Chapter 683 Two Tigers Fight
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"Come on, I'll see something when I pay my respects." After returning to the Shatuo Camp in Tiancheng Juncheng City, Li Keyong smiled and said to Guo Chongtao.
Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao in the camp were leading the way forward at this time. Guo Chongtao followed Li Keyong into the camp and walked in. Along the way, he carefully observed that the Shatuo Army camp was orderly and with strict defense. The more they walked in, the more soldiers guarding, and almost all of them were the Crow Army in black clothes and black armor. Although Guo Chongtao is also a member of the Crow Army, he had just transferred from Li Kexiu's account to Li Keyong and was not very familiar with the Shatuo Army.
However, seeing the strict guards, he also understood that he must have gone to a secret place.
Sure enough, Li Keyong took Guo Chongtao directly to the Central Army Commander's tent.
It was the first time Guo Chongtao came to Li Keyong's handsome tent after he was transferred to Li Keyong's position.
Li Keyong nodded slightly, and Guo Chongtao followed in with excitement. The commander's account is a key place in the entire army and is not allowed to enter unless it is a general. He was valued by Li Keyong for his bravery and was awarded the 7th-rank lieutenant of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the army, but he had no chance to enter such a confidential military place. Even though he was usually confident, he could not suppress his excitement at this moment. Although he knew that this did not mean that he was already qualified to participate in a high-level military meeting, his heart was still full of excitement and excitement. For a moment, Guo Chongtao's breathing became heavier.
Li Keyong felt the sudden heavy breathing behind him, and smiled secretly in his heart. A young general as arrogant as Guo Chongtao, who really came to this handsome account, was still as excited as expected.
After entering the coach's tent, Guo Chongtao's breathing became more rapid and he almost screamed.
Presented in front of him was a huge sand table. With just a glance, he could see that the sand table was drawn with two terrains in Hedong and Hebei.
Guo Chongtao quickly walked to the sand table and looked at the mountains, rivers, and cities on the sand table in shock. This is a giant rice that includes the entire Hedong and Hebei, including the Taihang Mountains, Yanshan Mountains, and Yinshan Mountains. The entire sand table occupies a large tent that can accommodate nearly thirty people.
What shocked him the most was that every city and pass in Hedong and Hebei was marked with various small flags on the identities of each army, as well as the number of troops stationed.
"This was drawn by Zheng Xianggong, the governor of Hedong, who was drawing from Li Jing's sand table tactics back then." Li Ke's faint voice could not hide his admiration for Li Jing and Zheng Congxian. This sand table was originally a common thing in Li Jing's army. Later, when the official army fought with Shatuo Daibei, Zheng Congxian, Yu Guan and others also learned the sand table technique. After the Hebei rebellion, Zheng Congxian exchanged the information they had originally mastered, plus the information they had later dispatched to check and remitted the large sand table.
As the deputy envoy to recruit the West of Hebei, Li Keyong also found a way to get a pair from Zheng Congsheng.
Guo Chongtao opened his mouth. He wanted to say something, but he was still immersed in shock and could not say anything. With such detailed information, it was easier to fight this battle.
"There are more than 100,000 troops in the west, and the troops can be divided into three groups. One route from here..." Guo Chongtao pointed to Datong and Guizhou, "From Datong to attack Guizhou Pojun Duguan and go straight to Youzhou. In addition, he went out of Weizhou and directly attacked Dingzhou Li Quanzhong along Feihu Road to seize the Yiwu army, and surrounded him from the south of Youzhou. In addition, he used his troops to exit Taiyuan from Jingxing and directly seize Chengde, cut off the rebels in the four towns of Hebei in half and defeated them one by one! The three routes of attack, the rebels were unable to take care of themselves, and a battle could be settled."
"Term three ways!" Li Keyong smiled.
I admire Guo Chongtao a lot in my heart. The rebels have been in chaos for several months, and the court has not launched a real offensive yet. First, it is to mobilize troops, second, it is to raise food and money, and the most important thing is that Zheng Cong-si was preparing to attack Hebei in three ways as Guo Chongtao said.
According to the plan of Zheng Congxian and Yu Guan, Li Ke, who had attacked Youzhou, would use the Shatuo army, who had attacked Youzhou as the northern route, and attacked Guizhou in Youzhou from the north of Weizhou, attacked Junduguan and entered Youzhou. Then Zheng Congxian led the Hedong army and Yu Guan to lead the Zhenwu army, Tuoba Sigong joined forces to join the Xiang cavalry, and Hao Lianduo Tuyuhun cavalry to attack the Chengde army, with the purpose of breaking down Chengde and Wei Bo army and preventing them from supporting Youzhou Town.
Finally, Xin Xi led the Datong Army, Sage, Anqing and Qibi three cavalrymen to the Feihu Road. After entering Yizhou, Li Quanzhong defeated the weakest Li Quanzhong, and then attacked Youzhou with Li Ke from the north and south.
The core of the entire plan is Youzhou. As long as you break Youzhou and the Yiwu Army first, the court can come from the north, follow the trend, and directly eliminate the German army and Wei Bo army.
The court had more than 100,000 troops in the west, but due to the terrain, the court soldiers in Hedong fought against the rebels in Hebei across the Taihang Mountains, which was not suitable for a large-scale decisive battle. It was precisely because of this that Zheng Cong-sei finally made such a three-way attack plan.
Li Keyong also studied it for a long time and also believed that this was the best plan for attacking the Hebei rebels.
Among the arrangements of various routes, Li Keyong's Northern Army had the most difficult task. Youzhou Town established four new prefectures in Guizhou and sent four generals to garrison according to the danger. If you want to fight Youzhou, you must first pull out the four prefectures one by one, and then there is the most dangerous military guard in the northwest of Youzhou.
Faced with these dangerous passes, the Shatuo people's cavalry did not have much advantage, and these terrains seriously restricted the performance of the cavalry. Only after breaking through the Jundu Pass and the endless Hebei Plain is the place where cavalry lies.
However, in the idea of the court and Zheng Cong-sei, although Youzhou is dangerous, there is no need to worry too much. Because there is also the court's four-sided governor Li Jing in the northeast of Youzhou.
Li Jing occupied the states of Ying, Ping, Ji, and Tan, and now he occupied Shunzhou. He has directly controlled the Yanshan Mountains and is close to Youzhou for a hundred miles. There is no danger to Li Jing in the north of Youzhou. With Li Jing here, Liu Yue must have divided some troops to defend Li Jing.
If Li Jing can go further and directly attack Junduguan from behind, the battle to attack Youzhou will be even easier.
However, Li Keyong was very afraid of Li Jing. He had not launched an attack for a long time. In fact, he was also watching Li Jing's attitude. If Li Jing had to attack the army after conquering Shunzhou, Li Keyong had to consider whether he wanted to conquer Guizhou and meet with Li Jing.
Once the war begins, many unexpected situations will occur. Even if you make considerable preparations, sometimes the situation changes and there are still not many variables.
"The war starts. In fact, even if Li Jing does not move, there is no need to worry at all. If you fight hard, our brother Daibei is the strongest. Li Jing just likes to take the opportunity to get a bargain!" Guo Chongtao looked at the arrangement on the sand table and said lightly, and his arrogant side was revealed.
There are more than 100,000 troops in the camp west, and I am not afraid of dealing with the four towns in Hebei.
Li Keyong was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile.
Dare to say that Li Jing, who now has troops in the Northeast, is famous all over the world and respected as the world's number one general, and can only get cheap and cannot fight tough battles. This does have a great arrogance.
Guo Chongtao did not notice his incompetence at all and continued his arrogant and conceitedness.
"It doesn't matter whether there is Li Jing in this battle. With the 50,000 generations of brothers in the hands of the commander, and the 20,000 cavalry reserve troops of Tatars and Kumoxi, I am not afraid of dealing with Liu Yue in Youzhou."
Li Keyong chuckled. Although he did not agree with Guo Chongtao's view that Li Jing could not fight a tough battle and that Liu Yue and Youzhou army were vulnerable. However, he still admired Guo Chongtao's impulse.
"An Shi thinks it's better for us to attack?" Li Siyuan, who was standing by, felt uncomfortable. Shatuo's army was defeated by Li Jing many times. If he said that Li Jing only knows how to get a bargain and doesn't fight tough battles, wouldn't he say that their Shatuo's army is even more unbearable?
"immediately!"
"immediately?"
"That is, the best time to attack is when the autumn is high and the horse is fat, and the bow and arrow are strong. It is when my thief is inferior. However, it is already the year after the Chinese New Year. If you drag it down, you will fight in the enemy territory. At that time, the time, place, and people are all in the enemy, and the wise will not take it. At this time, our army will gather together to attack, the bandits will separate and defend, and the soldiers will gather their momentum. If you delay, the morale of the army will decline and give the rebels more time to prepare. Therefore, we can send troops immediately at this time, and our army can be in full swing, drive in and win in one battle."
Li Keyong exclaimed in his heart, in fact, at this time, the deep winter was dry and the horses had no overnight grass, and the cold winter was bitter and cold, and the attack was even worse. In the spring, the situation was even worse. But the current situation, the logistics and food of more than 100,000 troops were a big problem. If it was dragged on, not only would the logistics be difficult to support, but morale was also a problem. In addition, the longer the time delayed, the more sufficient the rebels were prepared.
Therefore, fighting early is more suitable than procrastination.
Li Keyong patted Guo Chongtao on the shoulder and encouraged him: "A man is fame and wealth but he will win immediately. Be prepared at that time. Don't miss the opportunity to make achievements and achieve great success!"
In Changping City, Li Jing was drinking tea leisurely in the temporary commander's mansion, while Liu Rengong on one side was already a little restless. After entering Changping, he observed that the soldiers and horses in Changping City had no intention of leaving at all, and were even preparing to arrest the attacking army.
This discovery made him unable to sleep or eat.
Today I came to see Li Jing urgently and finally talked about the conditions. Unfortunately, Li Jing spoke up as soon as he came up and actually asked Lulong Town to ced the army, Duguan and Gui, Ru, Xin and Wu to give the Northeast Army. It was better than Li Jing to take it personally.
The condition proposed by Liu Rengong was that Li Jing withdrew from Changping and Shunzhou and returned to the boundary between the two sides last year.
The difference between the two sides is too big.
While stalemate, Fu Cun stepped in and walked to Li Jing and whispered: "The news came from the Military Intelligence Bureau. Just today, Li Keyong suddenly attacked Wuzhou and has now broken Huaian City. His troops have attacked the city of Wuzhou. Wuzhou Governor Lu Wen, the governor of Wuzhou, was defeated and retreated to Wuzhou City. It is estimated that it will not be long before he defended."
Upon hearing this news, Li Jing frowned. It would not be a good thing for Li Ke to kill him at this time. If he oppressed Liu Yue, he was afraid that under Liu Yue's defense, all four states outside the army might be out of the defense.
Letting Li Keyong kill to Youzhou is definitely not a good thing for Li Jing.
Thinking of this, Li Jing began to take the initiative to give in.
Although Liu Rengong didn't understand why Li Jing changed so much after hearing what his subordinates said, he was just asking for it and immediately bargained.
Finally, Li Jing and Liu Rengong reached an agreement. The four counties of Huairou, Liaoxi, Luxian and Yongnu occupied by Li Jing were then controlled by Li Jing, and Changping County was returned to Youzhou Town. However, Li Jing did not return it unconditionally, and Youzhou Town would exchange Huichang County to the south of Yongnu.
Originally, Li Jing wanted to blackmail Liu Yue for another sum of money, but seeing Liu Rengong's constipation look, he was worried that Chi Ze would change, so he finally let it go.
On that day, Li Jing began to order the withdrawal of troops from Changping.
However, when he left, Li Jing was not polite. With an order, he took away all the more than 10,000 households and nearly 60,000 people in Changping City and the country's old and young people.
Although Liu Rengong was very angry when he heard about it, he had no choice but to face Li Jing's elite cavalry. What's more, when Li Jing attacked Li Keyong on a large scale and had already captured Huaian City, Liu Rengong no longer cared about the tens of thousands of people.
Liu Rengong hurriedly returned to Youzhou City with an agreement with Li Jing, and Li Jing spent five days moving away all the population of Changping County and sent troops to Huichang County. By this time, Li Keyong's selection leader Guo Chongtao had already taken the lead in Huaian with his three thousand elite cavalry and then went to Wuzhou City. Within seven or eight days, he had already seized Wuzhou and occupied the entire Wuzhou Basin.
The troops are aimed directly at New South Wales.
After seeing Li Jing abducting the people in Changping City and occupying Huichang County, Liu Yue, in Youzhou City, retreated as promised.
Liu Rengong's Dingbadu and most of the Eight Army in Shanhou were immediately transferred to Xinzhou for reinforcements.
At this time, Li Jing seriously abides by the agreement and stops when he sees it is better. He does not take advantage of the situation to attack Youzhou, but asks Liu Yue to draw troops to Xinzhou to fight against Li Keyong. He takes a 100,000 people moved out of Changping and Huichang and other places, and returns to Liaodong City from the western Liaoning Corridor.
In this attack, only 10,000 elite cavalry were dispatched, and five counties in western Liaoning, Huairou, Lu County, Yongnu and Huichang were captured, and a Shunzhou city was added. Moreover, the troops stationed in Pingzhou were also dispatched to sweep the upper reaches of the Luan River, and this territory originally controlled by the Xi people was included in the control and newly established as Jingzhou.
The new Shunzhou and Jingzhou were added, with a population of about 300,000. Li Jing moved 100,000 of them back to Liaodong. He planned to move 200,000 Goguryeo people from Liaodong to the newly established Shun and Jingzhou, and then move 100,000 people into Liaodong. Through population replacement, the population structure of the two places will be changed and control will be enhanced.
Liu Yue did not disappoint Li Jing. After Li Jing returned to Liaodong, Liu Yue immediately made every effort to reinforce Xinzhou.
The Shatuo army and Youzhou soldiers fought in Xinzhou City for more than ten days, and more than 10,000 people were killed on both sides. Xinzhou City was captured several times, but in the end, the Youzhou soldiers still struggled to defend under the leadership of Liu Rengong.
Chapter completed!