Chapter 1341: Lu Bu Sends Out His Troops
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After capturing Qiangyin, Huang Xu did not stay in the city for long. He only left a thousand soldiers and hundreds of wounded soldiers, and then led the army to continue westward. However, along the way, the defenders of Dingxiang and Yuanyang cities, because they only had hundreds of soldiers to defend the city, almost surrendered at the sight of tens of thousands of Tang troops.
Huang Xu only appeased these people with kind words, and then let the original officials do their own things. The army did not stop and went straight to Yunzhong County City. At the beginning, according to Zhang Liao's arrangement, most of the elite soldiers of Yunzhong and Dingxiang counties were led by Song Xian to station in Qiyang City, and the remaining 20,000 old and weak were led by Wang He, the commander of Dingxiang, who was responsible for the safety of the two counties and cities.
However, facing the two counties with more than a dozen cities, Wang He arranged 3,000 infantrymen in each of the county cities of Dingxiang and Yunzhong, and only 1,000 infantrymen in the rest of the cities. Therefore, when Huang Xu's tens of thousands of troops approached Yunzhong City, Yunzhong Governor Wei Dun was almost scared to death.
The Tang army outside the city had 70,000 troops and almost surrounded Yunzhong City. Facing the Tang army with 20 times the strength of his own, although Wei Dun wanted to kill the enemy, he was powerless. The 3,000 Zhao soldiers were defeated by the Tang army after only two days of support. Wei Dun died on the spot. In the end, there were less than 1,000 Zhao soldiers left, and Huang Xu's army lost only 2,000 Zhao prisoners and hundreds of Yanbei infantrymen.
After the army captured Yunzhong, Huang Xu ordered thousands of infantrymen to escort more than 10,000 prisoners to Yunzhong to strengthen the city defense, while he led more than 30,000 cavalrymen all the way west.
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Just when Huang Xu’s army was making great progress in Yunzhong, in Jinyang City, Taiyuan County, in the Zhao State Palace, King Lu Bu of Zhao still could not reach a unified opinion with Chen Gong and Wei Xu. A few days ago, the news sent back by Cao Xing’s fast horse almost stunned the king and ministers of Zhao.
Tens of thousands of Yanbei Tang troops suddenly appeared in Yanmen from the northern grasslands, and almost captured tens of thousands of troops led by Cao Xing. Now Cao Xing only led more than 5,000 cavalry and infantry troops to withdraw to Pingcheng Pass in the north of Pingcheng, trying to stop the Tang army outside the Pingcheng Pass Great Wall.
After receiving Cao Xing’s emergency call, Lu Bu wanted to lead his Bingzhou Wolf Riders to Yunzhong on the spot, but was stopped by Chen Gong and Wei Xu. According to Chen Gong, the Zhao army was now stretched to the limit. If Lu Bu led more than 10,000 cavalry to Yunzhong, it would be useless, and Zhao could not withdraw more troops at this time.
Finally, Chen Gong finally persuaded Lu Bu to stay temporarily, at the cost of agreeing to Lu Bu to recruit soldiers from the territories of foreign lords again. After these soldiers were recruited, Lu Bu could lead these soldiers to the north to support Cao Xing and Zhang Liao's army.
But Chen Gong also understood that this time it was really killing the chicken to get the eggs. After such an action, even if Zhao State finally repelled the attack of Tang State, it was estimated that it would only survive. But now the arrow is on the string,
and it has to be shot, so it can only be done as a last resort.
As Chen Gong expected, when Wei Xu led the troops to recruit soldiers from foreign territories again, all the territories within the territory of Zhao State rebelled. Finally, after Wei Xu led the troops to directly wipe out several territories, the momentum of rebellion was barely suppressed.
Only two days had passed, and the entire Taiyuan territory had only recruited more than 10,000 infantrymen, and most of them were low-level soldiers. This made Lu Bu impatient again, and he wanted to lead the cavalry north directly, but was blocked in the palace by Chen Gong and Wei Xu again.
Now the Sili School Lieutenant Li Feng has led the army to Nanguan to resist the tens of thousands of troops led by the King of Tang who are gathering between Nie County and Nanguan. The entire Taiyuan County has only Lu Bu's more than 10,000 Bingzhou Wolf Riders and Wei Xu's 20,000 elite Yulin Army. The rest of the cities have only more than a thousand new soldiers. The entire Zhao State can be said to be at its most vulnerable time, so Chen Gong would never let Lu Bu lead his troops north at this time.
The reason why he agreed to Lu Bu's march northward after collecting troops from the foreign territories was just a delaying tactic. According to Chen Gong's idea, after the troops were collected, he would send at most 10,000 soldiers to Cao Xing's command to stop the Tang army north of the Great Wall. As for the counties north of the Great Wall, Chen Gong no longer had any idea.
At least before receiving reinforcements from Wei, Zhao would not have the opportunity to recapture the counties north of the Great Wall. At this time, all Chen Gong could think of was to defend the two most important counties of Yanmen and Taiyuan, stop the Tang army in the north and south, and then wait for the changes in the war situation.
After waiting for nearly ten days, Lu Bu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and once again summoned Chen Gong and his men, wanting to lead troops northward to support Cao Xing and Zhang Liao.
"Prime Minister, I have already recruited 20,000 troops, so I will lead the troops north to Yanmen tomorrow to join Cao Xing's army and attack Huang Xu's army in the north."
"If the king insists on leading the troops north, I would like to ask the king not to lead the infantry out of the Great Wall first, but to hand over the 20,000 troops to General Cao Xing, and train them in Pingcheng for a period of time before making plans. General Cao Xing still has more than 10,000 infantrymen under his command, among which thousands of soldiers can still fight. After mixing with the 20,000 troops recruited this time, they will be trained for a period of time before going north to the Great Wall to fight the Tang army in the field."
Lv Bu was about to speak when he heard this, but was interrupted by Chen Gong.
"I know that the king wants to drive the Huang Xu tribe of the Tang army out of Bingzhou. However, neither the time nor the strength of the army has reached the time. Now Lord Qin is still in Wei State. The king can send people to fly to Lu to send a message to Lord Qin. Urge the King of Wei to send troops as soon as possible, and after the two armies are reunited, they can decide to fight and move north. "
"So, can you just send 20,000 infantry to Cao Xing's army?" Lu Bu heard this, stared at Chen Gong fiercely, and said word by word;
Chen Gong did not agree: "If the king does not go, it will be in line with the wishes of the ministers. In the current situation, the king will indeed
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You should actually sit in the royal capital to calm the hearts of your subjects! "
"You..." Lu Bu was so angry that he was speechless for a long time.
"It's just that the king insisted on going his own way and had to personally lead the troops northward. The ministers could not dissuade him, so he had to do this."
"What if I insist on going?"
"If the king insists on going north, the infantry should be handed over to General Cao Xing for training, and the troops can be sent out after the reinforcements arrive. After the king leads the troops to Pingcheng, if he insists on going north out of the Great Wall, he can only lead the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to explore the Tang army. However, according to General Cao’s intelligence, the Tang army has at least 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry, so the king’s more than 10,000 wolf cavalry must not easily interfere with them..."
"Wow..." Chen Gong was only halfway through what he said when he was interrupted by the furious Lu Bu: "Qi Shaguye..."
"If your Majesty does not agree to my request, I will commit suicide on the spot!" Facing Lu Bu's rage, Chen Gong remained unmoved. As soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the pillar next to him.
Hearing this, Lu Bu stood up to stop him and said, "Absolutely not!" Seeing that Chen Gong was still unmoved, he hesitated for a long time and had to respond sullenly: "I already know the intention of the Prime Minister, so I just agree."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Two days later, Lü Bu personally led more than 10,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry and 20,000 infantry to leave Jinyang and head north. As soon as Lü Bu's army left, Chen Gong and Wei Xu ordered all the cities in Taiyuan to prepare for battle. If anyone was found, Whenever there was any abnormal movement, everyone was killed without mercy, and in the shortest time, several alien territories were once again destroyed. For a time, the players in the entire Zhao Kingdom became quite quiet. At the same time, at the Taiyuan end of the Nanguan Passage, construction of a pass that had been suspended for several months began again.
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