Chapter 11 Dongting Song

It is said that Gao Yu took office and announced the plan to suppress the Huangchao Uprising Army at the Litang Ezhou Military Conference. It was really a black cloud and powerful. However, Zhang Zimian did not support Gao Yu's deployment, and the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became deadlocked.

Although Gao Yu was annoyed, he was not able to tear his face with Zhang Zimian for a moment, so he had to say hypocritically, "General Zhang must have a better plan to suppress the thief. You might as well say it!"

Zhang Zimian heard a kind of dissatisfaction from Gao Yu's tone. He wanted to fight for many years and dozens of battles, and made a lot of military achievements for Li Tang. However, Zheng Wei who really trusted him in the court. Unexpectedly, Zheng Wei has now been demoted to a prince guest and lost his position as prime minister. There is no more important ministers in the court. People are talking for him!

Zhang Zimian couldn't help but feel sad from it. He forced himself to calm down this emotion and slowly said, "Gao Dutong's deployment is indeed very offensive. In a short time, it can put a lot of pressure on the thieves. However, the Huangchao thief has strong combat effectiveness and flexible and diverse combat methods. Relying on this two-way army, our army is unlikely to annihilate its main force in the south of the Yangtze River, and a more stable combat plan should be formulated.

The conference room began to be active, and the generals talked about combat deployment. Some advocate the division of troops and suppressing, and some believe that the unified use of troops.

After all, Gao Qian is new here. As the saying goes, "the strong dragon does not overwhelm the ground snake". Now in the face of objections, he has to seek a compromise solution. He grasped Zhang Zimian's words and continued to ask, "General Zhang, since you oppose my combat deployment, then tell me your deployment!"

Zhang Zimian saw that Gao Qian was unwilling to brainstorm, but forced him to make a statement alone, knowing that this man was narrow-minded and had a strong sense of revenge. He pondered a little and said calmly, "I think that the second army should not be too far away from each other at the beginning. We should jointly attack a state and capture the key states and counties of the bandits, and then divide the troops to suppress it, so that the chances of winning is greater!"

The Tang general listened to the meeting, and most of them were in favor of Zhang Zimian's deployment.

After all, Gao Yu has been in the military for many years and has a high military literacy. After analyzing Zhang Zimian's deployment and comparing with himself, he feels that Zhang Zimian's opinion is more stable than his own. His tense face immediately relaxed and said with a smile, "General Zhang's plan is indeed safer. Since many generals agree with this plan, let's follow General Zhang's plan!" The second army first attacked the thieves in the south of the Yangtze River, Yuezhou and Langzhou! Quickly occupy the Dongting Lake area!"

"Sai Fox" Hu Zhen gently curled the corners of his mouth: "The soldiers are very fast. If you have set up a battle plan, you will implement it vigorously! I suggest that the second-way army start early tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, according to General Hu's words, tomorrow morning, the second army will advance to Yuezhou and completely annihilate the yellow nest bandits in the area!"

The news that the second-way Tang army rushed to Yuezhou was quickly detected by the Rebels. After learning about it, Yue Lingfei felt that the Tang army must have been fully prepared for this siege. He did not hesitate to use the main force of the Central Plains to find the main force of the Rebel Army in the south of the Yangtze River in an attempt to annihilate the main force of the Rebel Army. This move is very poisonous. If the main force of the fourth village of the Rebel Army is bitten to death by the Tang army, it will definitely suffer a devastating blow, which will also affect the strategy of the Rebel Army's march into southern Xinjiang. We must drag these two Tang troops to the Dongting Lake area to cover the smooth entry of the main force of the Rebel Army into southern Xinjiang! Even if the fourth village soldiers make the greatest sacrifice, they must complete this task!

Yue Lingfei immediately drafted a military letter and gave it to a number of messengers, who asked them to quickly inform the enemy to the rebels in other regions. Each messenger was assigned to 100 elite soldiers to escort. Yue Lingfei asked the messenger to deliver the information to the volunteer leaders in the designated area. If you encounter the Tang army halfway and can't get rid of it, the general's book will be destroyed!

The messengers left Yuezhou one after another and went to various places to report the enemy. After urgent discussion, Yue Lingfei and his department decided to station 3,000 people in Yuezhou and rush to transport military supplies to Dongting Lake Islands. They decided to take Dongting Lake Islands as the main base, turn their soldiers and horses into zero, and divide them into multiple units to attack and harass the enemy. The implementation of strong walls and clearing fields in key areas makes it difficult for the enemy to supply.

Gao Yu drove his troops forward, and the army quickly advanced to the west of Junshui. His 10,000 leading troops, led by Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba, happened to meet the messenger of the Rebels all the way to cross the water in the east at a fork. The messenger on this road was named Fan Gu, who went to deliver letters to Sun Mei in Jiangzhou. When he saw Tang Jun rushing in his direction, he knew that it was difficult to get out.

Fan Gu quickly took out the letter, to pieces, swallowed some by himself, and let all the volunteers around him swallow the rest, and ordered the volunteers to run in different ways. After a while, Tang soldiers flocked and immediately chased Fan Gu and his entourage. The volunteers resisted bravely, mostly dead and injured. Fan Gu and more than a dozen volunteers were captured, and only a few volunteers broke out of the siege.

Mei Qiang shouted and asked, "Where do you guys come from?" Where are you going?"

Fan Gu replied, "We are fleeing mountain people. Why do you chase us?"

"Escaped mountain people? I think you are mountain thieves! Why do you have to fight against officers and soldiers with weapons? Zhu Ba asked fiercely.

"You can say whatever you like. We didn't provoke you, because we came out to escape the famine because we didn't have food! You chase us with knives and guns. We don't resist. Are we waiting to be slaughtered!" Fan Gu raised his head and said loudly.

"His grandmother's mouth is quite stubborn. I think you are yellow nest thieves! Say, who sent you to cross the water? Did you report it? Where is the main force of Huang Chao and Yue Lingfei's thieves now? Mei Qiang stared and was murderous.

Fan Gu knew that there was no hope of life and sneered, "Do you think we are yellow nest thieves?" Bah, you are the real thief. The king of Huang is kind and loves the people. How can he kill like you? You Li Tang's eagles and dogs know how to bully the people and domight. When I come to the hell, I will fight against you bad guys to the end!

Zhu Ba listened and jumped like a bully. He rubbed Fan Gu's neck twice with a tiger-headed knife and said fiercely, "I'll give you one last chance. If you don't say it, I'll cut off your head!"

"*Eight generations of ancestors! Born as a Daqi man, die as a Daqi ghost!" After saying that, the second-hand man suddenly pressed the tiger's head knife and hit Zhu Ba. Zhu Ba was caught off guard and shook his horse a few times and almost fell off his horse.

Zhu Ba was furious, turned over the edge of the knife and split Fan Gu into two halves. Although the other volunteers were bare-handed, they all regarded them as death and fought to the death with the Tang soldiers, all of whom died.

Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba's subordinates quickly marched to Yuezhou. When they arrived at the city of Yuezhou, they organized a siege. After several days of continuous attack, the Tang soldiers were killed and injured, and they still couldn't beat Yuezhou.

Gao Qian led a large army and rushed to the city of Yuezhou, surrounding Yuezhou like an iron barrel. The Tang soldiers were like wolves and tigers and attacked on all sides. Yuezhou's volunteers were not afraid of strong enemies and fought a bloody battle with Tang soldiers. Many people also went to the city to assist the volunteers to defend the city.

A few days later, the Tang army invaded Yuezhou after paying heavy casualties. Gao Qian ordered his subordinates to kill everyone, and the soldiers plundered for three days, and then stopped.

Gao Yu ordered the generals to gather in the temporary council hall of Yuezhou. After the generals arrived in Qi, Gao Yu said, "Gentlemen, our army attacked Yuezhou, killing and wounding nearly 20,000 people, but what they got was an empty city. The main force of the thief must be in other states and counties. What should our army do next? I want to hear everyone's opinions.

Lv Yongzhi said, "Yuezhou was taken down by our army, and the thief's nest has been lost. Now the second army can take Langzhou in the west and Tanzhou in the south on the other. Gao Jie, the guard general of Tanzhou, was originally a general of the Tang Dynasty. He had no choice but to surrender to Huang Chao. I think he can join the Tang Dynasty.

Gao Qian looked up at Zhang Zimian and saw Zhang Zimian sitting in a corner with his eyes slightly closed.

"General Zhang, what do you think of this suggestion?" Gao Yu pretended to be a follower.

Zhang Zimian was very dissatisfied with Gao Yu's condoning subordinates to kill the people of Yuezhou indiscriminately. He has not been in contact with Gao Qian for a long time, and Gao Qian's cruelty and indiscrenia have been exposed. Zhang Zimian knew that he and Gao Yu would definitely not get together, and Gao Yu was likely to impeach him. Now Gao Qian asked him in front of the generals, Zhang Zimian had to reluctantly answer, "This is the only way!" At present, people in many areas south of the Yangtze River are attached to Huang Chao. Our army can't kill them this time. The people are innocent! Only by winning the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River can we truly calm down the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Many Tang generals have expressed their support for Zhang Zimian's statement.

Gao Yu was very embarrassed and laughed: "General Zhang's love for the people, Gao Moumou admires it. Nowadays, the chaotic people in various places are swarming, and heavy penalties are used in troubled times. If the situation is not severely punished, the situation will be difficult to deal with. I had no choice but to kill some people by mistake. By the way, in the future, where our army has passed, we should strictly enforce military discipline and not kill and arrest villagers indiscriminately. Whoever violates it, I will be punished!"

Zhang Zimian listened to Gao Qian's words, and then he became a little energetic. He moved his seat forward and said, "Gao Dutong, I would like to lead another army to attack Tanzhou and then take Jizhou and Qianzhou. After your army took Langzhou, you will conquer the islands of Dongting Lake. Before my army returned to Dongting Lake, I took a way to besiege the thieves on the islands of Dongting Lake. It's not urgent!"

Gao Yu nodded: "General Zhang's strategy is very smart, and Gao will act accordingly."

A few days later, the Tang army in Yuezhou dispatched one after another, Gao Yu's army went straight to Langzhou, and Zhang Zimian's army went to Tanzhou. The Tang army encountered a number of volunteers along the road. With a large number of troops, the Tang army finally arrived in Langzhou and Tanzhou respectively.

Gao Yu ordered to attack Langzhou. After a contest, the Tang army finally captured Langzhou. This time, because of Gao Yu's strict order, the Tang soldiers did not wantonly burn, kill and loot as they did in Yuezhou. After the Tang army entered the city, Gao Yu ordered his subordinates to make a lot of efforts to appease the people.

After pacing Langzhou, Gao Qian summoned the generals to discuss and ordered the four generals Zhang Wei, Liang Wei, Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba to lead 50,000 troops to conquer the volunteers on Dongting Lake Island. The rest of the Tang soldiers were led by Gao Yu himself to conquer and suppress the nearby prefectures and counties.

Zhang Yu, Liang Yu, Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba led the expeditionary and horses to capture and kill the Rebel soldiers near Dongting Lake to find the main force of the Rebel Army. Many people hate Li Tang's officers and soldiers. They do not provide Tang soldiers with food and drink, but hide food and other daily necessities, support the anti-encirclement struggle of the fourth village soldiers of Daqi, and compose a heroic song that the army and the people of Daqi are not afraid of violence!