On the third day after the Taiyuan murderous night, Liu Ling asked Emperor Xiao for instructions and reorganized the troops and horses in Taiyuan. There were still 22,000 troops in the Gyeonggi camp, 6,000 in the forbidden army, and 7,000 in the garrison. The troops from the three parties combined to fight.
After the chaos, three and a half battalions were formed. Each battalion had 10,000 men, 1,000 cavalry and 9,000 infantry. The 5,000 men and horses picked out formed the supply battalion, and they were all weaker soldiers.
The names of each battalion refer to the method used during the Battle of Yuzhou. The first battalion is the Shenfeng Battalion, with 10,000 troops and horses, and Chen Yuanshan is the commander. The second battalion is the Shenji Battalion, with 10,000 troops and horses, and Zhao Xian is the commander.
The third battalion is the Shen Zhan Battalion, with 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the commander is Wang Banjin. The baggage battalion is led by Cheng Yihou, who recruits tens of thousands of civilians to be responsible for the food, grass and baggage of the three battalions of soldiers and horses.
After the arrangements were made, Liu Ling left the Shenji Battalion and the Shenfeng Battalion to guard Taiyuan. He took the Shenzhan Battalion with 10,000 troops and led generals Wang Banjin, Hua Sanlang, Zhao Er, Zhao Ba and others out of the west gate of Taiyuan in a mighty manner.
Dang headed to Gyeongju Prefecture to put down the rebellion.
At the same time, Emperor Xiao's order also arrived in Datong, ordering the troops and horses of the first battalion of the Jianxiong Army to be temporarily handed over to the command of Shi Luofu, the commander of the Jianxiong Army. The commander of the Jianxiong Army, He Kun, went to Beijing to report on his duties. After the order arrived in Datong, it caused an uproar, and He Kun
His cronies insisted on preventing He Kun from returning to Beijing, but He Kun ignored the dissuasion of his subordinates and took 20 soldiers from Datong to Taiyuan Prefecture for more than ten days.
In fact, He Kun knew in his heart that His Majesty's intention of sending him to Beijing was definitely not to harm him, and he might even arrange for him to be sacrificed in a high position. However, he would never touch the military power again. If His Majesty really wanted to kill him, he would not
He gave the position of commander of the Jianxiong Army to Luo Fu, a long-time commander who had been with him for more than ten years. Luo Fu had too many of his own imprints on him. The emperor handed over the Jianxiong Army to him. If he really wanted to kill him, he would
Doesn’t it mean forcing Luo Fu to rebel?
Before going out, Luo Fu and He Kun discussed it all night. Both of them thought that His Majesty was just expressing an attitude by doing this. As long as the Jianxiong Army is still in the hands of He Kun's family, it means that Your Majesty does not doubt He Kun.
Kun's loyalty is just that there are many things that His Majesty must do. As for He Yuan's death, He Kun knows it very well, but what can he do? When His Majesty's decree came to Huaizhou, many of his subordinates persuaded him
But He Kun knew what he could do even if he overthrew the Han Dynasty?
If the Liu family were to be overthrown and replaced, the cavalry of Xixia, Liao and Zhou would come to kill them in less than two months. Can't they be the emperor and become a sinner? He Kun didn't think he could resist the hunting of the three big powers.
As expected, He Kun was put into great use immediately after arriving in Taiyuan. The Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Luo Chenglin, was killed by the rebels on the night when the Bailian sect was in rebellion, which just opened up a position where He Kun could flex his muscles. Of course, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War did not exist in the Han Dynasty.
Everyone is well aware of the matter of real power. The two local heroes, the Fuyuan Army and the Jianxiong Army, have never been dispatched by the Ministry of War. Not to mention the army of Taiyuan Prefecture, the Minister of the Ministry of War is just a high-ranking official.
Just idle people.
But what He Kun didn't understand was that Emperor Xiao was doing this not so much to guard against him, but to protect him. The commander of the Jianxiong Army held a high position and had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, making others jealous.
Stare out. Historically, no matter whether local military attachés hold great power, no matter whether they rebel or not, no one ends up well in the end.
Not mentioned before the Qin Dynasty, after the founding of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, did any of the local generals with heavy military power die? Han Xin, Ying Bu, and Peng Yue were killed one after another. If the Han Dynasty is too far away, then the founding of the Sui Dynasty
What about the famous generals? Which one of He Ruobi, Han Qinhu, Zhang Xutuo, and Yang Yichen will die? Besides, in the Tang Dynasty, Changsun Wuji, Zhang Liang, and Hou Junji all had great military exploits and held military power. In the end, they turned against each other.
Not all corpses were left.
The Northern Han Dynasty was a small country, and those who held military power directly threatened the safety of the royal family. Besides trusting the loyal king Liu Ling, which general was trusted by His Majesty Emperor Xiao?
He Kun was contented, he could live a long life, at least he could be buried well after his death.
Liu Ling was not in a hurry after leading his troops out of Taiyuan Mansion. The army lined up and slowly headed south. At this time, Emperor Ouyang Zhuan of Yan Dynasty had already led his troops to capture Zhenhai County, Song County, and Dong County.
, Fengning County, soldiers besieged Quzhou. Zhenhai County, Song County, and the eastern counties all surrendered without a fight. Only Du Fuwei, the magistrate of Fengning County, recruited thousands of village warriors to resist the Yan army. Cao Dan, the vanguard of the Yan army, led the army.
It took 20,000 men to attack Fengning County for three days. After the city was broken, the people were massacred, leaving no one alive in Fengning County. The county magistrate, Du Fuwei, because he led his army to resist the Yan army and killed more than 4,000 enemies, committed suicide after the city was broken.
He was torn apart by Cao Dan's car.
Ouyang Zhuan arrested people on a large scale from the counties where he surrendered. All men over the age of fifteen and under fifty were bundled into the army. After occupying four counties, Ouyang Zhuan's army had expanded to 110,000 people. With the army
Soldiers besieged Quzhou. The governor of Quzhou, Fang Badao, recruited volunteers, sealed the four gates, and fought to the death without surrender.
More than 100,000 troops surrounded Quzhou City. They attacked for four consecutive days but still failed to break the city. This made Emperor Ouyang Zhuan of Dayan furious.
"Trash! A bunch of trash! If you can't even defeat a small Quzhou, what's the use of me raising you!"
Ouyang walked back and forth in the big tent angrily and overturned the table in anger.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
The generals and staff in the big tent knelt on the ground and kowtowed one after another to apologize. Marching Commander Shi Sun Shubao was usually very favored, and Ouyang Zhuan usually obeyed him. Seeing that even Ouyang Zhuan's younger brother, General Ouyang Shen, knelt down in the big tent.
, but he was still standing there looking at Ouyang Zhuan with a half-smile.
"Sun Shubao, you are still smiling!"
Ouyang pointed at him and shouted angrily.
Sun Shubao bowed his head to the ground and said: "Your Majesty makes atonement for your sins, I cannot help but laugh."
Ouyang Zhuan pointed at Sun Shubao's forehead and shouted: "I asked you to laugh! But you give me an explanation. If the explanation is good, I will not hold you accountable. If the explanation is not good, I will have you pulled out and chopped."
Sacrifice the flag!”
Everyone knows that Ouyang Zhuan is moody. If he wants to kill people, even if the Tathagata Buddha comes, he may not be able to stop him. Seeing that Sun Shubao can still laugh, everyone secretly sighs in their hearts, this Sun Shubao, when he is about to die, he is not able to stop him.
Know yourself!
Sun Shubao straightened up and said: "The reason why your Majesty is troubled is simply because Quzhou cannot be conquered for a long time. But your Majesty only sees the bad side, but not the good side."
Ouyang Zhuan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Why can't I see the good place?"
Sun Shubao walked to the map and pointed at Quzhou and said: "The walls of Quzhou are tall, and there are tens of thousands of people in the city to help defend the city. It is acceptable that it is difficult to break through for a while. Mr. Fang Huai has been preaching to the people that it will be inevitable after your majesty's city is broken.
The chickens and dogs that were killed were not left alive, so the people took the risk to resist His Majesty's power. In addition, General Cao massacred Fengning County a while ago, so it was inevitable that the people were afraid. In addition, the food and grass in the city was quite abundant, and it was difficult to hold on for a long time.
Two months is not a big problem.”
"But our army has come all the way to attack for several days, and is already exhausted. More than 100,000 troops are surrounded in Quzhou, and their daily consumption of food and grass is huge. Although there is a warehouse in Qingzhou, it is expected that it will not last for less than two months.
The Japanese attacked with force and lost more than 6,000 people. The soldiers have become timid. They can't think of a way for the general and have lost their sense of proportion."
Ouyang Zhuan stared at him and said, "Is this the good side you said?"
Sun Shubao chuckled and said: "No, this is a bad side, that's why Your Majesty is troubled."
"nonsense!"
Ouyang Zhuan pointed at the tip of Sun Shubao's nose and cursed. Not only him, but also the generals who thought Sun Shubao was going to say something lofty also cursed fiercely in their hearts. These are all things that everyone knows well, and they are still useful.
Do you want to say it again to make people annoying?
Sun Shubao smiled carefully and said: "Actually, there are two things that are more disturbing than what Sun just said. These two things are far more disturbing than Quzhou. First, according to the reports from the scouts, the commander of the Fuyuan Army envoy
Du Yi personally led 20,000 elite troops to Ping'an County and joined Zhou Yangong. Now the troops are only 150 miles away from the base camp of Qingzhou. Although Prime Minister Ouyang Ke is personally in charge of Qingzhou, if the Fuyuan army attacks
If we attack with all our strength, there is still a question of whether Qingzhou can be contained. Once the Qingzhou warehouse is captured by the Fuyuan army, our army will inevitably collapse without the Han army to attack."
"The second thing is that according to the news reported by the scouts, Liu Ling, the loyal king of the Han Dynasty, has personally led 10,000 troops, leaving Taiyuan Mansion and heading southwest. Now it is less than 300 miles away from Quzhou. If they keep on traveling without sleep, the cavalry will only
He was afraid that he would be able to reach the north of Quzhou within three days and three nights. Liu Ling's reputation for being victorious in every battle was not just for boasting. As soon as he arrived, the morale of the defenders in Quzhou City would be even higher. Liu Ling only had to wait for Du
If the rebel army comes and attacks from both front and rear, our army will definitely be defeated."
Everyone stared at Sun Shubao, thinking that the scouts didn't just tell you these things. What do you mean by telling them? Just to disgust everyone? But some people were calm, knowing that Sun Shubao was not an idiot, and he didn't want to die.
He must have some agenda when he said this. So everyone in the big tent had different expressions, and they all watched Sun Shubao waiting for his next words.
Ouyang Zhan was so angry that his whole body trembled: "Okay! Okay! Okay! Good on you, Sun Shubao! If you can only talk these nonsense today, then I don't care if I pull you out and break the car!"
Sun Shubao saluted again and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I haven't finished speaking yet."
He stretched out his hand and pointed on the map and said: "Your Majesty is only worried because he cannot see the bright future. I have a plan to ensure that your Majesty will be successful in the next battle!"
Ouyang Zhuan was shocked. He took a few steps forward and grabbed Sun Shubao's shoulders and asked, "Shubao, what's his clever plan? Teach me quickly!"
Ouyang Zhuan said without daring: "Qingzhou Prefecture is the foundation of the Yan Dynasty and must not be lost. Your Majesty can immediately divide 20,000 troops and send a good general back to station outside Qingzhou City to echo the Prime Minister from afar and contain Du Yi's governor.
Du Yi, the distant army, is short of food and can only rush to a decisive battle. As long as our army cannot hold on, he will not be able to get any benefits."
"Although Liu Ling is a famous general who has won every battle, he only brought more than 10,000 troops. The soldiers who came from afar were exhausted and their morale was low. Your Majesty only needs to send a general with 10,000 troops to deny Liu Ling to the north bank of the Buffalo River, and then send out an army
A surprise force quietly crossed the river and cut off Liu Ling's food route. Even if Liu Ling had great abilities, he would not be able to use them."
"Furthermore, Taiyuan Prefecture has just experienced a war and has not yet recovered its strength. Liu Ling has raised troops to invade again, so Taiyuan Prefecture will definitely be empty. If Your Majesty leaves 20,000 people to continue besieging Quzhou in a bluff, he will lead his army to bypass Quzhou and go straight to Taiyuan.
The current strength of the Taiyuan Mansion will definitely not be able to withstand His Majesty's thunderous strike. Even if Taiyuan cannot be captured temporarily, Liu Ling will definitely return to save Taiyuan. When the time comes, Your Majesty will lead his troops to attack from both front and back, Liu Ling will undoubtedly die! Even if Taiyuan cannot be captured, he will be killed.
Without Liu Ling, will the Han Dynasty still be in power for a long time?"
Ouyang Zhuan said excitedly: "God has given me my uncle's treasure, so why should I worry about failing to accomplish great things!"
He took Sun Shubao's hand and asked: "Who can lead the troops to rescue Qingzhou?"
Sun Shubao said: "Cao Dan is the pioneer."
"Who can lead ten thousand troops to resist Liu Ling on the north bank of the Buffalo River?"
"General Fan Wuqi is enough!"
"Who can lead the troops to besiege Quzhou?"
"His Royal Highness, King Qi, has a good military strategy and can handle this great task!"
Ouyang Zhuan was stunned for a moment and rubbed his hands, hesitating and said: "Cao Dan and Fan Wuqi are both generals, so there is no harm in entrusting them with important responsibilities. My son Ouyang Ziluan is only seventeen years old and has never led an army in battle, so I entrust him with the important task of besieging Quzhou."
My son, there is still something wrong."
Sun Shubao smiled and said: "Tiger's father has no dogs. His Royal Highness the King of Qi has read many military books and practiced martial arts well. He has always had prestige in the army. His plan for Quzhou is to surround but not attack. Quzhou is blocked."
We can't get in through the fourth gate, and they can't get out, so there's no need to worry about the Quzhou defenders counterattacking. It's just right for King Qi to lead the troops!
What Sun Shubao said made sense. Anyway, there was no battle to fight here in Quzhou and it was much safer than following him all the way to Taiyuan. It was a good idea to keep his son here.
So Ouyang Zhuan nodded and said: "It's all up to you. Let's divide our troops now. I will personally lead the troops to attack Taiyuan!" (To be continued)
