On the battlements of the city wall, rows and rows of crossbows were erected on them, and dozens of soldiers were carefully proofreading.

At their feet, bundles of sharp arrows were placed under the women's wall, and timbers were piled farther behind.

Everyone is doing their thing in an orderly manner.

Li Xuan walked from under the city wall, nodding with satisfaction while inspecting.

Zhou Shen, who was standing beside him, looked at this arrangement, his eyes were full of surprise: "Lord Wang, this is planning to annihilate all the enemies that come in!" ”

"Brother Zhou's eyes are like torches!" Li Xuan turned his gaze, looked at Zhou Shen, and nodded: "This king does have this plan, it is best to stay here all the enemies who come this time, only in this way can the next step be better arranged." ”

"Next, the prince means that in addition to this wave of enemies tomorrow, there will be more enemies coming, and they will come later."

Zhou Shen heard Li Xuan's words very keenly.

Li Xuan stood at a battlement, looking at Muzhou behind the endless mountains and forests from a distance, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "The Tianyin Sect is about to start an incident, and we are like a spike in their lower backs, if we don't pull out our thorn, then they won't sleep peacefully anyway." ”

The Tianyin Sect needed to pass through Meiling Pass to enter Wuzhou, but Li Xuan could go north from Meiling Pass and go straight to Muzhou, and even under the city of Muzhou.

The opportunities are mutual, and so are the risks.

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates obey the orders of the prince." Zhou Shen immediately bowed his hand.

"Naturally, the brothers have already come, so let's take a look at what the combat level of the Tianyin Sect is, there is no need to rush into the war, this king doesn't need you for the time being...... As for you, you can stay here, speaking of which, in this full city, there are only those who are really active school captains. ”

Although Yan Tao came down from the battlefield in the Western Regions, after he came to Wuzhou, he immediately appointed Wuzhou soldier Cao to join the army, and he left the battlefield for I don't know how many years.

Although Qiu Zhenmu is from a family of military generals, Qianniuwei is more and does the same work as bandits.

On the contrary, it was Zhou Shen, as a lieutenant who had just completed his service in the Xinlin Zhichong Mansion of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, his battlefield sense of smell and command strategy were far stronger than Yan Tao and Qiu Zhenmu.

In this way, even if there is any place in the future that Li Xuan can't take care of for a while, Zhou Shen can quickly check and fill in the gaps, and even directly replace him in command.

"Today, you will first familiarize yourself with everything in the city, and sleep well at night......

Before Li Xuan's words were finished, a Nanchang Mansion guard had already rushed up quickly, and then handed a piece of note to Li Xuan's hand.

Li Xuan opened it and looked at it, and while handing the note to Zhou Shen, he said: "Look, tomorrow will come, a thousand people, how much this must look down on this king!" ”

The corners of Li Xuan's mouth showed a hint of mockery.

The thousand reinforcements that are coming now are after the change in Wuzhou, Zhang Wanyu sent a letter asking for help.

It took three full days to gather and send out from Muzhou, and today, they have only reached the halfway point of the mountain road.

Tomorrow, they will arrive in front of Meiling Pass.

If you look at the strength of the Tianyin Sect when Meiling Pass did not fall before, the two sides converge, and they should have a strength of close to two thousand people.

It was more than enough to hold Meiling Pass, but now, Meiling Pass had fallen into the hands of Li Xuan.

Offense and defense are easy to shape.

Changing the situation.

Not to mention the siege, even the entire mountain road has now fallen into Li Xuan's hands.

As soon as the people of the Tianyin Sect appeared in the middle of the road, their numbers and configurations had already appeared in Li Xuan's hands.

Even earlier, when they set off from the other side of the mountains, everything had already fallen into Li Xuan's sight.

"Captain, you said, if this king leads people to ambush in the mountains in advance, is it possible to ambush all these thousand people on the way?" Li Xuan suddenly asked a question.

"The mountain road is narrow, and it is indeed easy to set up ambushes, but it is also difficult to annihilate them all because of the narrow mountain road, and even we will suffer unnecessary damage because of the narrow mountain road." Zhou Shen shook his head cautiously.

He did not approve of Li Xuanmao's rash attack, the mountain road was narrow, rugged and difficult to travel, and the key was that it was difficult to guarantee logistics supplies.

Li Xuan smiled faintly, looked at the mountains in front of him, and said softly: "If the ambush is successful on the mountain road, and then it enters Muzhou, and directly hits the city of Muzhou, if it is given to this king three hundred thousand Niu Wei, this king will definitely do it, but it's a pity!" ”

"The lack of training of the government soldiers has disappointed the prince." Zhou Shen arched his hand, his face full of apologies.

Li Xuan waved his hand casually and said: "It's none of your business, the formation of this regiment of government soldiers will not exceed a month in total, how can you experience a big war, not to mention that in Muzhou, there are enemies in all borders, even if you kill it, there is no place to stand." ”

Mountain ambush is actually easy, although it may cause self-damage, but it is not difficult to plan.

It's rare that after entering Muzhou, the land is full of Tianyin cultists.

If Li Xuan entered the Turkic territory, then he wouldn't mind following Huo Quzhi and Li Jing and wantonly slaughtering, but the people of Tianyin, no matter what, are also the people of the Tang Dynasty.

If he really slaughtered recklessly, the court's bullet seal could drown him.

Famous generals are not so easy to do, especially the famous generals of the clan.

Look at Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, and Li Daoxuan, and you will know what happened to the famous generals of this dynasty.

Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, passed through Bashu, captured Zhu Cang, pacified Xiao Miao, appeased Lingnan, pacified Jiangnan, and worshiped the governor of Yangzhou.

That false accusation was just a book, and Taizong immediately put Li Xiaogong under house arrest, which was later confirmed to be wronged, and he was released from house arrest, and within a few years, he fell ill and died.

Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County, made outstanding achievements in his life, participated in many battles such as Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Eastern Turkic, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, etc., and made great military achievements, and was called the King of Virtuous Ones together with the King of Hejian County.

In the fourth year of Yonghui, he was involved in the case of Fang's widow's rebellion, was framed by the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang, exiled to Xiangzhou, and died of illness on the way.

Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang County, was cautious and generous, proficient in martial arts, and elegant in manners, and attacked Wang Shichong side by side with Emperor Taizong, and won many battles.

In the fifth year of Wude, Li Daoxuan led the army to crusade against Liu Heimin, and the deputy general was at odds.

The famous generals of the Tang Dynasty are not so easy to be, in addition to the emperor, there are also careful ministers who climb and trap, and the emperor will subconsciously connive at these things in his heart.

Be careful of the back road and guard the back road.

Li Xuan looked up in the direction of Muzhou, he had already made up his mind for this battle, if there was no emperor's holy decree, then he would only base himself in Wuzhou, and would not easily attack Muzhou.

Of course, if the Tianyin Sect invaded Wuzhou in a big way, he wouldn't blame him for being ruthless

Li Xuan's right hand was raised high, and at this time, he could clearly feel the wind and water vapor in mid-air, which was a few points stronger than yesterday.

……

On both sides of the ruins of the mountain road, thousands of soldiers in gray clothes and leather armor, carrying Tang knives on their shoulders, strode towards the depths of the undulating mountains.

The wind was blowing, and the trees were rattling.

Nobody felt wrong, just a chill.

Several tall horses stopped beside the avenue, looking at the inn that was burned to ruins, and the bearded man led by him couldn't help frowning.

He turned his head sideways and looked at the guards on the side: "How, has the water source been found?" ”

The guard immediately bowed his hand and said, "Back to the hall master, there is a small road on the west side, leading to a small valley three miles away, and there is a small stream in the valley, which is enough for the sergeants and soldiers to drink. ”

"It's okay now, let everyone rest for a while, and then hurry in an hour." The bearded man breathed a sigh of relief slightly, then sneered and said, "A guy who likes to follow conspiracy methods will not be able to get on the stage after all." ”

As he spoke, the bearded man took out a short note from his arms, looked at the words on it, and a disdainful smile appeared at the corner of his eyes.

This short note was sent from the Muzhou General Hall, but the people who really sent this short note were the saint Ye Wanwan and the Hangzhou hall master Zhang Wanyu.

This bearded man is none other than Luo Yongjie, the master of Muzhou Jiande Hall.

"Hall Master!" The guards rode from the front, looked at the short note in Luo Yongjie's hand, and said in a low voice: "Hall Master, do we have to slow down and wait for the team behind." ”

"What are you waiting for, just a yellow-mouthed child, a certain family is not like a saint and a hall master, he is not very old, this is what he can take advantage of, while going, if he really waits for reinforcements, where to put the face of a certain family, a checkpoint is just a checkpoint, it is easy, and a certain family can take it." Luo Yongjie shouted loudly, not caring at all that his voice was heard by others.

"The hall master is mighty." The soldiers around him immediately shouted, and Luo Yongjie's face showed a hint of satisfaction.

The guards on one side immediately bowed their hands and said: "What the hall master said is extremely true, looking at what is written in the short note, the king of Nanchang has only a few more bows and crossbows, a few more trebuchets, and will calculate the hearts of the people to engage in some conspiracies, plus a closed city, five hundred soldiers, the hall master can naturally easily take it." ”

"You kid, don't give a certain family a yin and yang here." Luo Yongjie glared at his guards, and then he cleaned up his expression, and said solemnly: "Although the saint and the master of the hall are inexperienced, but with Zuo Fei's guy, it will not be lost in just one day. ”

Luo Yongjie did see it thoroughly, Li Xuan won Meiling Pass, although it was indeed a bow and a catapult, but the real factor was his keen insight and terrifying war intuition.

Unfortunately, the letterhead is too short to write much.

If Luo Yongjie was allowed to face Zhang Wanyu and Ye Wanwan, maybe he could ask more things.

If Luo Yongjie had received a message from Zhang Wanyu and Ye Wanwan before he set off, then he would definitely be more cautious.

But halfway through his arrival, the letterhead arrived in his hand, and now it was a little late anyway.

"But this king of Nanchang is indeed difficult enough, this stone village was destroyed by him, the soldiers are impetuous, not to mention, what they eat and drink has been affected, and when they arrive at Meiling Pass tomorrow, this morale will definitely be affected." The guards couldn't help but complain.

"If this king of Nanchang really only has this level, it's good, a guy who is used to calculating people's hearts will inevitably be calculated by people's hearts in the end." Luo Yongjie looked at his personal guard, and his face became solemn.

"Luo Chuan, I order you to lead a team of personal guards, rush to Meiling Pass overnight, rest all night, and wait until dawn to open the city gate."

"Is it just us?" Luo Chuan looked at Luo Yongjie in some surprise.

"No, the Father will follow you."

(End of chapter)