First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 258

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Nangong Mountain, Heihuzhai, Deng Shiluo is entrenched here, with more than 2 barbarians, he dominates this mountain forest, very majestic.

Deng Shiluo's original intention was to occupy this place as the king and be at ease, but all this was changed a month ago.

A month ago, a scribe who claimed to be an official from Daliang led dozens of people into the mountains to search for him. After meeting Deng Shiluo, he took out the imperial decree of Emperor Xiao Mian of Daliang, canonized Deng Shiluo as the king of Shu, and promised to divide the land of Sichuan and Shu To Deng Shiluo.

Deng Shiluo was originally a barbarian from Daba Mountain. The farthest place he has been to is the nearby Jinzhou and Xizhou.

When he first heard that he was canonized as king, Deng Shiluo was really stunned. Looking at the boxes of gold and silver treasures, Deng Shiluo's eyes became straight.

Daliang and Deng Shiluo have also heard about it. After all, Liang Guo has been subjugated several times since Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan became emperor on behalf of Qi. Emperor Xiao Xi has returned to the country four times, and this is the fifth time that the Xiao Liang regime has returned to the country under the title of Liang.

It has been more than a hundred years since Xiao Yan proclaimed himself emperor in the second year of Qi Zhongxing in the Southern Dynasty. During this period, Xiao Liang returned to the country many times. The name is also a respect from the heart.

The official worshiped the king of Shu and was in charge of the land of Bashu. Facing such temptations, Deng Shiluo immediately threw himself into Xiao Liang's embrace without hesitation, and obeyed Xiao Mian's order to invade Jinzhou with troops.

Originally, Deng Shiluo was a little apprehensive about attacking Jinzhou. After all, he heard that the governor of Jinzhou was Li Yuan, king of Lujiang in the Tang Dynasty. Fan,
Little did he know that this trial made Deng Shiluo overjoyed, and he won the first battle. The Lujiang King Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty seemed majestic, but he was actually vulnerable. Afterwards, Deng Shiluo led troops out of the mountains several times to plunder the local area, and he gained a lot every time. I was so surprised that there were few people on the official roads of Jinzhou.

Li Yuan led the army to attack three times, but was defeated by Deng Shiluo. Since then, Deng Shiluo has become more rampant, thinking that the Tang army is nothing more than that.

"Report, my lord, the brothers patrolling the mountain outside the mountain found that hundreds of Tang troops had entered the mountain."

Deng Shiluo was having a banquet with more than a dozen barbarian generals in the stronghold. Everyone was hugging left and right, feeling very happy, a barbarian rushed in to report.

"Don dog dares to come?" Deng Shiluo was not surprised when he heard the words, "Brothers, the money-giver is here, let's say hello", he got up and took the weapon, and called the barbarians and generals to rush out of the gate of the village. Go to the front of the mountain.

"General, we can't go any further." The captain was sweating nervously holding the handle of the knife, "If you go any further, you will meet barbarians."

Jiang Baoyi also looked vigilantly at the surrounding mountains and forests, and ordered: "If you encounter an attack later, retreat immediately."

The captain nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, so he had to follow Jiang Baoyi and continue to move forward slowly.

Walking to a corner of a mountain forest, seeing the trees shaking on the slope and startling the birds, Jiang Baoyi immediately shouted: "Be careful, there is an ambush."

"Guizi is very careful, brothers, kill." On the hillside, Deng Shiluo leaned under the tree, thinking that Jiang Baoyi and others would enter the bend of the hillside and then smash them with stones condescendingly, but Jiang Baoyi saw the flaw .

Seeing the barbarians rushing out of the forest screaming, Jiang Baoyi yelled, "Ambush, retreat quickly", and after saying that, he hit his horse and left, lying on the horse's back while running, turning around and fighting back with a bow and arrow.

"I'm an immortal", seeing Jiang Baoyi running away first, the captain yelled, "It looks like there are five people and six people, and he can run faster than anyone else", and then ran away as fast as he could.

The three hundred Tang soldiers did not resist at all. They turned and ran when they saw the barbarians. Even when the barbarians rushed out of the forest, they did not engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Jiang Baoyi beat his horse and ran ahead, slowing down his horse from time to time, shouting: "Quick retreat, don't love to fight."

"I'm in love with you, you immortal banban", the three hundred government soldiers who ran behind were all cursing from the bottom of their hearts, this shit general is indeed the toughest, but he runs the fastest when encountering enemies.

Deng Shiluo led more than a thousand barbarians in pursuit all the way, Jiang Baoyi and others fled all the way, until dozens of people were killed, Deng Shiluo had never ridden a horse and was extremely tired, so he ordered the troops to withdraw.

Seeing the blood dripping from the tip of Deng Shiluo's knife, the savage general under his command panted heavily, and praised: "Your Majesty is really powerful. We can't even catch up with you if you charge so fast."

Deng Shiluo sat down on the ground, without any demeanor of the king of Shu, took the water bag handed over by the barbarians and drank it, wiped his mouth with his sleeves, and then cursed: "These Tang dogs are so useless, just use them!" This also dares to visit my cottage."

"Your Majesty, Tang Jun is so useless, why don't we attack Ankang City directly?" A barbarian licked his lips and grinned, "There are many beauties in Ankang City."

Hearing this suggestion, the prudent Deng Shiluo is always a little afraid of Tang Jun's reputation and dare not act rashly, but in the past month, Deng Shiluo has defeated Tang Jun several times. Deng Shiluo was a little moved because he didn't dare to fight.

At this time, another barbarian also said: "The kings of the Han people all have large and luxurious palaces. The current cottage is not worthy of the status of a king. After breaking Ankang City, the palace of King Lujiang, the son of Laoshi, can be taken over. Changing it to the Prince of Shu's Mansion is so grand."

Hearing this, Deng Shiluo was really moved, and immediately said: "Go back and prepare, and attack Ankang City tomorrow."

All the soldiers will be overjoyed when they hear this.

In Ankang City, in the camp west of the city, Gao Chong looked at the map and remained silent. After a long time, his personal guards came to report, "General Pan has arrived."

Pan Ding entered the account with a puzzled face, not understanding why Gao Chong summoned him at night, and even Pan Ding wondered if there was an ambush in the account.

Seeing that Pan Ding was a little nervous, Gao Chong smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Pan. I'm not the ogre Zhu Can. I called you here to ask you if you want to make meritorious service."

"Make meritorious service?" Seeing Gao Chong's kind attitude, Pan Ding was a little surprised, "No one wants to make meritorious deeds, but he wants to make meritorious deeds. What does Gao Sima mean by that?"

"It's fine if you want to make meritorious service." Gao Chong nodded, pointed to a small valley on the map and said, "I heard that you are a native of Jinzhou, so you are familiar with this place?"

Pan Ding looked at the map and nodded, and said directly: "Qiguaigou is just three miles west of the city. There are many prey in it, and I go hunting in my spare time."

"Maybe there are two thousand soldiers hiding in the ditch?" Gao Chong asked.

"This ditch has seven bends and eight turns, so it is called Qiguaigou. Let alone 2000 people, even 6000 people can hide," Pan Ding said with a confident smile.

(End of this chapter)