Chapter 354 The Mystery of Pingchuan

Li Zijian didn't know that he had made another big mistake, and just when the drums were rumbling, the real army of officers and soldiers had already extinguished their torches and quietly headed west.

At dawn, the situation under the city was unobstructed, and Li Zijian almost vomited a mouthful of blood at that time, because he found that the camp of officers and soldiers was empty, except for a few flags flying in the wind, there was not even a rabbit in the camp tent. Where did the officers and soldiers go? For a while, Li Zijian was thinking about this problem, Li Zijian woke up from his sleep, but entered another nightmare, looking at the empty camp of officers and soldiers, his head was about to explode, he felt that every time he fought with the living Hades, it had never been smooth, it was just before, this time it was good, there was no one to fight.

The officers and soldiers suddenly disappeared in Pingchuan City, Li Zijian couldn't sit still, he sent a wide range of scouts, in short, we must find the traces of the officers and soldiers as soon as possible, that is a few thousand troops, can they still fly without a trace? Of course, officers and soldiers will not go missing, nor will they deliberately hide.

There is a canyon called Sanche Gorge in the north of Datong, as the name suggests, the canyon capacity is not small, the width can accommodate three or two carriages running side by side, there was an active mountain bandit in Sanche Gorge before, and later it was cleared by the imperial court soldiers and horses, so there was no trouble in Sanche Gorge again.

After the Tongling reinforcements arrived at Sanchexia, Du Jianwen ordered the army to stop and recuperate, and sent scouts to climb up from the backs on both sides to see if there were ambushes. Although Sanche Gorge is wide enough, there is only one canyon in the middle, which is definitely a good place for ambushes. Du Jianwen is familiar with the art of war, so naturally he will not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy. Du Jianwen was waiting for the news of the scout, Liu Guoneng was also closely watching Du Jianwen's movements, seeing the peasant army stopped outside the canyon, he had to sigh, fortunately did not arrange an ambush in Sanchexia, otherwise it would be empty of bamboo baskets, once Du Jianwen's vigilance was aroused, then the next battle would not be easy to fight, "The generals listened to the order, they must appease their subordinates, and their whereabouts must not be exposed, and when Du Jianwen's soldiers and horses crossed the Sanche Gorge, he would have sent troops up, if anyone leaked his whereabouts, he would have died." ”

Liu Guoneng led his troops to shoot in Pingchuan and suddenly appeared in the area of Sanchexia, but it was not easy. Naturally, I don't want to waste all my efforts because of a little omission.

With Liu Guoneng's repeated orders, everyone finally endured and did not rush to send troops on both sides of the valley. After staying for an hour and making sure that there was no ambush, Du Jianwen finally ordered the whole army to pass through the canyon, and tens of thousands of troops passed through Sanche Gorge, very slowly, and it took half an hour, but after Du Jianwen passed through the canyon, he did something admirable, he left the deputy general Quan Qilong, and gave him 3,000 soldiers and horses, Quan Qilong's task is to hold Sanche Gorge and prevent the enemy from attacking Sanche Gorge by surprise, and cut off the retreat of the army to the north.

Du Jianwen's cautious move made Liu Guoneng have a big headache, this Du Jianwen is worthy of being a famous family, much more powerful than Li Zijian and others, just this hand divided the troops into Sanchexia, you can see how smart this person is, and the overall situation is even more unusual.

Du Jianwen's soldiers and horses finally passed through Sanche Gorge, but there were all Qilong's soldiers and horses left, at this time Liu Guoneng was faced with a problem, in this case, to fight or not? If you fight, you will inevitably fight with the thieves who stayed in Sanche Gorge, and you won't be able to take care of Datong for the time being. Liu Guoneng has always been a decisive person, he quickly made a decision, his eyes swept over Sanchexia, and said sharply, "Don't care about Du Jianwen and Datong, Sha Commander has led the army for many years, when you know how to delay and avoid the war, you have only one task, that is, to take Sanchexia for me within an hour, and you must not give Du Jianwen time to react." ”

Liu Guoneng had to concentrate all his energy on dealing with Sanchexia, don't look at Sanchexia There are only 3,000 soldiers and horses, but there is a favorable topography, more than 3,000 people are scattered on both sides of the canyon, and it is tantamount to wishful thinking to take Sanchexia in a short period of time if the number of people is small. And judging from Du Jianwen's previous unified army scheduling, this is definitely an extremely difficult character, if he finds that someone is attacking Sanchexia, he will definitely not hesitate, he will definitely give up rushing to help Datong as soon as possible, and reflexively return to save Sanchexia, so the time left for himself is not long, if he can't take Sanchexia before Du Jianwen rushes back, then the plan to besiege Datong and drop bait fishing will not be successful.

Liu Guoneng gave a death order, all the generals took it seriously, and when they were ready, when the first shout appeared, the chaos broke through the quiet night sky, and the attack of the officers and soldiers came extremely fast, and the whole Qilong could not parry at all, so he could only retreat step by step, but even so, there were still soldiers who were chased by the officers and soldiers, slashed and killed on the ground, the vast Sanche Gorge, a few miles from north to south, at this time everywhere was entangled, fighting.

Quan Qilong didn't know how many officers and soldiers came, but he knew for sure that if there were no reinforcements, Sanchexia would definitely be lost, "Huh.... Call.... Quickly find someone to rush out and tell Leader Du that don't go to Datong, hurry up and return to help, otherwise something big will happen. ”

Quan Qilong is not a fool, can he not know what will be the result of the siege of Datong by officers and soldiers once Sanchexia is lost? At that time, Du Jianwen's army, plus Datong, will all fall into the hands of officers and soldiers. At that time, the Xu leaders in Tongling City were in a dilemma. There are more than 10,000 people under Du Jianwen's command, but the limit of what Tongling City can send out.

The sand sculpture got the order from the Sanchexia in advance, and naturally he would not fight hard with Du Jianwen, the brigade of soldiers and horses was divided into three, constantly attacking and harassing, in short, even if Du Jianwen led the army into Datong City, he would not care, but he could not go back. Gradually, Du Jianwen felt that something was wrong, so he gave up stationing in Datong City, and called his own personal commander over, "Ma Guan, something is wrong, you quickly send someone to find Quan Qilong to confirm that there is nothing in the rear." ”

Du Jianwen is really powerful, he guessed that things had changed just through a series of actions by the officers and soldiers opposite, if he hadn't met an old and spicy person like Liu Guoneng, maybe everything would have been able to turn over, but Liu Guoneng acted decisively and ruthlessly, at this time, Sanchexia had already killed him, Quan Qilong had retreated to the northern mountainside, and was finally shot through the head by Xu Zhixin's arrow. Ma Guan did not rush to Sanche Gorge at all, and encountered the defeated soldiers who broke up and fled on the way, and when he heard that Sanche Gorge was taken by officers and soldiers, Ma Guan was stunned.

Sanchexia fell, the officers and soldiers no longer had any worries, and the army rushed to Datong to outflank Du Jianwen's rear. Hearing the news of the fall of Sanchexia, Du Jianwen could only sigh, gave up entanglement with the sand sculptures, and entered Datong City as quickly as possible. However, Du Jianwen didn't feel any comfort, he knew that Datong City did not have a strong city defense, and it could not stop the attack of officers and soldiers at all.

If you fight outside, you will be saved, and the problem is that few people know what it is. Datong, Datong, originally this should be the big rear, but now it has become the most fatal big front, but I know that the officers and soldiers will return to the encirclement point to help, but you can't help but rescue.

Another dawn came, Datong returned to peace, and Sanchexia was also cleaning up the battlefield, but for Xu Beichuan in Tongling City, it was tantamount to being struck by lightning, Sanchexia was lost, Datong was surrounded, whether it was Du Jianwen and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, as well as Datong City, he couldn't lose it, he couldn't help it, and the officers and soldiers were bound to be ready for battle. It could have been held out and relied on the fortified city, but in the end, it was still won by the officers and soldiers. After thinking about it, Xu Beichuan wrote a letter to Li Zijian.

A letter was sent to Pingchuan Town, but it was Xu Beichuan's letter asking for help, and only eight words were written on the letter: "Abandon Pingchuan and reinforce Datong". The concise and concise eight big characters made Li Zijian's heart drip blood, and then Li Zijian was angry and tore the letter to shreds, "Xu Beichuan, you want Lao Tzu to die, Lao Tzu Pingchuan is treated well, you let Lao Tzu go to Datong, hum!" ”

Li Zijian is really angry, he Pingchuan City is well guarded, but he didn't expect something to happen in Sanchexia, since he knew that the officers and soldiers all went to the vicinity of Sanchexia, he Li Zijian was still proud, and felt that he finally didn't harm Pingchuan, but the next thing almost didn't make him angry, Xu Beichuan not only sent reinforcements to Datong, but also his mother was copied back road, blocked in Datong City, just Datong's broken place, it would be hell if it could be defended, to put it bluntly, those soldiers and horses have become the bags of officers and soldiers, should have given up these with an iron heart, but now Xu Beichuan has sent a letter, saying something to reinforce Datong.

That meaning is very obvious, if you Li Zijian don't reinforce Datong, after Du Jianwen is defeated, Datong will be lost, and the road to the north will still be opened, and your Li Zijian's Pingchuan Town will become a chicken rib, if I Xu Beichuan doesn't care about you, you Li Zijian will still not be able to defeat the officers and soldiers, it is better to take advantage of the current situation and join forces with Datong, which is better than jumping alone. To put it bluntly, Xu Beichuan is forcing the palace and forcing Li Zijian to send troops to Datong together.

Xu Beichuan is ruthless enough, Li Zijian refused, of course he couldn't refuse, no matter what way he looked at it, he couldn't face the officers and soldiers alone, and as Xu Beichuan said, there are still some chances of winning if you join forces, but if you fight with others separately, it will be a loss.

As a result, Li Zijian could only follow Xu Beichuan's suggestion and order his thousands of men and horses to regroup and leave Pingchuan Town. When Li Zijian's soldiers and horses were slowly approaching Datong, there was also a group of soldiers and horses slowly moving towards Pingchuan Town. Abandoning Pingchuan and reinforcing Datong was originally Xu Beichuan's last resort, but who would have thought that this arrangement would become the biggest failure on the battlefield of Tongling.

Because of Xu Beichuan's intention to gather troops and horses in Datong, Pingchuan Town has completely become an undefended place.

On the way to Datong, Li Zijian was cautious all the way, for fear of being intercepted by officers and soldiers, but the road was smooth sailing, until he was ten miles away from Datong, and there was no trace of officers and soldiers. In this way, Li Zijian's soldiers and horses smoothly entered Datong City, Du Jianwen and Wang Ye were naturally very happy, with these thousands of new troops, the confidence to defend Datong was even stronger. But how did they know that Li Zijian had a question mark in his head at this time, and he didn't even have a taste for eating.

"Brother Du, I advise everyone not to be happy too early, Li has come all the way, but the shadows of the officers and soldiers have not been touched. Under the city of Datong, I thought that there would be a fierce battle, but I never thought that the officers and soldiers would automatically get out of the way, as if they intended to let reinforcements into the city. ”

Du Jianwen was stunned, and his brows couldn't help frowning, "And this is the matter?" ”

Du Jianwen thought that it was the scene under the city, but he didn't expect that he didn't encounter any officers and soldiers to intercept him along the way. Sending reinforcement is not like sending reinforcements, and encirclement points are not like encirclement points, what do officers and soldiers want to do?

"Pingchuan Town? Could it be that what the officers and soldiers really want is Pingchuan Town? Muttering to himself, Du Jianwen shook his head firmly, what is the use of the broken place in Pingchuan Town, even if you can go? Datong is located at the southern end of the main road, which can provide a springboard for the attack on Tongling, but Pingchuan Town does not have such a role.

If the officers and soldiers want to attack Tongling from Pingchuan, they must pass near Datong, so it is meaningless to say that it is meaningless to take the broken place of Pingchuan alone.

The night was as cold as water, and the people in Chase City had no sleepiness, and the people outside the city also had no sleepiness. Du Jianwen stood at the head of the city, looking out with some doubts. Before the hour came, the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city began to assemble, and as they were separated by a few miles, they could still faintly hear the noise coming from a distance. Officers and soldiers want to pull out the camp? At the beginning, Du Jianwen thought that the officers and soldiers were going to attack the city at night, so he was very scared and asked the soldiers guarding the city to be on guard, but the result of the spies was that the officers and soldiers were gradually leaving Datong in an orderly manner and moving towards Pingchuan.

Before, Du Jianwen also thought that the officers and soldiers might go to Pingchuan Town, but Pingchuan Town is really meaningless, what do the officers and soldiers want to toss so much?

"Investigate again, we must find out what the officers and soldiers want to do, whether they want to sneak attack Tongling City?" Du Jianwen was really afraid that there was some conspiracy hidden inside, if the officers and soldiers wanted to bypass Datong and sneak attack Tongling, it would be a good thing. Tongling City is very strongly defended, but it can't be defeated with a sneak attack. The officers and soldiers really want to fight Tongling City, so the Datong City side naturally has no time to take care of it, and when the time comes, under the attack of the north and the south, how can the officers and soldiers be invincible?

The spies cheered up and confirmed again and again before sending the news back to Chase City. The officers and soldiers really went to Pingchuan Town, and overnight, the officers and soldiers on the outskirts of Datong City were almost gone.

Du Jianwen was a little dazed, Li Zijian leaned on the battlements, and yawned a little tiredly, "Brother Du, anyway, the officers and soldiers have withdrawn, and there is no problem with Datong for the time being, let's go to sleep first." ”

"If Brother Li is tired, just rest by yourself!" Du Jianwen looked down on Li Zijian a little in his bones. There was a hint of contempt in his tone. Li Zijian was bored, snorted coldly, turned around and walked into the distance.

Pingchuan Town, which was no longer defended, Liu Guoneng and the sand sculpture could be said to have taken Pingchuan without much effort.

At night, the time came quietly, and the cold wind hit the face like a cold knife, freezing people a little numb. Xu Zhixin was wrapped in a thick coat and almost only showed two eyes, "General Liu, are you sure we can take Tongling next?" ”

"Miss Xu, don't worry, since the supervisor came in person, she must be completely sure!"

Liu Guoneng doesn't know much about the specific plan, but he knows Tiemo very well. The overseer is a man who never fights uncertain battles.

In the middle of the year, a long convoy came to Pingchuan Town under the cover of night, accompanied by Tiemo, who Xu Zhixin had always wanted to see.