Updated: 2012-11-13

After Meng Zhao, the right general of the Tang army, woke up, the second day of the army evacuated. Soon after, he entered the somewhat dilapidated Siyang City.

When the Tang army generals, including Meng Zhao, saw Wu Meng's report in the front-line camp, they did not believe the situation in Siyang City that they told him. But now it seems that the situation is more serious than what Wu Meng said.

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There were tens of thousands of people in the city, but now there are less than 80,000. One-third of the people have gone to. After their last expedition to this place, the place has stabilized slightly and is no longer as lively as before.

Even the street market is full of people.

The following information almost made Meng Zhao, who was cultivating in Siyang City, die of anger. In just over ten days, dozens of towns and fort counties of large and small towns were destroyed, and these towns and fort counties were all destroyed by these Shanyang Prefectures.

The army general Tang army and his wealthy families who fell to the Tang army killed them, and distributed them all to the treasury and the wealthy families to the people. For a moment, the counties in Liangzhou Prefecture were in turmoil.

"Where is Wu Meng? What are you doing now? He has been back for more than ten days, but as a result, the enemy's suppression is getting stronger and stronger, and the more they kill." Seeing his subordinates sending another piece of intelligence, there is another one on it.

Meng Zhao couldn't help but get angry when he was robbed in the township.

"The general should calm down. The Wumeng Duwei must be sieging and blocking the city. Now, because the enemy has broken the city many times, the seized food, supplies, weapons, armor and equipment have been sent to the surrounding bandits. Therefore, there are all counties in the southern part of Liangzhou Prefecture.

The bandit army of all sizes was in chaos. In addition, the Shanyang Prefecture Army deliberately hid and broke it into pieces during the march. For a moment, it was inevitable that the Wumeng Duwei could find Li Feng and the others' traces."

Yuan Li, the commander beside him, said. Here, he is also responsible for the surrounding intelligence work, and he also knows about the actions of Li Feng and his command of Shanyang Prefecture Army in the past ten days. He knew that this was not Wu Meng.

He tried his best, but Li Feng was too cunning. Since the fall of Siyang City, it seemed that the situation was being held in the other party's hands.

The commander Chen Chang nodded and agreed with Yuan Li's words, saying, "My subordinates thought that Yuan Duwei said so much. Li Feng was acting strangely, and he went around five traces, but instead he used the chaotic bandits to hide his whereabouts.

It was not easy to trap them. Not only that, he even broke into Siyang City, Suicheng, Qicheng and other places, and there was no shortage of food, grass and supplies. A large number of weapons and armor and equipment became the powerful surrounding troops.

Means. Now, the surrounding bandits and riots are in a strong position, which is extremely unfavorable for us to rule the counties in the southern part of Liangzhou Prefecture."

"In addition, they also wiped out all the officials in the forts in the towns and surrounding areas and the wealthy families who had surrendered to our Tang army. This led our army to attack these Guchengs, Leping, Siyang and Lin.

Except for the county town, the control of the four counties is empty. What is even more difficult to deal with is that those big families ask us to ask for money from the people who snatched their financial grains and food through the Shanyang Prefecture Army.

Come back and severely punish those mud-legged people. The problem now is that if you deal with it, these wealthy families who surrender to us are satisfied, but ordinary people will be hostile to us. If you don’t deal with it severely, the wealthy families will be dissatisfied, but

We cannot make these big families dissatisfied. Because they are the important personnel we are now in control of townships and places except for big cities. At least, it is now! After all, it has not been long since we captured Liangzhou Prefecture."

Meng Zhao also carefully learned about the current situation in the south and found a series of troubles caused by the Shanyang Prefecture Army. He heard Chen Chang say this, and he was even more angry. When it comes to that village fort, he was eager to let him go.

The Shanyang Prefecture Army has given all the villages. These villages are just towns, but they all use their clans to protect themselves. The existence of villages is for

The rule of the government is naturally extremely unfavorable. Whether it is the Xiaoguo Army, the Tang Army, or other forces, they are all using various means to eliminate it. This kind of village fortress, especially in Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou, is the reason for the Xuzhou in the past.

Rebellion. Of course, it is also related to the recent decades that natural disasters have continued. In order to protect themselves, local people have built fortresses as the main force to form unique towns.

"For these bandits, they should have wiped out all of them and captured the big ones. If it weren't for the fact that we were rushing to take over the conspiracy with Xu Jie, how could they let them act as a mighty place? I think

It's better to have the strategy of the Xiaoguo Army, and will take the rich families and obediently to the situation." Meng Zhao said with a sneer.

The main general was silent. No matter how good the Xiaoguo Army did, it was the enemy, not his own. But then again, the Xiaoguo Army had a stronger control over the local area than theirs. Of course, this was also the Xiaoguo Army occupied various places.

It has been a long time and strong military strength. Didn’t you see that the Xiaoguo Army has never expanded wantonly, but has moved forward slowly. Now, in order to facilitate transportation in Youzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou, large-scale dredging has been started directly

River channels, repair canals. Massive inland river ships are built on inland rivers, and even the Tang army in the north of Yanzhou feels deeply stressed.

"By the way, the big families in this city seem to be a little unstable. These two times they collected grain from the rich and wealthy families in the city. They supplied them on the surface, but secretly moved their family property out." Yuan Li remembered the city's

matter.

"Hmm? What's going on? We didn't treat these remaining big players? Why is this?" Meng Zhao frowned and asked in a deep voice. This is the new southern portal now, although the Boping Prefecture Army has also been silenced.

There was no counterattack, but there could be no accidents with sudden stools.

Yuan Li said in a muffled voice: "To put it bluntly, the sea of ​​things here is related to Zhang Yongxue, the left-behind general of this city." As he said that, he explained the situation in detail.

"I'm confused, how could Wu Meng let this person do this?" Chen Chang frowned.

"I think that when Brother Wu entered this place that day, there was no one around, no soldiers and armor, and lack of food, this was a last resort. Besides, Brother Wu must be planning to make this person a scapegoat. However, until now,

Brother Wu is still chasing the traces of the Shanyang Prefecture Army everywhere." Commander Xu Feng narrowed his eyes and expressed his opinion.

"This person cannot be kept, but this is not the time to clear hidden dangers. If the Shanyang Prefecture Army does not remove it, no matter how we clean up the mess here, it will not be able to solve the most fundamental problem. Now I think about Li Feng, the bastard.

Where did you go?" Yuan Li frowned and said.

"Since they are among the counties under our jurisdiction, it is unlikely that he will be able to make a big splash. But if it is not resolved quickly, the result will only get worse. And those chaotic troops composed of bandits will only increase if this continues.

Being stronger is extremely unfavorable for us.”

"Send orders to Linyi and the counties north to speed up the recruitment of young and strong men and form a new affiliated army. This time, the treatment can be given better. My right army soldiers have suffered a lot of losses. This time, we will withdraw with us.

The remnants of the new affiliated army and the city garrison army were incorporated into our right army sequence. Now we will restore our right army's combat power first." Meng Zhao ignored the discussion of the surrounding situation and rectified the army first. He knew,

As for now, if you want to solve all the complicated things around you, it is the most important thing to have soldiers in your hands. However, since the soldiers who have returned outside Boping City, there are only more than 5,000 soldiers who can continue to join the army. In addition, Liang

Thousands of people scattered in the prefecture, and the original 25,000 people of the Right Army, are only about 13,000 people. And there are only more than 4,000 people around me. Only after the reorganization can we get enough.

Six thousand people.

"Now, I just don't know what the General is doing to this place! Alas... I have ruined the overall situation of the General!" After giving the order, Meng Zhao couldn't help but sigh.

The three commanders looked at their noses and their noses. They didn't know how to speak, and they didn't dare to speak. They also knew that the general gave them the task of laying down Liangzhou Prefecture and Shanyang Prefecture, which had been negotiated with Xu Jie,

Assist Xu Jie to completely annihilate the Wuwei Army, and join forces with the Yanzhou Prefecture Army and Xuzhou Army to fight against the southern enemy, Murong Cheng. In the original plan, they were just vanguards, and another army would help him. As a result, because of the Jizhou Xiaoguo Army

The abnormal movement and restlessness caused the subsequent army to fail to act as expected, and they became the main force.

Logically speaking, if you have an alliance with Xu Jie, half of the Liangzhou Prefecture has been settled, and Shanyang Prefecture will also be taken with the cooperation of Xu Jie. There will be no problem. Even if the Right Army is all the way,

It was time to complete the task smoothly, but it was precisely the place where the Shanyang Prefecture junction was the smoothest. They fell into trouble.

During the plan with Xu Jie, the Tang army besieged Boping, while Xu Jie ordered the Shanyang Prefecture Army to rescue northernly, and used this to subdue the Shanyang Prefecture Army and eliminate the hostile forces that were both troubled by the Tang army and Xu Jie. But who did

It was expected that here, Feng Ziming suddenly rose and cut off the people arranged by Xu Jie. The defenders of Boping City seemed to resist far beyond the Tang army's expectations, and then they declined and became this point.

Meng Zhao felt very bitter at this moment. He knew that this mission might have been completely failed. Xu Jie had already sent them a message, and they were afraid that they would not be able to catch up with the operation time. In addition, he also knew that the Shanyang Prefecture Army who came to assist that night was the last time.

It is not as powerful as imagined. The opponent is composed of the original prefecture of Qingzhou, Shanyang Prefecture, and the original prefecture of Liangzhou Prefecture, and the combat power is not as high as imagined. After all, the training time is not long.

But who made him fight hard for a day? The soldiers and horses in his hands were almost completely destroyed under his extreme anger. However, the other party had a new army of 10,000. The morale in the city was strong, and aids from outside the city arrived.

Morale is afraid that it has reached its peak at this moment, so how dare he fight?

"General, my subordinates think that although this battle failed, they will not be punished. After all, first of all, we originally planned to have a reinforcement, but we did not actually arrive. Secondly, this Shanyang Prefecture is the first to be the first to be held.

The retribution for the changes and the blame lies with Xu Jie's side, and he did not arrange it. If Feng Ziming had not been in charge of Shanyang Prefecture, Li Feng had not been sent to the war. I'm afraid it would be thanks to the reinforcements brought by Ye Xuan and the city

The defenders have easily taken down." General Meng Zhao's face was heavy, and Yuan Li whispered.

Meng Zhao smiled faintly, returned to normal, took a deep breath and said, "No matter what, the most important thing in Xi'an is to settle the Shanyang Prefecture Army that was wandering in our territory. We can't let him continue to wander.

, destroy our rule.”

"We need to draw troops from Shangqiu, Qixiang, Gucheng, and Linyi to go south. The northern counties have not been invaded by the Shanyang Prefecture Army or harassed by the bandits. We can draw troops and horses to pacify the south. In addition, the defenders of Siyang City cannot move

, I need to stay here to prevent the enemy from heading north to fight back." Chen Chang said his thoughts bluntly.

Xu Feng nodded and said, "I have the same meaning as Chen Duwei. All the places in the south have been mixed up by this group of bastards. The soldiers from all counties dare not be lightly transferred, and the local brave men also began to fight.

I have made some thoughts and are unwilling to serve us sincerely. Some rural soldiers even pretend to be bandits and rob others. It is imperative to draw troops from the north. In addition, the counties in the north can also step up training of the new affiliated troops.

They are close to our army headquarters, and there are no one in these places that want to play tricks here."

Meng Zhao spread out the map and drew on the various places that were attacked by Shanyang Prefecture Army for more than ten days, saying, "Look, the range of attacks by Li Feng's troops is in the northwest corner. From the surface, he suddenly

Advance north, suddenly went south, and even east, but no one could understand where his purpose was to this day."

"After all, would he want to go west and directly break through our army's jurisdiction and enter the Xiaoguo Army? Perhaps, what agreement they have reached with the Xiaoguo Army. After all, for the Xiaoguo Army,

Compared with us, the Shanyang Prefecture Army brought them less harm. Maybe they will protect thousands of people from Li Feng's troops." Xu Feng looked at a narrow circle on the map, and then

Looking at the southern part of Jizhou in the west, I couldn't help but say.

Everyone looked sideways and said that this is true. As long as they go more than three hundred miles west, they can enter the jurisdiction of Jizhou. At that time, they can only stare at him.

"To the west...to the west..." Looking at the map, a large red chunk occupied the three states, but with the land occupied by the north from Zhuhu, there were enough Xiaoguo Army who laughed at the four states, Meng Zhao

The heart is heavy. Compared with that, the territory occupied by the Tang army is just a small corner in front of the other side. The Xiaoguo army owns four states, with more than seven or eight million people, but the proportion of raising soldiers is far higher than that of other people.

The princes are small, of course, this is the amount after the Xiaoguo Army checks the population. If it is under the rule of other princes, there are only three to five million people. Therefore, the people under the Xiaoguo Army live better than other places.

The pressure required was also smaller, which made the people under the jurisdiction of the Tang army want to immigrate to Jizhou and Qingzhou.

It can be said that if it weren't for the bitter cold in the north and the partially located in the north, I would be afraid that the people under the rule of the Xiaoguo Army now exceeded 10 million. Even so, because of the wars in Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other places, many people have been caused.

The people went north and moved to Jizhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the Xiaoguo Army. They were then arranged by Zhao Xun in the Five Prefectures of Beiding. The current Five Prefectures of Beiding and the land that gradually expanded westward have gradually approached a small prefecture.

Therefore, it is also called Dingzhou. With the increase of Han people in Dingzhou and the establishment of large and small cities, the Xiaoguo Army has basically completed its rule over Dingzhou. It can be said that Dingzhou is

The fourth state under the actual rule of the Xiaoguo Army is also the northern defense line of Youzhou. At this point, Youzhou has a coat and guards the side of the grassland.

"Look west, approach the Xiaoguo Army? If we said ten days ago, I believed it, but now our army has withdrawn from Boping, and it can even be said that it has retreated from Boping, and in the short term, it is no longer able to deal with Boping.

What threat is there? Why is he still staying more than 300 miles away from the Xiaoguo Army? Don’t forget that there are also heavy troops guarding us and Jizhou. If you want to enter Jizhou, you must defeat our Liangzhou Prefecture

In the northwest corner, that's not an easy thing." Meng Zhao looked at the map and felt a little confused. It's still unclear why Li Feng still stayed here.

"General, why not do this? Since he stays here and does not move, why not advance to the northwest from the north, east and south directions. In this way, he gradually narrows his range of activities and gradually begins to eliminate the bandits along the way of the army. Of course, he will not only do so.

, the premise is that the army of the counties in the northern part of Liangzhou Prefecture can quickly arrive here." Yuan Li followed the circle around the end, and drew a large circle, forming a half-encircled momentum, and pressed towards the northwest corner.

"This is feasible! Now, immediately send an order to Shangqiu, Qixiang, Gucheng, and Linyi to ask the counties to draw some 2,000 people to go south and gather towards Siyang City." Meng Zhao looked at the map and said in a deep voice.

"In addition, let Wu Meng suspend his forcibly pursued Li Feng's troops, and instead eliminated the bandits nearby, seized property and distributed it to local warriors." Meng Zhao ordered coldly.

"The general wants to use the bandits' property to reduce the dissatisfaction of these rural heroes?" The commander Chen Chang knew what the right general was thinking. In addition to reducing the dissatisfaction of those rural heroes mentioned in the Wumeng report.

In addition, it is also used to consume the power of these local rural brave men, allowing them to fight against these bandits and riots assisted by Li Fengjun.

"Send orders to the towns and forts in various places to allow them to fight back against the surrounding bandits and riots. All seized will belong to them. Those who perform well will receive the formal army organization granted by this general and be subject to their own tribe."

Yuan Li smiled and said, "This trick is the best. So people are always moved by the village fort. Besides, some village forts were broken, and many of the good things inside fell into the hands of these bandits and riots.

Many people are interested in these things. Moreover, those who have broken their families also want to take revenge. In this way, the strength of these village castles has surfaced."

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Where is Zhao Xun, who was chased by Wu Meng for more than ten days? They probably didn't expect that the more than 5,000 people were left until now, but there were only more than 4,000 people left. Although they could be expanded at any time, Zhao Xun was very

If you are less recruits, unless your hands are lost too much. Now, they have also begun to learn from those bandits and chaotic troops and occupy the mountains and become kings.

Under the willful actions of Zhao Xun, under his inspiration, many of the former Liangzhou Prefecture Army started to resist the Tang army. For a moment, bandits of all sizes were everywhere in the southern part of Liangzhou Prefecture.

There are many village forts, and there are many people who have been destroyed. If the family cannot defeat them, everyone can join forces. Therefore, in addition to the heavily guarded big cities and the strong and thick forts, many village forts suffered.

Xilin Mountain, this is the temporary garrison of Zhao Xun and his Shanyang Army. The four thousand soldiers now do not have a single piece of armor on their bodies, all of which are Tang army armor. Of course, most of them are leather armor and cloth armor, and light armor.

As for heavy armor, only a small number of people have it. It’s not that they can’t get it, but that they can’t marches quickly when they wear it.

In addition, what satisfied him the most was that half of these 4,000 people were already cavalry. It has to be said that the large Liangzhou Prefecture and Xiangbao obtained a large number of war horses, and more of them were found.

All the numbers were exchanged through bandits. These bandits had more or less horses in their hands, and now they were all exchanged for a high price by Zhao Xun.

There are 4,000 people and more than 2,500 war horses, which is why Wu Meng has never been able to catch up. Of course, the war horses here are not as well raised by Xiaoguojun themselves.

The bandit gang under Zhao Xun's indirect control was also transformed from thirteen to eight by Wu Meng. If it weren't for these bandits, Zhao Xun wouldn't have easily escaped. After all, he only had two thousand in his hands.

Among these 4,000 soldiers, only half of them were killed from Boping with Zhao Xun and others, and the rest were buried in the battlefield in the past ten days.
Chapter completed!