Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 11 The Battle of Heyang Starts to Plan for the River East
In the army tent, generals Ge Congzhou, Niu Cunjie and other soldiers called for battle one after another.

"What does Jingxiang think?"

Jing Xiang said: "We must be rescued, and we must win!"

Jingxiang is Zhu Wen's most trusted counselor, and his words have always been valued by Zhu Wen.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Wen asked, "Why?"

"Zhang Quanyi is the lord's old friend. The righteous should be rescued. This is the first thing. Heyang is close to our territory. This is the reliance of lips and teeth. The second thing is that Li Ke used his wolfish ambition to reconcile the old grudge with the lord. If he loses, he will die forever." There is no day of peace, if you win, you will be cowardly and dare not easily violate the border, this is the principle that when you save, you will win."

Zhu Wen nodded his head and ordered Ge Congzhou, Ding Hui, and Niu Cunjie to lead [-] troops to rescue Zhang Quanyi.

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Kang Junli and Li Cunxiao's troops merged with Li Han's more than [-] troops, and arrived in Heyang a few days later.

Kang Junli said to Li Hanzhi: "Our soldiers and horses are all cavalry, and they are not good at attacking cities. If you attack, our troops will be in the rear sweeping formation."

Li Hanzhi felt displeased, and said to the left and right: "If you don't want to attack, why do you have to come?"

But he had no choice but to order his subordinates to build siege equipment and rush to attack for several days, killing and injuring thousands of people, and Heyang was about to be destroyed.

Zhang Quanyi was very anxious, and was about to kill Li Hanzhi's family, and then abandon the city to escape, when he saw dust flying in the southeast.

Zhang Quanyi was very happy and hurriedly shouted.

"Reinforcement is here!"

"Reinforcement is here!"

The morale of the defenders on the city was greatly shaken, and all the soldiers who climbed the tower were beheaded.

Li Hanzhi supervised the battle under the city, and scouts came to report, and Zhu Wen sent tens of thousands of troops to rescue Heyang.Turned pale in shock, he hurriedly retreated down to Heyang, set up a camp on the side of Heyang East Avenue and refused to defend.

Li Hanzhi knew how powerful Zhu Wen was, so he immediately sent someone to Kang Junli's camp to warn him.

In Kang Junli's military tent, just after Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Li Cunxiao laughed and said: "General Li Jiedu is camping on the road, is this going to run away?"

The military academy blushed and couldn't answer.

Kang Junli said: "Zhu Wen has [-] soldiers and horses, all of whom are warriors who have fought a hundred battles. If you keep filial piety, you can't be embarrassed."

Li Cunxiao, An Xiuxiu and the others were silent, their faces showed displeasure.

The main force is weak and the strong one is weak, and Kang Junli's team is not easy to lead. The small school reported the situation to Li Hanzhi, and when he knew that the main general of Zhu Wen's army was Ge Congzhou, Li Hanzhi concluded that Kang Junli would be defeated.

Who is Ge Congzhou?

The soldiers and horses under him were several times that of Kang Junli. I am afraid that if all of them are on top of him, they will not be Ge Congzhou's opponent.

Seeing that the Heyang City in front of him is gradually getting out of reach, fearing that his wife and children will be hard to see each other in the city, Li Hanzhi hated and grieved, so he ordered his troops to pack up and flee to Zezhou that night...

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Ge Congzhou, Niu Cunjie, and Ding Hui arrived in Heyang and camped directly in Sang Village.

"There are houses and ditches here blocking the cavalry, and there are several wells in the village. The army has enough food and grass, so they can stick to it and wait for the opportunity to defeat the enemy."

Having been in the army for decades, Ge Congzhou saw the camp that was most beneficial to his own army at the first sight.

"There are many archers on the house, and the soldiers carry barricades in the house. If a large group of people enters the camp, immediately block the barricades. ..."

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Li Ye has been paying attention to the battle of Heyang. This battle seems to be a small border friction, but it has a far-reaching impact.

After this battle, Li Keyong and Zhu Wen stopped confronting each other for a long time, and Zhu Wen calmly settled Xu, Yan, Huainan and other places. When Li Keyong faced Zhu Wen again, he found Zhu Wen He has grown to the point where he can't help it.

This battle is crucial to Datang.

Li Ye summoned Du Rangneng, Zhang Jun, and Kong Wei to draw up an imperial edict, conferring on Li Keyong's son Li Cunxu as Heyang Jiedu envoy.

Du Rangneng said: "Hedong is so powerful, if you win Heyang again, you may not be able to control it. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Li Ye knew very well that the ministers of the imperial court did not have any good impressions of Li Keyong, and the reflection of the Hedong Army was that they were very powerful, but extremely brutal.

Chang'an is still there, and Li Ke uses the damage caused by the Hedong Army.

However, courtiers can't see through the current situation. For Datang, Li Keyong is now the most powerful, while Zhu Wen, although he has tens of thousands of soldiers, only occupies a few states around Bianliang.

But after a little thought, you can appreciate Zhu Wen's strength.

Bianliang is located in the place of the Four Wars, connected to Weibo and Zhuxuan of Yunzhou on the top, Qikerang of Yanzhou to the east, Shipu of Xuzhou to the east, Huainan and Qin Zongquan of Caizhou to the south, and Zhongwu Army and Yicheng Army of Xuzhou to the west.

You must know that Zhu Wen only brought thousands of soldiers and horses into Bianliang, and Huang Chao repaired them in the middle.

Qunqiang looked around, and there was no peace. It has only been three years since Zhu Wen took office. What do you think?

Zhu Wen not only gained a firm foothold, but also convinced the surrounding neighbors one by one.

Give him some more time to expand his territory, and that would be fine.

Throwing Heyang to Li Keyong was a dose of poison Li Ye gave to Li Keyong, and Li Keyong would happily swallow it.

The reason why Li Keyong didn't attack Hezhong was not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't have enough troops. Li Keyong's eyes were fixed on Zhaoyi Luzhou, which was directly below the River East, and Heyang was close to Zhaoyi's south side.

If Heyang is captured, Luzhou can be attacked from north to south, which is definitely a piece of fat for Li Keyong.

As for after taking Heyang, will there be conflicts with Zhu Wen?

Li Keyong was eager to fight Zhu Wen to get revenge.

Li Keyong looked down on Zhu Wen from the bottom of his heart. The reason why Zhu Wen messed with him in Longquanyi was because Li Keyong's mouth was too stinky.

Zhu Wen kindly invited Li Ke to drink to express his feelings of rescue.

But at the banquet, you Li Keyong just looked down on Zhu Wen, and you said to Zhu Wen at the wine table: "You are a country bumpkin, as humble as a dog, and you voted for Huang Chao as a thief, what the hell are you How can I be so embarrassing as this Xuanwu Jiedu envoy?"

This is still on Zhu Wen's territory, the operation is quite showy.

Zhu Wen was also stunned on the spot, beating people without slapping them in the face, Li Ke used to bury my old Zhu like this in front of so many of my subordinates, I will not be a fool in the future.

When the fire was fired that night, Li Ke was almost roasted into a suckling pig.

With this matter as a basis, I am not afraid that Li Keyong will not be able to get along with Lao Zhu.

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

Kong Wei and Zhang Jun also expressed their opposition.

This matter cannot be explained to them in detail.

The remaining prestige of cutting off the eunuch Yang Fugong is still there, and the emperor's authority is still there, so it is no problem to force an edict.

Kong Wei knelt down to remonstrate, saying that he would not obey the edict.Zhang Jun also ran forward to join in the fun, but Du Rangneng was thoughtful and didn't follow.

Li Ye threw up his sleeves and walked out, ignoring it, thinking about whether to change the prime minister, or change the political system of Datang.

It's too child's play for three or four people to decide on major national affairs!

(End of this chapter)