Chapter 418 Departure

In early March, the 30,000 Tang troops who arrived from the interior repaired in Shangjun for only three days before they moved north to recover Shenmu Town. Although this town is small, it has the reputation of "Nanwei Guanzhong, Beiping Hetao, the danger of Jinyang on the left, and the rush of Lingxia on the right". The Great Wall of the Tang Dynasty was probably not repaired much, but there were military towns and soldiers deployed here.

At the beginning of the rebellion, Zhang Renyuan attached great importance to this military town and mobilized a large number of troops near the left to defend it, because this is the gateway to the northern grassland, so it is naturally necessary to focus on fortification. But what I didn't expect was that the official army did not immediately attack this important town, but went all the way to Lingzhou to arrest Li Yixun, which was a bit unexpected...... No one had thought about whether Li Yixun was important or Shenmu Town was important before, but as long as he was a person with a normal brain, when Shangjun had troops to send, he should immediately take all the important towns in front of him, right? Who knew that Xue Chongxun's goods were close and far, and he sent troops to Lingzhou for more than 700 miles.

Does he not understand the terrain at all, and does not understand the importance of the gateway to the battleground of the soldiers, and the hot-headed blind cat encounters a dead mouse? No one knows, but now it has been proved that the capture of Li Yixun did have a decisive effect...... Someone who uses strange and unorganized soldiers, you can't guess what he's going to do next.

However, now that Xue Chongxun had some soldiers in his hands to go north, he finally remembered Shenmu Town, so he led all the soldiers and horses in Shangjun to pour into the nest, and swaggered and swaggered directly towards Shenmu Town without concealment.

So many troops were mobilized from various towns in Guanzhong and just gathered together, and it was natural that there was no possibility of running fast day and night all the way, and if they ran too fast, they would probably fall apart, and they could only march during the day and rest at night. In order to have more time to march, Xue Chongxun set off from Shangjun before dawn.

The carriage he was in was still dim after he had traveled out of the city. The heavy and orderly footsteps of the infantry ......column on the road sounded very pleasant to the accompaniment of the leather drums, and Xue Chongxun lifted the curtain to take a look, and the shadows of the long weapons like trees above the crowd looked gloomy against the background of the white sky.

There was a lamp hanging on the outside of the carriage, but inside it was pitch black, and when the curtain light shone in, it was bright for a while; But when he let go of his hand, the curtain fell, and the gloomy light returned to the carriage. There were also two people in robes sitting on the opposite side of the same car, who were Xue Chongxun's two right-hand men "Erling".

People are always affected by the environment they are in, because the carriage is a bit old, and the tone inside is so bleak, Zhang Jiuling and Wang Changling's faces do not look very optimistic and positive. On the contrary, Xue Chongxun was calm, but he preferred to stay in this kind of dim and hazy place than in a bright place...... Maybe it would be more secure? He didn't know it himself, he just liked the hue, just like he liked rainy weather.

In Xue Chongxun's book impression, Zhang Jiuling and Wang Changling are both poets, but Wang Changling's poetic achievements in history are significantly higher than political achievements, while Zhang Jiuling is the opposite, and "fame" is his positioning...... Xue Chongxun specially recruited these two celebrities as his staff, but now it seems that Wang Changling still has some achievements in government affairs, such as his planning and arrangement of logistics before and after the last battle of Wuhai is very scientific and reasonable, which effectively avoids the problem of generals deducting soldiers' salaries; And Zhang Jiuling has not shown anything outstanding in practice so far, probably because he has not served under Xue Chongxun for a long time.

The three of them faced each other silently, and Xue Chongxun was thinking about the two staff members in front of him, when Zhang Jiuling suddenly spoke: "The guess 'bitter meat plan' put forward by the prince still doesn't seem like it." ”

"Oh?" Xue Chongxun made a voice and looked over. The eyes of the man in the darkness seem to be brighter.

Zhang Jiuling touched the beard on his chin and said thoughtfully: "If you think that this matter is something that Zhang Ren is willing to discuss with the generals, and the purpose is to give the generals the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and protect themselves, this also makes sense." But why did Zhang Renyuan do that? In this way, he still couldn't get rid of the suspicion of fornicating with the Turks and wanting to let the enemy soldiers rob the cities and villages in the interior, and he still couldn't get rid of his infamy, and even accompanied him with his life......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Jiuling didn't continue, it is estimated that it is difficult for him to say it too clearly. However, Xue Chongxun also understood: it is nothing more than Zhang Renyuan, a person who has become a feudal official, it seems unlikely that he will be so righteous. Xue Chongxun remembered that he had read a book that said that Yan Xishan originally planned to surrender on the day, but because of the situation of the Pacific War, he immediately turned to the two sides of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party......

However, people are different, whether Zhang Renyuan, the feudal official, is so "black-bellied", Xue Chongxun does not know, he has never met this general at all.

As soon as Zhang Jiuling opened the chatterbox, Wang Changling also spoke: "I still think Xue Lang's statement is more likely. Since the military generals of the Three Cities (Three Surrendered Cities) sent a secret envoy to meet the inside and outside, it always makes sense. Either what they say is true, and they really don't want to follow Zhang Renyuan all the way to the dark; or a trick to lure the enemy; Or, as Xue Lang said, it is simply a bitter plan...... The possibility of luring the enemy is the least, Zhang Renyuan wants to encircle my 30,000-strong army, he must mobilize all the men and horses in the three cities, and I don't believe that he can still order all the departments to coordinate the field battle. Unite the Turks to besiege my Tang soldiers? He completely ignored the rumors, and it was impossible for the Turks to form a siege between the three cities and not let us smell the wind in advance, but many Han people moved south of Yinshan. In contrast, the Bitter Meat Meter is the most likely. ”

Erling's views are different, and they express their own opinions. At this time, Xue Chongxun fell silent, listened to them quietly, and thought to himself: Zhang Jiuling did show the characteristics of the prime minister's talent, and when Wang Changling analyzed the form, Zhang Jiuling was looking at people.

When the two of them were almost arguing, Xue Chongxun said in a big way: "It doesn't matter what his surname Zhang is going to do, doesn't this decide that the army is approaching the three cities, just do it, it's not a good thing to think too much." ”

The two immediately looked at each other, speechless...... Doesn't that mean that you have decided to put down the rebellion in one fell swoop? didn't understand the relationship between the parties, so rashly forcing the two sides to face off seemed to be a bit rushed.

"If this battle is unfavorable...... Wang Changling couldn't help but remind. He is a rather cautious person, always preparing for the worst.

Xue Chongxun said in his heart: If this battle is lost, and the 30,000 Tang troops in his hands are lost, then there will be no soldiers to defend the defense line in the central and northern parts of Guanzhong, and there will be no way to hastily deploy troops again, and then increase taxes to collect military expenses from the people, and the consequences seem to be a bit strict. Sometimes the general trend is subtle, and perhaps it starts in something that seems to have nothing to do with the core, and the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in the ears of the anthill.

However, he didn't show any doubts, just smiled: "It's okay." ”

Maybe it was Xue Chongxun's attitude that infected the staff, and they seemed to think that it was no big deal, even if something went wrong, Xue Chongxun would have a way to clean up the mess...... After all, during the previous period of competition with the Tubo people, Xue Chongxun refused to listen to dissuasion several times and insisted on going his own way, but the results were there.

At this time, Xue Chongxun remembered what he once taught Fang Yuzhong, the leader of the guards: The head is to let everyone think that you have a way no matter what happens.

…… It is not far from Shangjun to Shenmu Town, and it is almost a day's walk north along the extension of the old Great Wall, and it is less than twenty miles away from the military town before camping that night. Therefore, at the beginning, Zhang Renyuan thought that the first military operation of the official army must be to take Shenmu Town, right under his nose.

The army divided camps, set up camp according to the art of war, arranged sentinel patrols, and rested for the night. The night was quiet and there were no incidents, and the rebels clearly had no intention of taking the initiative.

Early the next morning, the general went to the Chinese army to meet the commander Xue Chongxun, only to see Yin Ci step forward and ask for orders: "The last general is willing to be the forward general, lead the army first, clear the road and test the reality." ”

Yin Ci belonged to Xue Chongxun's henchman, he stood up and wanted to be a striker, and the generals gave way, and they all felt that this head credit belonged to him.

Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun said solemnly: "Why do you need to divide the front army into the middle army, our army will go over together, and it will be leveled directly, so it is more convenient." ”

The generals were still very surprised, and for the first time they saw the situation of tens of thousands of troops swarming. If it weren't for Xue Chongxun's reputation for defeating 500,000 with a record of 60,000, everyone would have to be an idiot.

So everyone set out of camp, and the mighty army went directly to Shenmu to suppress it. When he got to the target, the scout reported: "The gates of the city are wide open, but I don't know what is real." ”

Xue Chongxun asked, "Is there anyone on the city wall who is holding a goose feather fan to play the piano?" ”

The sergeant looked at him very innocently, and said with a sad face: "Humble duty...... I didn't pay attention to my humble duties, I just looked at the defense troops, and asked the prince to punish him! ”

The staff looked at each other, but they understood that Xue Chongxun was ridiculing an allusion: Zhuge Liang was playing an empty city plan.

Xue Chongxun didn't look joking at all, he just waved his hand and said, "You did a good job, go down." ”

"Yes." The sergeant hurriedly responded with his fists clenched.

Xue Chongxun looked back left and right, and all the soldiers straightened their bodies and sat on their horses or stood in the queue, no one gossiped and made noise, and the flag hunted and flew flying. The generals looked sideways, waiting for the commander's military order.

Only then did he shout: "Where is General Yin?" ”

Yin Cice immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "The end will be." ”

"Immediately lead the cavalry into the city to seize the city gate, if there is an ambush, the red flag will be played, and if there is no danger, the white chess will be played."

"Order!" Yin Ci received the military order, and immediately gathered a large group of cavalry to rush out of the camp of the army, and suddenly the horse's hooves roared, and the lifeless Spring of the Northern Kingdom became lively for a while. Q