Chapter 678: Hit the snake at its weakest point

In the camp of the central army in Chongshan Town, Yanqing Prefecture.

Yang Chengye was discussing the next strategic layout with his generals.

They have temporarily completed the layout of besieging Kyoto from all sides, but the Daliang Army is still guarding Kyoto and has no intention of attacking.

This does not conform to their plan.

According to their plan, they want to lure the snake out of the hole.

Besieging from all sides means that the troops are dispersed, giving the Daliang Army the opportunity to divide and rule and defeat each one.

Yang Chengye did not want to attack Kyoto, which was a city with high walls and deep moats. He wanted to lead the Daliang Army out of Kyoto, but the Daliang Army had no intention of leaving Kyoto at all, which made his painstaking arrangements for the battle situation come to nothing.

"Everyone, what do you think?"

Yang Chengye looked at the people in the tent.

At this time, there were two veterans, Niu Zhuang and Yang Mingwu, in the tent, as well as a group of young generals such as Yang Qinhu, Liang Xiu, Song Jie, and Lu Miaoheng.

Luo Feiyu commanded the Eastern Army, and Yang Qinteng was in charge of the Western Army. They were not here.

Niu Zhuang looked at the map and pondered.

At this time, they were not far from Kyoto, only more than 500 miles away. If the Daliang Army did not attack, they could only take the initiative to go to Kyoto and conduct a siege.

"My Lord, it is not us who should be anxious now, but the Daliang Army. We have a constant supply of food and grass support, but the Daliang Army is not. Although they now occupy Kyoto, there is not much food and grass in Kyoto City! They can't afford it at all."

Yang Chengye nodded slightly. What they are least afraid of now is a war of attrition. The longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it is for them.

They have a year's worth of food and grass in reserve, as well as assistance from Shenmu Island overseas. Even if this war lasts for a year, they can afford it.

Daliang is different. Although Daliang now occupies several provinces, the livelihood of the three provinces of Longyuan has not yet recovered and cannot provide Daliang with too much food and grass. Not to mention Shanhe Province and Bashu, these two provinces are lucky not to let Daliang give them food.

"We can delay for a while, until their food and grass are tight, until they have to go out of the city to fight!" Niuzhuang thinks this is the safest way at present.

Yang Chengye thinks this is too passive, but he has no better way for a while.

Attack the city?

Now he is not facing the Darong court, but the Daliang army.

The Daliang army can easily take Kyoto because the army in Kyoto is demoralized, and Wang He turned against him in the battle.

But if they attack the city, they will face the Daliang army who just won a victory and the Daliang army with high morale.

Therefore, he has been reluctant to attack the city.

Just when Yang Chengye was hesitating whether to delay for a while, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the tent.

"Greetings, old Marquis!"

The attendant on duty outside the tent bowed.

Old Marquis!

Yang Chengye was stunned, then overjoyed.

My good grandfather is finally willing to show up!

Before he got up and left the camp, the tent curtain had been lifted, and Yang Zhengshan, An Yuxing, Zhou Tianci and Liang Shengze walked in one after another.

"Greetings, old Marquis!"

The generals in the tent bowed in unison.

"Grandson greets grandfather!" Yang Chengye also stood up and bowed.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and said calmly: "No need to be polite!"

He said it without being polite, and looked up at the map hanging on the screen.

After everyone stood up, he said: "Are you going to drag it out?"

Niu Zhuang replied: "Old Marquis, it's not dragging, but we want to let Daliang consume some food and grass first to lower their morale!"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head, then walked up to the upper seat and drove his eldest grandson away without any hesitation.

At this time, the weakness of Chongshan Town was exposed. There was no experienced and wise general.

Niu Zhuang and Yang Mingwu were both veterans who had experienced many battles, but they were not generals who were good at strategy.

Yang Chengye was calm and intelligent, but his shortcomings were also obvious. He had never commanded a decent war.

They might have a big picture and could analyze the battle situation, but they were a little timid in decision-making and lacked the ability to truly command a large army.

They also lacked a kind of decisiveness. Perhaps it was because they had lived in peace for too long, or perhaps they had not experienced a war for too long, and they were more indecisive in their hearts.

They only thought about acting safely and being careful, but they forgot the strategic idea of ​​"the way of war is also treacherous".

In fact, Yang Chengye should have brought Lin Zhan with him, and should not have left Lin Zhan behind to be responsible for logistics.

Lin Zhan was the apprentice taught by Yang Zhengshan.

But there is no point in saying this now. Yang Zhengshan just felt that Yang Chengye was too calm, so he didn't come out to help his grandson command.

"Send the order!"

He gave the order without explanation.

"Yes!" Everyone responded without any objection and waited for the order.

"Order Zhou Lan to lead Beiyuan Town to the south immediately and wipe out all enemy forces in Longyuan as soon as possible!"

"Order Yang Qinteng to lead the West Route Army into Longnan and attack Hanzhong Prefecture directly!"

"Order Yu Tonghai to lead the Beihai Navy to Runan Prefecture to prevent Chen Hengchang from going north!"

It is right not to conduct a siege in Kyoto, but there is no need to play any consumption with Daliang.

Since Daliang likes to be in Kyoto, let them stay in Kyoto, and we will go to Hanzhong Prefecture to raid a large number of old nests.

The foundation of Daliang is not Kyoto, but Longnan.

Once Longnan is lost, Daliang will become a group of bandits without a base.

"Watching snakes and hitting seven inches, where is the key to Daliang? It's not Kyoto, nor the 300,000 Daliang Army in Shanhe Province, but Longnan, Hanzhong Prefecture!"

"Don't stare at Kyoto, stare at Hanzhong Prefecture!"

"Transfer the order, and order Luo Feiyu to lead the Eastern Army to join us immediately, and then the Central Army immediately heads south to attack Baoding Prefecture!"

"We must turn passive into activeness and block the retreat of the Daliang army to return to Hanzhong Prefecture. At that time, we will occupy Baoding Prefecture and let them attack the city!"

"Of course, in order to prevent the Daliang Army from acting as planned, he ordered Jizhou to strengthen its defense and mobilize the troops of the various garrisons in Pingyuan to Jizhou!"

Yang Zhengshan explained while giving the order.

The more everyone listened, the brighter their eyes became, and the brighter their expressions became.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan’s plan is not without flaws. First, Longnan and Hanzhong Prefecture are not so easy to fight. Just relying on the 15,000 soldiers under Yang Qinteng’s command may not necessarily conquer Hanzhong Prefecture. But that doesn’t matter, as long as Yang Qinteng can make a name for himself. Daliang doesn’t dare to gamble, and will definitely find a way to return to the army to support it.

Second, if the Daliang army also did the opposite, regardless of Hanzhong Prefecture and turned to Liaodong, it would be difficult for Liaodong to resist the 300,000 army in Daliang.

Yang Zhengshan also considered this possibility. If the Daliang Army really dared to do so, then he could lead the middle and eastern armies to pursue it.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

It is estimated that the Daliang army will be able to catch up with it just after arriving in Jizhou.

Jizhou not only has high cities, but also rivers to guard.

Perhaps Jizhou cannot stop the attack of the 300,000 Daliang Army, but it should not be difficult to delay it for twenty days in the first half of the month.

At that time, the situation of the Daliang Army will be even more difficult.

The third disadvantage is Chen Hengchang from Jiangnan. If Chen Hengchang takes the opportunity to go north, Yu Tonghai will be under great pressure.

Yang Zhengshan also considered this point. At worst, he would let Yu Tonghai give up Runan Prefecture and let Chen Hengchang go north.

After cleaning up the beam, I can just turn my head to clean up Chen Hengchang.

There are many risks in this layout, but Chongshan Town also has a large error tolerance rate.

Even Chongqing Town can give up Kyoto and Shanhe, return to Jizhou, and then take the opportunity to take over the three provinces of Longyuan.

Simply put, Yang Zhengshan's goal in this battle was not Kyoto and Shanhe Province, but the three provinces of Longyuan.

Once Chongshan Town occupies the three provinces of Longyuan, the three provinces of Liaodong, western Liaoning and Longyuan can be connected together. Then, Longbei Town and Suzhou Town are taken over, and Shuzhou Town, the Yang family will be equivalent to occupying the big one. Half of the glory of the country.

As for Shanhe Province and Kyoto, if they really didn't work, they would throw it to Daliang and Chen Hengchang, and let them fight.

There is naturally no situation in Chongshan Town that does not abide by Yang Zhengshan’s orders.

As the orders were conveyed one by one, the armies of the Yang family immediately took action.

Zhou Lan led 30,000 Beiyuan Army to go south immediately and conquered the southern part of Longyuan Province.

Yang Qinteng led a 15,000 reinforcements battalion, while supporting Zhou Lan's Beiyuan Army, and advancing towards Longnan.

Yu Tonghai led 15,000 soldiers of the North Sea Navy to abandon Jinhaiwei and headed towards Runan.

After Luo Feiyu's Eastern Army and the Central Army joined forces, they immediately went south to Baoding Prefecture.

Baoding Prefecture was on the food road of the Daliang Army, and Daliang arranged 8,000 soldiers to defend the city in the prefecture city. However, facing the fierce army of Chongshan Town, the defenders in Baoding Prefecture City were defeated after only three days of defense.

A series of military mobilizations in Chongshan Town made the Daliang army in Kyoto confused.

At first they wanted to get out of Kyoto to block Chongshan Town, but later they found that Chongshan Town had formed a siege of four armies. They also wanted to defend Kyoto with a leisurely and defend the city.

So they were waiting in Kyoto for the Chongshan army to come to the door, but they didn't expect that the Chongshan army would be mobilized one after another, and the original situation of siege on all sides became inexplicable.

Not to mention Emperor Tianwu, even Zhang Luan was a little confused and could not see clearly what the army in Chongshan Town wanted to do.

It was not until Chongshan Town arrived in Baoding Prefecture that Zhang Luan figured out Yang Zhengshan’s thoughts.

In the glorious Taiji Hall, the atmosphere seems particularly heavy.

Emperor Tianwu sat on the dragon throne, looking at the civil servants and generals under his command with a calm expression.

"How should we do next? What are the regulations you have?"

The civil officials and military generals frowned and pondered, and were unable to make up their minds for a moment.

"Senior Zhang!" Emperor Tianwu could only turn his eyes to Zhang Luan.

Zhang Luan stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, for the sake of this, we can only give up Kyoto and return to Hanzhong Prefecture!"

"What!" Emperor Tianwu could no longer hold back his anger and stood up.

Others were also talking about it. Some people thought that Zhang Luan was right, and some people thought that Zhang Luan was talking nonsense.

They finally conquered Kyoto. In this battle, they spent a lot of money and food and sacrificed tens of thousands of soldiers. Now they want to let them give up Kyoto. How can they bear to bear it?

Zhang Luan took a deep breath and asked, "Your Majesty, is Kyoto important or Hanzhong Prefecture important?"

Emperor Tianwu's face changed again and again, "Can't we want both?"

"No, once we both want them, we may not be able to save both of them in the end! And we will definitely lose Hanzhong Prefecture first, not only Hanzhong Prefecture, but all the three provinces of Longyuan will lose it!"

At this time, Zhang Luan saw it thoroughly. He saw through Yang Zhengshan’s plan, but it was too late.

There are only two ways before them now. One is to defend Kyoto and give up Hanzhong Prefecture. The second is to return. Now Baoding Prefecture will fight with Chongshan Army. If they win, they can go back to defend Hanzhong Prefecture. If they lose, everything will become vain.

Emperor Tianwu frowned and pondered for a while before slowly saying: "Return to Hanzhong Prefecture!"

He had no other choice. Perhaps he had many choices from a strategic point of view, but don't forget that he still had a wife and children. His wife and children were in Hanzhong Prefecture.

In this way, the Daliang Army withdrew from Kyoto, but when they evacuated Kyoto, they looted the entire Kyoto City for a while.

Kyoto, which was once the most prosperous city in Darong, has now become the city with the most disasters.

First, many dignitaries and officials fled, and then the city was broken by the Daliang Army, and now it was looted by the Daliang Army.

Fortunately, the Daliang Army only looted property and did not kill people in Kyoto City.