According to the strategic deployment of the previous Zhou army, the attack on the Bashu army was actually divided into two routes, one was the main force of the Zhou army, and the 50,000 troops commanded by Xu Shiji entered Badong County along the Three Gorges Road, and then attacked Tongchuan County, Qinghua County, Pasir County and Yicheng County to the north. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the other hand, there were 20,000 naval troops from Commander Lai Hu'er, who took hundreds of warships along the Yangtze River to Ba County, and then turned the Min River to the north, advancing in the direction of Chengdu, and the two armies of land and water finally met in Chengdu.

But there is also a special army, that is, the 10,000 internal guard army led by Liu Lancheng, they entered Bashu from Qingjiang Road, and then divided the troops into two routes, one route was led by the deputy general Zhang Li to lead 3,000 people to attack Badong County from behind, and Xu Shiji attacked before and after, and captured Badong County.

On the other hand, 7,000 soldiers were personally led by Liu Lancheng to enter Ba County first and clear the 5,000 garrisons of Ba County for the fleet.

The Tang army garrisoned 50,000 troops in Bashu and Hanzhong, including 40,000 troops in Bashu and 10,000 troops in Hanzhong, in order to attack Hedong County, Li Yuan ordered 30,000 troops to be transferred to Guanzhong a month ago, which included 10,000 troops in Hanzhong and 20,000 troops in Bashu, which reduced the garrison of Bashu by half, leaving only 20,000 people.

20,000 people are stationed in three places, Badong County is the east gate of Bashu, has a geographical advantage, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are 5,000 garrisons here, mainly to defend the Zhou army from the Three Gorges Road to attack Bashu.

The second army, also 5,000 men, was stationed in Ba County, but this army was to suppress the rebellion of the Padang counties against the imperial court.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's attack on Xiao Milling, all the military food materials were raised in Bashu, which brought great pressure to the counties of Bashu, and also caused dissatisfaction within Bashu, the previous time was that Shu County and other northern counties were unwilling to accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and were brutally suppressed by the army led by Li Xiaogong.

And this time it was Ba County and other southern counties that made trouble because of too heavy taxes, although it had not yet reached the point of rebellion, but it also made the Tang Dynasty deeply vigilant, Li Yuan specially instructed that Ba County must garrison troops, and this army of 5,000 people was to prevent the rebellion of the Badong counties.

The third army of 10,000 people was stationed in Chengdu, led by Li Shenfu, the king of Beichuan County, and sat in Bashu, after the outbreak of the battle of Bingzhou, the Tang Dynasty could not have imagined that the battle of Bingzhou was only part of the battle of the Great Zhou Empire, and it was not possible to imagine that the Zhou army would attack Bashu in a big way, and it was less than a year before the Tang army withdrew from Jingzhou to Bashu.

Liu Lancheng's army under the leadership of local guides, all the way to the difficult trek, in the west five days after arriving in Qingjiang County, where there are 5,000 Zhou Dynasty garrison, led by a Huyalang general, because the west of Qingjiang County is the mountains and mountains, unable to walk cavalry and ships, Liu Lancheng had to hand over the war horse to the Qingjiang County garrison, he led 10,000 soldiers to the west on foot, after three days of arduous trekking, from a cliff plank road up to dozens of miles into Badong County.

Liu Lancheng immediately divided his troops into two routes, Zhang Li led 3,000 people to Renfu County, and cooperated with Xu Shiji's army to march west from behind, while Liu Lancheng led 7,000 soldiers to kill Ba County.

5,000 Tang troops were stationed in Ba County, Ba County is the county of Ba County, that is, today's Chongqing, this is an ancient county seat, the Yangtze River and the Western Han River converge here, water transportation is very developed, but there has been no war here for many years, the city gate is mottled, the city wall is dilapidated, and there have been several collapses.

In a wooded area about thirty miles away from Ba County, the exhausted soldiers of the Zhou army were sleeping deeply, and in front of a big rock, an old man was introducing the situation in Ba County to Liu Lancheng and Li Keshi.

"Most of the collapsed places of the city wall are mass graves, overgrown with weeds, wild foxes infested, ordinary people will not enter and exit the city from here, they all go to the city gate, if the general wants to enter the city from the collapse of course, I recommend going to the Zhang Fei Temple in the south of the city, after the city wall collapsed more than ten years ago, the local people built a Zhang Fei Temple in the collapsed place, the gate is outside the city, enter from the gate, and go out of the back door is inside the city, not as messy as the other two."

Liu Lancheng and Li Keshi glanced at each other, and Liu Lancheng asked, "Is the military camp close to Zhang Fei Temple?" ”

"The military camp is in the north of the city, so I recommend the general to go to the south of the city, there is a forest outside, and he is not afraid of being discovered by the defenders at the head of the city, in fact, there are no defenders at night, they never dreamed that the Zhou army would suddenly enter Bashu."

"Thank you for the introduction."

Liu Lancheng ordered his soldiers to take ten taels of gold to thank the old man, the old man didn't expect to get a reward of ten taels of gold, he was really happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The general should be careful, there are five thousand garrisons in the city, and the Tang army commander Yang Zhaonian is a ruthless character, his martial arts are very high, and the general must not be a strong enemy." ”

"Thank you for reminding us, we will not underestimate the enemy, and I will ask my husband to lead the way to Zhang Fei Temple at night."

Liu Lancheng sent his own soldiers to take the old man to rest, he looked up at the sky, it was already dusk, and he said to Li Keshi: "Let everyone hurry up and rest, and set off at two o'clock tonight!" ”

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Ba County is an ancient city with a history of thousands of years, after thousands of years of wind and rain erosion and continuous war, the city continues to be damaged, and repeatedly rebuilt, the last reconstruction is in the Northern Wei Dynasty, so far it has been a hundred years, because only a few strategic places in the Central Plains are made of bricks and stones, and most of the cities are made of mud, after more than ten years to overhaul, if the city is not repaired for decades, it will collapse and be destroyed.

Although Ba County has also been overhauled several times in the past 100 years, after all, after a hundred years of wind and rain, there has been no war for decades, since the establishment of the Great Sui has not been overhauled, the city has been very dilapidated, there are several sparsely populated places collapsed, wild grass grows, rats and snakes are swarming.

There is also a city wall collapse in the south of the city, but the city is just a temple in the city, the local people built a Zhang Fei temple in the collapsed place, plugged the gap, and at the same time connected with the temple in the city, and from the temple you can enter and exit the city, very convenient.

Not far from Zhang Feimiao, there was a dense forest, which created an opportunity for the Zhou army to attack Ba County at night.

At the third watch, 7,000 Zhou troops marched through the woods under the leadership of Liu Lancheng and slowly approached the county seat of Ba County.

"General, that's Zhang Fei Temple!" The old man who led the way pointed to the city wall not far away and said in a low voice.

Liu Lancheng also saw the so-called Zhang Fei Temple, which was actually a small temple embedded in the city wall, which seemed a bit nondescript, and he looked at the city head again, there were no defenders on both sides of the small temple, but the figures of the soldiers guarding the city could be vaguely seen in the distance.

Liu Lancheng turned around and nodded to a partial general, who immediately shouted: "Follow me!" ”

He took more than 20 soldiers to bend down and rushed towards Zhang Fei Temple, only a moment, the figures of more than 20 soldiers disappeared into the small temple, and after waiting for a while, the light flashed three times in the small temple, which means that everything is going well.

Liu Lancheng immediately led a thousand soldiers to Zhang Feimiao, he has rich experience in capturing the city, too many people into the city is easy to be found by the city defenders or patrol soldiers, but alarmed the barracks, the number of people is a little less is more hidden, and after the deployment around the barracks is completed, it is not too late for the main force of the brigade to enter the city.

The temple of Zhang Fei Temple has been controlled, the front and rear doors are opened, and you can clearly see the open space inside the back door, which is an open space in front of the temple, and the surrounding area is dark and deserted.

At this time, the general stepped forward and saluted: "General Qiyu, there are no patrol posts around, and the nearest sentry on the city is about fifty paces away. ”

Liu Lancheng nodded, "The sentries within a hundred steps must be killed, but be careful, don't alarm the defenders at the head of the city!" ”

"Obey!"

The partial general led more than a dozen of his subordinates to quickly change into Tang army armor, they climbed the bamboo ladder to the city wall, and marched in line to the sentry fifty paces away........

After a while, the sentinels in the distance disappeared, and Liu Lancheng immediately led a thousand soldiers into the dark night and rushed to the military camp in Beicheng.

Due to the restriction of the river, Ba County Chengchi is not big, the circumference is only about 20 miles, in the Central Plains can only be regarded as a middle county, the military camp located in the north city is not big, it was originally a barren open space, was cleared out by the army to garrison, built more than 20 rows of houses, next to a small school field, surrounded by a circle of walls, at most can only garrison 5,000 people.

At this time, the third watch had passed, and it was the time when they were sleeping soundly at night, and the defenders here had not even heard of the great battle in the annexed states, so how could they have thought that danger had appeared in front of their eyes.

There were only eight soldiers standing guard at the gate of the camp, and there were no watchtowers on either side, only two lanterns hung at the gate, and they could barely see the situation a few steps away.

The eight sentries were also extremely sleepy, leaning or crouching, each napping, and at this moment, a team came from the opposite side, wearing a silver helmet for the leader, and immediately startled the soldiers guarding the door, "Who is it?" ”

(To be continued.) )