Zhou Shixiong successfully escaped back to Lang Son Palace, but was forced by several wives and concubines to make up for the public rations. Not to mention that the short-sighted Van Gandhi was in big trouble. In order to take advantage of the 80,000 prisoners of war, and to get rid of the restrictive covenant, Van Gandhi did not hesitate to jump into the fire pit of being surrounded by enemies.
When making such a decision, Van Gandhi must have considered the consequences. It is true that the Lang Son Army can fight well, but the number is too small, and Van Gandhi did not take Lang Son House seriously. Not to mention Henan Prefecture. There is only one main city prefecture, so there is nothing to be afraid of. The most important thing for Fan Gandhi now is to turn these prisoners into soldiers. As long as this task is completed, the Fan family of Taiyuan Prefecture, which has 100,000 soldiers, will no longer have any rivals in the Northern Vietnam Dynasty.
The idea is perfect, but things are unpredictable. The news that Hedong City was breached was brought back to Thang Long Palace by a patrol team a few days ago. Zheng Zai was shocked when he heard the news, thinking that Zheng Zhuang had come back to kill him again. After careful questioning, we found out that it was the soldiers and horses of the Three Prefectures, led by Taiyuan Prefecture, who broke the Hedong City, and the Ruan Phuc family's coalition forces who were ordered to rescue Chunmei City became prisoners and were guarded by the soldiers and horses of the Three Prefectures.
What happened? With Zheng Zai's intelligence, he couldn't figure out how it could be like this. Instead of sending troops to pursue him rashly, he ordered the detective horse to investigate in detail to find out what happened. Soon, the news of Zheng Zhuang's defeat and Zheng Yiguan's dedication to the city was found out. Only then did Zheng Zai know that the Civil War was over, and he seemed to be the winner.
"Report, urgent report from Xuanguang Mansion." Zheng Zai, who was doubtful after reading the detective report, ordered more people to go to Heping Mansion to inquire about the news and make sure to confirm whether the matter was true or false. Just after giving the instructions, the guard outside the door announced loudly.
"Send it up." The news that Xuanguang Mansion was attacked could not surprise Zheng Zai. He had a premonition that this day would come sooner or later. After reading the urgent report, Zheng Zai ordered people to summon the Zheng family elders. The Taiyuan Mansion's actions endangered the Zheng family's rule in the Northern Dynasty of Vietnam and must not be taken lightly. Zheng Zai is not yet the King of Ping'an, and has no right to mobilize the troops of other palace masters and elders of the Zheng family. He can only apply for authorization from the elders.
Faced with the catastrophe of genocide, the Zheng clan elders had no nonsense and handed over all the Zheng clan soldiers gathered in Shenglong Mansion to Zheng Zai's command. Three days later, a group of 50,000 Zheng clan soldiers approached the border of Taiyuan Mansion. Fan Gandhi was dumbfounded.
He didn¡¯t expect that the Zheng family still had so many soldiers and horses. He thought that Zheng Zai only had three palaces left: Taiping Mansion, Haiyang Mansion and Shenglong Mansion. It would be good to have at most 30,000 soldiers and horses. In fact, although Nan Dinh Prefecture was defeated by the East Route Army and the Central Route Army of Li Dynasty, the soldiers of Nan Dinh Prefecture did not suffer annihilation, and most of them followed the owner of the palace and fled to Thang Long Prefecture. Zheng Lisheng, Van Gandhi's loyal ally, also recalled Beijiang Prefecture soldiers at the request of the family elders, weakening Van Gandhi's combat power in Tuyen Quang Prefecture.
Zheng Lisheng also had no choice but to succeed. He wanted to succeed, but only if the throne could control the entire Northern and Southern Dynasties. Van Gandhi's actions violated his bottom line. No matter how selfish Zheng Lisheng was, he could not tolerate Van Gandhi's actions.
"Master, what should we do?" As soon as he sent the Beijiang Prefecture soldiers away, he received news that Zheng Zai had gathered all the Shenglong Prefecture soldiers to kill his lair, and Fan Xitong was afraid.
"There is nothing to worry about. At the worst, we can abandon Xuanguang Prefecture and withdraw the entire army to Taiyuan Prefecture and stick to it." Fan Gandi said loudly, and he was equally terrified in his heart. He found that he had made a big miscalculation. Zhou Shixiong had guessed correctly. Van Gandhi did not hesitate to tear up the alliance in order to seize 80,000 prisoners of war. These are 80,000 regular soldiers. With a little reorganization, they can go into battle to kill the enemy. Not to mention that Fan Ganji would be jealous, but Zheng Donghe was eyeing him with eager eyes.
In Van Gandhi¡¯s view, the benefit of tearing up the alliance is not only the swallowing of these prisoners, but also the ownership of the three houses of the Nguyen Phuc family. According to the covenant, the three mansions jointly took over the Nguyen Phuoc clan and divided the three Nguyen Phuoc clan equally. Taiyuan Mansion, as the main force, only got one priority. Zheng Dong wanted to prevent the Fan family from becoming big. How could Fan Ganji not know that this was an opportunity for the Fan family to take off? Since signing the alliance, Van Gandhi has been thinking about how to maximize benefits.
It is absolutely impossible for him to let this opportunity for expansion go to waste. How much is morality worth? There is no psychological pressure at all to break a covenant. As for defrauding 80,000 prisoners of war, it was just incidental. Unexpectedly, it was not the breach of contract that caused him trouble, but this incidental prisoner of war.
When Zheng Zai pledged to send troops, he mentioned that his reason for attacking Taiyuan Prefecture was to rescue his subordinates who had been kidnapped for no reason, and at the same time, he gave Taiyuan Prefecture a warning to let them know that Zheng was the king of the Northern Dynasty of Vietnam.
"Master, even if we give up Xuanguang Mansion, we will only have more than 10,000 troops and horses. How can we defend it?" Fan Xitong does not consider political issues. He only knows that his army does not have as many soldiers and horses as Shenglong Mansion, and its equipment is not as good as Shenglong Mansion. , it is absolutely impossible to fight in the field.
"Huh, Zheng Zai is just bluffing. We have 20,000 prisoners of war from Shenglong Mansion in our hands. If he dares to mess around, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Fan Gandi also knew that he couldn't beat him, so he decided on this kidnapping and threat tactic, hoping that Zheng Zai Able to sit down and negotiate. As long as Zheng Zai is willing to talk, everything will be easy to talk about.
In order to achieve this combat goal, Fan Ganji sent someone to send a letter to Zheng Zai, which included the details of Pohedong.The matter of capturing the soldiers and horses of Shenglong Prefecture in the city was pushed to Ji Hongchang and Zheng Dong. I was just helping them look after them. It is really unreasonable for you, Zheng Zai, to use such a reason to attack Taiyuan Prefecture.
According to Van Gandhi¡¯s script, Zheng Zai should write a reply to answer questions, and the two sides would engage in a verbal exchange before getting down to business. But his calculation was wrong again. Zheng Zai came here to establish his authority. Zheng Zai's direct subordinates were all killed in one sweep. The soldiers he led now were all soldiers and horses of the Zheng family elders. He didn't feel bad about how many died.
The two people have completely different thoughts and ideas, and the result is naturally a failure. It should be said that Van Gandhi is a failure. He led nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses to sit in Xuanguang City, still dreaming of a negotiated settlement. However, Zheng Zai marched in and captured the ancient hard city at the gateway to Taiyuan Prefecture in just three days, opening the way to Taiyuan City. the way.
To belittle the speed of ancient communication again, when Fan Ganji received the news that Zheng Zai besieged the ancient hard city, the ancient hard city had already been captured by Zheng Zai. By the time he mobilized all his troops to send back reinforcements, his old nest of Taiyuan City had already been captured by Zheng Zai. surrounded. This is a command error caused by information lag.
As mentioned in the previous article, Taiyuan Prefecture is a political and religious system. The people in the prefecture are all Buddhists. They are very good at environmental sanitation. Going into battle to kill enemies is really not in line with their habits. As the acting head of the palace, Fan Huisheng became anxious when he saw that the city was trapped. He ordered the people in the city to fight against the enemy together and selected 50,000 young and strong men and women to go to the city to help defend. I don¡¯t know what the effect will be, but at least the city is full of people and I feel a little angry.
Fan Huisheng¡¯s idea is a completely bad idea. Taiyuan¡¯s city wall is high and the river is deep. If the 10,000 soldiers in the city can be made good use of, Zheng Zai will definitely not be able to defeat him in a short time. But once these untrained young men and women arrived in the city, they not only blocked the traffic in the city, but also cut off the entire command system. The messengers could not find anyone to convey Fan Huisheng's orders.
This stupid approach made Zheng Zai famous in the first battle. It took 50,000 troops three days to attack Guhan City and only one hour to attack Taiyuan City. The volleys of soldiers and horses from the Shenglong Prefecture below the city before attacking the city scared away tens of thousands of people at the top of the city, and the Taiyuan Prefecture soldiers also ran away with them. Only God knows whether they were coerced or voluntary.
Facing the empty city top, the soldiers of Shenglong Mansion climbed up the ladder cautiously, fearing that the enemy was up to something. It was not until they climbed to the top of the city that they confirmed that this was not a conspiracy. The vanguard army opened the city gates and let their troops enter the city. Only the old and weak who could not run were left in the city. All the Taiyuan soldiers and young men had already fled.
Zheng Zai had no intention of capturing Taiyuan Prefecture, so he ordered no pursuit. He came to Taiyuan Prefecture to rescue his direct troops and demonstrate his martial arts. Killing people was not his hobby.
As soon as Fan Gandi returned to Sandao City at the junction of Xuanguang Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture, he learned that Taiyuan City had been breached. He fell off his horse with a plop, making all his subordinates scream and frighten, and they struggled for a long time. Wake him up. "Master, please don't let anything happen to you. What will we do if something happens to you?" Fan Xitong's words spoke to everyone's thoughts. Fan Gandhi is the backbone of Taiyuan Palace. If he falls, Taiyuan Palace will definitely Can't hold on.
"Well, what is there to say now that things have come to this? Help me deliver a letter to the Crown Prince. I will be waiting in Sandao City." Fan Gandi quickly made up his mind and wrote another letter to Zheng Zai.
"Fan Gandhi is quite clever and saved me a lot of trouble." Zheng Zai smiled after reading the letter. This time Fan Ganji didn't dare to put on airs. In the letter, he sincerely confessed to Zheng Zai and asked Zheng Zai to send someone to Sandao City to take away 20,000 Shenglong Mansion elites. He also requested to come to Taiyuan City to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Van Gandhi's attitude is very low, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he wants everything. Fan Gandi was so knowledgeable that Zheng Zai could not deny his face, so he wrote back and asked him to come to Taiyuan City to meet him.
Fan Ganji released the prisoners of war to express his sincerity. Zheng Zai just wanted to see his 20,000 men as soon as possible, and he could let go of everything else. It can be said that the two parties hit it off immediately. A few days later, Fan Gandi led a thousand guards and followed 20,000 Shenglong Mansion elites to Taiyuan City. Zheng Zai personally went out of the city to greet him.
"His Royal Highness, I would like to pay my respects to the sinner Fan Gandi." When Fan Gandi saw Zheng Zai, he immediately got off his horse and hurried a few steps forward to kneel down and salute. He shouted "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince", but the etiquette was in accordance with the standards for meeting the prince. This is such a flattery. Zheng Zai is very comfortable.
"Get up. Master Fan is fine." Zheng Zai has received the news and confirmed that the 20,000 soldiers are his men. He also knows that there are 60,000 prisoners of war in Sandao City, including Heping Mansion and Ruan Fu. People of surname.
"Your Majesty, at the end of the day, Hu Hao is going to pay homage to your Majesty. Hu Hao has done something bad and embarrassed your Majesty. Please punish him." Hu Hao was a step slower than Van Gandhi. Seeing this old guy licking his face and acting, he became very angry.
"Brother Hao, you really disappoint me." Hu Hao's sister Hu Meier was Zheng Zai's favorite woman and won Zheng Zai's favor. However, the Hu family was not from a high background, so neither the eldest concubine nor the princess could have her turn. For Hu Meier's sake, in order to please this beautiful girl, Zheng Zaicai vigorously promoted his brother-in-law Hu Hao. It's a pity that Hu?Although he has super strength but lacks intelligence, he is not a head coach at all. Coupled with his habit of drinking heavily, he really feels like he is unable to support himself.
PS: Sorry, my brain was blocked last night, I will make up for it tomorrow.