Caozhou is the Sangzi of Fuxi, the hometown of Yao Shun, since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it is the Central Plains and Qilu important town.

In the early years of Daizong, taking advantage of the rebellion of the Xuanwu Army, Pu, Cao, Yan, and Yun fell into the hands of Li Zheng, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu at that time, and Caozhou became the bridgehead of Pinglu to spy on the entire Central Plains.

After seeing his close ally Wu Shaoxiang honestly kneeling and begging for mercy under the pressure of the soldiers, Pinglu Jiedu made Li Shigu unwilling this time, but he was also ready for both.

He prepared 3,000 war horses, 800,000 silk silks, millions of silver coins, and millions of grains and grass.

On the other hand, he set up heavy troops in Caozhou, the only way for the forbidden army led by Emperor Taishang, and at the same time strengthened the defense, if there were only tens of thousands of forbidden troops, then he would be stubborn to the end.

Li Shigu planned well, but the situation in front of him made him a little incomprehensible.

Several pro-court envoys around them have begun to mobilize, and they have all sent troops.

However, the direction of the Zhaoyi Army and the Yicheng Army was obviously Wei Bo, the peak of the Yiwu Army was Chengde, and the Xuanwu Army and the Wuning Army had no other direction, but the two armies combined with 50,000 or 60,000 people stayed in the border area of Yanzhou, which was two or three hundred miles away from Caozhou.

Judging from the entire battle situation, Emperor Taishang's battle is very large, but in the entire front of Caozhou, only the forbidden army led by Emperor Taishang is marching towards Caozhou.

Caozhou is a fortified city that the Li family has painstakingly operated for 30 years.

Under the continuous repair, the height of the Caozhou city wall is close to three zhang, there is a moat with a width of nearly four zhang, there are nearly 20,000 elite garrisons, and the grain is more than one million, not to mention the 40,000 people of the emperor, even if it is besieged by 100,000 people, Li Shigu is confident that he will hold on to the high wall of Caozhou for a year.

If the Emperor dared to come hard, it would not take a year, as long as he held on to Caozhou for ten days and half a month, Li Shigu believed that the three towns of Weibo, Chengde, and Lulong, who were already harboring ghosts, would never let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

After all, this is Li Tang's royal immorality first, and several feudal town crusades are famous!

Out of prudence, Li Shigu redistributed his Pinglu army.

The west road takes Puzhou (Puyang) as the core to prevent the Yicheng army from attacking the hinterland of Pinglu.

The middle line is the main force of Caozhou (Caozhou) and Chengwu to defend the forbidden army,

On the southern front, Caozhou (Caozhou) and Yanzhou (Jinxiang, Zoucheng) were used to guard against possible threats from the Xuanwu Army and the Wuning Army.

Li Shigu himself sat in his own office, Yunzhou (Yuncheng) commanded by remote control, and more than 100,000 troops relied on Jiancheng, with Yuncheng as the core, forming a circular defense line hundreds of miles long.

The soldiers plus the forbidden army, which numbered about 40,000 auxiliary soldiers, marched nearly 300 miles in six days, and directly stationed in Jiyin, which was only less than 30 miles away from Caozhou.

After the defense line was set up, the guests had arrived, but whether to harden up and fight with the emperor with a bayonet or turn around, bow his head, and bend down to offer his own ** Li Shigu has not yet thought about it.

Just when Li Shigu hesitated, the entire land of Hebei suddenly floated snowflakes, although the snow is not big now, but looking at the thick clouds in the sky, many old people said a sentence of Ruixue Zhaofeng year.

Maybe it's tomorrow, maybe it's the day after tomorrow, almost everyone's verdict is the same, a blizzard is already on the way.

This sudden blizzard made Li Shigu make up his mind.

On the one hand, Li Shigu ordered the guards of Caozhou to strengthen their vigilance and defend Caozhou.

On the other hand, Li Shigu sent his own letters to the three important towns of Hebei, Weibo, Chengde, and Lulong (Youzhou), as well as Hedong (Taiyuan), ostensibly denouncing the greed of the emperor, but in fact he was bitterly tempting them to send troops together.

However, as soon as the letter for help was sent, Li Shigu received a battle report from Caozhou.

A group of about 10,000 soldiers and horses from Jiyin arrived at Caozhou City, and conveyed the instructions of the Emperor Taishang, asking to enter Caozhou City to avoid the wind and snow.

According to Li Shigu's order, the defenders of Caozhou decisively refused the request of Emperor Taishang to lead the forbidden army into the city, and after being refused, this army of soldiers and horses camped five miles outside the city of Caozhou.

At the same time, while sending troops and horses to Caozhou, he also marched northward and stationed in Yiju County, which was thirty miles away from Jiyin, and faintly had the possibility of marching directly to Yuncheng.

When he saw the news, Li Shigu smiled, the combat effectiveness of the Emperor Taishang's forbidden army may be good, but it is too naïve in the art of war.

After all, the Emperor's forbidden army is a guest army, how can he be more familiar with this land than them?

Whether it is Jiyin or the injustice, it is only more than 30 miles away from Caozhou, as far as the simple defense is concerned, the injustice, Jiyin, and Caozhou form a corner, isn't it more suitable for defense than a lonely Caozhou?

Taking the initiative to give up the two county towns on the edge of Caozhou, Jiyin and Jiyin, was a choice, after all, Li Shigu didn't think about whether to fight with a bayonet or to raise his waist and hips.

If Li Shigu decides to sacrifice *, then take the initiative to let out the injustices and Jiyin let the army of the Emperor Taishang be stationed, which is not wrong to say that the sky is broken.

However, if Li Shigu decided to personally carry the spear and try the depth of the emperor, then the two county towns that he took the initiative to give up would be equivalent to a trap to invite the emperor into the urn.

After occupying the two counties of Yiju and Jiyin, the forbidden army actually had only two ways to go.

The first siege of Caozhou, which Li Shigu had prepared for a long time.

The second encirclement ignored Caozhou, went directly north, and attacked Li Shigu's old nest Yunzhou, Yuncheng, after all, from Puyang to Caozhou, a gap of two hundred miles, at least on the surface, this is an opportunity.

When it was confirmed that the forbidden army had been stationed in the injustice and had begun to send scouts to the north to reconnoiter the situation, the elite of the 10,000 Ping Lu army, which had been stationed in the south of Yunzhou and had been prepared for a long time, went out against the wind and snow and starry nights, and entered the two counties of Lihu and Chengshi in the north of Caozhou as quickly as possible.

Before the blizzard came, he filled the only deliberately exposed loophole in his entire strategy, and completely blocked the route of the Emperor Taishang's forbidden army to attack Yuncheng in the north.

In the continuous mobilization of soldiers and horses on both sides, and in the battle of wits and courage of the generals on both sides, the heavy snow finally fell.

The Pinglu army approached 50,000 horses, and with the four cities of Lihu, Chengshi, Caozhou, and Chengwu, the 40,000 forbidden army was firmly blocked in the entire territory of Caozhou.

The 40,000 forbidden troops occupied Juju and Jiyin, and set up a large camp under the city of Caozhou, forming an inverted triangle towards Caozhou.

In fact, even in the snow, the Caozhou defenders at the head of the city could see the soldiers of the forbidden army cutting wood and materials to build siege equipment, and after receiving this information, Li Shigu was completely relieved.

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