Chapter 93: Thirty Meritorious Achievements
The great general Wang Zhong swore a thirty-year career in horsemanship, with countless honors and achievements.
When Emperor Qiyuan ascended the throne more than 30 years ago, Wang Zhong swore that he had been following Emperor Qiyuan when he was in high spirits. Pacify the countries of the Western Regions, sweep away the northern plains, and set out to conquer the Goryeo Peninsula, invincible!
Now all the generals of the Mesozoic Era of the Tang Empire, Xiao Chaotian, Ge Shuye, Gao Changqing, Yan Qin...... It can be said that the vast majority of the famous generals of the Qiyuan Dynasty once followed General Wang Zhongoan! In the past, these generals all regarded General Wang Zhongoan as their mentor, and some soldiers were proud to fight under General Wang Zhongoan.
Emperor Qiyuan accepted General Wang Zhongoan as his righteous son, and named General Wang Zhongoan as the loyal king, general, and military secretary, becoming the first person in the army worthy of the name.
General Wang Zhongshou was also the first person to discover Xiao Chaotian's rebellion intentions, and warned Emperor Qiyuan many times. However, the emperor at that time was very fond of Xiao Chaotian, not only did he not believe it, but began to be suspicious of General Wang Zhongo. It is suspected that he excluded dissidents and tried to monopolize military power. As a result, five years ago, Emperor Qiyuan issued a holy decree, and the military department was upgraded to a unique "military department elder"! This original title of the Qiyuan emperor allowed Wang Zhong to swear that the general would stay away from the military and politics and be idle at home.
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Li Wenzhong, the general of Tongguan, faced the loose military camp of Cui Qianyousong outside the city, and there were no more than 10,000 people, and there was no 40,000 troops as shown in the intelligence. And Xiao Mingyi is actually the deputy commander, isn't that a gentleman who has been ostracized everywhere in the capital?
Li Wenzhong ordered his lieutenant to lead 3,000 people to launch a surprise attack while Cui Qianyou's army had just set up camp and had not yet established a firm foothold!
Sure enough, Cui Qianyou's army fled and withdrew for dozens of miles. It was not until the night when the defenders of Tongguan were lax that they set up camp far away, and they were already far away from Tongguan than at the beginning, and Li Wenzhong could only see vague military flags from a distance on the city wall.
"General, I'm afraid this Cui Qianyou is here to do something perfunctory, right? I think the main attack of the rebels is still in Los Angeles! If Xiao Chaotian still had a little sense, he would not have sent troops to attack the Tianwei Tongguan!"
"Yes, it is estimated that this Cui Qianyou was sent by Xiao Chaotian to make a show, general, you see, this other party has no intention of attacking the city at all. ”
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Just when Li Wenzhong was about to send troops out of the city to annihilate the enemy, Rong Wang Li Wei and the general Wang Zhong swore to lead 80,000 reinforcements to Tongguan.
King Rong Li Wei is a descendant of the clan, and once followed General Wang Zhongoan to conquer the Western Regions, and later in order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, he resigned from the military and enjoyed himself at home.
"Teacher, I've arrived at Tongguan in front, I don't know if my teacher has ever heard of Cui Qianyou?"
"The prince doesn't have to be so polite, before leaving Beijing, I found someone to understand this person, Cui Qianyou is a young general under Xiao Chaotian, brave and good at fighting, very extraordinary, it is said that he once led 10,000 troops, galloped in the Northern Plains, defeated the 50,000 cavalry of the Great Liao Kingdom, and was famous in the Northern Plains. That deputy commander of the Dajin Kingdom, named Ashina Shili, is also a famous general of the Dajin Kingdom!"
"It seems that Xiao Chaotian has also taken great pains to Tongguan, although there are not many troops, they are all elite soldiers. ”
"Yes, our army seems to be numerous, except for the Shenwu Army, which still has the strength to fight, and the other battalions are some newly recruited soldiers, where can they compare to the battle-hardened Zhenbian Army!"
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Although Cui Qianyou is young, he has already shocked the Northern Plains. The tactics he originally formulated against Li Wenzhong had been successful, showing the enemy weakness and luring the defenders of Tongguan to give up the natural danger and go out of the city for a decisive battle, but because of the arrival of the general Wang Zhongo, all efforts were in vain.
Although the defenders of Tongguan increased to more than 100,000, they were more cautious, fortified and cleared the wilderness, refusing to fight, no matter how Cui Qianyou lured the enemy or provoked the generals, Wang Zhong swore to turn a deaf ear.
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Li Wenzhong did not dare to slack off on King Rong Li Wei, and he was also very afraid of the general Wang Zhongo. Therefore, although he was ready to act, he did not dare to violate the military order.
It's just that the resentment in his heart is getting stronger and stronger, and in the past two days, he even caught the scouts of the border army on the opposite side, and learned that Cui Qianyou was just bluffing and had no power to attack Tongguan, but the general Wang Zhong swore to be cautious and timid, and he didn't dare to fight at all.
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The war on the Luokou side began to break out, the general Xiao Chaotian prepared for many days, in addition to the thousands of fishing boats forcibly requisitioned, there were also rafts made by soldiers cutting down trees, and rushed to cross the Yellow River overnight, the defenders of Luokou were vulnerable, and 110,000 town border troops crossed the Yellow River and approached the eastern capital of Luocheng.
As soon as the Luokou army was defeated, the crown prince Li Heng had already secretly left Luocheng and fled to Jiangnan Province in simple clothes.
The 20,000 garrisons of Los Angeles were under the leadership of Liu Yun, the Taishou of the Eastern Capital, and in the face of the general Xiao Chaotian and the 110,000 rebels, Los Angeles was in danger.
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Emperor Qiyuan roared angrily, furious.
"Waste! How could I give birth to such a waste!"
Yang Hanwen, the prime minister in the imperial study, and several officials from the Ministry of War were trembling and did not dare to speak.
As the eastern capital of the Tang Empire, Los Angeles is not only a strategic position, but also represents a more significant significance.
Emperor Qiyuan was also flustered, the current situation had exceeded his prediction, the foundation of the Tang Empire had cracked, and he couldn't help but think of the five-hundred-year curse.
Is it difficult that the Tang Empire is really going to be lost in my hands?
Since Xiao Chaotian rebelled on the second day of the second month of February, there has been no good news reaching the capital, is it possible that the other armies of the Tang Empire are vulnerable to the Zhenbian army?
Emperor Qiyuan thought of Wang Zhongo, who had reinforced, Tongguan, and why had no war report come for so long? Could it be that the 100,000-strong army could not win in the face of less than half of the Zhenbian army? Is Wang Zhongoan, the invincible general of the year, really old?
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Li Wenzhong's resentment in his heart became bigger and bigger, and he felt more and more that the military order of the great general Wang Zhong to avoid the war was unreasonable! Obviously, there were more than 100,000 troops on his side, and there were only more than 10,000 people on the other side.
Looking at the opposite barracks, the commander Cui Qianyou was just eating, drinking and having fun with his son Xiao Mingyi every day, and he was simply delaying time. The 100,000 defenders of Tongguan, if they had sent troops early, defeated Cui Qianyou, and the army marched eastward, they might have been able to attack Xiao Chaotian's main army from behind, and maybe Luokou would not have been lost so easily!
Li Wenzhong felt that he had guessed the truth, and a secret letter was sent to Chang'an City and passed to Emperor Qiyuan.
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Emperor Qiyuan was furious at the prince's betrayal, and when he received this letter from Li Wenzhong, his fingers trembled with anger!
Could it be that he Wang Zhong swore to be the next Ge Shuye?
Rong Wang Levi wants to stand on his own?
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