Facing the angry Li Changfeng and others, Han Qian just spread his hands and said:
"I really don't know about this. I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding. I can't get away at this time. I can only let Guo Rong accompany Li Hou to Canglang and ask Wen Bo face to face what's going on.
.Does Li Hou think it’s good?”
If Han Qian pushed him hard again, how could Xu Jing and Yao Xishui trust him so easily?
Li Changfeng pondered for a long time, nodded and said: "Then I will leave first."
There will be no results in a verbal war here. Now Tangyi has strong troops and horses. Unless Xiangbei, Huaidong, and Prince Shou's Palace can reach a consensus and form an offensive and defensive alliance, it will be impossible for any of them to take Tangyi.
And they hurried to Canglang, which only took two days.
Although it will be extremely hard to make this trip, even if we really want to attack Han Qian and Tangyi's army, or even invite Huaidong, Prince Shou's Mansion, Zheng family and others to attack them, we still need a precise explanation, and these three are not missing.
Five days.
Since he decided to go to Canglang first, Li Changfeng did not delay here in Huangchuan. In addition to sending two people to Qisi to report the news to Li Zhigao, they went directly from Huangchuan to Jiuli Pass.
In the first ten days of January, the mountain-yin trails at the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain were covered with residual snow. The hoofs of galloping horses trampled on the frozen solid soil ridges, like low thunder ripples through the mountains and forests.
In order to rush to Canglang City faster, Huo Li led two teams of 120 cavalry guards to escort Guo Rong on the road, but he also brought more than 300 Tibetan war horses with him.
Li Changfeng and Xu Jing didn't doubt anything else. They thought Han Qian was just putting on airs and wanted to show that he wanted to figure out what was going on as soon as possible. At the same time, they were worried that they would make small moves to harm core figures like Guo Rong.
Send out so many guards and more horses that can replace your feet.
Two days later, they rushed to Fancheng.
Chai Jian also led his bodyguards to Fancheng immediately. When he saw Guo Rong arriving on behalf of Han Qian, he naturally didn't have a good face. His generals even tried to detain more than a hundred bodyguards and cavalry led by Guo Rong and Huo Li.
.
The Luoshan garrison was originally a duck in their mouth, but the Tangyi army came in arrogantly and unreasonably, causing the Luoshan garrison to form a new army independently from Xiangbei. This has already made the Xiangbei generals full of anger, not to mention the short time.
How many of the Xiangbei military generals with their strong temper, rough and direct temper can tolerate such a thing happening again in more than ten days?
The two sides were at war with each other, but it was Li Changfeng and Xu Jing who tried their best to mediate, so no bloody conflict broke out.
After resting for a night in Fancheng, Li Changfeng ignored Chai Jian and Xu Jing's dissuasion, and ignored the possibility of being detained by Wen Bo. The next day, he set out from Fancheng with Guo Rong and Chai Jian's marching commander Fei Wenbo along the north bank of the Han River.
Go west and go to Canglang City to see Wen Bo and question the unexplained stoppage.
Perhaps the battle of Zhongli left a deep psychological shadow on Xu Jing. He and Chen Ruyi, the regular attendant of Chongwen Palace, stayed in Fancheng and followed Chai Jian to watch the development of the situation. However, Yao Xishui took his personal maid Ye Feiying with Li Changfeng.
, Guo Rong rushed to Canglang City together.
In addition to Chai Jian personally rushing back to Fancheng to take charge, tens of thousands of elite Zuo Shenwu Army troops have quickly withdrawn from Fangcheng's defense line and moved towards Xichuan and Fancheng as quickly as possible.
As the newly formed Right Shenwu Guards marched westward, the local defense systems along the way were also activated and placed on high alert.
Even now, Chai Jian sent scouts through the mountains on the northeast side to confirm that Wen Bo did not attack Canglang City.
The defense of Canglang City had been strengthened before the arrival of the new You Shenwu Army. There were 500 county soldiers defending it, and most of these people were elite veterans who had retired from the cottage soldiers. The defenders were immediately aware of the new attack.
After realizing the strange situation of the Shenwu Army, they directly marched the young men in the city to the top of the city. At this time, there were thousands of people guarding the city wall.
Wenbo lacked the necessary weapons, so if he wanted to storm Canglang City, it would not be possible in a day or two. Not to mention that Chai Jian could also directly pass through the waterways of Han River and Danjiang River, from Xiangfan or Xichuan to Jingzikou.
Canglang City directly sent additional reinforcements.
When the situation developed to this point, Yao Xishui was completely confused and could not figure out what Wen Bo or Han Qian, who was secretly behind the scenes and controlling all this, wanted to do.
The Han River and the Dan River meet in the southwest of Canglang City. The mountains to the northwest are steep and steep. They approach the Han River from the north and the Dan River from the west. Thus, two easy-to-defend and difficult-to-defend rivers are formed on the east bank of the Dan River and the north bank of the Han River.
Attack the narrow land passage.
At present, the new Right Shenwu Army is mainly assembled behind these two narrow passages. The Xiangbei Army currently does not have powerful naval warships to control the Han River and Danjiang River. It is also quite difficult to attack the Right Shenwu Army from both wings.
Arriving at the gate of the You Shenwu Army's camp on the north bank of the Han River, Wen Bo sent his deputy general Xue Chuan to greet him in front of the gate.
Guo Rong and Huo Li could lead their guards directly into the camp, while Li Changfeng, Yao Xishui and others were required to leave their guards outside the camp. Even the few personal guards who accompanied them were strictly searched to prevent hidden short blades.
Wen Bo's attitude clearly showed his collusion with Han Qian, but they had already reached the Youshenwu Army's tent. Li Changfeng was not afraid of being detained, and Yao Xishui could not turn around and go back to Fancheng.
The crowd walked into the temporary command tent set up by Wenbo in a depressed atmosphere.
Wen Bo was quite polite to Li Changfeng and respected his status as Minister of War and Minister of Political Affairs. He specially invited him to sit in the central committee and presided over the case, and then ordered the guards on the left and right to withdraw to discuss confidential matters.
"Why did the Right Shenwu Army stay in Canglang City and no longer go north? Can General Wen give me and Lord Guo an explanation at this time?" Li Changfeng stared at Wen Bo who was sitting on the left seat with eager eyes and asked in a deep voice.
In the big tent, besides Wen Bo, Xue Chuan, Cao Ba, Wen Yuan and others were the core generals of the Youshenwu Army. Yao Xishui also stared at their faces to observe the subtle changes in their expressions, trying to figure out what happened.
Something like this will happen.
"There is indeed a reason why the general and his troops stayed at Canglang City. However, the matter is so important that the general does not dare to make his own decision. He is also worried that the generals in Xiangbei will be very wary of the general and do not dare to talk to him easily.
, we can only wait for Mr. Li Bingbu and Mr. Guo to come and take charge of the important matter." Wen Bo said in a deep voice.
Li Changfeng was the minister of the Ministry of War at this time, and calling him Li Bingbu was a natural compliment. However, these were just minutiae. Li Changfeng would not be easily deceived, so he impatiently asked: "What on earth is going on? There are no outsiders here. Please call General Wen."
Come on."
"When I arrived in Canglang, I met a dozen merchants who claimed to be the envoys of Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong. They said that Wang Hongyi, the prince of Shu, was plotting to frame the Changxiang Marquis and harm him. After receiving the news, they entered Chu from Liangzhou along the Han River to ask for help...
..." Wen Bo said.
"Nonsense! Is it true that Wen Bo is this prince that you are so easy to bully?" Li Changfeng glared at Wen Bo angrily. He would not believe Wen Bo's nonsense. How could such a coincidence happen in the world?
"Yes or no, maybe you can ask the envoy from the Marquis of Changxiang to come over and see you." Guo Rong said slowly and logically.
Li Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that even if he knew that everything in front of him was a play arranged by Han Qian and Wen Bo, he could only watch them play it out first, and waved his hand, indicating to Wen Bo that the so-called Changxiang
Envoy Hou called in.
After a while, Guo Que came in with two men, one older and one younger. The elder was only twenty-four or five years old, and the younger was only fourteen or fifteen years old. After they walked in, Wen Bo introduced: "These two men
They claimed to be Cao Yong, the second son of Cao Qian, the Sima of Yuzhou, and Wang Ang, the prince of Changxiang Hou. However, the general was too stupid to confirm their identities and could not read the handwriting of Changxiang Hou. He also asked Lords of the Ministry of War and Lord Guo to make the decision.
"
Yao Xishui and Fei Wenbo, the marching commander of the Left Shenwu Army, took a deep breath and suddenly realized that if the identities of Cao Yong and Wang Ang were true, the whole situation conspired by Han Qian was far greater than they imagined.
Guo Que was born as a soldier of the Han family. He was only twenty-five or six years old at this time, but he was a very important figure around Han Qian. They suffered such a big loss in Chenzhou because they were targeted by Guo Que.
It was previously confirmed that when Wen Bo led the new Right Shenwu Army to march westward, Guo did not appear near Luoshan City. Later, they dragged Guo Rong over. It was also confirmed that only a hundred guards from Tangyi accompanied him under the leadership of Wang Wenqian's wife and nephew.
Guo Que was not among them; it was obvious that Cao Yong and Wang Ang followed Guo Que to Canglang to join Wen Bo.
This means that the identities of Cao Yong and Wang Ang will not be false.
After careful analysis, the faces of the two of them are indeed similar to those of Cao Qian and Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong.
Of course, even if they were killed, they would not believe the nonsense that Wang Hongyi conspired to harm Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, and that they had to rush over to ask for help.
The prince of Shu, Wang Hongyi, wished that his half-brother, Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, would die, but no matter how stupid Wang Xianyi was, he would never choose to attack Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian, the core direct relatives of Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian, who left Shu and were attacking the hinterland of Guanzhong.
The Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, took action.
In fact, they had expected that Changxiang Hou Wang Yong might launch a mutiny to usurp the throne, but they thought Changxiang Hou Wang Yong would be more patient and would wait until Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian's troops were unable to escape in the hinterland of Guanzhong before taking action.
However, everything in front of him showed that Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, not only wanted to attack Wang Hongyi first, but also worried that his strength was not enough to accomplish the task, so he secretly approached Han Qian to borrow troops.
The Youshenwu Army is the reinforcement Han Qian promised to lend.
The so-called recruitment of Wen Bo's troops to join Zuo Wu's Xiang army to attack Guanzhong was a big lie told by Han Qian. However, Cao Yong and Wang Ang followed Guo to Canglang. It can be said that they were protons sent by the Marquis of Changxiang.
After thinking about all this, Yao Xishui and Fei Wenbo felt a chill running straight up from their tailbones. Their hearts were so shocked that they had no idea what to say.
Was this the plan Han Qian set up when he sent people to sneak into Xuzhou to kidnap the Wen clan members back to Tangyi?
They were completely unaware of the whole process and were being used as pawns by Han Qian?
Li Changfeng's face was gloomy and extremely ugly at this moment. How could a person like him feel better if he was manipulated by others?
His deep and sinister eyes glanced back and forth between Wen Bo and Guo Rong. After a long while, he tried his best to suppress the anger in his chest, took a long breath, and asked in a deep voice: "You have come to this point in your plans.
Yes, and you can completely deny some of the words that have been said out of this big account. At this time, what else can't you say in the open and open the window?"
"Master Li is indeed a sensible person. Not only will he not hide certain things from him, but Donghu will also send a secret message to Jinling to explain everything. However, the matter involves a serious matter, so we cannot inform Mr. Li in advance, and we also have to invite him.
Mr. Li, please forgive me!" Guo Rong said with a smile.
Li Changfeng was not in the mood to answer Guo Rong's nonsense and just motioned for him to continue talking.
"The reason for the incident was that the Marquis of Changxiang was worried about Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian. After Wang Xiaoxian led his troops to capture Guanzhong, Wang Hongyi's position became increasingly stable. Yuzhou could not escape the dismal ending of being purged or even bloodbathed, so he, Cao Qian, Jing Qiongwen and others decided to take advantage of Shu.
During the military alliance with Chu in the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong, they launched a mutiny to usurp the throne. In early November, Cao Qian secretly arrived at East Lake to seek assistance. My family tried hard to persuade Cao Qian and others for days, but they could not dissuade Cao Qian and others from launching a mutiny. The two powers were at odds with each other, whichever was the lesser, and I saw Changxiang.
Marquis Wangyong has made up his mind, and my family has no choice but to help the Marquis of Xiang in his plans..."
"You only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses here. Even if no one holds you back, all 12,000 soldiers and horses can march westward along the Han River. Wang Hongyi and Zhao Mengji's remaining defenders in Liangzhou will never be able to evacuate and evacuate.
You easily captured Liangzhou and cut off the return route of Zhao Mengji's army - should the Marquis of Qianyang have other arrangements?" Li Changfeng stared at Guo Rong and asked.
Although Li Changfeng no longer commanded troops and horses for more than ten years and was mostly idle in Hongzhou, his military strategy was still top-notch in the world.
Wen Bo brought Cao Yong and Wang Ang up, almost revealing the cards. How could he not guess what Han Qian's intention was in plotting on the northern front?
However, after Changxiang Hou Wang Yong took charge of Yuzhou, his power became much stronger in recent years, but his influence was still mainly concentrated in Yuzhou and other southeastern Shu areas.
The Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, planned very carefully. He could take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Shu Lord Wang Jian and the Crown Prince Wang Hongyi to suddenly send troops to occupy the Shu capital. It is even possible to successfully usurp the throne in the Shu capital. However, except for a few places such as Yuzhou and Shu capital,
How could other parts of Shu submit to a usurper like him?
No matter what, these places will maintain a neutral attitude of waiting and watching the situation.
At this time, as long as Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian return with their troops, most of the prefectures and counties in Shu will fall into the arms of Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian. Even if Wang Hongyi dies, the soldiers and people of Shu can support Wang Xiaoxian.
The only chance for Changxiang Hou Wang Yong is to cut off the return route of Zhao Mengji's army in time, or to wait for Zhao Mengji's army to suffer irreparable damage in Guanzhong. In this case, he will have enough time to send troops to occupy the capital of Shu and launch a mutiny to usurp the throne.
to control the situation in other areas of Shu.
Judging from the current situation, the conspiracy between Han Qian and the Marquis of Changxiang must be to use Wen Bo to lead his troops to raid Liangzhou to cut off Zhao Mengji's army's retreat route south to Shu.
The problem is that Liangzhou is an important town in northern Shu controlled by Wang Hongyi, the prince of Shu. There are more than 10,000 elite Shu troops left behind, and they are also the core generals of the prince's line of defense. No matter how strong Wen Bo is, how can he rely on it before Zhao Mengji leads his troops to fight back?
Capture Liangzhou City and the five nearby counties in a surprise attack?
"There are already five thousand elite guards and cavalry in Xuzhou and Tangyi. They are pretending to be escorting heavy supplies and civilians from Yuzhou and are approaching Liangzhou along the Lychee Road." Guo Rong said, "As long as General Wen leads the right Shenwu army along the Han
The water will advance westward and draw the main force of Liangzhou's defenders away from Liangzhou City, so capturing Liangzhou City will not be a problem."
Hearing what Guo Rong said, Li Changfeng couldn't help but think deeply.
Liangzhou has six counties under its jurisdiction, and there are two cities adjacent to Junzhou. They are located on the north and south banks of the Han River. They are also the gateway to the east of Liangzhou. They suddenly sent troops westward along the Han River and were able to lure part of the defenders from Liangzhou City.
Of course, no matter how the main force of the defenders is fooled, Liangzhou City is its foundation, and the number of troops left behind will never be less than 3,000.
Others may not dare to say that relying on five thousand strange soldiers, they can storm a city with at least three thousand elite soldiers left behind. But if the five thousand strange soldiers are elite combat forces that Han Qian drew from the Tangyi Army, the probability of success is really high.
Not low.
After that, Wen Bo led his troops to bypass the interceptors and entered Liangzhou City. After joining with five thousand soldiers, they withstood the counterattack of Zhao Mengji's army. Wang Yong's usurpation of the throne really had a great chance of success...
Seeing that Lin Jinhou Li Changfeng was so proud of Guo Rong, Fei Wenbo objected loudly:
"Nonsense, I, Da Chu, and the Shu army have agreed to join forces to attack Guanzhong. Now I send troops to encourage the local princes to rebel and usurp the throne. What will the people of the world think of me, Da Chu?"
"The Queen Mother will never sit back and watch the Chu soldiers and horses betray their faith, nor will she sit by and watch anyone break the alliance between the Chu and Shu without permission!" Yao Xishui also said sternly at this time.
She didn't know what method Han Qian used to break the trust barrier between Tangyi and the Wen family, but Han Qian could be so confident in using Wen Bo's troops to raid Liangzhou, which already showed that Han Qian had great respect for the new You Shenwu
The penetration and control of the military are far beyond their imagination.
At this time, it was too late for them to do everything possible to weaken the Youshenwu Army. How could they watch them help the Marquis of Changxiang usurp the throne of Shu, and how could they watch Han Qian's power grow further?
In any case, they must not let Wen Bo have the opportunity to easily lead the Youshenwu Army to sneak attack Liangzhou, nor can they let him easily use the strategy of attacking from the east to the west, luring the main force of the defenders out of Liangzhou City, and infiltrating the Shu area.
Tangyi's ambush troops have a chance to attack Liangzhou City.
Fei Wenbo continued: "I still advise you to rein in the situation as soon as possible. At this time, General Chai has rushed to Fancheng to take charge, and the Marquis of Jiangyin is sitting at Jingzikou. Even if you threaten the life of Marquis Linjin at this time, it is impossible.
Shake the minds of General Chai and Marquis Jiangyin - if you dare to act rashly, tens of thousands of elites will swoop directly from the two wings, and you can just wait for the disaster to come!"
At this time, Yao Xishui was also staring at Wen Bo and Guo Rong with cold eyes. He couldn't help but sneered, thinking that if no one was holding him back, Han Qian's plan of attacking Liangzhou might be successful, but they don't even have Canglang City now.
After the attack, the army may only have enough food for three to five days. Chai Jiandu does not need to ask Jiangyin Marquis to mobilize troops from Jingzikou. He only needs to command the Youwu Guards to attack from both wings and cooperate with the Canglang City defenders inside and outside.
It will take three to five days to defeat the newly formed Youshenwu Army.
Is it possible that they still expect Chai Jian to cooperate with them?
Yao Xishui couldn't help but want to laugh at their whims.
Li Changfeng looked at Wen Bo, and Guo Rong looked calm. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and asked with a serious expression: "The Marquis of Qianyang has been planning for so long, and it is impossible to leave such a big flaw. Is Mr. Zhou, the governor of Jiangzhou, in Canglang?" ?”
Is Zhou Zan in Canglang?
Yao Xishui was so shocked that he almost jumped up, and Fei Wenbo accidentally knocked over the tea cup in front of him. In their haste and panic, they didn't expect that Han Qian still had this move to make.
"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Mr. Li," Zhou Tan, tall and thin, wearing a casual robe, walked out from behind the screen, cupped his hands and saluted, "My mother is seriously ill, and Zhou Tan is very worried. I couldn't wait to report to the court, so I secretly rushed back to Canglang. I didn't expect to meet Mr. Li Hou here. I also asked Mr. Li not to make any noise, so as to avoid being reprimanded by the court..."
Zhou Tan's words were humble and polite, but Yao Xishui's heart felt cold at this moment, and he looked at Guo Rong, Zhou Tan, Wen Bo and others infatuatedly.
She never thought that Han Qian was really planning to leave no stone unturned, and he had already asked Zhou Fang to sneak back to Canglang from Jiangzhou in advance to plot something secret.
The so-called latent maternal illness is nothing more than words to deceive the world and the emperor.
Zhou Tan and Chen Jingzhou are both representatives of the Junzhou village. Junzhou is located in the newly established Jingyun County on the north bank of the Han River, west of Canglang City. The county government is an expansion of the Jingyun Village that Zhou Tan ruled in his early years.
At first, the villagers recruited by Han Qian to build the Canglang village were mainly from Jingyun Village and were all subordinates of Zhou Tan. The earliest batch of households in Canglang City also moved from Jingyun Village and other places.
Later, these civilians and a large number of other troops from the Qinling Mountains made great achievements while guarding Canglang and Xichuan.
After the war, these generals, headed by Zhou Tan and Chen Jingzhou, were regarded as copycats close to Han Qian in the Longque Army. Zhou Tan and Chen Jingzhou were ostracized and suppressed, and were transferred out of the army one after another. There were also quite a few The military attaches of the Shanzhai faction were also suppressed, so they withdrew from the camp and returned to the local area.
Although the Shanzhai forces that controlled the Dragon Bird Army were dismembered, it is undeniable that these military attaches quickly became the backbone of local forces after they returned to the countryside.
The presence of Zhou Zan here means that the Youshenwu Army is very likely to be able to capture the cities of Canglang and Jingyun without a single blow, and can also obtain a certain amount of food and fodder supplies from the villages in the mountains.
In this way, they had a city to defend on the banks of the Han River and the Danjiang River, and they did not have to worry about a shortage of food and fodder in the short term, nor were they afraid of Chai Jian leading his troops to attack from both sides.
Or perhaps it could be said that Zhou Fang had secretly met with the guards of Canglang and Jingyun cities and reached a conspiracy.
Canglang and Jingyun cities are located behind Deng Jun's defense line. They have always recruited 300 to 500 county soldiers locally to be responsible for city defense, security and theft arrests. Jingyun County borders the eastern boundary of Liangzhou, and its strategic position is still extremely important. It is outstanding, but since the two countries Chu and Shu reached a peace agreement, neither side has stationed elite imperial troops in the bordering counties.
Although the county magistrate, county magistrate, county captain, chief official and other major official positions in these two places are all directly appointed by the imperial court, considering the sentiment of caring for the Shanzhai generals, almost half of them are from Shanzhai generals, not to mention the following. Six-room subordinate staff.
After all, over the years, the Shanzhai faction has made great contributions to Emperor Yanyou's ascension to the throne. No matter how much they cross the river and demolish the bridge, there must be a limit.
In addition to the fact that most of the official positions were held by the subordinates of Zhou Pan and Chen Jingzhou, the soldiers in the two counties were mainly the elite veterans of the cottage soldiers.
You may not necessarily recognize Han Qian these years, but Zhou Tan and Chen Jingzhou are their old village masters, old bosses, and old family heads - Yao Xishui really can't imagine that Zhou Tan would appear under Canglang City at this time, and Wen Bo would lead him
The newly recruited Shenwu Army has 10,000 elite generals. Are they still capable of preventing Wen Bo from sending troops to lure the main force of the Liangzhou defenders away from Liangzhou City?
"After the Marquis of Changxiang promised to succeed, in addition to professing vassalage to Da Chu, respecting His Majesty as his brother, and paying an annual tribute of two hundred thousand yuan, he would also return the two states of Liang and Xia to Da Chu," Guo Rong said, "Cao
Yong and Wang Ang, the prince of the Marquis of Changxiang, are here to deliver their credentials..."
Obviously Guo Rong entered Wen Bo's tent with them. Li Changfeng didn't know when he first saw Cao Yong from Guo Que or Wen Bo. The so-called "credentials" brought by Wang Ang were probably from Han Dynasty.
Did Qian and Marquis Changxiang agree on the terms in advance?