Eight hundred and thirteenth chapter battle Hedong to attack the party
Cen Shen was sitting cross-legged in the monastery, with delicacies placed on the table in front of him. He picked up his chopsticks and tasted them all, and took a sip of wine happily.
Yan Zhuang, who was sitting next to him, couldn't eat because he had worked with Shi Siming before and knew that he was a cunning and insidious person. He was afraid that if they failed to negotiate, he would find an excuse to kill him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Yan. It is precisely because Shi Siming is cunning and ambitious that he agreed to cooperate with us. This person will never be willing to be manipulated by the court."
After saying this, Cen Shen gently beat the beat and looked at the beauty singing and dancing in front of him with blurred eyes.
Shi Siming's close minister Yu Wenkuan rushed over, waved his sleeves and dismissed the dancer, crossed his hands and invited Cen Shen and Yan Zhuang: "Please follow me, my king wants to meet you."
The two looked at each other, Cen Shen nodded and said with a smile: "General Yuwen, please lead the way."
They came to Shi Siming's main hall. The King of Zhou sat on a tiger-skin chair with his legs crossed. When he saw Cen Shen, he stood up to show courtesy to the virtuous corporal, but his tone refused to relax at all: "I only have two requests. First,
, Li Siye just wanted to use the road to enter Guanzhong, so he attacked Shangdang from Wueryu, and together with me defeated the Hedong Army. After crossing the river and entering Guanzhong, he had to withdraw from Hedong. Second, not a single soldier should be left outside Tongguan, including Shaanxi County.
One pawn."
Cen Shen argued: "I'm afraid this won't work. If my lord goes to the east of the river and abandons Shangdang Puzhou and other places, won't Pujin Ferry and Longmen Ferry along the Yellow River be exposed to your troops at any time in the future?"
Shi Siming sat back on the chair, raised his nostrils and said proudly: "Don't agree? Then there is nothing we can do. To tell you the truth, Prime Minister Cui sent by the imperial court is also in my house. If we can't talk to you, then I will agree.
Prime Minister Cui surrendered to the imperial court on the condition that Li Siye would be attacked on both sides. No matter how good he was in fighting, he would still be able to drink a pot of wine."
Yan Zhuang winked at Cen Shen frequently, but Cen Shen was still very cautious: "In this case, Shangdang can give up, but Jiangzhou and Puzhou must not give up."
Shi Siming was so angry that he puffed his beard and glared: "I have helped him so much, and why are you arguing with me about one state and two states?"
"It's not that we are unwilling, but that we are unable. Our troops can all withdraw from Henan, and even Shaanxi County can be given up, but Jiangzhou and Puzhou must not be given up."
"Okay," Shi Siming sighed, waved to the servant, and ordered two full plates of gold pork loin and Sichuan brocade to be brought up.
Cen Shen didn't know what he meant and asked in surprise: "What does this mean, Your Majesty?"
Shi Siming rubbed his hands together and smiled and said: "To be honest, I admire Master Cen's talent very much and am willing to spend a lot of money to recruit high-ranking officials. As long as you stay with me, after I become emperor in the future, you will be Zhongshu Ling!"
Cen Shen bowed and crossed his hands and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. However, Cen Shen has already sworn an oath of allegiance to Li Siye. How can a man change his ways when he is born in this world? He should choose a master and end his career."
When Shi Siming heard what he said, he felt more and more admired. He just sighed, glanced at Yan Zhuang next to Cen Shen, waved his hand and said, "Come here, prepare four fast horses and dry food for Cen Shen and the others."
If he is troubled, I will personally send him out of the city."
Yan Zhuang received a critical hit invisibly, which was not very harmful but extremely humiliating. However, he also participated in An Qingxu's father-killing and persuaded An Qingxu to surrender to Li Siye. He was simply the representative of the traitors.
They were escorted by Shi Siming all the way to the outside of Youzhou City. Siming was still reluctant to leave and tried to stay, but Cen Shen was determined to leave and said euphemistically: "Cen Shen is just a civil servant. The king wants to dominate the world. He needs
Not someone like me, but a capable general who can assist you."
The two crossed their arms at Shi Siming on horseback and agreed to attack Hedong immediately in early July. After bidding farewell, they galloped toward the end of the earth.
After the two of them ran for more than thirty miles, it was getting dusk. Yan Zhuang looked back at the direction they left, and suddenly asked Cen Shen: "The terms Shi Siming offered you are not unreasonable, so stay with Li Siye."
, is only one of his two great advisers, isn’t Master Cen tempted?”
Cen Shen shook his head decisively and said, "No."
"Oh, why is that."
"Shi Siming just loves money and power, but has no ambition for the world. He just occupied Hebei, and he dared to call himself the Great Sage King of Zhou. After he captures Luoyang in the future, he will definitely proclaim himself emperor in advance. If he is full, he will overflow.
"If you don't understand the principle of failure, how can you achieve great things?"
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In July of the second year of Qianyuan, Li Siye left Yan Xiaosi and Tian Zhen to garrison in Shaanxi County, while he led his generals Duan Xiushi, Bai Xiaode, Zhao Chongxuan and his second son Li Chongbao to attack Huguan County in Shangdang County from Wueryu.
Since Deng Jingshan, the governor of Hedong Province, had received an order from the court in advance to strictly guard Shangdang, Jiangzhou, and Puzhou, Zhaoyi troops were stationed in Huguan, Xiangyuan, and Lucheng counties as early as possible.
Li Siye sent his second son Li Chongyun as the vanguard and personally led 300 swordsmen to attack the city from the southeast corner of the county. Zhaoyi's army retreated to Xiangyuan, hoping to wait for Hedong Jiedushi to send troops for reinforcements.
The city of Xiangyuan was first built by Zhao Xiangzi during the Warring States Period, and was later incorporated into Korea when the three families were divided into Jin Dynasties. The city was the strongest among the five Shangdang cities. Li Siye surrounded the city and deliberately let one side go, allowing the Tang army to send out troops inside the city.
The messenger went to Lucheng, the seat of Shangdang County, to ask for help. General Zhang Guangsheng of the Zhaoyi Army stationed in Lucheng led his troops to rush for help.
At this time, the imperial court had realized that the land of the Three Jins was of vital importance, and specially separated the south of Shangdang from the Hedong Jiedushi, designated Zelu Jiedushi to focus on guarding the northward crossing of the Yellow River, and appointed Wang Sili as the first
Zelu Jiedushi.
At this time, Wang Sili had just crossed the Yellow River from Guanzhong and entered Puzhou. He did not yet know that a battle concerning the fate of the world had begun surrounding Shangdang.
Zhang Guangsheng led his army to help Xiangyuan. When passing by the side of Laoye Mountain, he was ambushed by Han Haijun led by Duan Xiushi. The whole army returned defeated. Li Chongbao had already led the flying tiger cavalry to pursue and kill him along the way. When 8,000 people returned to Lucheng,
There are only more than 300 people left.
Li Siye took the opportunity to take the lead in attacking Lucheng. As the Tang army was outnumbered, the city was finally breached and Zhang Guangsheng committed suicide. The Zhaoyi army stationed in Xiangyuan learned that the Hexi army had captured Lucheng. Feeling that there was no hope of survival, they finally surrendered.
After the Hexi Army captured three cities, the remaining counties in Shangdang County surrendered.
Among them, the most miserable person was General Wang Sili. The imperial court appointed him as Zelu Jiedushi, but before he took office, he lost his territory. He had to shoulder the blame directly and couldn't even shake it off.
Wang Sili gathered the Zhaoyi army guarding Jiangzhou and Puzhou, waved his hand and said to his subordinates: "Li Siye has sent his army to attack Shangdang. Once Shangdang falls, we will be in danger. In order to avoid being eaten by him one after another, we should take the initiative to assemble
Rise up and attack. Defeat him and drive him out of Huguan."
The Zhaoyi Army assembled more than 20,000 troops in Jiangpu Prefecture, which looked capable of fighting. However, among the 20,000, there were no more than 5,000 who had held swords and guns for a year, and no more than 3,000 who could hold a bow and shoot.
Qian. Once he meets the elite Han Haijun, he will probably be defeated in one encounter, let alone the Flying Tiger Cavalry, which is known as the strongest cavalry in the world.
General Xin Yunjing said to him: "Doctor Wang, the Zhaoyi Army is no longer the Zhaoyi Army before. It has experienced many bloody battles with Shi Siming's rebels in Anlu Mountain. Many of the soldiers who were capable of conquering and fighting have died, and now they have all been forcibly recruited."
It was diluted by the common people. Besides, Li Siye had 100,000 people under his command, and even Yiluohe was no match for him. I suggested asking Deng Jingshan for help, hoping that he could mobilize troops from Taiyuan and go south to rescue.
Wang Sili had a very good idea. As long as he sent people to Taiyuan to contact Deng Jingshan, so that he could go south to attack Shangdang, and he would attack from the north from Jiangzhou, even if he could not eliminate Li Siye's troops, he could still drive them out of Huguan and Hedong.
.But he never expected that Deng Jingshan was too busy taking care of himself at the moment and was leading the main force of the Hedong Army to defend the city in Datong to resist the 40,000 Youyan troops under Shi Siming's command and the 30,000 mercenary Khitan soldiers.