readx; In winter, the south of the Yangtze River is a little less solemn than the north, a little more warm, the river is not frozen, it is still flowing slowly, it is not a vast ice and snow world, a snowfall a month ago, has melted, only in the shade there are piles of dirty snow that has condensed into ice slag, the willows by the river are hanging barely, but the branches have appeared green, the wind blowing the willows is not so cold, there is already a hint of fresh, spring breath. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Today is the last day of the first year of Qingping, next year is the New Year, although the war in Jiangnan has not been settled, but the people of Jiangnan still can't bear the desire for the New Year, every household kills chickens and sheep, cleans the houses, hangs peach charms, and welcomes the arrival of the New Year with a great enthusiasm.

After four days of marching, the 60,000 Jiangnan army led by Li Yi has arrived to the east of Zixi County, the southernmost part of Hangzhou, and the Lingnan army marched slowly, and is still in Xinchang County, Hongzhou, the two armies are about 300 miles apart, Li Yi got information that the reason why the Lingnan army marched slowly was because the soldiers did not adapt to the cold climate here, and many people fell ill.

This news made Li Yi even more excited, he couldn't wait to put on his wings, fly to Hongzhou in one step, to smash the Lingnan army that was difficult to maintain even the march, he seemed to see his image full of halo, waving his army to attack, blood flowed for hundreds of miles, he Li Yi became a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, the desire for the halo of the famous general has made Li Yi to the point of almost madness, he ordered the soldiers to march day and night, his 60,000 army only had 5,000 horses, and the rest were infantry, despite this, it was still a day and a night march of 180 miles, Even the horses were so tired that they almost died, not to mention the soldiers.

For this reason, Li Chengshi persuaded Li Yi many times, and after the persuasion was ineffective, the contradiction between them finally broke out, and at lunchtime, Li Chengshi broke into Li Yi's camp with a sword.

"Little prince! I warn you finally. ”

Li Chengshi pointed his sword at Li Yi, his eyes spurted with anger, and he said word by word: "If you dare to march like this again, regardless of the life or death of the soldiers, I will immediately lead the troops to the north, and you will go to fight the Lingnan Army alone!" ”

Li Yi didn't seem to hear anything, still eating his lunch slowly and leisurely, his lunch was twelve dishes, a pot of wine, because tonight was Chinese New Year's Eve, so he ate a little casually at noon.

He drank all the wine in the cup, the army was not allowed to drink alcohol during the war, he also knew, but he didn't want to abide by it, didn't the Anxi army also stipulate that soldiers must bring wine in winter?

"General Li, have you drunk too much? Dare to point your sword at me. Li Yi said coldly.

"I didn't drink, let alone dizzy, it was you who made you dizzy, no matter whether the soldiers lived or died, regardless of the logistics and grass, little prince, you are young and don't understand the art of war, it doesn't matter, but you must listen to my advice, everything you do is a taboo for soldiers, you underestimate Li Qingan too much, you are walking into his trap step by step."

Li Yi looked up to the sky and laughed for a while, he stopped laughing, and said coldly: "A good one doesn't understand the art of war, a good soldier is a taboo, where is the soldier?" The soldiers are in Xinchang County, Hongzhou, they are no longer able to advance eastward, if they do not advance, they will retreat, if we do not catch up with the fighters, they will retreat to Lingnan, you call it delaying the fighters, do you understand? You keep saying that I don't sympathize with soldiers, but don't you understand the principle of not being in charge of soldiers? You know, it's just that you don't like me to be your boss, so you find an excuse to make trouble, and now you are pointing a sword at me, and the following offense, General Li, I'm sorry, I have to kill you! ”

Speaking of this, Li Yi slammed the wine glass to the ground and shouted: "Someone, tie him up!" ”

Dozens of pro-soldiers on both sides rushed up, and Li Chengshi also came prepared, he waved his sword left and right, and shouted: "Which of you dares to touch me!" ”

Li Yi's personal soldiers all stopped, and at this time, dozens of Li Chengshi's personal soldiers also poured in outside the tent, protecting Li Chengshi's step by step retreat, and soon withdrew from the tent.

Although Li Yi set up a tent, but the army did not set up camp, the soldiers were sitting on the ground on the side of the road, simply eating dry food and drinking water, Li Yi only gave them half an hour, although the time was short, but many soldiers still fell asleep with fried noodles in their mouths, and even the day and night march made the soldiers extremely tired.

Li Chengshi rushed out of the camp, he was angry and frustrated in his heart, he always felt that this time the Lingnan Army went north was very strange, if it was really the Lingnan Army, it was completely possible to take a sea ship to the north and land in Hangzhou Bay, without such a long journey, consuming physical strength and food, and the road was difficult along the way, and the logistics may not be able to keep up, he always suspected that this was not the Lingnan Army, but Li Qingan's Anxi Army pretending, but thinking about it, it was unlikely, the Anxi Army did not need to go in a big circle to Hongzhou.

The anger calmed down a little, but the doubts in his heart became stronger, and at this time, a personal soldier persuaded: "Deputy Marshal, with your prestige, it is better to take all the troops away and let this little bastard go to Hongzhou alone." ”

Li Chengshi shook his head, "He can be unkind, but I can't be unjust, he is the son of King Wu, forget it, I have done my best, just leave by myself." ”

He whipped his horse hard and headed north.

Li Chengshi made a fuss in the camp tent, Li Yi no longer had the heart to eat, he held a sword in his hand, staring viciously into the distance, and one of his personal soldiers had already gone to arrest Li Chengshi.

After a while, a personal soldier rushed back to report to Li Yi, "Report to the boss, Li Chengshi went north with more than a hundred henchmen. ”

"Run! Too cheap for him. ”

Li Yi was so hateful that he slashed into the tethered horse post with a sword, but he thought about it, and now the army was completely under his control.

However, Li Chengshi's military advice still calmed him down a little, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you can give the soldiers a night's rest, and tomorrow to give him his life, he immediately ordered: "The whole army set off immediately, march another thirty miles, and camp in Zixi County." ”

The military order was like a mountain, and the 60,000-strong army set off again tiredly, marching towards Zixi County, thirty miles away.

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Just when Li Yi's 60,000-strong army was preparing to spend Chinese New Year's Eve in Zixi County, they did not know that Li Qing'an's big net was already quietly closed, and just the night before, a huge fleet of 300 5,000-stone sea ships sailed into Hangzhou Bay and docked in Qiantang County, loaded with 30,000 elite cavalry of the Anxi Army who had embarked from Yangang, and 30,000 Northern Tang cavalry went ashore silently, and the news was tightly sealed, and even the magistrates of Qiantang County did not know that a large army appeared in their jurisdiction.

Leading this cavalry army was the general Li Baozhen and the deputy general Zhao Chongjie, this is Zhao Chongjie's strategy, let the Lingnan army go north, lure the main force of the Jiangnan army to the south to meet the battle, and they will make a surprise attack again, land from Hangzhou Bay, and cut off the Jiangnan army's return route.

This is a bit like the landing of U.S. troops at Inchon in the Korean War to cut off the rear route of the North Korean army, which is an extremely clever strategy.

In the afternoon, the Jiangnan army arrived at the east of Zixi County, while the Northern Tang cavalry occupied Yuqian County, where the Northern Tang Army intercepted Li Yi's logistics baggage, and a grain and baggage team composed of more than 1,000 flatbed carts.

intercepting the logistics baggage team means that their strategy has been successful, and the rest is how to completely annihilate Li Yi's 60,000 army.

Li Baozhen was discussing the route of the march with Zhao Chongjie, from Yuqian County to Zixi County was only fifty miles apart, and the cavalry could be killed in more than an hour at most, but the five words given to them by the commander Li Qing'an were 'plan and then act', that is, they must have full intelligence support, which is also the consistent style of the Anxi army, ten scout teams were released after they went ashore, Li Baozhen and Zhao Chongjie unanimously decided to wait for the information of the scouts first, and then discuss the specific action plan.

At this time, there was a slight twitch faintly from the camp in the distance, and Li Baozhen got up and asked, "What happened?" ”

After a while, a soldier rushed back and reported: "General Su Yu has captured a group of 100 enemy troops, and the main general seems to be a very big officer. ”

Li Baozhen was surprised, and immediately ordered: "Bring the captured enemy generals up." ”

Su Yu is Zhao Chongjie in the battle of Hanzhong than the arrow to subdue the Hanzhong army general, he has been following Zhao Chongjie, but also followed Li Qing'an to participate in the Jiangnan reconquest, now a Lang general, he is good at scout patrol, he was appointed by Li Baozhen as the leader of the patrol, led a thousand cavalry to patrol the periphery, just half an hour ago, one of Su Yu's subordinates found a team of more than 100 Jiangnan cavalry rushed from the south, Su Yu set up an ambush, ambushed the cavalry, captured the cavalry leader alive, interrogated to know, The person who was caught turned out to be Li Chengshi, the deputy marshal of the Jiangnan Army.

Su Yu was overjoyed, and hurriedly untied Li Chengshi in front of Li Baozhen, Li Chengshi's hands were tied behind him, he stood up and raised his head, standing and not kneeling, but his heart was as cold as ashes, he saw 30,000 Northern Tang cavalry, and then he understood Li Qing'an's plan, the Lingnan Army's northern invasion was simply a trap, just to lure Li Yi, a fool who didn't know the height of the sky, to the south, and then cut off his retreat, and annihilated the 60,000 army, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, the Jiangnan Army was resting this time!

Li Baozhen looked at him for a long time, he knew that this Li Chengshi was the first governor of the Tang Dynasty, and later he was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, he was a leading general from a civilian background, especially good at training the navy, the Jiangnan navy was trained by him, and this person was also the object of Li Qingan's attention, but he didn't expect to be captured alive here.

Li Baozhen waved his hand and ordered someone to untie the rope on his body, hugged his fists and smiled: "It turns out that you are Li Changshi, you have been looking up for a long time." ”

Li Chengshi silently moved his wrist and didn't say anything, Li Baozhen didn't care, and said with a smile: "We suddenly appeared here, Li Changshi didn't expect it!" ”

Li Chengshi shook his head and said: "I thought that the Lingnan Army was pretending to be you, but I didn't expect you to land in Hangzhou Bay, which is really surprising, it is really clever, but where did your big ship come from?" ”

Li Baozhen beckoned to Tian Jianming, the general next to him, and Tian Jianming stepped forward and saluted: "General Li, what's the matter?" ”

"It's nothing, I'll introduce you to this former Tang Dynasty Naval Governor."

Li Baozhen pointed at Tian Jianming and said to Li Chengshi: "This General Tian was still a garrison in Xinde half a year ago, four months ago, General Tian set off from the Anxi Military Port in the south of Xinde, led 300 large ships to transport 2 million stone grain, sailed all the way to Guangzhou, arrived in Guangzhou more than a month ago, and then led the fleet to the north, and finally arrived at Yangang, our 30,000 troops are on the ships in Yangang to go south, and land in Hangzhou Bay, just wait for your army to go south to meet the Lingnan Army, we will attack again, the cause and effect, Li Changshi understands!" ”

Li Chengshi was moved, he was once the governor of the Tang Dynasty Naval Division, but after the Tang Dynasty Naval Division defeated the Yueben Naval Division in the Battle of Baishui River in the early Tang Dynasty, he never made great achievements again, let alone sailed to Persian Sinde, he was full of respect for Tian Jianming in his heart, and he actually gave him a salute with his fists, and said slowly: "General Tian is the person I admire." ”

Li Chengshi turned back to Li Baozhen and said, "But your 30,000 people may not be able to intercept our 60,000 army." ”

Zhao Chongjie next to him smiled slightly: "It seems that Li Changshi thinks of our general too simply, for this battle of Jiangnan, our general started to prepare half a year ago, and the Internal Guard Intelligence Hall has already collected all the information about King Wu and his son in detail, their surnames, their weaknesses, let me tell you this!" Li Yi has the habit of wetting the bed during the fourth watch, he will get up to urinate before the fourth watch, and then he can't sleep, his surname is impatient and selfish, he never thinks about the fatigue of the soldiers, and will definitely start to order the march before the fifth watch, from the time he was sixteen years old to the present, there is no exception, so tomorrow morning, he will also set off before the fifth watch, I am not wrong! ”

Li Chengshi was dumbfounded when he heard it, that's right, Li Yi is this characteristic, he only found out this time, but he didn't know that it was because Li Yi had bedwetting, but the other party was clear.

"You ...... How will you know? ”

"That's what our Internal Defense Intelligence Hall is capable of."

Zhao Chongjie smiled again and said: "I might as well tell you again, King Wu's staff Li Taiqing has already surrendered to us at the beginning of the year, so how many troops you have sent this time, how much grain and grass, how many military horses, and the marching route are all clear, although we only have 30,000 troops, but we are 30,000 cavalry, one of the most elite cavalry troops in Anxi, all of them have experienced a hundred battles, may I ask Li Changshi, can you intercept your 60,000 troops?" ”

Li Chengshi was speechless, even Li Lan's most trusted staff Li Taiqing surrendered to Li Qing'an, what is the meaning of this battle, he couldn't help but think of a sentence: Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Li Chengshi sighed and said, "You won." ”

Li Baozhen stepped forward slowly and said sincerely: "It is inevitable that we will win, but His Royal Highness King Zhao does not want the children of Jiangnan to follow Li Lan to leave his hometown and go to Bashu, so he wants to leave these soldiers in his hometown as much as possible, so that Jiangnan will not be damaged by the war, so that the Tang Dynasty can achieve Zhongxing and reproduce the prosperous era. ”

Li Chengshi sighed, bowed his head and said nothing, Zhao Chongjie persuaded him again: "Your own soldiers also said that you have turned against Li Yi, just imagine, between Li Lan's son and the general, who will he choose?" Li Ling would rather trust his son than trust you, if you go back, you will definitely die, our general also said to us, he said, if I can get Li Chengshi, he should be ordered to lead the Tang Dynasty sailors, across the seas, open up the territory of the sea for the Tang Dynasty, this is the original words of my general. ”

Li Chengshi's eyes gradually brightened, he looked at Zhao Chongjie blankly, led the Tang Dynasty sailors across the world, and opened up the territory of the sea for the Tang Dynasty, this was his wish when he was a teenager, at this moment his heart fluctuated, excited, he suddenly knelt down on one knee, hugged Li Baozhen and said: "Li Chengshi is willing to return to the imperial court, serve His Royal Highness King Zhao, and do his best for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty Sailors, and die." ”

Li Baozhen hurriedly helped him up, nodded and said, "Okay!" I will send someone to send you to Jiangbei to see His Royal Highness King Zhao. ”

Li Chengshi shook his head firmly and said, "I want to go south with you, I don't want 60,000 Erlang to follow Li Yi's idiot to death." ”

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In the evening, the scout's intelligence came, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Yi's 60,000 troops camped outside Zixi County to rest, but the barracks did not hear the excitement of Chinese New Year's Eve, very quiet, it is estimated that all the soldiers are asleep.

"What about Li Yi?" Li Baozhen asked in a deep voice.

"He led a thousand soldiers into the city for Chinese New Year's Eve, and ordered thirty major households in Zixi County, each of which offered a woman to him."

"This dog is called!" Li Chengshi scolded in a low voice.

Li Baozhen said without hesitation: "This is a very good opportunity, let's go now!" ”

Under the order of the main general Li Baozhen, 30,000 cavalry mounted their horses one after another, speeding up, and the 30,000 cavalry galloped towards Zixi County, fifty miles away.

It was getting dark, the night was shrouded in Zixi County, Zixi County is a small county, the population is only a thousand households, the county seat is very small, can not accommodate 60,000 troops to settle in, Li Yi himself also has to spend Chinese New Year's Eve, so he did not allow the army to enter the city, but camped outside the city, originally he wanted the soldiers to eat well, and then march for him tomorrow, but his logistics did not keep up, the grain and meat were not delivered, and there was no news when a few people were sent to urge, and Zixi County could not supply the food and drink of the 60,000 army, helplessly, Li Yi ordered the soldiers to drink water, eat dry food, and go to bed early.

There were many complaints in the barracks, but there was nothing to be done, everyone was really tired, and the soldiers fell asleep after eating a little dry food.

Dozens of officers did not sleep, they gathered together to discuss countermeasures, and the highly authoritative Li Chengshi left, and the officers did not want to go to Hongzhou to work for Li Yi.

"His mother, Lao Tzu drinks water and eats fried rice, this is Chinese New Year's Eve, but his kid went into the city to sleep with women and eat banquets, Lao Tzu is gone!"

A Lang general scolded, his scolding resonated, dozens of officers followed suit, and one officer said: "I heard that there is an epidemic in the Lingnan army, let's go, won't we be infected and sent to death?" ”

Another person sneered: "It's not bad to die of the epidemic, Lao Tzu estimates that he will die of exhaustion on the way, Lao Tzu's horse is almost exhausted, and tomorrow Lao Tzu will march with the horse on his back." ”

"Hey! Feed! Don't scold, let's discuss! While that kid isn't in the barracks tonight, let's go! ”

"Where can I go?"

"You can go anywhere, go home or cross the river to join the Northern Tang Army, just don't tire out with him, and bear the charge of rebellion."

Everyone was gossiping, and suddenly, the tent shook slightly, and the oil lamp fell to the ground and went out, and everyone looked at each other, "Is it an earthquake?" ”

"It's not like, there's a ground that's shaking more and more?"

At this time, the ground trembled more and more, and a muffled thunderous voice was faintly heard, and an officer with experience suddenly shouted, "It's not good, it's cavalry!" ”

Inside the tent like a bombed nest, dozens of officers stumbled out of the tent, ran out of the tent, they were stunned, only to see countless cavalry figures in the darkness galloping around the barracks, black shadows, I don't know how many cavalry came, many soldiers were also awakened, they escaped from the tent, dazed and at a loss.

30,000 cavalry galloping, the sound of horses' hooves like a landslide cracking, a moment later, 30,000 Northern Tang cavalry surrounded the large battalion, gradually, the cavalry group quieted down, the camp was silent, at this time, Li Chengshi rode his horse and approached the camp gate, his low and slightly hoarse voice echoed in the night sky.

"Brothers, I am Li Chengshi, I am here to save you, you have been surrounded by the most elite 30,000 cavalry of the Anxi army, you are only infantry, under the cavalry knife, you can only be lambs to the slaughter, Li Yi is stupid and selfish, inconsiderate of the soldiers, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, it is the day of family reunion, but you are here to drink water and eat dry food, while Li Yi goes into the city to eat and drink and enjoy, how unfair is this? Brothers, lay down your weapons, and you can go home or surrender to the court, do you hear me? It's the army of the imperial court, and now you're all rebelling, lay down your weapons, and I, Li Chengshi, promise you that you will live to welcome the New Year! ”

Li Chengshi's prestige in the army is extremely high, coupled with the 30,000 Anxi cavalry is terrifying, and Li Yi's injustice, many soldiers have already quietly put down their weapons, at this time, the officers who were meeting just now shouted, "Listen to General Li Chengshi's order, let's lay down our weapons and don't give that bastard his life!" ”

With officers taking the lead, more and more soldiers began to lay down their arms, at this time everyone knew that if they wanted to survive, there was only one way to surrender, and the officers spontaneously organized themselves and led their subordinates, battalion by battalion, out of the camp and surrendered, Li Yi's own soldiers went into the city with him to enjoy themselves, and no one stopped or made trouble.

Li Baozhen squinted, the result was a little unexpected for him, not even a single soldier was injured, and the 60,000 Jiangnan army surrendered, captured Li Chengshi, and exchanged for 60,000 troops, this deal is cost-effective!

Half an hour later, all 60,000 Jiangnan soldiers walked out of the camp and concentrated in the northwest of the camp, at this time Li Baozhen ordered Zhao Chongjie: "You can lead your subordinates into the camp to clean up, if you dare to hide the resisters, you will be killed!" ”

"Give it to me!"

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Chongjie led the five thousand cavalry of his headquarters to rush into the empty camp.......

Li Yi learned the news of the arrival of the Anxi army half an hour later, outside Zixi County, dense torches surrounded the county, 20,000 cavalry held torches, forming a sea of fire, they did not attack, they only used a strong silent force to oppress Li Yi in the city.

Li Yi's arrogance and ignorance appeared vividly at this moment, the north city gate was wide open, Li Yi was fully armored, his war horse galloped, brandishing a big iron spear, and led a thousand soldiers to rush towards the Anxi cavalry with a shout, he was the first fierce general in the south of the Yangtze River, and he had the strength of a thousand catties on his two arms, couldn't he break through?

At this time, Zhao Chongjie under the banner of the Anxi Army slowly drew an arrow, took the bow and wound it, pulled the bow like a full moon, and the tip of the arrow flashed with the light of death, he was the fifth arrow of the Anxi Army, second only to Li Qing'an, Nan Jiyun, Lifei Shouyu and Li Sheng, this arrow will be a lesson given to Li Yi by the Anxi Army.

As soon as the string sounded, the arrow was like lightning, strong and fast, and in the darkness, Li Yizheng opened his mouth and shouted, 'Poof! With a bang, a powerful feather arrow shot into his mouth, the tip of the arrow penetrated through the back of his head, Li Yi's eyes bulged out suddenly, he threw away the big iron spear, raised his hands high, and slowly fell down from the galloping warhorse.

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(To be continued)