Chapter 70: Three-Way Rebellion (1)

Li Shouzhen's army has been attacking under Tongguan City for a long time, let alone taking Tongguan, and few people have even climbed up the Tongguan City Tower. After fighting for most of the day, the sergeant was tired, and Li Shouzhen was helpless, and was about to give the order to return to the camp for the time being to rest and fight again tomorrow.

He had just given the order to retreat when he heard the neighing of horses to the southeast. Looking up, the yellow sand in the southeast is all over the sky, accompanied by the wind and sand, it seems that a yellow dragon rushes straight over, and the sound of horses' hooves shakes the earth as if it is trembling. Li Shouzhen can also be regarded as a famous general in a hundred battles, and as soon as he saw this momentum, he knew that there were at least 5,000 cavalry in this force. At this time, the order to withdraw the troops was given, and the army had no will to fight, and then ordered to turn over and resume the battle at this time, I am afraid that it will have to be defeated today.

Li Shouzhen's rebel army is composed of two parts, one is the elite soldiers under his own command, and the other is the heroes and reckless heroes recruited along the way. These people in the rivers and lakes are strong and ruthless, and their combat effectiveness is not weak, but unfortunately, their discipline is not strong, and they do not abide by military discipline and military orders. Therefore, Li Shouzhen did not use them in the meticulous work of attacking the city just now, which emphasized mutual cooperation, and used his own well-trained men and horses, but at this time, his army had already retreated. In desperation, he could only let this group of heroes break off, and he slowly retreated with the army.

In the five dynasties, the world was in turmoil, and the "government" basically didn't have time to care about these heroes who occupied the mountains as kings, and these people thought very highly of themselves, feeling that fighting a war was as simple as robbing a house. Now that Li Shouzhen finally gave the order, these heroes in the river were really not ambiguous, not only did no one escape, but they all brandished their weapons, knives, guns, sticks, hooks, forks, hammers, whips, everything, and charged towards the cavalry. The big guys had very good ideas in their hearts, and after a while they rushed into the cavalry, I jumped up and beat people, squatted down and hit the horses, and this cavalry was not easily destroyed by myself.

Who would have thought that the two armies had not yet come into contact, and the cavalry on the opposite side came up with flying arrows for a while. The arrows were like rain, and they "shot" straight over, and the density made these heroes unable to see the blue sky and white clouds. Whether it's a double-edged knife or a hook and sickle, before he can swing it twice, he was nailed to the ground. The heroes in front of them cried wolf howls, screaming again and again, the legs and stomachs in the back are cramping, and the timid ones are directly frightened on the ground. Before these people could take up the battle, they were completely defeated.

Li Shouzhen, who was not far away, saw it, and only scolded her mother angrily, when these people took refuge in themselves, they were loyal and emphasized that they were not afraid of death, but they were scared away by a burst of arrows from the Han army. Li Shouzhen was really angry and angry, and hurriedly assigned one of his cronies to lead the pro-army to break off. As long as they form a phalanx to block the Han army, it will be safe when their army retreats to the camp. These 5,000 cavalry even ate the courage of the ambitious leopard, and they did not break into the camp. It's just that the defenders of Tongguan put such a cavalry outside the pass, and it is estimated that they will be annoyed just by disturbing the "riot".

Li Shouzhen also deserved to be unlucky, his army had not yet returned, and there was a report of exploring horses, saying that Wang Yu, the supervisor of the soldiers and horses of Shaanzhou, burned the grain and grass he had hoarded in Ruicheng, and killed him from the northeast with the soldiers and horses. Li Shouzhen thought about it, now that the grain and grass are gone, even if he returns to the camp, how long can he last, since this is the case, it is better to return to Hezhong Mansion, relying on the tall city walls of Hezhong Mansion, and the mountains of grain and grass, how can I say that I can hold on for a year or two, during this period, please Khitan, Shu or Li Tang to come out for me, maybe I can turn the corner.

Thinking of this, Li Shouzhen decisively ordered to leave a group of more than 2,000 people behind, and he took the army with him, where did he come from and where he went back. Zhao Kuangyin also chased after Li Shouzhen twice, captured Li Shouzhen's camp, and then beat the victory drum and went back to Tongguan. Killing those heroes just now was really enjoyable, but when Li Shouzhen's descendants were replaced, he would lose a bit of a loss when he fought. In addition to those miscellaneous troops, looking at Li Shouzhen's army, which is orderly and orderly, he may not be able to please him if he catches up, so he has no strength to chase it.

He knew very well in his heart that now it was different from last year's southward fight against Chu State and Li Tang, at that time Liu Zhiyuan was there, and no one dared to have any ideas, so he could only be promoted by fighting and making meritorious contributions. But now that Liu Zhiyuan is gone, Liu Chengyou is young and can't convince the public. Who is his backer, but he can Guo Wei. There is a saying that raising thieves is self-respecting, and if someone rebels, Guo Wei's authority will become greater, and he will be able to rise to the top.

Returning to Tongguan, Guo Rong held a feast and rewarded the three armies. In the evening, he found Wang Pu and Zhao Kuangyin to discuss things. Guo Rong said: "Mr. Wang, seventh brother, I want to ask the court for my life and lead the army to recruit Li Shouzhen, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin's heart moved, but he didn't speak, just glanced at Wang Pu with his eyes. Wang Pu shook his head and said, "No." Now is not the time, although Li Shouzhen was defeated today, in fact, his strength did not suffer much loss, if it wasn't for Wang Yu burning his grain and grass, I'm afraid, he wouldn't have retreated easily. Today, we have defended Tongguan, and we have already made the first contribution to the crusade against Li Shouzhen. We have this credit, so we might as well give the credit for pursuing Li Shouzhen to others. ”

Guo Rong's eyes lit up, he understood what Wang Pu meant, since Li Shouzhen's strength did not have a big loss, why should we rush to fight with him? Let others do the hot work.

Wang Pu continued: "In my opinion, whether it is Wang Yu or Guo Congyi, the envoy of Zhenguo Jiedu (Huaxian County, Shaanxi), they do not have the strength to exterminate Li Shouzhen. In this way, the imperial court will inevitably use Guo Dashuai! Such... ”

Wang Pu said this, he stopped, but everyone understood what it meant. Wang Pu said the second reason, asking Guo Wei to come out of the mountain. Now is a "chaotic" world, and only when you control the military power can you be truly stable. Guo Rong is young, no matter how great his merits are, it is impossible for him to be a privy envoy, and he can't suppress the arrogant generals of other feudal towns, but Guo Wei can! As long as Guo Wei is in command and goes out on the expedition, then he can take advantage of the gap in fighting Li Shouzhen to completely grasp the military power into his own hands.

Guo Rong smiled slightly, at this time, a guard said outside the door: "General Guo, there is an urgent report from Yongxing (now Xi'an), Yongxing Ya has reversed Zhao Siwan, he controls Chang'an City, and takes refuge in Li Shouzhen!" ”

Guo Wei was stunned for a moment, and after a while, the corners of his mouth smiled. The bigger the trouble, the better!