There are two ferries in Huangshui, one is in Shancheng County, one is in Huangshui County, the river in Huangshui County is relatively turbulent, the general public can cross the river, but it is inconvenient for the army to cross the river in Huangshui if there are war horses, so the crossing point of the army is in Shancheng County. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shancheng County is about 100 miles away from Huangshui County, the population of the county is only more than 1,000 people, this morning, Shancheng County gathered more than 4,000 Tang troops, but they did not cross the river, everyone is very nervous, the generals have just got the news, the Zhou army has broken through the Dadou Pull Valley and the Pipa Valley, the 4,000 Tang troops stationed in the two places are all annihilated, and the vanguard of the Zhou army has been killed to the other side of the Huangshui.

In the afternoon, Hou Junji also led a thousand soldiers to arrive in Shancheng County, Hou Junji, who got the news, was shocked and hurried to the shore to inspect, and the general Zhao Lin pointed to a big flag on the other side and said: "Look there, the Zhou army has set up a big camp." ”

Hou Junji also saw it, a big flag fluttering in the wind on the opposite side, and he asked again: "Who said that the defenders of Dadou Ba Valley and Pipa Valley have been wiped out?" ”

"General Hui, at noon today, more than a dozen Tang soldiers escaped from Huangshui, and they brought news."

"Where are the soldiers, bring them to see me."

Not long after, more than a dozen Tang soldiers were brought forward, and they hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "See the general!" ”

"Let me ask you, how did the Great Dou Tu Gu get lost?" Hou Junji asked angrily.

"General Huiyu, we are the defenders of the Pipa Valley, I don't know how the Zhou army captured the Dadou Pull Valley, but the cavalry of the Zhou army came very suddenly, we were caught off guard, and the Zhou cavalry broke through before the gate of the camp was closed, and we were defeated."

"A bunch of wretched!"

Hou Junji pointed at several Tang soldiers with a horsewhip and scolded, "What has become of a year without fighting, the spears have sprouted!" I wasn't even prepared for the enemy cavalry to kill, so what's the use of raising you? ”

A group of Tang soldiers were scolded and trembling, full of shame, but they didn't know that this General Hou was no better, and a few days ago he was still making trouble at home about marrying a concubine.

"Get out of here!"

Hou Junji waved his horsewhip, and a group of Tang soldiers were so frightened that they crawled away, and several generals asked, "General, what should we do?" ”

Hou Junji pondered for a moment, and then ordered everyone: "First hold the ferry for me, and don't allow the enemy to cross the Huangshui to the south, I will immediately report to His Royal Highness the King of Qin and listen to His Royal Highness the arrangement of the King of Qin." ”

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The Zhou army was like a bamboo, after snatching the Pipa Valley, Li Keshi led 3,000 cavalry to the north bank of Huangshui in just one night, but Li Keshi did not immediately order to cross the river, he also saw the Tang army on the other side, but their plan was not to cross the river in a hurry, so he sent a few teams of scouts to continue to the east to investigate the situation.

Two days later, Liu Lancheng and another Longxiang general, Fan Wenchao, arrived on the north bank of Huangshui with 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry.

But this is only Fan Wenchao led 20,000 infantry to prepare for a confrontation with the Tang army across the river, that night, Liu Lancheng led 20,000 cavalry to leave the camp, along the north bank of Huangshui continued to run eastward, the next afternoon, 20,000 Zhou cavalry crossed the Huangshui at the junction of Xiping County and Jincheng County, and entered the Caohan County, and the Taishou of the Caohan County immediately surrendered the city to the Zhou Dynasty.

Liu Lancheng led the army to rest for the night in Caohan County, replenished grain and grass, and they continued to set off after dawn, their goal was not Caohan County, but Tianshui County further east.

It took only one day, 20,000 cavalry entered Longxi County, Longxi County did not have a garrison to defend, it is also a more concentrated place for Guanlong noble manor, the prince Li Jiancheng had squatted here for a few months, the grain and grass were relatively rich, Taishou Xu Mai heard the wind and surrendered, Liu Lancheng did not order the army to enter Xiangwu County, but stationed in the original Tang army's camp, and at the same time asked Taishou Xu Mai to come to the camp to meet.

In the camp, Liu Lancheng looked at the map on the table and pondered, this time they were carrying out the task personally issued by the Son of Heaven, the cavalry of the Zhou army under the guise of seizing the Huangshui Valley, so that Liu Lancheng led 20,000 cavalry to seize Tianshui County and Dasanguan with the momentum of covering their ears and thunder, and control the west gate of Guanzhong.

Of course, the Dasan Pass was also very important to the Tang Dynasty, there were 5,000 Tang soldiers stationed here, plus the pass was difficult and dangerous, it was not easy to capture it, Liu Lancheng knew that he could not always be lucky, and he could break through the pass every time, but he had another backup strategy.

According to the information provided by the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, the chief general of Dasanguan is called Zhou Wenhou, a native of Taiyuan, his father died early, and his mother raised his brother with hard work, and his mother and younger brother are currently in Taiyuan City, is this a piece of information that can be used?

At this time, a soldier reported outside the tent: "General Qiyu, Xu Taishou of Longxi County is here, and he is still following his staff, and Taishou asks to come to see the general together." ”

Liu Lancheng nodded, "Let them in!" ”

After a while, the soldiers brought in two civil officials, the head of the civil officials was about fifty years old, and he looked quite elegant, it was Taishou Xu Mai, followed by a scribe about thirty years old, with slightly dark skin, thick eyebrows and heavy eyes, and a pair of eyes that were particularly bright.

Liu Lancheng was very polite and Xu Mai greeted him, and asked him to sit down, his staff stood behind him, a year ago Zhang Xuan had issued a general order, where the county officials of the Tang Dynasty were willing to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, as long as there was no corruption and other major crimes, they would all stay in their original positions in the future, after the news came out, many Taishou and county orders secretly sent people to Zhongdu, Xu Mai was also one of them, he had already secretly surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty, and also got the appointment letter of Taishou signed by Zhang Xuan himself, he will continue to serve as the first Taishou of Longxi County of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Xu Mai said with a smile: "I have prepared 10,000 stone of grain and 40,000 loads of forage for the general, and there are also 4,000 sheep, the general should rest in Longxi County for a few days!" ”

"Thank you Taishou for your kindness, we only have one night off tonight, and we will leave tomorrow."

At this time, the staff behind Xu Mai smiled and said, "General Liu's trip should be to seize the Dasan Pass!" ”

Liu Lancheng was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Xu Taishou, is this gentleman .......?"

Xu Taishou smiled slightly, "This is Wei Zheng, who is being wanted by the Tang Dynasty, and has been hiding with me for a few days." ”

Liu Lancheng hurriedly got up and saluted, "It turns out that Wei Envoy Jun is hiding in Longxi County, and our general also sent someone to Xiaoguan to pick up Mr. Ying." ”

Wei Zheng fled from the post station and seemed to be fleeing to Anding County, but in fact he crossed the Wei River to the south, returned to Longxi County, and hid in the mansion of Xu Mai, this time Liu Lancheng led a large army into Longxi, and he also followed Xu Mai to the military camp.

Wei Zheng was stunned and asked puzzledly: "May I ask General Liu, why did General Li answer me?" ”

"It's our Son of Heaven who is paying attention to Mr., and he ordered the general to find Mr."

Wei Zheng didn't expect Zhang Xuan to pay so much attention to himself, and he was also moved in his heart, so he nodded silently.

Liu Lancheng invited Wei Zheng to sit down again, and asked with a smile: "How did Mr. know just now that we were going to take the Great Scattered Pass?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "A month ago, also here, I talked to the prince Jiancheng about this matter, I said that the next step of the Zhou army must be from Hehuang to kill, through Longxi County and Tianshui County, to seize the Dasan Pass, if you want to be fast, then the cavalry is the most suitable, today General Liu is really here." ”

Liu Lancheng was still puzzled and asked, "How did Mr. Wei know that we would take the Great Dispersal Pass?" ”

"This is an extremely clever deployment, after taking the Dasan Pass, the line from Hehuang to Tianshui in Longxi is basically abolished, and the King of Qin can only transfer the army to the line of Pingliang and Anding, so that the Zhou army will seize the five counties of Hehuang and Jincheng, Longxi and Tianshui without much effort, and at the same time form a north-south flank state in Hanzhong, so I infer that the Great Zhou will not wait until the end of the armistice to make a move, and only in the middle will there be a surprise effect."

Liu Lancheng secretly praised Wei Zheng for seeing it thoroughly, and it actually coincided with the strategy of the Son of Heaven, but Wei Zheng still did not think about it as well as the Son of Heaven on another matter, and Wei Zheng did not consider that the capture of the Great Scattered Officer would attract Li Shentong's army to move westward, which was extremely important to Li Yuanji.

Liu Lancheng sighed and said: "Although the plan is good, it is really difficult to capture the Great Dispersion Pass, and I am at a loss. ”

Taishou Xu Mai smiled slightly: "Does the general know, why did I bring Mr. Wei?" ”

Liu Lancheng suddenly woke up, "Does Mr. Wei have a way?" ”

Wei Zheng nodded, "Otherwise, how could I escape from Dasan Pass to Longxi County to hide?" ”