Two days ago, when Li Zhengbao fell to his knees, Suo Zhou really wanted to spare his life... It was not that he was merciful, but there was no need to kill him. Li Zhengbao was no longer relevant.
But after the messenger from the other side of the city rushed in today, the furious Suozhou ordered Li Zhengbao to be beheaded without hesitation. He felt that Li Zhengbao's confession deliberately left out one thing.
Because just yesterday, the Tang army on the southwest side of Yuanzhou, which had been silent for three months, marched in force. Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Longzhou, led his troops out of Zhisheng Pass, and Shi Yang, the governor of Longzhou, led his troops out of Longshan Pass. Both of them were good at leading armies. In half a day They conquered several passes within a short period of time and advanced tens of miles north, aiming directly at Guyuan County.
As early as three months ago, Liang Jun stationed troops in the southwest of Yuanzhou, but they did not attack the key point on a large scale. They also knew that they could not conquer it. After that, the Turks fled north. Li Shan led his army to Baiquan County. Liang Luoren deployed a large number of troops to deploy in Baiquan County. The east side was occupied, so the southwest side was empty of troops.
In the thinking of Liang Luoren and Suo Zhou, they had never considered that the Tang army that was holding on to the pass would actually abandon the pass. If they were prepared, this would be something they would like to do, but when the main force of the Tang army stormed the city , this became Liang Jun's weakness.
In fact, Suo Zhou didn't necessarily think that Li Zhengbao knew about this, but he immediately ordered the killing just to vent his anger. However, he was not afraid. Liang Luoren had already led an army to meet the enemy. Longzhou's troops did not want to attack so smoothly. Entering Guyuan County is not that easy.
Three quarters of an hour later, a hundred prisoners were released by the Tang army. Several captured Tang soldiers carried Li Zhengbao's body back to the formation. Su Dingfang glanced at it indifferently. He had almost guessed it. He knew the whole plan and even prepared it in Dou. Before Gui Gui and Wen Yanbo.
In fact, Su Dingfang had proposed another plan before. Li Shanqin led an army to storm the city, and he led his elite to bypass Baiquan County or even Longzhou out of Longshan Pass. It might be possible to defeat the enemy, but Li Shan still did not adopt it. The reason is very simple. , it is difficult to synchronize the actions of both parties. After all, communication is a big problem in this era, let alone in the complex terrain of Liupan Mountain, or under the premise that heavy snow causes the marching speed to be slow.
In fact, it was a coincidence that Guo Xiaoke and Yang Ze sent troops at this time. Li Shan did not give them specific marching time requirements.
Su Dingfang didn't care about Li Zhengbao. He knew that Li Shan had never placed his hope on this person, so he thought about it and ordered Li Zhengbao's body to be sent to the Chinese Army.
The battle in Luojiatuo lasted from morning to night. The Tang army attacked dozens of times. The Liang army refused to retreat. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. It was not until dusk that the Tang army withdrew its troops and returned to the camp. Su Dingfang, who was standing high on the hillside, couldn't help but look back to the east. Looking back, Huairen should be setting off in the next couple of days.
At this moment, the Chinese army, Zhu Ba, who was dozens of miles away from Luojiatuo, quietly walked into the prisoner camp and poked Liu Heier in the waist who was reinforcing the camp.
"Brother Zhu." Liu Heier stiffened at first, then relaxed, turned around and saluted. In any case, he saw with his own eyes that at least twenty tribesmen survived yesterday because of Zhu Ba.
"Follow me." Zhu Ba turned around and left without saying a few words.
Liu Heier hesitated for a moment before following him, thinking that the Handan King was deliberately being gentle and might want to surrender again... But his uncle was still in Lingzhou, how could he surrender to the Tang Dynasty?
The snowflakes in the sky were still dancing wildly. Zhu Ba led Liu Heier through the camp, quietly entered a large tent, and stood in the corner.
It seemed that no one paid attention to the two people who came in. Qian Jiulong shook his head and said: "They acted so secretly that they were easily killed."
"I'm afraid it may not be a secret." Zhang Shigui, the governor of Yuanzhou, said coldly: "Huangfu Li can't escape his involvement."
"That's right." Duan Decao's voice became even colder, "I heard that Huangfu Li, who served in Liang Dynasty, was quite loyal to Master Liang!"
Huangfuzhong, who was standing at the top of the table, seemed not to have heard anything and just lowered his head and remained silent.
"I died alone after all." Li Shan sighed, looking very regretful... That is to say, Wen Yanbo was in the rear army, otherwise he would have turned a blind eye and showed his pretense to others!
Even though the tall Liu Hei'er was standing in the corner, he could still see the corpse on the ground in the crowd. He hesitated whether to take a few steps forward to have a clear look... He was not acting secretly, and even died. In addition, Huangfu Li This name made Liu Heier think of something.
But Liu Hei'er didn't need to squeeze over to get a closer look. Li Shan began to narrate in a sad tone, "A few months ago, the Liang army captured Pingliang County, but unlike other Liang generals, Li Gong was not allowed to kill. I will be magnanimous. People in Pingliang County praise him a lot."
Zhang Shigui, the leader of the attack on Pingliang County, knew the truth of Li Shan's words, and he also knew Li Shan's behavior. He glanced at Liu Hei'er in the corner and said loudly: "What your Highness said is true." Yes, that's why Li Zhengbao took the initiative to ask for help, hoping that the world would be unified, live and work in peace and contentment, and the people would be healthy."
It’s actually Li Zhengbao!
A smile appeared at the corner of Liu Heier's mouth. He was not stupid. In fact, he was very quick in thinking. As early as when he was turned away by the Nanguan garrison, he guessed that it was probably Li Zhengbao who was stationed in the city behind. has a problem.
Now that Li Zhengbao is dead, it means that the Tang army did not take the city, and may even have suffered a defeat.
Zhang Shigui looked at the faint smile on Liu Heier's face speechlessly, and said, "Liang Jun set up an ambush in Luojiatuo this time. If Zhao Guogong hadn't been cautious, I'm afraid he would have been defeated."
"Yes, Zhao Guogong can be called a famous general." Qian Jiulong praised: "I heard that Liang Jun's general Suo Zhou led his troops to ambush, Zhao Guogong remained calm in the face of danger, and actually defeated Liang Jun."
"Suo Zhou captured and killed Li Zhengbao and set up an ambush on the way. He had obviously noticed it early." Zhang Shigui shook his head and said, "What a risk!"
Wang Junhao hadn't heard anything yet and asked, "What's so dangerous?"
"Lang Jun often goes to the front line to charge into battle." Zhang Zhongjian said in a deep voice: "Liang Luoren and Suo Zhou have long been aware that Li Zhengbao is behind the scenes. Maybe Huang Fuli also reported him, but they never made any accusations and even abandoned Nanguan Town, probably because of Lang Jun. "
Everyone nodded, and Li Shan also smiled bitterly and said: "Fortunately, I returned to the Chinese Army that day..."
At this point, Liu Hei'er still couldn't understand anything. The tent suddenly became quiet, with only Liu Hei'er's heavy and rapid breathing echoing.
Liu Heier knew very well that even if these were facts, they were deliberate means by King Handan, but he knew even better that what King Handan said would not be lies.
The fall of Nanguan Town could only be attributed to Li Zhengbao's surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Suo Zhou captured and killed Li Zhengbao the next day and set up an ambush in Luojiatuo. This was obviously well prepared... But for the King of Handan and the defeat of the Tang army, Liang Luoren and Suo Zhou sacrificed their lives. Nanguan Town and myself.
(End of chapter)
