Chapter 104: Extinguishing the Morning Eclipse
The war spirit is like this now, and he has been in the army for several years. ------Southern dynasties. Xu Ling "Guan Shanyue"
It is said that Chen Longqing's army fought in Changsha for the first time, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Soviet Dynasty to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation. The two places of the Sudaitun army were respectively won by Chen Long with superior forces, with surprise attacks and ambush operations, and with the assassination methods of special forces, and finally won a complete victory. More than 30,000 soldiers were surrendered, most of whom were handed over to Sun Xia and Xi Zhicai, and began to form and train the Third Army.
Chen Long deliberately selected a few thousand surrendered troops who were familiar with water warfare, and took advantage of the situation to set up a formal naval army corps. With the addition of the original thousands of sailors, the total number of sailors has reached more than 5,000 people. Chen Long favored Gan Ning as the commander of the Navy Army, Yang Huai and Gao Pei as the commanders of the Navy Division, and promoted the young talents among the generals, and Zhu Huan, a famous general in the history of the Light Brain, was the division commander. The three of them cooperated with Gan Ning to form a naval army, design and manufacture large ships, and all expenses were calculated and paid by Shi Jiangwan, the head of the Lingling government.
At this point, Chen Long's Qinglong Army was already fully equipped with both land and water armies, with a total strength of more than 135,000 people. Hengyang County implemented Chen Long's policy of benefiting the people, and gradually returned to stability. The first part of Zhao Yun's Second Army in Hengyang no longer has a headache for the security of Hengyang, and frees up energy to train every day, with Zhao Yun, the super god of war, as the main general, and his combat power has improved by leaps and bounds.
Military generals govern the army, and civilian officials govern the country. Chen Long once again transferred Ma Bochang to Hengyang as the county magistrate to increase Hengyang's political power and cultivate local talents. Persuading Yin Mo to engage in learning, he originally planned to hold the first imperial examination in the Lingling area in March of the beginning of spring, but it was postponed because of the upcoming battle for Guiyang.
The horse dealer Lahan had already transported the first batch of war horses before the cold winter, and Chen Long asked Zhao Yun to replenish all of them to his second corps, which provoked Xi Zhi to call Chen Long eccentric. Chen Long reassured: "Zhao Yun's second legion has two cavalry divisions, and it will be the main force of our cavalry in the future. The Third Army Corps had a large number of troops, and the infantry training was the main focus on the first, and the required military horses were naturally equipped in the future. I'm going to build a strategic siege force, I'm afraid it's going to be dominated by the Third Army. When the time comes, the design and manufacture of various siege equipment, Zhicai still needs to make more efforts. "Xi Zhicai just gave up.
In the cold winter, the temperature in Lingling is not low, and it still feels cold because of the humid climate. On this day, a group of high-ranking generals gathered in the Lingling City Lord's Mansion, and a large brazier in the middle heated the hall like spring.
The atmosphere of discussion among the generals was as warm as this brazier. I only heard Chen Longyan say: "Although Dong Zhuo arrived in Chang'an, he used the excuse that it was cold and frozen, occupied Chang'an, and did not move. I don't know what to do? ”
Guo Jia said: "No matter how he arranges it, he is just secretly accumulating soldiers and excluding dissidents." Jia Xuding's strategy of separating Liangzhou will not change in the short term. ”
Zhou Budo nodded and said: "Zhong Zhuo is in Chang'an, and he sends Dong Zhuojun's information from time to time, if Dong Zhuo finds out that his wife and children are in Lingling, I am afraid that his life will not be guaranteed." ”
Chen Long groaned: "This risk, Zhong Xuan had to take the risk, originally thought that as soon as Dong Zhuo's army arrived, he would be ordered to quickly break away from Chang'an and enter Liangzhou to divide the territory, but he didn't expect to stay still. The longer the time, the greater the chance of Zhong Xuan's accident. ”
Zhou Budo said: "Doesn't the imperial court like to send those little Yellow Gate overseers the most, isn't that Lu Zhi killed by Zuo Feng?" ”
Chen Long's heart moved: "Send the Overseer? What's so difficult about this, we don't need to touch Queen He's relationship, just let Zhao Da find Zhao Zhong. ”
Huang Gai next to him patted his thigh and said, "This plan is wonderful." It's best to let Zuo Feng go up again, just say that Dong Zhuo is negligent and derelict in his duties, and Empress He took advantage of the situation to let the stupid emperor take Dong Zhuo's official position, and sent the lord to take over the soldiers and horses of the expedition to Xiliang, not only to protect Zhong Zhuo, but also to let Dong Zhuo steal chickens and rice. Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic.
Long Chen waved his hand and said, "It's not impossible to make a public reply. However, Dong Zhuo will not be as loyal as Lu Zhi, let alone so dull, and there is a think tank Jia Xu behind to give advice. If Zuo Feng is on the table, I am afraid that it will speed up Dong Zhuo's seizure of Liangzhou, but as long as Dong Zhuo leaves Chang'an, we can also achieve our goal of protecting Zhong Xuan. ”
Xun You's plan for Chen Long to lead the army to conquer Yongzhou and Liangzhou can be described as Chen Long's plan for the next year, provided that the rebels of Bian Rang and Han Sui continue to wreak havoc in the northwest, and the troops of Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song return in vain. If Dong Zhuo is on the surface and secretly divides, I'm afraid that Huangfu Song's life will not be easy.
At the end of the meeting, a messenger hurriedly walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, it was the messenger sent by Chen Long to Luoyang Zhao Da to convey the mission. When the imperial court sends an overseer to promote the war, it will be time for Dong Zhuo to become an ant on a hot pot. At that time, whether he fights or rebels, Dong Zhuo will quickly break away from Chang'an and solve Zhong Xuan's crisis. And the chance of Dong Zhuo rebelling immediately is very small, and it is estimated that he will obediently send troops to Liangzhou immediately.
Chen Long didn't know that Jia Xu had already seen through Chen Long and Zhong Xuan's cattiness, and put Zhong Xuan's forged letter evidence in his hand, leaving a way back for himself to negotiate with Chen Long.
The situation was delicate, and the imperial court really sent a small yellow gate overseer. A month later, the news came that Dong Zhuo led Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji to go on the expedition, but unexpectedly Jia Xu did not follow the expedition, saying that he was sick and stayed in Chang'an, I don't know if Dong Zhuo deliberately left him to listen to the news of the imperial court. At the same time, Huangfu Song's troops were stationed in Chang'an, suppressing Chang'an's position and defending Chang'an.
When Chen Long saw that the plan had been sold, he felt a little relieved, and Zhong Xuan was finally not in any danger. What we have to wait for now is the news of Dong Zhuo's defeat or secession, and he can replace Dong Zhuo in Xiliang. However, the purpose of going to Xiliang was to harvest Xunyu, and Chen Long was really not sure whether he could sweep Xiliang away. After all, it is the official army that commands, the combat effectiveness is unknown, and the Xiliang land is vast and sparsely populated, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has always been brave and invincible, if you want to annihilate it all, it is simply an impossible task. At most, occupy important towns such as Tianshui and defend them, and then send special forces to carry out decapitation operations, or slowly recruit peace.
Suddenly, it was spring, the atmosphere of Lingling was warmer, and the grass was showing tender shoots. After a winter of rest and training, the morale of the First Group Army reached a new high, Hengyang had stabilized, and Youxian was held by Huang Zhong, and it was time to take Guiyang.
On this day, the spring is cold, and there is a slight north wind, blowing the green dragon flag flying high. Chen Long stood on the high platform, looked at the soldiers and dense swords and guns all over the mountains in front of him, paused with pride, and announced loudly: "Guiyang Zhao Fan, instructing soldiers to disguise themselves as bandits, loot my county and county, and harm my people, the evidence is conclusive, is it tolerable or unbearable!" Thinking about Zhao Fan, there are only thousands of soldiers, no more than three soldiers, and they dare to touch my Lingling's tiger whiskers, today I am strong and pressurized, Zhao Fan will surrender, if not, the army can destroy this dynasty food! ”
The words were magnificent, and the soldiers shouted together: "Destroy this dynasty food!" Extinguish this morning eclipse! "I showed a lot of confidence to win.
Guiyang Zhao Fan was already panicked when he learned that Lingling's strong troops were pressing the border, and called his subordinate Chen Ying to reprimand: "It's all a good thing you did!" On that day, I told you not to send someone to loot Taoyang and rob Jiaozhou, but you didn't listen, so this time I had to kidnap you and go to Chen Long to ask for guilt! ”
Chen Ying was still calm, bowed down and said: "Lord, Chen Long is not three-headed and six-armed, why are you too afraid?" ”
Zhao Fan angrily shook the paperweight at hand, Chen Ying dodged it slightly, and quickly knelt down and said, "The lord is angry!" ”
Zhao Fan Ji pointed at Chen Ying and said: "Don't you know that the first legion of the Qinglong Army who came this time is the Huang Gai Huang Gong who beat Su Dai all over the ground to find teeth!" ”
Chen Ying hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Although Chen Ying is not talented, he makes a good flying fork." There is also a fellow countryman Bao Long, outstanding in martial arts, extraordinary strength, two giant hammers, each weighing fifty pounds, once shot two tigers alone. The beggar lord ordered me to take a brigade of troops and return the yellow cover with a beheading. If he does not win, then he will go or surrender, but it will be up to the Lord to decide. ”
Zhao Fan sighed: "That's it." There are six or seven thousand troops in the city, and you should take three thousand men and horses and go to meet the enemy. With that, he shook his hand and walked into the back hall.
In the back hall, Mrs. Zhao was talking to Zhao Fan's widowed sister-in-law, Mrs. Fan, and when the two heard the news of the war, their faces were worried. Mrs. Fan's husband was newly mourned, wearing a snow-white vessel, with a pair of water-cut eyes like autumn waves, and she actually had the color of captivating the country and the city. Mrs. Zhao scolded Zhao Fan and said, "You are old and confused, and you still listen to that stupid Chen Ying." If it weren't for him, how could he have provoked such a fierce enemy? Zhao Fan said angrily: "What do you know about women?" If you don't surrender without a fight, what is it worth? Let them know that my bone is not easy to gnaw, and even if they lose, they may be able to bargain for a good price. As he spoke, the thief looked at the beautiful widow and couldn't help but have the crooked idea of offering the widow to the enemy in exchange for peace.