First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 332
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On the rugged mountain road, with twists and turns, three or four knights crouched on their horses, galloped at a gallop, and made a turn on a slope. The leader couldn't hold on any longer and fell off his horse.

The three people behind hurriedly reined in their horses and stepped forward to support them. Unexpectedly, the leading knight struggled to his feet and roared: "Leave me alone, hurry up, go to Shi'an City, and ask the chief for help."

This man was speaking the Liao people's dialect, and after a closer look, this man was the commander who had led the Liao soldiers to fight against the Tang army. At this time, an arrow was shot in his abdomen, and his arm was also a huge blood hole, bleeding gurgling.

The three of them looked at each other when they heard the words, and the Liaobing commander cursed loudly when he saw this, the three of them helped the commander to the side of the road, got on their horses, and went straight to Shi'an City.

Gufengling, as the name suggests, is a mountain. Under the mountain is the only way from Shi'an City to Baishidong. Baishidong is the name of the Han people. According to the words of the Liao people, it should be Baishizhai or Baishidong.

"General, there are three cavalry coming from the direction of Baishi Cave. They are Liao people in their clothes." The scouts climbed along the dense forest to the ridge to report.

Jiang Baoyi was overjoyed when he heard the words, "It must be the ambassador's surprise attack, pass the order, pay attention to concealment, and let them go."

Three Liaoren cavalry passed through Gufengling without incident, and about half an hour later, Shi'an City shook.

Shi'an City, formerly the yamen of the Guizhou General Manager's Mansion, has now become the private residence of Li Guangdu, the chief of the bureaucrats.

"Tang Jun?" Li Guangdu was shocked, "Tang Jun is not going to Gaozhou, how could he go to Baishidong?"

"Chief, come to the rescue." The soldier cried and said, "The people in the cave can't beat them. They have iron armor and horizontal knives, and their equipment is too good."

Li Guangdu was puzzled, "How did Tang Jun find Baishidong?"

Li Guangdu was cautious by nature. After following his elder brother Li Guangshi's rebellion and being captured, his third brother Li Guanglue recognized the reality and stopped rebelling.

From then on, Li Guangdu also studied hard, but what Li Guanglue read was Confucian classics, while Li Guangdu read Art of War.

Li Guangdu was cautious and did not dare to send troops at will, but the Liao generals under his command couldn't sit still and called for battle one after another.

"Chief Chief, Baishidong is the root of our Guizhou Liao people, so we can't lose it."

"Chief, I would like to take my sons back to reinforce...".

"Chief Chief, our family is all in the ditch, so we must save them."

Hearing this, Li Guangdu was finally moved. As for Li Guangdu's roots, he didn't care. The valley was too dilapidated, so dilapidated that it had no value other than commemorative significance. Survival in the city is far better than in the mountains.

But the words of the Liao general spoke to Li Guangdu's heart. The home of the Liao soldiers in the large army is in Baishidong. Although Baishidong is dilapidated, it is also the hometown of the Liaoren. Popular support will be a huge blow.

"Pass down the commander's order, the whole army must be assembled to rescue Baishidong," Li Guangdu immediately gave the order without hesitation.

There were more than 3000 Liao soldiers gathered in Shi'an City, and the rest were all Han Chinese. Li Guangdu ordered 4000 Liao soldiers and [-] Han soldiers, a total of [-] troops, and went straight to Baishidong.

"Ami, you go ahead to find the way, pay attention to the dangerous places, and make sure to find out," Li Guangdu ordered while sitting on his horseback.

The Liao general whose name was called out led the way.

"Chief Chief, this Tang army is really strange." As the team marched, a Liao general beside him frowned and said, "It seems to have fallen from the sky, and it came as soon as it was said."

Li Guangdu snorted coldly when he heard the words, "That's strange, this is clearly the pair of well-equipped Tang soldiers from Yongzhou, who pretended to go to Gaozhou on the surface, but they were plotting against me in Guizhou."

After a short period of panic, Li Guangdu sorted through the news before and after, and then he understood, "In their Han people's art of war, this is called Mingxiu plank road, secretly keeping Chencang."

General Liao couldn't understand what he heard, so he was at a loss. He knew that the plank road was a passage on the cliff, and there were many in the mountains of Guizhou. As for what Chen Cang was, he couldn't understand it.

Seeing this scene, Li Guangdu suddenly felt very tired in his heart. Liao people lived in the mountains for a long time, could not read and write, and there were many reckless men. It was really difficult to accomplish anything. It seemed that if he wanted to become hegemony, he needed to recruit more Han people. There were so many Han people. also.

Thinking of this, Li Guangdu turned his head to look at a scribe behind him. That's right, it was a Han scribe, dressed in a light-colored round-neck robe, quite elegant.

"Mr. Lu, I don't know what you think this Tang army intends to do?" Li Guangdu's attitude was very respectful.

It is said that Mr. Lu came from a wealthy family and was exiled to Guizhou many years ago. After several rounds of rescue, he finally got his wish and recruited him as an aide.

Mr. Lu smiled when he heard the words, "Didn't the commander-in-chief just tell General Ami?"

Li Guangdu was startled when he heard this, "Tang Jun intends to ambush me?"

Mr. Lu was noncommittal, Li Guangdu's expression changed several times, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Even so, Baishidong has to be rescued, so I will send more scouts."

There was a flash of appreciation in Mr. Lu's eyes, and then he was a little sad.

Thinking about his dignified Fan Yang Lu family background, even if he came from a collateral lineage, it is not comparable to ordinary scholars. , not glorious.

If the news spread back to the Lu family of Fan Yang, the family would be ashamed if they knew that he had assisted the Liao people in rebelling, even if they were expelled from the family.

Thinking of this, Mr. Lu felt even more sad.

Li Guangdu didn't notice Mr. Lu's dejection, he just took out a simple map and frowned, "Going to Baishidong, there are more than ten dangerous places, it's hard to guard against."

Mr. Lu didn't say a word. In the camp of the bureaucrats, unless Li Guangdu took the initiative to ask, Mr. Lu would not say much. But in order to gain Li Guangdu's trust and respect, Mr. Lu also came up with a trick from time to time to maintain his own status. Otherwise, those rude and tough officials will not be convinced.

"If you are always on guard, you will definitely delay the time, lest Baishidong will fall, and the soldiers will always be tense, which will consume a lot of mental energy," Mr. Lu said immediately when he saw that Li Guangdu was so cautious.

Li Guangdu just stared at the map, "In Mr. Yi's opinion, what should we do?"

Little did he know that Mr. Lu behind him had a strange look in his eyes at this time, perhaps, now is the best time to get rid of Liaoren.

Mr. Lu immediately said bluntly: "It may be possible to divide the army, or part of the former army, to use it as bait, bluff, and quickly pass through various dangerous places."

(End of this chapter)