Beautiful mountains and clear waters, high sky and refreshing air.
The mountains are rolling in the distance, the fields nearby are green, and there is vitality everywhere.
The sun rises above the ground, and the morning fog gradually dissipates. A thin layer of dewdrops has condensed on the city walls, mountains, forests, and grass, giving off a crystal light.
Yuan Li didn't feel the cold, she held on to the battlements tightly, stretched her neck and looked north hard.
To the north of Qianyuan County is the former army camp of officers and soldiers, but it is a bit far away, as close as two miles away, so the view is not very clear and can only be seen roughly.
It was still like yesterday, no officers and soldiers were seen leaving the camp, and no gongs, drums, or bells were heard. We could only see smoke rising like clouds over the camp, which must have been just after cooking.
It was already sunrise at this time, and there was no movement. It was expected that the officers and soldiers would not leave the camp to invite battle today.
The rebel generals in the city could not help but breathe a sigh of relief at being able to live in peace for another day.
But the more Yuan Li looked at it, the more she felt something was wrong. The more she looked at her mouth, the more curved it became. As she looked at it, she suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, Li Chengzhi is gone?"
The generals under his command were confused and couldn't understand how the governor could see it from so far away?
After laughing for a while, Yuan Li stretched out her hand and pointed at the military camp: "Look carefully, compared to yesterday, is this military camp much narrower and a little familiar?"
When the subordinates heard this, they all widened their eyes and made comparisons carefully.
Today's enemy camp is indeed much narrower than yesterday. I don't know if it is lengthened. I don't know if it is a psychological effect. When I think about it carefully, the generals really feel that it looks familiar.
"It looks familiar!"
Yuan Li laughed loudly and gave another high-five: "It's just because two days ago, Li Shao set up this formation: square on the outside and circle on the inside, in all directions, formations between formations, formations between formations. The front is the back,
The future is the front. The enemy rushes in, save both ends...
This is Zhuge Liang's eight-element square formation. Today, Li Shao is the most proficient in using it, so a certain person concluded: Li Chengzhi must not be in the camp..."
Is that so?
The generals suddenly realized.
This formation is the main defender, and such a large-scale change of formations must have taken Li Shao a whole night. And it is impossible to change formations just because he wants to, so the officers and soldiers will definitely not be good at fighting in the next few days, and at most they will be invincible.
If you move, I will not move. If the enemy moves, I will move again.
Based on Yuan Li's understanding of Li Chengzhi's character, he would never be so conservative if he had the advantage, so he concluded that Li Chengzhi was gone...
For a time, flattering words kept coming to her ears like a tide, which made Yuan Li feel uncomfortable.
But just leaning a little, his expression changed slightly: Everything is fine, where did Li Chengzhi go?
The answer is obvious: it must be the sudden appearance of Tuyuhun cavalry in Qinzhou, which caused Li Chengzhi to lose his position. In surprise, he ran to the Western Front again.
If you wait for the Nanliang army to protrude out of the Qinling Mountains, are you afraid that you will become even more confused?
How will you respond when the time comes?
Yuan Li was thinking about it in her heart, and she couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile on her face.
……
In fact, Yuan Li only guessed half of it right: Li Chengzhi really wanted to leave, but he was just about to start.
Yuan Zhi's Tiger Cavalry of the third battalion had already taken the lead and left the camp before the sky was white in the east. They must have reached the Great Shock Pass in Long County and were about to cross Longshan Mountain.
Tangqi has its own regulations. Even if there is no abnormality, it will report at least three times a day, morning, afternoon and evening. As long as the old Qianbaijia tribe is not dead, Zhang Xinyi will definitely not make any mistakes.
That's why Li Chengzhi deliberately delayed the attack. The purpose was to use Zhang Xinyi's intelligence to infer whether the Southern Army and Tuyuhun were dispatched at the same time.
Sure enough, as soon as the sun showed its head, several horses came from the east, blowing bronze whistles and entered the Zhongzhai without stopping.
"My subordinates waited until dawn yesterday to pass through Xieyuguan and enter Baoxie Road. Then, according to the commander's order, Commander Zhang ordered Tangqi to disperse one by one. Most of them went south along the valley road, and the rest followed the trail into the mountain, extending east and west.
When the forward message reached our rear team at dusk, there was nothing unusual..."
The information that came in at this time was late yesterday, and everything seemed to be normal, but Li Chengzhi always felt a little uneasy in his gut.
Being too normal is the biggest abnormality...
If Nanliang and Tuyuhun didn't exchange information and collude, they wouldn't believe it even if they beat Li Chengzhi to death.
But he didn't have a head and six arms, so he couldn't cover everything, so he could only hope that the Confederate Army would arrive later.
It was not that he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat Tuyuhun when he went west this time, nor was he afraid that Li Shao would not be able to resist the Southern Army in a short period of time. What Li Chengzhi was most worried about was that the imperial court became panicked upon hearing the news that Tuyuhun and the Southern Dynasty were joining forces to attack.
It will cause chaos.
And Li Chengzhi has no doubt that this situation will happen 99% of the time.
The root cause is that the mess Yuan Ke left behind was too big.
In the ten years since Yuan Ke took the throne, everything he has done can be summed up in one word: Urgent!
Therefore, the holes left behind are not only large, but also numerous, no less than those of Emperor Taiwu.
Now that the new emperor is young, there is no such good tinkerer in the court as Tuoba Jun or Empress Dowager Feng after Emperor Taiwu, and the wise backbone of Shenwu, so if there is a chaos that has not happened in decades, it will definitely lead to chaos.
A pot of porridge.
Next, nine times out of ten, it will be a case of treating the headache, treating the foot, or even tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.
That's why Li Chengzhi said that the current situation in the Wei Dynasty is unprecedented...
After dismissing the leader of the scout team, Li Chengzhi explained to Li Shao: "There is something unusual here, and I would like to ask Uncle Shi to send a messenger to report it to me as soon as possible. But if there is no major change, I will not act rashly.
Everything can be decided by Uncle Shi."
This was agreed upon last night. Li Chengzhi only mentioned a few words before ordering Li Liang to set off. Li Shao and Yang Jun did not dare to neglect and sent him out of the village gate together.
The two sides said goodbye, and two battalions of Jingzhou Jia cavalry protected Li Chengzhi and headed west in a mighty manner.
After only one mile, Li Shixian appeared out of nowhere.
His current status is really embarrassing, so he doesn't show his face easily. Moreover, even Li Chengzhi doesn't know how to arrange it, so he has to leave it to him. Over time, he really becomes invisible, and generally can't remember it. p>
Because he was accompanied by a driver carrying rockets and trebuchets, he didn't go very fast. Li Chengzhi simply abandoned his horse and changed to a carriage, and invited Li Shixian and Li Song to ride with him.
The four-carriage official car was very spacious, and it was more than enough for three people to lie down and sleep. It was also very complete with all the necessary things and appliances. As soon as he got on the car, Li Song lit a charcoal stove and warmed up the sweet wine.
In fact, it is wine. During the Later Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, large quantities of wine were brewed in Hexi, Guanzhong, and the Central Plains area. However, the taste was too bland, which was roughly the degree of beer in later generations, so it was not liked by scholars. Therefore, it was always kept in the palace and in aristocratic families.
Some for banquets with concubines and women.
But Li Chengzhi likes it very much. It's sweet but not intoxicating, and it has a refreshing effect.
Yu and his son each handed a cup to each other, and Li Song took a few sips with him. Suddenly he remembered something and said a little doubtfully: "When I left the camp, I saw that the army stationed in the camp had changed a lot. It seemed to be a phalanx.
But it’s round inside?
Moreover, all the armored soldiers and cavalry are displayed outside, and inside and outside are the new army, the state army and other weak brigades... This is the first time I have seen this, and I can't remember it being mentioned in the military book, so I don't know what the formation is?"
Seeing that Li Chengzhi didn't respond, Li Shixian said proudly: "Who said there is no record in the military book? This is Zhuge Wuhou's famous eight formation diagram..."
Li Song's eyes suddenly bulged: Why were the eight formations he heard about eight formations? But according to what the family leader said at this time, the so-called eight formations were only one formation?
Furthermore, the Li family only abandoned literature and joined the martial arts when he became a duke. The previous dynasties only dabbled in military matters at most, so most of the military books in his home were ordinary. Li Song couldn't remember even thinking about it.
There are people related to what Zhuge Wuhou said.
Ignoring Li Song's surprise, Li Shixian tried hard to recall what his son said when chatting with Li Chengzhi:
"I don't know where it started, but there were rumors in the world that Zhuge Liang's eight formations were called heaven, earth, wind, cloud, dragon, tiger, bird, snake, etc. In fact, there was only one formation. The ancients hid this method secretly and pretended to call it the eight formations.
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The more Li Song listened, the more surprised he became: he and Li Shixian had grown up together since childhood. Except for the back house, there was no place that Li Shixian could go and Li Song couldn't go, including the study. Where did the head of the family come from?
?
Seeing Li Shixian's erratic eyes, Li Song's heart moved, and he immediately knew where it came from: Lang Jun must have taught it to the head of the family.
As for the husband, where did he get this habit?
Thinking of last year, it was also the same time. The weather was generally warm. In mid-spring, the monks and bandits started an uprising, and Lang Jun moved his family to Kongtong Mountain. But when he had free time, Lang Jun would take me to teach him the art of war.
Li Song was very sure that Li Chengzhi did not understand anything at that time.
Was that taught by Li Shao?
Even more impossible.
Looking at the criminal laws of various dynasties, privately teaching the art of war is a more serious crime than privately forging armor, and you can see how precious the art of war is.
Not to mention this kind of strange formation that is rare in the world, military books such as "Sun Tzu" and "Qi Sun Tzu" are all regarded as the foundation for a stable life by various aristocratic families. How can they be given to outsiders lightly?
Seeing his eyes twinkling and gleaming, Li Chengzhi knew without guessing that Li Song had gone wrong again, and most likely it was a divine ordination.
He didn't bother to explain, he just said solemnly: "If you want to learn, father will teach you. But soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. Since ancient times, we have never heard of a formation with ten thousand victories, so we still have to live."
Learn to use it flexibly, don’t stick to formalities..."
"Lang Jun taught you a lesson!"
Li Song responded repeatedly, overjoyed.
Such a thing can be used as a family heirloom...
While chatting like this, unknowingly it was three quarters to noon, and the army had already arrived in Longxian County, Longxi County. After about two quarters, they arrived at Dazhen Pass.
This place is about sixty miles away from Qianyuan County, and less than eighty miles away from the Qizhou Camp stationed in Qianyin. If you go further west for about seventy miles, you will reach the neat West Camp, which is hundreds of miles away.
beach.
Although Dazhen Pass belongs to the territory of Qinzhou, Cui Zujia was only the governor of Longxi County and did not have that many soldiers in his hands, so he abandoned the defense at the beginning of the uprising. When he reacted and wanted to garrison Dazhen Pass,
But the governor of Qizhou had already taken the lead.
Once they passed the Great Earthquake Pass, they were greeted by the plains of Guanshan Grassland, with no terrain to rely on. Cui Zuji simply returned to Qingshui County without doing anything.
It saved Li Chengzhi a lot of troubles, otherwise he would have to send troops via a detour from Xiaoguan, which is about three hundred miles north...
Dazhenguan, also known as Longguan, is named after it has reached the southern end of Longshan. Further south is the Qinling Mountains. During the pre-Qin period, it was an important defense against the Western Rong. Later, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Hexi, Dazhenguan gradually became deserted. By the Three Kingdoms period
, because it is located at the junction of Shu and Wei, and it is an important road that both sides must pass through to attack each other, so it once prospered and became a battleground for both sides.
The famous "Battle of Jieting", "Empty City Strategy", etc. all happened when Zhuge Liang first attacked Cao Wei and the two sides competed for Longguan.
Nowadays, Hexi and Longdong are both in the territory of Wei, so Dazhenguan has long been abandoned by the imperial court, and even the walls of the Guanlou have collapsed.
Li Chengzhi stood on the dilapidated tower and looked eastward, recalling it carefully in his mind.
I remember that it is recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms that Zhuge Liang took advantage of the weather in at least two of his five expeditions against Cao Wei. In one of them, if it had not been for the heavy rain in the Qinling Mountains for days, which blocked the four routes into Shu and blocked Cao Zhen's 100,000 pursuing troops, Zhuge Liang almost lost the battle.
Hanzhong.
If the weather is good, it would be nice to have a heavy rain for several days. It doesn't need to be much, as long as the southern army can be blocked in Lingnan for about ten days, he will be able to free up his hands.
Unfortunately, there was a spring rain only five days ago. The fortune teller accompanying the army said at that time that it would be sunny within ten days.
At that time, Li Chengzhi was secretly happy...
Just as he was sighing with emotion, Li Liang quickly climbed up the city wall: "Lang Jun, a man from Yuan County sent an urgent report, saying that the tiger cavalry was passing by the blue stone cliff, and they encountered enemy cavalry scouts. They were all dressed as barbarians, and they should be Tuyuhunyou.
Riding... the enemy cavalry roared away when they saw most of my cavalry. The Yuanxian man was cautious and did not pursue him..."
Bluestone Cliff?
"Map!"
Li Liang quickly unfolded the map and laid it on the crenel.
After just one glance, Li Chengzhi's expression darkened.
After leaving Dazhen Pass, about thirty miles further is Qingshi Cliff. And about thirty miles further, is the tricky Xi Daying.
Doesn’t it mean that Tuyuhun’s cavalry have discovered Diao Zheng’s heart?
If the tiger doesn't show off its power, do you think I'm a sick cat?
Tuyuhun is really deceiving people.
Li Chengzhi was about to order Yuan Zhi to change his iron armor into leather armor to teach him a lesson. With his hands raised in the air, he suddenly calmed down again.
In just two days, Li Chengxue would be able to arrive at Bailitan with all kinds of firearms, so why should he be in a hurry?
He looked at the map, thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "I am ordering Yuan Zhi not to act rashly, so as not to fall into the enemy's plan of luring the enemy deeper. Another urgent order is to order Diao Zheng. Don't get up before I arrive at the camp."
At the end of the battle, if the enemy is pressing forward step by step, it doesn't matter if you retreat!"
He was afraid of being cunning and suspected that he, the commander, came to the Western Front to hold him accountable. What if Shen couldn't vent his anger and scared the enemy thieves away?
"We haven't fought yet, so why retreat?"
Li Shixian looked puzzled, "Aren't you afraid of destroying the strength of the entire army?"
This is very unlike Li Chengzhi, it’s like a different person!
"This is what my father taught me!"
Li Chengzhi responded casually and pointed to the map, "Between Qinzhou, Qizhou, and Yongzhou, there is only Baili Beach, which is suitable for cavalry formations. The rest of the place has many valleys, hills, forests, etc., regardless of whether the pursuit
There are many inconveniences in setting up artillery carriages to defeat the enemy. Therefore, if you want to defeat the Hu cavalry, this is the best place..."
It turns out that he wants to leave Baili Beach, lure Hu Qi deep into it, and then fight to the death?