The subsequent war did go quite smoothly, and Peng Kun relaxed his vigilance after receiving the news from Li Hao.
Ling Buyi and Cui Hou seized the opportunity and directly recaptured Xia Cai County, and killed one of Peng Kun's generals.
But what followed was the idea that Ling Buyi planned to go straight to Shouchun. Li Hao felt helpless after hearing this. Fortunately, he was stopped by Cui You.
However, Cui You also emphasized in his letter that he hoped to speed up the march in the future and encircle Shouchun as soon as possible.
No choice, I can only think that now I have sorted out the relationship between the personnel in the camp and can speed up the process.
But before setting off, Li Hao had to arrange the injured people in advance, otherwise it would be a burden to stay there.
It just so happens that the army is now in Runan County. This is where Li Hao originally served as the county captain, so Li Hao is quite familiar with the local situation.
So he tried to recruit some tribes from the local wealthy families, plus a small number of soldiers and horses, to escort these people back to peace and recuperation.
Then the army officially marched towards Shouchun quickly, but before they left Runan, news came from Tongniu County that Lou Niu had been spotted in the county.
It seems that this guy still has to fight for his future, otherwise he wouldn't have come all the way from the capital.
Since he jumped on his own, Li Hao naturally had to prepare some contingency measures to ensure that he could be caught. By the way, he also had to ensure that Cheng Shi would not have any accidents.
Therefore, Li Hao planned to go to the prince to discuss the stationing of the army. Anyway, the prince personally led the troops this time, and it was impossible to lead the troops directly to Shouchun City. The principle of a gentleman not to build dangerous walls is still useful.
Since you are looking for a city to station around Shouchun, Tongniu County is a good choice. Because of the copper mines there, successive county magistrates have strengthened the city walls, and its defensive capabilities are no less than those of ordinary county towns.
Moreover, it is not far from Shouchun, only less than fifty miles apart. With a quick trip, you can rush to the battlefield in one day, and it can also be a good support for the frontline troops.
When the station is settled, Li Hao will be able to lead a group of troops and go there first to take care of everything in advance. It will be much easier to do things when he is out of the sight of everyone.
On the prince's side, neither he nor Lai She had any objection to Li Haode's suggestion. After all, Tongniu itself was one of their pre-conceived stationing points. Now that Li Haode strongly recommended it, there was no need for them to refute Li Haode's suggestion. face.
But the prince was a little reluctant to Li Hao leading the team to set off, because Li Hao was basically handling all the chores in the army now, and the prince only needed to stamp his approval.
Once Li Hao leaves, everything will fall on him. As for letting Lai She do the work, the prince doesn't have the courage.
After all, it is true that Lai She is a minister in name, but in terms of relatives, Lai She's mother is Emperor Wen's great-aunt, which means that Lai She can be regarded as Emperor Wen's cousin.
But later, Lai She's sister married Liu Jia, a brother of Emperor Wen, so Lai She was downgraded and was only treated as a brother. But in any case, they were the prince's elders, so the prince could not dare to order him around.
So after Lai She left, he deliberately left Li Hao behind and asked, "Can't you arrange for someone else to go to Tongniu County? I really can't live without you here."
Li Hao replied: "It's almost Shouchun now. Although the report says that everything is fine in Tongniu County, we still have to send a capable person to check it out in person before we can rest assured.
After all, the prince is the most important person in the world, and no one can guarantee whether Peng Kun will make a last-ditch effort when he is about to die.
So I can only go there in person this time, otherwise I can’t let Lai Hou run away. If that’s the intention, then it’s better for you to tell me in person. "
"That's not necessary, let's let Laihou take charge of the camp." Obviously the prince didn't want to cause trouble for himself, but he still warned him: "You go early and come back early, I really can't hold anyone back."
Li Hao promised: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will come back as soon as possible after I finish the survey there."
After getting the prince's permission, Li Haodang ordered two thousand soldiers and horses, found some bandits he had collected before to join the team, and went to Tongniu.
The county galloped away.
On the way, Li Hao received the second news from Tongniu, saying that the city was preparing the refined copper ingots and was preparing to get off the carriage. He seemed to be planning to transport the copper ingots out of the city.
After learning the news, Li Haodang slowed down, because this meant that Lou Niu and Peng Kun's deputy general Ma Rong should have decided on the time to take action.
At this time, they must be the most cautious. At this time, there are probably hidden sentries near Tongniu. Especially the direction in which the army is coming and the location of Ling Buyi are the focus of their attention.
They might have already targeted Li Hao, so in order to make them feel at ease, Li Hao turned slightly in one direction and headed towards Dangtu.
However, these were all actions on the surface. That night, Li Hao asked Yuan Wo to take the bandits who had surrendered and the Yuan family members to sneak away under the cover of night.
Needless to say, bandits. This group of people fought with the government troops and fled into the mountains and forests whenever anything went wrong, making it impossible for the government troops to pursue them. Therefore, walking in the mountains and forests was naturally very easy.
The Yuan family tribe was also specially trained in this aspect, so Li Hao asked them to take advantage of the mountainous terrain and quickly rush to the surroundings of Tongniu County.
Then, with the support of intelligence, he pretended to be bandits and rescued Cheng Shi and Yan Zhong. Anyway, most of the people here were born in this field, and they had not had time to clean up their gangster habits. They happened to be good at doing this. .
And Li Hao promised that after they rescued the people, they could grab some fine copper. Although these fine coppers could not be given to them directly, after all, they were government property.
But Li Hao promised that he would allocate money to exchange them for corresponding refined copper, which would be exchanged according to the value of the refined copper they grabbed.
For this reason, the enthusiasm of these bandits to do bad things was suddenly increased, and they followed happily.
At dawn, Li Hao broke out of camp early in the morning and made a big noise. Anyway, it was just to prevent outsiders from seeing that there were no people in the camp.
However, it was Li Hao's move that also relieved Lou Niu and Ma Rong in Tongniu County. They were really worried that Li Hao was coming straight here.
After all, although Ma Rong also has nearly two thousand soldiers and horses under his command, which is no less than that of Li Hao, he knows his own affairs.
Shouchun has been at peace for a long time. The soldiers and horses in the city have not been in battle for a long time. There is no match for the elite soldiers sent by the capital, especially the leader of the army is Li Hao.
In the past, whether it was the Battle of Longyou, the Battle of Shuzhong or the Battle of Feng Yijun, Li Hao had outstanding achievements. Although in the eyes of the outside world, he was not as good as Ling Buyi, who was established by Emperor Wen, he was not easy to deal with. Win people.
Even if they calculated mentally or not, these two people were not sure that they could annihilate all the troops brought by Li Hao, let alone even if they could annihilate them all, it would be meaningless.
What Ma Rong and Lou Niu want is for one to be able to rise to the top of the court by persuading him to surrender; the other wants to escape from Peng Ni's camp smoothly and surrender to the bright side, so that compared to being beaten and surrendering, they are better off. The treatment can also be much better.
But if this fight really happened, it would undoubtedly be a rift with the prince. Maybe it would be nothing to Lou Niu, after all, she didn't want Ma Rong to live to the end.
But Ma Rong obviously doesn't think so. He feels that he has offended so many people. Even if he transitions to Emperor Wen by then, he is afraid that he will continue to be targeted in the future, and the end may not be better.
Now that it was certain that Li Hao would not come, the two of them decided to implement the plan quickly and complete the process before others could react.
Lou Niudang immediately went to Yan Zhong and tried to urge him to transport the fine copper out quickly, while Ma Rong went to the place where the soldiers and horses were stationed and made preparations in advance for sending troops.
However, Yan Zhong is easy to persuade. He regards Lou Niu as his confidant, so he naturally believes in his words. However, at this time, Cheng Shi is still in charge of the copper affairs in the city. If he wants to transport the refined copper smoothly, Then Cheng Shi had to pass this level.
Fortunately, Cheng Shi was not very clever, and he had natural trust in the children of the Louniu family, so he didn't have too many doubts about what he said, so he agreed to go out of the city together to protect the fine copper.
By now the early stage plan had been accomplished, and on the agreed date, Yan Zhong took his family papers and Cheng Shi together to transport the fine copper out of the city.
As the fine copper was shipped out, Yuan Wo, who had already received information from the city's fine craftsmen, quickly learned about it and immediately rushed along the mountains and forests to the ambush point where they planned to grab the fine copper.
That was the place Yuan Wo chose after coming here and personally inspecting the terrain. There are mountains and forests on both sides of the road, making it easy to hide traces and escape afterwards.
And more importantly, not far in front of this place, there are traces of a large group of troops deployed, and the traces are still very new.
So at this time, who else could be the group of troops operating near Tongniu County? Obviously, this is where Ma Rong and the others set foot.
Then the people sent by Yuan Wo to monitor that place reported back that a lot of people had come there the night before, roughly estimated at four to five hundred people.
Yuan Wo felt relieved and decided to let Ma Rong's men rush in first, and then they would pretend to be bandits who cut off their beards and attack from behind.
After all, if you want to pretend, you have to do it well, otherwise if you go directly to the person who is ambushing you, it will be too easy for others to see through.
Ma Rong naturally didn't know the layout of Yuan Wo's place, so he was waiting for Cheng Shi and Yan Zhong to come over.
Then a sudden attack came from the middle. First, several waves of arrows disrupted Cheng Shi's formation, and then came a wave of pressure to completely resolve the battle.
But Cheng Shi is quite capable. He holds a nine-ring thick-ridged sword that weighs more than eighty kilograms, and the one he dances with is called Feng Sheng Shui Qi.
The men and horses that surged up for a while really couldn't take him down. Instead, Cheng Shi inspired a wave of fighting spirit among his soldiers, and they actually withstood the impact in a short time.
Upon seeing this, Ma Rong knew that Cheng Shi could no longer be so arrogant, so he came forward with a long sword with a ring handle, directly interrupting Cheng Shi's momentum.
Originally, Cheng Shi's side was suddenly attacked and people's hearts were in a state of flux. It was Cheng Shi who showed his power and led his people to stabilize the situation. But now when others saw that Cheng Shi was about to lose, their morale suddenly became unstable.
In addition, they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and they were immediately defeated. Cheng Shi looked anxious, but he was also entangled by Ma Rong and had no choice but to do anything.
At this time, Cheng Shi also had the intention to retreat. After all, he still understood the principle of leaving the green hills and not having to worry about running out of firewood.
However, in order to escape smoothly, Cheng Shi first had to get rid of Ma Rong's entanglement, so Cheng Shi once again began a desperate attack.
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However, with the fresh force on one side and the troops who had been attacked from both sides after a long battle, this battle situation was naturally very unfavorable to Ma Rong.
On the other hand, Cheng Shi, who was surrounded in the innermost circle, roughly understood the situation at this time. Although he didn't know which side the newcomers were from, he could at least tell that he was not the same group as those who surrounded and killed them. This was enough. .
At least for a short period of time, they would be safe, so in order to regain their fighting strength as soon as possible, he quickly asked the people on his side to shrink in, break away from the battle, and let them fight life and death.
But even with less pressure from one side, Ma Rong still couldn't beat him here. Just when Ma Rong was anxious about this, Lou Niu suddenly sent someone to send a message from behind, asking Ma Rong to lead his troops to retreat first.
Although Ma Rong was a little reluctant, he saw that he really couldn't fight, so he had no choice but to retreat with his men.
Yuan Wo had no intention of pursuing them, but filled the vacancies of those people and continued to surround Cheng Shi and others. By the way, he sent people to check the two thousand fine coppers.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Shi's heart tightened and he couldn't help but cursed secretly: "What the hell is going on? How come everyone knows that the fine copper is going to be shipped out? Damn it."
