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

Chapter 489 The two armies confront each other, win first and then lose

A huge uproar spread from the city to the gate tower. Inside the gate tower, Li Xuan drank tea calmly.

Qiu Zhenmu on the side couldn't help but stepped forward, seeing the Muzhou City that was starting to boil a little bit from the back window, his eyes were still a little amazed.

The uproar started from near the city gate and quickly spread farther away.

More and more people not only knew what happened on the battlefield in Muzhou, but even many people had received the announcement that the government was about to reorganize the household registration and land registers and grant land, and they were full of excitement for a while.

"Brother Qiu." Li Xuan raised her head and called Qiu Zhenmu casually.

Qiu Zhenmu hurried back, bowed his hands respectfully to Li Xuan: "Your Majesty!"

"Here is a list. Tomorrow morning, you will personally lead people and arrest these people." Li Xuan took out a list from his sleeve, put it on the table, and pushed Qiu Zhenmu away.

Qiu Zhenmu, without the slightest hesitation, immediately took the list.

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, then flicked his sleeves, and said in a cold voice: "These people used to oppress the people and rob the land before and after the fall of Muzhou, and then they cunningly became Tianyin believers, and now they have joined again. However, his hands and feet are not clean, so he will be arrested tomorrow and beheaded the day after tomorrow."

"Here!" Qiu Zhenmu immediately took the list and stood to the other side.

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the noisy Muzhou City in the rear, holding the list tightly in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "These poor guys are already dying, and they have been taken advantage of."

Think back to the various methods used by the King of Nanchang, splitting up, wooing, and killing, such as using arms and fingers, resisting the enemy, and then conferring power.

Vaguely, Qiu Zhenmu understood a lot.

As the sun was setting, suddenly, a group of fast horses came from the west and rushed to the south gate.

Soon, a battle report was delivered to Li Xuan.

In front of everyone, Li Xuan directly spread out the battle report: "At the time of day, more than a thousand strong soldiers from the Tianyin Sect came out of the mountain with shields and attacked our formation. The moment the enemy crossed the water, ten thousand arrows were fired, and half of them were killed. Immediately, our army rushed into the mountain road.

At noon, at a place five miles away from the mountain road, I suddenly encountered an increase in the enemy's army, and they were defeated and retreated, losing more than a hundred people. "

Win first and then lose, lose first and then win.

"Some people are stupid, some people are stupid!" Li Xuan sighed softly, then stood up and looked towards the west.

More than a thousand people, facing the battlefield, the Tianyin sect with more than a thousand people was defeated, and even more than half of them were killed.

Li Xuan didn't know what to say for a while.

"Many of the soldiers in Kuaiji Mansion were dispatched to participate in the Battle of Silla. The army's weapons are excellent, and the generals are well prepared. Under the sound of fighting, it is normal for them to retreat." Yu Ze looked up at Li Xuan, He frowned and said, "But why do we have to enter the mountain road five miles later? Could it be that they don't know how to fight in the mountains, is it our disadvantage?"

"Perhaps it was a fluke." Li Xuan couldn't help shaking her head.

He was almost certain that it was Huai Jin who finally drove the soldiers into the mountain path.

It is even very possible that he himself leads the team himself.

The captain of Zhechong of Kuaiji Prefecture had a very murderous intention, which gave Tianyin sect an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Fold off the second half of the official document, and release the first half of the official document to the whole city." Li Xuan stood up slowly, looked at Xu Jian, and said, "Prepare a batch of beef and mutton and send it to the barracks overnight. Tomorrow, Xu Canjun will accompany Ben Let the king go to work together, and the rest of you, guard the city and calm people's hearts."

"Follow the order!" Everyone present immediately cupped their hands.

……

The sun and the moon rotate, and the night goes to the morning.

Standing on the edge of the pier in Nancheng of Muzhou, Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze who came to see him off, and said in a deep voice: "Today, the food and grass and Taoist masters sent from other states will arrive, and I will trouble Uncle Yu for everything." Welcome."

"The next official takes orders." Yu Ze bowed slightly, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "My lord is on this trip, don't go into Tianmu Mountain with the army, it's best to let others scout the way for me first."

"The king knows."

……

At Thirty Lipu, on the side of the pier, a group of soldiers watched the big ship from the east arrive from a distance, and their faces became solemn immediately.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, and the vast Xin'an River began to narrow gradually.

Going forward, there are mountains and dense forests, narrow waterways, dense reefs, and several canyon waterfalls, making it difficult for large ships to walk.

In addition, it is now autumn again, and the westerly wind is gradually rising. It is extremely difficult to fight back along the waterway.

As the boat approached the shore, all the soldiers on the shore retreated immediately, and Sima Yao Zhi, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him: "Your Majesty!"

"Sima!" Li Xuan clasped his hands and looked sideways: "Xu Canjun stayed behind, and led his men to unload the beef, mutton, chicken, and various vegetables from the boat, and then handed them over to Sima's men to send to the front line."

"The fishing stall is five miles away from here." Yao Zhi stretched out his hand and said to Li Xuan, "Please, my lord, the governor is temporarily staying at the Weiping ancestral hall."

"Sima, please!" The two rode on their horses together and headed towards Weiping Town.

"How's the damage from rushing into the mountain this time?" Li Xuan asked in a low voice.

"Fifty-seven people were injured, and 57 people died." Yao Zhi's face showed a trace of solemnity.

Li Xuan's face was also solemn: "The soldiers of the Kuaiji government are not ordinary state and county soldiers. They have excellent combat power. They were damaged this time, but they were ambushed by the enemy?"

"Yes." Yao Zhi nodded, and said, "According to the plan, we will return after three miles into the mountain road, but..."

"It was Captain Huai who insisted?" Li Xuan immediately guessed the truth of the matter.

"Lieutenant Huai Du, headed by the thieves who were severely injured, led his troops to chase and kill them, and was finally ambushed by them." Yao Zhi's face was very ugly.

It was a big victory, but Huai Jin got it, and immediately cast a shadow over it, and everyone couldn't help feeling dissatisfied.

Li Xuan nodded, and seemed to have something else to say: "Lieutenant Huaidu is eager to make contributions!"

"Indeed." Yao Zhi's face softened, and he turned to look at Li Xuan, and both of them laughed at the same time.

……

Weiping Town is built on the mountain, and the ancestral hall is located on the northwest highland of the town.

Duan Baoxuan is stationed here, and his soldiers are strictly forbidden to enter the town to cause trouble, but if they find out, they will be executed.

On the tall stone archway are written the four characters of Fang's Ancestral Hall.

Before Li Xuan and Yao Zhi entered the door, they heard Huaijin's iconic loud voice: "Captain, the Huangshan government soldiers have launched a surprise attack from behind. Our army only needs to rush forward to completely defeat them. Send troops."

As soon as Huai Jin's voice fell, Li Xuan just entered the door, his eyes fell on Duan Baoxuan who was behind the desk, he cupped his hands and said, "Commander, since Captain Huai has such an ambition, why can't the Commander fulfill it."

As soon as Li Xuan said this, both Duan Baoxuan and Huai Jin looked at him in surprise.

Li Xuan cupped his hands lightly, and asked: "There is a saying in the art of war. A soldier should know himself and his enemy. I don't know how many remnants of the Yin Sect are there today, how many soldiers from the Huangshan Mansion will attack from behind, when and where?"

Duan Baoxuan turned his head to look at Huaijin, Huaijin immediately clasped his hands and said: "Qiu Changshi has faith, Tianyin Sect has less than 2000 remnant soldiers, and today there are 800 soldiers from Huangshan Mansion. The Tianyin Sect launched a surprise attack, and we just need to follow up immediately... just be careful of the other party's ambush, and please agree with the governor."

"What does the King of Nanchang think?" Duan Baoxuan looked at Li Xuan casually.

Li Xuan smiled and said: "The captain is confident, the captain is self-sufficient, can you ask the captain to gather his troops and set off immediately, the follow-up government soldiers will organize the supplies, and then hurry up to catch up, captain?"

Li Xuan turned to look at Huaijin, Duan Baoxuan also looked at Huaijin at the same time.

One had a smirk on his face, and the other had an indifferent expression. Huaijin immediately felt like he was being calculated.

And it's still counting.

Huaijin really wanted to agree in his heart, because Qiu Shenji not only sent him the letter, but also the messenger is now in his army, eagerly asking him to send troops, now that Duan Baoxuan finally let go, as long as Huaijin agrees, he will be able to send troops.

However, at this moment, Huai Jin felt an unusual and inexplicable jitter.

Subconsciously, he took a step back, cupped his hands and said, "The final general will follow the commander's arrangement."

"It's rare, Captain Huai, you still know that you have to listen to the governor's arrangement, and the governor thought that His Majesty's imperial edict to control the military of the six states was given to Captain Huai." Duan Baoxuan stabbed Huaijin in a yin and yang, Huaijin immediately felt his scalp sweat.

"The last general was rude, please forgive me." Huai Jin immediately cupped his hands and begged Duan Baoxuan to forgive him.

Duan Baoxuan responded lightly, then turned to look at Li Xuan: "What does the King of Nanchang think?"

This time, Duan Baoxuan sat up straight and looked at Li Xuan with a solemn expression.

Li Xuan became solemn at the same time, and did not dare to enter the Huaihe River. He cupped his hands and said directly: "After the battle yesterday, the bandit soldiers will definitely not dare to go out of the mountain easily, or they may still lie in ambush in the mountain. We can send a forward, two or three hundred people are enough. , explore and move forward, and the follow-up army will follow up slowly?"

"En!" Duan Baoxuan nodded, and asked directly: "Who will lead the army and when will they leave?"

Huai Jin was still pondering the difference between the answer just now and the previous suggestion, when Duan Baoxuan asked who was leading the army, he immediately became nervous.

Li Xuan took a step forward, and said solemnly: "Leader Huaidu will still lead the troops, and we will delay our journey for a day, how about setting off in the afternoon tomorrow?"

Shouldn't we start immediately after a day's delay?
Huai Jin's brows furrowed tightly, and he looked at Li Xuan, wondering why Li Xuan had to wait for this day.

However, something that surprised Huai Jin even more happened.

A hint of hesitation appeared on Duan Baoxuan's face, he shook his head, and said, "Take it easy for two days, and set off at the next day's time, tomorrow afternoon is still too fast."

"The governor's concern is very serious." Li Xuan nodded in agreement, and said with a serious expression: "I'm afraid the road ahead will be difficult, and we still need to bring enough craftsmen and equipment to avoid trouble. fill."

"Yeah!" Duan Baoxuan turned his head to look at Huainan, and said with a cold expression: "The captain of Nanchang heard clearly what the king of Nanchang said. In this case, the captain immediately went back to prepare, and selected soldiers who were accustomed to fighting in the mountains, and set off the day after tomorrow. After that, don’t rush forward, explore all the ambush traps along the way, until you stop at the intersection, do you understand?”

"The last general takes orders." Huai Jin's face showed a look of surprise.

What Li Xuan and Duan Baoxuan said before were all joking, but what they said now is their true thoughts.

From the perspective of the commander-in-chief of the army, they thought it was the safest marching strategy.

In other words, the previous plan to set off immediately today is simply not feasible.

At least in the eyes of the two of them, it is not feasible.

It's all right for Nanchang Wang to be a naughty child, but Duan Baoxuan, a veteran of the Western Regions, also thinks so, so it shows that it is extremely dangerous to set off now.

Why is it so dangerous?
Qiu Shenji, what are you hiding?
(End of this chapter)