Chapter 156: Wars and chaos
After Liu Zhe registered, he was called Emperor Hui.
He Qi was beheaded at noon gate for stealing the royal treasure, and Lu Cong did not pursue the conspirators.
At this moment, internal and external troubles are not suitable to blame them all.
Dealing with Ning Ze is the first thing.
Emperor Hui ascended to the palace, and Lu Cong asked the hundred officials on his behalf: "Now Ning Ze has a heavy army in Miao County, confronting Chu Bai and Su Jun; Dewey storms Bashui, and the situation is quite urgent; Ouyang Chun's army besieges Jiyang, how to deal with it?"
Sima Fa stood up and arched his hand and said: "Chu Bai and Su Jun confront Ning Ze, and they only need a letter, ordering them not to advance lightly, but they can be safe! Du Weiyong is brave, but he is just a reckless man, so there is nothing to worry about! Only the situation in Jiyang County in the east is critical, please give the prime minister the position of governor of the official capital, and the commander-in-chief Chi and Bo Erzhou will definitely be able to repel the enemy army!"
Lu Cong nodded: "In this case, Sima Fa will be appointed as the governor, and the commander-in-chief Chi and Bo Erzhou, can there be any objections?"
Above the court, hundreds of civil and military officials replied in unison: "The prime minister is wise!"
Just kidding! Now Sima Fa is Lu Cong's son-in-law, although his son-in-law is older than his father-in-law, no one dares to laugh at him. Heqi's example is bloody and remembered!
Lu Cong saw that the hundred officials should be peaceful, and turned to Emperor Hui: "What does Your Majesty think?"
"Just according to the Prime Minister's wishes!" Emperor Hui replied respectfully.
So Sima Fa was given the position of governor and was ordered to rush to Jiyang.
When the two armies of Lu Cong and Ning Ze were fighting, Zhou Jie sent his son Tang Niu to go out on the expedition, and sent troops to attack on the grounds that Zhao Jia, the assassin of Bianzhou, had not gone to Beijing to pay tribute and despised Emperor Shun.
Zhao Jia was shocked and hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss.
Guan Ju (ju), the chief bookkeeper, suggested: "The lord can send an envoy to Sanlong County, Puzhou to meet Li Xun and invite him to send troops to help." ”
Zhao Jia asked worriedly, "Li Xun dares to send troops against Zhou Yi's soldiers and horses?"
Guan Ju replied: "The so-called cold lips and teeth are dead, if Zhou Jie gets Bian Zhou, then Puzhou is in danger! If the lord can be trusted, Xia Guan will personally go to Sanlong County to persuade Li Xun." ”
So Zhao Jia ordered Guan Ju as a messenger and quickly rushed to Sanlong County.
Guan Ju came to Sanlong and bowed to Li Xun: "Zhou Kui sent Tang Niu to lead the troops to invade the territory, and the lower officials came to ask for help on the orders of the lord, and asked Li Zhijun to send troops to fight against Zhou Hydroxy!"
Li Xun touched his beard and shook his head and said, "Brother Zhao refuses to serve and brings disaster upon himself." Prime Minister Zhou Cheng was ordered by the emperor, how dare he be an enemy of him?"
"So that you know the truth, why do you pretend not to know?" Guan Ju said, "Zhou Xuan took advantage of Lu Cong's east to annex Bian Zhou, so he set out on an excuse. If Bian Zhou is obtained by Zhou Kui, will Jun think that Puzhou can exist alone? Not to mention, once Lu Chong solves the forces of Liu Yuanxiang in the east, then Jun will be caught in the middle by Zhou Kui and Lu Cong, and he will really be able to hold Puzhou?"
When Li Xun heard this, he lowered his head and pondered.
Guan Ju continued: "The lips are cold and the teeth are dead, such a simple truth makes you not ignorant, right? If the two sides cooperate, they can not only fight against Zhou Jie together, but also send troops to help him attack the envoy in the future. ”
Li Xun thought for a long time and said to Guan Ju: "I heard that Tang Niu is the number one military general in the world, how can he be the enemy?"
"Envoy!" Guan Ju replied, "No matter how strong Tang Niu is, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of our coalition army can't stop him?" Lu Cong can still win Bashui County in Tang Niu's hands with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, does it mean that you and I are not as good as Lu Cong when we combine the land of the two states?"
Li Xun was persuaded, so he agreed to form an alliance with Bian Zhou and send troops to help.
Tang Niu led his troops from Nujiang County and went north to attack Xiacheng County.
Zhao Jia led 150,000 troops, and Li Xun led 100,000 troops to be stationed in the east and west directions of Xiacheng County, forming a corner.
Tang Niu's 50,000 army arrived in Xiacheng County, and shouted in front of the horse formation: "Zhao Jia despises the imperial court, this general is ordered to crusade, and if you don't want to die, surrender quickly!"
Zhao Jia stepped forward and shouted: "This official is loyal to Dacheng, how can he despise the imperial court? Zhou Yi wants to annex Bian Zhou, so he uses this as an excuse to attack for no reason, and his ambition is known to the world!"
Li Xun stepped forward and said: "Please General Tang withdraw his troops, I don't want to be an enemy of the prime minister!"
Tang Niu replied: "If you don't want to be an enemy of our army, you can get off your horse and be bound, and return to the imperial city with me to meet Your Majesty!"
Zhao Jia and Li Xun glanced at each other, and said in their hearts that we won't be able to come back if we go to the imperial city! No one is stupid enough to give up everything.
So Zhao Jia said: "Prime Minister Xing is an unknown teacher, not afraid of the world's shame?"
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you!" Tang Niu raised his arms and shouted, "Kill ——!!"
The soldiers and horses of Yunzhou immediately followed Tang Niu and slaughtered to the opposite side.
Zhao Jia and Li Xun led the troops to meet the battle, and an army of 250,000 surrounded Tang Niu and 50,000 soldiers and horses.
In the fierce battle, Tang Niu rushed left and right, and no one could stop him!
Zhao Jia's generals Tian Peng, Tian Xiu, Dai Zhong, Hu Hua, and Li Xun's generals Cheng Ke (Ke), Li Qi, Liu Man, and Liu Li surrounded Tang Niu and fought the enemy with wheels.
Tang Niu was unstoppable, and none of the eight generals were invincible, and they were all killed by him.
Zhao Jia and Li Xun were frightened, and they hurriedly ordered all the generals around them to besiege Tang Niu.
Dozens of generals swarmed up, but they were killed by Tang Niu.
Tang Niu rushed all the way to Zhao Jia and Li Xun to take the head of the enemy among the ten thousand troops.
Zhao Jia and Li Xun were shocked and hurriedly turned around and evacuated. The 250,000 army was instantly crushed by Tang Niu's 50,000 soldiers and horses, but fortunately, even if he withdrew to his own position, Tang Niu led the troops to retreat temporarily.
After a big defeat, Zhao Jia and Li Xun discussed: "Tang Niu is worthy of being the number one military general in the world, and it is difficult to match. can only line up and hold on, and when its food is exhausted, it will naturally retreat. ”
Li Xun said: "It's better to send troops to intercept grain, or you can retreat from the enemy!"
Zhao Jiashen thought so.
So the generals on both sides sent a total of 20,000 troops to attack the Tang Niu Grain team.
The team secretly made a detour and launched a surprise attack.
Unexpectedly, a small general in the grain team led the troops to meet the battle, and it was Zhou Yuan.
Zhao Jiabu despised Wang Yong and was killed by Zhou Yuan with one move.
Zhou Yuan rushed left and right, extremely brave, and quickly killed the combined soldiers and horses.
The defeated soldiers fled back to the camp and reported to Zhao Jia and Li Xun.
The two were shocked and looked at each other for a long time.
So he did not dare to rush into the army, and completely went on the defensive.
Tang Niu marched day after day and won consecutive battles.
Zhao Jia and Li Xun couldn't resist it, and they retreated one after another.
Under the onslaught, Xiacheng County was broken.
Zhao Jiali retreated to Liuzhou County.
Tang Niu sent troops to attack Liuzhou County again, and the momentum was violent.
The coalition forces fought fiercely with Tang Niu in Liuzhou County for half a month and were defeated again.
Tang Niu occupies Liuzhou County, and the soldiers refer to Mengchu County.
The coalition army was miserable, hundreds of thousands of troops could not reach Tang Niu's 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they were defeated repeatedly.
Zhao Jia retreated to Mengchu County, and Li Xun was worried that Tang Niu would take advantage of the situation to attack Puzhou, so he retreated to Wushui County and formed a rivalry with Zhao Jia.
Tang Niu didn't care, and continued to lead his troops to attack Mengchu County, advancing unstoppably all the way, and the counties along the way surrendered one after another.
Zhao Jia insisted on Mengchu County, and Li Xun formed a flank attack with it in Wushui County.
Tang Niu was fearless, defeated Zhao Jia and Li Xun several times, and was unstoppable.
After more than a month of fierce fighting, Mengchu County was breached.
Zhao Jia had to retreat to Dongcheng County, the capital of Bianzhou.
After months of exposure to the sun, there was not half a drop of rain, Bian Zhou was in drought, and the rivers dried up.
The disaster saved Zhao Jia.
Because of the lack of water, Tang Niu could only temporarily withdraw his troops and transfer water sources from Yunzhou for replenishment.
Dewey stormed Bashui County, and the soldiers were attached.
The defenders of the city gradually became unable to support it.
Gormont hurriedly asked Xu Yan what plan he had to deal with.
Xu Yan thought hard for a long time and said to him: "The prime minister's army is concentrated in the east, and there is no time to look south. Our army has been defending the city for a long time, it is exhausted, the city wall is in tatters, and sooner or later it will be broken by Dewey. It's better to surrender!"
"Surrender?" Gormont looked at him suspiciously.
Xu Yan said: "You can send a messenger out of the city to ask Dewey to surrender." Then take advantage of their unpreparedness to suddenly kill, and you will be able to win a big victory!"
Gormon obeyed Xu Yan's plan and sent his men out of the city.
Dewey received the envoy and asked, "Why did Gormon order you to come?"
The messenger replied respectfully: "The general is brave, and the palace knows that he is invincible, so he sent a small one to present a letter of surrender." There was no food available in the city, and the soldiers were too tired to fight. I only ask the general to be lenient to the people!"
Dewey was overjoyed: "In this case, go back and inform Gormont and order him to open the city gate to meet our army!"
"Whoa!" the messenger returned to the city and reported to Gormon.
Sure enough, Gormont ordered the city gates to be opened and personally came out to greet Dewey.
Dewey saw Gormont kneeling down and pleading guilty, and stepped forward to help him up.
"Gormont tried in vain to fight against the heavenly soldiers, and now that he knows that he is not the opponent of the general, he has come to ask for surrender!" Gormont respectfully and respectfully.
"It's wise for a general to abandon darkness and turn to light!" Dewey laughed.
"Here are the tiger talismans, the official seal!" Gormont offered with both hands.
Dewey stretched out his hand to take it and said to him, "General Ben will keep it for the time being, but it will be returned to you!"
"Thank you, General!" said Gormon respectfully, "Please come with me into the city, just remember to be kind to the people." ”
"Don't worry! General Ben and the people have not committed any crimes. Dewey gave the order and led the team to follow Gormont into the city.
Gormont's posture was so low, and even sent the official seal and tiger talisman, and Dewey's sense of vigilance disappeared.
led the troops into the city, and suddenly ambushed the troops, surrounded them, and fired ten thousand arrows.
Gormont fled earlier, only to see Xu Yan commanding his troops and horses, occupying the high ground and firing repeatedly. The surroundings are also blocked by layers of rejection horses, and it is impossible to rush through.
Dewey was shocked and led his army to fight to the death, but fortunately he broke out of the siege and successfully escaped from the city.
It was just that more than half of the soldiers were lost and countless were wounded.
When the defeated soldiers returned to the camp, Yu Song was shocked and hurriedly asked what had happened.
Dewey gritted his teeth and said, "Gormont lured me into the city, it's really hateful! When the city is broken, I will kill him!"
Yu Song thought for a while and said to him: "Our army has suffered a great defeat and heavy losses. At this moment, the soldiers have no desire to fight, and the enemy army is bound to attack. If there is a battle, this battle cannot be won!"
Dewey hurriedly asked, "How should we deal with it?"
"The general may order the withdrawal of forty miles for a temporary rest. Yu Song replied, "Rebuild morale and fight again another day!"
Dewey heeded the advice and led his troops back forty miles to set up camp.
Knowing that Dewey had retreated forty miles, Gormont asked Xu Yan: "Dewey has withdrawn his troops for the time being, our army can't make a surprise attack, can there be a strategy?"
Xu Yan said: "The enemy army retreated forty miles, and just sent an envoy to Yuanzhou overnight to ask for support! If you get reinforcements from Su Jun, you can break Dewey!"
Gormont immediately sent people to rush to Yuanzhou.
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