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The news that Li Chengzhong was supported by Lu Long's civil and military officials as Liu Hou spread throughout Hebei within ten days, and Hebei was shocked.
Xuanwu had just pacified Hebei, but now such a figure appeared, which disrupted King Dongping's handling of Hedong, and caused a huge problem behind the eastern encirclement of Hedong.
According to the original deployment of the Xuanwu Army, the siege of Hedong was carried out in three directions at the same time. To the east was the Hebei Fanzhen Group, to the south was Hezhong Xuanwu's servants, and the main attack direction was between Gyeonggi (Chang'an) and Duji (Luoyang)
To the east, west and south of the river are Jiangzhou, Jinzhou and Xizhou.
The east side is mainly besieged and cut off, preventing military armor, food and other supplies from replenishing the east side of the river. From north to south are the Yiwu Army Wang Chuzhi, Chengde Army Wang Rong and Wei Boyabing. According to the previous situation in Weizhou
According to the agreement, the Lulong Army should provide money and food to the above-mentioned ministries and mobilize troops to accompany Xuanwu in his westward expedition to Chang'an.
But now the situation has changed. Liu Shouguang, who surrendered to Xuanwu, stepped down after more than three months in power. The new Liuhou is a person that everyone is not familiar with. Although they know that he is the governor of Yingzhou appointed by the imperial court, he is said to have conquered the country outside the pass.
He crossed the Bohai Sea and defeated the Khitan, but no one knew who he was. But at least one thing everyone knew was that Liu Shouguang and Liu Zhiwen were respectively the Lulong Jiedushi and Shizhong recommended by King Dongping to the court.
People were killed by Li Chengzhong without any scruples, so it is self-evident what Li Chengzhong's attitude was.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Li Chengzhong killed Liu Shouguang and Liu Zhiwen purely for the sake of ascending to the throne. This is not surprising at the moment. It is also possible that the newly ascended Lu Longliu will continue to choose to rely on Xuanwu in the future, but this is only a possibility. Even if this is the case
This possibility exists, but his move to kill Liu Shouguang and Liu Zhiwen is equivalent to a big slap in the face of King Dongping. It is a naked slap in the face. I don’t know if King Dongping is willing to put down his body and endure the beating.
Face humiliation to accept Li Chengzhong?
Just when the towns were confused, new news reached them. The banners of Li Chengzhong's army appeared in Husu and Leling counties in the south of Cangzhou, which bordered the Weibo and Xuanwu control areas.
This was quite an unfriendly move. For this reason, the troops stationed here by Weibo and Xuanwu began to be on tight alert. At the same time, the three towns of Yiwu, Chengde, and Weibo all pulled back the encirclement surrounding Hedong and deployed some of their troops.
To the east, strengthen the defense against the Lu Long Army.
Regarding such a mistake in Youzhou, the towns in Hebei Province did not dare to take advantage of it, so they galloped to Jinzhou one after another, rushing to report it to King Dongping.
Jinzhou (now Linfen) is surrounded by Taiyue Mountain in the east, Shanzhong Plain in the back, Fenshui River in the west, and connected to the two capitals in the south. From here, Jinyang can be driven directly to the north. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
The Xuanwu Army camped ten miles below the city, and the Xuanwu Army, which was said to be one hundred thousand strong, faced off with the Hedong Camp at the foot of Jinzhou City.
Zhu Quanzhong, the king of Dongping, the captain of the school inspection and the governor of the four towns of Zhongshu Ling, Xuanwu, Xuanyi, Tianping and Huguo, was inspecting the strength of the guard army outside the city. Zhu Youning, Shi Shucong, Kang Huaiying and other generals were around, Li Zhen
Wait for the counselor to follow closely behind you.
Everyone pointed at the tall Jinzhou City and kept looking at the Hedong Army camp opposite. At this time, a military report was delivered to Zhu Quanzhong. Zhu Quanzhong unfolded his scroll and looked at it, frowning slightly.
Li Zhen, his confidant, took the military report, read it quickly, and was silent in thought.
Zhu Quanzhong waited for a moment and asked: "How?"
Li Zhen sighed helplessly: "The vassals in Hebei have been changing for hundreds of years. I never thought that it would be worse than before."
Zhu Quanzhong smiled: "Xingxu, Hebei is not in chaos. How can we expect such a hegemony? What do you think we should do?"
Li Zhen, named Xingxu, lived in the Western Regions. He was a native of Anguo among the nine surnames of Zhaowu. He was the successor of Li Baozhen, the governor of Luzhou. He was smart, studious, eloquent, and resourceful. However, he repeatedly failed in the imperial examinations and later joined Zhu Quanzhong.
Gradually he was reused, and now he is the deputy envoy of the Xuanyi Army. Together with Jingxiang, he praises Zhu Quanzhong and draws strategies. He is his right and left hand who leans on his arm. There is a saying that "Li Zhen offers strategies, Jingxiang makes plans". Whenever Zhu Quanzhong meets
After the expedition, Jingxiang stayed in Bianzhou to preside over military affairs, while he traveled with the army.
In a moment, Li Zhen had a response in his mind. Unlike Jing Xiang, he did not make big decisions. He only provided different responses according to different situations. It was up to Zhu Quanzhong to choose which approach to take. At this time, he said: "
Your Majesty, I have three plans for now. Recruit Li Chengzhong, befriend Lu Long, and let the Prince come forward to recommend him to control the town. If Li Chengzhong is willing, everything will go as it is. If he has other intentions, his goodwill towards the Prince will be the same.
If we are hesitant, this gives us room for buffering. When things are over here, the army can turn around and defeat him. This is the best policy."
Zhu Quanzhong snorted coldly and said displeasedly: "I just promoted Liu Shouguang to save Lulong. The imperial edict of the imperial court was still in progress, so he was killed quietly by him. If you care for him again, please call me
Where should I put this face? Where is my credibility? How will I dominate the world in the future? Do my words still count? This is not up for debate."
Li Zhen sighed secretly. This prince was indeed the master of accepting soft rather than hard. The other party's behavior seemed to be unacceptable to the prince. He immediately said: "Second strategy, we can allocate troops to Hebei and send one man to the army."
The general will take command, integrate the towns of Yiwu, Chengde, and Weibo, and attack Youzhou with lightning speed, killing Li Chengzhong in his prime. In this way, things in Hebei will be completely settled, and the prince will have no worries when he travels north from now on!"
Zhu Quanzhong thought for a moment and asked: "Where should we send the troops? Which one of them will be assigned to take charge?"
Li Zhendao: "Ze, in order to block the front of Hedong, the troops are already very tight; Wang Shifan in Pinglu direction in Qingqing direction is ready to move, the situation is very critical, and there is no way to mobilize; Yang Xingmi in Huainan is expanding everywhere, Jianghuai cannot be ignored; look at it this way
Come, only Yang Shihou's troops can use it. His troops have three thousand Hebei soldiers and two thousand Yanxu soldiers. According to the schedule, they should have just passed Huazhou..."
In October last year, Zhu Quanzhong got a secret letter from Prime Minister Cui Yin, and marched westward to Chang'an with Xuanwu Army to kill Han Quanhui and other middle officials, and moved the imperial court to the eastern capital. Yang Shihou was ordered to sit in Weizhou to recruit troops, preparing to lead the army after the spring of this year
The army came to support Zhu Quanzhong.
But at the end of last year, the emperor was sent to Fengxiang by Han Quanhui, so the Xuanwu army chased Fengxiang and had a tense confrontation with the Fengxiang army.
Li Maozhen asked Li Keyong for help. Although Li Keyong was in a difficult situation, he still showed the Hedong Army's "anxious and righteous" nature. Mainly to curb Xuanwu, he sent generals Li Sizhao, Zhou Dewei and others to lead troops to Jinzhou to attack Cizhou.
, Xizhou, to contain the Xuanwu Army from the flanks.
The Hedong Army was the main enemy of the Xuanwu Army. Compared with the brave Hedong Army, Li Maozhen's Fengxiang Army was not in Zhu Quanzhong's eyes at all. Therefore, Zhu Quanzhong only left a small number of troops to monitor Fengxiang. The army immediately went north, fighting in Cizhou and Xizhou.
, Jinzhou and other places launched a battle with the Hedong Army, defeated the Hedong Army, forced Li Sizhao and Zhou De to retreat to Jinzhou, and saw that another war was about to begin.
It was under this situation that Zhu Quanzhong urgently dispatched reinforcements from various ministries, and Yang Shihou was also among the dispatched orders. So Yang Shihou could not wait for the originally promised 10,000 Lulong sergeants, so he only brought 3,000 soldiers from Yiwu, Chengde, Weibo and other vassal towns.
Hebei soldiers recruited from the army, as well as two thousand Yan and Xu soldiers who were given to his command, hurried to Jinzhou.
According to Li Zhen, Yang Shihou had troops from Hebei under his command. He was familiar with the terrain of Hebei. He had just arrived in Huazhou and it was easy to return. He was the best general in charge of the overall situation in Hebei. Of course, there were also some who were specially recommended by Li Zhen because of his appreciation of Yang Shihou.
reason.
But Li Zhen's recommendation was vetoed by Zhu Quanzhong. It was not that Zhu Quanzhong was not optimistic about Yang Shihou's ability. What Zhu Quanzhong vetoed was the strategy itself. He was very angry about Lu Long's change of ownership, but he did not think it was a top priority. In his opinion,
Since then, Lu Long's army has been crippled in many battles in Hebei. Today's Youzhou is completely different from the Youzhou ruled by Liu Rengong back then. Li Chengzhong's independence will not fundamentally affect the world situation.
What is really urgent is the decisive battle in Jinzhou. Only by cutting off the outstretched claws of the Hedong Army can Li Keyong be beaten to pain, and only then can he have time to deal with Li Maozhen slowly and realize "the emperor is lucky to be in Luoyang".
's grand plan.
Faced with the two-sided response of the Hedong Army and the Fengxiang Army, Zhu Quanzhong still needs to continue to strengthen his own troops. At this time, letting Yang Shihou return to the army is equivalent to demobilizing and enlarging the army. In addition to the consideration of troop strength, once the Hebei side starts fighting, it will inevitably be huge.
It consumes the money and food resources of Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Huazhou, Qizhou, Yizhou and other places in the northern part of Henan Province, and at the same time gives Wang Normal in the Qingqing direction an opportunity to take advantage of. You know, Wang Normal calls himself the "loyal dog of the emperor"
Although Leng Touqing himself was campaigning under the banner of "Qing Jun, punish eunuchs", the fact of "surrounding the emperor with troops" cannot be denied. God knows what unforeseen things he will do.
This is also the result of Zhu Quanzhong's current stall being spread too wide. The Xuanwu Army dominates the Central Plains, encircling Hedong in the north, guarding Jianghuai in the south, confronting Fengxiang in the west, and there is a lively Wang Shifan in the east who has no time to clean up, and now he appears again
A Lulong... is really beyond his means. Although the Central Plains is good and rich in products and people, it is an indisputable fact that it is surrounded by enemies on all sides.
Two of them were rejected by Zhu Quanzhong in succession, but Li Zhen was not discouraged. The third strategy he proposed was finally adopted by Zhu Quanzhong. This strategy was actually a delaying strategy. He temporarily ignored and ignored Li Cheng's move to occupy Youzhou.
Yes, just let the towns of Yiwu, Chengde and Weibo be closely monitored. No matter what Li Chengzhong does, the power of Lulong, which is broken into pieces, will not work no matter how hard it is. When the battle of Jinzhou is over,
After completing the emperor's goal of moving the capital to the east, the army turned back and the ruined Lulong was turned into ashes!
Of course, Zhu Quanzhong did not completely give up. He adopted Li Zhen's suggestion and ordered Yuan Xiang to go to Weizhou first to coordinate the joint control of Hedong by the three towns in Hebei and to strictly guard against the overall affairs of Lulong. According to Li Zhen, Yuan's temperament was mild.
With an approachable attitude, he can win over the towns in Hebei without angering Li Chengzhong. He is the best candidate to maintain the status quo in Hebei.
This suggestion was adopted, and Li Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that it was okay. He finally lived up to your trust, Brother Yuan, and we were able to collect the two carts of money comfortably. (To be continued...)