(Second update.) ）

The imperial court did not take back the edict of setting up the Baoning Army in Langzhou and the Wuxin Army in Suizhou, as Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin had put forward, although Li Siyuan comforted the two in his reply, but the increase in troops in Langzhou, Guozhou, Suizhou, and Mianzhou did not slow down.

When the edict arrived in Zizhou, Li Shaobin was so angry that he tore the edict to shreds in front of everyone and threw it on the ground.

"Dashuai, the imperial court has no intention of abolishing the festival towns of Suizhou and Langzhou, in fact, it is all expected by us, so there is no need to be too angry about this. At the beginning, since the imperial court decided to increase troops in Shuzhong, it was the idea of plotting against Liangchuan, but now it ignores the requests made by the marshal and Meng Shuai, and does not even retreat by half a point, but it is just for me to understand the situation more clearly. The one who spoke was Wang Hui, a veteran from Ma Zhi, who had always been able to do well, and was deeply relied on by Li Shaobin, and he was kind and relieved, "The top priority, the most important thing, is to think about the future in the long run." ”

Li Shaobin sat back in the handsome position, calmly did not speak, he also knew that what Wang Hui said was the truth, but the attitude of the imperial court towards Liangchuan had always been quite tolerant before, as far as the past year was concerned, Li Siyuan sacrificed to the sky in Luoyang, and ordered Li Shaobin to contribute millions of money, Li Shaobin only gave 500,000, and the court also said anything.

This is still the imperial court's request for Dongchuan, similar things in the past are not enumerated, Dongchuan has violated the imperial court's edicts over the years, and Dongchuan's requirements, similar to the appointment of magistrates and generals, have always been Li Shaobin's words, the court will agree to something, sometimes provoke Li Shaobin to lose his temper, and the court will even lower the official to appease.

Because of this, Li Shaobin decided that the imperial court was weak and incompetent, weak and bulliable, so he became more and more arrogant, and his desire to stand on his own feet in Dongchuan swelled day by day, and his preparations became more and more perverse.

But the matter in front of him is very different from the past, the imperial court suddenly cut off several states in Shuzhong, set up two festival towns, and even increased troops in Mianzhou, which was like a thunderbolt from the sky, smashing Li Shaobin's head. Whether it is the Wuxin Army in Suizhou, or the Baoning Army in Langzhou and Guozhou, it makes him feel like he is hanging his sword on the top, and he can't sit at ease day and night.

He, Li Shaobin, had indeed been preparing for self-reliance for a long time, but in his opinion, the imperial court had never been prepared to sanction him, but had been tolerating and retreating. Now that he says that he will do it, and as soon as he does it, it is a thunderous method, which really makes Li Shaobin feel stunned and unable to react, and at the same time, he is also extremely annoyed.

Especially this time, he and Meng Zhixiang jointly wrote to the imperial court, asking for the abolition of the Wuxin Army and the Baoning Army, but the imperial court not only did not do so, but did not even say anything, whether it was to add officials to the lord to appease, or to revoke one of the feudal towns as a regression, there was no sign at all, even the garrisons in Mianzhou showed no sign of stopping to increase!

"It's unheard of, it's bullshit, it's just unknowing!" Li Shaobin slapped the armrest of the seat hard, and scolded secretly in his heart.

"The imperial court has done this, Dongchuan can't help but fight back, otherwise, if the imperial court cuts Mianzhou and Longzhou as festival towns again, then Jianzhou will also be in danger!" Wang Hui continued, "Furthermore, now, Mianzhou, Langzhou, Guozhou, and Suizhou are surrounding my Dongchuan on three sides, and we must not ignore it!" Dashuai, take the idea early, strike first, and then strike at others! ”

Li Shaobin didn't speak, he was still weighing in his heart.

Although Dongchuan has been trying to stand on his own, but when the matter comes, the word "rebellion" will be buckled on his head, and a town will go to the opposite side of the entire empire and become the enemy of the entire empire. Who can not hesitate, worry, worry?

Yes, Dongchuan wants independence, but Li Shaobin prefers that it is a slow and moderate way, on the one hand, to improve Dongchuan's status, to promote his own officials, step by step to become a marquis and a king, step by step to transform Dongchuan into a large town, a subsidiary town, and a kingdom, and finally when the time is ripe - for example, the empire is in turmoil, or Li Siyuan is dead, or the feudal town is in rebellion, and he will take the opportunity to complete independence.

Instead of suddenly, Dongchuan announced his separation from the Tang Dynasty, and then greeted the overwhelming attack of the imperial army, in that case, wouldn't he be crazy? What is he trying to do? To break away from the Tang Dynasty, he must have a name, or establish a kingdom, or establish himself as an emperor, but now, he thinks that he does not have such conditions.

Meeting with the imperial court and separating a place by force is a desperate choice, and there is no way to let it go. In all fairness, such a move is suspected of gambling, because since then, Dongchuan has become the target of the public, and there will be no way out, if the imperial army is brave and good at fighting, if the feudal town comes to attack him and can't resist, if he is defeated in the end, it will be a catastrophe!

There is indeed a natural danger in Shuzhong, which is also an important reason why Li Shaobin dares to seek self-reliance, but no matter how dangerous the natural danger is, there are always many famous generals who have broken through it.

Wang Hui saw that Li Shaobin's face was not dark, and he was a little anxious, so he stepped up his persuasion and said: "Dashuai, when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from the chaos!" The court is so pressing, it is inevitable that the soldiers will meet each other, those who seek great things will be decisive and defeated by hesitation, the matter has come to this, please make up your mind quickly! ”

Li Shaobin closed his eyes and raised his head, took a deep breath, half a sound, his jaw was earned, his eyes showed a fierce light, and his face was hideous, as if he wanted to eat people, and his ruthless accent jumped out of his throat, "Listen to my handsome orders: first, Guo Qiyun, immediately take Ben Shuai's personal guards, and send an order to Mianzhou to assassin Shi Wu Qianyu, ordering him to go to Zizhou to see Ben Shuai on the same day, if he dares to refuse, he will be detained by force; Second, Wang Hui, Ben Shuai gave you 3,000 soldiers and horses, you quickly go to Jianmen, build Qizhai, and build a pass fortress in the north of Jianmen, and order Yongxing Pass; Third, in the long history, you immediately recruit young people, and no matter what method you use, within ten days, you will get 20,000. Then, the soldiers were rationed, and the army was not given rations, so they were driven to Suizhou, Guozhou, and Langzhou, and plundered the Sanzhou town army! ”

After making up his mind, Li Shaobin no longer hesitated, he had a violent and decisive temperament, and he would not twist and pinch if he decided to let it go. However, this was a counterattack, in response to the imperial court's establishment of a festival town, and ignoring his table.

Next, Li Shaobin instructed again: "Send a letter to the King of Qin, and let the King of Qin tell the court: The court divides my subordinate states, builds festivals and towns, and repeatedly increases troops to defend them, obviously wanting to kill me!" If the imperial court continues to increase troops, Shao Bin will have no way to retreat, so he has to fight to the death. ”

Li Shaobin was once a commander from Ma Zhidu, and he and Li Congjing did have the righteousness of comrades, so he wrote to Li Congjing this time to make a final effort for the better.

When Wang Hui and the others got the order, they all looked excited, and occasionally there were people who were uneasy, and they were also wrapped up in the emotions of the public, which seemed insignificant and invisible.

Everyone in the house received the order, and the surroundings quieted down, Li Shaobin's face was flushed, and his mood couldn't be calm for a long time.

The sunlight jumped through the blue bricks and black tiles, shining into the room through the door, casting a square area of light in front of him, which was a little dazzling. The pedestrians in the house came and went in a hurry, as if they were afraid of disturbing something, and in the hot summer, the trees were lush and green, casting large shadows, but they were quiet, and the annoying cicadas could not be heard.

As soon as he thought of being the enemy of the entire empire, Li Shaobin couldn't help but feel a little panic and uneasiness in his heart, after all, he was weak, there was only one town, three or five prefectures, more than ten cities, 30,000 soldiers, dozens of generals, and 230,000 people.

The empire is different, in every way, it is a towering tree, and he is the ridiculous grasshopper. I heard that the empire's new forbidden army of 50,000 was selected from the empire's 100,000 soldiers, all of whom were absolute elites, and the backbone was the hundred battle army that terrified the enemy and said the world in the past.

I heard that his strategists are like clouds, fierce generals are like rain, and he has an absolutely inferior army, killing the Khitan corpses like a mountain, so angry that Yelu Abaoji vomited blood and died, and Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao are all brave people, none of them are vain, this time the army of 100,000 people came, and the mountains and rivers can also be overturned

After staring at the sunlight in the house for a long time, Li Shaobin's eyes were a little sore, he stood up, held the horizontal knife at his waist, and walked to the door.

The scenery outside the house is just right, a vibrant image, in the end it is summer, all life is in full bloom, and it is time to show its true colors. Yes, Wang Yanzhang said well, the leopard dies and leaves its skin, and the person dies and leaves his name. Although the imperial court is powerful, he Li Shaobin is not easy to mess with!

I want to think that year, with Zhuangzong to fight in the north and south, after hundreds of large and small wars, each time the rate from the horse straight to the enemy army, all bravely and straight forward, killing the enemy soldiers on their backs, the army collapsed, how many generals became his defeated generals, more elite troops were defeated by him personally, he Li Shaobin, was also invincible!

How was the Hundred Battles Army, I didn't know where it was at that time! How is King Qin, he was in Ma Zhi back then, and he was just a pawn under his command! Li Shaobin watched him enlist in the army, just a kid who didn't dry up, he killed people in the first battle formation that year, and afterwards he vomited out of human shape, and his face was covered with snot and tears - it's not a big deal, but a mortal, flesh and blood, can't he still cut with a knife and an axe?

Li Shaobin stood up straight, he felt that his posture was very upright, it seemed to be a few points taller, his eyes were resolute, he felt that the heroes of the world were just like this, the blood in his body was boiling, and he thought that he could also stand out from the crowd and establish a career that made the world look sideways!

Exploits, are all fought with a knife and a gun, the Hundred Battles Army is nothing, the forbidden army is just a group of miscellaneous soldiers in the final analysis, although he Dongchuan has few soldiers and horses at the moment, although the power is not large, but now the opportunity has come! Fame but by immediate, wealth and nobility all rely on two-handed fighting, after the blood and fire battle, his Dongchuan will also become a behemoth, his Dongchuan army will also be indestructible, he will also have countless good generals, countless strategists!

He Li Shaobin is no worse than anyone else, on the contrary, he is very strong, and he should achieve a great feat from Ma Zhidu!

There is Jianmen Mountain in the north of Jianmen County twenty-five miles, also known as Dajian Mountain, and there is Xiaojian Mountain in the east thirty miles. The two mountains are connected, the mountain is extremely dangerous, the flying pavilion is thoroughfare, and it is called the sword pavilion. The big and small sword mountains stretch for more than 200 miles, the peaks and mountains are connected, stretch like a city, there is a pass road under it, it is called the sword gate pass. Because of its mountain cliff interruption, the two cliffs are embedded with each other, such as the opening of the door, such as the planting of the sword, so it is called the sword gate.

Zhao Xiangyao's brain had already memorized these materials, and he looked back at the endless mountains, but saw the green rock and gray mountains, the green forests were like needles and quilts, and every step seemed to contain countless mysteries, and the sky was gloomy, as if it was about to collapse.

In such a mountain road, there are no beasts, snakes and insects, and it is difficult for people to have a sense of security, let alone now. Zhao Xiangyao glanced at the Tsing Yi Rui Shi beside him, and his eyebrows couldn't help but sink slightly.

"No, if it goes on like this, it's all going to have to be explained here!" Zhao Xiangyao already had a judgment in his heart, less than twenty soldiers of the military intelligence department, almost half of them were wounded, and there were too many pursuers behind them, and they couldn't all escape.

Stretching out his hand to support the bamboo tube on his waist, Zhao Xiangyao's heart settled down a little, he gritted his teeth, no matter what, he would send this map out and send it to King Qin.

The empire was about to use troops against Liangchuan, and without this detailed map drawn by the Military Intelligence Department in three years, the King of Qin would not be able to use troops in the most reasonable way. To put it mildly, this map is related to the lives of thousands of soldiers, and to put it mildly, it may even affect the success or failure of the war against Shu!

Too careless! Zhao Xiangyao blamed himself, and the chagrin in his heart was like a turbulent river tide. The imperial court accelerated the pace of using troops in Liangchuan, and when the map of the military intelligence department was drawn in the second half, it couldn't help but speed up the pace, and it was chaotic when it was busy, and it was discovered by Dong Zhang's eyes and ears at the last moment, so he had to flee with the map.

"Gotta figure figure it out!" Zhao Xiangyao glanced behind him, and his heart suddenly tightened, and the pursuers had already revealed their figures on the mountain range not far away.

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PS: Thank you to the relatives of the prince, Shen Bing Ah, and Zhao Zhidao for their support and monthly passes.

PS2: It's normal for names to look familiar, because they do exist, and I didn't make them up.