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Volume 2: Looking to Chang'an Chapter 9: Determining the Strategy Li Heng

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    Chapter 9: Determining the Strategy Li Heng

    Holding a dough shield in his left hand, Sun Jie only raised his hand slightly, and the spear of a brave Tang soldier in front of him was blocked. Sun Jie's right hand slashed like a poisonous snake spitting a message, and the Tang soldier in front of him released his spear with both hands, and the corpse  He fell to the ground, his head rolled far away, and blood spurted out from his chest. Sun Jie continued to charge forward.  Geniuses only need 3 seconds to remember)

    There were not many Tang soldiers in front of them, only a dozen or so. The one who attacked Sun Jie was probably the bravest among them. At this time, he was killed by Sun Jie, and the rest suddenly lost their courage, "General, don't do anything."  , we have surrendered." Tang Jun dropped their weapons one after another and knelt aside. Sun Jie raised his chin and said: "Cheng Er, take a few people to take these surrendered troops outside the city, and take something with you.  Come and eat. I will take my brother here to rest first. I have been playing all morning and now I am really hungry."[]

    Cheng Er is a famous team captain. Hearing this, he took his brothers with him and escorted the dozen or so Tang soldiers back. Sun Jie now had an expression of happiness and murderous intent on his face, which made people look at it.  I found it very strange. Early this morning, Li Hu ordered to persuade the Yuezhou defenders to surrender. After being rejected by the Yuezhou defenders, the Zhou army began a full-scale attack.

    Zhou Jun really launched an all-out attack this time, which was completely different from yesterday's attack. What's more, all the four generals yesterday had suffered from Li Hu's failure and were desperately trying to get rid of their sins and meritorious service. As soon as they came up, Zhou Jun moved  After a desperate attack, the crossbows fired by the crossbowmen seemed to have no gap. However, today, the sword and shield soldiers attacking the city were on the attack, and no one could retreat unless they died in battle.

    Sun Jie was wearing two layers of armor today. He was the first one to charge in person and the first one to climb the city. The general was so desperate that his soldiers also risked their lives. Sun Jie's five hundred soldiers were the vanguard, and the ten thousand soldiers behind him  Shield soldiers, the Tang army at the top of the city knew that if they could not destroy the ladder and the Zhou army continued to attack the city, they would really be unable to defend it, so they fought back at the risk of their lives. The biggest loss for Sun Jie's troops would be in such a short period of time.  Within a quarter of an hour, more than a hundred soldiers were killed or wounded.

    Sun Jie persisted. In fact, the strength of the Tang army was not as good as yesterday. Sun Jie also realized it. The Zhou army behind the city withstood the Tang army's counterattack. Sun Jie personally led his men to kill the city and surrendered the Yuezhou city gate.  After the city gate was opened, a fight broke out inside the city gate. More than a hundred Tang troops were all killed in the battle. As soon as the city gate was opened, a large group of Zhou troops rushed into the city. Yuezhou could be said to be finished.

    Sun Jie charged all the way, and there were only more than two hundred soldiers left around him. Now Sun Jie was full of joy. He must have made a contribution to the attack on the city today. Climbing first and opening the city gate were all great achievements. Sun Jie only felt that  My whole body felt light and happy, and I felt very comfortable. As soon as I relaxed, I felt my stomach growl like thunder. I had been fighting since the morning, but I was hungry.

    Sun Jie looked up at the soldiers. They all felt tired and hungry, but their faces were full of vitality and everyone's morale was high. This was also due to his influence. Sun Jie looked around and saw that his group was walking along the city gate.  The streets are full of killing people. Yuezhou is not small, but it is not a very big city. The place where I am now is a small front yard structure. There are also several corpses of Tang soldiers lying dead in the courtyard. That was just now  Sun Jie, who was killed, rushed to this place. Just as the courtyard door opened, about fifty Tang soldiers came out of the courtyard and bumped into Sun Jie. Without saying a word, the two sides immediately started fighting. As a result, the Tang soldiers died.  Sun Jie took the people to rest in this courtyard.

    Sun Jie showed a contemplative expression. The Tang army just now was not weak in combat. They dared to fight even when the Zhou army was numerically superior. More than half of them were killed before they collapsed and begged for surrender. This was already an elite performance by the Tang army.  Sun Jie suddenly became suspicious of this house. Is there something wrong here?  We need such elite Tang troops to guard us.

    Sun Jie is a person who does what he thinks and immediately ordered: "Zhao Guangming, take fifty people to go around the back door of this house and hold on. Don't act rashly. Ma Chang, go immediately and take away the prisoners Cheng Er took away."  When we come back together, I want to ask what's going on with this house? Now that our credit is enough, we won't compete with the brothers who came to the city later. Let's go in and take a look at this house later. There are fifty elites guarding the front.  , it seems there is something wrong. e^Look"

    Ma Chang is a strong man with a black mark on his face. He did not respond after listening to Sun Jie's instructions. He put the horizontal knife in his hand into the sheath and turned around and walked out of the courtyard. Although Ma Chang looked scary, he had a black mark on his face.  It makes people feel cold, because for this reason Ma Chang doesn't like to talk. Even if he later gets a reward for killing the enemy and gets land in his family, a wife and a son, he is still taciturn, but he can be regarded as a veteran who has been in the army since Anxi, because  I really can¡¯t read, so I¡¯m still a fire chief to this day.

    After a while, Ma Chang came over with two surrendered soldiers. Cheng Er didn't go too far. When Sun Jie asked, he found out that this was the place where Li Wenkong imprisoned the family members of Yuezhou garrison generals. These Tang soldiers were Li Wenkong's confidants.  Confidant, there were nearly a thousand family members in the entire house, who were guarding the house.There were more than 500 Tang troops. When the Zhou army's offensive in the city was at its most urgent, they sent 400 people to the city. Later, when the Zhou army entered the city, another 50 people were sent to look for Li Wenkong.  What Sun Jie defeated was the last fifty people who defended the house.

    Someone was sent in to take a look, and sure enough, all the rooms were locked and nailed with wooden boards, leaving only a hole for delivering food. The families were separated, and the old and weak men and women were all packed into one room separately. Open the first door  In the room, a stench almost made Sun Jie somersault. Sun Jie was furious when he saw the miserable state of the families of these generals and their families.

    Immediately, he sent someone to report to Li Hu, so Li Hu knew that the Yuezhou military generals were actually being held hostage by civilian officials and their families. No wonder the resistance was so fierce. Li Hu ordered a shout in the city, asking the Yuezhou guards to come out and surrender, and had already rescued their families.  , Yuezhou's resistance weakened immediately, and by evening, the entire Yuezhou had been occupied by the Zhou army.

    Several Zhou troops tied up a prisoner who looked like a general in armor and came to where Li Hu's camp was. Li Hu was not in the camp, but had just dealt with a batch of grain and grass matters. A man was sitting under the eaves.  Mazar, with dry food in one hand and a soup bowl in the other, was having dinner. Several Zhou soldiers who had captured prisoners talked to Li Hu's soldiers at the door, and one of the soldiers entered the door to report to Li Hu.

    Li Hu put down the soup bowl in his hand and said, "Okay, bring him in. We are about to take a look at this shameless Yuezhou governor."

    Footsteps were heard immediately, and two soldiers came over carrying Li Wenkong. Li Wenkong's helmet had gone somewhere long ago. His hair was disheveled, but his eyes were fierce. He stared at Li Hu. There were blood stains on his shoulders, and there were a few.  He looked very distinguished, but Li Hu and Li Wenkong had contempt in their eyes.

    "You are Li Wenkong, the governor of Yuezhou. You are really good. Not only did you not surrender, you also held the families of your generals and generals.

    "Instead of fighting to the death with our army, have you never heard of our army's rules for persuading surrender?"  Don¡¯t you know that when the city is destroyed, your whole family will be buried with you?  "Li Hu's voice is calm, but the soldiers who are familiar with his temper know that when Li Hu has a bad temper or laughs and other emotions, it means that he has no murderous intentions, but the current general talks to you calmly with indifference in his bones.  At that time, it was probably the former general who was filled with murderous intent and wanted to kill someone.

    After listening to Li Hu's words, Li Wenkong suddenly started struggling desperately. The soldiers who were holding him on both sides were not polite. They exerted their hands so hard that Li Wenkong, the governor of Yuezhou, almost burst into tears. He let out a miserable "Ah"  After the cry, Li Wenkong shouted: "The Zhou army is brutal. If they don't surrender to the city, they will kill the whole family. I have been deeply favored by the emperor and have already been determined to die. I imprison the family members and make the soldiers fight for their lives. This is the right way. These soldiers were originally meant to fight for the great enemy."  Don spared his life.¡±

    Li Hu shouted: "Shut up, you shameless person. You still have to say the despicable things you have done. Are you determined to die? Why are you still alive and standing in front of someone?"

    Li Wenkong was speechless and speechless. One of the soldiers who held him up said: "The soldier who caught him said that this guy was wearing armor at home and had his sword across his knees. When he saw them go in,  After that, he said that today was the time to die for his country, but he picked up the sword and wanted to kill himself, but because he was afraid of death, he couldn't cut it, so he just made a small cut on his shoulder, which was as small as the width of a finger, and then this  The servant cried bitterly and then pretended to be faint."

    This soldier seemed to have no good impression of Li Wenkong, and his words were all contemptuous. However, Li Wenkong's face was full of shame at this time. It seemed that the soldier was telling the truth. The generals and soldiers on Li Hu's left and right looked at  Li Wenkong's eyes were ugly. The look of ridicule and contempt made Li Wenkong unable to raise his head.

    Li Hu didn't want to wave his hand at this shameless man and said: "Remember this guy's name. Now search for this guy's family in the city. If you can't find it, remember it. If you capture Hangzhou and destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, you will always be able to find it. First, we will search for this guy's family."  This guy's head was chopped off and displayed to the public. After finding his family members, they would be sent to one place. Although General Yuezhou did not surrender, he was beaten by this guy.

    It was forced, and it was excusable, but our army suffered too much, so we had to kill two out of ten. Otherwise, the lives of the soldiers would have been lost in vain. We repaired in Yuezhou for two days, and marched to Changsha two days later.  "

    Li Hu sent out his army two days later, and it took only three short days to reach the city of Changsha. The cities along the way were overwhelmed by the wind. The biggest task of Guo Bei, the left general who sent troops across the river from Jiangdu, was to capture Hangzhou and Nanjing.  Tang Suzong Li Heng was in Hangzhou. The Tang army and navy in Jiangdu still put up a tenacious resistance, but when the Zhou army ambushed

    o General He Donghai was defeated by two naval forces. Guo Bei's troops were not many, only 100,000, but attacking Hangzhou was of great significance. If Li Heng could be captured, then the Southern Tang Dynasty would be captured.  The greatest resistance is eliminated.

    Guo Bei¡¯s entire army has already landed, heading south from the other side of Jiangdu. It only takes ten days to reach Hangzhou. Guo Bei was the earliest commander of Huo Ziying. Huo Ziying was not only good at using firearms, but also the earliest predecessor of the Zhou army¡¯s engineers.There are many water systems on the road in the prefecture. Although they are not as large as the Yangtze River, marching through the water network will test the skills of the engineers who pave roads and build bridges. Twenty thousand of the thirty thousand forwards are engineers, so they are also prepared for this attack on Guobei.  Prepared.

    Guo Bei is wearing the armor of a second-grade general. The animal head on the shoulder armor is a qilin. The general sitting on the horse across from him is a lion. That is the symbol of a third-grade military general. The general's face is purple, and his lower jaw is short with a halberd.  It's exactly Fu

    o General He Donghai, He Donghai is actually completely different at this time from two years ago. A sense of power and nobility has been revealed from his body.

    "General He, you should set off immediately after the army crosses the river. According to the analysis of the staff office, Li Heng will most likely leave in this way. It will then depend on whether General He can accomplish this miraculous feat. If he really succeeds, Nan  Tang has no energy to resist at all," Guo Bei said.

    He Donghai had a smile on his face. He also hoped that everything would go smoothly. The biggest credit lies in his hands, right?

    "General Zuo, I feel that the staff office's analysis is very good. Li Heng will never escape before Hangzhou is besieged. Otherwise, the morale of the Southern Tang army will be completely gone. When the time comes, General Zuo will give Hangzhou a hard fight. Hangzhou  As soon as we face the sea, Li Heng's escape route is on the sea. The general has a background of making a living on the sea. More than 500 large and small sea warships are waiting at a distance. As long as Li Heng's ship comes out far away, he will definitely capture Li Heng."  When He Donghai thought that he could one day capture the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, he couldn't help but be filled with excitement and wished he could be at sea right away.

    Guo Bei saw He Donghai's mood, smiled slightly and said: "General He can't stay any longer. It's almost time to cross the river now. General He can take some ships first, but be careful and don't let the Tang army show up."  General He, your maritime fleet, it will be difficult to catch Li Heng easily like this."

    He Donghai blushed and nodded in agreement. Capturing Li Heng was now the most beneficial to the Zhou army. He Donghai's fleet at sea was very powerful, but in the past two years, except for some merchant ships, He Donghai had basically no movement at sea. This is also  In order to paralyze the Tang army, the plan against Li Heng started two years ago, but at that time it was just one of the methods. It didn't matter if Li Heng ran away by land. Anyway, the Great Zhou Dynasty is much stronger than the Tang Dynasty now, regardless of  Is it economic or military strength? In these short two years, even if Li Heng was a truly wise and powerful king, he could not create a strong army. What's more, Li Heng's character was soft, compared to the hedonistic Li Longji's character.  They have to be softer. It is not easy for such an emperor to forcefully integrate several Jiangnan roads.

    Therefore, Li Heng still actually controlled Hangzhou with the help of civil and military officials who were loyal to him and the Forbidden Army troops who came out of Chang'an. However, from the Jiedushi envoy on down, Li Heng in Jiangnan East Road was a bit obedient and submissive. This was also forced by the situation.  , now it is obvious which one is stronger and weaker between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Tang Dynasty, and all the initiative lies with the Great Zhou Dynasty.

    If the Great Zhou Dynasty does not attack the Tang Dynasty, then this peaceful state will continue. If the Great Zhou Dynasty attacks the Tang Dynasty, it cannot be said that there are not many people who are willing to die with Li Tang, but there will definitely not be many. Since the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the commerce in Jiangnan has been  Rapidly rising, by the time of the Tang Dynasty, several places in the south of the Yangtze River were distribution centers for maritime trade. Maritime trade was very profitable. If the season was suitable, one could go east from Quanzhou to Japan, and go south to Liuqiu and Xiaoqiu.  It only takes ten months to go back and forth, but the profit is seven to eight times or ten times. It is so easy to make money. Fifty years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a great war in the Northeast, defeating the King of Japan and Baekje of Silla with an army of 200,000.  Turn into ashes.

    I don¡¯t know if the Japanese people have masochistic tendencies. After being beaten by the Tang Dynasty, they began to worship the Tang Dynasty crazily. From the 15th year of Tianbao to the 70s and 80s, the Japanese sent countless envoys to the Tang Dynasty.  Among them were monks, students, and businessmen. They not only brought Japanese specialties, but also brought Japanese silver. For the Tang Dynasty, Japan, which had compatible cultures, was the best dumping ground for goods, so the sea  Trade begins.

    This led to a large number of large merchants who made their fortunes by maritime trade. When these people had money, they also came up with their own political voices. Many Jiangnan officials were bribed by these merchants, and some directly  Of course, those officials held up by these businessmen will have a good life.

    It's good to like to enjoy things, but such officials lack blood, and for the people along the coast, the lowest level is busy filling their stomachs, while the better ones are thinking about how to go out to sea on a merchant ship and make a lot of money.  Young Master, on the bows of the ships above, they were thinking about how to travel safely by sea, fighting whoever wanted to fight, and busy making money.

    Therefore, the officials below Li Heng can give money and food and grass, but they can't send people. Not to mention that Li Heng gave the order of Qinwang and the whole Jiangnan came with troops. This is a dream. Li Heng has not done anything in the past two years.  Knowing the virtues of Jiangnan officials, this time Guo Bei led his army to attack, so Li Heng did not go around asking for help. The entire city defense of Hangzhou was still in vain.It should be said that Yuchi Chang Gong Hua worked hard. One side facing the sea, three city walls were heightened, the moat was connected to the Qiantang River, deepened and widened, and dozens of rivers and streams crisscrossed the outside of Hangzhou. It was really impossible to expand without using the army.  Combat.

    Yuchi Changgong has still trained a group of soldiers hard in the past two years. In addition to the original 20,000 backbone of the Forbidden Army, he has recruited 50,000 new soldiers and 70,000 troops to defend Hangzhou, which has a wall perimeter less than the size of Yuezhou City. This  It already makes people feel very stable. Yuchi Changgong is very confident in holding Hangzhou. When Guo Bei comes to attack Hangzhou, it is impossible for him to cross the river with 100,000 people. When he reaches the city, it will still be 100,000. The prefectures and counties on the way need to divide their troops to guard it. It is estimated that there will be 100,000 troops at the city gate of Hangzhou.  70,000 to 80,000 horses can reach the sky.

    There are 70,000 regular imperial troops in Hangzhou city alone, and 20,000 are veterans who have traveled thousands of miles to fight, and are also the most elite troops. It seems that the strength of the troops is about the same, not to mention that the Zhou army is attacking the city, so it will be more balanced. In Yuchi  From Chang Gong's perspective, the Zhou army was hasty in sending troops this time. The troops were obviously insufficient. After crossing the river, the number of troops was only less than 100,000. They first consumed the Zhou army's strength under the city of Hangzhou, and then took advantage of the situation to counterattack when the casualties reached a certain level. Yuchi Chang Gong felt that he  His plan was completely feasible, so he urged Li Heng to stay in Hangzhou. If the Zhou army was really defeated and Li Heng was also in Hangzhou, wouldn't it boost the morale of the entire south?  Get on the ship from Qianjiang Pier in Hangzhou and you will be able to enter the sea very quickly. When the time comes, you can go south to Quanzhou or go ashore at other ports. It is very free.

    For this purpose, General Yuchi prepared a fleet. Li Heng finally felt relieved and decided to stay and watch how General Yuchi defeated the Zhou army. Li Heng was also eager to revitalize himself and revive the Ming Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty.  In order to turn the tide of their fallen reputations, both sides were working hard to prepare for the battle in Hangzhou. As for Li Hu's all-out offensive on Jiangnan West Road, Li Heng had no time or ability to take care of it, so he could only focus on what was ahead of him.  .

    Guo Bei soon arrived with his army, and a large army gathered under the city of Hangzhou.

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