Chapter 222: Soldiers Siege of Jianzhou (Three Watches)
"But at present, only by bringing Li Keyong over can we get out of this crisis. The Shatuo people are strong in battle, and if we can unite with the Shatuo army, it is not that we cannot defeat the imperial army. Wang Chongying said seriously.
For Li Keyong, Wang Chongrong was very worried.
Li Keyong rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in his early years, but was defeated and fled to the grassland, only to make a comeback because of the Huangchao Rebellion. This man is brave and good at fighting, and he has many good generals, but he is unruly and arrogant.
is also a festival envoy, Li Keyong didn't take him seriously, which made Wang Chongrong feel comfortable? It's all moderation, and you don't give any face, which is too much.
At this time, Li Keyong had already led the Hedong army to the south, and was stationed at the junction of Hezhong and Hedong. If it were someone else, Wang Chongrong would have been fighting against each other a long time ago, but in the face of Li Keyong, he was a little weak-hearted.
The combat effectiveness of the Shatuo army, he has seen it with his own eyes, and the army in the river is probably not the opponent of the Shatuo army.
"That's what I said, but how could Li Ke be co-opted by us with this person? What leverage can we use in exchange for his support? It's impossible to give up the salt pond or bow down to Li Keyong, right? β
This is what Wang Chongrong can think of at the moment that can impress Li Ke, but he can't agree to either of them.
"Jieshuai, his subordinates have an idea that can make Jieshuai win over Li Ke without paying any price, and also let Li Ke cooperate with Jieshuai willingly." A scribe next to him said.
"Oh?" Wang Chongrong was a little curious, so he said loudly in a hurry, "If you have a way, you can say it, what are you hiding?" Won't you be able to keep it for next year? β
Wang Chongrong's temper is very bad, he is cruel, and he constantly swears on his lips. Wang Chongrong's family background is not bad, but he doesn't read much, but he likes to dance with knives and guns, and his temper is naturally not much better.
Fortunately, it treats his cronies well, at least part of the profits of Yanchi are also rewarded to the generals below, otherwise it would be impossible to sit firmly on this festival envoy, and he would have been overthrown by the people below.
However, Wang Chongrong and Wang Chongying's brothers have a lot of troops in their hands, and with Wang Chongying's support, Wang Chongrong is naturally no problem when he sits firmly. In addition, Wang Chongrong is in control of Yanchi, and the other generals also have to obey.
"Yes, Jie Shuai, the way of his subordinates is very simple, to drive a wedge between Li Keyong and the imperial court."
The scribe quickly said his own method, and the general meaning was very simple, in fact, it was a counter-plot.
Li Keyong was still obedient to the imperial court at this time, and his suggestion was to forge an edict from the imperial court. As for the content, it is roughly according to the will of the imperial court, and after Li Keyong is in the river, let Wang Chongrong unite Wang Chucun and Zhu Wen to deal with Li Keyong, and then say that this is Tian Lingzi, Zhu Wen and Zhu Mei's tricks.
The reason why Zhu Wen was added was because of the Shangyuanyi incident, and Li Keyong almost died in the hands of Zhu Wen. The general reason is that Zhu Wen invited Li Keyong to a banquet at that time, and Li Keyong drank too much wine and was a little unscrupulous, after all, Li Keyong was not a good temper, of course, Zhu Wen was the same.
Zhu Wen, who had a grudge, asked Li Keyong to set fire to the place where Li Keyong was staying, but luckily, Li Keyong escaped and was saved from death.
But because of this incident, Li Keyong and Zhu Wen became mortal enemies. Li Keyong, who fled back, was ready to send troops to attack Bianzhou, and in the end, it was the imperial court that used the title of the king of Longxi County to make Li Keyong temporarily give up the attack, but he and Zhu Wen's Liangzi were still there.
If Zhu Wen is not included in this anti-plot scheme, it will definitely be greatly discounted, and Li Keyong may not believe it. But after adding Zhu Wen, Li Keyong will definitely fall for the scheme, as long as Wang Chongrong fanned the flames again, Li Keyong would definitely take the initiative to join forces with him to attack the Zhuzhen coalition army.
So as soon as he heard this method, Wang Chongrong decided to adopt it, in his opinion, with Li Keyong's hatred for Zhu Wen, the other party would definitely be blinded by hatred.
As for forging edicts, this is all trivial.
So when Wang Chongrong personally went to the Shatuo army with the forged edict, Li Keyong was immediately angry. Regardless of the persuasion of the people below, he directly sent someone to Chang'an to ask for a crusade against Zhu Wen and Zhu Mei.
At this time, it was naturally impossible for Tian Lingzi to fight Zhu Wen, at this time Zhu Wen was fighting against Qin Zongquan, and the imperial court needed Zhu Wen to pacify Qin Zongquan, how could he attack the other party.
Therefore, Tian Lingzi, in the name of Li Yi, rejected Li Keyong's Shangshu, and instead asked him to rush to the river as soon as possible.
Tian Lingzi didn't know about Wang Chongrong's counter-plan, at this time, the imperial court was revising the era name, changing 'Zhongyuan' to 'Guangqi', and he didn't pay attention to Li Ke's slightness.
So his response made Li Keyong even more convinced that what Wang Chongrong said was true, so he went to the post eight times in a row, but they were all rejected. In this way, Li Keyong was immediately annoyed and angry, so he decided to accept Wang Chongrong's suggestion to fight the combined forces of Zhu Mei and Li Changfu first, and then attack Zhu Wen.
Taking advantage of this time, Wang Chongrong also took the opportunity to reach an alliance with Li Keyong, expressing his willingness to attack and defend and help each other.
After wooing Li Keyong, Wang Chongrong couldn't wait to send troops and forced Li Keyong to act with him, so as not to regret Li Keyong.
At this time, a total of 70,000 troops from the six towns of Suining, Fengxiang, Yanyan, Lingwu, Jingyuan, and Xiazhou gathered in Shayuan, and at the same time, about 40,000 people of the Shence army went to Shayuan, known as 200,000 troops.
The soldiers and horses of the six towns, with Suining and Fengxiang sending the most troops, the two towns have 40,000, and the Yanyan has more than 10,000 troops, and the remaining three towns just mean that each sent thousands of troops to deal with Tian Lingzi.
For a time, the army of Shayuan gathered.
And Wang Chongrong was not to be outdone, and personally led the 30,000 troops in the river to cross the Yellow River and attack Tongzhou.
For a while, the battle clouds in Guanzhong were thick, and in Chang'an City, many people among the princes of the clan were also prepared. If the court wins, it is best; If the court loses, they will run.
With the lesson of Huang Chao, the clans have learned wisely, otherwise they won't know how to die later.
Of course, they hope that the imperial army will win, so that they don't have to run, run around, not to mention shame, but also trouble.
When the news of Chang'an came, Li Ye also started to do it, and after enduring it for so many months, he couldn't stand it for a long time, so he just took advantage of this kung fu to teach Gao Renhou how to behave.
Just a few days after the news of Chang'an came, the Tiance army on the Lizhou side moved.
Liu Qi personally led the front and rear compartments of the Right Tiance Army, as well as a total of 25,000 people from the Shenji Battalion, Longzhou, Lizhou, and Jizhou to reinforce Zhang Shi'an.
At the same time, Li Hong led the front and left compartments of the Left Tiance Army, and the troops of Wang Jianbu and Quzhou of the Right Tiance Army, and about 20,000 people gathered in Langzhou and Guozhou.
Liu Qi led the army to cross the Jianmen Pass, and with the cooperation of Zhang Shi'an, he defeated the Dongchuan army besieging the Jianmen Pass in just one face, and then pushed it up directly to the city of Jianzhou.
When this news reached Gao Renhou's ears, it obviously surprised him. Before, Li Ye just let his troops pretend to be Zhang Shi'an's subordinates, and did not play the banner of the Tiance Army, but now he directly asked Liu Qi to personally lead the Tiance Army to attack his troops in a big way, what is this trying to do?
"What does King Shou want to do? Is there really a rebellion? β
No one can give Gao Renhou an accurate answer to this question. However, there is one thing, if you don't come up with the thousands of soldiers and horses that decide Jianzhou as soon as possible, it is very likely that they will not be the opponents of the Tiance Army.
Thinking of this, Gao Renhou ordered Zheng Junxiong to send troops, and then gathered 13,000 people to reinforce Jianzhou.
At the same time, Gao Renhou sent people to Chang'an to report the matter to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would order King Shou to withdraw from Dongchuan.
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"General Liu, give your subordinates 5,000 soldiers and horses, and your subordinates will guarantee to take Jianzhou within three days. If you can't take Jianzhou, you are willing to apologize for your sins with death. β
Looking at the place of shame not far away, Zhang Shi'an saluted Liu Qi, who was sitting at the head of the big tent, and said righteous words, which was quite infectious.
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However, Liu Qi shook his head, "Liu can't wait for three days." In three days, it is possible that Gao Renhou's reinforcements have arrived.
Liu didn't want to stay too much in Jianzhou, so he had to lead the army to Mianzhou as soon as possible. β
"Mianzhou?"
Hearing this word, Zhang Shi'an was a little surprised, didn't he help him recapture Jianzhou? What's going on in Mianzhou?
Li Zhen, who was next to Liu Qi, smiled slightly, "Zhang Tingshi, do you think that General Liu led an army of 20,000 troops this time to help you recapture Jianzhou?" β
Zhang Shi'an wanted to say that he thought so, but looking at the situation, it was a little embarrassing to say it, so he listened to Li Zhen continue to say.
"The purpose of General Liu Qi's dispatch this time is to defeat Gao Renhou with General Li Hong." Perhaps seeing the confusion in Zhang Shi'an's eyes, Li Zhen explained, "That's right, General Li Hong led Zuo Tiance's army in Langzhou and Guozhou, as long as Gao Renhou left Zizhou, General Li Hong would launch an attack from Guozhou and other places.
If it's just to recapture Jianzhou, do you need to send 50,000 troops? This is an all-out war with Dongchuan, with only one purpose, that is, to take Dongchuan. β
"Take Dongchuan?"
Hearing this result, Zhang Shi'an was shocked. However, as soon as Li Zhen finished speaking, the generals present, including Zhang Shi'an, also listened passionately and won the entire Dongchuan, which made people excited to think about it.
The larger the scale of the war, the more opportunities there are to make contributions, and these young generals of the Tiance Army naturally flock to it.
"Then how does the general plan to take Jianzhou? This Jianzhou city has thick walls, and there are six or seven thousand Dongchuan troops in it to hold on, and it is not easy to quickly take Jianzhou. Unless someone cooperates. β
Zhang Shi'an naturally thought of how he lost Jianzhou at the beginning, that is, the people around him were bought by Gao Renhou, and they cooperated with Gao Renhou's army, and then took Jianzhou.
This is something that Zhang Shi'an doesn't want to mention, after all, it's too embarrassing.
"In such a short period of time, how can anyone cooperate. However, even if there is no cooperation, it is not difficult to break through Jianzhou in one day.
General Long, tomorrow, your Shenji battalion will attack. Break through Jianzhou City in one day, no problem, right? β
Long Zhi stood up and saluted and said, "Please rest assured General Liu, the Shenji Battalion will definitely complete the task!" β
Looking at the incomparably young Long Zhi, Zhang Shi'an felt that Liu Qi was too hasty, what kind of magic machine battalion could break through Jianzhou City in one day?
Tease me!
(End of chapter)