After the execution of Li Xiaoyi and Lu Jie, Yang Shanhui no longer looked at the map, but took a group of generals to watch the craftsmen repair the sand table, and saw that the ten local hunters who gave the correct advice to the craftsmen trembled all over, and they were so afraid that they were stammering and intermittent when they spoke.

Yang Shanhui pretended not to see it, and said to the generals with a smile: "In the past, when I looked at the map, I could also fight, but after I had the sand table, I always felt that the map was not good or complete, and I was not at ease when deploying troops, and I was always afraid of making mistakes." ”

Luo Shixin said with a smile: "This is all due to the importance that the Holy Lord attaches to craftsmen, otherwise how can there be a lifelike sand table." ”

"General Luo's words are to the point." Yang Shanhui said with a smile: "Everyone used to be too rigid in their thinking, and the status of craftsmen was a little better than that of slaves. But up to the saints, the civil and military people, down to the people, are inseparable from the craftsmen, throughout the historical development, every time the craftsman makes a major breakthrough, can make the whole world reborn like a change. Sinan is amazing, of course he is powerful, and he can guide the direction of the army in foggy weather. Looking at the papermaking, printing, zigzag plough, chariots and ships of this dynasty, etc., all of them have made amazing changes in all walks of life......

Yang Shanhui was full of praise and continued: "The Holy Lord once said: What changes the trend of a war is not only the resourcefulness and decisiveness of the commander, the good fighting of the generals, and the courage of the soldiers, but also advanced weapons and equipment. The ordnance of the Ministry of Industry, such as the crossbow for breaking the army, the crossbow for breaking the city, the honeycomb crossbow, the new catapult, the new type of ladder, etc., is the best proof of the saint's words, and it is precisely because of these weapons of mass destruction that the combat strength of our army has doubled and the battle damage has been greatly reduced. Besides, the three treasures immediately, just such a small object, directly let the soldiers let go of their hands, killing the corpses of the nomads all over the field and bleeding like rivers. All of this is inseparable from skilled craftsmen...... It's amazing, I'm really amazing at the craftsmen. ”

The generals nodded their heads and smiled in agreement.

Martial artists do not have as many fancy intestines as scholars, they pay more attention to tangible things, and do not deny the merits of craftsmen with a clear conscience.

"Thank you, Marshal, the generals for your praise." Several craftsmen were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. One person said shyly: "Speaking of which, it is still the saint who is wise, first to promote the status of craftsmen with meritorious deeds, and then to encourage everyone to develop and innovate with officials, if there is a major invention, he can also be a prince of the country." ”

Yang Shanhui said with a smile: "Although the soldiers who killed the enemy on the front line have made great contributions, the craftsmen who continue to provide excellent ordnance are also meritorious. ”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Soon, a craftsman said, "Boss, the sand table has been corrected." ”

"Good work." Yang Shanhui said.

"Yes, retire from your duties."

"Well, go ahead."

"Retire from your duties."

When these craftsmen left excitedly, Yang Shanhui smiled and said to the generals: "Everyone is down to business. ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals immediately entered the state.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I want to know where the Tang army will come out after passing through the hills?" Yang Shanhui asked the ten hunters who remained.

These hunters were infected by the relaxed atmosphere, and they were no longer so afraid before, an elderly hunter looked at the sand table for a moment, respectfully took the wooden pole handed by Yang Shanhui, cautiously pointed to a more prominent mountain, and said softly: "Dashuai, this mountain is called Ziyu Mountain, if the Tang army comes from Huyang, it must cross this Ziyu Mountain, after Ziyu Mountain, there are three easier roads to walk and two small roads that livestock and war horses can't walk, and three good roads are called Ziyu East Road, Ziyu South Road and Ziyu West Road, The east road is to go to Tangzi Mountain, and after Tangzi Mountain is Tongbai Mountain, and then it is Huai'an Pingshi County. More than 130 miles south along the middle road is the suburb of Zaoyang, which is called the hill and plain called Mianmangang, and there are many lakes, streams, and swamps on both sides of the road; The west road is also a plain and a hill, because of the gentle depression between the east and west, like a tile, it is called Wazigang by people, and it is Caiyang for more than 100 miles to the west, so it is also called Caiyang Wazigang. ”

Xie Yingdeng, who heard this name, couldn't help laughing: "The name Wazigang is only one word different from my 'hometown', which is quite kind." ”

And all the people rejoiced.

Xie Yingdeng was originally the leader of Wagang, and when he fought with Wang Shichong, he was injured and arrested with Huang Junhan, Cheng Yanjin and others, and later Wang Shichong sold the three to Yang Tong at the price of 30,000 stone grain. But no matter how big the three of them are, they can't be as big as Du Fuwei, who came from behind.

Du Fuwei did not spend a single soldier of the imperial court, and did not need an arrow or a grain from the imperial court, he repeatedly defeated Li Mi, became the twenty-sixth prince of the Shengwu Dynasty of the Great Sui, and was also given the "Heavenly Prison Knife" of the "Thirty-six Potentials of the Holy Martial Arts".

At this time, Du Fuwei picked up the 'Heavenly Prison Knife', pointed the scabbard on the side engraved with the name facing upwards, pointed to the southeast of Wazigang, which was long and narrow in the west and east, and asked happily: "What is the name of this bulging mountain bag?" ”

Kan Leng's face was as red as a monkey's butt all of a sudden, and he quietly walked away from his father-in-law, since the Heavenly Prison Knife was in his hands, his father-in-law no longer had to point to the sand table with a wooden pole, and every time he specially put the side engraved with his name facing up, as if he was afraid that others would not know that this was the 'Thirty-six Potentials of the Holy Martial Arts', which made the young Kan Ling feel very embarrassed.

"General Hui, these nine bulging mountain bags are called Jiuliandun, which are hills that are connected together, and according to legend, they are the imperial tombs of Chu in the pre-Qin period, but the age is too old, and no one knows whether it is true or false." The old hunter glanced at it and replied quickly.

"What kind of terrain is this?" Another scabbard with the name facing upwards appeared, engraved with the words 'Tianwei Knife'.

Jia Wuben, Gao Yaxian, Xie Yingdeng, He Panren and others only felt itchy hands, and they wanted to hit people, but the owner of the 'Tianwei Knife' was Luo Shixin, and it seemed that he couldn't beat him......

Yang Shanhui glared at Du Fuwei and Luo Shixin fiercely, feeling that these two guys were too ignorant and too unfavorable to unity.

Seeing that the old hunter was thinking about pointing with a wooden pole, and there was no rod in his hand, he untied the 'Tianman Knife', pointed to the place where Luo Shixin was pointing, and asked, "Can the cavalry come and go freely?" ”

Jia Wuben, Gao Yaxian, Xie Yingdeng, He Panren and others had red eyes, and they all thought:

Bullying me doesn't have the 'Thirty-Six Potentials of the Holy Martial Arts', right?

What's the big deal about that?

It's a big deal to knock down Li Xiaogong's 120,000 army, and then exchange for the remaining 'several potentials' of the saint.

The old hunter replied earnestly: "Wazigang is a plain with mountains uplifted, and the mountains are not big. However, the lowest position has been washed away by heavy rains for many years to form a stone river, and the dry spring and winter expose the bare riverbed; At this time, there was water, and the deepest part was at most knee-high, but it was all stones the size of pebbles, and the horses' hooves were too much to bear. ”

"Where does this pebble river lead?"

"Caiyang County."

"If Tang Jun goes to Caiyang, will he go here?"

"I don't understand this, but if we were locals, we would definitely go to the Shizi River." Without waiting for Yang Shanhui to ask, the old hunter gave the reason: "There are poisonous snakes and poisonous weeds in the Shanbao River valley now, and the Shizi River is very clean, you can see far away, and it is very safe to walk here." ”

Yang Shanhui asked some more questions, and finally nodded: "I understand, thank you for solving our doubts." You go back and tell your neighbors that the war will not affect Zaoyang City again. However, in order not to be arrested by the scouts as spies of the Tang Army, everyone stayed at home for a few days temporarily, and it was best not to go out if there was no need. When we defeat the Tang army, the imperial court will arrange officials to divide the land equally among everyone and build compulsory education schools, as long as you have school-age children in your family, you can go to the township school and county school to study for free. ”

Everyone was overjoyed and bowed down together: "Thank you, handsome." ”

"This is the policy of the imperial court, don't thank me." Yang Shan would smile and let people send them away.

Du Fuwei asked with a smile: "Does the marshal want to intercept the Tang army in Shizihe?" ”

"Li Xiaogong is afraid of my Great Sui Iron Cavalry, so he will not leave the official road. When he received the news of the loss of Zaoyang, he must have rushed to Caiyang through Ziyu West Road, and this Shizi River is not conducive to horses without horseshoes, and he does not know the secret of our army's war horses, so he must be a natural barrier when Shizi River. As long as they embark on this road, we will definitely win this battle of interception. After speaking, Yang Shanhui immediately ordered: "The water potential of the Shizi River is flowing from the northeast to the southwest, with a total length of more than 280 li, the Tang army will inevitably swim in a long snake formation, and since the 120,000 army has been opened, it will be 100 miles long. General Xin Fang'er also led a 10,000-strong sword formation to behead his formation at a hundred miles in the middle reaches. Deploy your own forces and report back as soon as you spot the enemy's main force! ”

"The last general obeys!" The second general bowed, turned around and hurried out of the tent.

"On both sides of the middle hundred miles are the archers, light cavalry, heavy cavalry, and slave soldiers, and the foot soldiers cover the archers. Everyone led the troops of the headquarters and set off first,"

The generals roared: "The last general obeys." ”

"I personally led the Chinese army to assemble at the intersection of the middle and east roads to prevent Li Xiaogong's army from fleeing elsewhere. If the Tang Army's route changes, I will notify you as soon as possible. ”

"Whoa."

"General Luo, you don't have to participate in this battle." Yang Shanhui looked at Luo Shixin and said with a smile: "I'll give you another task, but whether you can get credit or not, it all depends on your luck." ”

Luo Shixin said knowingly: "The Xiangyang Tang Army that the marshal refers to? ”

"Not bad." Yang Shanhui nodded and said: "But don't have too much hope, because Li Jiancheng is not only Li Xiaogong's hair, but also a left-behind guard in Xiangyang, a pseudo-Tang prince, and soon a pseudo-Tang emperor, these identities and the sweetness of the emperor are enough to tie his personal emotions to the point that he can't move." ”

After Yang Shanhui finished the analysis, he made two preparations for Luo Shixin: "Xiangyang is surrounded by water on three sides, if Li Jiancheng rescues Li Xiaogong, he must take the fastest road, this road is to cross the Han River and attack Caiyang from the northeast of Da Xian Mountain." I'll give you 20,000 horsemen, and you can arrange an ambush for yourself. ”

"If Li Jiancheng doesn't send troops, you will take Caiyang City, and then divide part of your forces to intercept Li Xiaogong's deserters."

After listening to Yang Shanhui's analysis, the generals all felt that it was unlikely that Li Jiancheng would send troops, and they did not envy Luo Shixin.

"The last will obey." Luo Shixin smiled indifferently.

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Just when Yang Shanhui was deploying his troops, Li Xiaogong sent a fire guard over the hilly land, using a bamboo raft to float down the water and white water to the Han River day and night, landing in Anyang County, Xiangyang, and then borrowing war horses from the garrison to Xiangyang. Holding Li Xiaogong's arrow, he saw Li Jiancheng who was sitting in Xiangyang.

Although Li Jiancheng was the first time to dominate one side, he had been in charge of Li Tang's government affairs before, and had taken care of Bingzhou, Guanzhong, Yizhou, and Jingbei in an orderly manner, and the affairs of a few counties were not difficult for him at all. It's just that he is not very happy to stay in Xiangyang, mainly because Yizhou is too chaotic, and he is worried that his father's body will not be able to bear it, but at the same time, he doesn't want to go to Yizhou, which is a very ambivalent psychology.

But these days, he can't eat or sleep well, just because the clouds of war have shrouded the sky over Jingbei, the Sui army north of the Han River is ready to move, and the entire Han Shui Aquatic Products have been controlled by the Sui army, when to fight, where to fight is up to the other party, and his few remaining troops can't go out of the river at all, even Xiangyang County, and Yiling County, which is the key way to retreat, are not enough soldiers and horses, seeing that the war is imminent, Li Jiancheng is really worried in his heart.

In fact, if he is not the emperor, he has long been unconcerned. I only hope that Li Xiaogong and Chai Shao will bring the Lingling army back to Xiangyang completely, and then let the army enter Yizhou, which is the minimum duty of the prince of Li Tang, and the most basic explanation of a courtier to his father.

At this time, a guard reported outside the palace: "Your Highness, King Jing sent a guard to urgently ask for a meeting." ”

"Ask him to come in." Li Jiancheng's heart skipped a beat, and he commanded again: "By the way, go and invite Chen Xiangguo to discuss the matter." ”

"Whoa."

The guards answered.