Chapter 1334: Troops Dispatched to Bingzhou
Huang Xu didn't stay in Tuyin City for long. After talking with Gongsun Fan Chang, he led his guards and left Tuyin as if they were fleeing. After he left, Gongsun Fan also led a thousand cavalrymen to leave Tuyin City and headed towards Yuyang City. He planned to call his third brother to go to Jicheng with him to inform Gongsun Zan of the news. .
And just when Gongsun Fan was thinking about how to persuade his brother, Huangfu Chaobo also went offline and returned to reality. The atmosphere has become increasingly cold, so the political affairs everywhere have basically been handled. Huangfu Chaobo remembered what Lao Du said to him some time ago, so he decided to log off and contact Liu Chang.
What Huangfu Chaobo found strange was that no one answered Liu Chang's phone number after he called him several times. The same was true for sending video messages. Huangfu Chaobo had no choice but to leave him a message and then stayed with his family for a while. Finally, Zheng returned to the game again.
Not long after returning to the game, Huangfu Chaobo received a report from Shi A. It was Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Yue and Guan Jing who entered the Yan Palace worriedly. However, not long after, the three people came out of the palace dejectedly. Look. The situation should be that Gongsun Zan didn't take Gongsun Fan's reminder to heart at all, and instead scolded the three of them. It is a pity that the situation of Shadow in Jicheng is far worse than it was a few years ago. Gongsun Zan is now very wary of the Tang Dynasty, so all kinds of information are very difficult.
Shi A's guess was correct. Not only did Gongsun Zan not listen to Gongsun Fan, but he asked Gongsun Fan why Tang Guo had such news instead of telling him first instead of going to him first. Then, he couldn't help but order the three of them to be killed. They all drove out of the palace.
Gongsun, Sun and Fan had no choice but to go to Guan Jing's home to discuss countermeasures. What they didn't know was that their behavior was immediately seen by Liu Weitai's confidants, and they informed Gongsun Zan in the palace as quickly as possible. This made Gongsun Zan, who was already dissatisfied with Gongsun Fan and others, even more resentful.
However, Gongsun Fan's words still made Gongsun Zan a little alert. After a night of careful consideration, Gongsun Zan decided to send his son Gongsun Xu to secretly go to Zhending with a large amount of property to prepare for an alliance with the Black Mountain Army. In his opinion, in the battle against Wei, since the original allies were unreliable, he could still find new allies.
Although the Black Mountain Army is unable to carry the Wei army head-on, it will still have no problem holding back the Wei state. Gongsun Zan believes that with five battalions of elite infantry inside and tens of thousands of cavalry outside, his attack on the Wei state may not be successful. , but it should be enough to deal with Wei's attack.
He only needs to hold back Wei's main force for a few months, and with the Black Mountain Army harassing the enemy from behind, I believe Wei will not be able to sustain it for long. Moreover, although he was dissatisfied with the Tang State, only the Wei State had any loopholes to exploit, and I believed that Huangfu Chaobo would definitely send troops.
In the following days, Jicheng's soldiers and horses began to prepare for the war regardless of the severe cold. For a while, the entire Yan Kingdom became nervous again.
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The fifth year of Jian'an passed away suddenly with calm conditions on the surface but undercurrents in fact.
On the tenth day of the second lunar month, Tang Wang Huangfu Chaobo held a memorial ceremony in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang and announced that he would send troops to attack Zhao. As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar. Two days later, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Army's Guards set out from Luoyang, crossed the unfrozen river, entered Hanoi, and marched into Shangdang territory. The army will gather in Shangdang.
Then launched an attack on Taiyuan County of Zhao State.
At the same time, Pang Tong, one of the great counselors of the Tang army, joined Hua Xiong's Xiliang cavalry in Huai County and began to advance towards the Wei army. The 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry belonging to Xupugu Duhou in Chenliu would also cross the river. Entering Wei County, they were brought under Pang Tong's unified command and became a defensive force against the Wei army. After these two cavalry arrive in Yecheng, Zhao Yun will lead Baima Yi to Shangdang from the north, join Huangfu Chaobo's main army, and participate in the war against Zhao.
On the same day that Huangfu Chaobo's army set off, in Shangjun, in Shuofang City on the south bank of the river, Tian Yu also gathered troops and horses to prepare to cross the river. This army was led by Tian Yu as the main general, Fazheng as the military advisor, Xu Huang and Gao Lan as deputy generals, plus four partial generals including Qu Yan, Tang Shi, Wang Du and Qubei.
In terms of military strength, in addition to the 50,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry of the Yingyang camp, there are also 10,000 Huns cavalry from Qibei, plus 10,000 ordinary county soldiers and 10,000 civilians from Shangjun to transport grain, grass and baggage.
In addition to these two main armies, in Fushi City, Li Ling, the captain of Shangjun, led two generals, Zhao Gong and Yan Jun, and also led 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to march eastward and approach Lishi in Xihe County. And Yang Feng of Hedong will also lead 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to feign an attack in the direction of Taiyuan.
Coupled with the 50,000 infantry and cavalry led by Huang Xu who had set off half a month ago, the Tang army's total troops and horses will exceed 200,000 when they send troops to Zhao. For Zhao, his total troops The number was only a little over 200,000. After excluding the troops and horses guarding various city passes, the number of troops Lu Bu could dispatch was only a little over 100,000.
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In Jinyang City, the kings and ministers of the Zhao Kingdom were speechless after receiving the news that the Tang Army had sent troops. Even though Chen Gong was calm, he also felt sad in his heart. No one expected that the Tang Army would be so determined this time, attacking them from both north and south directions at the same time. launched an attack.
Originally, Chen Gong's plan was to stabilize Taiyuan, the most important place in Zhao State, and use the strength of Lu Bu and Zhao State's cavalry to drag the Tang army to the north of Yanmen Pass. It is believed that it will not take long. Even if the Wei army does not take action, other princes in the south will definitely be unable to hold back, so the crisis of Zhao State can be resolved at that time.
What he did not expect was that the Tang army actually dispatched the most elite guards to attack from the south. In this case, even Chen Gong did not dare to take this risk.
"Prime Minister, how should we deal with the current situation?" In the palace, Lu Bu asked Chen Gong for advice after a temper tantrum;
"Your Majesty, there are not enough troops, what can we do!" Chen Gong shook his head.
For a while, the whole hall was silent.
"No, we still have troops to conquer!" Suddenly, a voice sounded in the hall.
When everyone heard this, they all looked at the man, but it was Wei Xu, the national captain.
"Come quickly!" Lu Bu was overjoyed.
"Foreign territories!" Wei Xu said grimly; "Your Majesty, you can order the troops to be drawn from the foreign territories in the country, break them up and reorganize them, and then hand them over to the generals of each army. It will only take a few months to control them all."
"No!" As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately objected.
"Why not! If we withdraw more troops, what shall we do if these foreigners cause chaos?" Wei Xu sneered at the man with a squint; For a long time, none of the princes had the practice of withdrawing troops from the territories under their rule. First, there are not many troops in the player territories. Second, if all these territories are offended, it will be very detrimental to the stability of the territory under their rule. Therefore, no prince would take this approach of cutting off the source of the trouble. In addition, there are not many players in Bingzhou, and the number of territories is even smaller, and there are basically no cities. Therefore, Lu Bu usually does not take these territories seriously. But the situation is different now. Although it is a mosquito, it still has meat on its legs. After Wei Xu's words, Lu Bu reacted all of a sudden. His life is so good that he doesn't care about you foreigners. Thinking of this, he stood up and ordered: "Order all places to withdraw 80% of the troops from the foreigners' territories, mix them all, and wait for orders!" For a while, the whole Bingzhou was in chaos!