Chapter 645: Li Shimin's marching route
"This guy Gao Aocao is really brave..."
In the Xianshan Barracks, a group of Song generals were beaten by Gao Aocao and wailed everywhere, and were afraid of this guy who was compared to Xiang Yu by people at that time.
Gao Aocao can lead a dozen cavalry and defeat 5,000 cavalry, but he cannot be brave.
Gao Aocao glanced at everyone, but no one was going to fight.
"Everyone has seen General Gao's ability. In the future, Gao Aocao will join our Song army. Soon after, the army will be launched to attack the Central Plains in the north!"
The general of the Northern Prefecture Army, Tan Daoji, announced to everyone that the powerful general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Aocao, joined the Song State, and everyone was in an uproar.
The joining of Gao Aocao means that the status of most of them will decline a lot, because with Gao Aocao's amazing force, it is very likely that he will easily achieve military achievements and then climb onto them.
"Gao Aocao, you will be my deputy general for the time being. Please give me some advice in the future."
Tan Daoji was somewhat afraid of Gao Aocao's bravery, but Emperor Wu of Song Liu Yu arranged Gao Aocao to be his deputy general to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Northern Palace Army, and Tan Daoji had to accept it.
Tan Daoji only obeyed Liu Yu, and Tan Daoji dared not disobey Liu Yu's orders.
"It's easy to say."
Although Gao Aocao was domineering, Gao Aocao respected Tan Daoji for each other, because Tan Daoji was the most famous general in the third generation of Northern Army, besides Liu Yu, who was the most capable general in war. He was known as the Great Wall of Liu Song, and created thirty-six strategies!
When it comes to force, Tan Daoji is not as good as Gao Aoji. But when it comes to military use, Gao Aoji is not as good as Tan Daoji.
On the pavilion of Xianshan, Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi looked down at the barracks below, and near Xianshan, the surging Han River passed eastward.
"Hulujin, Huluguang and his son have not yet served me. They threatened them with Gao Huan's life and must become officials. This time, they won the Central Plains, and they will devote all their manpower and material resources to Jingzhou, and they must not lose anything."
Liu Yu was decisive in killing and Gao Aocao was willing to serve, but Hulujin, Huluguang and his son were not willing to change the flag, so Liu Yu could only use the life of Gao Huan, the lord of Northern Qi, to force the two of them to become officials.
"This time the six countries join forces will surely be foolproof."
Liu Muzhi with his hands behind his back, and looked towards the direction of the Central Plains in the north.
In the military camp below Gao You, tens of thousands of Northern Prefecture troops were training, shouting loudly during training, preparing for the Northern Expedition.
Qi State, Lixiacheng.
"The six Kanto countries have joined forces and prepared their troops. I am afraid they will regard the lord as a powerful Qin."
"The person behind this is said to be Su Qin, Fan Zeng and Liu Muzhi."
After Zhang Yi, a clan leader, defected to Zhang Hua, he was responsible for observing the general trend of the world. When he learned that the six countries in Kanto were united, he immediately reported it.
Zhang Hua looked at Su Dai, a clan, and said, "Is Su Qin your brother?"
Su Dai looked strange, but he didn't expect that one day he would become an enemy of his brother Su Qin: "Su Qin is my brother, and his talent is ten times that of me. If he is my brother, I'm afraid things will be successful."
"Among the six Kanto countries, Li Shimin's Tang army is the most brave. Fortunately, the Tang army generals such as Li Ji, Xue Rengui, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Qiong will serve me at this time, otherwise the situation may be even worse."
Zhang Hua was worried that the heroes of Guandong would join forces. Now that this happened, he could only be glad that Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin had surrendered during the period of Zhang Xutuo and Wagang Village. Otherwise, if they were under the command of Emperor Tang Li Shimin, they would be extremely difficult opponents.
Li Shimin lost Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, and there were not many people in the original team, as well as powerful generals such as Yuchi Jingde and Xue Wanche.
In addition, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's attitude was ambiguous and did not join the joint army formed by Su Qin, Fan Zeng, and Liu Muzhi, and was still watching the situation.
During the battle in Youzhou City, Liu Xiu and Li Shimin consumed a lot of elite soldiers, and they probably won’t use troops easily for a while.
Zhu Ji, commander of the Jinyiwei, said: "As far as I know, in order to conquer the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Li Shimin lost at least 300,000 troops in Yanyun. It would take at least several months for him to replenish this army. Among the sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Liu Rengong, the governor of Lulong, and Ji Zhi, the king of Yan Zhao, defected to Li Shimin. The king of Yan... Zhu Di was dependent on Liu Xiu."
"It seems that Li Shimin and Liu Xiu's battle for the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were not without gains. The princes of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun died and surrendered, and the surrendered princes became Li Shimin and Liu Xiu's generals. Zhang Yi, you go to HD City to get along with Liu Xiu, and carry out a alliance."
Since the six Kanto countries were called by Su Qin and Liu Muzhi, Zhang Hua could only join forces with Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.
At least, Liu Xiu should not interfere in the war between his Xia Kingdom and the six Kanto Army, so Zhang Hua would be grateful.
If Liu Xiu also joined the Hezong Army, then Zhang Hua would be really hard to deal with the Hezong Army.
If Liu Xiu joined the Hezong Army, the Hezong Army's strength would be stronger than Zhang Hua's.
If Liu Xiu doesn't interfere, Zhang Hua will burn the incense.
"I obey the order."
Zhang Yi immediately went down, prepared the carriage, and was ready to go and lobby Liu Xiu with his perfect tongue.
“Be prepared for the worst.”
Although Liu Xiu has not joined the Kanto Hezong Army, Zhang Hua must envision the worst case to ensure that even if Liu Xiu finally chooses to join the Kanto Hezong Army, he must have the strength to block Liu Xiu's going south.
Wang Shouren, Wang Meng, Zhuge Liang, and Zhao Pu gathered above the map of mountains, rivers and rivers in the world to mark the military power and direction of the princes from all sides.
Three cobblers were the one Zhuge Liang, but at this time, there were several Zhuge Liang-level counselors in the tent!
The deployment of the troops of the six Kanto countries' joint forces through the Jinyiwei did not collect the information collected at night, and the inferences of several advisers had already appeared on the paper.
Not only that, these advisers also had to speculate on Liu Xiu's possible reaction and make the worst plan.
At this time, just like in the Warring States Period, if any prince is the strongest, it will be afraid of other princes.
When Wei State was in great prosperity, wars between various countries and Wei State were frequent.
When Qi was in great prosperity, Le Yi led the coalition forces of the five countries to attack Qi.
When Qin was in great prosperity, Su Qin embraced the seal of the six kingdoms, forcing Qin to retreat to Hangu Pass.
Now Zhang Hua's Xia Kingdom has become the most powerful vassal state, and other vassal states have also responded.
"If Li Shimin's Tang army took the initiative to attack, then Li Shimin would not be able to cross Liu Xiu's territory, otherwise there would be suspicion of false attacks on Guo. Then, in this way, the Tang army had four routes of march."
"The first route is to attack Hedong, then cross the Yellow River and attack Chang'an City."
"The second line is to attack Shangdang and then take Hedong."
"The third route is to join forces with the Xianbei people in Yunzhong to attack Mizhizhai, seize the loess high slope, and threaten Guanzhong from the north."
"The fourth route is also a united state of Xianbei people, not attacking Hedong or Mizhizhai, but a large detour in the south of the desert, attacking Helan Mountain and the Hexi Corridor, shocking Guanzhong."
"These four routes of march are possible, and the ultimate goal is to capture Chang'an City."
"The Hedong Guards had Wu Qi, and Xinling Jun led 200,000 troops to defend and replace Xie Xuan's Northern Army. With the ability of Wu Qi, the Tang army could only use much more troops than Wu Qi if they wanted to break through Hedong quickly."
"Mizhizhai, the Helan Mountain Guards were Gao Guiying's Dashun Army, with 150,000 troops. If Helan Mountain is attacked, the Liangzhou Army stationed in Wuwei City can support Helan Mountain. It is not easy for Li Shimin to detour and seize the Hexi Corridor and threaten Guanzhong from the east."
"If the Tang army directly attacked Hedong and then crossed the Yellow River, this is the fastest route to attack Chang'an City, and it doesn't take much time. The only thing that gave the Tang army a headache was that the guardian guarding Hedong was Wu Qi."
"In addition, if Chang'an City is attacked, the troops deployed in all directions will rush to Chang'an City for assistance, and the Tang army may be besieged."
Several major advisers pondered all possible routes of Li Shimin's march, and it was difficult to form a positive opinion.
After all, Li Shimin is not an easy enemy to deal with. Li Shimin has many advisers, and they are also thinking about how to be quick and powerful.
Before the war began, the strategists of both sides were already fighting wits and courage through the air.
"Order the Jinyiwei to send all the personnel at night to investigate the virtual and actual situation of the coalition army, especially the Tang army and the generals of the Song army, and the strength of the troops."
"yes!"
Zhang Hua sent thousands of detailed works to infiltrate the six Kanto countries to inquire about information and spy on the background of each general on the other side.
Zhang Hua has never fought with Li Shimin's Tang army and Liu Yu's Song army, so what trump cards these two major forces have is still unknown.
However, even Li Keyong and Li Cunxu and his son's Cang Er army chose to rely on Li Shimin and guard Hedong for Li Shimin, which made Zhang Hua unable to annex the entire Hedong, which shows Li Shimin's personal charm to the Shatuo tribe.
Li Keyong and Li Cunxu and his son claimed to have inherited the orthodox of the Tang Dynasty, so in the eyes of their group, Li Shimin was the real emperor, Tian Khan.
Not only that, Li Shimin was not only attractive to the Shatuo tribe, but also to the Xianbei tribe, Turkic tribe, and even the Goryeo people. Many of the military generals under Li Shimin came from the barbarians. Even the Tuoba Xianbei tribe in Yunzhongcheng was defeated by Li Shimin and regarded Li Shimin as the Khan of Heaven.
Zhang Hua suspected that Li Shimin had the talent to be close to various tribes, so these tribes devoted themselves to Li Shimin as the Khan of Heaven and worked hard for Li Shimin.
Even the Flying Tiger General Li Cunxiao could not escape Li Shimin's charm and was driven by Li Shimin.
It has to be said that Li Shimin's talent is extremely unparalleled. In addition, the Tang Dynasty established by Li Shimin happened to be in Bingzhou. This is a place where many nomadic tribes live with the Han people, so Li Shimin can recruit generals from various tribes and become overlords.
After Zhang Hua issued the world mobilization order, various prefectures and counties hurriedly recruited troops, but the six Kanto countries formed a coalition army, and Zhang Hua still felt that the generals and troops were insufficient.
So, after the various counselors went to rest, Zhang Hua returned to his main account and attracted Sun Shangxiang.
"Xiangxiang, I heard that Ling Zun Sun Wentai is fighting in Jiangdong at this time. It is better to write a letter. If he can't survive in Jiangdong, he can lead his troops to surrender to me."
Zhang Hua hugged Sun Shangxiang, and the beauty was in her arms. Zhang Hua could smell the fragrance of Sun Shangxiang's beautiful hair, but Zhang Hua was thinking about how to squeeze the value of the Sun family in Jiangdong.
Long before, Sun Ce and Sun Shangxiang had already found out about Sun Jian's whereabouts - Sun Jian and a group of generals were conquering cities and territories in Jiangdong.
Zhang Hua also sent someone to learn about Sun Jian’s situation.
As a tiger in Jiangdong, Sun Jian naturally had great strength. He started his career in Jiangdong with several generals and successively eliminated many river bandits, bandits, Shanyue, and princes in Jiangdong. With the strongest strength, the territory should have a county.
However, in the past year, Sun Jian was attacked by a strong enemy, and the situation was not good for Sun Jian, and Sun Jian's territory was gradually lost.
If Sun Jian cannot survive in Jiangdong and can win Sun Jian to lead troops to support and strengthen Zhang Hua's power, it will be of great benefit to resolve the offensive of the six-nation army.
"Uh-huh."
Sun Shangxiang nodded repeatedly. Her father-in-law couldn't make it in Jiangdong anymore. She came to join her son-in-law, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it...
"Before my father-in-law arrives, I will prepare a meeting gift for him."
“…”
Chapter completed!