Late Tang

In the Central Plains of the first year of the real dragon, just after the Huangchao Rebellion, the common people had not yet come to heal the pain caused by the grass bandits. In the blink of an eye, the towns were on fire again, and the armies of the towns and towns began to attack us. , The flames of war are all over the Central Plains, and rioting soldiers are everywhere. Not long ago, farmers, tenants, and domestic servants in villages all over the Central Plains, peddlers, craftsmen's apprentices, and shop assistants in the city are already wearing various military uniforms. All kinds of weapons, wearing simple armor, with different names tattooed on the cheeks of different towns and armies. .

The once tough and brave warrior is now reduced to a slave-like stabbing soldier, struggling in the troubled times.

It was the worst of times, but also the best of times.

The Central Plains is in chaos, but the East is peaceful and stable. For the people living in Taihang, east of Bianhe River and north of Huaihe River, this is the best era. Difficult to sleep, afraid that after waking up, it was all just a dream.

Xuanhua in 884 A.D. seemed to be still asleep, and then seemed to have woken up.

It was another cool morning, a ray of sunlight pierced through the layers of clouds, and strands of morning light fell. In the milky white light, the morning mist was so thick that it could not be dispersed.This fog shrouded Xuanhua City's black stone city wall like black iron. The tall city wall was lined with turrets and arrow towers, and the bell tower in the center of the city pointed straight into the sky.This fog also enveloped the Yanghe River not far south of Xuanhua City. From time to time, strings of blisters appeared on the clear surface of the Yanghe River, like boiled porridge. This was because the plump fish in the Yanghe River were eating dew.

Between Xuanhua City and Yanghe River, there is another road looming like a jade belt in the morning light.

It is the second road from the Beijing-Tianjin area to Shanxi besides the Jin-Yan National Road.Jinyan National Highway starts from Yanjing, connects Tianjin in the east, then turns back to the west, passes through Zhuozhou along the Zhangshui River, then passes through Mozhou, enters Yizhou, and then crosses Taihang Mountain via Puyinxing and Feihuxing, and enters Weizhou , and then enter the Xindai Basin through Taixi Pass, and arrive at Yanmen.Excluding the section from Yanjing to Tianjin, this Jinyan National Highway is a thousand miles long.Although the Taihang Mountains were dangerous and difficult to travel, Qin Fan spent a lot of manpower and material resources to go down, and had gunpowder to open the mountains and explode rocks. Using the natural tunnels of Puyin and Feihu Erxing in Taihang Mountains, the road was built.The completion of the Jinyan National Road greatly strengthened the Qin army's control over Shanxi Province to the west of Taihang.

However, there is only one way to enter Jin Dynasty, which is not enough.Especially in Li Jing's strategic layout, after Qin Fan pacified Hebei, he would attack Guanlong via Hedong, especially to strengthen the control of the grassland. important.

This road started construction later than Jinyan Road, but it has a larger scale. In the longitudinal line plan, this avenue named Jinghe National Road will start from Tianjin, pass through Yanjing, go west from Junduguan, cross Taihang, and then The entrance to Yanjin and the Grassland outside the Great Wall, where the three major mountain ranges of Taihang, Yanshan, and Yinshan meet, is also a new fortress city, Xuanhua, built on this important mountain pass after the Qin Fan entered Yanjin.

After passing through this city, which is also commonly called Zhangjiakou by the immigrant people, Jinhe Avenue has a branch here, and the main road continues westward, entering Jining, an important town established by the Qin Army at the plateau pass at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, which is later known as Jining. Wulanchabu, all the way to the border between Daibei and Zhenwu, near Baidao of Yinshan Mountain.In terms of planning, this Jinghe main road will continue to be built westward in the future. It will pass through Dingxiang, that is, after Hohhot, and then follow the three surrendered cities in the Yellow River bend to Helan Mountain, and continue to follow the Yellow River. On the other hand, it will be repaired to Longxi, Hexi, and in the future to the Western Regions.

But for the time being, only the border between Daibei West and Zhenwu Town has been repaired, but the branch road branching from Xuanhua is now longer.From Zhangjiakou, the branch road goes south, enters Datong, passes through Yunzhou and Shuozhou, passes through Yanmen Pass, and goes directly to the border of Xinzhou and Taiyuan.With the expansion of the Qin army, this road will also run through Taiyuan and the entire Hedong area, pass through Hedong Town, Hezhong Town, and Zhaoyi Town in the Shangdang Basin, then pass through Heyang, and continue to Luoyang.

In the future, the Jinyan National Highway will enter Taiyuan from Yanmen, then go south along Fenshui River, go west of Hedong, from Xindai Basin to Taiyuan Basin, then Linfen Basin in Hezhong Town, and cross the Yellow River at Jiangzhou Longmen in Hezhong Town , Arrive at Hancheng on the opposite side, enter Guanzhong, pass through Tongzhou, Huazhou, and finally reach Chang'an.

The planning of the Ministry of Communications of the Qin Dynasty is very ambitious. After several years of intensive repairs, although the three westward avenues are only being repaired to the Daibei area for the time being, they are still amazing.Especially Xuanhua City, which was originally just a valley leading to the Mongolian plateau. In the past, there was only one military fort. However, since the Qin Army built a large-scale Xuanhua City here, especially on the Jinghe Avenue and the road named Qinwang Avenue. After the avenue between Chang'an and Yanjing was formally built from here, Xuanhua City was not only a military city on the border, but also quickly became an important passage connecting Yan and Jin, and leading to grasslands, Guanlong, Hezhong and other places.

Xuanhua City was surprisingly lively and quickly prospered.

Earlier in the early morning, the sounds of "one two one" soldiers practiced. Xuanhua was originally an important military town. Not only did it have a city defense army, but also a frontier defense army and a field army. The militia, as well as the urban management team, security team, patrol team, security team, gendarmerie, etc., make it possible to see soldiers wearing various uniforms everywhere.But right now, the arrival of Qin Wang Li Jing made the city almost full of soldiers.

Soldiers of the Qin Army belonging to different military branches and different numbers are not subordinate to each other, but they are clearly separated, do not invade each other, and live harmoniously in the same city.In the morning, the soldiers in each barracks practiced their guns one after another, which was a bit more lively than the morning market and became a unique scenery in the border city of Xuanhua.

Except for a small number of family members of military and officials, the people here basically escaped from the Central Plains. They were taken in by Qin Fan and then resettled in this brand new city.Most of the families were assigned to the land on both sides of the Yang River. Although most of these lands were wasteland, the Yang River and the Sanggan River flowed through the land, so the land was good.In the past, it was just too close to the mouth, and the mountain pass here was not as dangerous as the mountains on the southern Great Wall line. In the past, Hu people could come in and plunder at any time, but now it is different. The Qin army is already the king of the north.Not only is there a heavily garrisoned Xuanhua city here, but the Qin army has also built a new Jining city with a circumference of 36 miles on the bank of Nanchi Lake at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain in the far north.With these two cities and the presence of the Qin Army border guards, the people here no longer have to worry about being looted by the barbarians. This originally barren land has naturally become a piece of fertile soil.A large number of immigrants, as well as the rise and establishment of Guantun Juntun, have made this place very lively today.

There are also many people. Although their families have been allocated a lot of land, those with a large family do not just guard the land for food.After the busy season of farming, these industrious new immigrants poured into the city one after another, working part-time in those newly opened workshops and shops, and even sending their children to school, some of them have read the required primary school Finally, unwilling to send any more money, he let the child with no talent go to a shop in the city as an apprentice.Even women, like their husbands, come out to work during the slack season, leaving the elderly at home to take care of them, and commute to and from get off work on time every day like their husbands, and work decently.Others come with their husbands to take care of the family. After their husbands go to work, they buy vegetables and cook. They also do some manual work at home to earn some pocket food.

But no matter what, the people here are as new as this city, and they are different from the Central Plains in every way, revealing a vigor and vitality.During the scuffle in the Central Plains, those refugees who suffered from the war swarmed into Qin. Everyone said that Qin Fan was a paradise, and there was gold everywhere. After leaving their homes, they were willing to come to Qin Fan to pick up gold.When I arrived in Qin Fan, although I found that Qin Fan had no gold to pick up, the life here was not worse than imagined, even better than imagined.

The wide streets, the tall buildings, the cleanliness and sanitation will make you dizzy after looking at them for a long time, not to mention, they still have their own land, their own houses, and at the same time they are planting their own land with extremely low land pay. In the slack season, you can go to the city to find part-time jobs with good wages. The family works hard, and the money they earn is not even less than that of farmers in the field.

After Li Jing rested in Xuanhua City for a night, he changed into an ordinary student's attire at dawn, and brought the guards who had also changed into clothes, and began to walk slowly in Xuanhua City.Along the way, all he saw was peace and contentment, and all he heard were happy words. In less than half a day, Li Jing heard the common people praising him no less than a hundred times in conversations with each other, and what he said was like a god. It's the same as going down to earth.If it weren't for Li Jing's powerful eyes and ears like the Supervision Office, who knew that the civil and military officials in Xuanhua City hadn't prepared in advance and arranged any drama, Li Jing would have thought all of this was acting.

The rest of Li Jing thought too much, the Chinese people are the most simple, as long as they can survive, they will never have too many demands.Not to mention, compared with the original life, compared with the life in other places in the Central Plains, the brand new life here is really like a dream, who would not be satisfied?

"Your Highness, the hearts of the people are available, and I feel that the time to launch the attack on Hedong Town is just right!" Zeng Yuanyu, a staff officer dressed as a fur merchant, said to Li Jing with a smile.

Li Jing also nodded, it is indeed popular.But the most important thing is the increasingly optimistic situation in Hebei.Just a few days ago, Le Yanzhen, the commander of Wei Bo Jiedu, was surrounded by tooth soldiers. He knew the current affairs and took the initiative to hand over the power of Wei Bo Jiedu commander, and he simply became a monk and became a monk.The Wei Boya soldiers re-elected a general to be the commander-in-chief. Then the next day, the temple where Le Yanzhen, who had just been a monk for a day, suddenly "fired". The former general did not survive in the end.

Le Yanzhen's son who was far away in Xiangzhou heard the news, he couldn't help being furious, his father is dead, so he, as a son, can't be punished by Qiu Hou.He wanted to lead his troops to kill Weizhou, but there were Qin troops besieging the city outside the city.After planning with the military adviser Li Shanfu, Le Congxun simply didn't sit still and surrendered directly to the general of the Qin Army Wang Yanzhang outside the city.Then acted as the leader of the Qin army and entered Weizhou.At this time, the Daming Mansion and Wei Bo Ya soldiers were in trouble at home and abroad, and the newly elected Jieshuai saw that the situation was not good, so he also intended to surrender to Qin.As a result, as soon as they secretly sent people out of the city, they were known by the generals. Driven by the secret plan of Luo Hongxin, the extremely ambitious Weibo Yabing junior, some crazy Weibo Yabing directly killed the newly elected section commander Zhao Wenmou.

After killing Xin Jieshuai, the tooth soldiers holding blood-dripping horizontal knives swept past the tooth generals and shouted loudly: "Who can take on this important task?"

In a short period of time, Wei Bozhen had lost three commanders-in-chief, and at this time, the Qin Army's soldiers were overwhelming, and the generals were not willing to make such a move.As a result, Luo Hongxin, who was only in charge of the military horse, jumped out and said that he should take on the important task. He even told a story about it, saying that an old fairy with a white beard had been coming to him recently, saying that he would be Wei. Boss coach.A few of Luo Hongxin's friends also echoed. Under various circumstances, Luo Hongxin, the Bi Mawen, actually became the commander-in-chief of Weibo Town.

However, Wei Bo's commander-in-chief was not so easy to be. As soon as Le Yanzhen died, Le Congxun immediately surrendered to Qin. Moreover, under the instigation of the Qin army, some of Wei Bo's army leaders saw that the situation was not good, and began to fall to Qin. Qin Jun.As a result, Luo Hongxin tried his best to take advantage of the opportunity to become the coach of Wei Bo. As a result, the coach only served for seven days. While still in a dream, he was already captured by Wang Yanzhang's troops who rushed into the city.

The Daming Mansion, which is also an important town in Hebei Province along with Youzhou City, was easily captured by the Qin army.

As soon as his name was lost, the old commander was killed and the new commander was captured. Even the arrogant Wei Bo Yabing couldn't stand up this time.A mere [-] Wei Bo Ya soldiers, if they had big names in their hands, could still resist for a while. Now that the city is lost, most of them were caught in their sleep, and some who tried to resist were beheaded on the spot.Weizhou and Xiangzhou were lost one after another, and Wei Bo was leaderless. In just three days, the Wei Bo garrisons in the other four states and counties surrendered to Qin one after another.Things went well, even many Qin Jun didn't expect it.

In half a month, Qin Jun captured Wei Bo.In the original battle plan, the generals of the Qin Army thought that Wei Bo might be a hard bone. It was possible that after the Qin Army captured Chengde in autumn, Wei Bo might resist until next year.But the reality is that only one Shenzhou has surrendered in Chengde, but Wei Bo has fully occupied it.

The original battle plan was quickly changed, and Li Jing sent a new order to Zhou Dewei on the road, asking him to take advantage of the current momentum and take Cheng De in one fell swoop.At the same time, let the Supervision Office fully mobilize and let them be responsible for intelligence work, as well as assassination and instigation of enemy generals.

Under both control, with Wei Bo's success ahead of him, Chengde completely became a lone army, surrounded by the Qin army on all sides.

Coupled with the defeat of Shenzhou, Su Han, and the defeat of Zhenzhou City, the Chengde army was even more desperate.

Chengde lasted nine days longer than Wei Bo. Nine days later, Wang Jingyin was beheaded by his subordinates. The gate of Zhenzhou city was opened wide, a white flag was raised on the city, and Zhao Jun surrendered.Later, after the Qin army took control of Zhenzhou, it quickly wiped out Jizhou and Zhaozhou.

From the sending out of the army to the end, in less than a month, the Qin army almost did not fight any tough battles, and without any damage, they captured the two strong towns that had ruled Hebei for more than a hundred years.

At this time, Li Jing's team, who was going to supervise the front of the enemy in Daizhou, had just left the military capital pass and arrived in Xuanhua.

However, Li Jing did not return to Yanjing immediately, but stayed in Xuanhua.

Many generals guessed what Li Jing was thinking, and felt that the great victory in Hebei had stimulated King Qin, and now King Qin was about to use the ox knife that hadn't come yet to be used to chop down a chicken: Hedong Town!

Li Jing was also thinking about attacking Hedong. The battle of Hebei ended too quickly, and the Qin army who had been preparing for a long time almost didn't do anything, and the war ended.It can be said that the Qin army is still ready to go, and it is completely possible to change the original Hebei battle plan to a Hebei attack plan. The soldiers and logistics are all fully prepared, and the Battle of Hebei can be launched at any time.

There is only one reason why Li Jing has not made a decision yet, and that is whether the timing is right.

When the Central Plains War started, the Qin Army quickly captured the second town in Hebei.But sending troops to Hedong at this time will break the peace agreement with Chang'an, and perhaps make the Chang'an court turn around and temporarily end the internal strife to deal with Qin Fan with all its strength.It's not that Li Jing is afraid of going head-to-head with them, but just thinks that if he waits, it will undoubtedly be a good time to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and the fisherman will benefit from it.

However, although this is safe, Hedong Town is now extremely empty, and if the opportunity is missed, there may not be such a good opportunity again.

"Does the general feel that the time is right now?" Li Jing sat on the table at the entrance of an early shop on the street outside Xuanhua City, stirring the porridge.

"Someone feels that the time is ripe. The 20 soldiers and horses we prepared for the Battle of Hebei have almost never been used. It is enough to use this army and horses to attack Hedong Town. In addition, the more than [-] shi of grain we prepared for the Battle of Hebei , and haven’t touched it yet. And taking Hebei, we have also harvested a large amount of grain, so there is no need to worry about logistics. Moreover, after taking Chengde and Weibo, our attack on Hedong Town is also much more favorable. Now we not only You can go south from Daizhou to attack Taiyuan, and you can also attack Taiyuan from Zhenzhou to the west through Jingxing. Moreover, from the perspective of the surrounding situation, Hedong Town is now leaderless, and half of the soldiers and horses are still in the Central Plains. In addition to Chang'an and Chengdu, Zhu Wenwen and Cai Zongquan Waiting for all parties to fight, now is a good time to seize Taiyuan. The most important thing is that not only did we not expect the Hebei battle to end so quickly, but Chang'an was even more unpredictable. In this way, we Sending troops to Hedong Town now is an excellent opportunity to win Taiyuan in one fell swoop, the opportunity is once in a thousand years, the opportunity must not be missed!"

Li Jing lowered his head and finished a bowl of corn porridge, put down the bowl and spoon, paused for a while, finally made up his mind, and nodded, "So, then the Staff Council immediately draws up a battle plan. Either we don't fight, or we have to fight if we want to fight." Fight a good fight and win the battle!"

Seeing that Li Jing finally agreed to send troops to Taiyuan, Zeng Yuanyu couldn't help but excitedly replied: "The last general takes orders!" His loud answer attracted the surprise and attention of countless people who were having breakfast nearby. With excited eyes, Li Jing couldn't help curling her lips, knowing that today's micro-service trip is over.After a few wry smiles, Li Jing got up, left a Sirius silver coin behind, turned around and left!

Zeng Yuanyu also found himself losing his composure and revealing his identity. He smiled at Li Jing a few times in embarrassment, poured the bowl of untouched porridge into his mouth, wiped his mouth and followed King Qin's footsteps with strides. (To be continued.)