Xichong is actually an inconspicuous small village on the long mountain road from Shishan County to Langzhong. Because of the continuous mountains in this area, the road is difficult to travel in rainy and snowy weather, so the woodcutters and merchants who come and go must have a place to rest.
In this place, Xichong, which is naturally sheltered from the wind, becomes a good choice.
However, with the subsequent destruction of Bashu, this road was gradually abandoned, and the once bustling Xichong became a deserted land.
However, Xichong was once again lively at this time. The Nanchen army who came out of the mountains were burying pots and making rice. Steam was rising among the ruins, while the rest of the soldiers were also busy setting up camp.
After all, we are marching to fight now, and the camp must be set up. Especially the three thousand people led by Li Xingchen are already the majority of the main force under his command. If something unexpected happens before they arrive in Langzhong, this will
There is no need to fight Li Xinchen in the first battle.
Li Xingchen saw Du Qi in the abandoned ancestral hall in the middle of the village. There was a man beside Du Qi. He was tall and had a ferocious look on his face. He looked like he was a brave man.
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"See you, general! This is Li Xun, the leader of the tribe." Du Qi bowed his hands and then introduced Li Xunchen.
Li Xun also raised his hand: "See General Dang Kou!"
The Jin people are also one of the eight tribes of the Ba people, and they have another name - "Banzhenman", which is the source of the soldiers of the Baiyi soldiers who were called the mainstay of the Shu Han in later generations.
The people with the surname Li were a prominent family among the people. There was also a Li Te who established the Cheng Han Dynasty among the Sixteen Kingdoms, separatized Bashu and ruled the roost for a while.
It's just that after the last Bashu Rebellion, as the most valiant fighting among the Ba people, the Zhi people naturally received "key care" from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, even if the Zhi people have always been bold, they can only stay in the army honestly now.
In this deep mountain.
Fortunately, the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not have enough troops in Bashu. They only pursued important cities that could protect the rivers and official roads, and did not continue to strangle the Ba people entrenched in the mountains, so that the Xi people could recover.
Li Xingchen nodded slightly at Du Qi with appreciation. This guy's ability to do things was really good. After all, the various departments of the Ba people had almost lost contact with each other. It was pretty good that he was able to contact the Ba people at such a fast speed.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xingchen turned to look at the real master this time, smiled and said: "I didn't expect it to be my family. Patriarch Li, there is no need to be polite!"
Li Xun was a little nervous at first. After all, all he knew about Li Xunchen was from Du Qi. Although he had a relationship with Du Qi, they had been running away for their lives in the past few years and had long since lost contact, so he didn't
I know whether Du Qi is thinking about the entire Ba tribe, which is why he came alone.
After all, the current people are too weak to withstand another blow, and they must need to repair themselves.
It was obvious that the young general standing in front of him did not have any malicious intent at least on the surface, which made Li Xun subconsciously sigh in relief.
Smiling a little shyly, Li Xun said in a deep voice: "General Li was able to capture Shishan County with lightning speed and then appear in Xichong. His detailed planning and strict military management are really amazing.
Unexpected."
Li Xunchen nodded slightly. He was happy to accept Li Xun's flattery. After all, he wanted to tell Ba people that following him was the right thing to do. With a wave of his hand, Li Xunchen looked up and looked ahead. Li Ping and others had already
The map he carried with the army was hung on the wall, but this map was far inferior to the large map Li Xingchen had in Bajun.
"What's the situation over there in Langzhong now?" Li Xingchen didn't intend to chat with Du Qi and others anymore, and asked directly. Xiao Shilian and Cao Zhong had already arranged their troops and walked in one after another.
After Pei Zilie took the lead in taking over Shishan County, Li Xinchen asked Pei Zilie to stay on the eastern front and left Lu Zhiwu in charge of transporting grain while he, Xiao Shilian, and Cao Zhong led the army to Langzhong.
Hearing Li Xinchen's question, Du Qi turned directly to look at Li Xun. He has been living in the mountains here for a long time. Obviously, these people are far more familiar with the news than Du Qi, Li Xinchen and others who have just arrived. And Li Xun also knows
This was the performance opportunity given to him by Du Qi, and he was unambiguous at the moment:
"The Langzhong defenders have obviously smelled the news and are shrinking their troops towards Panlong County. In addition, there are a lot of sentinel activities in Guihua, Pu'an and other places. Just the day before yesterday, we also caught a man who had touched all the way to the bottom of the village.
Detective, obviously these guys don't just want to know if there are any enemies coming on the road."
Langzhong just refers to a terraced platform surrounded by mountains that is high in the east, west, north and low in the south. It is actually called Longzhou in the official administrative division, and the county seat of Longzhou is Panlong County (today's Langzhong City), which is also Longzhou.
It is the tallest and strongest among the cities in the state.
The Guihua County to the east of Langdong is commonly known as Bazhong, while Pu'an County is the exit of Jiange Road, and Jiange is within the jurisdiction of Pu'an County. Therefore, these three counties are connected in a line to form
The defense line around Micang Mountain can receive reinforcements to reach Shu County, and can also prevent the enemy from cutting off the road into Shu.
Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian glanced at each other subconsciously, their expressions darkening a bit.
In the past, Li Xinchen was able to capture cities and territories in Bashu, half of which was because the enemy had insufficient troops and was unprepared. However, the enemies in Langzhong are now obviously more difficult to deal with than imagined. Apparently they have anticipated Li Xinchen's possible attack targets, and have begun to build defense lines in advance.
, and even began to dispatch scouts into the deep mountains, as if they did not intend to give Li Xinchen any chance to make dangerous moves.
As a result, it would not be so easy for Li Xingchen to attack Langzhong.
"It seems that I still underestimated Yu Chijun." Li Xingchen considered it.
Xiao Shilian and Cao Zhong also had a rough idea of Li Xingchen's plan, and were also a little worried.
"General, there is something I don't know whether to say or not." At this moment, Li Xun hesitated to speak.
Li Xingchen gently rubbed his chin and nodded slightly: "That's what you say."
"This Micang Mountain is more steep and steeper than the mountains that the general led his army to climb. Therefore, if Yuchijiong wants to take the Micang Road to go south, it will definitely take longer than the general." Li Xun said in a deep voice, "
Regardless of the large scale of the Langzhong garrison patrolling the outposts, they only have a total of one or two thousand soldiers and horses, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. The real elite have long been transferred to guard Shu County.
Therefore, my subordinates believed that the general could attack Langzhong before Yuchi Jong arrived."
After a pause, Li Xun continued: "The mountain road on Micang Road is steep. The general only needs to set up camp at the exit of the mountain road. Then it will not be easy for Yuchi to get out of the mountain with light troops!"