Chapter 833 Shuo Fang's army wants to withdraw from Hanzhong
The veteran Guo Linggong didn't sleep a wink for several days and nights. He came to the outer hall with a tired face, knelt down and saw only two blurry figures in the gauze tent.
"Your Majesty, Guo Ziyi, has an audience with you."
Li Heng's hoarse voice came from the hall: "Sikong is tired from the journey, please give me a seat quickly."
The palace servants brought up the bed, and Guo Ziyi thanked him and sat on the bed. Li Heng asked again: "Sikong led troops to garrison in Sanyuan County, why did he come to Shangluo to see me?"
“I am inspired by His Majesty’s imperial edict, but I don’t understand some aspects of it, so I came here specifically to listen to His Majesty’s imperial decree.”
"Why don't you understand?"
"Your Majesty, although Li Siye has crossed the Yellow River, the veterans of the Hexi military division are tired and have lost their vigor. If your Majesty can take charge of the expedition personally, I can guarantee that I will defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and Chang'an will be safe from worries."
Li Heng didn't say anything, but Li Fuguo stood on one side and shouted loudly: "Guo Ziyi, you intercepted Li Siye at the Yellow River ferry earlier and promised your majesty that you could stop the Hexi Army. What was the result? If it weren't for your misjudgment, which caused Li Siye to cross
When Longmen Ferry enters Guanzhong, does Your Majesty still need to go on a tiring southern tour? Now that you are urging Your Majesty to lead the expedition in person and leave the imperial court to stay in Chang'an, can you still ensure that nothing goes wrong? As the art of war goes, don't worry about victory, but worry about defeat first. You
Have you not considered the consequences of a great defeat? Can you afford this consequence? Can Datang afford it?"
After Li Fuguo came to power, he honed his rhetoric skills better and better, and he could always make accusations from the standpoint of imperial power, leaving his opponents speechless.
Guo Ziyi asked again: "Since Your Majesty wants to withdraw to the south, why do you need to transfer the Longxiang army led by Yu Chaoen? Although I cannot defeat Li Siye quickly, but instead of harassing him in the Guanzhong week and exhausting him, I will be able to drive him out of the pass sooner or later."
中. Once Long Xiang's army is withdrawn, all the good situation will be in vain. If Li Siye is allowed to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, it will be extremely difficult for His Majesty to return to Guanzhong in the future."
Unexpectedly, Li Fuguo snorted and said: "Guo Linggong, you are still saying that you can defeat Li Siye. From our perspective, you are no match for Li Siye. Rather than handing over His Majesty's Long Xiang army to be consumed in your hands, it would be better for His Majesty to
Bring it to Jiangdong as a foundation."
Guo Ziyi crossed his hands again and said: "Your Majesty led Longxiang's army to Nanyang. The 20,000 Shuofang army led by me cannot last long in Guanzhong. Your Majesty ordered me to return to Lingwu, but the west of Guanzhong has been blocked by Li Siye's army. If I go there by force, I'm afraid
It will be difficult to reach even if we lose our troops and generals."
This time Li Heng finally spoke in person: "I made such a decision because I didn't think carefully. Since Shuofang can no longer go, I appoint you as the governor of Xiangyang and Huaixi, replacing Lu Jiong in Xiangyang. Xiangyang is Jingxiang.
The gate of Xiangyang is also the throat of the entire Yangtze River. Only by handing Xiangyang to you can I feel at ease."
The ambitions of the emperor and his ministers were completely different, so there were errors in communication. Guo Ziyi always believed that he could protect Guanzhong, and letting him lead his troops to flee to Xiangyang was equivalent to handing over the entire north to Li Siye and Shi Siming to fight for it. And Li Heng's intentions
It means giving up the entire north and monopolizing half of the country south of the Yangtze River. Turning the north into a gu-raising arena for Li Siye and Shi Siming.
In his mind, he persistently believed that both sides would suffer if the two tigers fought, but he did not consider for a long time that as long as one of them eliminated the other and unified the north, the winner would then have the qualifications to go south and unify the world. The Tang Dynasty
But it is really considered to be completely exhausted and lifeless.
Guo Ziyi judged with his keen strategic vision that since the emperor was about to flee south, it was certain that Guanzhong would fall into the hands of thieves. He could not hold Guanzhong for the emperor, but it did not mean giving up the entire north. So instead of retreating to Xiangyang
, it is better to retreat to Hanzhong. Hanzhong is not only the gateway to Shuzhong, but also a battleground for military strategists. If you occupy the north of Hanzhong, you can threaten Guanzhong, you can reach Longyou in the west, and you can reach Jingxiang in the east.
Once Li Siye occupied Guanzhong and controlled Longyou and Hexi Shuofang, the next place to attack would be Hanzhong. If he was allowed to occupy Hanzhong and then attack Shuzhong, then the change of dynasties in the world would be inevitable.
"Your Majesty, Xiangyang is too far away from Guanzhong and will not be greatly threatened. I want to lead Shuofang's army into Hanzhong to resist Li Siye and stop his attempt to attack Shu from Hanzhong."
"Okay," Li Heng coughed in the gauze tent and said, "Guo Linggong is worthy of my humerus. In that case, I will make you Jiannan, the Jiedushi of the Second Town of Hanzhong, and command Jiannan's 50,000 soldiers and horses. As a general
We are always ready to recapture the partial divisions in Guanzhong."
"I thank your Majesty."
Li Fuguo's low-pitched voice came from the gauze tent. Although it was weak, his tone sounded very dissatisfied. It must be that Emperor Gaidi had handed Shuzhong and Hanzhong into the hands of Guo Ziyi.
It is no wonder that Li Fuguo is dissatisfied. Shuzhong is known as the land of abundance. Coupled with the outer barrier of Hanzhong, it is easy to form a separatist regime. If Guo Ziyi is an ambitious and unwilling person, he will be emperor in Shuzhong in the future. Li Heng
There's nothing you can do against him.
"Since An Lushan raised his army, then Shi Siming rebelled again, and Li Siye raised his army in Yecheng, Guo Sikong has always been loyal to the court. I believe in him. Come! Issue a book and give the banner!"
Guo Ziyi was still tired and frustrated when he left. Although the emperor gave him jurisdiction over Shuzhong and Hanzhong, as a loyal veteran, this was never what he cared about.
What made him most dissatisfied was that the emperor gave up the last chance to save Guanzhong. The losses caused by this abandonment are immeasurable. It is unknown how many lives will be sacrificed in the future to regain Guanzhong. It is also possible that Guanzhong will never be recaptured in the future. Datang
The dynasty became the original Southern Dynasty.
It took him another two hours to return to Sanyuan County. By this time, Yu Chaoen's Long Xiang army had left the camp and retreated to Shangluo, leaving 20,000 Shuofang troops alone in Sanyuan County.
This behavior completely disregarded the safety of friendly troops. Li Siye's Hexi Army Flying Tiger Cavalry was entrenched in Liquan County dozens of miles away. If they learned that more than half of the Tang Army had temporarily withdrawn and took the opportunity to attack, Shuofang's army would be leaderless. Wouldn't they be attacked by others?
One pot?
When Guo Ziyi passed by the Longxiang Army led by Yu Chaoen, he was actually filled with anger. However, he had experienced too much tolerance in his life, so he could continue to endure it.
Now it was hard to stay in place and wait for Pugu Huai'en and the generals of Shuofang Army. They were stationed in the military camps where Longxiang Army had withdrawn, creating illusions to prevent the enemy from seeing through. Every peripheral patrol post and warning point was highly guarded.
He was nervous and always on guard against the attack led by Li Siye.
Fortunately, Guo Ziyi finally arrived. He secretly summoned all the battalion generals into the army tent and announced that he would lead everyone to evacuate to Hanzhong.
After hearing the news, the generals were not very happy. Most of Shuofang's army came from the Hetao and Lingwu areas. They followed the emperor's order and left their hometown to fight against the rebellion in the Central Plains. However, they did not expect that when they failed to retreat in the end, they even returned to their hometown.
Not going.
Guo Ziyi said sadly and sincerely: "It's not that I don't want to take you back to Shuofang. It is not only your home, but also the place where I, Guo Ziyi, made his fortune. It's just that now Li Siye led the Hexi Army to block our way back to the west, and His Majesty has sent him away again
The Longxiang Army now only has more than 20,000 people. How can we break through the 70,000-strong Hexi Army? For now, we can only go to Hanzhong to develop and grow, and only after looking for opportunities to regain Guanzhong can we return to Shuofang."
"The land in Hanzhong is fertile and the mountains are solid. Brothers, we have a place to stay. The traitor Li Siye's plan to seize Guanzhong will not last long. I, Guo Ziyi, dare to swear here and make a curse, and one day I will be able to bring you back to your homeland."
His touching words from the bottom of his heart made the soldiers no longer complain. They also knew very well that Guo Linggong was currently unsatisfied in the court. Even when Shuofang's army was defeated one after another, they could still unite these 20,000 people together.
It is already very difficult to stabilize the morale of the military.