(Today's second update.) ）

"It's all a bunch of turtle grandchildren, fuck it!" The mountains and rocks and trees are like floating lights, constantly retreating behind him, and the uncomfortable Zhao Xiangyao scolds and scolds non-stop, as if only in this way can the pain in his heart be alleviated, at this moment, everyone's hearts are not a taste.

After the wounded were left behind, this way of fighting was inevitably too tragic, and this method of escape was inevitably too much, but as the wounded were left behind in batches, there were fewer and fewer companions beside them, and the soldiers of the MI who were still running on the way gradually calmed down in their hearts.

Calm is not indifference to comrades who died in battle, but indifference to their own lives, which means that they are all ready to stay and break off by themselves at the moment.

More than two hundred miles of Sword Pavilion, galloping day and night, Zhao Xiangyao's companions beside him, in the end, there were only three people left.

By this time, everyone was exhausted, the pain in the soles of their feet had disappeared, the body was numb as if it had lost consciousness, and rushing had become an instinct, forward, a kind of mechanical movement. From time to time, someone fell, and then was helped up by his companion next to him, and continued to run forward with a crash.

It can be said that at this time, several people are still in a hurry, and they are completely supported by a will.

If it weren't for the fact that the leader was already very familiar with this path, with the state of everyone, I am afraid that it is possible to even get lost.

Li Min came, the light dispelled the darkness, the black curtain on the earth faded like a tide, and the sea of clouds dissipated, it is said that this is the coolest time of the day, but for Zhao Xiangyao and others, the body has long lost so much perception.

Suddenly, Zhao Xiangyao stopped.

"Commander Zhao"

The people behind Zhao Xiangyao were caught off guard and knocked him away, and the people in front of him all turned around when they heard the sound.

Zhao Xiangyao looked at the embarrassed subordinates in front of him, the three of them were all sweating, their clothes could be wrung out of water, and the long run made everyone dehydrated, everyone's lips were white, and their bodies were already overwhelmed. However, there was no sadness or anger in Zhao Xiangyao's eyes, on the contrary, there was a look of relief and pride in his eyes.

Touching Zhao Xiangyao's strange eyes, the three of them suddenly understood something, the sharp man who bumped into him reacted the fastest, turned around first, and ran back with heavy steps like a mountain, "Commander Zhao, you go first, I'll stay"

He walked out of two steps, and was grabbed by Zhao Xiangyao by the collar at the back of his neck and lifted it back, this ordinary action, but Zhao Xiangyao was extremely laborious, he smiled, but his tone was unquestionable, with a dry voice that seemed to be on fire, making a hoarse and ugly voice like a male duck, "Lao Tzu doesn't have much strength, listen to me finish speaking." ”

Everyone who was originally vying to stay, hearing this, all stopped struggling, and looked at Zhao Xiangyao's eyes, with a pain that was so thick that it couldn't be dissolved.

Zhao Xiangyao smiled reluctantly, pointed to the mountain in front of him and said: "If you climb over this mountain, you can get out of the Sword Pavilion, and when you get out of the mountain, there will be our people to pick you up." I am the commander, Zhao Shengyun is right, I am the best, only I can win the time for you to go out of the mountain. ”

As he spoke, he struggled to untie the bamboo tube around his waist, but the cowhide rope was tied to a dead knot, and he couldn't get it open after pulling for a long time, Zhao Xiangyao's face turned red, and his panting was a little heavier, so he simply pulled out a long knife and cut the cowhide rope.

Throwing the long knife aside, holding the bamboo tube like a treasure, solemnly handing it to his companion in front of him, his expression solemn as if he was facing the abyss, like a king, Zhao Xiangyao's hoarse voice sounded again, "This thing, thousands of sharp soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department, three years of hard work, must be handed over to the fire pioneer Li Shaocheng, there is no room for loss!" ”

A Rui Shi solemnly took the bamboo tube, such as feeling the pressure of Mount Tai, seeing Zhao Xiangyao's expression, he couldn't stand it anymore, tears welled up like a spring, his voice was choked, and said: "The commander is assured, if he is burdened, he will never be a man!" ”

After the other party took the bamboo tube and listened to the other party's assurance, Zhao Xiangyao showed a heartfelt smile from the heart, and suddenly felt relieved, as if he had unloaded thousands of burdens.

"Let's go, you don't need to give me one last ride. My Tang Dynasty boy, born to live up to the king's family and country, to die without a seven-foot body, stand up to the sky and the earth, the mighty spirit lasts forever, don't use sad songs! Zhao Xiangyao bent down and picked up the long knife, facing west and facing east, standing in the middle of the road.

Death does not spin the heel, this is also said.

The three of them looked at each other, they all knew that there might be difficulties ahead, and bowed deeply to Zhao Xiangyao's thin and tragic back, and without further words, they turned around and left.

The morning sun was shining, the mountain breeze was blowing, Zhao Xiangyao tore off a strip of cloth from his shirt, tied the long knife to his hand, and stood in the wind.

"God bless the Tang Dynasty! If the empire can be re-strengthened, I, Zhao Xiangyao, will die as it deserves today, and I, Zhao Xiangyao, will finally achieve a great thing! ”

There was a crisp round of applause, and then a faint mocking voice came, "Zhuang, Zhuang! Commander Zhao, are you preparing to repay the country with death? ”

Hearing this voice, Zhao Xiangyao was stunned for a moment, then turned around and looked up at the mountainside.

On the mountain beam, he stood with a red shirt backlit, looking at him with a smile, still shaking his head and sighing, "It's a pity, Commander Zhao, you are destined to become a martyr today." ”

Familiar voice, figure, seeing the other party's face that seemed to be forever immature as a girl, Zhao Xiangyao's eyes rolled, and he was about to hit back with a sentence of "You little girl, An dares to laugh at your second master", but his body lost strength, shook twice, and fell on the road with peace of mind.

Before falling asleep, no one heard it, and Zhao Xiangyao muttered: "Zhao Shengyun, Erhuzi, you didn't die in vain"

On this day, Li Shaocheng led his army to Jianmen.

The next day, on the seventh day of the eighth month of the fourth year of Tiancheng, Bailu. 5,000 soldiers of the vanguard of the North Road Army of Shu began to attack Jianmen Pass

On the same day that Li Shaocheng led the army to arrive at Jianmen, in Luoyang, Kyoto, the imperial court held a grand oath-taking ceremony, and the emperor Li Siyuan sacrificed to heaven and earth, and awarded the flag to Li Congjing, the king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and ordered him to lead the three armies and enter Shu to attack the rebels.

The next day, Li Congjing led 50,000 forbidden troops and marched from Luoyang

It was still the day of Bailu, Xia Luqi, the envoy of the Wuxin Army of Suizhou, and Li Renju, the envoy of the Baoning Army of Langzhou, successively received an edict from the imperial court, ordering his joint forces to enter the Jiannan Dongchuan Jiedu deputy envoy Li Shaobin.

Langzhou Baoning Army Festival envoy Li Renju, is also a veteran general in the army, but with Li Congjing and others brave and good at fighting, the enemy does not avoid the arrows, personally trapped, and then became famous in a hundred battles, Li Renju is not known for his personal martial arts, in the early years under the command of Li Siyuan, he is also a first-class guest general.

The so-called guest generals, military attachés who are responsible for receiving envoys, guests, envoys and diplomacy, have the name of military generals, but have no military generals, do not lead troops, do not go into battle, and do not fight with the enemy.

After Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne, Li Renju was the envoy of the guest province and was crowned the general of the left guard. The so-called guest envoys are not fundamentally different from the guest generals, such as etiquette, diplomatic relations, and minority management. General of the Left Guard, since the collapse of the military system of the government, there are no soldiers to lead, and now, it is just a false title, and it is sealed to show honor and status, Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao are also the generals of the Left Guard.

It can be seen from this that Li Renju is not good at military affairs.

The Baoning Army, based in Shuzhong, can be called the henchman in Shu, and the selected Jiedu envoy used Li Renju, who is not longer than the military? But there is a reason for this.

First of all, since Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne, the connection between the imperial court and the two rivers has always been through the hands of Li Renju, and the imperial court sent envoys to the two rivers, and Li Renju was also used more. Some time ago, Li Si originated from the southern suburbs of Luoyang to sacrifice heaven and earth, and the two rivers wanted to contribute gift money according to the system, and the imperial court sent Li Renju to fetch it. If so, Li Renju has a deep understanding of Liangchuan.

Secondly, Li Renju won the trust of An Chongzhu. The strategy of setting up the Wuxin Army and the Baoning Army in Shuzhong, since it was proposed by An Chongzhu, he has a natural priority to recommend candidates.

Again, Li Renju has followed Li Siyuan for many years, and his loyalty can be learned, and the imperial court set up a town in the hinterland of Shuzhong, and the festival makes it necessary to be loyal.

Fourth, Li Renju has been an official for many years, with rich experience and profound experience, and he is also an indispensable capital to become a festival envoy.

It is precisely for these reasons that Li Renju was able to serve as the envoy of the Baoning Army.

Therefore, after receiving the imperial court's edict ordering the Wuxin Army and the Baoning Army to jointly attack Li Shaobin, Li Renju did not hesitate, and immediately sent an envoy, but discussed with Xia Luqi the method of using troops, and prepared to do a big job.

Unbeknownst to him, before the envoy sent to Suizhou returned, Li Renju received an urgent military report.

This military report made Li Renju and Xia Luqi's desire to join forces to fight against Li Shaobin come to naught

However, it was said that one day in mid-July, Su Yuan, the official of Xichuan Jinguan, rushed back to Chengdu from Luoyang, and quickly whipped his horse, but did not return to his own mansion, and went straight to the mansion to ask to see Meng Zhixiang.

Meng Zhixiang was shocked when he learned that Su Yuan had returned, and his heart beat faster. The so-called Jinguan is an important official position that connects the feudal town with the imperial court and exchanges information between the two places, similar to the office in Beijing in later generations. If Su Yuan returns without the order, there will be a big event, and at this time, what is the most important thing?

When Su Yuan saw Meng Zhixiang, he bowed his head and said amazingly: "The imperial court intends to use troops in Liangchuan this autumn, please deal with it quickly!" ”

The imperial court intends to use troops against Liangchuan, although Meng Zhixiang had expected it earlier, but the expectation and conviction, there is a distance of 108,000 miles between them - not to mention that the time is in this autumn, hearing Su Yuan's words, Meng Zhixiang's face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly helped Su Yuan up and asked him in detail.

Meng Zhixiang has always been self-reliant, and he is a person with great wisdom, so he will naturally pay close attention to the trend of the imperial court, he gave Su Yuan a lot of wealth, so that he made friends with the imperial court magnates in Luoyang, planted eyeliner everywhere, and listened to the news in all directions, naturally there is no need to mention it, Li Congjing used the military intelligence department as a detailed work to explore all kinds of information in Liangchuan, and this Su Yuan was in Luoyang, which was also Meng Zhixiang's "military intelligence department".

Therefore, although the imperial court's plan to use troops in Liangchuan was not explicitly stated in the court, but only planned with several Zaifu, it also let this Su Yuan know at the last moment.

After listening to Su Yuan's narration, Meng Zhixiang knew that this matter would not be false, and immediately convened his staff to discuss countermeasures, and it was this Su Yuan again, and admonished: "Since Xichuan has formed an alliance with Dongchuan, when this time of life and death is at stake, we should work together." According to the humble opinion, the Wuxin Army and the Baoning Army are rooted in the hinterland of central Shu, and they may disturb the two rivers at any time, echoing the inside and outside of the Tang Army attacking Shu, which is really a big trouble at hand. Therefore, we should first concentrate our military strength, cut off the Wuxin Army and the Baoning Army, and then send heavy troops to Jianmen, and at the same time occupy Fuzhou and hold the passage into Shu, so that even if the Tang Army attacks in a big way, the two rivers can rest easy. ”

Su Yuan's words are similar to the saying that "if you go outside, you must first settle inside", and it is naturally the best policy that cannot be argued at the moment. Meng Zhixiang knew that it was amazing, and they all nodded in agreement, but this is just the overall situation, the specific method of using soldiers, Su Yuan does not know the details, and Meng Zhixiang has to handle it himself.

Immediately, Meng Zhixiang sent Su Yuan to Dongchuan to ask Li Shaobin to raise troops, and at the same time sent Li Shaobin a strategy for using troops: ask Dongchuan to attack the Wuxin Army and the Baoning Army first, and then Xichuan sent troops to help and defend the Sword Gate.

Regarding Meng Zhixiang's method of using troops, Li Shaobin returned the price, saying that Dongchuan could attack the Baoning Army, and asked Xichuan to attack the Wuxin Army.

After receiving Li Shaobin's reply, Meng Zhixiang sneered and said that Li Shaobin was cunning.

"The two towns of Langzhou and Suizhou, Suizhou is strong, and Langzhou is weak, Li Shaobin takes his weakness, and gives me a strong one, and he is a villain! Could it be that Li Shaobin doesn't know that Langzhou, Guozhou, and Suizhou are all in his Dongchuan, and he is surrounded by Zizhou? I sent troops to Xichuan to help him Dongchuan, at this critical moment, Li Shaobin actually bargained, couldn't distinguish the priority, and made this villain attitude, which made people resentful! Some staff members saw through Li Shaobin's intentions, and couldn't help scolding, and after speaking, they also asked Meng Zhixiang not to boost Li Shaobin's villain's arrogance, so he took a big advantage.

Surprisingly, Meng Zhixiang did not ask Li Shaobin for any bargaining chips or bargains as this staff member thought, but said calmly: "In terms of strength and weakness, Xichuan is strong and Dongchuan is weak, Xichuan hits Suizhou, and Dongchuan hits Langzhou, there is nothing wrong with it; In terms of the situation, although the current imperial court is advancing Dongchuan, it is actually no different from attacking Xichuan. You're right, now is the time to go. At this critical moment, it is not important to distinguish priorities, but to unite to resist the enemy and protect the two rivers. If so, those who can work harder, and Xichuan will do more, so what's the matter? Wouldn't it be shameful to be like that woman, who cares about petty profits, and loses the overall situation, and ends up dying? ”

"The situation is critical, every minute must be fought, reply to Li Shaobin, and according to what he said, I will attack Suizhou in Xichuan, and he will attack Langzhou in Dongchuan." After that, he still felt that the fire had not yet arrived, and added: "Although Langzhou is weaker than Suizhou, it should not be underestimated, and I Xichuan needs to divide a division of troops to help Li Shaobin conquer Langzhou as soon as possible, so that Dongchuan can divide his forces as soon as possible and defend the sword gate!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all admired Meng Zhixiang's mind and foresight, and they all worshiped and praised it, calling it "repaying grievances with virtue".

The words "repay grievances with virtue" fell into Su Yuan's ears, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Meng Zhixiang sent troops to attack Suizhou, not to mention, but also helped Li Shaobin to attack Langzhou, is it really a selfless duke and revenge with virtue?

Definitely.

Imagine, if the three states of Lang, Guo, and Sui are finally pacified, and Suizhou is in Meng Zhixiang's pocket, needless to say, will the Dongchuan military and civilians be grateful to Meng Zhixiang for his help?

If the two rivers defeat the Wang Division, one mountain will not tolerate two tigers, and in the future, the two heroes will compete for hegemony, with the hearts of the army and the people, who will occupy the natural advantage?

Render good for evil? There is no such thing as repaying grievances with virtue in this world.

Zi said: Repay grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue? Therefore, repay virtue with virtue and repay grievances with straightforwardness. If a saint is like this, let alone an ordinary person?

When others repay you with virtue, if they are not too weak, indeed weak and bullied, and have no power to fight back, this often means that he is attentive to you, and there must be a future plan.

The imperial court tolerated Liangchuan many times in the past, which can be described as repaying grievances with virtue? But what, now, take advantage of the slack in the two rivers and attack in a big way!

If it weren't for Su Yuan to bring back the news in time, what would happen to the situation between the two rivers is really unimaginable!

On the same day, Meng Zhixiang issued a handsome order:

Ordered to deploy Li Renhan as the camp capital, Zhao Tingyin, the assassin of Hanzhou, as the deputy, and Zhang Ye of the Jianzhou assassin as the vanguard, led 30,000 troops to attack Suizhou.

He commanded Hou Hongshi and Meng Sigong to lead 4,000 troops to aid Li Shaobin and attack Langzhou.

Another three-way soldiers and horses were sent to attack Luzhou, Qianzhou, and Fuzhou!