(2nd Update)

A few days later, Li Yanqing sent back a military report that his troops had conquered the Tang Dynasty and captured more than 40 warships. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The day after Lee Congjing received the news, news came from Gwangju that he had been captured.

At the same time, the Hundred Battles Army had already arrived in Haozhou and was engaged in a battle with the Wu army in Haozhou, and although the city had not been taken for the time being, the war was progressing quite smoothly.

The Tang Dynasty and Guangzhou were defeated, which meant that the right flank of the army was no longer a threat, and Li Congjing made up his mind to solve the war in Dingyuan County.

"Dingyuan County is not a dangerous town, Li Decheng marched here, mainly to form an echo with Tushan, looking for an opportunity to march into Shouchun. King Lu fought with Li Decheng in Dingyuan County, which was a field battle, and the war was in a stalemate period. Now, our army has defeated Tushan Liu Xin's department, which is enough to support the battle in Dingyuan County, Li Decheng has lost Tushan's echo, if the battle situation is unfavorable, he must retreat to Chuzhou to defend. ”

Two people in a green shirt and a white robe stood in front of the map, Mo Li gave advice to Li Congjing, "Although Chuzhou is a state city, the terrain is not significant, but Chuzhou goes north for twenty or thirty miles, but it is blocked by mountains, there is a pass in the middle of Guanshan, called Qingliu Pass, which is a fortress built by Xu Zhihe after the defeat of Jiangling, specifically for dealing with the Tang Dynasty, which took years to build, is extremely dangerous, not weak Jianmen, if it is a strong attack, it is easy to break off and make contributions, it is a big trouble." ”

Guanshan, that is, Zhang Baling in later generations, is the only mountain range on the plain east of Dabie Mountain.

Li Congjing asked, "Can you go around?" ”

Mo Li shook his head, "The length of Guanshan is more than two hundred miles, and the width of Guanshan is more than fifty miles, it is difficult to detour, and it is even more difficult to detour quietly." And to avoid the Guanshan, it must be Kehao Prefecture in the north, Kechu Prefecture in the east, and Kelu Prefecture in the west. ”

Li Congjing nodded, and he already had a score in his heart.

After the two returned to the small case, Mo Li sat down and said: "The four states in the eastern part of Jiangbei, Haozhou, Chuzhou, Chuzhou, and Yangzhou, if we can successfully defeat Li Decheng this time and occupy Chuzhou in one go, then our army can go straight to Yangzhou, and the plan to quickly determine Jiangbei can be realized." ”

The four states mentioned by Mo Li are actually the four eastern states south of Huaishui and the north of the great river, and they are also the most important four states in Jiangbei, but in fact, Yang Wu has a Haizhou in the east of Jiangbei, which is located in the north of Huaishui and near the sea.

Yangzhou is the four states in the east of Jiangbei, and it can even be said that it is the core of the fourteen states in Jiangbei.

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Dingyuan County.

The battalion of the guards was stationed in front of Dingyuan City, but it was not too close to the city, because the two armies had been fighting outside the city for several days, not attacking and defending the city. Li Decheng's 30,000 Wu troops and camps were also camped outside the city.

Dingyuan County belongs to Haozhou, located about 100 miles south of Haozhou City, this place is a flat land, the terrain is not much undulating, very suitable as a battlefield.

In the camp of the guards, Li Congke was discussing the military situation with his staff, because they had just received a military order from Li Congjing.

"Within three days, you must defeat Li Decheng and capture Dingyuan County?"

Hearing this military order issued by Li Congjing to the guards and pro-army, the faces of all the staff members were very serious, everyone looked at each other, and they all saw the solemn look in each other's eyes.

"Since the fight to Dingyuan, our army and Li Decheng fought three battles in three days, although there was a small victory a few days ago, in the end it still failed to make Li Decheng hurt his muscles and bones, at this time the King of Qin ordered, asking me to wait for three days to break Dingyuan County, how easy is this? Not to mention that it is difficult to defeat Li Decheng, that is, he is defeated, and the other party retreats into the city, and I am afraid that there is no way to take him. A staff member analyzed in a deep voice.

Li Congke pondered and was silent, Li Congjing's military order was indeed very difficult.

That's not what he said. Then Li Decheng's camp is outside the city, if our army can really defeat it in one fell swoop and kill it into the camp, they want to retreat into the city with their whole body, I am afraid it will not be so easy. Another staff member twisted his beard and said, "The Hundred Battles Army fought with Liu Xin in Tushan, and it took only one day for 10,000 troops to defeat Liu Xin's 20,000 Wu troops, and even captured more than 10,000 enemy soldiers and hundreds of ships. With such a big victory in front of Zhuyu, it is no wonder that the King of Qin will order me to wait for three days to defeat Li Decheng. ”

And when he said this, all the people were silent.

In all fairness, the Hundred Battles Army is more elite than the Guards Army, this is a fact, and there is nothing difficult to admit, but after all, the other party won with one enemy and two enemies, and the Guards and Wu Army were equal in strength, and there was no great result in three battles in three days, which inevitably made people lack confidence.

Moreover, Meng Ping, who commanded the Hundred Battles Army, was just a general, and he didn't even have the qualifications to be a Jiedu envoy, while Li Congke, as the commander of the guards and the pro-army Ma Bujun, was "promoted" by the Jiedu envoy, and he was also the highest-ranking and genuine general in the guards and pro-army. In such a comparison, even if people are not ashamed, it is not easy to say that Li Congke did not defeat Li Decheng.

The tent was a little dull for a while, and one of the staff couldn't help but say: "Our army should defeat Li Decheng, this is a matter of course, but the King of Qin has a deadline of three days to break the enemy, which is a bit harsh." The general is leading the troops outside, and the war is looking for opportunities to deal with itself, how can there be a reason for the commander to urge the war behind? King Qin is a veteran of the battlefield, wise and wise, how can he even ignore such a simple truth this time? ”

The person beside him said in a muffled voice: "Maybe King Qin is indeed a little dissatisfied, otherwise it wouldn't be like this." ”

As soon as the words came out, the tent fell silent again.

Li Congke spoke, his voice low, "The Hundred Battles Army Tushan has won, and the King of Qin has ordered his troops to attack Haozhou. Taking Haozhou in the north and Dingyuan in the south, echoing each other, this requirement is understandable. Ben Jiang heard that Haozhou does not have many troops, if the Hundred Battles Army is decided in ten days, my guards and pro-army still can't make contributions here, then Ben General took the initiative to ask the King of Qin to attack Li Decheng, but it will become a laughing stock! ”

Speaking of this, Li Congke's eyes were awe-inspiring, "Shame and courage." No matter how good Li Decheng is, his troops are only tens of thousands of feudal towns, how can they be comparable to the courage of my refined forbidden army? Moreover, our army has the encouragement of Tushan's great victory, and the army's morale is excited, and the Huainan army has lost the support of its flank comrades, and it will inevitably panic and doubt itself. ”

After Li Congke returned to the general's case, "The army has rested for a day, and it should be full of energy." Beat the drums and gather the generals, and I want to fight Li Decheng again! ”

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Wu army camp, handsome tent.

Li Decheng was personally interrogating several civilians.

These civilians fled south from Haozhou to escape the war, and the Wu army scouts arrested a few for Li Decheng to inquire about the situation in Haozhou.

It is ashamed to say that few of the scouts sent by Li Decheng to Shouchun and Haozhou came back alive, so he did not have a sufficient understanding of the battle situation in Shouchun and Haozhou, so he had to let the scouts arrest the fleeing people.

According to these people, when the Tang army arrived in Haozhou, they first burned the ship of the Haozhou Navy Division, and then attacked the city of Haozhou, while the defenders of Haozhou resisted, and the two armies fought fiercely.

Don't underestimate these fleeing people, because if they can't keep them, there are deserters among them, and even if there are no deserters, they will probably flee after the enemy army enters, so based on their situation and words, a lot of useful information can be obtained.

After letting these people go, Li Decheng fell into deep thought.

"From this point of view, Guo Tingwei has not given up resistance, Haozhou City is not a small city, it is not so easy for the Tang army to capture it, and the marshal does not have to worry." Li Decheng's mastermind said to him.

"Liu Xin suffered a fiasco in Tushan, and he himself died of his injuries, and now the Tang army is attacking Haozhou, and the situation is not optimistic." Li Decheng's face was as usual, but his voice was slow, "When Li Congke fights with our army again, he will definitely use this to hit the morale of our army, and the army must take precautions as soon as possible." ”

The subordinate officials promised to implement this matter.

Li Decheng pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How is the Shouchun war?" ”

"Li Congjing has mobilized a large number of reinforcements and is storming Shouchun City, and the battle is fierce." An official reported, "According to the news sent back by the scouts, Li Congjing's attack on Shouchun this time is even more ferocious than before, and he has already released a bold statement that he will capture this city within a month!" ”

Li Decheng smiled indifferently and did not comment.

It was a staff member who said: "Gao Xiansi repaired the Shouchun city defense to an iron wall, the city has sufficient grain, grass and ordnance, and his person is a good general, who has won the hearts of the soldiers, and has more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command. ”

Someone laughed and said: "I have heard that Li Congjing has been attacking the city and pulling out the village, and he has always been like a broken bamboo, and in the past, the Jianmen Xiongguan failed to stop him in the slightest, but now he has been attacking Shouchun for a long time, where can he stand this anger, and it is not surprising that he is angry and threatens to break the city within a month." After staying for a month, the Tang army will not be able to conquer the city, and it will inevitably be demoralized, so Shouchun should be fine. ”

Li Decheng bowed slightly, although he didn't speak, but this action undoubtedly showed that he also thought so.

The mastermind said tentatively: "Shouchun is strong and safe in the short term, but Li Congke is menacing, watching his troops fight, quite brave, our army is fighting with it, if there is no trick, it will be difficult to defeat it in the short term." Dashuai, Liu Xin has been defeated, the battle of Jiangbei, since it can not be won quickly, it is not in the war, at present, our army does not need to stay in Dingyuan County, the land of Pingchuan, should retreat to Chuzhou, in order to clear the pass. As long as the Tang army could not capture the Qingliu Pass, our army would be invincible in the battle of Jiangbei. After that, whether our army went out of the pass to attack the enemy, or fixed the pass and defended itself, we only waited for the Jinling edict. ”

At first glance, this may seem abrupt, but it is actually true.

The meaning of the words is very clear, the guards are not easy to get along, they are difficult to defeat, and now they have lost Liu Xin's response, it is even more difficult to attack Shouchun, and the battle situation in Haozhou is confusing, if Haozhou is defeated again, it is good for the hundred battle army to go east, if it goes south, it is far from dangerous, at this time, the safe policy is naturally to surrender Qingliuguan and curb the southward trend of the Tang army.

What the mastermind did not make clear is that the battle situation in Chudi is not yet known, and it is difficult to judge the outcome of the battle, since the battle of Jiangbei has been unfavorable, and Shouchun can still hold on, it is better to adopt a conservative and cautious policy, and undefeated is meritorious. If you want to break the enemy in the future, Jinling should send reinforcements again, if Jinling has no reinforcements, the army can only stick to Qingliu Pass.

Li Decheng shook his head and said firmly, "When the army fights, how can there be a reason to lose the battle without winning or losing, and retreat by itself?" Vice Marshal Liu is loyal to the country, the bones are not cold, the soldiers in front of him are fighting hard day and night, and they are in urgent need of rescue. ”

He stood up, inspected the crowd, and said majestically: "Beat the drums and gather the generals, this commander wants to fight Li Congke again!" In this battle, it is necessary to defeat it, and then come to the aid of Shouchun and drive the Tang thief out of the country! ”