Chapter 316 Fang Lai and Yingjie (IV)

The ancient road, the west wind, the thin horse, the heartbroken man is at the end of the world.

The wind also turned into the southeast wind. Spring came, and it was a little late to the northwest. It finally came. The earth revived, and the grass happily rolled out from the horizon, but it was not as warm as the south of the Yangtze River, and it carried the solemn aura that the northwest already had.

A horse may not be thin, but it has become a horse that pulls a cart. It is not rushing on the battlefield, but also losing its heroic spirit.

The ancient road is an ancient road that leads to the end of the world.

Heartbroken people are not heartbroken people, but their intestines are also experiencing bubbles of regret.

Liu Rengui asked in a hoarse voice: "Fourth uncle, where are you?"

"There is Diezhou City ahead."

"Diezhou? So fast?"

"Alang, it's not fast. If you want to hurry up, you will arrive in Qinzhou early."

"Don't hurry, just hurry up like this. Isn't it a certain disease?"

"That..." The housekeeper stopped talking, knowing his master's idea. As a veteran who has been through the battlefield, he has almost won every battle and has his own reserve. Because of Li Jingxuan's forced, as a matter of such a thing, he can imagine that he is in a bad mood.

"Alang, I am only worried about Shanzhou." The owner of his family left and handed over a bunch of messes to Li Jinxing for handling. Before Li Jingxuan arrived, there was no mistake, and his family's owner could not escape this responsibility.

"You are wrong. General Li can be regarded as a 10,000 soldiers alone." After Liu Rengui said this, his eyes closed and his heart was exhausted. He fell asleep leaning on the carriage.

...

This was a successful surprise attack. Lunzanpo made a lot of arrangements for this. The forward was 20,000 elite cavalry and quickly came to Huangzhong City. However, he immediately stopped the war horse and said, "Stop!"

The 20,000 troops stopped together.

In fact, it is not only Lun Zanpo, but other Tubo soldiers are also puzzled.

It's so weird. If there are few troops in the city, the Tubo army suddenly attacks at this time, the Tang people's city gate should be closed immediately, and then fire beacon fire and ask reinforcements to come and help. It's not that it's very abnormal. I didn't see the beacon fire, which doesn't count. Moreover, the city gate is wide open. The meaning is clearly to say, come in, open the door for you to come in.

There were several flags on the top of the city, and more than a dozen generals were sitting under the flags, drinking and having fun, just like the 20,000 Tubo elite cavalry coming, it was a ball of air.

Lun Zan Po couldn't figure it out. Although he didn't know much, he also knew that Li Jinxing was not a fool and would definitely not do such an unreasonable thing. Ask the generals around him: "Why do you think the Tang people did this?"

"Don't know?" They shook their heads one by one. All the things in front of them were too unreasonable and could not understand them, so they dared not say them.

A reckless general said, "General, don't worry about him, let's kill him."

"Let's go," Lun Zanpo shook his hand.

"Why?"

"I feel that Liu Rengui did not leave, and this is intentionally setting a trap." When Lun Zan Po said this, he thought of a situation where he talked to his second brother. Lun Qinling said to him: "The Tang people should not underestimate the enemy. The country has a vast territory, many people, and many talented people have emerged. What we Tubo can defend is the high land, and the Tang people are not adapted. Therefore, Nanzhao was defeated. Even in Qinghai, we should not underestimate the enemy. The Tang people are full of tricks and especially have some sharp weapons. The battle in Yucheng is not the leader of my Tubo. We can only try every means to lure them out of Jingye, which is the world of our Tubo people."

Could this be the trick of the Tang Dynasty people? Lunzan Po narrowed his eyes, opened the city gate, and even put down the suspension bridge. He could see the love question in the city. Huangzhong City was not big, and his eyes were strong. Looking down the main street, he could see the East City Gate. What was strange was that the West City Gate was wide open, tempting him to lead his army in, but the East City Gate was tightly closed, and there was no pedestrian on the street, which was very quiet. Because no one disturbed him, a group of sparrows were flying around, some landing on the long street, looking around. But at this time his pupils suddenly dilated because he saw a ray of dust rising from the houses in the south, and then he saw many places bulging on the ground on the street.

There is an ambush!

Li Jinxing was also a barbarian, and he couldn't think of any tricks. This must be Liu Rengui's plan. He deliberately used the trick and sent a rumor back to the Central Plains. In fact, he wanted to tempt them to come and invade them. Otherwise, he would not think of a second explanation.

He sighed in his heart, he would like to be safe, and he would discuss it when the elder brother comes back, and said, "Retreat!"

"Retreat?"

"Did you see that there are some new traces of digging on the ground? The Tang Dynasty had thunder. It can not only explode in the sky, but also under the ground. There are dust rising in the south, and there are ambushes. The southeast wind blows the dust over. Retreat, retreat immediately!"

As he said that, he immediately retreated to Chiling.

At this time, Li Jinxing was also in a cold sweat at the top of the city. There were only a few hundred soldiers left in the city. Don’t say that they were just some gunpowder, and they could not defend Huangzhong City even if they were given cannons. So they came up with this risky way.

Seeing Tubo disappearing on the horizon, Li Jinxing said with relief: "It's better to read more books."

But without slacking off, the city gates were wide open, drinking and having fun on the top of the city. In fact, after Lunzanpo retreated, he joined the central army and suspected that he was deceived. He sent scouts to inquire. He even reported that under the illusion of the illusion, he saw a large number of armored soldiers lying on both sides of the main street, and behind the city he could not help but see a large mass of dust rising. Lunzanpo became more and more convinced that it was the ambush of the Tang Dynasty. In desperation, he led a hundred thousand troops back without success.

When night came, all the soldiers who chopped wood returned, Li Jinxing closed the city gate. Lu Zanpo was just suspicious, and Li Jinxing was in his throat for the day. The situation was urgent at that time, and the defense could no longer defend. He made some confusing arrangements and opened the city gate, which made a big bet.

It is wrong for Lunzanpo to say that he is a barbarian. He is a native of Mary, but his father suddenly cried out as a pro-Tang school and began to accept Han culture since he was a child. In some aspects, he looked more like a Han man than a Central Plains man. Moreover, he looked majestic and elegant, and read more books. Time was urgent, and in desperation, he thought of some books he had read, such as Li Guang led hundreds of cavalry to suddenly encounter thousands of Hun enemies, far away from the camp, Li Guang asked all the soldiers to dismount and sleep leisurely on the turf. The Huns were strange.

, sent an officer to inspect and let Li Guang shoot him to death with an arrow until dark. Li Guang was still like this. The Huns were afraid of ambushing and fled in a hurry. Then when they arrived at Zhao Yun, Cao's army suddenly arrived and opened the camp gate and stopped the drums. Cao's army suspected that there were ambushing troops, but instead retreated. Zhao Yun saw Cao's army retreating, ordered the soldiers to beat the drums, and then led the army out of the camp. Cao's army was shocked and returned with great defeat. After Liu Bei heard about it, he praised Zilong for being brave. Wenpin scared Sun Quan away, and Xiao Cheng scared away the Northern Wei army.

But afterwards, when Li Jinxing heard that the Tubo invaded 100,000 soldiers were still sweating.

Of course, Lun Zan Po also learned the truth and regretted it very much. After a long time, he said, "Second brother is right. The Tang Dynasty is not just Liu Rengui!"

There was no war, but there was actually war, and before Lun Qinling arrived, Lunzanpo never dared to look at Hehuang again.

...

Li Jinxing's plan to empty the city was ignored because he was a man from the Marines and no direct battle occurred. Historical books ignored it. The court had not received the news yet, and even if he received it, he would not pay attention. A small Tubo, what I want is not you to defend the city, but how to defeat the enemy. If you kill ten thousand 20,000 Tubo people, you can come and report the victory again.

Of course, Li Jinxing was very tactful and did not report the matter at all. He reported it well, and it was unlikely that he would be rewarded. He was not reporting well, because he neglected his duties and then took dangerous plans. What if the Tubo people rushed in without any doubt? Will Li Jinxing bear the consequences?

Even if I report, no one pays attention.

At this time, Li Jingxuan left Luoyang helplessly, but all the roads were alarmed. The 180,000 army was not eighteen soldiers, but less than four million households in the Tang Dynasty, that is, twenty-two households, and one person had to go to Qinghai to fight. This soldier could not be dispatched from the Lingnan Road in Jiangnan, so the pressure on Guanzhong, Hebei, Hedong, Henan and Jiannan roads was even heavier.

The same is true in Tubo, because most people rely on grazing to make a living, grazing in their spare time and fighting in wartime, the livestock in their homes can be handed over to the elderly and women, and even children who are older than eggs can use pastoral whips to guard cattle and sheep. Therefore, the troops are flexible and mobile. Even the entire population of Tubo, including the people in the custodial areas, is less than tens of millions, but they can mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops in a major battle. The disadvantages are also obvious. If you win, if you lose, the people will be burdened with heavy burdens. If you lack young and middle-aged people, it will have an extreme impact on the reproduction of future generations and even annex to other tribes. This is how many tribes disappear.

These soldiers would rush to Shanzhou from all walks of life. Once the army launched, the various food, grass and supplies needed by 180,000 people became even more amazing. Most of the Tang Dynasty began to stir up.

But gradually a few ministers reacted that Li Jingxuan did not understand the military, but once the 180,000 troops were defeated, even if the Tang Dynasty was large, it would inevitably be seriously injured. He began to write a letter and asked Li Zhi to change the commander again. Li Zhi asked: "So who is suitable to serve as the commander and to convince the public and avoid the generals' mismatch?"

One sentence makes the opposing ministers silence.

If Li Ji does not die, Li Ji is undoubtedly the most suitable one. Liu Rengui is also good, but he is seriously ill, so how can he command the battle? Then he counted and found that even Pei Xingjian was not qualified enough, at least Liu Shenli had a higher position than Pei Xingjian. If Dai Zhide and Hao Chujun and others were the same as Li Jingxuan, it would be better not to change it.

I couldn't help but think of someone, but I didn't dare to say it anymore...

...

Major events happened in March and have not been suspended yet.

The third phase of the two canals is about to end. Li Wei stopped last year, and the time will inevitably be postponed. The Shenmen River is not a big problem, so it continues to be excavated, but it rains a lot and drainage is very difficult. But it is not a big problem later. The thrilling thing is the Horizontal embankment, but because it is not navigable, it is not serious. It really doesn't work. Those iron pillars are removed in the dry season in winter.

The Danshui Canal was also postponed. Some river sections were re-turned, and the river was dug deep and wide, which would inevitably have an impact on the river. There was no scientific instrument measurement. The estimated error of one inch was likely to be one foot in reality. After all the rivers were released, the depths were different. Some river sections were too shallow and would inevitably be re-turned. Some river sections were not completed. When spring plowing arrived, most people went home to cultivate land, and some people stayed, such as those with few fields, or those who hunted and made a living in the mountains. After all, there were fewer people, and the river water became larger, and the construction speed was gradually slowed down.

This is not urgent. The entire Danshui project will last at least six years, maybe seven or eight years, and this is the second year. Guangtong Canal does not count, it is part of the Yellow River canal transport extended to Guanzhong.

At the end of March, when we arrived at Longju Village, this was also a river flowing in Danshui that had not started construction in half except for the river surface where the work was turned. The embankment was built, and the last mud bag was thrown down, and the upper stream was closed. The water source was lost, and the river water flowed downstream, and gradually the riverbed was exposed.

Yao Shun asked Li Junzan: "When will it be completed?"

"It will be at least early May."

"It's still slow in early May." May is approaching and the river water is even bigger.

"This is helpless. When we reach the upper reaches, many river sections will no longer be bound by the seasons except Zhengdangqu."

But construction cannot be started all year round, after all, it will affect agricultural production.

As he was speaking, a civilian suddenly said, "What is that?"

Yao Shu and Wei Xuantong looked in the direction of his finger and saw a strange shield lying on the riverbed. The shield is an ordinary weapon. Since ancient times, Xiangcaoqiaoguan has been one of the small roads leading from Guanzhong to Shannan. As the river was excavated, many weapons were picked up, and the corpses of some soldiers were rusted for a long time, and the weapons were rusted and unable to be used. The corpses were all turned into bones. Several ancient tombs were even dug. Without the owner, some tombs had burial objects, and some did not. Now there is no word cultural relics, so the valuables were sold and the valuables were thrown away. Li Wei secretly called a pity, but it was not stopped. It was very precious in later generations, but in this era, how to keep them?

But the shield was very strange. It was only after ten civilians who pulled it up with great force.

Yao Shu and Wei Xuantong walked over and looked carefully. The shield was rusty and a layer of shallow moss grew on it. I don’t know how many years it has been falling in the river. In addition, nine weapons stretched out from the edge of the shield, and two dragons were hovering on the shield. The workmanship was not very exquisite, but both of them focused their attention on the twenty large ancient seal characters in the middle: The Tang lord was 60 years old, and the Tianlang was in chaos in the Central Plains. Yifeng passed on the good news, and the prince decided to Hu Fan.

Sirius has been thought of as a killing star since ancient times, but it is in the southeast direction with the naked eye. However, it is in the northwest of the nine stars of the string arrow, so literary works often think that it is harmful to the northwest.

However, Yao and Wei both changed their expressions. In this era, Fu Rui and Tuchen are not a trivial matter. Moreover, after so many people saw it, they couldn't hide it. While sending people to transport the shield to Luoyang, they also sent a quick horse to secretly notify Li Wei.

The news spread immediately. Many people finally remembered that the reason why Li Jingxuan was commanding the army was his qualifications, but Li Jingxuan was not as good as the prince. Li Jingxuan did not understand the military, but the prince understood. No matter where the shield came from, at least the prince was better than Li Jingxuan as the commander.
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