Chapter 500: The Final Battle
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In the Tang army camp, Li Shentong couldn't sit still.
Unless Li Yuan can bring the main force of the Tang army in Guanzhong to attack Hebei, it is now difficult to stop the pace of the Zhao army in Hebei.
However, it was impossible for Li Yuan to attack Hebei before he broke through Luoyang.
Li Tang's current situation is even better than that of the Qin State during the Warring States Period, when the Qin State destroyed the order of the Six Kingdoms, first sent troops to exterminate South Korea in Henan, and then ordered the general Wang Jian to go out of Jingcheng, destroy today's Hejian, Boling, and Zhao State in Hengshan, and then break the Yan State in today's Youjing, and finally destroy Wei, Chu, and Qi.
Henan first and then Hebei is Li Yuan's established strategy, relatively speaking, Li Chongjiu wants to unify Hebei, taking advantage of Li Tang's failure to break Wang Shichong, take the lead in integrating Hebei's forces, and fight against Li Tang's court.
Each has its own abacus.
Li Shentong as the ambassador of Shandong Province to pacify the country, the role in it is very subtle, Li Yuan is the plan to attack Shandong, is to let Li Shentong, with Cui Min to do his Boling Cui clan, the world's highest rank of the corporal clan, the identity of the Hebei Shi clan.
Just as when Li Yuan was in Guanzhong, with the help of Guanlongmen valves such as Wei, Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang, etc., and the power of the northern nobles such as Changsun and Dugu, he pacified Guanzhong Bashu.
With the help of the power of the family gate valve to collect Hebei, this point was still very effective in the early days, when the Guanzhong gate valve was still in the official position, the Hebei gate valve was still surnamed, and the Xianbei generation of the northern nobles was still bloodline. After the change in Jiangdu, Yang Guang died, and the officials of Hebei did not know what to do.
Therefore, the officials all looked at the Shandong Shi clan, which had huge power, and Cui Mingan was the head of the Cui family in Boling. At this time, he sent an envoy to Shandong to lay a good foundation for Li Tang to pass through Shandong. For a while, Shandong officials surrendered one after another. Even several giants, such as Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang, also defected to Li Tang at the beginning and showed favor to him.
However, Li Shentong's smooth days in Shandong were very short, Cui Mingan made great contributions to Li Tang, but Li Yuan only gave him the official system of a four-grade Huangmen squire, and entrusted Guan Longmen valve to the northern nobles. Li Yuan's move disappointed the Hebei scholars.
And at this time, Li Chongjiu, who was born in a poor family. Dou Jiande rose one after another, and set up a plan to snipe Li Tang into Hebei.
Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin successively raided the counties of Hebei under Li Tang.
And while Li Chongjiu was attacking Hebei, he did not forget Jì's wooing of the Shi clan, first the Fan Yang Lu clan, under Li Chongjiu's purge. was forced to sever relations with Li Tang, and then Li Chongjiu reached an in-law with the Taiyuan Wang family, so that the Taiyuan Wang family also remained neutral between Li Tang and Zhao.
In this way, the counties of Hebei Prefecture, which had taken refuge in Li Tang, were lost one after another, even Wang Bo. Xu Yuanlang, these wall grasses, also defected to the new master, which led to Li Tang's original good situation in Hebei, which turned into passivity.
In the second year of Wude, after Li Chongjiu defeated Dou Jiande in Yishui. The weather of the annexation of Hebei is beginning to dew. Zhao State from top to bottom, the general of the ministers is by no means limited to Hebei. Rather, it is to encompass the four seas, the north and the south, and the ambition of the Zhao State is comparable to that of Zhao, Qi, and Wei during the Warring States Period.
Therefore, once Li Chongjiu defeats Liu Heimin, it is likely to be a battle with Li Tang in the future. With Li Tang's strength today, he is naturally unwilling to have such a powerful opponent in Hebei at the time of unifying the world, and he can fight against him.
After hearing that the main force of the Zhao army came, Li Shentong finally made a decision that night and withdrew his troops overnight.
Three days later, on the official road into Hanoi, the Tang soldiers marched in a long line of sticky mud in the torrent of vehicles.
On both sides of the official road are harvested wheat fields, which are very slippery due to a heavy rain yesterday.
After Li Shentong made a decision, 20,000 Tang troops returned to the division in Hanoi with their baggage, and now the official road is bustling with Tang soldiers and soldiers, and the three-day rapid march is carried out, and there are dying cattle lying on both sides of the road, and occasionally a cart with wheels facing the sky.
Sometimes the cavalry rushed into this flow of people, and the soldiers pushed and shoved, and the horses stood up and neighed, and the pack horses were frightened, and the grain carts were overturned.
Li Shentong, who had galloped for a while, held his helmet and glanced behind him, but saw that the Tang sergeant was stepping on the mud and braving the drizzle, accompanied by shouting and the crackling of leather whips and the creaking of axles. The Tang army was in a hurry, looking in a hurry, where was the spirit when he marched to Liyang.
Li Shentong froze and asked, "Is the Zhao army coming after you?" ”
On the side, Li Shenfu said: "Yesterday, the day before yesterday, there seemed to be cavalry hanging on the tail wing of our army, but I haven't seen it since today." ”
Li Shentong's face sank, and he pointed to a mountain beam in front of him with a horsewhip, and said: "Seize this place immediately and check if there are any enemy troops nearby!" ”
After giving the order, Li Daozong, the general of the Tang Army, led two thousand light horsemen and went straight to the mountain beam.
After a while, three red flags were raised on the mountain beam, and Li Shentong and Li Shenfu were both relieved when they saw it.
Li Shenfu said: "The marshal is too cautious, Li Chongjiu's enemy is Liu Heimin, and he will not fight hard with our army before he conquers Zhouzhou, which is no good at all." ”
Li Shentong said: "I also expect this, but Li Chongjiu can't speculate on the use of soldiers, it's better to be careful, after the front, there will be our soldiers and horses to respond." ”
At this moment, a rapid horn suddenly sounded on the mountain beam.
Li Shentong, Li Shenfu's face changed.
Li Shentong shouted to the scout generals: "What's going on? ”
The scout general said, "The last general is going to investigate." ”
After saying that, the scout general waved again and again, and the two teams of scout cavalry were being sent out, and at this time, Li Daozong's cavalry had hurriedly retreated from the mountain beam.
Li Shentong said angrily: "Li Daozong, as a general, why did he flee down the mountain without forming a formation. ”
Li Shen Fu said: "It's too late for the big marshal, and now there is only one way to meet the enemy." ”
Li Shentong glanced at the exhausted Tang army foot soldiers winding on the road. In order to escape the pursuit of the Zhao army, the Tang army marched for three days and was already exhausted, but he did not expect the Zhao army to catch up.
Could it be that Zhao Jun had wings on his back and flew over?
When Li Daozong retreated in front of Li Shentong, he said: "The handsome is ......"
Li Shentong shouted at the moment: "Did I order you to remove from the mountain beam?" What if the Zhao army is condescending? I will deal with you martial. ”
Li Daozong sighed and said, "Dashuai, you are wrong, it's not Zhao Jun, it's Yu Wenhua and that guy!" ”
Li Shentong and Li Shenfu were stunned together. Li Shenfu exclaimed: "It's Xu Jun of Yu Wenhua!" ”
"Yu Culture and!" Li Shentong looked up to the sky and yelled, he didn't even have his usual self-cultivation. Li Shentong's face turned red, his eyes revealed a hideous color, and he said: "Yu Wenhua and that idiot actually helped Li Chongjiu to beat me, doesn't he know that Li Chongjiu is his biggest opponent at the moment?" ”
At the other end of the mountain beam, Xu Guo's army marched forward in array.
Yu Wenhua and pressed the whip on the horse, and a general said to Yu Wenhua: "After the forward cavalry of the Zhao army saw our army, they had already turned back. ”
Yu Wenhua nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Order the left battalion, destroy the men and horses of the Feng battalion, don't guard against the cavalry of the Zhao army, and transfer it together." ”
When the general on the side heard this, he said, "Your Majesty, do we really want to deal with Li Shentong?" You must know that this has helped Li Chongjiu. ”
Yu Wenhua's eyes bloomed with cold light, and he said: "Do you still want you to teach me what I do?" ”
When the general saw Yu Wenhua and was angry, he wanted to pull out his horse and turn around, but Yu Wenhua had already urged him forward and cut him under the horse with a knife.
The generals were silent, and Yu Wenhua retracted the blood-stained knife from its scabbard and shouted: "The whole army is attacking!" ”
After speaking, the rumbling drums sounded on the side of the Xu army.
Hundreds of large and small ships floated on the Yongji Canal and were rushing along the river.
At this moment, the sunset is obliquely shining, and the golden light on the river surface is flashing, and the river is wide here, and the north wind is rising. The ships were all half-sailed, and they went very fast, better than 6 galloping horses.
It turned out that when he heard the news of Li Shentong's withdrawal, Li Chongjiu ordered Xue Wanche and Luo Shixin to lead the cavalry to pursue, while Li Chongjiu led 5,000 elites to board the boat and chase along the Yongji Canal.
Li Chongjiu stood on the deck with his sword, listening to the report of the generals on the side, he couldn't help but smile, and the generals on the side said with a smile: "There are people who have icing on the cake in these years, and there are also people who have fallen into the well, Li Shentong is really unlucky." ”
After speaking, all the generals laughed when they heard this.
It turned out that Li Chongjiu received the battle report, Li Shentong heard that Zhao Junshui 6 marched together, followed the pursuit, and the soldiers left in a hurry, traveling dozens of miles a day, and the soldiers were tired.
Yu Wenhua and this battle broke Li Shentong, captured countless banners and drums, and Li Shentong could only lead the Tang army, which had lost all its baggage, and retreated to Hanoi to protect himself.
Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Although I can't personally cut off Li Shentong's head, I am also happy to defeat the Tang army with the help of Yu Wenhua. ”
In fact, even if there is no Yu Wenhua and a shot, Li Chongjiu can intercept Li Shentong from the waterway a day or two later, and the result is the same. However, now that there is Yu Culture and Substitute Labor, there is no need to pursue Li Shentong again. Li Shentong's loss of face in Hebei is already a big shame.
"Your Majesty, news has come from Liyang City that the six thousand cavalry of Tudiji have entered Liyang City."
"General Guo Xiaoke led 30,000 uncle's troops and 10,000 horses from Linqing to kill on the official road to Zhaozhou, and it is expected that in two days, they can be deployed on the shore of the river!"
"Ying Hefu, the 50,000 horsemen of the Etuo Department have all assembled in Wu'an County, waiting for the king's order!"
"In the end, the two generals Xu and Wei Chi led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Zongcheng, and a few days later, they met with Zhang Xuansu's 20,000 horses in Daimyo."
All the generals listened to it with their chests straightened, and at present, the land of Zhaozhou has gathered more than 100,000 troops of Zhao State, and only wait for Li Chongjiu to give an order, and they can launch a general attack on Zhaozhou.
"The overall situation has been roughly decided, and the battle to seize Hebei has finally come to an end."
Li Chongjiu said to the left and right generals: "Pass the order." ”
"No!"
"The navy returns to Liyang!"
When the generals heard this, they all agreed.
"The handsome man has an order, return to Liyang!"
"Go back to Liyang!"