Monk, his real name is He Anye, he is not a real monk, but he became bald after a serious illness caused his hair to fall off when he was a child, and then he had such a title.

The monk was also one of the first people Li Zuo met when he first crossed over, and he was also a follower of Manichaeism, especially after he recovered from his illness, and he was convinced of the Ming king's incarnation.

Manichaeism is known as Mingjiao in later generations, and when Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty destroyed Buddhism in the fifth year of Huichang (845), Manichaeism was also severely attacked, and turned into a secret religion, and absorbed Taoism and folk beliefs, thus changing its name to Mingjiao.

Because of the belief that the darkness is about to pass and the light is coming, Li Zuo successfully turned the monk into his die-hard fan with the sentence "The night is over, the dawn is rising, the king of Ming is born, and all living beings are purified".

Like Lian Xingbao, the monk was also one of Li Zuo's confidants and three generals, so he handed over the most important newly built Wujiang Pass to the other party.

To be precise, the Wujiang River is not called the Wujiang River now, but the Neijiang River, because of the sparsely populated reason in Banzhou, the Wujiang Pass in later generations is now only a ferry.

After Li Zuo led the army into Banzhou, he first burned out the cement, and then asked people to plan and build a Wujiang Pass at the location of the Wujiang Pass in the later generations.

Now that two years have passed, Wujiang Pass has already taken shape, and Li Zuo believes that even if he is defeated by Nanzhao and Luo Min, it is still no problem to block it.

Therefore, he calmly responded to the news of Nanzhao's invasion.

"Yes!" The monk was a man of few words, and when he heard Li Zuo's arrangement, he just solemnly replied.

Seeing this, Li Zuo nodded, thought for a while, looked at a general standing at the back and said, "Old General Pei, your Fifth Army is stationed at Furong Pass, one is to guard against the enemy in the south of the sword, and the other is to be ready to support the war on the northern and southern fronts at any time." ”

Coupled with special troops such as the Pro-Guard Army and the Flying Cavalry Battalion, Li Zuo now has more than 70,000 troops, which is only a medium size compared to most feudal towns.

After all, today's feudal towns have more than 100,000 troops, such as Fan Yang Jiedu's envoy, and there are not a few of 60,000 or 70,000.

Pei Yangzhong is a native of Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, after Banzhou and other places were occupied by Nanzhao again in the second year of Xiantong (861), the imperial court had no time to take care of it, so he issued an edict to summon the world's heroes to come to quell the rebellion.

Pei Yangzhong was the first batch of people to arrive, he wanted to come here to make a military feat in order to find a future, but he came here for nearly ten years, dozens of battles, he was almost fifty years old, and he was never able to recover Banzhou.

In the end, in desperation, Pei Yangzhong had no choice but to take refuge in Banzhou Hou Luo Taiwang, who was bent on recovering Banzhou.

Pei Yangzhong was also lucky, just a few months after he took refuge in Luo Taiwang, Li Zuo went to find it, and then he got his wish and attacked Banzhou.

However, Luo Taiwang is obviously not a person who likes to take care of things, and after Banzhou stabilized, he only left a few hundred soldiers, and then packed thousands of men and horses, including Pei Yangzhong, and sent them to Li Zuo.

Li Zuo was not polite, not to mention the Han people, even the wingmen, Luo Min people, and even the Nanzhao people could be seen in his army, it was nothing more than a big mess and reorganization.

"King Ming, rest assured, the last general will live up to the trust!" Pei Yangzhong hurriedly replied when he heard this, more than ten years have passed, and the desire to serve the court has long been wiped out, and now all he asks for is a horse leather shroud.

Now, Li Zuo has given him the opportunity to lead an army alone, and Pei Yangzhong is already very satisfied.

Seeing this, Li Zuo nodded, and then said aloud: "In this case, everyone should go down and get ready." ”

"Yes!"

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After the generals all went down, only Shi Shoudao and a young man in his twenties were left in place.

"Strategist, sit down!" Li Zuo rubbed his brows, first said a word to Shi Shoudao, and then looked at the young man and said, "Tell me about the news you have found." ”

The young man's name is Zhang Guibo, and he is the person who was brought back to life by Li Zuo in the rumors outside.

In June of the 11th year of Xiantong, Zhang Guibo and a group of friends drowned in the Zijiang River bath, and when they were picked up, they were no longer breathing, and even the local doctors said they could not do anything after seeing it.

Li Zuo happened to be passing by, and in modern habits, he subconsciously ran over and began to save people.

In fact, the so-called resurrection of the dead is nothing more than cardiopulmonary resuscitation and artificial respiration, which is just common-sense knowledge in the afterlife.

Since being rescued by Li Zuo, Zhang Guibo has been following Li Zuo's side to repay the grace of saving his life.

Later, Li Zuo taught him some knowledge about the intelligence system, and in this way, Jinyiwei was established invisibly.

"King Qiming, according to the news found by his subordinates, Nanzhao invaded my Tang Dynasty this time, and it was divided into three routes, one way to attack Annan, one way to enter Yunzhou, and the other way is our place."

"There are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses on each of the other two roads, and those who have come here to attack us, plus the Luo Min people, have a total strength of more than 100,000. It is reported that for the purpose of the war, Nanzhao has forcibly conscripted men over the age of 12 in its country, and even some women, to be used as civilian husbands to transport military supplies. ”

Li Zuo frowned when he heard this, the menacing Nanzhao, it seems that this is the last madness of preparing for Bo.

In the second year of Xiantong, when Nanzhao invaded Banzhou again, they also led the army to capture the Annan region of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang court was forced to move to Haimen Town, and repeatedly sent troops to conscript, but they could not recover Annan.

In July of the fifth year of Xiantong (864), on the recommendation of Prime Minister Xiahouzi, Yizong appointed Gao Biao as the protector of Annan and the envoy of Jingluo to preside over the recovery of Annam. After Gao Biao resisted the front line, he gathered the troops of the five governors of Lingnan (referring to the five prefectures of Guang, Gui, Rong, Yong, and Annan), on the one hand, to appease the local tribes and kill the leaders of the rebels, and on the other hand, to press the hammer of the Nanzhao army.

In the seventh year of Xiantong (866), Gao Biao attacked Jiaozhi City in one fell swoop, killed 30,000 Nanzhao soldiers, and also broke two tribes that belonged to Nanzhao, and more than 17,000 people were captured. In the whole process of conquering the south, Gao Biao won more with less, broke the enemy with 5,000 soldiers, and finally succeeded in recovering the Annam region.

If nothing else, the Nanzhao army that invaded Annam would also encounter their mortal enemy, Gao Piao, and then be wiped out by Gao Piao's blow again.

And now that Banzhou has its own heavy defense, the attack of the Southern Zhao Army will definitely end in failure.

Therefore, the only thing to worry about is that even if Xichuan is there, you must know that in history, the Nanzhao army fought all the way to the new capital.

Historically, the Nanzhao army in Xichuan seemed to be frightened after hearing the news of Gao Biao's entry into Sichuan, and took the initiative to retreat and sue for peace, but in the end, Gao Biao led 5,000 troops to break the Nanzhao in the Dadu River, captured and killed dozens of its chiefs, and completely disabled the Nanzhao Kingdom in a war.

When the Central Plains was in turmoil, it was no longer able to invade the north, and it was destroyed before the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing this, Li Zuo frowned and looked distressed, Shi Shoudao pursed his lips and couldn't help asking, "King Ming is there a war in Xichuan?" ”