Da Wei Chun

Chapter 540
At the time of the spring flood season, the Qian River flows down in a mighty way.There was a cool dampness in the air, like a cold fog.

A half-moon hangs in the western sky, and the sky is full of stars, just like pearls rolling in a sapphire plate.

The lights under Liyuan City are lit up like a starry night sky.

The lights in the county government office were brightly lit, and there were many generals, but there was no sound.

Li Chengzhi was sitting on a chair, staring at the map on the case and chanting.But the voice was too low, and no one could hear what he was muttering clearly.

From Diaozheng down, Li Daoyuan, Yuanxuan, Yuangui, Li Mi, Xuehe and other subordinate generals all stood in awe.

Li Liang stood by Li Chengzhi's side, while Li Shixian and Li Song stood in a corner on the side of the yamen hall as if they were transparent.

The atmosphere was unusually peaceful, even a little eerie.More than a dozen generals gathered together, but they couldn't even hear a slightly heavier exhalation, as if they were afraid of waking Li Chengzhi awake.

Standing stiff for a long time, Diao Zheng looked around, winked at Li Daoyuan, and raised his chin to the hall.

Li Daoyuan stroked his beard, pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head.

Diao Zheng tilted his head slightly again, and looked behind him.But before he could turn his head sharply, the lieutenants beside him, including Yuan Zhi, Yuan Gui, Li Mi, Xue He, lowered their heads at the same time, as if they were asleep.

Everyone knew what Diao Zheng wanted to do, but they were all wondering why Chang Yizhi retreated so quickly, even close to a rout, surrendering Liyuan City?
Everyone knows that it should be related to the letter Li Chengzhi sent Li Rui to Chang Yizhi in the morning, but no one knows what was written in the letter to have such a powerful effect?

All the generals were about to explode with curiosity, but Li Chengzhi's prestige became more and more serious, so even Diao Zheng was a little afraid of difficulties and did not dare to take the initiative to ask.

In a hurry, Diao Zheng looked to the side of the yamen hall again.But Li Shixian grinned at Diaozhen as if he had a toothache, and shook his head again.

The generals were even more surprised: Li Shixian didn't even know?

He really didn't lie, at most he knew a little more than Diao Zheng and others.Because of this, he is more curious than anyone else...

A rush of footsteps broke the silence.Li Rui stood outside the door and reported loudly: "Mr. Lang, Gu Zanghou and Yang Sima have arrived outside the Yamen!"

Without raising his head, Li Chengzhi shouted loudly, "Please!"

Li Rui left quickly, and after a few breaths, Li Shao and Yang Jun came hand in hand.

The two were about to ask for the gift, but Li Chengzhi waved his hand impatiently: "Since it's all set, come and see..."

While speaking, he turned down the map again so that the generals could see it more clearly, "In my prediction, Changyizhi will exit Chencang Pass in at most two days, and return to Hanzhong via Chencang and Baoxie...

I invite all of you here today to discuss how to take advantage of his retreat and bite a piece of meat... Otherwise, wouldn't it be too cheap for Chang Yizhi to retreat completely? "

When the generals heard this, their hearts trembled twice.

No one doubted why Li Chengzhi dared to conclude that Changyi would return to Hanzhong without stopping.What they couldn't figure out was how did Li Chengzhi do it?
Is that letter really that powerful?

Everyone focused their attention on Li Shao and Yang Jun.I thought that these two people had a very close personal relationship with Li Chengzhi, so it should be okay to ask.

They all have the same thought, why don't they know what the eyes of these people mean?
Li Shao pondered for a moment, then looked at Yang Jun again.

Yang Jun's eyes were frighteningly bright, staring at Li Chengzhi was like staring at a thief: "Why?"

Li Chengzhi is so weird: "Fighting and killing the enemy is justified. You actually asked me why I pursued Chang Yizhi? Then why don't you ask Chang Yizhi and the Southern Emperor Xiao Yan why they offended me in Wei Jing?"

Yang Jun was choked up and blushed: "This is not what I asked, but... In that letter, what did you say that made Changyi run away like a bereaved dog?"

It's really idle, not discussing the business, but absolutely digging into the bottom of these minutiae.

That is Yang Jun, if it was someone else, he would have scolded him long ago.

He was about to reprimand, when Fang raised his head, he suddenly realized that dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on his face eagerly, making his skin feel cold.

Just so curious?

Li Chengzhi couldn't laugh or cry: "Forget it... Li Rui!"

"The servant is here!"

"I will tell you generals a story, starting with my interrogation of the prisoners, and then how you went to the southern camp, and how you communicated with Chang Yi's understanding, reasoned with them, moved them with affection, and ordered him to stop fighting and retreat..."

Including Li Shao, Diao Zheng and others all turned their heads and stared straight at Li Rui, which startled him.

Li Rui collected himself and spoke eloquently.

What I said was also in the middle of the rules, and I didn't change a word randomly.But the generals became more and more confused as they listened.

According to Li Rui's meaning, it seems that Li Chengzhi learned the secrets of Chang Yizhi, Pei Sui, and Cheng Jingjun and others after interrogating the captured southern generals.

But if this is the case, how many secrets should be known to the Southern Dynasty capital if a few captives already know one or the other?How did Li Chengzhi have the confidence to think that if he really tried to use a trick, Chang Yizhi and others would fall into the trap of Jiankang's relatives, and why did Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui and others hear the bad news and think it was a big deal? Impending disaster?

They are not idle people, so how can they not hear the flaws in it.Just like Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui at that time, all the generals unanimously thought of the rumors about "a man bestowed by heaven" and "magical calculations".

Thinking of how Li Chengzhi, as the commander-in-chief of the army since the beginning of the Luoyang uprising, led a lone army to the north, and then quelled the Woye Rebellion, the generals felt a chill in their hearts and stood still.

When he looked at Li Chengzhi again, his gaze was even more awe-inspiring, and his face was even more submissive...

Yang Jun's guts were turning green with regret, and he wished he could shut his mouth.

If this is the result, even if he is so curious to death, he will never ask...

Quietly winking at Li Shao, Li Shao secretly sighed, and took the initiative to change the topic: "Since the commander said that the poor should be chased, do you have a plan?"

"Yes, there is, but I hesitated for a while, and I am hesitant to make a decision, so I invite you to come over to discuss..."

Li Chengzhi pinched his chin with one hand and pointed to the map with the other, "Look: now the Chen Bing and Chen Cang in Changyi can be said to be able to advance or retreat. Although I have threatened them with words, they will retreat soon, but we only need to use one guard to break the rear , each with five thousand to guard the Dasan Pass on Chencang Road, and the Xieyu Pass on Baoxie Road, which can prevent us from chasing after us...

And from Guanzhong to Shu, only these two roads are the most spacious and feasible for a large army.If you go further to the east, although there are old roads such as Tangluo and Ziwu, they are all plank roads carved near the mountains. Dao intercepted, already unable to catch up..."

Li Chengzhi moved his finger to the west again, pointed at Shangbang (today's water) in Qinzhou, crossed Qishan and Qinling, to Wudu Town, and Baimaguan in Nanliang, and said in a deep voice: "The east road is not feasible, and only West Road...if you send light cavalry out of Qishan Mountain, it will be enough to block Changyi in the Qinling Mountains..."

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang attacked Wei several times, and all of them sent troops out of Qishan to compete with Cao Wei for Guanzhong.Later generations called it Longxi Road.

It is indeed a long way around, nearly [-] li, but the road valley in Longxi is wide and gentle, and the road is mostly smooth, which is very convenient for horses.If he ran faster, he would be able to catch up with Chang Yizhi's pawns...

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it became. Li Chengzhi clapped his hands fiercely: "In this way, there are two things to worry about: one is to guard the two passes of Wudu and Baima, which are the key points of Longxi Road. But these two passes are guarded by Yuan Li. Since he sent arrows to the city yesterday and said he was going to surrender, there must be a reason for the incident, not a trick. It can be seen from this that the generals guarding the gate under his command have already lost their minds and wavered.

Moreover, under such a situation, if the guards of the second pass were not people with blind eyes and ears, they would have known the news of Changyi's retreat, and would have known that the general situation was over.If you know the benefits and harms, you should be able to persuade Guan Xia to surrender...

The second is the Jialing River...but the northern part of the river area belongs to Liangquan County in Longxi County, Qinzhou, in the Wei Dynasty.Now Cui Zuzhi, governor of Longxi County, has abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. He should be sent to join the army, and when he arrives in Liangquan, he will recruit civilians. As long as he gathers together, he will be able to build a pontoon bridge for cavalry in less than half a day..."

Hearing that his thought was so meticulous, Yang Jun suddenly felt a toothache: "Now that we have won a great victory, we only need to wait for Changyi to withdraw from Chencang and retreat to Hanzhong. You and I will be immortal heroes. Why are you chasing after us?" She, is it dangerous to do this?"

Is it dangerous?
Indeed some.

For example, Wudu, Baima Pass, and Liangquan County at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains have all rebelled.What Li Chengzhi said about persuading surrender under the pass and sending Cui Zuzhi to surrender is still taken for granted now.

If these traitorous generals, traitors, and traitors do not know how to repent and rebel wholeheartedly, then this matter will be out of the question.

What's more, Liangquan is located at the junction of Yuan Wei, Tuyuhun, and Nanliang. If one is not careful, the branch Li Chengzhi is talking about will never return.

But if he just watched Chang Yizhi fled back with all his beard and tail swaggeringly, Li Chengzhi would really be a little unwilling.

I have never been beaten blue in the face, got a nosebleed, and pretended to be ignorant...

He sighed sadly: "It's better to be brave enough to chase the poor, not to be known as the overlord. If Chang Yizhi is let go this time, there is no guarantee that he will not be like Xiang Yu in the future. Today I regret it..."

Li Shixian was startled, wishing he could jump up and cover Li Chengzhi's mouth: he compared himself to the emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty... and he didn't even turn back, how dare you say nonsense about such a taboo?
Li Shao's heart beat wildly, while Yang Jun opened his bull's eyes and looked at Li Chengzhi with a strange expression on his face.

Seeing his calm expression, the generals only thought that Li Chengzhi was speaking without thinking.

Li Shao gave him a wink, and then pondered: "You just asserted that Yuan Li has the intention of abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, so it should be a real deceit, not a false surrender. So why don't you cooperate with him internally and externally, and attack both internally and externally?"

Li Chengzhi smiled helplessly: "I would like to, but how can we make a decision with Yuan Li, how can we make him respond internally, and when and where should I cooperate externally?

Moreover, Changyi has tens of thousands of soldiers, while Yuanli has only [-] to [-] troops.Therefore, even if he is to make him fight back in front of the battle, it must be well planned, and it needs to be launched suddenly, so as to have a chance. "

"Are you really a resourceful person who sees the same thing? This Yuan Li seems to be aware of your concerns, so she made a special trip to solve your problems..."

Li Shao laughed, groped in his arms, took out a letter and handed it to Li Chengzhi: "After Changyi's retreat, when I ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, I found two spies among the dead bodies, and they called themselves Yuan Li's confidant, secretly sent by her, to offer advice for you...

In order to prevent any fraud, I have read it first, so I concluded that this letter should be written by Yuan Li herself..."

Last year, the monks and people in Jingzhou rebelled. Yuan Ke gave Xi Kangsheng the governorship of Wuzhou and conscripted troops to suppress the rebellion.At that time, Li Shao was the governor of Qizhou, and Yuan Li was the governor of Yongzhou, both under the governor of Xi Kangsheng.

Due to military needs, the two exchanged secret letters from time to time, so Li Shao said it was Yuan Li's handwriting, so it must be Yuan Li's handwriting.

Li Chengzhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he took the letter like a fly. When he saw the line "A certain person wants to abandon the dark and turn to the light...but we can cooperate with the county km..." Li Chengzhi suddenly laughed: "God help me... "

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Just like the city of Qianyuan, Chen Cang turned off the lights like stars, dense and dense.

It was midnight, but the barracks still seemed like a busy city, full of people.

Marching is not an easy task, not to mention that an army of tens of thousands marched for more than forty miles in more than half a day.

And most of them are infantry, they can only rely on two legs.

In such a panic, the more than [-] troops did not collapse like water, but they all retreated to Chencang step by step, and not a single battalion was lost or lost, which shows that Changyi's name is well-deserved.

But in a hurry, there will be many things left behind, such as losing the camp tent when walking too quickly, encountering mountain ridges, muddy fields, etc., having to abandon the car, food and grass, etc., the list goes on and on.

In addition, they will stay for a day at most, and they will set off again the next day. Nearly [-] troops will cross the mountains and ridges, but it is a big problem for people to eat horses and chew.

Therefore, tonight, no one in this camp of 10 people will be able to sleep...

The county government office is full of lamps, which are as bright as day.Chang Yizhi sat at the top, and below him were only Pei Sui, Lan Ziyun, Yu Zhong, Yuan Li, Fu Luo and others.

Just like Li Yuan, there was no sound in the hall, but the atmosphere was extremely dull, and each face became uglier than the other.

Only a moment ago, Chang Yizhi had a big fight with Yuan Li.It was just a little bit short, and the two of them started...

"Even if Yuan Mou rebelled, this Chencang is not your Changcang's Chencang, nor your Nanliang's Chencang. Therefore, I dare to ask the Marquis of Chang County, under what name did you order me, Yuanli, to withdraw from the army and hand it over to him?" you?

And since the withdrawal of troops from Siyin City, the name of this coalition army did not match the reality.Therefore, you don't want to use the name of the commander to suppress my Yuanmou... If you have the courage, you can order me to kill Yuanmou here, but if you want me, Yuanli, to give up Chencang, it is a dream..."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Li waved her sleeves and left the county government office with a face full of anger.

Yu Zhong's face was full of embarrassment: "Don't be annoyed, magistrate, wait for someone to persuade him..."

"Differences do not conspire with each other, don't persuade them!"

Changyi waved his hand in a disconsolate manner, "Since that's the case, it doesn't matter if I let my [-] troops camp for a night, let's leave now..."

If it's just because the soldiers are short of blankets and tents and need to enter the city to rest temporarily, why should Yuan Li give up the walls of the four cities?
Changyi is clearly afraid that Yuanli will play tricks in the dark...

Everyone just didn't know what to do, and dispersed one by one.Seeing Yu Zhong get up, Chang Yizhi called out again: "Mr. Jun, please stay for a while, I have something to ask!"

"Please ask the county magistrate to show you, I know everything!"

When the people were about to leave, Chang Yizhi said in a low voice: "Ever since Chang led his troops out of the customs, the king of Jiyin seemed to dislike Chang and pick and choose everywhere. Now it's even more tit-for-tat and difficult everywhere... Please help Duke Yu, why is this?"

Yu Zhong pondered for a long time, then sighed sadly: "To be honest with the magistrate, the reason why Yuan Li followed us to revolt is because the previous emperors of our dynasty forced the Yuan people to learn Chinese customs, and Yuan Ke was the worst. ...And before the event, I also confide in him, and Yuan Li said: If the major event is not accomplished, he will definitely go north or west instead of going south..."

Chang Yizhi was stunned for a moment, then hehehe, he actually sneered.

It turned out that this bastard never thought of joining the Southern Dynasty from the beginning to the end, why didn't he leave any way out?

"Okay, I understand, thank you Duke... If there is nothing else to do, please rest early!"

Yu Zhong didn't doubt that he was there, so he resigned respectfully...

(End of this chapter)