Heze Mansion, named after Heze Lake, a large lake in the territory, and the name of the House of a Thousand Lakes, is adjacent to the Tianhe River in the south, and there are many rivers in the territory, which is the big granary of the number of Qingzhou

And today's Heze Mansion is also divided into two, the two counties in the west of Zhongzhou are all occupied by the Tang army, only the three eastern counties are in the hands of today's Great Chu, and Texas is the center, and Zhao Yun's tens of thousands of troops are gathered in Heze to defend the Tang army on the western front.

In this fertile land, since the Tang Dynasty raised the banner, has gone through more than a dozen wars, in the battle of the siege of Bazhou, the Heze battlefield in the south of Qingzhou is one of several large battlefields, the then Qing Prince Situ Hao led more than 200,000 troops, out of Heze to attack Zhongzhou, fought here several times, the two sides won and lost each other.

With Situ Yun's retreat to Yunzhou, launching the battle to seize the dragon, and forcibly ascending the throne, the imperial army that had been in chaos collapsed like an avalanche, and the western battlefield of Qingzhou, which was originally strangled in Zhongzhou, retreated with Situ Hao's retreat, and was seized by the Tang army to chase and fight fiercely for a while, not only the advantages established in the early stage were destroyed, but also the Tang army attacked Heze and occupied several cities.

After that, the Tang army's attack on Heze did not stop, until a few years ago, Bai Qi, Zhao Yun led the forbidden army and Situ Hao to exchange the home field, when the newcomer Zhao Yun stationed in Heze Mansion, in the face of the Tang Army's aggressive situation, in the area of Heze Lake fierce battles, after this battle, determined the situation of the two sides now.

Subsequently, the Tang army focused on the northwest, the southeast was in a state of shrinkage, and at the beginning of the year, Ran Min walked around in Zhongzhou, the Tang army in the southeast can be said to be not lightly damaged, in the southeast of Zhongzhou, summer grain, autumn grain have been extinct, there is nothing to do, and this plague has also brought countless refugees.

Although the plague had been suppressed, and with the Liang, Yongliang Prefecture was captured, the Tang army took out part of its energy to the southeast, and the Tang army, which had been militarily strengthened, already had more than ten regular troops in Zhichong Prefecture, eight second-line Zhichong Prefectures, plus the preparatory Zhichong Prefecture formed by recruiting a large number of refugees, the number of Tang troops in the two western counties of Heze was an unprecedented 300,000 people, including 100,000 elites.

Great Chu openly broke away from the Tianlong Empire, as a neighbor of the Tang Dynasty, he didn't know that the secret agents who were dormant in the territory of Great Chu kept sending information to the north bank of the river, all the way without delay, and in three days, the news could be transmitted to Chang'an City.

In terms of distance, Chang'an is obviously suitable for the existence of the imperial capital compared to Wanlong City, Zhongzhou itself lives in Kyushu, Chang'an City can be said to be the center of the center of Kyushu, and here can radiate Kyushu, and the location of Wanlong City is located in the northeast, although it has played a huge role in resisting Beihu going south and guarding the northern gate of the empire, but it still cannot be offset and the distance deviates.

In Chang'an, Tang Emperor Li Shimin quickly seized the opportunity, after all, the founding of the Great Chu State did not happen suddenly, there was news in advance, and Chang'an had already made various countermeasures, so Tang Emperor Li Shimin directly gave the generals abroad the right to make decisions on the spot.

Qingzhou Yizhi was very sudden, this was not even transmitted back in advance, and the commander of the Southeast Theater appointed by Tang Emperor Li Shimin was Gao Xiangui, who was known as the iron handsome, and was also from a family of generals in the Tang Dynasty, and was also one of the three commanders appointed by the Tang Dynasty today.

After Gao Xiangui learned that Qingzhou Yizhi had voted for Da Chu, he immediately understood that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Da Chu broke away from the Tianlong Empire and established his own empire, which had already touched the reverse scales of the Tianlong Empire, and when the Tianlong Empire had not come to his senses, the southern part of Qingzhou, which had always been regarded as his own forbidden body, suddenly took refuge in the southern Great Chu, and at this time, half of the essence of Qingzhou was gone.

The land of Kyushu of the Tianlong Empire, Chu and Yang have returned to the Great Chu, Zhong, Liang, and Yongzhou are now in the hands of their Tang Dynasty, left to the Tianlong Empire, Shuzhou is located in the southwest, and there is almost no need to think about it, and the remaining Youzhou, Yun, and Qing Sanzhou, Youzhou has just finished the competition, and so far the key pass in the north of Youzhou is still in the hands of Beihu, and the western part of Yongzhou is still in the hands of the Tang Army.

Yunzhou is the only state that is still in control, and Qingzhou in the south is the right wing of the imperial capital of Yunzhou, and Qingzhou is near the sea, has salt profits, and has developed commerce and trade, and is considered to be a wealthy state in the forefront of the Kyushu faction of the empire, plus a large population, this is a territory that cannot be given up for the Tianlong Empire, which has lost the land of the five states.

What's more, in the south of Qingzhou, the soldiers and horses stationed in the Tianlong Empire are the most elite forbidden army of the Tianlong Empire, and it is one of the most powerful soldiers and horses in the empire.

But now, the Tianlong Empire is afraid that it has no intention or ability to continue to hold on to Datang, this time it was stabbed in the chest and back by Da Chu, but it was ruthless enough, even if Situ Hao was sensible, he would definitely not be able to bear it anymore, and it was a sure thing to send troops to attack the southern part of Qingzhou.

Gao Xiangui, as one of the high-level military leaders of the Tang Dynasty, naturally knows the movement of the Tang Dynasty's current use of troops, Chen Chongbing is in the southeast of Zhongzhou, in fact, he also intends to disturb Qingzhou and attract the attention of the southern Great Chu.

After completing the strategy of the northwest, the Tang Dynasty has determined the general direction of using troops in Shuzhou, and seizing the rich state in the southwest will become the key point for the Tang Empire to have the upper hand in this three-kingdom hegemony.

Therefore, after learning that the entire southern part of Qingzhou belonged to the Great Chu Empire, Gao Xiangui immediately summoned his subordinates to fight Zhonglang Generals, and then began to mobilize troops non-stop, and launched the shadow that has been hidden, this shadow is the most mysterious force in the Tang Dynasty, the ghost servant.

The people in the ghost servants have a kaleidoscopic face, this power is said to have been taught by Her Royal Highness the Holy Princess, they are good at imitation, they can change people's faces, change voices, and even make the body taller, shorter, fat or thin, and the shadow is the enemy general replaced by a member of the ghost servant.

Relying on the ghost servants' response, the Tang army bloodlessly seized the Qixian defense line that the forbidden army focused on the strategic deployment, and the thousands of soldiers and horses here were either rebelled into the Tang army or captured, only allowing a small number of diehards to escape, but this could no longer affect the overall situation.

Zicheng, the northwest city of Heze County, is located on the edge of Heze Lake, from the northeast, southwest into Heze Yunhe River through the east of the city, into Heze Lake, here is an important water and land hub important place, also is the last line of defense of Heze County, once Zicheng is breached, from here, most of Heze, all of Dezhou County, all are a horse and a flat river, and there is no danger to defend.

After snatching the defense line of Qixian County, he chased and fought all the way, using six main forces on the first line to rush to the house, and then there were ten second- and third-line troops to follow up quickly, directly tearing the western defense line apart, and then the army went straight to the city of Zicheng.

After the elite Tang army went around under Zicheng, they retreated five miles away and set up a large camp, standing on the head of the city, and even overlooking the small half of the Tang army's camp, as well as the shadowy Tang army soldiers.

In the just-built Tang Army Marshal Tent, Tie Shuai Gao Xiangui raised his head and looked at the generals below, and said straight to the point: "Pass a few of you over, there is a task handed over to you!"

"Zicheng City is high and thick, our army this time to attack, although there are preparations in advance, but the heavy siege equipment will take two or three days to transport up, the opponent we are facing in the past two years is several battles, after the other party gets the news, it will definitely quickly rush to the aid of Zicheng, and Zicheng is backed by the Yunhe River, facing the Heze Lake, the opponent's naval army is a big harm, once the other party rushes to help, we will be in the difficult to advance!"

"So, at midnight tonight, a few of you will lead your troops and horses to go upstream, cross the river from the upstream, and then, kill into Heze County, Dezhou County will turn this place upside down, your task is not to attack the city, and it is not easy to destroy the enemy for the purpose, just destroy, destroy everywhere!"

"Yes, obey the orders of the iron marshal! I will definitely live up to the trust of the iron marshal!"

"Well, you will have no logistics in this operation, everything will depend on local supplies, it can be said that the task is arduous, but the more fierce you make trouble in the back, the lighter the pressure on our side, and remember, you have to bring me back the troops completely!"

"Yes!"

"Go ahead, someone will prepare dry food for you for three days!"

Gao Xiangui watched a few Tang generals leave, but he stood up straight, stretched his body, and opened the tent in front of him, as the sun set, the sky had become gray, and the dark curtain had slowly fallen, and in the distance, the city of Zicheng, which was creeping like a giant beast, was hidden in the darkness, and in the distance of the city wall, the igniting oil clay pots, like dotted stars, dotted the night.

I hope that the Heavenly Dragon Empire will not be too disappointed, otherwise it will be in vain for him to make a big move! As long as the Heavenly Dragon Empire seizes this opportunity and moves south, in the case of Qingzhou's belly and back, Da Chu's attention will definitely be diverted.

At that time, even if Da Chu knew Da Tang's calculations, he would have to spend a lot of soldiers and resources here in Qingzhou, it can be said that Nantou in the south of Qingzhou is the biggest failure of Da Chu, otherwise, the Tianlong Empire may not be completely torn face, and now, it is cheaper for his Tang Empire.