On the bank of Guangchengze in the south of Linru County, Shao Shude arrived early with his own soldiers and bodyguards.
The Shunyi army was still waiting for the ships, but one of them was already heading southeast, only a few miles away from Lisuoliang County in Ruzhou (now Linru).
Linru County has been controlled. This place is actually only eighty-five miles away from Yique Pass, but the three thousand people did not carry any luggage, and it actually took them three days to arrive. It was already the third day of May.
Chen Cheng looked at the mud spots all over his body and touched his sore waist, grinning.
"Chen Changshi worked too hard on the Sogdian Dancer, please take it easy." Shao Shude got off his horse, looked at Chen Cheng's wretched look, and said with a smile.
"It's not as strong as the king." Chen Cheng said with a smile.
When he was a child, his family was too poor, he was not well-educated in both civil and martial arts, and his health was indeed average. Besides, how can a man in his forties compare with his younger self?
"During the Wude period, Taizong defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande in Luoyang, and then came to Guangchengze for hunting. In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Taizong came here again for hunting, soaked in hot springs, and hunted several wild boars." Shao Shude took off his cloak and threw it to
Li Zhong then took out the tip of his bow, strung it carefully, and said, "This is a good place."
Chen Cheng knew that Shao Shude admired Taizong the most in terms of marching and fighting, so he thought about it and said: "At the beginning of Zhenguan, Taizong sent Yan Lide, a great craftsman, to visit the Qingshu Palace and build Xiangcheng Palace, also known as Qingshu Palace.
More than one hundred and ninety thousand. This palace is located in the south of Ru River, at the east foot of Kongtong Mountain, adjacent to Guangchengze, and has hot springs and pastures. In the later Han Dynasty, Guangcheng Garden was built as a place for emperors to teach martial arts and hunt."
The labor force of more than 1.9 million does not mean that more than 1.9 million people were recruited. In fact, a palace does not require so many people to build. It refers to labor. It took a total of seven months to build.
The number of slaves was less than ten thousand.
"Could it be that Chen Changshi wants me to rebuild the Qingshu Palace?" Shao
Shu De Qi said.
When Tongzhou renovated and rebuilt Xingde Palace, and Shaanzhou rebuilt Longchi Palace and Xiuling Palace, several major civil servants, Song Le, clearly disapproved of it, Zhao Guangfeng did not agree very much, and Chen Cheng did not express his position. In fact, he still had some disapproval.
, why does this encourage him to rebuild the palace?
Chen Cheng smiled but didn't answer. He couldn't say that everyone wants you to stop running around now. If you want a beauty, everyone will catch it for you. If you want a palace, everyone will build it for you. Can you stop running around?
"Your Majesty, the foundation of the Qingshu Palace still exists, but it is much dilapidated and needs to be repaired vigorously. Before the palace can be rebuilt, Quan Zhong still needs to be defeated," Chen Cheng said.
Sure enough, the topic turned to the current situation again.
The soldiers had already moved the chair over. After Shao Shude sat down, he said with a smile: "I knew it. Taking Liang County is too small."
It took just two days. News came from Longxing County that Wei Sheng's army passed through Sanya Valley and pursued them. They beheaded more than a thousand and captured two thousand. The rest collapsed into the mountains and forests. Liang soldiers along the way
It has also been destroyed. Seven and four counties in Ruzhou will fall into my hands. When the army gathers together, we will attack Jiacheng and Xiangcheng. What can Quanzhong do to me?'
"What will happen if Quanzhong gathers more than 100,000 troops to cover his attack?" Chen Cheng asked.
"I think Li Tangbin's strategy is quite good. Retreat to Yique, Taigu, Yingyang, and seal the front line, lure the enemy deep, and then gather together to annihilate them." Shao Shude said: "In the past, when Emperor Taizong attacked Xue Rengao, there were many traitors and soldiers.
, capable and resistant, with high morale. Taizong held the wall without fighting, and the two armies held a stalemate for more than sixty days. Rengao's food was exhausted, the morale of the army was floating, and there were many surrenders, so he defeated it in one fell swoop. Taizong also attacked Liu Heitai, and the two armies faced off.
Taizong challenged Taizong many times, but Taizong stood firm and resisted, but sent people to attack his food route in a detour. As a result, Taizong's army ran out of food and was defeated.",
Shao Shude cited Li Shimin's two battles in succession. In both cases, one's own side had sufficient supplies of grain and grass, but the enemy's army was extremely poor. The grain routes were also harassed, which made the already insufficient supply worse. As the stalemate lasted for a long time, morale was low, the morale of the troops was unstable, and the army was in chaos.
Failure is inevitable.
If Zhu Quanzhong dares to gather an army to come, he will give up Ruzhou and retreat to the front line of the three passes in Luonan. He will not fight, stretch the Liang army's food road, and then send out mounted infantry to harass the people. However, the local people in Ruzhou are sparsely populated and there is no way to fight.
If we can't raise food and grass on the spot, what will happen if we don't suffer a big defeat?
Even on a wider battlefield, has Zhu Quanzhong realized a problem, that is, the troops he can mobilize are far inferior to Shao Shude? The head-turning style of fighting, concentrating troops on one battlefield, is conducive to a quick battle.
It absolutely cannot be delayed for too long.
And Shao Shude actually has more than one heavy army group at hand. The Weisheng Army and the Huaining Army have 40,000 to 50,000 troops. Yang Xingmi risked his life to help. How many people can be held back? When the time comes, they will march north to Cai and Ying. How can you stop them?
Liang Han's troops on the right side of Feilong Army also have a lot of troops and are very mobile. Over time, he can break the sky for you in the east.
In addition, Heyang also had Baoyi, Heyuan, Yumen and other armies commanded by Li Renjun.
There are also three armies of Wuxing, Guzhen and Tiande in the river, as well as the newly arrived cavalry army Wanqi, who can join the northern line at any time, if Wei Bo is willing to lend a way.
To be honest, Shao Shude hopes that Zhu Quanzhong will gather more than 100,000 horses to Ruzhou. When the time comes, relying on the three passes of Luonan, I can afford it, but can you afford it? If not, most of these 100,000 horses will be captured.
The annihilation made Shao Shude a brilliant victory that could even be remembered in history, and accelerated the great cause of reunification.
"The commander-in-chief needs to consider the attitude of other towns." Chen Cheng said. Just as he was about to continue speaking, he saw Zhao Guangfeng walking in.
Zhao Guangfeng saluted both of them and said, "Dong Chang has proclaimed himself emperor."
"Oh?" Shao Shude perked up and said, "Tell me carefully."
"Dong Chang appointed demons and alchemists, and his behavior became more and more crazy." After Zhao Guangfeng finished speaking, he elaborated on what happened here.
In short, Dong Chang had the intention of proclaiming himself emperor. Some demon monks and alchemists followed him and made many folk songs and prophecies.
For example, an old man wrote a folk song to him: "If you want to know the name of the emperor, the sun rises from the sky."
For example, Ni Deru, a retainer, said that an auspicious Luoping bird appeared in Wuyue, with four eyes and three legs. He then said that Dong Chang's signature was very similar to the portrait of Luoping bird (?), and showed it to him.
There are many others, all of which are words and deeds that insult the intelligence, but Dong Chang is very happy and reuses these sycophants, demon monks, and alchemists. And these people are just to defraud money and have fun, so naturally they choose to say nice things, Dong Chang spends his whole life
Living in an information cocoon, I couldn't be happier.
There were subordinates who objected, such as Huang Jie, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, Wu Lu, the commander of Kuaiji, Zhang Xun, the commander of Shanyin, etc., and they were all killed by Dong Chang.
Therefore, no one can stop him from proclaiming the emperor. Just a while ago, Dong Chang established his own country based on Yuezhou. The country was named "Dayue Luoping". He claimed to be a saint and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Shuntian. At the same time, he appointed hundreds of officials, prime ministers, and Hanlin bachelors.
, generals, etc. are all available.
Qian Miu, the governor of western Zhejiang Province, was theoretically on the same level as Dong Chang, but because he had worked under him before, he was relatively humble and always treated himself as a subordinate. This time, he was appointed by Dong Chang as the commander of the two Zhejiang capitals.
Qian Mi was entrusted with the military power of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Dong Chang had no knowledge of people, which was extremely ridiculous. Historically, Zhaozong thought that Dong Chang was diligent in offering sacrifices and wanted to pardon him. Qian Mi wrote a letter, insisting that he could not be pardoned and must attack. Later, Yang Xingmi served as Dong
Qian Chang begged for mercy, and Zhaozong ordered Dong Chang to be pardoned. Qian Mi refused to obey, and finally attacked Dong Chang and killed more than 300 members of his family.
Dong Chang didn't see Qian Mi clearly until now, so he really deserves to die.
"Zhao Sima immediately sent a message to Chang'an, and the sage issued an edict, appointing Qian E as the camp in Hangzhou to recruit envoys to attack Dong Chang." Shao Shude made the decision on the spot and said: "Give Qian E to the eastern Zhejiang as well, and give him all of Zhejiang!"
"As ordered." Zhao Guangfeng responded.
He had a happy face, finally a fool took the lead. A man like Dong Chang dared to proclaim himself emperor without even considering how much strength he had at hand. He was really a pioneer for the king.
It was just that Qian Miu got an advantage. I believe that with the name of the imperial court in hand and Qian Miu having been operating secretly for many years, he should be able to successfully defeat Dong Chang and take over both Zhejiang and Zhejiang.
Even if it fails, it can still attract Yang Xingmi's attention, which will be beneficial to the Central Plains battlefield. The war against Liang has entered a critical moment, and any favorable factor must be firmly grasped. Since the imperial court is in control, there is no need to be polite.
It was the same way when Mo Zaisi and Shao Desheng were asked to take over the fifth post of the town, and it was the same way for Qian Miu to occupy Dong Chang's territory this time.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing." Zhao Guangfeng put away his smile and continued to report: "There is news from Hebei that Li Keyong besieged Mozhou, and Shan Keji from Yingzhou led his army to rescue the troops and was defeated. Keyong was killed.
He left the siege and besieged Yingzhou for several days and captured it. Then he turned his troops westward and continued the siege of Mozhou. In addition, King Rong of Zhenzhou sent his troops northward and defeated King Gao of Dingzhou. After hearing that Shan Keji was defeated,
, have withdrawn their troops and returned to the town."
"Wang Rong is afraid that he wants to make peace with Li Keyong." Chen Cheng said with certainty: "All the towns in Hebei Province have this kind of behavior. They will fall with the wind. Li Keyong has been fighting in Youzhou for so long. What should be fought should be fought, and what should not be fought.
They have all been beaten. If Lu Wenjin is attacked and destroyed again, the Yan people will not dare to resist for at least a few years. The only local Yan people in Youzhou are Liu Rengong in Yingping, and the defeated Khitan Gao who led the remaining troops to the north.
We are brothers."
"Wang Rong may indeed be afraid. But it is too early to say that he will surrender to Li Keyong now." Shao Shude partially confirmed Chen Cheng's opinion and said: "These are all a bunch of thieves. I'm afraid Zhenzhou will still be here."
You will have to suffer two defeats before you become desperate. But you are just dissatisfied from the bottom of your heart, and betraying Li Keyong is inevitable when you get the chance."
There is essentially no difference between Zhenji, Weibo, and Cangjing. Their core demand is to maintain their independent status and can be vassalized, but they must not be controlled by outsiders unless the local military interest groups are wiped out by force.
"Step up to investigate the situation in Hebei." Shao Shude told Zhao Guangfeng: "On the Henan side, Zhu Quanzhong is no longer able to make a comeback. The difference is how long he can resist. On the Hebei side, I can't openly support Wang Rong. Otherwise, send someone immediately.
People go to Weizhou."
"As ordered." Zhao Guangfeng understood.
The situation in Hebei is gradually becoming clearer. What does Wei Bo think? Caught in the three-party vortex, their life must not be easy. There is no way, the location is too important. It borders Xingluoci and Zhenji to the north, and Cangjing to the northeast.
To the west is Heyang and Shangdang, and also faces Qing, Yun and Hua towns across the river.
This place, connected in all directions, is extremely wealthy, with a population of more than three million and a strong military force. Who wouldn't want to get involved?
If Wei Bo is pulled over by Li Keyong, it will be very difficult.
