The news of the rebellion in Xiangzhou surprised Li Cunmiao, and he made a decision at the first time to let Li Shaorong lead 10,000 troops to set off immediately to quell the rebellion. Please search (product book network) to see the most complete! The fastest update!

At the same time, Xiangzhou was too close to the border of Wu, in order to prevent Wu from taking this opportunity to attack on a large scale, Li Cunqiao ordered Yecheng to be under martial law on the one hand, and mobilized troops to strengthen the defense, and on the other hand, he sent an edict to the envoys of Jiedu in various places, asking them to immediately mobilize troops to come to King Qin.

It's not that Li Cunmiao is cowardly, but the time and place of this turmoil are too critical, and the consequences are really unpredictable, so he has to be careful.

In fact, his caution was not overdone at all, before Li Shaorong led the army to the expedition, Wei Bo's army in Tangyin, Neihuang and other places also mutinied, and after the rebel army took control of the local county town, they immediately plundered and plundered everywhere they went.

After Zhao Zaili learned the news of the rebellion in various places, he immediately sent people to contact these rebels, and soon incorporated these rebels into his command.

Fortunately, the person stationed in Lanzhou was Li Cunxuan's confidant general Zhu Shouyin, and most of his subordinates were veterans of the Jin Kingdom, and they were not affected by the military rebellion, so Lanzhou was still under Zhu Shouyin's control for the time being.

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In the city of Huaizhou, the Wu army camp.

At this time, Li Chengding, the governor of the Wu army garrison in Hebei, immediately transmitted the news to Luoyang after receiving the news of the Xiangzhou military rebellion, and at the same time immediately summoned the generals at all levels of the army to discuss sending troops.

For Wu Guo, although he won a complete victory in the Battle of Pingyin a few years ago and hit the elite of the Jin army hard, the Later Tang Dynasty is still a strong enemy that cannot be underestimated.

In order to prevent the attack of the Wu army, the Later Tang Dynasty not only deployed a large number of troops along the line of the Yellow River, but also arranged heavy troops in the Xiangzhou and Lanzhou areas to establish a defensive line to defend Yedu.

In order to break through this strong defensive line, the Wu army made several attempts to attack, but never made progress.

This time the mutiny in Xiangzhou made this defense line collapse on its own, if it can take this opportunity to take Xiangzhou and Lanzhou, then the Wu army can come to the Tang capital at any time.

Therefore, at this time, the generals of all departments were excitedly suggesting to Li Chengding to send troops, and many generals were even asking to be the vanguard of the army.

In the midst of the sound of war, a different voice suddenly appeared at this time.

"Governor Qiqi, the last general thinks that it is not appropriate to send troops immediately at this time, and our army should continue to wait for the opportunity!"

The generals looked at that person one after another, but when they saw that the person turned out to be Guo Wei, the deputy commander who had just joined the Wu army a few years earlier, many people immediately frowned.

"This Guo Wei is just a deputy commander, and the governor admires him, so he was promoted unusually; In terms of military rank and qualifications, there are many people present who are high in him. Now he is singing the opposite tone in front of so many people, which is too disrespectful to other people! ”

It's a pity that Li Chengding attaches great importance to Guo Wei, and he said with interest: "Tell me your reasons." ”

Guo Wei said: "The last general thinks that although Xiangzhou is in chaos, it is not completely messed up. If our army sends troops at this time, it is certainly possible to seize Xiangzhou and other places in one fell swoop, and it is not impossible to even subdue the rebellious army. But there is also another possibility, that is, the Jin king Li Cunqiao was forced by the pressure of our army to reach a compromise with the rebellious army. ”

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At the same time, in Luoyang City, Chongzheng Palace, Yan Keqiu was also loudly proclaiming his views.

"If our army sends troops now, the king of Jin is likely to recruit the chaotic army again, and our army will gain nothing at that time; At the same time, if the Jiedu envoys in various parts of the Jin Kingdom learn the news of our army's dispatch, they will be forced by our country's pressure to join forces against our army. ”

"On the other hand, if our army does not send troops for the time being, then the King of Jin is likely to send troops to defeat the rebels, and then force the rebels to turn to us."

"In addition, the contradictions between the local vassal marshals of the Jin State and the king of Jin are relatively large, if our army does not send troops for the time being, then those vassal marshals are likely to take some drastic measures after seeing the opportunity, such as expelling the local prison troops, etc.; In this way, the relationship between the local feudal towns and the Jin king will be further broken! ”

On the side, Guo Chongtao nodded thoughtfully after listening, and then added: "Another point, this Xiangzhou military rebellion happened suddenly, and we didn't have much preparation at all. If we send troops now, there are not many troops that can be used. Therefore, the minister informed Lord Yan of his proposal, don't rush to send troops for the time being, wait for the opportunity first, and at the same time mobilize troops, and then launch it in one fell swoop when you are ready. ”

After listening to the opinions of the two, Yang Wu looked at Zhou Ben, who had already returned to Luoyang: "What does General Zhou think?" ”

Today's Zhou Ben has become the first person in the army after destroying the Shu State in one fell swoop, whether it is merit, seniority, or the relationship with Yang Wu, he has a status far beyond others.

However, at this time, Zhou Ben was still old, especially after returning from the destruction of Shu, there were signs of aging.

Not only is his hair all white, but even his voice looks a little old.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the King of Jin is really the great enemy of our dynasty, if you don't take this opportunity to hit him hard in one fell swoop, I'm afraid that the war will last for a long time in the future. Therefore, if you don't send troops, you can't do it; If you want to send troops, you should launch a thunderous blow with the strongest attitude! ”

Yang Wu nodded: "Then in the opinion of General Zhou, how many troops does our army need to invest in order to be appropriate?" ”

Zhou Ben said in a deep voice: "At least 200,000!" Even if you can't wipe out the Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop, at least you have to seize most of Hebei! ”

"Two hundred thousand troops?" Yang Wu lowered his head and groaned.

After thoroughly digesting the original, the current state of Wu seized Shu again, incorporated a lot of Shu troops, and added the troops of Fengxiang and other feudal towns, and the total strength of Wu had already exceeded 400,000.

It is indeed not difficult to dispatch 200,000 troops, the only problem is that it will obviously take some time to mobilize so many troops, and during this period, the Jin army will definitely seize the time to quell the rebellion.

With that little chaotic army in Xiangzhou, can they support the Wu army to complete the assembly?

Yang Wu was worried, but then he laughed again, whether those rebels could hold out until the Wu army completed the assembly, what did this have to do with him?

As long as the rebels can disrupt the Later Tang Dynasty and help the Wu army break through the enemy's defense line and then besiege Yecheng, it doesn't matter whether they live or die.

"Well, then send the order to Li Chengding, our army is not in a hurry to send troops for the time being, and then send an order to all departments, and they must be mobilized as soon as possible. As soon as the order to attack is given, the divisions must attack the enemy at the first opportunity! Yang Wu finally decided.

"Wait for the order!"

With the issuance of the military order, the Wu army in various places quickly mobilized to prepare for the upcoming big battle.

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As Yan Keqiu expected, when the news that the Wu army did not dispatch immediately spread, the Jiedu envoys from all over the Later Tang Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time began to make their own small calculations.

In the past few months, Li Cunmiao sent eunuchs to various places to serve as military supervisors, which originally greatly touched the interests of local domain commanders, and then Li Cunmiao's behavior of borrowing national debts but not repaying them in time made these feudal marshals deeply dissatisfied; It's just that under the pressure of Wu Guo, no one has risen up to rebel for the time being.

And this time, when the news of the Xiangzhou mutiny came, the commanders everywhere suddenly became thoughtful.

Lu Longjiedu made Shi Jingjiao take the lead in attacking in Youzhou, beheaded Yang Hope, the prison army sent by Li Cunqing, and shifted the responsibility to the Khitans.

Then, after the Anyi Jiedu who was stationed in Luzhou, Kong Xun also acted against Yang Jiyuan, the supervising army; After that, Fu Xi, the envoy of Henghai Jiedu, also made trouble in Texas.

For a time, the prison troops sent by Li Cunmiao to various places were slaughtered one after another, and although there was no direct rebellion in the feudal towns, the relationship between them and Li Cunmiao was on the verge of breakdown.

At the end of July, Li Shaorong led an army of 10,000 to besiege Xiangzhou, but what he did not expect was that at the critical juncture of the siege, an army under his command suddenly defected, and the rebels in the city were flanked inside and outside, defeating Li Shaorong's army.

After this defeat, Li Shaorong had to retreat to Zhangxian and wait for follow-up reinforcements.

At the same time, after nearly a month of assembly, the army of 200,000 was ready, and the real big war was about to begin.