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The matter seemed to be over, and soon, Li Fuguo spread the news from the palace that the Holy Lord had secretly summoned King Peng, and King Peng had admitted that he had committed the assassination of Ling Hufei.

'Commendable'

This is Li Fuguo's evaluation of Li Heng's attitude, which frightened the crown prince Li Department, and made Hu Fei's death lose the most critical courtier support, he only had the support of Li Fuguo and his mother, but King Peng had the support of the imperial court, the clan, and the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, and now even his father praised King Peng for his courage, what does this mean, it means that his father's determination to change the prince has been decided.

The crown prince Li was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but fortunately, his father had agreed to withdraw Yu Chaoen's army to Shuzhong, he was his only hope, and he still had Yu Chaoen's 200,000 troops to support him.

But at this moment, an unfortunate news came: a sudden change occurred in Yiling, the choke point through which Yuchaoen's retreat must pass.

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In the darkness of the night, an army marched among the reckless mountains, and on a summer night, the sky was covered with dark purple clouds, but there was no rain, and the ground was damp, but not muddy, and the army marched silently, and the occasional clatter of horses' hooves could be heard.

This is an army of 20,000 people, starting from Hanzhong, passing through Jinzhou and Fangzhou, and now they have entered the boundary of Xiazhou, and after walking more than 100 miles, they will arrive at the destination of this march - Yiling.

This is naturally a Northern Tang army, led by the general Zhao Chongxuan, at this time Li Siye's 50,000 troops have arrived in Hanzhong, Li Sheng's army has also been deployed in Ruzhou and Yuzhou, the Northern Tang Army has completed the preparation for attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty, ready to go, whether it is the eastern front or the western front, all the Northern Tang Army is waiting for an opportunity, this opportunity is Zhao Chongxuan's army, capture Yiling, cut off the return of the Southern Tang Army in Xiangyang.

Yiling is today's Yichang, Hubei, the water is here and the mountain is here, so it is called Yiling, and the battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms period took place here.

This is the gateway of the Three Gorges, but also the most important strategic place for Jingxiang to enter Bashu, cut off Yiling, Jingxiang's 200,000 Southern Tang troops will not be able to withdraw to Bashu, Yiling is also the logistics center of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty has hoarded a large number of military supplies such as millions of stone grain and arrow tents here, and there are also 20,000 troops stationed here in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Whether or not Yiling can be taken has become the key to the entire Southern Tang Campaign, and this task is pressed on Zhao Chongyu, the former commander of Yiling.

Zhao Chongxuan is the elder brother of Zhao Chongjie, the general of Anxi, he is also a veteran of Anxi, when he and Li Qing'an participated in the Battle of Xiaobolu, he served as the Shule soldier and horse envoy, and together with Xi Yuanqing, became Gao Xianzhi's left and right henchmen.

Later, Li Qing'an was in charge of Anxi, Gao Xianzhi transferred the sword to the south of the festival, he followed Gao Xianzhi to Bashan Shushui, Gao Xianzhi has been loyal to Gao Xianzhi, Gao Xianzhi was imprisoned by Li Heng, and then was pressured by the Northern Tang Dynasty to release people, Zhao Chongyu is the main general of Yiling, Xi Yuanqing is the main general of Zigui, the two are desperate, and they have to be persuaded by their brother Zhao Chongjie, and the two of them led the army into Hanzhong and surrendered to the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Chongxuan is about forty years old this year, tall and dark, with wide bones, and quite a military temperament, but he is a relatively silent person, and his mood is invisible, making it difficult to figure out his thoughts.

Let Zhao Chongyu capture Yiling, it was Li Qing'an's suggestion, Li Guangbi originally wanted Xi Yuanqing to shoulder this important responsibility, compared to Zhao Chongxuan, who has always been silent, Li Guangbi understands Xi Yuanqing better.

But Li Qing'an wrote a letter to tell Li Guangbi that Xi Yuanqing could occupy Yiling, but he couldn't keep Yiling's food and materials, and Zhao Chongyu could win completely, although Li Guangbi was still a little suspicious, but he didn't dare to disobey Li Qing'an's order, so he asked Zhao Chongyu to write a military order, ordering him to lead 20,000 old troops to capture Yiling.

'If you take Yiling and military resources, you can take the first credit, and the public can be promoted to general, but if you can't take Yiling, you can come and see you! ’

At this time, Zhao Chongxuan had just gotten the news that his family had been rescued by the Chengdu Intelligence Hall, and now they were very safe, which made Zhao Chongxuan breathe a long sigh of relief, without the restraint of his family members as hostages, he could let go of his hands and feet.

Zhao Chongyu looked at the sky, it was already a watch at this time, there were still about a hundred miles away from Yiling, the guide told him that the road ahead was not easy to walk, according to the current speed, when he walked to the fourth watch, there were about fifty miles away from Yiling, and the mountains in that area were high and dense, and it was very easy to hide.

"Order the army to speed up the march and stay in camp to rest at the fourth watch."

The 20,000 troops traveled lightly, there was no food baggage, each soldier only brought three days of dry food, most of them were infantry, but there were also 2,000 mountain horses, mainly carrying wounded and sick soldiers and some necessary weapons, the army did not take the big road, but took the hidden mountain path, this kind of winding and rugged mountain road, except for a small number of mountain horses can pass, such as heavy carriages and other large materials are impassable, starting from Hanzhong, they have been forcibly marching for two days in a row, they are already a little tired.

This army is Zhao Chongxuan's old department, most of them are natives in Shuzhong, and they belong to the elite division in the Jiannan army, they are not good at horseback riding, but they are good at mountain warfare, and can adapt to high-intensity marching in the mountains.

Although it was still necessary to go to the second half of the night, the soldiers still lifted their spirits, increased their speed, and walked forward into the rugged mountain road, the mountain road was difficult, the army climbed two mountains for about fifty miles, and finally arrived at a canyon area, from here to Yiling, it is basically a canyon, and you can go straight to the back of Yiling City along a river called Huangbaishui.

The army has stopped marching, the soldiers have run to the river to get water and dry food, many soldiers have spread out sleeping bags, there are no tents, the soldiers directly rest in the sleeping bags, after two days and two nights of marching, the soldiers are exhausted, they get into the sleeping bags and fall asleep, leaving only a thousand soldiers to patrol around.

The valley is humid and sultry, there are a lot of mosquitoes, the soldiers are extremely tired, and there are sleeping bags to seal, no matter how crazy the Gu mosquitoes are, they can't help them, only pity the two thousand mountain horses have nowhere to hide, and finally become the object of the mosquitoes' swarm attack, biting them neighing and fighting, in great pain, as a last resort, Zhao Chongxuan had to order someone to take them back to the mountain to take care of, there is a bare rocky field on it, there are very few mosquitoes.

The fourth watch has passed, the sky has been flushed with blue, Zhao Chongxuan did not get tired at all, he sat in front of a flat stone, studying the map by the twilight of the morning.

Zhao Chongyu's map is different from others, his map is the city defense layout of the Yiling area, he knows there well, especially the granary of the prison town where the grain and grass are stored, that is his personal command to build, speaking of which makes him a little emotional, when the granary was selected, he wanted to put the grain and grass in Yiling City, but the city is narrow, there is no vacant land, he wants to move some of the residents in the city to the lower prison town, but the Yiling people are strong, the residents in the city refuse to move, and he had a confrontation, for which the prison army Yu Chaoen also impeached him to Li Heng, so that he was fined for half a year, In desperation, he had no choice but to rebuild the grain and grass in the town of Xiajiao, where there was a vacant earthen city.

At that time, he was still angry with Gao Xianzhi, there was a reason to keep the granary twenty miles away from the main city, so that not only scattered the troops, but also easy to be attacked by the enemy The granary, Gao Xianzhi only replied to him, and no one attacked him.

Unexpectedly, the mountains did not turn around, and today it was him Zhao Chongyu who came to attack the granary, and this incredible ending made him feel that the world was like chess.

Although Zhao Chongxuan was silent, but his heart was like a mirror, when he received this task, he had a rough outline in his heart, and now his plan has been very clear and clear, if you want to take Yiling completely, it is best to use the strategy of sneak attack and outwitting, and make full use of the distance between Xiajiao Town and Yiling City.

The lord of Yiling is called Yu Baobao, the name is very interesting, he is the adopted son of Yu Chaoen, Zhao Chongyu knows this person, he is very mediocre, he has no experience in leading troops to fight at all, he completely relies on Yu Chaoen's power to obtain a high position, it is not difficult to deal with him, but Zhao Chongyu gave Li Guangbi a military order is a complete victory, what is a total victory, is to seize Yiling, preserve materials, but also to obtain prisoners of war as much as possible, and turn the enemy army into his own army, so that the number of his army will increase greatly, in order to really strangle the return of the 200,000 army.

Moreover, Zhao Chongxuan has been in the Jiannan Army for many years, and he doesn't want to kill the Jiannan Army too much.

At this time, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and Zhao Chongxuan immediately stood up, judging from the sound of horses' hooves, this should be the scout he sent back.

After a while, several sergeants brought a scout over, and the scout knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute, "Scout Wang Ping, see the general!" ”

"What about the rest of you?" Zhao Chongxuan was a little worried, he sent ten scouts to Yiling, why did only one of them come back?

"General Huiyu, we met the members of the Intelligence Hall who withdrew from Xiangyang in the north of Yiling, and the team is taking seven brothers to follow them into the city, Li Fangzheng is going to Xiajiao Town, I will come back first to report."

Zhao Chongxuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "How did you meet the Intelligence Hall, how many people have withdrawn, you tell me carefully!" ”

"General Huiyu, there are a lot of people who fled from Jingxiang, many of them are the families of the Xiangyang garrison, it is rumored that there will be a big battle in Xiangyang, so their families first withdrew to Shuzhong, there are as many as 10,000 people, and there are about 60 people from the intelligence hall, mixed in the fleeing team, they said that they were ordered to go to Chengdu, they recognized us first, and the team was asking for their assistance, and everyone entered the city together."

Zhao Chongyu looked at the map carefully again and asked, "Is the Beacon Fortress in front still there?" ”

At the exit of the valley ahead, there was a beacon fort, which was built by Zhao Chongju, at that time it was to prevent the Northern Tang army from coming out of here, Zhao Chongyu knew that the beacon fort was not big, and it could only garrison twenty people at most, which was also something he was more worried about.

The scout shook his head and said, "The Beacon Fort is still there, but there are no garrisons anymore, and it is overgrown with wild grass. ”

"Fuck it!"

Zhao Chongxuan scolded secretly, this fish baby didn't even consider the minimum defense.

Now everything is going relatively well, the key is to look at the garrison of the prison town.

There are 5,000 garrisons in the town of Xiajiao, the general of the garrison is called Li Yunshu, a native of Chang'an, when Yang Guozhong attacked Nanzhao and was defeated, Li Longji had no choice but to transfer Gao Xianzhi from Anxi to Jiannan, and transferred tens of thousands of Guanzhong soldiers to Jiannan, this Li Yunshu was a government soldier at that time, and entered Jiannan with the army, and had quite a meritorious record in pacifying the Nanzhao rebellion, and was promoted to general by Gao Xianzhi, and Zhao Chongyu had a very good personal relationship, and has been stationed in Nanzhao.

After Zhao Chongyu and Xi Yuanqing defected to the Northern Tang Dynasty, Li Heng transferred Jia Chongjun's army to Nanzhao, and changed his army to Yiling to station, making him the chief general of Yiling, but not long after, Yu Chaoen seized his military power, made Yizi Yu Baobao the main general, demoted Li Yunshu to deputy general, and was soon demoted to the general of the prison town.

Therefore, the key to seizing Yiling this time is on this Li Yunshu's body, and Xi Yuanqing had a holiday with this Li Yunshu when he attacked Nanzhao, and the two almost had internal strife for merit, and their personal grievances were very deep, and Li Qing'an had this important information in his hands, but Li Guangbi didn't know.

'Xi Yuanqing can take Yiling, but he can't win it all! This is Li Qingan's conclusion, and this is why.

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Among the ten scouts sent by Zhao Chongxuan, there was a scout named Li Fangzheng, this person was just a small soldier in the Tongguan army, Li Qingan specially transferred this small soldier from Tongguan to Hanzhong, and the intelligence hall found out that this little soldier named Li Fangzheng was Li Yunshu's nephew, to be precise, he was Li Yunshu's biological son, and he was passed on to his uncle since he was a child, so he served as this liaison and lobbyist.

Li Fangzheng is 26 years old today, a native of Chang'an, tall and fat, a talent, originally a small businessman, last year in response to the call to fight against An Lushan and joined the army, was assigned to Tongguan to be a small soldier, but he never dreamed that he was actually received by Li Qing'an, encouraged him to make meritorious service to the country, and rewarded his parents with 500 silver dollars, and promised him that if he could successfully convince his biological father, he would be promoted to lieutenant.

Fame and fortune are like a dream, but they make him even more excited, and after two days of intensive emotional training in the intelligence hall, he embarks on a journey to gain fame and fortune.

The day has just dawned, Li Fangzheng arrived at Xiajiao Town, Xiajiao Town is about 20 places west of Yiling City, it is a small town with only more than 100 households, close to the exit of Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, the north bank of the Yangtze River, the people in the town live by the river, and the main business is ferrying and fishing, about a mile from the north of the town, there is a flat place, there is a soil city, which was originally used to garrison the army, but now the soil city has become a grain and grass storage center, there are millions of stones of grain in storage, in order to protect these grains, Yiling Lord will Yu Baobao order the deputy general Li Yunshu to lead 5,000 troops to garrison.

In fact, it was to see that he was not going well, and transferred him out of Yiling City.

Li Yunshu's military camp was next to Tucheng, and as soon as it was dawn, a young merchant in a gray cloth coarse coat came to the gate of the barracks.

"Stop!"

The soldiers guarding the camp shouted, "This is the barracks important place, hurry up and go away!" ”

The merchant said unhurriedly: "Please report to General Li Yunshu, and say that his nephew is here." ”

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(To be continued)