Of course, Qu Lengjun was not completely unable to let Li Hao succeed. Under Li Hao's provocation from time to time, Qu Lengjun would occasionally go along with the situation.
I just don’t know who took advantage of this. Anyway, under Qu Lengjun’s control, this matter was indeed done more restrainedly.
According to Qu Lengjun, it is to allow Li Hao to better recover from his injuries, and at the same time, there are various tonic decoctions to facilitate Li Hao's physical recovery.
With her care, Li Hao was indeed living a comfortable life. He only had to put on his clothes and put his hands on food and open his mouth, and he didn't need to worry about all the trivial matters.
However, such good days only lasted two months. After Li Hao's body gradually recovered, Li Hao needed to set out for Hanzhong to prepare for the expedition to Shu.
Naqu Lengjun was naturally worried, but she also understood that if she followed Li Hao, he would only distract Li Hao, so she said: "Okay, then I will wait for your triumphant return in Chang'an. Remember to take care of yourself. Don't Injured again."
"No, don't stay in Chang'an. After I leave, you can go to the capital and wait for me." Faced with Qu Lengjun's words, Li Hao explained and explained his reasons.
"This time to pacify Shu, most of the people in Guanzhong will go south, and the land of Longxi will finally be newly settled. There is no guarantee that ambitious people will not take advantage of the emptiness in Guanzhong to start rebellion.
Although they should not cause any big trouble, His Majesty will not come to Chang'an this time. After all, this is not a safe place, so it is better to avoid it for a while. "
Hearing this, Qu Lengjun became even more worried, and immediately said: "If this happens, wouldn't it be very dangerous for you in Shu?"
Li Hao replied: "I just said it was possible, and the land in Longxi is guarded by two generals, Ma Yuan and Ma Cheng. Even if someone does take advantage of the situation to cause rebellion, it will probably not happen.
But even if there is only one ten thousandth chance, I don't dare to let you gamble. You don't want me to worry about you on the battlefield. "
"Okay, after you go to Hanzhong, I will go to the capital to wait for you. Don't worry about me. You must fight this battle well and pay attention to safety." Qu Lengjun replied after hearing this.
"Definitely. When the world is unified after the recovery of Shu, this war will not be so big again. Then I will stay with you and spread the branches of the Yuan family." Li Hao took Qu Lengjun in hand. A pair of catkins, said with a smile.
Qu Lengjun glared at Li Hao when he heard this, but did not refute. After all, the two had been married for many years. If Li Hao hadn't been fighting abroad in the past few years, he would have had children long ago.
The two chatted some more, and Qu Lengjun was about to help Li Hao pack his luggage, but then Li Hao suddenly remembered something and said:
"By the way, after you go to the capital, be careful of the restless Crown Princess. Although she should not dare to do anything too outrageous, you must also be on guard against anyone using her as a raft to sow discord between us and the Crown Prince.
Of course, be careful, but don't wrong yourself, otherwise I will feel bad. If there is any trouble that cannot be dealt with, please note it down first. When I get to the capital, I will come to help you seek justice. "
Qu Lengjun could feel his full preference from these words, and he suddenly had a thousand words to say in his heart, but in the end he only said: "Okay, then I will wait for you in the capital."
After saying this short sentence, Qu Lengjun turned around and went to work, but where Li Hao couldn't see him, Qu Lengjun's eyes were full of reluctance.
After packing up, Li Hao was about to leave for Hanzhong. Qu Lengjun walked with him outside the city gate and watched Li Hao's retreating back for a long time.
When Li Hao arrived in Hanzhong, he immediately came over to see Lai She and Gai Yan. This time he attacked Shu from the north, with General Lai She as the main general and General Huya Gai Yan as his deputy. Li Hao The troops were placed under Lai She's command.
Li Hao had met these two people during the war against Wei Xiao. They also knew Li Hao's abilities, so they were very happy about Li Hao's arrival this time.
That night, a banquet was held in honor of Li Hao, and the other generals involved in the war were summoned and introduced to Li Hao.
According to the Han system, the commander-in-chief led the troops on an expedition. The directly-affiliated camp was divided into five divisions: left, right, front, center, and center. Each division had one captain, with a rank of two thousand stones;
A single Sima is as powerful as a thousand stones; in addition, it is also possible not to set up a school captain, but to set up a military Sima alone to be in charge of the army.
This is the last situation for Li Hao. The other four departments on the left, right, front and center all have the captain and army commander as normal. However, except for the people on the left and center, the remaining people on the right and front are left. We have to wait until before the war begins to arrive.
Therefore, in addition to Li Hao, Lai She, and Gai Yan, only two captains, Li Wen Ding and Yan Zheng, and two army commanders, Jing Shaoyang and Tu Ju, were present at today's banquet.
Moreover, Li Hao and the six of them also participated in the battle to annihilate Kaixiao. Although they did not have much contact, they have always been the most capable in the army. Based on Li Hao's record, Li Hao is also a good person. So this relationship became familiar while drinking, talking and laughing.
Then if nothing happens, these people will call Li Hao to have a small gathering, which is regarded as accepting Li Hao into this small group.
Of course, people are not only doing this these days, they also do research on serious matters, such as how to conquer Shu.
Everyone just discussed it, but there was no good solution. After all, the Jianmen Pass in front of everyone was extremely difficult and dangerous. It has been an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place since ancient times.
But apart from the Jianmen Pass road, Micang Road or Yinping Ancient Road are not easy to walk. Among them, Micang Road is also extremely difficult and dangerous because of the terrain, and because of Li Hao's last attack and defense with the Shu army, the defense there is also very difficult. strict.
As for the Yinping Ancient Road, you can try it. This was also the way Deng Ai entered Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. This road had already been explored by Li Hao, and a large part of it had been completely abandoned, so Gongsun Shu did not do much here. Be on guard.
If Li Hao wanted to leave, he could follow Deng Ai's example of cultivating while walking, but he would not be able to bring too many troops and supplies, and he would have to find ways to attract Gongsun Shu from other aspects. Pay attention, otherwise you will be stuck on the mountain road and you will really be doomed.
And even if he really entered Shu, he would still be in trouble. After all, Gongsun Shu was a prince who fought hard from the period of Emperor Ruo. He had a very firm mind, which Liu Chan could not compare with.
If the Shu army remained calm in the face of the threat and waited for reinforcements, Li Hao was not confident that he could accomplish much with these thousands of soldiers and horses without reinforcements or food.
So after the final discussion, everyone could only take a look at Jianmen Pass and Micang Road to see if they could find a turning point in the battle.
As for the Yinping Ancient Road, Li Hao has not said anything yet. Anyway, it cannot be cleaned up in advance, lest Gongsun Shu detects any abnormalities. He can only wait for the opportunity before using it.
In this case, everyone estimated that the battle would take no longer than the battle at Kuixiao, so they began to prepare supplies for a long-term battle.
Emperor Wen was very generous and agreed to all the invitations that came to She, so a steady stream of supplies came from Guanzhong via the old Chencang Road.
At the same time, the remaining right and front troops also arrived in time, but Hanzhong did not start the war because of this, but waited for news from Wu Han and Cen Peng on the southern front.
Just before the war started, Li Hao remembered that he was assassinated by an assassin, and specially reminded others to be careful.
Of course, people like Lai She basically knew about Li Hao's assassination, especially since Lai She had only come to visit Li Hao at the beginning, but he didn't know much about the details.
After Li Hao's slightly exaggerated description, they became more vigilant about this. For this reason, Lai She specially wrote a letter and sent it to Wu Han and others, asking them to be more careful.
It's just that Wu Han and the others didn't take this matter too seriously, so when they faced the assassin's assassination later, different results appeared on both sides. Of course, this is all for another day.
After preparations were completed on the southern front, Emperor Wen personally set a time for the Han army on the south route to launch an offensive first to attract troops from central Shu, while the Han army on the north route was waiting to move.
In fact, in Emperor Wen's view, the Han army on the north route was of course the main force in the battle to destroy Shu, while the Han army on the south route mainly played a diversionary role, because before this, there had never been an attack on Shu from the Yangtze River waterway upstream in Chinese history. precedent.
Moreover, the Three Gorges is narrow, steep, and extremely dangerous. The army penetrates thousands of miles deep. There are no reinforcements behind to respond, and there are enemies in front who are defending in danger. Once
If you fail to land and cannot stand, you will be forced to die on the broken and narrow waterway.
Moreover, many generals of the Han army were good at infantry warfare and had never fought any outstanding water battles in the past, so Emperor Wen did not expect much from the southern front.
And here in Shu, the Han army made such a big move in Hanzhong and Jingzhou. Naturally, Gongsun Shu could not hide it from Gongsun Shu. Therefore, although he did not know the specific time of the attack on both sides, he had made preparations early.
What Gongsun Shu and Emperor Wen didn't expect was that the Han army on the southern route commanded by Cen Peng and Wu Han was a little too aggressive. They started sending troops in March, and in just over a month they marched westward across the Yangtze River, conquered Jingmen, captured Cheng Xun, and beheaded them. He killed Ren Man and ordered Tian Rong to retreat to Jiangzhou.
Then Cen Peng personally led the army from the Three Gorges and marched straight into Jiangguan. Counties and counties along the way surrendered, and the army directly pressed into Jiangzhou, the capital of Bajun.
After receiving the battle report, Gongsun Shu was so angry that he couldn't help scolding Tian Rong and Cheng Xun. You must know that Jingmen Mountain, Wushan, Three Gorges, Jiangguan and other dangerous waterways, as long as you defend them according to danger, it is no better than the land route. Walk.
According to Gongsun Shu's original idea, even if the Han army left again, it would be able to last at least a year and a half. As a result, Tian Rong was defeated and chased thousands of miles away, making those dangerous shoals useless.
Although Jiangzhou, the hub of water in the southwest, is still defended, there is no barrier outside and the city is trapped in isolation. How long can it hold on?
However, no matter how much he cursed in his heart, Gongsun Shu could only accept this outcome, and quickly dispatched troops to Bajun for rescue, preventing Cen Peng from going deep into Shu.
But at this moment, Cen Peng made an unexpected move. He ignored the taboos of military strategists and led his army to advance rapidly. Only Weilu General Feng Jun was left to lead 5,000 troops to continue to besiege Jiangzhou, while Zi led the remaining 20,000 elite troops. He went north along the Jialing River with 50,000 soldiers from Bajun.
Taking advantage of the gap when Gongsun Shu's troops were not in place, he attacked Pingqu, an important town in the Fujiang River to the northwest, and seized hundreds of thousands of stones of rice. From then on, the Han army had material reserves for long-term operations in Shu.
As a result, Gongsun Shu no longer cared about rescuing Jiangzhou. He could only let Tian Rong seek blessings there, and quickly let the troops who originally asked Yancen to lead the team to rescue Jiangzhou turned around to attack Pingqu and recapture the troops stored in The supplies there.
In addition, Lu Qian and Wang Yuan were ordered to lead their troops to defend Guanghan, Gongsun Hui was ordered to lead his troops to defend Zizhong, and Hou Dan was ordered to lead 20,000 people to resist Huangshi to prevent Cen Peng from doing anything surprising again.
However, Cen Peng's courage became more and more courageous as he fought consecutively. After taking Pingqu, he left Zang Gong and led 10,000 troops to defend Pingqu to resist Yancen, the main force of the Shu army.
Then he led his army back to Jiangzhou, went west to Shuojiang, attacked Huangshi, traveled more than 2,000 miles day and night, detoured back to the middle reaches of Minjiang River, occupied Wuyang, attacked Guangdu, and directly reached the vicinity of Chengdu.
Gongsun Shu was completely dumbfounded by Cen Peng's coquettish operation, but it made Liu Xiu extremely happy. He really didn't expect that Cen Peng could give him such a surprise.
After the good news reached Luoyang, Liu Xiu issued an edict to appoint Cen Peng as the shepherd of Yizhou, and stipulated that every time the Han army captured a county, Cen Peng would also serve as the prefect, and he would select officials to serve as officials in each county.
Only after Cen Peng led the army out of the country, the post of prefect was taken over by the generals who took over the defense. This was such a sign of trust and favor. It can be imagined how happy Emperor Wen was for the success of the South Road.
The situation on the northern front was not very optimistic. Even though Lai She and Gai Yan personally came to the battlefield to command, the Han army was not able to break through Jianmen Pass.
In addition, the news of the great victory on the southern front naturally made the generals on the northern front even more anxious. Although Emperor Wen did not blame them for this, the gap between the northern and southern fronts was so huge that they could not bear it.
So at this time, Li Hao proposed a plan to march on the Yinping Ancient Road. Anyway, at this time, the Shu army's attention had been completely attracted by Cen Peng.
It seems that apart from the soldiers and horses guarding Jianmen Pass and Micang Road, there will not be many troops left on the northern front. Moreover, Li Hao also received news from Fucheng using flying pigeons at this time, which confirmed this. point.
Then Li Hao can use this opportunity to capture Fucheng. After recuperating with this stronghold, he can either return to his army and join forces with Lai She to capture Jianmen Pass, or go directly to meet with Cen Peng. of.
After some consideration, Lai She finally agreed to Li Hao's plan, so
Li Hao quickly mobilized his troops and set out. In order to prevent the disappearance of Li Hao's troops from attracting attention, he increased the offensive on Jianmen Pass and Micang Road.
But even without the obstruction of the Shu army, Li Hao's journey was really difficult. It took him nearly a month to complete the short journey of more than 700 miles, averaging less than 20 miles per day.
Moreover, after Li Hao's troops left the mountain road, the more than 6,000 people who set out had injured nearly 300 people. This kind of non-combat damage was not insignificant.
However, Li Hao didn't have time to be sentimental, because after this difficult march, Li Hao didn't have much food and grass left here. In addition, in order to increase the success rate of the assault on Fucheng, he had to take advantage of them to arrive in Shu. The news had not yet spread, so Li Hao was not allowed to delay any further.
