Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3652 The river valley was attacked
Returning from Luoyang, go upstream along the Luoshui, and set foot on the "Shangyu Ancient Road".The return journey should always be smoother, walk once when you come, where you need to be careful and where you can speed up, you know the geography and terrain everywhere, the speed is fast and much easier.

The team galloped along the official road between the mountains. The mountains on both sides of the road made the cries rumble and echo. Occasionally there were merchants and pedestrians on the road. When they saw this group of menacing soldiers, they quickly avoided the side and gave way to the road. , so as not to cause trouble.

Now in the Chang'an War, the entire Guanzhong is in chaos, and the troops and horses in various places seem to have no restraint and act recklessly. All kinds of exorbitant taxes, such as customs duties, road taxes, etc. that have been banned, have suddenly been restored. forward.

Just collecting taxes is enough, and there are even many soldiers in remote places pretending to be mountain bandits blocking roads and robbing roads.

No matter the merchants or the common people, I hope that the military remonstrance in Chang'an will come to an end soon, otherwise there will be no central restraint, and localities will go their own way. , Wife and ion disperse.

People's lives in a chaotic world are like mustards. No one would have thought that the originally prosperous and prosperous peaceful and prosperous world suddenly turned into a pot of porridge like the end of the Sui Dynasty.With the popularity of merchants, the exchange of information in various places has greatly increased, and even ordinary people have gained some insight. They understand that the chaos caused by this military remonstrance was launched by noble families in various places to grab greater interests. The clansmen hate it to the core, but they dare not speak out. They can only hope in their hearts that the benevolent Crown Prince of the East Palace can defeat the rebels, set things right, and bring the world back to the right track...

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The Shangyu Ancient Road connects Guanzhong with Nanyang, Luoyang and other places. The main section is composed of the Bashui River Valley on the Guanzhong side and the Danshui River Valley on the Shangluo side.However, at this time it is not yet spring, the valley area between the mountains is dark and cold, and it is difficult to see the sun in middle age. Therefore, there are ice and snow everywhere, and the shallow water is covered with ice. People and horses can walk freely without taking a boat, which saves time and energy. Little things.

But if you wait until summer, after the ice and snow melt, the river is wide and the water is turbulent, making it more and more difficult to travel.

Fang Jun took three hundred personal soldiers to spend the night in Xiaoxing. He walked carefully along the way. Every night, he had to explore dozens of miles ahead in advance to confirm the safety of the surrounding area.

The expected sneak attack by Guanlong's army did not happen, and there was no disturbance along the way, but Fang Jun became more and more alert.

The death of Changsun Anye is definitely unacceptable bad news for the Changsun family. Now that he has died tragically and his body is different, how could Changsun Wuji be indifferent?

Just by looking at him brazenly sending people to Fangfu at the beginning of his army, ignoring whether it would cause everyone in Chang'an to be in danger, and thus adopting a resistive attitude towards Guanlong, it can be seen that although this person is deep in the city and good at forbearance, he will retaliate, and he will definitely not. Let it go for the sake of the bigger picture.

It has to be said that Zhangsun Wuji is so arrogant that he considers himself the head of the ministers of Zhenguan, and there is no one else in his eyes.In history, this monarch has always rejected Li Chengqian, who was not close to him. The reason why Li Chengqian lost his crown is that his eldest grandson, Wuji, has done a great job. Tang's serious hidden dangers.

After supporting Li Zhi on the throne, he continued to violate the bottom line of imperial power for the interests of the Guanlong Group, and even intervened in Li Zhi's harem, interfering recklessly, forcing Li Zhi step by step to an unbearable situation.

Could it be that the eldest grandson Wuji doesn't know that it is a long-term plan to keep the line in everything and give enough respect to the imperial power?In his political capacity, it's impossible not to understand that, but he doesn't care.He single-handedly manipulated Li Chengqian, who deposed His Majesty Li Er, which made his self-confidence seriously burst, so how could he put Li Zhi in his eyes?

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi was more forbearing and ruthless than him. He simply deposed the Queen Wang, who was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, and supported Wu Meiniang after the founding hero. Incessantly, Li Zhi watched the tiger fight from the other side and secretly supported Wu Meiniang.

In the end, with the help of the Shandong family, the Guanlong clan headed by the eldest grandson Wuji was completely overthrown in one fell swoop, and then all the blame was placed on Wu Meiniang, which made him escape the infamy of "killing meritorious deeds" and "removing grinding and killing donkeys", but won a The reputation of "benevolence, kindness and love" seems to be the result of Wu Meiniang's failure of the Guanlong clan, and has nothing to do with him...

In terms of forbearance and treacherousness and cruelty, there are few emperors from ancient times to the present who can rival Li Zhi.

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Traveling fast, a few days later, Fang Jun and his party arrived at Xian'e Station, which is more than [-] miles outside Shangluo City.This place is located outside Shangluo City and under Xian'e Peak. It is an important post station on the ancient road of Shangyu, with mountains on one side and rivers on the other side, and the terrain is dangerous.

At ten in the evening, Fang Jun led his personal soldiers to Xian'e Station, stationed the tent outside the post house, and asked the personal soldiers to buy food from the post house and prepare to spend the night here.

From here to the west, not far away is Lantian Pass. At this moment, heavy troops must have been stationed, and they need to be recharged and conquered in one fell swoop...

After dinner, the light in the river valley was completely dimmed. Fang Jun ordered his soldiers to dig out the ice and snow on the outskirts of the camp near the official road. Six or seven small pits were buried with gunpowder. The leads are all covered with ice and snow.

This place is already close to Lantian Pass, and it is very close to the forces of Guanlong's army. There is no enemy on the way to make him tense. Maybe Changsun Wuji's plan is to deceive him into negligence, and then surprise and kill him.

Fang Jun asked the scouts to be careful about possible situations around them, and also told the soldiers to be more excited at night. If there was an emergency, they could respond in time, and then they got into the tent and fell asleep.

As a result, his worries were really necessary. In the second half of the night, around Yin Shi, the scouts who were out galloped back, woke Fang Jun, and reported that more than a thousand soldiers were sneaking from the direction of Lantian Pass.The enemies were all cavalry, lightly dressed and simple, and hurried away, and they had reached more than ten miles west of the camp.

Sure enough!

Fang Jun got up and got out of the tent. Seeing that all the personal soldiers had been awakened by the scouts, they were neatly tidying up their equipment.

Fang Jun raised his eyes and glanced at the sky. It was already at the end of Yin Shi and at the beginning of Mao Shi. There was darkness in the valley and no starlight. It was the time when the human body was the most tired. about to be attacked by the enemy.

There was no panic, he had already conducted countless drills with the personal soldiers along the way, and he had foreseen the current situation and had a plan for how to react.Immediately, the entire barracks took action. The soldiers packed up their equipment and hung them on their saddles.

Fang Jun, with his helmet pierced through his armor, sat on the back of a horse.

Waves of scouts kept returning from the front, bringing exact information on the enemy.A thousand enemy cavalry came to cover up, all of them seemed to be elites, maybe it was the private soldiers of the eldest grandson family, although it was not known who led the troops, but it must be the children of the eldest grandson family.

At first, the enemy cavalry was still sneaking, lest it would disturb Fang Jun, but when he was five miles away, Xu Shi found the scout on Fang Jun's side. dash forward.

A thunderous cry resounded in the valley.

The Xian'e Station not far away was also disturbed, and the merchants and travelers who were staying there shouted in panic, and the horses in the stables neighed and fled one after another.There are cavalry raids in the middle of the night, no matter whether they are soldiers or bandits, it is definitely not a good thing.Especially since the mutiny broke out in Chang'an, government offices all over the world have almost come to a standstill.

Fang Jun glanced at Xian'e Station. In the darkness, he saw people everywhere. He fled in disorder. He turned his head and sighed, and calmly ordered: "Arrange to resist the enemy, prepare muskets, and detonate gunpowder at any time upon my order!"

"Here!"

The three hundred cavalrymen agreed in unison, like a dull thunder in the dark river valley. The cavalry immediately loaded the projectiles one after another, and some others were hiding in secret places by the roadside ready to detonate gunpowder at any time.

Looking forward to it.

After a while, the roaring cries were getting closer and closer, and the sound of rolling thunder echoed in the valley. The moment the enemy appeared in the darkness, Fang Jun decisively ordered: "Fire with a musket!"

"boom!"

In the darkness, the muzzles of more than a hundred muskets spurted orange-red flames, and as the smoke rose, projectiles came out of their chambers.

(End of this chapter)