During the conversation with Tang Daoxi, the envoy upheld justice and tried to persuade the other party to change his mind, but the result was not optimistic.
Revenge of a younger brother? It seems that King Yan cannot be blamed for this, right? Speaking of which, we were unreasonable and took the initiative to send troops to follow Liang Jun to fight against others. Now that we have died in battle, we still say that we want revenge, which cannot be justified in theory.
You see, our king of Shu is more generous. General Wang Zongji and 30,000 Xichuan disciples died in the battle, so we didn’t seek revenge. When will we retaliate? We are all ministers of the Tang Dynasty.
If you want peace, you should consider the people when doing things.
Usurping and deceiving the emperor? I'm afraid you can't say that? King Yan is the queen of King Xiang and one of the Li Tang clan. To put it lightly, this is a family matter. In the past hundred years, the position of emperor has been changed.
This is not the first time for uncles and nephews, and brothers to pass the throne to each other. This is normal! Speaking more broadly, King Yan has extraordinary moral character. Only with him sitting on the throne can the Tang Dynasty prosper.
These remarks really left the envoy speechless.
Of course, Tang Daoxi did not just speak to the King of Yan. He also said that if the Chu army could stop its troops, he would be happy to join forces with Zhao Kuangning to organize defenses on the Junzhou and Dengzhou lines to prepare for unexpected events.
This was also the only gain gained by the Chu envoy from his trip to Junzhou.
The envoy quickly returned to Dengzhou. Zhao Kuangning was surprised by the result. He asked the envoy in disbelief, is the King of Shu not afraid that King Yan will become powerful from now on? Doesn't Tang Daoxi know that if King Yan breaks the contract and sends troops in the future?
When we go south, is it too late?
The envoy replied helplessly: "He relies on the danger of two rivers and has no worries about his troops."
Zhao Kuangning could only remain silent about this.
But no matter what, Zhao Kuangning still reached a tacit agreement with Tang Daoxi, and he used his troops in the direction of Dengzhou to deal with the Yan army (at this time, the Yan army no longer used this military number, but Zhao Kuangning definitely did not want to admit that the enemy was on the other side)
When the army represented the imperial court), the Shu army could not take advantage of the situation and stab themselves in the back.
Zhao Kuangning is a very stubborn person. Of course, he is also a person who is "not afraid of power". When the Liang King Zhu Quanzhong was at his most prominent, he dared to raise an army to fight. Although he did not have the Shu army to accompany him, he still decided to crusade against the "Yan Ni".
However, he is not a fool. It would be best to find allies.
Wu Wang Yang Xingmi is fighting against Yan Ni and is Zhao Kuangning's natural ally. Of course he will send someone to contact him. In addition to Yang Xingmi, Liu Shenzhi, the king of Fujian in Jiangnan West Road, and Liu Yin, the Han king in Lingnan Road, are all contacted by Zhao Kuangning.
Among the candidates. However, these two families are in the south. If they send troops, there will be a long way to go and there will be obstacles. Secondly, they will not feel at ease when they pass through their own territory. Therefore, they just want to beat the autumn wind and let them help with some food.
On the sixth day of August, Zhao Kuangning received good news. Although Wang Shenzhi, the king of Fujian, and Liu Yin, the king of Han, did not agree to send troops to the north, they agreed to Zhao Kuangning's request. They provided a batch of food, military armor and weapons, a large amount.
It was enough to supply an army of 50,000 men for three months. But these things were not given in vain. Wang Shenzhi and Liu Yin each put forward harsh conditions, demanding that the six northern states of Lingnan Dao controlled by Zhao Kuangning be divided up.
Zhao Kuangning gritted his teeth and agreed to this request. He was determined to fight with his country and to accomplish all his achievements in one battle. What did the land of six states mean? As long as he could win this battle, was he still afraid that there would be no land in the six states in the Central Plains to compensate him?
Now that he had decided to send troops, Zhao Kuangning needed to seriously consider his military strategy. He took out the Yuanhe version of the Tang Dynasty map again and began to carefully examine the opponents in the north. After taking such a calm look, he suddenly felt his scalp numb.
From west to east, Longyou Road, Guannai Road, Gyeonggi Road, Duji Road, Hedong Road, Henan Road, and Hebei Road are all within the control of Yan Ni. In addition, the fertile fields outside the pass are thousands of miles away, and the entire northern China is under Li Chengzhong.
Under his control! This is a much more powerful opponent than the Liang thief in his heyday. How will he fight against such an opponent? At this moment, Zhao Kuang Ning has quite a surging passion that comes from his heart. With his own
I have the strength to fight against the great rebellion alone. Although the situation is dangerous, I go alone! I single-handedly overturned the general trend of the world and revived the glory of the Tang Dynasty. Even if I fail in the end, I can still be called a hero!
A certain Zhao family will surely leave its name for eternity!
After the passion, Zhao Kuangning thought hard about the strategy to defeat the enemy, and finally made up his mind again - still go north from Dengzhou and go straight to Luoyang! Although Yan Ni seems to be strong, in fact there are many constraints. As long as he takes Dongdu, he will definitely defeat him.
Shocking the world, whether it is King Li Maozhen of Qi or King Shifan of Qi, they will definitely respond to him. Longyou, Guannai, and Qingqing will all reignite the war. Even the earliest Hedong generals who surrendered to Yanni will surely
You will get back on your feet, and Yan Ni will be so anxious when the time comes that he will not be able to care about each other!
Zhao Kuangning had decided on his plan and immediately issued a military order to recruit sergeants and collect military supplies from the states under his control. However, the implementation of the military order was not smooth. The reason was that the previous attack on Jing's army was too heavy, and the states and counties were almost exhausted.
There is a surplus of food. In addition to the food problem, all states and counties are complaining, saying that the autumn harvest is approaching and the recruitment of young men has been slowed down. It is best to recruit sergeants after the autumn harvest.
So Zhao Kuangning had to suppress his anxiety and wait for the autumn harvest. It was not until the end of September that the autumn harvest in various states and counties was completed. The warehouses were filled with grain again, and the newly recruited young men began to be sent to Dengzhou one after another.
However, if you wait like this, something will go wrong. Previous reports have shown that since ten months, the Yan army seems to have been aware that the situation is not good, and is mobilizing troops and horses to Nanyang to prepare for any eventuality. Nanyang is located south of Funiu Mountain
, north of the Han River, stuck on Zhao Kuangning's road north to Luoyang, is an important town that the Chu army must capture.
Dengzhou is more than eighty miles away from Nanyang. There is a smooth road between the two places. If you follow the official road, it will only take less than three days for the army to carry the baggage. It is a pity that the Chu army took Dengzhou in the summer.
It took so long that Zhao Kuangning did not have time to attack Nanyang. When the Chu army besieged Dengzhou, the Yan army had already appeared at the top of Nanyang City.
According to reports from a month of research, by October 20th, Nanyang City was reinforced by Yan army brigades three times in a row. The first time there were about a thousand people, and the second time seven days later, about two or three Yan troops entered the city.
On October 20, the third batch of Yan troops entering the city was also about two to three thousand people. Therefore, Zhao Kuangning estimated that there were about five thousand to seven thousand Yan troops in Nanyang City.
Starting from the end of October, the Yan army began to build a camp on the bank of the Baihe River six or seven miles southeast of Nanyang City. The camp was built among more than a dozen undulating low hills. According to the regulations of the camp, it can accommodate approximately
Thousands of people.
Nanyang City and the military stronghold by the Baihe River are at each other's horns - this is the best strategy to defend the city. Zhao Kuangning can completely understand. The key is how many Yan troops are in the military stronghold? After three days, Zhao Kuangning still
No exact return was received, but an important piece of information was fed back to the desk: Baihe Military Village and Nanyang City were both labeled with the same designation - "Mozhou Army".
The Mozhou Army is one of the nine armies under Yan Ni, and its number is about 12,000. This is already known to the world. From this point of view, the Mozhou Army should be stationed in Nanyang. Half of them are in Nanyang City.
There were half of the Baihe military camp. Except for the Mozhou army, the scouts did not see any trace of the other eight armies under Yan Ni. In this regard, Zhao Kuangning made some bold speculations on the map of the Tang Dynasty.
The Yan army is fighting the Wu army between Huaisi and Wu. The Wu army is very strong. I heard that the general of the Yan army in charge of the war there is Zhong Shao. This man is the commander of the decisive battle at Shangdang and the number one warrior under Yan Ni.
General Zhong Shao's position in the Yan army, and since it is a "national war", he should command at least two to three armies to press on the Huaisi front line, otherwise he will not have enough troops.
Hedong and Fengxiang are both new places. In any case, Yan Ni will station troops to guard them. I heard that Yan Ni has built a camp in Shangdang and Shaanzhou. I think it will scare Hedong and Fengxiang. In this way, at least
Two more troops went.
It is known information that the Youzhou Army is guarding Luoyang, so Yan Ni's hometown Youzhou must also need at least one army to garrison, so two more armies were sent.
After much calculation, the Mozhou Army in Nanyang seems to be the only army that Yan Ni can send. Of course, there may be some newly attached armies, such as the Hedong Army, Fengxiang Army, Xuanwu Army, etc., but these armies Yan Ni
Ni can never be called alone, the best way is to disperse them as supplements to each army. Zhao Kuangning has been asking about Li Chengzhong's temperament. He knows that this person is most taboo about the appearance of military leaders under his subordinates. Is it possible to make these surrendered armies become soldiers again?
Climatic.
It is even very possible that these troops are still around Luoyang, under Yan Ni's nose - if it were him, he would not trust them either.
From this point of view, the battle to march north to Luoyang should be divided into two battles. Nanyang was the first battle, and Mozhou Army was defeated. After taking Nanyang, there will be another battle under Luoyang City. That battle may be the final decisive battle.
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After a month of preparations, Zhao Kuangning transferred all the sergeants he could recruit from the states under his control to the front line in Dengzhou, a total of more than 50,000 people. Among them, the most relied on were the more than 10,000 veteran soldiers who had been fighting with him all year round, and he was also
The remaining 40,000 Ya army under his personal command had 20,000 combat troops and 20,000 auxiliary troops.
Relying on these 50,000 people, it is impossible to defeat Yan Ni head-on, but Zhao Kuangning is very confident in capturing Luoyang. Speaking of which, Yan Ni's rise is too fast. Although it controls a large territory, its operating time is too short.
, although the military strength is far greater than its own, there are too many things to consider at the same time. It must shock the newly conquered states and counties, and the main force is also fighting against the King of Wu. As long as the war can proceed faster, Yan Ni's plan will not be able to spare the troops to fight.
Fight for yourself. This is your last chance!
On the eighth day of November, the messenger who went to Jiangdu returned to Dengzhou. He brought bad news. The Wu army lost Sizhou. That battle really hurt the foundation. Wu Wang Yang Xingmi urgently requested Zhao Kuangning to send troops to the north immediately.
, it is best to go straight to Dongdu as soon as possible to cope with the war going on in Huainan.
Zhao Kuangning asked the messenger in detail about the details of the battle in Sizhou. The messenger was not clear about the process of the battle, but he conveyed a message to King Wu: If the Chu army hesitates again, Wu may not be able to survive next year!
Zhao Kuangning waved the messenger to leave, and then fell into deep thought.
On the tenth day of November, Zhao Kuangning personally led an army of 40,000 people out of Dengzhou and attacked Nanyang, eighty miles to the northeast! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!