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Shangdu, Chang'an.

Because Huang Chao was proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, the strategic strategy of the Great Qi Empire was revised at this time. Originally, Huang Chao's plan was to enter Luoyang, and he did not plan to stay, but just to take the money, grain, and wealth of the eastern capital, and then concentrate all the Qi troops and horses, directly attack Tongguan, all the way into Chang'an, and drive the little emperor of Chang'an from the emperor's throne.

However, although the Tang army in the towns of the Central Plains was intimidated by the Qi army, the situation in the Kwantung region also changed greatly.

Especially after Li Jing sent troops south, and after the defeat of the four towns in Hebei, Huangchao also had to face a great threat. That is, if it is unfavorable to attack Chang'an, and Li Jing is beaten in the back, then it is possible that Chang'an will not be obtained, and Luoyang will be lost. Then hundreds of thousands of Qi troops may be surrounded in the west of Henan and suffer from the enemy in the belly.

If you want to take Chang'an, take Luoyang first.

In the same way, if you want to settle Luoyang, you must take Chang'an.

In the face of Li Jing, who was heading south strongly, even if he was holding hundreds of thousands of male soldiers and had just captured the Central Plains, Emperor Huangchao of Qi was full of fear. At such a time, he didn't dare to throw Luoyang at all. The whole army marched westward.

The most rear. Had to adjust the strategy. Capture the surrounding states of Luoyang, stabilize the land of Luoyang, carefully defend Li Jing, and at the same time send a group of soldiers and horses to attack Tongguan.

However, it is precisely because of this strategic adjustment that Cui Anqian, Du Xian, Zhang Zimian, and Qi Ke let these four generals sit in Tongguan, and the Shence Army has successively transferred troops and horses to reinforce, and for a time, between the soldiers and horses of the Qi State attacking Tongguan and the defenders of Tongguan. There have been several tentative offensive and defensive battles, and you have come and gone, but there is no big war. Tongguan has always been in the hands of the Tang Army.

Li Jing won a great victory in Hebei, and then advanced into the Central Plains by the way, taking 20 states in a row, and entered the east bank of the Bianhe River after the most disadvantaged soldiers and horses, which gave Huang Chao great pressure.

The arrival of the Qin army made Zhongwu, Fengguo, Zhongguo, and Hezhong towns, which had already been attached to Huangchao, begin to wait and see again.

And in the east of the river. The Hedong Army had received the will of the Tang Dynasty and had stopped the confrontation with Li Keyong. The three armies of Zhenwu, Tiande, and Xia Yin re-moved south to Hedong and pointed directly at Luoyang.

The situation in Chang'an, which was originally precarious, has entered a new stage of strategic stalemate for a time, and the six major theaters of Guanzhong, Hedong, Central Plains, Hebei, Huainan, and Shannan have all temporarily left no strength to achieve a major breakthrough.

Although on the surface the Tang army was superior to the Qi army in terms of strategic situation, in fact, the Tang army was also divided into various departments, and the most critical Guanzhong theater was actually weaker than the Qi army in Luoyang, completely relying on the Qin army in Henan and Hedong and the Qi army in other feudal towns to contain the army.

Guanzhong Tangzhong had more than enough defense, but he was unable to go east to crusade against Huangchao.

In order to break this strategic deadlock, according to the results of the deliberations of the ministers of the DPRK and China, it is necessary to have a strong new force to launch an attack on Luoyang and affect the change of the entire situation.

And throughout the world, there is not no one who is capable of doing this today.

Prime Minister Lu Xian bluntly said to the Son of Heaven, when there are three people who can do this, the first one is naturally Li Jing, the king of Qin, who is now wearing the marshal of the Kwantung soldiers and horses, he has strong soldiers and horses, all the way from Hebei to Henan, and recently took advantage of the emptiness of the towns in Henan, and entered and took over the three towns of Taining and Tianping, Yichang, and several other towns of several states. Li Jing's soldiers and horses had reached the east bank of the Bianhe River and confronted the rebels on the outskirts of Luoyang. As long as Li Jing continues to attack, if he captures Bian, Zheng Erzhou, and takes Wujiao Pass, then the east gate of Luoyang will be opened, and the entire strategic situation will be completely changed.

However, no one can see Li Jing clearly now, this person is strong and strong, and the court can't mobilize him at all. After Li Jing entered Henan, whether it was the army officials of the original feudal towns or the rebel generals of the puppet Qi, they all took the initiative to retreat and did not fight against Li Jing at all.

Even in an important town like Songzhou, the rebel Zhu Wen took the initiative to evacuate and handed it over to Li Jing. And Li Jing did not have a normal attitude towards these rebels, but had already followed the line of Bianshui and fought with the puppet Qi rebels without violating the river water.

For such a grandfather, there is no way for the court to command.

In addition to Li Jing, the towns in Hedong can also play a key role in the current situation. However, there is a Li Keyong behind the towns in Hedong, which makes it difficult for the towns to go south with peace of mind, even if they go south, there is also a town in the river Wang Chongrong, which makes the imperial court not have much hope for reinforcements in the river.

The remaining one is Gao Yu of Huainan, although Gao Yu has been silent for nearly a year, the court has not forgotten this tall and handsome king of Bohai County. If Gao Dashuai can send troops north, whether it is to deal with Yinghao or Ru Deng, it will have a great deterrent effect on the situation in Luoyang.

These three forces that can change the current situation, although Li Yi, the son of heaven, is reluctant to agree with it, but he still has to admit that Li Jing, who is closest to Luoyang, is undoubtedly the most suitable one. Moreover, although many of Li Jing's behaviors were very domineering, he often did not take the imperial court seriously, and even many things were very out of line, such as changing the tax system, no longer making offerings, and even setting up a province, changing the official system and a series of things, if it was a peaceful period, the imperial court would never allow these things.

But now, the court can only turn a blind eye. What Guan Jian made Li Yi love and hate Li Jing was that this Li Jing behaved so domineeringly, but when Guan Jian was in power, he was always on the side of the court. It's just that every time you want Li Jing to move, you have to give this guy a lot of cheapness.

Sent troops to Hebei, the imperial court opened a big platform for Li Jing, sealed the king of Qin, and awarded the marshal of the Kwantung soldiers and horses. Now in Henan, it has semi-forcibly occupied the territory of Zhuzhou.

At present, if the imperial court wants Li Jing to send troops to deal with Huang Chao, I am afraid that it will not be so easy.

But in any case, at present, Li Jing is the strongest among the towns of the Tang Army, and he is also the strongest deterrent to Huang Chao and other rebels. The key is still Li Jing, who is now the first king with a different surname in the Tang family. And he still holds the command of the soldiers and horses in each town at the moment.

Especially the First World War in Hebei. With only 80,000 soldiers, Li Jing defeated the four towns of Hebei and defeated three times the enemy army that was no less than 200,000, and took it from the tiger's mouth, and was stunned to bite the land of five states in Hebei.

This strength made the court look brilliant again and again, and the court actually thought that although there were many soldiers and horses in Huangchao, they were all rabble. There is still a gap with the old feudal towns such as the four towns of Hebei. Li Jing beat down the four towns of Hebei alone, so if he dealt with Huang Chao, it would definitely not be a problem, not to mention, Huang Chao had been defeated under Li Jing at the beginning.

After Li Jing recovered Songzhou, ten days passed.

Li Yi asked with anticipation, "Where has King Qin's army gone?" ”

Tian Lingzi hugged his head and replied: "It's still in Songzhou." ”

Li Yi's brows furrowed slightly, "Grass edict, seal Li Jing, the whole world will recruit envoys!" ”

Songzhou, Songcheng.

After receiving the emperor's latest edict, the corners of Li Jing's mouth turned up slightly.

"The whole world is begging. Did His Majesty attribute all the soldiers and horses of all towns to the control of the king? ”

The eunuch who came to announce the edict nodded.

Li Jing took the handsome seal from the eunuch's hand and looked at it carefully, and the smile on his face became even stronger.

That day. Li Jing even drew up several handsome orders and sent messengers to gallop to order the towns.

"Tune the troops and horses of the two towns of the Shannan and Dongzhong Righteous Army and the Shannan Xixingyuan Army to enter Shangzhou and guard Wuguan, the southwest gateway of Chang'an!"

"Mobilize the Huainan Army in the south and the navy in the west of Zhejiang to go north, stationed in Dengzhou and Tang Erzhou, guard the southwest gateway, and at the same time be responsible for attacking Ruzhou south of Luoyang."

"Transferred the Eastern Army of Zhedong Town, the Xuanshu Ning National Army, the Jiangxi Zhennan Army, and the Yue-E Wuchang Army, stationed in Huaixi Shen, Guang, and Shou Prefectures, and was responsible for crusading against the Caizhou rebels Qin Zongquan, the Xuzhou rebel Zhou Qi, and the Yingzhou rebel Ge Congzhou."

"Transfer the Xuzhou Reform Army and attack Maozhou."

"Tune Huai Weijie Town's Heyang Army, Zelu Town's Zhaoyi Army, and Hedong Town's Hedong Army to crusade against Wang Chongrong's National Protector Army in Hezhong."

A series of military orders were issued, and almost all the soldiers and horses in Huainan, Jiangnan, Shannan, Henan, and Hedong towns were mobilized.

But this was not the end, Li Jing then issued another military order.

"Tune the Shatuo Army of Yanmen Town, the Patriotic Army of Datong Town, the Yinshan Tatar Army, and the Yanbei Xi Army to crusade against the rebels of the four towns of Hebei together!"

Have the right not to use it, and it will be invalid when it expires!

Although he knew that Lu Dao did not even have any binding force on the Holy Decree of the Tang Emperor at the moment, his handsome order, which was solicited by the whole world, would not have much effect. However, Li Jing didn't care, he still picked up chicken feathers as an arrow, and issued more than a dozen commanders in a row to mobilize soldiers and horses in various towns.

The Son of Heaven had also ordered the transfer of soldiers and horses from various towns before, but the effect was not very good. But this time, what made Chang'an's side fall through the glasses was that after Li Jing's military orders were issued, nearly half of the feudal towns really began to send troops.

The first to send troops was Yanmen Town, and Li Ke of Yanmen Town responded to Li Jing's order as soon as possible, mobilized troops and horses to march towards Lu Longjun, and moved the troops to the capital.

Shannandong and Shannanxi were also stationed in Shangzhou, southwest of Chang'an, to guard Wuguan.

The Zhendong Army, the Ningguo Army, the Zhennan Army, and the Wuchang Army also marched from Jiangnan to Huaixi.

The Heyang Army, the Zhaoyi Army, and the Hedong Army also marched towards the river.

The Tatars and Xi Jun also responded to Li Jing's order and began to move.

Among the towns, only the Huainan army of Wang Gao Biao of Bohai County, the town navy of Zhou Bao, the king of Runan County, and the probation army of Shipu in Xuzhou did not move.

But even so, Li Yi, the son of heaven in Chang'an, was also overjoyed and surprised when he heard this result. The joy is that there are so many soldiers and horses from the towns who came to crusade against Huangchao, but what is surprising is that the edict of his son of heaven cannot be transferred to the towns, and as a result, Li Jing, the king with a different surname, has recruited a handsome order but transferred the soldiers and horses to the towns.

Gritting his teeth, Li Yi asked, "Zhuzhen has already sent troops, so where is King Qin's army?" ”

Tian Lingzi lowered his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and replied, "Li Jing is still in Songzhou." ”

With a sneer in his heart, he answered the emperor's question, and he could already hear a trace of fear and jealousy in the emperor's tone. Sure enough, after hearing his reply, Li Yi's face darkened, and he could even hear the rapid breathing of the young son of heaven. (To be continued......)