Qian Song

Chapter 94 The Song Army is in Action (Please read more!)

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Hearing Tan Zhen say that he has a plan to defeat the enemy, Tong Guan's face was not happy at all, but he just said lightly: "Oh? What is Tan Zhizhi's plan to defeat the enemy?"

From Tong Guan's attitude towards Tan Zhen, it is not difficult to see that Tong Guan hates Tan Zhen, no, it should be said that Tong Guan hates Tan Zhen.

This is really not to blame Tong Guan.

If Tan Zhen, an idiot, hadn't lost Jiangnan, Song Jun would have fought too many battles.

If Tong Guan is left with a bridgehead in the south of the Yangtze River, let the 50 troops cross the river.

Tong Guan can divide his forces into two groups, and give those ants a double-dragon probe, and within a few months, these ants in the Liangzhe area can be completely wiped out.

it is good.

If you lose Tan Zhen in Jiangnan, you will lose it, but in Yangzhou, don’t lose Tan Zhen.

If Yangzhou is not lost, Tong Guan can at least collect one or two thousand ships in Yangzhou, the water transportation hub in the north of the Yangtze River, and he won't have to worry about food and grass, and those gentry and nobles in Yangzhou can help Tong Guan kill the ants.

Now it's all right, Yangzhou's ships, food, and gentry and nobles have been taken over by Li Cun.

It is no exaggeration to say that Tan Zhen's loss in these two battles made Song Jun fall into a great passivity.

In addition, behind Tan Zhen are Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu who are at odds with Tong Guan. This group of people thinks about replacing Tong Guan with Tan Zhen every day, just like replacing Cai Jing with Wang Fu.

You said, should Tong Guan hate Tan Zhen, should he hate Tan Zhen?
Let's put it this way, it was because Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu were protecting Tan Zhen, so that Tong Guan could not touch Tan Zhen, otherwise Tong Guan would have killed Tan Zhen's pig teammate long ago.

Tan Zhen also knew that Tong Guan hated him and hated him.

To be honest, if possible, Tan Zhen didn't want to use his hot face to stick Tong Guan's cold ass.

But Tan Zhen lost Jiangnan first, and then Yangzhou, which put Song Jun in an extremely unfavorable situation.

The longer this war drags on, the more trouble Tan Zhen will be in.

The current situation is that even Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu are a little fond of Tan Zhen.

Tan Zhen knows that the most reliable relationship between people is always the relationship of interests. If he can't prove that he has the value of replacing Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu will definitely abandon him. It is hard to say whether he can get out of his body after he has achieved great success.

So Tan Zhen had to save himself.

Therefore, during this period of time, Tan Zhen has been discussing with several of his counselors how to defeat the enemy.

Finally, Huang Tian paid off, and Tan Zhen and the others came up with a plan to defeat the enemy.

Tan Zhen could no longer care about Tong Guan's attitude towards him. He said hastily: "Since ancient times, there have been three roads to the south. The east route takes the Jianghuai Plain to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and reaches Jiangnan; the middle route takes Nanyang, Xiangyang, and the Yangtze River. In the middle reaches, you can go directly south along the Yangtze River, or enter Jingzhou and enter the west of Zhejiang from the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Corridor eastward; on the west line, go through Guanzhong, Hanzhong to Shu, go down the river from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, enter Jingzhou, and enter Jingzhou through the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Corridor Go east to the west of Zhejiang. Since the east line is impassable, our army can go south by detour through the center line. Although it will take some time to go this way, it is better than being trapped on the east line!"

Then Tan Zhen took the initiative to invite Ying: "Since I came up with this plan, let me lead the troops to detour to Nanyang, how about it?"

After finishing speaking, Tan Zhen looked at Tong Guan expectantly!

What Tan Zhen never expected was that there was no surprise on Tong Guan's face, but jokes instead.

A very bad premonition suddenly emerged in Tan Zhen's heart, and he quickly asked Tong Guan, "Private Tong thinks this plan is inappropriate?"

Tong Guan shook his head: "No."

Tan Zhen frowned: "Why did Privy Tong laugh at me?"

Tong Guan put away his smile and said bluntly: "I laughed too much and realized it later."

Tan Zhen said displeasedly, "What does Privy Tong mean by this?"

Tong Guan stood up slowly, and said lightly: "Do you really think that I stayed in Nanjing for a month or two for nothing?"

Tan Zhen's pupils shrank when he heard the words: "Could it be..."

Tong Guan accepted Tan Zhen's guess and said: "I went to Jingzhao Mansion personally a month ago, and now the army may have already dispatched..."

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Weizhou is not a commercial city. It used to have only three to five thousand residents. However, it has long been the seat of Jinglue Shi on Jingyuan Road and the headquarters of all roads in Shaanxi. The most prosperous city among the five roads in Shaanxi.

Today, there are many houses and shops in Weizhou City, and there are several neighborhoods and markets that can almost compare with Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Although Weizhou is the center of the Western Army, it was already 80 years ago as a fortress city on the front line of the military.

Even so, according to the old tradition of the Western Army "Don't rely on the enemy not to attack, but rely on what we cannot attack", the handsome minister who runs here still puts this city under strict military guard.

There are deep trenches outside the city, frequent patrols inside and outside the city, and strict inspections, especially near the military headquarters, where the guard posts and environmental sanitation are very strict.

This set of defense system was established when Zhong Shiheng, Zhong Er, etc., the ancestors of Zhong Shidao, were the commanders-in-chief of the Western Army. Now, after eight or ninety years of war, it has been continuously supplemented and enriched, making the city look like cast iron. Pouring in general.

Standing on the wall of this strong city, Zhong Shidao looked to the southeast, worrying about Zhao Song's safety!

Zhong Shidao is a veteran of the Western Army and a famous general. He has made outstanding military exploits and gained a great reputation in the battle against Xixia.

——He is also the idol of the heroic monk Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin".

Zhong Shidao is 70 years old this year, and he is three years older than Tong Guan.

Even in later generations, this is already an old man who should have retired long ago, let alone in the Northern Song Dynasty when the average life expectancy was less than forty.

But Zhong Shidao not only did not retire, he also firmly controlled the long-used ancient chariot of the Western Army.

This is not because he loves power, but because he has not yet found a suitable successor—he is worried about handing over the Western Army to Liu Yanqing, the successor chosen by the court for him.

From Zhong Shidao's point of view, Liu Yanqing has certain abilities, but Liu Yanqing's temperament is not suitable for being the commander-in-chief of the armed forces - he is too indecisive.

More than a month ago, Zhong Shidao received a gold medal issued by Tong Guan, asking Zhong Shidao to immediately mobilize [-] western troops to prepare for the expedition to the south of the Yangtze River.

The gold plate in front of the imperial court can only be used when passing the news of one hundred thousand urgent troops. It takes six hundred miles in a day and night, and people hold the gold plate and vermilion plate in their hands. Every time they pass a post station, they have to change to a better horse and gallop past like lightning.

When receiving this order, Zhong Shidao was extremely resistant.

Because Tong Guan had already taken half of the elite of the Western Army, if another [-] troops were drawn, there would definitely be serious loopholes in the defense of the Northwest.

Yes.

After the imperial court transferred 15 Western troops, it transferred another [-] Hebei Forbidden Army.

But these Hebei Imperial Army's combat effectiveness is extremely poor, and their discipline is lax, so they cannot be reused at all. If they are expected to defend the northwest frontier, the Western Army's hometown will be lost.

Perhaps it was precisely because he knew that Master Zhong would resist this order, so Tong Guan rode a fast horse from Yingtian Mansion to Jingzhao Mansion in spite of his almost 70 years old age, and met with the three masters Zhong Dao, Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu. The real leader of the Western Army had a long and frank talk.

After a long talk, Zhong Shidao knew that if the Western Army did not take a risk this time, the Song Dynasty would be really in danger, because Fang La and Li Cun in the Liangzhe area had become existences that could destroy the Song Dynasty and must be eliminated.

In the end, Tong Guan, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu discussed and decided to deploy another [-] Western Army and [-] Hebei Forbidden Army, led by Zhong Shidao and Zhong Shizhong to go to the Liangzhe area to wipe out the Ant Thief, while Yao Gu led the remaining Western Army and the Hebei Imperial Army to defend Xixia, preventing Xixia from taking advantage of the emptiness in the northwest to counterattack and regain the crucial Hengshan area.

This time dispatching troops, Zhong Shidao was extremely cautious, because if he was not careful, it might cause a fatal loophole in the defense of the Northwest, and then lose the hometown of the Western Army.

After more than a month of careful mobilization, two Song armies marching eastward gathered in Weizhou at the foot of Zhongshi Road and Xingyuan Mansion where Zhongshi was seated...

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(End of this chapter)