Late Tang

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Cangzhou is the largest prefecture in Hebei. One prefecture is equivalent to the combined size of the four prefectures of Mo, Ying, Shen, and Yi in the west.This coastal prefecture in Hebei, which was successively snatched by various towns, was once divided into Jingzhou, but now, it is reunited as a prefecture.Connecting to the south of Dezhou and Dizhou, the Yichang Army was formed.

The Yichang Festival, like the Yiwu Army, was actually separated from the Chengde Army.

The Chengde army was once the strongest and most stable of the three towns in Heshuo. It used the Yi, Ding, Zhen, Zhao, Shen, Yi, Cang, De, and Di states to control the dangers of the Taihang. Gu Ze Taiyuan was shaken, and Fan Yang was shocked when he went north.

Chengde controls Yanji, and the road leads to Heluo. There is a danger of Jingxing, which is enough to strangle the throat.

Since the Anshi Rebellion, the vassals and towns have been separated, and Chengde is the strongest. Zhu Tao is fierce and Wang Wujunshui is brave, and they are invincible.After Wang Chengzong and Wang Ting came together, they first became unrestrained, and with the order of the emperor, they joined forces with soldiers from all walks of life to fight on all sides, and they were defeated one after another, and no one could break it.

However, during the Xianzong Dynasty, the Chengde army was in civil strife and was eventually defeated by the court. Although Chengde Town was saved, Yiding was divided into the Yiwu Army and Cangdedi into the Yichang Army.

In Chengde Town, only the four prefectures of Zhenshen, Zhaoyi, and Zhaoyi remained, but Wang Jingchong, the governor of Chengde's army, still couldn't forget to restore Chengde's former power.

At present, all parties are fighting together, and seeing the towns in Henan, intimidated by Huangchao, shutting themselves down, Wang Jingchong immediately sent troops to Cangzhou, preparing to swallow the Yichang army in the east first.

Since the beginning of the army, Wang Jingchong has also continued to recruit troops, and now he has [-] soldiers and horses, which can be said to be the limit of military expansion, and he has formed [-] cavalry in his hands.

With 32 soldiers and horses in hand, 15 of them are elite cavalry, which can be called strong soldiers and strong horses.Wang Jingchong was only [-] years old at this time. His Wang family was not Han, but Uyghur Absi. In the [-]th year of Yuanhe, Wang Chengzong of the Khitan tribe who originally controlled the German army died. His younger brother Wang Chengyuan submitted to the imperial court. Tian Hongzheng sent three thousand Wei Bo Ya soldiers back to Wei Bo shortly after he took office as Jiedu Envoy of the Chengde Army. The Cheng German Army knew that the soldiers and horses envoys returned to the Abusi tribe Wang Tingcou had different ambitions, colluded with the Ya soldiers and killed them.

Wang Yancouu has been in control of Chengde's army since then, and Wang Jingchong's generation is already the fifth generation.

Wang Jingchong's grandfather, Wang Yuankui, was the son of Wang Yancou. Because he was very respectful to the court, contrary to his father's attitude, he married Xuanzong's niece, Princess Shou'an, and the Wang family became the commander-in-chief of the German army from then on.

Wang Jingchong's father, Wang Shaoding, was the eldest son of Wang Yuankui, who was born to a princess. In 855, when Wang Jingchong was eight years old, Wang Yuankui died, and Wang Shaoding succeeded him.But he abused the people and drank banquets all day long, so the soldiers conspired to rebel.But before the rebellion happened, Wang Shaoding died of illness, and the soldiers elected his younger brother Wang Shaoyi to succeed him.Xuanzong approved it.

After Wang Jingchong's uncle succeeded his father as Jiedushi, Wang Jingchong served as the acting governor and commander of Zhenzhou. His uncle had been in office for ten years and died of illness when Wang Jingchong was 19 years old. It has been 13 years in a blink of an eye.

Before starting the army, he was the Jiedu Envoy of the Chengde Army, and concurrently served as the Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhangshi, Shizhong, Zhao Guogong and other officials who were granted by Tang Yanjia.

This year, his son Wang Rong was only five years old.

No one can say clearly why Wang Jingchong rebelled, but he just rebelled.

But now, Wang Jingchong ordered his half-brother Wang Jingyin and younger brother Wang Jingyi to lead [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to attack the Yichang Army.

The Yichang Army had only [-] soldiers and horses, and the battle went smoothly.

On February [-]th, Wang Jingchong received the news in Zhenzhou that two brothers had captured Cangzhou City. captured.

On the same day, Wang Jingchong sent envoys to Cangzhou to announce the rewards for the meritorious soldiers. At the same time, he ordered Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingxuan to continue to go south to take advantage of the victory to capture Dezhou and Dizhou.On the other hand, Wang Jingchong has already begun to plan his troops to leave Jingxing and attack Taiyuan.

Everything went so smoothly, the mighty Datang was already dying in a blink of an eye, extremely weak.

On February [-]th, he suddenly met Liu Yue's envoy who was heading south from Youzhou.

The messenger who came suddenly reported a news that made him frown, and Li Jing from the northeast moved.A full sixteen armies were dispatched to go south, including ten cavalry armies and six infantry armies.

Wang Jingchong knew that the military system of the Northeast Army was somewhat different from that of other towns. The imperial court now generally has a thousand soldiers per town, and soldiers and horses are counted on the basis of each.However, there are 100 people in Li Jing's army. Generally, it is calculated according to the army. One army has two wings, one wing has five battalions, and one battalion has five capitals.The sixteenth army is 5000 soldiers and horses.In particular, there were [-] cavalry among them. This number shocked Wang Jingchong, who was already somewhat conceited when he had just [-] cavalry.

What shocked him even more was that the envoy told him that according to the situation detected by Youzhou Town, the target of Li Jing's southward trip this time was not Youzhou Town, but went directly south to Henan, so Yichang Town was the first to bear the brunt.

Originally, Li Jing led the [-] troops just passing through Cang and De, but now Cangzhou has just been captured by the Cheng German army. Now, the Cheng German army has become Li Jing's target.

Right now, Wang Jingchong has two choices. One is to immediately spit out Cangzhou, which has just arrived, or even Dedi, which has already reached his mouth, has to give up.

Or, just pull out your teeth, take millet out of the fire, send troops to reinforce Cangzhou, and hold on to the city.

Wang Jingchong was unwilling to give up Cangzhou, let alone the entire Yichang Army.

He is considering sending troops to reinforce Cangzhou and fight Li Jing in Hebei.Because according to the information he got, Li Jing went south on Qingqi this time. Although he dispatched [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, he only carried seven days of food and grass, and there was no supply battalion and logistics battalion to follow, let alone auxiliary troops and civilian husbands.Although it is only three hundred miles from Huichang controlled by Li Jing to Qizhou controlled by Li Jing.

But after all, the three states of Cang, De, and Di of the Yichang Army are still separated, especially now that Cangzhou has been won for him.As long as he can persist in Cangzhou for a few days, Li Jing has no choice but to retreat.

Relying on Cangzhou City, he can completely fight Li Jing.Although Li Jing has the reputation of being undefeated, even an undefeated army has to eat.No matter how powerful the army is, it is impossible for Li Jing to take down a fortified city within a few days.

What's more, Liu Yue of Lu Longjun has always been here and was oppressed by Li Jing. It is not impossible for Li Jing to contact Liu Yue and ask him to send troops to cut off Li Jing's retreat when Li Jing goes south.Li Jing seized Yongnu and Huichang counties in Youzhou by taking advantage of the fire.As long as Liu Yue sends troops, it is entirely possible to take back Yongnu, Huichang, and cut off Li Jing's retreat.

When Li Jing is under the strong city, the four towns in Hebei will be able to surround Li Jing. No matter how powerful Li Jing is, he has no food and grass, so what can he use to fight.

Thinking of being able to surround Li Jing and eat up the main force going south under Li Jing's arrogance, Wang Jingchong trembled with excitement.In the past few years, Li Jing's rise has been too fast, and he has already surpassed the three old towns of Heshuo.Today's Northeast Province has a territory of 30 states, which is even more coveted.The prosperity of Dengzhou and southern Liaoning is well known, and Dengzhou is a big city with a million people. The two big cities in southern Liaoning, Duli City and Qingni City, also have a population of [-] and are extremely prosperous.

If Li Jing can be surrounded and wiped out in Cangzhou, even Li Jing, who is strong and strong, will inevitably suffer injuries.Especially in the current winter, when the ice on the sea has not yet melted, Li Jing's powerful navy cannot approach Cangzhou from the sea at all, which gives him even more confidence.

If he could defeat Li Jing, he would not only be able to defeat the Yichang Army, but he would even be able to go south and cross the Yellow River in one fell swoop, capture Ziqing, and enter Dengzhou, a million-dollar city that is not defenseless.

Excited, Wang Jingchong immediately wrote a few letters and sent his confidants to send them to Youzhou, Yizhou, and Weizhou, asking them to send troops to eat Li Jing.

On February [-]th, Wang Jingchong assembled the remaining [-] cavalry in his hands, and mobilized [-] infantry to rush to Cangzhou for reinforcements, and divided his troops to attack the two states of Dedi to garrison the North of the Yellow River to prevent Li Jing's troops from the Ziqing side from going north for reinforcements. .

Wei Bo, Daming Mansion.

In Yacheng, King Wei Han Jian saw Chengde's envoy flying south from Zhenzhou. After carefully reading the letter written by King Zhao Wang Jingchong, Han Jian couldn't help being moved.During this period of time, he sent two groups of troops to attack Zhaoyi Town's Xing, Ming, and Ci prefectures east of the Taihang Mountains, and the Tianping Army's Pu and Yun prefectures south of the Yellow River.However, the battle was not going well. So far, not even a decent city has been defeated.

Wang Jingchong's suggestion moved his heart. Although Li Jing had [-] soldiers, the news that Li Jing only had seven days' food made him a lot more courageous.If the four towns in Hebei join forces, it is not impossible to eat this army that has no logistical supplies and only seven days of food and grass.Li Jing is the richest town in the world, if this happens, the benefits will be huge.

Immediately, Han Jian ordered the transfer of the two groups of soldiers who had no meritorious service, and then immediately mobilized a 3 soldiers and horses to rush to Cangzhou.

Youzhou.

King Yan Liu Yue carefully looked at the letter from Wang Jingchong in his hand, and the proposal in the letter moved his heart.Today's Liu Yue is very uncomfortable. Li Jing devoured every step of the way and seized the Ying, Ping, Ji, Tan, and Shun prefectures that belonged to Lu Long. Especially in the northwest, the damned Li Keyong has been very vicious recently, and has already won Xin and Wu Erzhou consecutively. Extinct.

Now that Huang Chao has killed the city of Luoyang, Zheng Congxun, Xinxue, etc. rushed to Luoyang, which relieved the pressure on the west side of Liu Yue.

Right now is indeed a rare opportunity, if you can take advantage of this opportunity, cut off Li Jing's retreat, and join hands with the three towns to defeat Li Jing.The situation in Lulong Town will improve immediately, and he doesn't expect to kill Li Jing in the first battle, but as long as Li Jing is severely injured, he can take back the states of Shun, Ji, Tan, and Pingping. With Military Capital Pass, Shanhaiguan Pass in the east, and Yanshan Mountain in the north, he can completely defend against danger and change the danger of imminent destruction.

In Yizhou, Yi Wang Li Quanzhong looked at the letter and smiled, and made a decision without hesitation. On the same day, he led [-] troops to move towards Mo and Ying.

All of a sudden, clouds moved in all directions. (To be continued.)