First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 380 Breaking the Siege of Jing County

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After Zhang Shan'an entered the Tang camp, Li Daliang ordered people to set up wine and hold a banquet.

Seeing that a large bowl was used to drink alcohol on the desk, Zhang Shan'an swallowed unconsciously, feeling a little apprehensive.

During the banquet, many generals toasted Zhang Shan'an one after another, and there was no lack of compliments in their mouths, which made Zhang Shan'an dizzy, one bowl after another, and soon fell drunk on the ground, unconscious.

The generals were very excited to capture Zhang thief alive so easily.

"Emissary, do you want to kill him to pay homage to Governor Zhou of Huangzhou?" A general said with a ruthless face on the spot.

Li Daliang shook his head, "You can't deal with it without authorization, it needs to be handed over to the sage for judgment. In addition, his subordinates also need to be appeased."

Then Li Daliang led his army to Zhang Shan'an's camp and told them that Zhang Shan'an had surrendered and that Tang Ying was now resting.

Zhang Shan'an's old department looked at each other in blank dismay, and after confirming that Zhang Shan'an was indeed not dead, they had to surrender one after another.

After Li Daliang incorporated Zhang Shan'an's old department, he sent him to Chang'an overnight.

In Xuancheng, Gao Chong ordered Lu Zushang's troops to station in Xuanzhou, and immediately led his troops to Youzhou.

"I hope it will be hard to hold on," Gao Chong prayed in his heart.

He didn't know about Zuo Nandang's deeds on the original trajectory. After finding out that Fu Gong Er led an army to storm Jing County.

Gao Chong was worried that Jing County would fall. Once Jing County fell, Fu Gong Er could calmly deploy a defense line along the river. At that time, it would be even more difficult to cross the river to attack.

At the same time, other troops and horses are also progressing smoothly.

Li Shiji, the governor of Qizhou, crossed the Huaihe River and broke through Shouyang City.

Ren Gui, the general manager of Xuzhou, conquered Yangzi City and entered Guangling City.

However, Li Xiaogong's unit of the Chinese Army broke through Jiangzhou and won a big victory in Zongyang.

The news of Tang Jun's success came frequently, and the loyal officials and righteous men of Jianghuai were happy.

This made Fu Gong Er, who was stalemate at the foot of Jingxian County, restless, and hated Zuo Nandang even more in his heart.

Immediately ordered an emergency contraction of the defense line, ordered Feng Huiliang to lead [-] troops to station at Bowang Mountain, and Chen Zhengtong to lead [-] troops to station at Qinglin Mountain.

Li Xiaogong led his army to Shuzhou at this time, and ordered Li Shiji to station in Xiashi to stand by, and the two sides faced off across the river.

When Gao Chong arrived outside Nanling City, Chen Dangshi had already led his army to garrison Nanling City, which made Gao Chong extremely passive.

Although the city of Nanling is not big, the enemy army exceeds [-]. If they can't hold on, it will be really difficult to conquer in a short time.

But Gao Chong's thinking is so flexible, he knows exactly what his strategic purpose is, and his most urgent purpose now is to rescue Jing County and support Zuo Nandang.

The purpose of Chen Dang Shiheng's presence on the necessary ground was also to keep Gao Chong out of Jingxian County, so that Fugong Er could attack Jingxian County with peace of mind.

Moreover, in normal thinking, it is impossible for Gao Chong to bypass Nanling and go straight to Jing County. In that case, Gao Chong is very likely to be attacked by the enemy, but this is just normal thinking after all.

After only one day's delay in Nanling, Gao Chong ordered to detour around Nanling and head straight for Jing County.

This order shocked all the generals, and they persuaded them one after another.

Faced with the generals' worries about being attacked by the enemy, Gao Chong said bluntly: "This is a tactic to lure the enemy. Once Chen Dangshi leaves the city, the direction of Xuancheng will also come to help in time. At that time, it will not be us who will be attacked by the enemy, but the bandit army."

"Then if Chen Dangshi is cautious and dare not go out of the city?"

"Wouldn't that be better? As we wish, we can break the siege of Jing County," Gao Chong said with a smile, "What's more, Chen Dangshi can't let us attack the rear of Fu Gong Er."

The generals were overjoyed immediately when they heard the words, and followed the order.

Seeing that this Tang army turned a blind eye and directly bypassed Nanling and went straight to Jing County, Chen Dangshi was shocked and furious.

The reason for his anger was that he felt slighted, and the reason for his shock was that Gao Chong was not worried about him chasing him from behind.

Thinking it was a trick to lure the enemy, Chen Dangshi sent additional scouts to investigate carefully and dared not go out of the city, but seeing that the Tang army went straight to Jing County all the way without delay, Chen Dangshi panicked a little.

At this time, Fu Gong Er was attacking the city of Jingxian County. If this Tang army was allowed to pass by, it would be Fu Gong Er who would be attacked by the enemy.

After the rebels left the city, the hidden Tang army scouts outside the city were divided into two teams, one went to Jing County, and the other went to Xuancheng.

Finally, Chen Dangshi got the trick, Gao Chong ordered to return to the army, and gave him a head-on blow. Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, Lu Zushang's troops in Xuancheng arrived in time. defeat.

Relying on his own force, Chen Dangshi only led thousands of remnant troops to escape to Jing County, and Gao Chong pursued them all the way.

At the Song army camp outside the city of Jing County, looking at Chen Dangshi in a state of embarrassment, Gong Er was shocked and furious, "Thirty thousand troops, you only have five thousand remnants left in just three days?"

"Your Majesty, the last general fell into that little thief Gao's scheme..." Chen Dangshi said angrily.

Fu Gong Er closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, before he sighed: "The matter has come to this, even if I punish you, it will be useless.

You speed up your army to Bowang Mountain and obey Feng Huiliang, if you lose the defense line of Bowang Mountain and the river bank again, you will definitely be killed."

Chen Dangshi was so grateful that he took his orders and left.

After Chen Dangshi left, Fu Gong Er came out of the camp and came outside the city, looking at Jing County, "If this city didn't stop me, the Jianghuai would be as solid as gold."

Feeling melancholy for a long time, Fu Gong Er ordered to withdraw his troops and return to the defensive capital Danyang.

"Your Majesty, we have been attacking for so long, and the Tang army in the city is at the end of its strength. I am really unwilling to withdraw at this time," General Xu Shaozong said angrily.

"So what if you don't want to be reconciled?" Fu Gong Er said in a cold voice, "The reinforcements from the Tang army will arrive tomorrow. When the time comes, the Tang army inside and outside the city should join forces. How should we deal with it?"

Hearing this, Xu Shaozong had no choice but to agree.

"Lead your troops to Qinglin Mountain to assist Chen Zhengtong in defending the Yangtze River defense line." Fu Gong Er looked at the sunset in the sky and said faintly: "The Tang army is so powerful that many people's minds have been shaken. I want to sit in Danyang myself."

Xu Shaozong took the order and left.

Fu Gong Er, who was worried in his heart, had no choice but to increase his troops to the defense line of the Yangtze River. At this time, he could only hope that the natural danger of the Yangtze River could stop the Tang army.

The situation in the world is clear to the public. Hebei is in turmoil. Tuyuhun, Turks, Liaoren, etc. are in chaos. Datang is tired of dealing with it. As long as his defense line of the Yangtze River is not lost and he sticks to it for a few months, then he will have the confidence to negotiate with Li Yuan and plan the river. And rule.

The worst plan is nothing more than paying tribute and proclaiming himself a minister, and Fu Gong Er has long been mentally prepared for this.

In the early morning of the next day, Gao Chong led the army to arrive, Fu Gong Er had already retreated, and Zuo Nan led the officials of Youzhou out of the city to meet him.

"Zuo Nandang thanks Gao Shijun for his rescue", Zuo Nandang stepped forward quickly, and saluted Gao Chong.

"Please get up quickly, Zuo Shijun." Gao Chong dismounted from his horse and helped Zuo Nandang, "Zuo Shijun faced the strong attack of the auxiliary bandits, held his ground, and restrained the main force of the rebel army. His contribution is indispensable."

Zuo Nandang shook his head and smiled when he heard the words, "It is the duty of a minister to protect the environment and the people, so I dare not say credit for it."

After entering the city, Gao Chong clearly felt how tragic the defense of Jing County was.

I saw that the houses near the city wall had all been demolished, and there were ruins. The peasants were resting at the foot of the city wall, and there were dead bodies and wounded everywhere.

(End of this chapter)