Late Tang

Golden autumn in October. .

Autumn is high and crisp, the sky is light and the clouds are light, the wind is peaceful and the sun is beautiful.

Two big snow-white birds hovered between the blue sky and white clouds, making a shriek from time to time.When they hovered over the low sky, their fierce and noble figures were immediately revealed. The two giant birds were more than three feet long, and their huge white wings spread more than ten feet.The whole body is white and spotless, without the slightest variegated giant bird, just like two divine birds.

Compared with them, the overlord eagles in the sky can only be eclipsed.

This is no longer an eagle, but a vulture.And only one of the [-] eagles can be carved out of Liaodong, and the most handsome one is called the sea dongqing.

And this pair of eagles is the handsomest of the handsome, the king of the overlords.

Such a divine bird can only be possessed by extraordinary people.What's more, such a pair of air overlords from Liaodong is hovering on the west bank of the Yellow River and the Loess Plateau in Guanzhong at this time.

On the loess plateau where they passed and circled, a large black forest suddenly appeared, a forest of steel.

This is an ocean of people and a forest of weapons.This is the team of the strongest men in the world today, the team of Qin King Li Jing.

A pair of top-quality jade claws Haidongqing circled down from the blue sky, and finally landed on the Qin King's chariot under the golden eagle flag in the middle of the steel forest. Qin Wang Li Jing was sitting in the carriage with the four walls of the carriage open.

The huge golden warhorse 'Land Rover' attached to the golden chariot snorted dissatisfiedly at the two birds, while the silver wolf Xiaoyue trotting along on the other side of the chariot just took aim at them. The pair of birds glanced at each other, then continued to move forward with its steady and dance-like steps in disdain.

In the carriage, official documents and various military information that were continuously gathered and submitted from the rear were being reviewed.The wind blown by Costin blew up the memorial.He raised his head involuntarily and smiled.Simply put together the memorial.He took out two large chunks of chilled fresh beef from a side box and shared them with them.

"Dragon Eagle Knight, Griffin Knight, I'm hungry!" These two Haidongqings were not wild, but were born of the domesticated Haidongqing that Li Jing used to domesticate, and were domesticated and raised by him.The two Haidongqings, which are already blue and better than blue, are stronger than their mother.Li Jing liked the pair of eagles so much that he even added two titles of knights to their names.The two Haidongqings were very familiar with their surnames, and they were very close to Li Jing, and they came up to take the beef.Not violent.

The bloody BMW Land Rover and the silver giant wolf Xiaoyue were a little dissatisfied with Li Jing's favoritism, staring at the two birds and whining in a low voice.

"Hahaha, you guys are still jealous." Li Jing burst into laughter. During the tense march, having these little friends around made people feel a lot more relaxed.He fetched two more pieces of beef, and tossed one to each of the two fellows in fairness. "Land Rover Knight, Xiaoyue Knight, well, this is fair!"

Four sturdy 'knights'.Immediately, they ate a big piece of food, and forgot Li Jing, the master, for a while.

Although the four raptors are ferocious.But Li Jing now has more sturdy soldiers far surpassing these four knights.Not long ago, there was a great battle in the Central Plains. Yang Fugong and others withdrew without a fight, and the Qin army quickly consolidated the situation in Hedong and the Central Plains.

30 elites marched westward and southward. Under the command of Li Jing, they have completed the conquest of Chengde, Weibo, and Zhaoyi in Hebei, and the six towns of Hedong, Hezhong, and Heyang in Hedong, and have further consolidated their control over Luoyang. control.Right now, Li Jing is about to beat the dog in the water and take advantage of the victory to advance westward.

Yu Juan, the general who conquered the North, had already invaded Zhenwu in Hetao.

As for Li Jing, seeing that the Central Plains War was won before a battle, he did not continue to stay in Luoyang, nor did he rush back to the newly established capital Yanjing immediately.Instead, they went north to the middle of the river, followed the route Gao Siji and the others used to cross the river, crossed the Yellow River from the west of Longmen, entered Guanzhong, and entered Hancheng on the east bank.

Li Jing could temporarily let Qin Zongquan, Yang Xingmi, Qian Liu, and Zhu Wen go, but he would never let Yang Fugong go at this time.

Chang'an, he is determined to win!

Li Jing's westward advance this time, the Guards under his personal command are still a full [-] elite.

In addition to the 20 elite soldiers in the north of Yu Jian, the [-] elite forwards of Wang Yanzhang, and the [-] soldiers and horses of Lin Wei, the elite soldiers of Qin Fan's attack on Guanzhong this time are a total of [-] people.

Many courtiers advised Li Jing to return to Yanjing at this time to prepare for his ascension.But for Li Jing, he had to come to Guanzhong first.In the battle of the Western Expedition, he must personally sit on the front line and command.This is not because he wants some command merit. He is the king of a country, and he doesn't need to compete with his subordinates for merit. The military merit of his subordinates is his credit.But he didn't come to visit the mountains and rivers, but he had enough reasons to go west.

Even if he has agreed to the persuasion of the officials and agreed to the throne.But before that, he needs to make this trip first, Li Jing will never rush to take the throne without destroying the Chang'an court first.What he wanted was not only enthronement and proclaiming himself emperor, but also the emperor of the Tang Dynasty surrendering the city with the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom in his hands, and surrendering completely.Moreover, he also wanted to welcome the emperor Li Ye back to Yanjing, and then sit next to him in Yanjing Zen to truly complete this sacred ceremony.

Fifty thousand elite guards, dressed in dazzling armor, stood majestically under the autumn sun.

These most elite soldiers in the world are as silent as a piece of sculpture, no one speaks, laughs, and no one moves around.There are only countless black eagle flags that symbolize the majesty of the Qin Dynasty, fluttering in the wind, and only the spears in their hands are shining dazzlingly in the sun.

The young and majestic guard officer raised his chest and raised his head, striding forward with his briefcase in his hand, and walked towards Li Jing's carriage through the guards.

Under the tall, wide and huge carriage, besides the "Four Horsemen of the Beast", stood side by side the slightly fatter and smiling Director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhang Chengye, and the Chief of the Chamber of Guards, Zhao Jiang.These two people do not have obvious official positions and titles, but they are the closest servants of King Qin among Qin Fan, and they are also very trusted by Li Jing.

The young captain's officer had his legs together.There was a snap.First stand at attention.Then he knelt down on one knee, clenched his fist with his right hand and struck hard on his left chest, shouting loudly: "Report to King Qin, the frontline military information has been sent!"

The one-armed Zhao Jiang stepped forward, glanced at the captain officer, then took the official document from him, checked it carefully, and nodded.Turning around and walking towards the cart, he reported in a gentle voice, "Your Highness, the military situation on the front line!"

Although Li Jing has not yet ascended the throne at this time, Li Jing has accepted the persuasion, and his ascension is just around the corner.This made even a close servant like Zhao Jiang a little more polite when facing Li Jing, and he no longer dared to look directly at "Tianyan" casually, but just bowed his head respectfully.Li Jing, the prospective emperor at this time, was only 33 years old. After 12 years of struggle, he started from nothing.From a farmer, he eventually became an emperor.Although he has been fighting abroad all year round.But it was delivered very well.And this time is at the peak of life, whether it is physical strength or spiritual temperament, there is an overflowing majesty everywhere.

He has just passed his thirties, and he is still extremely young, but his status and majesty today have made people dare not look down upon him.

Li Jing took the military information sent by Zhao Jiang, opened it casually, and glanced at the military information with sharp eyes.Zhao Jiang lowered his head cautiously, and occasionally glanced at Li Jing from the corner of his eyes. When he saw Li Jing reading the official document, a smile gradually appeared on his face. Obviously, the official document just delivered was good news.

He really wanted to ask He Kexi's military situation, but he, who was becoming more and more disciplined, didn't say anything in the end.After being with King Qin for many years, he gradually understood that what should not be said should not be said, and what should not be seen should not be seen.

Li Jing put down the booklet, and tapped his knee lightly with his fingers.Then he asked, "How far is it to Hancheng?"

Zhao Jiang hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, this place is still twenty miles away from Hancheng! General Guo Wei is already in Hancheng to pick him up. General Gang Guo sent someone to report that he has arrived ten miles east of Hancheng."

"Don't go into Hancheng, just go south." Li Jing said.

Zhao Jiang was a little surprised, "Your Highness, to the south is Li Quanzhong's Tongzhou land, Heyang, Hexi, and Chengcheng, and it is still in his hands!"

Li Jing laughed softly: "It's not anymore!"

Tongzhou is the gateway to the Middle East of the Guanzhong. Tongzhou faces Jiangzhou and Puzhou in the east across the Yellow River, borders Fangzhou and Jingzhao across the Beiluo River in the west, and faces Huazhou across the Weihe River in the south.Pujin Pass in Tongzhou is the main traffic route between Qin and Jin Dynasties, Tongguan in Huazhou is the gate to the Middle East of Guanzhong, and Pujin Pass in Tongzhou is not one of the four fortresses in Guanzhong, but it is also a side gate to the Middle East of Guanzhong.The new town in Tongzhou was an important post station between the Qin and Jin Dynasties at that time.It has four gates, and each gate is composed of six village castles, with brick and wood structure, and they want to watch from a distance.Even in Caozhuang in the southwest corner, there is a Zijin City, where there are two palaces of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the North Palace and the East Palace.In the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was Xijing, Luoyang was the eastern capital, Taiyuan was the northern capital, and Puban was once established as the central capital.The prosperity of Puzhou and Tongzhou at that time can be seen.

Because of this, the history of this place where Shanxi, Shanxi and Henan meet at the corner of the Yellow River is a battleground for military strategists.

Although Yang Fugong gave up the important land in the river, when he returned to Chang'an, he still left soldiers and horses to guard the Yellow River.As the landlord of the same state, Li Quanzhong, the commander of the township festival, guarded Tongguan and Pujin Pass with heavy troops.Li Quanzhong was expelled from Hebei by Li Jing, and finally seized the opportunity. During the Huangchao Rebellion, he washed his identity and found Tonghua territory for himself.Now, how could he be willing to be driven away by Li Jing for the second time.

Moreover, Zhuzhen retreated quickly from the east of the river, but now they have retreated to Guanzhong, and they will never retreat again.

Zhao Jiang was very worried. At this time, even if the king of Qin was the most powerful in the world and had [-] elite soldiers in his hands, Tongzhou might not be so easy to break into.

But what he didn't know was that this problem was no longer a problem for Li Jing.

During the period when Li Jing set off from Luoyang and entered Guanzhong westward, the Qin Army's three-way army did not waste time and missed a good opportunity.

Lin Wei's Southern Expeditionary Army stormed the two prefectures of Shanguo Town where Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi meet.This made Li Quanzhong, the commander-in-chief of Tongguan, have to defend Tongguan with heavy troops, and even several towns such as Fengxiang and Jingyuan had to send troops to assist.Li Quanzhong and others shrank behind Tongguan and did not dare to leave the pass, but Lin Wei in the Guandong had [-] elites in his hands, and the east and north were already in his own territory. The defenders were advancing steadily, and they suffered terribly from the beating.Can barely support.

And the grand master Yu Yu.This old civil servant Su Lao has successively served as the commander-in-chief of Ziqing Jiedu, Tiande Jiedu, and Tianping Jiedu.It also lived up to Li Jing's hopes.He only led [-] troops out of Shuozhou, crossed the Great Wall, and entered the territory of the Zhenwu Army in the Hetao area, and the journey went smoothly.He Lianduo, commander of the Zhenwu Festival, and Bai Yicheng, the commander of the Tiande Festival, were both subordinate to him, and Li Guochang, who followed him from Tiande all the way to Zhenwu, achieved success again and again.Today, Yu Yu, who attacked Zhenwu again, is still a young sword.It's just that the years have passed.The former subordinates have become the current opponents.

With [-] elite cavalry, plus sufficient firearms and ammunition of the Qin Army, as well as the inter-epoch cavalry array charge tactics of the Qin Army cavalry, as well as new tactics such as infantry, cavalry, and artillery coordinated operations, on the flat Hetao Plain, they They defeated the Tuyuhun people who still relied on personal bravery and scattered charging cavalry and shooting tactics.

He Lianduo and Bai Yicheng, the two Tuyuhun commanders joined forces, and the two towns' armies faced Yu Yu. As a result, they lost three times in three battles, and the defeat was miserable.More than half of the main forces of the second town's troops and horses were lost.Keep losing.All the way has been withdrawn to Bai Yicheng's Xishoujiang City.The Zhenwu Army's Shanyu Duhu Mansion, Dongshoucheng City, Zhongshoucheng City, and many military towns and villages were successively lost.

Not long ago, Li Jing was greatly praised.The seven major generals, including Wang Yanzhang and Guo Wei, who were all promoted to the rank of major general, fought even more fiercely after replenishing their troops and possessing [-] elite troops.Bao Da's army was beaten even worse, Tuoba Sigong led some difficult troops to help, but under the brave attack of seven young major generals, they came quickly and lost quickly.

Just as Li Jing was crossing the river, Yu Juan from Hetao in the north and the major generals on the Loess Plateau finally beat and subdued their opponents.Tuoba Sigong, He Lianduo, Bai Yicheng, and Dongfang Kui, the four generals, saw the allied forces of the Chang'an court leave the Guandong vigorously, and then immediately retreated to the Guanzhong in a state of embarrassment. Almost all of Kanto was crushed and annexed, and they rushed into Guanzhong, and after beating them all over the ground, they finally despaired.

The last bit of toughness was also swallowed by them along with the blood and the knocked out teeth.

In the end, Zhenwu, Tiande, Baoda, and Dingnan, who had been beaten and had no power to fight back, finally bowed their proud heads to Li Jing and surrendered to the Qin army.

But now, the conquered Zhenwu He Lianduo and Tiande Bai Yicheng are led by Yu Yu, the general who conquered the North, and the general who conquered the west, Wang Yanzhang, and the six major generals, also brought Tuoba Sigong and Baoda Dongfang with the determination to surrender. Kui together, integrated troops and horses, turned around and went south.

The military emergency report that Li Jing received just now was the latest good news from the Seventh Major General Wang Yanzhang who went south first. They had already traveled southward from Baozhou along the Beiluo River yesterday and entered the territory of Tongzhou.And they had already bypassed Chengcheng, Heyang, Hexi, the first line of defensive belt north of Pujin Pass, copied directly to the rear of Pujin Pass, and appeared in Feng Yicheng in Tongzhou.At this time, they were on the west side of Pujin Pass, only two hundred miles away from the Yellow River.

Li Jing was in a good mood at this time. He smiled and said to Zhao Jiang: "Our seven major generals have already encircled Feng Yicheng in the same state, and the general who recruits the North will also go south to reinforce. However, Feng Yi and Pujin are now heavily guarded. A hard bone. We have no time to enter Hancheng to rest. Immediately pass the order, the whole army marches quickly, and immediately go south to attack Feng Yi, Hexi, Heyang, and Chengcheng in the north of Pujin. Gu, I want to personally cheer for the seven generals. !"

"Ah! The four feudal towns of Zhenwu, Tiande, Baoda, and Dingnan have already surrendered?" Not only did Zhao Jiang make a sound in surprise, but even Zhang Chengye, who had been standing by the side, opened his mouth wide in surprise and didn't close it for a long time. .

Baoda Town, also known as Weibei Jiedu, is separated from Chang'an by a river, and Dingnan is to the north of Baoda, and Zhenwu and Tiande are in the area north of the Yellow River to the north of Dingnan Town.It can be said that these four feudal towns almost covered most of the territory in Guanzhong and Longdong.The Hetao area, the Loess Plateau area, and the west bank of the Yellow River are all owned by the Qin Fan.

Guanzhong completely opened the door to Qin Fan.

Even if Yang Fugong repelled the Sanchuan soldiers and horses and defended Chang'an.Even if Li Quanzhong can hold Tongguan and Pujin Pass, they are already doomed to fail.

After defeating and conquering the four towns, even if the Qin army couldn't take the east gate and east side gate of Guandong for a while, they could already enter the pass from the northeast and go south.

During the Beibei Rebellion, Li Ke used his father Li Guochang to send troops from Zhenwu to cross the south of the river and attack Xiazhou directly. He wanted to go from the north to the south and threaten Chang'an, the capital.It's a pity that Li Guochang was too weak at that time, he couldn't even take down Tuoba Sigong, let alone a real threat to Chang'an.

But Qin Jun is different. Li Jing is fully capable of things that Li Guochang cannot do.

Of course, with the current strength of the Qin army, after taking down the four towns, it doesn't have to be so troublesome to go south from the north.They are fully capable, but Ke Xin double-teams Pujin and Tongguan first, and pushes them all the way.

Back in the days of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao, Han Sui and other coalition forces in Guanzhong rebelled against Cao, and Jiatongguan was also stationed at that time.At that time, Cao Cao was the main force to confront the Guanzhong Army at Tongguan, but secretly sent Xu Huang and Zhu Lingdu Pu Banjin to occupy Hexi as the camp.At that time, Xu Huang said to Cao Cao, saying that the prime minister attacked Tongguan with heavy troops, but the thieves didn't know to divide their troops to guard Pujin, so they knew that they had no plan.Since Cao Cao crossed from Tongguan to the north, he crossed the West River from Puban, followed the river as a corridor to the south, and defeated the super army.

In the current situation, Qin Jun is facing a far better situation than Cao Cao.

What Li Jing has to do now is to attract all the soldiers and horses from the towns in Guanzhong to Pujin and Tongguan in the two prefectures of Tonghua, gather them here in one fell swoop, and then even the last piece of clothing in Guanzhong will be taken off. Easy to get too.

"Wooooow!~~~"

The melodious sound of bugles continued to sound in the long marching team, and the [-] guards of the Qin army continued to advance and turned southward! . )