First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 267

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When people returned to the city, Jiang Baoyi looked surprised, "Didn't you set up an ambush in Yun'an?"

Gao Chong nodded and sighed: "We need to wrong the people of Yun'an first."

"You mean to hand over Yun'an to the barbarians?" Jiang Baoyi asked with wide eyes, "Yun'an was the first to bear the brunt of the Kaizhou soldiers entering Kuizhou. It is the first city that cannot be bypassed. If you lay an ambush on the way, you will be safe. ".

"Look, that's what you think. The brothers Ran Zhaoze are not stupid, so they must have thought of this. When the time comes, Ran Zhaoze will be careful all the way, checking the road conditions along the way. If the barbarians appear and disappear in the mountains and forests, he will definitely be able to detect abnormalities. At that time, not to mention ambushes, it will be difficult to escape."

This is reverse thinking. After Gao Chong mentioned this point, Jiang Baoyi also realized that it is true. The barbarians must pass through Yun'an when they send troops to Kuizhou. This is well known, and Ran Zhaoze must be more careful. Unexpectedly, once the barbarians are prepared, it will be difficult to succeed.

"Then where are you going to be?" Jiang Baoyi asked with a frown.

The only way from Kai County to Kuizhou is Yun'an. Once the barbarians leave Yun'an, it is unknown which way to go. Marching and fighting in the mountains.

"Yun'an", Gao Chong frowned, with an inexplicable smile on his face.

"Yun'an?" Jiang Baoyi was very surprised, and then realized, "Yun'an City?"

Gao Chong nodded, "Ran Zhao was careful along the way. Once Yun'an City was breached by him, he must let go of his guard. As long as the barbarians enter the city, they will be caught in the urn, and the door will be closed to beat the dog."

"This... the ambush was actually an ambush in the city?" Jiang Baoyi looked disbelieving, and for a while he didn't understand Gao Chong's intentions.

"Why not?" Gao Chong smiled mysteriously, "Let this Yun'an City become the burial place of Ran Zhaoze."

"No", Jiang Baoyi finally realized, "The barbarians have entered the city, how do you break the city?"

"Mountain people have their own tricks."

"But the surprise soldiers you mentioned earlier?" Jiang Baoyi suddenly remembered, and asked in surprise.

"Buddha said: Do not speak."

Around Jiang Baoyi's cold and straightforward temperament, he was also gnashing his teeth at this time, wishing to punch Gao Chong in the face.

That night, Gao Chong quietly left the city with Kaohsiung's personal guards waiting for 10 minutes.

In the dock by the river three miles west of the city, this is where Li Xiaogong supervised the building of warships.

As early as a few days ago, when Gao Chong planned to lure Ran Zhaoze to send troops, Li Xiaogong sent three thousand soldiers to garrison here, successfully avoiding the eyes and ears of the city. At that time, no one knew that Li Xiaogong would send troops to Jingchu .

After arriving at the dock and verifying his identity, Gao Chong went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, where several generals had already been waiting for a long time.

"I have seen Gao Changshi", seeing Gao Chong coming on time, all the generals stopped talking one after another, got up and worshiped.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Gao Chong nodded, came to the main seat and sat down, looked down at the first tall general, "General Chen, is there something strange in the surrounding area these days? Has anyone noticed?"

"Reporting to Gao Changshi, everything is normal. Only a few fishermen and woodcutters found out that they obeyed the general's order and tied him up without harming his life," Hussar General Chen Qian replied.

Gao Chong nodded, "Release those common people when we set off at Maoshi tomorrow, remember, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Chen Qian responded hurriedly.

"Everyone, follow me tomorrow to establish miraculous achievements, but anyone who violates the military order will be killed without mercy," Gao Chong said with a serious look on his face.

All the generals agreed one after another.

Outside the east gate of Kaixian County, "I wish the big brother a victory, remember to send more scouts and be careful," said Ran Zhaoxing in robes to Ran Zhaoze, who was sitting on a high horse.

"Second brother, don't worry, Kaizhou will be handed over to you." Ran Zhao twirled his beard and smiled, then rode away, followed by more than ten thousand barbarians with great momentum.

Ran Zhaoxing looked with his hands behind his back, his eyes were full of worry, and he was speechless for a long time, until the army disappeared at the end of his vision, then Ran Zhaoxing sighed: "It's so dangerous to pick chestnuts from the fire."

"Your Majesty, if you want me to say, the Second Great King is good everywhere, but this temperament is too weak and too timid," Du Biao muttered as the army marched slowly on the official road.

Du Biao was also from Kaizhou, and his family was also a big family in Kaizhou. When Gao Junya recruited Bashu, his elder brother expressed his attachment on behalf of the Du family in Kaizhou. Later, Li Xiaogong recruited his elder brother to serve in Kuizhou.

Du Biao was rebellious by nature and never obeyed the discipline of the Han government. He defected to Ran Zhaoze as early as the beginning of Ran Zhaoze's uprising, and his friendship was deep, so he spoke without hesitation.

After hearing Du Biao's words, Ran Zhaoze was not annoyed, and said with a smile, "He studied under the great Confucianism of the Han people, and he learned the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness of the Han people. ".

"Moji is the same as learned by the Han people," Du Biao said with a nod.

"Without him, would you be able to sort out the taxes in Kaizhou and Tongzhou? How complicated are the government affairs in the two states? Can you sort it out?" Ran Zhaoze raised his eyebrows and asked.

Now Du Biao was stunned, scratching his head and laughing: "This is indeed the skill of the second great king, but I feel dizzy when I see the booklet, and I don't recognize any of them."

"Don't gossip," Ran Zhao waved his hands and said, "You go and arrange scouts yourself, send out ten miles away, control the road conditions, strictly investigate, and don't let go of any suspicious things."

Du Biao took the order to go, and shouted loudly while beating his horse and running: "Brothers cheer up along the way, don't be caught in an ambush by the Han people."

Ran Zhaoze nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words. Although this Du Biao was rough and arrogant, he was rough and fine-tuned, and he strictly followed the military orders, so there would be no mistakes. It was worthy of Ran Zhaoze's appointment of him as a general.

The barbarians kept their spirits up and advanced cautiously along the way, while Ran Zhao was also in black armor, walking in the middle of the line, he would not be at the front, if there was an ambush, the first to bear the brunt of the line must be As a general, Ran Zhaoze still attaches great importance to his own life.

Such a cautious march also led to an unusually slow marching speed. It was not until two days later that the barbarians entered the boundary of Yun'an. At this time, the barbarians were already physically and mentally exhausted.

It's not that the march was tiring, but that Du Biao kept urging to be cautious along the way, lest the Tang army ambush, which also caused the barbarians to keep their spirits highly concentrated all the time, and even the timid ones kept their eyes wide open and looked around, lest the mountains and forests on both sides Arrows and rocks flew out.

"Your Majesty, it seems that we are worrying too much." Du Biao was exhausted on the journey, and he didn't dare to sleep too much during the night camp. With two huge dark circles under his eyes, Du Biao sat down on the ground.

"It seems that the entire Tang army has indeed gone to the east. Li Xiaogong did not declare war, but sent troops directly. He just wanted to be sneaky. First, he caught Xiao Mi by surprise, and second, he could hide it from us."

　I went out to join in the fun today, but I came back too late

　　
　
(End of this chapter)