Chapter 153 It went so well! (4 updates exceeded 10,000)
"That's why we call those who know current affairs a hero!" Gao Jingshi said angrily, and then asked the servant who sent the letter: "Mo Maoqia obviously has a large army outside, and it's not very far away. He also has Shenglong City.
Hold on, why would you surrender to me so easily under such a situation? Has Gao Jue found out the reason?"
The servant said: "Sir, the regiment has checked. It should be mainly because the Mo Dynasty's southern expedition army suffered a huge defeat. It is reported that the main force of the Mo Dynasty's 60,000-strong army in the southern expedition was defeated in Qinghua and Ningping. They lost their troops and generals."
There were more than 30,000 soldiers, and only about 25,000 to 28,000 remnants were defeated and fled back to Henan. Mo Dunrang, the auxiliary king of the Mo Dynasty, urged him three times a day, hoping to let Mo Maoqia take Ruan Juan's 15,000 soldiers.
and Mo Yulin's 25,000 men were reinforced to him to hold the southern front."
Gao Pangshi and Huang Zhiting looked at each other, became serious, and walked to the map to look at it.
Mo Chao's southern expedition army actually lost, and lost so miserably? More than half of the elite main force was lost. This was a real thorn in the side.
Their situation, if we want to make a rough analogy, is like the defeat of the Ming Army in the Battle of Songjin in history. The elite of the Nine Sides who devoted all their national efforts to build them were completely lost, and they no longer have the ability to fight back.
Of course, Mo Chao was still slightly stronger this time than in the Battle of Songjin. Losing more than half of them was better than being completely wiped out. Although the backbone was broken, at least some seeds were left.
Moreover, in any case, Mo Chao still has two famous generals, Ruan Juan and Mo Yulin, especially Ruan Juan, who has had brilliant achievements in the past. The combined strength of the two of them is still 40,000. In fact,
This is not a small amount.
In other words, even if you don’t count the soldiers and horses in Shenglong City, Mo Chao can still gather an army of 60,000 to 70,000. In Gao Pragmatic’s view, if these people can gather and all obey Ruan Juan’s command, there is still hope.
Defeat the Zheng army of the Li Dynasty.
Of course, the premise is that he is not as pragmatic and makes trouble.
After understanding the current situation, Gao Pragmatic admired his timing of sending troops this time. Although Mo Chao was defeated this time, he was actually fully capable of stabilizing the overall situation.
Just like in history, the Mo Dynasty was defeated this year, and it would be defeated again two years later. However, it was not until ten years later that the Zheng army finally defeated the main force of the Mo army, forcing the Mo Dynasty to only a mere Gao Ping. In the Ming Dynasty,
Living under the protection of
But this time, because of his own intrusion, Mo was attacked from the north and south, and both the north and the south were defeated - let alone the south, the north would be defeated if it lost Lang Son!
Because once Lang Son was lost, Annan was like a flat river to the Ming Dynasty!
Gao Pingshi couldn't help but think, if he were Mo Maoqia, there wouldn't be any other way out in this situation, right? Apart from "recognizing thieves as fathers" and hugging Daming's father's thighs and crying, saying that he has both loyalty and filial piety, what else can he do?
Imitated King Zhou and set himself on fire in Lutai?
Mo Maoqia's problem seems to have been solved, but the problem now is that he may have become a taker - taking over Mo Chao's offer, he may have to start a fight with Zheng Jun who took advantage of the victory and went north.
But at this time Huang Zhiting said: "Zhizhi, I think the first priority now is to conquer the Mo Yulin tribe in Taiyuan!"
Gao Pragmatic suddenly realized that what Huang Zhiting said made sense!
Although Mo Maoqia is already in his hands, Mo Yulin, Ruan Juan and even Mo Dunrang, the three people who actually have soldiers in their hands, have not indicated that they will obey his orders. What if something happens to these three people?
manage?
For example, what if you refuse to acknowledge the "order" issued by Mo Mauchia under threat, or even be more decisive and surrender to the Li Dynasty? You must know that defeat and surrender are completely different from surrendering with 20,000 troops.
Case.
After defeating and surrendering, Zheng Song would kill him if he wanted to; if he led his troops to surrender, it would be difficult to kill him even if he wanted to! What's more, this kind of available power should not be used well, why should he kill?
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Yes, now we have to force Mo Yulin to express his attitude. However... we have to master a certain degree here. We must not only allow Mo Yulin to accept our supervision or even reorganization, but also ensure that he will not
It will force him to rebel."
This degree is difficult to determine, because this kind of thing not only depends on the overall situation, but also the personality of the other party - what kind of personality is Mo Yulin?
Gao Pragmatic is not a god, how could he know!
Huang Zhiting's ideas are much more direct than Gao Pragmatic's, probably because the chieftain of southern Guangxi and Guangxi doesn't like to find weaknesses in human nature to "break the problem" as much as political people like Gao Pragmatic. Her plan is straightforward!
"Continue to encircle Taiyuan, deploy all artillery, blast the gates and walls on one side, and then send someone to tell him Mo Maoqia's decision, let him present the city to fight and accept reorganization!" Huang Zhiting said coldly: "We can clearly
Tell him that if he accepts the reorganization, we will take him to defeat Zheng Song; if he does not accept... after the city is broken, no chickens or dogs will be left!"
Gao pragmatic glanced at her in surprise.
Huang Zhiting suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. She suddenly lost her coldness, lowered her head, and whispered: "I just think about you... and the overall situation." It turned out that she thought Gao Pragmatic thought she was too cruel.
Gao pragmatic suddenly laughed and said: "I know, I know, what you said makes sense, you really can't be indecisive at this time... There is a way to be kind but not to use soldiers, but you taught me a lesson."
Huang Zhiting glanced at him quietly and saw that he didn't look fake. Then she felt relieved and said: "Then I will go and give the order now. Let's not rest. We should break camp early and rest outside Taiyuan City."
Gao Pragmatic had no objection. He knew that one of the great advantages of the wolf soldiers was that they were very good at walking. It should even be said that they were very good at walking. This may have been tempered by walking on mountain roads since childhood, but now that they have passed Lang Son, the terrain has become a flat plain.
In the Red River Plain, it is even less likely that the wolf soldiers would find marching tiring.
It's even possible that the person in the entire army who finds marching tiring the most is his pragmatism - even if he travels on horseback, even if he still has some exercise, a civil servant is a civil servant, and he is not a genius with both civil and military skills.
The army continued westward. Two days later, it had reached less than thirty miles east of Taiyuan City. Cen Ling sent someone over and said that he had arrived at the gate of Taiyuan City. However, Taiyuan City's reaction was very strange. Not only did they hang up the war-free card, they also sent
Someone contacted him and said that Sheng Long had contacted Gaoyantai and that the two sides were now friendly forces.
Cen Ling didn't know the authenticity for a while, thinking that Huang Zhiting would be arriving soon, so he didn't launch a probing attack, and planned to wait for Huang Zhiting to arrive to find out the details together.
Gao pragmatic asked Cen Ling's detective to go back and report to Cen Ling, saying that he had come in person and would talk about the matter after meeting.
The so-called Tan Ma under Cen Ling actually doesn't even have horses - they do produce dwarf horses in the west and south of Guangxi, but that kind of horse can be used to carry people and goods, but it is completely unreliable to be a Tan Ma, so the so-called Tan Ma under his command
It's all about running.
Not to mention, all of them are good long-distance runners. It is estimated that if they can go to the 21st century, they will all be able to participate in world-class marathons.
The thirty-mile journey was completed in less than half a day. Like Huang Zhiting before, Cen Ling happily led his chieftains and generals to welcome Gao Pragmatic's arrival.
He also made some gains here. Of course Gao Pingshi had to reward him as usual, but his journey was not as fierce as Huang Zhiting's Battle of Lang Son. The Gaoping defenders themselves were not as numerous as Lang Son, and they only obtained more than a thousand heads in total.
level and nearly two thousand prisoners.
Gao Jingshi didn't care about the small amount of money, and gave out the reward as usual with a wave of his hand. However, because the battle of Gaoping was not as fierce as the battle of Lang Son, the extra reward Cen Ling received along the way was half less than that of Huang Zhiting's department, only 10,000 yuan.
Two, Gao Pragmatic also sent them directly to Cen Ling and asked him to distribute them, but only submitted them for his own approval.
Cen Ling didn't have any objections, but he still joked: "Our West Guangxi wolf soldiers cannot make it to the Lang Son battle, but if we have to fight with the Zheng army of the Li Dynasty, our West Route Army should not be missing.
We in the West Route Army are extremely poor in terms of work, so we just wait to discuss our merits and earn a living."
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said: "As long as you have solid military exploits, you can be rewarded with silver."
In fact, he knew in his heart that whether it was Huang Zhiting's tribe or Cen Ling's tribe, the seizures after they captured Mo Chao's city were distributed by themselves. Even if Mo Chao was poor, they should still have some treasury accumulation. Now the two divisions should
Some valuables were seized.
But being pragmatic doesn't matter. The biggest difference between the wolf soldiers and the official army is that the wolf soldiers are not paid, and their morale during the expedition mainly depends on looting. After all, no matter how strict the chieftain's rules are, they can only maintain military discipline, but not morale.
Besides, the Lang Son, Changqing, Gaoping, and Tuyuan Quang they have captured now are not wealthy places. Even if they grab some extravagant wealth, it is probably limited, and most likely they will not be able to get into the eyes of someone higher than him. More
Not to mention that Gao Pragmatic's main coveted areas in Annan are basically at the seaside or some places not far from the seaside. They can just let them take what they capture in the north.
Now that the two sides met and exchanged information, Cen Ling realized that the southern expedition was going so smoothly, especially for Gao Jue's troops. It was as smooth as listening to Dr. Tea's story.
After firing a few random cannons, the entire city of Thang Long City surrendered—oh, it should be said that the entire country surrendered.
Cen Ling couldn't help but be envious, saying that I worked extremely hard, fighting from Gaoping to Tonghua, from Tonghua to Tuyen Quang, and from Tuyen Quang to Taiyuan for more than half a month. I thought that even if I didn't get the credit for the battle of Lang Son, at least
The battle in Taiyuan should be dominated by me.
Who would have thought that due to geographical reasons, such a prominent victory as the Battle of Lang Son was missed, and then Gao Jue unexpectedly attacked Thang Long and won the biggest success in pacifying Annam. This... is simply intolerable!
Now seeing that the battle of Taiyuan may also come to nothing, Cen Ling just wants to kick this good-for-nothing Mo Maoqia away - why the hell can't you hold on until I take Taiyuan and then surrender?
The cooked duck can still fly, what a bad luck!
Gao Wuzhi now has no time to take care of Cen Ling's mood. He just concentrated all the artillery at the south gate of Taiyuan according to the original plan, intending to show them a round of fireworks without saying anything...
Who would have thought that before the artillery was in place, someone came out of Taiyuan City with a white flag, nodding and bowing to indicate that he was here to request an audience with the Grand Duke Gao of the Guangxi Inspectorate on behalf of King Dunhou.
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: Who is King Dunhou? Why does this account feel a bit funny... Do you still have someone named King Honest?
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