Chapter 523
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On the south bank of Juyeze, Cao Jun camped with his backs, and 150,000 troops and horses were camped for more than 40 miles.
In the camp of the Cao Army, dozens of senior generals of the Cao Army gathered together, each with the rank of the general. In the huge tent, the Tianbu Essential General and the tyrant of the domestic tyrant Wang Xianzhi sat in the upper head seat, and two of them were placed under him.
There were generals of the Cao Army sitting on both sides, but the generals on both sides were clearly divided. On the left were the generals of Wang Xianzhi, led by the marching Sima and the generals of the auxiliary country, Shang Junchang. Below were Chai Cun, Bi Shiduo, Cao Shixiong, Liu Yanzhang, Li Chongba, Wang Chongyin, Shangrang and other generals, but there were few generals of Liu Hanhong, Chu Yanwei, and Cai Wenqiu. More than ten new generals were added later, and they were also the leaders who sold salt with Wang Xianzhi.
On the right, sitting was Huang Chao, deputy commander of the Cao Army. Below were Meng Kai, Gai Hong, Zhao Zhang, Chang Hong, Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guiba, Liu Tang, Liu Shanfu, Zhang Guimu, Zhang Juyan, Huang Hao, Lin Yan Huang Cun, Huang Ye, Huang Kui, Huang Qin, Huang Bing, Huang Wantong, Huang Sihou and other generals.
The two sides look harmonious, but in fact, they are clearly distinguished.
Wang Xianzhi sat in the upper head, and seemed to be the leader of the generals, but in fact he was uncomfortable all over, just like roasting on fire.
After conquering Yizhou, Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao and Lin Jingwu's three families discussed. Lin Jingwu meant that the three families fought eastward, took down the land of Ziqing and Ping Lu in the five prefectures, destroyed Song Wei, and then seized Li Jing's territory. Then he joined the three towns in Hebei in the north, and the Silla alliance with the Khitan Bohai in the east. He took Ziqing as the foundation, split the land and bound the territory, and established himself as king.
However, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao disagreed. In their opinion, fighting in Ziqing Town is obviously Wang Jingwu took advantage. First, Song Wei is not easy to fight, and second, Song Wei defeated Li Jing in the east. Even if Song Wei and Li Jing both took it, Ziqing Town was originally Wang Jingwu's territory. If it was really captured, I was afraid that Wang Jingwu would have to cross the river and destroy the bridge.
Wang Xianzhi also made a proposal, which was to fight southeast, with wealthy but not many soldiers. Over the years, Qiu Fu, Pang Xun, and Wang Ying could easily make a big fuss in the southeast, and it would be nice to go to the south. When the fuss in the south became big, they might even force the court to cut a few pieces of land in the southeast for them and grant them the title of military governor Dangdang.
The proposals of Wang Jingwu and Wang Xianzhi were based on the essence of reunion from the beginning. Huang Chao was extremely dissatisfied. Huang Chao's opinion was that reunion was fake, and the court could not really accept reunion. It was even more impossible for you to give you a piece of land to be the governor. Huang Chao's goal was higher. He thought that all the golden armors in the city were all over. I would like to kill all the flowers. Since I was going to make a fuss, I would make a big fuss. He proposed to go directly to Luoyang. As long as I took Luoyang, the whole world would be shaken. At that time, I would directly kill Chang'an and change the dynasty.
However, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Jingwu were completely scared by this proposal. In their eyes, the Li Tang world for nearly three hundred years was impossible. Even An Lushan could not destroy the Tang Dynasty, how could they have been able to do so?
The three of them discussed in Yizhou for a long time, but in the end they did not reach an agreement. In the end, they parted in disagreement. Wang Jingwu returned to fight against Song Wei, and Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao also had a division. Although Wang Xianzhi did not go south in the end, the two later divided their troops, one attacked Jeju, Puzhou, Caozhou, and the other attacked Yizhou, Yanzhou, Songzhou, and Yunzhou.
At the beginning, everyone developed very well. After the defeat of Xue Chong and Li clans, the soldiers in the Central Plains either went to Xichuan or Daibei, and no one could stop them. In just over half a year, they had successively conquered Jiuzhou, each with more than 100,000 troops.
Wang Xianzhi led his troops directly to Songzhou, originally trying to threaten the court's southeastern grain transportation and to force the court to recruit an official position. Unexpectedly, he took off his weapons and caused the evil star Li Jing to fight him and fled like a dog of a family. In the blink of an eye, only 3,000 soldiers were left.
When he fled to Caozhou, Wang Xianzhi felt so regretful. Fortunately, Huang Chao still recognized him as the governor and still regarded him as the leader. However, Wang Xianzhi felt increasingly uncomfortable when he stayed in Huang Chao's army during this period.
Although Huang Chao did not lose his etiquette, he did not speak loudly without soldiers. Now he has almost become a clay Buddha, and he can only watch but not say anything. He is very smart, only watch but not talk. Huang Chao asked him and asked him to make a decision, so he let Huang Chao decide himself.
It turned out that the Ten Points of Hands-in-Law and Huang Chao were of the same level. Now the subordinates of Huang Chao, Ge Congzhou, Lin Yan, Zhang Guiba, Huo Cun and others are all more powerful than the Ten Points of Hands-in-Law.
Maybe he should have left here with his brothers, or sooner or later, he would have to give up his command to Huang Chao. Wang Xianzhi sat in the seat, holding his chin with one hand, but his mind was filled with thoughts. When he fled here in a panic, there were only three thousand brothers beside him. Fortunately, these three thousand were all old brothers, and during this period he recruited soldiers and expanded them into 20,000. Although except for those three thousand, all of them were all new recruits, the number of people was always raised, which gave him a lot of confidence. If he led his troops away, as long as he did not meet a super star like Li Jing again, he believed that he would be able to recover his strength quickly. Otherwise, he would never be able to recover his strength in Huang Chao's army.
Just as I was thinking about this, I suddenly heard Huang Chao calling him.
"District, the current situation, I wonder what instructions the governor has?" Huang Chao looked up at him.
Wang Xianzhi had just been wandering around the sky, and didn't even know what they were saying, so there was no instruction. At that moment, he continued: "The deputy governor should make the decision on this matter."
When Huang Chao saw Wang Xianzhi's attitude, he couldn't help but feel angry. When he was selling private salt in his early years, he always felt that Wang Xianzhi was not righteous and loyal. But now it seems that this person is just the ability of a private salt vendor. If he let him command the Cao army, he will be finished sooner or later. He still struggles to figure out the battle against Yucheng. Why did Wang Xianzhi lose nearly 100,000 people in one battle?
Even if there are 100,000 pigs, scattered on this plain, they can't catch them in less than ten days and half a month.
Restraining the anger in his heart, Huang Chao said seriously: "According to the Ma Lai newspaper, Li Jing had just accepted the daughter of Zhang Rui, the governor of Songzhou, as the wife of the sixth house, and has led his army to leave Songzhou."
When Wang Xianzhi heard Li Jing's name, he suddenly trembled in his heart and his expression changed: "Li Jing sent troops, but came to the giant field?"
Seeing that Wang Xianzhi was so afraid of Li Jing, Huang Chao couldn't help but feel even more despised. Wang Xianzhi had been broken by Li Jing, and such a person could not expect him to lead the Cao army. The future of the Cao army must be led by him.
"According to reliable news, Li Jing led his army to Songzhou, not to come to Caozhou, but to Yanzhou along the north bank of Sishui. According to my speculation with several generals, Li Jing's trip was not intended to meet with the six towns, but to go around us, stationed in Xiaqiu, Yanzhou Prefecture, and connect Rencheng, Gongqiu, Pinglu, Yuncheng and Shouzhang on the east side of Juye, to form a huge interception network. Join Xue Chong's Tianping Army and the Li army's Taining Army to block our retreat."
When Wang Xianzhi heard that Li Jing had already gone to take their retreat, her face changed immediately. Her lips trembled and said, "What are you waiting for? Let's retreat immediately before Li Jing blocked the retreat."
Huang Chao frowned, twisted into the character "Sichuan", and his hands were even tightly clenched into fists.
He said coldly: "Retreat, where to retreat at this time? Now, as soon as we retreat, more than 100,000 troops are mobilized, how can we retreat so easily? Once we move, the six towns of the opposite side will definitely catch up immediately. At that time, the backs will be handed over to the official army, who can stop them?"
"Then alternately retreat?" Wang Xianzhi didn't want to stay here at all now. There were 100,000 coalition forces in six towns in front, and behind the town of the big evil star Li Jing blocked the retreat. This was simply dead.
"Hmph, retreat alternately?" Huang Chao sneered. The most difficult thing to command the army is to retreat rather than attack. A good attack is not a real skill. A good retreat is a real test of the ability of generals and the quality of soldiers. If elite soldiers can still retreat alternately, but what kind of soldiers are now, do you think? One hundred thousand official troops are behind the butt. No matter who is behind at this time, he is sure that the troops who serve as the rear of the palace will definitely collapse, and it is even more impossible for someone to truly complete this alternating retreat.
"At this time, the morale of the army will be gone. At that time, the retreat will become a collapse. I think that only by fighting a war with the official army and winning a battle can we save the current unfavorable situation." Huang Chao said firmly.
Wang Xianzhi's face was gray and she had to fight at this time. Who would she fight with and how would she fight?
Huang Chao's adviser Zhao Zhang stood up and said, "I agree with General Huang. Now that we are retreating, the Cao army will be difficult to fight in a short time. At that time, it will not only be the coalition forces of the six towns, but the coalition forces of the twelve towns, and even other towns will come up and step on. Taking advantage of the morale of the soldiers, I expected that the official army would underestimate the enemy. Since Li Jing did not go straight to Juye, but instead detoured the back, then this is a huge opportunity. We will directly attack the six towns in front of us. As long as we can defeat them, we will not have to retreat. Instead, we will directly kill Caozhou, attack Bian Song and even the eastern capital Luoyang. Then there is no need to worry about Zhen**, Tianping Army, Taining Army, Influence Army, Huainan Army, and Pinglu Army. Even if Luoyang attacks are not good, we can also drive straight to Shannan and go south to Jianghan!"
"But, there are 100,000 official troops on the other side. Can we fight?" Wang Xianzhi said with concern.
Lin Yan said dissatisfiedly: "How can the general destroy his prestige and increase his ambition of the official army? How about the official army? Will the official army not be defeated? The Tianping Army is not defeated by us, and the Taining Army is not defeated by us. Now if you have more official army, what are you afraid of?"
Shang Junchang glared at Lin Yan angrily and shouted, "Lin Yan, how dare you disrespect the general?"
Meng Kai quickly spoke out: "Brother Shang misunderstood, misunderstanding. How dare General Lin disrespect the general? He just talks about the matter."
Chapter completed!