Listening to Zhang Liang's words, Liu Wei suddenly woke up like a dream.
Jiangdong includes the defense corps, the Imperial Forest Army, the forbidden army, monk soldiers, Taoist soldiers and other types of troops, including nearly 100,000 people, Meng Heng has built many fortifications on both sides of the Yangtze River in recent years, and arranged dark piles and iron vertebrae in the river; If there is no absolute superiority in troops, Li Shimin has no chance of winning another attack on Jinling.
The so-called absolute superiority is at least twice or even triple the number of troops, and the total number of troops in the entire Tang State is no more than 200,000; Moreover, the 50,000 sailors of Zheng Chenggong in Qingzhou looked at each other across the sea, and there were nearly 1,000 large and small warships, eyeing Li Tang himself, how could Li Shimin go out and invade Jiangdong "Mr.
Zhang is really sharp-eyed and hit the nail on the head" Liu Wei immediately thanked Zhang Liang, "The authorities are obsessed with bystanders, I only guessed that this news was deliberately released by Cao Wei, but I didn't see through Li Shimin's fact that he deliberately used Cao Cao's hand to cast a smoke screen to attract our army's defensive forces to Jiangdong, so that he could invade Qingzhou." ” Huo Quzhi followed and patted his leg and had an epiphany: "Alas, Brother Zhang is reasonable, it seems that the sneak attack on Qingzhou is Li Shimin's real intention, and it is just a cover to commit Jiangdong again."
"Hehe, this is just the personal opinion of the little official, just for Your Majesty's reference.
The Manchu Dynasty's think tank is like a carp crossing the river, Zhang Liang is a small official, here the class door to get an axe, please Your Majesty carefully consider, and then make a decision.
"Zhang Liang has a cautious personality, and he always leaves himself a way out when he does things and speaks, and this time is no exception.
Liu Wei waved his hand and affirmed Zhang Liang: "Hey, Zhang Zifang is reasonable, no, after listening to your insight, I actually mistook Mr. for waiting for the next life, and dared to ask Mr. for words."
Zhang Liang smiled embarrassedly: "Back to Your Majesty's words, because my father respects Liuhou, not only the name given to the little official is the same as Liuhou, but also the word is also homophonic, called Zifang." ” "Not bad," Liu Wei high-fived and applauded, "Just by Mr.
Zifang's words and foresight, he will not lose and wait, if he is tempered, he will become a great weapon in the future."
I have decided to reward you with the title of Commander of the Army, and to follow me as Counselor of the Army."
Jumping from a clerical official to a four-grade official of the imperial court, Zhang Liang did not look excited, but showed a steady look that did not match his age, and knelt down calmly to thank him: "Thanks to Your Majesty's love, Zhang Liang is willing to serve the Han Dynasty and serve the dogs and horses, although he will not give up."
Awakened by Zhang Liang's words, Liu Wei realized that the most dangerous thing now is not Jinling, or even Xuzhou, but Qingzhou.
At least Qin Qiong and Xu Da are defending in Xuzhou, and Zhuge Liang sent Wei Chigong and Yang Yanzhao to reinforce, even if they face the Tang and Wei attacks, they can at least hold out for a while, and wait until Zhuge Liang's corps in Huainan comes to the rescue.
In contrast, Qingzhou's situation is more dangerous, one of its soldiers is outnumbered, after Li Jing went north and Lu Wenlong died, only Wei Yan and Xu Sheng were left on defense, and the two of them may be able to stand alone during the Three Kingdoms period, but in this world where the heroes of the past dynasties have entered, the partners of the two are obviously not enough.
Second, because of Xun Yu's resignation, Wang Meng was transferred to the imperial court, and Xiao He took over the Xuzhou Assassin History, which exposed a huge fatal flaw at this moment, making Liu Wei realize his sloppiness.
Xiao He 105's political ability is the first in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Qingzhou was sandwiched in the center by Tang and Wei Bao, and he was an enemy on both sides, compared to Wang Meng, who still reached 99 in unity, intelligence, and politics, was more suitable to be in charge of Qingzhou, and when Qingzhou was attacked, he could incarnate as a super commander comparable to Zhuge and Li Jing, and Xiao He, who had a command value of only 72, obviously did not have such an ability.
Third, Qingzhou and Li Tang are facing each other across the sea, only one hundred and fifty miles away from the shortest place, and they can be reached in a day and a half by sailing into the sea, and they don't have to worry about being attacked by Zheng Gongcheng's sailors, which is much safer than attacking Jiangdong.
Moreover, Li Shimin also has a number of fierce generals with more than 100 or nearly 100 armed forces such as Jin Danzi, Yuangai Suwen, Shi Jingsi, and Li Siyuan, which is not something that Wei Yan, Xu Sheng and others can compete with.
"In this way, Qingzhou is even more critical than Jiangdong, Mr.
Zifang thinks that our army should deal with it next" Liu Wei frowned, and asked Zhang Liang with a stroke.
Zhang Liang replied: "The destruction of the Western Han Dynasty is imminent, no matter what the situation in Qingzhou is, Your Majesty must make up your mind to take Chang'an and Luoyang."
As long as the puppet court of the Western Han Dynasty is destroyed, our army can free up at least 500,000 troops to move freely, and when the time comes, we can concentrate on the eastward counterattack, and Qingzhou can be recaptured if it is lost, even if Tang and Wei are united, it is enough to annihilate it. ” Liu Bian's head approved: "The sub-dialect is reasonable" As long as the Western Han Dynasty is destroyed, the 150,000 people led by Sun Wu and Xu Huang, the 120,000 led by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, the 80,000 people led by Huo Quai, the 150,000 people led by Yue Fei, plus the soldiers who broke through Chang'an and Luoyang, can almost release 560,000 troops to attack the east What's more, even in order to open the first three commanders, Liu Wei will never give up the plan to attack Chang'an and Luoyang, seeing that the Western Han Dynasty is about to be wiped out, how can he not cut the grass and eradicate the roots and let him resurge Of course, the destruction of the Western Han Dynasty does not mean that Qingzhou is abandoned, and on the premise of not affecting the attack on Chang'an and Luoyang, Liu Wei still has to do his best to protect Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and prevent Li Shimin from benefiting from the fishermen.
Liu Wei immediately took countermeasures, and Feige sent a letter to inform Xiao He, Zheng Chenggong, Wei Yan and others to strengthen coastal defenses and prevent the Tang army from entering the Kou.
It was also decided to send Sun Gan to carry seals, ribbons, fake festivals and other tokens, and hurried to Qingzhou to convey the holy decree, and set up a new Qingzhou Corps, which was under the jurisdiction of Li Jing's Northern Legion, with the veteran Lian Po as the main general, and Wei Yan, Xu Sheng, and Xin Qiji were controlled by him, and uniformly mobilized all kinds of troops and horses in Qingzhou to resist the enemy.
"The veteran Lian Po has the command of 96, the armed forces of 98, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States, the strength alone is far above Wei Yan, but the qualifications are relatively shallow, I don't know if I can convince the public" Liu Wei worked hard to write, while secretly thinking to himself, in addition to Lian Po, there is no more suitable candidate for the soldiers and horses of Governor Qingzhou.
There are not many military generals in the Western Han Dynasty, and a large number of high-force generals such as Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Guan Ling, Yuwen Chengdu, Wen Yang, Ran Min, Fan Lihua and so on under Liu Wei are piled up on the Yongzhou battlefield, and the lineup is slightly bloated and even a little wasteful; Liu Wei decided to send Ran Min and Peng Yue to help Qingzhou, and rushed to Qingzhou with Sun Qian to help in the war.
The carrier pigeon spread its wings and soared, flew into the sky and swept towards the east, Sun Qian also carried the holy decree, seal ribbon and other tokens, and Ran Min and Peng Yue accompanied him, carrying more than 100 horses to spur the horse towards Qingzhou gallop.
After Ran Min and Sun Qian set off, Liu Wei sent another letter to Zhuge Liang to relayed Zhang Liang's analysis.
He and Guo Huai immediately gave up the decision to go south to reinforce Jinling, which already had nearly 100,000 people, and was completely as stable as Mount Tai, but should rush to the aid of Qingzhou and thwart Li Shimin's conspiracy to attack the west.
At the same time, he ordered Zhuge Liang's army to continue to move north from Shouchun, with Xue Rengui and Han Shizhong as deputy generals, and stationed troops at the junction of Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Huainan, while guarding against Cao Cao's comeback and committing Shouchun again, he tried his best to assist Qin Qiong's army to defend Xuzhou, and did not give Tang Wei a chance to take advantage of it.
After most of the day, Liu Wei gave Xiao He, Wei Yan, Zheng Chenggong, Qin Qiong, Xu Da, Zhuge Liang, and Chen Qun, who succeeded Zhang Juzheng as the assassin of Qingzhou, and others to revise a letter each, and they were exhausted and dizzy.
Fortunately, Zhang Liang's appearance provided him with a helping hand, so that Liu Wei was busy and not chaotic, and the arrangement was orderly.
It was not until noon that Liu Fangfang completed the deployment of troops, and then he participated in the reception banquet held for himself accompanied by Zhang Liang and Huo Quai, and drank with his generals to discuss the strategy of breaking the Tong Pass.
Just when Liu Wei dispatched his troops, there was already wolf smoke in Xuzhou.
Chen Ziyun used the trick of deception to lure Xu Da out of the city to pursue, and fought with Wang Yanzhang, Li Jin, Dong Ping and Xu Da in the wilderness, but ordered Cao Di and Li Tong to circle around Weishan Lake in advance and attack Pei County from behind, successfully broke through the city, and finally took this bridgehead in the west of Xuzhou.
"Temporary Retreat" Hearing that Xiao Pei was lost, Xu Da, who was fighting, was taken aback, shook a shot to get rid of Wang Yanzhang's entanglement, and beckoned Qin Yong and Wu Song to follow him to retreat in the direction of Xia Pi.
Chen Ziyun was white on a white horse and in a white robe, full of spirit, with a sword in his hand, he ordered to chase after him: "The whole army is pursuing, and those who have the first rank of Xu Da will be listed and rewarded."
"Kill, capture alive the traitor Xu Da who betrays his lord for glory" There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, with Chen Ziyun's order, Wang Yanzhang took the lead bravely, Li Jin held a phoenix mouth forging golden gun and refused to lag behind, and the two horses chased after each other, like two ghosts knocking on the door.
After Qin Yong wielded a pair of iron lions and roared and hammered, he protected Xu Da and fought and walked, and was chased by the Wei army for forty or fifty miles, and countless Han soldiers were killed.
"Qin Shubao, the general of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the east, is here, and Wei will eat me" At the critical juncture, Qin Qiong, who had recovered from injury, carried a golden stove gun, and called a thunder leopard under his crotch, and Shi Xiu led 20,000 fresh troops to come to the rescue, stopping the Wei army from fighting for a while.
Qin Qiong and Xu Da led their troops to retreat into Pengcheng and discussed strategies to resist the enemy overnight.
Xu Da said worriedly: "Now that Chen Ziyun has taken Pei County, his morale is booming, and I heard that Tang Kou's scout ships have appeared along the coast of Xuzhou, but I am afraid that the Tang army also has plans to invade from the sea."
According to the plan of the last general, I will stick to Pengcheng, ask the governor to retreat to Xiapi to sit in the town, if the Tang Kou invades, please close the door and give up the coastal county, on the one hand, send envoys to the Jiangdong court for help, and on the other hand, ask Zheng Chenggong's naval division in Qingzhou to help the war from the sea, harassing the Tang army's sea supply line, as long as it can hold on for some time, the Tang army will retreat."
At this moment, a scout Pegasus suddenly reported: "Qiyu Governor, Guo Ziyu led Jia Fu and Jing Si to make a detour to Wuxian County to attack Xiapi, and now the Wei army has entered the territory of Suiling, and there are still one hundred and fifty roads away from Xiapi, please make a decision as soon as possible." t1706231537: