The coastal areas of Dayu, especially the coastal areas of Qingzhou occupied by the rebels, have no output in the field due to continuous land disasters, and the people live in hardship, and even pirates dislike this area.

In recent years, it has not been attacked by foreign invaders or pirates, and the rebels' coastal defenses have been even more lax after the occupation of Qingzhou.

Lingshan Wei was a major border town along the coast in the heyday of Dayu, and now looking at the dilapidated building in front of him, Li Dingguo is distressed!

If the imperial court recovers Qingzhou, this Lingshan Guard will inevitably invest a lot of financial resources to rebuild, these are all money, what a waste of resources!

Niu Debao was selected for this operation, the instinct of the soldiers, as soon as he climbed the pillbox of the Lingshan Guard, he looked around to observe the terrain here, "I want to come to Qingzhou The rebels are concentrated in the border with Jizhou and other places, which way do we take to advance to the hinterland of Qingzhou this time?" ”

"After Gaomi, we will move to Anqiu, and then advance to Qingzhou Mansion." Driving from the sea, Li Dingguo has been thinking about the route of the march in Qingzhou, and after thinking about it, he feels that this road is the most suitable.

Li Dingguo had a good impression of Niu Debao, who Xia Jing transferred to cooperate with him, and in his opinion, if Niu Debao was not outstanding, Xia Jing would not have sent him over.

Niu Debao had no opinion on this, because the route determined by Li Dingguo was the fastest route to Qingzhou after they landed.

He said in the sea breeze: "This time Niangniang sent us to land from the sea, and the incident happened suddenly, and the rebels must have not expected it. This time, we have to take advantage of their defenselessness, move quickly, attack quickly, and give them a hard blow to the rear!

Thinking that the rebels have been hit hard by this and fall apart, it will be difficult to gather vitality again, and then it will be the time for the imperial court to encircle and destroy them. ”

The soldiers have been sitting on the boat for a long time, and they always have to recover their strength no matter what they do after going ashore. Now Li Dingguo commanded the soldiers to enter the Lingshan Guard, and ordered all of them to rest and recuperate and recover their physical strength and energy as soon as possible.

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Several soldiers and horses of the imperial court advanced to the east, and the army advanced all the way, and did not offend the local people.

At first, when the people saw the army coming, they would hide in a hurry, but later they found that the army was advancing all the way and turned a blind eye to them, and the people slowly let down their vigilance.

Yanzhou, Qingzhou, the rebels in the two states received the news of the assembly of the imperial court at the same time.

Qin Lang and Prince Ning even knew that Li Jingfu had raided the homes of many big salt merchants, and the imperial court did not have to worry about at least grain and grass when sending troops.

Because of this, the two of them were even more anxious, and there was a huge disparity in strength.

The reason why the rebels were able to rise in a short period of time was because they relied on the corruption and incompetence of the imperial court, natural and man-made disasters continued, and they fanned the flames a little, and the refugees rose up with them, and they took advantage of the situation and easily took Qingzhou as a base.

As a result, they slowly developed to the periphery, and finally captured Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and now that Yuzhou has been recovered by the imperial court, their sphere of influence has narrowed even more.

The rebels occupied several weak state capitals, and the rebels did not dare to provoke Jizhou and Youzhou, which were divided by them.

This is also the reason why Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, which were occupied by the rebels, were still safe and sound.

On the city wall of Leling, Qin Lang looked at the imperial court soldiers and horses slowly gathering outside the city, and his expression was unprecedentedly solemn.

"Recently, there was news from Jiankang that Li Jingfu copied a lot of salt merchants in order to raise military salaries, which shows that the imperial court has sufficient grain and grass."

Qin Lang's staff talked about the news they received recently, and said: "There is also news from the capital, the Gyeonggi region has promoted a grain called sweet potatoes this year, which is not only high-yield but also very delicious, and can fill the stomach. ”

This can be shown that Dayu is not short of food, and in the case of sufficient food, soldiers and horses are gathered at the border, which is a great disadvantage to them!

Qin Lang looked at the outside of the city, his brows never stretched, and he kept locking tightly, "Let all the soldiers in the city be vigilant, and take turns to change guards on the city wall, and strengthen their defenses!" ”

If Leling can't hold it, it will be equivalent to opening the northwest gate of Qingzhou, so that the imperial court soldiers and horses can enter and exit at will.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court gathered outside the city, although there was no attack, but from time to time there were soldiers who rode to the safety of the city wall to stay, and explained to the rebels in the city the current policy of the imperial court, especially the policy of preferential treatment of soldiers, and those benefits were said to make the rebels on the city wall envious.

"Is the imperial court really so good to the army now?" The rebels on the walls seemed a little incredulous.

"It is said that Emperor Dayu the homes of many corrupt officials and raised a lot of silver as military salaries, whether it was killed in battle or disabled, there are subsidies, but I don't know if this policy will be implemented in place when the army really arrives?"

"Everything else that can't be seen is virtual, but the equipment of these imperial court soldiers and horses outside the city is really sophisticated, but I don't know if it is equipped by the whole army or the equipment of these pioneer battalions in front of me?"

Some rebels stroked their purses and said enviously: "If we had paid our salaries on time and not been in arrears, I would have saved enough money to marry a daughter-in-law, and our old Zhu family would not have come to me, and I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet." ”

Shame on your ancestors!

Qin Lang found that the soldiers guarding the city on the city wall were a little riotous, and immediately ordered to put an end to the soldiers guarding the city from gathering together, and they were not allowed to talk to each other, and they would be severely punished for violating the order!

In the next three days, the imperial court soldiers and horses were assembled outside the city, the first round of siege, and the steel cannon appeared in Qingzhou for the first time, which was full of power and could deter the rebels on the city wall.

It's just that defending a city is generally easier than attacking a city, and the first round is a tentative attack, and soon the imperial soldiers and horses saw that they did not attack the city, so they quickly retreated to the safe area.

Qin Lang looked at the messy city wall, his face was solemn, his lips were pursed, he didn't expect that the weapons of the imperial court soldiers and horses would be so powerful now.

The staff saw the worry in his heart and proposed: "General, now it seems that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are not good at this time, if we passively defend the city, there will be a day when we can't hold it." ”

Qin Lang looked at the staff, "What do you think, sir?" ”

The staff stroked their beards, looked at the military camp outside the city, and said: "Defense is always passive, and if you want to win by surprise, you can only take the initiative to attack!" The reason why the imperial court soldiers and horses dared to besiege the city so unscrupulously was because they had plenty of food and grass, and if we attacked their grain and grass and burned them down, the general thought they could still besiege us so calmly? ”

Burning grain and grass is a bad trick used in the wars of the past dynasties, Qin Lang did not refute him, he doesn't care if the trick is bad or not, as long as he succeeds, it is a good trick.

"How to sneak attack, Mr. Wang is well-planned, and we will order it directly when the time comes."

"The subordinate obeys!" The staff responded quickly.

It's just that their sneak attack plan hasn't been discussed yet, and there is an eight-hundred-mile rush from the Yanzhou front.

Because the strength and strength of the imperial court soldiers and horses were not something that the rebels could compete with, when the Yanzhou guards concentrated their firepower against the imperial court soldiers and horses, they tried their best to resist on the surface, but in fact, secretly, they led the whole army to abandon Yanzhou, fled eastward quickly, and fled back to Qingzhou.

Knowing that Yu Jian, a general who was so inactive, Qin Lang was furious and threatened that in the next battle, whoever dared to abandon the city and flee would be killed!

And Yu Jian may have guessed Qin Lang's anger, he led the soldiers and horses not to come to join Qin Lang, but directly led the soldiers and horses to bypass Leling, and directly jumped through Qingzhou to the southeast.

The fleeing army had no structure, and they marched in a hurried southeast, and because of the lack of food and grass, the hurried marching army continued to stretch out their hands to the people along the road to ask for grain and grass, so that wherever they passed, there were constant complaints.

Qingzhou, which was already empty after the disaster, has once again seen its population plummet.

From Yanzhou Mansion to the east, enter Qingzhou, pass through Laiwu, bypass Taiyuan Mountain and continue eastward.

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At the foot of a mountain in the Great Wall Ridge, Li Dingguo took his soldiers and horses to rest here.

After scattering out for the night, he hurried back and said: "General, to the west of the mountain range here, a rebel army has been found, numbering about fifty thousand, and is rapidly heading east. ”

Niu Debao heard the news and was slightly happy in his heart: "General Li, do we need to make a sneak attack on the enemy?" What do you think of keeping this team in Qingzhou forever? ”

Li Dingguo came to Qingzhou to eliminate the rebels, and now there are rebels sent directly to the door, why not do it?

He hurriedly asked his soldiers to bring the map, looked at the terrain on the map, pointed to a mountain range and said: "From the route of the rebels, it should be to escape to the east of Qingzhou, to avoid the impact of the war." ”

"They go to the east, and according to their path, they must pass through this valley!"

Everyone followed the direction of Li Dingguo's finger, and there was a canyon between the two mountains on the earth circle, "General, such a deep canyon, are you really relieved to let the soldiers go to the danger?" ”

Li Dingguo replied without raising his head: "We will explore the terrain in advance, and then use the favorable terrain to ambush in advance, just wait for the people and horses over there to pass, and we can catch them all!" ”

The plan was to arrange that when the enemy was more than ten miles away from the ambush, the men and men on the side of the officers and soldiers would lay in ambush and wait for the prey to enter the trap.

The ambush site is a natural valley passage, the valley passage is narrow and long, and the mountains on both sides are steep and high, the imperial soldiers and horses have laid an ambush in this mountain in advance, concentrating stones and rolling logs, just waiting for the rebels to enter the valley, and then it is impossible to escape and ascend to heaven.

On the other side, Yu Jian led the deserters and horses to flee to the outside of the valley, before entering the valley, Yu Jian, the leader of the team, suddenly said: "Rush all the way, it's not easy for everyone, it's hard work, let's take a good rest here and recover our strength." ”

After such a long journey, everyone can sit down and rest, and there must be no opinion, so they sit on the spot, take out dry food and nibble on it.

The imperial soldiers and horses ambushed on the mountain were dumbfounded.

"Why don't you go? These rebels can't have noticed something wrong along the way, right? ”

Li Dingguo looked at the soldiers who couldn't hold their breath and said: "Don't be discouraged, everyone, calm down, they will naturally come in when they figure it out." ”

The rebels had eaten and drunk, wiped their mouths and set off again.

Yu Jian looked up at the towering mountains on both sides and felt a little dizzy, this reaction was a bit abnormal, he said that he was afraid of heights, and he was standing at the bottom.

Anyway, I feel a little depressed in my heart, and it's hard to express it.

Before stepping into the valley, Yu Jian stopped again, with a bad premonition in his heart, but he was still very entangled, whether to go or not to go?

"General, what's wrong?"

Yu Jian looked back at his own soldiers and asked, "Do you think there are people and things in this world that are particularly accurate?" ”

The soldier shook his head: "The subordinates don't know. ”

"Do you think this valley is safe?"

"Qingzhou is the world of our rebel army, who has nothing to do to come to this mountain to suffer!"

Yu Jian is right to think about it, Qingzhou is the world of the rebel army, the back is close to the sea, and there are imperial soldiers and horses in front of it, everyone just needs to hold on to it.

Yu Jian, who felt that he was worried about nothing, was still spinning in his mind, and he heard movement above his head, like the sound of stones rolling.

He looked up and opened his mouth and gasped, "What's going on?" How can there be enemies in the hinterland of Qingzhou? ”

Or is it that who doesn't like him and wants to solve him, who will make room for him?

These thoughts were also fleeting, looking at the stones smashed on the top of the mountains on both sides, Yu Jian didn't have time to think deeply, and shouted to the soldiers: "Hurry up and find cover to hide!" ”

As he shouted, the other rebels reacted, and some panicked for shelter.

"Stones rolling down are easy to be smashed even if there is cover, so run away!"

"Where can I escape?"

"Don't care where you run, let's run away first!"

Some soldiers fled in fear regardless of what the general said.

As for the rest of life, they have to escape before they can find a way.

"Ah, my feet!"

"Ah, it hurts! I can't move my arm! ”

Some people's heads were smashed out of their brains, and some people were hit by stones, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, with less air in and more air out.

Ambushed on the top of the mountain on both sides, how could the imperial court soldiers and horses let them go.

Li Dingguo saw that some of the rebels below had already run out of the mouth of the valley, and hurriedly ordered people to bombard the mouth of the two valleys.

There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "We met unexpectedly today, which shows that the fate is very deep, since you are here, don't go, give me a cannon!" ”

As his words fell, the steel cannon was ignited.

"Boom! Thundered! ”

The bombardment of the valley immediately blew up many rebels.

All but the sound of artillery bombardment, screams, and angry curses of the enemy could be heard below the valley.

"General, both exits to the valley have been blocked by enemy artillery, what should we do now?"

Run, there is no way to escape! Hide, nowhere to hide!

Surrender to the enemy, who doesn't even know who ambushes them!

Yu Jian hid under a raised stone, his forehead was bruised, his eyes were red, and he said hatefully: "Is the sky going to kill me today?" ”

When the words fell, not far from where they were hiding, an ammunition exploded on the ground, shaking their ears!

The soldiers looked at the deep pit that had exploded, frowned slightly, and said the doubts in their hearts: "General, look at this firepower, it seems that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court who are ambushing and attacking us are the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, because only they have such powerful weapons!" ”

Yu Jian listened to his words, leaned out a little, and looked at the pit that was blown up, it was indeed very fierce.

Just a little relieved, a cannonball landed not far from her, and the frightened expression on Yu Jian's face was blown up before it was fully revealed.

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