Chapter 374: The Situation in Hedong (Second Update)
"General Ge, the situation is a little wrong, if it goes on like this, the purpose of our trip will be contrary to the original intention of the county king!"
In Luzhou City, seeing the news from Jinzhou, Deng Jiyun's face was anxious.
They know the purpose of this expedition, and it doesn't matter if the court knows about it.
Many of these generals followed Zhu Wen from Huangchao back then, and they were all rebels, so they naturally had no reverence for the small court in Chang'an, let alone loyalty to the court.
There is only one person they owe allegiance, and that is Zhu Wen.
Ge Congzhou frowned and looked at Zhu Youyu on the side.
The princess of the county, Zhang Hui, died in childbirth, although she gave birth to a son-in-law, but after all, she was too young, and Zhang Hui died again, and Zhu Youyu, the eldest son of Zhu Wen, began to become hot.
These generals may not have anti-Tang ideas now, but after the death of the Jiedu envoy of the feudal town, they are all inherited by the heirs or brothers of the previous Jiedu envoy.
And Zhu Wen's brothers are not people who do big things, although there are many righteous sons, but they are righteous sons after all.
Although Zhu Youyu is the eldest son of the concubine, he is the eldest son after all, and he is also a brave and resourceful person, so some people have ideas.
Ge Congzhou has no intention of taking refuge in Zhu Youyu now, but in this case, it is still necessary to make friends with the other party.
"Shizi, what do you think?"
Zhu Youyu paused for a moment, remembered the purpose of the conversation between several people, and nodded, "What General Deng said does make some sense. But after all, we are now under the edict to go on an expedition, and the matter is too serious, and my suggestion is that it is best to ask my father for advice. β
Zhu Youyu knows his father very well.
is too suspicious, if he makes his own decisions in this matter without asking for instructions, it will be extremely unfavorable to him after someone with a heart adds fuel and vinegar.
Although he is the eldest son and his two younger brothers are young, his father Zhu Wen is in the prime of life, and he still has several righteous brothers, so if he behaves too dazzlingly, it will be disadvantageous.
Because of power, it is not for nothing that fathers and sons kill each other and brothers kill each other.
Isn't this the throne that the little emperor who is now in Jinju seized through a coup d'Γ©tat?
In this troubled world, such things are all too common, and he has to be cautious.
After listening to Zhu Youyu's words, Ge Congzhou nodded.
At this time, there is undoubtedly a defeat, which can give them a better reason to let the imperial army enter Zhaoyi, so that the army around the little emperor will also be reduced, and the advantage in the face of Li Keyong will not be too great, which is in the interests of their Xuanwu.
Since the three of them had no opinions, they quickly asked people to hurry back to Bianzhou to deliver the letter, and his side was also starting to prepare, and he did not forget to let the imperial court send troops to Zhaoyi as soon as possible.
A few days later, the day after the men sent back to Bianzhou to report, Ge Congzhou did his best to assemble an army of 20,000 in Luzhou to start a big battle with Kang Junli.
As a result, it suffered a 'great defeat', lost thousands of troops, and was forced to lead a retreat to the south, and Luzhou returned to the control of the Shatuo army.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, or what.
The combined forces of Li Congwei and Yunzhou Helianduo were also defeated, and were defeated by Li Cunzhang, Li Siyuan and others, who had few troops, and lost nearly 10,000 soldiers.
Although the northern camp, which has an army of more than 50,000, is not unable to fight anymore, it is also broken.
And Li Sigong, who was camping in the west, was also rejected by Zhou Dewei with 5,000 soldiers and horses in Shizhou, and was not allowed to advance an inch.
For a time, three of the four-sided camps were not smooth, but Li Cunxiao and Chengde's army in the east were making quite smooth progress, and they had already taken the three states east of Zhaoyi and came directly to Luzhou.
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I don't know what's going on, this year's winter was a lot colder last year.
It was only the end of October, and there was a light snow in the sky, although it did not affect the march, but seeing this snow, the soldiers would inevitably feel a little chill in their hearts.
Even though it was snowing heavily, Li Cunxiao still led his army of more than 10,000 people to kill Luzhou. As for the 20,000 men of Cheng De's army and Wei Bo's army, they were left behind by him, and he didn't want to march with that group of people, and it didn't look like a war at all.
Although the Xuanwu army was defeated by Kang Junli, Li Cunxiao was not afraid because of this, even if Li Cunxin had already brought more than 10,000 troops to intercept him before.
To be honest, Li Cunxiao really didn't pay attention to Li Cunxin, although he had some skills, he was just a villain who loved slander.
At the end of the continuous official road, the low county seat of Shexian County slowly appeared in front of the soldiers of Zuo Shenwei's army.
Don't look at this county seat, it is not big, but the inside and outside of the county are covered with flags.
In this regard, the soldiers of Zuo Shenwei's army were not surprised, as early as before, the scouts had already detected that Li Cunxin had led more than 10,000 troops into Shexian County and set up camp here.
"General Li, this is the information I just received. Your Majesty has sent General Gu Yanlang of the Zuo Shenwu Army to lead 10,000 cavalry to escort Sun Kuijiedu's envoy into Zhaoyi, and has arrived in Luzhou, let us choose the opportunity to cooperate and defeat Zhaoyi's Hedong army. β
"The imperial army has also entered Zhaoyi? came just in time, now Kang Junli is here, but don't leave, I let him plug his wings and it will be difficult to fly. Hahaha! β
Seeing this information, Li Cunxiao couldn't help laughing.
The news of the defeat of the Xuanwu army had already reached Li Cunxiao's ears, and it was precisely for this reason that Wang and others hesitated and did not move.
Wang Ben is the envoy of the feudal town, and the interests of the court have nothing to do with him.
This time the troops were dispatched because they saw that so many feudal towns had responded, so they followed with 15,000 people.
Who would have thought that the Xuanwu army, which he thought was the strongest, had been defeated, if he had rushed forward in a daze, wouldn't it be a loss of troops in vain.
So he didn't care about Li Cunxiao's private actions.
If he wins, he gets a share of the credit; defeated, that is also Li Cunxiao did not listen to the command and acted privately.
Li Cunxiao saw the county seat of Shexian not far away, so he asked the army to rest on the spot, asked the soldiers below to make the ladder for attacking the city, and launched an attack on the county seat early the next morning.
Under the city, Li Cunxiao rode his horse to the front of the Zuo Shenwei army, looked at the banner covering the sky and the murderous army under his command, raised the lance in his hand, and said loudly.
"The soldiers of the Zuo Shenwei Army, before, we were a group of people who were not welcomed, and the whole Hedong was jealous of us and rejected us.
Now Hedong has become a rebel, and we are the forbidden army of the imperial court, and we are ordered to quell the rebellion.
In the city, it was Hedong rebellion, these were a group of rabble, and they didn't even dare to fight. So we're going to storm the city and get rid of this rebel.
There is the military merit you want in it, pick up the swords and guns in your hands and attack! β
"Siege!"
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