Chapter 16: The Bloodstained Plum Blossom (I)
Li Fu looked back at the broken stone tablets buried in the barren grass. In this eastern capital, in the forest garden, dozens of losers in the struggle for imperial power lay quietly. All this is because of the ruthlessness of the emperor......
The three of them were wandering around in Shanglin Yuan, and Yang Zixu's other friend Chu Ge was not in the mansion. As soon as dawn came, he left Shanglin Yuan and went to Tiance Mansion, as if he was returning to military affairs.
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Along the way, Li Fu and Jiang Moyuan had a very happy conversation. One is a young talent in the Tiance Army. At the age of nineteen, he followed Emperor Wuhou to fight in the east and west, and made a lot of military achievements, and he was also considered one of the candidates for the future eight god generals. One is a disciple of Taifu, the current master of Tiance Shaofu, and the two of them have gained a lot from each other in terms of the art of war and battlefield deduction, as well as in the practice of martial arts.
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"I heard that the young mansion lord is also familiar with the art of war, Zixu told me before, you saw the plan of the divine strategy to 'feed war with war' at a glance? Later, after the grain and grass in northern Xinjiang were cut off, Emperor Wuhou also considered this, and he has not yet reached a conclusion. In the courtyard on the side of the plum garden, Jiang Moyuan asked in a deep voice.
"To be honest, I didn't dare to think like this at the beginning, but there is one layout of Shence that I don't understand." Li Fu thought about it and said truthfully.
"Which one?" Jiang Moyuan asked.
"Embrace ....."
"Humbled? Isn't it because of the lack of food and grass before the decisive battle?? ”
"Yes, Hugguan. I don't know very well about the grain and grass in the army, but in April last year, Rong Di's command at that time was very problematic. Judging from Rong Di's strength and marching route, Rong Di's army was almost trapped in Tianliang County by the Shence army. Although Rong Di broke out of Tianliang County in the end, they returned to Yongguan. Later, it was also proved that when Rong Di's army was besieged in Tianliang County, there were no more than tens of thousands of Rong Di defenders in Yongguan City, as long as Shen Ce forcibly captured Yongguan, then Rong Di had to withdraw even if he didn't want to withdraw his army. But here's the weirdness. Li Fu pondered for a moment and spoke.
"That means ...... Yongguan is almost an empty city! Yang Zixu was reminded by Li Fu's words, and suddenly thought of something, and the plum that he had just put in his mouth swallowed it in a frightened bite.
"Having said that, the city is strong with a thick wall, and as long as there are 30,000 defenders in the city, it will be difficult to take it." Jiang Moyuan also shook his head, not agreeing with Li Fu's statement.
"You can take it down." Li Fu nodded seriously, cleared his throat and continued
"Less than 20 miles away from Yongguan is Dongwu Mountain. The north side of Dongwu Mountain used to be a large farmland, and behind Dongwu Mountain is Weishui. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, the local county head once brought water from the Wei River to irrigate nearby farmland. However, during the Shenghou years, there were frequent floods in the lower reaches of the Wei River, and the Shenghou ordered the management of the Weishui, and the Weishui was diverted and not in the runoff. Although the farmland was later abandoned, the irrigation river that was once left still exists. As long as 10,000 soldiers are ordered to garrison the embankment there, and 10,000 soldiers are dispatched to clean up the old river and the Weishui River, and open the Wei River. The water of the Wei River can flood the pass. And this process can be completed in just three hours. When that time comes, you can take the hug level without much effort. After that, it has been the center of the pass, detouring to the north, passing through Qingcheng County and Baima County, and directly inserting into the rear of Rongdi. ”; Li Fu patiently used the tea set in the pavilion to simply lay out a general marching direction.
"It's strange here. At that time, the Rong Di army in Tianliang County was trapped, and my Tang Dynasty was only facing Rong Di's Shence army on the northern Xinjiang defense line at that time, and the Yuling army retreated to Liangcheng, Rong Di only needed to increase the army by 100,000 from the rear, and then went out to support the pass, Liangcheng had no danger to defend, and could not resist the 100,000 Rong Di army at all. And there are no reinforcements around Liangcheng. As long as he captures Liangcheng, Rong Di can go all the way south......" Li Fu was silent for a while and spoke.
"If it were me, I would march like this." Once the northwest third of the city is occupied, whether it is the Yuling Army, the Shence Army, or the Beiting Protectorate from the northern defense line, they will all be cut into several pieces, and they will not be able to echo each other. At that time, in the mobilization of heavy troops to encircle and suppress, the entire northwest will be included in Rong Di's hands. Therefore, as soon as Emperor Wuhou entered the northern defense line, he regained the pass as soon as possible. Li Fu kept using the items on the table as a reference, posing a simple sand table diagram, and said carefully.
Jiang Moyuan and Yang Zixu glanced at each other, and both of them saw frightened looks in each other's eyes. In the minds of the two of them, something instantly came to mind.
At that time, the transfer of the Shence Army was indeed very abnormal, and even the military department had issued documents six times to interrogate the abnormal transfer of Shence. Several great opportunities to annihilate Rong Di were wasted by the divine strategy. Several encounters with Rong Di, I think it was discussed, although there was a lot of gain, but in the end it failed to bruise Rong Di's main force. Moreover, the coach of Shence this time is also up for debate.
For a while, rumors gradually spread in the government and the opposition, saying that there was another tacit battle between Shence and Rong Di! Because of this, the Emperor of the People directly ordered the transfer of the Tiance Army to Northern Xinjiang!
"Yes, in the battle of Yongguan, the left wing of my Tiance was almost disabled, if it wasn't for the last moment when the Chinese army came to reinforce, I'm afraid I won't be able to take it in a short time." Jiang Moyuan sighed.....
After Yang Zixu heard this, he stretched his waist, and he stretched this waist very widely, and even faintly could hear the sound of Clicka.
Then, he stood up from the stone bench in the pavilion and patted his buttocks. Looking at the two people in the pavilion.
But his eyes were extremely bright, even a little sharp.
"If I were to lead the army, I would destroy the magic strategy behind it first, and then deal with Rong Di. After fighting on the northern defense line for so long, he only harvested 50,000 remnants of Rong Di in the end. If it is said that Rong Di went south this time, and no one in the camp of Shence secretly colluded, I don't believe it! It seemed to be said casually, but a chill flashed in Yang Zixu's eyes.
Jiang Moyuan said expressionlessly: "Zixu, you must know that if you don't have absolute evidence, you will be regarded as a rebel if you frame or even attack your allies without absolute evidence."
Yang Zixu gently rubbed the back of his right hand with his left hand, and said with emotion: "But if Rong Di really does what Li Fu thinks this time?" Then I, Datang, not only the northwest will be scorched earth. The entire border defense of Datang will be impacted. ”
Li Fu and Jiang Moyuan did not respond, nor did they react.
Yang Zixu was right, Rong Di did not rush south after occupying the pass, but stayed on the northern defense line for a long time, especially after the Shence army entered the northern defense line, there were almost no battles with large casualties between the two armies. In the end, after Rong Di retreated to Yongguan City, he did not stay in the city for too long, and only supplied logistics. If Rong Di had driven south with all his might, I am afraid that the war would have extended all the way to the northwest!
Not only that, once the northwest is mired in war, it is difficult to guarantee that the Northern Yan and the barbarians will not take the opportunity to move eastward! At that time....Datang's borders will be in endless chaos!
Chugo did not speak, silent in thought. What Yang Zixu said is not impossible, but no matter how ..... Shence is, he will not ... Just now, the thing he and Yang Zixu thought of was exactly like this.
"Boom~~Boom~"
A terrifying loud bang came from the front hall, accompanied by several dull tearing sounds.
"What's going on?"
"Something like that's going on in the front hall."
"Let's go, let's see!"
The three of them looked at each other, and a sense of unease filled the air, and the three of them hurried to the front hall.
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The floor of the front hall was full of gravel and broken wood wedges. The stone steps made of white marble are full of cracks.
The most striking of them all is a gold-encrusted plaque, broken into two pieces, one lying on the ground with this deep footprint on it. One piece was inserted into the pillars of the front hall, stirring up puffs of dust and smoke.
The smoke and dust cleared.
Dozens of horsemen appeared outside the gate of Shanglin Garden.
Fresh clothes and angry horses. Dressed as an aristocracy.
Those people were indifferent, and they were obviously not ordinary people.
A young knight, looking at the broken courtyard gate in front of him, said expressionlessly: "Why is this dead man's house still here!" ”
The knight was in his twenties, his eyebrows and eyes were soft, but he had a sense of indifference and nobility, and when he said this, he looked at the open courtyard of Shanglin Yuan, as if he didn't care about the status of this mansion in the Eastern Capital, nor did he care about what he was doing now, and he looked extremely proud.
Li Fu and the three of them hurriedly dared to come from the backyard, Jiang Mo couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the picture in front of him, and then heard what the man said, after seeing the person who came, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then the smile became bigger and bigger. His eyes narrowed, and without saying a word, he turned and walked towards the backyard.
Li Fu also glanced at the man, and then walked to the plaque that had been broken into two pieces, and pulled out the plaque inserted in the pillar, on which was written the word "Yuan", and the handwriting was ......
This handwriting is too familiar to Li Fu. Suddenly, the deep footprints on the ground appeared in front of his eyes, and the young man's eyes gradually turned cold.
A cold wind blew, carrying the faint fragrance of plum in the backyard of Tiance Academy. It blew over Li Fu's cheeks and also blew the dust off the plaque on the ground. At the same time, it also blew Li Fu's eyes cold.
The word "Taifu" was revealed, and on this, there was an extremely dazzling footprint!
Yang Zixu came back to his senses, looked at the young man on the horse and asked coldly, "Shangguan Domain!" Are you tired of being alive?! ”
The young man ignored him, but looked condescendingly at Li Fu, who was holding the plaque, and said with an indifferent expression: "You were the one who spread the wild in front of my house yesterday?" ”
Li Fu didn't answer, because a gust of wind passed by his side.