The time entered March, Longyou, Guannei, Hedong, Hebei and other places, not a drop of rain fell, the land dried up, cracked a criss-cross opening, spring ploughing was obviously hopeless, farmers and tenants looked at the sky and wanted to cry without tears.

This year is another year of great drought!

Half a month later, Wu Zheng led the army through Fengxiang, Chencang, Qinzhou, and arrived at Xiangwu County, the seat of Weizhou.

Zhang Guangquan, the assassin of Weizhou, is an old man, his face is ruddy, it can be seen that his life in Weizhou is indeed very nourishing, Wu Chu urgently refused Zhang Guangquan's banquet with military intelligence, but lived in the barracks, sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, because the next thing to fight is a tough battle.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Mo Liyi's military information came, and the army of Qinling captured all the way along the road, and destroyed the beacon tower, it seems that it is going to directly attack Longyou. The speed of the march was extremely fast, more than 200 miles a day.

Wu Chu opened the map of Longyou, Hexi, and suddenly fell into contemplation, if he expected it to be true, the army of Qinling is to directly attack Linzhou, Linzhou, Weizhou will be broken, if you break through Chencang in time, so you can drive straight into Chang'an, and the Central Plains can be expected.

This is on Qinling's bullying of the Great Zhou and there are no generals available, and at this time the Great Zhou is indeed a small number of generals, if it is not for Wuqing's support, if the Tubo monarch is harmonious, in order to talk about the talent of the Qinling brothers, it is still unknown to say that the Central Plains will not be chased.

Da Zhou's luck is good, yes, it can only be said that it is good luck, and now the adult Zampu crossbow wants to grasp the military and political power, and gradually slashes the Geer family, so that the brothers of Non Qinling have to be on guard and cannot go all out to capture the land of Da Zhou.

Wu Qing got the information, so naturally he would not let the Qinling succeed lightly. This time he still brought a mysterious weapon, and he would never use it unless he had to. Longyou is not better than the Western Regions. The Longyou Mountain is high and the ravines are deep, and even the Weihe Valley cannot allow the cavalry to deploy effectively, so they can only adopt the strategy of blocking and defending, so as to respond to all changes without change.

Wu Chu immediately sent a herald to pass on the order of the governor of Wuqing, and ordered Yao Yuanchong, the assassin of Linzhou, to recruit warriors and strengthen the city wall. Fortified Clear. Anyway, now that the weather is dry, spring plowing is hopeless. The clear field is also conducive to the relief of the people.

Of course, at the same time, he sent people to inform Diezhou, Liangzhou, Shanzhou, Kuozhou and other assassins. There are also the three armies of Jishi, Heyuan, and Wuwei, which must keep communication unimpeded and require a daily report of safety.

The army stayed in Weizhou for one night, and the next day it opened Lintao, the seat of Linzhou. In ancient times, it was called Di Dao.

After a year of governance by Yao Yuanchong. Adhering to Wuqing's will to science, the business of Lintao City is also quite prosperous, and it is connected with Weizhou, specializing in the cultivation of medicinal materials, making the medicinal materials market in this area extremely prosperous. The people also live and work in peace and contentment, coupled with the clear Tao River and the large flow of water, Yao Yuanchong also built water conservancy. The people on both sides of the strait were able to sow seeds in the spring ploughing season. Now the Tibetans came to plunder, and they also hid in the city very cooperatively. Of course, those villages that are remote and difficult to navigate can only fend for themselves.

Two days later, Wu led his army along the Tao River to Linzhou, where the Tao River flowed from south to north in the west of the city and diverted into the Wei River at Bird and Mouse Mountain, while the other branch continued north and finally flowed into the Yellow River. Everywhere the Tao River passes through are dangerous shoals and deep valleys, and it is impossible to sail at all, so the freight in such a large place as Longyou still relies on land transportation.

Outside the city of Lintao, Yao Yuanchong led the officials of Linzhou to wait at the south gate, and there are only two city gates in the north and south of Lintao City, and the city is built along the valley of the Tao River, and the two sides are mostly high mountains and deep valleys, and the road is more difficult and dangerous.

In this era when there were no large-scale mechanical roads, the official roads built only by the slaves of the people were able to walk two carriages. After Wuqing led the generals to come, Yao Yuanchong set up a case to burn incense to welcome Wu Zheng.

Although this is suspected of patting horses, but this does not show that Yao Yuanchong is also a pedantic person, and now all people of insight can see that King Wei is very likely to inherit the unification, and it is already great luck to have the opportunity to make friends. What's more, Yao Yuanchong was promoted by Wu Qing, if he is not ungrateful, then what is the point of setting up a case and burning incense?

"The ministers have seen His Highness!" Yao Yuanchong took the lead in kneeling on the ground, followed by all the petty officials and people.

Wu Chu was not polite, so he got off the horse, stepped forward to help Yao Yuanchong, and then looked at it and said with a smile: "Yuan Chong has lost weight!" ”

"Yuan Chong has lost weight!" Yao Yuanchong felt the greeting in King Wei's words, and his eyes finally moistened.

When he was Chinese New Year's Eve years old, he began to study hard, and then he was awarded the Chang'an Order, he was deeply favored by the King of Wei. And this qiē is all trusted by the king of Wei. He Yao Yuanchong was originally a native of the countryside, he was chivalrous and righteous when he was young, and he came to this point when he met a master.

In his position, he did his best to govern the people of a state, and now he has been affirmed by the King of Wei, how can he not be moved.

Looking at this elite talent who he single-handedly promoted, Wu Zhi was also very happy, interrupted Yao Yuanchong's crying, and said, "Let's go into the city to talk." ”

Yao Yuanchong then remembered that they were still outside the city, so he said loudly: "The camp of all the soldiers has been packed up, just move in." Then he said to King Wei: "His Royal Highness's mansion has also been cleaned up." ”

Wu Qing nodded, so he stepped into Lintao City with Yao Yuanchong.

It's spring in March, and the sun is shining, but the weather is still cold, so the people who welcome them on the streets are dressed in thick linen clothes. Although the women in Lintao were heavily dressed, their enthusiasm made the soldiers blush, thick-necked, and lowered their heads. Wu Qing also sighed incomparably, this Lintao woman is a little barbaric, and the wave is really angry.

"Do you want to think of my brother, do you dare to steal my sister's house tonight?"

Some of the women even sang mountain songs to seduce the young men.

Wu Chu couldn't help laughing and said: "Yuan Chong, I have been in Linzhou for more than a year, do you have a favorite girl?" ”

Yao Yuanchong naturally knew about the romance of King Wei, so he smiled and said: "There are too many people in my heart, but there is a woman who deters Weichen." ”

Wu Chu said "oh", "I don't know whose woman actually deterred you?" ”

Yao Yuanchong said with a smile: "There is a valley twenty miles away from this Lintao City. It is called Qingyou Valley, and there is a view in the valley called Qingyu Temple, and there is a daughter in the Ren family. Since he was a child, he liked to cultivate the Tao, and when he was twenty-one years old, the Ren family let him cultivate in the quiet temple. In fact, this quiet view is also a relatively well-known female view, and Miss Ren is naturally deeply influenced by it. In the past few years, it has become famous, and it has also been respected by the scholars and literati of this Linzhou city. ”

Wu Chu didn't know what the story was, so he asked, "Yuan Chong, you pick the key point and say, when did you become so verbose." ”

was reprimanded by Wu Zheng. Yao Yuanchong was a little embarrassed, but in the eyes of other officials, this was friendship. They are very envious.

Yao Yuanchong said as he walked: "Weichen has been an official for half a year and has worked for the benefit of the people, but this young lady doesn't know where to get the news. said that Weichen wanted to turn the people of Linzhou into merchant pariahs. His Royal Highness Weichen taught, and reasoned with her, but this young lady is not only good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also this eloquence, and Weichen is also absolutely inferior. After that, every ten days and a half months, she had to go to the mansion to debate with Weichen, and Weichen couldn't scold, beat, or kill. So please teach me your highness. ”

Wu Qing smiled, and then patted Yao Yuanchong on the shoulder. He said earnestly: "Yuan Chong, in my opinion, that woman is fond of you, and seeing that you have already married a wife and had children, I am even more afraid that you will despise her, so I stuck to you in such a way." I see, Yuan Chong, when this is over, take that woman as a concubine. I see that when you were in Shule, you didn't go to hook up less, is that Western Regions woman named Yun Ling'er okay? ”

Yao Yuanchong's face flushed, he didn't expect King Wei to be so familiar with his life, it seems that it would be better to do less such things in the future, but King Wei's words are also indispensable. What's more, according to what King Wei said, the color appetite is also!

Wu Chu still did not drink and feast, but after a hurried meal, he studied the defense of Linzhou, and the Tubo army of 300,000 marched all the way east, just like Wu Chuan pushed the Western Regions in the past, and the prefectures and counties he passed through were either razed or burned.

Because Wu Chuan had already obtained the information about Tubo, the news could be regarded as timely to the guards and post stations along the road, and the soldiers who were guarding and capturing them, with the cooperation of the scouts, could be regarded as gradually figuring out the movements of the Tubo army.

When night fell, at the same time as the news of the states came, the information of the scouts was also handed to Wu Zhai.

After the Qinling conquered Kuozhou, he divided the troops, and his younger brother Non Zanpo led 100,000 troops to attack the Heyuan army, while the Qinling did not pay any attention to Diezhou, bypassing the city of Caohan and directly killing Linzhou.

In the understanding of Qinling, Diezhou is sparsely populated, and the beacon towers and guards along the road have been completely pulled out, so Linzhou is unable to know the direction of the Tubo army on a large Cheng dù, not to mention, there is another Zampo leading the army to attack the Heyuan army, he believes that when Lou Shide of the Heyuan army was having a good time fighting with Zampa, he had already laid down Linzhou, fished by the Wei River, and also learned to learn from Jiang Taigong fishing.

On the surprise attack strategy of Qinling is very good, because the communication is not developed throughout the era, and the transportation is even more inconvenient. Originally, the beacon tower that relied on the beacon fire to transmit military information was not lit and was pulled out, in the opinion of the Qinling, his army did not leak the news at all, and there was no spy of the Great Zhou along the way, so he was very relieved to bypass under the city of Caohan, and the 200,000 army wrapped in cattle and sheep drove to the territory of Linzhou.

After Wu Chu got the news that the Qinling Tomb had bypassed the city of Caohan, he finally smiled and smashed his fist at Qijiaji and Sanhekou. He decided to arrange a defensive line in these two places, Qijiaji is less than three hundred miles away from Caohan City, according to the march of Tubo, then to Qijiaji is also a time when people are sleepy and horses are tired, not to mention that they have to cut wood and set up a pontoon bridge on the Tao River, so that they must rest in Qijiaji. Then Wu Chu doesn't have to be polite to him, poisoning or something like that is a very gentle way to resist, so that they can suffer a little.

The most important thing is the mouth of the three rivers, Wu Chu thought about damming the Tubo soldiers, but the amount of water in the Tao River is too large, and once the embankment breaks, I am afraid that the entire Lintao City will be submerged, and finally decided to "attack halfway". It is quite spacious on the banks of the Sanhekou River, which is suitable for using the bed crossbow arrow array, so that the Tubo army can taste the power of the bed crossbow again.

The plan was certain, Wu Chu ordered people to beat the drum and gather the generals, and more than 100 generals and generals gathered together, and he felt high-spirited. If this battle can be persistent, then Tubo will have a period of recuperation, and then he can solve the problem of the Eastern Turks with peace of mind. (To be continued......)