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Chapter 697

Heyang Bridge flies across the Yellow River. This pontoon bridge was built by Du Yu in the Western Jin Dynasty. It has gone through countless ups and downs, and it has been hundreds of years ago.

The Heyang Bridge is divided into two sections, connecting the three cities respectively.
At the iron lion town bridge at both ends of the South Bridge, there was a lot of people, bustling and crowded.Zhao Jun's soldiers guarding the bridge were carrying spears to maintain order there, but there were still crowds in the south, most of them were businessmen who were going north and hurried across the river.

Now at the south of the Heyang Bridge, it is rumored that Cao Wen, the commander of the department, is riding a horse on the south bank to cross the river because of his official duties. When he saw the scene of merchants scrambling to cross the bridge, he couldn't help laughing, picked up his whip and chanted loudly: "The world is prosperous, it is all for profit. The world is crowded, and it is all for profit."

The people at the side heard what Cao Wen said, and couldn't help but said: "These gentlemen speak so lightly, who doesn't do it for profit, it's like people don't live for grains and miscellaneous grains."

Cao Wen didn't wear an official uniform, and others didn't know his identity, so he was ridiculed. He didn't care about the other party, but just smiled and said: "What the little brother said is true."

"There is an urgent report from the relevant media." A subordinate in a suit hurried over.

Seeing that it was an urgent letter from the Fengwen Department, Cao Wen suddenly changed his expression after opening the letter.

The Tang army did not send out troops in the expected three-way advance. Instead, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji led the main force of the [-] troops in Guanzhong to the north to Pujin.Li Yuan actually overturned the original plan, no, his original plan was simply to deceive outsiders.

He belonged to the Department of Rumors, and the military intelligence that he worked so hard to spy on turned out to be false information, and was played by Li Yuan.

Thinking of this, Cao Wen couldn't help hating his own insensitivity, why did he make such a judgment at first, and when he saw the Heyang Bridge, Cao Wen slapped his thigh in surprise, thinking, it's not good.

Cao Wen immediately rode forward and went straight to the garrison at the bridgehead.Seeing someone jumping in line, the defender shouted angrily: "Why don't you line up..."

After seeing the token in Cao Wen's hand, the defenders were speechless for a while, Cao Wen said: "I have important military matters to see General Su, the defender of Heyang, please lead me quickly."

"promise!"

At present, several soldiers of the Zhao army led the way, let the road pass through the river bridge, and headed straight for Beicheng.

You must know that the three cities of Heyang are Beizhong City, Zhongtan City and Nancheng.

Beizhong City is located in the north of the Yellow River. It was built in the 20th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Xiaowen of Wei Dynasty had just moved the capital to Luoyang, so he ordered the construction of this city to protect the communication channel from Luoyang to the old capital Pingcheng.Now Beizhong City is also the county seat of Heyang County. The Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty have always regarded this city as an important town in the north of Luoyang.

To go from the south bank to the north city, one must go through the south city and the middle city.

Compared with Beizhongcheng, Zhongtancheng and Nancheng were built later, in the first year of Yuanxiang, when the Northern Wei Dynasty split into Eastern Wei and Western Wei.In order to consolidate the situation in Luoyang, Zhongtan city and Nancheng were built later.

Now Beizhongcheng, Zhongtancheng and Nancheng are all guarding the main road in the north of Luoyang.The three cities are connected by pontoon bridges.Du Fu wrote a poem about going out to the Dongmen camp in the morning and going up to the Heyang bridge in the evening.The setting sun illuminated the banner, and Ma Mingfeng was in a bad mood.It can be seen that it only takes one day to travel from Heyang to Luoyang.

Cao Wen walked on the pontoon bridge. After passing the middle city, he passed a section of pontoon bridge and entered the city from the south gate of the northern city.Zhao Jun's Heyang garrison camp is in the North City.Among the three cities, the northern city was built the earliest and was the strongest. Besides the main city, there were also auxiliary cities, which formed the corners of each other. At the same time, there was a water gate at the south gate, which could accommodate boats and ships entering the city.

After entering Langjiang's mansion in Beicheng, Cao Wen saw Su Dingfang, the guard of Beicheng.

After confirming Cao Wen's identity, Su Dingfang said: "The Department of Rumors has always been concealed and never revealed his identity to others. Why did he openly appear in front of the general today?"

Cao Wen said: "I didn't want to come to see the general in person. I crossed the river on business, but I didn't expect to receive an urgent report from my subordinates at the south of the bridge, saying that the main force of the [-] Tang army had crossed the Yellow River to the north."

When Su Dingfang heard the news, his eyes froze and he asked, "Where did the Tang army go when they crossed the Yellow River north?"

"I don't know, the information only said that the Tang army crossed Pujin," Cao Wen replied truthfully, "but..."

"I see," Su Dingfang said in a deep voice, "At present, the main force of the Tang army can only go north to Pujin in three directions. One is to go north to attack Taiyuan, and the other is to attack Jingxing Pass or Liyang City from the east of Hanoi. It is unlikely, so the biggest possibility is that the Tang army entered Hanoi eastward, joined forces with Li Shentong and Li Shenfu's Hanoi army, crossed Heyang in the south, and attacked Luoyang with Li Xiaogong's Bashu army in a north-south attack."

"Yes!" Cao Wen's spirit was shaken, and the general said what he had been thinking for a long time in one word.

Cao Wen couldn't help admiring him, no wonder this person was hailed as a rising star among Zhao Jun's generals, it really is extraordinary.The other party was the adopted son of Gao Yaxian, the general of Liu Heita's army at the time. Hearing that Xu Shiji had favored him, even the emperor appreciated him, and personally appointed him to guard the important town of Heyang.

Although Cao Wen admired it from the bottom of his heart, he said on the face: "Since the general already knows the situation, then I have nothing to say. I still have important matters to attend to, so I will take a step back."

Su Dingfang said: "General Cao is going to cross the bridge and go to Liyang. I'm afraid the journey will be uneven. Do you need the general to send elite soldiers to guard him?"

Cao Wen nodded. This Su Dingfang was really thoughtful. If Tang Jun really wanted to attack Heyang City, then Li Shentong must have dispatched troops from Hanoi City at this time, cutting off the passage from Heyang to Liyang.

Cao Wen immediately said: "When the Tang army is coming, there must be a shortage of manpower in Heyang City. How dare I ask for General Su's manpower at this time. Don't worry, General Su, I will find my own way."

"Since this is the case, I will not send it away, and take care all the way."

Cao Wen also turned around and clasped his fists and said, "General, please take care too. I hope to see you again in the future."

Su Dingfang nodded.

After Cao Wen left, Su Dingfang sat on the chair and shouted: "Come here!"

Hou's soldiers outside the mansion entered together.

Su Dingfang said in a deep voice: "The order will be passed down, the whole city will be under martial law, the Heyang Bridge will be blocked, and business travelers will not be allowed to enter or leave."

"promise!"

"At the same time, check the people in the city, and all the people who do not have the household registration of the city will be expelled from the city.

"promise!"

"Send someone to Luoyang to report the matter again, please Lord Su and General Shan send reinforcements to Heyang."

"promise!"

"Arrange soldiers to go to the city to guard the city. If the manpower is twice as large as usual, then send scouts to search for the Tang army's movements a hundred miles north of the city. If there is any situation, report it immediately!"

"promise!"

Youjing Linshuo Palace.

Li Chongjiu sat in the study, discussing with Wen Yanbo, Zhang Xuansu, Ji Chuan, and Yu Shinan.

At this time Yu Chigong got the battle report of the great victory in Qi County, and it had just arrived at Li Chongjiu's desk. Wen Yanbo, Yu Shinan and other courtiers were all congratulating Li Chongjiu on his victory.

"Li Chen and the two warriors are really stupid. They think that with Guo Ke as their internal support, they can attack Qi County, but they don't know that our army's secret agents have already learned that the Tang army is about to attack in early spring. Their actions It was already within His Majesty's expectation." Yu Shinan mocked the generals of the Tang Army in his tone.

Li Chongjiu frowned and said, "Have you noticed anything unusual about this battle report?"

Yu Shinan asked: "Please excuse my stupidity, I don't know what your Majesty means?"

Li Chongjiu said: "If I were Li Yuan, when I wanted to use troops, I would have to move in several ways, making you in a hurry and having no time to deal with it. However, the Hedong Army on Litang North Road was the first to start the war. With Li Yuan's ability, he would never be able to do it. It’s an act of inaction.”
Ji Chuan said: "Your Majesty, this time Li Tang received internal support from Guo Ke, a wealthy family in Taiyuan, to sneak attack Qi County. He thought he was sure, so he made a sudden attack in advance. This is also reasonable."

Li Chongjiu said: "Since we are sure, we should postpone it to achieve the effect of a surprise attack."

Wen Yanbo said: "The old minister also has doubts, but the Tang army seems to have no backup in this battle. After the attack on Qi County failed, the whole army retreated to the Shangdang. Judging from this posture, is it going to go east to Jingxing, or to go south to Taixing Dao, with Li Shentong's Hanoi army join forces?"

Ji Chuan said: "It's possible, if the Honei army in the east of the river joins forces, the pressure on Heyang City will be great."

Li Chongjiu shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. If Li Yuan's army goes out of Hanoi and then goes south to attack Heyang, it's not impossible. Then the Hedong Army stationed in Shangdang is to guard against our main force in Youjing. He said he wanted to attack Hanoi, so everything can be explained."

Zhiguanxing, one of the Eight Xings of Taihang, is passing through Li and Tang's [-] troops.

Zhi Guan Xing, known as Zhi Dao in ancient times, is the first Xing of the Taihang Eight Xings. Su and Qin used to talk about the world, and Qin Xia Zhi Dao moved Nanyang. Nanyang at that time referred to the land of Hanoi today.When Sima Cuo was arguing with Zhang Yi, he once said that Wei would end Nanyang, Chu would be near Nanzheng, and Qin would attack the new city Yiyang for two weeks.

If the Qin army goes out of the way, not only Nanyang of Wei State will be shaken, but even Luoyang, where Er Zhou is located, will be uneasy.

But now Li Jiancheng and the [-] Tang troops led by Li Yuanji are following the road of King Qin's eastward expedition, passing through Jiang County, passing Wangwu Mountain, and reaching the north bank of the Yellow River.When you get here, go north to Taihang Xing, go north to the Shangdang, Qin Jun will go to Taihang Xing to attack Handan of Zhao State, and go south to attack Hanoi to destroy Wei.

After arriving on the north bank of the Yellow River, generals such as Li Shentong and Li Shenfu personally led the Hanoi army to join Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's main force of the Tang army.

For Li Shentong, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji, they have never been cold. You must know that Li Yuan and his son had high expectations for him when Li Shentong came out of the town to comfort the ambassador in Shandong Road. The land was completely lost and handed over to Zhao Jun. Now even Hanoi can't be defended. Before the battle of Luoyang, it was given to Xu Shiji. Wang Mahan attacked the vicinity of Hanoi, and even Heyang City was lost.
Now the name of Li Shentong's consecutive defeats has already become famous all over the world.What the two brothers hated the most was that this person was secretly helping Li Shimin, not for a day or two.The last time he attacked Luoyang, Li Shimin secretly donated dozens of hectares of fertile fields in the outskirts of Luoyang to Li Shentong. As a result, Li Jiancheng instructed Zhang Jieyu to report this to Li Yuan.Therefore, because of this incident, Li Shentong must still hate the two brothers.

So Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji looked cold when they saw Li Shentong.

(End of this chapter)