People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 462 Respecting a high skill, scolding a monster

"They're running out of food."

On the Sanhe Pass, Li Xuan looked sideways at Yao Zhi, Du Bixing, Wang Qin, Feng Hua and others behind him.

With just one sentence, everyone was shocked.

Li Xuan stood on the high platform, turned sideways, looked at the shadow of the mast that began to appear on the river at the end of his line of sight, and sneered: "I didn't get nothing from this trip."

When everyone present heard what Li Xuan said, they immediately felt relieved.

Insufficient food and grass, there are too many ways to deal with it.

Even those who don't know the art of war can find a lot of strategies from the history books.

Li Xuan turned to look at Sanheguan Colonel Shen Lin who was wearing silver chain mail behind her, and said in a deep voice: "Captain Shen, immediately ask people to remove all the food in the warehouse as much as possible. Let’s go, don’t burn it, mix some croton powder into it.”

"Crotou...fan?" Shen Lin was slightly taken aback, and immediately said: "I will obey the order."

After speaking, Shen Lin immediately stepped forward to make arrangements.

Li Xuan continued: "Immediately send a message to all parties in the rear that Yuan Chao's false surrender was discovered by this king, and now he is attacking Shanhe Pass, let everyone prepare immediately."

"Here!" Du Bixing immediately turned around and sent messages to all checkpoints in Lanxi County.

"Feng joins the army!"

"I'm here." Feng Hua immediately stepped forward and cupped his hands.

Li Xuan nodded, and said: "I ordered you to prepare all the trebuchets in the Guancheng, and you will control the launch yourself, and prepare for a head-on attack."

"I will obey the order." Feng Hua immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

"Wang joined the army."

"The next official is here!" Wang Qin immediately stood up with his hands folded.

Li Xuan took out a roster from her bosom, handed it to Wang Qin, and said, "Go now and find a team of literate Lanxi servants, and ask them to engrave the words on the wood chips, as small as possible, after each of their names. , engrave the amount of land granted, and remember to use thin wood chips that can float on the water."

"My lord wants to..." Wang Qin immediately understood what Li Xuan was thinking, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I will obey the order."

After Li Xuan arranged everything properly, Yao Zhi who was on the side said softly: "It seems that the prince has gained a lot from this trip!"

Li Xuan shook her head lightly, and said: "I was just guarding against Yuan Chao's desire, but Wen Fuzhi didn't come, what a surprise!"

"Yes, now that he has arrived in Muzhou, the troops of Yuezhou and Hangzhou can be mobilized." Yao Zhi heaved a sigh of relief.

Wen Fuzhi was in Hangzhou, controlling all the Tianyin believers in Hangzhou and Yue and hundreds of elite Tianyin black soldiers.

If it cooperates with the Zhoushan pirates, once there is a change, both Yuezhou and Hangzhou are in danger of being overthrown, and it may even affect Taizhou and Suzhou.

Until the black pawns of the Tianyin sect and the Zhoushan pirates were found, the soldiers of Kuaiji Mansion could not move at all.

It was precisely because of this that Yao Zhi rushed to Wuzhou in a hurry.

As long as Wuzhou is completely stable and there are no worries, then they can deal with the Zhoushan pirates well.

You can even take this opportunity to completely strangle the entire Zhoushan pirates.

But now that Wen Fuzhi appeared in Muzhou, the opportunities for Hangzhou and Yuezhou came.

"Don't take it too lightly." Li Xuan shook her head, looked at the gradually clear sail shadow in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Wen Fuzhi chose to come to Sanhe Pass at this time, on the one hand, because this is indeed the easiest point to break the game. , on the other hand, isn't it plotting against Hang Yue...

Once he acted rashly, and the location of the troops was discovered, he might immediately drop everything and turn around to fight back to Hang Yue.

For him, Wuzhou and Hangyue's breakouts are the same. "

Yao Zhi woke up immediately, nodded and said: "What the prince said is true, the officials underestimated Wen Fu."

"Actually, as I judged before, the Tianyin water pawns do not have as strong a will to fight as the pawns. Once the difference between victory and defeat is obvious, they will hesitate. Yuan Chao's ability to persuade them to surrender is a clear proof."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused for a while, and said softly: "So, next, as long as we can completely crush their will, it will not be difficult for these people taught by Tang Tianyin to surrender again."

"Does the lord don't want to kill again?" Yao Zhi asked in a low voice.

Li Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and said: "This king never thought that the Tianyin sects would be so crazy. Once they attack, they will be so desperate. This king killed nearly [-] of them in the Meiling Pass. Pawns, it will be very troublesome if this number is really transmitted to the center.

Sima, I need you and Duan Duan to think of more ways to deal with this matter. "

"I understand." Yao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the King of Nanchang understood what he said.

How to trade depends on Yao Zhi's means.

……

A huge rolling stone slammed down from the sky above the Wujiang River, hitting the surface of the Sanheguan River, causing huge water waves.

The waves splashed on the shore and wet a large wave of water.

Only water waves.

Rolling stones flew by in mid-air, but Li Xuan, who was on the city wall of Sanheguan, was stunned when he saw this scene.

"Haven't they experienced a little actual combat?" Li Xuan turned his head to look at Yao Zhi who was standing beside him, even he didn't expect this scene.

"It should be, but it's not surprising. Although the Muzhou navy is also called a navy, it has never marched on a large river, and has never experienced any real ship battles, let alone the current siege battle. It's gone." Yao Zhi couldn't help shaking his head as he looked at the rolling stones that only occasionally hit the open space in front of the pass.

Li Xuan also figured this out at this time.

Since the establishment of the Muzhou Navy, it has been hiding it in extreme secrecy and has never fought against any enemy.

The sailors on board may have undergone rigorous training, but they lack the ability to withstand pressure.

This point is the same whether it is the Muzhou navy or the Muzhou infantry.

At this moment, the boats of the Muzhou navy stopped at a place two hundred paces away from Guancheng, and stopped moving forward.

A long mast protruded from the river in front of the ship. It was Li Xuan who sank his official ship in the river when he returned.

Further south, on the river surface, there are more than 50 heavy chains with a length of 30 meters.

It was precisely because Li Xuan sank his official boat into the river decisively that these chains did not move at all.

……

Li Xuan stood on the city gate, and there were racks of catapults placed on the key open space. These catapults have not moved at all yet.

The rolling stones thrown from the warships of the Muzhou Navy only fell into the river, not the shore.

It is even said that it spread to the shore.

The attack distance of the catapult on the warship itself is not as good as that of the catapult on the ground, and launching it now is just a useless effort.

That's why Li Xuan said that they had no experience in actual combat.

Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the frontmost warship on the river in the distance.

Wen Fuzhi, who was wearing a blue silk dress and holding a long sword in his hand, stood at the bow of the boat with a gloomy face like water.

On both sides of him stood Yuan Chao with an embarrassing expression on his face, and Zhu Xi who had changed his armor and put on his armor again.

Under Zhu Xi's command, small boats dropped from more than 20 official ships and headed towards the iron chain on the river and the banks on both sides.

Although the mountains on both sides of Sanhe Pass are steep, they are not high. As long as they can land, they can attack Sanhe Pass from the ground.

It's just that the mountain is undulating and the attack is not good. Once Guancheng is prepared, they will be in trouble.

"There are [-] infantry in the Muzhou navy, and it is estimated that they are being released, so they are sent out." Li Xuan explained in a low voice.

Yao Zhi nodded lightly, and said, "It's just a little trouble. The real problem is that they have more than 20 ships, and Sanhe Pass alone can't stop them."

Water battles and land battles are completely different ways of fighting. It doesn't mean that you can win with more people, and you won't lose if you have few people.

Warships play an important role in this.

"That's why we have to use the entire Wujiang River as a battlefield." Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the small boats in the distance, and said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, "Now we will see how long they can break through the Meiling Pass. If there is a delay Too long, and they're done."

Today's autumn harvest in Wuyue states has come to an end. Once the autumn harvest is over, all states and counties will be able to spare manpower to deal with various changes.

At that time, even Chen Shuozhen in Shezhou will be in big trouble, let alone Wen Fuzhi.

The longer it drags on, the more unlucky they will be.

Yao Zhi thought of this, turned his head to look at Li Xuan, and asked: "I heard that the prince is good at summoning wind and rain, I don't know if it is true?"

"It can't be considered true." Li Xuan waved his hand and explained: "This king has been studying Taoism for more than ten years, and he can slightly glimpse the flow of water in the sky and the earth, and the rise and fall of water vapor drives the change of wind force, so he can see the movement of Feng Shui, and use it later. "

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused for a while, and then said: "This king always likes to imitate Zhuge Kongming, if he can learn a thing or two, unfortunately he will win."

Zhuge Kongming borrowed the east wind, placed seven stars, and distributed gossip, which is recorded in historical books, but most of them are just borrowed words.

Li Xuan imitated Zhuge Kongming's use of "the East", and most people in the world would praise him, "Know astronomy from the top, and geography from the bottom", but if he really has the ability to control the wind and rain, the Confucianism respects him with a high merit, which is already extremely praised, and you are welcome. I will directly call him a monster.

"Look, the first iron cable is about to break." Li Xuan suddenly pointed to the middle of the river.

Three or four small boats gathered together, smashed with knives and axes, burned with hammers, and broke the front chain in a moment.

The strange thing is that during this process, Sanheguan didn't throw a single stone, and didn't shoot a crossbow arrow, as if they were watching so calmly, allowing them to break the iron chain.

Li Xuan and Yao Zhi above the city gate also had calm faces, while Wen Fuzhi's sharp eyes on the opposite river had already seen everything clearly.

"Here's an order to send two big ships forward to see what they're doing?" Wen Fuzhi turned to look at Zhu Xi, who immediately bowed his hand and agreed.

Soon, the two big ships had already passed through the broken iron chain and started to move forward. However, they had only moved forward ten meters before they heard a bang, and a loud crash came from below. .

"It's leaking, it's leaking." An exclamation immediately sounded on the boat, followed by countless exclamations.

"It's a hidden pile." Zhu Xi's face was ashen, he turned his head to look at Wen Fuzhi and said, "They even set up a hidden pile at the bottom of the water, now it's troublesome."

Wen Fuzhi didn't look at Zhu Shi, but raised his head and looked at Sanhe Pass in the distance.

In the open space in front of Guancheng in the distance, a catapult has already begun to prepare.

(End of this chapter)