Chapter 375 The war is about to start, Modong Fengyun
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Xiangji Temple is one of the eight major temples in Fanchuan, Guanzhong of the Tang Dynasty.
Now this Buddhist temple is already covered with war clouds, and the monks in the temple have already fled. The puppet general Anshou and loyal general Anshou used Xiangji Temple as a camp and stationed his army east of the Feng River.
Xiangji Temple is located in the mountains next to Fengshui River. From Xiangji Temple, you can overlook the entire coast. It also guards the access to the south of Chang'an, so An Shouzhong set up his defense line here.
An Qingxu was very dissatisfied with An Shouzhong's choice.
Xiangji Temple is too close to Chang'an. Once the army is defeated, An Qingxu in Chang'an City will not have time to escape.
However, since the last battle of Qingqu, An Shouzhong's authority within the puppet Yan has grown stronger.
He contradicted An Qingxu many times and insisted on setting up the defense line close to Chang'an City.
It is said that An Qingxu drew his sword in the palace and threatened to kill An Shouzhong, but was finally stopped by Yan Zhuang, the assistant to the government.
However, in the end, An Qingxu, the pseudo-Yan emperor, still could not defeat the frontline general An Shouzhong. He entrusted all the troops to An Shouzhong, granted him arbitrary power, and annexed Xiangji Temple to wait for the Tang army.
The Tang army on Guo Ziyi's side has also been reorganized, and Guo Ziyi has also built a camp across the Feng River. Both sides know that the war is approaching.
Fengshui is not a big river. As the water sources become increasingly depleted in autumn, some sections of Fengshui can already be crossed on foot.
An Shouzhong continued to consolidate the strongholds by the river. The Puppet Yan and the Tang Dynasty tentatively attacked each other for a while. Recently, the camps of both sides have become quiet.
But everyone knows this is just the calm before the storm.
Li Daoyuan and his party, who left Fengxiang Mansion, came to accept the special mission from King Jianning and came to the vicinity of the battlefield.
[Observe the decisive battle between Datang and Puppet Yan, and evaluate the combat effectiveness of both sides.]
[Task Reward 1: Professional Experience.]
[Mission Reward 2: Title—Observer of the Rise and Fall of the Empire, Exclusive and Only Forum Medal]
[Task Reward 3: Reputation of the Governor’s Mansion +10]
There is nothing I can do, King Jianning gave me too much!
The reputation system is also a new system that appears in this expansion pack update.
In the past, players have speculated that this "game" has a hidden reputation system, but this update has quantified it.
Currently, there are only three forces that can gain reputation: [Longyou Governor's Mansion], [Uighur King's Account], and [Fengxiang Mansion Court].
However, the only one who can do quests to gain reputation is the [Longyou Governor's Mansion].
The higher the reputation, the easier it is to trigger the tasks of these forces.
There are five levels in total: [Unknown], [Somewhat heard], [Familiar], [Long-heard] and [Like thunder].
Most players are still at the [obscurity] level and can only passively accept the tasks posted above.
Li Daoyuan's reputation in the Dudu Mansion has already reached [Long-heard Name], so Li Yan will take the initiative to issue tasks to him.
In order to better observe the battlefield, Li Daoyuan and others built a tree house in the forest next to Jixiang Temple, and took turns climbing the tree every day to observe the dynamics of the battlefield.
"Teacher, when will this battle begin?" Zhou Shi looked at both sides of the Feng River with his binoculars. Both sides have been busy setting up camps recently and have not even tried to test each other's attacks.
Zhang Duanyang said angrily: "Let you read a book carefully! The battle of Xiangji Temple broke out this month. I guess it will start in the next two days."
Yu Xiaoxiao, who was cooking on the side, asked: "Mr. Zhang, is it so fast?"
Zhang Duanyang pointed at the Feng River and said: "After the full moon, the tidal gravity weakened, and the upper reaches entered the dry season again. As long as the water level of the Feng River drops, the Tang army may attack at any time."
Zhou Shi used his telescope to look at Fengshui River. Sure enough, the water level of Fengshui River was still very high, but now it was only half full.
Zhang Duanyang said: "Both the Puppet Yan and the Tang Dynasty can no longer afford to delay. The generals on both sides must be anxious for a decisive battle."
Zhang Duanyang's judgment was indeed correct. This protracted war brought down not only the Tang Dynasty, but also the Puppet Yan side.
An Shouzhong was ugly in appearance, but he was brave enough to fight and was noticed by An Lushan, who promoted him to deputy general.
An Shouzhong was very loyal to An Lushan. When he was in the three towns of Hedong, he killed the Xianbei Jurchens and made them cry for father and mother.
In the battle of Tongguan, An Shouzhong also showed his bravery and conquered Tongguan in one fell swoop, thus establishing the foundation of the Puppet Yan!
In the Battle of Qingqu, An Shouzhong seized on the flaw of the Tang army's eagerness to advance and defeated the Tang army, which had superior strength.
Nowadays, An Shouzhong's reputation is booming, and he is one of the most important figures in the puppet Yan court, but he is sitting at the eucalyptus table and sighing.
The reason why An Shouzhong chose to fight in Xiangji Temple was not only due to the disadvantage in terms of military strength, but also because the puppet Yan did not have enough supplies.
Although Gyeonggi is rich, the wars over the years have long left the two capitals empty.
The common people have become poor. Who would have thought that the prosperous two capitals still need to transport food from the east of the river.
What's worse is that on the road from Hedong to the two capitals, there is Suiyang.
The Puppet Yan general Yin Ziqi was unable to attack Suiyang for a long time, and the supplies transported from the three towns in Hedong could not travel by water. An Qingxu had to recruit people to transport them along the way, which was a huge waste of people's resources and led to a large number of people fleeing into exile.
For this war, An Qingxu raised all the supplies from the two capitals, and even the soldiers guarding the palace gate were handed over to An Shouzhong.
An Qingxu stood up and secretly made up his mind that there must be a decisive battle!
In the Tang army's camp, Guo Ziyi was also discussing matters with his generals.
The military deployment on the Tang Dynasty's side is:
Li Siye was the military envoy to Zhenxi and Beiting, serving as the front army; Guo Ziyi was the military envoy to Shuofang, serving as the middle army; Wang Sili was the envoy to the camp in Guan, serving as the rear army.
Guo Ziyi, the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, commanded the entire army, plus miscellaneous troops from various prefectures and counties who came to serve the king, and finally four thousand Uighur cavalry led by Prince Yehu of the Uighurs.
Guo Ziyi in the commander's tent had white beard and hair, but he sat so high in the commander's position that other generals in the military tent did not dare to speak.
Guo Ziyi, the pinnacle of the Tang Dynasty, has been engaged in counterinsurgency work since the Anlushan Rebellion.
Whether it was supporting Li Heng Lingwu's ascension to the throne or the battle to recover northern Guanzhong, Guo Ziyi participated in the whole process.
It can be said that Datang is currently able to maintain this situation, and most of the credit is due to this veteran.
Guo Ziyi looked at the generals in the tent and said:
"The Feng River is about to ebb, and it's time for a decisive battle with the rebels."
There was a lot of discussion in the military tent, but Li Siye, the commander of the front army, and Wang Sili, the commander of the rear army, looked as usual.
Pugu Huai'en, the newly promoted attack envoy of Shuofang Army, said: "Commander Jie! Our army hasn't found out where the Yiluo River is yet. If we cross the river in a hurry, we may be attacked by the puppet Yan half-crossed!"
Yiluohe is an elite Hu cavalry group formed by An Lushan himself.
Many of these cavalry were warriors from the Hu tribe that An Lushan defeated, and they were unified into cavalry after being surrendered by An Lushan.
Yiluohe made great contributions when the rebels captured Chang'an.
Pugu Huai'en's words are also correct in military terms. Without knowing the location of the enemy's elite troops, if they are attacked by the enemy when crossing the river, the Tang army will fall into a passive position.
Guo Ziyi just said seriously: "The enemy has Yiluohe, and our army also has four thousand elite Uighurs!"
"The war is imminent, how can we be afraid of fighting and not move forward?"
"Pu Gu Huai'en, this is your first crime, so I will first forgive you for your fear of war!"
Pugu Huai'en is Guo Ziyi's old subordinate. Guo Ziyi has always behaved like a Confucian general and scolded his subordinates in public. This was the first time Pugu Huai'en met him.
However, the other two senior officials of the Tang Army in the hall knew why Guo Ziyi, who had always been steady, was so anxious to send troops.
Suiyang couldn't hold it any longer.
If Suiyang falls, supplies from the Jianghuai River cannot be transferred to Guanzhong. Without supplies, the imperial court cannot maintain such a large army.
Both sides were racing, but Tang Jun ran a little faster.
If the rebels cannot be driven out of the two capitals as soon as possible, Datang's prestige will be further frustrated.
Without enough supplies, the 100,000 troops approaching the battle will turn into bombs, possibly blowing up the entire Guanzhong.
Therefore, Guo Ziyi could only order a decisive battle as soon as possible.
Both sides are making final preparations for war. The veterans in the army have stopped laughing and joking, and are just silently doing the preparations before the war.
While the war in the Central Plains was raging, Longyou was also making preparations for the war.
Pang Yawei led a group of players who can ride horses and have gone deep into the Modong grassland.
These players, who had never seen grassland scenery before, looked at the vast golden grassland and couldn't help but turn on the in-game recording function.
Pang Yawei had fought in the Mobei grassland and had seen such scenes many times. After everyone had finished shooting, Pang Yawei said:
"Everyone open the game map and remember to click on the map recording function!"
"Only by turning on the game recording function can you get experience points for opening maps. You must remember this!"
“After meeting a grassland tribe, don’t alert them first, mark them on the map!”
"At this time tomorrow, before dark, everyone must rush back here to gather!"
Following Pang Yawei's order, the players dispersed in a hurry.
Pang Yawei also opened the game map and looked at the scattered green light spots and the increasingly clear and detailed map. He should be able to complete the exploration of this camp today.
Even Pang Yawei didn't expect that it would go so smoothly.
Since the defeat of the Eastern Turks, the tribes in the Modong region have been scattered.
These tribes fought on their own, attacking each other when they had no food to eat, or invading the borders of the Tang Dynasty.
Turks, Uighurs, Khitans, and Shiwei people were all fighting on this grassland.
Also benefiting from the differentiation policy of the Tang Dynasty, today the Modong grasslands are basically filled with scattered small tribes.
The player's advance team did not encounter any threats. They just drove the map all the way and almost reached Tongliao.
Looking at this grassland next to the water, if we can be sure that there are no threats around, we can build a garrison point here.
According to the plan, a garrison point will be built every 40 kilometers on the Modong grassland. This is a place for the marching troops to spend the night and a place for the transportation troops to store supplies.