Late Tang

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Yang Weili sat down by the fire, rubbing his cold hands under the flickering light of the fire.His eyes were fixed on the few stones at his feet, and his black pupils emitted a light that seemed hotter than flames.

"What do you think?" Siegfried asked.

"If Wang Jingyin is trying to lure the enemy, then his technique of luring the enemy is really bad." Yang Weili said thoughtfully.

"Lure the enemy! The main force of the Zhao army is in Shenzhou, and there are no soldiers and horses in Dingzhou. Besides, those Zhao troops don't know the reality of our operation. I was so scared that my legs went limp and weeded my pants. You see, we only had one battalion, but within three days we captured three cities without bloodshed. Beiping, Wangdu, and Tang County, the defenders escaped faster from one city to another. " The tall and mighty black bear Zhao Xiaobao took a step in Yang Weili's direction, with a low voice in his throat.

"What are you thinking about so much? Let's rest for a while and go directly to the city of Dingzhou, allowing them to flee in the face of the wind. Let's continue to kill Dingzhou City without bloodshed." Staring at the piece of jerky in Zhao Xiaobao's hand, his saliva was already dripping down. "Commander, if we take Dingzhou again and reward you for meritorious service, your commander will become a military envoy. Brothers, we will also be promoted together. By then, my son will be the son of the capital."

In the last Battle of Daibei, Yang Weili was promoted from the capital to the head of the battalion. It can be regarded as a rapid promotion, and he was promoted two levels in a row.Basically all the people in his capital have been promoted and rewarded.Siegfried, Zhao Xiaobao, and Ni Jinji are all military officers now.

"Don't be greedy for merit, greedy for merit, even if you really win Dingzhou City, you probably won't be rewarded then. If you fall into an ambush by mistake, Shi Jingtang might become a gangster again in the future." Yang Weili arrested With two hairs, he carefully looked at the situation map of Dingzhou placed with stones under his feet.

At the beginning of the month, King Qin issued an ultimatum to Chengde Town, asking them to surrender to Qin Fan within three days.

Three days later, Chengdezhen refused to surrender, and sent a letter to scold King Qin severely.Later, Raoyang City in Shenzhou announced that it would belong to Qin Fan. As a result, the son of Vice Marshal Chengde, everyone in the Yamen knew that Wang Shiyuan, the soldier and horse envoy, led five thousand soldiers to kill Raoyang, stormed Raoyang, and wanted to clean up the house.

When Raoyang was about to break down, the Qin army in Hejian Fortress attacked. Zhu Han, the vanguard general of Hejian cavalry, led a thousand cavalry to the battlefield. Wang Shiyuan did not dare to meet the enemy and led his troops to retreat.Zhu Hanzhi led his troops in pursuit, and the two sides fought in the south of Raoyang City. One thousand cavalry of the Qin army faced five thousand Chengde dental soldiers. , and fought and retreated, the result was defeated all the way, lying dead for thirty miles, losing more than a thousand men and horses, before returning to Shenzhou.

On this day, the Qin army attacked Chengde Town in an all-round way.

Yi, Ding, Shen, and Ji were all attacked at the same time. Except for Zhenzhou, which was in the rear, they were not attacked for the time being. It can be said that the Qin army's operation was very fast and powerful.

The momentum was extremely large. On the east-west front for hundreds of miles, the Qin army dispatched infantry and cavalry troops. The soldiers, united soldiers, township soldiers, militiamen, road maintenance soldiers, and student soldiers all went to the battlefield. The intelligence received by Wang Jingyin was summarized. Up to now, the Qin army's invading force that the four states are now facing has reached at least 40.

This is simply unimaginable, 40 people?

Wang Jingyin did the math. If the Qin army added up all the soldiers and horses in Hebei, Beiping, Shandong, etc., including those united soldiers, township soldiers, militiamen, student soldiers, and road maintenance soldiers, 40 would not be without it. possible.

But why did Li Jing suddenly mobilize so many troops to attack Chengde from the south?

Wang Jingyin wondered, with so many troops, don't they need food and grass?Didn't the Qin army say that there was a shortage of food and grass, so they tightened their belts and gritted their teeth to save food and grass there, saving them from transporting them to the Bohai battlefield.Why are you so generous all of a sudden?A Zanhua staff officer suggested that perhaps the Qin army was bluffing in order to intimidate Chengdezhen and force Chengdezhen to surrender.

At the beginning, Wang Jingyin also believed this statement a little bit, but then, in just three days, countless defeat news came back from all over the four prefectures of Chengde Town, and the guards on the border were almost destroyed by the Qin army. No one can stop their offensive.

By the seventh day, Shenzhou had lost Raoyang and Anping, Jizhou had lost Fucheng, Wuyi, and Zaoqiang, Dingzhou had lost Tangxian, Beiping, and Wangdu, except for Zhaozhou and Zhenzhou. In seven days, Chengde Town had lost eight cities and more than five thousand soldiers.

Sometimes the cavalry of the Qin army can break through two or three cities in a day. How could such a rapid offensive be a bluff?

This can never be a bluff, but it should be that the Qin army has been silent for a year and a half, and they are actually planning this attack secretly.They have done a good job of keeping secrets, and they have been accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity.When all the towns in the Central Plains were involved in the struggle between Tian Lingzi and the Yang brothers, Li Jing finally made a move, and when he made a move, there were 40 troops.They want to fight a lightning and thunderous battle. Before everyone reacts, before other feudal towns intervene, they will destroy Chengde.

Wang Jingyin began to feel a little regretful. If he refused to surrender, he would refuse to surrender. Why did he reply such a fiercely worded letter?Or, maybe I should come up with a plan to delay the attack, don't agree or refuse, just keep procrastinating like that.

I always felt that Qin Fan is now a sick cat. Who knew that he was ferocious and ferocious, and he has been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

"Maybe we should talk to Li Jing!" After a while, the extremely haggard Wang Jingyin said to his nephew Wang Rong in a low voice, full of helplessness.

The generals in Chengde Town are now very worried, feeling that this catastrophe is imminent, and they are gradually dissatisfied with the main battle between the two brothers.For this reason, Wang Jingyin had to show more respect to his nephew on the surface even if he was doing superficial feats.

"Uncle, nephew thinks Li Jing is cheating!"

Wang Jingyin's question was just a random question, to show his respect for Wang Rong's integrity, and to calm down the generals' dissatisfaction with him, but he didn't expect him to answer.Who knew that Wang Rong really answered, and even said such shocking words.

Wang Jingbin snorted coldly, and glanced at Wang Rong with disdain, a young child, does he really think of himself as King Zhao?If it wasn't for their brother's status as a concubine, and his mother was just a lowly kabuki, and their brother couldn't sit in this handsome position, how could they support him to be handsome.This kid usually looks smart, how can he give him some color, he really opened a dyeing room.Military affairs, can he understand?

Wang Jingyin didn't take it seriously either, but on the surface he looked at his nephew and said with a smile: "Why did your lord say that?"

Ten-year-old Wang Rong has red lips and white teeth. He is extremely handsome and usually very smart.At this time, he didn't see the sarcasm in his uncle's eyes, and said sternly: "The Qin Fan has been fighting for years in the past few years, and now there is still a large army fighting against the tribal army in the Bohai Sea. Moreover, the Qin Fan's territory and population have been declining in the past few years. The expansion is too fast, and now they have land in nine provinces, with a population of more than [-] million. Moreover, Li Jing and other feudal towns are not many, they purchase food at a unified price, and then maintain a low-price quota supply, the people of Qin Fan naturally Everyone has food to eat, but the result is that the new land and food output in the Qin Fanzhong have not increased much in the past few years, but their new population has doubled. In addition, the Qin Fan has fought several times. The food consumption is huge. Because of this, Qin Fan also had a famine last year, which was even serious, and had to be silent, and let the auxiliary soldiers other than the soldiers return to the fields and focus on production. I heard that Qin Fan also sent water The division went fishing, and the cavalry went hunting to make up for the lack of food."

After a long series of words, Wang Rongyue became more fluent, "I don't think the information is wrong, on the contrary, I think Qin Fan is indeed facing a great loss of vitality after the war, and now he is fully recovering, sitting at home and licking his wounds. Under such circumstances, how could Li Jing have the spare power to attack us? It is even more impossible to say that 40 troops were mobilized at once? Both uncles are experts and are familiar with military affairs. You should know that fighting a war does not mean that the more soldiers the better. Now Li Jing suddenly sent 40 troops to attack us without any warning. I think it can only explain one problem. That is, the Qin army is bluffing. It is impossible for them to recruit so many soldiers. We fight wars just to create momentum."

Wang Jingbin retorted: "Even if, as you said, the Qin army was seriously injured due to successive years of wars and the rapid increase in the population of the territory, and survived, but in a year and a half, maybe the Qin army has recovered? A Just because Li Jing didn't come to attack us a year and a half ago doesn't mean he won't come to attack us now a year and a half later. What's more, the towns in the Central Plains are unable to go north this time, so this is a good time for Li Jing to send troops. Besides By the way, who told you that it is not better to have as many soldiers as possible? It also depends on the situation. The Qin army borders our Chengde border for hundreds of miles, and we are all on the Great Plains of Hebei. Terrain and distance, the two armies are fighting, naturally the more soldiers the better. If the Qin army can mobilize 100 million horses, they can drown us directly. The young commander is still young, so he can study at ease. As for the internal and external matters, there are The two of us are enough."

Wang Jingyin nodded lightly, and also felt that what the brother said was very reasonable. The loss of eight cities in seven days showed that the Qin army was really serious. There were a lot of soldiers and horses mobilized, maybe not 40, but even half of it was still 20. Thousands of people.And the more soldiers Li Jing sends out, the more it shows that Li Jing really wants to annex them with lightning speed.What the nephew said was entirely based on the fact that Qin Jun's previous vitality loss was too heavy, and he would not be able to recover in three to five years.But the matter of war does not follow common sense.If Li Jing is really sure to swallow Chengde Town, then he will launch a thunderous battle with tens of thousands of people. After he succeeds, he can use the fruits of victory to make up for the consumption of the war.

"According to Li Jing's mother, it seems that her mother is about to pass her birthday. It's just a matter of time to send a mission to Yanjing to seek peace in the name of celebrating her birthday. By the way, I will also find out the reality of the Qin army along the way." Wang Jingyin was a little difficult. Decide.

"Let who go?"

Wang Jingyin frowned. The number of people sent was too low. If the Qin army really wanted to destroy Zhao this time, then the task this time was extremely important and the time was short.There is no time to go back and forth to ask for instructions and reports. There must be someone with full authority to go. After the judgment is clear, the decision will be made immediately.

"You go to Yanjing in person. If you find that the Qin army is really going to destroy Zhao, try your best to seek peace. If you really can't, you can agree to surrender to Li Jing when you have to. The key point is that you do your best to find a way to keep Zhao. The military power in the hands of our Wang family is not a last resort, we cannot promise to hand over military power, let alone move the Wang family to Yanjing."

Wang Jingxuan nodded. These days, if you have a soldier, you are the grass head king.Even if they have to surrender Li Jing at that time, as long as the military power is still in their hands, they are still the kings of Chengde.After the Anshi Rebellion, the San Francisco in Hebei was separated for more than a hundred years. Isn't that what they have always done?When you are strong, you don't need to pay attention to the court at all, and you can even call yourself emperor.If you can't do it with the court, then admit defeat and become a minister. As long as they hold the military power, there will be time to get up sooner or later.

Wang Rong couldn't help interjecting, "Uncle, don't do this, Li Jing is just bluffing, and he is waiting for us to seek peace. As long as we give up, we can only let him slaughter us. Believe I, Li Jing, are in a weak state right now, not as strong as I appear on the surface. The bigger the momentum he makes, the weaker he is. We must persevere, we can temporarily shrink our defenses, and then ask my father-in-law to borrow sand Tuo Bing, ask him to introduce Yang Fuguang again. Now in the Central Plains, Yang Fuguang is the most powerful, and his eight adopted sons are all commanders-in-chief of a town, with strong soldiers and strong horses. They are also at odds with Li Jing, especially Zhu Quanzhong and Li Quanzhong. Everyone is Li Jing's enemy. The enemy's enemy is our friend. Let's bring some gifts, some money and food, and invite them to come and deal with Li Jing together. As long as we are not intimidated, Li Jing will definitely not be able to survive in the end , then he can only retreat."

"If even you, a ten-year-old child, can see through Li Jing's plan, wouldn't all towns in the world be as handsome as a child? Li Jing's reputation has been in vain?" Wang Jingyin couldn't help shouting, "Our Wang family has been in charge of the Chengde Army for 60 years. With you, we are already the sixth Chengde Town Marshal. It is so difficult for our ancestors to lay this foundation, how can it be destroyed in your hands? You are still young Young man, it's not your turn to manage these important military affairs, you should study your books well and practice martial arts more. Don't always be ignorant of the heights of the sky and the earth, and spread the word, which will only make the world laugh."

Wang Rong's face was flushed red by Wang Jingyin's scolding, and he didn't dare to answer, tears of anger rolled in his eyes!

After being sent back to the backyard of the palace by Wang Jingyin, Wang Rong finally couldn't help but shed tears.After crying for a while, he sat up, walked to the desk, rubbed the ink, spread the paper, picked up the pen, and wrote ink on the dark yellow letter paper: Jin Wang Lao Taishan Honor... (to be continued.)