Chapter 715: Tangzhou (1)

War is the first priority. Kong Sheng was the presidential marshal of the Jiangnan and Shannan Army, Yang Tong was the military counselor of the army, and Yuan Chao assisted Zhang Xiao in the logistics and grain supply of the entire Northern Expeditionary Army. Li Biao, Li Hu, Wu Xian, Wu Xie, and Luoyang were all generals in the army. The entire government affairs of Jiangnan, Kong Sheng was given carte blanche to Yang Qi.

The red sun hangs high. Outside the city of Jiangning.

The 30,000 Jiangnan troops lined up in the wilderness, waving their flags, and the team looked very majestic. But Kong Sheng looked over, and there was still a trace of disappointment in his eyes. The military appearance and military discipline of the Jiangnan Army can barely be said, but it has not experienced the baptism of the Great War at all, and its combat effectiveness is indescribably weak. The Shannan Army is probably like this.

took these 50,000 people to compete with Shi Chaoyi's wolf-like Fan Yang army who fought in the south and in the north, and the result can be imagined. But this is now all the troops that Kong Sheng can mobilize. It was too late to re-recruit and train troops, so they could only barely use it.

The army lined up on the west side of the city gate, while Yang Qi and other local officials lined up on the east side to see them off. The city gate was opened, and with the beating of the war drums, a cavalry team of hundreds of people galloped out of the city like thunder, Kong Sheng took the lead, and the white-clothed Tianhua halberd was majestic, attracting the eyes of the people who saw off the onlookers on the side of the road. Behind Kong Sheng, there were five hundred Jiangning iron horsemen, all with silver armor, jujube red horses, bright silver spears, and bows and arrows and firearms on their backs, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, and murderous.

Yang Xueruo and Ji Guo, who were sandwiched in the crowd of people on the side of the road, were protected by a group of guards, Yang Xueruo pointed to the two heroic female generals behind Kong Sheng, a trace of envy flashed in her eyes, and said softly: "Princess, that's Sister Su Wan and Sister Guyun, they are dressed up like this, they are really majestic, and women don't let them have eyebrows!" ”

"Xue Ruo, Su Wu is the princess of Xixi, who led the army to fight with Kong Lang in the past and followed Kong Lang to Henan, and made a lot of achievements. As for Guyun, it is the female military leader of the Mobei Hui people, it is said that her 5,000 people swept across the entire Mobei grassland, and no one dared to compete with it! Ji Guo smiled lightly: "The two younger sisters are both strong in martial arts, unlike you and me, who have no power to restrain the chicken, so they can only hide at home and wait for the army to triumph!" ”

Ji Guo turned around and patted Yang Xueruo's shoulder, and said softly: "Today is just a small farewell, and the five of us will finally reunite in the future." Xue Ruo, Kong Lang cares about his family and the country, he led the army to share worries for the country, we shouldn't drag him back! ”

Yang Xueruo nodded silently: "Xueruo understands." ”

Kong Sheng stopped his horse in front of the military formation.

Yang Qi, Liu Pingshan and others clasped their fists and bowed down and said loudly: "Xiaguan and others wish the army of the king of the county to be invincible, invincible, invincible, and triumphant as soon as possible!" ”

Kong Sheng nodded to Yang Qi and the others, beat his horse over, stared at the Jiangnan soldiers who were waiting for the black press, took over his self-made megaphone from Li Biao's hand, and said loudly: "Sons, today, this king and all of you will go north to quell the rebellion!" This is the emperor's edict, and it is also the sacred mission of you and me as the Jiangnan Army! ”

"This king knows that you have never experienced a battle, and many people have complained about the imperial court's mobilization of the Jiangnan army to the north, thinking that the rebellion in the Central Plains has nothing to do with Jiangnan, and Jiangnan has been in a corner of peace for decades, prosperous and stable, and should not care about the affairs of the Central Plains."

"Can Jiangnan really stand alone? If the rebels occupy the whole of Henan, the next step is to encroach on Jiangbei and attack Jiangnan and Shannan. If that time comes, Jiangnan will be full of fires, corpses everywhere, and homes destroyed. ”

"Shi Siming's subordinates will be the most brutal team in the Anshi rebels, every time they capture the county, they must kill all the old and weak men, use the strong men as the husbands, and kill the women all over, which is extremely brutal. Go to Zaichun, the battle of Weizhou, the rebels killed more than 30,000 people in one day, and shed blood on the flat ground for several days......"

"Therefore, you and I swear to go on the expedition today, and it is naturally incumbent on King Qin to escort and recover Henan, but it is also to protect the homeland in Jiangnan. We will be able to fight bloody battles on the front line, and the people of Jiangnan in the rear, including your families, will be able to live and work in peace and contentment and will not suffer from the war! ”

"Kong is strict in governing the army, the military order is like a mountain, those who disobey the military order will be killed! Fear the former, kill! Collaborate with the enemy and traitor, kill! Escapees, kill! Kong Shengsenran's voice rumbled through the loudspeaker and echoed in the wilderness, and he could hear the blood of the people and businessmen who saw him off, and he could also hear the awe-inspiring hearts of all the Jiangnan soldiers.

They have never participated in wars, and the so-called military discipline and military law remain only lip service. But everyone understands Kong Sheng's methods, if there is really a person who violates military law, he will definitely not show mercy. In fact, during the two-day armament war, because many people delayed and resisted, they had already been ordered by Kong Sheng to be killed to set an example.

Rayong led the Shenlongwei to subordinate to the army, which was actually Kong Sheng's law enforcement team, which was equivalent to the gendarmerie in the army in later generations. If it was the Xiayi Army before Kong Sheng and the Shence Army after the Shence Army, Kong Sheng would not need to set up such a law enforcement agency in the army at all, but this Jiangnan Army and the Shannan Army are used to being free and scattered, and they are also afraid of war.

In order to ensure the stability of the army's morale, Kong Sheng had to adopt thunderous measures.

On the same day, they marched to Tangzhou. If it is a Shence army, from Jiangning to Tangzhou, it is hundreds of miles away, and it can be reached in a few days. If you travel day and night, you can reach it in three days. But this Jiangnan army can't get up quickly, Kong Sheng knows that the elite soldiers are not achieved overnight, they can only be formed slowly by relying on military discipline, military law to deter and boost morale, and more importantly, to rely on war on the battlefield of blood and fire.

20,000 people in Shannan were ordered to move to Tangzhou and wait for the arrival of the Jiangnan Army in Tangzhou.

Kong Sheng prepared to rest in Tangzhou, and then led his army north, advanced into Xuzhou, and after taking Xuzhou, he attacked Luoyang. He did not intend to fight with Shi Chaoyi's rebels on a large area of the battlefield in Henan, and went straight to Huanglong, striving to take Luoyang in the shortest possible time.

As long as Luoyang can be taken, the crisis in Henan will be solved.

As for Li Guangbi in Bingzhou and Guo Ziyi in Xuzhou, Kong Sheng did not have much hope. It is best if they can cooperate to form a siege, if they can't form a siege, Kong Sheng believes that with his understanding of the Henan war situation and Luoyang, it is not without a chance to win Luoyang alone.

Of course, when Kong Sheng sent troops, Li Guangbi had already sent troops from Bingzhou to attack Jizhou, and Guo Ziyi also began to march towards Bianzhou, as long as these two people could take Jizhou and Bianzhou separately, it would lay a solid foundation for Kong Sheng to conquer Luoyang and expel Shi Chaoyi.

The Jiangnan Army's march was not fast at all, and it only arrived at the outskirts of Tangzhou seven days later. Tangzhou is located at the junction of Henan, Shannan and Jiangnan Huainan, and at present, it has not been occupied by Fan Yang's army for the time being. But Xuzhou, three hundred miles away, has been occupied by Fan Yang's army.

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