Praying for Fire transported 100,000 taels of gold. He was not in a hurry to leave the territory of Bei Mo. Instead, he bought grain in the surrounding states and counties near the border in Bei Mo. With 100,000 taels of gold, he almost sold all the grain in the markets of several nearby states and counties.
Naturally, this batch of grain could not be transported back to the Northern Tang Dynasty, so he rented a granary and hoarded the grain, and he himself did not leave the Northern Desert.
The strategy of cutting off food was also used by the Great Zhou Dynasty when he attacked Bei Mo. However, these failed histories did not have any educational significance for the people of Bei Mo, because they invaded with the hope that they would definitely capture the Northern Tang Dynasty.
Determined, as long as Beitang is captured, there will be enough food. Beitang itself is a large granary.
Therefore, even if General Qin knew that Qihuo was buying grain, he thought it was due to the snobbery of the people of the Northern Tang Dynasty. He thought that he would make a fortune from this grain, and if he sold the rare goods, he could resell them and make a lot of money.
After all, a Northern Tang man who would kill the Northern Tang Crown Prince would not be used by the Northern Tang Army. He only had interests in his eyes.
General Qin didn't care. He was a military general and only thought about fighting.
So what he was thinking now was that Yu Wenhao was dead, and the Northern Tang Dynasty would definitely be in chaos. Therefore, General Qin decided not to wait any longer, and launched a quick attack. The main force quickly entered the Northern Tang Dynasty, with great momentum along the way. Within two months,
Captured the imperial capital of the Northern Tang Dynasty.
He ordered the entire army to march towards the border of Northern Tang Dynasty.
For the confrontation between the two armies, he thought it would be best to take place a hundred miles away from Jiangbei Prefecture.
He did not take it lightly. The Northern Tang Army was personally led by Xiaoyao Gong, the Supreme Emperor was marching in person, and Prince Anfeng and his wife were in charge. This battle also had high morale and confidence for the Northern Tang Army. Therefore, he ordered that once the war drums sounded, the Northern Tang Army must win.
The two cities on the border of the Tang Dynasty took advantage of the opportunity to suppress the Northern Tang Army. When they pushed in again, they could defeat the Northern Tang Army.
The first battle was crucial. He knew that he would win, but he also knew that it would be difficult to fight. He could win because the two armies were always so disparate in strength, but it was difficult to win because the Northern Tang Army was so brave as never before.
He was prepared for a fierce battle, but when the Northern Desert army pressed in all the way, what they encountered was not strong resistance, but more like a strategy to lure the enemy deeper, and it led him all the way to Jiangbei Mansion.
go.
General Qin had experienced hundreds of battles on the battlefield, so he naturally knew that this was the Northern Tang Army's plan. How could he be easily fooled?
A trap must have been set up in Jiangbei Mansion. Even the large troops of the Northern Tang Army were waiting in Jiangbei Mansion. Because in this battle, the opponent was defeated after a short period of fighting. The number was only 70,000 to 80,000 people.
It's not the main force.
Moreover, the coaches of this game were actually King Wei and King An, and Prince Anfeng and the Supreme Emperor were not seen at all.
The victory in the first battle gave General Qin a lot of confidence. He believed that although the Supreme Emperor and Prince Anfeng personally led the expedition, it inspired the morale of the army, but after all, they had not been on the battlefield for a long time, and the battlefield was already too far away for them.
, Moreover, they are an army dominated by the imperial power, so the generals below have different opinions and dare not raise them. This is also the drawback of the royal family's personal expedition.
Therefore, he did not take the bait, but let the army rest in place for a day and then marched to Xiuzhou Prefecture.
Xiuzhou Prefecture is mostly mountainous, also known as Tiancha Prefecture. The mountain roads are winding and winding, and are conducive to concealment and ambush. Whoever can occupy Xiuzhou Prefecture first will have the upper hand.
The most important thing is that by going around Xiuzhou Mansion, you can bypass several cities and reach the Imperial Capital of the Northern Tang Dynasty faster. In other words, this is a shortcut.
He never planned to capture the city all the way first, because he believed that as long as he captured the imperial city, killed Emperor Ming Yuan, and hanged his head, he would have captured the Northern Tang Dynasty. Naturally, this idea was correct, because the center of power was
After it was destroyed, the people were naturally hard-core people.
Naturally, he was not a reckless person. In order to confirm this, he sent several waves of spies to Jiangbei Mansion to inquire. Sure enough, he found out that there were troops stationed in Jiangbei Mansion. Camps were set up with a radius of ten miles, and yellow camp tents could be seen.
, In other words, the Supreme Emperor and the main force are waiting for them in Jiangbei Mansion.
He sneered at his general and said: "When people get old, they become confused. It can be seen that war cannot be stopped. Once it stops, no matter how powerful the God of War is, he is just a common man. Prince Anfeng is useless.
Moreover, they destroyed weapons early on. Prince Anfeng without weapons is just a toothless tiger."
The generals all agreed and shouted that the general was wise and that victory seemed to be in sight. The Northern Tang army was so vulnerable, why worry about not being able to defeat the Northern Tang Dynasty?
He immediately sent his troops to Xiuzhou Prefecture to occupy Xiuzhou Prefecture first. Seeing that this plan failed, Prince Anfeng would definitely pursue him. However, after they occupied a favorable position first, the Northern Tang Army was completely in a situation of being beaten.
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Xiuzhou Prefecture is a hundred miles away from Jiangbei Prefecture. If you capture Xiuzhou Prefecture, you will basically take over the northern part of the Northern Tang Dynasty. This position is so important that General Qin attaches great importance to it and dispatched 5,000 vanguard troops there.
The large army then followed. The Northern Tang Dynasty had almost all the troops in the country. Therefore, there would be no more garrison troops in the various state capitals. At most, the yamen led people to resist tenaciously. Five thousand people were enough to quickly capture Xiuzhou Prefecture.
Sure enough, just ten days after the advance troops were dispatched, they already reported back, saying that they had captured Xiuzhou Mansion and had led the army to investigate. There were no garrison troops in Xiuzhou Mansion, only the government and the people. On the day the army broke through, the people from the government were
All ran away.
General Qin was very excited at that moment. He ordered the whole army to march and quickly rushed to Xiuzhou Prefecture to take over Xiuzhou Prefecture first.
The general of the vanguard of the Northern Desert was also a member of the Qin family. He was the nephew of General Qin, named Qin Mofeng. He was also a veteran general who had experienced many battles. After entering the city, he took over the government office and quickly imposed a strict curfew, prohibiting people from walking around the city.
However, after the martial law order was issued, no one implemented it, and the people still came out to walk. He was furious, and immediately gathered his troops to massacre the people to establish his authority.
But when the troops gathered, they saw that the people also gathered quickly and showed their weapons.
He realized something was wrong.
The sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and the ground shook like mountains and mountains. They came from the end of Zhi Street. In the billowing smoke, they saw a veteran general sitting on a tall horse and running quickly. His heart suddenly felt cold. He was from Beitang.
Xiaoyao Gong, he is sitting on horseback, condescending, with a solemn and majestic face. All the generals are waiting for his order! They have fallen into the trap! Xiuzhou Prefecture has already moved the people to a safe place. All the people here are here.
The common people were all disguised by the Northern Tang Army. This was a bureau, and the bureau was located in Xiuzhou Prefecture, not Jiangbei Prefecture.
And the news has been sent out. The general thought that Xiuzhou Mansion was safe, so his troops rushed to Xiuzhou Mansion. As long as they entered the city, they would be quickly surrounded.