The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 281 The Northern Expedition Begins, Recovering Jingzhou
It is only said that after the Tang army was defeated by the West Qin army in Qianshuiyuan.

For a time, the emerging Li Tang fell into an unprecedented crisis.

Just when everyone thought that the Western Qin army would take advantage of the situation to attack the weak Li Tang.

But an unexpected scene happened suddenly, that is, Xi Qin Emperor Xue Ju was seriously ill.

In the blink of an eye, the plan of the Western Qin army to march eastward and destroy Tang had to be shelved temporarily.

As if the destiny was in the Tang Dynasty, a few days later, the West Qin Army actually spread the news.

Qin Emperor Xue Ju died of a serious illness just like in history!

For a while, Li Tang walked out of the haze after hearing the news of Xue Ju's death.

After all, Xue Ju's influence on Li Tang was too shocking.

Annihilating the Tang army's Western Expeditionary Army, even Qin Wang Li Shimin, who had always been brave and good at fighting, fled in a hurry.

Although of course it was because of Li Shimin's serious illness.

But war is war after all, only the result is concerned, not the process.

The main reason is that Xue Ju cast the dead bodies of Tang army soldiers into Jingguan. This cruel act immediately frightened the people under Li Tang's rule.

However, after Li Shimin heard about it, he brilliantly turned the scare into the people's unprecedented hatred for the West Qin Army.

In an instant, the expression of fear turned into anger of hatred.

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Jiangnan, Jingzhou

It's just that the battle between Li Tang and the Western Qin Army was in full swing.

Qi Wang Gaoqi and his ministers put the strategy of unifying Jingzhou on the strategic agenda.

"Everyone, Daqi has now unified the counties of Xiangzhou with Jiangxia and Nanjun."

"Basically, the area south of Jingzhou is unified."

"However, in the northern part of Jingzhou, Nanyang County is still under the rule of the anti-king Nanyang King Zhu Can."

"Therefore, after thinking about it forlornly, I decided to lead the army to the Northern Expedition, destroy Zhu Can in one fell swoop, and unify the counties in Jingzhou."

As Gao Qi's words blurted out, everyone understood his thoughts.

Now, since Gao Qi has chosen to stand on his own, he will definitely send troops to invade the prefectures and counties to expand his territory.

It's just that Gao Qi's proposal was not rejected by everyone.

After all, the rest of the anti-king forces are now taking advantage of the chaos and are busy shooting their territory.

At this time, it is indeed the best time for our side to attack the city and conquer the territory and unify Jingzhou.

With the unanimous approval of Gao Qi's strategic decision, the Northern Expedition Zhu Can conquered Jingzhou.

Immediately, the military division was forbidden to drink, and Guo Jia, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, took the lead to ask: "I wonder how many troops King Qi is going to mobilize for the Northern Expedition this time?"

Hearing this, Gao Qi pondered for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he said slowly: "This time I will lead the army to the north alone."

"However, in order to make Nanyang King Zhu Can relax his vigilance, he is considering only leading an army of [-] to go north this time."

"Only mobilize Xue Rengui's troops stationed in Jingling."

In fact, Gao Qi had already thought about the army for the Northern Expedition.

After all, under the rule of Qi State, there is Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the south.

In the east, Chen Youliang, who belonged to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, carried out a separatist regime.

Therefore, Yue Fei's troops stationed in Xiangzhou and Zhou Yu's navy in Jiangxia cannot be easily mobilized.

However, Gao Qi also thought carefully about mobilizing only [-] troops to go north.

Because, now that Zhu Can has gathered in Nanyang, the strength of his subordinates is not weak.

Its [-] soldiers, Ruuo led the army to hold out because they were afraid of Gao Qi's strength.

A protracted battle with Gao Qi is not what he wants!
Therefore, Gao Qi only mobilized [-] soldiers and horses to go north, and he said to the public that he was only recovering the front line of the Xiangjiang River in Xiangzhou.

This is Gao Qi's strategy, and its purpose is to dispel Zhu Can's vigilance!

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Two days later, Gao Qi officially led Xue Rengui and his generals, as well as the personal guards, to the north.

And Jia Xu and Guo Jia, the counselors under his command, joined the army and planned with the army.

Let's just say, everything is not unexpected!
Gao Qi marched to the outside of Xiangyang City, and Zhang Xun, the governor of Xiangyang County, immediately opened the city to meet him.

Zhang Xun unexpectedly joined the Qi army and became a member of Qi State.

However, in fact, this is also within reason!
After all, when Zhang Xun was the commander of Xinye, he was besieged by Xiao Xian's rebels.

However, Gao Qi led an army to help in time, which saved Xinye City from being slaughtered by war.

In addition, in the end, he was granted the title of Governor of Xiangyang because of his meritorious service, and he was also under the jurisdiction of Gao Qi.

In other words, Zhang Xun's boss was originally Gao Qi.

But now with the death of Emperor Yang Guang, the world is in chaos, it is only common sense for Zhang Xun to choose to join Gao Qi!

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Xiangyang, lobby

Qi Wang Gao Qi did his part to take the top spot, after some salutes and courtesies.

Gao Qi was the first to ask Zhang Xun: "General Zhang, our army has been stationed in the south for a long time, and we are not familiar with Nanyang King Zhu Can's deployment."

"You live in Xiangyang County and are familiar with all the situation in Nanyang, so tell us about Zhu Can's rule in the territory!"

Hearing that, following Gao Qi's questioning, Zhang Xun let out a long breath of turbid air and analyzed: "King Qi, under the observation of the general."

"Nanyang Wang Zhu Can is extremely cruel, and his hobby in life is eating people for pleasure!"

"Therefore, under his rule, Zhu Can's nickname of 'Man-eating Demon King' spread."

"Furthermore, with Zhu Can's brutal rule, the people under his rule have long suffered unspeakably, with deep resentment!"

"Therefore, other than the last general, the king of Qi can definitely make him attack Zhu Can, apply benevolent policies to the people under his rule, and win the hearts of the people!"

"Under such conditions, the people in Nanyang will surely become attached one after another, and this will have a multiplier effect on the leveling of Zhu Canhui."

"After all, there is a saying in the art of war: war is the bottom, heart warfare is the top, attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top!"

Following Gao Qi's questioning, Zhang Xun thought for a while, and then truthfully reported to Gao Qi all the military information in Nanyang that he knew well.

Moreover, several strategies are also provided for Gao Qi to choose from.

However, although Xiangyang and Nanyang are separated by the Xiangjiang River.

But after all, Zhang Xun did not have a professional investigation team.

Therefore, Zhang Xun is not clear about the deeper military situation in Nanyang.

Immediately, without hesitation, Gao Qi summoned Jia Xu secretly.

Order him to order the general information from the shadow forces lurking in Nanyang County.

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Afterwards, Gao Qi also ordered the whole army to stop, and then stationed in Xiangyang City.

For a while, the Qi army did not continue to go north to attack Nanyang.

It is only said that the abnormal behavior of the Qi army now makes Zhu Can, the king of Nanyang who is always preparing for war, very puzzled.

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In fact, Zhu Can, the king of Nanyang, had assembled a large army long ago, preparing to attack the Central Plains in order to become a king.

However, after hearing the scout's military report, he resisted the Qi army's attack with patience.

But at this time, after the Qi army regained the territory south of the Xiangjiang River, they stopped moving forward!

There was no sign of going north, which made Zhu Can think of attacking the Central Plains again.

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For a moment, the battle situation can be said to have entered the most critical moment.

Every move of the forces of all parties is extremely critical, and it is related to the life and death of the forces!
(End of this chapter)