King Zhao was thinking about his grand plans and great achievements. Suddenly a man ran in, interrupted his fantasy, and shouted, "The prince is in trouble!"
At times like this, everyone gets angry.
What's wrong with me!? I'm very good!
However, King Zhao also knew that now was not the time for him to show off his temper and authority, so he still forced himself to calm down.
"When did you become so panicked? You are not calm at all!" King Zhao said, picking up the teacup on the side and blowing the fine Biluochun in the teacup.
Although King Zhao has been in the land of Yanyou for a long time, he loves the scenery south of the Yangtze River most, and Biluochun in Dongting Mountain of Taihu Lake is also his favorite.
If he succeeds in his great career, he will definitely move the capital to Jinling and go to Yangzhou and Yuezhou to experience the scenery of Jiangnan.
Just as King Zhao was sipping tea calmly, the guard of Prince Zhao's Mansion said a piece of news that could shock the entire Prince Zhao's Mansion.
"Your Majesty, Yanmen is defeated!"
"Bang!" The jade tea cup in King Zhao's hand fell straight to the ground.
This is King Zhao's favorite jade tea cup. He must use this tea cup every time he brews the best Biluochun. But even if it falls on the ground and cracks in one place, King Zhao has no intention of taking care of it.
King Zhao stood up and stepped forward quickly, grabbing the guard by the collar, "Please tell me clearly what is going on!!?"
King Zhao could not understand that Qiu Fu was a loyal and brave general under his command and fought bravely; Zhao Tianlin, although experienced in battles, was already over eighty years old and old.
Under Qiu Fu's command was an army of 180,000 carefully trained by King Zhao, including elite veterans from the original Zhao King's palace, as well as brave Jurchens.
However, Zhao Tianlin only has 50,000 elite Longwu Army troops and 30,000 local garrison troops under his command.
The comparison of strength between the two sides, no matter how you look at it, you can’t win!?
Even with King Zhao's qi-nurturing skills, he could not control his emotions at this time. He was so angry that he said angrily, "What is Qiu Fu doing?! Is he a pig?!"
King Zhao's original plan now became complicated and confusing because of Qiu Fu's defeat.
Originally, even if Qiu Fu could not completely defeat Zhao Tianlin, he could still contain the imperial army in the direction of Yanmen and buy time for Zhang Shimei's main force to capture the entire territory of Jizhou.
King Zhao's strategic goal has never been to break into Bingzhou from Yanmen.
Yanmen has always been a strategic location, and Yanmen Pass is even more important in the world. King Zhao is familiar with military affairs, and his generals are as talented as famous generals, so naturally he will not make such a foolish move.
Before Yanmen, although the army was strong, with 180,000 elite soldiers, it could only be regarded as a suspect army.
Once these 180,000 elite troops are released here, the imperial court will disperse its forces to garrison Yanmen Pass.
This is a conspiracy.
If the imperial court takes the initiative to send a large army to garrison, the limited troops will naturally be dispersed.
But if the imperial court thought that this was a suspicious soldier from Prince Zhao's palace and did not send heavy troops to defend it, then Prince Zhao would turn the illusion into reality and storm Yanmen Pass.
This is the benefit of having a military advantage. You can use more tactics and be more flexible.
In fact, the total military strength of the imperial court must be stronger than that of Prince Zhao. However, in order to recuperate and recuperate, and at the same time to weaken the military power of the noble King Sai, Emperor Taizongwen chose to streamline the army and streamline administration, abolished the twelve guards, selected their elite, and re-established the Sixth Army of the Emperor.
military.
Excluding the soy sauce Changlin, Longwu, Shenwu, Shence, Tiance and Yulin armies, the total number is 1.5 million.
Although there are many troops and horses, they have to defend the borders of the imperial court and defend the capital. If they are dispersed, the mobile military strength of the imperial court is far less than that of King Zhao.
King Zhao himself had 150,000 troops on staff, and he secretly raised another 100,000 troops.
Originally, the Jurchen Empress Jin restrained King Zhao's energy, but King Zhao's 250,000 troops could not be deployed as he wished.
Of the 250,000 troops and horses, at least 100,000 troops and horses are needed for defense, and even 150,000 troops and horses are needed to ensure that one does not lose.
However, Zhou Ting's battle to destroy the Jin completely freed King Zhao's bound hands. Hou Jin was destroyed by Zhao Tianlin. Not only did King Zhao have no enemies at his back, he even took advantage of the chaos to plunder Hou Jin's young men, cattle and horses.
Make a lot of money.
From a strategic point of view, the one who benefited the most from the war to destroy gold was King Zhao.
It's not that people like Yang Qingyuan, Li Chengen, and Wang Hua couldn't see it, but this was not a strategic mistake, but that Zhou Ting didn't have a better choice at the time.
Even if Zhou Ting did not destroy Hou Jin, King Zhao would take the initiative to destroy Hou Jin. This would not only allow King Zhao to take advantage of it, but also achieve the goal of destroying the country.
King Zhao's prestige in the government and the public was already extremely high. If he added the merit of destroying the country, it would be even more difficult for Emperor Linde to compete with him.
Given the lesser of two evils, Zhou Ting could only choose to destroy the country and extract as much benefit as possible from the battle of Hou Jin to reduce the benefits that King Zhao could obtain.
After this battle, there was no enemy behind King Zhao. Goguryeo was no more than a small country, and the plague of scabies was not taken seriously by King Zhao and Zhou Ting at all.
King Zhao immediately gained the strategic initiative.
Let’s go back to Yanmen Pass.
It is true that Yanmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and its favorable location is enough to withstand King Zhao's troops. But on the contrary, once Yanmen falls, Bingzhou will be completely exposed to the hooves of King Yan's cavalry.
Originally, King Zhao's move was considered a masterstroke, but now it was forced by Qiu Fu and turned into a stupid move.
"Where is Mr. Qiu Fu?!" King Zhao couldn't help but want to accuse Qiu Fu. This idiot ruined a good situation and was really to blame. He had to punish him heavily to relieve his hatred.
Until now, King Zhao still has not thought about killing Qiu Fu.
Although Qiu Fu lacks strategy, he is indeed the person that King Zhao trusts the most.
Just like Wei Wu loves Huhou, Taizu loves Kaiping.
Xu Chu and Chang Yanheng have one characteristic in common: they lack political shrewdness.
And this kind of person is precisely the favorite of the monarch. As a general in charge of the army, if he is too shrewd, he will be jealous of the monarch.
The same is true for King Kaiping. He fought bravely and conquered the world, but his political killings and surrenders without any scruples illustrate the problem.
He didn't care about this at all, which only made Taizu love him even more.
After the death of the two kings of Kaiping and Zhongshan, Taizu gave the posthumous title of "Zhongwu" to King Kaiping, which shows Taizu's attitude.
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At the beginning, Chang Yanheng was similar to Qiu Fu. They were just brave and foolhardy generals. Taizu kept him with him and always warned, "To defeat the enemy lies in courage, and to defeat the enemy lies in planning. In the past, Guan Yu's name was to defeat ten thousand enemies.
Those who are defeated by Lu Meng are without any plan. You should be careful about it."
Putting aside Taizu's evaluation of Guan Qinglong, these words make sense. Courage is the key to defeating the enemy, and planning is the key to complete victory.
It's just that King Zhao didn't wait for Qiu Fu's growth, but instead waited for the news of Qiu Fu's death.
"General Qiu was surrounded and killed by the Longwu Army. He died of exhaustion. Then Zhao Tianlin, the deputy commander of the Longwu Army, showed his head to the public."
Zhu Kai's body swayed slightly and he almost fell backwards. Fortunately, Du Yan took action secretly and used his true energy to support Zhu Kai in time, saving Zhu Kai from falling to the ground.
"Qiu Fu, gone?!"
Although Zhu Kai was jealous, he still had feelings for Qiu Fu, who depended on him for life and death on the battlefield.
Qiu Fu was simple and honest by nature, but he was brave in combat. Among the generals in the Zhao Palace, although his ability to make plans was not as good as Zhang Shimei's, his daring to fight and charge was comparable to Zhu Shihong. Although Qiu Fu longed for military glory in his heart, he was in front of King Zhao.
Never take the initiative to show off.
Every time King Zhao's army won a victory, all the generals would compete to claim their merits, but Qiu Fu fell behind. Zhu Kai often sighed: "I know General Qiu's merits."
Although King Zhao was a powerful figure in his generation, he felt sad about Qiu Fu's death and angry about Qiu Fu's defeat, but he still quickly stabilized his emotions, at least on the surface.
As happy as this defeat was for the morale of the imperial court, it was as much of a blow to the morale of King Zhao's army.
Although King Zhao claimed that he was seeking peace from heaven, he was, after all, mobilizing troops against the emperor and the central court, and many people in the army were skeptical.
After all, he is only a vassal king in name, and it is inappropriate to use the vassal king as a pivot. If the impact of this defeat continues to expand, the fighting spirit of King Zhao's army will quickly decline.
Moreover, Zhang Shimei had fallen into Cao Xueyang's trick of showing weakness before, and had already been blunted by him. If another defeat was reported, the morale of Zhang Shimei's army would also decline, and the impact of this defeat must be quelled in the shortest possible time.
King Zhao had thousands of thoughts in his mind, but the time was only half a moment.
"Send the order, I will personally conquer Yanmen!"
At this moment, the remnants of Qiu Fu's army suffered a huge defeat, and the general was defeated. It was a time when morale was low. If he wanted to restore morale in the shortest time, the only way to do it was by King Zhao himself.
In the eyes of King Zhao's soldiers, King Zhao is a myth of being undefeated.
His status is like that of Li Chengen to the Tiance Army, and Yang Qingyuan to the Xinlongwu Army and the Yulin Army.
King Zhao is the creator of the soul of this army. Under his command, King Zhao's army can exert 120% of its combat power.
"At the same time, the three armies were summoned. General Qiu Fu wanted to capture the prisoners. He was ignorant and undisciplined. He was stubborn and stubborn. He violated the solitary king's words and refused to talk to the public. Without waiting for the arrival of the three armies, he led more than a thousand people to the enemy camp to fight.
We were defeated by the Southern Army, and all of us died in battle. It is really hateful to be entrusted by this king, and all the troops must take this as a warning!"
"In order to destroy the traitor Zhao Tianlin, I will personally conquer Yanmen, die to serve the country, and protect our Sheji Ancestral Temple. I hope that all the troops will work together to defeat the traitor army!"
Although he is raising an army to rebel, he must occupy a righteous position.
Emperor Linde was the son of Emperor Taizong Wen and the grandson of Emperor Taizu Gao. As the current emperor, he himself has a great status.
Although King Zhao is the emperor's uncle, he is also a minister. Using a minister to attack the emperor is a great treason, and he must have a righteous reputation to compete with it.
King Zhao chose the ancestral training of Emperor Zhou and Fengtian Jingnan.
He did not directly accuse the emperor of being immoral, but said that there were treacherous ministers around the emperor who manipulated the government and brought harm to the country.
Yes, the political group headed by Yang Qingyuan is that treacherous villain.
Although Yang Qingyuan is not in the capital at all, and although Yang Qingyuan is not in power at all, he must be a treacherous minister.
This was the reason that King Zhao paved the way for his legitimate accession to the throne.
Yang Qingyuan is a traitor to the country and a thief who brings disaster to the country.
Doesn't Emperor Linde also have a problem as Yang Qingyuan's disciple?
In this way, the legitimacy of Emperor Linde's throne will naturally be shaken. Then he will reverse the case for Emperor Xizongli, eliminating the legitimacy of the Thirteenth Emperor's throne from the root.
If the throne of the Thirteen Emperors is not upright, it is natural that they must be rectified.
The former Emperor Taizongwen no longer had any legitimate sons, and the remaining princes were all unlikely to become great talents. Naturally, it was necessary to select virtuous and virtuous people from the royal branch to inherit the great treasure.
If you don’t plan for the eternity, you can’t plan for the moment; if you don’t plan for the overall situation, you can’t plan for a region.
Both King Zhao and Du Yan had long-term considerations.
Du Yan on the side saw King Zhao and made the decision to conquer personally in a moment, confirming once again that he had not misjudged the person.
This kind of courage and wisdom can never be compared to the indecisive, submissive and unassertive Emperor Linde in the capital of the gods.
King Zhao is the one to whom destiny belongs.
As the order of King Zhao's personal expedition was issued, the various institutions of King Zhao's Mansion began to operate.
Sending an army to war is not a simple matter. It is not something that can be done just by giving an order.
The transmission of orders, the order of departure of the army, the supply of food and grass, and the selection of routes all need to be considered.
On a normal day, it would take at least three days for an army of 100,000 men to break out of camp and go on an expedition.
But King Zhao had already prepared these matters.
Just three days ago, King Zhao completed the digestion of King Ning's power and completely took control of the elite cavalry of the three guards of Wuliangha, and his power expanded again.
He originally planned to send his troops south and directly capture Qizhou and Qingzhou.
Qizhou and Qingzhou are vast plains. King Zhao's cavalry has no rivals on the land of Qilu. If you capture Qingzhou and Qizhou, you can see Xuzhou in the distance.
King Zhao then occupied nearly one-third of the Zhou Dynasty.
But now because of Qiu Fu's defeat, King Zhao changed his original strategy and divided the current army into three.
The first was led by General Wang Zhen, who continued the previous strategy of Qizhou and occupied Qingzhou and Qizhou with the advantage of cavalry.
This place has a long history and is home to the Confucius Mansion, with many prominent families.
They were resistant to the imperial court's national policy of reclaiming land and returning it to the country.
Land is the lifeblood of their family inheritance.
The cabinet headed by Wang Hua wanted to carry out reforms in accordance with Yang Qingyuan's ideas, but only completed some pilot projects in Gyeonggi and Yangzhou.
When the cabinet wanted to promote it to Qingqi, it encountered fierce resistance.
As long as King Zhao can obtain the support of these wealthy families, it is not difficult to win Qing and Qi states.
On the second line, 50,000 elite troops were assigned to support Zhang Shimei.
He is currently the main attacking force, and he wants to bite the main force of Cao Xueyang's Longwu Army in the Jinyang direction.
Fortunately, the Longwu Army in Jinyang City are all newly trained troops by Cao Xueyang and cannot be compared with the veterans of the Longwu Army under Zhao Tianlin.
Even though Cao Xueyang had more troops than Zhang Shimei, he did not actively seek a battle.
In order to be on the safe side and prevent Zhang Shimei and Zhu Shihong from overturning the situation, King Zhao specially sent 50,000 additional troops to them.
The last group was led by King Zhao himself, and the three guards of Wuliangha and part of King Zhao's army, together with 100,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry, headed towards Bingzhou.
At the same time, King Zhao sent an order to Li Yuan and Wang Cong, the temporary coaches at this time, to lead their troops to retreat.
King Zhao has already chosen the place for Zhao Tianlin's decisive battle - Baigou River!