Chapter 693
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Cangzhou is the largest state in Hebei. One state is equivalent to the four states of Mo, Ying, Shen and Yi combined into the sum of the four states. This coastal state in Hebei, which was stolen by the towns, was once divided into Jingzhou, but now it is another state. It connects the two states in the south to form the Yichang Army.
Like the Yichangjie, Yichangjie, was actually divided from the Chengde Army.
The Chengde Army was once the strongest and most stable town among the three towns in Heshuo. It owned Yi, Ding, Zhen, Zhao, Shen, Yi, Cang, De, and Di, and controlled the dangers of Taihang and the key to Hebei. When looking west, Taiyuan was shaken, and when going north, Fanyang was shocked.
Chengde controls Yanji in the land, and the road leads to Heluo. It has the danger of Jingxing, which is enough to strangle the throat.
Since the Anshi Rebellion, the vassal states were divided and the strongest in Chengde. With Zhu Tao's fierceness and bravery, Wang Wujun and the waters were brave. Wang Chengzong, Wang Ting was the first to be independent after he gathered together. With the order of the emperor, he joined the troops of all the roads and advanced from all directions. He was defeated one after another, and no one could defeat him.
However, during the Xianzong Dynasty, the Chengde army was eventually defeated by the court. Although Chengde Town was preserved, Yi Ding was divided into Yiwu Army and Cangdedi was divided into Yichang Army.
Chengde Town only has four prefectures in the town-shen Zhao Yi, but Wang Jingchong, the governor of Chengde Army, still remembers to restore the former power of Chengde.
At the moment, all parties were fighting in chaos. Seeing that the Henan towns were intimidated by Huang Chao and were in seclusion, Wang Jingchong immediately sent troops to Cangzhou and prepared to swallow up the Yichang army in the east first.
Since the rebellion, Wang Jingchong has been recruiting troops and now he has 100,000 troops in his hand. It can be said that he is the limit of expansion. He has formed 10,000 cavalry in his hand.
He held 100,000 soldiers and horses, including 10,000 elite cavalry, and called him strong soldiers and horses. Wang Jingchong was only 32 years old at this time. His Wang family was not a Han Chinese, but an Uighur Abus tribe. In the 15th year of Yuanhe, Wang Chengzong, the Khitan tribe who originally controlled the Chengde army, died, and his younger brother Wang Chengyuan submitted a petition to submit to the court. The court transferred Tian Hongzheng, the governor of Weibo, to take over as the governor of Chengde army. Shortly after Tian Hongzheng took office, he sent 3,000 Weiboya soldiers back to Weibo. The commander of the Chengde army, Wang Ting, was a member of the Huihe Abus tribe, had strange ambitions, colluded with the teeth and killed them.
From then on, Wang Yanko controlled the German army, and by the generation of Wang Jingchong, it was the fifth generation.
Wang Jingchong's grandfather Wang Wang Yuankui was the son of Wang Yancuo. Because he was very respectful to the court because of his father's attitude, he married Xuanzong's niece Princess Shou'an. From then on, the Wang family firmly became the commander of the German Army.
Wang Jingchong's father Wang Shaoding was the eldest son of Wang Yuankui and was born to the princess. In 855, when Wang Jingchong was eight years old, Wang Yuankui died, and Wang Shaoding was ordered to succeed him. However, he abused the people and had a banquet all day long, and the soldiers planned to rebel. However, before the rebellion had occurred, Wang Shaoding died of illness, and the soldiers elected his younger brother Wang Shaoyi to succeed him. Xuanzong recognized it.
After Wang Jingchong's uncle took over as his father's position as Jiedushi, Wang Jingchong served as the acting governor and commander of Zhenzhou. His uncle served for ten years and died of illness when Wang Jingchong was 19 years old. Before his death, he handed over the position of Jiemaster to Wang Jingchong. Thirteen years have passed in a blink of an eye.
Before the revolt, as the governor of Chengde Army, he also served as the official title of Pingzhang, the secretary of the Tongzhongshu, who was granted by Tang Yan, and the minister of the State Council, the minister of the State Council, the minister of the State Council, and the Duke of Zhao.
This year, his son Wang Rong was only five years old.
No one can tell why Wang Jingchong rebelled, but he rebelled.
Now, Wang Jingchong ordered his half-brother Wang Jingyin and his younger brother Wang Jingqi to lead 3,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to attack the Yichang Army.
The Yichang Army had only 6,000 troops, and the war went very smoothly.
On February 5, Wang Jingchong received news in Zhenzhou that his two brothers had captured Cangzhou City. Zheng Hanqing, the governor of the Yichang Army, was defeated and died in the chaos. Half of the three thousand Yichang troops in Cangzhou City were captured.
On the same day, Wang Jingchong sent an envoy to Cangzhou to reward the meritorious soldiers. At the same time, he ordered Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingqi to continue to go south and take advantage of the victory to capture the two states of De and Di. On the other hand, Wang Jingchong had already begun to plan his troops to go out of Jingxing and attack Taiyuan.
Everything went so smoothly. The powerful Tang Dynasty was about to die in a blink of an eye and was extremely weak.
On February 6, he suddenly met the envoy Liu Yue who was heading south from Youzhou.
Suddenly, the envoy who came came reported a message that made him frown. Li Jing from the northeast moved. He dispatched a total of sixteen armies and was about to move south, including ten cavalry and six infantry.
Wang Jingchong knew that the military system of the Northeast Army was somewhat different from that of other towns. The court now generally had a thousand people in each city, and the soldiers were calculated based on the capital. However, Li Jing's army had one hundred people, and generally calculated based on the army. One army had two wings, one wing, five battalions, and one battalion and five capitals. The sixteen army was 80,000 soldiers. Especially among them, there were 60,000 cavalry. This number shocked Wang Jingchong, who had just had 10,000 cavalry and was already a little arrogant.
What shocked him even more was that the envoy told him that according to the reconnaissance of Youzhou Town, Li Jing's target of going south was not Youzhou Town, but to go directly to Henan, so Yichang Town was the first to be hit.
Originally, Li Jing led 80,000 troops to pass by Cang and De, but now Cangzhou has just been captured by Chengde Army, and now Chengde Army has become Li Jing's target.
At present, Wang Jingchong has two choices. One is to immediately spit out Cangzhou, which has just arrived, and even the two Dedizhous that have already reached their mouths must give up.
Or, you can pull your teeth from the tiger's mouth, grab millet from the fire, send troops to reinforce Cangzhou, and hold on to the city.
Wang Jingchong was unwilling to give up Cangzhou, and even more unwilling to give up the entire Yichang Army.
He was considering sending troops to reinforce Cangzhou and fighting with Li Jing in Hebei. Because according to the information he received, Li Jing went south this time with a light cavalry. Although he dispatched 50,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, he only carried seven days of food and grass, and did not follow the baggage battalion and logistics battalion, nor did he assist the military and civilians. Although there were only three hundred miles from Huichang, which Li Jing controlled now to Qizhou, which Li Jing controlled.
But after all, there are still three states of the Yichang Army's Cang, De and Di, especially Cangzhou, which has been captured by him. As long as he can last for a few days in Cangzhou, Li Jing has to withdraw his troops.
Relying on Cangzhou City, he could fight with Li Jing. Although Li Jing has an undefeated reputation, no matter how powerful the army is, it is impossible for Li Jing to take down a strong city within a few days.
What's more, Liu Yue of Lu Long's army has always been strongly oppressed by Li Jing. When Li Jing goes south, he contacts Liu Yue and asks him to send troops to cut off Li Jing's retreat. This is not impossible. Li Jing took advantage of the situation to rob the Yongnu of Youzhou and Huichang counties, and there is no danger to defend above the flat land. As long as Liu Yue sends troops, it is entirely possible to recapture Yongnu, Huichang and cut off Li Jing's retreat.
By then, Li Jing would be under the strong city. The four towns in Hebei could surround Li Jing. No matter how powerful Li Jing had no food and grass, what would he use to fight?
Wang Jingchong was so excited that he was able to surround Li Jing and eat the main force going south under Li Jing's arrogance. In recent years, Li Jing's rise has been too fast and has long surpassed the three old vassal states of Heshuo Towns. Today, Northeast Road has the territory of thirty states, which is even more coveted. As we all know, Dengzhou and southern Liaoning are a city with a population of one million. Dulicheng and Qingnicheng, two large cities in southern Liaoning, also have a population of 300,000, and are extremely prosperous.
If Li Jing could surround and annihilate Li Jing's army in Cangzhou, even Li Jing, who was strong, would inevitably be injuring his muscles. Especially in winter, the ice on the sea has not yet melted, and Li Jing's powerful navy could not approach Cangzhou from the sea, which gave him even more confidence.
If he could defeat Li Jing, he would not only be able to defeat Yichang's army, but he could even cross the Yellow River in one fell swoop, take down Ziqing, and break into Dengzhou, a million-defense city.
Excited, Wang Jingchong immediately wrote a few letters in person and sent his confidant to send him to Youzhou, Yizhou and Weizhou to ask them to send troops to eat Li Jing together.
On February 7, Wang Jingchong gathered the remaining 7,000 cavalry in his hands and mobilized 50,000 infantry to Cangzhou for reinforcements, and divided his troops to attack the two states of Dedi to station troops in the north of the Yellow River to prevent Li Jing from going north to reinforce.
Wei Bo, Daming Mansion.
In Yacheng, King Han Jian of Wei saw the Chengde messenger who was heading south from Zhenzhou. After carefully reading the handwritten letter from King Zhao Jingchong, Han Jian was also moved. During this period, he sent two groups of troops to attack the three states of Xing, Ming and Ci in Zhaoyi Town east of the Taihang Mountains, and the Tianping Army Pu and Yun in the south of the Yellow River. However, the war was not going smoothly. Until now, even a decent city has not been defeated.
Wang Jingchong's suggestion made him moved. Although Li Jing had 80,000 soldiers, the news that Li Jing only had seven days of food made him feel much more courageous. If the four towns in Hebei joined forces, it would not be impossible to eat this army without logistics supplies and only seven days of food. Li Jing is the richest town in the world. If this matter is successful, the benefits will be remarkable.
Immediately, Han Jian ordered the two unsuccessful troops to be transferred back, and immediately mobilized a 30,000 troops to rush to Cangzhou. At the same time, he was preparing to assemble another group of troops and then head north.
Youzhou.
King Yan Liu Yue looked carefully at the letter sent by Wang Jingchong in his hand, and the proposal in the letter made him moved. Liu Yue was very uncomfortable now. Li Jing swallowed step by step and seized the camp of Lu Long, Ping, Ji, Tan, Shunzhuzhou, and Yanshan was completely in danger. Lu Long no longer had any resistance to Li Jing, especially in the northwest. The damn Li Keyong was very fierce recently and had seized Xin and Wuzhou. If this continues, he, the King of Yan, was either destroyed by Li Jing or was about to be destroyed by Shatuer Li Keyong.
Now that Huang Chao was fighting at the city of Luoyang, Zheng Congyi, Xin Xu and others rushed to Luoyang, which reduced the pressure on Liu Yue's west side. Otherwise, the Shatuo barbarians would probably have to fight outside the military gate.
It is indeed a rare opportunity now. If we can take this opportunity to cut off Li Jing's retreat and join forces with the three towns to defeat Li Jing. The situation in Lulong Town will improve immediately. He does not expect to kill Li Jing in one battle, but as long as Li Jing is severely damaged, he can take back Shun, Ji, Tan, and Ping. As long as he can take back the states, there are military passes in the west, Shanhai Pass in the east, and Yanshan in the north, he can completely defend with danger and change the danger of being about to be destroyed.
Yizhou, King of Wing Li Quanzhong smiled at the letter and made a decision without hesitation. He led 30,000 troops to Mo and Ying that day.
Chapter completed!