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Volume 3 Taihang Mountain Chapter 816 Sweeping Southeast

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    In Tai Chi Palace.

    Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin: "Your Highness, although Yang Wengqian's rebellion was peaceful, our army paid a heavy price for it. Yang Wengqian went on a military rampage. Hundreds of miles of Qingzhou have been reduced to scorched earth after this battle, and tens of thousands of people have been displaced.  . When we captured Gyeongju, our soldiers suffered more than 2,000 casualties, so even a victory would not be a joy."

    Fang Xuanling continued: "Yang Wenqian's rebellion also caused chaos in Hexi. Duan Decao took advantage of the situation and destroyed the post station, blocked the roads, cut off contact with the court, and at the same time led troops to garrison the counties. Yang Gongren sent people to persuade him to surrender, and Duan Decao  He replied that if the persecution was too severe, he would directly surrender to Zhao."

    Li Shimin asked: "Master Liang, can't there be no movement at all?"

    "Yes, Liang Shidu is the best at fighting against human power. He used the power of the Turks to invade our borders repeatedly, and now he has the support of the Zhao State to invade our Hexi hinterland again. However, this person's military use is mediocre. After surrendering to Zhao, a few  Hou Junji defeated all the plunders. As long as the Zhao army does not increase troops in Hexi, I think Hexi will be fine." Fang Xuanling replied.

    Li Shimin said: "The defense of Hexi cannot be taken lightly. If there is no Hexi, Longyou cannot be determined. If Longyou, Sichuan, Shu, and Guanzhong cannot be secured. Li Chongjiu has the advantage of hundreds of thousands of grassland light cavalry, and he can go south at any time, plus the Western Turks  , with the help of Tuyuhun, the Hexi defense line was under great pressure."

    Du Ruhui reported back: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about the Hexi defense line for the time being. Chai Shao, Yang Gongren, and Yang Shidao are all famous generals of Li Tang. Hexi is still guarded by my 50,000-strong army. Even if Li Chongjiu has the advantage of light cavalry, he is useless in attacking fortresses."  Help. As for the Western Turks and Tuyuhun, there is no need to worry. This time Chai Shao led 10,000 light cavalry and marched directly to the Western Region. The Western Turks and Tuyuhun tribes were invincible. They captured more than 100,000 cattle and sheep, and captured more than 30,000 tribesmen. We are famous in the Tang Dynasty.  . It¡¯s enough to make Xiaoxiao in the Western Regions feel scared.¡±

    Li Shimin was very pleased to hear this. Although Li Xiaogong and Liu Hongji could no longer be used, the Guanlong clan started with military exploits and famous generals emerged one after another. The elite soldiers and generals trained by Li Tang for more than ten years were also very capable.  This time Chai Shao personally led 10,000 cavalry and swept through all the countries in the Western Regions, which really increased Li Tang's prestige.

    Li Shimin said: "This time, I will give it to the Turks. The blow from Tuyuhun was enough. Let Chai Shao sign an alliance with the Turks and Tuyuhun under the city, and then return to Hexi. Duan Decao is a traitor and will be a serious problem for Gu in the future."

    "No!"

    "Your Highness, the war in Henan is also very unfavorable. Zhao's army, Xu Shiji, and Shan Xiongxin, two generals, won't give up on others. They continue to attack Henan, and Li Jing can no longer hold on. Zhang Gongjin secretly reported that Li Jing wanted to retreat to Qinling and defend Jingxiang."

    Li Shimin said nothing after hearing this.  Du Ruhui said at this time: "Your Highness, the Zhao army swept across the southeast, Lin Shihong's defeat was determined, and Feng An, the governor of Gaozhou, also stopped paying tribute to Chang'an this year. I don't know if he has the intention of self-reliance. He still intends to surrender to Zhao, but for us  Everything is bad news.¡±

    Listen to what Du Ruhui said.  Li Shimin said: "The world is in ruins. Even people like Feng Ang are ready to take action. Doesn't he want to be Zhao Tuo? Don't pay attention to such people. Lingnan is plagued by miasma and the people are stubborn. Li Chongjiu can't take advantage of it, but he can't.  Let him go. Our army only needs to guard Jingxiang and rely on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to keep Sichuan and Shu safe. Tell Li Jing that he alone will decide the situation in Henan. I trust him!"

    Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were all happy after hearing this. Li Shimin was obviously very brave to delegate power to Li Jing and let him decide the war on his own.  After all, the current battle situation in Henan is very corrupt, and the people's hearts are abandoning Tang and moving towards Zhao. If Li Tang can cut off his men and retreat to Jingxiang, he will still be able to fight against Zhao.

    Most people are unwilling to give up an important place like Henan. Li Yuan would definitely be under various political pressures and would not take the risk of making such a decision.  But Li Shimin also knew that the Henan war situation was now unresolved, so he boldly left it to Li Jing to decide alone.  However, Fang Xuanling also knew that although Li Shimin was decisive, the general trend of the world was now on Zhao's side. No matter how outstanding Li Shimin was, could he reverse the general trend with his own power?

    If it had been three or two years earlier, the current situation might not be like this. Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh secretly.  Du Ruhui on the side saw Fang Xuanling like this and knew what he was thinking, so he didn't say anything.

    Both of them were promoted and appreciated by Li Shimin. After entering Tiance Mansion, they were trusted and valued by Li Shimin.  Both of them are loyal men, and they both have the idea that you will treat me as a man of the country, and I will repay you as a man of the country.  No matter what happens to Li Shimin in the future, they can only do their best to help him and see if it can help the overall situation. As for success or failure, they are not considering it.

    While the civil strife in Li Tang continued, Zhao Jun was making great progress in Jiangnan.

    Nanchang.

    Ouyang Xun rode into the city. The city of Nanchang had been captured three days ago, and the battle to capture Nanchang was also very smooth. At that time, Wang Xiongdan, the pioneer of the Zhao army, led 5,000 infantry into Nanchang.

      Suddenly it rained heavily, and most of the 5,000 steps were lost. Only Wang Xiongdan and his 200 soldiers arrived at the gate of Nanchang City.  Wang Xiongdan was not afraid when he saw that there were few soldiers. He immediately led 200 soldiers outside the city and shouted that Zhao Jun is coming to kill, Zhao Jun is coming to kill!

    The guard of Nanchang City, Sikong Wangrong of Chu Kingdom, did not have the courage to fight at all, so he abandoned the city with only a dozen of his followers and fled. All the defenders in the city surrendered.  Wang Xiongdan captured this important town in one go, which showed that Lin Shihong's Chu army was really vulnerable.

    When Ouyang Xun arrived at the city on horseback, there were soldiers guarding the stone road in front of the city gate. The ground was very slippery due to a heavy rain.  But there are still many local people wearing blue shirts and carrying mountain goods in bamboo baskets on their heads into the city to sell.

    On the narrow streets of the market, most of the shops are open, and everything looks very peaceful.

    Seeing such an orderly scene, it was obvious that the local guard was managing well. Ouyang Xun nodded with satisfaction, then entered the Nanchang Mansion and met Wang Xiongdan.

    Wang Xiongdan greeted Ouyang Xun very politely when he saw him. Ouyang Xun also knew that this man was highly appreciated by Li Chongjiu in the battle to destroy Du Fuwei.  Therefore, he, who has always been a snobbery, talked to Wang Xiongdan cordially when he met him.

    The two exchanged friendly greetings for a while, and then talked about business matters.

    Wang Xiongdan first reported to Ouyang Xun about the war against the Chu army. He said: "After Lin Shihong was defeated in Jiujiang County, he and Lin Yaoshi led the main force to retreat to the mountains of Poyang County, intending to hold on to the mountains and take advantage of the geographical advantage to fight with them.  Our army was circling. However, General Song did not intend to indulge the enemy. Instead, he led his army to Poyang and Yuzhang counties. He led his troops to guard various intersections, strictly blocked the way out of the mountain, and sent troops into the mountain to search."

    "But later we learned that after Lin Shihong arrived in the mountains, he befriended the leaders of the Lingnan slang people with gold and silver, and recruited cave soldiers to defend themselves. He was quite stubborn. Originally, we did not pay attention to these cave soldiers and directly wiped out Lin Shihong.  That's it. But before the Southern Expedition, His Majesty told him to be careful when mentioning anything about Lingnan slangs. You might as well report it to him before dealing with it. So I have already reported the general's situation to Marshal Song and led the army here.  Once we are stationed here, we will rest and reorganize our troops and horses, while also waiting for His Majesty¡¯s orders.¡±

    Ouyang Xun said happily: "General Wang is brave and resourceful. He controls his troops and horses well and does not make mistakes easily. This officer really admires me. It just so happens that this time, I also have your majesty's order to come to Lingnan to see if I can contact Feng Ang.  , and then make a decision.¡±

    Wang Xiongdan's subordinate smiled and said: "In fact, we don't have to go to such trouble as Ouyang Shangshu. We have to come all the way from Luoyang and go deep into the wild land of Lingnan. Our troops can be dispatched at any time, whether it is Lin Shihong or Feng  Isn't it a glorious thing to capture Anng together and bring them to Xianque City in the future?"

    After hearing this, Ouyang Xun sneered and said: "It is humiliating to defeat the barbarians without using force. How can the military affairs be as simple as victory or defeat? Although it is easy to defeat Feng An, it requires Lingnan slang and millions of people to submit to him."  It¡¯s difficult.¡±

    "You." The general was furious at Ouyang Xun's sarcasm, but he didn't dare to make a mistake considering the other party's identity and remained silent.

    Wang Xiongdan said: "It is impossible to bring peace to Lingnan. It will only cause more killings and harm the peace of the world. Your Majesty is a magnanimous Lord. Although the people of Lingnan are descendants of Baiyue, they have intermarryed with Han Chinese for many years.  They are not real Fanman. Isn¡¯t this Lingnan Feng family the successor of Feng Hong in the Northern Wei Dynasty? So it is good to be able to defeat others without fighting."

    Ouyang Xun stroked his beard and praised: "General Wang, what you said is absolutely right."

    The next day, Ouyang Xun and Wei Shuxie, the head of the Ministry of Rites in Daxingtai, Henan Province, went south to Lingnan.  Wei Shuxie was a descendant of the Jingzhao Wei family, and came after Wei Yu, the manager of Pingnan Chen.  Wei Yu was guarding Lingnan and had good relations with the Feng family in Lingnan, so this time Li Chongjiu wanted to recruit Feng An from Lingnan, so he appointed Wei Shuxie as the head of the Ministry of Rites and asked him to go with Ouyang Xun.

    Ouyang Xun and Wei Shuxie went deep into the wilderness of Lingnan with the local pro-Han Li people as guides, and soon encountered the Li tribe.  Ouyang Xun bluntly expressed his intention to see Feng Ang, and these slang tribes immediately invited Ouyang Xun to see him.

    Originally, the base of the Feng family in Lingnan was in Nanhai County. Ouyang Xun originally thought that he would have to cross the mountains, but he did not expect that Feng An would station troops near Ganshan Mountain.  Ouyang Xun and Wei Shuxie were both shocked.

    Ganshan is the main road guarding Lingnan. However, you can see that the local residential buildings are rising layer by layer along the mountain. The houses are also very distinctive. The roofs are made of bamboo thatch and thatched roofs are divided into two floors.  Chicken and dolphin are locally called Ma Lan.

    The local soldiers were watching with spears. Ouyang Xun looked at these people but saw that they were all not wearing leather armor, with their left breasts exposed, no crowns on their heads, and no silk shoes on their feet.  The local soldiers all have tattoos on their hair and various beasts tattooed on their chests to scare the enemy.

    Ouyang Xun understood that if soldiers like this were to fight on the plains of the Central Plains, and the Zhao army was equipped with strong armor and strong crossbows, and then formed a strong formation, with such rogue soldiers, the Zhao army's phalanx of 100 people could defeat 10,000 people.  But if it is a mountain forestIn the war, in the harsh environment surrounded by miasma like Lingnan, coupled with the bravery of the soldiers themselves, their combat effectiveness is very extraordinary. With equal strength, it is not certain who will win or lose.

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