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

Chapter 437 Siwei generals, self-proclaimed national teacher

Fluttering, a white pigeon went straight to Meiling Pass from the north, and finally fell into a lean hand.

With a stern face, Li Zhu took off the secret letter from the pigeon's leg, then sent it directly to the central hall without looking at it.

Li Xuan, Qiu Zhenmu, Yan Tao, Zhou Shen, Feng Hua, Wang Qin, Qi Guang and others were sitting in the middle hall, all of them looked terrible.

Li Zhu walked in quickly from the outside, and everyone's discussion stopped immediately.

The secret letter was placed on the table by Li Zhu, and then picked up by Li Xuan.

Taking out the secret letter from the thin bamboo tube, Li Xuan read it carefully, and then said to the crowd: "On this day, the governor of Muzhou made a sacrifice to heaven and earth. Raised troops on the side of the Qing emperor... Now a total of 3000 troops have been accumulated, divided into three groups, and attacked Shezhou, Hangzhou, and Wuzhou. Most of the soldiers are coming towards Meiling Pass, and a navy has already left Muzhou , whereabouts are unknown."

"I must have come to Wuzhou too." Feng Hua's expression became very embarrassing in an instant.

He did not inquire about the source of this information, nor did he doubt the authenticity of Li Xuan's information.

"Compared to the Hangzhou Navy, Wuzhou's navy is indeed weak. Except for a few ships in the Dushui Division, the others are not enough to fight. Therefore, it is not surprising that they are optimistic about taking Wuzhou. After all, they were That's what you did." Li Xuan paused for a moment, looked at Feng Hua with a serious expression on her face.

"Feng Canjun, please rush to Lanxi immediately. From now on, use iron chains, scrap boats, wooden stakes, etc. to block the Wujiang River. Set up a checkpoint every five miles south of Sanhe Pass. No ships can pass through the river. Those who forcibly break through will be punished as treason." At the end, Li Xuan's expression was filled with murderous intent.

Feng Hua immediately stood up, cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "I will obey the order."

After speaking, Feng Hua immediately turned around and left.

Li Xuan's cold eyes fell on Yan Tao and Zhou Shen, and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to deal with the affairs of Lanxi and Wujiang, please go down immediately to rectify the soldiers. Arrive at Meiling Pass soon, when the time comes, I am afraid that we will encounter the enemy earlier than Sanhe Pass."

The Tianyin Sect has already started a full-scale uprising, and the Muzhou Army has 3000 soldiers, [-] more than Li Xuan originally expected.

Li Xuan's advantage of reducing the number of Tianyin Sect's staff in this round of fighting was immediately offset.

Both Yan Tao and Zhou Shen were very clear about this, and they didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, so they immediately stood up and bowed: "I will obey the order,"

Seeing that Li Xuan had already started to set things up, Qiu Zhenmu couldn't help but stood up and asked, "I wonder how many people are there in the Muzhou Army that the lord estimates will arrive at Meiling Pass this time?"

"The Wuzhou Army now has [-] troops, but they also face many enemies." Li Xuan thought about it, and said uncertainly: "The number of people who come to Meiling Pass should not be less than [-], and If my guess is correct, this trip should be led by Fang Yunxiu's brother Fang Fengjin himself."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused for a while, and said calmly: "Fang Fengjin's younger brother, son, wife and brother all died under the hands of this king. Now that everything in Muzhou is properly arranged, it is natural to come to kill Ben. The king takes revenge."

"If [-] soldiers come to Meiling Pass, [-] will come from Wujiang River." Qiu Zhenmu's expression changed slightly.

Li Xuan shook her head, and said calmly: "There are not as many navy troops as seven thousand. They want to keep people to guard Muzhou City, and they need someone to guard against the surprise attack of the Hangzhou Navy, so they can kill the navy troops in Wuzhou. There should only be more than 2000 qualified sailors."

The navy is different from the army. Real navy training is extremely time-consuming, and a qualified navy soldier requires many elements.

It's not that fishermen can become sailors by changing them into navy uniforms.

Fighting in rivers, lakes and seas requires extremely high physical fitness and various operating skills. If it involves fighting at sea, it will be even more troublesome.

The cost here is far from being able to explain clearly in a few words.

In particular, the bulk of the money is spent on warships.

Even if you don't have to build it yourself, even if you use a merchant ship to modify it, it must be loaded with suitable war weapons such as catapults, fire bombs, etc. for ships.

The money spent went to the sea.

"Therefore, there are not many sailors formed by the Tianyin Sect. This king estimates that there are more infantry on the boat. Once these people arrive at the river pass, they may get off the boat immediately and become infantry again. At that time, brother Qiu, the only ones that this king can really come to are the cavalry."

Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu solemnly, and said: "All the cavalry under the soldiers of the Kuaiji Prefecture will be under your command. When the cavalry goes out to battle, at least these people must be blocked by the Wujiang River, and they must not be killed. Come to Meiling Pass. How to fight, after you go back, write a detailed note and submit it."

"The last general will obey the order." Qiu Zhenmuli immediately bowed his hands and agreed.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the crowd, and said with a solemn expression: "This time the Tianyin Sect's army is coming from land and water, it must be a hard battle, but after the first battle, Wuzhou can be settled, Muzhou can be settled, and the entire southeast It’s all settled, this is the last battle, and I hope you will do your best to deal with it.”

"The next officer obeys the order!" Everyone present stood up at the same time.

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "This king has already written two memorials, and please send someone to send one of them to Shendu directly at [-] Li, and the other to Wuzhou. After being signed by Wang Shijun, it will be sent through the Wuzhou channel."

Li Xuan didn't know if he was the first to receive the news of the Tianyin Sect's incident, but he had to send all the information he received to the Divine Capital as soon as possible.

"The last general obeys the order!" Qiu Zhenmu immediately cupped his hands.

Li Xuan picked up a purple leather memorial from the table and handed it to Qiu Zhenmu, saying, "Send this one to the capital of God."

Then he picked up another copy of Feipi Memorial, handed it over, and said at the same time: "This one is for Wang Shijun."

At the end of the Fei Pi Memorial, he put the call to action.

The level of the call-to-action is still good, and I don't know who wrote it.

I don't know what kind of mood Empress Wu will feel after watching it.

Qiu Zhenmu stepped forward to take over the proclamation, Li Xuan paused for a while, and finally took the proclamation from the Feipi Memorial.

Everyone else can add this call to action, except Wuzhou.

Li Xuan's identity is special, and Wang Fanglin's is even more special.

After taking down the proclamation, Li Xuan immediately handed it over to Qiu Zhenmu, and Qian Niuwei immediately sent it to Shendu in an expedited eight hundred miles.

He raised his head and looked at Wang Qin and Qi Guang who were still waiting on the side.

Looking at Wang Qin, Li Xuan said directly: "It's been a long time to join the army, but now, please join the army and work hard again, take a team of soldiers under Qi Guang's command, and go to Sanhe Pass immediately, and notify the guards of Sanhe Pass to strengthen the guards." , Even if the enemy army is powerful, you must grit your teeth and persist until the last moment."

"I will obey the order!" Wang Qin stood up without thinking.

Li Xuan nodded, and then said: "Joining the army, this king will give you a privilege. Once Sanheguan is really no longer able to defend, you can decide whether to retreat. Once you start to retreat, you don't have to retreat to Lanxi County, because you may not be able to enter there. go."

Wang Qin immediately understood the danger, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, my subordinates are here, Sanhe Pass is here, if Sanhe Pass is lost, my subordinates will be doomed..."

"It doesn't have to be like this." Li Xuan quickly waved her hands, leaned forward slightly, looked at Wang Qin and said, "Don't be too stubborn, just try to stay for a moment longer. Although Sanhe Pass is important, this king has already made various follow-up preparations... Besides, to take care of Sanhe Pass in the future, we still need to join the army and do our best, Qi Guang!"

"The next official is here!" Qi Guang immediately stood up.

"Choose two smart people under your command, and make sure that Wang Canjun leaves Sanhe Pass safely, otherwise, if something happens to Wang Canjun, I will definitely sit on them." Li Xuan directly gave the order to Qi Guang, he was really afraid Wang Qin desperately died in Sanheguan.

Although the Wang family's children have the heart to fight to the death on the battlefield, the court's attitude towards the Wang family will not change fundamentally.

Forget about this worthless sacrifice.

"I will obey the order!" Qi Guang immediately turned around and went down to arrange for people to go. Wang Qin cupped his hands at Li Xuan, then quickly turned and left.

Li Xuan looked at Li Zhu beside him, he was the only one left in the middle hall.

"Once the Tianyin Sect raises an issue, everything will change." Li Xuan's expression suddenly became indifferent.

Li Zhu stood on one side without saying a word.

Li Xuan shook her head lightly, and said, "Now, we have to wait for the arrival of the Tianyin Sect army, and also, we have to wait for the imperial decree."

Before the imperial decree was issued, Li Xuan was the Biejia of Wuzhou, and Yao Zhi was the Sima of the Governor's Mansion of Yuezhou.

In order to deal with the changes in Tianyin Sect, the imperial court will definitely integrate all the troops under one man's command.

When the time comes, the top and bottom are clear, and what you want to do will be difficult.

……

Inside the wooden house, Zhang Wanyu was seated on top, with Ye Wanwan, He Qing'er, Xu Shan, Hu Guang, He Jin and others standing on both sides.

Compared to the jubilation outside, the house seemed eerily quiet.

At this time, Xu Shan couldn't help but stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Hall Master... No, General Qi, the last general thinks that the Meiling Pass should be captured immediately. There must be panic in Meiling Pass right now. My teacher... …When our Muzhou army arrives, it will surely fall apart, but thanks to this..."

Zhang Wanyu stretched out her hand and interrupted Xu Shan's words.

He knew the meaning of Xu Shan's words, it was nothing more than taking advantage of the panic at Meiling Pass, taking the opportunity to attack Meiling Pass, take Meiling Pass, and wash away the shame.

Especially before the mighty General Fang Yunjin arrives.

The Tianyin sect rebelled, and the governor of Muzhou was narrated by the governor of Muzhou. He proclaimed himself the general manager of Wuyue and the governor of Muzhou. Cao et al.

Wenfu was also appointed as General Huwei to lead the princes, and Fang Fengjin was named General Yangwei, Zhang Wanyu was named General Mingwei, and others were General Fenwei and General Liyi, who led the army to attack the states.

Xu Shan is Fang Fengjin's old subordinate, and he knows the temper of their old boss.

If they still fail to win Meiling Pass by then, they will definitely not have any good fruit for him.

"The King of Nanchang has a cunning heart. At a time like this, he can't be unprepared." Ye Wanwan looked at Zhang Wanyu worriedly.

"Everything has risks, saint, we can't just do nothing just because of the risks." Xu Shan yelled at Ye Wanwan angrily.

After Shi Xu raised his troops, everyone in the Tianyin Sect received rewards, but Ye Wanwan was the only one who was still a saint.

"Captain Xu, don't be rude to the saint." Zhang Wanyu immediately reprimanded Xu Shan unceremoniously.

Xu Shan's face couldn't help changing slightly, and he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "It's my subordinate's impoliteness."

Although Ye Wanwan is still a saint now, since all the hall masters of the Tianyin Sect have been rewarded with official positions, the only one who stands on Ye Wanwan's head in the Tianyin Sect is the concubine.

Tianyin Sect was proclaimed the state religion, so the Empress was naturally the state teacher.

Being rude to Ye Wanwan might be regarded as being rude to the queen concubine, which they didn't dare to do.

Zhang Wanyu raised her head slightly, looked at Xu Shan with a solemn expression, and asked in a deep voice: "Then Captain Xu, if you send troops to you, what are your chances of taking down Meiling Pass?"

"Seventy percent!"

(End of this chapter)