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

Chapter 507 Changes in Qianzhou
Gangneung, palace

At this time, the news of the Taiping Army's surprise attack on Chen County had already been brought back by the messenger sent by Xue Dingshan.

After hearing the news, Gao Qi couldn't help showing a meaningful smile, and murmured, "Peng Yue, Peng Yue, it really was your idea!"

From the very beginning when he got the information that the Taiping Army would aggressively invade Xiangzhou, Gao Qi didn't think clearly why the Taiping Army suddenly invaded without warning.

Moreover, its combat power has undergone great changes, almost completely reborn.

Now, as Peng Yue surfaced, Gao Qi suddenly connected the connection.

"Chuan Gu Ling, go and summon Liu Bowen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Fang Xuanling, Minister of the Ministry of War."

Immediately, after careful consideration, Gao Qi made a decision.

After all, it is still necessary for important court officials to know about this matter.

After a long time, under the call of the servants, Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling thought that something had happened, they couldn't help but put aside the government affairs in their hands, and rushed to Gao Qi's study.

"I will pay my respects to King Qi!"

For a while, Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling did not dare to exceed the courtesy, and bowed their hands to see each other.

Seeing this, Gao Qi waved his hand to invite them to get up, and then said slowly: "Bowen, Xuanling, Gu just received Xue Dingshan's battle report."

"He sent an envoy to tell Gu that our army's Chen County is now being raided by the Taiping Army. If he hadn't led the army to arrive in time, the consequences in Chen County would have been disastrous!"

Immediately afterwards, Gao Qi informed Liu and Fang of the content of the battle report.

Afterwards, Gao Qi said slowly: "I don't know if you two have any plan to defeat the enemy. Should our army pay attention to this enemy's surprise attack?"

Following Gao Qi's questioning, Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling did not answer immediately, but were thinking quietly.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Bowen first cupped his hands and said: "King Qi, in my opinion, our army doesn't need to care too much!"

"At this moment, General Xue's [-] troops are all the elite of our army. It is more than enough to deal with the Taiping Army's surprise attack."

After Liu Bowen finished speaking, Fang Xuanling put forward a different opinion.

"King Qi, according to my opinion, I do not agree with Liu Shangshu's suggestion, although General Xue has an elite army."

"To be honest, there are no elites in our army, but according to General Xue's battle report, the enemy's chief general can be regarded as a general who knows how to fight."

"Although the surprise attack failed, it did not fail immediately, but the garrison is dangerous. What is the intention?"

"It's not difficult to imagine that Luanshigang is the intersection of the only grain road going south from Chen County."

"Obviously, this is the enemy's general's plan, to occupy the dangerous point and prevent our army from passing through the food road."

"As long as the food is exhausted, the troops of Wang Dudu and General Zhong Hui will be defeated, and they will not be able to prevent the main force of the Taiping Army from going north."

"As a result, our army's situation will become worse and worse."

"Therefore, I suggest that you immediately send soldiers to reinforce Chen County, and General Xue will dispatch them in a unified manner to defeat the rebels, open up the grain roads as soon as possible, and keep the grain roads open."

At this moment, Fang Xuanling had a disagreement with Liu Bowen, a disagreement.

However, when the two finished speaking, they were not arguing, but handed over the choice to Gao Qi himself.

After all, the minister's suggestions are only for the monarch's reference, and how the king chooses is not within the scope of the minister's consideration.

Immediately, Gao Qi quietly thought about Liu and Fang's countermeasures, weighing the pros and cons of it.

After thinking for a long time, Gao Qi finally chose Fang Xuanling's suggestion, immediately dispatching soldiers to reinforce and eliminate the surprise attacking enemy army.

"Then what does Xuanling think of the reinforcements?"

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling smiled, cupped his hands and said, "King Qi, you actually already have an idea, why do you still ask me?"

"Sun Kewang, the governor of Qianzhou, has been chasing criminals in the territory in recent years and leading the army to suppress them."

"Nowadays, the law and order in the territory is already very peaceful!"

"That being the case, why not mobilize this main force to go south to support Chen County and encircle and wipe out the Taiping Army?"

"Ha ha!"

"Xuan Ling's words are very lonely!"

"Since that's the case, the decree will be passed down by Gu, and your Ministry of War will go and execute it!"

Following Fang Xuanling's explanation, Gao Qi laughed and gave the order.

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Qianzhou, Lu'an County, the capital Luchuan City
In the military mansion, at this time the governor Sun Kewang was discussing with the generals under his command facing the map on the screen.

What kind of plan should be adopted to wipe out the Southern Barbarians living in seclusion in the mountains in one fell swoop!
In fact, Sun Kewang's strength is indeed strong. After accepting Gao Qi's transfer order, he was in charge of appointing the Qianzhou governor.

Because Qianzhou has always been located at the southern end of Shu, it has always been one of the active areas of Nanban.

However, since Sun Kewang took office, he has used layer upon layer methods of division, wooing, and military conquest. Now the Southern Barbarian forces in Qianzhou have shrunk greatly.

When many tribes had no choice but to disband, even the tribes that forcibly resisted were wiped out by Sun Kewang with a thunderbolt.

This move can be said to have greatly deterred all the barbarians in the territory. Either they went down the mountain to accept the adaptation, or they fled with their families.

However, there is no absolute, a Nanman leader appeared in this territory, and his prestige among the barbarians can be said to be increasing day by day!
After seeing Sun Kewang's methods, the barbarians, who were domineering in daily life, all went to attach themselves one after another.

Meng Huo, the leader of the Nanman who was repulsed and hid in the mountains during Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, couldn't help but return to his former breeze.

At this moment, with the surrender of all the barbarians one after another, his mind became active again.

Shi Chang ordered the clan leaders under his command to go down the mountain to plunder the people.

This move can be regarded as a violation of Sun Kewang's rebellion. Sun Kewang was furious and personally led the army several times to conquer.

However, Meng Huo was also extremely cunning, knowing the gap between himself and the Qi army, so he didn't get entangled with the Qi army at all.

As soon as the Qi army arrived, they immediately retreated to the deep mountains like a bereaved dog. Due to the complicated terrain in the deep mountains, the Qi army did not understand.

Therefore, Sun Kewang didn't dare to lead the army to chase into the mountains for a while, so Meng Huo gradually became arrogant as time went by.

It turned out that it was so active that it began to lead the army to attack some remote towns, search for empty treasuries, and plunder the strategy of money and food.

In order to wipe out the southern barbarians as soon as possible, Sun Kewang remained silent, and on the surface sent troops to guard against key areas, but secretly spread a lot of money secretly to recruit hunters who had been hunting in the deep mountains all year round, so as to understand the terrain in the mountains.

Afterwards, Sun Kewang organized local recruitment, and his request was to adapt to the various terrains, miasma, etc. in the mountains.

Sun Kewang named it "Flying Army".

Over the past few months, the training of this army can be regarded as effective, so Sun Kewang is ready to lead the army to crusade against the southern barbarians to see the results.

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However, suddenly at this time, the Ministry of War sent an envoy to inform Sun Kewang of the king's edict.

"Sun Dudu, according to the imperial edict of King Qi, the current Ministry of War orders you to lead the army of Qianzhou to the south of Chen County as soon as possible."

"Let's join forces with General Xue to defeat the surprise attacking Taiping Army as soon as possible, and open up our Daqi food road."

For a while, Sun Kewang slowly accepted the order, but at this moment, he was extremely depressed. He was just about to show off his strengths, but the next second the order came.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Kewang summoned the generals and said loudly: "In this case, this time, I will personally lead the [-] standing army to the south."

"As for the flying troops who have just been trained, they will continue to hide in Qianzhou. Don't expose them. When Bendu returns, we will discuss the matter of destroying the southern barbarian army."

It's just that after receiving Gao Qi's edict, Sun Kewang didn't dare to neglect, and after gathering the army in two days, he personally led the army and went south!

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Guiyang County, Chen County
At this moment, Peng Yue continued to lead the army to confront the Qi army in the Luanshigang area by virtue of the danger.

Since Xue Dingshan also received Gao Qi's edict, he must quickly destroy the Pengyue Army.

Therefore, Xue Dingshan immediately led the army to approach Luanshigang, but Peng Yue refused to fight, and held up the card of avoiding the battle.

In desperation, Xue Dingshan had no choice but to launch a strong attack. He attacked several times, but got nothing!
The danger of Luanshigang should not be underestimated. In order to reduce casualties, Xue Dingshan had to stop attacking and confront the Taiping Army instead.

However, Xue Dingshan didn't do anything, but asked Yue Fei, governor of Xiangzhou, to mobilize siege equipment.

It is necessary to rely on the blow of the siege equipment to wipe out the Taiping Army in one fell swoop.

On the other hand, Xue Dingshan is also waiting for Sun Kewang's reinforcements to arrive.

A few days later, the siege equipment escorted by Yue Fei gradually arrived at Xue Jun's camp. Secondly, Sun Kewang also led the army to join him.

Suddenly, the Qi army assembled in the big camp south of Chenxian County at this time has nearly [-] troops, with many generals and sufficient siege equipment.

At this moment, can Peng Yue still withstand the Qi army's attack?

The next day, in the early morning, under the command of Xue Dingshan, the Qi army gradually launched another attack on Luanshigang and the Taiping Army's defense line.

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However, a major change happened in Qianzhou at this time, after Sun Kewang led the army to leave.

A group of Nanman tribes elected Meng Huo as their leader, and then Meng Huo assembled more than [-] tribesmen, went out of the mountains, and attacked the hinterland of Qianzhou.

All of a sudden, the army of the Nanman was so powerful that they attacked the counties of Qianzhou in mighty force!

At this time, it was because the main force of Qianzhou went south with the assembly of Sun Kewang, while the rest of the garrisons were stationed in various places.

For a while, it was impossible to gather immediately, and the Nanman army became more and more arrogant.

Meng Huo wantonly burned, killed and looted everywhere, doing all kinds of evil!
Afterwards, Zhao Ji, who worked in Qianzhou, immediately sent the news to Jiangling, told Gao Qi, and asked for reinforcements.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ji gathered all the troops and defended Luchuan City, vowing not to die.

After some marching, after ten days, the southern barbarian army also came slowly, and then under Meng Huo's order, they set up camp!
At this time, Luchuan City was under the siege of the Southern Barbarian Army.

Immediately, after some persuasion to surrender failed, the Southern Barbarians besieged and attacked the city on all sides.

However, because Zhao Ji had already made preparations, the army rations were sufficient, and the materials for defending the city had already been prepared. In addition, Luchuan, as the capital of Xiangzhou, had a high wall at the top of the city.

The Southern Barbarian army also had little soldiers and food, and their combat power was low. They hadn't attacked Luchuan for a long time, and they had already stopped doing it!

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How will Gao Qi deal with the changes in Qianzhou?
(End of this chapter)