readx; Ge Shuhan died, the ambush soldiers around the slaughter, the pro-soldiers who did not cross the river were full of grief and indignation, desperately fighting, but they were outnumbered, and gradually killed less and less, and the remaining hundreds of people saw that the situation was not good, and with a shout, they rushed out of the encirclement and went to Jingzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The news of Ge Shuhan's death spread to Jingzhou a few days later, Ge Shuhan's son Ge Shuyao fainted to death, and was woken up by the first aid of the generals, Ge Shuyao immediately ordered the whole army to mourn, and cut his fingers to write the two blood words of 'revenge', straighten out the army and horses, get 30,000 elite soldiers, and go to Xiangyang to kill.

But at this time, Li Heng's 100,000 army has been killed to Xiangzhou, Li Mao urgently ordered the general Zhao Fengzhang to lead an army of 50,000 to meet the enemy, a battle of Siwang Mountain, Jiannan Jiedu deputy envoy Shi Hui defeated Zhao Fengzhang's army, 100,000 troops pointed at Xiangyang City, two days later, the army crossed the Shuhe River, the army came to Xiangyang City, and Ge Shuyao's 30,000 troops also killed Changlin County, garrisoned.

At this time, Li Mao still had 70,000 troops in the city, just when Li Mao was about to fight to the death with Li Heng, news came from Xicheng, his most trusted general Zhang Weijin opened the city and surrendered, 70,000 troops followed Zhang Weijin to surrender to the Jiannan Army, and 100,000 Jiannan Army entered Xiangyang City, until this time, Li Mao knew that he killed Ge Shuhan to self-destruct the Great Wall, in endless despair and remorse, Li Mao burned Jingwang's mansion, [***] and died.

When Ge Shuyao heard that Li Mao had committed suicide, he knew that he was invincible to the Jiannan army, so he led the army back to Jingzhou, took up 800 warships in Jingzhou, and left Jingzhou to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

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Although the morale of the Northern Tang Army was high and the attack was fierce, it was suffering from the lack of large warships, and although there were many ships, it was difficult to match with the Southern Tang Dynasty naval army, and the 80,000 troops had to look at the river and sigh.

The news soon spread to the camp of the Southern Tang Army on the other side of the Yangtze River, Li Lan heard that the Northern Army had just begun to build ships, and couldn't help laughing, at this time he also got information, the imperial brother Li Heng personally led an army of 100,000 troops to the east to conquer Jingxiang, all kinds of good news came, and finally Li Lan was relieved, on the one hand, he ordered the patrol post to patrol on the river bank to strictly prevent the Northern Army from crossing the river by boat, on the other hand, he was looking forward to waiting for the good news of Jingxiang to come.

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At night in Yangang, the cold wind is blowing, the north wind is howling, and the strong wind blows the big flag on the port 'pop! After increasing the number of troops again and again, the garrison of the salt port has exceeded 30,000 people, which is very hidden, from here to a hundred miles away are white salt pans, there are no people, no trees, under the blockade of the army, the spies on the south bank are basically unable to come, and it is impossible to find that there are 30,000 troops stationed here.

At this time, a fierce sound of horses' hooves shattered the silent night, and I saw thousands of cavalry galloping from the northwest, galloping, and the general led by Li Qing'an, the commander of the Northern Army.

Yangang is the first strategic place occupied by Li Qing'an, he is not to seize the salt of Jianghuai, but to take a fancy to the special geographical location of Yangang, which is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, directly facing the sea, and is blocked by Hulu Island, it is difficult for the Southern Tang Army to explore the situation here.

It can be said that Yangang is the key to Li Qing'an's complete victory in the Jiangnan Campaign, there is no suspense in winning the Jiangnan Campaign, the key is how many Jiangnan troops are intercepted, Li Qing'an also knows that in the water battle, their Northern Tang Army has no advantage, and there is even the possibility of defeat, so he must annihilate the Jiangnan Army on land to the greatest extent.

A thousand cavalry rushed to the port, and the general Li Baozhen led the army forward and saluted: "The last general will see the general." ”

"Are they coming?"

"Soon, the scouts from the east have seen them, and they will be there in half an hour at most."

"Good! We went to the pier and waited. ”

Li Qing'an urged the horse to go to the wharf, more than 20 boats on the wharf moved to Hulu Island, the wharf was empty, several guide boats were already in place, the black waves slapped the bluestone strip on the wharf, making a roaring echo sound, the night was extraordinarily deep, and the river was shrouded in a faint gray haze, but it did not affect the navigation.

Li Qing'an stared at the vast river, the dark clouds pressed against the river, there was not even starlight, this was a very hidden night, and it was also the army that the northern army had been waiting for a long time.

"General, I'm looking forward to it!"

Li Baozhen walked up slowly, he looked at the river and sighed excitedly, the sigh was not melancholy, but a kind of expectation and excitement, Zhao Chongjie also walked up, this time he was a deputy general.

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said to them: "The task of the two of you this time will be directly related to the success or failure of my Jiangnan strategy, and I only have five words for you: plan and then act." ”

The two bowed together and said, "Yes!" Humble obedience. ”

At this time, Li Qingan suddenly looked back at the river, he seemed to feel something, and after a while, he laughed, "You can prepare, they are already here." ”

As soon as Li Qing'an's voice fell, he only heard the piercing bell from the observation tower, 'Dang! While! When ......'

This is a signal that a ship is coming into port.

Zhao Chongjie turned the horse's head, and ran towards the barracks, Li Qing'an took a few steps forward, at this time, he faintly saw that a string of bright spots appeared in the middle of the air on the river surface, and gradually the bright spots approached, only to see the black shadow, which looked extremely strange in the mist, and when the black shadow approached, it revealed its true face, this turned out to be a huge 5,000-stone sea ship, seven zhang high, more than 20 zhang long, which could sail into the deep sea to ride the wind and waves.

But it's not just this one, there's a bright spot behind it, endless in the dark, and I don't know how many ships are heading here.

Of course, Li Qing'an knew that there were a total of 300 sea-going ships, loaded with 2 million stone grain, and the sea-going ships were sailing from the distant Xinde, which were originally unloaded at the port of Guangzhou, but due to the outbreak of the war in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Qing'an ordered the 300 sea-going ships to continue north, and the final destination was the salt port in front of him.

Two million stone grain and a large number of Tianzhu items will be unloaded at Yangang, but Li Qing'an does not want these goods, but these 300 large ships that can sail to the deep sea.

Under the slow guidance of the guide boat, the huge sea ship stopped on the pier, which was about two miles long and could moor eight large ships at the same time, and the torches were lit, and the fire was dim, and the pier still looked very dark.

Hundreds of sailors were skillfully busy, they fastened arm-thick cables around iron stakes, fixed the big ship, the deck opened, the long strings were put on the ship's side, and a dozen special skateboards for unloading grain were also fastened to the ship's side.

At this time, a group of soldiers of the Anxi Army escorting the ship walked down from the deck quickly, and the leading officer suddenly saw Li Qing'an, and the soldiers were suddenly extremely excited, they never expected to see their commander here, and they all stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, and the leading officer said: "Tian Jianming, the fifth guard general of the humble Xinde Army, led his troops to see the general. ”

Li Qing'an was also happy in his heart, he could meet the garrison of Xinde on the beach in the south of the Yangtze River, he simply had a feeling of crossing time and space, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "General Tian, please get up, all the brothers have traveled thousands of miles all the way, and you have worked hard, everyone get up!" ”

The soldiers stood up, and Tian Jianming reported: "General Hui, I led a thousand sons to escort the fleet to come, and the journey went smoothly, there were hundreds of Persian and Sogdian merchants on the ship, and they got off the ship in Guangzhou, and now in addition to the crew, there are only one thousand Anxi troops on the ship, with a total of two million stone grain and some Tianzhu medicinal materials, all of which are well preserved." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said: "This is the first time we have transported grain from Xinde to Datang, once this route is fixed, there will be a larger scale of grain transportation in the future, five hundred, or even thousands of large ships, I hope General Tian can bring me more sailors who can sail, don't let me down." ”

Tian Jianming was overjoyed, the general meant to use it for him, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "I am willing to do my best." ”

Li Qingan smiled and said loudly to the soldiers: "Brothers, you have traveled thousands of miles and trekked hard, this time, every brother will be credited with meritorious service, and soon there will be a more important mission waiting for you, I hope you will make persistent efforts and make new contributions!" ”

The soldiers bowed down and said in unison: "I am willing to serve the general!" ”

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The fleet docked, immediately began to get busy, more than 30,000 soldiers rushed to the big boats, bags of grain slid off the big boats, tens of thousands of soldiers were busy until the fourth watch, two million stone grain was finally unloaded, at this time, 30,000 soldiers and war horses began to line up on the ship, Li Baozhen gave Li Qingan a fist salute and said: "General, the last general has set out." ”

"General Li, I wish you a successful start and good news as soon as possible!"

In the darkness, Li Qingan stood upright on the dock, clasped his fists and saluted the soldiers in the night wind, and one after another the big ships turned around one after another, sailed into the sea in the darkness before dawn, and headed for the far south.

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Perhaps because the Northern Tang Army had no boats to cross the river and was inferior to itself in terms of naval forces, the Southern Tang Army, which had always been demoralized, gradually became highly motivated, and carried out actual combat drills on the water every day.

That afternoon, a small boat came from the north shore with a young scribe and two soldiers who were following him.

The warship surrounded the boat on all sides, and thousands of crossbow arrows were aimed at the young scribes on the ship, and Gao Xianqi, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, stood at the bow of the ship and shouted: "Who is coming? ”

The young scribe on the ship clasped his fists and saluted: "Below is Zhang Zhijie, the clerk under the account of General Li of the Anxi Festival, who has come to deliver a letter to His Royal Highness King Wu on the order of the general. ”

Zhang Zhijie was calm, fearless under the siege of crossbow arrows, and said loudly: "There are only three of us in total, and I am still a scholar, so I scared King Wu's 100,000 army as if it were a great enemy?" ”

Gao Xianqi stared at him for a long time, waved his hand and said, "Take him to see His Highness!" ”

The warship dodged a way, the boat slowly docked, and Zhang Zhijie, escorted by more than 100 people, camped at King Wu in Dantu County.

Wu Wang Li Lan has just received a message from Xiangyang, Li Heng's 100,000 army has broken through Xiangyang City, Li Mao [***] died, Jingxiang has been occupied by the Southern Tang Army, which means that the Jiangnan Army's westward retreat channel has finally opened, this news made Li Lan very excited, soon the news spread, the camp was cheering, many people hugged each other and cried, all the soldiers and generals did not want to fight with Li Qing'an, the opening of the westward retreat channel is equivalent to giving them a chance to live.

But there are also disdainful, Li Lan's son Li Yi, the king of Xiangcheng, is a typical representative, he is now full of confidence in himself, in the past, Cao Ying's 830,000 army, wasn't it also defeated by tens of thousands of Jiangdong naval troops? What's more, the other party is only 80,000 people, and he doesn't pay attention to the tens of thousands of newly recruited troops at all, and the other party's strength is not as good as his own, so why is he afraid?

Hearing the cheers of the whole camp, Li Yi pursed his lips and said to the deputy marshal Li Chengshi: "I think my father is too timid, afraid of Li Qing'an like a tiger, last time the Anxi army only came with a thousand cavalry, and the 100,000 army was scared to flee south, and Jiangdu City was also gone, and it was rumored to be a laughing stock in the world, but unfortunately I was not in Jiangdu at the time, otherwise I would never have suffered this shame." ”

Li Chengshi also sighed and said: "It's not that everyone is afraid of the Anxi Army, but the strength of the Anxi Army is terrifying, they almost never eat defeat, they defeated the Great Cannibals." ”

"What is a big cannibal? It's just a bunch of barbarians. ”

Li Yi waved his arms and said extremely unconvinced: "I heard that they don't even have armor, and their bows and crossbows are not as good as ours, is it worth showing off if you defeat them?" ”

"Alright! All right! Even if the big cannibal is a barbarian, what about the Tubo people? The Tubo people who have given us a headache for nearly a hundred years, they were also wiped out by the Anxi army, this always speaks for itself! ”

Li Yi shook his head in disappointment, "Vice Marshal Li, I see that you were also scared by Li Qing'an to pee your pants, and it is my shame to discuss the battle situation with you." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the tent, "Little prince! Little Prince! Li Chengshi shouted in the back, Li Yi ignored it at all, Li Chengshi shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!" ”

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Li Yi walked out of the big tent in a depressed mood, and just happened to see the soldiers escorting Zhang Zhijie to this side, he asked loudly: "What's wrong, what are you doing with this sour confucian?" ”

Gao Xianqi bowed down and said, "Back to the little prince, this is a messenger sent by Li Qing'an to send a letter to the prince." ”

"Oh? Li Qingan's messenger. ”

Li Yi walked around Zhang Zhijie twice, looked him up and down, and suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "What about the letter?" Give me! ”

Zhang Zhijie tilted his head slightly, and said coldly: "My general has an order, and the letter must be presented to King Wu in person." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Yi slapped Zhang Zhijie with his backhand, which was slapped in Zhang Zhijie's face, Zhang Zhijie was caught off guard, was beaten and stumbled, and almost fell.

He covered his face, glared at Li Yi with hatred, and didn't say a word, Gao Xianqi was startled, and hurriedly stopped Li Yi, "Little prince, he is Li Qing'an's messenger, don't be rude." ”

"Get out of here!"

Li Yi pushed Gao Xianqi away and said viciously: "I'll say it again one last time, give me the letter!" ”

Zhang Zhijie straightened up and said proudly: "If you have the ability, you can kill me!" ”

"What the fuck you!"

Li Yi'whoosh! Di pulled out his sword, pressed the blade on Zhang Zhijie's neck, and sneered in his ear: "Believe it or not, I killed you like slaughtering a chicken." ”

"Really? Then you do it! Zhang Zhijie glanced at him and said coldly.

At this moment, I heard the shouting of Wu Wang Li Lan from a distance: "Evil obstacles, don't stop quickly!" ”

Li Yi saw his father running over with an anxious face, and he said, 'Hmph! After a sigh, he put away the sword, and squinted at Zhang Zhijie again: "I won't kill you, borrow your head to say to Li Qing'an, others regard him as a tiger, but in my eyes, he is like a chicken." ”

"Excellent! I'll tell you the truth, and I wish you a few more days of longevity. ”

At this time, Li Lan came, and he received a report from Gao Xianqi, and his son Li Yi, the king of Xiangcheng, actually threatened Li Qing'an's envoy, which made him angry and annoyed, and hurried to stop him.

Li Yi pushed Zhang Zhijie away and left, Li Lan hurriedly stepped forward to appease him: "Please calm your anger, my son has always been unpopular, let your envoy be wronged, I will definitely teach him a good lesson." ”

Zhang Zhijie touched his face, his face was still hot and painful, he remembered this hatred, and he said lightly: "I am sent to Nanying on the order of the general, I won't say anything else." ”

"Alright, your envoy, please!"

Zhang Zhizhi nodded, and followed Li Ling into the golden silk tent, inside the big tent, Li Lan happened to be a group of strategists discussing the matter of Jing Xiang, and when they saw Zhang Zhijie coming in, everyone stood up.

Li Bai recognized Zhang Zhijie at a glance, he had been to Zhang Yun's mansion several times, and Zhang Zhijie, who was only a teenager at the time, asked him for advice on writing poetry, although nearly ten years had passed, he still recognized it.

"Aren't you Zhang Xiangguo's son?"

Zhang Zhijie didn't expect to meet Li Bai here, Li Bai was his most admired idol, he was stunned, "Li.... Taibai, why are you here? ”

Li Bai was a little ashamed in his heart, when Zhang Yun treated him a little coldly, he once wrote, 'An Neng broke his eyebrows and bent his waist to deal with the powerful...', but today he also became King Wu's staff, he only arched his hand and didn't say anything.

Li Lan next to him was even more surprised, it turned out that this messenger was Zhang Yun's son, and Zhang Yun's son actually became Li Qingan's messenger.

"It turned out to be the son of Zhang Xiangguo, and this king was rude."

Zhang Zhijie had recovered from the shock of suddenly seeing Li Bai, he returned to his composure just now, he took out Li Qing'an's handwritten letter and said: "His Royal Highness King Wu, now I am the messenger of General Li, and I am a handwritten letter from the general of my family to His Royal Highness." ”

A guard took the letter and presented it to Li Lan, Li Lan sat down and opened the letter, his brows couldn't help frowning, Li Qing'an's tone in the letter was very polite, everyone was the Tang Army, he didn't want to commit more killings, and persuaded Li Lan to evacuate Jiangnan by himself, so as not to wipe out the Jiangnan Army.

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(To be continued)