Chapter 705: Yuan Zhang, who is in trouble at home and abroad
"Master of the National Teacher, the Jiazhou Navy suddenly landed in Dizhou from the sea, the Dizhou guard general Pu Suli fled without a fight, and the generals in the city opened the door to dedicate the city, and now Dizhou has fallen into the hands of the Jiazhou army. "Yuan Zhang, who was in Henan Province, soon received the news of the fall of Dizhou, "After the Jiazhou army occupied Dizhou, it quickly sent troops and horses to attack Qingzhou, Qizhou and other places, and the letters from the guards of each state asking for help have been sent.www.biquge.info ”
"Dizhou lost? How many soldiers did the Jiazhou army have to go ashore? Hearing this, Yuan Zhang hurriedly got up and studied it in detail on the map.
"According to the report of the rout in Dizhou, the Jiazhou army is about 30,000 people." The person who came hurriedly replied that the figures they came up with were quite accurate, and they basically figured out the strength of Qian Hua's men.
Yuwen Yisheng on the side couldn't help frowning and said, "Since Dizhou has fallen into the hands of the Jiazhou army, they are attacking Qingzhou and Qizhou again, if these two places are also lost, it will be Weizhou's turn to come down!" ”
"Dizhou, Qingzhou, and Qizhou are fine, but Weizhou can't be lost." Chen Jing'an also interjected, Weizhou is the main road from Longcheng to Henan Road, and Arubu is the hub of transportation of grain and grass for Yuan Zhang, once Weizhou is occupied, it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Henan Province and other territories in the Northern Yuan, and Yuan Zhang will have to face Li You's army alone.
"First sent people to incite thieves to disturb the interior of Henan Province, and then cut off the connection between Henan Province and Longcheng with a water division, this Li You is really ruthless." Even with Yuan Zhang's resourcefulness, he felt a lot of headaches in the face of the situation in front of him, and he couldn't come up with any good ways for a while.
This is not that he and Li You have a superior resource, but Li You occupies the advantage of the general trend, Li You holds the power of Jiazhou, and King Fu is just a puppet.
On the other hand, Yuan Zhang, he still has to obey Arubu's orders, and Arubu is constrained by many Mobei nobles, even though he has dealt with the great shaman group through Yaluhan and others, there are still many tribal leaders with strong power, so that he can not deal with the internal affairs of the Northern Yuan Dynasty as he wants, and Yuan Zhang After coming to Henan Province, it is equivalent to breaking away from the power center of the Northern Yuan, and his ability to interfere in the politics of the Northern Yuan Dynasty has gradually declined.
After occupying the prosperous Guannei Province and Hedong Province, these tribal nobles gradually indulged in many enjoyments, and the exploitation of the people became more and more prosperous, and the people had long complained, and countless people went into exile in the south and rose up, and the grain taxes in Guannei Province and Hedong Province were greatly reduced, which was not enough to maintain the normal operation of the imperial court, and the Northern Yuan and Jiazhou sides were divided in financial and tax matters.
As for the military aspect, Yeluhan and Wulie buried tens of thousands of elites in Mobei, Yuan Zhang's 100,000 troops were trapped in Henan Province, and the armies of Hedong Province, Guannei Province and the capital were still too late to deal with the rebel army one after another, and it was almost impossible to draw out a large force to aid Yuan Zhang.
Yuan Zhang can now be said to be at a disadvantage everywhere, he stared at the map and carefully calculated and sighed, "Qingzhou and Qizhou can't stop the attack of 30,000 soldiers and horses, so pass the order down, let the defenders of Qizhou and Qingzhou abandon the city, lead all the troops and grain and grass that can be taken away, and withdraw to Weizhou to garrison." ”
"Since my Dayuan went south, there has been no precedent for retreating without a fight, the national teacher acts like this, if it reaches Longcheng, I am afraid that someone will ...... in front of His Majesty" Chen Jing'an said worriedly, he knew that the dean's move was a last resort, using the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and Qizhou to ensure the safety of Weizhou, but most of the reinforcements in Henan Province relied on Longcheng for supplies, if his move caused Arubu's unhappiness, then it is difficult to say whether there will be reinforcements at that time.
"Your Majesty is wise enough to understand my intentions." Yuan Zhang was extremely determined in the end, but what he thought in his heart was another thing, if it was said that before the capture of the capital, Arubu must have done everything to him, but after ascending the throne and becoming emperor, the relationship between the two of them seemed to have undergone many subtle changes, thinking about it, Arubu had not written to him for advice for a long time, which was not a good sign, but with Yuan Zhang's pride, he could not do anything grovelly, he still wanted to use his talent to reverse Arubu's opinion.
"Yes." Yuwen Yisheng and Chen Jing'an both knew Yuan Zhang's temperament, so they no longer advised him, and began to help him improve the plan and draft the orders issued to Qizhou and Qingzhou.
There were already many defenders in Weizhou, plus the soldiers and horses of Qizhou and Qingzhou, which should be able to block Qian Hua's attack; After solving the matter in the north, Yuan Zhang focused his attention on the territory of Henan Province, where the rebels continued to attack these days, and Henan Province was stirred into a pot of porridge by them.
Yuan Zhang also sent troops to attack many times, but I don't know why those rebels could always know the dynamics of the Northern Yuan army one step in advance, escape from the encirclement before they closed the siege, and take advantage of the opportunity of the large army to concentrate in one place and empty other areas to achieve results again.
Yuan Zhang also saw the problem, so he brushed and wrote several different official documents and handed them to Yuwen Yisheng, "This must be Li You's meticulous work in the army, Mr. Yuwen, please send these military orders through different people, and see how those thieves move, so that you can catch the flaws of the fine work." ”
Yuwen Yisheng understood Yuan Zhang's intention after a little thought, he now took out several different orders and sent them through different channels, so that he could guess which officials had problems according to the movements of the righteous army, which was indeed a good way to dig out the details.
"As long as no one reports from them, it won't be difficult to deal with these thieves." Yuan Zhang turned back to the front of the map, "The most important thing now is how to deal with Li You's army!" ”
"This time, Li You dispatched 100,000 troops, plus 30,000 soldiers and horses under Luo Shiji, Qin Shixin and Qian Hua, the strength is nearly twice that of us, and it is indeed not easy to hold Henan Road." Chen Jing'an said with a wry smile that they couldn't stop Li You when he only had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it was said that now their troops have increased greatly.
"Training is not an overnight thing, Jiazhou has made up another 100,000 people in such a short period of time, presumably they are just some recruits who have been trained a few times at most, and it probably won't be of much use to go to the battlefield." Yuan Zhang comforted his subordinates so much, but in his heart, he didn't dare to despise Li You in the slightest, because Li You's previous things were enough to make him twelve points careful.