When Liu Chuan heard the news that Changzhou was occupied by the imperial army and that more than 5,000 soldiers stationed in the cities of Changzhou had been annihilated, he immediately felt the seriousness of the situation, and he quickly wrote a letter to Liu Yuanzhen, who was far away in Tongchuan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After defeating Yu Xing, the envoy of Sichuan last time, Liu Quan was still happy for a while, and he also thought that he could make more contributions, and heard that the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan attached great importance to talents, Liu Quan secretly planned for himself, if he could make greater contributions and dedicate most of Sichuan, he would definitely be able to get Kublai Khan's weight.

It is a pity that Sichuan is too important for the Song Dynasty, and after the defeat of Yu Xing's army, the emperor immediately ordered the ambassador Lu Wende to dispatch the imperial armies of Hezhou and Jinzhou to participate in the battle, which surprised Liu Quan.

Liu Cheng looked down on Yu Xing, but he knew that Lu Wende was powerful, when Meng Ge led the army to attack Sichuan, Lu Wende was the commander of the defense against Meng Ge's army, and Liu Cheng also participated in the battle under the command of Lu Wende.

The combat effectiveness of the imperial army in Jinzhou was still very good, Liu Quan felt that he had encountered a strong enemy, so he moved all the people of Changzhou to Luzhou, and deployed 5,000 troops in Changzhou, Liu Quan did not ask these soldiers to defend Changzhou, but warned them to quickly evacuate to Luzhou when the situation was critical.

Unexpectedly, the 5,000 sergeants did not have time to evacuate, and the whole army was wiped out.

What Liu Cheng was most surprised was that he didn't know anything, no information was sent, and no sergeant came to report on the battle.

Lu Wende's habit of fighting, Liu Cheng is clear, he has always been steady and steady, and he will not rush forward.

If this battle was completely commanded by Lu Wende, then the sergeants stationed in Changzhou would not have been wiped out.

Could it be that there is something else wrong with this?

Liu Chuan sent a large number of scouts into Changzhou to investigate, but almost none of these scouts came back, and the few who returned to Luzhou did not find any useful information.

Liu Cheng became more and more nervous.

Evacuated directly from Luzhou, this is not Liu Quan's style, and he will not do it.

There are still 15,000 soldiers stationed in Luzhou, and their combat effectiveness is good, in Liu Quan's opinion, at least they have to fight with Lu Wende face to face, if they win, it is the best, even if they fail, they can calmly evacuate if they stick to the place.

One of the most critical reasons for this is that Liu Cheng is worried about the Mongolian Great Khan Kublai Khan.

Liu Quan learned of the news that he took the initiative to surrender to Mongolia and did not gain the trust of the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan, after all, the status of Tongchuan Fulu was too important, and this was not a conspiracy designed by the Song Dynasty.

Just when the Mongolian high-level was still suspicious, the Chengdu Road Army and Horse Strategy made Liu Heima choose to trust and specially sent his son Liu Yuanzhen to accept the surrender of Qi.

Liu Chuan defeated Yu Xing, the Sichuan envoy who came to crusade, and there were still a small number of high-ranking Mongolian personnel who expressed suspicion.

This made Liu Quan very helpless, and he also knew that surrendering to Mongolia and wanting to gain the trust and reuse of others was not such a simple thing, and I am afraid he needed to make more efforts.

Now the opportunity has come, and if we can defeat the ambassador Lu Wende, then any doubts will disappear.

Just when Liu Chengcheng was panicking, the scouts finally came to report important news, after the Great Song army occupied the entire Changzhou, they did not continue to attack Luzhou, but rested on the spot.

This news made Liu Quan breathe a sigh of relief, this is Lu Wende's style.

As for the total annihilation of the 5,000 sergeants, perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps someone rebelled again.

Liu Cheng began the formal deployment, and he decided to personally lead an army of 10,000 to Yusi Town.

Yusi Town is about 50 miles away from Luzhou, the terrain is quite dangerous, and it is the only place for Changzhou to enter Luzhou, if Lu Wende leads a large army to attack Luzhou City, he must pass through Yusi Town.

Liu Chuan decided to stop Lu Wende here, and fought with the army under Lu Wende, it was best to win, and if he couldn't win, he would leave a small number of soldiers to defend Yusi Town, buy time, and transfer all the money and personnel in Luzhou.

Liu Quan was familiar with the terrain of the vast majority of places in Luzhou, and he believed that Yusi Town was the best place to fight.

When the deployment was basically completed, Liu Yuanzhen's letter was also sent to Luzhou.

Liu Yuanzhen did not plan to lead the army to Luzhou to help, but asked Liu Cheng to hold on to the capital city of Luzhou.

This made Liu Cheng feel a trace of sadness.

Liu Yuanzhen's letter indicates that he Liu Cheng must collide with Lu Wende, and unless he is unable to resist before he can be evacuated from Luzhou, he will not only not be trusted by the Mongolian high-level, but may also be suspected and even put in prison.

Because of Liu Yuanzhen's letter, Liu Cheng made up his mind to fight with Lu Wende in Yusi Town.

However, on the other hand, Liu Chuan also made arrangements and ordered the 5,000 soldiers stationed in Luzhou to begin to concentrate money and grain and households, which were basically concentrated in the city or within a radius of five miles outside the city, and all the money and grain entered the city of Luzhou.

Having money, food, and an army is the hard capital, and if all these things are lost, Liu Quan will not be able to face the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan.

Anfu Town.

In the temporary Chinese military tent, Lu Wende and Wu Shaogang are inside, and the outside is guarded by personal guards, and no one is allowed to enter.

Wu Shaogang pointed to the map and had already explained in detail the next step.

Lu Wende looked at the map, still pondering, and did not speak immediately.

Just as Wu Shao was about to speak again, Lu Wende finally spoke.

"Vice Marshal Wu, I understand what you mean, but if Liu Chuan resists desperately, what should we do, if we can't conquer Luzhou Mansion because of insufficient troops, you and I can't bear this responsibility."

"The meaning of the marshal, the subordinates understand, but the subordinates have analyzed it before, the more than 5,000 rebels stationed in Changzhou have all been wiped out, and there are at most about 20,000 sergeants under Liu Quan's command, and the intelligence detected before, the main forces under Liu Quan's command are stationed in Luzhou and Tongchuan respectively, so the subordinates analyzed, Liu Quan's deployment of 5,000 people in Tongchuan, and Luzhou is 15,000 people."

Lu Wende nodded slightly, Wu Shaogang's analysis, he completely agreed, because the Mongolian general Liu Yuanzhen was stationed in Tongchuan, and there was no need for Liu Cheng to leave too many troops in Tongchuan.

"Once the army begins to attack Luzhou, Liu Chuan must resist to the death, according to Liu Quan's combat experience, he will not defend the city of Luzhou, if that is the case, once the city is surrounded by the imperial army, Liu Quan will definitely die, so Liu Chuan will choose to fight far away from the city of Luzhou, and he can attack and retreat."

"In this way, Liu Chuan was forced to divide his troops again, Luzhou Mansion is Liu Quan's lair, and he left at least 5,000 people to garrison, so that the rebels who can participate in the attack are about 10,000 people."

Lu Wende nodded and spoke.

"This analysis is good, I also think that Liu Cheng will arrange the deployment in this way, but there is one thing that Deputy Marshal Wu Fu has ever thought about, Liu Cheng used to be the prefect of Luzhou, and he is very familiar with the terrain here, he can rely on the steep terrain to fight to the death with the army, in such a situation, the number of the imperial army can determine the success or failure of the battle."

"What the marshal said is that his subordinates remember that the marshal had already arranged the combat deployment of the battalion step by step, and this time in the battle with Liu Quan, he can still adopt this strategy, not in a hurry to defeat Liu Quan, and drag him to death, and when Liu Cheng thinks about evacuating Luzhou, I am afraid that there is no chance left."

Lu Wende looked at the map again, and did not speak.

Wu Shaogang's heart is desolate and angry, the reason why Lu Wende did not express his position immediately is completely for his own interests, once the army recovers the city of Luzhou, the emperor and the court must be very happy, and Lu Wende can also be promoted again and move to a higher position by virtue of his military exploits.

Under such circumstances, Liu Chuan naturally needed to concentrate his forces to attack the capital city of Luzhou.

Let go of Liu Quan, such a voice is an indelible pain for Wu Shaogang, the incoming defense envoy of Tongchuan Mansion Road and the prefect of Luzhou, and from then on, he and the sergeants under his command will fall into the quagmire and find it difficult to extricate themselves.

Wu Shaogang's tactical arrangement is very clear, Lu Wende led 20,000 people of the Chinese army, directly attacked the capital city of Luzhou, attacked and advanced, Wu Shaogang led 10,000 forward sergeants, bypassed Luzhou, entered Gaoqiao Town, where Zizhou Neijiang City belonged, set up an ambush in Gaoqiao Town, and waited for Liu Cheng to lead the army to evacuate.

Liu Chuan has no reinforcements, with the army in his hand, he cannot resist the attack of the imperial army, and Liu Chuan will not fight to the death, he must save part of his strength, because this is Liu Quan's capital, and without these things, Liu Quan has no shame to see his Mongolian master.

Once he sensed the catastrophe, Liu Quan would undoubtedly evacuate Luzhou and rush to Tongchuan or Chengdu Prefecture.

Whether it is to Tongchuan or Chengdu Mansion, Liu Chuan will pass through Neijiang under the jurisdiction of Zizhou, and will pass through Gaoqiao Town next to the official road, as long as the former army led by Wu Shaogang is waiting in ambush in Gaoqiao Town, Liu Quan will face the situation of annihilation of the whole army.

Such a tactical arrangement is perfect.

Lu Wende actually hesitated.

It can be seen that Lu Wende is not thinking about completely defeating Liu Chuan and exterminating the rebels to the greatest extent, but only wants to recover many cities and get more credit.

Suppressing the rebels and recovering the city, comparing the two, whether it is the emperor or the Privy Council, the latter is valued.

However, Wu Shaogang will not back down this time, he will definitely insist, because it is not Lu Wende or the imperial court who will clean up the mess next, it will be him Wu Shaogang.

A full quarter of an hour passed, and Lu Wende finally spoke.

"Vice Marshal Wu, your deployment is very appropriate, but I think that taking the Luzhou Mansion is still the top priority, after all, you are the Luzhou Prefect, and you have taken the Luzhou Mansion City, you are worthy of your name, I think so, 5,000 people from the former army will be transferred to join the Chinese army, so that the Chinese army can go all out to defeat Liu Quan, and the remaining 5,000 people are still led by you, go to Gaoqiao Town, and act when the opportunity arises, you see how it is."

Wu Shaogang nodded.

"The marshal has arranged the deployment in this way, and his subordinates have no opinions, but there is one point, the five thousand sergeants of the vanguard are selected by the subordinates."

"Yes." (To be continued.) )