April 23rd, Shaanxi County, County Sheriff's Mansion.
Zhao Ziliang convened general officials to discuss the matter of attacking Hangu Pass.
After about a month of preparation, a large amount of logistical equipment and heavy siege equipment arrived in Shaanxi County.
The time was ripe and the conditions were sufficient to attack Hangu Pass.
The military meeting was just in the middle of the meeting, and a good way to attack the city had not yet been discussed.
A captain walked in from the door and bowed down to report: "Commander, General Lu Jiong, the military commander of Shannan Jiedu, has arrived outside the gate of the Marshal's Mansion."
After capturing Shaanxi Province, Zhao Ziliang sent people to Nanyang to meet with Lu Jiong and asked Lu Jiong to come to Shaanxi County or send trusted and reliable people to Shaanxi County to discuss the strategy of besieging Luoyang from the west and south.
Zhao Ziliang originally thought that Lu Jiong was behind the scenes.
As the top commander of Nanyang would not leave Nanyang easily, I didn't expect him to come in person.
In terms of qualifications, Zhao Ziliang is much higher than Lu Jiong.
In terms of military exploits, although Lu Jiong has quite a lot of military exploits, he is not good enough when compared with Zhao Ziliang.
However, it is not easy for people who have traveled all over Henan to come here.
Zhao Ziliang is still Deciding to welcome him, he stood up and told the captain at the front gate of the Marshal's Mansion: "Go and bring him in."
"promise" After the captain of Qianmen left, Zhao Ziliang walked to the entrance of the lobby to wait.
After a while, he saw the captain of Qianmen leading a tall and burly veteran in his fifties to the meeting hall.
This veteran was Lu Jiong, who was only about the height of He measured more than seven feet in Tang Dynasty.
He was covered in leather armor and had a white beard.
He looked really good.
Lu Jiong didn't know Zhao Ziliang at first, but the aura that Zhao Ziliang stood at the door of the meeting hall was not something ordinary people could possess.
It was an aura that looked down on the world's heroes.
His majestic body almost blocked the entire door.
Lu Jiong was immediately sure of this.
That's Zhao Ziliang Lu Jiong also did not expect that Zhao Ziliang would personally greet him at the door of the meeting hall.
In Lu Jiong's opinion, this kind of courtesy was already a sign of great importance and respect for him.
Otherwise, with Zhao Ziliang's status and prestige, there would be no need to do so.
When Zhao Ziliang was about to walk down the steps, Lu Jiong immediately prostrated himself at the bottom of the steps: "General Yunhui and Shannan Jiedushi Lu Jiong pays homage to the commander-in-chief."
Zhao Ziliang walked down the steps and said with a smile: "I have been looking forward to General Lu coming to Shaanxi County for a long time.
I didn't expect you to come so quickly.
Get up quickly and let's go into the lobby to talk."
"Thank you, Marshal."
Lu Jiong, who was helped up by Zhao Ziliang, followed Zhao Ziliang into the lobby.
Zhao Ziliang ordered someone to bring a chair to the lower right side of him for Lu Jiong to sit.
He also introduced Lu Jiong to the generals and officials present.
After the greetings, Zhao Ziliang said to Lu Jiong: "Just now we were discussing how to attack Hangu Pass.
Since General Lu is here, he also wants to make suggestions and ideas."
Lu Jiong said quickly: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
Zhao Ziliang said to Lu Jiong and other general officials: "My idea is to attack Hangu Pass and Ruzhou at the same time.
Our army will attack Hangu Pass here, while General Lu Jiong, Wang Sili and others will lead their troops from Fangcheng went north to attack Ruzhou.
At the same time, he ordered Xue Yuan, the governor of Yingchuan and the defense envoy, to lead his troops to assist.
He also ordered Pang Jian, the deputy defense envoy of Yingchuan, to stay and guard Yingchuan.
Is General Lu Jiong's side ready to send troops to the north?
" Lu Jiong said: "Commander, Nanyang has already started making preparations before the general comes.
When the general returns to Nanyang, he should be able to send his troops northward."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "How many troops can your army dispatch this time?"
"Leave 20,000 people to defend Fangcheng and Nanyang.
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Our army can send 100,000 troops."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, Xue Yuan should be able to gather about 20,000 people.
It should be enough to attack Ruzhou with 120,000 people.
How are you going to make up your 100,000 people?"
Lu Jiong said: "Lingnan Jiedushi He Lvguang, Qianzhong Jiedushi Zhao Guozhen, Xiangyang Jiedushi Xu Hao and others do not have many soldiers and horses, and their total number is less than 12,000, but they will not be brought with them this time.
It's not possible to go north.
Now we have counterattacked.
The battle is easy to fight and we have achieved a lot.
It is unjustifiable not to take them with us.
Therefore, we must leave one for them among the 100,000 people.
In addition, there are more than 7,000 people in our army, plus General Wang Sili's 20,000 people.
I decided to leave 15,000 people and another 5,000 people who originally belonged to Bi Sichen to guard Fangcheng and Nanyang, and surrendered the previous troops.
Take away all the rebels.
These 80,000 rebels should be ready for use after retraining and replacing a large number of generals in the past two months or so."
Zhao Ziliang said: "What I'm worried about is that the more complex the composition of the soldiers is, the easier it will be to reduce combat effectiveness.
After all, you are a coalition force.
If the military orders cannot be unified, not only will you not be able to win the battle, but you may also be exploited by the rebels.
You Just know it yourself, and you must pay attention to the unity in the army.
Let me give you a little more time to sort out everything in the army and make preparations for the attack on Tongguan and Ru.
The war in the state is going on at the same time."
Zhao Ziliang's worry was not unreasonable.
Although Xuanzong had already ordered Lu Jiong to command the troops in Lingnan, central Guizhou and Shannan East Road to fight against the rebels, the official positions of He Luguang, Zhao Guozhen, Xu Hao and others were not under Lu Jiong.
Moreover, these people were all civil servants, and civil servants always looked down upon generals.
It would not be easy for Lu Jiong to ask them to obey orders completely.
Lu Jiong said: "The last general will obey the order."
"Okay, the matter is settled.
General Lu, please stay here for two days.
I have some things to discuss with you.
I will send someone to arrange food and accommodation for you without delaying your return to Nanyang to prepare for the army's march north."
"Then everything will be thanks to Marshal Lao" At this time, Wang Can quickly walked into the lobby and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Commander, urgent military information.
On the eighth day of April, the rebel general Yin Ziqi led an elite army of 100,000 to ambush the leader between Caihe and Baohe south of Suiyang.
The Lai Ai army was reinforced by the army in Beishan.
The Lai Ai army was defeated and fled back to Linhuai.
There were only less than 10,000 people left of more than 30,000 people."
"On the ninth day of April, when Yin Ziqi was ambushing Laigui's army, King Wu Li Zhuan, imperial minister Helan Jinming and others in Suiyang City led their troops to break out without permission.
More than 3,000 people were killed and wounded, and only King Wu and Helan Jinming were killed.
They fled to Pengcheng with dozens of personal guards, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others had to lead more than 5,000 people to continue to defend Suiyang."
"On April 11, Yin Ziqi led his troops back to continue the siege of Suiyang.
After five days and nights of fierce fighting, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others were exhausted, their morale was low, and they had not eaten for many days.
A large number of soldiers were unable to fight.
On the 16th, Suiyang City Captured by rebels Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and other major officials and generals were all captured.
Yin Ziqi persuaded Zhang Xun and others to surrender.
Zhang Xu and others refused to surrender.
On the 18th, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Nan Ji Yun, Lei Wanchun and others were all beheaded."
After Wang Can finished speaking all the information he had obtained in one breath, the entire meeting hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
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But soon, the generals and officials began to discuss in low voices.
Many of the generals and officials present had friendships with Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and others.
They were not convinced that the rebels had brought these people together.
Du Sha was very angry, sympathetic and felt pity.
Zhao Ziliang was not in the mood to feel sad and emotional about the deaths of Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and others at this time.
He immediately walked to the map hanging next to him to check it, and pointed at the location of Suiyang.
He moved to the position of Yingchuan and said: "In the past, the Ningling and Suiyang areas were in the hands of our army.
Yingchuan and Suiyang could also be reinforcements from each other.
Yingchuan could also be protected without reinforcements from Nanyang and Suiyang.
Yu , but now that Suiyang has been captured by the rebels, the rebel Yin Ziqi can safely send troops to the west to attack Yingchuan, because Pengcheng and Linhuai currently do not have the ability to send troops and cannot contain Yin Ziqi.
More than 200,000 troops can rush to Yingchuan at any time.
The position of Yingchuan is too dangerous.
General Lu Jiong, I am afraid that Xue Yuan will not be able to reinforce you.
Not only that, I will also dispatch 20,000 of Wang Sili's troops to reinforce Yingchuan."
Lu Jiong was a little reluctant to transfer Wang Sili's 20,000 elite troops away.
He stood up and said, "Commander, Wang Sili's 20,000 elite troops are the most elite in our army.
If he transfers his 20,000 elite troops, then our army's battle will be very difficult."
Our strength is greatly reduced.
We can’t use all the surrendered soldiers and horses to attack Ruzhou this time.”
Zhao Ziliang walked to Lu Jiong and said: "General Lu, I know what you mean.
Those of us who are planning the overall situation can't just focus on the part.
Too narrow a vision will hinder your sight.
Look at the map.
Yin Ziqi has it in his hand.
There are 300,000 troops, while Xue Yuan has less than 30,000.
Once Yingchuan is captured, Yin Ziqi can join An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen in Ruzhou in Yingchuan.
Line, by then the pressure you will face in Nanyang direction will increase by more than ten times.
But if Xue Yuan has enough troops to defend Yingchuan, even if the troops in your hand are checked again, you can go to Ruzhou with confidence and boldness.
I don't ask for it.
You take Ruzhou down.
I only ask you to cause pressure and panic to the rebels in Ruzhou City, and I don’t intend to let you attack Ruzhou by force.
What do you think?”
When Lu Jiong saw what Zhao Ziliang said, he couldn't say anything else, so he had to agree: "Okay, since the commander-in-chief has arranged it like this, the general will obey his orders."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked Wang Can: "Is there any news from Wang Rao?"
Wang Can said: "There was news about General Wang a few days ago.
They have crossed Zhongtiao Mountain, Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain and arrived in the northwest of Jiyuan.
However, the losses of soldiers and horses were relatively serious.
When they set out, 18,000 people walked out of the mountains.
When we came out, there were only fifteen thousand people, and how much food was available?
Almost all the soldiers were eaten.
Many soldiers fell ill and died in the mountains because of the heavy rain that lasted for more than half a month while marching in the mountains.
Many soldiers also threw away their armor because they wanted to reduce their burden.
This morning I received news that they were attacking Jiyuan.
City, but the outcome of the war is still unclear.”
Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Contact Wang Rao immediately, and report any news about them immediately."
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Wang Can agreed: "The general will finally understand."
Wang Ruo's move was extremely important for Zhao Ziliang.
An Qingxu's plan to rebuild Hangu Pass to allow the Tang army to advance eastward was blocked.
A strong attack on Hangu Pass would inevitably lead to heavy casualties.
Zhao Ziliang did not intend to attack until it was a last resort.
Wang Ruo did not intend to attack this time.
Three thousand people were lost.
If Jiyuan can be captured, the loss of these three thousand people will be worthwhile.
Once it is captured, Jiyuan and the back of Luoyang will be threatened by the Tang army.
If the Tang army advances eastward along the north bank of the Yellow River in one go, the Yan monarchs and ministers in Luoyang are likely to be blocked in Henan and unable to return north.
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