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Chapter 266 Expecting the enemy to take the lead
【We don't know if Li Jing knew about Li Yuan's deadly secret order. He didn't speak, let alone defend himself, and he didn't even say a word in the scene of showing his loyalty.

It just so happened that Ran Zhao, the leader of the barbarians in Kaizhou, suddenly rebelled against the Tang Dynasty at this time, and led the barbarians into Kuizhou, beating Li Xiaogong, king of Zhaojun, to the point where he ran away with his head in his arms.

When Li Jing heard about it, he immediately led eight hundred warriors to surprise Ran Zhao. In a fierce battle, Ran Zhao was killed and more than 5000 barbarians were captured.

Li Yuan was overjoyed, he smiled and said to Li Jing: "You don't have to worry about your fame and fortune after you have made such extraordinary achievements." After thinking for a while, Li Yuan added: "The little festival between you and me before, I've forgotten all about it."

At first glance, Li Yuan seemed to have forgiven Li Jing, but Li Yuan said he forgave, but his body was very honest.]

[In the following period of time, because the Li Tang Dynasty wanted to deal with Wang Shichong in Luoyang, they did not take large-scale military actions against Xiao Mian for the time being, but Li Jing has been sending people to secretly spy on the enemy. 】

[In the first year of Tang Wude (618 A.D.), Xiao Xian ruled the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and proclaimed himself emperor in Yueyang.

Xiao Mian was a descendant of the Xiliang royal family in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, the influence of the Guanlong aristocratic group to which Li Yuan belonged was mainly in the north, and the influence of the Xiao family was in the south. This is also the main reason why Xiao Mian continued to use the name "Liang". Si Liang, he can win the hearts of the people.

At this time, Li Tang was surrounded by big bosses. There were Liu Wuzhou and Dou Jiande in the north, Wang Shichong in Henan, and the powerful Xue regime behind him. For Xiao Xian, who was far to the south, these were the ones that Li Tang wanted to mobilize imminently. separatist regime.

As for Xiao Mian, it was during this period of time that he developed and strengthened his own strength.

Xiao Xian led the army like a broken bamboo all the way, almost occupying most of the area from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to the south of the Lingnan. When the army was strong, it could reach as many as 40. 】

[However, Xiao Mian is suspicious by nature, and he doesn't have the basic qualities to be a leader.

Therefore, when his career grew bigger and bigger, he began to worry that his subordinates would take his place.

However, his own deterrence was insufficient, so he could only find an excuse to seize the military power of his subordinates, but unexpectedly it caused civil strife.

Da Sima Dong Jingzhen, Shang Shuling Zhang Xiu and others were killed one after another, and Xiao's regime was severely damaged.

In this era where many heroes are rising together and a large number of talents are needed, it is extremely unwise to kill each other and cause serious internal friction.

Looking back at the Tang army at this time, after several months of conquest against Wang Shichong, the balance of victory has begun to tilt towards the Tang army.

In view of this, Li Jing wanted to take this opportunity to take advantage of the internal strife in Xiao's family and launch a fatal blow to him. 】

[In the first month of the fourth year of Tang Wude (621 A.D.), Li Jing presented Li Yuan with the "Ten Strategies for Ping Xiaoxiao", and gave Li Yuan a clear analysis of the situation between the enemy and us.

Li Yuan was overjoyed after seeing it, and the next month he appointed Li Xiaogong as the governor of Kuizhou, and Li Jing as his deputy.

Although Li Jing was the deputy in name, in fact Li Yuan handed over the military power to Li Jing, and told Li Xiaogong to follow Li Jing's advice in military matters.

However, although Li Jing was in charge of the command, there were still people over his head after all. Obviously, Li Yuan was still on guard against Li Jing.

But it’s okay, you guard yours, I’ll hit mine.]

[Li Jing chose to train the army in Kuizhou, because Kuizhou is separated by the Three Gorges, and the enemy is not easy to find.

Not long after the land of Bashu was recovered, Li Jing was afraid that the people here would not be stable, so he led the army eastward without any worries. Li Jing put the children of the chiefs of various tribes by his side and gave them official positions according to their abilities. In fact, they are hostages. 】

[In September of the same year, that is, two months after Li Tang pacified Wang Shichong, Li Jing's army divided into four routes, combining water and land routes, and marched towards Jiangling, the capital of Liang State.

In the autumn of the Three Gorges, the river will soar, which is extremely risky for the Tang army to march.

It was precisely because of this that Xiao Mian believed that it was impossible for the Tang army to attack when the water was raging, and they had just finished the battle of Hulao Pass, and they might need to rest their troops right now, so Xiao Mian did not prepare for the battle.

At the same time, Xiao Xian's army was not concentrated in Jiangling, but guarded in three directions: one was stationed in the south, one was stationed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, mainly defending the warlord Du Fuwei, and the other was stationed in Qingjiang, west of Jiangling. Mainly defend the Tang army from advancing eastward. 】

[Tang Jun came all the way east to the Three Gorges, and he didn't dare to advance rashly. He wanted to wait until the flood receded before advancing.

But Li Jing was courageous and insightful, he said: "We have spent several months making full preparations for today.

Now, the enemy doesn't know our intention of action at all, so we should take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and catch him by surprise. "

So, under the encouragement and leadership of Li Jing, the Tang army marched eastward along the Three Gorges.

Along the way, Xiao Mian didn't send many soldiers to guard, and the Tang army was able to break through Jingmen and Yidu towns all the way.When the Tang army came to Yiling, they encountered tens of thousands of defenders stationed in Qingjiang.

However, the enemy seems to be crowded, but they don't have too much fighting power. Moreover, the military discipline is relatively loose when the enemy's situation is unknown. The guard Wen Shihong never dreamed that the Tang army would attack at this time.

Until the Tang army attacked, Wen Shihong, who was fighting in a panic, was defeated. Liang Jun jumped into the river and drowned, and more than [-] people were killed. 】

"Li Jing is also a person who dares to take risks, but he has already prepared in advance."

"Han Xin adapts to the situation, Li Jing anticipates the enemy's opportunity, each has its own brilliance, each has its own ability!"

"But the two of them have one thing in common, that is: flexible use of troops, combination of fiction and reality, unconstrained style, and perfection!"

"Marching and fighting are in their hands, and they have turned it into an art!"

[After breaking Qingjiang, Li Jing led the army to continue marching towards Jiangling, and many enemy troops surrendered along the way.

Xiao Xian suddenly heard that Tang Jun was coming to attack, and he was frightened and at a loss.

And seeing that there were only a few thousand guards around Xiao Mian at this time, he had no choice but to immediately order conscription and call reinforcements from all over the place to rescue them quickly. 】

[Li Xiaogong saw that the enemy had only a few thousand people, so he wanted to destroy them in one battle.

Seeing this, Li Jing resolutely objected: "The enemy is trapped, if we advance rashly, they will fight desperately for their lives.

And the ones who can stay with Xiao Xian are elites, it is not advisable to advance aggressively, we should avoid their fronts and kill their fighting spirit before advancing and attacking. "

At this time, Li Xiaogong was dazzled by successive victories, and could not listen to Li Jing's warning at all.

He asked Li Jing to stay in the barracks, while he personally led the army to attack Xiao Mian.

As Li Jing expected, the Tang army was defeated by Wen Shihong and suffered heavy losses, while Li Xiaogong himself fled to the south bank.

The enemy army took advantage of the victory to pursue, but Liang Jun saw that Tang Jun had abandoned a lot of supplies and money during the pursuit, so he stopped and started looting property.

Li Jing quietly observed the enemy's every move in the dark,
When he found that the enemy's formation was in chaos, he quickly led his army to attack, killed the enemy again by surprise, and wiped out nearly ten thousand enemy troops again. 】

(End of this chapter)