Chapter 202: Looking forward to Shu

In early November, Shu County, Daojiang County, where Dujiangyan is located, the night is dark, and in the distance is Qingcheng Mountain shrouded in fog, with only one outline. Zhu Li stood on the wall of Daojiang County, staring at the endless army with expressionless face as he was moving rapidly in front of him. This is his main force, with a total of 140,000 people. They circled in the night from south of Chengdu, with the goal of Deyang County in the northeast.

Since the imperial army entered Shu, it has fought with Zhu Li's army five times. Zhu Li has been defeated repeatedly and has been eaten by Cui Qinggong's army, and has been defeated by Wei Yan's army on the west side.

The officers and soldiers were unstoppable. Two days ago, Cui Qinggong defeated Zhu Tao again in Xiaoshui County north of Chengdu and led 30,000 main forces. The energetic Cui Qinggong pointed at Chengdu. At this moment, the three fronts of Cui, Pei and Wei families had already opened. The head general of the Pei family army, Zhang Guangsheng, was stationed in Nanchong County, while Cui Qinggong and Wei Yan quickly marched into Chengdu.

According to the latest spies, Cui Qinggong's army had already reached Mengyang County, less than 100 miles from Chengdu, and Wei Yan's army also arrived at Deyang County, northeast of Chengdu, which was less than 200 miles from Chengdu.

At this time, whoever occupied Chengdu first would be the first hero in the pacification of Zhu bandits. Cui and Wei scrambled to win the first place, and they all tried to get great achievements. As for Zhu Li, they no longer cared about it. The bandits were bandits. Although there were many people, they were vulnerable. The record of repeated victory made them completely lose their vigilance. Countless scouts who returned from Chengdu reported unanimously that there was no soldiers or soldiers in Chengdu, and Zhu bandits fled south long ago.

The victory before him made Cui Qinggong and Wei Yan no longer wait for more detailed investigations. They marched day and night, racing against time, and this moment was the opportunity for Zhu Li to wait for a long time.

"Brother, is it a bit risky for us to retreat step by step? If Cui Qinggong doesn't take the bait in Chengdu, we will be in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides." Zhu Tao seemed a little worried.

Zhu Li patted his brother's shoulder and smiled and said, "Although you are smarter than your elder brother, your experience is a little worse. I have been with Cui Qinggong for so many years. Don't I know him? Not to mention Wei Yan, who has made great enemies with him, even if the Wang family army, who is bride with his son, will not rescue him. You can't see it all the way. He fought with Wei Yan, when will he cooperate? If it weren't for Pei Jun's army, they would even fight themselves. So don't worry, we wouldn't have lost so many battles in vain. Now is the time for us to gain something, and I will take it back with all my money and interests."

Speaking of this, Zhu Li looked at the dark north with cold eyes, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "After cleaning them up, we will go to Chang'an to celebrate the Lantern Festival."

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"Tell brothers to speed up, hurry up! If you want to sleep, go to Chengdu. I will pick a thousand women to sleep with you!" Wei Yan rode on the horse. His eyes were red and he was hoarse and cheered the soldiers in person. The sky was already dark. After a night of marching, Wei Yan's army was less than 140 miles away from Chengdu. The spy reported that Cui Qinggong had only walked twenty miles last night and about eighty miles away from Chengdu, which made Wei Yan's hope suddenly increase.

Cui Qinggong fought for a while and marched continuously, and was at the end of his strength. Wei Yan had already lost more than 10,000 sick and weak army and personally led 20,000 elite troops to run to Chengdu. They were walking in Pingchuan, so the speed was much faster than Cui Qinggong. At this progress, it is still unknown who will win.

At this time, a horse rushed forward. The horse was Wei Zhi, the nephew of Wei Er, who was the son of Wei Du. He was about the early twenties and was also a lieutenant of Longyou Academy. He was not afraid of tigers after a newborn calf.

He rushed forward and clasped his fists and said, "Master General, I am willing to lead three thousand cavalry to seize Chengdu!"

Wei Er nodded. Since he would send a scout to check Cui Qinggong, Cui Qinggong would also send a scout to check him. Seeing that his progress was speeding up, he would also likely send cavalry to take the lead.

"Okay! Take three thousand cavalry as vanguards and seize Chengdu for me. Remember, once the city is occupied, close the city gate immediately. No matter how Cui Qinggong provoked, he will not be allowed to open the city gate!"

"Abide by the order!" Wei Zhi rode his horse and led three thousand cavalry to gallop away.

The cavalry had left, and Wei Yan felt slightly relieved. Then he began to look at the surrounding terrain. This was a gentle hilly area, with large forests distributed on both sides of the official road. The forest was staggered with the terrain. The sight could only reach two miles at most, and there was no village to see.

Wei Yan couldn't help but frowned. This was the best place to fight an ambush. He was a little careless when he was only rushing to the road. He looked back at the soldiers and saw that everyone had been running all night and were exhausted. He said to the guard beside him: "Send the order and rest on the spot for half an hour."

With a command, tens of thousands of people sat down one after another, some slept soundly, and some drank water and ate dry food for several miles.

At this time, Wei Yan said to the deputy general again: "Send the scout around to explore and don't be ambushed."

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud drum sounded loudly and rumbling throughout the world. I saw countless ambushes rushing out of the surrounding forests. They shouted loudly, waved swords and guns, and shouted to kill the sky.

The Longyou Army on the official road was shocked and they stood up in panic. Before they could arrange the formation, the sharp cavalry team had already rushed into the Longyou Army. The swords and spears were slashing and the crying suddenly rang out.

Wei Yan was so shocked that his hands and feet were cold. At this moment, Wei Zhi, who had taken the lead, led less than a thousand people to escape desperately. When he saw Wei Yan, he cried: "Master, the brothers were ambushed in front of him and suffered heavy losses. Five or sixty thousand bandits were coming here."

"Master, there are tens of thousands of bandits coming two miles away."

"Master, the brothers are exhausted and can't stand it anymore. Please make a decision quickly!"

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One message after another made Wei Er's heart sink into the abyss. He suddenly yelled, "Break northward!"

After shouting, he whipped the war horse hard, and under the desperate escort of thousands of people, he opened a bloody road and fled north to Deyang County. In this ambush, more than 10,000 people were killed or injured in Longyou Army, and his morale was depressed.

But Zhu Li did not stop there. He personally led an army of more than 100,000 to attack Deyang. Wei Yan urgently asked Cui Qinggong for help, but Cui Qinggong ignored him and led a large army to occupy Chengdu. Wei Yan had no choice but to send someone to ask Zhang Guangsheng, the chief general of the Pei family army in Nanchong County.

Unfortunately, the city of Deyang was in Cui, and most of the damage was damaged when Zhu Zhu fought. Wei Yan held on for less than two days and was finally defeated by Zhu Li. The Longyou Army was defeated and was chased by Zhu Tao day and night by Zhu Tao. 10,000 elite troops were chased by Zhu Tao. Countless surrenders. When he finally fled to Zitong County, there were only more than 10,000 people left in the Longyou Army. Wei Yan hated Cui Qinggong deeply and took over the remaining troops and returned to Hanzhong angrily.

But the unfavorable situation in Shu was not just that. Zhu Xi ignored Cui Qinggong. He concentrated more than 100,000 troops to attack Nanchong County. At this time, Cui Qinggong realized the seriousness of the problem and ordered the general Bai Sheng to defend the city. He personally led 50,000 people to rescue Zhang Guangsheng.

On the second day of the winter solstice, the same day when the Xiliang army attacked Huijun, the Zhu Li brothers personally led an army of 180,000 to fight Cui outside Nanchong City, and the Pei family of 100,000 coalition forces. This was a battle later called "Winter Blood". The two sides invested nearly 200,000 troops in fighting, with heavy casualties and blood flowing into a river. After five days of fighting like meat grinders, more than 100,000 people died in battle. Finally, Cui and Pei coalition forces were defeated and ended with unsupported defeat. General Zhang Guangsheng was killed and Cui Qinggong was defeated. After the war, Zhu Li angrily massacred more than 30,000 people in Nanchong County, and he gained the reputation of "man slaughter".

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Wugong County is the junction of Jingzhao Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture. On the flat and wide official road, a thousand-person cavalry was escorting several carriages. Inside the carriage was Cui Yuan, the right prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He went to Kaiyang County to solve some of the remaining problems of the Wei family, that is, to persuade Zhang Huan to let Kaiyang County go.

Of course, before he set off, he had already received the Feige Express from Fengxiang's guard. The Wei family gave up Kaiyang County and nearly 10,000 people arrived in Fengxiang. Zhang Huan had occupied Kaiyang County. It was meaningless to go to Kaiyang County, but Cui Yuan still set out as planned. He always had to explain to Wei Yan.

The carriage was not moving fast, Cui Yuan was covered with a blanket and was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed and resting. His carriage was very wide and comfortable to be decorated, just like a house. Two braziers were lit in the carriage, so that the carriage could not feel the cold winter outside. At the same time, there were two beautiful concubines in the carriage serving him with all their heart.

Cui Yuan was recalling the meeting with Pei Jun. Although three days have passed, Pei Jun's understatement of the Longyou incident seems to be echoing in his mind.

"The Longyou Incident was caused by the Dangxiang people, so Cui Xiangguo should explain this situation to all officials."

"The Helong dispute is a conflict within the Tang Dynasty and can be resolved through negotiation, but the rebellion between the Dangxiang people is related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty. Cui Xiangguo must explain this to all officials in particular."

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"At the time when Pei Xiangguo made a guarantee to the Wei family, how did Pei Xiangguo explain to Wei Yan?"

"The contract was signed by him Wei Er and Zhang Huan himself. I am just a testimony. How can it be a guarantee? Besides, Mr. Cui also signed the contract on behalf of the Prime Minister. Could it be that he also made a guarantee?"

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"After this matter, we should not shirk responsibility. The key is to have a solution. Does Pei Xiangguo have any good suggestions?"

"I think the most urgent task is to put pressure on Zhang Huan, not to let him hurt the Wei family's descendants. As long as the person is fine, everything will be fine. If he really refuses to withdraw from Longyou, I suggest that you find another place for the Wei family, such as Hanzhong County, what does Cui Xiangguo think?"

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Cui Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly when she thought of this. Pei Jun, the old fox, probably knew that Zhang Huan would definitely do something, but she pretended to be deaf and used Zhang Huan's hand to get rid of the Wei family to retaliate against the Wei family.

Hanzhong County, he could think of it, why didn’t he propose to place the Wei family in Dai County and Yunzhong County?

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves woke Cui Yuan up from her thoughts. It seemed that someone was shouting from afar, "Stay the Prime Minister!" He opened the curtain and asked, "Who is shouting?"

"The Prime Minister seems to be the sender chasing him from behind."

Cui Yuan leaned his head and looked back, and saw dust flying behind him. More than a dozen cavalrymen rushed quickly, as if they were very anxious. He immediately ordered: "Stop and wait!"

After a moment, more than a dozen senders rushed over. Before the war horses stopped, the messenger immediately rolled down and said anxiously: "The prime minister, the big thing is not good. Emergency news came from Shu. The officers and soldiers were defeated and their entire army was wiped out!"
To be continued...