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Chapter 682: The Fifteenth Explosion of Battlefield Reconnaissance
Liuhan Mountain is located south of Yizhou and in the east of Langqiongzhao's territory. It originally belonged to Yaozhou in the Tang Dynasty. After the Tubo invasion and the chaos in the world, Langqiongzhao and other six imperial edicts took advantage of the opportunity to invade and divide Yaozhou. Therefore, This place has now become the territory of Langqiongzhao.
Fengshi, the leader of Langqiongzhao, and Mengxinuluo, the leader of Mengshezhao, rode together.
Since Fengshi's last attack on Sizhou was defeated, Langqiong Zhao suffered heavy losses, losing tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and his vitality was severely damaged. Fengshi had to withdraw Langqiong Zhao and was unable to retreat.
However, within a few days, the Tang Dynasty imposed an economic blockade on Langqiong Zhao again. Lu Chengqing was very ruthless. He purchased all the grain of Langqiong Zhao at a high price in advance, and then launched an economic blockade. In this way, Langqiong Zhao Lack of food and clothing, they fell into an extremely difficult situation.
Fengshi had no choice but to buy grain from other imperial edicts at high prices, which almost emptied the Langqiong imperial edict's warehouse. Fengshi was very unwilling. Datang's hand was so cruel that he simply refused to let anyone live!
Later, Fengshi heard that the Tang Dynasty had stored all the grain it purchased in Weizhou. He thought that since the Tang Dynasty had blocked the economy of Langqiong and all the grain was stored in Weizhou, wouldn't it be great if he conquered Weizhou? Can you make a fortune?
Of course, Fengshi also knew that the current strength of Langqiong Zhao was not enough to pose a threat to Sizhou in a short period of time, so he decided to find a strong support, which was Mengshe Zhao.
Mengshe Zhao, also known as Nanzhao, is the strongest among the six imperial edicts. The leader of Mengshe Zhao, Meng Xinuluo, is extremely ambitious. Not only does he want to unify the six imperial edicts, he even wants to take down the sword of the Tang Dynasty. Nandao made Nanzhao a powerful regime on par with the Tang Dynasty.
Fengshi knew Meng Shezhao's ambitions, but he still decided to cooperate with Meng Shezhao and attack Yizhou together, because among the six imperial edicts, Meng Shezhao had the largest number of soldiers, the most advanced weapons, and the strongest combat effectiveness of his soldiers. As long as Meng Shezhao helps, he can break through Yizhou and seize the materials stored in Yizhou by the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, Fengshi also knew that cooperating with Meng Shezhao was tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger. They would not send troops to help without spending a lot of money, because Yizhou was connected to Langqiong Prefecture, but it was far away from Mengshe Zhao. , even if Sizhou is captured, Sizhou can only become part of Langqiong Zhao, so the biggest beneficiary is still Langqiong Zhao.
In order to get Sizhou, Fengshi decided that as long as he captured Sizhou, he would cut off a part of Langqiongzhao's territory to Mengshezhao. The materials seized after the capture of Sizhou would be divided equally between Langqiongzhao and Mengshezhao.
With such favorable conditions, we are not afraid that Meng She will not send troops.
And the fact is also true. As expected by Fengshi, the leader of Meng Shezhao, Meng Xinuluo, agreed to Fengshi's conditions and dispatched a hundred thousand troops to Sizhou. In this way, plus Langqiong Zhao's one hundred thousand troops , a total of 200,000 troops were assembled. In this battle, Fengshi was full of confidence and was bound to win.
After the two groups met at Langqiongzhao, they headed north, preparing to enter the Tang Dynasty's Yizhou territory via Liuhan Mountain.
"Your Highness, after passing Liupan Mountain and walking fifty miles further north is the border of Yizhou in the Tang Dynasty. The mountains outside Yizhou City are steep. We must be careful about the ambush of Li Zhen and Lou Shide." Fengshi said.
Meng Xinuluo claimed to be the king of Nanzhao a few years ago. This time the Nanzhao (Meng Shezhao) commanded the troops was Meng Xinuluo's son Luo Shengyan, so he was called the prince in Fengshi.
Fengshi suffered a big loss from the Tang army, and he was still frightened, so he reminded him.
Luo Shengyan on the side was only about 20 years old, and he was still young and frivolous. Hearing Fengshi's words, he couldn't help but said: "Chief Fengshi, you are really scared to death by the Tang people! We Nanzhao and It¡¯s not like the Tang army has never fought against each other before. In which case did we, Nanzhao, not have the upper hand?¡±
What Luo Shengyan said was the truth. Nanzhao had fought against the Tang army several times and won every time. The reason for this was that on the one hand, the Nanzhao army's combat effectiveness was indeed very strong. On the other hand, most of the people they dealt with were large and powerful. The local armed forces of the Tang Dynasty were not the elite Central Army of the Tang Dynasty.
Fengshi had good intentions to remind Luo Shengyan, but Luo Shengyan retorted him with words. He couldn't say anything for a while, but Fengshi thought in his heart that this Nanzhao man was too arrogant. If he met the Tang army, he would I'm afraid I'm going to suffer a loss, so let them take the lead when the time comes, so that I can reap the benefits of others.
Thinking of this, Fengshi just laughed and said: "His Royal Highness is absolutely right. The older I get, the less courageous I am."
A contemptuous smile appeared on Luo Shengyan's lips, and he said: "Chief Fengshi, when our Nanzhao army captures Sizhou City, you will know what I am capable of! Don't go back on the promise you made."
"Haha, Prince's Palace"??Don't worry, we Liuzhao people have always kept our promises, and whatever I say out loud is just like water thrown away, and I will never regret it! "
"good!"
Luo Shengyan was full of energy and said loudly: "Tonight we will rest at the foot of Liuhan Mountain. Tomorrow morning we will climb over Liupan Mountain and go straight to Sizhou. Then, I will personally take off the head of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
After Luo Shengyan said this, he clapped his horse and galloped forward, and the officers and soldiers behind him accelerated their pace
Xiushui Village is a small village at the Liuhan Mountain Pass. There are only a few dozen households in the whole village, and the total number of men, women, old and young is about a hundred.
Li Zhen wore the clothes of the common people and came to Xiushui Village with two guards. This is a habit of Li Zhen. Before going to war, he must first scout the terrain and the enemy's situation. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you survive a hundred battles.
Lou Shide was reorganizing the army and did not know that Li Zhen came to conduct reconnaissance. Li Zhen just left a note and came to Xiushui Village. Through observation, Li Zhen discovered that the geographical location of Xiushui Village was very dangerous and it was very suitable for this. Fight large-scale ambushes.
Because she was afraid of arousing suspicion, Li Zhen entered the village alone, preparing to take another look at the terrain of the village.
At this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves in the distance, and there was a cloud of dust on the mountain road, but it was a horse team from Lang Qiongzhao attacking the small village.
Li Zhen was stunned for a moment and was about to make a move. At this moment, a young woman in her twenties grabbed Li Zhen and said, "Come into the house with me quickly!"
After saying that, the young woman couldn't help but pull Li Zhen into a thatched house and closed the door tightly.
The young woman blocked the door and turned to look at Li Zhen. She saw that although the young woman's skin had been tanned to a wheat color due to years of hard work, she was small and exquisite, with regular features, quite pretty, and she was speaking with a stiff tongue. Han Hua said: "You don't want your life, why are you wandering around?"
Li Zhen was a little confused and said, "What are you doing? Why did you drag me into the house?"