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Volume Two: Hu Qi Xiliu Zhe Chapter 141: National Weapons (3)

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    In the conversation with Tang Daoxi, the envoy upheld justice and tried to persuade the other party to change his mind, but the result was not optimistic.  Brother's hatred?  It seems that this cannot be blamed on King Yan, right?  Speaking of which, we were unjust and took the initiative to send troops to follow Liang Jun to fight against others. Now that we have died in the battle, we still say we want revenge, which is not tenable in theory.  You see, our King of Shu is more generous. General Wang Zongji and 30,000 Xichuan disciples died in the battle, so we did not seek revenge.  When will we retaliate? We are all ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Seeing that the world is about to be peaceful, we should consider the people when doing things.  Usurping rebellion and deceiving the emperor?  I'm afraid we can't say that, right?  King Yan is the queen of King Xiang and one of the Li Tang clan. To put it mildly, this is a family matter. In the past hundred years, the position of emperor has been changed back and forth. The throne has been passed between uncles, nephews and brothers.  This is not the first time, this is normal!  Speaking more broadly, King Yan has extraordinary moral character. Only with him sitting on the throne can the Tang Dynasty prosper.  These words really left the envoy speechless.  Of course, Tang Daoxi did not just speak to King Yan. He also said that if the Chu army could stop its troops, he would be happy to join forces with Zhao Kuangning to organize defenses on the front lines of Junzhou and Dengzhou to prepare for unexpected events.  And this was the only gain gained by the Chu envoy from his trip to Junzhou.  The envoy returned to Dengzhou soon. Zhao Kuangning was surprised by the result. He asked the envoy in disbelief, isn't the King of Shu afraid that King Yan will become powerful from now on?  Doesn't Tang Daoxi know that if King Yan breaks the contract in the future and sends troops south, it will be too late?  The envoy replied helplessly: "He relies on the danger of two rivers and has no worries about soldiers." In this regard, Zhao Kuangning could only remain silent.  But no matter what, Zhao Kuangning still reached a tacit agreement with Tang Daoxi, and he used his troops in the direction of Dengzhou to deal with the Yan army (at this time, the Yan army no longer used this military number, but Zhao Kuangning definitely did not want to admit that the enemy was on the other side)  When the army represented the imperial court), the Shu army could not take advantage of the situation and stab themselves in the back.  Zhao Kuangning is a very stubborn person.  Of course, he is also a person who is "not afraid of power". When Liang Wang Zhu Quanzhong was at his most prominent, he dared to raise troops to fight. Although he did not have the Shu army to accompany him, he still decided to attack "Yan Ni".  But he is not a fool, and it is of course best to find allies.  King Wu Yang Xingmi is fighting Yan Ni and is Zhao Kuangning¡¯s natural ally. Of course he will send someone to contact him.  In addition to Yang Xingmi, Liu Shenzhi, the Fujian king of Jiangnan West Road, and Liu Yin, the Han king of Lingnan Road, were all among Zhao Kuangning's liaison candidates.  It's just that these two families are in the south. If they send troops, there will be a long way to go and there will be obstacles. Secondly, they will not feel comfortable passing through their own territory. Therefore, they just want to beat the autumn wind and let them help with some food.  On the sixth day of August, Zhao Kuangning received good news. Although Wang Shenzhi, the king of Fujian, and Liu Yin, the king of Han, did not agree to send troops to the north, they agreed to Zhao Kuangning's request.  A large amount of food, armor and weapons were provided, enough to last an army of 50,000 men for three months.  But these things were not given away for free. Wang Shenzhi and Liu Yin each put forward harsh conditions.  Requested to carve up the six northern states of Lingnan Dao under the control of Zhao Kuangning.  Zhao Kuangning gritted his teeth and agreed to this request.  He was determined to conquer the country in one battle and accomplish his feats in one battle. What did the land of six states count?  As long as this battle can be won.  Are you still afraid that there will be no land in the six states in the Central Plains to compensate you?  Since he decided to send troops, Zhao Kuangning needed to seriously consider the military strategy. He took out the Yuanhe version of the Tang Dynasty map again.  Start taking a closer look at your rivals in the north.  After looking at it so calmly, my scalp suddenly felt numb.  From west to east, Longyou Road, Guannai Road, Gyeonggi Road, Duji Road, Hedong Road, Henan Road, and Hebei Road are all within the control of Yan Ni. Coupled with the thousands of miles of fertile wilderness outside the pass, the entire North China is under Li Chengzhong  between control!  This is a much more powerful opponent than the Liang thief in his heyday. How will he fight against such an opponent?  At this moment, Zhao Kuangning has a kind of surging passion that comes from his heart. He uses his own power to fight against the great rebellion. Although the situation is dangerous, I go there alone!  Single-handedly overturning the general trend of the world and restoring the glory of the Tang Dynasty, even if it fails in the end, it is still a hero!  A certain Zhao family will surely leave its name forever!  After the passion, Zhao Kuangning thought hard about the strategy to defeat the enemy, and finally made up his mind again - still go north from Dengzhou and go straight to Luoyang!  Although Yan Ni seems to be strong, he actually has a lot of constraints. As long as he takes the eastern capital, it will surely shock the world. At that time, whether it is King Li Maozhen of Qi or King Shifan of Qi, they will definitely respond to him. Longyou, Guannei,  The war will reignite in Qingqing City, and even the earliest Hedong generals who surrendered to Yan Ni will surely regain their strength. By then, Yan Ni will be in dire straits and will not be able to care about each other!  After Zhao Kuangning's plan was decided, he immediately issued military orders and began to recruit sergeants and collect military supplies from the states under his control.  However, the implementation of military orders was not smooth.Without him, the previous attack on the Jing army was too heavy, and the states and counties were almost running out of food surplus.  In addition to the food problem, all states and counties are complaining, saying that the autumn harvest is around the corner and the recruitment of young men has been slowed down. It would be better to recruit sergeants after the autumn harvest.  So Zhao Kuangning had to suppress his anxiety and wait for the autumn harvest.  It was not until the end of September that the autumn harvest in various states and counties was completed. The warehouses were filled with grain again, and the newly recruited men began to be sent to Dengzhou one after another.  But if you wait like this, something will go wrong.  Previous reconnaissance reports have shown that since ten months, the Yan army seems to have sensed that the situation is not good and is mobilizing troops and horses to Nanyang in preparation for any eventuality.  Nanyang is located to the south of Funiu Mountain and north of the Han River. It is stuck on Zhao Kuangning's road north to Luoyang. It is an important town that the Chu army must capture.  Dengzhou is more than eighty miles away from Nanyang. There is a smooth road between the two places. If you follow the official road, it will only take less than three days for the army to carry the baggage.  It is a pity that the Chu army took too long to capture Dengzhou in the summer, so Zhao Kuangning did not have time to attack Nanyang. When the Chu army besieged Dengzhou, the Yan army had already appeared at the top of Nanyang City.  ?According to the reports reported over the past month, by October 20th, Nanyang City received reinforcements from the Yan Army brigade three times in a row.  The first time there were about a thousand people. The second time seven days later, the number of Yan troops who entered the city was about two to three thousand. On October 20, the third batch of Yan troops who entered the city was also about two to three thousand people. Therefore,  , Zhao Kuangning estimated that there were about 5,000 to 7,000 Yan troops in Nanyang City.  Starting from the end of October, the Yan army began to build a camp by the Baihe River six or seven miles southeast of Nanyang City.  This camp is built among more than a dozen undulating low hills. According to the regulations of the camp, it can accommodate thousands of people.  Nanyang City and the military stronghold on the edge of the Baihe River are at odds with each other - this is the best strategy for defending the city. Zhao Kuangning can completely understand it. The key is how many Yan troops are there in the military stronghold?  After three days of work, Zhao Kuangning still didn't get an exact response, but an important piece of information came back to his desk: Baihe Military Village and Nanyang City were both labeled with the same designation - "Mozhou Army."  The Mozhou Army is one of the nine armies under Yan Ni, and its number is about 12,000. This is already known to the world. From this point of view, the Mozhou Army should be stationed in Nanyang. Half of them are in Nanyang City.  There are half of Baihe Military Village.  Except for the Mozhou Army, the detectives did not see any trace of the other eight armies under Yan Ni.  In this regard, Zhao Kuangning made some bold speculations on the map of the Tang Dynasty.  The Yan army is fighting the Wu army between Huaisi and Wu. The Wu army is very strong. I heard that the general of the Yan army in charge of the war there is Zhong Shao - this man is the commander of the decisive battle at Shangdang and the number one warrior under Yan Ni.  Will.  Based on Zhong Shao's position in the Yan army, since it is a "national war", he should command at least two to three armies to press on the Huaisi front line, otherwise he will not have enough troops.  Hedong and Fengxiang are both newly attached areas. In any case, Yan Ni will station troops to guard them. I heard that Yan Ni has built a camp in Shangdang and Shaanzhou respectively. I think it will scare Hedong and Fengxiang. In this way, at least  Two more armies went.  It is known information that the Youzhou Army is guarding Luoyang, so Yan Ni's hometown Youzhou must also need at least one army to garrison, so two more armies were sent.  After much calculation, the Mozhou Army in Nanyang seems to be the only army that Yan Ni can send. Of course, there may be some newly attached armies, such as the Hedong Army, Fengxiang Army, Xuanwu Army, etc., but these armies Yan Ni  Counterattack can never be called alone. The best way is to break it up and serve as a supplement to each army.  Zhao Kuangning has been inquiring about Li Chengzhong's character. He knows that this person is most taboo about the appearance of military leaders among his subordinates. Is it possible for these surrendered troops to become a climate again?  It is even very possible that these troops are still around Luoyang, under Yan Ni's nose - if it were him, he would not trust them either.  From this point of view, the battle to march north to Luoyang should be divided into two battles. Nanyang was the first battle, and Mozhou Army was defeated. After taking Nanyang, there will be another battle under Luoyang City. That battle may be the final decisive battle.  !  After a month of preparations, Zhao Kuangning transferred all the sergeants he could recruit from the states under his control to the front line in Dengzhou. There were more than 50,000 people in total. Among them, the most reliable ones were the more than 10,000 veterans who had been fighting with him all year round, and he was also the one who relied on him the most.  The remaining 40,000 Yajun under personal command had 20,000 combat troops and 20,000 auxiliary troops.  Relying on these 50,000 people, it was impossible to defeat Yan Ni head-on, but Zhao Kuangning was very confident about capturing Luoyang.  Speaking of which, Yan Ni's rise was too fast. Although the territory he controlled was large, the operating time was too short. Although his military strength was far greater than his own, he had too many things to worry about. He had to frighten the newly conquered states and counties, and the main force was fighting against them.  When King Wu went to war, as long as the war could proceed faster, Yan Ni would not be able to spare the troops to compete with him.  This is your last chance!  On the eighth day of November, the messenger who went to Jiangdu returned to Dengzhou, bringing a bad newsNews, Wu Jun lost Sizhou. That battle really hurt the foundation.  Wu Wang Yang Xingmi urgently requested Zhao Kuangning to send troops to the north immediately. It is best to go straight to the east capital as soon as possible to cope with the ongoing war in Huainan.  Zhao Kuangning asked the messenger in detail about the details of the battle in Sizhou. The messenger was not clear about the process of the battle, but he conveyed a message to King Wu: If the Chu army hesitates again, I am afraid that Wu will not be able to survive next year!  Zhao Kuangning waved the messenger to leave, and then fell into deep thought.  On the tenth day of November, Zhao Kuangning personally led an army of 40,000 people out of Dengzhou and attacked Nanyang, eighty miles away in the northeast!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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