Chapter 682: Whale Swallowing, Devouring
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Wuzhou, Huai'an County.
Wuzhou was set up for the division of Yanzhou, and it was the Zhangjiakou of later generations. The land is located at the intersection of Yan, Jin and Meng, and has always been a place for soldiers. Hebei passes through this out of the plug and into the Jin, and the east of the river also goes out of the plug into the Yan from here.
Lu Wenjin, the envoy of the Huzhou Assassin and the Commander of the Army in Lulong Town, stood on the city wall and looked at a hillside outside the city. With the help of the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, he could clearly see that on the hillside, several men in leather robes and scimitars at their waists, leading horses, were pointing towards Huai'an City. On their horses hung bows and quivers. Judging from the way he dressed, Lu Wenjin felt that these people were not Han people from the Central Plains, but should be Hu people from Daibei, or Han people from Daibei.
Lu Wenjin's mood became nervous, and he decided that these people were all Tang Jun's meticulous work.
Wuzhou and Xin, Confucianism are all separated from the state, the land of the four states are in the northwest of Youzhou, here is the intersection of Yanshan and Taihang Mountain, Yinshan three mountain ranges. The terrain is precarious, and there are many mountains and few lands.
The four states are built entirely between the gaps of the various mountain ranges, and each occupies a series of basins.
The state is divided into four states, which is actually a state for each basin.
The Huailai Basin of Yanzhou, while the Huailai Basin of Ruzhou, the Zhuolu Basin of Xinzhou, and the Zhangjiakou Basin of Wuzhou.
Each basin is only one or two counties in size, but each has its own dangerous terrain. Among them, the Zhangjiakou Basin is the largest and most important, where Huai'an County borders Ulzhou, Hedong. To the south is the Datong Basin controlled by the Datong Army, and to the north is directly to the outside of the Saiwai.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty dispatched troops, and there was news that the Qing Sai Army and the Tiancheng Army on the opposite side were in the city. A large number of troops have already been stationed. And one of them worries him the most. It's in this group of troops. There is a Shatuo Li Ke who has just returned from outside the Yin Mountain.
When Li Ke used his father and son to possess Daibei, Lulong Town has been under its deterrence. Later, Li Ke used anti-Tang and even sent a group of soldiers and horses to attack Yanzhou. As a result, Li Keju broke the Shatuo army in Yaoerling and killed more than 7,000 people. Later, in the Xiongwu Army, 10,000 people were intercepted and killed.
Now that Li Keyong is making a comeback again, I am afraid that with his character of retribution, he will definitely not let them go easily.
It's just that although he knows that Li Ke has a lot of troops. But Lu Wenjin had no choice. His family members are all in Youzhou City, what can he do except stick to it.
"Someone, send someone over there to have a look!" Lu Wenjin pointed to the hillside in front of him and shouted.
After a while, more than 100 horsemen roared out of Huai'an City and rushed towards the hillside.
The people on the hillside obviously also noticed the movement of Huailai City, jumped on their horses one by one, raised their whips to drive their horses, and turned around. Lu Wenjin, who was holding a clairvoyant mirror, noticed that these people were very skillful in getting on the horse. I couldn't help but feel a little heavier. Nine times out of ten, it is Shatuo soldiers, go. Call the brethren back.
On the path behind a few mountains, throwing off the pursuers, the group of men was walking slowly.
"Anshi's equestrian skills are good." A one-eyed man in the center of the lead laughed heartily.
"The festival commander has won the award." Guo Chongtao hugged his fists and said modestly, facing Li Keyong, the marshal of the Shatuo army, but there was also a bit of arrogance in his modesty. Guo Chongtao is a native of Yanmen, Daizhou, and he originally defected to Li Keyong's brother Li Kexiu. But because of his outstanding performance, he was transferred to his own tooth army by Li Keyong.
Li Ke has always been good at looking at people, Guo Chongtao is a son of the Han people who live in Yanmen, on behalf of the northern people, brave and daring to fight, and has been mixed with the Hu people for a long time, so the Han people also practice equestrianism every day, and for a long time, they are naturally proficient in riding and archery. Li Keyong originally wanted to accept Guo Chongtao as his righteous son, but after testing once, he saw that he was a little reluctant, so he was not reluctant.
However, Li Keyong believes that in time, Guo Chongtao will definitely be no worse than Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao.
"What does An Shi think of Wuzhou's defense?" Li Keyong looked at Guo Chongtao and said with a smile.
Guo Chongtao is more menstrual than Li Keyong, but the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. After the observation just now, he had already determined that Wuzhou could not block the attack of the Shatuo army. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said: "If the marshal hands over 3,000 soldiers and horses to me, I will take Huailai City for the marshal." If you give a certain 5,000 soldiers and horses, a certain will take the entire Wuzhou for the commander. ”
These confident words made Li Keyong very satisfied, and he slapped his palms and smiled, "This momentum alone makes Ben Shuai appreciate it very much, yes, he really deserves to be a boy in the north." ”
The heroic and loud singing voice came from behind Lin Wu with neat steps.
An inexplicable feeling of excitement rose in Lin Wu's heart, and he hurriedly turned his head to look, it turned out that it was a soldier returning from a drill, passing through the street in front of the Changping County Ya. The soldiers were all dressed in shiny golden half-body armor, and the tall flag bearer at the head of the team held a golden eagle flag fluttering in the wind, which at first glance was a soldier of the Shengjie army.
"In recent years, it has attracted a large number of officers who have studied in the martial arts hall, and recruited sturdy soldiers between the ages of twenty-two and thirty-five, and the literacy level of the officers and soldiers in the Shengjie army is also the highest." Lin Wu secretly admired in his heart, no matter what, the army of Shengjie Army can be regarded as the strongest among the armies in the Northeast today.
The military song of the Shengjie army is also very loud, and I can't help but feel that this military song really boosts morale.
The wolf smoke rises, and the rivers and mountains look north.
The dragon rolls, the horse neighses, and the sword aura is like frost.
The heart is like the Yellow River.
Twenty years, between vertical and horizontal, who can resist.
Hatred is mad, and the long knife is directed.
How many siblings are buried in their bones.
What a pity to die to repay the family and country.
I couldn't bear to sigh, but I was even more speechless, and my eyes were full of blood and tears.
The horse's hooves go south, and the people look north.
People look north, the grass is green and yellow, and the dust is flying.
I am willing to defend the territory and reopen the territory.
The dignified China wants to let the Quartet,
Come and congratulate!
This military song of the county king is really full of momentum, Lin Wu thought in his heart, while reining his mind, leading his horse and walking quickly towards the county office.
After Li Jing got up and saw Liu Rengong away, the impatient expression on his face disappeared, revealing a hint of a smile. Turning his head to his disciple Fu Cun, he ordered: "Cunxian, you go and inform General Lin Wu immediately, and ask him to stop cleaning up immediately, and we won't leave for the time being." ”
Capture Changping. It was originally unexpected by Li Jing. Therefore. Li Jing knew that Lin Wu actually used a trick to take Changping. Immediately led his troops to meet him, for fear that Lin Wu would be surrounded by Lu Longjun in the military capital.
However, as soon as he arrived in Changping City with his front foot, his old acquaintance Liu Rengong followed him with his back foot. After meeting Liu Rengong just now, Li Jing immediately had a keen grasp of Liu Yue's attitude.
Liu Yue wanted to negotiate peace, and he didn't want to fight with the Zhenguo army, and looking at the situation revealed in Liu Rengong's words, Liu Yue was even willing to pay a price for the truce. After knowing this. Li Jing was not in a hurry to leave immediately, since there was a cheap advantage, it was natural to take advantage of it.
"The King of the County." Fu Zheng smiled as he spoke, "Master Lin just arrived and is outside. "When Li Jing's power is getting higher and higher, and now, everyone has begun to pay attention to etiquette, even if it is a Li Jing brother like Lin Wu, he will not go straight to Li Jing's mansion now, and will first pass the report outside. Waiting for the announcement.
"Oh, please!" Li Jing said with a smile.
"Yes." Fu Cun answered. Turn and walk out of the hall.
Li Jing sat there, looking at Fu Cun's back, slightly distracted. In the past year, Li Jing has become more and more revealing of a feudal town's momentum. In the depths of his heart, Li Jing is actually tired of being cautious everywhere before, wandering between various forces, compromising and weighing again and again. Now, when the general trend of the world has finally come to the present, and the imperial court is gradually losing its prestige and beginning to completely lose control, Li Jing finally began to stand on his own feet semi-separately.
Everyone seems to be more accustomed to this kind of change than him, and Li Jing is beginning to enjoy this feeling of being a superior.
"Am I starting to be conceited?" Li Jing said to himself, "Maybe it's the successes and victories that make me start to get a little carried away?" So, I can't wait any longer? Thinking about it, he shook his head again, "It's not right to be overly cautious, and now I really need to take this step." Not only do they need it, but they also need the civilian and military generals who follow him, and millions of people also need it. ”
"The King of the County." Fu Cun's voice interrupted Li Jing's musings.
"General Lin is here."
"Invite him in." As soon as the words came out, Li Jing felt the change in himself, if it was before, he should have greeted it in person.
But now, Li Jing has begun to deliberately downplay his sworn brotherhood with Lin Wei, Lin Wu, and Wang Chong. Perhaps, this is a balance of power that Li Jing instinctively has, maybe this is the emperor's mental technique, Li Jing thought with some self-deprecation.
As soon as Lin Wu came in, he immediately said excitedly: "I heard that the county king asked me to suspend the preparation for evacuation, has the county king changed his mind and is ready to continue attacking Youzhou?" If this is the case, I am willing to lead my headquarters to attack Junduguan. ”
Li Jing shook his head and said, "Those who use soldiers should know that there are big battles and small battles. Regardless of small wars, there are three kinds of major wars: there are battles to destroy the country, there are battles to seize land, and there are battles to break the army. For the generals, when the temple is calculated, this way must be understood first. If you know this way, you will not be greedy for small profits, so that the enemy will have nothing to take advantage of......"
"War is a continuation of politics, and to put it bluntly, the purpose of war must be clear." Li Jing said seriously, "Our attack this time is a battle to seize land. What is its purpose? The purpose is to carry out our core strategic plan and prepare for the capture of Hebei in the eventual future. However, there are also two ways to seize Hebei, one is whale swallowing, and the other is encroachment. ”
"The whale eater is the war of destroying the country, and the encroacher is the battle of land grabbing. Before sending troops this time, we had already determined that the purpose of this time was to encroach on the battle of land grabbing, taking advantage of the confrontation between Youzhou Town and the imperial court, taking the opportunity to seize Shunzhou, gradually encroaching, and finally preparing for the destruction of Youzhou Town in one fell swoop. ”
Li Jing carefully explained to Lin Wu, "At present, the strength of Youzhou City is still there, and there are three towns as allies, at this time, a large-scale attack on Youzhou, and the enemy will fight under the fortified city, and it will inevitably suffer great losses." What's more, we still have the imperial court officials and soldiers behind us, and we have to guard against it. I have already decided to make peace with Liu Yue immediately. The suspension of the evacuation is just to add some pressure to Liu Rengong and win us more chips. But in short, we still have to evacuate after the last day. Changping is very important to Lulong Town, and they will never allow us to occupy this place, so it is better to exchange it for some benefits. ”
Hearing that he still had to evacuate Changping, Lin Wu was still a little disappointed. However, Li Jing has made it very clear that since Daxingtai has already had a comprehensive strategic plan, it is impossible to deviate from the plan for a little profit at this time, and that kind of behavior is not beneficial.
Thinking about this, Lin Wudao: "Don't worry, the king of the county can rest assured, a certain person knows how to do a good job, so that Liu Rengong can't figure out our plan." ”
"Well, that's fine." Li Jing nodded and smiled. (To be continued......)