Cui Ning was shocked and angry. He didn't expect that Du Ji would deceive him like this. He immediately ordered his troops to pursue him. However, it was already more than three hours before Du Ji left the city. Even if he rode a thousand-mile horse, he couldn't catch up.
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Dr. Cui did not expect that his careful plan would go wrong frequently. He originally had a 90% chance of winning, but now he is afraid that it is only 60%. His brother Cui Mi couldn't help but back off, and whispered to his brother: "Only one can win."
In Great Shu, it may be impossible to get rid of Li Siye for the time being, otherwise we should take the initiative to propose reconciliation to the Guo brothers and welcome in the staff group sent by King Yong."
"What nonsense are you talking about? There is no turning back. Since we have already taken action, there is no reason to turn back. Your unity camp has 25,000 people. We have recruited 10,000 regiments in the city to train and be brave. Although Guo Yingyi's
The Dongxichuan Army has 20,000 troops. Even if Du Ji's troops are included, it is only 30,000. However, all their food supplies are allocated from outside Chengdu. Without sufficient food, they will be defeated in a few months.
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"But, but," Cui Mi said hesitantly: "The autumn rice harvest is around the corner. They can bypass us and collect grain and grass in the prefecture and county where they are located. This timing is not good."
"We can no longer care about so much. We first ordered to collect grain and grass in several states near Chengdu to prevent them from falling into the hands of Guo Yingyi and Du Ji. Now that we have no external pressure, Li Siye can't care about things in Shuzhong.
, as long as we close the door and kill a few troublemakers, this place will still be our world."
When Cui Ning talked about our world, his expression was extremely confident, as if he had mastered the secrets of the entire world.
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Du Ji ran all the way to the southeast along the official road. He did this not only because he wanted to escape quickly, but more importantly, to prevent him from intercepting the Chongqing army who had already received the order from the city capital and to prevent them from being deceived.
The Chongqing Army received the first military order from Chengdu. Of course they found it hard to believe that they refused to accept the order. Du Ji was extremely strict with his army. Before setting off for Chengdu, he told his subordinates that any orders other than imperial edicts would have to wait until he came back.
Make a decision. But the second military order sent from Chengdu was stamped with Du Ji's seal. After discussion, the military leaders had no choice but to lead the troops on the road.
The army had already marched to the border of Yuzhou. Suddenly, a cavalry of more than a dozen people came in front of a carriage. A person at the front of the cavalry shouted loudly: "Stop!"
Under the cover of flags, the generals rode their horses forward and asked: "Who in front dares to block the march of the army?"
Du Ji jumped down from the carriage, fluttered out his robe and shouted: "It's me!"
"It turns out to be the general!" The military leaders hurriedly stepped forward and crossed their hands to greet him.
Du Ji didn't bother to explain the reason to them, and immediately ordered to turn around and return to Yuzhou City.
After the Chongqing army returned to Yuzhou, Du Ji ordered the requisition of grain and grass in various counties and sent people to Meizhou to contact Guo Yingyi. Only by uniting the three armies can they form a force to compete with the Cui brothers.
Guo Yingyi received a letter from Du Ji and learned that Guo Yingqian was detained by Cui Ning. He was heartbroken and furious, and vowed to kill Cui Ning.
He ordered people to collect grain and grass in Meizhou and other places to recruit soldiers. Soon Du Ji also led the Chongqing army. The two of them carefully discussed how to defeat Cui Ning in the camp. They still had confidence in their own strength. Cui Ning could conquer
Good at fighting, even in a field battle the victory or defeat of both sides is still 50-50, not to mention that Cui Ning has an advantage since he is entrenched in the city of Chengdu.
"My lord is not aware of Cui Ning's rebellion in Guanzhong, and the staff team he sent to Shuzhong is also trapped outside the Jianmen, unable to advance or retreat, and cannot even pass on the news. We must report this news to your lord, and get it
Foreign aid is the guarantee for defeating the enemy."
Guo Yingyi twirled his beard and thought: "The Jinniu Road and Micang Road are guarded by Cui Ning's trusted generals. The Litchi Road is not yet known. I want to select more than ten reliable soldiers from the army and order them to go to Chang'an from the Litchi Road with a letter to report.
To my lord, the Cui brothers' plan will definitely fail."
Du Ji added: "It just takes time to send letters. By the time the lord sends troops to Shuzhong, I'm afraid a month has passed. We must remain invincible at this juncture."
Guo Yingyi had a strategy for a long time. When his brother and Du Ji went to Chengdu, he began to spend money to collect grain and grass from the people. Now he has collected grain from three states and has obtained four to five million dendrobium. Even if his opponent Cui Ning can conquer Xian
Even if he was defeated, he could advance and retreat in a controlled manner with the help of these provisions, and he could maintain his current strength before Li Siye sent troops.
"We have only one way now, and that is to delay. The longer we delay, the better it will be for us. The Cui brothers cannot convince the public, nor can they appease the people in Shu. As long as the lord sends a partial army from Lizhi Road into Shu to fight with us
When we meet together, all Cui Ning can control is the area around Chengdu. At that time, the three armies joined forces to attack Chengdu. You and I both have the merit of suppressing the rebellion."
"Okay!" What Du Ji most agrees with is the latter part. He is also an ambitious person, but compared to the Cui brothers' desire to occupy land and become kings, he is more interested in entering the Chang'an Imperial City and becoming one of the prime ministers of the empire.
Cui Ning and Du Ji each sent their cronies along the Lychee Road into Hanzhong, and then from Baoxie Road to Chang'an. In view of the very developed post station system on this road, they could deliver lychees from southern Sichuan to the Daming Palace within three days.
, although it is now somewhat deserted, it only took three and a half days to enter Chang'an.
Zhongshu Ling Xu Bin was shocked when he heard about it, and quickly sent someone to report it to King Yong Li Siye. After hearing this, Li Siye was very calm. When he made the decision to take back the military power of Jiedushi, he had already expected that some people would be unwilling to delegate power.
It's a good thing to overreact. You can select out the ambitious fake loyal ministers in his regime and get rid of them one by one. The Cui brothers were exposed.
He did not need to mobilize troops from Guanzhong to Shuzhong. General Zang Xiyan stationed in Hanzhong had more than 30,000 people under his command. He was originally preparing to wait for a surprise force to go south along the Han River into Jiangcheng after conquering Xiangyang. But because Xiangyang was such a hard nut to crack,
As the stalemate continued, Li Siye had no choice but to temporarily dispatch these troops to Sichuan to quell the rebellion.
At the same time, he also learned that the staff team sent to Shuzhong had been detained by Cui Ning. Just in case, he canceled all the original staff team appointments and re-elected five people as the staff team, with Yan Zhuang and
Wei Yingwu serves as the leader and deputy. With their strong qualifications and abilities, complex affairs in Shu can be easily solved.
The staff group and 30,000 troops entered Yuzhou in central Sichuan along the Lychee Road. Guo Yingyi and Du Ji hurriedly went to see them in person. After Zang Xiyan read out the decree, he announced that he was the marching commander and appointed the governor of Jiannan, and assembled 60,000 troops to march to Chengdu.
The direction was advancing, and brothers Cui Ning and Cui Mi were frightened when they heard the news, but they didn't know how to deal with it.