Niu Gao was arranged to defend Lanzhou. Early the next morning, Chen Qing led the army to continue eastward along the Qingshui River. Two days later, they arrived at the Yellow River. There were still traces of Jin soldiers stationed on the Yellow River, but the army had completely withdrawn, and there were no traces of troops on the Yellow River.
There is no shadow of the pontoon.
In this battle, more than 70,000 Jin soldiers were wiped out and 10,000 captured. Their vitality was severely damaged and they will not invade Shaanxi Road for the time being.
Chen Qing originally planned to continue his eastward attack on Hedong Road after resting, but after he received the news that Jin soldiers had entered Xixia, his plan began to face adjustments.
He provoked a civil war in Xixia, and supported Xiao Heda to fight against the Xixia court. Seeing that both families were losing in the fight, now that Xixia was at its weakest, the Kingdom of Jin came to pick peaches. How could Chen Qing tolerate it?
In fact, if the Jin soldiers had not attacked Shaanxi Road, he would probably be on the way to attack Xixia now. Now that the Jin soldiers have retreated, can his plan for the Northern Expedition be implemented again?
After resting for three days in Fushi County, Chen Qing immediately led his army south and returned to Jingzhao...
While Chen Qing and Jin Bing were fighting on Shaanxi Road, the imperial war to quell Liu Guangshi's rebellion was also going on. Emperor Zhao Gou ordered Huguang Propaganda Envoy Li Gang to lead an army of 50,000 to quell Liu Guangshi's rebellion.
Li Gang ordered Jiangxia Dutong Xie Qian and Tanzhou Governor Liu Hongdao to each lead 20,000 people to attack Jiangling Mansion from the north and south.
Although Liu Guangshi was known as Liu Paopao against the Jin soldiers, he was an expert in fighting civil wars. Liu Guangshi ordered his confidants Wang Meng and Li Qiong to lead 20,000 troops each to fight.
Li Qiong's army was stationed twenty miles away from Liu Hongdao's army, which confused Liu Hongdao. Liu Guangshi himself led 10,000 troops by boat and inserted himself behind Liu Hongdao's camp, and attacked Liu Hongdao's camp at midnight.
Liu Hongdao was caught off guard and his army was defeated. Liu Guangshi killed thousands of people, captured more than 10,000 people, and took away all the baggage. He won a complete victory. Liu Hongdao only escaped with a few hundred soldiers.
Wang Meng's army also defeated Jie Qian's army in Tongmian Town and captured more than 8,000 enemy soldiers.
Li Gang was defeated in both battles, and Wang Bao, the supervisor of the army, immediately sent the battle report to Lin'an.
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Zhao Gou slammed the table and gritted his teeth and said, "It's a shame that I still trusted him so much. I thought he could succeed immediately. I didn't expect him to be so careless. Is this how he repays me?"
Zhao Gou immediately ordered: "Let Qin Xianggong, Zhang Xianggong and Zhao Xianggong come to see me quickly!"
The eunuch immediately rushed to announce the summons. The first person who arrived was Zhao Ding, who had returned to the prime minister. Zhao Ding read the military supervisor's report: "Li Gang is old, and his energy and physical strength are much less than before, and the ministers feel that he has obviously underestimated the enemy."
Zhao Gou agreed when he said that Li Gang was old and weak, but he didn't quite understand when he said that Li Gang underestimated his enemies. "Why do you say that Li Gang underestimated his enemies?"
Zhao Ding shook his head and said: "Liu Guangshi has never won a victory. Everyone underestimates him and thinks he is a defeated general. In fact, this is not the case. Liu Guangshi is actually capable, but he is unwilling to work hard. But now his vital interests are involved.
, he will naturally go all out. Li Gang hastily sent troops to fight without careful investigation, which is actually a sign of underestimating the enemy."
At this time, Qin Hui and Zhang Jun both hurried over. Zhao Gou held the supervisor in his arms and handed it to the two of them, "You all take a look! I have nothing to say..."
Qin Hui couldn't hold back his excitement. He had always opposed Li Gang's return to military power, but the officials did not listen to his persuasion. Now Li Gang's defeat proved that he had foresight.
But he didn't dare to mention this problem. If the official meeting would not come down, Qin Hui said euphemistically: "Li Gang made great achievements in fighting the Jin soldiers who invaded Jingzhou. With this defeat, I guess I underestimated the enemy."
Qin Hui also thought that Li Gang underestimated the enemy, which was consistent with what Zhao Ding saw. Zhao Gou looked at Zhang Jun and asked, "What does Mr. Zhang mean?"
Zhang Jun pondered for a moment, "We were defeated in both battles. Underestimating the enemy was a major factor. On the other hand, it also shows that Liu Guangshi is not incompetent. It is not a good idea to use civilian officials to deal with warlords like Liu Guangshi. The minister recommended Liu Qi to lead the army to put down Liu Guangshi's rebellion."
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Zhao Ding shook his head, "Liu Guangshi has deep qualifications and is very cunning. Although Liu Qi is also from the Western Army, he still cannot take charge of it alone. It is better to let Wu Jie lead the army to suppress the rebellion."
Qin Hui opposed Wu Jie, believing that he was good at defense but lacking in offense. Moreover, he had just transferred to the Huaihe River to deploy defenses and could not give up halfway. Qin Hui recommended Zhang Jun as the chief general, Yang Yizhong and Liu Qi as the left and right deputy generals, who could command an army of one hundred thousand and three warships.
Hundreds of ships went to put down Liu Guangshi's rebellion.
Zhao Gou accepted Qin Hui's recommendation and issued an order to remove Li Gang from the post of envoy to Huguang and appoint him as the governor of Yuezhou. He continued to restore people's livelihood along the Dongting Lake and summoned Zhang Jun.
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Zhang Jun is currently in Lin'an. He was summoned by the emperor and rushed to the palace.
Zhang Jun is about fifty years old. He is tall and has a deep appearance. Although he is a military officer, he is also good at literature and can be regarded as a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. This is also Zhao Gou's employment standard. He does not just use military officers, but must cultivate both civil and military skills, including Zhang Jun.
, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Liu Guangshi were all talented in both civil and military affairs. Even Chen Qing was reused because of his good literary talents.
"The humble minister Zhang Jun comes to see His Majesty the Emperor and wishes His Majesty long live, long live, long live!"
Zhang Jun currently leads an army of 150,000 to garrison along the Yangtze River. However, since the armies of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and Wu Jie have basically captured Jianghuai and are building defense lines along the Huaihe River, Zhang Jun's army can be temporarily transferred to quell the rebellion.
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Zhao Gou smiled gently and said: "My beloved, please rise and sit down."
A eunuch brought a chair to him, and Zhang Jun sat down opposite Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou asked: "Regarding the failure of Li Gangping's rebellion against Liu Guangshi, Ai Qing thinks what's the problem?"
Zhang Jun bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have always believed that only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one be able to survive a hundred battles. The mistake Li Gong made was that he did not know himself or the enemy and went into battle in a hurry, which led to the defeat."
Zhao Gou said with great interest: "Ai Qing, why don't you elaborate?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Mr. Li has not touched the military for almost three years. He has been committed to reclaiming wasteland, resettling the people, and restoring people's livelihood after the Yang Yao Rebellion. Even a lowly military general will feel strange if he has not touched the military for three years. Mo
Let’s talk about civil servants like Li Gong.
Moreover, he used Liu Hongdao as the left army, but he did not know that Liu Hongdao had been content with enjoying himself in the past two years, military discipline was lax, and training was neglected. His army often disturbed and harmed the people, so Liu Hongdao's camp was easily attacked by Liu Guangshi.
Successfully, almost the entire army was destroyed.
The same goes for Xie Qian's army, which is stationed in Jiangxia. Its training has been neglected in the past few years. I heard that his soldiers have not been assembled for training for a whole year. They indulge in drinking and gambling all day long and have no physical strength at all. That's why they were recruited by Wang De.
Defeated, Li Gong obviously did not know these situations, which means he does not know himself.
Everyone knew that Liu Guangshi was training his naval force and converting cargo ships into warships, but Li Gong did not bring a single warship, but only brought hundreds of logistics ships carrying food and supplies. This shows that Li Gong did not understand the other party at all.
The situation, this is what Wei Chen said, "I don't know myself or the enemy, so I am bound to fail."
Zhao Gou was greatly appreciated after hearing this. This is called professionalism. He analyzed the reasons for Li Gang's defeat very thoroughly.
He quickly asked: "If I let Aiqing be the general, how will Aiqing fight?"
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen knows Liu Guangshi very well. He is a cold-hearted, narrow-minded and extremely suspicious person. However, he relies most heavily on Wang De and Li Qiong. Wei Chen and Li Qiong have an old relationship and know that he has a crush on Liu Guangshi.
Always feeling dissatisfied, Wei Chen will start with Li Qiong.
Therefore, I want to ask for a reward from Your Majesty, and make Li Qiong the commander of the capital, and let him guard one side. Then I will be sure to win over Li Qiong. Liu Guangshi's loss of Li Qiong will be like losing an arm, and the complete suppression of the rebellion will be just around the corner."
Zhao Gou was overjoyed. He took out a gold medal and handed it to Zhang Jun, "If you can reward Li Qiong, you can decide on your own. If you can quell Liu Guangshi's rebellion, I will make you Taiwei and Duke of Xia."
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will rush to Jiankang Mansion tomorrow and send troops immediately!"
Zhang Jun excused himself and left.
Zhao Gou issued another decree that day, appointing Zhang Jun, the commander of the Shenwu Right Army, as the Huguang Propaganda Envoy, to defeat the general marshal, and led a hundred thousand land and water troops to Jinghu South Road to quell the rebellion.
