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Chapter 1243: Demotion for Being Good at Fighting
Wang Lun, Tian Chengsi's adviser, looked at the sand table and said, "I think there is nothing mysterious about Guo Ziyi's retreat to the south. It is because he does not have enough troops. He only has 50,000 troops in Beizhou, which is simply not enough to resist our 100,000 troops. So he has to retreat to Weizhou and join forces with the troops of Weizhou."

Tian Yue also said: "I agree with the military advisor's judgment. It is indeed a problem of military strength!"

Tian Chengsi walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "If it was just a lack of troops, he could have transferred the troops from Weizhou to Beizhou. It's very close anyway, so why would he retreat? I think there is still a mystery here."

"If the prince feels that there is something fishy going on and is unwilling to send troops to Beizhou, then this means that Guo Ziyi's strategy has succeeded."

Tian Chengsi sighed and said, "I am not afraid of falling into the empty city plan. I am worried about being trapped in Beizhou. Moreover, the Huihe army has already moved south. I should let the Huihe army consume the manpower of the Tang army. This is my original plan. Now that Li Na has been eliminated and various unstable factors have been eliminated, I should implement the original plan."

Tian Yue tried again, "How about I lead 30,000 cavalrymen to Weizhou to take a look, maybe I can find out some news about my elder brother."

Tian Chengsi shook his head and said, "I think he is in danger. The 10,000 troops cannot be saved. Otherwise, I would definitely get the news. Forget it. If you lead 30,000 troops south, they will be swallowed up by Guo Ziyi. It is better not to send them."

"Then according to your Majesty's intention, we should wait in Wudu County?"

"Not waiting!"

Tian Chengsi said decisively: "We are observing in Wudu County. Once the main force of the Tang army moves north, we will immediately retreat to Cangzhou!"

Tian Chengsi was also cunning and unwilling to send troops south easily. He knew Guo Ziyi, and he knew that Guo Ziyi was a shrewd maneuver. Giving up Beizhou and marching south must be a strategy to lure troops. Tian Chengsi did not fall for it, but kept his troops in place and continued to observe Guo Ziyi's true intentions.

Li Ye's army arrived at Yuancheng County, Weizhou, and first met Lei Wanchun.

In fact, Li Ye did not let Lei Wanchun's army come to Weizhou. According to Li Ye's deployment, Lei Wanchun was to lead his army north to Mingzhou and Xingzhou, and then attack Li Baochen from the south and the north with Li Sheng's army. He actually came to Weizhou without authorization, which really made Li Ye very dissatisfied.

However, Li Ye did not intend to blame Lei Wanchun. The situation changed too quickly and Weizhou was suddenly empty. It was normal for Lei Wanchun to lose control. What's more, he successfully intercepted Tian Wei's 10,000 troops and seized a large amount of property.

Whether to blame him or not, Li Ye wanted Lei Wanchun to understand for himself what he had done wrong this time.
In front of the sand table, Li Ye pointed at Weizhou with a wooden pole and said, "This time when we attack Weizhou, you can see how Guo Ziyi will fight. First, occupy Dezhou and Beizhou, cut off the road for the Weizhou army to go north to Jizhou, and then enter Weizhou from Beizhou and Dezhou at the same time.

The Weizhou army can only evacuate towards Mingzhou, and at this time your army should have set up a trap in Mingzhou, waiting for the Weizhou army to fall into the trap, instead of intercepting them in Weizhou?"

Lei Wanchun said after a while: "I have not contacted General Guo. I just think that the opportunity has come and we should seize Weizhou decisively!"

Li Ye sighed, "I transferred you from Taiyuan to Weizhou. Didn't I tell you that your army would go north from Xiangzhou?"

Just as Lei Wanchun was about to speak, Li Ye interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "It's my fault. I didn't explain it clearly. I asked you to go north from Xiangzhou to Mingzhou. I thought you would understand my intention."

Lei Wanchun was filled with shame. "I am stupid and did not understand your highness's true intentions. I should not have placed Wei Feng in Weizhou, otherwise he would have dissuaded me from attacking Weizhou."

Li Ye said slowly: "Fortunately, your 40,000 troops are all cavalry, so there is still time to make up for it. I will tell you now that I have sent Li Sheng and Wang Sili to lead 30,000 troops out of Jingxing. He will send someone to contact you. At this time, you should be in Xingzhou, and then your army will attack Li Baochen from the south and Li Sheng's army from the north.

Whether or not we can annihilate Li Baochen's army is not important. What is important is that I cannot let the Huihe cavalry go south. You intercept the Huihe cavalry from the west, and Guo Ziyi intercepts them from the east. In this way, the Huihe cavalry will not be able to ravage Hebei. Do you understand my strategy?"

Lei Wanchun was so ashamed that he almost burst into tears. "My stupidity and unauthorized actions almost ruined Your Highness's plan. I beg Your Highness to revoke my title, otherwise I can only commit suicide to atone for my sins!"

It is Lei Wanchun's old habit to act on his own. He originally thought that his aide Wei Feng was keeping an eye on him, but he didn't expect that he put Wei Feng in Weizhou. This time Li Ye was really not going to let him off.

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said, "I plan to promote Nan Jiyun to the rank of General Commander after the war in Hebei is over. You should work hard! Try to be promoted to General Commander together with him. You are now demoted to General Commander, but your rank remains unchanged. You are still the Champion General Commander!"

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Highness!" "I hope you can set out tonight to make up for the lost time. In addition, Wei Feng must stay with you!"

"Follow the order!"

Lei Wanchun's face was filled with shame, and he quickly bowed and left.

Lei Wanchun rushed to the military camp outside the city and immediately ordered: "All troops assemble and head to Mingzhou!"

Deputy General Zhang Yun was puzzled and stepped forward and bowed, "Has the general received a new mission?"

Lei Wanchun shook his head and said, "Don't call me the general anymore. I've been demoted to the rank of general commander!"

"Why?" Zhang Yun was stunned.

Lei Wanchun sighed and said, "My mission was to go north to attack Li Baochen. I failed to understand and attacked Weizhou without authorization, which almost ruined your highness's overall strategy."

"Ah! Mr. Wei also said that we should go north to Mingzhou as soon as possible,"

"Yes, he advised me, but I didn't listen to him. I immediately sent someone to take him to Mingzhou. In addition, the army from Xiangzhou also went north to join me!"

Zhang Yun said quickly: "But we don't know the situation of the garrison in Mingzhou. What if Li Baochen has stationed a large number of troops and the 10,000 troops go north first? Wouldn't they be wiped out by them?"

Lei Wanchun hesitated for a moment and said, "You are right. Let me take over Mingzhou first, and then they will come and join me."

That night, Lei Wanchun and Zhang Yun led an army of 40,000 and 20,000 camels loaded with food and supplies and marched towards Mingzhou.

After entering March, the ice and snow on the grassland began to melt, and all things revived. On the boundless grassland, an army of 130,000 people was marching southward, followed by a dozen small tribes driving millions of sheep.

Five years later, Dengli Khan personally led the army to march south to attack the Tang Dynasty again. In addition to the main force of the Uighur tribe, there were also Tiele tribes such as the Pugu tribe, Bayegu tribe, Tongluo tribe, Dubo tribe and Basimi tribe who followed the expedition.

However, the Sijie tribe used the excuse of defending against the Qarluk people and did not follow the expedition.

Dengli Khan certainly understood the thoughts of Wanfeng, the chief of the Sijie tribe, who did not want to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty. This time, he wanted to let Sijie see who was stronger, the Tang Dynasty or the Uighurs.

He wanted Chief Wanfeng to kneel before him and admit his mistake.

Dengli Khan was very ambitious. He wanted to use this opportunity to defeat the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop. After obtaining huge wealth and a huge population, he also wanted to obtain the complete submission of the Tang Dynasty. Then he would be able to become the Heavenly Khan of the grassland.

In order to boost morale, he exaggerated the number of his armies to be 300,000. He did not even plan to send an envoy to Chang'an. He waited until he invaded the heartland of the Tang Dynasty and then waited for the envoys of the Tang Dynasty to come and see him.

The 130,000 cavalrymen were all brave in battle, their eyes filled with the coldness and bloodiness of wolves. The army was boundless and murderous, marching all the way south.

As expected by Li Ye, their first target was Yunzhou. They entered Taiyuan from Mayi Road and plundered Taiyuan and Hedong.

Historically, tens of thousands of Uighur troops were stationed in Yunzhou. They repeatedly went south to plunder Taiyuan, bringing severe disasters to Taiyuan.

And this time, will they get what they want?
(End of this chapter)