Chapter 96 Zhu Quanzhong

"King, according to the latest news, the Huainan army has now conquered Suzhou. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jing Xiang next to him replied respectfully.

Jingxiang Zizhen, a native of Feng Yi in Tongzhou, is after Jinghui in the Tang Dynasty. He was a good reader when he was young, especially good at writing articles, and his thinking was quick, and he was known as a young talent. However, when he rushed to Chang'an to take the Jinshi exam, he unexpectedly failed the list.

When Huang Chao entered Chang'an, Jing Xiang fled to Bianzhou to join his fellow countryman Wang Fa, and was later appreciated by Zhu Quanzhong, who was in charge of Bianzhou at that time, and he followed Zhu Quanzhong for 20 years.

In the past 20 years, Zhu Quanzhong has always obeyed him, and Jingxiang has also been loyal to Zhu Quanzhong, sleeping at night, and has made outstanding contributions to Zhu Quanzhong's hegemony.

"Already captured Suzhou?" Zhu Quanzhong frowned, "Although there are not many defenders in Suzhou, it has only been two months now, how could the Huainan Army take Suzhou so quickly?" ”

According to the siege speed of this era, a big city like Suzhou should not fall so quickly.

"My subordinates heard that Yang Wu, the eldest son of Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu, had designed a new trebuchet that could launch hundreds of pounds of boulders from a distance of 500 steps, and the defenders of Suzhou were crushed by this brand-new weapon."

"A new trebuchet?"

This is the first time Zhu Quanzhong has heard of Yang Wu's name, for him, the number one hero in the world, who can get into his eyes, even if it is not a hero of the same level like Yang Xingmi, at least it must be a famous general like Gu Quanwu.

As for Yang Wu, he is just a teenager, and he has not made any great contributions before, so he is not worthy of his attention. So at this time, all he was interested in was whether this new trebuchet could help him capture Fengxiang City.

"Yes, but this trebuchet Huainan is very closely guarded, and we can't get specific information at all."

"Besides, the king should not patronize the new trebuchet and underestimate this Yang Wu. As far as his subordinates know, this person has repeatedly established meritorious services since he came out this year, and this attack on Suzhou was as the deputy commander of the Huainan Army, first leading the partial division to attack and quickly occupy the counties around Suzhou, completely isolating Suzhou; Then this trebuchet was created under the city of Suzhou and won the city of Suzhou in one fell swoop. Such a feat made Yang Wu's prestige in the Huainan army increase day by day, and it would cause trouble for the king to unify Jianghuai in the future. ”

"Zizhen said and laughed!" Zhu Quanzhong couldn't help laughing, "I think that Yang Wu's milk stinks and doesn't dry, even if he has some talents, what can he do?" Besides, there are already many famous generals in the Huainan Army, and there is not much more than him, and there is no less than him! ”

In his life, he has met many famous generals, and there are not a few famous generals under his own command.

"King, although Huainan has many generals, Yang Wu is different!" Jing Xiang shook his head and said.

"Oh, I wonder how this Yang Wu is different?"

"The king should know that the land of Jianghuai has always been different from my north, where the rivers are dense and the waterways are criss-crossed, and my northern cavalry is not suitable to fight there at all, and this was the case with the defeat of our army in the last battle of Qingkou. What's more, Yang Xingmi is also a hero, and he is deeply supported by the generals of Huainan, and it is only difficult for our army to eliminate Huainan. Therefore, the subordinates felt that if they wanted to capture Huainan in one fell swoop, it was best to wait until they had internal problems. ”

"Yes, but what does this have to do with Yang Wu? Moreover, Lone heard that Tian Yan, the assassin of Xuanzhou, was very dissatisfied with Yang Xingmi, if there was an internal problem in Huainan, wouldn't it be better to use some means to make Tian Yan rebel? ”

Tian Yan's dissatisfaction with Yang Xingmi has been a long time, and even Jing Xiang and Zhu Quanzhong, who are far away in the north, have heard of it, but Zhu Yanshou's dissatisfaction with Yang Xingmi is still a secret, after all, they are in-laws, and Zhu Yanshou has been guarding the north for Yang Xingmi in the past and has made great contributions to Huainan, so Zhu Quanzhong and others don't know about this matter.

"It's naturally good to let Tian Yan raise troops to rebel, my subordinates heard that Xuanzhou has about 60,000 troops, and Tian Yan has a deep prestige in Huainan, if he rebels, it should be able to cause some trouble to Yang Xingmi. However, his subordinates felt that when Yang Xingmi was still alive, it would be difficult to shake the foundation of Huainan no matter who rebelled. Tian Yan rebelled, even if he had the support of the king, but he was afraid that it would not be long before he was put down. ”

Zhu Quanzhong frowned, noncommittal to Jing Xiang's judgment.

Jing Xiang continued: "So my subordinates feel that if they want to pacify Huainan, the best way is to wait for Yang Xingmi to die. And if Yang Wu doesn't have much ability, even if he inherits the position of Huainan Jiedu envoy after Yang Xingmi's death in the future, his subordinates will disobey him, and even if Huainan doesn't have any civil strife, it will not be possible to work together like now, and it will be possible for us to capture Jianghuai; But now Yang Wu's ability is excellent, which means that even if Yang Xingmi dies in the future, his next generation is still very strong, Huainan is still a strong whole, and it is still difficult for our army to capture Huainan! ”

Zhu Quanzhong nodded slowly, Jing Xiang's analysis made sense. After more than 20 years of turbulent times, the roots of many feudal towns have become deeper.

For example, Li Keyong, the king of Jin, was defeated by him many times but could not be eliminated, and the same is true of Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, although he has been disabled, but it is difficult to completely eliminate Li Maozhen.

If you want to completely eliminate these feudal towns, the best time is to wait for the older generation of heroes who started these businesses to die. But now Yang Wu's talent is good, and he has gradually won the support of Huainan generals, even if Yang Xingmi dies in the future, Huainan is still not so easy to attack.

However, these also made him pay a little more attention, and Zhu Quanzhong still didn't take him to heart.

"Now that Li Maozhen is about to succumb, our army can withdraw some back to the Central Plains. In addition, Qian Biao has some strength after all, and Gu still expects him to contain Yang Xingmi in the south. In this way, ordering Zhu Youning to lead an army of 60,000 to Suzhou and threaten Yang Xingmi's rear can be regarded as helping Qian Biao relieve a little pressure! ”

Jing Xiang naturally has no objection to this decision. Zhu Quanzhong's strategy for the south has always been to suppress the strongest forces and not let any force get the opportunity to unify the south.

At the beginning, when Sun Ru was powerful and wreaked havoc on Jianghuai, and Yang Xingmi was defeated repeatedly, Zhu Quanzhong sent troops south many times to unite with Yang Xingmi to contain Sun Ru, which was also the honeymoon period between Yang Xingmi and Zhu Quanzhong; But later, after Yang Xingmi defeated Sun Ru, the relationship between the two sides quickly split.

In order to prevent Yang Xingmi from unifying Jiangnan, Zhu Quanzhong sent troops south twice, the first time he went south, the scale was smaller, and it only played a role in diversion; The second time he went south was the Battle of Qingkou, when Zhu Quanzhong wanted to eliminate Yang Xingmi in one fell swoop, who knew that he was defeated in Qingkou, losing 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers, and even the general Pang Shigu was killed in battle.

Fortunately, Zhu Quanzhong was strong, and he did not shake his foundation because of this, but shifted his energy to the north again, and in the south, he united Qian Di, Du Hong, Zhong Chuan, Ma Yin, Lei Yangong, Cheng Wei and other forces to form an encirclement network to prevent Yang Xingmi's pace of unifying the south.

But now that there is a problem inside Qian Biao, Zhu Quanzhong naturally wants to pull him up.

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