Late Tang

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After Huang Chao invaded Sizhou last time, Li Jing sent troops out of Yuzhou Island to garrison Qushan and Shuyang in Haizhou of the Taining Army, and Xiapi of Sizhou in the Probation Army.At that time, Li Jing sent troops to the three cities, whether it was Qi Kerang of the Taining Army, Shi Pu of the Probation Army, or even the princes and emperors of the court, not only did not get angry, but breathed a sigh of relief, feeling extremely excited.At that time, because Huang Chao broke Gao Pian, Gao Pian supported his troops and retreated to Yangzhou, watching Huang Chao go north.

Li Jing sent troops at that time, showing his loyalty to the court.

But not long after, when Li Jing's soldiers and horses were dispatched again, they directly stationed in the towns of Tianping Army and Taining Army. same.

The emperor of Chang'an was too busy to take care of himself for a while, and he didn't have time to pay attention to the things in the east.

But Shi Pu, the envoy of the Probation Army in Xuzhou City, looked a little ugly. Li Jing suddenly swallowed Tianping Town and Taining Town under the banner of counterattacking Luoyang. Everyone can see that Li Jing is taking the opportunity to expand the territory. , After eating this, I will definitely not spit it out again.

Previously, after Huang Chao killed Luoyang, Shi Pu also sent people to Xiapi City, hoping to take back the control of Xiapi City. As a result, the envoys he sent were directly blasted out by the generals of the Qin Army in the city. .

Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, but he did not repay.

Originally, Shi Pu thought that he could not afford to offend him, so he had to endure it, and temporarily lent the city of Xiapi to the King of Qin.

But now, Li Jing is aggressive and aggressive.

In a blink of an eye, Zeng Yuanyu didn't even say hello, and directly took over the rest of the five counties in Sizhou.Li Jing swallowed his soldiers and horses in Sizhou without even a bubble.

The envoy he just sent came back and brought back Zeng Yuanyu's reply that the Qin army stationed in Sizhou was to counterattack the grass bandits, and Sizhou was used as the forward base for attacking Ge Congzhou's troops on the Yinghao side controlled by the grass bandits.

Pudu laughed angrily when he heard this. Right now, Huangchao's power is in the west of Hedong, and Ge Congzhou occupies Haozhou, which is still west of the Probation Army, and is separated from Sizhou by Xuzhou and Haozhou.Zeng Yuanyu said that he wanted to use Sizhou as the base for attacking Ge Congzhou. According to his thinking, wouldn't Xuzhou and Haozhou also have to be requisitioned by Li Jing?

The entire probation army was only in the territory of the three states, and it was already extremely weak. It sent troops to Ruzhou before, but was slaughtered by the Zhongwu Army halfway, and the rest almost dispersed. With such a small territory, Shi Pu had soldiers and horses in his hands. With less than [-] people, seeing Li Jing gobbling Taining and Tianping one after another, extending his tentacles to the probation army, and taking Sizhou in one fell swoop, he was furious but helpless.

These days, the law of the jungle preys on the strong, which is what it is.He himself also relied on the mutiny to drive away the previous commander-in-chief and become the commander-in-chief of the probationary army. Now that his buttocks have not yet settled down, Li Jing finally came.Shi Pu felt very angry and aggrieved, but there was nothing he could do.

Huainan, Yangzhou.

Since Huainan General Zhang Lin was defeated by Huang Chao last year, Gao Pian shocked the world and retreated to Yangzhou, letting go of Huang Chao and heading north.

This year has been turbulent, Huang Chao ran rampant in the Central Plains, Hebei Congmeng turned against him, Li Jing swept outside the customs, Li Keyong made a comeback, it can be described as a battle between heroes.

Only Gao Pian, the former No.1 general of the two dynasties, seemed to be forgotten in Huainan at this time.

Huang Chao went north to the Central Plains, but Gao Pian ignored him.

Li Jing swept across the pass, but Gao Pian didn't respond.

The four towns in Hebei turned against each other, Gao Pian did not speak.

Shatuo rebelled against Tang for the second time, but Gao Pian remained silent.

Do not perish in silence, but explode in silence!

When Li Jing went southward, swallowing nineteen prefectures, and even fought all the way to the door of Huainan Town, Gao Pian, who had been silent for more than half a year, finally could no longer be silent.

For Gao Pian in the current situation, no matter how silent he is, there will only be death.

Gao Pian, who hadn't shown up for a long time, finally reappeared in the festival hall of the Huainan commander-in-chief's mansion. His eyes swept over the summoned generals, and Gao Qianli, who was dressed in Taoist robes, said in a deep voice, "Everyone must have known that Li Jing used the name of crusade against Huang Chao to attack Huang Chao. , Taking advantage of the emptiness of the Central Plains, they have swallowed the towns of Yichang, Tianping, and Taining, and went all the way south, swallowing the important town of Sizhou in Huaibei, drinking the Mahuai River, and can break into our Huainan town at any time."

"In addition, Li Jing also deployed an army of navy and an army of infantry in Huduzhou, at the mouth of the Yangtze River. This is a sharp sword hanging above our heads, threatening us all the time. It is tolerable, what is unacceptable Tolerate?"

The corners of the generals' eyes twitched involuntarily when they saw Gao Pian slamming his fist heavily on the desk.

In the past year, Gao Pian stayed in the mansion all day long, either cultivating immortals or making alchemy every day. To be honest, these tiger generals under him watched the world turmoil, but they could only stay in Yangzhou city all day. An indescribable loneliness.

Even many generals have privately planned to leave.

Now, handsome Gao finally appeared again.

"Uncle, Li Jing took Sizhou, and the next step is to cross the Huaihe River and come to us. We can't wait for Li Jing to attack, we should strike first." Gao Pian's nephew Gao Jie said.

Although Li Jing's momentum is extremely fierce now, everyone has also seen an excellent opportunity, that is, Li Jing's appetite is too great, and he swallowed up the territory of [-] states in just half a year. Two thousand miles away.Li Jing's battle front was extremely long. If he counted further to the north and included the territories in western Liaoning, then Li Jing's north-south front had been stretched for more than three thousand miles.

There are powerful enemies like Khitan and the Four Towns of Hebei in the north, and the newly swallowed generals of Tianping and Taining in Henan. With their Huainan army, it can be said that Li Jing is the most powerful on the surface, but in fact he has already made enemies everywhere, and his strength has reached its limit.

It's like a bowstring that has been stretched to the extreme. Although the fuller the bow is, the stronger the arrow will be, but if it exceeds the limit of one degree, the string will either break or the bow will break.

As a generation of famous generals, Gao Pian is naturally not a generation who has earned his fame.

But in the past year, Gao Pian's actions have made people in the world laugh at him, thinking that Gao Pian is old and faint, and has no courage.

Of course this is not the case, although Gao Pian is waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

Before Gao Pian underestimated Li Jing, he suffered several big losses under Li Jing's hands, which can be said to have lost his wife and lost his army.

Li Jing slapped him in the face, and stationed [-] troops on Hudouzhou and [-] troops on Yuzhou Island. They not only deployed defenses on the main road of the Huainan Army to Ziqing in the north, but also put a bullet on his back. After several failed fights with the sword, Gao Pian suppressed his impulsive anger.

After Zhang Lin's defeat, Gao Pian even took this opportunity to pretend that he was scared and retreated into the city of Yangzhou.

But in fact, he has been waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

But now, this opportunity has been sent to Gao Pian.

Li Guochang, the chief of Shatuo under his command, came to see him last night and handed him a secret letter.

The letter was written by Li Keyong, and the content was a covenant. On it, Li Keyong, the commander-in-chief of Yanmen, Han Jian, the military governor of Wei Bojun, Wang Jingchong, the military governor of Chengde Army, Liu Yue, the military governor of Lulong Army, and Yiwujun Eight signatures and handprints of Jiedu envoy Li Quanzhong, Khitan Yili Jin Yelupu, Dongxi Wang Shise, and Tatar Khan of Shiwei Alliance.

Li Keyong invited Gao Pian to join the alliance and fight against Li Jing together.

Gao Pian smiled when he saw the secret letter.He finally got his chance, a chance to take revenge.

Others are afraid of Li Jing, but Gao Pian has never been afraid.

For others, Li Jing's current power and personal prestige have reached their peak, and he has become the second king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty.However, in the eyes of Gao Pian, Li Jing is not a god. If Li Jing expands carefully and steadily, first flattening the Khitan outside the pass, then entering the pass, defeating the four towns in Hebei, and then sending troops to Hedong and heading south to the Central Plains, then Gao Pian I really haven't had a chance to deal with Li Jing yet.But now that Li Jing is taking such a fierce expansion path, Gao Pian sees an opportunity.

Li Jing's momentum has reached its peak now, but Li Jing's troop distribution has also reached its peak.It seems unstoppable, but as long as one link is broken, the whole chain may break.

Gao Pian secretly smiled in his heart, facing the empty Central Plains, he estimated that even if he was in Li Jing's position, he would not let go of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to swallow Yichang, Taining, Tianping, and even Yicheng and influence the towns Bar.

The most critical thing for a famous general is decisiveness. When the opportunity comes, he will seize it decisively.

Gao Pian saw the opportunity, so he would not miss it.

With Gao Pian's attitude, the entire meeting quickly reached a consensus direction.

"If you don't move, it will be done, and if you move, there will be thunder! Li Jing's main force is now in Hebei and the Central Plains, we should send troops immediately. Someone thought that we should immediately send troops to wipe out Li Jing's [-] soldiers in Hudou Prefecture!" After Wang Lin died, Liang Zuan, one of the original Huainan Double Bibi, naturally became the head of the generals.

There were originally 1 soldiers in Hudouzhou, but now there are only 1 horses left, including one army navy and one army infantry.These [-] horses guarding the Yangtze River estuary are like a sharp sword, making Huainan town like a light on its back.

Gao Pian nodded to Liang Yan, "Okay, if you don't move, you will be fine, and if you move, there will be thunder. Hu Douzhou will be handed over to General Liang!"

"Uncle and nephew think that the probation army has only a small number of soldiers and has become a piece of meat on the cutting board. Li Jing has already swallowed Sizhou, so we might as well swallow Haozhou, and then take the first step to seize Xuzhou." Gao Jie also Propose on the side.

Haozhou, as one of the three states of the Probation Army, is not in Huaibei, but in Huainan.Zhongli, an important town on the Huaihe River in Haozhou, is an important place for military strategists. Crossing the river in Haozhou is Xuzhou, and Xuzhou, as the north-south hub, has been a must for military strategists since ancient times.

Huaisi has always been the focus of the north-south dispute. Li Jing took the first step to seize Sizhou, which was already a step short for Gao Pian. If Li Jing was allowed to take Xuzhou again, it would be extremely unfavorable for Gao Pian of.

Whoever wins Huaisi will have a favorable situation in this North-South struggle.

A sharp ray of light in Gao Pian's eyes swept across the generals, and finally ordered: "Gao Jie, I appointed you as the governor of Xuzhou, Yao Guili as the governor of Sizhou, and Yu Gongchu as the governor of Haozhou. This king will select [-] elite Soldiers, another [-] auxiliary troops will be recruited, Gao Jie will be the commander of the camp in the north, and Yao Chu will be the second general."

"I take orders from the lowly position!" Gao Jie and the three of them responded quickly with joyful expressions on their faces.

Gao Pian turned his eyes to Liang Yan again, "This king will also recruit [-] soldiers, and [-] will recruit an auxiliary army to you to be the commander of the camp in the south, and he will be the governor of Chuzhou. Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, and Li Han will be the three generals. as vice."

"Follow the order!"

Gao Pian nodded lightly, his eyes were deep, far to the north, and there was a sneer in the corner of his mouth! (To be continued.)