Chapter 1761: Aborted Plan (Part 1)
Chapter 1761 The Failed Plan (Part 1)
Chapter 1759: Aborted Plan (Part 1)
Liu Che's extreme uncooperation made Nurhachi angry and helpless. In desperation, he could only find another way and prepare to enter Youzhou under the guise of uniting with Chen State.
Although Chen King Chen Baxian had already surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country, each vassal state had military, political, diplomatic and other autonomy, and even the imperial court could not interfere.
For example, the three kingdoms of Cao Wei, Zhao Song, and Sun Wu still respect the Luoyang court as orthodox, but the Luoyang court cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the three countries.
Although the King of Chen was conferred by Liu Che himself, the diplomacy of the Chen State still had nothing to do with his Han State.
If Chen Baxian really agreed to the Manchu Qing's request and recruited the Manchu Qing army to enter Youzhou, then Liu Che would really be unable to stop it. After all, this was another country's internal affairs.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was brewing a big plan to enter the Qing Dynasty, acted very quickly and transferred all the armies from all over the country to Liaodong County. This also greatly increased the pressure on Gongsun Xuanyuan, who was caught between the Qing Dynasty and Chen Dynasty.
Since Gongsun Shu usurped the throne, Gongsun Xuanyuan, who was driven out of the Liao Kingdom, has been resisting Wanyan Aguda outside the country.
It is precisely because Gongsun Xuanyuan was on the front line that when Wang Mang and Gongsun Shu marched into Qingbei, Chen Baxian, who was guarding the Liao Kingdom in the rear, had no threats from the Northern Han Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and had almost no worries, so he could fight like this. In a short period of time, he united the aristocratic families, concentrated the power of the Liao Kingdom in his own hands, and finally succeeded in usurping the throne and changing the Liao Kingdom into the Chen Kingdom.
After the establishment of the Chen State, Chen Baxian immediately professed his vassalage to the Northern Han Dynasty, and legitimately received the canonization of King Chen. Later, he sent envoys to establish good relations with the Manchus.
I have to say that Chen Baxian was very aware of current affairs. Facing the two giants of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, his policy was not to offend both parties. In the end, he hid behind Gongsun Xuanyuan and gained valuable time to cultivate and recuperate.
Chen Ba is gathering strength at the back, but Gongsun Xuanyuan in front will have a hard time.
Under the planning of Fuxi and Shennong, although the Liao army escaped several crises of annihilation, it also gave the Manchu Qing a strong counterattack, causing Wanyan Agu to suffer a lot of casualties.
But after all, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had a large amount of territory and population, which could quickly recover the losses of the Qing army, while the Liao army, which had no territory, suffered one less death.
After realizing that the strength of the Liao army was getting weaker and weaker, the Manchu and Qing offensives became stronger and stronger each time, and the casualties of the Liao army also increased, and soon more than half of them were killed.
Obviously, the Liao army was almost at the end of its rope, ammunition and food, and even food, grass and military supplies were about to be exhausted.
If there is no support, even with the presence of the three great gods Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan, the Liao army still cannot avoid the end of annihilation.
At the critical moment, Huo Qubing of Dai County sent his cavalry to detour through the grassland to deliver valuable supplies to the Liao army. At the same time, Chen Baxian of Chen State also gave Gongsun Xuanyuan some support.
Different from Huo Qubing's simple good intentions, Chen Baxian completely wanted to take advantage of the Liao army.
Once the Liao army is destroyed, the Chen State will directly border the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. However, it is obviously difficult for the Chen State to fight against the Manchu Qing giant.
That's why Chen Baxian took the initiative to provide support to the Liao army. He wanted to squeeze out the last bit of value from the Liao army and let Gongsun Xuanyuan buy himself as much time as possible.
Although Gongsun Xuanyuan understood Chen Baxian's sinister intentions, he had to accept the support of Chen Guo and continued to fight the Qing army with the assistance of Chen and Qin.
Qin's support allowed the Liao army to have sufficient supplies, while Chen's support allowed the Liao army to avoid food shortages.
On the surface, the situation of the Liao army seems to be better, but in fact it has not reversed.
Even with the assistance of Qin and Chen, the Liao army did not have the resources to replenish its troops. Every dead soldier would lose one, so how long could it last? At first, Gongsun Xuanyuan had 30,000 elites in his hands, but half of them were killed or wounded while fighting. Now, there are only more than 10,000 left. Nearly two-thirds of them have died in the battlefield. If he continues, sooner or later will be lit.
Although Gongsun Xuanyuan was betrayed by his family and siblings, he still had a good reputation among the people. After learning about the plight of the Liao army on the front line, many people in the Chen State came to join the army voluntarily.
Previously, due to insufficient food and grass and the low use of the new soldiers, Gongsun Xuanyuan did not dare to accept these people into the army.
However, as the casualties of the troops increased, and there were no sources of troops to replenish them, these common people who took the initiative to join the army became the only source of troops for the Liao army. In addition, Gongsun Xuanyuan would also send people to surrounding villages and towns to recruit troops.
“Lord, the people we sent to recruit soldiers in more than 20 villages and towns, including Li Village and Wang Village, not only did not recruit even a single recruit this time, but they were also detained by Chen Baxian’s people.”
Gongsun Yu's eyes were full of anger and he said: "Although Chen Baxian did not give an explicit order, he hinted that his subordinates would prevent our army from recruiting troops, and also set up checkpoints to intercept the people who came to join the army. This is really too much."
"snort…"
Gongsun Xuanyuan's eyes were full of anger, and he hammered the table in anger, smashing it into pieces.
Gongsun Xuanyuan didn't take Chen Baxian seriously at first. In his opinion, Chen Baxian was just Wang Mang's pawn. However, he didn't expect that this **** was so clever and much more difficult to deal with than Gongsun Shu. Now he has become stuck in his throat. One of them got pricked.
Gongsun Xuanyuan turned to look at Li Hongzhang and asked coldly: "Mr. Li, one month before the Battle of Beihai, you said that the Qin army's reinforcements were coming soon, but now that the Qin army has occupied Jizhou and Qingbei, I still remain the same. Not a single Qin soldier was seen.
Are you kidding me? "
Gongsun Xuanyuan's momentum was so strong that even though Li Hongzhang knew that he would not kill him and was just venting his anger, he was still so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
Li Hongzhang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Liao Gong, you also agree with the battle plan formulated before. How can something unexpected happen one day?
Emperor Yuan Tuo Lei died unexpectedly, and the internal situation in Yuan and Meng was treacherous. Mao Dun wanted to lead the army south to divert his attention, and the Bingzhou war was about to break out.
It is precisely because of this that General Huo Qubing of Dai County had to put his plan on hold to cooperate with Wang Meng's governor and prevent the Yuan and Mongolian armies from suddenly attacking Bingzhou.
You can’t blame me for this, right? "
In fact, long before the Battle of Qingbei, Huo Qubing, who had encountered a problem with Wei Qing, realized that Wei Qing was not easy to deal with, so Huo Qubing summoned all his subordinates, both civil and military, to discuss a battle plan.
After several days of deliberation, Huo Qubing finally formulated the entire plan for the Youzhou strategy with the help of one person, and the person who proposed the plan was none other than Gongsun Xuanyuan's clan brother, Wei Yang (Shang Yang).
The next update is guaranteed... I have something to do today, so the update is a bit late, but don't worry, I will definitely stay up late tonight to update.
In May, the number of votes exceeded 100, and one chapter was added. Currently, the total number of monthly votes and updates has reached 5 chapters.
Brothers, please slow down, it’s too scary. If this trend continues, Liu Xiang will probably be exhausted!
(End of this chapter)