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In mid-October of the second year of Tianyou, 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 rise of Jiepailing,
After the fall, the Yan army gradually withdrew from many strategic 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 attacked Gaoping for three days. After three days, they captured Gaoping in one fell swoop.
The king of Liang was overjoyed and mobilized his army to enter Gaoping. The king of Liang also moved his temporary troops into the city. Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered near Gaoping, with people and horses neighing and banners 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.
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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.
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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 was composed of Cangzhou Army, Weizhou Army, Zhaozhou Army, Huaiyue Allied Army, and Liaodong Security Army as the main force, supplemented by ten logistics troops.
Battalion and twenty supplementary battalions. Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao collected the troops of the Three Kings Alliance and established a new army, which was given the name Jinzhou Army. The troops were subsequently dispatched, with a total force of more than 80,000 people and a cavalry force of more than 20,000!
The city wall of Pingyao was built of rammed earth and was in disrepair for a long time. It was very easy to climb. The Yan army took advantage of it unprepared. In just a breath, dozens of infantrymen of the Waiyo Allied Forces had swords in their mouths. Even the wooden ladders were broken.
No need, climb up the uneven wall, jump to the top of the city, kill 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 rode without stopping and continued to command the army to attack the state city eighty miles away. He arrived at noon the next day and surrounded the state city on all sides. Fenzhou had already received the news of Pingyao's fall, and was on guard at this time, and compared with Pingyao
He said that the city of Fenzhou was much stronger and it was difficult to attack for a while.
Zhong Shao ordered the construction of equipment for climbing the city. At the same time, he asked Li Cunxu 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 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 the army.
Fenzhou officials went to the city to ask for surrender.
Zhong Shao comforted Li Cunzhang with kind words and randomly sent troops into the city.
The next day, Zhong Shao asked Li Cunzhang and more than 2,000 of his troops to accompany the army. They followed the Qinshui River southward and pointed directly at Jiexiu. The defenders of Jiexiu were Li Cunzhang's subordinates. 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 conquered seven cities in a row, and the army successfully arrived in Jinzhou
Zhoucheng 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 ethnic group and had always been on good terms.
.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 Sien could gather Daibei's troops, he was captured 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 Sizhao had surrendered and that Zhou Dewei and Li Siyuan had died in battle, he was silent for a moment and then refused to surrender to the Yan army.
Li Cunxu asked what happened, and Li Si'en said frankly: "A certain person had been friends with Miao Jilie since they were young. During the rebellion in Daibei, Miao Jilie pardoned the people of a certain tribe, so that the blood of a certain tribe would continue. How could he dare to turn his back on such a great favor? Now,
Please die to ease his heart!"
Zhong Shao sighed and ordered to attack the city.
Li Si'en 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 alone, and it took less than a moment.
, and established a foothold on the city wall. A steady stream of Yan troops climbed onto 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 Si'en's death, the city fell into the hands of the Yan army, which was decided by the Daibei soldiers stationed in Jinzhou. Zhong Shao commanded the army to cross Xiangling and enter Jiangzhou.
Most of the main force of the original 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 Yanmen.
, 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 25, 80,000 Yan troops and nearly 10,000 troops from Hedong marched straight down to Puzhou, occupied Fenglingdu, and opened up the channel from Hedong to Duji. Zhong Shao ordered Zhao Ba to lead the Zhaozhou army to set off from Fenglingdu.
, proceed eastward along the north bank of the Yellow River, bypass the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain, and go straight to 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 east along the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain and passed through Heqing, sixty miles north of the eastern capital Luoyang.
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, everything is up to 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 were more than 100,000 Dingkou in Henan Prefecture, and together with the people in Luoyang City, the total was more than 300,000. The emperor was ambitious and wanted to reorganize the Beiya Imperial Army, so he forcibly recruited 30,000
People, 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 loot and plunder, leaving only nine houses out of ten, but even so, it was still not enough. So the emperor simply ordered the officials to donate money, but the officials naturally refused and wrote to the emperor one after another.
, saying that the emperor went on a military rampage, causing "all the people in the world to live in poverty." The emperor was so angry that he started confiscating the houses of more than ten ministers. The officials finally couldn't withstand Long Yan's anger, and some of them sold their property.
, some turned to forcibly conscripted from below, and tried every means to meet the emperor's "quota". There were also some court officials who simply couldn't make up the numbers and simply fled Luoyang overnight with their families.
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 was not until the beginning of September that the emperor managed to collect enough money and food for the 30,000 Bei Ya forbidden troops. 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 is the answer, no matter how good or bad it is, it is always good to have it. As for the bow and crossbow, hundreds of them are also available for use.
So the emperor worked hard and personally visited 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 the entire Tenth Army in the future). He had no subordinates.
What a general, the emperor felt that he was "skilled in military tactics and strategies", so he personally directed the drills.
After practicing for more than a month, the emperor was satisfied. He felt that the military was nothing more than this, so he began to wonder whether he should take action against a certain prince. If he didn't take action, the army would be in trouble!
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 kind of formation is the tens of thousands of cavalry? Spread out on the flat ground, it is simply overwhelming. Zhao Ba has not given the order yet.
, 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 escape towards Luoyang.
The emperor got the news in the chaos that a cavalry force was storming the camp. He was a little brave. In anger, he rushed to the battle with more than a hundred loyal guards and loudly asked Zhao Ba what he wanted.
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When Zhao Ba saw that he had made a mistake, he was a little embarrassed, but what kind of arrogant man was he? He did not even dismount 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. This camp, Yan
The army wants to requisition.
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. Finally, he was forcibly escorted by the guards and left Heqing. After returning to Luoyang, the emperor held it in for a long time but still couldn't.
Holding it in, he cursed twice, one was "The imperial army is useless" and the other was "Uncle the emperor is a real thief". After finishing the curse, 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 set out to conquer Zelu, the allied forces of the princes have gone north to Zezhou, and the last army left behind
Also under the command of Kang Huaiying, they entered Taihangxing last month. At this moment, there are not many garrison troops in Hanoi.
The attack of the Zhaozhou Army was very sudden. Before Hanoi could close the city gate, a battalion of the Zhaozhou Army rushed in. The Liang Army stationed in Hanoi were scattered everywhere, completely defenseless, and were killed in the blink of an eye. The Yan troops who rushed into the city
The army even seized 10,000 shi of grain that was being transferred to Zezhou - Liang Jun 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.