Chapter 708: Outbreak
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After the last time Huangchao invaded Sizhou, Li Jing sent troops out of Yuzhou Island to garrison Qishan and Shuyang in Haizhou of the Taining Army, and Sizhou Xiapi of the Reform Army. At that time, Li Jing sent troops to the three cities, whether it was Qi Kerang of the Taining Army or Shi Pu of the Reform Army, or even the princes and sons of heaven of the imperial court, not only did not get angry, but breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was very excited. At that time, Guy Huang Chao broke Gao Biao, and Gao Biao supported the troops to retreat to Yangzhou and watch Huang Chao go north.
Li Jing sent troops at that time, showing his loyalty to the imperial court.
But not long after, when Li Jing's soldiers and horses were dispatched again, directly stationed in the towns of the Tianping Army and the Taining Army, and took over these two towns, and after the soldiers and horses took over Sizhou of the Reform Army, the reactions of all parties were completely different from before.
The Son of Heaven in Chang'an was too busy to take care of himself for a while, and he didn't have time to pay attention to the affairs of the east.
However, the probation army in Xuzhou City made Shi Pu's face a little ugly, Li Jing suddenly swallowed Tianping Town and Taining Town under the banner of counterattacking Luoyang, and everyone could see that Li Jing was taking the opportunity to expand his territory, and he would definitely not spit it out again after eating it.
Previously, after Huang Chao killed Luoyang, Shi Pu also sent people to Xia Pi City, hoping to take back control of Xia Pi City, but the dignified envoy he sent to reform the army was directly blasted out by the generals of the Qin army in the city.
Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, but he borrowed but did not pay it back.
Originally, Shi Pu thought that if he couldn't afford to provoke him, he would endure it, and he would temporarily lend it to King Qin as soon as he went down to Picheng.
But now, Li Jing has to make inches. Aggressive.
In the blink of an eye. Zeng Yuanyu didn't say hello. has directly taken over the entire entire five counties of Sizhou. His soldiers and horses in Sizhou were directly swallowed by Li Jing, and he didn't even bubble up.
The envoy he had just sent came back and brought back Zeng Yuanyu's reply, the Qin army was stationed in Sizhou to counterattack the grass thieves, and Sizhou was used as the advance base for attacking the Yinghao side of the grass thieves.
When he heard this, Pu Du laughed angrily, and now the power of Huangchao is in the east and west of the river, and Ge Congzhou occupies Haozhou. The location is still to the west of the probation army, and Sizhou is separated from Xuzhou and Haozhou. Zeng Yuanyu said that he wanted to use Sizhou as an advance base to attack Ge Congzhou, so according to his thinking, wouldn't Xuzhou and Haozhou also have to be requisitioned by Li Jing?
The entire probation army is only the territory of Sanzhou, which is extremely weak, and it sent troops to Ruzhou before, but it was slaughtered by the loyal army halfway 3,000, and the rest were almost scattered with a bang, just such a little territory, Shi Pu had less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. Seeing Li Jing swallow Taining and Tianping in a row, and stretched out his tentacles to the probation army. took Sizhou all of a sudden, although he was furious, he was helpless.
In these days, the law of the jungle is the way it is. He himself relied on the mutiny to drive away the previous marshal and become the marshal of the probation army, but now his ass has not yet sat firmly, but Li Jing came. Shi Pu felt very angry and aggrieved, but he was helpless.
Huainan, Yangzhou.
Since last year, after the Huainan general Zhang Luan was defeated by Huangchao, Gao Biao shocked the world and retreated in Yangzhou and let go of Huangchao to the north.
In the past year, there have been ups and downs, Huangchao has been rampant in the Central Plains, Hebei Cong Alliance has rebelled, Li Jing swept outside the pass, and Li Keyong has made a comeback, which can be described as a battle between the heroes.
Only Gao Biao, the original first general of the two dynasties, seemed to be forgotten in Huainan at this time.
Huang Chao went north to the Central Plains, but Gao Biao ignored it.
Li Jing swept outside the gate, but Gao Yu did not react.
The four towns of Hebei all rebelled, and Gao Biao did not speak.
Sha Tuo rebelled against Tang for the second time, but Gao Biao was still silent.
Don't perish in silence, just explode in silence!
When Li Jing went south, swallowed 19 states in a row, and even hit all the way to the door of Huainan Town, Gao Yu, who had been silent for more than half a year, finally couldn't be silent anymore.
The current situation is for Gao Yu, no matter how silent he is, there will only be destruction.
Huainan Shuaifu Festival, Gao Yu, who had not shown up for a long time, finally reappeared, his eyes swept over the generals who had been summoned, and Gao Qianli, who was dressed in five Taoist robes, said in a deep voice: "You must have already known the Dao, Li Jing took advantage of the name of crusading against Huangchao, taking advantage of the emptiness of the Central Plains, he has swallowed the towns of Yichang, Tianping, and Taining, and went all the way south, swallowing Sizhou, an important town in Huaibei, drinking the Huaihe River, and he can break into my Huainan Town at any time. ”
"In addition, Li Jing also deployed a naval division and an infantry army in Hufu Prefecture at the mouth of the Yangtze River, which is a sharp sword hanging over our heads, threatening us all the time. Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable? ”
The generals saw Gao Biao slamming his fist on the case, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help jumping.
In the past year, Gao Biao has stayed in the mansion all day long, either cultivating immortals or alchemizing pills every day, to be honest, these tiger generals under his command have watched the world go up, but they can only stay in Yangzhou City all day long, and there is indeed an indescribable loneliness.
Even many generals have already planned to leave in private.
Now, Gao Dashuai has finally reappeared.
"Uncle, Li Jing took Sizhou, and the next step is to cross the Huai River and run to us. If the second strike suffers, the first strike is stronger, we can't sit back and wait for Li Jing to attack, we should strike first. Gao Yu's nephew Gao Mingming said.
Although Li Jing is now extremely violent, it also makes everyone see an excellent opportunity, that is, Li Jing has too much appetite, and he has swallowed the territory of 19 states in just about half a year, from Jizhou to Sizhou, a full 2,000 miles from north to south. Li Jing's battle line is extremely long, if you count further north, and include the territory of western Liaoning, then Li Jing's north and south front has stretched for more than 3,000 miles.
There are strong enemies such as Khitan and Hebei Four Towns in the north, and there are newly swallowed feudal generals such as Tianping and Taining in Henan, and Huang Chao, the most fierce anti-king in the east, plus the probation army, as well as their Huainan army, it can be said that Li Jing is now the most powerful on the face, but in fact, he has made enemies everywhere, and his strength has reached the limit.
It is like a bowstring that has been drawn to the extreme, although it is said that the fuller the bow is drawn, the stronger the arrow will be, but if it exceeds the limit of one degree, it will either break the string or break the bow.
As a generation of famous generals, Gao Biao is naturally not a generation of vain fame.
But this year. What Gao Biao did. But it made the world laugh. thinks that Gao Biao is old and faint, and his courage is not there.
Of course, this is not the case, although Gao Biao is waiting, waiting for an opportunity.
Gao Biao underestimated Li Jing before, but as a result, he suffered several big losses under Li Jing, which can be said to have lost his wife and soldiers.
Li Jing slapped him in the face, and stationed 30,000 troops in Huzhuzhou and 10,000 troops on Yuzhou Island. Not only was he deployed on the main road of the Huainan Army to Ziqing in the north, but also carried a sword on his back, and after several defeats with Li Jing, Gao Biao had already pressed his impulsive anger.
After Zhang Luan's defeat, Gao Biao simply took this opportunity to pretend that he was afraid and retreated into Yangzhou City.
But in reality, he has been waiting, waiting for an opportunity.
And now, this opportunity has been sent to Gao Yu.
Li Guochang, the chief of Shatuo under his command, came to ask for an audience last night and handed him a secret letter.
The letter was written by Li Keyong. The content is a paper covenant, on which there are already Yanmen Festival Marshal Li Keyong, Wei Bojun Festival envoy Han Jian, Chengde Army Festival envoy Wang Jingchong, Lu Longjun Festival envoy Liu Yue, Yiwu Army Festival envoy Li Quanzhong, Khitan Yi Lili Jin Yelu Pugu only. The signatures and handprints of eight people of the Eastern Xi King Shise, the Tatar Khan of the Murwe Alliance.
Li Keyong invited Gao Yu to join this alliance and crusade against Li Jing together.
When he saw this secret letter, Gao Yu smiled. He finally waited for his chance, a chance to take revenge.
Others are afraid of Li Jing, but Gao Biao has never been afraid.
For others, Li Jing's current power and personal prestige have reached their peak, becoming the second Qin king of the Tang Dynasty. But in Gao Biao's eyes, Li Jing is not a god, if Li Jing expands carefully and steadily, first leveling the Khitan outside the pass, and then entering the pass, breaking through the four towns of Hebei one by one, and then sending troops to Hedong and south to the Central Plains, then he Gao Biao really has no chance to deal with Li Jing. But since Li Jing has taken such a fierce expansion path now, Gao Biao has seen an opportunity.
Li Jing's momentum has now reached its peak, but Li Jing's troop distribution has also reached its peak. It seems to be unstoppable, but as long as one of the links breaks, then the whole chain may break.
Gao Biao smiled secretly in his heart, facing the empty Central Plains, it is estimated that even if he is in the position of Li Jing, it is impossible to let go of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to swallow Yichang, Taining, Tianping, and even Yicheng and Reforming Zhuzhen.
The most important thing for a famous player is decisiveness, and when the opportunity comes, seize it decisively.
Gao Biao saw an opportunity, so he wouldn't miss it.
With Gao Piao's attitude, the whole meeting quickly reached an agreed direction.
"If you don't move, you will be thundering! Taking advantage of the fact that Li Jing's main forces are all in Hebei and the Central Plains, we should immediately send troops. I thought that I should immediately send troops to exterminate Li Jing's 10,000 soldiers and horses in Hudou Prefecture! After Wang Luan's death, Liang Zhang, one of the original Huainan Shuangbi, naturally became the head of the generals.
There were originally 30,000 soldiers in Hutuzhou, but now there are only 10,000 horses left, including a naval division and an infantry army. These 10,000 people and horses, guarding the mouth of the Yangtze River, are like a sharp sword, making Huainan Town like a man.
Gao Yu nodded at Liang Zhang, "Okay, if you don't move, it's enough, if you move, it will be thunder." Hu Douzhou will be handed over to General Liang! ”
"Uncle and nephew thought that the probation army was now outnumbered and had become meat on a chopping block. Li Jing has already swallowed Sizhou, so we might as well swallow Haozhou altogether, and then take the lead and seize Xuzhou. Gao Jie also proposed on the side.
Haozhou, as one of the three states of the probation army, is not in Huaibei, but in Huainan. Zhongli, an important town of the Huai River in Haozhou, is an important place for soldiers, and Xuzhou is Xuzhou when it crosses the river, and Xuzhou, as a north-south hub, has been a place for soldiers since ancient times.
Huaisi has always been the focus of the dispute between the north and the south, Li Jing took the first step to seize Sizhou, which is already a step behind Gao Biao, if Li Jing takes Xuzhou again, it will be extremely unfavorable for Gao Biao.
Whoever can win Huaisi will be able to occupy a favorable situation in this north-south dispute.
A sharp light in Gao Biao's eyes swept over the generals, and he ordered: "Gao Jie, this marshal has appointed you to be the assassin of Xuzhou, Yao Guili is the assassin of Sizhou, and Yu Gongchu is the assassin of Haozhou." This king drew 20,000 elite soldiers, and then recruited 30,000 auxiliary troops, with Gao Jie as the commander of the camp in the north, and Yao Chu as the second general as the deputy. ”
"Humble command!" Gao Jie and the three of them all had happy faces and hurriedly responded.
Gao Biao turned his gaze to Liang Zhang, "This king also drew 20,000 soldiers, and recruited 30,000 auxiliary troops to you, commanded the capital for the south camp, and awarded the history of Chuzhou Assassin." Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, and Li Hanzhi will be the deputies. ”
"Obey!"
Gao Biao bowed his head slightly, his eyes were deep, far north, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth! (To be continued......)