After the beginning of spring, the Zhou army in Bingzhou also made major adjustments, in addition to the 20,000 troops who held the Bird Mouse Valley, the Zhou army gathered the main force to Shouyang County, which was about 200 miles away from Taiyuan City, and the Zhou army successively increased to Shouyang County, just when the 30,000 Tang Army arrived in Taiyuan County, the defenders of Taiyuan County increased to 80,000, and the Zhou army in Shouyang County gradually increased to 80,000, plus the 30,000 cavalry deployed in Loufan County, the strength of the Zhou army ready to attack Taiyuan has reached 110,000. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Not only Taiyuan increased the troops, but also sent 50,000 troops to Hedong County in the south, led by Su Dingfang to reinforce Hedong County, plus Wei Wentong's 30,000 troops, Hedong County's strength has reached 80,000, the Zhou army in Bingzhou put more than 200,000 troops, and the Tang army's strength in Bingzhou also reached 120,000.

The war has not yet broken out, both sides are in full swing to prepare for war, Shouyang County is the inevitable way for Jingcheng to go to Taiyuan, it has been controlled by the Zhou army since the year before, it is also the logistics center of the Zhou army to attack Taiyuan, more than 300,000 stone of military grain, the county seat was rebuilt three years ago, built on the mountainside, the city wall is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

On the morning of this day, a cavalry of 3,000 people escorted Zhang Xuan, the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, and arrived at the Zhou army camp in Shouyang County.

Zhang Xuan was dressed in a hundred refined steel armor, wearing a golden helmet, and a famous horse treasure flame beast under his crotch, when the team arrived at the gate of the camp, Yu Chigong and Pei Xingyan took hundreds of generals out of the camp to welcome the arrival of the Son of Heaven.

"Humble Lieutenant Chi Gong to see Your Majesty!"

"Humble Pei Xingyan, see Your Majesty!"

This time, the Northern Battlefield of the Great War of Merge Prefecture was dominated by Wei Chi Gong as the main general, Pei Xingyan was the auxiliary general, and Pei Xingyan was controlled by Wei Chi Gong, which is not to say that Pei Xingyan's military position was lower than that of Wei Chi Gong, but that the Zhou Dynasty implemented the system of responsibility for the chief general of the war zone.

For example, this time in the state theater, Zhang Xuan designated Wei Chi Gong as the main general, then the other generals who came to cooperate in the battle must obey Wei Chi Gong's command, if the next time he fought in the Liaodong Theater, Zhang Xuan designated Pei Xingyan as the main general, then even if Wei Chi Gong came to reinforce, he must also obey Pei Xingyan's command.

The commander of the northern theater was Wei Chigong, and the commander of the southern theater was Wei Wentong.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "The two generals are exempt from courtesy!" ”

He said to the hundred generals behind him: "The generals have worked hard, please excuse me!" ”

"Your Majesty, please go into the camp and rest!"

Zhang Xuan urged the horse to walk into the camp, the generals got on the horse one after another, and surrounded Zhang Xuan into the camp, the camp covers an area of nearly 10,000 acres, up to dozens of miles, the big tent is next to the top, there is no end in sight, because the area is too large, it is not realistic to rely on foot alone, so a number of horse roads are set up in the camp, and generally can only slow down, but if there is an emergency military situation, it is allowed to ride a horse on the prescribed road.

On both sides of the main road of the camp lined up with 50,000 soldiers, when Zhang Xuan's figure appeared, tens of thousands of soldiers bowed down together, three shouts of long live, the momentum shook the earth, Zhang Xuan waved his hand to greet the soldiers, the team came to the Chinese army's big tent, the military aircraft strategist Ling Jing stepped forward to salute Zhang Xuan, Ling Jing was to follow Wei Chi Gong as a supervisor and military adviser, he needed to resolutely implement Zhang Xuan's main strategy, but the specific details were decided by him and the main generals.

Zhang Xuan entered the big tent of the Chinese army, Wei Chi Gong asked his generals to lead the soldiers back to the camp, he and Pei Xingyan and Ling Jing walked into the big tent, Zhang Xuan sat down in front of the handsome seat, and said with a smile: "Let me make it clear to everyone first, I will only stay for one night, and I will go south to Hedong County tomorrow to inspect, and I will not personally recruit this war." ”

Wei Chigong smiled and suggested: "If Your Majesty is willing to take the imperial expedition in person, this time the annexation of the state will be secure." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I think everyone knows that this battle of merging states requires you to fight a protracted war, at least for half a year, to create opportunities for our other battlefields, so it doesn't matter if you can take Taiyuan or not, and you shouldn't have too much psychological burden." ”

Everyone nodded silently, this world war made everyone full of expectations, and Zhang Xuan asked again: "What is the situation in Taiyuan?" ”

Ling Jing hurriedly bowed and said, "I just got the latest information, the 30,000 Tang troops from Lishi County have arrived in Taiyuan, and according to Your Majesty's prior deployment, we have not intercepted this army." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly: "Speaking of which, isn't Yan'an County empty?" ”

"Exactly! There is not a single soldier on the Yan'an County side. ”

"Have you confirmed?"

"Wechen has confirmed, General Sun's scouts have investigated, and only 5,000 troops are stationed in Shangjun."

Zhang Xuan took out a warrant and handed it to Ling Jing, "This is my warrant, when the army arrives in Taiyuan, I will immediately send someone to send the warrant to General Sun." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, and said to Wei Chigong: "At present, the main commander of Taiyuan is Qu Tutong, this person is an experienced and famous general, who is good at defense and surprise soldiers, so this attack on Taiyuan must be stable, especially at camping at night, and he cannot find an opportunity for a sneak attack." ”

Wei Chigong himself is known for his stability, and the reason why Zhang Xuan appointed him as the main general is that he takes a fancy to him, and against Qu Tutong, Qu Tutong will seize the opportunity if he is not careful.

Zhang Xuan said to Pei Xingyan again: "The 30,000 cavalry of Lou Fan County should not act rashly, but they can be stationed in Jiaocheng, if I am not mistaken, Qu Tutong is likely to deploy suspicious troops and transfer the cavalry away, this General Pei must be careful, the cavalry has only one task, that is, to support the main force of the siege, and any other actions are not allowed." ”

Wei Chigong and Pei Xingyan got up together to receive the order, Zhang Xuan got up and walked to a map of the world, but his eyes fell on Jingzhou, this time the world war, I hope that the state can drag the main force of the Tang army as much as possible.

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Shouyang County is a middle county, the population of the county has more than 3,000 households, more than 20,000 people, because the county seat is located on the official road from Taiyuan to Jingcheng, this is a famous business road with a history of thousands of years, the business of Shouyang County has been very developed since ancient times, although the population in the county has been reduced by more than half due to the rebellion of Liu Wuzhou, but it still has hundreds of shops, only wine shops and inns have hundreds of them.

There is a Liu Si tavern near the west gate of the county seat, which is also one of the best in the county, quite famous, everyone thinks that the owner of the wine shop is surnamed Liu, but in fact, the proprietor of this wine shop is Wu Shiyi, the brother of Wu Shi Tong, when the Zhou army determined Shouyang County as the logistics center of the attack on Taiyuan, more than a dozen Tang army scouts also infiltrated Shouyang County, and became the foothold of Tang army scouts in Liu Si tavern.

At noon, a bartender hurriedly walked into the wine shop, he gave the shopkeeper a look, the two walked into the backyard, the shopkeeper's surname was Jiang, he was the captain of the Tang Army scout, and when he entered the room, the shopkeeper Jiang asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"It's confirmed, I saw Zhang Xuan enter the camp with my own eyes, and the tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp shouted long live, and the momentum was spectacular, which can't be fake."

Shopkeeper Jiang rubbed his hands excitedly, this is important information, although I don't know if Zhang Xuan came to inspect it or is he preparing to drive the expedition in person? But Zhang Xuan's arrival in Shouyang County was a major event in itself, and he needed to report to Taiyuan immediately, thinking of this, he instructed again: "You continue to check, and if Zhang Xuan leaves Shouyang County, report to me immediately." ”

The bartender said yes and left, and the shopkeeper took out a piece of tissue paper for pigeon letters, and wrote down on it.

Half an hour later, a letter eagle soared into the air and flew towards Taiyuan City.

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At the same time that Zhang Xuan inspected the garrison of Bingzhou, the holy car of the Tang Emperor Li Yuan also appeared in Pujin Pass, which was the first time Li Yuan visited the front line to inspect the battle after ascending the throne.

Since the Zhou army reinforced Hedong County with 50,000 troops, so that the garrison of Hedong County reached 80,000, while the Tang army invested only 40,000, only half of the opponent's investment, which was extremely unfavorable to the Tang army's capture of Hedong County, Li Yuan resolutely decided to transfer another 20,000 garrisons from Hanzhong to the battle of Hedong County, so that the Tang army increased to 60,000 in the battle for Hedong County.

At the same time, Li Yuan also changed the chief general of Hedong County, with Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as the commander, and the general Duan Zhixuan as the deputy commander.

At present, 60,000 Tang troops have gathered in Pujin Pass, Pujin Pass is called by the merger of Puguan on the west bank of the Yellow River and Jinkou on the opposite bank, in addition to Puguan has nearly 60,000 troops, there are also 5,000 Tang troops stationed in Jinkou on the side of the Yellow River on the opposite bank, although Li Shentong was defeated in Hedong County, but he still kept a small stronghold in Hedong, it is extremely important to keep Jinkou, which means that the Tang army will not be strongly blocked by the enemy when crossing the Yellow River, and it is precisely because he kept Jinkou that he escaped the punishment of the Son of Heaven on him.

However, Li Yuan no longer believed that Li Shentong could recapture Hedong County, but handed over the military power to his second son Li Shimin and the brave and warlike general Duan Zhixuan.

At noon, Li Yuan, surrounded by more than a dozen important ministers and dozens of generals, climbed to the head of Puguan City and looked across the Yellow River. (To be continued.) )