Chapter 817: Picking up people and entering Suzhou
Chapter 817: Picking up people and entering Suzhou
Di Renjie stroked his beard.
Sad, but also a little happy.
Sadly, he had a very good relationship with Jili Khan and was heartbroken to hear the news of his death.
If you are happy, you don't need a reason.
The Great Zhou could have used the death of Jili Khan as an excuse to attack the Turks under the banner of Bukhara and take over the Turkic grassland country in one fell swoop.
Once the Turks are settled, they can take advantage of the situation to demand unification from the Khitan. At that time, the Khitan, who had originally submitted to the Great Zhou, would happily be incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou.
After unifying the Turks and Khitans, we can start to take action against the Tibetans in the west.
"Okay, enough talking, everyone, we should think about when we should launch a war against the Turks."
Wu Chengsi stood with his hands behind his back.
"Don't forget, our war with the Turks has never ended."
"Now, in the north, we have Wang Xiaojie, Guo Yuanzhen, Feng Yang, and Su Honghui, and now there's another Daleha. If a war breaks out, the Turks will have no good generals, and it will be difficult for them to defeat our Great Zhou."
Di Renjie also wanted to avenge Jili Khan, but after thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth and put his country first.
"Order Wang Xiaojie, the Grand Commander-in-Chief of the Hebei Road Army, to escort Prince Bukhara and Grand Marshal Daleha south to Luoyang to meet His Majesty!"
"I've heard that General Buzhen and over 16,000 Tiger Division cavalry are still outside Chongzhou. We can definitely have them continue to guard here. If the Turks suddenly attack, they can also form a pincer attack on Chongzhou City."
"After Your Majesty has met with Crown Prince Bukhanna and Marshal Daleha, it won't be too late to invite them to Chongzhou."
All the officials agreed and finally told Wu Zetian the results of the discussion, making the matter finalized.
The new messenger rushed to Chongzhou at an urgent speed of 800 miles to tell Wang Xiaojie, Bakhtin and others the good news.
At this time, Li Cunxi was still on his way to the Nineteen Prefectures of Jiangdong.
After Li Xiaoyi led the Left and Right Yingyang Guards, each with 50,000 troops, to break through Raozhou and advance towards Fuzhou.
Although Jiangzhou has not been attacked yet, the soldiers stationed on the border between Jiangzhou and Raozhou still made Jiangzhou Governor Wen Kai sleep uneasy, and he sent a letter urging Zhang Renyuan who was already on the way.
Regarding this issue, Zhang Renyuan circulated the letter to Fang Zhe after reading it, and then burned it.
"Wen Kai is anxious." Fang Zhe said.
"How can I not be anxious? If I were you, you would be anxious too, but we can't go to Jiangzhou now." Zhang Renyuan took out a marching map.
They had just entered the territory of Huangzhou, and only Ezhou was between them and Jiangzhou.
However, because Li Xiaoyi moved to Fuzhou, they had to lead their troops south, passing through Ezhou and Hongzhou to Jizhou, and confront Li Xiaoyi in Jizhou and Fuzhou, forcing Li Xiaoyi to have no time to take care of Li Kaigu's nearly 100,000 troops.
As long as Li Kaigu can gain a foothold in Yuzhou, he can easily start a war in Jianzhou, Fuzhou, Tingzhou, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, plunging the southern part of the pseudo-Wu regime into war.
Zhang Renyuan and Fang Zhe continued to hold Li Xiaoyi back, and the pseudo-Wu regime fell into chaos.
The marching strategy was basically achieved. If Fang Ruhai and Yang Dacheng went to find Li Kaigu for a decisive battle, the pseudo-Wu regime would basically have no troops to stop Li Cunxi's cavalry.
Everything is under control.
Zhang Renyuan, a famous general of his generation, now only wants to drag another famous general, Li Xiaoyi, to death.
But Li Cunxi did not follow the predetermined route.
He led a thousand cavalrymen of the Qianniu Guard and five thousand cavalrymen of the Zuoyuqian Guard, passed through Huangzhou and entered Qizhou, then went through Shuzhou, Luzhou, and Hezhou, and then entered Yangzhou.
With the help of Yangzhou Governor Gao Fu, Li Cunxi brought enough dry food and sent Ma Rong to find Yuan Tiangang before heading south to Runzhou.
Just before Li Cunxi left, some members of the Iron Snake Group, which was composed of the Iron Hand Group and the Snake Spirit Group, also went south under the leadership of Long Feng and Chen Yiqiu and entered Runzhou.
Yuan Tiangang is already quite old. Now, he, using the alias Yuan Gang, sighs on horseback.
When he was in Yangzhou, he was everyone's grandson, and when he was with Li Cunxi, he couldn't avoid being a grandson.
"You are the only ones around me. You should know that I brought you out because you are useful."
Li Cunxi said to Yuan Tiangang next to him.
"You, an old fellow, were able to prepare for the plan ten years in advance. You must be a man of wisdom. I'm bringing you along so you can make use of your remaining energy. Are you happy?"
Yuan Tiangang: Damn you...
"Glad, glad." He chuckled, "That's right, haven't you considered that I'm already over ninety years old?"
"I never know, but I might die right in front of you, Your Highness the Prince of Qin!"
Another old man, Xuguzi, stroked his long beard.
"Why worry?"
"Gangzi, if you really couldn't catch your breath and almost died, I would go to the eighteenth level of hell to save you, old man."
Yuan Tiangang: ┌П┐(???'!)
Yuan Tiangang had heard of Xuguzi's reputation and had also witnessed his methods, so he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
Looking around the world, who doesn’t know Xuguzi, the immortal from Shouyang Mountain?
He didn't dare to be stubborn in front of Xuguzi.
Not surprisingly, Xuguzi's true ability may be much stronger than Kui Wenzhong's.
"After traveling about eighty miles southeast, we will enter the territory of Changzhou."
Hu Jinghui, who was in charge of exploring the way, returned to Li Cunxi and briefly explained the road ahead.
At this moment, Li Cunxi had only one thousand Qianniuwei cavalrymen and five thousand Zuoyuqinwei cavalrymen led by Song Wuji. Including Li Yuanfang, Li Wenzhong, Wu Yanhao and Ma Rong, there were only a little over six thousand in total.
After entering Changzhou, as long as you stay away from densely populated areas and walk in deserted places, you will most likely not be taken to the prefecture or county.
After that, it becomes much simpler. You can enter Suzhou or Huzhou.
Suzhou and Huzhou all have close ties with Li Cunxi.
The Huzhou case, Cuiping Mountain, Liu Chuanlin, and Lanshanji are all stories. The only dead were Xu Shide, Liu Chali, and their subordinates. Everyone else had a bright future.
Speaking of Suzhou, we have to talk about Wu Sansi's future father-in-law who was already the prime minister.
At first, he couldn't understand why his father-in-law Lin Yongzhong insisted on making Wu Sansi the prime minister. However, his father-in-law sent him a letter, telling him that the family feud should not be forgotten, and he wanted to kill Wu Sansi to avenge his blood feud.
So Li Cunxi followed his father-in-law.
Time flies, and another seven days have passed. Li Cunxi, who has already entered Suzhou, enters the Han family in Kunshan. After twisting off the head of the head of the Han family with one hand, he officially occupied the county town.
The Kunshan County Magistrate was brought from the county office by Hu Jinghui and thrown into the main hall of the Han family, saying:
"Cunxi, I'll leave this person to you."
Li Cunxi chuckled and said to the Kunshan County Magistrate:
"Next, you have to do what I say. Otherwise, you will see Hande's head."
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