Chapter 771: The Embattled Great Liang Kingdom
"Your Majesty, all the ministers have their own priorities, and Weichen has been in the staff department for almost half a year, but he hasn't caught anything, this time he sent troops, can you let the ministers go around?" When the civil and military retreated, Li Shimin's ghost came back again, blinking and scratching his ears and cheeks.
"What are you anxious about?" Ben Gongzi threw this thing a roll of the eyes, picked up the tea and poured it. "It's not good for you to stay in the house, the family has only been reunited for half a year, and now I want to make a contribution, believe it or not, I'll go to tell my sister that you want to go out and go wild again."
"Isn't it?" Li Shimin couldn't help grinning. "Your Majesty, the minister is for the court."
"I said, Shimin, it's not that I don't promise you, but I don't need you to go out now." beat this guy with a stick, and naturally he had to throw a sweet date. "Then Xiao Mo has no grudge against you, just let General Zong and General Feng clean him up. As for you, stay in the staff headquarters honestly first, and train the army by the way, and when the time comes, the court will clean up Wang Shichong, and then let you play. ”
Li Shimin, who was looking at me with a sad face, couldn't help but light up when he heard this: "Your Majesty means that you want to move Wang Shichong?" ”
"You're not talking nonsense? Didn't you hear that just now? After cleaning up Xiao Milling, naturally in order to surround Wang Shichong on all sides, now, Wang Shichong lost Hongnong County outside Tongguan, to the east, there is General Qu Tu peeping at the Tiger Prison Pass, that Wang Shichong has become a turtle in the urn. When the time comes, I will entrust you to lead the army to conquer Wang Shichong, which not only fulfills your dream of fighting on the battlefield, but also avenges your father's revenge in the past, isn't it good? ”
“…… Now, it will take several months for the whole army of Shanxi to be trained, and this time is just waiting for the land of Jingxiang to be calmed. ”
"I see, thank you for your kindness." Li Shimin happily clasped his fists at me as a salute.
"Don't worry, you're my brother-in-law, can I still put you aside, so that you don't have the opportunity to make a contribution?"
Li Shimin grinned and scratched his head and laughed dryly for a long time, and then left happily.
It has been preparing for almost two years, and Zong Luohu, who has rubbed out the super thick calluses, was overjoyed after getting the news, and half a month later, after the two armies requisitioned from the Bashu region have been assembled in place, Zong Luohu's army returned to Zigui, and with the cooperation of the Yangtze River Water Division, the momentum was like a bamboo, breaking Yichang, seizing the tomb, and becoming a tiger looking at Jiangling.
Two days later, Feng Ang led the troops of the two armies out of Lingnan to break through more than ten cities of Liang State, and the troops pointed directly at Changsha. Dong Jingzhen, who was stationed in Changsha, was hesitating before, whether to obey the envoys sent by the Chinese Empire and submit to the Chinese Empire? I still cover my ears and steal the bell, believing that Xiao Mo will really let himself go once.
At the moment when he hesitated, our Huaxia Revival Army was less than 100 miles away from Changsha, and at this moment, Dong Jingzhen also received news from Jiangling, Xiao Mo first sent an envoy to appease Dong Jingzhen after Dong Jingzhen's younger brother was killed in the rebellion, saying that he was not to blame for the past, but what was the result?
Not long after Xiao Mo sent the envoys, he ordered Zhang Xiu to be the general, led an army of 70,000, and came straight to Changsha, when the Chinese Revival Army was less than 100 miles away from Changsha, Zhang Xiu had also come to Luo County in Baling County, north of Changsha.
At this critical juncture, Dong Jingzhen finally made up his mind and presented a letter of surrender to Feng An, and when Zhang Xiubing came to the city, the banner of the Chinese Empire had been erected above the city, and Feng An's army was deployed outside Changsha City, and the battle flag was displayed.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Xiu was shocked and led the army back to Luo County and asked Xiao Mo for help, but at this time, where could Xiao Miao, who was attacked on both sides, still have reinforcements to send. On the one hand, he sent an envoy to sue for peace, and on the other hand, he ordered the generals to strictly guard against it.
Zong Luohu led the army to advance step by step, Xiao Mo first sent the general Zhou Faming to lead the troops to meet Zong Luohu, but unexpectedly, the army had just arrived in Yiling, and before it had time to attack the city, the sailor had already transported the strength of an army to Liutoutan, cutting off the back road and grain route of Zhou Faming's army.
Zhou Faming was desperate, he could only lead the army to surrender to Zong Luohu, and then the Liang general Lei Changying surrendered to Zong Luohu with Lushan, Xiao Milling was shocked, and sent the general Wen Shihong to resist Zong Luohu, the two sides fought at the mouth of the Qing River, Zong Luohu defeated his army, captured hundreds of ships, and then fought Lianjie, even took Yichang, Dangyang, Zhijiang, Songzi and other counties, and Jiangzhou governor Gai Yan knew that the general trend of Liang Guo had gone, so he moved the city and surrendered.
At this point, the main force of the revival army of the Chinese Empire was approaching Jiangling, the capital of the Liang State.
In the south, Zhang Xiu, who retreated to Luo County, learned that the north was being invaded by the Chinese Revival Army, and not only did he not have reinforcements, but Xiao Mo also ordered him to go north immediately to aid Jiangling. Earlier, the Great Liang Kingdom was already facing enemies on all sides, so Xiao Mo ordered all the troops to be stationed outside, and there were only Su guards in the land of Jiangling, but no more than 10,000 people.
Now in a hurry, now the soldiers and horses, Jiangnan and Lingnan are far away, and there is no time to go to help. What's more, Feng Ang in the south has captured Changsha and is rushing towards the land of Jingxiang.
Zhang Xiu had already been shocked by Feng Ang and Dong Jingzhen's coalition army, and now, I heard that Zong Luohu led a division of 100,000 and won a success, and in a panic, he discussed with the generals, and in the end, this vote will be the Liang army with no fighting spirit and no morale to surrender to Feng Ang.
In just half a month, the Great Liang State, which had more than 300,000 troops and occupied more than a dozen counties and more than 100 cities, lost more than one-third of its land and population, and even lost more than half of its army.
Such a loss, such a result, made all the heroes in the world frightened. As for Xiao Mo and Liang Guo, they have all lost the courage to resist, and all the way forward, all the counties on the road are all looking down on the wind, and even some officials are even happier, directly out of their own counties, and run to the counties that are about to surrender or have just surrendered to the Chinese Empire to pay tribute to the table, in order to show their sincerity in submitting to the Chinese Empire.
And staying in Jiangling, looking at the less than 10,000 under his hands, they were already frightened and panicked, and even some people had begun to throw down their weapons and military uniforms and abscond, Xiao Mo was in deep thought, Cen Wenwen and more than a dozen important ministers who were still in the court stood up, imploring Xiao Mo for the safety of the people of Jingxiang, but also for the safety of those soldiers who had been captured by the revival army of the Chinese Empire. I hope that Xiao Mo can comply with the destiny of heaven.
Xiao Mo already knows very well that now the Great Liang Kingdom is embattled, and even if the rescuers come, there will not be a few, and the civil and military ministers who stay in Jiangling do not have a trace of fighting spirit and morale.
In desperation, Xiao Mo could only blame God for not bless the Liang Dynasty. Moreover, if it is forcibly held and surrendered to the end of its strength, it will inevitably cause the people of Gangneung to suffer. What's more, with just more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, can you hold the waterways of the Chinese Empire's revival army?
In the end, on the second day after Zong Luohu led the army to Jiangling City, Xiao Mo first used the etiquette of Taigao to worship the Taimiao, and ordered Cen Wenwen and others to draft a letter of surrender, and one day later, Xiao Miao's subordinate wore filial piety clothes and went to Zong Luohu to garrison the camp outside Jiangling City, representing the surrender of the Great Liang Dynasty to the Chinese Empire.
Zong Luohu was overjoyed, accepted Xiao Miao's surrender, and ordered the chief of staff to escort Xiao Mi to Chang'an. When they received this good news, everyone high-fived and celebrated.
"It's really unexpected, originally I thought that it would take at least three to five months, and if the war is unfavorable, it is possible to extend it to a year, but I don't want to, the combat effectiveness of this Great Liang Country is so weak, there will be no fighting spirit, and the soldiers will have no morale. Even the city we captured, many people came to greet us......" I shook my head again and again and sighed.
"It's only been a month and seven days, Xiao Mo has presented a table, this kind of speed, it is indeed a great relief for the court, and now it is just the end of spring, pacifying the Liang State, so that we have passed the land of Guò Jingxiang, and connected Bashu, Lingnan, and Jiangnan into one. In this way, the scope and pressure of using troops are much smaller. ”
"Yes, after taking the Liang State, we have captured more than 200,000 Liang State soldiers, and after eliminating them according to the past method, it is expected to be able to retain the strength of three armies and two divisions." Yang Gongren looked at the slip in his hand and said without raising his head.
"There is no need to keep so much, it is enough to keep the strength of two armies in Jingxiang, as for the Jingxiang Water Division, if you are willing to stay in the army, then you will stay, even if you are old and frail and cannot participate in the war, you can also join the river transportation system." I thought about it for a moment and shook my head.
There are too many troops and it is not easy to raise, even if the national tax revenue is rising now, but there are more places to spend money, and now, as soon as Jingxiang is in my hands, then the remaining enemies are only Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande in the Central Plains, as well as Liang Shidu and Liu Wuzhou in the northeast of Shanxi and Yan'an.
Well, Li Mi is still alive, but Li Mi, who was beaten by my mother-in-law and bloody, and the wolf is unbearable, is now short of major generals, and he is just stealing his life in Lishi County, and after a few months, my son will go to clean up the goods.
The candidates have been selected, and Li Shimin's is the one, I believe that he is happy to break the body of Li Mi, who was a family five hundred years ago.
Liu Wenjing, this guy and Pei Lian, these two guys are both bulls with super easy brains, however, Liu Wenjing is good at military strategy, and he has no last resort, and he is quite talented in military management and strategy, Wei Yunqi and him are even more confidants, and after Wei Yunqi went to Longxi, Liu Wenjing was appointed by me as the deputy chief of the General Staff.
And Pei Ju is an old treacherous and slippery, and he is very good at politics, so he was thrown into the position of Jingzhao Taishou by me, but he also worked diligently. Li Daozong and Wei Chigong are now squatting in Longxi with Wei Yunqi, waiting for the order to send troops to Hetao.
And Li Xiaogong, Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan and others are still in Shanxi to assist Han Shige in reorganizing the army. As for my uncle, Sun Shunde, currently serves as the commander of the Chang'an garrison.
In short, the talents who returned with the old Li family can be regarded as making the best use of their talents at present.
After the celebration, we began to assign manpower and officials to enter the land of Jingxiang, fortunately, we have long been prepared, or we have already made a lot of preparations for dominating the world, and the talent reserve is no longer the same as in the past, and each new place can only be used to remove the east wall and make up the west wall.