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After returning to Chuzhou, Li Congjing first arranged for the fifth to recuperate, and then convened the generals to discuss. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The fifth investigation of the news is more detailed and comprehensive, of course, it does not contain all the details as imagined, and it is impossible for Xu Jingtong to explain Su Hongsleeve too thoroughly about the strategy of using troops, it is not only a problem that Su Hongsleeve can understand, but also takes too much time.

In any case, Wu's arrangements for using troops in Jiangbei have been clear, and there are several places that can be calculated, which are the main points of this military discussion.

After the three-way drum is finished, all the generals are here.

"Huainan reinforces Jiangbei, and the troops are divided into three routes." Li Congjing personally came to the map and pointed to the map with a knife, "Dispatched 40,000 elite soldiers from Chudi, landed in Luzhou, and entered Shouzhou through Luzhou to the west, which is the west road; 3,000 iron armor were dispatched from Jinling, and 8,000 newly recruited Yong were recruited to reinforce Yangzhou, which was the middle road; In addition, the water division was sent to the sea along the river and went north to reinforce Chuzhou, with a force of about 4,000 troops, which was the east road. ”

Li Congjing looked around at the generals, "The soldiers and horses on the West Road have landed in Luzhou a few days ago, and now they have arrived in the area of Lujiang and Shucheng; According to the report from the guards and pro-army, the soldiers and horses of the middle road have arrived in Yangzhou; The soldiers and horses of the East Road set out from Jinling a few days ago, and they have not yet received a report from the Hundred Battles Army. ”

After saying this, and explaining some details, Li Congjing returned to the desk and asked the generals: "The military situation is urgent, how to deal with it, and what do you think?" ”

The current situation is like this: the Tang army that went out to Jianghuai had 40,000 guards and pro-army, 10,000 hundred battle troops, and 30,000 feudal town troops, and each of them had more than 10,000 prisoners in the battles of Tushan and Qingliuguan, and the total strength had exceeded 100,000.

The Hundred Battles Army took thousands of Tushan prisoners and fought in Chuzhou, and Meng Ping and Ma Renyu were victorious; More than 20,000 soldiers and horses of the main force of the guard's army, and five or six thousand Chuzhou army prisoners, under the leadership of Li Congke, attacked the city in Yangzhou and plundered the land, Lianke Liuhe, Tianchang and other important towns, and the vanguard has arrived under the city of Yangzhou a few days ago;

Li Yanqing led ten commanders of the guards and pro-army, and after capturing the Tang Dynasty, he marched to Luzhou; Li Yanchao led ten commanders of the guards and pro-army, and attacked Shouchun with the feudal army; Ding Mao led six commanders of the guards and the four commanders of the Chuzhou army to attack Luzhou, and Keshen County a few days ago; Shi Congda led four commanders of the guards and pro-army, and two commanders of the Chuzhou army to attack Hezhou.

A few days ago, after learning of Shi Xubai and Han Xizai's strategy of using troops against Jianghuai, Li Congjing ordered Shi Congda to return to the division from Hezhou - Hezhou assassinated Shi Wang Yanyu and refused to hold the city, and Shi Congda attacked for three days without defeat; Then Li Yanchao was ordered to lead ten commanders of the guards and pro-army to go south to the Tang Dynasty to station.

"The Huainan Army is going north on three roads, the East Route Army is going to sea, its whereabouts are difficult to find, the Middle Route Army relies on Yangzhou City, it is difficult to attack, and the only one who can figure it out at the moment is the West Road, and Park suggests taking the Huainan Army on the West Road first!" After the generals spoke in turn, Wang Pu began to summarize and make suggestions.

He said: "The Huainan Army on the West Road is intended to be in Shouzhou. Shouzhou, the key to the rear of the army, can not be lost, this is one of them; Huainan army increased troops in Jianghuai, with the most soldiers and horses on the west road, the west road can win, then the momentum of the Huainan counteroffensive is unstoppable, in other words, if the west road can not win, then Huainan can only maintain the defensive position, so to break the Huainan counteroffensive, when the west road is broken, this is the second; The Huainan Army on the West Road, coming from a long way in Chu, is the so-called 100 miles to profit and kick on the general, at the moment the other part is tired, and Lujiang, Shucheng are not big cities and towns, the other department has nothing to rely on, just the field with it and the decisive battle, the field is the length of our army, the enemy is short, with a long attack short, the victory is easy, this is the third. ”

"With these three, there is no doubt that the west road of the Huainan Army should be attacked!"

Wang Pu's voice fell, and Sang Weihan answered: "The Huainan Army on the West Road, with 40,000 elite soldiers, has the victory of Chudi, the morale is high, and the soldiers and horses that our department can deploy are limited, how dare you win lightly?" ”

"Victory on the battlefield is not based on the number of soldiers and horses, and although the thief army is powerful, our army has a lot of iron armor, why can't it win?" After Wang Pu said this, he bowed his hand to Li Congjing, "Please Your Highness decide!" ”

Sang Weihan also saluted Li Congjing and said, "Please Your Highness decide!" ”

The generals stood up and clenched their fists, "Please make a decision on it Your Highness!" ”

Li Congjing stood up, "The battle of Jianghuai, such as sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, the Huainan army is attacking from three directions, and it is useless to retreat. ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing's eyes were sharp, "If you want to break the west road of the Huainan Army, you must first seize Luzhou City, and if you get Luzhou City, then the flank of the Huainan Army will not be guaranteed, and the map will be easy!" ordered, Shi Congda led his troops west into Luzhou, converged with Li Yanqing and Ding Mao's troops, and attacked Luzhou City; Ordered again, Li Yanchao led his troops to the south, pinned down the west road of the Huainan Army, and planned the battle of Luzhou! ”

Although Luzhou City is a state city, it is not an important town, and the soldiers and horses in Luzhou are not fine, and the number is also not much, which is the news that the Military Intelligence Department and the scouts have already discovered, because there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, so Li Congjing's attitude is clear.

Li Yanchao, Li Yanqing and Ding Mao, Shi Congda, four generals, a total of about 20,000 soldiers and horses, although there are 40,000 elite soldiers on the west road of the Huainan Army, it may not be impossible to figure it.

The military order was issued, and it was quickly transmitted to all departments.

A few days later, in front of Luzhou City.

Ding Mao, who arrived first, Li Yanqing, who arrived later, and Shi Congda, who came over as reinforcements last, raised the Chinese army's tent together to discuss the siege plan.

Among the three generals, headed by Ding Mao, he was the main general who attacked Luzhou.

"You and I three combined army, the strength has reached thirty commands, only the elite of the guard army has exceeded 10,000, Luzhou is just a small city, three or four thousand old and weak soldiers, a few days ago a certain has been attacking for several days, his city defense force, has been consumed more than half, now the two have arrived, you and I three armies together, ten days will be over!" Ding Mao said to Shi Congda and Li Yanqing that Luzhou is not really a small city, and Ding Mao said that it is small, which means that his military strength is weak.

"What General Ding said is true, the reason why Luzhou can hold on and fight day after day is nothing more than 40,000 reinforcements in Shucheng and Lujiang, if not, this city would have been in the bag." Shi Congda bowed his head and expressed his opinion, "The Huainan Army West Road arrived in Shucheng and Lujiang the day before yesterday, and it should have gone north to Shouzhou to receive a letter of help from Luzhou, and Wang Hui was bound to divide his troops to rescue." ”

Wang Hui is the chief general of the 40,000 Wu army.

Li Yanqing has the least qualifications, so he finally spoke, "If you want to capture Luzhou City, you must first defeat its reinforcements, which can not only weaken the strength of Wang Hui's department, but also hit the morale of his troops, which is beneficial to the battle in the coming Japan!" ”

The three generals were discussing the military plane, and suddenly heard that the scouts were coming, but as Li Yanqing said, Wang Hui really sent 5,000 elite soldiers to rescue Luzhou.

Hearing this, Li Yanqing was quite excited, "Forty or fifty miles southwest of Luzhou City, there is a mountainous area, there is a large forest area in front of the mountain, Wang Hui will send troops from Shucheng to rescue Luzhou, must pass through this place, I am equivalent to setting up an ambush here, I will be able to reap miraculous results." ”

Ding Mao's face was happy, but he did not judge lightly, but inquired in detail about Li Yanqing's situation with the scouts, and finally combined various conditions, Ding Mao thought that the ambush was feasible, so he asked Li Yanqing to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters and quickly went to the mountains to set up an ambush.

The mountainous area that Li Yanqing mentioned is Zipeng Mountain, and the large flat forest area in front of the mountain is the Yingshan Forest Farm in later generations. Li Yanqing got Ding Mao's order, immediately gathered soldiers and horses, and quickly went to Yingshan to set up an ambush.

Wang Hui this person, when Xu Zhihe attacked Chu, he used it as the envoy of the Baisheng Army, and had many military exploits in the Chu campaign, which sent the Chu Wu army to aid Jianghuai, Zhou itself was the pillar of the army, and he wanted to sit on the battlefield of Chu, not to move lightly, Xu Zhihe appointed Wang Hui as the chief general of the West Route Army.

After Wang Hui arrived in Shucheng, he received a letter of help from Luzhou.

Although Wang Hui's mission on this trip was to go north to the Tang Dynasty through Shucheng, march from Anfeng to Shouchun, relieve the siege of Gao Xiansi, and then work together to break the Tang army, but Luzhou was attacked by the Tang army, and he was close at hand, but he couldn't help it. When Luzhou sent a letter to Wang Hui asking for help, he only faced Ding Mao, and Shi Congda had not yet arrived, so the letter said that the Tang army was only five or six thousand, but fortunately, Luzhou Assassin Shi was not a stupid person, and mentioned that Li Yanqing's ministry in the Tang Dynasty might support Ding Mao.

"The defenders of Luzhou are three or four thousand, and the Tang army attacks them with five or six thousand soldiers, but Luzhou can't be defended, how useless!" When the king receives a letter asking for help, his first reaction is this.

"The Tang army attacking Luzhou in front of us, although there are only five or six thousand soldiers and horses, but Li Yanqing's troops in the Tang Dynasty have the possibility to support, and the combined forces of the two sides should not be underestimated. The staff who spoke had an old history with the Luzhou assassin, so he said a few words for the other party.

The reason why the Luzhou Assassin Shi mentioned Li Yanqing's ministry was naturally not that he was really like a god, but that he was using this to dispel some of Luzhou's incompetence.

"If Li Yanqing really goes to Luzhou, the Tang Dynasty will be empty, but it will give me a chance in vain." Wang Hui sneered, "Then send five thousand troops to rescue Luzhou and repel the Tang army!" ”

Sending 5,000 is a lot, mainly considering that Li Yanqing may go to Luzhou, otherwise, only one or two thousand soldiers and horses are enough, it is enough for Luzhou to defend the city, plus one or two commanders, it is enough to defeat Ding Mao's department, Wang Hui is quite old-fashioned, he sent 5,000 troops to Luzhou, it is a steady move and a radical move, and the fight is the idea of defeating Li Yanqing together.

As for whether Li Yanqing and Ding Mao can defeat the Tang army after the 5,000 soldiers and horses and the Luzhou army can defeat the Tang army, Wang Hui doesn't think there is any problem.

Moreover, even if Li Yanqing sent troops to Luzhou, it would be impossible to bring all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty over, if so, wouldn't the Tang Dynasty become an empty city?

At this time, Wang Hui naturally didn't know that the Jianghuai war situation had already changed.

Of course, even if he got Xu Zhihe's biography and learned about some changes, he couldn't know the transfer of Li Yanchao and Shi Congda in advance, and no one in the Tsing Yi Yamen was stealing information from Li Congjing's side.

Yingshan. Li Yanqing led his troops to rush to this place non-stop, and the distance of forty or fifty miles, his troops only took most of the day. Li Yanqing did not delay for a moment, did not take a break, and immediately surveyed the terrain and arranged for his troops to choose a place to ambush.

Ambush is not a soldier into the forest to drill into the end of the job, in the big part we must pay attention to blocking the way to intercept the way out, in the small part we have to reasonably arrange troops according to the terrain and trees, the ultimate goal is to maximize our own combat strength, and at the same time limit the enemy's combat power to the greatest extent.

The scouts reported that the Huainan army was still thirty miles away from here.

Li Yanqing glanced at the hour, the sun was about to set, it seemed that the Huainan army would not be able to get here today.

Let the scouts explore again, Li Yanqing calmly arranged the troops to set up ambushes, from time to time the sun sets, and when the sun falls, he ordered the soldiers to eat dry food and rest early, recuperate, and at the same time do not forget to closely monitor the Huainan army, lest the other party suddenly make something moth.

It rained at night, the autumn rain continued, neither big nor small, hit the leaves of the trees and trees, the sound of the rain was very crisp, the soldiers did not set up tents in the forest, their bodies were wet, they became rain people in less than half of the night, at this time they didn't want to sleep, the soldiers all opened their eyes, their eyes were watching the rain stop, their bodies were blown by the forest wind, and they shivered with cold.

Li Yanqing couldn't sleep even more, he took people to inspect everywhere, to boost morale, and his mouth was dry after a trip, but at dawn, the rain stopped for a while, and before noon, it fell again, and some soldiers were infected with wind and cold, Li Yanqing gathered these people, and did not plan to let them go into battle with illness.

After surviving the time, the scouts reported that the Huainan army came.

Li Yanqing cheered up and ordered the officers and men of the whole army to be on alert.

The march in the rain was naturally hard, the Huainan army scolded and scolded into the forest area, and the soldiers of the Tang army hid in the rain curtain and the forest, listening to the Huainan army's scolding, footsteps, and the sound of iron armor rings, and watched them pass in front of them with wide eyes, and they all clenched their blades.

Li Yanqing calmed down, quietly waiting for the Huainan army to completely enter the ambush circle, which is a test of people's concentration, watching the enemy army walk in front of him, he is also in danger of being exposed, and he can't help but start the war in advance, fortunately, the guards are also well-trained, and the soldiers will not fall off the chain at a critical time.

Seeing that all the Huainan troops had entered the encirclement, Li Yanqing was very determined.

The general of the guard army who was ambushed at the front, saw that the Huainan army had crossed that line, and immediately jumped up, raised his sword and roared, leading his troops to suddenly kill.

Immediately after, in the woods on both sides of the road, the guards rushed out and slaughtered the stunned enemy in front of them with a roar.

Finally, the troops responsible for blocking the retreat, after the sound of battle in front of them sounded, they jumped out before the Huainan army hurriedly shouted, and rushed to kill the Huainan army from behind.

The officers and men of the Huainan Army were stunned at first, but in the face of the Tang Army, which came out like a pack of wolves, they all panicked, and after the comrades beside them were cut down one by one, they were all shocked, and then shouted.

They want to run away from the enemy while they want to run.

Li Yanqing had already focused on the defense of the opponent's main general, captured the thief and captured the king first, and led the guards to kill the opponent's main general directly.

After a fierce battle, fighting for more than two hours, the corpses were all over the field, the blood flowed and drifted, and the forest trees and weeds suffered from the pond fish, which was beyond recognition.

The Tang army killed more than 1,000 enemies, and finally pressed the Wu army prisoners, who had no way out, and sang triumphantly.

On that day, Li Yanqing's subordinates led the captives and showed off their might in front of Luzhou City.

Before long, Luzhou fell.