Chapter 1789: The Conspiracy Against Li Cunxiao (1)
Chapter 1789: Conspiracy against Li Cunxiao (Part 1)
"Where have all the Tang troops gone?"
Yue Fei's brows frowned, and his eyes were full of doubts.
Just before he was about to take action against the Tang Army, the Tang Army suddenly retreated overnight under the cover of darkness, and their whereabouts were unknown.
This really made Yue Fei wonder if Tang Jun had another conspiracy?
Li Shimin has four great military advisors under his command: Du Ruhui, Li Ru, Changsun Wuji, and Li Kui. Their strategic skills are definitely far superior to Yue Fei's intelligence of 93, but Yue Fei is not without his helpers.
These two wise men, Fang Xuanling and Liu Ye, were both under Yue Fei's command at this time.
In addition, Jia Xu from Luoyang also sent letters through flying pigeons to provide advice to Yue Fei on the front line.
Yue Fei's strategy to deal with the Tang army this time was proposed by Jia Xu of Luoyang, and was subsequently improved by Fang Xuanling and Liu Ye.
Therefore, the level of think tanks between the Qin and Tang Dynasties was actually about the same. However, because of Jia Xu's joining, the Qin army overtook the Tang army.
"Did Tang Jun see through Lord Jia Xu's plan?"
As soon as this idea came up, it was immediately rejected by Yue Fei.
If Li Shimin had really seen through Jia Xu's plan, he would not have led the army to retreat in such a hurry, but would have set up an ambush in advance and waited for Yue Fei to come.
But Li Shimin did not do this, which shows that he was not aware of Jia Xu's plan, but had other plans, so he withdrew his troops at such a critical moment.
At this thought, Yue Fei couldn't help but secretly sigh that Li Shimin was lucky.
Yue Fei was absolutely sure that once the plan came to pass, even if the Tang army was not completely wiped out, it would definitely be severely weakened, and naturally it would no longer be able to threaten Nanxiang.
But what about the result?
Yue Fei was just about to implement the plan, but Li Shimin ran away with his army in advance due to an unknown plan, and coincidentally escaped Jia Xu's plan.
Li Shimin did not realize at all that he was being plotted by Jia Xu. If he had withdrawn a few days later, the casualties of the Tang army would have been really high, so this time he was considered a blessing in disguise.
"Grand Governor, Xiangyang's military strength is also very empty now. Could it be that the Tang army raided Xiangyang?" Qin Wu said.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone's expressions changed.
Xiangyang is the administrative seat of Jingzhou. If it is breached, the consequences will be disastrous.
Before Yue Fei could speak, Fang Xuanling stood up and replied: "No, the Tang army still has 70,000 troops. With such a large number of troops, it is impossible to avoid the eyes and ears of our army and attack Xiangyang.
In addition, as long as Wuxiang is still in the hands of our army, Li Shimin will not be able to cross Wuxiang and attack other cities. Once the supply of food and grass is not available, he will collapse without fighting."
"Then where did the Tang army go?" Qin Wu asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Not only Yue Fei didn't know about this problem, but even Fang Xuanling and Liu Ye didn't know about it. The only thing that was certain was that the main force of the Tang army was no longer in Nanxiang.
"Grand Governor, what should we do now?"
Pei Xingjian stepped forward and asked: "Should we continue to take over Nanxiang? Or go south to support Jiangling?"
Yue Fei's frown deepened. If the Tang army was defeated, he would naturally dare to go south to support Jiangling with confidence. But now that the main force of the Tang army was undefeated and their whereabouts were missing, how could he dare to leave Nanxiang with his army?
If the Tang army leaves and comes back, wouldn't Nanxiang City be in danger?
Yue Fei always had a bad premonition in his heart, so he said in a deep voice: "This time Li Tang retreated without any reason, there must be a bigger conspiracy, so let's not rush south first and find out the whereabouts of the Tang army."
Yue Fei also wants to save Jiangling, but he really can't leave Nanxiang easily until he knows Li Tang's movements. Now he can only pray secretly, hoping that Meng Gong can create a miracle.
"Immediately inform Master Jia Xu of the situation in Nanxiang via Feige." Yue Fei ordered.
"promise."
Luoyang, inside the Jia Mansion.
After receiving the letter from Yue Fei, Jia Xu also frowned.
He naturally knew that Li Tang withdrew his troops from Nanxiang for no reason and deliberately hid his whereabouts. This must have a bigger conspiracy, but what exactly was this conspiracy?
"Li Cunxiao is in charge of Hangu Pass, and Yue Fei is in charge of Nanxiang. Both places are as stable as Mount Tai.
Even if I want to break through these two places, there is no other way except to break through by force, and Li Tang simply cannot afford the cost of breaking through by force.
Although Li Tang suddenly withdrew his troops this time, it was definitely to break the situation. But as long as Yue Fei stayed in Nanxiang, Li Shimin's conspiracy would be useless.
It is absolutely impossible to ask Yue Fei to leave Nanxiang based on this. It is impossible for Li Shimin not to know, so what is the purpose of Li Shimin doing this?"
Even Jia Xu, who has an intelligence of 102 and is almost as clever as a demon, was a little confused for a while as to what the purpose of Li Shimin's move was.
This is naturally not because Jia Xu is not smart enough, but because there is currently too little useful information, and even he cannot analyze much useful information.
After thinking hard to no avail, Jia Xu walked to the window, looked up at the sky, and said calmly: "Fei Ge sent a letter to Yue Fei, asking him to continue investigating the whereabouts of the Tang army. Don't act rashly until he finds out."
"promise."
In the shadow outside the window, a swordsman in black immediately took the order and left.
In fact, there was no need for Jia Xu to remind Yue Fei that he didn't dare to move lightly. After all, the 70,000 Tang army was a force that was enough to influence the situation of the battle. It would be too risky to take it easy without knowing the opponent's intentions.
Although Jia Xu did not guess Li Shimin's intention, he took this matter seriously. He spent the next few days studying this question and discussed it with Han Fei, Di Renjie, Bao Zheng and other wise men.
Already.
"Li Shimin's move is really strange. If he thought that this would allow Yue Fei to set up a martial arts village and go to Jiangling, he would be underestimating Governor Yue Fei too much." Han Xin said with a smile.
"Yes, but Li Shimin is not a short-term ruler. It is impossible that he does not know this truth. He must have a deeper plan for doing this. Maybe he has changed his target to attack Hangu Pass." Di Renjie said.
"Nanxiang is already a fortress with Governor Yue Fei in charge, and Hangu Pass has General Li Cunxiao in charge, making it even more impregnable. Li Shimin hasn't even conquered Nanxiang yet, so how could he possibly breach the stronger Hangu Pass?" Bao Zheng said.
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.
After hearing everyone's discussion, Jia Xu's heart moved.
Hangu Pass is stronger than Nanxiang City, so everyone subconsciously thinks that Hangu Pass will definitely not be breached. After all, Hangu Pass is guarded by Li Cunxiao, the most powerful general in the world, and Li Shimin has not even breached Nanxiang City.
, how is it possible to attack Hangu Pass?
But it would be a huge mistake to think so.
Although Li Tang failed to conquer Wuxiang, why couldn't he conquer Hangu?
Although the defense of Hangu Pass is strong, is there no reason why it cannot be defeated?
"Feige immediately sent a letter to Yue Fei, asking him to send spies to investigate the direction of Wuguan to see if there are any traces of a large Tang army marching." Jia Xu quickly ordered.
An unreasonable idea appeared in Jia Xu's mind. Although it was unreasonable, it was the only explanation at present, so he was eager to find out the reason.
In fact, Yue Fei found Wuguan by himself without Jia Xu's summons.
The roads leading to Hanzhong and Shangyong have been searched by spies sent by Yue Fei, but there is still no trace of the Tang army's march. Only the direction of Wuguan in the northwest has been searched.