First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 390 Hussar General Zhang Yeyi

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In Hengzhou, in the camp of the Eastern Han Army, there was thunderous cheers, and bursts of shouts sounded from time to time, shaking the whole city.

Liu Heitai took Dou Jiande as an example and was never stingy. After breaking the city, he opened up a lot of warehouses.

Part of it was donated to the people, part was used as food and grass, and a large amount of money was seized. Liu Heita did not take it, and distributed it to his soldiers.

Although Hengzhou fell, the common people clapped their hands and praised King Han for his benevolence. The soldiers were full of money, and they were even more devoted to the King of Han.

In the Governor's Mansion, Liu Heita did not dare to slack off in the slightest. After rewarding the army, he called all the generals to discuss matters.

The first sentence of his mouth surprised all the generals, "Send the order, and leave Hengzhou early tomorrow morning."

"In such a hurry?" Cao Zhan was a little bit reluctant, and then licked his lips with some unsatisfactory expression, and said cheaply: "It's a pity for those beautiful girls in the city."

Liu Heita's eyes froze when he heard the words, his momentum was overwhelming.

Cao Zhan waved his hands hurriedly and said, "Don't get me wrong, my lord, I gave you the money."

"Does Your Majesty have a next goal?" Fan Yuan asked hastily, changing the subject.

"Go to Cangzhou!" Liu Heita nodded slightly.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"Cangzhou?"

"If I remember correctly, Cangzhou and Hengzhou are separated by Yingzhou...".

"Yes, from here to Cangzhou, you need to pass through Yingzhou. Yingzhou was taken back by the Tang army the day before yesterday. The new Tang army is not weak...".

Liu Heita waved his hand, "Don't talk about it, I've made up my mind, I'm leaving early tomorrow morning, let's all go down and get ready."

After everyone went down, Fan Yuan stayed here, Liu Heita frowned, "What's the matter with you?"

"Does Your Majesty intend to seek Yingzhou?" Fan Yuan asked directly.

Liu Heita put down the map and smiled, "How do you say that?"

"Your Majesty never fights unsure battles. This time, we will go to Cangzhou via Yingzhou. There are already Tang troops stationed in Yingzhou. Your Majesty will not take the risk of passing through Yingzhou, right?" Fan Yuan asked hesitantly.

The smile on Liu Heitai's face gradually disappeared when he heard the words, he pondered for a moment, and just said: "Go down and get ready first."

Fan Yuan stepped back in a daze.

"He guessed it all, that Tang Jun..." There was no one in the hall, Liu Heita looked at the map and pondered in a low voice, lost in thought.

Liu Heita and Li Daoxuan in the north fought wits and bravery, while occupying the southeast was extraordinarily simple and rude.

Facing the Jianghuai rebels blocking the river, Li Xiaogong finally adopted Gao Chong's advice and advanced step by step, collecting thousands of small and large boats from Jingchu, and forcibly launching a battle to cross the river.

The battle was brutal, with heavy losses on both sides.

Faced with such a difficult and stalemate situation, Gao Chong frowned. Among all the tactics, the one he disliked the most was the strong attack. There was no other reason, and the casualties were too heavy. Even if the final victory was a miserable victory.

Now the Jianghuai rebels occupy the two fortresses at the mouth of the river, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, but they cannot bypass them. Once they bypass the river from other places, they will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy. A good idea.

Finally, this day, he slapped his head when he saw the scene of continuously delivering food and grass to the camp.

"It's true that we are in the game and don't know the game. Our army consumes so much food and grass, and the enemy on the other side is the same."

Immediately excitedly rushed down the hillside and went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.

When he came to the big tent, it was no surprise that Li Xiaogong was still facing the Jiang'an defense map with a sad face.

Seeing Gao Chong come in, Li Xiaogong forced himself to smile and said, "Youzhi doesn't want to see the river view?"

The stalemate lasted for more than half a month. Every morning, Gao Chong ran to the riverside mountain to look at it. Everyone in the army knew about it.

"Look at the river scene, I'm thinking hard about defeating the enemy," Gao Chong was taken aback.

Li Xiaogong came back to his senses, and when he saw Gao Chong's excited appearance, he was shocked, "Yuzhi, you?"

"That's right", Gao Chong replied decisively: "Once there is a trick, the enemy will definitely be defeated."

"What? Hurry up and tell me," Li Xiaogong was so excited that he hurriedly pulled Gao Chong to sit down.

"Food!" Gao Chong said directly: "Before we fell into a misunderstanding, we only thought that after crossing the river by detour, we would definitely encounter enemies.

It is true that a large force crossing the river in a detour will definitely attract the attention of the rebels, but we can send a small number of elites to cross the river and rob their food roads.

The rebel army on the other side has a large number of people and needs a huge amount of food and grass. As long as their food roads are cut off, wouldn't it be necessary to win? "

Li Xiaogong slapped his head when he heard the words, and exclaimed in surprise: "This, it's really true. I didn't expect it before. With this plan, you can definitely force the bandits out of the stronghold. As long as the enemy doesn't shrink back, they will surely win."

"Hurry up, beat the drums and gather the generals," Li Xiaogong excitedly delivered the order.

After all the generals arrived, Li Xiaogong explained the plan of cutting off food, and everyone present was enlightened.

It was previously thought that if we crossed the river by detour and took Danyang directly, we would definitely be counterattacked by the enemy troops from the two mountains on the opposite bank.

At that time, Danyang Fu Gong Er will send troops again, and he will be in a situation where he will be attacked by the enemy. Therefore, the generals are only thinking about forcibly crossing the river, defeating the enemy army head-on, and advancing step by step.

But no one thought that large troops could not detour across the river, but small elites could.

It is only necessary to send a small group of elites to detour across the river, harass the enemy's food roads on the other side, and rob them of food and grass. Once the [-] to [-] rebels on the other side are short of food, or even run out of food, it is time to win.

After thinking this through, all the generals regretted it.

Gao Chong said directly: "You don't have to be like this, if our army cuts off food at the beginning, it may not have any effect.

But now that we have been attacking for several days, the enemy army on the other side has consumed a lot of food and grass, and there must be very little food left. Cutting off their food roads at this time will be a miracle."

All the generals agreed upon hearing the words, and immediately volunteered to join the ranks, even Gao Chong took the initiative to join the ranks.

Li Xiaogong thought about it, and said bluntly: "As the commander of the marching army, you should not be taken lightly as my right-hand man and right-hand man."

All the generals also laughed and said: "Exactly, such a small scene can't bother Gao Shijun to go out."

Seeing this, Gao Chong could only retreat with a wry smile. Anyway, he was the one who proposed the food cut-off plan, so it doesn't matter to leave the specific implementation to others. After all, the distribution of credit depends on rain and dew.

Seeing all the generals asking for military service one after another, Li Xiaogong felt a little troubled, pondered for a moment, and said hesitantly: "You are all important ministers of the country that guards one side, it is not appropriate to venture into the enemy's territory."

This is indeed a good statement. All of you present here are the chief inspectors. It is indeed a bit risky to lead one or two thousand elites to go deep into the enemy's territory and use the strategy of cutting off food. After all, your status is there.

When he saw Huang Junhan, the governor of Huaizhou and the Duke of Guo, Li Xiaogong's eyes lit up, and he said bluntly: "I heard that there is a wise and brave general under the command of Duke Guo. At the beginning, he only led [-] sailors and broke through the city of Luo through the water gate. I don't know who the general is. ever came?"

Huang Junhan was overjoyed, and said directly: "It is Zhang Yeyi, a hussar general under a certain command, who is in the army at this time."

"Okay, pass on Zhang Yeyi quickly," Li Xiaogong said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)