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Chapter 766 Capture of Kaifeng

Kaifeng City, Henan Province.

In Zhao Jun's camp, an urgent envoy from Youjing presented the documents to Li Chongjiu for reading.

Under the candlelight, all the generals were on both sides of the big tent, looking at Li Chongjiu's expression.

But seeing Li Chongjiu looking at the letter, he suddenly put it on the table, and said to the left and right: "Half a month ago, Tuli was defeated by Jieli, and the [-] army was completely lost. The remaining [-] soldiers fled to Songmo Governor's Mansion to seek shelter."

After hearing Li Chongjiu's words, all the generals were startled, this tuli is too useless.Jieli beat Tuli like this in the first battle.

Zhang Xuansu asked anxiously: "If Tuli is defeated, I am afraid that there will be no one outside the Great Wall to control Jieli. According to Weichen, if Tuli is defeated, we will be alone in Songmo Duhufu. If Jieli pursues, General Guo It's not good, it's hard for his 3 horses to escape unscathed."

Li Chongjiu said: "Guo Xiaoke has a good command of the army. I heard that Tuli was defeated. There must be a way to preserve it. Even if he loses, he will not be defeated. What I am worried about now is not Guo Xiaoke, but Youjing and Huaihuang Town. Once defeated, our army will be empty in Saibei, Jieli must seize this opportunity and take advantage of the momentum to go south."

The three towns of Huaihuang, Yuyi, and Songmo Duhufu that Li Chongjiu mainly manages outside the Great Wall, these three towns are enough to support the external defense line of Youjing with a tripartite force, no matter where the Turkic, Khitan, Goguryeo, or Xi people are. An attack from any direction cannot bypass this line of defense.

His layout is to use the army as the city, and focus on the three towns, so that the Turkic army dare not easily bypass the two cities and attack Youjing directly.Therefore, Li Chongjiu did not deploy his troops on the various passes of the Great Wall on the basis of the fortifications on Jishang repaired by the Northern Wei and Northern Qi.For Zhao Guo, the role of the Great Wall is only a beacon tower, and there is no one else on it except the soldiers who call the police and look out.

The advantage of doing this is, of course, saving troops. The disadvantage is that there are no soldiers guarding the pass.Now in Huaihuang, Li Chongjiu took the time to go south to attack Li Tang with the troops of Yuyi Town, which made Xieli confident to bypass the two towns and take Youjing directly.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu expected that Jieli would definitely adopt this method, otherwise he would be a Turkic Khan.

Yu Shinan said: "Your Majesty, Huaihuang Town and Youjing are the cornerstones of our Great Zhao. Don't make any mistakes, or the whole country will be shaken. Please retreat immediately, return to the division by boat, and rescue Youjing."

"Your Majesty, don't act too hastily," Ji Chuan said, "Although Li Tang is retreating, there are still 10,000+ troops in Hedong, Henan, Sichuan and Sichuan confronting our army. If they retreat, how about Li Tang attacking again? Isn't our army trapped on two sides? ?”

Zhang Xuansu retorted: "According to my opinion, Li Tang is not good. First of all, it will be winter soon, which is not conducive to the use of troops. Secondly, Li Tang's vitality has been seriously injured in this summer's battle, and his soldiers' rations have been exhausted. He is absolutely powerless to launch an offensive. What's more, our army Three major platforms have been set up to fight independently, which is enough to deal with the small-scale offensive of the Tang army."

Li Chongjiu nodded, and said to the other generals: "If you have any opinions, you can discuss it with me."

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, all the generals also spoke out one after another. Most of the people's opinions were to withdraw troops to rescue Youjing, and proposed various plans to withdraw troops.

Li Chongjiu accepted everyone's opinions and said: "You dear friends are right. I have decided to leave Wang Mahan's Yiwei army as a mobile army to support Hedong, Henan, and Jiangnan. I will lead the Wuwei army, and the Tingwei army will return immediately. Youjing, and the [-] grassland cavalry in Shaanxi also returned to Youjing to defend against the Turks."

Li Chongjiu is as good as others, and all the generals will call His Majesty wise together.

"Then, Your Majesty, will Kaifeng continue to attack?"

Li Chongjiu said: "Kaifeng will be broken in an instant. There is no reason to give up. Although I leave, Shan Xiongxin can replace me as the leading general and continue to besiege Kaifeng."

Shan Xiongxin stepped forward and said, "The last general takes orders!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the generals of the city have long been shaken, and the gentry in the city are very afraid. In the city, our army spread rumors carefully, saying that if they did not surrender, they would dig up the Bian River and pour water into Kaifeng. According to the news, the city was shocked overnight. Now the officials in the city They have already threatened the city generals to surrender, and the soldiers are also panicked, and it will only take a few days to break the city." Yu Shinan said.

Li Chongjiu nodded with satisfaction. Kaifeng City was flooded by Qin State in history. Of course, in another time and space, when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, it was also flooded once.Therefore, although it is very convenient to establish the capital in Kaifeng, which is conducive to the communication between the north and the south, establishing the capital here can be said to be a great trend in the house.

But as a capital city, its defensive power is far inferior to Chang'an, Jiankang, and Youjing.However, Chang'an and Youjing also have shortcomings, that is, they are close to the outside of the Great Wall, and the Han and Tang Dynasties established their capitals in Guanzhong. Chang'an was not uncommonly approached by the Huns and Turks.And the Ming Dynasty, which established its capital in Youjing, had the idea of ​​the emperor guarding the gate of the country, and also experienced the danger of soldiers approaching the city several times.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Zhao Jun to capture Kaifeng, a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. However, Li Chongjiu still wants to conquer it himself because of the convenience of Kaifeng. , the rice and wealth from the Jianghuai River can be continuously supplied to Luoyang,
In this way, Luoyang has Youjing, and with the support of Jianghuai, Li Tang's time delays, there is no way to take Luoyang.

In fact, Kaifeng City, which had been besieged for three days, finally surrendered to Zhao Jun on the second day after the military meeting, the day Li Chongjiu decided to lead his troops northward, and the city gate finally opened slowly.

The city chief, Sima, and dozens of county officials were all dressed in white and prostrated themselves on the city road.

Li Chongjiu and Shan Xiong Xince stepped forward immediately, and the officials of Kaifeng held up the heads of Cheng Jiahui and Wang Yaohan and put them on a plate.Li Chongjiu looked at the heads of the two of them, both of which were wiped with lime, and the faces of both of them showed a kind of unwillingness.

They never dreamed that the officials in Kaifeng last night would set up a grand banquet to welcome the two of them into the set.When they and their subordinates were all drunk, they were plotted against by the officials of Kaifeng, and the two of them and dozens of soldiers became ghosts under the knife.

Li Chongjiu took over Yinshou and appeased the Kaifeng officials.Now that Kaifeng is under control, the counties and counties of Li and Tang in Henan have also continuously announced the surrender of Zhao, and the flames of rebellion were ignited everywhere in Henan, making Li Yuan's head as big as a fight.

Taking advantage of Li Yuan's overwhelmed time, after Li Chongjiu captured Kaifeng, he did not rest, but led the Wuwei Army non-stop. The [-] soldiers of the Tingwei Army boarded the battleship, set off from Kaifeng and entered the Yellow River along the Tongji Canal, and then went north to catch up with Liyang. To Youjing.

And in Hedong, Wang Junkuo has received the transfer order, and now he is leading [-] prairie cavalry to Youjing.

(End of this chapter)