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Regardless of the fact that Wang Shifan was quite powerful when he launched his army, he captured Yanzhou and Yizhou in one fell swoop, extending Qianqing's jurisdiction by two to three hundred miles to the west. However, after the Xuanwu Army marched eastwards in a large scale, they were immediately beaten back to their original shape.
Yanzhou, Yizhou, and Mizhou were gained and lost. In Yanzhou, only Liu Wei in Zhouzhili was struggling to support him. Jeju and Zizhou also lost most of them.
Wang Shifan continuously asked for help from Lulong in the north and Huainan in the south, and even sent messengers across the battlefield to Fengxiang, east of Hedong, hoping that King Jin and King Qi would send troops to the west to respond. When Wang Shifan raised troops in the east, it really affected the overall situation of the world.
King Liang withdrew his troops in disgrace and went eastward, which really helped Hedong and Fengxiang a lot. Unfortunately, when he was in crisis, Hedong and Fengxiang could not help him.
The Tuyuhun people in the northeast of the river rebelled, and the King of Jin was busy quelling the rebellion; Wang Jian of Xichuan and the King of Liang reached an alliance, and King Qi was too late to stop Wang Jian's encroachment, so how could he have the energy to provoke Xuanwu again? To the north, Lulong's attitude was quite sincere, but he was
Blocking Yanci City; Huainan in the south was also very active, but Wang Maozhang stationed troops in Haizhou without moving at all!
It can be said that Teacher Wang wants to cry but has no tears. There is really a kind of sadness that "I will not let down the people in the world, but the people in the world will let me down."
Of course, Wang Shifan is still very grateful to Li Chengzhong and Yang Xingmi. After all, they really sent troops. As for the reinforcements that have not arrived in Qingqing yet, I really don’t blame others. The Lu Long Army has been quite miserable in the past two years, either suffering repeated defeats or internal military chaos.
, being able to send troops to contain Liu Chongba's troops was beyond Wang Shifan's expectation, and Wang Shifan did not expect that Lu Long's army would be able to defeat Yanci in the short term.
Huainan General Wang Maozhang's army stationed in Haizhou became Wang Shifan's life-saving straw. Everyone in Qingqing knew the reason why Wang Maozhang was blocked in Haizhou. One of the most important points was Wang Shifan's abandonment of Yizhou. Therefore,
Wang Shifan was also quite guilty. The most important thing now was to open up the road to the north of Mizhou, and Wang Shijie, the garrison of Laizhou, which was adjacent to Mizhou, took on this important task.
Wang Shijie is the biological brother of Jiedushi Wang Shifan. As the saying goes, when brothers go into battle, they are connected by flesh and blood. Several brothers of this generation of the Wang family are very united. Wang Shiyue, Wang Shike, Wang Shilu, Wang Shijie, etc. all understand the truth deeply. Wang Shifan is defeated.
If the Wang family is defeated, the Wang family will be defeated. If the Wang family is defeated, they will not be much better.
Wang Shijie has been actively planning a strategy to seize Mizhou. Aren't you, Wang Maozhang, worried about being attacked by Xuanwu Army Yang Shihou when you were blocked at the gate of Mizhou City? Although we Qingqing also don't know where Yang Shihou hides his troops, we can
I'll help you capture Mizhou, won't I? As long as the northbound route is opened for you and you have the strong city of Mizhou as your backing, you won't be afraid of Yang Shihou, right?
Now, Wang Shijie's plan finally came to fruition. He successfully persuaded a general of Liu Kangyi, the governor of Mizhou, to say "anyway"! This general was originally from Qingqing and lived in Laizhou, which was under Wang Shijie's jurisdiction.
After many inquiries, Wang Shijie finally found his family members, then forced his family members to write a secret letter, and found a way to secretly send the letter to Mizhou. This general agreed "very happily"
When the city was attacked, troops were raised internally to respond, so Wang Shijie quickly sent a messenger to Haizhou and asked Wang Maozhang to send troops together.
Wang Maozhang was overjoyed. What he was most afraid of was that Yang Shihou would take advantage of him if he was blocked for three or two days at the gate of Mizhou City. Now he no longer had this worry and agreed immediately.
Once Wang Maozhang decided to send troops, he acted resolutely. He put aside all worries and all the baggage that would delay the march, and only let the sergeants carry three days of rations. On May 18, he left Haizhou and marched northward with light troops for two days.
After more than a hundred miles, they arrived outside Mizhou City on the night of May 21st. They marched more than seventy miles every day! When they arrived outside Mizhou City, the entire army had no food to eat and could only rely on Wang Shijisuo who came to join them.
Only after receiving help from the Ministry of Defense did he eat the day's war meal.
That night, the Qingqing soldiers and the Huaibei soldiers broke through Mizhou in one fell swoop and killed the assassin Liu Kangyi. When they boarded the south gate tower of Mizhou City, Wang Maozhang had been in suspense for several days before he finally felt at ease.
The news of the fall of Mizhou made King Liang furious. He lifted the table in the commander's tent several times and kept shouting: "Where is Yang Shihou? How did Yang Shihou fight? How could he let the Huainan soldiers go north?"
The King of Liang wanted to withdraw Yang Shihou's right to lead the army, but he was blocked by Li Zhen. Li Zhen's reason was also very simple: the general was outside, so he should not change the general lightly!
The King of Liang finally listened to Li Zhen's advice and did not revoke Yang Shihou's right to lead the army, but asked him to find a way to recapture Mizhou and Haizhou to block Wang Maozhang's return.
At this time, Yang Shihou was even more depressed than King Liang. He and Cao Shaanxi soldiers led by Li Hui were stationed near Ju County, seventy or eighty miles southwest of Mizhou, and had long been waiting for Wang Maozhang to attack Mizhou. The day before yesterday, Huainan
The soldiers passed under his nose, but overnight, they conquered Mizhou.
"How did this Liu Kangyi fight? Even if a group of civilians were sent to defend Jiancheng in Mizhou, they could still defend it for two or three days, right? Isn't this Liu Kangyi a pig? A certain family even went to Mizhou to make an appointment with him.
When the time comes, Wang Maozhang will be attacked from under the city, but how could he lose Mizhou overnight?" Yang Shihou complained to Li Hui with an expression of disbelief and extreme anger.
Li Hui also felt baffled, but the question now is how to deal with the anger of King Liang?
"The current plan is that we must quickly retake Mizhou. If Wang Maozhang is allowed to advance northward, it will have a great impact on the battle situation in Qingqing."
"But Wang Maozhang is not Liu Kangyi. He only needs to put two thousand soldiers in Mizhou. No, even if it is a thousand soldiers, we will not be able to capture Mizhou in a hurry. And some estimates suggest that Wang Maozhang has already moved north. As long as he reaches Qinghai
, Lai, he will be able to obtain supplies, and even if we capture Mizhou, it will be of little use." Yang Shihou objected.
"But we can always cut off Wang Maozhang's retreat, right?"
"Route of retreat? If Wang Maozhang dares to advance northward with light troops, there is no plan to leave any escape route. Wang Maozhang will not go back until a result is achieved in Qingqing." Yang Shihou shook his head.
"Then what should we do? Are we just waiting here? I'm afraid the order to remove you and me has already been issued from Qingzhou." Li Hui sighed.
Yang Shihou couldn't think of a way for the time being, so the two of them could only stay in Ju County these days and continue to explore Mizhou City. The result was not good. The Qingqing soldiers guarding Mizhou were not the Huainan soldiers. This shows that
What, it means that Wang Maozhang has moved north.
The latest military order from King Liang was sent to Ju County, requiring the two men to seize Mizhou immediately. This military order was extremely harsh. Although the two men were not revoked from their right to lead the army for the time being, they were removed from their official positions and ceased to be retained.
.to see the effects!
Just be suspended, as long as they can continue to lead the troops. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and began to plan an attack on Mizhou to make up for their mistakes. However, within two days of this, a new battle report immediately made the two of them worried.
——Dizhou fell, Liu Chongba only escaped in a boat with a few hundred Ya soldiers, and the remaining thousands of Xuanwu officers and soldiers, and even most of the navy, were blocked in Yanci City by Lu Long's army and became prisoners.
What does the loss of Dizhou mean? Lulong's army opened the passage to the south, coupled with Wang Maozhang's northward advance. Now that Lulong, Qianqing, and Huainan have been integrated into one, the situation in Qianqing is very bad! Although this bad news is far away,
The north of the battlefield has nothing to do with Yang Shihou and Li Hui, but the consequences of allowing Wang Maozhang to advance northward have once again been highlighted and expanded. The prince is likely to impose additional punishment on the two!
After receiving the latest battle report, the two people sat in the tent, looking at each other in silence.
Yang Shihou fell into deep thought. He didn't want to be dismissed from his mission and be idle under King Liang's account for several years, only watching other generals receive rewards for their meritorious service. He had had enough of that kind of life. King Liang treated him
He felt grateful in his heart and vowed to be loyal to King Liang, but it did not mean that he was willing to give up the power to control the army alone - this feeling was so wonderful that he really couldn't bear it!
"What did the prince ask us to do before sending out troops?" Yang Shihou suddenly asked Li Hui.
"Preventing the Huainan soldiers from reinforcing Qianqing... It seems that it can't be completed now, alas!" Li Hui sighed again.
"If we can't stop the Huainan soldiers from going north, let's find a way to make them withdraw!" Yang Shihou took two steps in the tent and suddenly stared at Li Hui with bright eyes: "Wang Maozhang fights Wang Maozhang. Let's fight ours! Wang
If Maozhang goes north, let’s go south!”
Li Hui hesitated and said: "Didn't we have a strategy of going south before? But we have also found out clearly that going south is not possible. The road to Jiangdu is not easy."
Yang Shihou said coldly: "We won't attack Jiangdu!"
Li Hui was stunned: "Where to go? If we don't attack Jiangdu, how can we make King Wu feel pain? How can we make Wang Maozhang withdraw his troops?"
Yang Shihou said: "Let's attack Luzhou! King Wu is from Luzhou, and most of the generals in Huainan are from Luzhou. Well, I have inquired and heard that Wang Maozhang is also from Luzhou. Let's capture Luzhou and see Wu
Does it hurt, Wang?”
"What if King Wu still doesn't withdraw his troops?"
Yang Shihou flattened the mountain and river map on the desk and said to Li Hui, who was approaching: "After attacking Luzhou, let's go south and fight all the way here!"
Li Hui was stunned and said: "Xuanzhou?"
Yang Shihou said fiercely: "Yes, we will attack Xuanzhou!"
Xuanzhou and Jiangdu were two places where King Wu Yang Xingmi raised troops. They were the northern and southern administrative offices of King Wu respectively. Jiangdu was the North County of Huainan, and Xuanzhou was the South County of Huainan. The King of Wu often stayed in the two places to deal with military affairs in the north and south.
Huainan is the fundamental important place. If Xuanzhou is really captured, even if it is not defeated, the army is just moved outside Xuanzhou City, and the King of Wu will most likely have to mobilize all the armies to return reinforcements. By then, not only Wang Maozhang from the north will
, I am afraid that Li Shenfu, who is fighting in Ezhou in the west, will also have to fight desperately to come back for rescue.
This idea is too bold, you must know that this is thousands of miles deep into Huainan! When tens of thousands of troops move in, not only food and grass cannot be supplied, but just thinking about how to cross those dense rivers and lakes is a headache. And there is another point,
The Caozhou soldiers and Shaanzhou soldiers under the two men are both from the north, and it is unknown whether they can adapt to the local soil and water.
In this regard, Yang Shihou was quite arrogant. He said regardless that Huainan had enough money and food. As long as he captured a city, it would be enough for the army to feed him for a month or two. As for how to cross the river - Li Shenfu was far away fighting in Ezhou, and the river was
There must be many supply points along the coast that store military supplies. The Huainan soldiers rely on water transportation for supplies. There will also be a large number of boats at these supply points. They will look for opportunities to plunder them when the time comes.
Li Hui was frightened by Yang Shihou's reckless and arrogant end, but he was also deeply moved. Putting aside the advantages and disadvantages of going south, he could actually understand the profound meaning of Yang Shihou's move.
Yang Shihou didn't want to lose his military power. Did Li Hui's military power come easily? Both of them were rising stars of the Xuanwu Department. They were inferior to Zhu Youning, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Cunjing and other senior generals. Those generals could withstand defeat without falling.
, the two of them did not have this background. Ge Congzhou could postpone the attack on Yanzhou because his old mother was being taken care of by the enemy. The prince had no choice but to acquiesce. If it were them, he would have been killed long ago!
In the final analysis, the idea of going south this time is actually for self-protection. As long as they can make meritorious deeds, the previous sins and responsibilities will naturally be wiped out. Besides, the army has gone south, how can the prince order the withdrawal of their power to command the army?
"Send us the strategy and let's go! There's no need to wait for the prince's reply. The so-called obeying authority in urgent matters means today!" Li Hui gritted his teeth.
Yang Shihou asked meaningfully: "Aren't you going to attack Mizhou?"
Li Hui shook his head: "No fighting, the general will be out, and military orders will be ignored!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!