Northern Dynasties

After listening to Li Tai's words, Zhao Gang also lowered his head and pondered, but after a while, he still shook his head and sighed helplessly.It is really too difficult to solve Murong Shaozong in Huainan area.

Regardless of Murong Shaozong's current power and ability, Huainan alone is too unfriendly to the Western Wei Dynasty.

Most of the frontier states and counties belonged to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, even if it was only a nominal restraint, but the affiliation of the people's hearts can already explain the problem.It can be said that the Western Wei Dynasty did not have any deterrent force or attraction in this land.

Now that troops have marched into Yiyang, it has already been regarded as the limit of the power of the Jingzhou General Manager's Mansion. If it is to be extended further, the battle line will be further stretched, and various hidden dangers will be exposed one after another.And once a setback is encountered, it is not just as simple as a defeat and withdrawal of troops, it will cause a chain collapse of the area controlled by the Jingzhou General Manager's Mansion, and the ending may be even more tragic than Wang Sizheng.

Zhao Gang dared to put himself in danger and personally sneaked into Yiyang to rebel against the barbarians and seize the city by surprise. He was by no means a timid person. However, when he heard that Li Tai planned to invade Huainan and fight to the death with Murong Shaozong, he was extremely unfavorable.

If a battle between the two sides is really inevitable, then it would be better to fight with all your strength when Murong Shaozong invaded Mianbei before, at least he still had a favorable geographical position at that time.

Now the new attachment of the Western Wei Dynasty to the East of Han has not yet been decided, and there is no foundation in Huainan, and its own strength has not increased significantly. Instead, Murong Shaozong entered Xuanhu with troops, and then recruited many places to be attached to the past with armed forces, and his power was stronger than before. In the north, it is more majestic.

Before, Li Tai was able to force Murong Shaozong to retreat without losing his composure, but now Yiyang Chad actually wanted to start a decisive battle with Murong Shaozong in Huainan.In Zhao Gang's opinion, this is really unwise!

Seeing Zhao Gang sighing and groaning silently, Li Tai naturally knew what he was thinking, so he laughed again and said, "A teacher's decisive victory lies in the use of power. Hands and feet are bound. They have been on the road for a long time, do not know where to go, and their vigor has been lost. It is bound to be difficult to fight fiercely. The reason why I did not fight with the strength, sharpen their sharpness, vent their energy, and make them invade without success. The teacher is tired and slack Heart."

No matter how wise a general is, it is difficult to fully instill his own tactical thinking into every soldier.The vast majority of generals and soldiers judge the success or failure of an operation by direct external performance such as advances and retreats.

Since the Battle of Hanshanyan, Murong Shaozong has repeatedly defeated powerful enemies, and he has an aura of repeated victories, and the morale of his soldiers must also be like a rainbow.Fighting with such an army is the most dangerous, because it is not clear when they will directly open Wushuang on the battlefield.

In Mianbei, due to Li Tai's strict battle, Murong Shaozong didn't want to pay too much, so he took the initiative to lead the army back, and it was impossible to talk about who would win and who would lose, but it was always futile for his soldiers. Then interrupt their winning streak a little bit.

When Zhao Gang heard this, his complexion softened a little, and he reluctantly accepted the explanation, but he still couldn't help but said: "Nowadays, all parties in Huainan follow the orders of the Eastern Dynasty. Once they know that I have entered the country to fight against the bandits, I'm afraid they will..."

When it came to this issue, Li Tai didn't worry any more, and laughed directly: "The descendants of Nanliang saw Hou Jing's giant bandits disrupting the country and didn't dare to resist Feng Feng, and watched the lord's father suffer so much that he stood sideways and stood by. I am competing with the Eastern Bandits, and others are just watching the battle, and it is most satisfying to see that I am both injured, so why would I enter the battle lightly and die for the Eastern Bandits."

This reason is so strong that Zhao Gang has no way to refute it, but he still has some worries, and always feels that he is too aggressive.

Li Tai also understood that Zhao Gang was not unwilling to agree with this plan to offend his majesty, but he just did not want to overturn the good situation by blindly taking risks. He also had enough patience for such a helpful subordinate, so he transferred his The plan is to be more specific.

"Although there are many people in Huainan Prefecture who descended to the east, they seldom respond to each other and keep their own selfishness. It is difficult to form a group. As long as I hold this thing, I can travel freely in the country without any prohibition, even directly. Take Shouyang!"

While speaking, Li Tai laid out a few things, namely the imperial edict of the Eastern Wei Dynasty appointing Xiahou Qiang as the governor of Nansi Prefecture and the seal token, all of which were confiscated from the captive Xiahouping.

Because Zhao Gang has no further aggressive ideas, he has already captured Yiyang City, and Xiahou Qiang has already fled to Sanguan, so even though he seized the tokens such as the talisman letter issued to him by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it is only regarded as an ordinary seizure. , did not take it to heart.

But to Li Tai, this was quite a surprise.Fake tiger's power has always been his specialty, now that he has a token bestowed by the Eastern Wei court, of course he must use it vigorously.

Although most of the counties in Huainan prefecture took refuge in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, they had no control over each other. Li Tai took this token to borrow the way, and they would not dare to refuse. This gave him the opportunity to drive straight in without bloodshed.

Today's Murong Shaozong probably has not been formally ordered by the Eastern Wei court, so he is still lingering in Xuanhu and dare not march to Huainan.But Li Tai naturally wouldn't be polite, he could use this to disguise himself, and rush all the way to occupy Shouyang City before Murong Shaozong.

After Hou Jing raised his troops to go south, he stayed in Shouyang City with his cousin Wang Xiangui.But when the rebel army was still besieging Jiankangtai City, Poyang King Xiao Fan who stayed in Hefei sent his troops to attack Shouyang, and broke through Shouyang Luocheng, trapping Wang Xiangui and his disciples in Jincheng. middle.

In desperation, Wang Xiangui surrendered the whole city to the Eastern Wei Dynasty.It's just that the Eastern Wei Dynasty still hadn't solved the Wang Sizheng Ministry stationed in Yingchuan at that time, nor had it increased its troops in Huainan, and Wang Xiangui was still staying in Shouyang.

Xiao Fan, the king of Poyang, was afraid that if he attacked Shouyang again, he might offend the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In addition, the battle of King Qin in Jiankang was not going well, so he also suspended the attack on Shouyang.

However, Xiao Fan's forbearance and retreat did not bring about the courtesy of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. After the Battle of Yingchuan, Gao Chengdang even sent Li Bomu, the governor of Western Yanzhou, to lead his troops to Huainan to press Hefei.

Regarding this situation, Xiao Fan felt a little bit like crying. On the one hand, he was afraid of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and on the other hand, Xiao Zhengde, who had been played by Hou Jingruo in Jiankang City at this time, was full of resentment and wanted to send a letter to him. Xiao Fan led his troops into Beijing.

Although the letter was obtained by Hou Jing and Xiao Zhengde was executed because of this, Xiao Fan still found out about this matter, so he decided to go to Jiankang.

So when the Eastern Wei army was advancing on Hefei, Xiao Fan offered to ask for peace, willing to dedicate the Hefei he was guarding to the Eastern Wei, and begged the Eastern Wei to send troops to help him put down Hou Jing's rebellion, and then led 2 people under his command to leave Hefei and take this important town He surrendered, and then sent envoys to escort the two sons to Yedu as hostages, begging the Eastern Wei Dynasty to send troops, and then led the troops to Ruxukou to dig lotus roots and water chestnuts happily.

As a result, Hefei, an important town in Huainan that Sun Shiwan dreamed of and dreamed of, was easily picked up by the Eastern Wei Dynasty.If it weren't for the preferential activities sent by the Xiao family, I really wouldn't dare to imagine it.

Although Xiao Fan paid such a high price, of course there would be no reinforcements from the Eastern Wei Dynasty.Even Li Bomu, who was tightly closed and fat, led only a few thousand troops, and there were no elite Jinyang soldiers who came with the army.

Li Tai learned about these situations from Liu Zhongli.Although Liu Zhongli himself is not very good, when he talked about Xiao Fan's behavior of handing over Hefei's old nest to others, cutting off his retreat, and at the same time leading Hou Jing from Jiankang, Liu Zhongli couldn't help ridiculing and scolding.

After listening to Li Tai's explanation of the plan to attack Shouyang, Zhao Gang still felt that it was quite dangerous, but after thinking about it, he also felt that this plan was very feasible.Even if you don't say that you attacked Yiyang, it was much more dangerous for Li Tai to capture Hanzhong than to capture Shouyang. After all, there is only one Hou Jing's party feather Wang Xiangui and his remnants in Shouyang City.

But Li Bomu, who is stationed in Hefei below Shouyang, is also an unstable factor. Even if they succeed in occupying Shouyang, and Murong Shaozong leads his troops to fight in the south, if Li Bomu attacks Shouyang from the north, they will suffer from the enemy. Also at a disadvantage.

When Zhao Gang raised this question again, Li Tai couldn't help chuckling, and then turned to look at Gao Le who came with the army.

"Li Bomu is the younger brother of Mr. Situ's wife and father-in-law."

Li Bomu was born in the Li family of Zhao County, and was the uncle of Gao Zhongmi's ex-wife Li family. Of course, he can be regarded as Gao Cheng's relative now, so he was quite trusted and was sent to Huainan to lead his troops.

Hearing what Gao Le said, all sorts of operations such as lobbying and alienation suddenly appeared in Zhao Gang's mind, but Gao Le immediately said: "Although he is outside the Dianjun country, he is not known for his courage. If he dares to lightly enter the battle , the last general will capture him!"

After recounting all aspects, Zhao Gang thought about it again, and he couldn't help feeling that although this plan was still a bit risky, it still had a lot of room for maneuver.How can anything be perfect when it comes to military matters?
Today's Zhao Gang is no longer worried that this plan is too aggressive, but rather worried that Murong Shaozong may not send troops if he sees the situation is not good, so he will miss an excellent opportunity.

After all, their own strength is limited, even if they can enter Shouyang, it is absolutely difficult to occupy it for a long time.With the army hanging outside for a long time, not only will the cost of military resources increase, but it will also increase many unpredictable risks.

Li Tai is not worried about this at all, as long as he can enter Shouyang, he is absolutely sure that Murong Shaozongnan will come to fight!