Chapter 699 On the eve of the strategic counter-offensive, just wait for that unit
Jingnan was originally only meant to quell the rebellion, but it was not until the Ming Dynasty that Yongle Emperor Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign in the name of "Qingjun side, Jingguo is in trouble", and ousted his nephew Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen.
After coming to power, the meaning of "Jing Nan", who was loyal to the emperor and led the army as a savior, seemed to have become more profound.
Nowadays, the strongmen and thieves from all over Hedong, encouraged by Tian Hu, have gathered and wreaked havoc. They have the strength to break through the prefectures, counties and towns, causing a large number of people to suffer from military disasters and banditry. And the new army was established in Hedong when the disaster was at its peak.
It fits the name of this unit very well.
As for Xiao Tang's actual inner thoughts, he naturally hoped that when the fertile land of China faced the disaster in official history, and the people under the Song Dynasty were also in dire straits, this army could be able to calm down the national disaster and resist foreign humiliation.
Fulfill the mission of the national soldier.
When Wang Huan heard that Xiao Tang had intended to ask the imperial court to name the new army in Hedong the Jingnan Army, he nodded again and again, feeling that this title was very suitable. After they, the generals, who were practicing martial arts in the school field, had a brief reorganization, they took a rest.
, Luo Jian, Xiao Jiasui, Guan Sheng and others also rushed to the mansion. Xiao Tang then summoned the generals and close brothers gathered in Tongtian County to the hall to discuss the next step of conquering the bandits in the east of the river.
At this time, Xiao Tang was sitting on the Taishi chair at the top of the hall. He saw brothers such as Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, Hua Rong, Wang Jin, Shi Xiu, Niu Gao, Pang Wanchun and others sitting on the right side, while Wang Huan, Han Cunbao, Xu Jing and others were sitting on the right side.
, Luo Jian, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and other imperial officials who were dispatched by the imperial court to assist him in his official activities in Hedong are all sitting on the left. Now the capable generals who assist him can be said to be full of talents. And there are two more
If the officers and soldiers join forces in one place, they will no longer have to worry about being too stretched when sending out troops to attack the rebels who are making trouble everywhere, and they will not be able to break up the troops, and Tian Hu will not be able to take advantage of the situation to wreak havoc, forcing good people to fall into disgrace and expand their momentum.
Now Xiao Tang is listening to the military academy report that came back from sentry scouts everywhere. Since the rebel army suffered another big defeat in Longlu Mountain, the areas where the rebels who follow Tian Hu's orders are active have shrunk a lot, and now they are mainly concentrated in
Gaizhou, Jinzhou, Longde Prefecture, Fenzhou and the eastern region of the Weisheng Army. These areas are also similar to the five states and fifty-six counties occupied by Tianhu in the original work when he pretended to be civil and military bureaucrats, internal ministers and foreign generals, and dominated one area.
The geographical location is roughly consistent.
However, the current situation is that Tian Hu invaded the county and seized the town, but he did not dare to openly attack the capital cities of various prefectures. After all, although the thieves had always planned to cede territory and establish their own country, Xiao Tang led his army to arrive in time.
Hedong, with the support of the entire country behind him, Tian Hu is still somewhat scheming, and he should know that even if he can defeat any major state capital city, he may not be able to hold it.
But for Xiao Tang, this was both good news and bad news.
Because according to Tian Hu’s behavior in the original work and the current situation, the ambitious green forest lord does not seem to accept the imperial court’s recruitment. What’s more, even if the recruitment is feasible, like Tian Hu’s situation, he roars into the mountains and forests, gathering everywhere
The reason why the desperate bandit fought against the imperial court was not at all because he was forced into desperation by the evil officials and had no choice but to join the green forest. In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, he used the butcher knife on ordinary people and was more cruel than any bully or corrupt official. Because of this
, Xiao Tang was also determined not to allow anyone to facilitate the recruitment of Tian Hu, but instead allowed him, a violent bandit leader, to become an official of the imperial court.
Just like a proverb that was widely circulated in the Song Dynasty: If you want to be rich, stick to the business of selling wine and vinegar. If you want to be an official, kill people and set fires and be recruited. For Wang Huan, Mei Zhan, Yang Wen, Kai Kai, etc., they were forced to fall into the grass for a while, but they
I also ask myself whether an upright and upright hero, even Song Jiang, who led everyone in Liangshan to defect to the imperial court, can use the tactics of recruiting peace. If those unscrupulous bandits can be taught to wear official robes... Who in the official history does it?
Kong Yanzhou, a scoundrel and thief who killed the people when the Song army was in charge, later became the general of the Dragon and Tiger Guards of the Jin Kingdom, but was now killed by Xiao and Tang, is the best example.
So if Tian Hu does not intend to compromise and negotiate with the court, and now that the war situation has gradually become passive, what will he do? Xiao Tang considered Tian Hu's character, for a person who is cruel in means, and dares to go to extremes for huge profits
For a high-risk desperado, I am afraid that in this situation, his typical psychological thought is: Even if I die, I will be buried with a few more people. If I am not happy, then no one will be able to feel better.
Presumably, Tian Hu would be forced into a fight between trapped beasts, instigating the strongmen and bandits from all over the east of the river to become more cruel and crazy to plunder the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of the prefectures. A few days ago, the troops under Xiao Tang's command were limited.
We can only proceed step by step and fight steadily, but now that reinforcements have arrived and supplies are sufficient, the strategy of conquering Tian Hu no longer needs to be as conservative as before. It should be done quickly rather than later, and those evil forces that aggravate the internal strife of the Song Dynasty must be eradicated as soon as possible.
Thieves and villains.
Everything is ready, now all that is left is the six battalions of soldiers and horses transferred from the Western Army.
"Brother, Tian Shi, the son of Tian Biao, the leader of the bandit, who was captured alive in Longlu Mountain, turned out to be a tough guy, but I only used a little skill. The guy answered every question, so it was easy to recruit him."
In the hall, Shi Xiu reported to Xiao Tang again: "Na Tian actually said that Tian Hu seems to have been frightened when he saw our troops and horses rendezvous, and has led an army of five to seven thousand thieves to the Taigu area of Taiyuan Prefecture.
There were still a few thieves looting in Jinzhou, Weishengjun and other places. Tian Hu sent his confidants to Gaizhou, which is adjacent to Beijing North Road and Hebei West Road. It seemed that he wanted to instigate local strongmen to join the gang.
Contain our troops and horses on the south side. Tian Shi really doesn't seem to know the movements of the other thieves."
Xiao Tang nodded and said: "Originally, the thieves in Hedong relied on the favorable geographical location to move around and cause evil in more than one place. If they were easily suppressed, they would inevitably miss one and miss the other. But now with the strength of our army, not only can they cooperate with each other like horns to attack the enemy
We can also seize the key points of Wei Sheng's army while dividing our troops to defeat the bandits in the east of Hedong. If Tian Hu really leads his people to flee north, our army will be able to dispatch troops and horses to defeat the bandits in Hedong first.
The bandits who caused trouble in the south of the road immediately sent their troops north to clear out the fierce bandits and capture the leader of the thieves, Tian Hu, in order to bring peace to the people..."
Having said this, Xiao Tang paused for a moment. He was thinking that the officers and soldiers sent by the Western Army to support them also headed north via the south of Hedong Road. By then, they could join forces to clear out the thieves in the south of Hedong Road.
One more line of reinforcements. Since the Western Army of the Song Dynasty was said to be the cradle of generals and strong armies in the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, Xiao Tang had already seen Zhong Shizhong, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Qu Duan, Zhe Yanye, and Zhe Yan before.
Yanzhi and many other figures came from the Western Army and were named in history books. So, was the general who led this group of Western troops to come to the aid, also a famous general whose name and deeds have been passed down?
Xiao Tang had also thought that Wu Song was now serving in the Western Army, so this time the Western Army sent troops to help, would he have a chance to meet Wu Erlang again?
However, Xiao Tang then thought about it, Wu Song was just an infantry commander now, and the military and defensive area he belonged to was just captured by the Song Dynasty from Xixia for more than ten years, and it was located at a strategic border point between Song and Xia.
Pingxia City, the military fortress in Hedong Road is also far away from the Hedong Road. It is now a critical time for the Western Army to use troops against Xixia, and the banditry in Hedong is not like the case in the official history of Jiangnan La, which caused the separatist party, forcing the court to have no choice but to
The strong military force in the northwest of the army was mobilized to go to other state capitals, so the possibility that Wu Song would follow the army to Hedong was very small.
After thinking about it in his mind, Xiao Tang said again: "Now that the reinforcements of the Western Army have arrived at the border of Jiangzhou, and there are still a large number of bandit troops running around in Jinzhou and Gaizhou nearby, I am afraid that the bandits will see that there are few officers and soldiers, and they will have their own plans. We will also
We must go as soon as possible to pick up the troops of the Western Army...I just don’t know the details of the generals who are leading the reinforcements and whether they can be of great use."
Originally, the soldiers and horses dispatched by the Western Army this time were partial divisions, with only six battalions of troops. The generals who were ordered to lead the troops to assist were not of high rank, so the military officials did not report the names of the generals to Xiao Tang. However,
In the hall, Han Cunbao also accumulated military exploits in the northwest side court and reached many high official positions. Therefore, he knew the factions and generals in the Western Army very well. When Xiao Tang asked, he replied:
"The generals who were ordered to command the Sixth Battalion of the Western Army to come to the rescue were the grandsons of Yao Wuzhi (Yao Si, also known as Wu Zhi), the commander of the Second Yao School in Guanzhong, Yao Xiong who stayed in the Ande Army Jiedu Observation Base, and Yao Guzhi, the military envoy of Xihe.
My nephew has been a general in the Western Frontier for generations, and I respect him very much.
Although I don’t know much about the descendants of the Yao family, an old friend of the Xijun Paoze told me when he came to the capital to reminisce about old times with me that not only the Yunzhong Zhe family, but also the Mihara Yao family, the general of the Western Army, also had a successor. Although he was not very old, he mentioned
, but he has been highly praised by the heroes in Guanzhong. I heard that he seems to be called... Yao Pingzhong."
