Tang, Ruizong seven years; Zhou, in the second year of the Great Sage, Zhou sent 450,000 troops to cross the Yangtze River and send troops to the Northern Tang Dynasty, thus opening the longest and most influential war in history between Tang and Zhou, and even decided the fate of the two countries.

The time when this war took place was only a little more than a month before the Southern Zhou Zetian Great Sage Emperor Wu Cong personally conquered Yangzhou.

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who fought bravely on the front line, millions of people were requisitioned, and grain, grass, and equipment were continuously transported to the banks of the Yangtze River.

In addition, the Southern Three Navy went out to sea from Hangzhou Bay and made a detour to the north to attack the hinterland of the Northern Tang Dynasty, and the Northern Tang Navy also entered the sea from the Jiaozhou Peninsula and engaged in a fierce battle with the Zhou army at sea.

In this era, the land war that has the greatest impact on the entire war situation, and can even affect the direction of the war, and the naval battle is just a small episode, whether it is Yang Rui or Wu Cong, they do not expect to decide the direction of the war through the naval battle, and the attention of both sides is on the Yangtze River.

There, Guo Ziyi, the god of war in the Northern Tang Dynasty, worshiped the marshal, led 500,000 troops, and faced Li Guangbi, the marshal of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, who became famous in World War I.

The reason why Li Guangbi became famous in the first battle is because at the beginning of the war, on the Yangtze River, Li Guangbi showed the enemy to lead the enemy deep with weakness, and severely damaged the 100,000 naval army of the Northern Tang Dynasty with 30,000 sailors, and since then he has seized control of the river, and successfully only 300,000 soldiers and horses will cross the Yangtze River, and the war will be burned to the territory of the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Yang Ping'an's words are not easy, since a month ago Wu Cong led the troops to Yangzhou City, and Yang Ping'an met alone outside the city, and then retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, Yang Ping'an found that there were many strange faces in Yangzhou City, these people even visited the Taishou Mansion several times, and visited his courtyard at night.

Did Yang Rui get suspicious and send someone to spy on me?

The worry in Yang Ping'an's heart became more and more serious, he hadn't seen Su Min's daughters for a long time, as well as his son Fu'er.

Yang Rui used his family as a threat, not to force him to fight with Wu Cong, but to force him to defeat Wu Cong and destroy the Southern Zhou, but the emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, Wu Cong, was also his woman, and he suspected that the fall of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was said to be when he died, not only him, but with Yang Rui's city and mind, I was afraid that Su Min and a few people would not escape the poison.

But he didn't know how to resolve the predicament in front of him, and even the military power of Yangzhou City was not grabbed, and a strong sense of powerlessness and frustration plagued him, and he regretted that he didn't listen to the old Su Tou's words at the beginning, and he tried to get the military power when he was in Shandong.

In the early days of the war, Li Guangbi's performance was amazing, allowing the world to see his ability to command troops that was not inferior to Guo Ziyi.

100,000 sailors blocked the Yangtze River, and 300,000 soldiers and horses attacked the Northern Tang Mansion with lightning speed in three routes.

The Western Route Army crossed the river from Tu and attacked Luzhou in the Northern Tang Dynasty with a fierce offensive, and the leading general of the Western Route Army of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was Gao Xianzhi, an old acquaintance of Yang Ping'an, even if he was covered by Li Guangbi's aura, he still showed outstanding sergeant talent, and it was not until he met Feng Changqing sent by Guo Ziyi that the Southern Zhou army stopped, and the two sides confronted each other in the Luzhou area.

The East Route Army of 100,000 went north from Jiangyin, and the leading generals were two literati, but these two literati let the Northern Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses lead the literati to be powerful, the two literati defeated the Northern Tang Dynasty generals, and even Xue Song's Xue family army was defeated under them, the East Route Army fought all the way to Donghai County, pointing at Langxie, and the Tang Army, which was defeated again and again, finally stabilized its position in Langxie, and with the help of follow-up reinforcements, it finally blocked the Southern Zhou East Route Army that was no less ferocious than the Western Route Army.

These two literati are brothers, surnamed Yan, brother is Yan Gaoqing, brother is Yan Zhenqing, or calligraphy, and a group of fierce generals in the Northern Tang Dynasty have been defeated and retreated, which really makes people lose their eyes.

The generals of the Northern Tang Dynasty are not wine bags and rice bags, many of them are famous veterans, at least they are also battle-hardened, but they were beaten by the Eastern and Western Route Army of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, one article and one martial arts, and they were powerless to fight back, especially these generals of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, who were unknown little people in the past, and for a time the people in the Northern Tang Dynasty were panicked.

The Middle Route Army was personally led by Marshal Li Guangbi of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, who also led 100,000 troops, and Chen Bing was outside Chuzhou and defeated Guo Ziyi.

Unlike the East and West Routes, which were advancing all the way, the Middle Route Army seemed to be in trouble, and fought several battles with the Tang Army stationed in the Chuzhou area, but they were never able to move forward.

It seems that Guo Ziyi suppressed Li Guangbi's momentum.

Even so, in three months, all the shores of the Yangtze River in the Northern Tang Dynasty were lost, and all of them fell into the hands of the Southern Zhou...... Well, there is one exception, Yangzhou City is still in the hands of the Tang Army.

Chuzhou City.

Guo Ziyi sat in the Shuaifu, and all the senior generals present were his subordinates, all of whom were worried and anxious, but Guo Ziyi was still as calm as before, so that people couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Marshal, the Zhou army is fierce, should we go to the court and ask the court to send reinforcements to support."

"Marshal, this Zhou army is really too ......, and there are losses in the east and west at the moment, if you can't repel it in time, I'm afraid that it will affect the morale of the army after a long time."

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The generals expressed their opinions and were not optimistic about the battle situation, and some even proposed to retreat and lead the Zhou army to attack to lengthen the battle line of the Zhou army.

Seeing that his generals were restless and uneasy, Guo Ziyi knew that if he didn't open his mouth again, this battle would not have to be defeated.

"Ahem."

Although Guo Ziyi is old, his majesty has not diminished, but he coughed lightly, and the hall was suddenly solemn, and all the generals looked at Guo Ziyi, just waiting for him to speak.

"Actually, the war is not as bad as you think......"

At the beginning of the war, Guo Ziyi was indeed a little underestimated, even if Yang Shuo had just died, he had fought with Li Guangbi, and he also spoke highly of the other party, but he still didn't expect that Li Guangbi could almost reach the level of him.

This led to the defeat of the Northern Tang Navy in the early stage of the war, losing control of the Yangtze River in vain, and what was more fatal was Li Guangbi's grasp of the fighter and his bold decision, taking advantage of the initial defeat of the Tang Army, the east and the west were launched together, without worrying too deeply, and 200,000 soldiers and horses directly entered the hinterland of the Northern Tang Dynasty, which caught the Northern Tang by surprise.

However, the generals of the Northern Tang Dynasty were not paper-paste, and the repeated defeats made the morale of the Zhou army soar, but Guo Ziyi did it on purpose.

Guo Ziyi, who lost the first hand, was not flustered, a veteran general who had fought for many years, and he had never seen any scenes, so he discussed with several confidant generals all night and decided on a plan for the generals.

Ordered Feng Changqing to lead the troops to resist the Zhou Army's Western Route Army in the Luzhou area, and Xue Song was responsible for leading the Zhou Army's Eastern Route Army to Langxie County, and the two did not need to fight to the death with the rebels to defeat each other, as long as they could support the enemy army.

One drum, and then three exhaustions, the Zhou army went deep into the hinterland of the Tang army, and the supply line was an unstable factor, and it could only attack quickly and never fall into a tug-of-war, and the Zhou army was homesick for a long time, and the morale would be affected.

After saying this, the generals present showed a sudden realization one by one, and praised Guo Ziyi's exquisite use of soldiers.

"The marshal is really smart, the last general admires, if according to the marshal's plan, it is better to increase the troops in Luzhou Langxie to ensure that Luzhou Langye is not lost, and at the same time, he can defeat the Zhou army as soon as possible."

"The Admiral agrees."

"The marshal uses soldiers like a god, no wonder that Li Guangbi, as the marshal of the Zhou army, was suppressed by the marshal and could not advance an inch here."

"Then how can Li Guangbi be compared with the marshal, it's just that the marshal might as well steal a leak, and the last general will say that the marshal is now trying to attract the strength of the Zhou army, and he doesn't want to clean him up for the time being, as long as the marshal is willing, it will only be in the morning and night to break the camp of the Zhou army."

Listening to the 180-degree changes of the generals, Guo Ziyi smiled bitterly in his heart, he has been in charge of the army for many years, and most of the time, his generals only need to strictly follow his orders, and rarely need these generals to change in battle, which limits their thinking.

Just like now, only a few of the many generals have said the key to this war, and they have not yet reached the point.

If I die, who in the Northern Tang Dynasty can be Li Guangbi's opponent.

Sighing lightly, Guo Ziyi said softly: "Listen to me." ”

Suddenly, the hall was silent.

"You guys are underestimating Li Guangbi, he is not so simple, what he said just now is very right, I am in Chuzhou, just to attract and contain the Zhou army, but the purpose is not to defeat the Zhou army's east and west roads, because the main direction of the Zhou army's attack is here.

You think that Li Guangbi is not as good as me, so it is not entirely wrong to rudely capture Chuzhou, but you must know that even if I want to defeat Li Guangbi with all my strength, it is also five or five.

Li Guangbi is waiting for an opportunity to garrison troops again, that is, he is waiting for me to transfer troops and horses to Luzhou, Langxie and other places, and I dare to say that once I send reinforcements from Chuzhou, then Li Guangbi will definitely storm Chuzhou and fight to the death with me again. ”

"In this way, the key to this war is in Chuzhou." A general couldn't help but interject with excitement in his heart and asked.

Guo Ziyi smiled lightly: "Here, even if I send my soldiers and horses out to support Luzhou Langxie, and Li Guangbi can capture Chuzhou, he will have to pay a heavy price, and he can't afford to continue to go north." ”

Seeing the puzzled look in the eyes of the generals, he asked: "This time the Zhou army came to attack, sent 450,000 troops, and 100,000 sailors occupied the banks of the Yangtze River, so that my Tang navy could not go into the water, but the three Zhou armies only had a total of 300,000, where the 50,000 was, do you know." ”

Some of the generals looked dazed, but some of them showed a blank expression.

A white-faced general immediately got up and said: "Great marshal, the last general knows that the 50,000 Zhou troops stationed in Zhenjiang have been slow to move, it is not Li Guangbi's strategy, the east, west and central roads are all feints, and the real purpose is in Yangzhou." ”

At the same time, in the tent of Li Guangbi's marshal outside Chuzhou, a group of generals were also discussing the current war situation, and many generals were dissatisfied with Li Guangbi's difficulty in advancing an inch in front of Chuzhou City, but these generals were all generals of the Southern Zhou Dynasty in the past, not people of Tiance.

is still the same sentence, Li Guangbi's qualifications are too shallow, even if he wins a few battles, he is not young, but in the eyes of many veteran generals, he is still a hairy boy with no hair.

"Marshal Li, the east and west roads have won successive battles, and they have invaded the hinterland of the Northern Tang Dynasty and made great military achievements, but you, the marshal, are you hugging here with us, are you frightened by Guo Ziyi's old thing?"

Li Guangbi's bearing was not blown, and he was not angry in the face of such a provocation, but smiled and said: "General Du, what should you do according to your wishes." ”

"Fools can see it." General Du was unceremoniously, "Now that the Yangtze River is all in his hands, there is only one Yangzhou left, as long as Yangzhou is captured, and then transferred back to the west of the army, Chuzhou can be encircled, I don't understand, what are you waiting for." ”

"Oh, in that case, General Du is willing to lead his troops to attack Yangzhou."