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On the third night of the second month of the fourteenth year of Wankang, Li Zongxing hurried to Yangu Gorge, and fought with the Yan army who arrived in the early morning of the fourth day of the first month.

The Yan army thought that the occupation of Yangu Gorge was foolproof this time, after all, it would take a few more days for the news of the breach of the defense line of Congzhou to reach the king of Yunnan, and at that time they had already closed the northern gate of Yangu Gorge. As everyone knows, the army of the king of Yunnan is actually halfway through.

The Yan army was careless and reckless, coupled with the cover of the night, they were hit by Li Zongxing in a cloud of fog, and suffered heavy casualties.

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In the evening of the same day, the Yamen of the state capital of Congzhou

"It was really unexpected." Zang Pang looked at the battle report that had just been sent with a gloomy face.

"Oh? Is something happening on the front? Liu Feiyong on the side asked.

"The king of Yunnan pinched Yangu Gorge one step ahead of us, you should read the battle report yourself."

Liu Feiyong took the battle report in Zang Pang's hand, and after his eyes swept up and down, his face began to become quite serious. Taking a deep breath, Liu Feiyong sighed again, "I'm afraid this can only mean that Li Zongxing's cub is too sensitive." ”

Zang Pang nodded, "Maybe that's the case, but it's actually something that should have been thought of a long time ago." The Miao people are just barbarians, let them play with the Central Plains people sooner or later. ”

"But this early revelation really broke all my plans. It's really like a fish in the throat. Zang Pang held his forehead with his right hand, and hammered his left hand the coffee table.

"Otherwise, we can also let Miao fake the show really do it. Zhennan Gong, you see ......" "Okay, do you think the emperor and I haven't thought of doing this?" The situation on Miao's side is also quite complicated, although I don't hate it clearly, anyway, the envoy said that he didn't have the conditions. ”

"Oh." Liu Feiyong nodded, "That'...... Can you guarantee that Miao won't turn around and stab us? ”

"Don't dare, but don't be afraid." Zang Pang swallowed a mouthful of water and changed the subject. "It's useless to think about the problem of Miao now, let's still think about how to solve Yangu Gorge."

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On the slope of Yangu Gorge, Li Zongxing is handsome

"Now that we're all here, let's discuss what to do next, and everyone has seen the situation." Li Zongxing said.

"Your Highness, before that, I have a letter here that I hope Your Highness will see." The person who spoke was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his early forties, with a thin body, a dark complexion, and several toothless black holes in his mouth, which I don't know if it was knocked out or some other reason.

"Oh? Where did that faith come from? ”

"It was sent by Wang Lian in General Gao's army."

"Ah, it turned out to be Wang Qing." Li Zongxing took the letter from this person's hand, opened it and looked at it twice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the letter says that Nanzhou has rebelled."

The reaction to the news was mixed. Some people's faces changed in an instant, some people looked indifferent, and even one person was suddenly overjoyed, but it was because he was humiliated by Qian Nanyan when he once committed a crime.

"Hey, I can see that ugly old man is not a good thing, he is not good......"

"Ahem" The king of Yunnan coughed twice, quieting the scene. "It's good that we know about the Nanzhou rebellion, and probably the collapse of the Congzhou defense line is also related to this, but this is not within the scope of our discussion today, and we can't do anything about it. Now only I believe that General Gao's ability can settle everything. Okay, let's move on. ”

"Now that we have seized the Yangu Gorge, the camp is basically stable, and the fortifications and the like are also being improved, the strength of the enemy and the enemy is high, it should not be difficult to hold the Yangu Gorge, the question is after that, what can we do, what should we do."

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After a moment of silence, a general dressed in armor stood up and said: "Your Highness, the last general believes that the Yunnan garrison should be transferred to the vicinity of Yangu Gorge in batches as appropriate. Moving troops here will not only strengthen our defenses as much as possible, but will also help us counterattack......"

"Not to mention the problem of supply and timing, the threat of Miao alone makes it necessary for us to keep enough troops. Especially at the moment, it is almost certain that there is collusion between Yan Miao, how dare you guarantee that Miao will not suddenly attack our back. The person who said this was a scholar dressed as a peasant, and Gao Wenyuan brought a lot of guests to follow him on this expedition, although most of the generals under him were his disciples themselves.

"We have been neglecting to know about Miao all these years, and it was my mistake. It turns out that even if we have what it takes to defeat them, they can still pose a great threat to us. Li Zongxing said.

"Your Highness doesn't have to blame yourself, the duty of the name of the king of Yunnan is to resist the invasion of Miao, and going north to resist Yan is a helpless move forced by the situation, if you want to be held responsible, it should be the incompetent Jiangnan defenders who have been comfortable in peace for too long."

The name of the person who said this was Zhang Doucai, he was originally a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam, and his family was not wealthy, but his ancestors seemed to have been officials. After he arrived in Liangjing, he lived in a brigade station in the suburbs, and the sky was clear all night, the breeze caressed the moon, Zhang Doucai was very prosperous, and left the brigade station to walk alone under the moon.

But he had gone too far, and before he knew it, he was some distance from the brigade station. Just as he was about to return to the brigade station, a man appeared in front of him. This person is eight feet long, with big shoulders and a round waist, although he did not cover his face, he couldn't see clearly in the night, he only felt that his eyes were fierce, and Zhang Dou couldn't help but tremble.

I only heard the big man shouting at him, "Robbery! Hurry up and get all the money on your body to your uncle and me! ”

Zhang Doucai did not have the courage and ability to resist him, so he could only listen to his words, and the only thing he was glad about in his heart at that time was that he did not bring money, and it was all put in the baggage of the brigade station. Come to think of it, who goes out for a walk at night and has nothing to do with a lot of money.

Finally groped out a copper plate from his body, Zhang Dou thought that this would be able to settle the matter, but the robber didn't seem to intend to let him go, so he just put him there and stood. At this time, Zhang Doucai was very confused, and he couldn't figure out what the big man in front of him was going to do.

But after a while, he became clear, because there was another person running in front of him, this person was not as strong as the first one, it was better to say that he was relatively thin, but the second person obviously had a greater impact on Zhang Doucai, because what this second person was carrying in his hand was the burden he put in the brigade station. As soon as he saw it, the strong man laughed happily, slapped Zhang Doucai's back with his big hand, and then turned around and walked into the night with his accomplices.

Zhang Doucai is completely out of money.

On the way back, Zhang Doucai's mood gradually fell into despair. At this time, he was on the outskirts of Liangjing, unaccompanied and penniless. There is a saying that "a penny is difficult to defeat a hero", and today's Zhang Doucai has fallen into such a dilemma.

With heavy footsteps, he returned to the brigade station. Lying on the bed, his mind was full of helplessness about reality. When he finally realized that he didn't have a suitable way to break the predicament in front of him, he finally had the idea of dying.

Just then, he heard a knock on the door of his room. When I opened the door, there were five people outside the door, and standing in the middle was a young man, dressed in black, with sword eyebrows, extraordinary bearing, and a sword at his waist. Standing on either side of him were the two lanky men who had taken his money, but now their hands were behind their backs, firmly locked. On either side of these two people are two other people, who seem to be the guards of the middle and young men.

Seeing that the young man gave him his hand, "I'm really sorry to come late at night and disturb Your Excellency's dreams, but these two just confessed that they stole Brother Tai's baggage, I don't know if this is true?" ”

Zhang Doucai was grateful at the time and regarded him as a benefactor.

Later, the two thieves were sent to the government by the young guards, and according to them, they often did such things, stealing money from scholars who came to Beijing. These scholars are generally more honest, and they have no power or power, so they are very easy to start.

That night, the young man stayed at the brigade station and chatted with Zhang Doucai all night, which was very speculative. Zhang Doucai took him as a confidant.

When the day was about to dawn, the young man threw an olive branch to Zhang Doucai:

"My name is Li Zongxing, I see that Brother Tai is a promising person, do you want to be my doorman? I wouldn't say it's better than being an official, but at least it's easier. ”

Zhang Doucai did not agree immediately, but took the exam a few days later. In this exam, Zhang Doucai Hall took the eighth exam.

With such good results, of course, he was a big official from the beginning. But despite this, Li Zongxing still did not alienate Zhang Doucai because of this. Soon after, the first emperor died, and Li Zongxu ascended the throne. At that time, maybe it was because of the ghosts, or maybe it was because Gui Lingyun was really jealous, and the pride of his self-proclaimed former emperor's courtiers made him not very able to look down on Li Zongxu, and once when Gui Lingyun was promoted, the issue of bullying the monarch was brought to the court by him again.

The result, of course, was predictable, and he was dismissed. So naturally, he entered Li Zongxing's palace and followed him to Yunnan.

It's been so many years, and it's quite emotional.

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"Brother Zhang's words are wrong, as the prince of Zhao, I naturally want to take the world as my own responsibility, do my best to save Zhao's people, how can I have the idea of staying out of the matter? Besides, there are no eggs under the nest, if Zhao is dead, can the king's Yunnan be spared? ”

"The prince is reasonable, but he is a fallacy in what he said."

"Ah, it's okay, I don't know what Brother Zhang thinks about the current situation?"

"I don't dare to be high, I will see you below, this time I will break the game, and I should attack it with fire." Zhang Doucai said cautiously.

"Oh? Fire attack? ”

"There has always been a strong wind in Yangu Gorge, and this year's spring breeze is late, so that there is no south wind in February, we can prepare rockets and arrows in advance, and just wait for the south wind to arrive and adjust the fire to attack. With the location of the Yan army's camp, the grass and trees that have not yet turned green can become an excellent thing to ignite the fire, and at that time, the wind will help the fire, and the fire will be able to break the Yan army by borrowing the power of the wind. ”

"Shhh...... Brother Zhang's clever plan! ”

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