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The Northern Tang Dynasty suddenly increased its efforts to attack the Southern Zhou, and the front was no longer limited to the Yangtze River, and Feng Changqing personally sat in southern Shaanxi and launched a fierce attack on the Sichuan and Shu regions occupied by the Southern Zhou.

Gu Huai'en, an undercover shadow guard who returned to the Northern Tang Dynasty from Tiancewei, was appointed as the general of the Southern Empire, mobilized a large army in the Western Regions, and went all the way south to the Yunnan-Burma region that had belonged to the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Guo Ziyi, who was sitting in Chuzhou, personally went into battle and led the troops to storm Hezhou, wanting to snatch Hezhou back from the hands of Southern Zhou.

At the same time, the Xue army, which had been expanded to 100,000 people, was led by Xue Song to recover Hailing's troops in Taixing, and was ready to attack Jiangyin, an important town in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

I am afraid that this will be the last battle between the two countries, and the Northern Tang Dynasty took the initiative to attack this time, with the ultimate goal of breaking through Nanjing and recovering the Southern Zhou.

As soon as the Tang army was mobilized, the Southern Zhou judged that although it was strange why the Northern Tang Dynasty had such confidence and pacified the Southern Zhou in a war, they still did not dare to be careless and actively prepare for war.

The Southern Zhou army heavily deployed troops along the Yangtze River, the Yan brothers rushed to Sichuan and Shu to fight against Feng Changqing, and Gao Xianzhi went to Yunnan and Burma to organize soldiers and horses to resist Fugu Huai'en.

Fugu Huaien's betrayal really dealt a heavy blow to Tian Cewei. He is a four-rank golden guard in Tiance Guard, and his military talent is outstanding, which makes Wu Cong can't help but pay special attention to this person.

In particular, he was sent to the Western Regions by Yang Ping'an, recruited soldiers and horses from the Western Regions, and traveled all the way to attack Yunnan and Burma, and was unanimously judged to be a soldier of the Northern Tang Dynasty by the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. It is very likely that the heavy task of the Northern Tang Dynasty to destroy the Southern Zhou will be entrusted to him.

Thinking about it, the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions have inherited the bloodline of the grassland people, and they are extremely fierce. Before the battle, the Northern Tang Dynasty promised a heavy reward, once the soldiers conquered Yunnan and Burma, they were rewarded according to their military merits, and each person was rewarded with at least 100 households, and the fertile land was 100 acres as a unit.

Although Yang Guang annexed Yunnan and Burma during the period, after hundreds of years, the indigenous people in Yunnan and Burma have been constantly resisting, although the war is not big, but it lasts for a long time, resulting in the sparse population of Yunnan and Burma, and the combat strength is not good.

Once Yunnan and Burma were captured by the Northern Tang Dynasty, the Tang army took advantage of the situation to attack northward, echoing the Tang army attacking Sichuan and Shu in the north and south, but it was afraid that all the southwest areas of the Southern Zhou would fall into the hands of the Northern Tang.

At that time, the Southern Zhou Dynasty was attacked by the enemy, and he was afraid that it was not far from the destruction of the country.

Therefore, Gao Xianzhi went to Yunnan and Burma, in addition to mobilizing 100,000 soldiers and horses, he also brought half of the Xuanjia elite cavalry.

This was the first large-scale war launched by the Northern Tang Dynasty against the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and it was written by Yang Ping'an, the Mandate of Heaven. For this reason, the Northern Tang Dynasty prepared for five years, which made many people think of the Mandate of Heaven during the Emperor Wu period, who had ten years of hard work and recuperation before expanding the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

After the outbreak of the war, some officials in the Southern Zhou Dynasty panicked, and even more pessimistic and disappointed people took the initiative to secretly communicate with the Northern Tang Dynasty, wanting to seek a way out for war preparations in advance.

In this large-scale war, the goal of the Northern Tang Dynasty was indeed to dominate the world, but it cannot be said that it was completely written by Yang Ping'an.

In fact, before the outbreak of the war, Guo Ziyi, Fugu Huaien, and the three ministers of the cabinet had a secret discussion with Yang Ping'an for five days, just to agree on a strategy to destroy Zhou.

The three ministers of the cabinet need to make an analysis of the current national strength to assess how many troops and horses can be used in this war for how long.

Military generals such as Guo Ziyi and Fugu Huaien should formulate strategies and tactics according to the evaluation of the three ministers of the cabinet.

Among them, the order of the servant Gu Huaien to recruit soldiers and horses from the Western Regions was from Yang Ping'an's proposal. Fugu Huaien was able to be directly promoted from the shadow guard to a leading general with heavy troops and heavy responsibilities, which was vigorously promoted by Yang Ping'an.

He didn't know much about the military prowess of Fugu Huai'en, but he trusted the vision of Tiance. Sipin Tiance Jinwei is by no means a false name.

The rocket-like rise of Fugu Huaien caused dissatisfaction among some generals in the army. However, Guo Ziyi also came forward to support it, and finally calmed down the discontent in the army.

In addition to being grateful to the two, Fugu Huai'en is more self-motivated. He needs to repay Yang Ping'an and Guo Ziyi's trust in him through this battle, and he also needs to make a name for himself. Therefore, there is no doubt about his fighting spirit and determination.

When Guo Ziyi, Fugu Huaien and other generals formulated strategic guidelines, Yang Ping'an induced them and put forward his own opinions.

Attacking the Southern Zhou, blooming on all sides, including the soldiers and horses of Fugu Huaien, it was just a cover to run thousands of miles, and their main role was to contain as many Zhou soldiers and horses and energy as possible. And the real killer move, there are others!

An Lushan, and the soldiers and horses formed by him six years ago, are the killer weapons of Yang Ping'an's destruction of Zhou!

That's right, that army of only 50,000 men and horses was formed in no more than six years. In the past six years, this army, which was named the Anding Army, was constantly transferred to the banks of the Yangtze River for actual combat training.

The way of training is very cruel, often Yang Ping'an demarcates a range, and then it doesn't matter. They had no reinforcements and no supplies, and they completely relied on An Lushan's command to fight all the way to the designated position, where the Tang army responded.

After dozens of isolated battles, the death rate of the Anding Army was reduced from four and a half percent at the beginning to less than two percent, and the Zhou army was severely damaged many times, setting a record of defeating the strong with the weak. The only time he failed miserably, he still encountered Li Guangbi, and as a result, he successfully escaped from the encirclement and suppression of the Zhou army, and the loss was only 30% of the soldiers and horses.

Such a record, in addition to the stability army adapted to this kind of fighting, more is the growth of An Lushan.

Yang Ping'an has already seen that An Lushan, who grew up on the grassland, is simply a humanoid beast when he fights. The judgment of delicate situations, the sense of smell of danger have a keen sense. No worse than another An Lushan.

It's just that today's An Lushan, due to the hardships of his early years, has weak self-confidence and has become lazy. It is difficult to reach its potential without being cornered.

After more than five years of training, An Lushan has finally grown up and has the demeanor of a famous general.

His military exploits along the Yangtze River were Guo Ziyi's astonishment. Especially escaping from Li Guangbi's encirclement, Guo Ziyi was even more ashamed.

Don't say anything else, just run away, An Lushan is probably the most outstanding of all the Tang generals.

Therefore, Yang Ping'an decided to let An Lushan lead the Anding Army south by sea, land in Hangzhou Bay, shine in the hinterland of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and stir up the internal turmoil of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

An Lushan is not required to lead this Anding army of only 50,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Nanjing, as long as he can survive as long as possible and harass as much as possible.

This is a life-and-death task, but it is perfect for An Lushan.

Such a decision made the three ministers of the cabinet finally understand why the military salary of the Anding Army, including the pension for the war dead, would be so high.

Once upon a time, they thought that this was Yang Ping'an's private training under the pretense of public funds, but now they understand that this is simply a rainy day for brave men under the heavy reward.

Everyone knows that the Anding Army is well treated, even if he dies in battle, his wife, children and parents will have no worries about food and clothing in this life. This made many people envious, and it also made many people squeeze their heads and want to go in, ignoring that this was the unit with the highest battle loss rate in the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Just like now, knowing that they are going to fight in the hinterland of the Southern Zhou, even if they can pacify the Southern Zhou in the future, they don't know how many of their 50,000 people will come back alive, but none of them flinched.

Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while!

Guo Ziyi, Fugu Huaien, Feng Changqing, Xue Song and other generals in the army attacked the Southern Zhou Dynasty fiercely, in fact, it was only to attract the attention of the Southern Zhou Dynasty and create conditions for An Lushan's Anding Army to quietly reach Hangzhou Bay by sea.

Because it was difficult for Tian Cewei to operate in the eastern capital, the strategy of the Northern Tang Dynasty was carried out very secretively.

In the spring of March, the Anding army boarded the ship on the Jiaozhou Peninsula, in order to avoid being detected by the Southern Zhou, they chose a farther course, and appeared in the sea of Hangzhou Bay two months later, stunned the Southern Zhou monarchs.

Wu Cong never thought that the navy would evolve into a navy, and wars from ancient times to the present day have relied on the army to decide the outcome of the war, even the ancestors of the martial arts family did not attach importance to the navy.

The sudden appearance of a large number of warships on the sea surface of Hangzhou Bay caught Nanzhou a little off guard. In this matter, the Northern Tang Dynasty was launching a fierce attack as agreed, and the various fronts of the Southern Zhou Dynasty were tight, and they could not draw too many troops, so they could only gather troops and horses nearby, plus the 30,000 troops sent by the Nanjing defenders, and integrate 100,000 people to rush to Hangzhou Bay.

Unfortunately, before they arrived at Hangzhou Bay, the Anding army led by An Lushan had already landed first, and then wreaked havoc in the counties and counties around Hangzhou, snatching a large amount of grain and grass and turning south to avoid the Southern Zhou army that came to levy them.

There is a way to move the whole body with one hair, and An Lushan's stable army is this one, which holds the hearts of the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Even if it has been found that there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in the Northern Tang Dynasty who go deep into the hinterland, these 50,000 people are too cunning and never stay in one place for more than three days.

Only then did Wu Cong understand Yang Ping'an's intentions, but it was too late. Almost all of the elite soldiers of the Southern Zhou Dynasty were transferred to the front line, and it was difficult to transfer them back. The hastily assembled soldiers and horses, and the selected generals, could not deal with An Lushan, which was as slippery as a loach, so the 50,000 Anding troops of An Lushan for three consecutive months not only did not lose, but increased by thousands.

Most of these thousands of people are mountain bandits, and when An Lushan can't conquer the county and get grain and grass from the county, he will choose the nearby bandit camp.

For these bandits, those who are willing to surrender should be collected, and those who do not surrender are all killed, and then continue to wander.

At the same time that An Lushan led the troops to wreak havoc in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the shadow guards lurking in the territory of the Southern Zhou Dynasty began to operate again, rampant activities.

Spreading rumors, providing intelligence for the Anding Army, providing false information for the pursuing soldiers, etc., for a while, there was a bit of a smell of mountains and rains in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Two months later, an old piece of news suddenly spread widely in the territory of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. It is said that Yang Ping'an, the Taishi of the Northern Tang Dynasty, is a person who is ordered by heaven to unify the country by the will of heaven. As a dynasty ruled by the descendants of the Mandate of Heaven, the Southern Zhou should obey the Mandate of Heaven and surrender the whole country, otherwise a catastrophe will surely come.

This kind of rumor is actually quite nonsense, but in a time when the influence of the Manifest Destiny was widespread, there were many believers.

A thousand miles of embankment was destroyed in an anthill.

Led by the Anding Army, the cracks that appeared in the rear of the Southern Zhou Dynasty became more and more, and after months of fermentation, they finally had a major impact, and the domino effect began!

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