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Chapter 156 Battle Book

The impact of Yang Guang's death is undoubtedly far-reaching.

The originally peaceful world has become completely chaotic, with beacon fires everywhere.

Let's talk about the north first. On the third day after receiving the news of Yang Guang's death, Xue Ju, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty, held a founding ceremony and proclaimed himself emperor.

Influenced by Xue Ju, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu and others also became kings and emperors one after another.

Zhai Rang did not proclaim himself emperor, because he and Li Mi were attacking Xingyang nervously, and finally attacked Xingyang in one go, and the soldiers pointed directly at Luoyang, with great momentum.

The north has become a mess, and the south is also changing.

The most prominent one was not Li Zitong who proclaimed himself emperor, but Xiao Xian from the Baling Gang and Lin Shihong from the Poyang Society who proclaimed themselves emperor respectively and established Chu State and Liang State.

Before this, although the two men were powerful, they had never raised troops against the Sui Dynasty.

But this time after Yang Guang's death, the two countries were established with lightning speed, basically dividing up the area south of the Yangtze River.

Li Yizhi ignored the chaos outside and focused on dealing with internal affairs.

After Yang Guang's death, he did not proclaim himself emperor, but supported Yang Guang's nephew Yang Hao as emperor, appointed himself the prime minister, and mastered all the military and political power of the imperial court.

To put it bluntly, it is to support the puppet so as to gain fame and righteousness.

Afterwards, in the name of the imperial court, Li Yizhi entrusted his cronies and subordinates who had always followed him
After all, they were waiting for such a day.

Among them, Li Jing was named a general and took control of the Xiaoguo Army; Luo Tong was named a general and transferred to take charge of the Yangzhou Army; Yin Kaishan was the commander of the imperial guards; And others, various rewards and appointments.

As for Shi Long, he has no interest in official positions, and still only serves as a personal guard commander, sitting in the palace.

However, Li Yizhi gave him the title of Marquis of Founding County as compensation.

Under Li Yizhi's forceful sorting out, Jiangdu County quickly recovered. Just as he was about to gather everyone and decided to take the initiative to attack, bad news came one after another.

Jiangdu Palace, in a side hall.

Li Yizhi called Tian Wen, Li Jing and others to discuss the matter, and asked Shao Lingzhou to announce the news.

He is now the commander of the Jinyiwei newly established by Li Yizhi. He has integrated the elite forces of the Zhuhua Gang and the Beggars Gang, and has absorbed many military experts. He is in charge of collecting intelligence inside and outside the court.

Shao Lingzhou said in a deep voice: "According to reliable information, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong, Lin Shihong, and Xiao Xian have reached an alliance and are preparing to jointly send troops to attack Jiangdu from the east, southeast, south, and southwest directions, with a total of nearly 40 troops."

"Not only that, they seem to be lobbying Wagangzhai, hoping that they will send an army from the north to join in the siege of us. At the same time, Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army is also ready to take the opportunity to counterattack and regain the original territory."

Speaking of this, Shao Lingzhou paused, and continued: "There is another news. Yu Wenshang, the Patriarch of the Yuwen Clan, has been released. It is said that his strength has greatly improved. He is now in Luoyang. The final battle. You Chuhong from the Dugu Faction expressed his support and said he would be there to watch the battle."

Although the previous message seemed to be in a critical situation, it was very dangerous to be attacked by powerful enemies from all directions.

However, even an army of 40 is a mob united by all parties, which is the opponent of Jiangdu's current 30 elite army.

But the latter one is extremely heavy.

One must know that Yu Wenshang was once a supreme powerhouse as famous as Tiandao Song Que, but now no one knows how far he has cultivated.

Even with Li Yizhi's current strength, it is difficult to be the opponent of the opponent.

Tian Wen frowned, and said: "My son, you can't sit still. With your current status as a prime minister, how can you accept Yu Wenshang's challenge like a martial artist?"

Xue Zhen and other civil officials naturally nodded in agreement, trying to dissuade Li Yizhi from refusing.

"The matter is so simple. The prime minister is a martial artist. If he does not accept the challenge, he will be looked down upon by the world. Even the prime minister himself will have demons in his heart."

Shi Long shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Furthermore, Yu Wenshang's challenge has been supported by the Dugu Clan. If the Prime Minister refuses to agree, then I'm afraid we will have to face the joint efforts of Yu Wenshang and You Chuhong. At that time, the Prime Minister more dangerous."

Yin Kaishan and Shao Lingzhou nodded heavily, and they naturally knew the stakes.

For a while, the atmosphere in the field began to be depressed.

Li Yizhi looked at the heavy expressions on everyone's faces, couldn't help but chuckled, and said slowly, "I have my own opinion about Yuwenshang's challenge, and you can't help worrying. Shao Lingzhou, you can call back for me later, saying that I have accepted the challenge." , wait in Jiangdu in a month."

Although Yu Wenshang is very strong, the strength he has shown before is not all of him, and it is still unknown who will win in the end.

Besides, isn't there still a month left?

In a month's time, with the help of great luck, Li Yizhi believed that his martial arts could improve again.

So, he said to Li Jing: "General Li, you don't have to worry about the decisive battle. What you have to do now is to attack. What I want is not only to repel their attack, but also to take the opportunity to calm down Jiangnan in one fell swoop, so as to move forward." Soldiers go north."

Seeing that Li Yizhi seemed to have the confidence to deal with Yu Wenshang, Shi Long and the others were a little puzzled, but they relaxed a lot.

Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, in fact, a few days ago, I had a plan to calm down the surrounding rebels, but I didn't expect that they would take the initiative to attack. This is also just right, saving us from fighting a siege."

Next, Li Jing began to describe his strategy in detail.

According to Li Jing's prediction, Wagangzhai had just captured Xingyang, and he must have suffered heavy losses. It is impossible to send troops south in a short time.

Furthermore, Wagangzhai now not only has to face threats from Luoyang, but at the same time, Li Mi's power has grown again, and it is no longer possible for him and Zhai Rang to coexist peacefully.

Therefore, in the next few months, there will be civil strife in Wagangzhai, and there is still energy to go south.

As for Du Fuwei, he is already a bereaved dog. As long as [-] Yangzhou troops are left to defend, he will not dare to move.

In this way, there is basically no threat from the north, as long as the south is dealt with.

"Among the four major powers in the south of the Yangtze River, although Chu and Liang are powerful, they raised troops hastily and never went to the battlefield. Therefore, even if there are many Sui troops among them, their combat effectiveness must not be strong."

"For them, we can occupy Danyang first and defend them, and we can deal with Li Zitong and Shen Faxing first."

"Shen Faxing is a former general of the Sui Dynasty. He became self-reliant after the rebellion. He has fought for a long time and is not weak. Although Li Zitong came from a poor background, he was the first to participate in Wang Bo's Changbai Mountain rebellion. The combat effectiveness of his troops is not inferior to that of the Jianghuai Army."

"Therefore, our first priority is to attack them. After destroying them, we will turn around and attack Lin Shihong and Xiao Xian. Their power has just formed, and their foundation is not stable. As long as they defeat their main force, Jiangnan will be defeated in one battle." Down."

After talking about the strategy, Li Jing talked about the specific battle plan.

Specifically, it is divided into two parts. One part is that he personally led most of Xiaoguo's army and wiped out Shen Faxing and Li Zitong.

In the other part, the Yangzhou Army and part of the Xiaoguo Army crossed the river to occupy Danyang, and then echoed Li Yang from the north to the south to block the Yangtze River to defend Lin Shihong and Xiao Xian.

(End of this chapter)