Kuizhou Jinzhou.Xingyuan also issued a document on the Jiannan Road in Shuzhong, strictly guarding the Sichuan-Chu passage.

After Zhao Fubai, king of Xianyang County, got nothing in the campaign against Fangzhou, he got a report from the army that the rebels had flowed into Junzhou behind him, so Zhao Fubai hurriedly led his army to Junzhou again. After a battle with [-] auxiliary soldiers, this rebel army was defeated and thousands of people were beheaded.

However, the elite of the rebel army was hardly damaged, and almost all the losses were auxiliary soldiers.

And Luo Xiao retreated to Fangzhou again.

"The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jiannan Road have to guard against Qingtang and Nanzhao, and at the same time they have to face Zhang Xia's Red Lotus Army. It is already barely supporting them. If most of the rebels are allowed to flee into Shu, it will be difficult to suppress. Immediately transfer troops from Guanzhong to Sichuan to prevent Qingtang and Nanzhao from taking advantage of the fire. At the same time, block the way for the rebels to enter Sichuan."

In the lobby where Marshal Xingyuan was, Fu Huaichuan, a member of the Marshal's Mansion, pointed to the map and spoke.

Zhao Yuantan was silent when he heard the words, and it was only after he came to Dengzhou that he realized that the situation was more complicated than what he thought in Shangjing.

The Honglian gangsters are now running around, stirring up smoke of war everywhere in the southwest half of the wall.

Although Cheng Jintang's troops had recovered Yiling, the situation they were about to face next was extremely difficult.Is it going north to wipe out the enemies of Junzhou and Fangzhou first?

Or cross the river and recover Yidu first?Or continue to pursue Fang Qiu and Fang Jiao's troops westward, and recover Guizhou, Padang and other places?
Or split up and pursue?
As for what Fu Huaichuan said now, the proposal to increase troops to Jiannan Road is also imminent.

After all, Qingtang was the great enemy of the Jin Dynasty. Although Tuoba Chide had been in poor health since the Battle of Shule, the competition among the princes for the reserve position intensified.

But if he can take a bite out of Da Jin, the other party will not let go of such an opportunity.Even guard against Nanzhao in the south.

Although the Nanzhao Kingdom has always been relatively submissive in the face of the Great Jin, it has not been a day or two since it swayed between the Qingtang Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty.

The more the situation is like now, the more we must guard against these external threats.

"Then let Guanzhong send two armies to Jiannan Road to assist in the battle, and first destroy Zhang Xia's troops. Then guard against Qingtang, and strictly guard the Qingfengguan area. Don't take it lightly."

As soon as Zhao Yuantan's voice fell, Niu Daoqian, Minister of the Military Department of the Generalissimo, said: "Your Highness, the matter of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion and the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion needs to be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Let's reprimand it below, and then order the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion to make up the [-] grains and fodder."

Zhao Yuantan said helplessly.He is also very embarrassed, everyone knows that Fu Jinchuan, the governor of Yangzhou, is his confidant and best friend.

But the governor of Jingzhou is also his cousin, a relative of the emperor.

And as far as the matter itself is concerned, there is no way to tell right from wrong.Under the current circumstances, it is not suitable to send someone to investigate what happened.

After all, the war here is tense, and the backyard cannot be chaotic at this time.

Especially now that Jiangling has to support Cheng Jintang's army's army food transfer, Wang Hechen, the navy under the command of Jingzhou Governor, is currently the only court navy in the upper reaches of the river that can fight Wang Ting's Shanshui Army.

In the lower reaches of the river, there is currently only the Chaohu Navy of the Dudu Mansion in Yangzhou. As for the Hongzhou Navy and the Runzhou Navy, they are still under reconstruction.

Then, facing the direction of the next unit of Cheng Jintang's army, the staff fell into disagreement.

Generalissimo Changshi, Shangshu Youpushe, Tongzhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi Li Fa once suggested that Cheng Jintang lead the army northward first, wipe out the rebels in Fangzhou and Junzhou, and completely eliminate the threat near Dengzhou.

Prince Zhongyun and Marshal's judge Lin Changyuan believed that Fang Qiu and Fangjiao's troops should be pursued westward first to prevent them from fleeing into Sichuan, and the enemies of Junzhou and Fangzhou can be wiped out by the [-] forbidden troops in Dengzhou and Tangzhou .

Minister of the Ministry of War and Marshal Zhang Jing suggested that the enemy should be wiped out first by land and water, because the false emperor Cheng Jun is in Yidu.

In the face of chaos, everyone held their own opinions, which made it difficult for Zhao Yuantan to make a decision.

So he could only look at Fu Huaichuan. After all, in terms of knowing military affairs, no matter whether it was Li Fazeng, Lin Changyuan, or Zhang Jing, these three were all civil servants.

As for Fu Huaichuan, he was the honorable family of a serious military general, and he was a fourth-rank General Mingwei. Among the staff of the Marshal's Mansion, his contingency strategy was already the most prominent.

"I believe that this matter should not be decided by Marshal Xingyuan. Marquis Wukang commanded an army of [-] and deployed it for the capital of Huainan. Naturally, he should be ordered to act arbitrarily. Moreover, the opportunity to fight is fleeting hundreds of miles away. Please also Your Highness has learned."

Li Fazeng and the three of them were silent when they heard the words.In his heart, he somewhat understood why Fu Huaichuan made such a statement.

Because the civil service system has always wanted to get involved in military power, but the whole army has always been controlled by honorable military officials.Li Fazeng, one of the prime ministers this time, actually wanted to use the name of marshal Xingyuan to intervene in the military and then form a routine.

But who would have thought that Zhang Jing and Lin Changyuan disagreed with him, and there was Fu Huaichuan among the marshals, so they directly pointed out the matter.

The decision on how to use troops should be left to the frontline generals.At least the opinions of the frontline generals must be considered.

Fu Huaichuan's words made Zhao Yuantan come to his senses, the quarrel here was nothing but talk on paper, the situation on the front line should be decided by the commander in chief.

Cheng Jintang, who was hundreds of miles away, didn't know what happened to Marshal Xingyuan. If he knew, he really hoped that Marshal's Mansion would issue a military order to determine the direction of the next march.

Going north, going west, going south... Several military envoys and the staff of the Xiangzhou Governor's Mansion are also in contention.

In the end, only a compromise method can be adopted.

Cheng Jintang led the Shence Army, the Tianwu Army, the Xiaoguo Army, and the Hengye Army under the command of the Xiangzhou Governor's Mansion. The four armies, [-] people, marched westward to pursue Fang Qiu and Fang Jiao.

Wang Linhuai, envoy of the Longwu Army, and Shi Wannian, envoy of the Pongjapan Army, led their troops northward to Fangzhou, where they joined forces with the Forbidden Army in Dengzhou to attack the rebels from north to south.

Du Keshi from the Longjie Army, Liu Fugong from the Tiger Wing Army, and Jia Shixun from the Shenwu Army led their troops to cooperate with the Jingzhou navy to attack Yidu.

That is, divide the troops.

(End of this chapter)