Chapter 547: The Current Situation in Hedong
readx; Guo Ziyi is a very trustworthy person, he personally promised Li Qing'an in Zichen Palace, he will lead the main force to send troops to Hedong, he immediately rushed back to Shuofang to organize the army eastward, at the moment when Li Qing'an went out of Tongguan, Guo Ziyi's 80,000 troops also crossed the Yellow River. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Shuofang's army is from Dinghu County's Mengmen Pass across the river, here is the boundary of Shizhou, belongs to Li Qing'an's control, an army of about 1,000 people is stationed in Shizhou, Li Qing'an's control of a government and eight prefectures have a garrison of 15,000 people, commanded by the general Lei Wanchun.
Although there are not many troops, Lei Wanchun trained 100,000 regimental soldiers, which is also the main task given to him by Li Qingan, to hide the troops from the people.
Lei Wanchun had already received an order from Li Qing'an to obey Guo Ziyi's military deployment, and that afternoon, he led 5,000 troops all the way from Taiyuan to Wenshui County, southwest of Taiyuan Prefecture.
"General Lei, look!" Some soldiers shouted as they pointed to the official road in the distance.
Lei Wanchun reined in his war horse, and looked westward with the curtain of the thug, only to see that next to the official road in the distance, there was a huge camp stationed, stretching for several miles, judging from the scale of the camp, at least 100,000 troops were stationed, which should be Guo Ziyi's main force.
At this time, a group of cavalry rushed from the opposite side, stopped in front of them, and the first lieutenant clasped his fists and said, "May I ask if it's General Lei?" ”
Lei Wanchun rode out and said: "I am!" Where is General Guo? ”
"General Guo is already waiting in the camp, please go with us."
Lei Wanchun understood what Guo Ziyi meant, and he sent people to meet him because he didn't want his cavalry to get too close to the big camp, so he turned back to his cavalry team and ordered: "Everyone wait in place, don't slack off!" ”
At this time, a confidant general stepped forward and whispered to him: "Beware of Guo Ziyi's deception, the general had better not go to the other party's military camp, it is better to meet in the third place." ”
Lei Wanchun pondered for a moment, he was rude on the surface, but he was as careful as a hair, and he was extremely shrewd, he couldn't imagine this truth, he shook his head and said to his subordinates: "Since the general ordered me to obey Guo Ziyi's deployment, then we should not have different intentions, we should see it, but there is no problem with being cautious, you can lead the cavalry to withdraw ten miles away, if I don't return within half a day, you immediately lead the army back to Taiyuan, close the city gate and send a letter to the general, understand?" ”
"The Admiral understands!"
After Lei Wanchun finished giving the order, he rushed towards Guo Ziyi's camp with more than a dozen of his own soldiers, while his 5,000 cavalry retreated ten miles away, and sent a large number of scouts to monitor the movements of Shuofang's army camp.
In front of the camp of the Shuofang army, Guo Ziyi had already led hundreds of people out of the camp, Guo Ziyi was wearing a full suit of armor, carrying a war knife at his waist, white hair and silver beard, and he looked even older and stronger.
Although Guo Ziyi knew that he was driven out of Guannei Dao by Li Qing'an's strategy, he was not resentful, in fact, the Anxi army did not have many troops, and he needed to send troops to deal with it, considering the overall situation, Guo Ziyi was also willing to put aside personal grievances and cooperate with Li Qingan to deal with An Lushan.
On the other hand, Li Qing'an ordered Lei Wanchun to obey his deployment, which means that Li Qing'an had already ceded Hedong to him and exchanged Hedong for Guannei Dao, from a strategic point of view, Guo Ziyi could understand Li Qing'an's painstaking efforts, after all, Shuofang's strategic location was too sensitive for Anxi, and if it was him, he would not want an army to be stationed near his throat.
Although Guo Ziyi did not support Li Qing'an, he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and he could not tolerate a rebellious thief like An Lushan, which was also the real reason why he finally decided to send troops to Hedong.
"Old general, he's coming!"
A team of cavalry galloped in the distance, led by a majestic and burly general, with a big BMW on his hips, covered in black helmets and black armor, and that kind of coercive momentum was like a black tower falling from the sky, which made Guo Ziyi secretly cheer, and it was indeed a fierce general.
"Spread out!"
He gave a low order, and then urged the horse to meet him, at this time Lei Wanchun was already three zhang away, he recognized the veteran Guo Ziyi at a glance, and said with both hands in his fists: "The governor of Yunzhou and the Datong military envoy Lei Wanchun see General Guo!" ”
His voice was like thunder, like Zhang Fei's reincarnation, many of Guo Ziyi's personal soldiers were afraid, and involuntarily pressed their hands on the hilt, but Guo Ziyi was not a little panicked, he smiled slightly, hugged his fists and saluted: "I have heard that General Lei is the first fierce general in Anxi, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation." ”
Lei Wanchun grinned and said, "In front of my general's divine arrow, what am I?" Two hundred paces away, he can take my surname with one arrow. ”
When the generals heard that he was still mentioning Li Qing'an's bravery, they couldn't help but have a trace of contempt in their hearts, he was really a reckless general, and he didn't even understand the least handsome and brave, but Guo Ziyi looked at him deeply, and said with a smile: "General Li's magic arrow is known to everyone in the world, but it is General Lei's ten thousand enemies, which makes the old man admire." ”
Lei Wanchun laughed, hugged his fists and said: "The old general has won the award, my general has an order, let me listen to the dispatch of the old general Guo, although the old general gives the order, I will follow it one by one!" ”
"This is the best, the two armies are united, and their profits are cut off, come! General Lei, please come into the big tent to talk. ”
"Old General, please!"
Everyone surrounded Lei Wanchun and Guo Ziyi and went to the big tent, entered the handsome tent, the guests and hosts of the two sides sat down, Guo Ziyi ordered someone to serve tea, and put a few plates of snacks, Lei Wanchun seemed to be a little hungry, I saw him move his hands together, swept away the dim sum like a whirlwind, and drank the tea again, then wiped his mouth and said: "Old general, please say it!" Whatever you ask me to do, I will resolutely obey. ”
Guo Ziyi leaned over and said with a smile: "General Lei doesn't need to worry, I have already made up my mind, and I will arrange it properly, but I want to ask first, has General Lei received an order from His Royal Highness King Zhao to deal with this Dong Qin, how can we fight?" ”
Lei Wanchun waved his hand and said with a hearty smile: "How else can I fight, I led five thousand iron cavalry as the vanguard and kicked the damn enemy tent, I have already held back my strength, just waiting for the old general to come." ”
"Nope! No! Guo Ziyi shook his head and said: "The army of An Lushan is like that, and for Dong Qin's army, we must all be absorbed and killed." ”
"This.... All right! I listened to the old general's arrangement, and told me to kill me, and I made it up. ”
Guo Ziyi saw that he was very talkative, very refreshing, and liked it in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Then I won't keep more generals, there is an earthen city seven miles northeast from my camp, General Lei might as well lead the army to be stationed there, if there is a need, just ask me." ”
"No problem, then I'll take my leave first."
Lei Wanchun got up and saluted, and then hugged his fists to the generals in the tent, "Everyone, I'm leaving." ”
He strode away, Guo Ziyi led the generals to send him outside the camp gate, then stopped, looking at Lei Wanchun's majestic back, all the generals of Shuofang secretly shook their heads, and the deputy general Cheng Qianli also sighed: "If you are brave, you will be brave, but unfortunately you have no plan!" ”
"Nope! You're all wrong about him. ”
Guo Ziyi turned back to everyone and said: "This person seems to be rude, but in fact he is extremely shrewd, his army is stationed ten miles away, just to prevent us from killing people and raiding, just look at his camp talk, did he show any tone?" How many troops did he bring, how much food did he bring? How Taiyuan defended, he didn't say anything, think about it, will Li Qingan let a simple-minded person be stationed in the northern capital Taiyuan? He's just fooling us, and you're all fooled. ”
Everyone pondered that this was indeed the case, and Cheng Qianli frowned again: "But what's the point of him doing this?" ”
"It is indispensable to guard against others, if I were him, I would also pretend to be confused." Guo Ziyi sighed, why did all the talents in the world go to Li Qing'an?
"What are we going to do, old general?"
"Rest for the day, we'll head south tomorrow!"
......... Guo Ziyi is a prepared person, he said that the south refers to Luzhou, in fact, it has been four days since the river crossed, and the four days are slow, he needs to understand the situation and prescribe the right medicine, the first information he got is that Dong Qin's 20,000 troops are in Luzhou, he did not cross the border in the north, nor did he retreat east to Hebei because of the arrival of the Shuofang army, which shows that he is very hesitant and difficult to make a decision for a while.
Guo Ziyi's self-confidence comes from his understanding of Dong Qin, this person was young in the army, has been in the Fan Yang army, has followed Zhang Shouqi and An Lushan two Jiedu envoys, last year An Lushan called himself the king of Yan, the anti-will was revealed, many Han generals and Han soldiers have abandoned him, Dong Qin is one of them, he fled to Hedong, collected more than 20,000 fleeing Fanyang Han army, retreated south to Puzhou, was appointed by the imperial court Puzhou Taishou, during which Lei Wanchun recruited him several times, he just refused, and then Li Heng ascended the throne, sent envoys to win him over, Dong Qin was loyal to Li Heng, He was named the envoy of the Pujiang Festival.
This time Li Hengnan fled to Chengdu, Dong Qin also did not enter the customs, and was isolated in Hedong, this time Li Qingan sent troops to Luoyang, Guo Ziyi sent troops to Hedong, which made Dong Qin extremely panicked, he gave up Puzhou, retreated to Luzhou, and waited and saw the situation.
Dong Qin is also one of the feudal towns in the period of the Tang Dynasty, in the Anshi Rebellion, he followed Guo Ziyi and An Lushan to fight, after the defeat of Shi Siming, and then returned to the Tang Dynasty, was given the name Li Zhongchen by the imperial court.
At this time, Dong Qin led 20,000 troops to garrison in the northernmost Shihui Pass of Luzhou, here the northern foot of Taiyue Mountain, the mountain is steep, endless, Shihui Pass is one of the Xiongguan, built with huge stones, choked the source river valley passage of Taiyue Mountain, it can be said that one man is a pass, ten thousand people can not be opened.
For two whole days, Dong Qin's heart was restless, he was very good, especially a good woman, and his henchmen found dozens of beautiful women from the surrounding states and counties for him, and gave him catharsis day and night, but the woman still couldn't let him calm down, he was worried that once his 20,000 troops were defeated, he would have no way out.
Dong Qinnian is about 40 people, he is burly, brave and abnormal, and he is also a fierce general, he is most of the Hu people, his father is a Pinglu Hu person, but his mother is a Han girl, when he was thirteen years old his mother died of illness, he was humiliated by the clan, ran to Fanyang to join the army, and began his military career of nearly 30 years.
He originally thought that he would fight in the Fan Yang army for the rest of his life, but An Lushan wanted to rebel, which made him disdainful, so he led his headquarters to flee south and was accepted by the imperial court, but now, he will have no way out.
Just when he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, his own soldiers suddenly came to report: "Report to the general, Guo Ziyi single-handedly asked to see the general under the pass!" ”
(To be continued)