Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Now Li Tai’s mind is full of doubts. Why did Su Dingfang arrive in Pingzhou so quickly?

After a brief moment of astonishment, Li Tai asked hurriedly.

"How many cavalrymen did Su Dingfang lead southward?"

"How's the damage on his side?"

Du Chuke replied in a low voice: "Su Dingfang led about two to three thousand cavalrymen, and the casualties were estimated to be less than fifty."

The lobby suddenly fell into deathly silence.

After a long time.

Li Tai asked in a low voice: "There are only 800 soldiers in Yizhou Prefecture, why can't they take it down?"

"With an army of 10,000, a single spit from each person can drown the soldiers of Yizhou, right?"

Originally, Li Tai also wanted the King of Han to divide his troops and let him attack Yizhou, Cangzhou and Yingzhou at the same time, taking advantage of the first battle to expand the results of the battle.

However, Du Chuke, Cui Yuqing and others tried their best to persuade him to concentrate his forces to capture Yizhou first.

After all, Wang Jun'e, the governor of Yizhou, is a brave general who is good at fighting and has strong martial arts and strategy.

As long as Yizhou is captured, Cangzhou, Yingzhou, Shenzhou and other places can be easily taken.

Du Chuke replied with a serious expression: "Yizhou Governor Wang Jun'e was well prepared. He organized the people in the city to defend the city for him in advance!"

"And during the battle of generals, Wang Jun'e killed 13 generals under the King of Han in a row, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers in Yizhou."

Fighter?

Which smart guy proposed the fight?

Is your brain flooded?

Li Tai gritted his teeth and said, "Which idiot proposed the fight?"

"With their limited martial arts skills, can they be a match for a great general like Wang Jun'e?"

He had reminded the commanders of various armies more than once that they must not fight against the imperial army under any circumstances.

Their advantage is that they can use their military strength, which is ten times that of the enemy, to quickly capture the city.

Du Chuke said with shame on his face: "Your Highness, the person who gave this order is my cousin Du Jingyong..."

"Moreover, in this battle, eight of the generals are descendants of our Jingzhao Du family."

this...

Li Tai originally wanted to curse, but when he heard that the idiot who gave the order was Du Jingyong, he instantly swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

This time, the Jingzhao Du family sent about a hundred clansmen and more than 2000 servants to Youzhou, pouring in the whole clan's strength.

"Hey~"

Li Tai sighed deeply, then he spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Du Chuke, send someone to inform the King of Han and ask him to defend Youzhou to the death."

"As long as we prevent Su Dingfang's cavalry from advancing southwards and contain the fierce tiger Wang Jun'e, the King of Han will have accomplished a great feat!"

As expected, the person who is not wanted by the prince is extremely incompetent.

Moreover, there are not many capable people among Du Chuke's clansmen, far less capable than those of Jingzhao Wei's.

People from the Wei family, such as Xiangzhou Changshi Wei Renzuo and Weizhou Sima Wei Tong, were all talented people who were both good at literature and martial arts, and they fought very well in the first battle.

Du Chuke quickly replied: "Don't worry, Your Highness. Although the King of Han lost the battle, he still has more than 2 soldiers under his command."

"With Youzhou City firmly fortified, it is impossible for Su Dingfang's cavalry to cross Youzhou and head south!"

Li Tai nodded slightly.

Cavalry can be very powerful on open plains, but it is difficult to use cavalry to attack a city.

As Youzhou is a strategic pass in the north, it would not be a big problem to stop Su Dingfang's cavalry as long as a few important passes were guarded.

Li Tai was afraid that the King of Han would lose his mind, so he sent troops out of the city to fight Su Dingfang head-on.

After understanding the battle situation of each party, Li Tai continued to ask.

"Wei Ting and Cui Renshi, when will they arrive in Xiangzhou?"

Now Li Tai only had one counselor, Du Chuke, by his side, so he sent people to secretly escort Wei Ting and Cui Renshi back from Yunzhou and Wuzhou.

Li Tai will feel more at ease with these two core think tanks.

Du Chuke shook his head and then spoke speculatively.

"According to their speed, they should arrive in Xiangzhou one after another within two or three days."

"Okay." Li Tai nodded with confidence.

The two of them chatted in whispers for another half an hour, and then Du Chuke, who was carrying a mission, quickly left the Governor's Mansion.

Li Tai paced back and forth in the lobby restlessly. He always felt that something bad was going to happen next.

After a cup of tea, Li Tai suddenly thought of Bai Yueguang and Yin Yushan in his mind, so he asked the guard Mo Biao who was standing by the side.

"No news about Yushan yet?"

Mo Biao felt a chill on his back and replied in panic.

"Your Highness, there is no news about Miss Yin yet."

"But Miss Yin is extremely intelligent, and she has spies protecting her, so there shouldn't be any problems."

After he returned to Xiangzhou with a group of subordinates, the King of Wei gave them a scolding.

Moreover, before his subordinates could even sit down to have a sip of water, they were sent by King Wei to Chang'an to find Yin Yushan, and he even threatened to bring back her head if he couldn't find her.

"waste!"

"I can't even see a single person!"

Li Tai cursed angrily, then spoke to Mo Biao in a deep voice.

"Take another 200 people to Chang'an in batches. Even if you have to dig deep into the ground, you must bring Yushan back safely!"

Without Yin Yushan by his side, he would not be very happy when he was about to seize the Tang Dynasty.

Mo Biao quickly responded: "Yes, sir!"

After Mo Biao left the lobby, Li Tai stared at the marching map hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back, then walked towards the backyard of the Governor's Mansion with a gloomy face.

He wanted to persuade Princess Yan Wan of Wei to bring the Yan family over!

...

The next day.

It's just dawn.

The people transporting the weapons and armor were slowly moving towards Luoyang City. If you looked closely at their formation, you would find that they were using the horse-drawn carriages transporting the weapons and armor as guardrails.

The imperial guards, who were originally responsible for protecting the weapons and armor, marched in the middle of the carriages.

Central military position.

Xue Rengui, wearing a white horse and silver robe and holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji, asked Wang Xuance, who looked wretched beside him, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Brother Wang, why are you so sure that Zhang Liang will ambush us outside the city?"

"Wouldn't it be better if they tricked us into Luoyang City before taking action?"

Last night, Wang Xuance came to him in a mysterious tone and said that he would be ambushed by Zhang Liang's men on his way to Luoyang City today.

And at the suggestion of Wang Xuance, he asked his soldiers to hide in the middle to avoid greater casualties caused by arrows.

Although Xue Rengui didn't quite believe it in his heart, but when he thought of Du He's instructions, he chose to believe Wang Xuance's arrangement.

In addition to this arrangement, Wang Xuance also suggested that he leave his only 2000 cavalrymen 10 miles behind him and follow slowly.

Wang Xuance did not deliberately play tricks, but told the truth.

"General Xue, last night I took a few scouts to Luoyang City via a small road, and found something wrong 5 miles outside the west gate of Luoyang City."

"There are countless bonfires in the valley over there. I'm afraid there are thousands of rebels hiding there!"

He would not speak without thinking and make suggestions to Xue Rengui based on his own guesses.

Xue Rengui didn't expect that Wang Xuance would go to inquire about the news in advance and even go deep into the tiger's den.

He immediately clasped his fists in admiration and said, "Brother Wang, you are very courageous. I admire you!"

Wang Xuance was just a scholar, but he dared to take a few scouts to gather information outside Luoyang City. Not everyone has such courage.

Half an hour later.

As the outline of Luoyang City was right in front of me, I suddenly heard a loud sound of footsteps behind me.

Just as Xue Rengui, Wang Xuance and others turned around calmly, a arrogant and sinister laugh came from a distant place behind them.

"Hahaha~"

"Surrender, you have been surrounded by this general!"