Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two
In Suizhou, the Jujiang drum that had been silent for two years in the Governor's Mansion suddenly sounded again.
Suizhou Zhizhong worked on Chu Yuntian, Biejia worked on Wu Youdao, stood on one left and one on the right in front of the governor's case, and the generals from all walks of life put on their armor and ran in hastily.
Over the past few years, under the pressure of the two prefectures of Linfu, Suizhou has been living for a long time, starving and dying everywhere, and has almost become a dead city. In this city, only those who have joined the army can still have a meal. Therefore, the people of Suizhou are eager to join the army, even the old and the young. At this time, Suizhou may not have an army of more than 40,000.
Li Jiyun is kind to the soldiers as much as possible. As long as they can draw a bow and carry a gun, most of them will be recruited. The treasury has run out of food, all the big households have been divided, and all the gold, silver and jewelry have been exchanged from smugglers. Rice grain is given priority to supply to the army. Even so, the grain is decreasing day by day. If the imperial court had not successfully bought Chi Zhong and launched an attack on Fuzhou at the right time, Suizhou would not be able to hold on.
"All generals, we in Suizhou have been struggling for two years, and now... finally we have our day!"
Li Jiyun said excitedly to the generals.The news of the imperial court dispatching troops to Fugu, except for a few of his confidants and generals, everyone else was still in the dark. When they heard Li Jiyun's words, they all turned their eyes to him.
More than two years of forbearance, hiding, and suffering have brought about great changes in Li Jiyun.His appearance is not much different from before, but his temperament is much calmer. Before, his eyes were supercilious, and his temperament was rough and arrogant. Now, no matter who he looks at, what shines in those fierce eyes is the shadow. The eagle's light is like a will-o'-the-wisp, and it becomes forbearing when things happen.
He smiled calmly, and then announced to the generals who were extremely ignorant and desperate: "Everyone, our great enemy, Yang Hao, has colluded with the Chizhong of Caochengchuan, and intends to seize Fugu. The alliance between the two families has already disintegrated, Fuzhou Zhe Yuxun fled to Beijing, and asked Zhao Guan's family to put down the rebellion. Now Zhao Guan's family has mobilized six troops to send troops to Fuzhou, and Pan Mei led an army of 50,000. Now they are on the way. Hehe, the imperial court and Yang Hao are finally going to do it!"
Hearing this, the generals in the hall couldn't help but feel refreshed. Li Jiyun said again: "Do you think that the official's ambition is wasted, and these two years are just a dream? I have also secretly established contact with the imperial court in the past two years. This time the imperial court sent troops to attack the government. State, I also have the imperial court order to order me to attack Yinzhou by surprise, so that the Yang family army can't take care of both ends, creating opportunities for Pan Mei to attack the two states of Linfu."
The commander of the battalion, Xiao Fenghan, said with great joy: "My lord, if we take back Yinzhou, this strong city will be enough to gain a foothold. The northwest is dominated by the Qiang people of our party. If the imperial court wants to control the northwest, it must support a group that can be controlled by the Qiang people. Once Yang Hao was accepted as the leader, who else is more qualified than you, my lord? With the help of the court, Yang Hao and Zhe Yuxun collapsed again. The northwest and the five prefectures will definitely return to the hands of your lord. superior."
Li Jiyun's generals, except for Chu Yuntian and Wu Youdao who seemed to be arranged, were all Li Jiyun's cronies promoted in the past two years. This deputy Xiao Fenghan was also Li Jiyun's captain of the guard and was promoted to be the battalion commander.After hearing Xiao Fenghan's words, Li Jiyun said hesitantly: "Fenghan, your thinking is too simple."
Xiao Fenghan was startled, and said in surprise: "My lord, is what I said wrong?"
"Of course not."
Li Jiyun helped the case and sat down, glanced complacently at the generals who stood respectfully in front of the case, and said in a deep voice: "The reason why the imperial court has not been able to firmly control the Northwest is because I have my own style in the Northwest. Those who dominate the land have the right to life and death, just like the vassals of one party. Now that the imperial court has the opportunity to march to the northwest, if it has to, how can it hand over the territory and people it has acquired to others? Humph, all the emperors since ancient times, and Does the Zhao family like to hold military power more than him?"
Xiao Fenghan only said yes, Li Jiyun's eyes flickered, and he said with a smirk: "If our strength is strong enough, if the court thinks that it can't eat the fat in the northwest, and can't quell the chaos in the northwest, then... the officials will be worried." Reluctantly supporting a person, and imposing a policy of restraint on the Northwest. What we have to do now is to find a way to get out of the fire and create this opportunity."
Marching Sima Wu Huohuo was also a general Li Jiyun single-handedly picked up. Hearing the words, he said loudly: "Damn, I have been stuck in Suizhou City for the past two years. Life is not like life, and death is not like death. The subordinates have long endured enough. My lord , The subordinate is a rough man, if he can't figure out these twists and turns, we can do whatever you say, and we will do it."
Li Jiyun smiled and said: "What I mean...we pretend to attack Yinzhou, divert halfway, and go straight to Xiazhou. Take back the land where my Li family rejuvenated. Everyone knows what Xiazhou means to the Xiangqiang people of our party. Xiazhou To the Xiangqiang people of our party, it is like Luzhou is a holy place for monks in the northwest!
As long as we take back Xiazhou, Yang Hao has already offended the imperial court, killed his greatest enemy, lost Xiazhou and became a bereaved dog, Yeli, Xifeng and other seven clan leaders, how can they not think about the fate of their own clan? ?At that time, they have to turn around and pledge their allegiance to me again, hehe! "
Wu Youdao frowned, and couldn't help but said: "My lord, we know how important Xiazhou is, and Yang Hao naturally knows it too. I'm afraid... Xiazhou will be more difficult to fight than Yinzhou, right?"
Li Jiyun glanced at him, gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Otherwise, Yang Hao is not in Xiazhou now. He is ambitious and wants to dominate Hexi, so he has led his troops all the way to Yumenguan. Hao then bypassed Ganzhou.
Hey, if there is a war here, his food and grass supply will be cut off. When Yang Hao's army was in a panic and fled back in a hurry, do you think Ganzhou Huihe would let go of this god-given opportunity?Do you think the Guiyi Army will miss this opportunity?With chasing soldiers behind and powerful enemies ahead, it is hard to say whether Yang Hao can come back alive and give his head to the sword of the official. "
Wu Youdao and Chu Yuntian looked at each other, and they could faintly sense something was wrong: Since Chi Zhong was bought by Yang Hao, and together with Yang Hao intending to annex Fuzhou, how could Yang Hao show his best at this critical moment? Expedition to Yumen Pass in the west?This is too counterintuitive, even if he wanted to make a fool of himself, he wouldn't really leave an ambush just in case, would he?
However, although they had doubts in their hearts, the two dared not tell the truth. The reason why the two of them were able to live was entirely because Li Jiyun needed the two former Suizhou officials to act as a facade when he was aliased as Li Pishou. The people in charge of the soldiers are all Li Jiyun's confidantes, how dare they offend him.
Li Jiyun said proudly, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Before Yang Hao left, he transferred all Xiazhou's troops to the Western Regions, while on the eastern front, the main force was deployed in Yinzhou and Linzhou. He thought Xiazhou was in his heart , the safest thing to do, but why would you think that there are fires everywhere now? We attacked Xiazhou just by surprise. Speaking of which, Yinzhou is as tall and thick as Xiazhou, so it is not easy to attack, but my Li family sits in Xiazhou. In Yu Nian, how could the wealthy gentry in the city turn their hearts to Yang Hao so soon, as long as I rush to Xiazhou and reveal my name, Li Jiyun..."
When Li Jiyun said this, he clenched his fists tightly, and said with great resentment: "How similar is this scene to two years ago? Hehe... How did he, Yang Hao, take my Xiazhou back then? Now I have to do the same." Take it back, back then, my father and son were in such a mess, with nowhere to go, today... I want to let Yang Hao experience the same feeling."
General Political Counselor Wu Youzhi is an old man in Suizhou, but this person saw the opportunity early, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he had already voted for Li Jiyun. He was a consultant by his side and praised the painting, which was highly valued by him. Hearing this, he couldn't help feeling a little worried Authentic: "My lord, since the imperial court ordered us to attack Yinzhou to contain Yang Jiye, if we rashly turn to Xiazhou, will it offend the officials?"
Li Jiyun said with a sinister smile: "Who said we won't go to Yinzhou? It's just... Seeing that Yinzhou has enough soldiers and food, we have been prepared. In desperation, we turned to Xiazhou. Hehe, guarding Xiazhou He is a scholar who has never led a soldier before and only talks about it on paper, and a literati who has passed the Jinshi exam. If we go to fight Xiazhou, wouldn’t it be better to cooperate with the imperial army and contain Yang Jiye?"
Wu Shenyi said again with doubts: "Your Excellency's words are true. But... if the imperial court wins Linzhou and Xiazhou, and if we succeed in attacking Xiazhou, Yang Hao's troops will be in disarray, then the imperial court can easily seek Yinzhou. At that time, Yinzhou, Fuzhou, Linzhou, and Suizhou were all under the control of the imperial court, wouldn't the imperial court continue to advance westward? If the imperial court forces your lord to hand over Xiazhou, how should we deal with it?"
Li Jiyun laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "No, no, at that time, the imperial court will definitely appoint this official as the envoy to fix difficulties and guard the northwest for the imperial court."
Wu Shenyi said in surprise: "Why are you so sure, my lord?"
Li Jiyun smiled but didn't answer, turned his head and said, "all officers and men, go back to the camp immediately, order the soldiers and horses, and bring all the food and grass. At three o'clock, the whole army will leave the camp."
He stood up abruptly, and said in a deep voice: "Success or failure is right or wrong. In this one action, we will cut off all retreats. If we go forward, we will live, and if we retreat, we will die. The three armies are united, and we will work together for a great cause. So... before sending troops, we should take this Suizhou City, set it on fire! I want to... back, water, one, fight!"
The three messengers stood by the Yellow River, washed their faces, moistened their chapped lips, and then took out the water bag to draw water.The Yellow River here is clear and long, clear and sweet, but the riverside is full of yellow sand, stretching as far as the eye can see.Just when the sun was setting, the undulating sand hills in the distance turned into a fiery red color under the setting sun, like a burning flame. About a few miles away, a spectacle of the desert is being staged. A huge tornado that is thick at both ends and thin in the middle, reaching to the sky, is rolling up countless yellow sand, roaring unscrupulously in the deserted desert. When the water bladder was full, the three knights got on their horses, and took a last look at the boundless sand sea, the flaming sand mountains, and the wind dragon connecting the sky and the earth. go. The feet are soft and dry yellow sand, and even the best horses from the Western Regions can’t run. Sometimes they gallop, sometimes they dismount and lead the horses to trek across the sand hills, and sometimes they sit on the sand hills and roll straight in the rumbling sound. They went down the hillside, while their horse, Xi Yuyu, gave a long neigh and chased after him wagging his tail. They were messengers from Fuzhou, and they were sending them to Yang Hao, who was in charge of the westward expedition, with the urgent military situation of Fuzhou.Yang Hao had just conquered Liangzhou and Suzhou, and there was Ganzhou in between. He hadn't had time to set up a message transmission channel. The road to the Western Regions was not easy, and the environment was harsh. They really suffered a lot. , but they know how important the mission they are shouldering, they are still fighting tenaciously with the heaven and the earth, marching... Yang Hao has arrived at the city of Guazhou. The relationship between Guazhou and Shazhou is just like the relationship between Linzhou and Linzhou. Their lips and teeth depend on each other. If one of them is lost, the door will open. It can completely offset the unfavorable factors of the extension of the labor division's expeditionary front, insufficient supply, and no evidence to advance and retreat, posing a fatal threat to the Guiyi Army, so Cao Yangong personally sits in Guazhou and waits for it. Yang Hao set up a big camp under the city of Guazhou. The big camp stretched for ten miles, and the army was so powerful that it was invincible. He was not in a hurry to attack. After the army was stationed, he immediately ordered people to shoot 500 empty arrows. Each arrow was attached with a letter calling for surrender to the rebels.Cao Yangong, Cao Zitao's uncles and nephews felt as if they were facing a great enemy, and immediately commanded their cronies to search across the city and retrieve Yang Hao's leaflets. However, the news had already spread. The Guiyi Army had no hostility towards Yang Hao in the first place. When they really rushed to the city of Guazhou with the army, and issued leaflets to them, their morale became even lower. Cao Yan's nephews and nephews were terrified, so they had to send their most loyal and reliable people to each camp Served as a military supervisor to prevent mutiny in the army. The next day, Yang Hao officially launched an attack on Guazhou City. Because from Suzhou to Guazhou, there is a long desert road in the middle, and heavy siege equipment cannot continue to be carried, so Yang Hao's offensive has caused serious damage to Guazhou. The substantive threat of the attack is relatively limited, but the siege crossbows displayed by Yang Haojun still caused quite serious damage to the Shazhou defenders. In addition to Veggie, Yang Hao also carried out harassment tactics against the city day and night, occasionally using propaganda offensives. Uncle Cao Yangong commanded soldiers and horses to support them hard. Another bitter battle was over, and the shouts of killing at night disappeared, and the blood returned. Before it was dry, the world was again occupied by wind and sand. Uncle Cao Yangong climbed to the top of the city and looked at Yang Hao’s barracks: Guiyi Army occupied a favorable location. This Guazhou is the only oasis to the west, surrounded by long yellow sand Well, if Yang Hao's offensive only stopped here, they believed that they could survive this level until Yang Hao ran out of food and grass and took the initiative to retreat. As the sun sets, Yang Hao stands quietly in the desert under the setting sun. In front of him is the lonely city standing in the long yellow sand. The setting sun drags his shadow for a long time... He is also waiting, waiting for news from Shazhou.The descendants of the Zhang family have left the power center of the Guiyi Army for a long time, and their influence on the senior generals of the Guiyi Army is limited. However, the Zhang family still enjoys a high prestige among the Guasa Shilin, the family, the people and ordinary soldiers. The Buddhist forces in the world will not oppose his unification of Hexi; Tiaolu Wuhen's appointment as the magistrate of Suzhou not only caused a strong shock to Guasha Shilin, but also caused Cao Yangong's situation to be chaotic. Officials with Lu Wuhen's connection pushed him to his side. All the prerequisites were prepared, and before sending troops, he even sent a dog to the sandbar with the most outstanding Feiyu secret agent to secretly help the Zhang family accomplish their mission.Now, he has successfully dragged Cao Yangong to Guazhou, and he just waited for good news from Shazhou. "I am also a son and daughter of the Han family. If I have to, I will never meet the Guiyi army. However, if the Shazhou incident is defeated, and Cao Yangong insists on not surrendering, then... I can't say anything to the Guiyi army who hinders my unification of Hexi... I have no choice but to get my hands dirty!" Yang Hao looked at Guazhou City in the distance and made up his mind. He stretched out his hand to wrap his cloak that was rolled up by the wind and sand, and was about to turn around and go back to the camp. When he turned around, he saw two soldiers running towards him in a hurry. Kicking up the yellow sand, Yang Hao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. The two soldiers rushed to the front and hurriedly shouted: "Commander, please... please return to the camp quickly, the messenger from Fuzhou has brought an urgent military situation!"
The three messengers stood by the Yellow River, washed their faces, moistened their chapped lips, and then took out the water bag to draw water.The Yellow River here is clear and long, clear and sweet, but the riverside is full of yellow sand, stretching as far as the eye can see.Just when the sun was setting, the undulating sand hills in the distance turned into a fiery red color under the setting sun, like a burning flame. About a few miles away, a spectacle of the desert is being staged. A huge tornado that is thick at both ends and thin in the middle, reaching to the sky, is rolling up countless yellow sand, roaring unscrupulously in the deserted desert. When the water bladder was full, the three knights got on their horses, and took a last look at the boundless sand sea, the flaming sand mountains, and the wind dragon connecting the sky and the earth. go. The feet are soft and dry yellow sand, and even the best horses from the Western Regions can’t run. Sometimes they gallop, sometimes they dismount and lead the horses to trek across the sand hills, and sometimes they sit on the sand hills and roll straight in the rumbling sound. They went down the hillside, while their horse, Xi Yuyu, gave a long neigh and chased after him wagging his tail. They were messengers from Fuzhou, and they were sending them to Yang Hao, who was in charge of the westward expedition, with the urgent military situation of Fuzhou.Yang Hao had just conquered Liangzhou and Suzhou, and there was Ganzhou in between. He hadn't had time to set up a message transmission channel. The road to the Western Regions was not easy, and the environment was harsh. They really suffered a lot. , but they know how important the mission they are shouldering, they are still fighting tenaciously with the heaven and the earth, marching... Yang Hao has arrived at the city of Guazhou. The relationship between Guazhou and Shazhou is just like the relationship between Linzhou and Linzhou. Their lips and teeth depend on each other. If one of them is lost, the door will open. It can completely offset the unfavorable factors of the extension of the labor division's expeditionary front, insufficient supply, and no evidence to advance and retreat, posing a fatal threat to the Guiyi Army, so Cao Yangong personally sits in Guazhou and waits for it. Yang Hao set up a big camp under the city of Guazhou. The big camp stretched for ten miles, and the army was so powerful that it was invincible. He was not in a hurry to attack. After the army was stationed, he immediately ordered people to shoot 500 empty arrows. Each arrow was attached with a letter calling for surrender to the rebels.Cao Yangong, Cao Zitao's uncles and nephews felt as if they were facing a great enemy, and immediately commanded their cronies to search across the city and retrieve Yang Hao's leaflets. However, the news had already spread. The Guiyi Army had no hostility towards Yang Hao in the first place. When they really rushed to the city of Guazhou with the army, and issued leaflets to them, their morale became even lower. Cao Yan's nephews and nephews were terrified, so they had to send their most loyal and reliable people to each camp Served as a military supervisor to prevent mutiny in the army. The next day, Yang Hao officially launched an attack on Guazhou City. Because from Suzhou to Guazhou, there is a long desert road in the middle, and heavy siege equipment cannot continue to be carried, so Yang Hao's offensive has caused serious damage to Guazhou. The substantive threat of the attack is relatively limited, but the siege crossbows displayed by Yang Haojun still caused quite serious damage to the Shazhou defenders. In addition to Veggie, Yang Hao also carried out harassment tactics against the city day and night, occasionally using propaganda offensives. Uncle Cao Yangong commanded soldiers and horses to support them hard. Another bitter battle was over, and the shouts of killing at night disappeared, and the blood returned. Before it was dry, the world was again occupied by wind and sand. Uncle Cao Yangong climbed to the top of the city and looked at Yang Hao’s barracks: Guiyi Army occupied a favorable location. This Guazhou is the only oasis to the west, surrounded by long yellow sand Well, if Yang Hao's offensive only stopped here, they believed that they could survive this level until Yang Hao ran out of food and grass and took the initiative to retreat. As the sun sets, Yang Hao stands quietly in the desert under the setting sun. In front of him is the lonely city standing in the long yellow sand. The setting sun drags his shadow for a long time... He is also waiting, waiting for news from Shazhou.The descendants of the Zhang family have left the power center of the Guiyi Army for a long time, and their influence on the senior generals of the Guiyi Army is limited. However, the Zhang family still enjoys a high prestige among the Guasa Shilin, the family, the people and ordinary soldiers. The Buddhist forces in the world will not oppose his unification of Hexi; Tiaolu Wuhen's appointment as the magistrate of Suzhou not only caused a strong shock to Guasha Shilin, but also caused Cao Yangong's situation to be chaotic. Officials with Lu Wuhen's connection pushed him to his side. All the prerequisites were prepared, and before sending troops, he even sent a dog to the sandbar with the most outstanding Feiyu secret agent to secretly help the Zhang family accomplish their mission.Now, he has successfully dragged Cao Yangong to Guazhou, and he just waited for good news from Shazhou. "I am also a son and daughter of the Han family. If I have to, I will never meet the Guiyi army. However, if the Shazhou incident is defeated, and Cao Yangong insists on not surrendering, then... I can't say anything to the Guiyi army who hinders my unification of Hexi... I have no choice but to get my hands dirty!" Yang Hao looked at Guazhou City in the distance and made up his mind. He stretched out his hand to wrap his cloak that was rolled up by the wind and sand, and was about to turn around and go back to the camp. When he turned around, he saw two soldiers running towards him in a hurry. Kicking up the yellow sand, Yang Hao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. The two soldiers rushed to the front and hurriedly shouted: "Commander, please... please return to the camp quickly, the messenger from Fuzhou has brought an urgent military situation!"