People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 402 Wujiang turning point, tens of thousands can be buried

On the banks of the Wujiang River, a fast horse galloped from the north.

A knight in red and gold armor rushed directly into the Lingdong Yanxi Villa under the watchful eyes of everyone.

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In the early morning, Li Xuan and Wang Bo were sitting at the stone table, having breakfast while reading the Lanxi county annals in their hands.

At this moment, Li Zhu hurried in from the outside, placed a note on the stone table, then turned and left.

Li Xuan glanced at the note, then handed it to Wang Bo, and said, "Three miles to the east of Lanxi City, and five miles to the north of the city, a card has been set up. Anyone who waits is only allowed to leave, not to enter."

"My lord wants to get down to Lanxi in one go." Wang Bo put the note on the table.

Li Xuan nodded, and said: "Whether it's Meiling, Sanheguan, or Zhitang Town, if you want to hold on firmly, besides the state city, the most reliable place for us to rely on is Lanxi County."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused a bit: "Xu Wen, the magistrate of Lanxi County, has governed Lanxi in recent years, suppressed the rich, guided the people, opened up rivers and canals, and built bridges. Although the entire Lanxi territory is not well-organized and harmonious, internal conflicts are not that big, so Although the locals also believe in the Tianyin Sect, most of them are superficial believers, most of them are true devout believers, and most of them are immigrants from Muzhou, which is convenient for us to move."

"Lanxi is located in the south of Muzhou. No matter whether it is the governor or the central government, no mediocre person will become the county magistrate of Lanxi." Wang Bo looked at Li Xuan seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Magistrate Xu is regarded as the magistrate of Lanxi." The people in the city are threatening, but they have no choice but to follow the thieves, and I hope the prince can rescue them in time."

Li Xuan nodded slightly, picked up a handkerchief beside him, wiped his hands, and then said: "Let's start the journey first, and we'll talk about it when we arrive at Lanxi. I'll know what happened to this County Magistrate Xu when I wait. .”

"Here!" Wang Bo stood up and bowed his hands in salute.

It can be seen that Li Xuan does not have much trust in the county magistrate Xu Wen.

But this is not surprising. After all, Xu Wen has already become a thief. It is difficult for outsiders to know what he thought before, what he thinks now, and what he did in the middle.

With Li Xuan's suspicious personality, it would be strange to trust him.

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Dressed in black armor, holding an eight-faced Han sword at his waist, Li Xuan stepped out of Yanxi Villa.

Li Zhuhu is on the left, and Wang Bo is on the right.

The three of them walked quickly towards the big ship in the distance.

On the edge of the pier, Qi Guang hurried up to meet him, cupped his hands and said back: "My lord, all the Yanxi soldiers have boarded the boat, waiting for your order."

"Leave a team of people here to guard. Inspector Wang will send people to deliver supplies to Lanxi in the future. You need to keep an eye on this place so as not to be taken advantage of by those who want to." Li Xuan explained seriously.

"Who cares?" Qi Guang looked at Li Xuan in surprise when he heard this, but then he cupped his hands and asked, "My lord, do you want to keep some more people?"

"No, one army is enough. There will be people arriving in the future. This king will order them to keep more people here." Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "This place is not a threat right now, it's better to keep it here. Go arrange it." Bar."

"Here!" Without any hesitation, Qi Guang immediately turned around and made arrangements.

At this time, Wang Bo looked at Li Xuan thoughtfully, "Does the prince have other arrangements here?"

Li Xuan did not answer directly, but raised his eyes to look at the vast long river in front of him, and said softly: "Wujiang River flows north, converging at Lanxi and Qujiang, converging at the foot of Lanyin Mountain to form Lanjiang, and going north to Meicheng to meet Xin'an River. The Fuchun River continues northward, and below Fuyang, it is called the Qiantang River."

Li Xuan stared at the Changhe in front of him, and said softly: "If the terrain of Wujiang River is used skillfully, it can overturn tens of thousands of soldiers. Everything depends on how it is used."

Lanxi has been known as "the confluence of three rivers", "the waist of six rivers" and "the thoroughfare of seven provinces" since ancient times.

Yanxi is at the turning point of Wujiang River.

Any ship sailing here must slow down.

This time is the most vulnerable time to be attacked.

Li Xuan does not hope to use it here in the future, but if it is really necessary,
The terrain here also had to be well utilized, as he said, at least tens of thousands of soldiers had to be buried.

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Qi Guang boarded the boat again, and bowed his hands to Li Xuan: "My lord, everything has been arranged properly."

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and walked to the bow of the boat holding the Eight-faced Han Sword.

Looking at the wide Wujiang River in front of him, he quickly turned his head to look at Li Zhu: "Send the order, sail, and stop three miles away from Lanxi County."

"Here!" Li Zhu immediately turned around to make arrangements.

The big ship started slowly, then accelerated, heading towards Lanxi County.

Li Xuan waved to Wang Bo and Qi Guang, and they stepped forward knowingly.

Li Xuan thought about it, pointed to the vast Wujiang River and said: "If there is no other choice, the entire Wujiang River will be a vast battlefield, and it is an extremely beneficial battlefield for us."

The Tianyin Sect came from the north. If there were only 5000 people, then Li Xuan had the ability and confidence to keep them out of Wuzhou.

But if this number doubles, then he has to consider the possibility of giving up the front line and preserving his strength.

If the reinforcements from the Governor's Mansion of Yuezhou did not arrive for a long time, Li Xuan would have to give up not only Meiling Pass, Zhitang Town and Sanhe Pass, but also the entire Lanxi.

At that time, Tianyin Sect can go straight to Zhoucheng along the Wujiang River, and Li Xuan can also go straight to Lanxi County along the Wujiang River.

At that time, the entire Wujiang River will be the broadest battlefield.

Whoever wins Wujiang will win the biggest winner in the entire war.

"Your lord thinks that the Governor's Mansion of Yuezhou will not be able to support us in time?" Wang Bo understood the point of Li Xuan's words at a glance.

The wind in the river was bitter, and Li Xuan took two steps forward.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Li Xuan said softly: "I don't want things to go to that point either, but I will never forget the Zhoushan pirates spying overseas."

"Zhoushan pirates!" Wang Bo's breathing suddenly became serious, his fists clenched and his brows furrowed.

"When the bandits in Zhoushan make a move, the Hangzhou navy will definitely restrain them. At that time, the Hangzhou navy will be able to hold Tonglu. It is already very good, and there is no room left to put pressure on Jiande; if there is any problem in Yuezhou at this time, At that time, we will be the only ones who need to deal with everything." When Li Xuan said this, even he himself couldn't help shaking his head.

20 years ago, Chen Shuozhen started an uprising in Wuzhou. When the army was the largest, it reached more than 6 people.

Later, in the brutal elimination of wars, there were still [-] elites in the end.

Let Li Xuan resist 1 people, he feels extremely difficult, you let him resist 3 people, it is like asking him to die.

He would never do such a thing.

"Dushui Division, Navy Division, use this Wujiang River to suppress the Tianyin Sect to the west of Zhoucheng, that's what we can do." Li Xuan shook his head and smiled softly: "Maybe everything is the original The king is thinking wildly, and everything may not be here at all."

Wang Bo's expression didn't ease in the slightest. He frowned, looked at Li Xuan suddenly, and said, "My lord, don't forget, we still have reinforcements from Yangzhou. As long as we can hold on for a little longer, the reinforcements from Yangzhou will surely arrive soon." , no more than three to five days."

"Mr. Zi'an." Li Xuan bowed deeply to Wang Bo, and then said seriously: "Please forgive Li, Xuan, please don't forget the eight words, soldiers are fierce and wars are dangerous, people's hearts and ghosts are ghosts. It's Li Xuan's evil words and curses, if you really do what you want, there will be hundreds of people on our trip, even if there are more assistance in the future, there will definitely not be ten people left alive in the end."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan repeatedly emphasized: "Sir, please remember that if you are not absolutely sure, don't be brave."

Wang Bo was taken aback for a moment, thinking about what happened in his life, and finally nodded silently.

Li Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Wang Bo would use some kind of righteousness, and the common people would coerce him.

If Wang Bo really said such words, then Li Xuan could only ask him to leave.

"Come here, get your brush and ink, I want to draw a good picture of the wide and flowing Wujiang River." Li Xuan waved to the back.

Li Zhu quickly brought all the flower stands, brushes, and rice paper.

Li Xuan's paintings are basically all meticulous paintings, there is not much difference in comparison with the size, but there is always a lack of artistic conception.

So he always said that his ability to paint is weak, and many people agree with this.

I don't know how much time has passed, and finally, a winding Wujiang River finally clearly appeared in Li Xuan's pen.

Extremely detailed.

It was at this time that Lanxi County finally appeared at the end of time.

Wang Bo lowered his head slightly, only to realize that the outline of Lanxi County also appeared in Li Xuan's pen.

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Three large ships stopped on the Wujiang River three miles south of Lanxi County.

Standing on the bow of the ship, Li Xuan looked far away, and could vaguely see many people watching from the top of the city of Lanxi County.

"Qi Guang!" Li Xuan shouted in a low voice.

Qi Guang at the back immediately cupped his hands: "This subordinate is here."

Li Xuan looked to the northwest of Lanxi County, and said in a deep voice: "I order you to lead two teams of soldiers to go to Meiling Pass immediately, stop ten miles away from Meiling Pass, stay for half an hour, and then return from Meiling Pass. Go straight to Lanxi County from the north gate."

"I will obey the order." Qi Guang cupped his hands, then turned around immediately.

Pressing his right hand on the handle of the knife, he walked quickly towards the direction of Wuzhou soldiers.

"Is the prince intending to train him?" Wang Bo stood behind Li Xuan, softly pointing out Li Xuan's purpose.

Li Xuan nodded, and said: "The Qianniuwei will return to the two capitals after all, and it is impossible for the soldiers of the Kuaiji Prefecture to obey the orders of the king forever. Only these soldiers of Wuzhou are the most reliable soldiers of the king in Wuzhou. man of."

There were only two people on the list that Li Xuan recommended to the emperor, one was Wuzhou Prison Officer and inspector Cao Canjun Xu Jian, and the other was Jinhua County Magistrate Ding Yi.

These two talents are Li Xuan's two deepest nails in Wuzhou.

Here, there is no Yan Tao.

(End of this chapter)