Late Tang

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Shangdu, Chang'an.

Because Huang Chao proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, the strategic strategy of the Daqi Empire was revised at this time.Huang Chao's original plan was not to stay after entering Luoyang, but to take money, food, and silk from the Eastern Capital, and then gather all the troops of the Qi army to directly attack Tongguan, all the way to Chang'an, and drive the little emperor of Chang'an from the emperor's throne.

However, although the Tang army in the towns of the Central Plains was overwhelmed by the Qi army, the situation in the Kanto has also undergone great changes.

Especially after Li Jing sent troops to the south, after the defeat of the four towns in Hebei, Huang Chao had to face a great threat.That is, if the attack on Chang'an is unfavorable, and Li Jing hits him in the back, then Chang'an may not get it, and Luoyang will lose it.Then the hundreds of thousands of Qi troops may be surrounded in the west of Henan and be attacked by enemies in the abdomen.

If you want to take Chang'an, take Luoyang first.

Similarly, if you want to secure Luoyang, you must take Chang'an.

Facing Li Jing, who was going southward forcefully, even Qi Huang Huang Chao, who had just seized the Central Plains with hundreds of thousands of soldiers in his hands, was full of fear.At such a time, they dare not abandon Luoyang at all, and the whole army marches westward.

In the end, he had to adjust his strategy, capture the surrounding states of Luoyang, stabilize the land of the Eight Fortresses of Luoyang, carefully defend Li Jing, and at the same time send an army to attack Tongguan.

However, because of this strategic adjustment, Cui Anqian, Du Wei, Zhang Zimian, and Qi Ke let the four generals sit in Tongguan, and the Shence Army dispatched troops to reinforce them. There were several tentative offensive and defensive battles with the Tongguan defenders. You came and went, but there was no big battle.Tongguan has always been in the hands of Tang Jun.

Li Jing won a great victory in Hebei, and then advanced into the Central Plains by the way, taking [-] states in a row, and finally entered the east bank of the Bian River, which put great pressure on Huang Chao.

The arrival of the Qin army made the towns of Zhongwu, Fengguo, Zhongguo, and Hezhong, which had already belonged to Huangchao, start to wait and see again.

But in Hedong, the Hedong army got Tang Ting's order and stopped confrontation with Li Keyong. The three armies of Zhenwu, Tiande, and Xia Yin went south to Hedong again, pointing directly at Luoyang.

The situation in Chang'an, which was originally precarious, has entered a new stage of strategic stalemate for a while. The six major war zones of Guanzhong, Hedong, Central Plains, Hebei, Huainan, and Shannan have temporarily no spare power to achieve major breakthroughs.

Although on the surface the Tang army is superior to the Qi army in terms of strategic situation, in fact, the Tang army is also divided into various divisions. The Guanzhong theater, which is the most critical, is actually weaker than the Qi army in Luoyang, relying entirely on Henan and Hedong. The Qin army and the troops of other feudal towns were restrained by the Qi army.

Guanzhong and Tangzhong had enough defense, but they were unable to go east to attack Huangchao.

In order to break this strategic deadlock, based on the results of discussions between the ministers of the DPRK and China, there must be a strong new force to attack Luoyang and affect the entire situation.

And looking at the whole world, it is not nobody who has the ability to do this.

Prime Minister Lu Xie said bluntly to the Son of Heaven that there are three people in the world today who can do this. The first one is naturally Li Jing, King of Qin who is currently holding the Marshal of the Kwantung Army on his head. When the town was empty, it entered very strongly and took over the three towns of Taining, Tianping, Yichang, and several other towns in several states.Li Jing's soldiers and horses have reached the east bank of the Bian River, confronting the rebels on the outskirts of the Puppet Qi Luoyang.As long as Li Jing continues to attack, if he captures Bian and Zheng Erzhou and wins Wulao Pass, then the east gate of Luoyang will be opened, and the entire strategic situation will be completely changed.

However, no one can see Li Jing clearly now. This person has a strong army and horses, and the imperial court can't mobilize him at all.After Li Jing entered Henan, whether it was the military officials of the original feudal towns or the rebel generals of the puppet Qi, they all took the initiative to retreat and did not fight Li Jing at all.

Even in an important town like Songzhou, the rebel Zhu Wen took the initiative to evacuate and hand it over to Li Jing.And Li Jing didn't have a normal attitude towards these rebels. Instead, he had already followed the Bianshui line, and the puppet Qi rebels did not interfere with the river.

For such a grandfather, the court has no way to command.

In addition to Li Jing, there are also towns in Hedong that can play a key role in the current situation.However, there is Li Keyong behind the towns in Hedong, which makes it difficult for the towns to go south with peace of mind. Even if they go south, there is also Wang Chongrong of Hezhong town, which makes the imperial court not have much hope for reinforcements in Hezhong.

The remaining one is Gao Pian from Huainan. Although Gao Pian has been silent for nearly a year, the court has not forgotten the Marshal Gao, the king of Bohai County.If Marshal Gao can send troops to the north, whether he is dealing with Yinghao or Ru Deng, he will have a great deterrent effect on the situation in Luoyang.

Although the emperor Li Yan was unwilling to agree with these three forces that could change the current situation, he still had to admit that Li Jing, who was the closest to Luoyang, was undoubtedly the most suitable one.Moreover, although many of Li Jing's actions are very domineering, he often does not take the court seriously, and even many things are out of line, such as changing the tax system, no longer offering confessions, and even setting up provinces, changing the official system, etc., if During the Taiping period, the imperial court would never allow these things.

But now, the court can only turn a blind eye.Guan Jian made Li Xuan love and hate Li Jing because this Li Jing was so domineering, but when Guan Jian was in, he was always on the court's side.It's just that every time you want to make Li Jing move, you have to give this guy a lot of money.

When troops were dispatched to Hebei, the imperial court gave Li Jing a large platform, named him king of Qin, and conferred the title of Marshal of the Kwantung Army and Horses.Now entering Henan, they have semi-forcibly occupied the territory of Zhuzhou.

At present, if the imperial court wants Li Jing to send troops to deal with Huang Chao, it may not be so easy.

But no matter what, right now Li Jing is the strongest among the towns of the Tang army, and he is also the most deterrent to Huang Chao and other rebels. He also holds the command of the soldiers and horses of the towns at present.

Especially in the First Battle of Hebei, Li Jing defeated the four towns of Hebei with only 20 soldiers, defeating three times the number of enemy troops that were no less than [-], and took it by the tiger's mouth. Land of five states.

This strength has made the imperial court look brilliant again and again. The entire imperial court actually believes that although Huang Chao has many soldiers and horses, they are all mobs, and there is still a gap between them and the old towns like the four towns in Hebei.Li Jing beat him to the four towns in Hebei alone, so it would definitely not be a problem to deal with Huang Chao, not to mention that Huang Chao had been defeated by Li Jing before.

After Li Jing regained Songzhou, ten days passed in a flash.

Li Xuan asked with anticipation: "Where is King Qin's army?"

Tian Lingzi hugged his head and replied, "Still in Songzhou."

Li Xuan frowned slightly, "Cao Zhao, add Li Jing as envoy!"

Songzhou, Songcheng.

After receiving the latest imperial edict from the emperor, the corners of Li Jing's mouth turned up slightly.

"Everyone in the world is recruiting envoys. Is Your Majesty putting all the soldiers and horses in the towns under the control of this king?"

The eunuch who came to announce the edict nodded.

Li Jing took the handsome seal from the eunuch and looked at it carefully, with a wider smile on his face.

On the same day, Li Jinglian drew up a number of commander-in-chief orders, and sent messengers galloping to send orders to the towns.

"Move the soldiers and horses of Shannan Dongzhongyi Army and Shannan Xixing Yuan Army to Shangzhou to guard Wuguan, the southwest gateway of Chang'an!"

"Mobilize Huainan Huainan Army and Zhexi Township Second Navy Town to the north, stationed in Dengzhou and Tangzhou, guarding the southwest gate, and at the same time responsible for attacking Ruzhou south of Luoyang."

"Deploy the East Army of East Zhejiang Town, Xuanshe Ning [***], South Army of Jiangxi Zhennan, and Wuchang Army of Yue'e, and stationed in Shenzhou, Guangzhou, and Shouzhou in Huaixi. Zhou Ji, Ge Congzhou, a rebel from Yingzhou."

"Move Xuzhou Probation Army and attack Haozhou."

"Tune the Heyang Army in Huaiweijie Town, the Zhaoyi Army in Zelu Town, and the Hedong Army in Hedong Township to attack King Chongrong in Hezhong [***]."

A series of military orders were issued, and almost all the troops and horses of Huainan, Jiangnan, Shannan, Henan, and Hedong towns were mobilized.

But this is not over, Li Jing then issued another military order.

"Tiaoyanmen Town Shatuo Army, Datong Town Guard[***], Yinshan Tatar Army, Yanbei Xi Army, together attack the rebels in the four towns of Hebei!"

If you have the right not to use it, it will become invalid after the expiration date!

Although he knew that even the imperial edicts of the Tang emperor had no binding force, and his order to recruit envoys all over the world would not have much effect.But Li Jing didn't care, he still took chicken feathers as arrows, and issued more than a dozen orders to mobilize troops from various towns.

The emperor had already issued an order to transfer soldiers and horses from various towns, but the effect was not very good.But what made Chang'an fall below the ground this time was that after Li Jing's military orders were issued, nearly half of the feudal towns really started to send troops.

Yanmen Town was the first to send troops. Li Ke of Yanmen Town immediately responded to Commander Li Jing's order and mobilized troops to march towards Lu Long's army.

Shannandong and Shannanxi were also stationed in Shangzhou, southwest of Chang'an, to guard Wuguan.

Zhendong Army, Ning[***], Zhennan Army, and Wuchang Army also marched from Jiangnan to Huaixi.

Heyang Army, Zhaoyi Army, and Hedong Army also marched towards the middle of the river.

Tatar and Xi Jun also responded to Li Jing's command and began to move.

Among the towns, only the Huainan Army of Bohai County King Gao Pian, the Zhenhai Army of Runan County King Zhou Bao, and the probation army of Xuzhou Shipu remained silent.

But even so, Li Xuan, the emperor of Chang'an, was both happy and surprised when he heard the result.The joy is that there are so many soldiers and horses from the towns coming to attack Huang Chao, but the surprise is that his emperor's edict can't move the towns. As a result, Li Jing, a king with a different surname, called for a commander-in-chief but was transferred to the towns. soldiers and horses.

Gritting his teeth, Li Yan asked: "The towns have sent troops, so where is King Qin's army?"

Tian Lingzi lowered his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and replied, "Li Jing is still in Songzhou."

He answered the emperor's question with a sneer in his heart, and he could already hear a trace of fear and fear in the emperor's tone.Sure enough, after hearing his reply, Li Xuan's complexion turned darker, and he could even hear the rapid breathing of the young emperor.