In Xuzhou, after the Chu army rectified some internal situations, it also began to mobilize the troops in the territory and shouted that they would fight to the death with the Zhao army. As for the Zhao army envoy in Xuzhou, they were also driven out of Xuzhou by the Chu army.
Inland.
However, Li Hao, the prince of the Chu army, quietly followed the envoy of the Zhao army to Youzhou City.
Seeing that the Zhao army and the Chu army began to have a big battle, the other princes couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Especially the King of Hanzhong and the King of Luoyang, they all felt relieved.
"The Chu army has already understood the king's meaning. It seems that the King of Chu Li Chi is not stupid, and it is not a false case to surrender to us." Situ Liang smiled and said with a smile.
Zhao Xun naturally understood that who could become a prince in one place was a fool? Even if he could not guess the meaning of it himself, there must be someone under his command to see it. And Li Chi was not a fool, but a fool.
The big light bulb will light up at a glance, so you will naturally understand what you mean.
"King, according to information, the son of the King of Chu also came with the envoy. How to arrange it?"
Zhao Xun smiled and said, "Since Li Chi is a smart man and is very cooperative, we cannot be too mean. According to the information from the Shadow Department, Li Hao, the prince of the Chu army, is still very good at leading the army.
Especially in terms of logistics, he has extraordinary capabilities. In this way, arrange him in Bingzhou and act with the army of this operation."
Zhao Xun knew the purpose of Li Chi sending his son to Youzhou City. Li Chi was expressing his sincerity to himself. Zhao Xun was naturally not afraid of any "chaos" that the Chu army and Li Chi could make, since he had the ability.
, he will naturally dare to use it.
The business of Zhao State was the most prosperous among the princes in the world, and the merchants of Zhao State were also spread throughout the states. Although the princes in the south understood that many of these merchants who came and went from north to south were detailed works of Zhao State.
, They also had to let these merchants be active in their own territory.
Merchants are indispensable in any of the princes. This not only provides a large amount of taxes to help the princes become stronger. Even ordinary people also need merchants to transport goods from all over the world to various places. In addition, this
In addition, the merchants of Zhao State traveled from south to north, which would also drive merchants under the rule of the princes from all over the country to make money. Therefore, don’t say that the princes need these merchants, even if they don’t, the powerful and powerful people under the rule of the princes cannot give way to them.
The princes blocked the merchants who came and went.
However, most merchants are aimed at making money. Even if Zhao State needs to do it in detail, they will not let these merchants do it. At most, they will only use these merchants to mix up the detailed works. In addition, they will only use these merchants to do it in detail.
The team transported some intelligence or materials to designated locations. Therefore, the southern princes did not deliberately make things difficult for these merchants. They all knew very well that once these merchants were gone, the losses would be difficult for them.
Estimate.
The Hanoi Prefecture is the place where Yongzhou and Bingzhou junction. To the north is the Shangdang Prefecture of Bingzhou, and to the southeast is the southern part of Jizhou. In the east of Hanoi Prefecture, there is the dangerous Hulao Pass, which is the key defense point in the eastern part of Luoyang. The three points east of Hulao Pass
One of the Hanoi Prefectures was occupied by the princes when they were attacking the Yong army in the past, and now they are in the hands of the Zhao army.
In the north of the central part of the Hanoi Prefecture, it is Jiguan, which is thus the northern defense line in Luoyang. To the north of Jiguan is the land of Bingzhou. After the Zhao army occupied the land of Bingzhou, King Yong, Situ Lei, was Jiguan in the past.
As the center, more than 30 cities were built around it, and many defenses were laid out on the boundary between Bingzhou and Hanoi Prefecture. As these cities were small cities, many of them were just fortresses, but they also blocked the Zhao army.
outside.
With the passing of Situ Lei, the Yong army was three times, but the defense of the Hanoi Prefecture did not weaken. However, the Zhao army did not invade, which also led to more caravans coming and going. Basically, the defenders of these border areas
, I still like these caravans coming and going. At least, their income has increased a lot. The caravans rarely cause them trouble.
Although King Zhao returned from the Western Regions this time, although the wind and rain were approaching in Yongzhou, the number of merchants coming and going in the Hanoi Prefecture has not decreased. Although the defense of the levels of cities such as Jiguan has become more stringent
Some, but the caravans coming and going were not affected.
Among them, it is mainly related to the current situation in Luoyang. The King of Luoyang and the King of Hanzhong needed to march south to conquer Jingzhou, and the money, food, and supplies were not a small number. This was not easy for the King of Luoyang, who only occupied half of the land of Yongzhou.
Therefore, they needed these merchants to travel to collect customs and pass the customs and trade taxes, and they also needed these merchants to transport some materials from Zhao State to this place to fill the needs of Dong Yongzhou.
As April was after the Zhao army wanted to go to war with the Chu army, the defense of the Hanoi Prefecture suddenly became relaxed. Zhao State wanted to fight against the Chu army, which means that Dong Yongzhou is still safe now. And the officials of the Hanoi Prefecture
But they didn't know that the Zhao army was now making their plans.
Bingzhou is stationed in the ninth and tenth towns of the Zhaoguo Town Army. These two towns are considered to be the late teams established among the Zhao army. However, they have been in Bingzhou for two years.
You surplus. After the Yanzhou army merged into the Zhao army, the two towns were completely equipped with personnel. This operation against Dong Yongzhou was the soldiers of these two towns. In the eyes of the Luo army, the two towns of Zhao army in Bingzhou were
, it was still the same as the new recruits in the past. At this moment, they didn't know that Zhao Jun had already set his sights here.
"Li Hao, are you the prince of the Chu army?" Zhao Lin, general of the Jiuzhen Town Army, said in a steady voice.
"Report to the general, my subordinates are no longer the prince of the Chu army, only Li Hao, the captain of Zhao Jun Yunche." As he said that, Li Hao also looked at the four red small sword logos on his sleeve.
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "Very good. In the Zhao army system, no matter what your identity was before, now, you are just an ordinary member of the Zhao army. According to the information that came with you, you are good at leading the army, and you are also good at leading the army.
Good at logistics. So, do you have to be in charge of the logistics work of the No. 1 Capital of the Ninth Town, or to be the captain of the First Battalion of the First Capital?"
"The former leader of the army was fighting, even an ordinary soldier." Li Hao joined the Zhao army for only half a month, but he was already full of curiosity about the various abilities and weapons of the Zhao army.
He was very envious. He really didn't want to let him take charge of the logistics.
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "Okay, from now on, you are the battalion lieutenant of the First Capital First Battalion. In addition to you, the first battalion has three other lieutenants. You can get to know your command immediately.
People, half a month later, you have a task."[
Seeing Li Hao leave, Zhao Lin said to Zhao Xiong, the general of the Tenth Town Army beside him: "Second brother, what are you doing when you ask the prince to come here?"
Zhao Xiong glanced at Zhao Lin and said in a deep voice: "Don't you think your elder brother wants to let Li Hao die on the battlefield, right? You're wrong. Now that the Chu army has agreed to surrender, the elder brother will naturally not do this.
Do it. Let him come, in addition to this person's ability, he must also let the prince of the Chu army understand that the power of our Zhao army is far beyond the comparison of their Chu army."
"Oh, I understand. We must completely shock the heirs of the Chu army and let them dispel their thoughts from the bottom of their hearts."
"Well, by the way, we have found all the caravans we need?"
"I'm all together, and I've also made the soldiers a series of preparations. When will the officials from all over the Hanoi Prefecture who have been attracted by us let them work?"
Zhao Xiong said coldly: "Let's talk about it after we break the city. Although they began to lean towards us and meant to turn towards us. However, before taking action, the news should not be leaked."
"In this operation, once you break Ji Pass, your ninth town and one attacks south from Hedong Prefecture, and some attack from Henoi Prefecture to west, and you must take down Hedong Prefecture in the shortest time. The fourth and fifth guards are the fourth and fifth.
The two towns then followed the trend and attacked Luoyang and even the entire territory of Dong Yongzhou. And our tenth town went straight to Hulao Pass in the east. We wanted to connect Yongzhou with Jizhou and Yanzhou in the east."
In June, the weather gradually became hotter. The Zhao army and the Chu army were still preparing for a big battle. One side wanted to attack the warlike and unjust Chu army, and the other side wanted to resist to the death, which attracted the eyes of the southern princes. The Qi army was suddenly attracted by the eyes of the princes.
They were still fighting on a small scale in Jiangzhou, while the King of Hanzhong and Luoyang were still carefully managing the Jingzhou land that they had just obtained.
In early June, many caravans suddenly appeared in Jiguan and other places. For a moment, dozens of cities around Jiguan and other cities, which were reduced by the pressure from Zhao army, became lively.
With the caravans, there are also many caravan guards and escorts. Between Hanoi Prefecture and Bingzhou, especially in Hanoi Prefecture, there are many bandits, so caravans traveling from south to north are led by
It is normal to protect. Most of the bandits active in the Hanoi Prefecture, Hedong Prefecture and even the entire Dong Yongzhou border were caused by the heavy taxes of the Luo army and the years of wars, and some people living in the mountains.
There is trouble in it.
This is not only the territory of Luo Army in Dong Yongzhou, but also the territory of other princes in the south. Even if the Zhao army took over various places and had many bandits in the territory, they were still under the jurisdiction of the Zhao army.
Such bandits have long been wiped out by the local government soldiers of the Zhao army and county soldiers in cooperation with the local war soldiers.
These caravans were naturally deliberately done by the Zhao army. After targeting Luoyang, Bingzhou and the Zhao territory in the east began to restrict the passage of caravans. Therefore, after two months, the caravans only
Gradually, more and more people are coming to the highest level. The guards and escorts in the caravan are naturally dressed up by Zhao soldiers.
If the Zhao army wants to act, it will naturally enter Dongyongzhou in the shortest time. Before the Luo army's reinforcements come from Jingzhou and Chang'an, they will gain a foothold in Dongyongzhou and create a certain fact.
However, the abnormalities of these caravans were still seen by some people. The city where the Zhao army mainly attacked, and naturally gathered the most caravans. Although these caravans did not all be together at once.
He arrived, but mixed in various caravans and arrived. However, he was still noticed by some generals.
A lieutenant at Jiguan saw that there was something wrong with these caravans, so he first reported it to him. However, Jiguan's guards got a lot of benefits from the caravans and ignored the words of the generals under his command.
Not investigated.
On June 10, the caravans in Jiguan, Zhouxian, Wenxian, Heyang, Yewang and Boxian were suspended. At night, the city gate was opened and the caravan guards were followed.
The Zhao army hiding outside the city was placed in the city. The generals and civil servants in the city were invited to the banquet by caravans.
In a short while, more than ten cities in the five counties were lost, and the Zhao army instantly tore a big hole in the northern defense line of Hanoi Prefecture. 50,000 large Zhao Zhenzhen soldiers rushed in with the momentum.
The soldiers of Li Hao's troops and the soldiers of the other three battalions were raided by Li Hao's troops. The soldiers of the first battalion mingled into the city through various methods such as caravans. The soldiers of the other three battalions took advantage of the opening of the city gate and took them down.
The most dangerous level in the north of Dongyongzhou. Zhao's army also suffered more than half of the casualties here.
"Distribute the pigeons and notify the follow-up army immediately. Block the entire city and clear away the remnants." After entering the city, Li Hao issued several military orders urgently. This battle made Li Hao feel happy, and the courage of the Zhao soldiers was deep.
It deeply stimulated him. In his opinion, there were five thousand people stationed in Jiguan, which occupied the natural danger, and there were no tens of thousands of people, so it could not be taken down. Even if a thousand people were arranged in the city as internal support, it would be almost impossible.
However, the matter was done by Zhao Jun.
The inner-comer almost all the troops were all in the army. You know, there were 5,000 soldiers in the city and more than 10,000 young and strong soldiers. Even if the main generals were lured to the banquet and were later killed,
It will take a quarter of an hour for the Zhao army to reach the city gate. After all, in order not to let the Luo army discover, these raid soldiers were all without war horses.
However, more than a thousand soldiers inside were silly resisting the Luo Army soldiers who were rushing like tides. Although the defenders lost their main generals, the lower-level officers were still complete.
This battle alone made Li Hao understand the strength and weakness of the Zhao army and the Chu army. He believed that even if the five thousand Chu army fought head-on, it would be difficult to defeat the one thousand Zhao army. These Zhao army were simply fierce.
Fear of death.[
The defense line was broken, and the 50,000 troops were suddenly like a flood that broke through the dam, and the troops ran in various directions. The front line was defeated, and the rear was not clear at all. The fleeing soldiers were not as fast as the cavalry of the Zhao army.
.So, all parts of Hanoi Prefecture were captured by the Zhao army. Many places simply bowed down and surrendered when they saw the Zhao army. The most important reason was that the area where the Zhao army raided and broke through the city was gathered.
The vast majority of the Luo Army's troops in Hanoi Prefecture.
The Luo army was on the northern line, and the army was basically stationed in Hanoi Prefecture and Hedong Prefecture. Once the Hanoi Prefecture was broken, the Hedong Prefecture in the west played its due role. Because the Zhao army had already entered from its flanks and followed it.
The waist cut in, cutting off the rear route of the Hedong Prefecture front line army, attacking from behind, echoing the Zhao army in the north.
At this moment, officials from all over the Hanoi Prefecture, who had a great relationship with the Zhao army, chose to surrender one after another as the Zhao army approached. Many local officials were persuaded and forced by some Zhao merchants.
, he had to offer the city and surrender.
In just eight days, the northern gate of Luoyang, as the northern defense line of the Luo army, was captured by the Zhao army. At this moment, the news had just been received in Luoyang City.
At the same time, the Fourth and Fifth Two Towns of the Eighth Imperial Guards, which were originally stationed in the northern part of Bingzhou and went to the Western Regions under the banner, immediately headed south from the central part of Bingzhou, arrived at the Hanoi Prefecture and Hedong Prefecture, and began to head towards Luoyang.
Come running.
The garrison of Hedong Prefecture was General Zhenbei of Luo Army, or a general who was enthroned by Emperor Dayan among the princes. Of course, only among the Luo Army can we recognize the edict of Emperor Dayan.
General Luojun Zhenbei of Hedong Prefecture was Yang Luo, who was both a subordinate of Luoyang King Situ Hao, and a group of the old forces in Dayan, Luoyang City. Under Situ Hao, the old forces occupied a large proportion of the forces in the old dynasty. It was not just the civil service system.
Even among the generals, they began to be influenced by them.
Situ Hao naturally understood the importance of military power, but he now had to rely on these old ministers of Dayan. Therefore, the chief general of Hedong Prefecture became Yang Luo. Of course, many of his generals and schools were Situ.
Hao's confidant. In order to appease the old dynasty, Yang Luo did not want to go south to Jingzhou and expand his influence in Jingzhou. Now, Situ Hao has also begun to gradually understand that these old ministers of Dayan have given him a lot of money.
Adverse effects.
Situ Hao's arrangement is of course correct, but this also led to Yang Luo's control over his subordinates. After all, he did not want Yang Luo to really control the 30,000 troops of Hedong Prefecture after taking down Situ Hao's confidants. Therefore,
It also brought great benefits to Zhao Jun's actions.
The Luo army had a total of 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers on the northern defense line. However, in the Hanoi Prefecture, more than 15,000 Luo army were defeated overnight, either died or surrendered. The defenders of Hedong Prefecture,
Suddenly, he became alone in fighting, and his back was cut off and he was attacked from both sides.
In this case, the generals left the way and let Yang Luo make a decision. After all, Yang Luo was the Grand Marshal of the Hedong Prefecture and the deputy general of the northern defense line. Nominally, the defenders of Hedong Prefecture are one, Yang Luo
He is the deputy commander. But in fact, Yang Luo is just a blank air. Now that the generals are asking for advice, how could Yang Luo, who is full of resentment, care?
Besides, Yang Luo has long been in the eyes of Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun has had contact with him before. Of course, it was not in the name of Zhao Jun, but in the name of merchants and local tribes.
Having had a lot of communication, I already knew his dissatisfaction with the generals of Hedong Prefecture.
It is precisely because of understanding the complex relationship between Hedong Prefecture that Zhao Xun and others decided not to use this place as the first target, but to completely gather them. Except that this place is not the best attack place, you cannot enter Luoyang as quickly as possible.
In addition, the Zhao army did not want to lose more manpower here. Therefore, uniting and occupying a critical location, Hanoi Prefecture, the closest to Luoyang, became the primary target.