The so-called partition of the north and the south was the work of a think tank under Shi Zhongtang.
The Tang Dynasty has reached this stage. To be honest, there are some who are loyal, but there are also many who feel that the Tang Dynasty is over.
There are many of these two types of people in the structure of Northern Xinjiang.
What if the north and south can be divided?
The rebels are strong and the Northern Xinjiang Army has no confidence in this battle.
In this case, can we... shake hands and make peace?
Everyone went back to their homes and looked for their mothers. The Tang Dynasty was divided into two parts.
Are you happy?
Cool!
A cool batch!
When this creative idea was uttered, it immediately amazed many people under Shi Zhongtang, and most of them agreed.
Of course, I do not agree with the division of North and South.
Instead, use this idea to stir up internal divisions in the Northern Xinjiang Army.
That is to provoke internal conflicts within the Northern Xinjiang Army.
Think about it, some senior officials said: Your Highness, it is good to separate the north and the south! It is really good!
Some people: You are a fool, Your Highness wants to rebel!
Things got interesting immediately.
Shi Zhongtang immediately nodded and ordered the think tank who came up with the idea to go to Daozhou as an envoy.
The think tank was standing with his hands behind his hands, looking calm and confident.
He deliberately told people about this matter, and now all the senior officials of the Northern Xinjiang Army in Prefecture knew about it.
He heard a lot of discussion.
I also saw a lot of people spying on me.
These people are all waiting for King Qin's reaction.
Things are getting more and more interesting.
The sound of footsteps came.
The wise man turned around.
He smiled and said, "Does King Qin have an answer?"
"have!"
Many people pricked up their ears and wanted to hear what the boss meant.
Li Xuan controlled the northern part of the Tang Dynasty and his hometown of Northern Liao Dynasty. He could practice his internal skills hard for fifty years. Therefore, many people felt that there was no need to rush to expand in Northern Xinjiang.
Han Ji spoke.
"Damn it, motherfucker!"
…
Think tank: "..."
The snooping officials shrank back.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
The sound of the door closing came one after another.
The surroundings were as quiet as if a chicken had just been killed.
…
"Did Shi Zhongtang drink too much?"
Li Xuan convened his subordinates to discuss matters, mentioned the proposal of dividing the north and the south, and said contemptuously: "This is the Tang Dynasty, the lonely Tang Dynasty."
In one sentence, the internal thinking was completely straightened out.
Anyone who dares to mention this matter again will show contempt for the King of Qin.
This is also the prestige that only the founding king has.
Li Xuan looked at everyone, "Who wants to go to Jianzhou?"
"Please give me your order!"
Han Ji left work.
"Please give me your order!"
Civil servants rushed to ask for permission, and Li Xuan even saw two civil servants entangled in secret.
They were actually pinching each other.
"Uda!"
Uda was in a daze beside him, thinking about his mother-in-law's belly at home.
How many children is this?
"Uda!"
One of the guards stabbed Uda.
Wu Da was startled and kneeled down subconsciously, "Master."
"What are you thinking about?" Li Xuan asked. Although Wu Da has not made much progress over the years, the advantage is that he is loyal and the King of Qin is the only one in his eyes.
Uda said: "The villain now has two sons. The villain originally thought that each of them should serve a young man. But the mother-in-law at home is pregnant again. If a son is born, the villain doesn't know how to let him serve.
Which young man? If this is a daughter, the villain will have to have another daughter, so each of the two young men will have one..."
You really... think too much.
Li Xuan's head was full of black lines, "You go to Jianzhou."
…
After the army arrived in Jianzhou, the first thing they did was to transport grain and grass.
As a barrier in Guanzhong, Jianzhou cannot store too much food. Otherwise, if it fails, it will endanger the enemy. The same is true for Daozhou and other places.
Under this line of thinking, the Northern Xinjiang Army that captured Daozhou did not capture much.
Once there is enough food and grass, the fighter planes will arrive.
The wind in early autumn was blowing quite softly. Shi Zhongtang stood on the top of the city, surrounded by civil and military officials.
"When I was shepherding sheep in the tribe, I loved this season the most. The sheep were walking slowly on the pasture, and I would stare at the sky on horseback in a daze. When the autumn wind blew, I felt relaxed and happy. At that moment, my mind
Empty.”
Shi Zhongtang squinted and saw more than a hundred scouts coming back, and also saw a few people caught in the middle.
"Your Majesty, you are Li Xuan's envoy."
A sergeant came up to report.
Uda's face looked like a foreigner.
"Does the King of Qin intend to divide the north and the south?"
He Zun asked on behalf of Shi Zhongtang.
Uda took a deep breath.
Still need to muster up the courage?
It seems that this messenger is not very courageous!
He Zun couldn't help but sneer.
"His Highness said that Shi Zhongtang is my domestic slave and even a domestic slave dares to mention the partition of the north and the south. He has such a big face and tells him that he will get out of his way as far as his thoughts go!"
Wu Da finished speaking in one breath and said with relief: "Do you want to take action?"
"Be bold!"
"Your Majesty, we must kill this man and swear to send out troops!"
Li Xuan actually regarded Shi Zhongtang as a domestic slave of the Li family. This was the sharpest counterattack.
It is also the most disdainful counterattack.
That contemptuous gesture can be felt from a distance.
House slave!
Shi Zhongtang said calmly: "Go!"
"Farewell."
Uda is gone.
"There is no need to be angry." Shi Zhongtang smiled, "I want to anger him, and he wants to anger me. If I am angry at this moment and let others kill the envoy, I will be at a disadvantage."
The think tank also came back.
This is the battle between two armies, and they do not kill each other.
"I don't care about this kind of humiliation. I want to see Li Xuan kneeling in front of me and begging."
Shi Zhongtang said: "This is just a test before the war."
Shi Zhongtang's eyes were deep, "Who cares, whoever loses."
Just as he was about to go back, someone came to report, "Your Majesty, there is an envoy from Shi Gongming."
"Shi Gongming?"
There was a coldness in Shi Zhongtang's eyes.
He had been planning for this war for a long time, and Shi Gongming was an important part of it.
Once Lizhou was besieged, the Northern Xinjiang Army fell into a passive position. Not only was the food route cut off, but the way home was also lost.
"That idiot Shi Gongming!"
Shi Zhongtang couldn't help but use foul language.
The messenger has arrived.
He saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, after this battle, if the Northern Territory is handed over to me, Yan Dong, to attack, will it still count?"
He Zun was furious, "Shi Gongming's attack on Daizhou was half-hearted, and was defeated by Li Xuan's surprise attack. Now that the war was about to begin, he did not say that he would lead the army to help, but fled all the way to his hometown of Huizhou. Now what else is there to do in the North?
He has such a great face!"
The envoy calmly said: "Xiangong said that if the Yandong army had not been there, how could the Northern Xinjiang army have arranged three thousand troops in Daizhou? This is at least a containment."
After defeating Yandong's army, Daizhou surrendered to Li Xuan. Li Xuan left three thousand troops to garrison.
This was just a symbolic move, but it was regarded as a credit by Shi Gongming.
"That's enough!" Shi Zhongtang stopped He Zun, looked at the envoy and said: "Tell Shi Gongming that he wants to be a fisherman. He is not interested. Either he immediately raises troops to help. Or, after the war, we can slowly reminisce about the past.
"
Shi Zhongtang's eyes became more serious, and the messenger chuckled, "That's it, we'll see."
The envoy resigned, and Shi Zhongtang stood up and walked out of the lobby.
"If Li Xuan wins this battle, he will definitely not spare Shi Gongming. If I win, Shi Gongming..." Shi Zhongtang's eyes became colder, "Either submit to me, or go to see the King of Hell!"
…
The environment in Yandong fostered a petty-minded Shi Gongming, this is Shi Zhongtang's evaluation.
"Aye, a war is coming, should we send troops?"
After escaping back to Huizhou, Shi Jian felt a little uneasy.
In the check-in room, Shi Gongming held a book in his hand, but he had not turned the pages for a long time.
"Send troops, who will we help?"
"Of course it's Shi Zhongtang."
Li Xuan was a nobleman of Tianhuang, while Shi Gongming was a traitor. The relationship between the two parties was that of officers and soldiers and thieves.
"Shi Zhongtang seems to be powerful, but he has a fatal flaw." Shi Gongming put down the book, feeling relieved, "He is from a foreign race."
"What's wrong with the alien race?"
"Foreign races have no luck!" Shi Gongming said: "My father asked you to read history, not to read biographies of characters, but to read more about the rise and fall of dynasties."
"Yes!" Shi Jian disagreed.
"Foreign races have invaded the Central Plains many times and established dynasties. However, each dynasty will decline within a hundred years. This is fate!"
Shi Gongming sighed, "Shi Zhongtang ordered a secret envoy to come before raising the army. He set out conditions. After the army started, my father could be the deputy envoy of Jiedu. He would be under one person and above ten thousand people. But how could my father be a foreigner?"
To serve? So I declined."
"So that's it!" Shi Jian was a little irritable, "But in this situation, if Li Xuan wins, he will definitely not let us go. If Shi Zhongtang wins... we are afraid that the only way to survive is to surrender."
"Idiot." Shi Gongming smiled and said: "In this battle, Shi Zhong has many generals in Tang Dynasty, and he has the right time and place in his hands. He himself is a famous general on the battlefield, how can he be defeated?"
"Then...do you want to surrender to Shi Zhongtang?" Shi Jian hesitated.
"If Li Xuan just retreats, then you will go to the Northland and surrender to him on behalf of your father. You may be able to contain Shi Zhongtang and become the horns of each other with Northern Xinjiang."
"What if Northern Xinjiang is defeated miserably?"
"If Northern Xinjiang is defeated miserably, we will beat up the lost dog. At that time, we will mobilize all our troops and pursue them all the way to the North. The south is unstable and there are so many forces in Guanzhong. It will take at least five years for Shi Zhongtang to straighten out these relationships. Five
Years later, my father has already established a firm foothold in the north."
Shi Gongming said softly: "No matter who wins or loses, we can all benefit. Dalang, this is having both sides."
…
Since entering Daozhou, the Northern Xinjiang Army has been investigating the movements of the southern rebels.
But the south is the home base of the rebels. It is really difficult to find the unfamiliar Northern Xinjiang army if they really want to hide.
Scouts, spies, and monks took turns investigating.
"It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people and horses, and they are in the Yuezhou and Hongzhou areas."
This is the final result.
"Your Highness, if the southern rebels cannot find out clearly, this battle will add many variables."
Jiang Cunzhong said.
All the generals nodded in agreement with this statement.
As generals, they all like the battlefield to be unilaterally transparent to them.
"From the very beginning of this battle, Gu knew that we would fight alone."
Li Xuan smiled and said: "The Tang Dynasty declined, so many people have forgotten the past that after the founding of the country, the army went out to the fortress and attacked many with less, which frightened the foreigners. If the foreigners have forgotten, then I will remind them.
"
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Food and grass from Guanzhong poured into Jianzhou City continuously.
"Your Majesty, the food and grass are all ready."
He Zun came to report, his eyes bright.
"Gather them."
Shi Zhongtang said.
He Zun resigned.
Shi Zhongtang patted his thigh, "The buttocks are back to life!"
Immediately, civil and military officials came in.
"I've met the king!"
Shi Zhongtang nodded, "The world is in chaos. From great chaos to great governance, war will inevitably be inevitable. Li Xuan from the north claimed to be filial to the emperor's youngest son, and in the name of fighting against rebellion, he competed in the world."
This is the current situation.
"The world is beautiful, everyone, are you willing to follow me to defeat the Northern Xinjiang army and enjoy this beautiful country?"
There is a sense of sharing the country in these words.
Just like the words of the founding emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty: I should share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats.
As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials under his command were excited.
"I am willing to die for the king!"
He Zun raised his head and glanced at Shi Zhongtang, with some astonishment in his eyes.
"Now that we have all the food and grass, I am determined to prepare for war."
Shi Zhongtang's voice was sonorous, "As long as a person lives, the grass and trees will fall. The founding emperors of all dynasties all came from extraordinary backgrounds. People think that only those with noble blood can get a glimpse of the artifact. I should let the world know that even the shepherd's son can
Sit in the world!"
…
The rebels in southern Xinjiang are on the move.
Teams of rangers attacked, taking advantage of their numerical advantage to suppress the northern Xinjiang scouts.
"Your Highness, there are rich people in the city who have come to help the army."
Li Xuan was discussing the upcoming war with his subordinates. Hearing this, he said: "If you can come to labor at this time, I should see you."
The people who organized the labor force were the Wang and Chen families of Daozhou.
Wang Dong, the head of the Wang family, and Chen Xian, the head of the Chen family, came with Lao Jun's motorcade.
"I have met His Highness!"
The cart contained food and drinks.
"There are sheep!" Jiang He'er whispered.
Behind the convoy were hundreds of fat sheep, bleating non-stop.
Li Xuan Wenyan praised the two heads of family.
Later, Han Ji came to receive the two of them.
Wang Dong gave Chen Xian a look, and Chen Xian smiled and said, "Mr. Han, I have something to say that I don't know whether to ask or not."
Of course I shouldn't ask... Han Ji smiled and said, "Just tell me."
Those who take the initiative to stand in line should be rewarded, and this is the principle of Qianjinshi Horse Bones.
"I wonder what the situation is like in this battle?"
"Your Highness is strategizing, our Northern Xinjiang Army will definitely win!"
"That's good, that's good!"
Chen Xian and Wang Dong resigned happily, feeling that they had chosen the right time to join forces.
Any later step would be speculation.
The two of them had just taken a few steps when they saw a sergeant hurried in.
A voice came from behind.
"Your Highness, the rebel army is 90,000 strong, mobilized in full force!"