When Zhao Xun inspected the Xiaoguo Army and returned to Youzhou City, it was almost October. The weather was getting colder in the north, and it was almost winter in late autumn.
The war in Yanzhou has also undergone major changes, and it is no longer as stalemate as before. Among them, Tang Xian was the one who benefited the most, who almost won 60% of Yanzhou. Even Zhao Xun heard of his subordinates’ rewards,
He was also a little surprised. He did not expect that the Tang army, who had just evacuated Qingzhou, would turn over immediately.
It turned out that at the end of August, Tang Xian led a large army to join the Yanzhou battlefield and joined forces with the Xuzhou army to attack the Yanzhou prefecture army. Although he received support from the court, he was attacked on both sides, which was enough to make the Yanzhou prefecture army big.
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The Yanzhou army was divided into two, facing the Xuzhou army and Tang Xian's army respectively. Because the enemy's forces weakened, the Xuzhou army also took back some of its troops and transferred them to the southern part of Xuzhou to support the battlefield on the southern front.
As soon as Tang Xian joined the battlefield, the Xuzhou army began to become weak, with only a solid defense, no strong attack or counterattack. Tang Xian understood very well that Li Chi wanted to pull himself into the battle so that he would not become an outsider and bring him
Trouble. Tang Xian didn't care either, and the army went straight to Taishan Mansion to face the enemy head-on.
The Yanzhou Army's northern line troops were fighting head-on with Tang Xian. The head general was Ding Qiang sent by the court, and Murong Cheng's man. There was nothing else. If he did not completely turn to one side, the Yanzhou Governor would not be able to protect the land of Yanzhou.
After the land of Yanzhou, what is the use of him, the governor of Yanzhou? The governor of Yanzhou Xu Jie had to ask for help from the court, but in fact he was asking for help from Murong Cheng. Murong Cheng sent his confidant Ding Qiang to bring an army of 20,000 north to rescue him.
As Murong Cheng's confidant, and as a general of the Guards' Cavalry, Ding Qiang naturally saw that everything was superior. He also looked coldly at the governor of Yanzhou Xu Jie and others. Not only that, but even the army brought by Ding Qiang
It was also a bit dissonant with the Yanzhou Army. Seeing that his subordinates and reinforcements were incompatible, Xu Jiecai proposed to lead one army to face the enemy separately. Although Ding Qiang was a little proud, he was not a fool, so he naturally saw the army he brought with him and the Yanzhou Army
There are some disagreements. If one merges, there will definitely be chaos. If I have time to rectify the two armies, I agree with Xu Jie's suggestion.
However, Ding Qiang was not arrogant again. He thought that Xu Jie would ask for 20,000 troops, a total of 40,000 troops, and head north to face Tang Xian's attack. Who is Tang Xian? Ding Qiang knew very well. Tang Xian's reputation is very good.
At that time, he was still a small soldier. The Tang army under Tang Xian's army was adapted by the former guards, and its combat power was extraordinary. If it was defeated, then everything would naturally stop. If it was won, Ding Qiang would be proud.
Between the generals under the command of King Qi.
It was precisely because Ding Qiang knew how powerful Tang Xian was that at the beginning of the battle, he did not be proud and advanced steadily. Not long after, Ding Qiang discovered that Tang Xian's army was not as powerful as expected. It was not the soldiers' battle.
The force was not good, but Tang Xian's army's military supplies and configuration were not good, and Tang Xian's army retreated for a while. At first, Ding Qiang thought Tang Xian had some tricks, but after letting the spies investigate, he realized that it was Tang Xian and Xiaoguo's army.
After the great defeat in Qingzhou, the weapons and soldiers were exhausted in their eyes, but they were not supplemented enough. The weapons they are now purchased from the Xiaoguo Army.
As soon as he found out, Ding Qiang changed his previous strategy of steady progress and began to attack the Tang army. As expected, although the Tang army resisted strongly, it was still retreating step by step, and retreating until after Wenhe.
Seeing that the Tang army had no tricks, after retreating through the Wen River, they were all counties in the eastern part of Dongping Prefecture. Ding Qiang's intention was to take advantage of the victory to pursue the Tang army and wipe out the Tang army. However, at this moment, Tang Xian, who had been retreating, was still in retreat.
The army suddenly showed its might. In late autumn, it was a good time to set fire. First, it lured the enemy into deep, lured the vanguard of Ding Qiang's army into the narrow road, set fire to burn it, and killed all the five thousand vanguards. At the same time, the vanguard was killed.
, several attacks, attacking Ding Qiang's left and right camps at night.
The Central Army camp did not dare to rescue it late at night, forcing the left and right camps to suffer heavy losses. Seeing this, Ding Qiang didn't know where his troops had been trapped in Tang Xian's trick. Sure enough, when he retreated to Mount Tai, he was in the back road.
The floating bridge was cut off, making Ding Qiang's food and supplies unable to reach it. After three days of use, Ding Qiang's army could not support it and made a raft to cross the river. How could tens of thousands of troops escape with the help of the raft? What's more, Tang Xian's strong attacks continued
In the end, only four or five thousand people followed Ding Qiang in a mess and used the raft to cross the river and fled to Mount Tai.
Ding Qiang, who had just escaped from the river, received a reward from the Taishan Prefecture before he returned to the prefecture of Taishan Prefecture. Taishan Prefecture fell five days ago, which immediately made Ding Qiang feel ashamed.
It turned out that Tang Xian retreated all the way, which made Ding Qiang reluctant to leave. After crossing the tributary of the Wenhe River, Tang Xian rushed into Taishan Prefecture and took over the rear of Ding Qiang's army.
The local area also obtained food, grass and military supplies from Ding Qiang's army, and obtained a lot of money.
Seeing this, Ding Qiang naturally fled in a panic and fled to Yanzhou Prefecture. Tang Xian did not pursue Ding Qiang, so there was nothing else. Now he was busy integrating Taishan Prefecture. In this battle, he defeated the Yanzhou army and captured soldiers.
Not to mention more than 20,000, more importantly, more importantly, more than 40,000 soldiers were seized. The most important thing is that after taking down Taishan Mansion, with Taishan Mansion, there will naturally be a buffer room and will not be allowed to do so.
Once you start a war, you need to worry about whether you will not even have a place to stay.
After hearing the rewards from his subordinates, Zhao Xun also sighed. Unexpectedly, Tang Xian, who was still in a mess a few months ago, was able to turn over in one battle. Now he forced the Yanzhou army to stop attacking him.
This allows it to take root in the northern part of Yanzhou.
"It seems that the Xuzhou army miscalculated!" Zhao Xun said slowly.
"Yes, the Xuzhou army originally wanted to use the Yanzhou army to consume Tang Xian's army and at the same time reduce their pressure. They did not expect that Tang Xian won the battle and stood firm in the north of Yanzhou, which also made Yanzhou more powerful.
The army did not dare to attack Tang Xian's army at will. What annoyed them even more was that after Tang Xian's victory, he did not respond and was only concerned about managing his territory. Now the Yanzhou army focused its attack on Shanyang Prefecture in the south.
Shanyang Prefecture is now occupied by the Xuzhou Army. Once it is taken down by the Yanzhou Army, the Xuzhou Army will be trapped in Xuzhou. The original role of watching the tiger fight is now changed." Situ Liang said in a deep voice.
Although the Xiaoguo Army has stabilized and has no abnormal movements, it is also very troublesome. The ships going to sea in the east are not a problem whether they travel east to Silla or Yizhou, but now the northern merchant ships heading south to Yangzhou and Jiangzhou are suffering a lot of disasters.
Most of them were directly detained by the Yangzhou navy and used as naval warships. Zhao Xun had no choice but to let his navy go to the south sea. Not to mention that he could beat him, he was just
Replenishing freshwater, materials and military supplies are a problem. Fortunately, there is no problem with ocean navigation trade. After all, their purpose is not the southern land. At most, it is enough to take a little more road. But if the sea ships are not connected, it will make a lot of the supplies they need.
Not enough supplements.
The business road is not only inconvenient to the inconvenience of goods exchange, but also greatly reduces the revenue of Xiaoguo Army. It has to be said that the commercial tax of Xiaoguo Army accounts for a large amount of the fiscal revenue of Xiaoguo Army. The sea route is blocked,
The land route is not much better. In the south, especially in Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou, they are preparing for war, and there are even endless wars. Caravans traveling around. Even with the guards of this escort agency, they cannot guarantee their safety.
After all, your Xiaoguo Army is powerful, but it is not as powerful as me. The government is better, but it only increases taxes. What's even more troublesome is the guys who gathered as bandits because of the war. They don't care about anything, they just robbed them.
Zhao Xun was helpless about this. What can I do? There is a war on his territory now, so where can I have time to take care of your robbery?
Zhao Xun frowned and said slowly: "The battles in Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou have also caused us to be passively damaged! What exactly are the Yangzhou navy doing? Even the merchant ships have been seized?"
Situ Liang smiled and said, "It's not that we destroyed nearly one-third of its fleet last time. Now, the number of our Xiaoguo Army's two naval forces has exceeded that of his Yangzhou naval forces in terms of number.
Some of the soldiers of the Yangzhou naval army were released by our army, so they naturally knew that our naval army warship was equipped with thunder and lightning. I think they were not trying to gain an advantage by relying on the number of people. However, the Yangzhou naval army was indeed
It has caused us a lot of trouble."
Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "This Xuzhou army Li Chi is also a fool. He should have joined forces with Tang Xian to completely defeat the Yanzhou army. Even if Tang Xian fights with him, it would be better than being strongly suppressed by the Yanzhou army. Now it's better
After all, Tang Xian's army defeated the Yanzhou Army's Northern Route Army, completed its own mission, and obtained a place of residence. Now, while rectifying the place, he sat on the mountain to watch the tiger's fight. The Xuzhou Army had nothing to say.
From the beginning, they divided the labor and cooperated half of each. The Xuzhou army was still thinking of watching the tiger fight. Now the roles were exchanged, and it was Xuzhou army's turn to suffer."
Situ Liang smiled and said, "The Xuzhou army must have regretted death now. If I had known this now, it would be better to join forces and defeat the Yanzhou army first. At that time, the Xuzhou army would definitely have the advantage. Now the Xuzhou army is fighting hard.
, Tang Xian seized the land of the palace and sat on the southern front to watch the war."
"By the way, has Tang Xian's army withdrawn from Langya Mansion?" Zhao asked.
"I withdrew, most of the evacuation was mainly to participate in the Yanzhou War. Now that I have won, I will naturally have to return to my territory. I am afraid that we will attack his troops in Langya Mansion.
"Situ Liang smiled.
Zhao Xun sighed: "This Yanzhou is indeed the center of the Central Plains! First, the Xuzhou army made up his mind, and now he has joined the Tang Xian army. Xuzhou army, Tang army, Yanzhou army, tsk! The situation in Yanzhou is really Yue.
It's getting more and more chaotic."
Situ Liang smiled and said, "Speaking of this, Tang Xian's joining is due to the lord's credit. If it weren't for the lord's suggestion, how could Tang Xian go south to join the battle of Yanzhou? Maybe, Yanzhou has been now been defeated by the Yanzhou army,
No, it should be Murong Cheng who was included in his command. It's chaos, it's better! The more chaotic it is, the more we are taking advantage of the situation! My Jizhou is located in the north of Yanzhou, with tens of thousands of troops, and you can join the battle in Yanzhou at any time. As long as it's not Murong
Cheng, no matter who controls Yanzhou, we will send people to have a good talk with us! Speaking of which, our Xiaoguo Army is also a key force that determines the situation in Yanzhou, and it is also a key force that must not be ignored."
Li Jingan, the Department of Military Affairs, said in confusion: "In theory, the Yangzhou army is fully capable of defeating the Xuzhou army. Why does Murong Cheng always stop gathering heavy troops? How come he said, if Murong Cheng mobilized heavy troops, he should defeat the Xuzhou army. Bar."
Situ Liang smiled and said, "For Murong Cheng, it doesn't matter who Xuzhou is in now. What is important is that the things that are already in his name must be firmly grasped in his hands. Speaking of which, it is caused by the lord. Cao Bin's independence and Tang Xian also followed it, which made the governors, Xuanfu envoys, governors, etc., all of the states in the world have little thoughts. And the prefectures in Murongcheng's sphere of influence are inevitable. The situation.”
"Mobilizing heavy troops can defeat the Xuzhou army, or even destroy the Xuzhou army. But what are the benefits of Murong Cheng? He has nothing, and he can only lose all his strength and have nothing. His current actions in Yanzhou are just that In order to rectify the situation in Yuzhou, as for the troops and officers who are not their confidants, they will naturally be sent to the front line. As for the south, Yangzhou, Jiangzhou and Jiaozhou in the south, they are all places where wealth is abundant. It is also this wealth is abundant. Advance has caused many governors, governors, and commanders to have different ambitions. If you have money, you are afraid of not having any soldiers? Since Cao Bin can rise in Qingzhou and order a state, why can't I do it? Why do I listen to others? In this way, how dare Murong Cheng mobilizes it at will The army of his own confidants was dispatched."
"Not to mention the distance, the 20,000 reinforcements from Yuzhou that were destroyed by Tang Xian were mostly the original Yuzhou Prefecture Army. Although the losses were quite large, Murong Cheng would never feel very distressed. Instead, because of this battle The original power of Yuzhou was suppressed and undermined, and turned into Murong Cheng's person."
Li Jingan nodded thoughtfully and said, "In this way, the actions of the Yangzhou army were to limit the growth of the Xuzhou army, and on the other hand, they used the hands of the Xuzhou army to cut off Yangzhou and Jiangzhou. the power of
Situ Liang said: "That's right, Murong Cheng eliminated those who did not obey his military orders and had strange ambitions, and on the other hand, he strongly suppressed the development of the Xuzhou army. As soon as the Xuzhou army built a naval army, it was defeated by the Yangzhou naval army. This shows this. But to say that now, Murong Cheng’s biggest enemy is not us, nor Situ Lei, nor Xuzhou army and Tang army. But those who want to get promoted in Yangzhou, Jiangzhou and other places. Before they were cut off, nothing else would become Murong Cheng's primary target. This was also the time for Li Chi and Tang Xian to grow stronger. It was a pity that Li Chi's Xuzhou army has now become Murong Cheng's knife to cut off those ill-behaving forces. , so he can only be beaten passively. Regardless of whether he has any other intentions towards Yangzhou, he will be attacked by the Yangzhou army."
Zhao Xun nodded and said, "Situ Liang is right. This is also the clever place of Tang Xian. He defeated Ding Qiang's army but did not pursue Yanzhou Prefecture. Ding Qiang of Yanzhou Prefecture no longer had the intention to mobilize the army from Yuzhou. . Ding Qiang was defeated, not that he didn't want to take revenge, but that his superiors were no longer allowed. As for Tang Xian, he naturally developed, captured a certain place, occupied a certain place, and stabilized it. He would never mix with the army of Xuzhou and In the battle of the Yanzhou Army. Once he rashly attacks the flanks of the Yanzhou Army, the Xuzhou Army will surely win, and the Yangzhou Army will be weak. Then Murong Cheng will have to let his team go into battle. At that time, Tang Xian will not have to do so. Good to go.”
Li Jingan said: "But in this way, wouldn't there be another Tang Xian in Yanzhou? Isn't it because of his enemies for several miles? Yanzhou is in the north of Yuzhou, and Murong Cheng is willing to do so?"
Zhao Xun smiled and said, "You forgot that Tang Xian is a burden to Yuzhou and is also my Xiaoguo Army. Speaking of which, Tang Xian is closer to my Jizhou and Qingzhou, and said that he threatened that my Xiaoguo Army was bigger. Because they were On the way we head south, Murong Cheng hopes that Tang Xian can become a line of defense for our Xiaoguo Army to go south. If Tang Xian is immortal, our Xiaoguo Army will not easily pose a threat to the Murong Cheng forces in the south of Yuzhou. Of course, I Xiaoguo The army can ignore Tang Xian in the northeast of Yanzhou and continue to move south, but still have to be on guard against the Tang army on the flanks."
"But no matter what, my Xiaoguo Army will not attack Murong Cheng in the south in the short term, so the threat brought by Tang Xian can only be directed at Yanzhou and Yuzhou. Speaking of which, Tang Xian knows that I Xiaoguo The army is powerful, and the commander pointed the finger at the south, not the north. In Yanzhou, Yuzhou, the land of thousands of miles of plains, it is really a horse-drawn farm for northern cavalry. Who has more cavalry in the world?" Situ Liang continued.
Li Jingan nodded gently and understood the special nature of Tang Xian.
Having said that, the Xiaoguo Army was still very concerned about the war in the south. In Yanzhou and Yuezhou, the battle between the Xuzhou Army and the Yanzhou Prefecture Army continued. The battle between the two sides was very fierce, because Tang Xian was sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger. The fight made both sides shrink their hands and feet when fighting, and no one knew whether Tang Xian would play any tricks.
Because the war in the south of Xuzhou was tight, General Li Yi of Zhendong of Yanzhou transferred a lot of troops back, which suddenly made Li Yi's troops a little short of his strength and could not fight against the Yanzhou army, which occupied all the terrain. He had to give up part of it temporarily The territory occupied some time ago reduced its troops to counties in the eastern part of Shanyang Prefecture. As the control area shrank, it was approaching Xuzhou. In addition, the strategy of Xuzhou's army to open warehouses and release grain attracted many people to participate in the resistance, and for a while During the period, Li Yijun's resistance became more and more fierce. On the contrary, in order to prevent Tang Xian's abnormal movement, Xu Jie also had to pay attention to the north at all times and had to distribute more troops to rectify the lost ground that had just been recovered and could be used to attack. There are fewer and fewer. Between advance and retreat, the two sides gradually tend to balance.
In mid-October, according to the information from the Eagle Eye Department, the three-way army in Yanzhou, except for the Tang army, no matter how the Xuzhou army wins over, they are still moving, the Xuzhou army Li Yi's army and the Yanzhou governor Xu Jie are fighting in a tug-of-war battle. Even if there are gains and losses, the casualties of both sides are relatively tragic. In general, neither of them has gained the advantage. In the short term, it is not easy for both sides to eat each other. However, Xu Jie is determined to recover the area occupied by the Xuzhou army. , he would never give up easily. Similarly, Li Yi was unwilling to give in to the exit from the west, and he would never give up easily.