The Jin army's large-scale march south greatly exceeded Zhu Quanzhong's expectations.
At that time, he had just surrendered to Suzhou, and the connection between Xuzhou and Hao and Si Prefectures was cut off. There was no need to take the initiative to attack the two prefectures. It would probably take a little effort to surrender by himself.
Hao, Sizhou can't surrender to Yang Xingmi, right? He only has a few soldiers?
Shouzhou, which was guarded by Cai Bing, also surrendered. Liu Hong'e was hesitant and helpless, but was deliberately won over by Zhu Quanzhong and surrendered simply.
Caozhou's capital general Guo Zhu attacked and killed Guo Ci, the governor of Caozhou, and also surrendered the city.
The Tianping Army is almost finished. After so many years of fighting and dozens of small and large battles, it has been drained of blood.
Once Caozhou surrendered, he even had to rely on sending troops from his brother Zhu Jin to help find a place for him. As a result, Zhu Jin returned with a disastrous defeat, "riding alone" and losing more than 10,000 troops.
Zhu Quanzhong was not surprised by these results, because it was time for him to reap the fruits.
When attacking a place, it is always the most difficult at the beginning. Since the enemy has elite soldiers, good generals, sufficient supplies, and a united front, it will take several years of fighting to drain the enemy's blood before they can be dealt with later.
The three towns of Tianping, Taining and Wuning are at the end of their war.
The quality of the 20,000 soldiers Zhu Jin brought over this time was far inferior to the 20,000 soldiers a few years ago, so they were defeated quickly.
When fighting later, the Zhu brothers jumped over the wall and often tried their best to recruit soldiers. The army seemed to be very large, and an army of 50,000 could be drawn out. But 50,000 people were not as good as the 20,000 people a few years ago. One blow could kill
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Elite soldiers are dead when they die, and they cannot be replenished so easily in a short period of time.
But Li Keyong went south in a big way!
Just when everyone in Bianzhou thought he was going to attack Chengde, he didn't know what he was thinking and sent his troops south to attack Heyang.
Zhu Quanzhong was stunned and had to suspend the offensive against the towns of Tianping and Taining, and withdraw his troops to deal with the Hedong army.
At the same time, Shuofang's army stationed troops in Tongguan on a large scale, and the news that they seemed to be marching eastward came, which made the whole Bianzhou silent.
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"Hedong's actions are too fast!" He was walking slowly on the border of Yinzhou with his troops. After hearing the news that the Hedong Army had taken action, Shao Shude was very angry. He abandoned the large army that day, not even the Tielin Army.
Guan, with his iron cavalry, and the Fei Xiong Army marched southward at the same time and arrived at Xingde Palace in Tongzhou on the Double Ninth Festival.
At this time, the two prefectures of Tonghua had gathered Yi Cong and Shunyi armies in advance, with 12,000 cavalry. Fengxiang Zhejia's 7,000 cavalry had already passed through Weinan and were very close to Huazhou.
In Hengshan, more than 10,000 party troops and horses have just been assembled, and the departure will only take two or three days.
The bodyguard's two thousand cavalry troops are still in the Luoshui River Valley.
In the territory of Yin and Suizhou, Tielin, Tianxiong and Tianzhu armies are still on their way.
After receiving the news, Wuwei Army left Xiazhou where they were guarding, and was still in Yanzhou.
The troops have not yet been assembled, so why should you panic, Li Keyong! The agreed time has not come yet, so if you do whatever you want, if I don't send troops at all this time, I will just sit back and watch to see if you are hung up and beaten by Zhu Quanzhong!
"Commander, actually Li Keyong may not think that he can beat Zhu Quanzhong." Chen Cheng observed the words and reminded him.
Shao Shude paused.
Direct wars between Hedong and Bianzhou broke out twice.
The first time was when Li Keyong attacked Meng Fangli of Xingzhou. Because of the conflict between Zhang Quanyi and Li Hanzhi, the two major forces of Hedong and Xuanwu were involved.
Zhang Quanyi attached himself to Quanzhong, but Quanzhong did not want to save him at all. Instead, he sent his troops to attack Zelu, intending to cut off the retreat of Li Keyong's main army. However, he failed and was forced to retreat.
The second time was last year, because of the military rebellion in Luzhou, Xiancheng surrendered to Quanzhong. Zhu Quanzhong united with Youzhou Li Kuangwei, Datong Helianduo, and Chengde Wang Rong to besiege Li Keyong. Wang Rong changed his mind temporarily and did not send troops. Li,
The two Helians were not prepared for Li Ke's main force to march northward, and their 30,000 men were defeated miserably.
Zhu Quanzhong's frontline general Deng Jiyun was captured alive and forced to withdraw his troops.
In these two direct confrontations, Zhu Quanzhong did not take advantage! Li Keyong was not beaten severely. Is he really afraid of Zhu Quanzhong?
"How could Ke Yong gather his troops so quickly?"
"Commander, Ke Yong should be planning to attack Zhenzhou. We have already made preparations and are just waiting to leave. Now we just change the direction and go south from Zelu instead of going east, so it is extremely fast."
"My sworn brother is a true god!" Shao Shude suddenly laughed.
He had to admit that he had fallen into a misunderstanding.
I have always felt that Li Keyong was beaten so badly by Zhu Quanzhong, so he should not dare to take the initiative to stir up trouble. But thinking about it carefully, he had just defeated the siege of the three-town coalition forces, and his adopted son Li Cunxiao even captured the Bian Army general Deng Jijun. Standing there
From Li Keyong's perspective, does he need to be afraid of Zhu Quanzhong?
Maybe you think Zhu Quanzhong is very powerful and may not be able to win, but to say how scared he is is out of the question.
Furthermore, the siege by various soldiers and horses looks good, but so far I have never seen the plan be executed perfectly.
During the Qianfu period, when Li Guochang and his son were encircled and suppressed, the army's pace was never unified.
During the Zhonghe year, during the siege of Huangchao, you marched, I didn't march, you retreated, and I didn't even have time to run away, so it was difficult to coordinate.
Last year, three towns besieged Li Keyong, leaving a huge time gap for Li Keyong to move around and repel the armies of the three towns.
Historically, the imperial court organized various towns to besiege Hedong. Zhang Jun's entire army was wiped out, while the rest of the troops were still marching.
The so-called time agreed in advance is bullshit, forget it.
"Let's take stock of the troops we have." Shao Shude simply didn't think much and sat down directly, asking someone to spread out the map.
The immediately available troops are 35,000 infantry and cavalry, most of which are cavalry.
The 7,000 cavalrymen led by Zhe Si Lun are about to arrive. If we include them, this will amount to more than 40,000 people.
Wang Bian's military strength in Huazhou has been restored to 10,000 people, but there are many new soldiers among them. The whole army has only been trained for one year and cannot take on major responsibilities.
In the next month, more than 30,000 people from the Tielin, Wuwei, Tianzhu, and Tianxiong armies and the bodyguards will arrive one after another.
More than 10,000 Xiang Fan troops from Hengshan Party will also arrive.
There are more than 80,000 people available. In addition to leaving some to guard Tongzhou in case Wang Chongying suddenly attacks, there are about 70,000 people who can march eastward.
No, some people must remain in Huazhou and Tongguan.
What if Wang Bian cuts off the army's return route? Just like when Zhu Quanzhong wanted to capture Zelu and blocked Li Keyong's main force in Xingzhou, he had to save a hand, so there were still 60,000 people who could march eastward.
Enough!
There are too many troops and they cannot be supplied under current conditions.
The consumption of these 60,000 people is much greater than the average 60,000 people. Weibei and Huazhou alone cannot support it for long. Jingzhao Mansion can send people to collect food.
"Commander, there is only one strategy available today." Chen Cheng looked at the map and said.
He had racked his brains on the way and analyzed the current situation.
"speak."
"Gather troops and troops, station them in Shaanxi and Guohan, and hold your troops still."
"Keep talking." Shao Shude said calmly.
"Jin and Bian are at war. What good will it do to me if we can win? Weibei has been newly conquered for a long time, and the hearts of the people have not recovered. Huazhou is even more of a foreign town. There are also Wang Chongying and his son in the river of Shaanxi and Guo. In case Quanzhong dies, Henan
There is no owner, and all the land is used by the master."
After hearing this, Shao Shude's heart moved. His eyes fell on the long, narrow and fragile post road between Huazhou and Henan Prefecture, which passed through Shaanxi and Guozhou.
"Hold on." Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop what Chen Cheng was saying and said, "Go to Tongguan first."
"As ordered." Chen Cheng looked at Shao Shude carefully and saw no expression on his face.
The city is deeper than it was ten years ago.
At that time, I could guess what I could from the expressions on my face and the subtle movements, but now it is getting harder and harder.
On September 12, the second year of Dashun, Shao Shude led the cavalry army to Tongguan.
Wang Bian, the commander of the Huazhou and Tongguan capital regiments, opened the door and went out of the city to greet him.
The situation was so tense that he had already left Huazhou and personally sat in Tongguan, inquiring about news from Guandong day and night.
Shao Shude was not in a hurry to enter the city, but first took a rough look at the terrain near Tongguan.
The first time this pass was mentioned in history books was probably when Cao Cao conquered Han Sui.
From the end of the Later Han Dynasty to the Guo Dynasty, the location of Tongguan changed many times. The location of Tongguan in the Guo Dynasty changed even more during the reign of Empress Wu. It is three or four miles from the Yellow River to the north, Yuanwang Valley to the east, and Jingguan Valley at the east source of the Tong River to the west.
In fact, there are quite a few roads here, and Tongguan just blocks the best one.
On other paths, the imperial court planted many trees, which were so densely packed that no one was allowed to cut them down, and the paths were also dug up.
But there are many businessmen who can't stand tax evasion. They secretly cut down the trees blocking the road, fill up the trenches on the road, and try their best to evade taxes. Over time, many roads have been blazed, and they are still in use today.
These roads are actually very easy to defend. Just set up strongholds. Thanks to the geographical advantages, it is difficult for the enemy to break through.
But the problem is that whenever we attack this place in history, the defending side has low morale, has no fighting spirit, and often cannot defend it.
It can’t be done without Guan Guan, but people can’t do it!
"Wang Shijun, tomorrow I will review the soldiers of Huazhou in Nanyuan." After looking at the terrain, Shao Shude, escorted by the Iron Cavalry Army and the Flying Bear Army, entered Guancheng and lived in Tongguanyi. Before leaving, he suddenly said
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"Since King Lingwu has given orders, he must obey them." Wang Bian bowed and responded.
"What else is there?" Shao Shude asked curiously when Wang Bian was about to speak but hesitated.
"The commander-in-chief wants to march eastward to Henan Prefecture? In the past few days, news has come that Zhang Quanyi summoned more than 20 county generals, yamen generals, outer town generals, state soldiers, county town soldiers, and local regiment soldiers to train and repair the city.
Village. This person has never summoned so many people during the busy farming season, and he is not willing to spend so much money on a large number of soldiers."
"How can a large army gather silently? Huazhou is a place with leaks everywhere." Shao Shude smiled and said: "When I move in Weibei, Wang Chongying and you will know about it. When you move in Huazhou, Wang Gong will know about it."
Yes, does Zhang Quanyi know it’s weird?”
Wang Bian remained silent.
There are some things that he really shouldn't ask. Those who are not direct members of the Shuofang Army, or even those who are not directly related to the Shuofang Army, are reluctant to ask.
Just really curious!
"Commander, there is news from Chang'an." After Wang Bian left, the tenth general Zheng Yong suddenly came to report.
Shao Shude took the letter but did not open it. He knew what it said.