In the midst of the Chu army in Xuzhou, each fighting, the Western Route Army of Zhao State, under the personal pressure of Li Huaiyuan, reunited with Li Zhe, Li Fangzong and other Chu army in Pengcheng. At this point, the land of Xuzhou was blocked by Zhao's army.
Cut across and divide it into two halves.
After the round with Li Zhe and Li Fangzong, Li Zhe already had 30,000 troops, and most of them were elite soldiers of the Chu army. Because of these 30,000 elite soldiers, Li Zhe also wanted to obtain a higher level in Zhao State.
status.
However, after he returned to Li Huaiyuan's army, he looked at the forbidden military formation, military appearance, and the leading generals who obeyed his orders and bowed to Li Huaiyuan to surrender to Li Huaiyuan.
I was shocked and sweated coldly, and I never dared to reveal my thoughts.
"Li Zhe, how about my great Zhao soldiers?" In the tent, Li Huaiyuan sat with the main seat, and several generals of Zhao army were on the left, while Li Zhe, Li Fangzong and other surrendered generals of the Chu army were on the right.
Hearing Li Huaiyuan calling him his name, rather than being ordinary, none of Li Zhe and the surrendered generals of the Chu army had a dissatisfaction. Each of them had a serious face and did not dare to show any expression.
"The Zhao army soldiers are well-trained, have high morale, and have great military power. No army under the command of the princes in the world can compare with them." Li Zhe said with a respectful look.
Li Huaiyuan smiled and said, "The army that is powerful is nothing but the soldiers who use sharp blades in their hands. Since your Chu army has surrendered to Zhao, from now on, all the soldiers under your command will be re-selected and trained.
Then they were incorporated into the army of various parts of Zhao State. Do you have any opinions?”
Although Li Huaiyuan had a faint smile on his face, Li Zhe and others did not dare to forget it at all. They all said in unison: "We are willing to obey the military orders of Li Shuai." Although they knew that Li Huaiyuan's actions were to reduce their military power, they were in their hearts.
Although they were reluctant to give up, they did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. Otherwise, they were afraid that they would not even be able to get the commander's account.
After hearing the answers from Li Zhe and others, Li Huaiyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, you can cooperate with this general, and you will definitely get the weight of my king in the future. The 10,000 army you brought with you, now
Let us be ruled by our Zhao army's new recruit battalion. You will follow this general and head straight to Pengcheng."
"By the way, my king has also issued an edict. Li Zhe, you and other generals, will receive rewards after the war. Although we have already met now, half of Xuzhou are not under our control. If you can cooperate with me, you can
When Zhao Jun’s actions were carried out, it was certain to be granted a title after the war. As for the title, it depends on your contribution.”
After Li Huaiyuan said this, Li Zhe and others were immediately overjoyed. Although the real power in their hands is temporarily gone, it is also a great joy to be awarded a title. So Li Zhe and others said in unison: "Don't worry, Shuai Li, I
I will definitely cooperate with Li Shuai to take over the entire Xuzhou area and contribute my own strength to Zhao State."
Li Huaiyuan naturally knew that as the senior leaders of the Chu army, they naturally had a great influence in the Chu army, and also had a great influence in various parts of Xuzhou. With their assistance, the Zhao army would have to go much faster to take Xuzhou.
Some things that are inconvenient to Zhao's soldiers and officials can also make them take action.
"Li Fangzong, according to the investigation by the Shadow Department of Zhao State, you are the left chief of the Chu army and have good abilities in handling government affairs. In addition, your two younger brothers also surrendered to our commander half a month ago."
Li Huaiyuan looked at Li Fangzong who had been silent on the right and said with a smile. Li Fangzong is a civil servant, so he naturally doesn't care about military affairs. He is a civil servant who surrendered to the Chu army, so he naturally knows what he can do and what he can't "insert"
.
Li Fangzong said in a deep voice: "Li Shuai praised it. Fangzong can only be raised among the short men among the Chu army. He can only be too little, and he dare not show his shame in front of Li Shuai. As for Fangzong's two younger brothers
, It is their blessing to be able to serve under the rule of Zhao State and Li Shuai.”
Li Huaiyuan said: "Of course, someone will find out your abilities in my Great Zhao. It's a pity that Li Chi valued martial arts and not literature, otherwise you can play a greater role in the Chu army. Now, my Zhao army takes over Xuzhou, local
There are many business matters and you also need your cooperation. In addition, those Chu army civil servants from all over Xuzhou, who are capable and have poor character, also need to give you some tips. After all, no one knows the Chu army civil servants better than you
.”
Although Zhao's Shadow Department and Hawkeye Department have many spies in Xuzhou, they cannot detect all the civil and military officials in Xuzhou. With the assistance of Li Fangzong, these things are naturally much more convenient.
"Since Li Shuai requested, how dare Fangzong refuse to obey. It is also the honor of Fangzong to be able to serve Da Zhao." Li Fangzong said in a deep voice, and did not lose his composure because he was valued by Li Huaiyuan.
"Very good! The King of Zhao ordered Li Fangzong of Xuzhou to be the governor of Xuzhou and to be responsible for the civil affairs of Xuzhou." Li Huaiyuan took out an edict and said in a Zhensheng. Then, he gave the appointment edict to Li Fangzong and handed over some civil affairs matters to him.
Li Fangzong. In addition, he also asked him to go to the civil servants who came with the army to meet the officials from Zhao State to Xuzhou and his assistants.
Subsequently, Li Huaiyuan annexed the 10,000 Chu troops brought by Li Zhe. Of course, this is what the Zhao army has been doing since entering Xuzhou. This time, Li Huaiyuan led 20,000 troops to this point, just to use military authority.
To shock Li Zhe, he took down 10,000 soldiers under his command. Although Li Huaiyuan was not afraid of Li Zhe and his command 30,000 Chu troops after the reorganization, he would not let Li Zhe lead 30,000
The soldiers were wandering outside.
Although among the 30,000 soldiers, only 17,800 soldiers were subordinates of Li Zhe, Li Ying, Li Zhan and other Li Zhe, and the remaining more than 10,000 were the garrison arranged by Li Chi to guard Pengcheng.
, When the Shadow Department came forward, they were not Li Zhe's direct subordinates. However, if Li Zhe was allowed to lead for a long time, the more than 10,000 garrison soldiers might be tamed by Li Zhe. Therefore,
The next time, when the two armies met, they took down more than 10,000 people from Li Zhe and his team, and they were considered as a fierce attack on Li Zhe, so as not to have any thoughts he shouldn't have.
With the support of Li Zhe and others, Zhao army rushed straight to Pengcheng, and soon cut the entire Xuzhou area across the waist, allowing Xuzhou area to be completely divided into two halves. The two armies of north and south also rushed from north and south toward the middle.
Attack. The Chu army in Xuzhou was defeated or surrendered one by one, and the cities in various places were successively captured by the Zhao army.
Especially after the King of Zhao's edict arrived in Xuzhou, the Zhao army's action to conquer Xuzhou was accelerated. When King of Zhao exempted Xuzhou from taxes for three years, allocated land, and provided farmland and livestock to reach Xuzhou, the people in Xuzhou were
He immediately cheered. Because of this, among the surrendered soldiers of the Chu army, many surrendered soldiers were unwilling to continue to serve as the army. Li Huaiyuan also followed the trend and let these surrendered soldiers return home. After all, only the land of Xuzhou was left behind
The elderly, weak, women and children are not good either, and the Zhao army is not short of tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers.
Of course, it was not only these surrendered soldiers who were affected, but also the small forces in various places that had not yet surrendered to Zhao were also greatly affected. The soldiers under their command began to flee, and even more, the people in various places they controlled were all At first, they did not support them, and the calls for surrendering Zhao became louder and louder.[
These small forces with some strength in their hands will certainly not be taken seriously by Li Huaiyuan and others, nor will they be paid attention to by Zhao Xun. These small forces are some of the Chu army civil and military officials who were unwilling to surrender to the Zhao army in the past. Officials, as well as civil and military officials who fought with each other in various places because of Li Zhe's rebellion and rebellion, were unknown as to whether they were loyal to Li Chi or others; some were short-sighted and did not want to lose. Their former status and power of being a domineering person; and some of them are those who want to take advantage of the chaos to become a local overlord. They want to rely on the force in their hands to gain some benefits from the local area, and look at Xuzhou in the future The situation is making decisions.
But no matter what, no matter what these people want to do, the Zhao army entering Xuzhou was directly under the army. For these people, those who are notorious will be killed without any quarrels. Those with good reputation will be allowed to surrender.
But no matter what, with the edict of King Zhao to Xuzhou, among these areas, whether under the jurisdiction of the Zhao army or the Zhao army had not yet arrived, the people of Xuzhou and the soldiers of the Chu army no longer opposed the Zhao army and The meaning of fighting with the Zhao army. These small forces either start to surrender to Zhao, or they have to wait until their soldiers killed them and surrender to the Zhao army. Since then, the King of Zhao’s imperial edict has been passed to Xuzhou, and many of them are still there because of Li Chizhi The small local forces and civil and military officials who died without surrendering to Zhao had already died under the actions of the generals and officers of the Chu army under their command. These soldiers were unwilling to continue fighting and wanted to enjoy obtaining fields and obtaining livestock to cultivate the fields after the Zhao army ruled here. Wait for the new policy that will make their lives better.
In short, in Xuzhou, without the intervention of foreign forces, it was not a problem for the Zhao army to unify Xuzhou. The Chu army above Xuzhou had no leaders, and the temporary central manager had surrendered to Zhao State. It is just a matter of time for the takeover of Xuzhou.
Although the other princes were unhappy to see the Zhao army steadily annex the land of Xuzhou, they could do anything. Except for the Qi army, the other princes did not border the land of Xuzhou. However, the Qi army alone could not be compared with the Zhao army. Especially now there are 70,000 to 80,000 Zhao troops in Xuzhou, and in Yuzhou, the core of the Qi army, there are 70,000 to 80,000 to 80,000 Zhao troops in the north of the Qi army. In addition, there is also the power of Zhao troops in the eastern waters of the Qi army and the southern Jiaozhou. The existence of activities.
King Murong Cheng of Qi wanted to rush into Xuzhou at this moment, but Qi alone could not withstand the siege of the Zhao army from all sides. Especially other princes were likely to hope that they would fight against the Zhao army and their strength would be reduced. Therefore, The only Qi State bordering Xuzhou has no intention of making an army. This has made the entire Xuzhou area a part of the Zhao army, and there is no strong external influence at all. It only requires the Zhao army to slow down one by one. Swallow slowly.
In the southern part of Xuzhou, it is Yangzhou, the Qi army governed by the Qi army. In the southwest of Xuzhou, the eastern section of the Huai River is the dividing line. In the eastern part of the Huai River, there is a large area of water, which is located in Xuzhou and Yangzhou. The Hongze Lake and Baima Lake between them cover an area of hundreds of miles and are the natural dividing line between Xuzhou and Yangzhou. There are tens of thousands of people living on both sides of the lake waters, and they all rely on fishing. For a living, so there are many boats in the Hongze Lake area and many people who can understand water.
In this Hongze Lake, only the fishermen who were seeking to survive because of the battle between the Xuzhou army and the Qi army, some people who were forced to go to the formidable taxes, and some people who were not in the same way as the Xuzhou army and the Qi army.
People came to this lake with a radius of hundreds of miles, organized countless water bandits, wandering in this Hongze Lake. The Xuzhou army and the Qi army confronted each other, and neither side had the energy to do it.
Clean up these water bandits.
In the past, the Qi army occupied the southeastern prefectures, and King Murong Cheng of Qi became the strongest and richest prince in the world. His old nest, Yangzhou, was built as solid as a god. In the eastern part of Yangzhou, there were naval forces, and in the northern part of Yangzhou, except for several
In addition to the ten thousand soldiers, they also set up a river naval commander on the Huaihe River.
Unfortunately, when King Murong Cheng of Qi failed to attack King Yong Situ Lei and was preparing to raid Li Chi in Xuzhou, Zhao Xun's Yanzhou army planned to make King Murong Cheng the target of attacking the princes. As a result, Murong
More than 100,000 troops were trapped and killed at the junction of Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and Xuzhou Li Chi personally led a large army into Yangzhou. Yangzhou, caught off guard and underdefense, was immediately taken by Li Chi, who was prepared and launched a surprise attack.
The four northern prefectures are located.
During this period, because the Xuzhou army seized the four northern prefectures of Yangzhou, the Huaihe Navy was surrounded by the Xuzhou army. After the great victory, Li Chi promised to recruit Hongze Lake water bandits, and Hongze Lake water bandits were the ones who had won the great victory.
It is also clear that the Xuzhou army now occupy the four northern prefectures of Yangzhou, and Hongze Lake is surrounded by the Xuzhou army, and they dare not fight against the Xuzhou army, which is in full swing. Therefore, these water bandits became Xuzhou army.
Navy. With the assistance of these navy troops, the Xuzhou army captured the Huaihe River Navy. The Huaihe River and Hongze Lake line became the jurisdiction of the Xuzhou army, transporting materials for the Xuzhou army from south to north and for attack.
Yangzhou provides help.
However, after obtaining the benefits, all the princes stopped their fierce attacks against the Qi army. King Murong Cheng of Qi was unwilling to give up his lair. Therefore, Murong Cheng gathered a large army to fight with Li Chi and the north of Yangzhou. As time went by,
The Qi army, with deep foundation, finally defeated Li Chi and took back the four northern prefectures of Yangzhou occupied by Li Chi. However, the front line of Hongze Lake was still under the control of the Chu army after the name was renamed.
However, because the Chu army is far inferior to the Qi army, which has quickly recovered, even if it occupies the front line of Hongze Lake and has nearly 10,000 naval divisions, it dares not approach the southwest shore easily, for fear of being provoked by the Chu army, for fear of being provoked by the Chu army,
The Qi army added new trouble to the Chu army.
The navy did not dare to cross the river easily, and the navy could not get ashore. When the Chu army did not dare to take action against the Qi army, this was not the direct navy of the Li family, so naturally it would not be taken seriously by Li Chi. At least, in the Chu army,
Before he could go south to Yangzhou, he would not care too much about the navy. After all, judging from the current situation of the Chu army, the only function of the navy is to go south. However, with the current strength of the Chu army, how dare he dare to go Yangzhou.
The Qi army competed with each other?
Therefore, the navy under the name of the Chu army became an existence that grandma did not love and uncle did not love. Not only was it not valued by Li Chi, but even the internal generals and generals of the Chu army also looked down on the nearly 10,000 naval troop team.
. Speaking of which, it is unreasonable that Li Chi does not respect this navy. After all, this is related to Xuzhou’s location, and it is not that Li Chi does not understand the meaning of the existence of the navy. However, if he does not have the strength to move south, even if there is a navy
, So what can?
The navy had more than 8,000 people, and the real combat soldiers were five or six thousand, while the remaining were some auxiliary soldiers. Some of these navy soldiers were water bandits collected by Li Chi, and some were from the Qi army's Huaihe navy.
Sued soldiers.
After the navy was not valued, after the internal generals and schoolmen of the Chu army despised and suppressed them, these navy soldiers who were not from the Chu army were dissatisfied, and many soldiers even suggested to the commander to either continue to do the water.
The bandits, Xiaoyao and Hongze Lake, or the princes will be replaced.
In the eyes of many navy generals and schools, the Qi army in the south is more suitable for their loyalty. At least, King Murong Cheng of Qi attached greater importance to the navy than King Li Chi of Chu. However, there is no new navy in Yangzhou.
However, a large part of the navy soldiers clearly expressed their opposition. After all, they helped the Chu army to seize the land of Yangzhou and made great contributions to the Chu army's attack on Yangzhou. They also worked with the Qi army.
Relieve the hatred. More importantly, many of the soldiers in the Hongze Lake Navy were surrendered from the Yangzhou Navy in the past. They had rebelled once, and when they went back, there would be no good results. Especially the water army
Among the generals, more than half of the chief generals and lieutenants surrendered from the former Yangzhou navy. After the Qi army recovered the four northern prefectures in Yangzhou, they also punished these surrendered navy. Most of their families were Qi.
The king executed it. It can be said that they had a great revenge of life and death with the King of Qi, so they were unwilling to continue to surrender to the Qi army.
Since the Zhao army first prepared to fight against the Chu army, these navy troops began to have a new idea, which was to surrender Zhao. The Zhao army was far stronger than the Chu army, and the Zhao army occupied Xuzhou should have been the general trend, but the result was
The excited navy soldiers immediately fell to the trough. Instead of attacking the Chu army, the Zhao army raided the land of Dongyongzhou.
On the contrary, the navy's secret desire to surrender Zhao made Li Chi noticed. However, at that time, Li Chi was already determined to surrender Zhao, so he did not punish them severely, but also instructed them.
It is precisely because of this that the Zhao army once again "forced" closer to Xuzhou, and the navy soldiers in Hongze Lake never easily shouted any slogans. However, some people among the navy also began to use the
Yangzhou to the south was in contact. Zhang Tu of the Qi army wanted to win over the navy soldiers, so he naturally would not cram the matter. Among the Chu army's navy, there were people who were in contact with him or were bribed by him.
People. At this time of great chaos, these people began to consider themselves.[