Chapter 166 The imperial commander’s personal expedition
Author: Traveling Toad
Chapter 166 The imperial commander’s personal expedition
Soon after the restoration of Western Chu.
The entire Guangling Road is becoming more and more rotten. Under the outstanding command of the Western Chu Shuangbi bandits Jianghuai and Xie Xiqiao, the Jizhou Army led by Yang Shenxing and his son was retreating steadily. Nearly half of the 600,000 spring and autumn old soldiers were lost. Yan Zhenchun's
Thirty thousand cavalry were almost half disabled. General Lu Shengxiang was also helpless, and the remaining strength of King Guangling was also ready to move.
Zhao Kai knew that the current situation on Guangling Road was actually caused by the previous planning of Zhao Dun and Yuan Benxi, in order to weaken the strength of the major vassal kings, fish out Zhao Bing from southern Xinjiang, and pacify the entire country in one fell swoop.
In the south, future troubles will be eliminated forever.
Such a plan is not unwise, but Zhao Kai, who knows the ins and outs of the matter, knows that using Xi Chu as bait to catch idiots like Zhao Xun and Zhao Ying is okay, but it is impossible to catch Zhao Bing, and maybe he will
Play yourself into it.
If you want to fish, you need bigger bait.
As a result, the new emperor Zhao Kai ignored the obstruction of his officials and decided to lead an army of 50,000 from the capital to conquer the Western Chu!
As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked.
The name of a person is the shadow of a tree. Although Zhao Kai has never had the experience of leading troops in war, no one would think that he is a mediocre person. Even if he really does not know how to lead troops, he is still a big killer on the battlefield.
You know, when Zhao Kai was in Beimang, he killed 10,000 cavalry by one man.
At this time, not only Xi Chu, but also Zhao Bing from Southern Xinjiang became a little nervous.
There are a total of 200,000 troops in the capital. This time, Zhao Kai took away only 50,000. The military advisor under his command was not a famous person, but Zhang Julu's third son Zhang Bianguan, a man with no good reputation in the capital.
, and have no experience in leading troops in war. Several lieutenants are also fledgling young people!
If Zhao Kai was not the one leading the team, it would be difficult for these few people to suppress these veterans.
Before leaving, Zhao Kai held a grand military parade in Tai'an City. Then, under the attention of millions of people in Tai'an City, he put on brand new armor and rode southward with millions of respectful voices. The soldiers marched south!
The front points directly at Guangling Road!
The 50,000-strong army, neither too much nor too little, formed a team that stretched for several miles. Since we had to go to the rich south of the Yangtze River, we didn’t bring much food, grass and baggage. Basically, we were traveling lightly and marching at a very fast pace.
Not slow.
Although Tai'an City is thousands of miles away from Guangling Road, under such march, the army arrived at Wuling City, the headquarters of Liyang Army, in less than ten days.
It wasn't until he arrived in Wuling City that Zhao Kai realized that the matter was far more serious than he thought. The veterans who participated in the war against Western Chu were still following the old fighting methods and did not want to change. They relied on their original tactics.
Military merit, completely disobeying the orders of the commander-in-chief Lu Shengxiang, and fought independently.
Under Xi Chu's double-walled tactics, there was no resistance. He didn't even see the shadow of the enemy generals. He lost several important cities and lost nearly half of his army of more than 100,000 people.
The remaining troops are only over 60,000.
Currently, half of the area of Guangling Road has been controlled by Xi Chu. Relying on the popular support in Guangling Road, Xi Chu quickly gathered a large number of strong men. The number of combatable troops is growing rapidly, and it has exceeded fifteen
Ten thousand, and this does not include the navy.
Liyang's navy in Guangling Road was almost completely wiped out, and there were not many boats left. This is no wonder, because they were facing Cao Changqing of Western Chu! Over the years, the Guangling Navy has been infiltrated by Western Chu.
Gave it to Cao Changqing as a wedding dress.
Cao Changqing was in charge of the navy, using the Guangling River as a natural barrier to confront Liyang.
The army was commanded by Xie Xiqiao, one on land and one on water, and almost indestructible. Kou Jianghuai was like a guerrilla general, appearing and disappearing, intercepting reinforcements from all over the place.
The situation of the restoration of the entire Western Chu Kingdom is very good. The occupied land has been close to half of the original Western Chu. There are also naval forces stationed in the Guangling River, making it impossible for Liyang to cross the river easily. There is a hidden danger that the south of the Guangling River is not the Western Chu State.
The Chu family is the largest, and there is also an extremely powerful King Yan Chi.
In addition, in the upper reaches of the Guangling River, there is the Qingzhou Navy, which can only compete with the Western Chu Navy.
The current situation is not too complicated. To the south of the Guangling River, the Western Chu and Southern Xinjiang families are almost equally divided. To the north of the Guangling River, the lower reaches of Liyang dominate, the king of Huainan, Zhao Ying, is in the middle. Upstream, the king of Jingan, Zhao Xun, and
Chen Zhibao, who had just established a foothold in Shu.
There is still a part of Guangling Road that is occupied by the remaining forces of Guangling King Zhao Yi, who rely on natural dangers to defend or secretly sabotage. Liyang no longer has any advantage on Guangling Road.
Fortunately, among the major forces, except Xi Chu, all others obey Li Yang, but what are their true thoughts in their hearts? It is unknown.
In Wuling City, in the main account of Liyang Army, Zhao Kai looked cold. In front of him were kneeling several generals who were over fifty years old. These people looked down and there were still blood stains on their clothes. It was obvious that they had just suffered a defeat.
"After all, you are also old people who have been fighting for decades. Don't you feel embarrassed that you can't even defeat a few young people?
Not to mention the loss of troops and generals, most of the Guangling Road was handed over to Xi Chu. What do you do for food!
As a general, if you do not obey the orders of the general, where do you put the general law?
And Qin Lu Shengxiang, you are the majestic commander-in-chief of the army, is this how you lead your subordinates?"
Lu Shengxiang was also feeling miserable. These people were all veteran generals, relying on their military exploits to rely on their old age, and he couldn't stop them.
The incompetence of one general exhausted the three armies. Although he had predicted this in advance, Zhao Kai still could not hide the anger in his heart.
"Come here, drag these black sheep out and punish them with fifty sticks! They will establish military discipline!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces suddenly turned pale. They were all old people over fifty years old. These fifty military sticks were almost equal to killing them.
Even the commander-in-chief Lu Shengxiang couldn't help but plead:
"Your Majesty, think twice! Although General Yang and others have made mistakes, please consider their past achievements and let them be spared this time! Besides, this is the time when people are being employed. Please let them make up for their mistakes until the war is over.
It’s not too late to deal with it later!”
"I finally understand why they dare to be so disrespectful. The root cause still lies with you, the general. I ask you, if you don't deal with them today, will the tens of thousands of soldiers die in vain?"
Although Zhao Kai has never led a soldier, he also knows what military orders are like. Generals who do not obey the orders of the general on the battlefield will only kill more people. Moreover, most of these so-called military merits were bought with money from Xu Xiao, otherwise
Not that stupid.
Then, screams resounded throughout the entire camp, and several generals were directly beaten to disability, and then they were directly dismissed from their posts without any mercy.
The commander-in-chief Lu Shengxiang was demoted three levels in a row, and all the more than 60,000-strong army was under the command of Zhao Kai and military advisor Zhang Bianguan. With the addition of newly promoted generals such as Jiang Huding, many generals in the army were instantly replaced by young
face.
Including the 50,000 that Zhao Kai brought over, the total number is more than 100,000, which is already considered a powerful fighting force in today's guang'ling.
What's more, Zhao Kai alone can defeat an army of 100,000!