At dusk on the 24th, Luo Xiancheng was like a trapped animal in Lishan Mountain.
Lishan is located about 90 miles northeast of Suizhou and about 100 miles northeast of Lishan, between the hills and mountains of the northern ridge of Huaishan Mountain. In the early years, it was Suizhou. Lishan passed through Huaishan to Xinyang, and was developed as the only way to reach Luoshan.
It was a prosperous town with a large concentration of businessmen and travelers, but was later destroyed by the war and became depressed and sparsely populated.
Lishan has access to Xinyang, Luoshan, Huangchuan and other counties north of Huaishan. Qutan Creek, the main tributary of the upper reaches of the Shah River, originates from Fufeng Mountain in the northwest of Lishan. Luo Xiancheng operates the defense line at the northern foot of Huaishan, so he uses Lishan
In order to support the base and the location of his main camp, Luo Xiancheng deliberately managed Lishan. He also wanted to retreat to Huaishan to have a foothold when Suizhou could not defend it. At this time, he had 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 soldiers and horses in the northeastern Huaihe River.
The villages scattered at the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain were on the periphery to guard against the Huaixi and Fengli allied forces entering Huaishan Mountain. Twenty thousand elite soldiers of the direct lineage were stationed in Lishan Mountain.
In the later period, Luo Xiancheng regarded Suizhou as his own territory, and also paid attention to restraining military discipline, which restored the people's livelihood in Suizhou and restored some vitality in Lishan. When Luo Xiancheng stationed troops here, he had 20,000 troops and more troops stationed on the northern front.
Soldiers and logistical supplies all pass through Lishan. There are more than a thousand porters passing through Lishan every day. Naturally, it also attracts business travelers who do not avoid the dangers of soldiers to make a living, as well as mountain people who come out of the deep mountains and forests to exchange goods.
Lishan became abnormally prosperous, even far more than before the war...
The Lishan Camp included the original Lishan Town. There were five camps built by logging and erecting fences. The area was more than ten miles deep, and the garrison attracted business travelers who came to Lishan and people who came out of Huaishan to exchange goods.
The mountain people are mainly concentrated near Hanwangpo in the north of Lishan Mountain.
At dusk, it began to rain, as fine as mist, shrouding the mountains around Lishan in mist. Although the Huaidong and Huaixi armies were far away from Lishan, the wind was roaring, the grass and trees were full of soldiers, and all the mountain roads in and out were
They all sent heavy troops to blockade it.
There is a simple tea shed to the north of Hanwangpo, facing the gate of the South Camp of the Suizhou Army. On weekdays, some generals or civil servants from the South Camp would come to drink tea, and the business was bustling. But now the situation is bad, and the Huaidong Army has a large number of troops.
After emerging from Chaishan, Luo Wenhu surrendered and Suizhou City was destroyed. None of the civil and military officers in the military camp were still in the mood to come out to drink tea. Everyone traveling from the military camp was in danger, and the business of the tea shed was naturally very cold.
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At dusk on the 24th, there were only two trouser legs rolled up in the tea shed, revealing a mountain man with thick black leg hair, squatting on a bench, drinking warm tea and eating wheat cakes.
At this time, a man rode out from Nanying and came to the tea shed in the drizzle. The waiter of the tea shed greeted him and said, "Master Yin, you better not forget to come over and drink tea!" Luo Xiancheng established himself as Changle in Suizhou.
The king entrusted hundreds of officials, and also imitated the court uniforms and sewed Changle official uniforms. Later, he surrendered to Beiyan. The general robes and official uniforms of the civil and military generals were not changed for a while. Looking at the Suizhou army blue uniform official uniform worn by Mr. Yin, you can tell that he is
He was a middle-level civil servant, but he came out of the military camp without even a single retinue.
Mr. Yin glanced at the tea shed and saw no one else, so he went directly to the two mountain people who were squatting on the bench and eating wheat cakes. He walked over and said in a low voice: "This is the situation now. Luo Xiancheng is like this."
I have become suspicious of everyone I have seen for two days. When I summoned the generals, my first thought was to send someone to Hanwangpo to check if any enemy spies had infiltrated. Why are you still here?"
"Luo Xiancheng just arrested the two of us. At this time, he still has the intention to tear us apart? Besides, Luo Xiancheng pressed hard, and the search by the Suizhou Army did not become more severe!" An older mountain man smiled slightly. , doesn’t seem to be worried about the Suizhou Army’s raid on Lishan Merchant Travel in the past two days.
In fact, Luo Xiancheng went crazy and wanted to find and kill all the spies lurking in Lishan. Luo Xiancheng's generals began to make a living for themselves and did not dare to do things too badly. The weather is often filled with loud thunder and light rain.
The elder mountain man motioned to the tea shed boy to keep watch outside. He then sat upright, looked at Luo Xiancheng's marching left Sima Yin Xiangshang, and asked: "Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er both fled to Lishan yesterday. How did Luo Xiancheng react?" ?”
"What other reaction could there be?" Yin Xiangshang smiled bitterly and said, "Luo Wenhu surrendered to Huaidong on the 19th, but Luo Xiancheng had just returned to Lishan from the northern patrol and was still confused about Huaidong's ambush in Chaishan. Even the news of the fall of Fancheng failed to reach Suizhou in time due to the blockade of the Huaidong Army on the front line of Zaoyang. It was not until the 20th that Luo Wenhu sent people to Suizhou City for false aid. When Luo Xianyi led his troops to the east to aid, After sending someone to Lishan to report the rebellion of the king and the Huai cavalry crossing, Luo Xiancheng realized that something was wrong. As you all know, Luo Xiancheng was indecisive by nature and lacked quick wit. There was no one to analyze the situation for him, although he realized that something was wrong. It was wonderful, but he did not make a decisive decision immediately. He even delayed until the early morning of the 21st before deciding to send three thousand troops south from Lishan to join forces with Luo Xianyi to recapture Lishan. He did not clearly realize how serious the situation was. However, this The three thousand reinforcements had not gone far when news came that the reinforcements led by Luo Xianyi were defeated in Luodian. The three thousand reinforcements withdrew, and it was too late for Luo Xiancheng to send troops from Lishan to strengthen Suizhou's defense. As expected, they did not Not long after, it was reported that Tang Fuguan had taken advantage of the rout to capture the outer city of Suizhou, leaving only Ma Zhen and Luo Xianyi leading three to four thousand remnant troops to retreat into Changle Palace to resist - this was a hundred times more serious if Wang Xiang rebelled and surrendered to Huaidong. , do you think Luo Xiancheng can react other than killing a few people to vent his anger?"
The younger mountain man bared his teeth and smiled and said: "After Huaidong entered Jiangning, he sent people to Suizhou to recruit people. I have never seen how Luo Xiancheng is afraid of Huaidong?"
"At that time, Huaidong was still far away from Suizhou - a fierce tiger was far away in the mountains. What could there be to be afraid of? Then I suddenly saw this ferocious tiger biting its fangs into my eyeballs. I was still not frightened. Lost your soul?" Yin Xiangshang smiled bitterly and said, "Luo Xiancheng didn't know how many strange soldiers from Huaidong had penetrated into the hinterland of Jingxiang at the beginning. The news from the scouts only said that a large group of armored soldiers came west from Chaishan after a large group of armored soldiers, and then Exploring inside, he accidentally ran into the blockade of Huaidong. In just two or three days, he lost dozens of elite detective horses. In the past two days, Luo Xiancheng was irritable and crazy. If he didn't like it, he would draw his sword and kill everyone. Except for the attendants In addition to the seven or eight people who were killed with sticks for minor mistakes in the past two days, Wang Chengxiong of the Ji Dynasty yesterday persuaded Luo Xiancheng to surrender to Huaidong. He immediately asked Luo Xiancheng to suspect that he was a spy for Huaidong, so he drew a knife and stabbed him in the chest; guess what next? "
"What's the matter?" Seeing that Yin Xiangshang was still in a showy mood, the elder mountain man asked in his tone.
"..." Yin Xiangshang said, "Next, Luo Xiancheng was afraid that Wang Chengxiong was really from Huaidong. He held Wang Chengxiong's bloody corpse and asked the doctor to come and treat him. The doctor couldn't save him, and Luo Xiancheng got angry and killed two doctors. You guys
What was Luo Xiancheng’s reaction?”
The two mountain men looked at each other and realized that Luo Xiancheng was frightened to the core by Huaidong at this time. He was like a wild beast that fell into a pit and had no way to escape. It became sensitive and manic.
Although Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er escaped from Xiaochang with their remnants yesterday, the news they brought back made Luo Xiancheng even more desperate: hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the Hanjin and Huangpi lines were under the full attack of the main force of the Huaidong Army's southern line. Twenty-one
It collapsed day and night.
The hundreds of thousands of elites of the Huaidong Army on the southern front are encircling and annihilating the defeated troops at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain, and may move north at any time. At this time, Luo Xiancheng not only did not dare to hope to send troops to recapture Suizhou City, but as the Huaidong Army came out from Chaishan
The ambush troops quickly moved westward, annihilating Azige's troops in the east of Fancheng and Baihetan, and frightened the reinforcements from Chen Zhihu and Tu'an tribes in the north to the north of Xinye. Luo Xiancheng found that he had fled westward from the southern foot of the northern mountain range of Huaishan.
There is little hope...
"Zhong Rong, what was Wang Xian'er's reaction?" the elder mountain man asked again.
"Zhong Rong, Wang Xian'er is still calm, but I have only met them once, so I really don't know what he is thinking."
"Master Yin, please find a way to lead us into the military camp tonight," the elder mountain man said.
"Tonight?" Yin Xiangshang asked in fear, "How can it happen tonight? Luo Xiancheng is manic and restless. He wants to let him know that you are Huaixi's lobbyists. He is afraid that he will draw his sword first if he doesn't agree with you. Are you going to do it again?
How many days will it take for Luo Xiancheng to calm down before you come forward?"
"The main force of the Huaidong Army will go north and will enter Fancheng first to pursue the enemies on the west bank of the Han River, so we still have a few days." At this time, a middle-aged scribe walked out from behind the curtain and took the words directly and said, "If we pass
After these few days, when the main force of the Huaidong Army moves eastward to Suizhou and surrounds Lishan, we will no longer have the opportunity to retaliate against the Suizhou Army..."
Prime Minister Yin Shang Jiran was startled when he saw a strange middle-aged scribe coming out of the curtain.
"Master Yin, this is Mr. Chen Jinrong Chen." The elder mountain man introduced.
"Oh!" Yin Xiangshang stood up and saluted and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Chen."
Chen Jingrong's status in Huaixi is just like Gao Zongting's in Huaidong. Chen Jingrong is Dong Yuan's first adviser. Yin Xiangshang never expected that such an important figure as Chen Jingrong would secretly come to Lishan today.
Even if Chen Jingrong comes forward in person, Yin Xiangshang still feels that it is not the time to meet Luo Xiancheng directly, and dissuades him: "Luo Xiancheng is frightened and afraid of Huaidong at this time. I am afraid it is not the time for Mr. Chen to come forward..."
"Luo Xiancheng, I won't see him for the time being. Can Mr. Yin arrange for me to meet Zhong Rong?" Chen Jingrong walked to the tea table, sat down on the table, and said, "Zhong Rong is in Tiemen Mountain, and he is not in Xiaochang and is not surrendering to Huaidong.
How loyal he was to Luo Xiancheng, but after Wang Xiang defected to Huaidong, he encouraged Luo Xiancheng to allow Chen Hansan and defected to Beiyan. Huaidong must have found out clearly. Huaidong could not tolerate Luo Xiancheng, and it would certainly not be able to tolerate him.
Rong…”
Just as Huaidong had long been interested in Suizhou and sent Zhou Binqian to Suizhou to instigate rebellion against the king, Dong Yuan had also been interested in Suizhou long ago. When Dong Yuan entered Huaixi, Huaidong's forces were all the way to the east and south of Huaixi.
To the north is the remnant land of Henan controlled by Yanhu. We can only consider developing to Jingxiang in the southwest. How could we not make some hidden moves in Suizhou first?
The marching left Sima Yin Xiangshang beside Luo Xiancheng was the highest-ranking official Huaixi bribed in the Suizhou army. This opportunity was fleeting for Huaixi. Chen Jinrong personally went out to Lishan, so naturally he would not do it again.
Leave the hidden line of Yin Xiangshang unused.
Yin Xiangshang saw that Chen Jingrong was not going to see Luo Xiancheng, but planned to attack Luo Xiancheng's general Zhong Rong first. Knowing that if things didn't work out, Zhong Rong would not be able to completely block his way to Huaixi, so he nodded and said: "
Then I would wrong Mr. Chen and pretend to be my escort into the military camp..."
There was a set of military uniforms in the tea shed, and the older mountain people stayed to provide support. Chen Jingrong and the younger mountain people pretended to be Yin Xiangshang's retinue and entered the south camp.
When they were about to enter the south camp, dozens of cavalry soldiers came in panic and ran to the base of the camp, exhausted. Yin Xiangshang lowered his voice and said to Chen Jingrong who was following him: "The defeated troops who escaped from Heishigou, Meng
An Chan was defeated there before noon today..."
Chen Jingrong nodded to show that he knew what was going on.
No matter how well the Huaidong Army blocks the passage to the east of Suizhou, it is inevitable that some fish will slip through and break out. Among them are the remnants of Meng Anchan's troops who were defeated in Heishigou, crossed Quegui Ridge and Baiyun Mountain and fled to the Huaishan Mountain in the northwest.
Chen Jingrong and the others had already seen more than a hundred cavalry soldiers fleeing towards Lishan, but they could not make Luo Xiancheng feel better, because these fish that slipped through the net brought even more desperate news to Luo Xiancheng: the main force of Meng Anchan's army was in Heishigou.
Defeat, almost total annihilation. The life and death of Meng Anchan and other generals were unknown. The Zaoyang defender abandoned the city and fled north. The 800 defenders were defeated by the Huaidong Army when they crossed the upper reaches of the Baihe River at the southwest corner of Tongbai Mountain. The defender Liang Wensheng was shot dead on the spot.
, Zaoyang fell. The scouting horses from the direction of Suizhou came back to report that the sound of fighting in Suizhou city gradually weakened in the afternoon, and at the same time, eight or nine thousand armored soldiers left the west city of Suizhou and headed for Zaoyang...
However, the Hu Qishi who had escaped were different from the defeated troops who had fled before dusk. Four of them rushed to the front of the camp and pulled out the golden arrow token: "The Governor of the Western Front, Etu Rongmu
The Prince's Golden Arrow Order, a secret order is quickly transmitted to King Luo Xiancheng of Xiangyang..."
Chen Jingrong and Yin Xiangshang were shocked when they heard this, and secretly thought that Ye Jiluorong was on the west bank of the Han River and was not in a hurry to flee north. At this time, why did he send a secret envoy to risk crossing the Huaidong Army's control area to deliver the order? Could it be that
Force Luo Xiancheng to lead his troops to break out in the direction of Nanyang?
Chen Jingrong thought about the possibility and forced Luo Xiancheng to lead his troops to break out in the direction of Nanyang. This would surely contain the main force of the Huaidong Army for a period of time, allowing Ye Jiluo Rong's troops on the west bank of the Han River to gain more time to retreat north. It's just that
Could Luo Xiancheng be so stupid? If Luo Xiancheng panicked and sacrificed all his 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses on the way to Nanyang in order to save his own life, wouldn't Huaixi be like a bamboo basket?
What Chen Jingrong never expected was that Ye Jiluorong sent a secret envoy to help Huaixi and assassinated Luo Xiancheng.