Chapter 290: Sword Pointing at Jiaodong!

After hearing what Wu Shaoxiang had just blurted out, Han Hong's face changed greatly, and his whole person suddenly became bad.

This kind of thing is not child's play!

As we all know, in this land around Datang, there is occasionally more than one person who can really face up and break his wrist, but if the level of threat is raised to threaten the existence of Datang, then the Tubo people are the only choice.

Compared with the Tubo people who were in the threat stage, it was the rebellious Hebei feudal towns within the Tang Dynasty that really almost overthrew the Li Tang Dynasty.

The Tubo, coupled with the rebellious feudal towns of Shandong with the three towns of Hebei as the core, and the rebels and Uighurs who could move south from the Hetao at any time, at least Han Hong could not think of any effective way.

Under this unprecedented pressure, Han Hong even had a little desperate situation.

When Han Hong looked at Guo Rong with melancholy and uneasy eyes, he found that Guo Rong was smiling, and the smile was extremely bright.

Just when Han Hong was confused and in a trance because of the contrast, Guo Rong said with a smile on his face.

"Wu Shuai himself said these things, and now I am completely relieved, and I believe that Your Majesty will also be happy with Wu Shuai's final decision."

Wu Shaoxiang: ???

Han Hong: !!

"Actually, most of what Wu Shuai said was already known to us through the information we have mastered and the unremitting efforts of the scouts before Wu Shuai said it himself today, and most of the problems have already been dealt with."

Looking at Wu Shaoxiang, who could put two eggs in his mouth, Guo Rong directly began to dry goods.

"The imperial court has long discovered that the Tubo people have quietly drawn troops from the Western Regions, Hezhong, and Hexi to the Central Plains through the Hexi Corridor."

"In order to prevent the surprise attack of the Tubo, Chang'an has accelerated the pace of training a new army using the Changying army as a template, and at the same time, the northern Sichuan, Longyou, and Lingshuo on the border with the Tubo people have reduced their forces in advance and doubled their strength."

"Moreover, the imperial court specially sent troops to strengthen the defense of Xiaoguan and Sanguan, even if the Tubo people poured out all the troops of the whole country, it was not possible to take Chang'an in a short time."

"As for Shandong, in fact, Wu Shuai, I repaired the plank road this time and darkened Chencang, and the purpose was not Huaixi, but Jiaodong."

"With Wu Shuai's vision and strategy, I should have guessed my goal, so I won't go into details, as for the sneak attack that Wu Shuai and Han Shuai are most worried about......

Guo Rong said with a smile full of pride.

"Within a few years, the Uighurs in the steppe had lost the ability to enter the Central Plains, and as for Ren Dijian, who had high hopes from Chen Hongzhi, ......

Looking back at the eyes of the two people in front of him, Guo Rong listened to his chest and said in a proud tone.

"Ren Dijian, if he wants to sneak attack Chang'an, he can only crawl out from under the grave!"

Han Hong: ???

Wu Shaoxiang: ???

"Wu Shuai, Han Shuai, to be honest, I was killed when I escorted His Majesty to inspect the northern border two years ago, and I was cut in two with my own hands with a Mo knife."

"If Ren Dijian doesn't know any magic techniques, Chen Hongzhi doesn't know any magic skills, Chen Hongzhi wants to use Ren Dijian to sneak attack Chang'an, which is tantamount to wishful thinking!" ….

"But ......, but ......, I heard Mr. Liu talk about the open and secret struggle between him and Ren Dijian for more than a year, this is ......."

"Wu Shuai, but Mr. Liu only traded and clashed with the nominal Ren Di Jian's cronies through his subordinates, neither Mr. Liu nor Mr. Liu's cronies saw Ren Di Jian's real person.

「…… But ......."

"Wu Shuai, do you think there is a possibility, Ren Dijian's cronies who traded on behalf of Ren Dijian and Mr. Liu found out that they were obedient to Datang, or that cronie was originally interested in Datang, and approaching Ren Dijian was just to gain Ren Dijian's trust, so as to facilitate the salary draw at a critical moment."

"After all, Sun Wuzi once said, soldiers, treacherous ways!"

Wu Shaoxiang wanted to speak and stopped, and after a long time, he finally shook his head helplessly, expressing his agreement with Guo Rong's words, but he didn't know himself at this moment

Should I be happy or lonely?

Compared with Wu Shaoxiang, who was a little entangled, Han Hong's state was significantly improved, and the whole person was full of joy and excitement.

"Guo Rong, what the hell is going on, since it is true, how can it spread on a large scale in the community......

Guo Rong immediately clenched his fists and signaled.

"In fact, Han Shuai started as early as entering the side wall from Youzhou...... Then, at a place called Fort Wai'an...... Liu Runlong!"

If he was still a little confused at the beginning, when he heard the name Liu Runlong that he learned from Guo Rong, the scene of the secret meeting was presented in his mind like a movie.

"It starts with Liu Runlong...... With a series of feints, Ren Dijian, who was completely unprepared, was ...... outside the city of Fengzhou."

"After killing Ren Dijian, whether to make this public and deter the ambitions of the wolf, or whether to stop and hide the news for the time being, I have discussed with Your Majesty."

"Considering the possible correlation reaction, we finally chose to silence the situation, hide the news, downplay the impact, and maintain the stability of the Loop through various means."

Wu Shaoxiang hadn't recovered from his surprise yet, but Han Hong, who felt the surprise, remembered a rumor that he had always regarded as a rumor.

"Could it be that it is rumored that the Emperor Taishang is the emperor and the emperor is personally conquering Mobei?"

"Hah! Ha! Hah!"

This time, it was Guo Rong, who couldn't suppress his excitement, laughed.

"Of course this is true, if it wasn't for leading the army to go deep into Mobei in person, why would the Emperor Taishang stay in Hetao for a year and a half, Han Shuai wouldn't think that the Emperor Taishang really liked the cold climate in the north!"

「……」

"Of course, in order to cooperate with the strategy, the staff of the forbidden army has concocted a lot of fake news that seems logical, but once you dig deeper, it will not make sense."

"In the end, the real situation and false news were spread together, and there were more than a dozen truths and falsehoods, and the truth was hidden in this illusion."

"It's just that the vast majority of people don't care about the truth, but prefer to see what they want to see, and they want to hear what they want to hear, so that when they put the truth in front of them, they scoff, but believe in the baseless illusion that they are human, and in terms of the grasp of human nature, the Emperor Taishang is absolutely the best in the world." ….

Next, Guo Rong simply told the two old commanders directly about some events such as the winter raid and the sweep of Mobei.

Although Guo Rong and Li Yu decided to hide the purpose of the changes in Fengzhou at the beginning and now they can't fight the eight poles, this kind of unpredictable prophetic foresight undoubtedly casts a mysterious color on Li Xu, Guo Rong and even the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Li Chan can be blessed by heaven and omnipotent, the general Guo Rong has the ability of gods and ghosts to predict the prophet, and the Tang Dynasty has been blessed by the gods and is indestructible.

In fact, even Guo Rong and Li Yu didn't expect that the decision of the two at that time would play a role at this moment, in this quietly formed atmosphere, Guo Rong's voice completely fell, and everything seemed to have settled at this moment, which seems to be in line with the old saying:

I have the intention to plant flowers and flowers without saying anything, and I have no intention of planting willows and willows, I would have compared my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch!

"Han Shuai, Wu Shuai, although we have solved part of the crisis, it does not mean that all dangers have been removed."

"Originally, the situation in Shandong was relatively stable, but now Li Yu, who is sitting in Hebei, has led his army north, which has caused a huge gap in the imperial court's defense line for the three towns in Hebei."

"What's even worse is that with Li Yu's troops, Zhang Su is no longer able to suppress the north and south of the Great River, and the east and west of Qishan by virtue of the Lubei Jiedu alone."

"Even if no Japanese soldiers arrived, Li Shidao actually became the biggest hidden danger of the imperial court in Shandong!"

"If Li Shidao really let the inhumane Japanese soldiers arrive in Jiaodong, when he is ready to do it, it will bring immeasurable losses to the imperial court."

"Taking Jiaodong, eliminating Li Shidao, and eliminating hidden dangers before the war between the imperial court and the feudal town begins is a top priority, which is why I

Do you need the Huaixi Army to join!"

"Is there a countermeasure in place?"

"What are you going to do?"

Han Hong and Wu Shaoxiang asked the same question almost at the same time, and the two of them did not hesitate to express their attitudes, which made Guo Rong very pleased, especially Wu Shaoxiang.

In fact, the reason why Guo Rong repeatedly tried it was completely Wu Shaoxiong's suggestion, because even Wu Shaoxiong was not very at ease with his brothers around him.

No, Wu Shaoxiong resolutely disagreed to let his brother help Guo Rong select and replenish the army, after all, Wu Shaoxiong's ability and conduct are the most clear.

Who made Wu Shaoxiong the one who was cheated the most by his own brother!

"Guo Rong, there is no need to hesitate or doubt, but whenever there is something available, the old man will definitely do his best!"

Originally, Guo Rong's idea was to directly select the elite from the Huaixi Army, but after hearing Han Hong's final words and seeing Han Hong's determination, Guo Rong decided not to do it, and he wanted to play with a big vote.

"Wu Shuai, Han Shuai, my idea is to select the elite from the Huaixi Army and the Xuanwu Army, and after a short period of training, directly supplement the Changying Army, and concentrate resources to arm and enrich this mixed army of soldiers and horses, and then ......

Guo Rong took out a small map of Shandong from his bosom and gently pointed to the prominent peninsula in the east.

"Here, Jimo!"

The battle began abruptly and ended very quickly, breaking out in the Jianghuai region, and a large-scale, tragic battle was silenced. ….

Originally, after eliminating the hidden dangers, Guo Rong, who was ready to continue to march in the direction of Jiaodong, did not rush to march, on the contrary, Guo Rong honestly waited for nearly ten days at the battlefield east of Pingyu County.

Of course, Guo Rong has not been idle in the past ten days.

On the day of the end of the battle, according to Wu Shaoxiong's suggestion, Guo Rong seriously wrote a letter that was not very regular, but full of personal characteristics, and was quickly sent back to Chang'an by the cavalry.

Subsequently, with the help of Han Hong and Wu Shaoxiang, Guo Rong selected 6,000 elites from the Huaixi Army and 6,000 elites from the Xuanwu Army.

The elite soldiers and horses selected from the two armies received assault training in the columns, discipline, and tactics of the Changying Army, and after the assault training, they formed a mixed formation with the original soldiers and horses of the Changying Army.

While replenishing the soldiers and horses to the Changying army, Guo Rong selected 2,000 relatively elite soldiers and horses from the two armies to serve as his logistics team.

At the same time, all the war horses and pack horses of the Huaixi Army and the Xuanwu Army were looted by Guo Rong and replenished into the newly formed mixed army, so that the new army after the mixed formation still had a high degree of mobility.

After supplementation and repair, Guo Rong's partial division instantly skyrocketed from less than 8,000 to a full 20,000.

After determining that after mixing and supplementing, the combat effectiveness of the Changying Army did not have a clear combat effectiveness, Guo Rong led the reorganized and supplemented Changying Army New Army to send troops, and began to rush towards the square where Jiaodong was located along the originally planned route.

Of course, in order to ensure the grain and grass as much as possible, reduce the impact on the people, and reduce the risk of exposure, Guo Rong also took away all the grain and grass of the original Huaixi Army and the Xuanwu Army.

At the same time as Guo Rong sent out his troops, in the direction of being with them, a small group of cavalry hurriedly rushed out of the camp gate.

This is a team of cavalry specially dispatched by Guo Rong, and the purpose of this cavalry is only one, that is, to protect, monitor, and escort Wu Shaoxiang to Chang'an secretly.

As for the battlefield where fierce battles originally took place, they had already been cleaned by the sappers and logistics soldiers of the Changying Army, and all the details related to the Changying Army were directly eliminated.

With Guo Rong's troops, the remaining Huaixi Army and Xuanwu Army, which would no longer have fierce battles, re-camped on both sides of the battlefield ruins, and then began to confront each other with great fanfare

Whether it is Guo Rong, Wu Shaoxiong or Han Hong or Wu Shaoxiang, they all know that this is the Jianghuai hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, which is far from being comparable to a vast and sparsely populated place like Hetao.

For the relatively densely populated Jianghuai region, this tactic of concealment and deception cannot last long, but it is of great significance to Guo Rong.

In order to make the confrontation more realistic, the Huaixi Army, which was originally preparing to retreat to Gwangju, and the Xuanwu Army, which was preparing to retreat to Songzhou, stayed in place, continuing to create the illusion that the two sides were still confronting, and continued to deliver grain and grass from Songzhou and Caizhou behind the two sides.

Of course, this is necessary, after all, Guo Rong took away all their stocks, leaving only two or three days of rations, if they can't supply grain and grass in place as soon as possible, these guys are afraid that they will have to eat grass roots.

And the reason for hiding the Jianghuai War is only one way to cover the actions of Guo Rong's mixed elite army, even if it can confuse Chen Hongzhi, Li Shidao and the Hebei rebels for a day, it is precious, and it may affect the battle in Jiaodong, the occupation of Shandong, and the general trend today.

After completing the replenishment of the personnel package, completing the training and preliminary running-in, and bringing all the supplies, under the leadership of Guo Rong, a huge cavalry queue composed of 20,000 elites began to gallop eastward at high speed.

On July 13 of the fourth year of Zhenyuan, he marched eastward along the official road of Henan Province, and appeared in a high-profile manner under the spotlight under the spotlight The Eastern Expeditionary Army composed of three regiments of the Changying Army and Zuo Wuwei left Bianzhou and was already on the verge of Caozhou.

Under the cover of various strategic feints and strategic deceptions, Guo Rongsuo led the partial division to bypass Yizhou City and enter the territory of Mizhou under the defense of Jiaodong, and continued to move forward under the cover of the mountains and the guidance of the early scouts.

Guo Rong's department continued to move forward.

On the same day that the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army arrived in Caozhou, after bypassing Juxian and Mizhou in Mizhou, Guo Rong's headquarters had already crossed most of Mizhou.

That night, Guo Rong's headquarters set up camp less than eighty miles from Jimo, where Li Tang's navigation supervisor was at the junction of Mizhou and Laizhou.

Here, Guo Rong's department will make the final repairs, while Guo Rong is waiting for the scouts' final information.

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