Liu Lancheng's 3,000 cavalry crossed the Yangtze River in Zhijiang County, about 200 miles away from Yidao County. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several Sui soldiers pretended to be merchants and bought two ferries worth 500 stone at a high price, and drove them to an abandoned ferry port about 30 miles west of Zhijiang County, where 3,000 cavalry crossed the Yangtze River under the cover of night.

Liu Lancheng and his army had a lot of experience in the way of sneak attacks, and they knew that the key to a successful sneak attack was to attack secretly and carefully.

The 3,000 cavalry continued to march westward, hiding in a valley dozens of miles away from Yidao County, waiting for the scouts who had gone to inquire about the news to come back and report.

There is a dry cave in the valley, which is the resting place of the hunters, and now it is temporarily changed to the command post of the internal guard army, on a flat ground in the cave, Liu Lancheng laid out the general distribution map of Yidao County with stones, and said to the two deputy generals Li Keshi and Zhang Li: "According to the preliminary information, Yidao County has 20,000 Tang troops, of which 15,000 are stationed on the north bank. ”

Liu Lancheng put down a big stone on the north bank and said with a smile: "This is Beidaying, which holds the only way to go west to Yiling County, and is also the first defense line of the Three Gorges Road. ”

Liu Lancheng picked up a smaller stone and put it on the south bank at the other end, "This is the Nanda Battalion, there are 5,000 garrisons, their task is to defend Qingjiang Road, although there are not many records of the Central Plains army entering Ba County from Qingjiang Road, but this is also a passage into Shu after all, so the Tang army should also strengthen defense, as far as I know, the Tang army defending Qingjiang Road has a total of 8,000 people, in addition to 5,000 people on the Yidao line, there are 3,000 garrisons in Qingjiang County, which is the second defense." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Lancheng whispered to Li Keshi and Zhang Li: "The marshal specially gave me two tasks this time, one is to destroy the Tang Army warships in Yidao County, and the other is to explore the way. ”

"Pathfinding?"

Li Keshi and Zhang Li glanced at each other and asked in unison, "What way to explore?" ”

Liu Lancheng smiled, "Of course, it's the way to enter Shu!" ”

"The general refers to Qingjiang Province?" Li Keshi understood a little.

Liu Lancheng nodded, "I plan to send the most elite three hundred brothers to explore Qingjiang Dao and find a way to enter Shu, I don't know if the two generals have any intentions." ”

Li Keshi and Zhang Li expressed their willingness to lead the army almost at the same time, Li Keshi was a little anxious, and said to Zhang Li: "I said it last time, and the next operation will be mine, why do you want to rob me again?" ”

Zhang Li knew that he was at a loss, so he begged with Xiaoyang: "Brother Xian, let me this time!" I promise I'll let you go three times next time. ”

"No! I have to go this time, and we'll talk about it next time. ”

Zhang Li wanted to ask again, but Liu Lancheng smiled and waved his hand, "Let the guest master go this time!" Otherwise, he will always be haunted, and we won't even think about living in peace. ”

Zhang Li had no choice but to agree, Li Keshi was overjoyed, and hugged Zhang Li and said: "Thank you brother for letting me, little brother remember." ”

"Alright, let's get down to business."

Liu Lancheng turned the topic back to Yidao County, and at this time, Zhang Li muttered and said: "I had a question just now, the Tang Army deployed 5,000 troops on the south bank, is this 5,000 troops defending Qingjiang Road or defending warships?" ”

Liu Lancheng nodded, "The problem is here, the reason why the Tang army did not put the warships on the north shore is because there is no dock on the north bank, and the warships must be on the south bank, but the 20,000 sailors of the Tang Army are in Yiling County, not in Yidao County, separating the sailors from the warships, which is a very strange thing in itself, but the marshal has already pointed out the reason, these 20,000 sailors are all surrendered, and Xiao Mo is still in the central capital, so the Tang Dynasty is not at ease with the 20,000 sailors who have just surrendered, and they need to be reorganized and trained for at least a year, It is possible to completely digest this naval army, and it is inevitable to separate the naval army from the warship. ”

Liu Lancheng changed the topic and said: "Since the five thousand defenders on the south bank are not naval troops, then their main duty is to defend Qingjiang Road, and the defense of the warships will definitely not be tight, this is just my speculation, and I will know when the scouts come back." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier's message came from outside the cave, "General, the brother who went to investigate the situation has returned. ”

Liu Lancheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Let them come in quickly!" ”

In a moment, a scout brigade commander walked in quickly, he knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the general!" ”

"Tell me about the ship?"

The brigade commander got up and said: "I did see more than 400 warships, which were parked on the dock in a messy manner, and many of them were damaged, so I can see that the Tang Army has not had time to repair them. ”

"Is there a garrison to guard it?" Zhang Li asked.

"There are garrisons, but not many, about a thousand or so, stationed on the docks, and the other four thousand troops are stationed in the county."

While listening, Liu Lancheng laid out the deployment map on the ground with stones, he pondered for a moment and said, "How far is the county seat from the dock?" ”

"About a mile, there's a very wide avenue."

Liu Lancheng said with a smile: "Although some methods have been used many times, it is very effective, and I believe we can continue to use it a few more times, just need to adjust it slightly in key places." ”

He whispered a few words to the two, especially Zhang Li was even more excited: "Since we are going to use thunder to strike, we will act tonight." ”

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The biggest risk of Yiling County is that they are too far away from the risk, from the military to the common people, they all agree that the Sui army is thousands of miles away, and even Xiangyang County and Jiangxia County are safe, not to mention Yiling County, which is far behind.

The security level of the Tang Dynasty is also divided into four grades, the highest is the war level, followed by the defense level, then the garrison level, and the last one is the security level, at present, Yiling County is the third garrison level, but in fact, the Yiling garrison has reduced the security level to the fourth type, that is, the security level, they only need to maintain local law and order.

It is precisely this security mentality that has led to a lower level of vigilance and a lax defense in the military.

The wharf outside Yidao County was particularly lively, the gate of the barracks was crowded with small stalls and vendors, and the prostitutes' business even reached the barracks, where more than a dozen prostitutes with heavy makeup and bright makeup walked through the barracks, from one tent to another.

Originally, there was no barracks on the wharf, but in order to guard the hundreds of warships and prevent the people and thieves from stealing materials, the military temporarily set up a barracks on the wharf, which was actually more than 100 tents, surrounded by a simple fence, and the northeast corner of the fence had been pushed open a three-foot-wide gap for hawkers and prostitutes to sneak in and out.

The wharf is full of hundreds of warships, almost all of them are large ships of more than 1,000 stones, at least more than half of them are damaged, waiting for the Ministry of Industry and the general supervisor to send people to repair, and repairing ships is the weakness of the Tang Dynasty, they lack excellent craftsmen, even the number of ordinary shipwrights is scarce, and the shipwrights in all parts of the world are almost all recruited by the Northern Sui with high salaries, mainly concentrated in Qingzhou and Yangzhou and other places.

In peacetime, there were no talents and technical reserves, and the Tang Dynasty suddenly got hundreds of warships, which made them at a loss for a while, resulting in almost half a year since the warships were in hand, and the imperial court had not started the repair project.

Hundreds of warships have been parked on the wharf in Yidao County for half a year, and the interest of the local people has gradually disappeared.

Although the local people began to dislike these hundreds of warships, there were also people who saw the interests in the middle, although the cargo ship could not be transformed into a warship, but the warship could be transformed into a cargo ship, and some people began to secretly contact the head of the garrison.

The governor of Yiling County was the general Liu Hongji, and the chief commander stationed in Yidao County was the general Duan Zhihong, who was stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River and commanded 15,000 men, while the 5,000 troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River were commanded by his lieutenant Qiu Mingda.

Qiu Mingda is about forty years old, and he is the brother of Qiu Shili, the general of the Left Prison Gate.

Qiu Mingda originally opened a martial arts hall in Chang'an, when Li Yuan attacked Chang'an, he led hundreds of martial arts hall disciples to assist the Tang army in attacking the city, and was later named the general of the right Xiaowei by Li Yuan, and led the army to sit in Shangdang County and Changping County, but because the Sui army was guilty of negligent attack on Changping County, he was demoted to a common man.

Although Qiu Mingda is Qiu Shili's brother, he is greedy and likes to drill camps, and when he was in Shangdang County and Changping County, there was a scandal of him collecting people's wealth, and Qiu Shili was deeply disgusted, so he broke off his friendship with him.

At noon, a middle-aged man in his fifties accompanied Qiu Mingda to the dock, this middle-aged man named Jiang Jing, a famous businessman in Nan County, came to Yidao County specially to discuss a business with Qiu Mingda.

(To be continued.) )