Chapter 25: 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, Jiang Moyuan, 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 Chu Ge 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, whether it is poetry and poetry or military strategy, the two complement each other.
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"I heard that you are also proficient in the art of war, Zixu told me. Have you ever seen at a glance the plan of the Divine Strategy to 'feed war with war'? In the courtyard on the side of the plum garden, Chu Ge asked.
"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 in a deep voice.
"Which one?" Chugo asked.
"Embrace ....."
"Humbled? Why is it crowded? Shouldn't it be the battle of Tianliang County? ”
"Yes, Hugguan. In April last year, according to 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." Chu Ge 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.
For a while, Yang Zixu and Chu Ge were shocked by Li Fu's bold idea!
Flooding a Xiongguan with a population of hundreds of thousands is really incredible!
"This is not a joke, flooding a city of hundreds of thousands of people, I'm afraid that even if it succeeds, the court will investigate the matter! Moreover, there was no change in the customs at that time. Chugo was shocked.
"That's why I'm talking about weird, and that's weird 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.
"But how can you be sure that Rong Di will march like this?"
Chu Ge's heart palpitations became more and more intense, if Rong Di really followed this plan from the beginning, the flames of war were very likely to burn to the northwest.....
"If I were Rongdi at that time, I would have marched like this. Once the northwest third of the city is occupied, both the Feather Spirit Army and the Shence Army will be isolated. 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. ”
"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." Chu Ge 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 knew about that culvert, I would have brought Weishui into the city." seemed to say it very casually, but a trace of pity flashed in Yang Zixu's eyes.
Chu Ge said expressionlessly: "Zixu, you must know that there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the pass.
Yang Zixu gently rubbed the back of his right hand with his left hand, and said with emotion: "If Rong Di really follows Li Fu's tactics this time, I'm afraid that the northwest territory of the Tang Dynasty will all accept the baptism of war." ”
Li Fu and Chu Ge did not respond and did not 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 entire northwest! At that time, one-third of Datang's territory will be occupied.
Chu Ge didn't speak, but he nodded slightly.
"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 mansion still standing 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, Chu Ge couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the picture in front of him, and then heard what the man said, after taking a look, 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 at this moment, saw the young man on horseback clearly, and said coldly word by word: "Shangguan Qi!" You...... Be... It's true..... I'm tired of it! ”
The young man ignored him because Yang Zixu was not his target today.
Shangguan Qi condescendingly looked at Li Fu, who was speaking coldly to him, and said with an indifferent expression: "You are the disciple of Taifu's dogs?" ”
Li Fu didn't answer, because a gust of wind passed by his side.