After Zhang Qian crossed the Gushui River, he stayed with Li Zhigao and watched the development of the situation.
Li Zhigao's tent was set up in the main camp in the west of the city. At noon the next day, Deng Tai sent someone to report that a little earlier, Luoshan City, which had been closed for half a year, lowered the East City Suspension Bridge, and several people came from the east of the city where Tangyi's army was stationed.
The camp entered Luoshan City.
Zhang Qian, Xu Jing, Yao Xishui and others followed Li Zhigao and hurried to the camp in the north of the city where General Deng Tai was.
The bamboo watchtower built in the camp in the north of the city is tall and narrow. Standing at the watchtower, which is more than six feet high, one can clearly see the situation inside and outside the east gate of Luoshan.
When they rushed to the camp in the north of the city and boarded the bamboo watchtower, the suspension bridge at the east city gate had been closed. It was unclear who Han Qian sent into Luoshan City to negotiate with Wen Bo, Cao Ba, Xue Chuan and other enemy generals.
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Although Zhou Yuan also found a craftsman to polish the bronze telescope after Xuzhou, he didn't know what went wrong. The effect was always not ideal and could not effectively increase the field of vision.
Li Zhigao and the others climbed up to the watchtower and looked for a long time, but they didn't see anything unusual in the city, so they could only wait in Deng Tai's tent.
It was almost dusk and the sun was setting in the west. Li Zhigao planned to return to the west camp of the city first. The sentinel guarding the watchtower rushed over to report that there were more than ten people in Luoshan City walking towards the north gate to look at the north gate tower.
The defenders were preparing hanging baskets, which seemed to be used to release people from the north gate.
Their movements outside the city were clearly seen by the Luoshan defenders, but they did not know what was happening inside the city, which was really depressing.
After waiting for a stick of incense, dozens of soldiers brought Guo Rong, the former bandit leader Wen Zhanyu, and Wen Bo's chief bookkeeper Gu Dingyuan into the big tent to meet Li Zhigao, Zhang Qian and others.
Emperor Tianyou campaigned in the south and in the north. As Wen Muqiao's eldest son, Wen Zhanyu also made great military exploits and was awarded the title of Dangkou Marquis. However, his hands and feet were disabled on the battlefield. He did not hold any specific official position after the founding of the Chu Kingdom, but he was one of the other
Zi Wenyuan was one of the generals of Wen Boya's army and a leader among the third generation of the Wen family.
Li Zhigao recognized Wen Zhanyu in his early years. Xu Jing and others could also recognize that Xu Jing's slightly narrow cheeks and raised cheekbones were similar to Wen Muqiao and Wen Bo. Looking at his disabled hands and feet,
Naturally, it is not difficult to guess his identity.
However, they had known for a long time that Wen Zhanyu was not in Luoshan City before. Seeing Wen Zhanyu appear at this time undoubtedly confirmed that the Wen clan had indeed been robbed from Xuzhou to Tangyi by Han Qian's men, and had already reached an agreement with Han Qian
According to the conditions, he had the opportunity to enter Luoshan City with Guo Rong to meet Wen Bo at noon.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the big tent was so oppressive that it seemed like a thunderstorm would come next moment.
Zhang Qian's heart was in his throat, and he was worried that Li Zhigao wouldn't be able to hold it in any longer. He would turn against them on the spot, have Guo Rong and Wen Zhanyu detained, and even push them out of the tent to behead them. The situation was really a mess.
Li Zhigao put down the file in his hand, his face gloomy, as if covered by dark clouds. He ignored Wen Zhanyu and Gu Dingyuan, stared at Guo Rong with his gloomy eyes, tried his best to contain the anger in his heart, and asked: "So, Qianyang
Hou has already negotiated terms with the Wen family?"
Guo Rong saw that all the generals in the tent were staring at him with eager eyes, wishing to skin him and eat him alive, but he had no fear and came closer.
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, he cupped his hands towards Li Zhigao and said:
"Wen Bo, Xue Ba and other generals hated Anning Palace and Xu Mingzhen's evil deeds of cruelly poisoning the late emperor to usurp the throne. However, their relatives were held hostage by thieves, and they were forced to act as helpers. At this time, they also felt deeply guilty and wanted to lead Luoshan.
The defenders returned to Da Chu and served the imperial court. However, no matter what, Lord Zhang and the Marquis of Xinjin were here, so they had to inform Lord Zhang and the Marquis of Xinjin about this matter, draw up a preliminary agreement, and then report to the court for updates.
To be appropriate.”
Looking at Li Zhigao, Deng Tai and others had dark clouds on their faces. Zhang Qian stood up to smooth things over. He handed over to Wen Zhanyu and Gu Dingyuan and asked: "But I don't know how the Luoshan defenders are willing to truly submit to the imperial court. It is not intentionally delaying the time."
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Zhang Qian said he was asking what conditions the Luoshan defenders had, but actually he was asking what conditions Han Qian and the Wen family had negotiated.
Guo Rong smiled and directly replaced Wen Zhanyu. Gu Dingyuan replied:
"The Marquis of Qianyang made it clear to the court half a month ago that since the princes in the court have decided to unite with Shu to attack Liang, even if Tangyi has different opinions and is worried that the war in the Central Plains will endanger Jianghuai, he will never stay out of it.
The top priority is to organize a new army from the Luoshan garrison, led by Wen Bo, under the command of Zuowu Xiangjundu, and under the control of Jiangyin Marquis Huang Lu, to strengthen the offensive against Wuguan, to ensure that it can seize the opportunity before the Mongols before next summer.
Before reaching the Weizhou rebels, he teamed up with the Shu army to capture Yongzhou City. Doing so also gave the Luoshan defenders an opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Afterwards, rewards and punishments should be discussed based on whether they were active in the offensive..."
Zhang Qian felt a thump in his heart and thought about what conditions this was and what Han Qian's intention was. Could it be that he was forcing the Luoshan defenders to enter Yong and using cruel fighting to consume the Luoshan defenders' combat power?
The purpose of consumption and weakening?
Zhang Qian looked at Li Zhigao hesitantly, but he didn't know what Li Zhigao was thinking, but in his opinion, such conditions were definitely not good for the Xiangbei Army. After all, they had always expected to recruit the Luoshan garrison.
It failed, but it can’t be considered extremely bad.
Li Zhigao had not sent people to the city before to recruit surrender, but Wen Bo's condition was that Guangzhou should be separated separately, and he would also lead the Guangzhou governor and lead his troops to garrison. He could only accept the control of the Xiangbei Defense Envoy in name.
In this case, surrender means not surrendering, but Xiangbei Army's troops will still have to withdraw from Lingshan, Yiyang and other places. Once Wen Bo changes his mind, it will be equivalent to losing both people and land for Xiangbei.
The current condition is that Wen Bo leads his troops to attack Guanzhong. On the one hand, he will continue to be under the supervision of the Xiangbei Army. On the other hand, he will be completely separated from the Tangyi Army. At least in a short period of time, he will not have to worry about being completely won over by Han Qian.
Go ahead?
And Tang Yi did not reveal his ambition to incorporate Wen Bo's troops. Perhaps Han Qian knew in his heart that he could not truly win the trust of the Wen family? Then perhaps it was Tang who prevented Li Zhigao and other factions from incorporating Wen Bo and the Luoshan garrison.
It is a realistic choice for the city to eliminate flanking risks and limit the growth of competitive forces.
Wen Zhanyu officially appeared in Luoshan this time, and the secret of Tangyi's kidnapping of the Wen clan was semi-public.
If Wen Bo led his troops to attack Liang Jun in Guanzhong and achieved some military success, the imperial court could justifiably absolve the Wen family of following the rebellion of Anning Palace and move the Wen family from Tangyi to Jinling to settle down.
Now, Wen Bo and the Luoshan garrison can be independent from the Xiangbei Army and Tangyi Army, and can meet the expectations of many princes and ministers.
However, the Wen family and the Luoshan garrison were not
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It is a sincere attachment. Whether it can be used by the court in the future is a matter later.
Zhang Qian was of course willing to report this result to the Dukes of Jinling for discussion, but he could not ignore Li Zhigao's opinion at this time; even if he wanted to rush back to Jinling to report the matter in the near future, he had to ask Li Zhigao's opinion first.
Li Zhigao thought for a long time and then said to Zhang Qian: "Since the Marquis of Guizhou Yang has negotiated such terms with the Luoshan garrison, let's ask Mr. Zhang to make a hard trip and let the judges decide!"
Hearing what Li Zhigao said, Zhang Qian thought to himself, what kind of opinion is this? He asked cautiously: "Maybe it would be better if I meet Wen Bo, ask everything carefully, and then rush back to Jinling to report the matter?"
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Zhang." Li Zhigao said, cupping his hands.
"How do you say who owns Luoshan City?" Xu Jing couldn't help but ask when Zhang Qian and Guo Rong went to Luoshan City to meet Wen Bo.
Li Zhigao did not interrupt Xu Jing's questioning. Deng Tai, Yao Xishui and others also stared at Guo Rong and Wen Zhanyu.
Luoshan County is located to the north of Yiyang, leaving the gap between Tongbai Mountain and Huaiyang Mountain. It has to pass through Luoshan County to border the Huaihe River. It can be said to be a strategic location that controls the upper reaches of the Huaihe River and peeks northward at Caizhou.
The five counties of Guangzhou, Le'an County, and Huangchuan County have fallen into Tangyi's pocket. They don't expect to get it back at this time, but Luoshan County has to fight for it no matter what.
"Huaixi is in ruins, with a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. Twenty thousand civilians from Luoshan City are urgently needed to fill the gap. As for Luoshan City, we still have to trouble the Marquis of Xinjin to defend it. The two armies join hands to defeat the Shouzhou rebels," Guo Rong said.
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Xu Jing looked back at Li Zhigao, unsure whether he could accept the result of dividing people and land between the two armies.
Li Zhigao stood up, unable to hide his frustration and said, "I'll give Mr. Zhang a ride."
Someone was sent to escort Zhang Qian, Guo Rong, Wen Zhanyu and others to the North City Gate. The defenders put down their baskets and brought them into the city. Standing in front of the camp gate, watching Zhang Qian follow Guo Rong, Wen Zhanyu and others into Luoshan City, Deng Tai couldn't help but ask suspiciously.
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"Does Han Qian have a deeper motive and wants to use Wen Bo to harm Xiangbei?"
To reorganize the Luoshan garrison into an army and cooperate with Zuo Wuxiang's army to fight against Liang's army in Guanzhong, it is necessary to enter Junzhou through the Xiangbei territory. However, only by opening the Wuguan Passage from Jingzikou can we enter Guanzhong.
Deng Tai was worried that when Wen Bo's troops passed through the territory of Xiangbei, they would suddenly launch an attack with Tangyi's army, which would make the Xiangbei army fall into a more passive situation.
"You don't need to worry too much about this, right?" Xu Jing said.
Luoshan City had sufficient supplies and a strong city, but they were unwilling to pay heavy casualties. There was nothing they could do to capture Wenbo's troops in a short period of time. However, Wenbo led his troops to borrow a road from Xiangbei to march westward. They retreated to Lingshan and Yiyang Camp, and only needed
A small number of soldiers and horses can guard the gap between Tongbai Mountain and Huaiyang Mountain. A large number of elite soldiers will accompany Wen Bo's troops back to the southern foot of Huaiyang Mountain. At this time, Wen Bo really dares to attack and annihilate Wen Bo in the wild.
It is much easier to conquer Luoshan City than to attack Luoshan City.
Furthermore, when Wen Bo led his troops to borrow the road from Xiangbei, first of all, the key cities along the way were under the strict control of the Xiangbei Army, and then they accurately supplied a certain amount of grain, fodder, and grain. If there was any change, Wen Bo's troops would be directly cut off.
In terms of food and fodder supplies, Wen Bo still has the power to penetrate the sky and the earth, and tens of thousands of elites are waiting for food. Even if he colludes with Han Qian, what kind of waves can he cause?
