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Li Yao's side, but he and Cheng Boxian rushed to Jingzhou with the fire, when leaving, Li Yao was also worried about Dong Mingzhu in his heart, after the two quarreled last night, Dong Mingzhu never came back, Li Yao also thought in his heart that Dong Mingzhu should go back to her father Dong Mingzhu.

Maybe at this time, she has already angrily followed Dong Yan to Luoyang.

With such a thought in his heart, Li Yao didn't care about Dong Mingzhu and let her go, but where did Li Yao know that Dong Mingzhu at this time was also on the way to Jingzhou, but she was secretly escorted to Jingzhou by Xia Ling's five flowers, and Cheng Lingwei didn't know anything about it.

Ten days later.

Li Yao and Cheng Boxian led an army of 50,000 to Jingzhou.

What made the two dumbfounded was that as soon as the two arrived in Jingzhou, they found that Jingzhou at this time was already besieged, except for the main road leading to the hinterland behind them, and after being held by Di Renjie, the other three sides had basically been blocked, which made Li Yao feel quite embarrassed.

Encamped on the hill in the south of Jingzhou, Li Yao stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the Jingzhou city tower that flickered not far below the cliff, his brows furrowed, and he didn't say a word.

Cheng Boxian and Rouge stood quietly behind Li Yao, and the three of them were silent for a while, and Li Yao asked, "Brother, what is the terrain of Jingzhou?"

"Jingzhou is naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are steep mountains in the south and north to obstruct each other, only the east and west cross the Jingzhou city gate, how can Li Chong lead the rebel army to attack Jingzhou from the east, and Lord Di led the men and horses to close the Jingzhou city gate tightly, and defend the west road, so that Jingzhou city will be trapped to death. Cheng Boxian looked at the topographic map in his hand, combined with the current situation in Jingzhou City, and explained it to Li Yao.

"I see. Li Yao let out a long sigh.

He only now understands why Wu Zetian demoted Li Chong to Bozhou in the first place.

If you launch a rebellion from Bozhou and go all the way north to Chang'an City, you must pass through Jingzhou City, and Jingzhou City is naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Di Renjie is here to guard, so Wu Zetian naturally relegated Li Chong to Bozhou with peace of mind, even if he rebelled and arrived in Jingzhou, Di Renjie would block him first.

As early as three years ago, Wu Zetian also guarded against Li Chong, which made Li Yao admire Wu Zetian's strategy very much.

Thinking about this, Li Yao said again: "We are now located on the big mountain hill in the south of Jingzhou City, and there are cliffs in front of us, so it is not easy to go down. ”

"My lord, I don't understand, why didn't we go directly from the west in the first place, so that we could go directly to Jingzhou City?" Rouge asked suspiciously.

"There are two reasons for this. Li Yao replied quietly.

At this point, Li Yao paused again.

Cheng Boxian also looked at him with doubts, he had always been a little incomprehensible to Li Yao's decision.

Originally, they rushed all the way, and their 50,000 horses could drive directly into Jingzhou from the west main road, but Li Yao temporarily detoured from the rear for a day, and directly went around to the high mountains in the south, and now the front of the army is a cliff, and they have to camp here.

Seeing that the situation in Jingzhou was so critical, Li Yao also made a detour to the mountains to the south, which couldn't help but make Cheng Boxian a little doubtful that Li Yao would fight in the end.

But as soon as this idea arose in his heart, Li Yao explained to the two of them softly: "I did this, first, because Li Chong's rebel army had more than 200,000, and if our 50,000 horses and horses directly entered Jingzhou, plus the men and horses of Di Lao in Jingzhou City, there would be less than 100,000 people, once Li Chong launched a fierce attack, we would definitely be defeated, so we must not enter Jingzhou City now."

Second, Jingzhou City is naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack, Di Lao relied on tens of thousands of horses, he blocked Li Chong's 200,000 army for more than ten days, if Li Chong can really take Jingzhou City in one fell swoop, he won't have taken it long ago, why drag it out until now, so I infer that Li Chong is now also in an extremely embarrassing and annoyed situation, and at the same time he can't take Jingzhou, he is thinking about whether to make a detour to Jingzhou.

Third, now that we are in the south of Jingzhou, we can find a way to go around the rear of the rebel army at any time and give the rebel army a surprise attack, and then cooperate with Shang Di Lao's men and horses to carry out a front and rear flank attack, and it is not impossible to defeat Li Chong's 200,000 horses. ”

"Brother, you are really smart, I really admire and admire. After Cheng Boxian listened to Li Yao's explanation, he hurriedly hugged his fists and praised Li Yao.

Rouge also nodded noncommittally, feeling that Li Yao was indeed right.

Originally, they only had 50,000 horses, and they were at a disadvantage in numbers, and if they fought directly with Li Chong, there would be no benefit, so it would be better to find a way to make a surprise attack, maybe it would be better.

In addition, since the news of Wu Zetian's move to Luoyang spread, Li Chong himself was also in a contradiction, and he didn't know whether to capture Jingzhou and take Chang'an City directly, his original purpose was to capture Wu Zetian alive and put Wu Zetian to death, Wu Zetian is running away now, and his plan is naturally disrupted.

Because of these reasons, the rebel army and Li Yao's army at this time were also in extreme embarrassment, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that both armies were trapped in Jingzhou.

Rouge was silent for a while, and she quickly asked, "Then my lord, what should we do now?"

"Set up camp first, rest for a day, and wait until the evening, Vice General Cao will listen to the order. Li Yao replied to the rouge, and then opened his mouth to order Cao Yun.

Cao Yun immediately stepped forward, knelt down on one knee behind Li Yao, and respectfully responded, "General, Cao Yun is here." ”

"You go and order everyone to rest and eat well, to keep their spirits up, to get a good night's sleep in the first half of the night, and to be ready to attack at any time in the second half of the night, and remember not to light a fire at night. Li Yao opened his mouth and instructed Cao Yun.

"Yes, General. Cao Yun replied solemnly.

As soon as the words fell, he went down and ordered a group of soldiers to go according to Li Yao's order.

Cao Yun left, and Cheng Boxian asked again, "Let's rest now?"

"Yes, my lord, if you want to go down the mountain in the middle of the night, you have to find your way! Otherwise, how can you go down?" Rouge also reminded Li Yao.

"They rested, and the three of us did not, and now our task was to take a good turn around this hill, find a hidden way down the mountain, and then take advantage of the darkness to go around to the rear of the rebels. Li Yao turned his head to look at the two of them and replied with a sneer.

Cheng Boxian and Rouge glanced at each other, the two immediately nodded, left the cliff with Li Yao, and walked around the hill to find the way down the mountain.

On the hill to the south, Li Yao led an army of 50,000 to lurk secretly, looking for a way down the mountain.

In Jingzhou City, Di Renjie was burning his eyebrows and was anxious.

Standing at the head of the city, looking at the crowd of people and horses outside the city, Di Renjie frowned, and said solemnly to Li Yuanfang and Zhou Ying standing behind him: "Jingzhou has been trapped for ten days, and now the soldiers in the city are short of water and food, if the reinforcements do not arrive, I am afraid that it will last another four or five days, which is the limit." ”

"Don't worry, Lord Xue is the one who came with reinforcements this time, he has always been resourceful, as long as he comes, we are not afraid that we will not be able to hold Jingzhou. Zhou Ying opened her mouth to comfort Di Renjie.

"Yes, if it's him, it must be. Li Yuanfang also opened his mouth and drank along.

Three years ago, when the two of them were in Chang'an City, they had seen Li Yao's experience, so the two of them believed in Li Yao very much, and Li Yao was kind to the two of them, so now Li Yuanfang and Zhou Ying are simply betting all their hopes on Li Yao, and they are looking forward to Li Yao coming quickly.

But now that ten days have passed, calculating the time, Li Yao should have arrived with reinforcements, but the reinforcements were still missing, which couldn't help but make Li Yuanfang and Zhou Ying very anxious.

Di Renjie listened to the words of the two, but he smiled, shook his head and said: "If someone else is the general of the right guard, I don't worry about the old man, his words, the old man's heart is really in his throat." ”

"What do you mean by this?" Zhou Ying asked puzzled.

"That kid has always been eccentric, if the old man is not bad this time, he will definitely not take the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City to Jingzhou, maybe now he is ready to go around the rear of the rebel army. Di Renjie sneered, and in one word, he broke Li Yao's plan.

Li Wufang and Zhou Ying were speechless for a while, and they didn't know what to say.

Di Renjie said again: "If he goes around the rear of the rebel army this time, it is good to say that he can kill Li Chong by surprise, but if it is not self-defeating, not only will he be in danger, but even this Jingzhou will not be able to hold it." ”

"Your Excellency, with Lord Xue's history, he will definitely be able to defeat the rebels. Zhou Ying opened her mouth again to comfort Di Renjie.

"Whoosh......" But at this moment, as soon as Zhou Ying's words fell, a loud whoosh instantly came towards Di Renjie.

Zhou Ying and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, okay! A cold arrow was shot from the city, hitting Di Renjie's forehead, and the two of them didn't say a word, they immediately rushed forward and blocked Di Renjie behind them at once.

"......" But because the cold arrow came too fast, although Li Yuanfang and Zhou Ying reacted quickly, the two still failed to avoid the cold arrow, and Li Yuanfang's right shoulder was pierced by the long arrow.

Zhou Ying hurriedly escorted Di Renjie down the city tower, and kept shouting in Di Renjie's ear: "Your Excellency must be careful, the rebel army will want to take your life, if your adult goes, this Jingzhou City will be destroyed." ”

"Let's see how Yuanfang is?" Di Renjie asked Li Yuanfang with concern.

"Don't worry, my lord, I'm fine, it's just that I shot through my right shoulder, Yingying, you escort your lord away, the rebel army is going to attack the city again, everyone is defending the city, and you can't let the rebel army attack in." Li Yuanfang stood on top of the city and replied to Di Renjie, and after reassuring Di Renjie, he pulled out the long knife at his waist and shouted and ordered the generals at the head of the city.

A group of soldiers immediately became nervous, and with 120,000 points of spirit, they began to start an offensive and defensive battle with the rebel army under the city again.