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Chapter 1262 Secret Rescue
The next morning, Li Ye listened to the report of Zhang Guangsheng, the deputy governor of Yunzhou. "According to your Highness's arrangement, I led 10,000 troops to set up an ambush at Juyong Pass, but the Huihe people were very cunning and sent hundreds of scouts into the canyon to check, and they discovered the ambush."

It was Li Ye's decision to ambush the enemy in the Juyongguan Gorge. He took advantage of the characteristics of the north and south passes of Juyongguan to set up an ambush. Even if he could not completely annihilate the enemy, he could at least inflict heavy damage on them. However, being discovered by the enemy was within Li Ye's acceptable range. His ultimate goal was to force the Uighurs into Feihu Pass, which was the final battlefield for the complete annihilation of the Uighurs.

Li Ye waved his hand and smiled, "Being seen through by the enemy is not a failure. Your mission is to block Juyong Pass and prevent the enemy from escaping from Juyong Pass. Being seen through by the enemy is also a deterrent. From this point of view, your mission has been successfully completed."

"I am so ashamed that my ambush is not in place!"

Li Ye smiled and said, "I specifically asked you to lead the troops to seize Juyongguan because I have other intentions. You will hand over the army to Deputy Commander Guo, then put on the civilian uniform and serve as the governor of Youzhou."

"what!"

Zhang Guangsheng was not prepared and was stunned for a moment.

Li Ye smiled and explained, "In theory, the power to appoint governors lies with the Political Affairs Hall. The Political Affairs Hall appoints governors of various states, and I appoint envoys to various provinces or pacification envoys. However, Youzhou is quite special. It has been separated from the court for too long. Since An Lushan, the court has not been able to control Youzhou. Moreover, there are too many Hu people in Youzhou, which makes it difficult to manage. I have considered it over and over again and feel that you are the most suitable. You have been in Yunzhou for many years and are good at handling conflicts between Hu and Han. Therefore, I decided to let you be the governor of Youzhou, and the Political Affairs Hall also agreed."

Zhang Guangsheng also reacted and quickly expressed his position: "I will do my best to govern Youzhou for Your Highness and the court."

Li Ye nodded, "The official appointment by the court will come later, but from now on, you are the governor of Youzhou."

Youzhou is currently under military control. Li Ye ordered Sima Zhaozhen to take Zhang Guangsheng down to hand over power, and also gave him 500 soldiers to assist in maintaining public order.

At this time, a soldier came to report, "Deputy Marshal Guo wants to see you!"

Li Ye nodded and smiled: "Please let him in!"

In the Battle of Juma River, Li Ye realized what it meant that experience brings wisdom. Guo Ziyi dug two deep trenches along the enemy's pontoon bridge, which was a stroke of genius. Tens of thousands of Uighurs and Fanyang troops were killed by the two deep trenches.

After a moment, Guo Ziyi hurried in, clasped his fists and saluted, "Greetings, Your Highness!"

"Please take a seat, old general!"

Li Ye asked Guo Ziyi to sit down, and asked with a smile: "Is there any latest news?"

Guo Ziyi nodded and said, "Your Highness, there are two latest news. The first is from Yizhou. The Huihe army entered Feihu Pass yesterday afternoon. Lei Wanchun led 15,000 soldiers to enter Feihu Pass and cut off the retreat of the Huihe army. Zhang Yun led 20,000 troops to block the Huihe army in the west."

Li Ye nodded. This was within his expectations. Unable to pass through Juyong Pass, the Uighur army could only take Feihu Pass.

"and then?"

"The second piece of news is about Zhu Ci. He is now in Jizhou, with Yuyang County as his base. According to news from within the enemy, he now has 30,000 men under his command!"

Li Ye frowned, "How could he have 30,000 troops? He led 5,000 men to escape from the Juma River, plus 5,000 men were evacuated from Youzhou, so he should only have 10,000 troops. Where did the other 20,000 come from?"

"Ten thousand of them are from the Goguryeo army, led by Wang Siyi, and the other ten thousand, I suspect, are from the Khitan coalition."

Li Ye pondered for a moment, "You have a point, but we must win the final battle!"

Guo Ziyi said: "Let me fight in Jizhou!"

Li Ye asked with a smile, "Do you have a plan?" Guo Ziyi nodded, "If we want to fight Jizhou, we must first take Pingzhou and block the Liaoxi passage where the Khitans can go south. At the same time, we must deploy troops to threaten Jizhou so that they dare not rescue Pingzhou. After pacifying Pingzhou, we can attack Jizhou from three directions. Zhu Ci will have no way to escape."

Li Ye walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Military affairs are not difficult, but the trouble is the two hundred thousand Goguryeo people. What suggestions do you have, old general?"

Guo Ziyi pondered for a moment and said, "I think we should cut off the Liaoxi passage first, and then deal with Zhu Ci and the Goguryeo people. Without the intervention of the Khitans, it won't be so troublesome."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said, "What if we lure the Khitan army in and then annihilate them in one fell swoop?"

"Your Highness, we cannot start a war in our own home. Moreover, with the support of the Khitan army, it will be much more difficult to annihilate Zhu Ci and the Goguryeo army."

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "It seems that you need a warship!"

"Your Highness, I must send troops by sea to cut off the Liaoxi passage!"

Li Ye nodded and said, "I will give you a hundred thousand troops, and support you with kerosene and firearms. The rest of the battlefield will be left to you to clean up!"

"I will definitely live up to your highness' trust!"

Li Ye continued slowly: "Zhu Ci and the Goguryeo army took no prisoners, and the Khitans took even less!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

After the 90,000-strong Uighur army entered Feihu Pass, they did not dare to slow down and continued to march faster. At three o'clock in the morning, the 90,000-strong army was finally exhausted and the horses could not move anymore. Dengli Khan had to order his troops to rest on the spot.

The soldiers unloaded the loads from their horses, revealing copper coins, cloth and other treasures. Although the soldiers felt sorry for the horses, they came to the Central Plains to plunder these treasures, so how could they possibly throw them away?

Amidst the hustle and bustle, Wang Baofu walked slowly through the crowd, checking the situation around him. Two Uighur soldiers followed him closely, of course, wanting to prevent him from escaping.

But Wang Baofu knew very well that tonight was his last chance to escape. Once the Uighur army arrived in Feihu County tomorrow, they would realize they had been tricked, and then he would have no chance.

Wang Baofu was indeed very familiar with Feihu Pass. The place where the Uighur army was currently resting was called Yangyang Cave. There were many large cracks here, some as wide as two meters and some as deep as several miles, but they were all dead ends.

Wang Baofu walked very slowly, but his eyes were fixed on the cliff. At this moment, he suddenly noticed a flash of fire on the cliff.

He was overjoyed, thinking that this was a signal from the people who were rescuing him.

He quickly arrived at the foot of the Fire Cliff and pointed at the crack in front of him and said to the two surveillance soldiers: "I'm going to go inside to relieve myself. You wait outside!"

The two soldiers had no expression on their faces. Wang Baofu knew it was useless, so he pretended to unbutton his belt and walked into the crack.

The crack was pitch black. Wang Baofu walked inside with a torch in hand. But after only twenty steps, two soldiers suddenly grabbed his shoulders and stopped him from going any further.

At this moment, two crossbow arrows "whoosh!" hit the throats of the two soldiers. The two soldiers covered their throats but could not make a sound and fell to the ground.

A soft ladder was thrown down from the cliff next to him. Wang Baofu quickly threw the torch on the ground, stomped it out with his feet, reached out to climb the ladder, stepped on it, and was slowly pulled up by the people above.

(End of this chapter)