Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 268 Victory in the First Battle
If His Majesty the Emperor wants to fight, he will naturally bring a group of younger brothers. The draft edict is as follows:
Lei Man was appointed as the defense envoy of Langli (now Changde),
Du Hong was appointed as the observation envoy of Eyue (now Hubei) and the governor of Ezhou

Made and awarded Zhong Chuan as Jiangxi (now Jiangxi) Observation Envoy and Governor of Raozhou

Granted Deng Churui the observation envoy of Hunan (now Hunan) and the governor of Tanzhou

An Fujiang was appointed as the general manager of the marching camps in the west of Huainan, and Cheng Rui was the deputy commander of the marching camps in the west of Huainan. He led the Zuo Shenwei Army with 1 troops from the first to the eighth, and 3000 soldiers from the Zhongyidu and Zhongyongdu of the Guizhou Army. People and horses control the armies of Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, and Changde.

The remaining troops, the ninth to sixteenth of the Zuo Shenwei Army, counted more than ten thousand troops, and the Guizhou Army Xinyidu, Xiaoyidu, and Wuyi were all commanded by Qian Zongwu, the deputy general of the Zuo Shenwei Army, and supervised the construction of warships in Jiangling Mansion.

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Qian Miao was appointed as the observation envoy of western Zhejiang (now southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang) and the governor of Hangzhou.

Yang Xingmi was appointed as the observer envoy of Xuanshe (now southern Anhui, eastern Jiangxi) and governor of Xuanzhou.

With Qian Miao as the chief commander of the marching camps in the south of Huainan, he controlled the troops of the western, eastern, and Xuanshe Taoists.

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Zhu Zhen, the right governor of the governor's office of the five armies, was appointed as the chief commander of the marching camps in the north of Huainan.

Ge Congzhou, the defense envoy of Shouzhou, was appointed as the deputy chief of the marching camps in the north of Huainan.

Liu Zhijun was appointed as Marquis of Yu, the military capital of all the roads and camps in the north of Huainan, and Niu Cunjie, the defense envoy of Guangzhou, was appointed as the branch officer of the camp to supervise the transportation of grain and supplies.

The whole army governs the Niu Cunjie Division of the Xuanwu Zuo Army, the Shucong Division of the Xuanwu Qianjun Army, the Liu Zhijun Division and Ge Congzhou Division of the Xuanwu Central Army, the Wang Zhong Division of the Left Changjian Army, and the Dinghui Division of the Right Changjian Army.

Zuozhen Wujun Huahong Department, Youzhen Wujun Yang Sheng Department, Right Shence Army Zhouxian Department.

The whole army has nearly [-] people.

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The original Heyang Jiedu envoy Li Kexiu was appointed as the general manager of the marching camps in the east of Huainan.

Shi Zongyu was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the Wuning Army as the deputy general manager of the marching camps in the east of Huainan, concurrently as the branch officer, and the grain and grass transfer envoy.

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His Majesty the Emperor personally led the Marshal of the Army and Horses, Sun Wei, Yin of Diaohe Zhongfu, and Governor of the Five Armies, was the Deputy Marshal of the Army and Horses. Shi Pu was also the Deputy Marshal of the Army and Horses. Marching Sima.

This edict was initially discussed between the emperor and Jing Xiang. Among them, Lei Man, Du Hong, Yang Xingmi and others were all powerful figures in various places, and they did not yet have official imperial status.

This time conferring their official titles together is really a drastic measure. If they respond to the imperial edict to seek thieves, they can take advantage of the situation and transfer them to the imperial court one by one to take over the territory they control.

If you don't follow the edict, after the crusade against Sun Ru, you can just turn your guns and wipe them out one by one.

The confidence behind this strategy is the [-] troops directly under the imperial court.

As for Yang Xingmi and Qian Miao in the south, Yang Xingmi's soldiers and horses are stronger than Qian Miao, and using Qian Miao as the chief commander of the south marching army to show their closeness is to make the two of them at odds. If you can't bear it, the first thing is to destroy Yang Xingmi.

His Majesty the Emperor wants to fight to pacify the South.

When this imperial edict was prepared, a court discussion was issued. Shi Pu and Yang Xingmi once formed an alliance to fight against Sun Ru. In his view, if Yang Xingmi controlled Huainan, the Wuning Army could also form a corner with Huainan.

The imperial court is so powerful, Shi Pu is also terrified to see it, he has been in the center for two months, the more confidential things he knows, the more powerless Shi Pu feels.

He originally thought that the Xuanwu Army was already more than the best in the world, but now it seems that he is watching the sky from the well. The Modao Army transferred from Chang'an, the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army are all fierce soldiers, especially the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army, which was in Hexi and Huzhou. Those who came out of the fight on horseback were full of evil spirits, and they were even better than Xuanwu's Jianrui battalion.

If it is against the Wuning Army...

Shi Pu didn't dare to think about it!
"After the imperial court pacified Huainan, it will definitely cut down the vassal. Hebei needs a slow plan, and the towns in Shandong bordering Xuanwu must be the emperor's next target!"

He can see that in the past, the imperial court was dominated by a certain prime minister, but now, the emperor is the one who dominates the political situation. In his opinion, Du Rang can keep the old but can't take responsibility, Niu Hui knows current affairs but not military affairs, and Sun Wei The most... Sun Wei most couldn't see anything unusual.

On the contrary, this Jing Xiang, who was very quiet and inseparable from His Majesty, made Shi Pu quite afraid.

I am afraid that these strategies all come from this person. I heard that this person was originally a think tank in Zhu Wen's account, and somehow he was voted for the court. In just three years, the Tang court has changed its decline, and now it is even more ambitious to revive the country. Shi Pu couldn't help thinking about the momentum.

As for the fact that he originally wanted to recommend Yang Xingmi as the head of the camp in the south of Huainan, he did not say anything in the end.

Yang Xingmi has few generals, and he is not as good as Wu Ning. The general trend of the court is here, so we can only keep it secret. Let's see how the current situation develops!
On that day, the imperial court announced to the world that it would send troops to attack Huainan.

While in Bianliang, Li Ye ordered Niu Hui to stay behind, all military forces in Xuanwu, Caizhou, Yiwu, Heluo, etc. , all matters under the palm of the book are held by three people, and any disagreement will be reported to the emperor for decision.

The next day, in the western suburbs of Bianliang, the army swore an oath, and Zhu Zhen, the right governor and general manager, led the army out.

It will take a month or two for all the soldiers and horses to gather, but the battle has already begun.

The defense stationed in Guangzhou made Niu Cunjie cross the Shihe River, marched into Tong'an County of Shuzhou, and conquered Anle and Wanyang counties in one day.

The defense stationed in Shouzhou sent Ge Congzhou's troops to attack Wangjiang County in the direction of Shuzhou in the southwest direction of Xuanwu's former army on the one hand, and attacked Wangjiang County in the direction of Shuzhou in the direction of Shuzhou, and Ge Congzhou led his own troops to attack southward in the direction of Luzhou. Lujiang County.

The army paves the way when encountering mountains, builds bridges when encountering water, and is the vanguard of the whole army.

In the east, Li Kexiu of the Hedong Army also launched an attack. Together with the Wuning Army, the whole army attacked in the direction of Huaiyin County in Chuzhou. The Hedong Army had 5000 troops, and the Wuning Army sent [-] troops. The most powerful road.

It fell into Shanyang County on the same day, went to Yancheng County and Baoying County on the third day, and surrounded Huaiyin City in Chuzhou on the fifth day.

When Zhu Zhen's army arrived in Shouzhou, it was reported that the Hedong and Wuning armies had conquered Chuzhou.

At this time, the main force of the bandit Sun Ru was not in Huainan. Liu Jianfeng guarded Runzhou (now Zhenjiang) and Changzhou.

For a long time, Sun Ru wanted to drive Yang Xingmi to death, cut off this threat from the root, but now Yang Xingmi is really miserable, surrounded by Sun Ru in Xuanzhou and unable to move.

However, Qian Miao was weak. Seeing two ruthless men fighting on his own territory, he did not dare to move while hiding in Hangzhou. Even if Runzhou and Changzhou were captured, and Liu Jianfeng stormed Suzhou, Qian Miao could only lead his army far away. watch.

And just when Xuanshe and Zhexi fought like a paste, and all the armies were exhausted, the news of the court's attack on Sun Ru sounded like a thunderbolt, resounding east and south.

(End of this chapter)