I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 242: The Land of Abundance

Chapter 242: The Land of Abundance
Xuanjia 20th year, July.Fu Jinchuan led his army across Hanzhong.

There are two passages between Shuzhong and Hanzhong, Jinniu Road and Micang Road.Among them, Jinniu Road starts from Mian County, Guanzhong in the north, and ends at Dajian Pass in Jiange in the south, and the highest peak in the middle is called "Chaotianling".

"Tianling follows the way of returning, and the surface of the levy is early.

The sound of the beach is angry with the stones, and the mountain air is attached to the forest.

The grain twitches like a bird, and the dust turns into a horse's mark.

The luxuriant and fragrant grass means nothing is the king and grandson. "

"The gateway to northern Sichuan is nothing like a Jiange. Song Qi, a poet of this dynasty, wrote Chaotianling, which is really a sight to behold."

Looking at the lonely mountain in front of him, Fu Jinchuan rarely sighed.

After passing Hanzhong, the road became more and more difficult.

There are even some barbarian tribes preparing to plunder, but watching the tens of thousands of troops winding forward, like a giant dragon with a beard, their morale is skyrocketing.

How many times have these barbarians seen this kind of formation?
Still want to rob?Can't go mad.
And when Fu Jinchuan led his army to Jianzhou, not far from Zizhou and Puzhou, and Langzhou, which is actually Shu, but under the jurisdiction of Shannan Road, there were brigades of red lotus rebels operating .

The Red Lotus Army besieged Xishui in Langzhou in mid-July.

The right marshal Xue Julin personally commanded, and the governors Li Zichun, Fang Dingnan and others all took the lead in attacking the city.

After seven days of attacking, it was Fang Jiao, the great master, who led his personal guards into the battle on the last day, and finally took the county in one fell swoop.

Almost all the defenders in the city were killed in battle, the county magistrate and lieutenant were martyred, all the big households in the city were slaughtered, and all the materials and food stored in the family were plundered by Honglian.In addition to the treasury of Xishui County, in a short period of time, the Red Lotus Army will not be in danger of running out of food.

As for the common people, most of the strong men were coerced into joining the Red Lotus Army.

The county government hall in Xishui County became the temporary center of the Red Lotus Army.Sheng Gong Fang Qiu, Marshal Fang Jiao, Xue Julin, Pang Zhigu and other generals gathered together.

Discuss how to deal with the encirclement and suppression by the government and the army, and the next move.

"The imperial court sent Fu Jinchuan as Jiannan Jiedu envoy, and he has already entered Shu. He probably sensed our connection with the Qingtang people."

Pang Zhigu, who is in charge of intelligence, gave everyone bad news at the beginning.

Fang Jiao said: "How can I meet this kid anywhere? Why don't I take some people and kill him."

Pang Zhigu shook his head and said with a smile, "He led an army of tens of thousands into Shu, how to intercept him?"

"The imperial court has increased its troops again?"

Xue Julin frowned when he heard the words. The reason why the Red Lotus Army was able to deal with the official army in central Sichuan was largely because of the insufficient strength of the official army.

The three armies of Pingrong, Tianbao, and Ningyuan need to guard against Qingtang. At present, the only targets for the Red Lotus Army are the Probation Army and Jingnan Army from Guanzhong.

And the state and county soldiers of the states of Jiannan Road.

The state and county soldiers hadn't practiced fighting for a long time, so they could barely defend the city. The main reason was that the two armies in Guanzhong were fighting with the Red Lotus Army.

And the Red Lotus Army didn't fight the official army head-on at all, they just went around in circles with the official army in the high mountains.

Sometimes they flee into Shannan Road.

The Probation Army and the Jingnan Army were ordered to suppress the bandits in Jiannan Road. Without a military order, they could not pursue them across the border.

Now that the imperial court has increased its troops, there will be tens of thousands of troops at once, which will double the pressure on the Red Lotus Army.

"There are more than [-] members of the Reformed Army originally stationed in Yangzhou who were also ordered to enter Shu to wait for the dispatch of Jiannan Jiefu."

When Pang Zhigu finished speaking the news, he still looked at Xue Julin who was at the side.

Xue Julin was a little dazed at first, the imperial army had 1 soldiers, how could there be more than 500 troops?

"Anyway? Is this the bugle number?"

Pang Zhigu nodded: "That's right, anyway, it was compiled by the soldiers from the Wu Palace. It was originally formed to destroy my Honglian. It was probably estimated that Xue Shuai and you also entered my Honglian Road, so they have been placed Yangzhou, now following Fu Jinchuan into Shu, has also been dispatched here."

When Fang Jiao heard that the returned army was Xue Julin's former army, he smiled and said, "Then, these tens of thousands of troops might be our help? Shuai Xue, what do you say?"

Xue Julin shook his head, "It's not that simple. The soldiers in Wu Wang's mansion were gathered by the old King Wu with his popularity for many years, and he had the reputation of Jing Nan. Now that King Wu is dead, those soldiers also know I became a rebel, and the court pardoned their crimes and allowed them to perform crimes and meritorious deeds. Except for those who came to Luzhou with us, they had no choice but to survive. They are all from Jiangnan, and their families are all in Jiangnan. Are you willing to listen to us and vote in a few words?"

When everyone heard this, they were a little disappointed, but Shenggong Fang Qiu asked.

"This reformed army, after all, was led by you, Xue Shuai, but you don't know how powerful it is."

Xue Julin replied: "Although they are not as tall and strong as the northerners, this Jiangnan army is quite resilient. They are familiar with the army formation, and they will not lose to the northern army in formation. If I had an elite cavalry army in the city of Shouzhou , it doesn’t need much, just five thousand, able to cooperate with cavalry, is enough to resist Fu Jinchuan’s tens of thousands of cavalry.”

Having said this, Xue Julin had a look of loneliness on his face.

After all, the battle of Shouzhou was fought too badly by the cavalry of the official army led by Fu Jinchuan.

Fang Jiao said: "Shuai Xue don't have to worry, we are now in the middle of Sichuan, the cavalry army of the imperial court is useless, this crossing the mountains and ridges is not as fast as our two legs."

"By the way, how are the connections with those barbarian kings? Are they willing to act with us?"

At this time, Fang Qiu diverted the conversation and asked Fang Hong who had gone out to contact him before.

"Still waiting and watching. Their noses are also very sharp. The officers and soldiers are constantly marching into Sichuan, and they dare not do anything casually. What these people think is that it is best for us to fight with the court, so that they will take advantage of the opportunity. Instead Counting on them, it is better to count on Qingtang people. It is said that Qingtang sent 13 troops this time, of which Qingyi Festival Guizhang led [-] troops in the southern states of Jiannan Road. The northern states. Tuoba Chide, the emperor of the Qingtang Dynasty, has also left Wangcheng to supervise the battle in the Lunzanpo army."

Fang Jiao said with a smile: "Supervisor? Is he worried about praise?"

Pang Zhigu said: "No matter what, the officers and soldiers need to face the two armies of the Qing and Tang Dynasties. The Nanzhao Kingdom and the barbarians are all waiting and watching. As long as we hold out until the war starts, we can take Yizhou directly. Take this The kingdom of abundance, the karma of an emperor."

Central Sichuan is a typical basin, where east-west mountains and north-south mountains criss-cross in the topography of the world, forming a closed and complete basin.

On the Qingtang Plateau, large mountain ranges stretch from east to west, ending abruptly in central and western Sichuan, becoming a natural barrier in central and western Sichuan.

Qinba Mountain is the first across its north.Wushan is distributed to the east, and turns to the southwest to become a barrier between the two directions of central Sichuan.

In every direction on the outskirts of the basin, there are lofty mountains and mountains.But Shuzhong is often called "the land of abundance".The main reason is that the big river and its tributaries flow into the bottom of the basin in a centripetal shape, and flow out of Sichuan in the east.The alluvial flow of rivers has formed a fertile plain, and the land is fertile and suitable for farming.

In addition, Shu brocade, a specialty in central Sichuan, has always been known together with Su brocade from Suzhou, and is a favorite of the nobles in Shangjing and Xijing. In addition, it has the benefits of salt and iron.

If the Red Lotus Army can completely occupy the land of Shu, it will be enough to defend itself.And if the Great Jin loses Jiannan Road, an important source of taxation, not to mention the immediate collapse of the world, it will definitely be difficult to maintain.

Waiting for the chaos in the world, and then going out of Shu, you may not be able to ask the importance of the tripod.

"By the way, Mr. Pang, is there any news about Ning'er and the others?" Pulled out of the dream of Qianqiu's achievements, Fang Qiu asked about the news of his daughter's teacher.

"Your Majesty and Liu Dudu fought against Wang Hechen in Bashan, and then moved to Zhongzhou and Wanzhou, where they were active in Badong. In May, it is said that they fought against Zhu Lingshi, the governor of Kuizhou. Both sides suffered losses. Wang Dudu He led the navy to attack Yuezhou, but failed, and is currently in Dongting Lake."

Fang Qiu asked about Fang Ning'er's news, but what Pang Zhigu could answer was the situation of Zhao Chengjun and Liu Taiqing's troops.

Some he knew, some he just heard about, but in fact he didn't care too much about them.

What he wanted to know now was how his daughter was doing.

But this very small thought is as difficult as reaching the sky at this moment.

Separated by hundreds of miles, there are high mountains and high mountains, and the news is isolated.

For them, every meeting is the most likely meeting.

(End of this chapter)

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