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Volume 2: Hu Qi and a Thin Willow Chapter 114: North-South War Strategies (8)

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    ps: Thanks for the rewards from Only Love Hot-Blooded History, Eagle Zhou and Leng Yingyue.  In mid-October of the second year of Tianyou's reign, three months after the Gaoping War, the coalition of princes led by Liang Jun finally made a major breakthrough. At the cost of heavy casualties, Zhu Youning finally occupied Jiepailing.  With the fall of Jiepailing, the Yan army gradually withdrew from many key defensive positions such as Xuanhu and Shizuitou on both sides, as well as Niushan in the rear.  Subsequently, the allied forces of the princes came to Gaoping City, and after three days of fierce attack, Gaoping was captured in one fell swoop.  The king of Liang was overjoyed and mobilized his army to enter Gaoping. The king of Liang also moved into the city temporarily.  Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered near Gaoping, with men and horses neighing and flags like a forest.  Seeing that the victory was obvious, under the strict orders of King Liang, the armies of the princes finally officially joined the battle. Ma Yin's Jing army, Wang Zongji's Shu army, Zhao Kuangming's Chu army, etc. filled the battlefield one after another and began to attack Changping.  aisle.  The arrow was lowered on one day, Si Zhuang was captured on two days, Changping Village was occupied on three days, and Tumen Ridge was entered on four days. The army's momentum was like a rainbow, and they reached the front of Shihou Fort in one fell swoop.  At Shihoubao, the allied forces of the princes encountered desperate resistance from the Yan army. The Jing army, the Shu army, and the Chu army were unable to advance. The Qi, Qi, Wu and other armies were passive and sabotaged. The king of Liang had no choice but to put the Liang army into the battlefield again.  .  At the same time, a large army left Wuxiang and headed north, came out of Shihuiguan, and began a campaign to conquer Hedong.  Pingyao, which belonged to Taiyuan County in ancient times and is now Fenzhou, is two hundred miles away from Jinyang, the northern capital.  On October 10, the Western Expedition Army commanded by Zhong Shao unexpectedly appeared at the foot of Pingyao City and immediately stormed the city wall.  The Western Expedition Army consists of the Cangzhou Army, Weizhou Army, Zhaozhou Army, Huaiyue Allied Army, and Liaodong Security Army as the main force, supplemented by ten logistics battalions and twenty supplementary battalions.  The Allied Forces of the Three Kings recruited by Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao also established a new army, which was given the name Jinzhou Army.  Troops were sent out to follow, with a total strength of more than 80,000 troops and more than 20,000 cavalry!  The city wall of Pingyao was built of rammed earth and was in disrepair for a long time, making it easy to climb. The Yan army took advantage of it unprepared, and in just a breath, dozens of infantrymen of the Waiyo Allied Forces had swords in their mouths.  Not even using a wooden ladder, he climbed up the uneven wall, jumped to the top of the city, killed the defenders in a blink of an eye, and put down the sling.  The Yan army swarmed in and completely occupied the ancient city in less than half an hour.  Zhong Shao continued to command the army to attack the state city eighty miles away without stopping.  He arrived at noon the next day and surrounded the city on all sides.  Fenzhou has received the news of Pingyao's fall, and is now on guard. Moreover, compared to Pingyao, the city of Fenzhou is much stronger, so it is difficult to attack for a while.  Zhong Shao ordered to rush to make the equipment for climbing the city.  On the one hand, Li Cunxu was asked to go to the city to persuade him to surrender.  In the evening, Li Cunxu's persuasion to surrender was effective. The gates of Fenzhou City were opened wide. Li Cunzhang, the former defense envoy of Datong and now the governor of Fenzhou, tied his arms behind his back and led Fenzhou officials to ask for surrender at the foot of the city.  Zhong Shao comforted Li Cunzhang with kind words.  Randomly send troops into the city.  The next day, Zhong Shao asked Li Cunzhang and more than 2,000 of his troops to accompany the army.  Follow the Qinshui River to the south and point directly at Jiexiu.  The defenders of Jiexiu were members of Li Cunzhang. After Li Cunzhang came forward, he immediately opened the city and surrendered.  On October 14th, the Lingshi garrison surrendered; on the 16th, Huoyi surrendered; on the 17th, Zhaocheng surrendered; on the 18th, Hongdong surrendered.  In nine days, the Yan army attacked seven cities in a row. The army successfully arrived at Jinzhou City and surrounded Jinzhou.  The governor of Jinzhou was Li Si'en, who led the Daibei soldiers. He was from Tuyuhun. Although he was under the jurisdiction of Li Sizhao and was included in the Zheng Kingdom when the three kings divided Jin, he had a close relationship with Li Siyuan, who was also from the Hu tribe.  .  The Yan army moved south along the Fen River with great speed. The news that they had captured seven cities in nine days had just reached Jinzhou. Before Li Si'en had time to gather the Daibei soldiers, he was trapped by the Yan army.  When Li Cunxu and Li Cunzhang came forward to surrender, Li Sien kept asking about the whereabouts of the three kings. When he heard that Li Sizhaojiang, Zhou Dewei and Li Siyuan were killed in the battle, he was silent for a moment, and then refused to surrender to the Yan army.  Li Cunxu asked what was going on, and Li Si'en said frankly: "A certain person had been friends with Miao Jilie since childhood. During the rebellion in Daibei, Miao Jilie pardoned the people of a certain tribe so that the blood of the certain tribe would continue. Such a great kindness, how could I dare to turn away from him now?"  I wish I could die to ease my heart!" Zhong Shao sighed and ordered an attack on the city.  Li Sien only had 800 Yajun in Jinzhou City, and most of the Daibei soldiers had not had time to gather them. How could they withstand the Yan army's attack.  The Yan army climbed onto the city from all four walls at the same time. There were hundreds of climbing points. In less than a moment, they established a foothold on the city wall.  A steady stream of Yan troops scaled the city wall, and finally trapped Li Si'en and more than a dozen personal guards on the north gate tower.  Zhong Shao felt his loyalty and asked Li Cunxu to persuade him to surrender again, but Li Si'en refused. Li Si'en finally turned his knife and committed suicide. All the guards who followed him committed suicide without exception.  After Li Sien's death, the city fell into the hands of the Yan army, and the decision was made after the Daibei soldiers stationed in Jinzhou.  Zhong Shao commanded the army to cross Xiangling and enter Jiangzhou.  ? ???Most of the main force of the Hedong Army was concentrated in the hands of Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei. There were only a few capable soldiers scattered throughout Hedong. Among them, Li Cunzhang surrendered and Li Sien died in battle. The remaining Li Siben was in Jinyang and Li Cunjin was in Yan  Door, Zhong Shao doesn't need to think about them for the time being.  Therefore, in fact, there was no force in the entire Hedong that could resist. Zhong Shao led the Yan army all the way south and occupied the entire Jiangzhou.  On October 25th, 80,000 Yan troops and nearly 10,000 Hedong soldiers marched straight down to Puzhou and occupied Fenglingdu, opening up the channel from Hedong to the capital.  Zhong Shao ordered Zhao Ba to lead the Zhaozhou army from Fenglingdu, march eastward along the north bank of the Yellow River, bypass the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain, and attack directly at Hanoi, the seat of Huaizhou in the northeast of Duji Road!  The Zhaozhou Army was a pure cavalry formation, and the army moved with great majesty. It moved eastward along the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain and passed through Heqing, sixty miles north of Luoyang, the eastern capital.  The emperor Li Ye was training troops in Heqing. Since the feudal princes were divided in the spring and summer, he had finally lived a stable life. Apart from the stability, what made him most happy was that the King of Liang actually gave him the capital.  No matter what, it all depends on him.  Of course, the Duji Road given to him by King Liang was not a complete Duji Road. Shaanzhou, Huaizhou, Ruzhou, and Zhengzhou were all divided. The only thing the emperor could control was Henan Prefecture.  But even so, the emperor was quite satisfied.  There are more than 100,000 Dingkou in Henan Prefecture, and together with the people in Luoyang City, the total is more than 300,000.  The emperor was ambitious and wanted to reorganize the Beiya Imperial Army. He forcibly recruited 30,000 people to form the Left and Right Shence Army, the Left and Right Longwu Army, and the Left and Right Yulin Army, each with 5,000 men, totaling 30,000.  In order to raise money and food for the army, he mobilized all the county offices in Henan Prefecture to conduct massive conquests, leaving nine out of ten houses empty, but even so, it was not enough.  So the emperor simply ordered the officials to donate money, but the officials naturally refused. They wrote to the emperor one after another, saying that the emperor was resorting to militarism, causing "the common people in the world to live in poverty."  The emperor was so angry that he simply ransacked the residences of more than ten ministers.  The court officials finally couldn't withstand Long Yan's wrath. Some sold off their property, and some turned to forced conquest from below. In order to meet the emperor's "quota", they tried every means.  There were also some court officials who simply couldn't collect the numbers and simply fled Luoyang with their families overnight.  The emperor also knew that it was impossible for him to do this, but he kept comforting himself, saying only that "in order to bring peace to the world, the people and your Majesty will go to the national disaster with me." He made countless oaths orally, and after regaining the country in the future,  The world's money and food were pardoned, and the period of pardon ranged from three to five years, and finally reached ten years.  It wasn't until the beginning of September that the emperor barely scraped together the money and food for the 30,000 Beiya Imperial Army. There was no need to mention the armor for now. Those things were too "extravagant" and were not something the emperor could solve now. But at least each person had a gun or something.  A knife does it, no matter whether it is good or bad, it is always good to have it.  As for bows and crossbows, hundreds of them were used.  So the emperor worked hard and personally visited the 30,000 imperial troops in Heqing for training. He had suffered enough from the rebellion of the military leaders, so he simply took the official position of "envoy to observe the military appearance of the Tenth Army" (the emperor's plan was to recruit all the Tenth Army in the future).  There were few generals under his command, and the emperor felt that he was "skilled in military tactics and strategy," so he personally directed the drills.  After practicing for more than a month, the emperor was very satisfied and felt that the military was nothing more than this, so he began to wonder whether he should take action against a certain prince?  ¡ª¡ªIf we don¡¯t take action, the military rations will be in danger!  Just when the emperor was thinking about sending troops, the Zhaozhou army arrived.  Zhao Ba originally thought that this was the rear camp of the allied forces of the princes, so he directly ordered the Zhaozhou army to form an array outside the camp and prepare to set foot in the camp.  What is the formation of tens of thousands of cavalry?  Spread out on the flat ground, it is simply overwhelming.  Before Zhao Ba gave the order, the 30,000 forbidden troops in the camp began to flee. In the blink of an eye, the entire army collapsed, and everyone rushed to flee towards Luoyang.  The emperor got the news in the chaos that a cavalry force was storming the camp. He was a bit brave. In anger, he rushed to the battle with more than a hundred loyal guards and loudly asked Zhao Ba what he wanted.  for.  Zhao Ba was a little embarrassed when he saw that he had made a mistake, but what kind of arrogant person was he?  He didn't even get off his horse, he just said lightly that he was going to conquer the Liang bandits and asked the emperor to move and return the capital. The Yan army wanted to requisition this camp.  The emperor's face turned red and white, and he wanted to get angry, but when he looked back at the empty tent, he could only endure it, and finally he was forcibly escorted by the guards and left Heqing.  After returning to Luoyang, the emperor couldn't hold it in for a long time and cursed two words, one was "the imperial army is useless" and the other was "the emperor's uncle is a real thief".  After the scolding, the emperor vomited blood and became bedridden.  After Zhao Ba occupied the Heqing camp, he sent messengers to indicate the route to Zhong Shao in the rear, and then urged the army to attack Hanoi.  Since King Liang's expedition to Zelu, the allied forces of the princes have moved northward into Zezhou. The last remaining army, under the command of Kang Huaiying, entered Taihangxing last month.  thisAt this moment, there were not many garrison troops in Hanoi.  The attack of Zhaozhou Army was very sudden. Before Hanoi could close the city gate, a battalion of Zhaozhou Army rushed in.  The Liang army stationed in Hanoi were scattered everywhere, completely unprepared, and were killed in a blink of an eye. The Yan army that rushed into the city even seized 10,000 shi of grain that was being transferred to Zezhou - Liang army had no time to burn it.  Zhao Ba¡¯s surprise attack was a great success. Not a single enemy in the entire Hanoi City escaped, and they were all blocked in the city.  After taking Hanoi, Zhao Ba immediately asked Zhong Shao for orders and asked when to attack Taihangxing.
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