After taking the Jianmen Pass, there is only one Tianxiong Pass left on the road to Chengdu. Tianxiong Pass, also known as Jiameng Pass, this pass is dangerous, but it is far inferior to the strategic position of Jianmen Pass.

It is no exaggeration to say that with the current strong combat effectiveness and high morale of the Han army, it is not particularly difficult to successfully capture Tianxiong Pass.

Liao Shanhe chased people down with him, and he didn't look back until it was dark. Obviously, he learned the lesson of the Shu army taking advantage of the chaos to burn the plank road, and he must chase it to the end, kill the Shu army, and make it powerless and unwilling to do the bad thing of burning the plank road.

Li Zhongyi took a sip of water, pondered for a while, and sent someone to find Gao Qiang.

"I will give you a convoy of 5,000 people, bring more mules and horses, pancakes, grain, and radish strips to accompany the meal, and be sure to keep up with the large army of Liao Shanhe, so that they don't go hungry to fight." Li Zhongyi glanced at Gao Qiang, whose eyes were shining, and then ordered, "If you go all the way, it is likely that you will be sent directly to Tianxiong Pass, and you must be mentally prepared." ”

Gao Qiang was very excited, this was the first time he led the army independently, even if he was the captain of the transport, it was also an extremely rare opportunity to be independent.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and the senators must plan the itinerary in advance to ensure that they will not be left behind, and they will be able to have a stable supply of food to eat." Gao Qiang thought for a moment, and then said, "It's just that along the way, there must be defeated soldiers of the Shu army who fled up the mountain, and I also ask the emperor to show down the specific response regulations." ”

"Well, I'm glad you can think of this. For the defeated soldiers of the Shu army, try to have as many as possible, and focus on pacification. After all, casually burning a section of the plank road poses a great logistical threat to our army. Li Zhongyi raised his hand and patted Gao Qiang's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Give full play to your intelligence, I believe you can handle these little things." ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Qiang's heart was determined, which meant that he had independent command power and could make decisions according to local conditions.

The power of autocracy is the power that the generals of this era dream of. At the same time, it is also the emperor's unusually trustworthy statement.

"Fighting a war is to fight logistics, logistics can't keep up, the soldiers can't eat enough and don't have enough clothing, they are starving to death, where can they still think about war?" Li Zhongyi looked at Gao Qiang and said extremely seriously, "The army can't eat enough, come to see me!" ”

"If the army is not fed, let the military judge come back with the heads of his subordinates." Gao vigorously put his legs together and pounded his chest in salute.

"Okay, let's go!" Li Zhongyi raised his hand again and patted Gao Qiang's right shoulder, his attitude was very gentle, but his eyes were extremely sharp.

Gao Qiang's heart slammed, obviously, the emperor attached great importance to his mission, and there was absolutely no room for failure.

After Gao Qiang left, Li Zhongyi turned his head and asked Yang Wushuang: "How long will it take for the burned plank road to be completely repaired?" ”

The difficulty of the Shu Road is that the road is narrow and rugged, and there are many plank roads. Moreover, the plank road built on the mountain, once damaged, is extremely difficult to repair.

"Your Majesty, the engineer battalion has reported that according to the three-shift assembly line operation method you ordered, the progress of sawing wood and planks has been greatly accelerated. It is estimated that the burned plank road will take up to half a month to repair. Yang Wushuang secretly admired the emperor's foresight while giving the report.

As early as the beginning of the establishment of the engineer battalion, even if the materials were not complete, Li Zhongyi had to rack his brains to equip each carpenter in the engineer battalion with various tools. For example, a long saw that is very handy, a mountain axe specially used for cutting trees, a small axe for cutting branches and leaves, and so on.

At first, Yang Wushuang didn't understand, why did Li Zhongyi do this?

It was only now that Yang Wushuang suddenly realized that he had fulfilled the old saying that Li Zhongyi often said: everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted!

Many of Li Zhongyi's arrangements seemed completely inconspicuous at the time. However, when it came to come in handy, it was shocking and had to admire his foresight.

Small forces can go over the mountains and mountains to carry out sneak attacks, but the factor that determines the advance of the entire army is that the grain routes must be unblocked.

Although the plank road burned by the Shu army is only more than ten miles long, it is not easy to repair.

Considering the pressure of logistics, Li Zhongyi simply decided to return to Yangpingguan with the Guards.

With so many soldiers and horses, all concentrated on narrow mountain roads, it is not safe, and it is also very unfavorable for the supply of logistics materials.

Liao Shanhe led the people to chase down, and it was obvious that it was impossible to collect the troops before the Tianxiong Pass.

After Tianxiong Pass, the road is still narrow, but it is a real mountain road, and there is no worry about burning the plank road!

In this way, Li Zhongyi, surrounded by the guards, returned to Yangping Pass in a mighty manner.

As far as the recorded war history is concerned, as long as the soldiers and horses in the north take the Sword Pavilion, Shu is equivalent to the bag.

This is the general trend, no matter how powerful Meng Chang is, he can't change this strategic disadvantage.

At this moment, Yangping Pass was burned to the ground, unrecognizable, and there were ruins everywhere. As far as the eye can see, there are few intact buildings in the entire Guancheng.

Li Zhongyi touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed, cough, this is the serious consequence of throwing cocktails!

Since Yangping Pass was in such a miserable situation, Li Zhongyi simply decided to camp on the plain outside the pass.

On the way out of the customs, Li Zhongyi didn't see a single homeless person, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, so he sent someone to inquire.

It turned out that after the fire broke out in Yangpingguan, most of the residents followed the Shu army and fled from the city.

However, when the Shu army fled, they did not carry much food, and these local residents had to go to the mountains to find food.

After the Han army entered the customs, they implemented military management as soon as possible, and opened warehouses to release grain for relief, and these people slowly came back.

Today, these local residents participate in manual labor during the day in exchange for food, and at night live in separate camps.

Therefore, when Li Zhongyi passed through the pass, he saw the tent group that covered the sky and the sun, and he couldn't see the end at a glance.

Well, the reasonable pacification after the conquest, opening warehouses and releasing grain and cashing in for work play a vital role in stabilizing the hearts of the people!

After Li Zhongyi moved into the big tent of the Chinese army, he took a hot shower, changed into comfortable civilian clothes, sat down in front of the bookcase, and began to review the chapters of various political and military affairs.

In the past, when Han Xianglan and Ye Xiaolan were by his side, Li Zhongyi's speed of handling government affairs was at least three times faster than now.

To be honest, when he went out on the expedition, he didn't bring Han Ye's second daughter, and the inconvenience caused by it had already made Li Zhongyi regret it a little.

No matter how many political arrangements Li Zhongyi made and how many powers he delegated, he could not change the ironclad fact that there were more than 300 political and military affairs that he personally needed to approve every day.

With Li Zhongyi's familiarity with government and military affairs, it would take at least four hours to review and approve so many recitals.

In other words, there are only 12 hours in a day, and in 24 hours, he spends about nine hours concentrating on reading and commenting on the movements.

This is a high-intensity nine-hour working time, and even an iron man can't bear it all year round.

Therefore, the work of writing abridgements undertaken by Han Xianglan and Ye Xiaolan is particularly important.

The emperor's personal political secretary is not something that anyone who wants to be can be. First of all, it must be completely reliable. Second, one must have a wealth of political experience.

When he was in Beijing, with the assistance of professional bureaucratic institutions such as the cabinet and the Privy Council, Li Zhongyi's workload would be greatly reduced.

Out of Beijing, Li Zhongyi, the emperor's side, really needs a professional secretary team. In the early days, Li Zhongyi did not have a particularly credible Wenchen by his side, so Han Xianglan and Ye Xiaolan stood out.

With the passage of time, there are more and more government affairs that need to be handled by Li Zhongyi personally, which requires the selection of candidates for the inner study room from the group of new jinshi.

Li Zhongyi stayed outside Yangping Pass for more than ten days, during which time the main energy was spent on reviewing the chapters.

It wasn't until Liao Shanhe had taken Tianxiong Pass and the baggage troops had already hit the road that he was ready to go south.

At this time, Li Zhongyi got the news that Fei Meiniang's car had entered the Guanzhong Plain.

To Li Zhongyi's surprise, Empress Dowager Xue actually arranged for Han Xianglan, Ye Xiaolan, Jin Caijiao and Zhao Xueniang to go south with Fei Meiniang to meet him.

Hehe, my mother is looking forward to a full house of children and grandchildren!

To be honest, Li Zhongyi has never touched a woman since his personal conscription, and he is indeed a little panicked. Now, his women have come five at once, just to quench their cravings and go to the fire.

In the past, Li Zhongyi often played indoor games with Han Xianglan and Ye Xiaolan, and he had a lot of fun.

As for Fei Meiniang, Li Zhongyi respects her very much, and in front of her, he has never mentioned the shame of a three-person game.

Originally, Li Zhongyi picked up Fei Meiniang to come over, the purpose was to lead her to revisit her hometown and reminisce about the sneaky anecdotes of the past.

At the beginning, Li Zhongyi was limited by his status, so he could only help Fei Meiniang escape from the deep palace of Shu in the form of pretending to be dead.

In those years, Fei Meiniang didn't dare to show up in front of people at all, she couldn't endure I don't know how much suffering, and I didn't know how many grievances I suffered.

Now, when the fall of Shu is imminent, Fei Meiniang will appear arrogantly in front of the old magnates of Shu as the favorite concubine of the new master of the empire, and openly accept their bowing.

Li Zhongyi's heart is extremely open-minded, but he also has a stingy side, and the many grievances that Fei Meiniang has suffered must be returned to the monarchs and ministers of Shu once and for all!

Since Li Zhongyi was betrayed by Meng Chang to Chai Rong, until today, more than ten years have passed!

In the past ten years, Li Zhongyi, who survived from the cracks, has become the new master of the entire Central Plains, is it easy for him?

When Meng Chang was captured alive, let him obediently kneel at the feet of Li Zhongyi and Fei Meiniang, begging for mercy, what kind of eyebrows was raised?