Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 235 Unexpected Mistake

"Your Majesty, late last night, the east gate of Zhengzhou opened wide, and more than a thousand people walked out. These people were all dressed in common people's clothes, armed with weapons, and carried shovels to dig the soil and other things.

Marching in the starry night, heading straight to the Yellow River embankment, and coming to Bianliang, these people are very strange, hiding in the forests and mountains during the day, only marching at night..."

"Surveillance from afar, don't disturb them!"

"promise!"

Li Ye didn't feel sleepy at all right now, and it was clear at a glance what these people wanted to do.

At this time, it is May, when the Yellow River is peaching, and the water level is high. Although the Yellow River is not as exaggerated as the river bed after a thousand years, the water level is one foot (three meters) higher than the ground inside and outside Bianliang City. many) still exist.

Thinking of this, Li Ye broke into a cold sweat.

Fortunately, I am in awe of military affairs, and I am always cautious when marching and fighting, especially attaching great importance to intelligence, if I don't check.

An army of 10,000+ from the imperial court and various towns gathered under the city of Bianliang. If the Yellow River breached at this time and the water was more than ten feet deep, the [-]-odd army might lose half on the spot.

The food, grass and supplies may be completely destroyed, and the army may collapse without food for several days. The army of more than [-] will die without a place to bury it!

The most ruthless character in the Five Dynasties, Zhu Wen, is really ruthless.

This matter should not be publicized, Li Ye only summoned Zhu Zhen to discuss the matter, and ordered his personal guards to kill anyone who entered the dragon tent within fifty steps.

After the guards withdrew, Li Ye told Zhu Zhen about the matter and the speculation in his heart.

Zhu Zhen suddenly realized: "The general has always been doubtful. The decisive battle between the two armies will naturally be the strongest. But now, Ge Congzhou retreated to Bozhou and stagnated. Zhu Wen returned to Zhengzhou and did not save Bianliang. Bianliang was used as bait, and he wanted to drown the entire army of beggars..."

Li Ye nodded and said, "If it wasn't for the spy report, I'm afraid everyone would be buried in the belly of a fish."

Zhu Zhen said: "It's all right now, as long as these people are killed and heavy troops are sent to patrol the banks of the Yellow River, the Bian army will be powerless."

Li Ye didn't speak, but looked at Zhu Zhen. Zhu Zhen was a little puzzled and didn't know how to ask. Is there any other way to deal with it?

After a long time, Li Ye said: "Tomorrow I will gather all the towns and order them to attack Bianliang. Li Keyong's infantry and Li Hanzhi's army will all be sent to Bianliang to attack the city. I will lead the army and the Hedong cavalry. Let's join forces and confront Zhu Wen's main force, what do you think?"

"call!"

Zhu Zhen sighed heartily.

Li Ke used more than 15 infantry, Li Hanzhi had more than [-] infantry, Wei Bo's army was [-], Wang Shifan's Pinglu army was [-], Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin's Taining Tianping army was [-], Shi Pu's Wuning The army is [-], a total of [-] troops.

15 million troops!

Even though Zhu Zhen was used to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, she was quite amazed at His Majesty's thoughts.

Sure enough, His Majesty's ruthlessness was nothing compared to Zhu Wen's.

That's right!

Can benevolence, righteousness and morality conquer the world?
"Your Majesty, this strategy is very good. It can weaken the towns of Weibo, Pinglu, Taining, Tianping, Wuning and Hedong in one fell swoop, but at the end I will beg for your majesty's grace."

"Commander Zhu asked for anything, and I won't deny it!"

"Your Majesty, most of the soldiers of the Zuo Huwei Army are from Bianliang, and many of their family members are here. Can you move these people out!"

Li Ye said: "Let's move first. All the Bianliang people will move to Chenzhou first. The sooner the better, I will ask Mr. Du to coordinate the relocation. As for this matter, don't say anything about it. I haven't made a decision yet."

"promise!"

After thinking about it, Li Ye thought that if the Yellow River broke its embankment, it would weaken the benefits of the feudal town's troops, but there were too many sequelae and too many unpredictable risks.

How big will the flooding of the Yellow River be? After 1000 years, Lao Jiang dug Huayuankou, which is the Yellow River flooding area of ​​thousands of miles.

If this is the case, how long will it take for Bianliang to recover, and is there still a condition to become the Eastern Capital of the Tang Dynasty?
As for these soldiers and horses in the towns, the three towns in Shandong have a heart for the Tang Dynasty, the civil strife in Weibo, and the east thugs are also very useful at present. Is it really necessary to wipe them all out?

His Majesty the Emperor fell into deep thought...

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Zhengzhou, Governor's Mansion

Zhu Wen sat obliquely on the Hu chair, holding a comfortable posture. In front of his subordinates, Lao Zhu was always very casual.

Li Zhen persuaded: "Marshal Jie, the imperial court is powerful, with more than [-] soldiers and horses. I humblely think that we should send envoys to the imperial court to plead guilty as soon as possible, withdraw from Zheng, Hua and other states, and only ask for the town of Xuanwu to be saved."

Liu Han also thought so, and said: "Jieshuai, you can also send envoys to the towns. The imperial court now has 20 powerful soldiers. Guanzhong, Sanchuan, Hezhong, Shanguo, Jinshang, and Caizhou all belong to the imperial court. If Xuanwu falls again, the world will be defeated." There is one of two points, which feudal town can face its body directly.

Since ancient times, the cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, the birds were exhausted, and the good bows were hidden. With Xuanwu in front, they can still survive. If Xuanwu is gone, which town can survive alone! "

Zhu Wen shook his head, if he was like Wei Bo, he would have done it long ago, but most of the helpers sent by the Emperor are his sworn enemies.

Needless to say, Li Keyong, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, is the enmity of life and death.

Zhu Xuan, the governor of Taining, and Zhu Jin, the governor of the Tianping Army, were once sworn brothers. They have already turned against each other, seized people, counties, and killed soldiers. Is there any chance of relaxation?

As for Shi Pu, the governor of the Wuning Army, the grievances can be traced back to five years ago. Huang Chao died. With such great achievements, Zhu Wen and Shi Pu fought against each other. A few days ago, they attacked Xuzhou and hit Shi Pu's door. .

As for Wang Shifan, Zhu Wen had no grudge against him, but he did have grudge against Wang Shifan's father, Wang Jingwu. Four years ago, Zhu Wen sent Zhu Zhen to Pinglu to recruit soldiers.

In Zizhou, Zhu Zhen led the Bian army, beat up Wang Shifan's father Wang Jingwu, killed 3 Wang Jingwu horses, and swaggered back to Bianliang.

At this time, Zhu Wen also regretted that it was too early to turn against Zhuzhen in Shandong.

With this time and strength, he can directly deal with Qin Zongquan, attack Shannan Dongdao and Jingnan all the way, and then pacify Huainan. In this way, will he still worry about money and food?

In the original history, Zhu Wen turned against Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin, which was considered a huge strategic mistake by later scholars.

Zhu Wen's strategic mistakes gave Huainan Yang Xingmi precious time to rise up. By the time Zhu Wen realized it, Yang Xingmi was already out of control.

At that time, Zhu Wen attacked Huainan several times, but they all returned without success, and countless soldiers were lost. General Pang Shigu also lost his life in Huainan.

Of course, history has deviated from the original track since Li Ye changed the core.

His Majesty the Emperor attracted Li Keyong to magnify Zhu Wen's strategic mistake infinitely.

The rear was unstable, and Zhu Wen was also miserable.

"Fortunately, there is still a chance to redeem it now!"

Lao Zhu's face was solemn, as the saying goes, he is non-toxic and not a husband. It is very worthwhile to exchange the lives of more than 20 troops with the city of Bianliang.

As for the innocent people outside the city, the family members of his subordinates are also among them.

Will this matter cause dissatisfaction in the army, so that the army's morale is turbulent?Zhu Wen is not worried about this at all.

"When the time comes, just throw the pot on the imperial court. The imperial court has been attacking Bianliang for a long time, and flooded the city with the water of the Yellow River. I didn't expect to drown myself!"

The soldiers only resented the court, how could they resent Zhu Wen?

Zhu Wen let out a long sigh. Eight years ago, when he first came to Xuanwu, he came to this place of the Four Wars.

In addition to thinking about how to defend, he also had to think about how to attack if he was the main attacker.

Every inch of land in Xuanwu, every gully has set foot on his footsteps.

After traveling through thousands of mountains and rivers, Zhu Wen already had the answer. Although the terrain of Yimapingchuan is difficult to defend, when the Yellow River embankment is a big thunder in Xuanwu.

He didn't say anything to anyone, and buried this thought in his heart... Until now, even the closest people have not said anything.

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