V3.Chapter 84

Xiao Xiang withdrew hundreds of thousands of family armies under the twelve princes from the army and used them all as labor for digging canals. It can be said that she killed two birds with one stone, which not only eliminated the hidden dangers of Sichuan, but also solved her own worries, but also benefited the people in the South of Sichuan.

On the third day after Xiao Xiang completely disarmed the family army, the officials of the state of Sichuan began to persuade Xiao Xiang with great fanfare.

Xiao Xiang has now firmly controlled the military and political power of the state of Sichuan, and she also has the will to inherit the throne. The persuasion of the officials is just a formality.

Of course, Xiao Xiang could not avoid the stereotype. The ministers persuaded her three times, and she declined three times. Until the fourth time, Xiao Xiang "reluctantly" accepted it.

At this point, the new monarch of the state of Sichuan was officially born. It is rare that Xiao Xiang has also become the first female monarch in the history of the state of Sichuan.

After Xiao Xiang ascended the throne, the first thing she did was to eliminate the potential threat from her royal family.

She knighted Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yu, Xiao Peng and other brothers and sisters. It seems that she is very kind and righteous. She did not kill brothers and sisters indiscriminately, and she also knighted them all. But in fact, she did not give them half an inch of land, nor let them grasp any substantive rights, and prohibited them from leaving the capital The Marquis of the princesses has completely become a short title. On the contrary, they are still under house arrest in the capital by Xiao Xiang and live completely under the control of others.

After Xiao Xuan's death, the vigorous struggle for the throne of Sichuan came to an end. Xiao Xiang stood out among many brothers and sisters, which is not only related to her own extraordinary ability, but also the elements of luck and coincidence.

After Xiao Xiang dealt with all kinds of hidden dangers inside and outside the court, she turned her hand to deal with the rebellion in Zhendi.

After such a long delay, the situation of Zhendi rebellion is very different from that in the past.

Since Li Shu was secretly funded by Fengguo, he has had sufficient armaments, money and food, and his strength has expanded rapidly. In a very short time, his military strength has surged to more than 200000.

At this time, Li Shu's self-confidence also expanded unprecedentedly. He no longer satisfied the competition for one city and one county. The spearhead began to point at Jinggu, fantiao and Bainan counties in Zhenxi.

Li Shu had long set Zhenxi as the foundation, then gradually expanded eastward, and finally completed the strategic concept of recovering the whole Zhendi. However, there are a large number of central armies of the state of Sichuan stationed in these three counties, including the ninth, eleventh, sixteenth and seventeenth legions of the state of Sichuan, with a total force of more than 400000.

If you want to defeat the central army of Sichuan with more than 200000 troops, even Zhenren can hardly do it. However, Li Shu had such determination and courage. He led his rebels to attack Bainan county first.

The 17th regiment is stationed in Bainan County in Sichuan. Among the four regiments in Zhenxi, the 17th regiment has the least troops, just 100000 people, the weakest combat power, and the commander is not a very famous general. A middle general named Dong Bo is unknown.

In addition, what Li Shu despised most about the 17th regiment was that it had no defense focus in Bainan county. Its troops were all scattered in counties and towns, one wave in the East and one wave in the West. It was easy for the rebels to break one by one.

For these reasons, Li Shu led the advanced attack on Bainan county and engaged in a frontal confrontation with the 17th regiment of Sichuan.

The rebels in the middle of Zhendi fled to Zhenxi and took the initiative to attack Bainan County, which was really unexpected to the Sichuan army. At the beginning of the war, the rebels led by Li Shu drove straight into the hinterland of Bainan county.

Although the defenders of the 17th regiment all over Bainan county had desperate resistance, they were forced to withdraw from their garrison because they were too few and outnumbered.

In only half a month, the rebels fought from the easternmost part of Bainan county to the westernmost part of Bainan County, and then went west. They had left Zhendi and entered the foreign country bordering Zhendi - toothyue.

After opening up the border, Li Shu immediately sent envoys to toothyue to meet King Xu Yiman of toothyue and ask him to send troops for reinforcements.

In those years, there were constant wars between the state of Zhen and foreign countries in the west, and the tooth Yue was one of the many enemy countries in the state of Zhen. However, in the later war, the tooth Yue army invading the state of Zhen was defeated by the tooth Yue army. The Zhen Army took advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the territory of the state of tooth Yue at one fell swoop, burned, killed and looted all the way from the border, directly hit the capital of the state of tooth Yue, and finally * got the king of tooth Yue to surrender the letter and deliver the order, Bow to the throne. After the surrender of the toothed Yue, all the Zhenjun troops withdrew to their own country and did not occupy a city or town of the toothed Yue. First, the place was too small. At that time, the ambitious Zhenguo did not pay attention to it. Second, although the Zhenguo was a barbaric country in the eyes of other principalities, it was similar to foreign barbarians, but the Zhenguo itself thought highly of itself and disdained to occupy such an uncivilized and barbaric place as the toothed Yue.

For the "magnanimity" of the state of Zhen, the tooth is more grateful and makes friends with the state of Zhen. Moreover, the tooth is really afraid of being beaten by the people of Zhen. In his heart, he is afraid of the people of Zhen and respects the people of Zhen.

Later, when the state of Zhen was destroyed, the previously peaceful tooth Yue began to move again and sent troops to invade the border from time to time. The state of Sichuan had no choice but to station the next regiment in Bainan County bordering tooth Yue to guard the border.

Although the state of Zhen was annexed by the state of Sichuan, the people of the former Zhen state were not afraid of the people of Sichuan and had no sense of awe for it. However, when Li Shu, a rebel, sent an envoy to the state of Yue, he was treated as a guest of honor by the people of the state of Yue. The king of the state of Yue also received the rebel envoys in person and heard that Li Shu, a descendant of the royal family of the former Zhen state, wanted to recover the land of Zhen and rescue the country of Yue, Xu Yiman made a promise on the spot and was willing to send 30000 elite people to assist Li Shu. As long as Bainan county is under Li Shu's jurisdiction, he will never offend toothyue in the future.

The 30000 elite borrowed from toothy Yue smoothly improved Li Shu's strength again. Then, the rebels swept the Sichuan army around the whole territory of Bainan County, directly drove the 17th regiment of Sichuan out of Bainan county and * fled to fantiao county.

The whole territory of Bainan county was conquered in one fell swoop, which encouraged the rebels from top to bottom, and the local Zhenren people came to vote one after another. For a time, the momentum of the rebels was at its zenith. Li Shu, who played well, was more confident and immediately began to prepare for the attack on fantiao county.

Among the rebels, not all are Zhen people, including feng people. At the beginning, according to the agreement of Tang Yin and Li Shu, Feng state had a supervisor in the rebels. One of the most important supervisors is Tao Yuanfeng. He started from the military order of Fengguo. Although he is young and only in his early thirties, he has participated in too many wars. He has followed Tang Yin since the battle against Ning. He can be regarded as a "veteran" who has experienced all kinds of Wars. Over the years, Tao Yuanfeng has also grown from a nobody to a dignified general.

Tao Yuanfeng supported Li Shu when he attacked Bainan County, but now Li Shu wants to attack fantiao County, and Tao Yuanfeng opposes it.

Fantiao county is the county with the largest number of defenders among the three counties in Zhenxi. Originally, there were two legions. Now the remnants of the 17th Legion have fled to fantiao County, where the troops are equivalent to three legions.

The rebels defeated the 17th regiment in Bainan County, but in large and small battles, the casualties of the 17th regiment were less than a thousand. After seeing their own defeat, their soldiers immediately chose to retreat. Therefore, in so many defeats, the main force of the 17th regiment was not injured, and the number of troops was still as high as 80000 or 90000. Now, the 9th, 11th and 17th regiments of the state of Sichuan gather in fantiao County, and it is even more difficult for the rebels to attack fantiao county again.

Tao Yuanfeng's opinion is that our side should bypass fantiao county and take Jinggu County garrisoned by the 16th Corps first. After winning Jinggu County, it is convenient for us to send troops from Bainan and Jinggu counties at the same time, attack fantiao County on both sides, one south and one north, so as to disperse the troops of Sichuan army in fantiao county to the greatest extent.

Li Shu still attached great importance to Tao Yuanfeng's suggestions and listened to them carefully, but in the end, he thought he was too worried. His side is winning and powerful, while the Sichuan army is losing and morale is low. Even though there are many Sichuan troops in fantiao County, it is not enough to be afraid.

Li Shu did not adopt Tao Yuanfeng's tactics, insisted on his own views, and resolutely launched an all-round attack on fantiao county.

It was only in this battle that the rebels encountered great resistance at the beginning of the attack. The Sichuan army in fantiao County fought hard and fought a bloody battle with the rebels.

In the battle of fantiao County, the two sides fought fiercely. It was really an inch of blood. The rebels were tight step by step *, while the Sichuan army did not give up an inch of land. The two sides invested heavily in the competition for every city and even every village and town.

A month after the war, the rebels only advanced more than a hundred miles in fantiao county.

At this time, the rebels have shown a weak trend, and the continuous offensive has also made the rebels feel a headache. It happens that at this critical moment, the Sichuan army has the intention to fight a frontal decisive battle. All of the 9th corps, half of the 11th corps and half of the 17th corps of Sichuan, with a total of 200000 troops, gathered in Wangxi plain of fantiao county. Hearing the news, Li Shu thought that the fighter plane was coming. He immediately ordered to recall the soldiers and horses from all directions, join forces and rush to the Wangxi plain to fight to the death with the main force of the Sichuan army.

The Sichuan army arrived early and waited for work with ease, while the rebels came from a long journey. After repeated wars, the whole army was physically and mentally exhausted. It can be said that the rebels had lost three points before the war began.

Li Shu doesn't care about this. In his opinion, the two sides have equal forces. This alone is enough. Under the condition of equal forces, he is confident that no army in the world can defeat Zhen army in the front.

In this war, both sides put all the main forces into it, with about 200000 people on both sides. This is also the largest battle since the rebellion in Zhendi. Even the unknown Wangxi plain in fantiao county has become famous all over the world.

When the battle between the two sides officially started, the Wangxi plain became a veritable meat grinder. The army battle between the tips of the two sides against maimang turned the whole plain into a hell on earth.

During the battle, the officers and men of a regiment are so insignificant that they are thrown into the battlefield, just like a stone sinking into the sea. After one or several hours, they are either dead bodies or seriously injured soldiers with missing limbs and broken arms.