Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 97
Li Ye said to Zhu Zhen: "This man is Du Chongwei. At first Li Maozhen led 1100 troops to attack Wannian County. Until I lead the army to come, the city has not fallen yet."

Zhu Zhen was also awed by such achievements, and looked at Du Chongwei. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a well-defined outline, a strong build, and burn marks on his face, which added to his evil spirit.

"I have seen Commander Zhu of Zuo Huwei Army."

"I've seen Commander Du."

Li Ye said: "I want Commander Du to serve as Deputy Commander in Zuo Huwei's army, and summarize the general's methods of governing, marching and fighting. What do you think, General?"

Zhu Zhen was taken aback for a moment, is this going to be mixed with sand?Still can't escape this encounter, the emperor arranged for someone, how could he refuse, he hurriedly responded: "If there is Commander Du to help, the last general will not have to worry about it."

Li Ye could clearly hear Zhu Zhen's helplessness, and said with a smile, "General Zhu may be disappointed. He is so powerful. After taking office, he must not interfere in the military. With General Zhu as his teacher, he should ask more questions and learn more."

"promise!"

Zhu Zhen is also puzzled, what does His Majesty mean by this move.

How could he guess what the emperor was thinking, since the left tiger army had been set up now, it was natural that the right tiger army should also be set up.

Li Ye first asked the generals to practice in Zhu Zhen's army. When the time is right, he can directly recruit the backbone of the entire army and add soldiers to form an army.

After becoming an army, the imperial court had twelve infantry corps, each with at least 11000 soldiers, a total of more than 14 people. Due to financial constraints, the cavalry could only be formed into eight armies, each with 1000 soldiers, a total of 8000 people.

If there is no major change in the imperial court's finances, it may be difficult to support these soldiers next year.

The Youlongwu Army in Luzhou was fully staffed, and a new expansion of 1 people was added. Most of the Left and Right Shence Army in Hanzhong, and one part of the Left and Right Habayashi Army also had more than 2 people.

These soldiers are all the confidence of the imperial court!

The army marched northward along the Heshui River, passed Heyang, and was not far from the border of Fuzhou. Li Ye sent out all his scouts.

When setting up camp at night, Li Ye received Wang Xingyu's battle report, Wang Xingyu's army and Tongzhou army with 5000 troops had set up camp at Huanglongjian.

Wang Xingyu discovered that Tuoba Sixiao led [-] troops. The original Bao army was more than [-]. All of them were stationed in Fuzhou. See a soldier and a soldier.

Li Ye raised his account immediately and summoned Sun Weizui, Sun Dezhao, Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, and Du Chongwei to discuss matters.

Li Ye asked people to unfold the map, and said: "The situation of the armies is shown in the picture, let's talk about it!"

Sun Wei said: "Your minister thought that we should take every step of the way, and ordered Wang Xingyu to attack Fucheng County and Wang Xingyue to capture Luochuan County. They hoarded grain and grass in Fucheng as a foundation, and then sent a light army to attack Fulu. First, to cut off the enemy's retreat. Second, to block the enemy's retreat Enemy reinforcements.

When the left and right Shenwei troops capture Fangzhou, the three armies gather in Fuzhou to destroy the bandits in one fell swoop. "

"What does Jingxiang think?"

Jing Xiang said: "If Tuoba Sigong's army goes south, the Shenwei army on the left and right will be too late, and our army will attack inside and outside the Kunzhou, what can we do!"

Li Ye didn't speak, and asked Sun Weizui: "General Sun has seen the Dingnan Army fight. What is the composition of the troops, what is the equipment, and what is the combat effectiveness of the soldiers?"

Sun Wei shook his head the most and said: "Most of the Dingnan army is cavalry, but most of them have insufficient armor. Most of the Dangxiang clan have warriors, and they are all extremely brave. Most of the ordinary soldiers are slaves, so it is difficult to say how powerful they are."

"It's hard to say!"

"When you are strong, you are weak; when you are weak, you are strong."

Li Ye almost laughed out loud. To put it bluntly, the Dangxiang people can't chew hard bones. The Dangxiang nobles are very strong and fierce in combat, but the slaves are not very willing to work for them. I'm afraid this is the reason. Huang Chao lost again and again, even his own younger brother, Tuoba Sizhong, died.

"What does General Zhu think?"

Zhu Zhen looked at the map again, and shocked the audience when she spoke.

"The army will drive directly to Suizhou and Yinzhou, fight decisively with the enemy, and wipe out the Dingnan army, then the danger of Yunzhou will be resolved by itself."

This is the consistent tactic of the Xuanwu Army. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they generally do not fight in their own territory, but fight in the opponent's territory.

Anyway, it's broken, and it's not my own place, so just mess around.

Zhu Zhen was deeply influenced by Zhu Wen's use of troops. The emperor had brought Fufang into the imperial court. It was best not to send troops in his own territory.

Sun Wei shook his head the most and said: "It's a long way to go to Suizhou, and the supply of food and grass is not continuous. If the enemy army cuts off our food road, it will be in danger."

Zhu Zhen said: "Your Majesty, at the end of the day, there are many large carts in the army, and you can prepare half a month's food and grass to accompany you. When you enter the enemy's territory, the food will be with the enemy, and there will be no worries about food and grass."

Li Ye was also thinking about the feasibility of Zhu Zhen's strategy, and felt that it was really a solution.

"If the soldiers of Fuzhou attack my back, what should I do?"

Zhu Zhen said: "If we can lure the soldiers of Fuzhou out of the city to fight in the field, it will be ten times easier than attacking the city. I really wish for it."

All the generals turned their attention to Li Ye, and the emperor realized that Li Ye felt the pressure and thought over and over again: "Wang Xingyu was ordered to attack Fu County, Wang Xingyue was ordered to attack Luochuan, and the army will be deployed tomorrow to attack Fulu County, waiting for the opportunity.

Another envoy was sent to order Anfu General and Gao Wenmin to not stay after they captured Fangzhou, but to gather in Fuzhou City as soon as possible. "

"promise!"

"promise!"

The next day, as soon as the whole army set off, they received another battle report from Wang Xingyu. The troops of Wang Xingyu and Wang Xingyue were rushing to Fu County and Luochuan County. More than ten thousand people have appeared in the Liulishan area of ​​Yanzhou.

Li Ye looked at the map. With the strength of the cavalry, it would take two days to reach the territory of Yanzhou.

"Report, Zuo Shenwei Army Commander An Fujiang Zhanbao."

Li Ye unfolded it and saw that An Fujiang had captured Yijun County of Fangzhou and was rushing to Fangzhou City. As for Gao Wenmin's department, he had not received any news yet.

General Li Ye notified Sun Weizui, Sun Dezhao, Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen and others of the situation, and discussed matters while marching.

"The military situation is more urgent, and Tuoba Sigong will arrive sooner than I thought. He will be able to reach Fuzhou in three days at the most. With the addition of Qizhou soldiers and horses, Tuoba Sigong has nearly 6 cavalry and [-] infantry. A total of [-] horses, twice the strength of our army."

Sun Wei frowned the most.

But Zhu Zhen was eager to try, and said: "Your Majesty, Tuoba Sigong is nothing to be afraid of. The last general has fought with him twice, and he won both times. The army also beheaded Tuoba Sizhong, a barbarian, but a chicken and a dog .”

It was also the first time Li Ye heard of this.

Zhu Zhen is hard to say, at that time he was still in the Huang Chao army, followed Zhu Wen, and guarded Chang'an with Shang Rang's army. After all, the emperor was driven out of Chang'an at that time. At this time, he also couldn't speak.

Li Ye nodded, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on, but even after listening to Zhu Zhen patted her chest to reassure, Li Ye didn't dare to relax.

The imperial court can't afford to lose, and it's too risky to fight together. It's very risky to defeat them one by one.

"The big soldiers don't stop, they don't stop, and they will reorganize the army after they reach Fulu."

(End of this chapter)