Chapter 35: The Storm Rises
Southwest of Xingyang, Pingyin, Li Yuan's fleet berth.
The heavy snow also made Li Yuan have to stop moving forward, how to enter Xingyang City smoothly, and get in touch with Hou Xi, Guan Yue and others has become the key to the success of Li Yuan's trip.
Before the outbreak of the Battle of White Horse, Hou Xi had a letter sent to Li Yuan, according to the letter, Guan Yue, Hou Xi, Hu Zhuang and others, together with the people who retreated from Daliang, were placed in the area of Dongcheng by Zhao Ben, Zhao Ben's vigilance was very high, and he sent a number of soldiers to strictly guard them.
Regarding the dilemma faced by Hou Xi and Guan Yue, Li Yuan was about to fight and couldn't help, but I don't know what their situation should be now?
"Into town! It seems that the only way to go is to go through the water gate, but how to avoid the enemy forces outside the city, how to get the guards to open the city gate, and once you enter the city, where can you go? ”
Li Yuan opened the map of Sanchuan County, buried his head in meditation, and asked Yang Xiong and Sima Yin to analyze the Shili situation in Xingyang City one by one, and it made sense at the time, including who could be contacted, where to raise troops to hide, etc., however, when Xingyang was in front of him, Li Yuan realized that the previous plan was some unrealistic fantasy on paper.
To enter the city, first of all, there must be a tiger talisman order, secondly, to make the generals defending the city not suspicious, and thirdly, to avoid Liu Bang's army on the land.
A piece of tiger talisman, but there is a piece on Li Yuan's body, which is genuine, it was collected from the captain of the Qin army who was captured by friendly forces; Defending the city is a school, but Li Yuan really has no way, Xingyang is completely a strange and unfamiliar city to him.
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"Idiot, what's so nice about a broken map, if you want to go into the city, ask your aunt and grandmother!" Gu Yun hated in his heart, because Li Yuan had either been in a daze or staring at the map these days, and he didn't mean to talk to her at all, which made her feel unhappy when she was holding a full stomach and a belly full of scheming.
Gu Yun belongs to the kind of person who looks very delicate on the outside, but is actually in a fiery temperament, if it weren't for this temper, she wouldn't have turned her face to Zhao Ben on the spot.
This made her a little overwhelmed when facing Li Yuan.
"Captain, I know the general of the guards of Xingyang's water village, maybe I can blend into the city as an internal response!" Gu Yun's face flushed, and he finally couldn't help it. Although Aunt Gongsun said that she should act at the opportunity and not reveal her identity, Li Yuan, a nerd, was too angry.
From the captain to the captain, Li Yuan's title has also changed with the increase in the number of leading soldiers, the original pro-soldier tun has now increased to the scale of more than 200 people, and Gu Yun is now leading this pro-soldier force.
"What are you talking about, oh, I almost forgot, Gu Tunchang, you were originally from the Xingyang clan." Li Yuanzuo suddenly realized, nodded at Gu Yun with a straight face and said.
A woman has become a general of an ancient army, which makes Li Yuan secretly feel a little proud, as a modern person, Li Yuan's complex for Mulan is very heavy, whether it is Yuan Yuyi's version or Zhao Wei's version, Li Yuan, who can only think about it in his memory, said that seeing Gu Yun's appearance in a military uniform can be regarded as a little lightened homesickness.
Gu Yunzi would not know about Li Yuan's careful thoughts, she was only immersed in the joy and excitement of the temptation now: "Captain, if you can trust me, tomorrow night, I will sneak into the city from the Water Gate, and after contacting Guan Gongcao and Hou Sima in the city, I will contact the captain." ”
Gu Yun's eyes turned, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, he seemed to be in a good mood, he finally lurked beside Li Yuan, and finally found such a good opportunity to show his ability and connections, and the excitement after being suppressed for a long time made Gu Yun lose his calm.
Gu Yun was exposed.
Although Li Yuan couldn't guess which side Shili was behind her for a while, at least one thing was certain, behind Gu Yun, it would never be Zhao Ben.
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November 19, the third year of Great Qin II.
The continuous heavy snow covered the world into a white expanse, Liu Bang's coalition army besieged Xingyang for three days, Xingyang City and the water and land passages outside the city became more and more difficult, the guards in the city were panicked, and they closed the city gate to try to trap the beast, which made the coalition generals even more arrogant.
Driven by fanatical emotions, the coalition army attacked Xingyang quite hard this time, whether it was Peng Yue, General Pu or other small princes, Shili, they all had an unusual interest in Xingyang, a fortified city, this is a city that Wu Guang's more than 100,000 troops did not conquer, if which one enters the city first, how can this opportunity to become famous in the world be missed?
After losing the main force that could be used for mobile field warfare, the more than 10,000 guards that Zhao Ben had pieced together were defeated and retreated in the battle with the coalition forces, and they were in danger. Zhao Ben finally began to experience the pain of being cocooned. If it weren't for the help of this heavy snowfall, everyone in the city would have been prisoners in front of Liu Bang's tent.
Despair spreads in the city, and the high-pressure situation caused by Zhao Ben's painstaking efforts is disintegrated by the arrival of Liu Bangjun, and in the face of the weight of life and death, Shili with all kinds of thoughts is constantly regrouping.
East of the city, Li Youfu.
Zongzheng Chen Di, Xingyang Ling Fan Jia, Gong Cao Guan Yue, and Sima Hou Xi gathered together, behind these people, they all represent a shili, and they can be regarded as the backbone of the anti-Zhao Ben in Xingyang City.
After Chen Di visited Ying Yushu, he visited Li You's old mansion the next day, and he also saw clearly, it was impossible to leave the matter, if the city was broken, then how he tried to please Zhao Gao would be in vain.
What's more, Ying Yushu's identity as the eldest princess of the royal family makes her indisputably have the liliang who represents the royal family, and Hu Hai's actions have now disappointed the royal family surnamed Ying, if you are looking for a replacement, Ying Yushu is undoubtedly the most suitable. Although a woman cannot be an emperor, she can still control power, and there are no such examples in the history of the Qin State.
Chen Di's defection gave the anti-Zhao side the initiative, Zhao Ben and Wang Ming tried to use the pretext of investigating Li You's collaborator as an excuse to suppress those they were not used to looking at or who wanted to scheming, so it was inevitable to inform Chen Di, after all, Chen Di was one of the two envoys sent by the imperial court to investigate, in fact, because Chen Di had been blinded by Chen Di's silent attitude, Zhao Ben and Wang Ming had not noticed that Chen Di had a different heart.
Xingyang Ling Fan Jia and Gong Cao Guan Yue sat next to each other, chatting very happily, as veterans in the Xingyang officialdom, they were used to the situation of the city's changing king flag, but today, it was clear that they did not come on behalf of the same shili.
Guan Yue has nothing to guess, as a representative of Yang Xiong, he is now the spokesperson of the Yang Xiong family in Xingyang City, although Yang Xiong was continuously suppressed by Zhao Ben Shili is declining, but there is still a little bit of hiding.
As the commander of Xingyang County, Fan Jia's status has always been up and down, and as an important military town, Xingyang often has local county troops from the Qin State, which makes the little liliang that Fan Jia has on hand insignificant. However, today, Fan Jia's confidence is still very strong, and among the soldiers defending the city, there are nearly a thousand guards who have been transferred from him.
Hou Xi in this Xingyang place shili competition venue, belongs to a typical foreign shili, Li Yuan in the White Horse reversal of the battle situation spread to Xingyang, which made Hou Xi suddenly from being left out of the cold to being sought after, even with it, Zhao Ben placed in the east of the city nearly a thousand people are also a little better.
The person who facilitated this meeting between all parties was none other than the eldest princess of the Qin State, Ying Yushu. After enduring it for a long time, she began to officially step into the foreground of the power struggle.