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

Chapter 412 Uncle Li Xuan, the Beauty Recommendation Seat

The mountains are rolling and rolling, and under the sunset at dusk, the mountain road is full of dark shadows.

Li Xuan stood at the top of the city, with a long sword on her waist, her right hand resting on the parapet, looking at the narrow mountain road and the steep peaks on both sides.

Under his eyes, those shadows seemed to have turned into countless soldiers, rushing towards the checkpoint.

With a wave of Li Xuan's hand, these shadow soldiers disappeared without a trace, and turned into darkness again, hiding quietly under the mountains.

With his right hand resting on the hilt of the long sword, Li Xuan's eyes flickered, as if something appeared in his mind.

It seemed faintly that two groups of soldiers were fighting each other under his eyes.

Standing behind Li Xuan, Wang Qin couldn't help asking, "My lord, is there any feasible strategy for the terrain here?"

Wang Qin thought he knew the Nanchang County King quite well. A man like Nanchang King could immediately think of five or six ways when he rolled his eyes.

Li Xuan looked back at Wang Qin in some surprise, nodded, and said, "Once the Tianyin Sect mobilizes troops, they will have at least thousands of troops. Recklessly..."

"Use crossbows and catapults to massacre Tianyin believers." Wang Qin understood a little.

He joined the army as a meritorious serviceman, and he has learned many things.

"Hmm!" A trace of hesitation flashed on Li Xuan's face, and he said in thought: "But crossbows and catapults have to consider the battle damage after all. We may have the upper hand at the beginning, but after the crossbows and catapults are used up, If I wait for myself, I'm afraid I have to fight them hard."

Li Xuan didn't like fighting hard, he shook his head and said, "If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll have to accompany all of them in, so before they arrive at Meiling Pass, we have to consume their energy as much as possible and delay their arrival." The time spent at Meiling Pass made them walk longer and more tired on the mountain path."

"That's why the prince ordered to burn down the villages and cottages on both sides of the mountain road..." Wang Qin immediately understood Li Xuan's plan, and blurted out a sentence: "It's still a strategy of exhaustion!"

"That's the only way to do it. Using the strategy of exhaustion, plus we have more ordnance than them, in this way, our advantage will be greater, and a little bit of cumulative advantage will become a victory."

"The next official has learned the lesson." Wang Qin looked at Li Xuan, and raised his hand to bow.

Li Xuan has been carefully calculating almost every step since he set off from Zhoucheng.

Accumulate your own strength step by step, weaken your opponent's strength, and win one victory after another.

And in the middle, even if there were casualties, the casualties have been reduced to the minimum as possible.

The key is that after several fights, Qianniuwei, Kuaiji government soldiers, and Wuzhou soldiers have gradually adapted to the rhythm of the war.

"Yan Canjun blocked the mountain road at the front. Brother Qiu led Qianniuwei and hunter-born mansion soldiers to strangle all the remnants among them, trying to prevent the details of the fall of Meiling Pass from being exposed, so that our advantage can be maintained to the sky. When the Yin army came to kill."

With his hands behind his back, Li Xuan looked at the rolling mountains in front of him, with a trace of cruelty in his eyes.

In order to ensure that his advantage can be preserved for a long time, Li Xuan even sent Qiu Zhenmu out directly.

If Qiu Zhenmu and the others hadn't tried their best to stop him, Li Xuan would have committed suicide by now.

The purpose is to take advantage of these advantages and kill and injure the incoming enemy as much as possible.

"Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely be able to firmly guard the Meiling Pass, preventing the Tianyin bandits from having the slightest chance of overtaking." Wang Qin firmly cupped his hands to Li Xuan.

For guarding Meiling Pass and preventing Wuzhou from falling into the flames of war, Wang Qin and Li Xuan stood on the same stance.

They are different from the local aristocratic families in Wuzhou. Only when Wuzhou is more prosperous can officials like them have the opportunity to go to more positions.

Once Wuzhou fell into an uncontrollable turmoil, none of them would have a good time.

The aloof emperor has always considered more issues of cost and benefit.

If people like them firmly guard the checkpoint of the Tianyin Sect going south, then the emperor will definitely not be stingy about adding officials and ranks.

But if they let the Tianyin Sect invade Wuzhou and Wuzhou becomes corrupt, then their official careers will come to an end.

If they could successfully block the Tianyin Sect from Wuzhou, or even enter Wuzhou to destroy the Tianyin Sect, then they would have made a peerless feat.

It is comparable to Liu Rengui's victory in Baijiangkou, the left prime minister back then, and it is not impossible to be named a marquis and a prime minister at that time.

"It depends on how strong the Tianyin Sect is. How many people they will send to Meiling Pass. If there are too many enemies, we'd better keep our useful bodies first. After all, as long as we exist, they will always be scruples." Three points, if there is no waiting for me, who knows how crazy they will be." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, he did not approve of blindly defending.

Wang Qin was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly said: "It's the lower officials taking the liberty."

Li Xuan is the king of the current dynasty, he is still young, and it is not bad to be in a state, but if he makes too much contribution and force him to a higher position, it will definitely be a disaster rather than a blessing to him.

"It's okay, in fact, in my opinion, let it go for a while, so what if Meiling Pass is lost... If we can directly wipe out more Tianyin thieves on the Wujiang River, then by then, the merit will outweigh the mistakes .” Li Xuan turned sideways and looked towards the southeast.

Unknowingly, the wind became louder little by little, but no one paid attention.

Under the dark sky, one can faintly see the shadow of Wujiang River.

It stretches for a long time, converging down from the Pan'an mountain area, then going north to Jinhua, then going west and turning north to Lanxi, and finally going north from Lanxi, crossing the rolling mountains, passing Tonglu, entering Fuchun, and finally entering Hangzhou, reaching the East China Sea.

If the vast Wujiang River is used well, Li Xuan and others located upstream will have a great advantage.

"Joining the army, you should know about Zhuge Town not far from here, so what is the most memorable event in Zhuge Kongming's life, do you still have any impression of joining the army?" Li Xuan suddenly mentioned Zhuge Kongming.

"It's a grass boat borrowing arrows." Wang Qin nodded, and then he said: "But that's just a folk romance. It is recorded in "Three Kingdoms. Biography of Lord Wu" and "Wei Lue". The protagonist of this matter is Wu. Master Sun Quan."

"That's right, the battle of Chibi is really worthy of a special mention." Having said that, Li Xuan asked again: "Do you still remember the battle of Chibi, the comparison of Cao Jun and Sun Liu's coalition forces?"

"According to the "Three Kingdoms" records, the strength of Cao's army should be around 15, [-] descendants plus [-] surrendered Jingzhou soldiers; Sun Liu Lianjun, Liu Jun has more than [-] people, and Sun Army has more than [-] people, the number is [-]." Qin was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, so he is very familiar with these things.

"That's right, Cao Mengde, who was fought in the Battle of Chibi, never went south in his life, and the general situation of the world has reversed. If we follow the example of the sages now, we may not be able to beat the Tianyin traitor hard." Li Xuan's expression flashed unimaginable look.

Zhuge has been good at water and fire all his life, which is what Li Xuan has always yearned for most.

As for other fighting skills on the battlefield, it is better to use the timing wisely.

Hundreds of thousands of enemies changed hands completely in an instant.

"My lord, please be careful. It's good for you and me to talk about this statement. If someone who cares overhears..." Wang Qin suddenly mentioned something to Li Xuan in a low voice, and Li Xuan was suddenly slightly taken aback.

Wang Qin's words immediately made Li Xuan silent.

When Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi was alive, Li Xuan was the emperor's cousin.

Once Li Zhi passed away, no matter whether Li Xian came to the throne or Li Dan came to the throne, he would be a veritable uncle of the emperor.

If Liu Bei is mentioned casually again, it will inevitably make people think too much.

Li Xuan suddenly thought of Sangu Villa in Jinhua, Zhuge Town in front of Meiling Pass, and now he suddenly mentioned the Battle of Chibi. These things seemed to have an invisible hand guiding him in a certain direction .

But Li Xuan knew in his heart that the invisible hand guiding him secretly was himself.

Suddenly, Li Xuan smiled slightly.

It seems that after going back, Sangu Villa has to be renamed from Sangu to Sigu.

Look at the front, look at the back, look at the left, look at the right, look around the villa.

"Unfortunately, we can't get too close between you and me." Li Xuan sighed softly, stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go, join the army, and accompany me to inspect this city defense carefully. I will be able to defend here in the future." How long it will take depends on how well prepared we are."

Wang Qin paused for a moment, but then said solemnly: "This subordinate obeys the order!"

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The entire Meiling Pass is high in the south and low in the north. From a plane view, the city walls of the South Pass and the City Wall of the North Pass are at the same level.

The reason for this is that the city wall of Beiguan is one meter higher than the city wall of Nanguan.

It was this height of one meter that made it more than twice as difficult for the Tianyin Sect to attack the city.

"If we can recreate some special shields, the height can just go from here to there, so even if the Tianyin Sect has catapults, I don't have to worry about it at all." Li Xuan walked from north to south on the city wall. , exactly four meters wide.

"Four meters?" Li Xuan frowned slightly, this statistic is a bit difficult to handle.

"In fact, there is no need to cover all of them. There are so many sides, and then all the soldiers can be retracted. After all, I will not be full of soldiers like the Tianyin Sect guarding the city wall waiting. Mostly crossbows and catapults." When Wang Qin mentioned the catapult, he couldn't help but pause slightly, and then looked down the city.

This height, this slope.

All of a sudden, the power of the catapult was increased by half, so their chances of successfully defending the city would be higher.

"In this case, I will trouble you to join the army and Mr. Feng to think more about it. This king has to write a letter to the envoy to report. In addition, Hangzhou and Yuezhou also have to send a letter to remind them, so the two families can do more. If you support me a moment earlier, I don't know how much less sacrifice I will have to wait here."

Li Xuan bowed her hands to Wang Qin earnestly, and then explained a few more words before turning around and leaving.

I walked around the entire key and made a little more arrangement.

Li Xuan returned to the Shouguan Xiaowei's Mansion again, and visited the various official buildings, and then Li Xuan returned to the temporary official office.

After waving Li Zhu down, Li Xuan wrote letters on the desk.

The governor's mansion in Hangzhou, the governor's mansion in Wuzhou, and the governor's mansion in Yangzhou, Li Xuan all wrote to introduce the situation in Wuzhou in detail.

He didn't ask for help directly as soon as he opened his mouth. If he asked for help directly, it would inevitably make people feel too embarrassed.

In the letter, Li Xuan calmly described everything he had done during his time in Wuzhou, and at the same time expressed his concern about the incoming army from Muzhou, and begged the seniors for some assistance.

Regarding the current situation, Li Xuan tried to restore it as truthfully as possible without any exaggerated descriptions.

He didn't want to cause an uncontrollable error in the situation because of his negligence.

After writing the letter, it was late at night before I knew it, and it was almost midnight.

Li Xuan washed up a bit, and then went to rest on the couch at the back.

At this time in the entire Meiling Pass, except for a few soldiers on duty, the vast majority of people also fell into a deep sleep.

The fight at Chen Shi, and the whole day's work, made people quickly fall into a deep sleep.

At this moment, under the bed in Li Xuan's bedroom, the floor suddenly overturned, and then a figure appeared under the bed.

A lavender chest-length skirt, shawl and long hair, with a look of resentment on his face, and his eyes are about to burst into flames.

He Qing'er, the daughter of He Zheng, who joined the army of Cao Cao in Wuzhou.

She never left Wuzhou, but quietly hid in the dense grid under the bed of the captain guarding the gate, and killed her quietly in the dead of night.

And the person lying on the couch at this moment is her murderous enemy.

A cold light flashed, and a dagger was pulled out of the scabbard.

He Qing'er walked to the bed step by step, and looked at Li Xuan who was breathing evenly.

There was a flash of anger in his eyes, and the next moment, the dagger stabbed down fiercely.

Suddenly, a hand flashed like lightning, grabbed He Qing'er's wrist directly, and then pulled it down forcefully.

He Qing'er immediately fell down on the bed uncontrollably...

(End of this chapter)