Chapter 597: Secret to Liyang
(The time of the previous computer was actually wrong.,Ten minutes late.,I got the update of my last chapter to after 0:00 today.。 (Look!) WWW) But Muzi will make up for yesterday's lack today.,Today may be six more.,Ask for votes.。 )
At the foot of the Daling Mountains in the southwest of Liyang City, not far from the bank of the Yellow River, is Liyang Cang, one of the six granaries of the Great Sui.
Liyang Cang is bordered by the Yongji Canal in the west and the Yellow River in the east, so the water transportation is very convenient. The leased rice collected from the Hebei region was first concentrated here, and then transported to Luoyang and Chang'an by the Yongji Canal or the Yellow River. When the army was used in the northeast, the military grain transported by Jianghuai was also stored here, and then transported to the northeast, which was the only important granary in Hebei.
During the great cause, the imperial court made several expeditions to Liaodong, and all the military rations were transferred in Liyang. When Yang Xuangan raised troops, it was precisely in Liyang that he supervised the transportation of grain and grass, mastered Yang Guang's lifeline of grain and grass, and Liyang was close to the eastern capital Luoyang, so he dared to raise troops against Sui.
Liyang harvest, Kyushu solid.
Although Liyang Cang is not the largest of the six granaries of the Great Sui, it is the center of the north-south east-west movement, which is very important.
When Chen Kefu fell into Wagang, he once said to the generals of Wagang, "The world is in turmoil, and it is a famine." Today, it is more Liyang Cang, and there are great things. Hou Zhai asked Li Mi to have Liyang Cang, "Open a warehouse and eat for the people." In the middle of the day, more than 200,000 victorious soldiers were victorious."
It was with Liyang Cang that Wagang moved from a small cottage to the great cause of competing for the Central Plains. However, after capturing Liyangcang, after several major battles, Li Mi's reputation in Wagang became higher and higher, and he gradually became the real commander of the Wagang army.
Li Mi's strategy was to seize the eastern capital, and then go on to capture Guanzhong in order to unify the world. Therefore, after Li Mi captured Ji County, he did not continue to march to Hebei. Instead, he withdrew some troops and sent only 8,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Liyang Cangcheng in Ji County. The army attacked Luoyang with all its might to fight for the political center of the world.
It is precisely because of this that when Chen Kefu was short of food, he had to take the risk of going south to raid and seize Liyang Cang in order to succeed. Guo Xiaoke and Lu Shishen led 10,000 light horsemen south, marched west along the Yellow River, quickly crossed Wuyang County controlled by the peasant army, and suddenly appeared in Liyang.
Taking advantage of the late night to launch a surprise attack on Liyang Cangcheng, under the cover of siege, sappers dug several tunnels under Cangcheng, and then filled the explosives package of large materials, in one fell swoop, in one fell swoop, a big gap was blown up in the loess warehouse city wall, which was not particularly tall.
After opening the gap, with the strong armor, powerful crossbow arrows, and powerful gunpowder weapons of the Liaodong Army, they quickly captured the Liyang Cang, which was garrisoned by 5,000 people. Liyang rushed down, and Lu Shishen led his troops to quickly turn around and attack Liyang and Jijun City and other cities, and completely captured Jijun within one day. The 8,000 soldiers and horses of the Wagang Army were all captured except for those who died in battle.
Guo Xiaoke and Lu Shishen captured Ji County, but there were still Qinghe and Wuyang County separated from the plain county occupied by the Liaodong Army. Although there are already imperial soldiers and horses stationed in Qinghe County, there are still many peasant army forces along the way. All of a sudden, Kijun became an enclave, disconnected from each other.
Fortunately, Jijun is located in the southwesternmost part of Hebei, close to the Yellow River. The bearded Zhang Zhongjian sent dozens of naval warships westward along the Yellow River and directly reached Jijun. Not only did he transport the captured millions of stone of grain back to Pingyuan County and Shandong Qi County through warships, but also brought 10,000 reinforcements.
The reinforcements in the fleet who arrived with the ships disembarked at the Liyang pier, and 10,000 reinforcements were all foot soldiers, including many engineers. After taking Ji County, he took into account the imperial court's plan to recover the southern counties of Hebei. Chen Kefu changed his previous battle plan, and after capturing Ji County, he transported most of the grain back to Qi County and Pingyuan County, but the soldiers and horses did not evacuate.
Not only that, but 10,000 reinforcements were sent to strengthen the defense of Jijun. With 20,000 men, he held the north bank of the Yellow River to prevent Li Mi's soldiers and horses from crossing the Yellow River. Therefore, when these 10,000 soldiers and horses arrived, not only a large number of sappers, but also a large number of defensive equipment and gunpowder weapons. …,
Groups of soldiers walked down from under the Qinglong battleship in a neat queue, and the carriages on the dock were transferring the grain transported from the Liyang warehouse to the empty battleship. The Liaodong sergeants, who had just disembarked, rushed the vacant carriages to transport large equipment such as ballistas and catapults that had just been unloaded from the ship.
On the dock, coming and going, it was busy.
Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke also stood there and commanded, and their faces were extremely happy. In the past, the two of them have been left behind in the capital, or they have been left in Liaodong, which can be described as boring to death, except for training soldiers and horses, there is no passion. This time, due to the food shortage crisis, I finally got the opportunity to go to Ji County to do a battle, and I was a little reluctant to return to the capital.
Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness King Chen actually changed the order and let the two of them stay in Ji County. Not only that, His Royal Highness actually sent an additional 10,000 reinforcements, and watching this group of soldiers walk off the ship, as well as this brand new equipment, the two of them immediately felt the breath they had not seen for a long time. It seems that this time, staying in Ji County is not only to stay behind, but also to fight.
The Qinglong warships were already loaded with food and began to leave the dock, and the dock gradually emptied.
Lu Shishen happily watched the sappers load all the equipment into the car, "Lao Guo, let's go, go back and have a good drink, I'll do the east." ”
"Okay, people are in good spirits when they are happy, don't dare to drink too much and make mistakes, don't be afraid to drink two cups, go."
The two were about to get on their horses and leave, but they saw another big boat entering the dock on the river in the distance. This is a big ship that is several times larger than the Qinglong battleship, Guo Xiaoke frowned, "It's actually a five-tooth battleship, such a big guy, the entire Sea Dragon Guard Naval Division seems to be only about thirty ships, and all of them are at sea, today I actually ran here to come, could it be that with these 10,000 reinforcements, the imperial court also sent a commander to come over?" ”
When Lu Shishen heard that the newly arrived 10,000 soldiers and horses might not be under his command, he was immediately a little unhappy. Watching the huge warship slowly sail over, he deliberately said loudly, "It doesn't matter which one he came over, I have already received these 10,000 horses anyway." What my old Lu eats, how can there be a reason to spit it out? ”
"Oh, what do you mean, I'm in your hands?" A relaxed and familiar voice came from the battleship.
Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke both immediately heard the owner of this voice, and their hearts were full of surprise, "Why are you here?" ”
Chen Kefu jumped off the battleship, landed steadily on the dock, and stepped forward with a smile and hit Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke's two generals on the chest a few times.
"If you eat it, you won't spit it out, but this is imposing. However, you can tell the target, you can do this to the enemy, but to your own people, this is a bit too overbearing. ”
Lu Shishen stepped forward with a smile, "The last general is just a joke, how dare you really do this." As he spoke, he glared at Chen Lei, who had just gotten off the boat, meaning that this kid didn't notify him in advance, making him lose face.
Looking at the fleet that had been fully loaded, slowly sailed away from the dock, and sailed eastward, Chen Kefu nodded with satisfaction, "You did a good job, 10,000 people captured Ji County, and the soldiers and horses actually only suffered hundreds of casualties, so you captured a large county for the imperial court, and also captured more than one million stone of grain, which is a great achievement." ”
Guo Xiaoke kept looking at the five-tooth battle ship on the dock, and saw that no one came down for a long time, and on the dock, at this time, there were only more than a thousand imperial guards and horses. couldn't help but feel a little strange, "Your Highness, aren't you in Hengshan County?" Why did you suddenly arrive in Ji County and only bring so many people over? ”
Chen Kefu smiled, "Of course, like you, I haven't fought for a long time, and I heard that there may be a battle to be fought in Jijun this time, so I can't help but come over." ”…,
Guo Xiaoke was thoughtful, and the location of Ji County was more prominent. Not only is it located on the edge of the Yellow River, but the Yongji Canal also flows through Ji County. Not only that, but in the current situation of the territory occupied by various forces, the territory occupied by the Hebei imperial court is now in the southeast of Hebei and the eastern part of the south bank of the Yellow River. The southwestern counties of Hebei were now occupied by the newly established Yan state, while on the south bank of the Yellow River on the opposite side was Li Mi's territory.
Last time, the imperial court had readjusted its strategic plan, and the status of the southern counties of Hebei had been greatly improved. This is the gateway to Hebei, and the imperial court is ready to quickly recover the counties and control the gateway in the hands of the imperial court.
Now the imperial court has seized Ji County, but it has held this enclave and will not retreat. The intention was already very obvious, that is, to insert a wedge between Li Mi on the south bank and Wang Suba Yan on the north bank to disconnect the two forces. Prevent them from being twisted together, so that the imperial court can successfully remove Wang Suba's Yan kingdom first, and recover the gateway to Hebei, so as not to get tangled in the south.
"Your Highness, the last general and others also understand the importance of Ji County, and they are determined to protect Ji County to the death and never let Ji County fall into anyone's hands. However, His Highness is the commander of the whole army, and he is the body of ten thousand gold, how can he lightly set foot in such a dangerous place? If Li Mi or Wang Suba heard the whereabouts of His Highness, I am afraid that they will not miss such an opportunity, and if their army comes to attack, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to His Highness. Your Highness is invited to return to the north. Guo Xiaoke said with some concern.
"Don't worry, my Daxu is still in Hengshan at this time, and I also came secretly this time, as long as I don't make a clear banner, how can they know that I am here? Jijun is very important to the imperial court, and this king is a little uneasy, so he came to see it in person. You don't have to worry too much, General Zhang Zhongjian's 50,000 sailors will not be able to rush to reinforcements in a short time. At that time, General Li Jing will also attack from the direction of Qinghe, with so many soldiers and horses, even if Li Mi or Zhang Zhongjian comes in person, what can they do? ”
Hearing that in addition to the 10,000 foot soldiers who had just arrived to reinforce the soldiers and horses, the imperial court would actually immediately transfer 50,000 sailors to come, and the soldiers and horses of the Duke of Wei would come by land. Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke also felt some tension, so many soldiers and horses rushed here, this is not just a simple matter of separating the north and south of the Yellow River. I'm afraid that a big war is about to start in Ji County.
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