Late Tang

If the two generals Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong are the two generals Hengha, the confidants of King Li Jing of Qin, then Zeng Yuanyu and Zhao Ji are the sword and shield duo of Qin Fan.In Qin Fan, there are many such famous general partners, such as the three generals Lin Wei, Wang Zhong, and Lin Wu, the Qin Fan duo of Zhang Zimian and Cui Anqian, and the Thirteenth Taibao of the new generation, and the same Qin Fan's double wall, Zhou Dewei and Guo Chongtao, who are getting more and more famous in the young and strong faction.

Both Zhou Dewei and Guo Chongtao were representatives of the North. They served Shatuo first and then returned to the Qin clan. They have performed outstandingly in the past few years, and they have made great achievements. They are shining stars. After the reorganization of the army in the past New Year, both generals were promoted. As a three-star lieutenant general, he became a veritable general in Qin Fan.

Zhou Dewei, whose name is Zhenyuan, and whose name is Yangwu, is a native of Mayi, Shuozhou.Brave and resourceful, he has been in the clouds for a long time, and knows the side affairs well.After returning to the Qin Dynasty, he successively served as the leader of the Jinjiasheng Jie Army, the commander of the upper three armies, and the commander of Fuyu Xingying.Now, after the rank of Jinzhong General, he entered the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to succeed Zeng Yuanyu as the former military commander. Zhou Dewei was tall and big, with a dark complexion, and his expression was very serious at ordinary times. Even when he was smiling, he was always so stern.Being able to gain Li Jing's trust and reliance is of course his ability.Born in a frontier area, he has extensive military experience in the frontier area for a long time, and he can accurately judge the number of enemy troops just by relying on smoke and dust.What's even more rare is that he is usually very low-key, but he is proficient in all eighteen martial arts, especially his riding and shooting skills. If the generals of the Qin Army were to compete, he would definitely rank among the top ten .If it was just for being brave, he would not be valued as much by Li Jing. Zhou Dewei is not only fierce in martial arts, but also very energetic in his studies.He has dabbled in military books and history books, and he is a handsome talent who has both civil and military skills and can stand alone, not an ordinary fierce general.

He was very stable when he was leading the guards beside Li Jing, but it was during the Northeast War that he shined the most.With 5 people stationed at Fuyu's defense line, facing the tribal army several times larger than himself, he persisted for two years without losing the wind.When the time came for the final counterattack, the soldiers and horses of the Fuyu Battalion he led were like tigers and leopards, inflicting heavy losses on the tribal army.

At the time of the Northeast counterattack, Guo Chongtao was also shining brightly on the western front.As soon as he joined Li Keyong's command, this talented general won four states for the Shatuo people with [-] troops.And in a short period of time, he became Li Keyong's deputy commander.In the end, although he was defeated by the Qin army and surrendered to Qin, he still proved that he was not in vain.

Guo Chongtao is crazy, but he has the capital to be crazy.This Guo Chongtao, who concealed his actual age and falsely reported that he was ten years older, has a hulking back, is tall and mighty, and has the spirit of capturing dragons and tigers, and he is not as rough as ordinary generals, but very handsome handsome.Guo Chongtao's fighting has a characteristic, that is, he does not move, but when he moves, he is like a mountain of fire, extremely fast and fierce.The use of soldiers is just like his character, violent and unrestrained.In the Northeast War, Guo Chongtao also received a lot of attention. In the early stage, he was exceptionally awarded the title of Marshal of the Northern Expedition. He led the elite riders to go deep into the Khitan grasslands.During the counter-offensive, he was ordered to be the commander of the Thirteenth Legion, leading a cavalry regiment all of which were cavalry. At the last moment, he fought extremely unrestrainedly. Killing tens of thousands directly completely destroyed the last resistance of the tribal army.

After this reorganization of the army, the Qin army abolished many troops.Without the threat and pressure from the north, the Qin army no longer needed to maintain a huge number of troops and resume the strategy of elite troops.Most of the troops and generals who were originally included in the army through recruitment and surrender were abolished.Many generations of old brothers like Zhou Dewei and Guo Chongtao were almost eliminated.But instead of being eliminated, the two went one step further.While entering the Five Armies Dudufu's Mansion as the governor, he also became the commander of the army during the upcoming Southern Expedition.

Zhou Dewei was personally worshiped by Li Jing as the commander of the southern capital, and he was stationed in Hejian, where he was in charge of commanding the Northern Corps against Chengde Town.Guo Chongtao, on the other hand, was worshiped by Li Jing as the Deputy Commander of the Southern Conquest, and he was stationed in Dezhou to command the Southern Corps to deal with Weibo Town.

It can be said that the southern expedition to the second town of Hebei has long been listed in the Qin Fan's strategic layout plan.Whether it is the battle against Daibei or the battle against Northeast China, generally speaking, they are still making preliminary peripheral preparations for the victory of Hebei.Even when Li Jing gave up supporting the new emperor and reached an agreement with Chang'an years ago, he was also preparing for this battle.

Now, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

The two towns of Chengde and Weibo are already like two ripe fruits hanging on the branches, just waiting for Qin Fan to pick them.

The tribal armies outside the pass were conquered. Although there were still many tribes moving westward on the northern grasslands, these people, Li Jing, had prayed to gods and worshiped Buddha if he didn't go to conquer them. How could he dare to provoke Qin Fan again?How far away are they now?

The strongest ally in the second town of Hebei, Shatuo Li Keyong from Taiyuan, had already been killed by Li Jing with a knife, and Zhu Wen had to personally kill him in Shangyuanyi, Bianzhou.At this time, the Hedong army is focused on avenging Li Keyong's blood and hatred, so why do they care about Chengde and Wei Bo who went to Hebei?Not to mention that Li Keyong is dead, even if he is still alive, he has already been forced to compromise with Yang Fuguang, agreeing not to interfere in Hebei affairs.

As for Yang Fuguang, the only one who could save them, he abandoned them early on.But now, Yang Fuguang has no spare energy to manage them. He is busy copying Zhu Wen's backyard. He has just captured Shaanxi and is attacking gold merchants.

The second town had already been semi-sieged by the Qin Army, and there were only a few forces around them. Hedong Town, Zhaoyi Town, Heyang Town, Xuanwu Town, Luoyang Town, and the three towns of Hedong, Xuanwu, and Luoyang could not rescue them.At this time, Zhaoyi Town was also caught in the melee of the internal army. Zhuge Shuang of Heyang was also weak in strength, so he could only swing around like a weed, let alone support them.

Cheng De and Wei Bo looked around, and they were already besieged on all sides.

Although the world is big, there is no ally, and they are abandoned by everyone.It's not because they are strong that they have survived for so long, but because Li Jing didn't plan to attack directly in the past.Now, Erzhen is like a wooden stick with its thorns stripped off, Qin Jun can chop it as he wants.

Even now that the second town is isolated and helpless, the Qin army is unwilling to give them an upright battle.

"The weather in this area of ​​the Yellow River is cold, and the crops mature later. When the spring plowing time is reached every year, we will call up some soldiers and horses, claiming that we will march south. And when the other party has assembled troops, I can leave my armor and rest for convenience. I just need to send a few light cavalry along the border to harass me. After repeating this, the other party will get used to it. When we mobilize troops in the future, the other party will definitely think that we are just bluffing. When we wait until the harvest season, when we really make a surprise attack at that time, the opponent will be caught off guard. At that time, when we attack the enemy's territory in one fell swoop, we can send people to go deep into the enemy's territory, and mobilize the spies we used to sneak into the ambush to set fire to the enemy. Burn their food reserves, etc., and at the same time send people to snatch the other side's food, and then send people to spread all kinds of rumors in the enemy's territory. In this way, the enemy will inevitably be trapped inside and outside. Just wait until the autumn harvest, and do it again. The other side will use the food If we run out of money, our army will make a large-scale southward expedition, and the battle will be settled."

This trick is to draw the fire from the bottom of the pot, and the real murder will not see blood.

In essence, wars are actually fighting the economy, and fighting is food and grass.Once the war machine is in operation, the consumption is extremely huge.Even a super big town like Qin Fan couldn't supply it after years of war.What's more, the second town in Hebei, which is now completely isolated?

Especially for the second town of Hebei, where even the standing army system is not perfect, and once the war breaks out, a large number of people will be recruited into the army immediately, and the soldiers will be recruited into the army. If they are molested by the Qin army several times, they will The production of the country was completely delayed, and the blockade, once the farming season was delayed, the biggest trouble was the shortage of food.Once the economy can't keep up and there is a shortage of food, then the opponent can completely surrender without fighting.

This is how Li Jing bullies people. The two towns of Hebei hope to have a hearty battle and end it as soon as possible.But Li Jing just didn't like him. If you want to fight head-on, Li Jing will have a comprehensive battle.This is a very effective and insidious tactic of exhausting the enemy.The purpose is very clear, to disrupt the enemy's economy first, and even make them mess up without attacking.In the end, the Qin army came to seize the richest fruits at the least cost.

Such a strategy is a conspiracy rather than a conspiracy. Even if the other party finds out, there is nothing they can do.Qin Jun has such confidence and strength, even if other people want to learn, they don't have this condition.

In addition to Zhou Dewei and Guo Chongtao's northern and southern corps, Li Jing also specially recruited the Navy's Yellow Sea Fleet to enter the Yellow River and join the battle.There are only two tasks for the navy, one is to block the waterway of the Yellow River, blockade Wei Bo's army, and completely cut off any supplies they can get from outside the town.The second is that the navy can threaten the North Bank of the Yellow River in Weibo Town at any time along the north bank of the Yellow River, forcing them to station troops in the south to disperse and contain their troops.When necessary, the Marine Corps can also directly land and fight on the north bank of the Yellow River.In the early stage, it is also possible to send small groups of troops to land from time to time for raids and harassment operations.

Zhou Dewei and Guo Chongtao lived up to Li Jing's expectations. Before the summer harvest, they raised their banners several times and made a large-scale southern expedition. The second town was shocked three times a day, and had to force the people working in the fields to gather for defense.But every time Qin Jun was thunderous and rainy.In the end, often the hundreds of thousands of southern expedition troops turned into dozens of small groups of troops at the capital level to harass the border.

But they didn't dare to relax. Every time they disbanded, the Qin army began to gather troops again.After several times like this, Cheng De and Wei Bo were completely convinced. The soldiers and horses were exhausted, and the people's hearts were flustered.

What made them even more troublesome was that in Chengde and Weibo towns, spies and spies of the Qin clan were everywhere for a while, assassinating generals and officials, burning down government office warehouses, spreading rumors, etc., making the two towns and counties one. Chaos, miasma.

In late April of the lunar calendar, the wheat on the Hebei Plain began to turn yellow.Although a lot of farming time was delayed, the fields in most areas were still planted this year.Although there is a lot less care and attention, it will obviously reduce a lot of production, but at least ten days and a half months later, the harvest will be ready in mid-May, and Chengde and Weibo towns are still a little relieved.After tossing a few times this year, the warehouse is almost bottoming out.Now, just waiting for the summer grain to be put into storage. (To be continued.)