Fenghou

Liu Guangshi's [-] troops arrived at Jiangling Mansion in a mighty manner. The [-] troops were newly recruited by Liu Guangshi, and they were indeed insufficiently trained. Someone sent a letter to Queen Mother Wei, and expressed to Queen Mother Wei that he was willing to sit in Bashu for her.

Seeing the dangers of the Shu Road and the prosperity of the Chengdu Plain, Liu Guangshi dreamed of separatist Bashu and becoming a veritable king of Shu. Chen Qing can separatize Shaanxi, but why can't he separatist Bashu himself?

Therefore, when he received the emperor's edict, he did not hesitate to raise an army of [-] and march towards Jiangling mightily.

In the afternoon, Liu Guangshi led the army to the Jiangling camp. He ordered the soldiers to enter the camp to rest.

"What's the news from Bashu?" Liu Guangshi asked.

"According to my understanding from various sources, Chen Qing has a total of 5 to [-] troops stationed in Bashu. The main general is Yang Zaixing, and Chen Qing himself is not in Shu."

Liu Guangshi breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "What about our side? How many supplies, food, warships, etc., how much food and troops did Li Hui bring this time?"

Li Qiong shook his head, "This time, Li Hui brought three hundred men and three large ships, without a single soldier. The grain and grass were still [-] shi transported by Li Gang from Yuezhou, and there were still [-] shi of grain in the Jiangling warehouse. , nothing else."

"What about the boats? There won't even be any boats!"

"Originally 300 large ships were transferred to Chengdu to transport tax money. There is no news so far. It is estimated that they were detained. At present, there are only more than [-] small ships. They cannot transport troops, but can only transport food."

Liu Guangshi was really annoyed. He wanted money but no money, supplies but no supplies, and boats but no boats. How could he fight?

At this time, a soldier reported at the door, "Qi report to Dutong, envoy Li Xuanfu invites you to come over."

Li Hui wanted soldiers but no soldiers, and money but no money. How could Liu Guangshi buy Li Hui's account? He said coldly: "You tell the messenger that I am busy with military affairs, so I will go back in two days!"

……

When the army settled down, it was nightfall, Liu Guangshi asked his soldiers to find a few prostitutes in the city to drink with him for entertainment. While drinking, a soldier walked quickly into the tent and whispered something in Liu Guangshi's ear.

Liu Guangshi lifted his spirits, pushed away the prostitute in his arms, stood up and asked, "Where is the person?"

"On the sidelines!"

Liu Guangshi walked quickly to the side tent, inside the side tent was his confidant Li Miao, Li Miao stepped forward and saluted with fists: "See Dutong!"

Liu Guangshi sat down and asked, "How is it? Is the money and grain still there?"

Li Miao came from Changsha County. Liu Guangshi had heard a rumor that about 120 million guan of tax money from Jinghu South Road was stored in Changsha County, Tanzhou, and about 40 shi of grain.

Of course Liu Guangshi wanted to withhold the money and food, but first of all he had to confirm whether the news was true, so he sent Li Miao to Changsha County to inquire.

Li Miao nodded, "The news is true. The reason why the money and food were not transported was because of a lack of ships. I heard that they are mobilizing ships from Jiangxia."

The staff officer Yang Chui'an said on the side: "Jiangxia is not far away, and the ship will come quickly. Once the money and food are on the ship, it will be difficult for us to stop them. Why don't you send the army to control the money and food first, and when the ship arrives, send it directly by ship." Come to Jiangling, now my lord wants to attack Bashu, there is a good reason, if you go too far, the officials will not blame you, now is a good time!"

Liu Guangshi immediately made a decision, "Go and find Wu Chang!"

……

That night, Wu Chang, the commander of the personal army, led [-] cavalry to Changsha County overnight.

Chapter 581 The Game ([-])

Liu Guangshi took a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he wanted to actively seize Bashu, and on the other hand, he also wanted to leave a way out for himself. He wanted to use the excuse of defending Chen Qingdong to sit on Jingnan South Road and become the local emperor of Jingnan South Road.

Two days later, Liu Guangshi received the emperor's edict, in which the emperor Zhao Gou urged him to send troops as soon as possible, and must seize Bashu before the new year.

Liu Guangshi immediately ordered his confidant general Wang De to lead an army of 300 to guard Jiangling, and Li Qiong led an elite force of [-] to march towards the Three Gorges Road. , One hundred thousand troops marched towards Yiling County in a mighty manner.

From the beginning to the end, Liu Guangshi ignored Li Hui at all. The two not only had different factions, but also had a fundamental conflict of interest. Li Hui did not have the backing of the army, how could he control Liu Guangshi?

Just as Liu Guangshi's army had just set off, a carrier pigeon flew up from Jiangling County and headed towards the Three Gorges Road.

Yiling County belongs to Xiazhou, and Xiazhou is the entrance to the Three Gorges Road. It has been occupied by Chen Qing's army. The current guard of Yiling County is Wang Bin, the general commander. Wang Bin was the general of Jiang Yanxian and followed Jiang Yanxian. After surrendering to Chen Qing, Jiang Yanxian became a civil servant, and Wang Bin became Yang Zaixing's general.

Wang Bin once guarded Yiling County back then, and was very familiar with and experienced in Yiling County. This time, Yang Zaixing asked him to guard Yiling County again.

Wang Bin was indeed very familiar with Yiling County. After he led [-] troops to settle in Yiling County, he immediately built a beacon on Yiling Mountain.

That afternoon, the guards in Yiling County suddenly saw three jets of black smoke burning on the mountain, and the soldiers immediately sounded the alarm bell, 'Dang!when!when! 'The city gates were closed and the drawbridge was raised.

After a while, Wang Bin led more than 1000 troops to the city wall. He also saw three beacon smoke, and stared at the official road in the distance for a long time. He had already seen a long black line. He turned around and ordered: "Light the beacon!"

The beacons in Yiling County were lit, and soon, the beacons in Xialongguan were also lit, and the beacons were passed down from station to station...

The houses in Yiling County are very low and densely packed. In a mansion not far from the east gate, eighty elite scouts have been lurking for a long time. This is the most common method of attacking the city. .

Not only Chen Qing's army often used this trick, but other Song troops also used it. When the army retreated through Yiling County two months ago, Li Qiong left eighty scouts using various identities to lurk in the city.

So far, they have been relatively smooth, with weapons and armor, and the defenders have not suspected their identities, but let them participate in the transportation of supplies.

The leader of this scout is Wang Qian, the scout leader under Li Qiong. He has stayed in the city for two months and witnessed the Western Army gradually evacuating the people in the city. strong man.

Wang Qian also heard the alarm bell at the top of the city. He knew that his army had been discovered by the Western Army. In this case, how he cooperated with the army to seize the city was a big problem.

Just when Wang Qian was worried, the opportunity came. A general of the Western Army approached him and asked them to participate in the night defense of the city. Not only Wang Qian's [-] men, but also [-] other young and strong laborers.

They put on simple leather armor, took spears, and were incorporated into the city defense team in the second half of the night.

The reason is also simple. There are only 2000 defenders, and the number of troops is too small. To ensure that the soldiers have sufficient physical strength during the day, they can only let civilians participate in the night defense of the city, and the siege army has not appeared for a long time, which also makes the Western Army a little slack .

As the time gradually approached the fourth watch, the soldiers of the Western Army couldn't bear the sleepiness, and went down to the city to find a place to sleep. One of them repeatedly told Wang Qian that if there was any movement outside the city, he would ring the alarm immediately.

"Wu Dutou, don't worry, we can't fight wars, but we must be vigilant!"

Dutou also slipped away, and there were only a few soldiers and 380 civilians left on the entire east wall. Wang Qian drove the other civilians away. He robbed the opportunity to guard the city gate. Soon, his men completely controlled the tower. and the city gate below.

The opportunity came.

On the head of the west city, Wang Bin stared coldly at the gate of the east city several miles away, and one of them ran to report, "General Qi, those people have seized the city tower, and they have taken control of the drawbridge and the city gate."

Wang Bin snorted and ordered: "Order brothers to be ready and evacuate at any time!"

"Follow the order!" Dutou hurried away.

Wang Bin was really helpless in his heart. In order to lure soldiers into the city, they thought of all kinds of methods, and even asked the other party's spies to guard the city gate, which was simply absurd.

At this time, three gunpowder arrows were shot from the east gate, and [-] troops in the distance rushed towards Yiling County. Li Qiong brandished a knife and shouted: "speed up and charge into the city!"

The gates of the city had been opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and soldiers began to rush into the county seat. The sirens in the city were loud, "Dang! Dang! Dang!" The rapid sirens rang throughout the city.

The defenders in the city quickly withdrew to the west of the city, and [-] young and strong peasants also rushed down the city and ran westward, like a wind and clouds. In a very short period of soldiers, the defenders in the city retreated cleanly.

Li Qiong led an army into the city, and the army rushed to the barracks in a mighty manner. Wang Qian hurried down to the city to see him.

"For a lowly position, see Li Guanzhi!"

"I'll ask you!"

Li Qiong pointed at the city with a whip and asked, "Why is the city so empty and there is no one there?"

"Reporting to the general, the people have all evacuated. The evacuation started a month ago. At that time, a notice was posted saying that the county seat will be changed into a military city, and all the people will retreat to Shu."

"But even the army retreated, and there was no one left behind."

"As soon as the city gate was opened, the alarm bells rang in the city, and all the enemy soldiers were evacuated."

Li Qiong frowned, which was a bit unreasonable!The city gate opened, and the enemy soldiers should rush up to stop them instead of retreating and fleeing. This is completely inconsistent with Chen Qing's army style.

At this moment, the soldiers yelled, and saw countless rockets shooting in from outside the city, and raging fires ignited in many places in the city immediately.

Li Qiong was furious, and asked sharply, "What's going on?"

Wang Qian was dumbfounded, and said with tongue-tied words: "I don't know the humble job... I don't know the humble job!"

"asshole!"

Li Qiong cursed and shouted, "Exit the city! Retreat!"

He has already realized that the other party's empty city plan is for the fire attack, and it has been implemented more than a month ago, and his subordinates have been discovered by the other party long ago, so he has been following the plan.

Suddenly, there were wailing and screams from outside the city. Li Qiong urged his horse out of the city, only to see thousands of cavalry killed from the north, and there were densely packed enemy troops behind him. After being killed, they cried like ghosts and howled like wolves, and fled in all directions.

At this time, countless soldiers rushed out from the city. Li Qiong saw that the enemy army was strong and his own army was under fire. This battle would undoubtedly be defeated.

He yelled helplessly: "Follow me!"

He swung his broadsword and charged down the slope. Thousands of soldiers followed behind him. Li Qiong fought desperately to open a bloody path, and fled to Dong Cang with more than a thousand people in panic.

The fire attack inside the city and the ambush outside the city frightened the [-] imperial troops. Surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, the soldiers had nowhere to go and surrendered on their knees.

Yang Zaixing was still relatively lenient. Although the fire inside the city was huge, there were no fire starters arranged in advance in the east of the city. The east of the city burned slowly. As long as the soldiers in the city could escape back to the east of the city, they could basically escape with their lives.

But it was useless to escape with their lives. The rear route had been cut off by Yang Zaixing's army, the main general had fled, and the morale of the army was completely broken. Apart from surrendering, the soldiers had no third way to go.

A raging fire that burned the city lasted for two days and two nights before it was extinguished. More than 1000 soldiers did not escape, and eventually burned to the ground together with the city.

More than 1000 people surrendered, and only more than [-] people escaped with Li Qiong, which meant that Li Qiong's former army was almost completely destroyed.

Chapter 582 The Game ([-])

Two days later, Liu Guangshi led an army of [-] to Yiling County. There was no one there, and there was still smoke rising from the county seat, but the fire had already burned out, and even the city gate was burned. Looking in, the city has been burned to a white ground.

Liu Guangshi's face was extremely ugly, and the [-] elite army just said so and then it was gone, Li Qiong said with shame on his face: "The humble officer thought the sneak attack was seamless, but he didn't expect to be seen through by the other party, and he used the plan to set a trap. crime!"

Liu Guangshi snorted heavily, "Want to seize the city without dying? How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"Humble post is willing to be punished!"

"Let's talk later!"

Liu Guangshi immediately ordered the left and right: "Order the army to rest in place, and the spies will go around to check the situation."

The [-] army sat down and rested, drinking water and eating dry food, and [-] scouts rushed to check the enemy's situation in all directions.

The personal soldiers set up a big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Guangshi stood in front of the map, his heart was a little shaken.

He knows his own affairs well. His [-] troops are recruits who have only been in the army for a few months and have never experienced any war. Once a bloody war breaks out, his army may collapse quickly.

But withdrew like this, he felt somewhat unwilling.

Counselor Yang Chui'an advised: "It's better to train soldiers on Jingnan South Road first, and it won't be too late to attack next year."

Liu Guangshi sighed, "The officials are very anxious. It can be said that they are forcing me to fight, without giving me time, and asking me to recover Bashu before the end of the year. It is already mid-November, and there is only one and a half months left. It is impossible to do it. .”

"Du Tong is worried that the court will negotiate with Chen Qing next year?"

Liu Guangshi nodded, "It must be so. If it is not obtained in the military, the court can only hold its nose and negotiate with Chen Qing."

At this time, General Huang You walked in quickly and said, "I'm going to report to Dutong, it's getting late, and camping in the open air may be more dangerous, I suggest you stay in the county town for the night!"

"no!"

Liu Guangshi vetoed it, "It will be more dangerous in the city. The enemy uses trebuchets to throw kerosene, and the city will be engulfed in flames again. I do not agree to enter the city!"

Counselor Yang Chui'an was puzzled and said, "We've been sleeping in the open all the way. We were fine before. Why do you say it's dangerous today?"

Huang You clasped his fists and said, "I feel that the terrain here is a bit open, and the north is high and the south is low. If the enemy cavalry rushes down from the north, the brothers won't be able to resist it at all."

"What about General Li's opinion?" Liu Guangshi asked Li Qiong again.

Li Qiong thought for a while and said: "The terrain is relatively open for dozens of miles east from here. It is safer to go all the way to Jingmen Mountain. The army will have to walk for at least two hours. It is getting dark now. Within two hours , the army is completely in danger, I suggest you stay put, and then strengthen your defenses, at least [-] troops should be sent for vigilance."

"General Li also thinks that Chen Qing's cavalry will attack?" Yang Chui'an asked.

Li Qiong nodded, "Only a few of the humble army were burned to death. Most of them encountered enemy cavalry. There were at least 1 people. I don't know if they are still here or not. Will do it a second time."

"General Li is right!"

Liu Guangshi agreed with Li Qiong's statement, "Chen Qing is best at sneak attacks, we must not let him go, General Li, set up perimeter security, I will leave it to you!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Liu Guangshi said to Huang You again: "Go and urge the fleet, they are moving too slowly, it is almost dark, let them dock quickly!"

"Humble job, let's go!"

……

In fact, Yang Zaixing's attack on Liu Guangshi's [-] troops had already begun.

On the river on the north bank of the Yangtze River, a fleet of more than [-] flat-bottomed boats is slowly sailing on the river. They are traveling against the current, and they are all pulled by hundreds of trackers on the shore. The boats mainly carry grain, grass and copper coins. They are Liu Guangshi's logistics supply fleet.

The leading boat was a [-] stone cargo ship, covered with lanterns. Dozens of eye-catching lanterns reminded the shore and the river that the fleet was still twenty miles away from Yiling Wharf, but it was already getting dark.

And just on the other side of the Yangtze River, there was a row of boats, some small boats and some big boats, dozens of small boats were dispatched suddenly, and there were five or six big men on each small boat, all of them were excellent in water, and two people were in charge of rowing.

The small boats were speeding like arrows on the river, and under the cover of night and waves, dozens of small boats quickly approached the grain ship.

There were two escort soldiers on each grain ship, and someone suddenly saw the small boat more than ten feet away, and suddenly shouted in horror.

Several small boats approached the leading boat covered with lanterns, and a dozen big men in black jumped aboard. There were five boatmen and eight soldiers on board the big boat.

How could the eight soldiers on board be the opponents of more than a dozen big men in black? After three of them were beheaded, the other five jumped off the ship and fled for their lives.