In history, there has never been a precedent for me to kneel down and salute my son, and for my son to give me orders. Therefore, Li Chengzhi had already arranged for Li Liang to take over the military power on behalf of Li Shixian.
At this time, Li Shixian was very detached. He stood beside Li Chengzhi calmly, looking at his tall and tall son from time to time, turning his head, and then looking at the three thousand armored soldiers who were already boiling with blood.
Everyone's face was crimson, as if stained with blood. They stared at Li Chengzhi excitedly, as if they suddenly saw the light of day in the dark night.
For an instant, Li Shixian seemed to be infected too. He felt as hot as fire in his chest and wanted to roar.
A son is like a cone in a bag, and his talents are growing. In just one year, he has achieved achievements that ordinary people can only dream of in countless lifetimes. This makes Li Shixian very envious: If you have a son like this, what more can you ask for?
The same was true for Li Song and others, who felt their hearts surging and couldn't help themselves.
Even after these recent years, the three thousand armored soldiers in front of them still admire Li Chengzhi so much, which shows that Lang Jun's prestige has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The only bad thing is that after this battle, no matter how many casualties there are, these three battalions of armored soldiers will still be returned to Jingzhou. How wonderful would it be if they could be returned to the Li family?
Just as a thought came to his mind, Li Song was suddenly stunned. His eyes instantly stared like bull's eyes, with a slight glimmer of light, staring blankly at Li Liang who was standing in front of the formation giving orders.
You can think of it yourself, but Lang Jun can’t think of it?
Otherwise, why would he dare to let Li Liang show up in public and openly carry out military orders for the family leader? Lang Jun did not even force him, Li Zhang, Li Xian and others to hide their whereabouts?
But before entering the city, Lang Jun repeatedly confessed: This is Jingzhou, and if one of them who faked his death is recognized, it will cause an uproar...
After a few quick turns in his mind, Li Song grinned like a thief.
It turns out that Lang Jun did not want to return the three thousand old white armor troops to Xi Kangsheng...
Even if he wanted to reminisce about the past, and even if he wanted to win people's hearts by appearing to love his soldiers like his own son, he shouldn't be here at this time. Xi Kangsheng was standing on the top of the city and watching...
Li Chengzhi breathed out slowly and shouted in a deep voice: "At three o'clock in the morning, set off on time!"
Li Rui responded, waving the flag and dancing to the audience twice. Hearing another drum sound, the armored soldiers quickly got up, driving the chariot and mounting the horse.
Jingzhou is not far from Qizhou, only 1560 miles away. Therefore, during today's march, Li Chengzhi did not arrange for the front army to prepare pots and stoves. Instead, he ordered most of the soldiers to ride horses and a few to drive, so as to make as few stops as possible
.Including water and dry food, I only brought what I needed for one day.
The army was still divided into three groups. Li Liang led Li Shixian's former Xiaoguan battalion Qu to serve as the middle army, and Da Xi led another battalion to the rear.
The forward general is Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Jingzhi's nephew and Zhang Jingmo's cousin. He was originally the auxiliary brigade commander of the Baijia Army. In just one year, he became the seventh-rank Huya General under Xi Kangsheng.
Even in Daxi's battalion, more than half of the soldiers, such as Wu Shichang and Zhuangshuai, were former members of the White Armor Army.
So it really doesn’t matter who made the wedding dress for whom...
As soon as the order was given and the army was ready to go, Li Liang came from the front army and whispered a few words in Li Chengzhi's ear.
Li Shixian was on one side, listening to Li Liang's ears. Li Liang seemed to be saying that his subordinates shocked him as a heavenly being. Although he didn't say it clearly, he was trying to test him: he saw him buried in a sea of fire a year ago, why?
Now he's jumping around so much, not even a hair is missing?
Li Shixian couldn't help but sneer.
As soon as he returned to Jingzhou from Xiaoguan, the first time he saw Li Song and others, he knew what Li Chengzhi was planning: he was not prepared to let these three thousand armored soldiers come and go.
As for the methods, there are many. At worst, he will be like Li Song and fake his death again. If Xi Kangsheng doesn’t believe it, he can go to Liangzhou or Qinzhou to dig up graves?
The Li Chengzhi of today is no longer the Li Chengzhi of a year ago...
In addition to marveling at Li Chengzhi's boldness, Li Shixian even expressed his admiration: This is the style of the Li family in my ancestral home: If I don't cheat you, you should burn high incense. Can you also take advantage of me?
As expected, Li Chengzhi didn't even frown, but said coldly: "Just say that you were lucky enough to survive that day and have been recuperating in the fort. After you recovered from your injuries, you followed me to the capital... If anyone dares to get to the bottom of it,
Let him ask me..."
It’s so perfunctory, even a fool wouldn’t believe it, right?
Li Liang's eyes just showed a hint of suspicion, and then his eyes suddenly bulged.
So that’s it?
Just like Li Song just now, Li Liang smiled like a fox who stole a chicken, bowed his head with a smile on his face, and hurried away.
After Li Liang left, Li Shixian saw no one around and whispered, "You should have explained it to Li Da yesterday so that he could be prepared!"
"Father said so!"
Li Chengzhi's expression was very willing, "But Li Liang is too down-to-earth and has not yet mastered his training in the city. I'm afraid that he will show his flaws in front of Yu Daxi..."
Li Shixian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but cursed secretly: This traitor?
Only then did he remember that, not to mention Li Liang, Li Chengzhi did not even inform his biological father in advance. He clearly regarded Li Shixian as Li Liang and accidentally exposed his flaws.
Grandpa, am I not even as good as Li Liang?
Just as an idea came to mind, Li Shixian remembered the scene at the banquet last night, when he and Xi Kangsheng were in high spirits, holding each other's necks, wishing they could become brothers.
An old face turned red immediately...
The army moved slowly, like a giant dragon, heading south along the Chi Road. Zhang Xinyi, who acted as the vanguard, still used the marching method of the White Armored Army's 24 Tangqi to clear the way.
Although the Tanma carrying the Tang flag has the word Jingzhou printed on it, the Yi Jia behind the Tang rider carries Li Chengzhi's handsome flag.
Li Chengzhi estimated that if he traveled to the two states of Qin and Liang, be it Yu Zhong or Cui Zuchi, they would probably be in a state of confusion: Li Chengzhi’s commander held high the emperor’s banner and marched to Qizhou with great fanfare not long ago.
Camp, how come another Li Chengzhi appears now?
What we want is this effect, which makes you confused and unable to guess which way is true and which way is false.
In addition, when Li Chengzhi set out from Xiazhou five days ago, he ordered the left governor Li Shao and Diao Zheng to divide their troops into two groups and attack Yuanli in Liangzhou and Cui Zuji in Qinzhou respectively. As expected, this
The battle will begin in a day or two...
Li Chengzhi suddenly became anxious and shouted to Li Rui: "Send an order to Li Liang to speed up the whole army and march to Kaixian County (a county under the jurisdiction of Qizhou, Dashan Pass, north of Chencang..."
"No!" Li Ruigong responded and rode away quickly.
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Because the Yuan and Wei Dynasty fought for many years and won consecutive battles, nobles who could be awarded titles by accumulating military merits sprung up in endlessly, which in turn led to fewer and fewer places that could be granted titles. In the end, Emperor Xiaowen had no choice but to resort to crooked tactics:
A county is promoted to a state, a county is promoted to a county, and a township is promoted to a county.
Especially in several prefectures in Guanzhong, because of the fertile land, all the feudal nobles wanted to seal the land in Guanzhong. But it was not easy to take advantage of it. Emperor Xiaowen took the fire from the bottom of the cauldron and divided Guanzhong into pieces.
A total of ten states.
For example, the three prefectures of Qi, Qin, and Liang have no name as "states", but they are only the size of a large county in Hedong.
Qizhou governs two counties and five counties, and Liangzhou also governs two counties and five counties. Qinzhou is the most pitiful, with only one county and three counties.
So it sounds like the rebels have occupied the land of the two states, but the area is really not that big. Correspondingly, there are few cities and few settlements, so naturally they cannot collect much food and recruit many civilians.
But this is only in relative terms. Although there are not many cities to conquer, and the rebels have few provisions and men, they still have many soldiers.
Qinzhou is connected to Tuyuhun to the west, and Liangzhou is more critical. It is located between Hanzhong in the Southern Dynasty and Songpan in Tuyuhun. Therefore, Wudu not only set up a town to defend Tuyuhun, but also sent heavy troops to Dashan Pass, one of the four passes. Therefore, the governor
Yuanli has nearly 20,000 troops.
Li Chengzhi even suspected that the rebellion of Yu Zhong, Yuan Huai, and Yuan Li was definitely related to the Jingzhou Rebellion a year ago.
Wei Rui, a famous general in the Southern Dynasties at that time, tried to lead his army into Dasan Pass. Murong Ding, on the other hand, entered from Kaiyuan, a county in Liangzhou. At that time, Yuanli happened to be the governor of Yongzhou and the governor of Yongzhou and Dasan Pass.
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As for Yuan Li, who was willing to die, after Yuan Li moved to the governor of Liangzhou, she not only continued to act as military agent for the Great Sanguan, but also specialized in the defense of Hanzhong in the Southern Dynasty, and the Wudu town where Tuyuhunlong had dried up was also under its governor.
That's why Li Chengzhi was so urgent. As the commander-in-chief, he was thousands of miles away, but he ordered his subordinates to start a fight. The purpose was to push the rebels to the southwest corner, and he was even more afraid that Yuan Huai and Yuan Li would not do anything wrong.
Don't stop, let go of Wudu Town and Dashan Pass to let Tuyuhun and the Southern Dynasty's army enter, and let go of Guanzhong.
His demands are really not high. He will be satisfied if he can force Yuan Huai and others to retreat to the south of the Qinling Mountains, take back the two states and merge with Wudu Town, and disperse the pass...
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As the sun set, it was near the top of the mountain. The soldiers retreated back into the city like a tide.
It wasn't until the surrounding fields were empty and there was nothing in front of him that Yang Jun came back to his senses.
More than ten miles to the south is Kaiyuan County, and further south is the historically famous Chencang and Dasan Pass, one of the four passes.
Those who retreated into the city were naturally rebels. There were only a few, but not many. There were only five thousand people who left the city to fight today, and most of them were infantry.
But there were at least 50,000 troops who followed Li Shao to Kaiyin County (a county under the jurisdiction of Qizhou).
It is the real fifty thousand, not the so-called twenty thousand Chinese army. The other thirty thousand are county soldiers and civilians recruited from Luozhou, Dongqinzhou, Huazhou, Binzhou, Yongzhou, etc.
Including Diao Zheng and Li Daoyuan, they also gave Li Chengzhi the order to lead another 50,000 people to Qinzhou.
There were only 5,000 soldiers in Kaiyuan County, and the enemy was ten times more numerous. However, Yuan Li not only did not avoid the attack, she actually led all her troops out of the city, looking ready to fight Li Shao to the death.
Thinking of overestimating his own capabilities, Li Shao was calmed down by this. For most of the day, the two armies only faced each other outside the city. They just stared blankly, without even a single sound of gongs and drums.<
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Without it, it is because the lessons learned during the Jingzhou Rebellion a year ago were too profound. God knows whether there are tens of thousands of Southern Dynasty or Tuyuhun troops ambushing under Chencang or Dasanguan behind Kaiyuan County...
As soon as the enemy army returned to the city, the scout horses sent out in the morning also came to report one after another. They said that the enemy scouts who had dispersed outside the city and merged with the city also returned to the city one after another and asked Li Shao if he would go south at night to check out the truth in Chencang.<
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Li Shao was a little absent-minded, as if he hadn't heard anything. Yang Jun sighed secretly and waved his hand: "Everyone will return to the formation first. The governor will give instructions later..."
Once it gets close to night, the eyes lose their function. The enemy situation that can be detected from three miles away can only be detected by walking a hundred steps away. For example, just put up more empty tents and light more lights in the surrounding areas.
Then you can set up a formation of suspicious troops. If you are close, do you know whether it is an empty camp or an actual camp?
But the enemy is not just wood, so he can let you get so close? Therefore, it is impossible to explore again, otherwise it will be a waste of human lives and cause more casualties to the scouts.
After ordering the soldiers to retreat, Yang Jun looked at Li Shao again and saw that he was still wandering in the sky. He helplessly called out in a low voice: "Brother Yuan Bo, Brother Yuan Bo?"
Li Shao seemed to be waking up from a dream, and responded unconsciously. When he looked up, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Yuan Li has withdrawn his troops?"
Yang Jun almost stared out of his eyes: Could it be that you were asleep just now, and the golden zheng on the city was knocking so loudly, but you turned a deaf ear?
He replied with a dark face and dissatisfaction: "My Commander-in-Chief Li, do you know that the enemy has been retreating for nearly two seconds? Should you camp on the spot or retreat to Kaiyin? You should give it as soon as possible.
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Li Shao frowned: "The enemy's situation is unclear, how dare you camp under the enemy's city? Send an order, the rear army will withdraw to Kaiyin, and the front army will camp ten miles behind!"
Just give the order...
Yang Jun breathed a sigh of relief and shouted in a low voice: "Quickly convey the order of Governor Zuo, and the whole army will retreat..."
Kaiyuan is in the south and Kaiyin is in the north. It sounds like they are two counties. They should be very far apart. In fact, they are separated by a small river. The distance between the two cities is only forty miles. Therefore, when the front army retreats ten miles, the rear army
We have retreated to Kaiyin City. The main camp is located in Kaiyin City...
On the way back to the city, Yang Jun was extremely puzzled and asked suspiciously: "Uncle Yuan, why doesn't God think about you today?"
Why else?
Li Shao let out a long sigh: "I have been fighting for half my life, and now it is like a dream. I suddenly realized: I don't know how to fight this battle?"
What are you talking about?
If your words spread, will the morale of the army be safe?
Yang Jun wanted to dissuade him, but his heart moved, and he immediately guessed the whole story.
Who do you think you can’t compare with, Li Chengzhi?
It doesn't mean that Li Chengzhi is more skilled in fighting, so he must have more experience than Li Shao. In Yang Jun's view, during the battle in Woye, Li Chengzhi's arrangement could only be regarded as a medium-range arrangement: to ambush the enemy first and cut off the enemy's retreat.
It disrupted the morale of the army, and then the main force was used to defeat them in one fell swoop.
But the strange thing is that the remaining troops only have a few thousand soldiers, but they killed an enemy several times their size and completely cut off the Dou leader's retreat?
Not to mention Li Shao, even if he invited all the famous generals of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, such as Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Li Chong, Li Ping, Cui Yanbo, etc., he would never achieve such a victory.
If he thinks this way, not only does he not know how to fight, Yang Jun feels that his life has been in vain these past few decades...
"He told me that day that he would definitely let me see what 'Thunder' is, and I thought that I would be able to see this artifact in the near future. And with his temperament of cherishing soldiers, he would definitely not hesitate to use it in this battle..."
Am I hesitating just because of this thing?
Li Shao smiled silently and nodded gently: "Let's wait and see!"