Qianwei County, on the official road from Wuyang County to Chengdu, a Liu Song army was marching slowly.

The weather was hot, and the generals of the Liu Song army were sweating one by one, and the birds kept chirping, which made the marching Liu Song soldiers and generals even more irritable.

Many people scolded while walking, "Walking in this weather, don't let people live?" None of those officials are good things, and they don't treat Lao Tzu as people! ”

Scolding and scolding, dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction, but no one dared to disobey the order to stop advancing, but all the soldiers were reluctant to march in such hot temperatures, and the army was moving slower and slower, and some people were deliberately slowing down, fearing that they would go too fast and die of heat stroke on the road.

Jiang Bin, who joined the army, raised his arm and wiped the sweat beads on his sideburns, turned his head to look at the soldiers behind him, and saw that they were walking weakly one by one, and their morale was completely lost, he sped up to catch up with the leading general Li Dan and hugged his fists and said: "General, the brothers have lost a lot of strength, now the sun is high, it is too hot, and continue to walk, I am afraid that there will be many people suffering from heat stroke and the combat strength of the army will be greatly reduced, and my subordinates suggest that the soldiers should rest in the shade for an hour before going on the road!" ”

Hearing this, Li Shan turned his head and looked at the terrain on the left and right, and said, "Okay, pass the order, go three miles further and rest for an hour!" ”

"Yes!"

After the order was delivered, Liu Song's generals increased their speed significantly, and everyone was so tired that they were sweating so much that they walked outside a forest and stopped advancing, and went into the woods to rest.

After walking for most of the day, the soldiers of Liu Songjun were exhausted, and most of them drank some water and fell asleep against the trunk of a tree in the woods.

Jiang Bin, who joined the army, walked up to Li Dan and said, "General, you can sleep for a while, your subordinates are on duty!" ”

Li Shan opened the water bag and took a sip of water, and asked, "Jiang Bin, since we received the reinforcement order from Chengdu Prefecture, have we received any more news from Chengdu City?" ”

Jiang Bin shook his head: "It's been four days, and I haven't received any more news!" General, I think this is normal, since there has been a cadre cavalry outside Chengdu, they will definitely block the news of Chengdu City, maybe Chengdu City has been surrounded by cadres at this time! ”

Li Shan thought for a while and said: "It seems that we have to send someone to Chengdu City to investigate, if we don't know anything about the news of Chengdu City at this time, maybe we will be in the hands of the cadres, let's be cautious, what do you think?" ”

Jiang Bin hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "What the general said is very true, and his subordinates will send a scout team to Chengdu City to find out the news!" ”

"Wait!" Li Shan stopped Jiang Bin again, "Send someone to contact the army that set off from Ba County to Tan Dajun and see where they are now!" ”

To Tan is the grandson of Hikoyuki, and his father is to Zhongdu. There are many brothers at home, and they are scattered all over the country as officials.

"Yes, General!"

Li Shan marched with his soldiers and horses for another two days, and the scouts sent to investigate the news of Chengdu City finally came with news.

"General Qiqi, the cadre army has set up a camp in the southeast of Chengdu City, the scale is huge, the specific strength is not very clear, but it will never be less than 10,000 people, if our army wants to enter the city, I am afraid that it will be very difficult, when passing near the camp of the cadre army, our army's flank will definitely be attacked by it, even if the friendly troops in the city go out of the city to respond, it will not help!

In addition, our army scouts have already contacted General Tan, according to the current speed of marching, if there is no accident on the way, the Tan army and our army should arrive outside Chengdu at the same time! ”

After listening to the report, Li Shan frowned and asked, "Can't you find out the specific number of troops and the composition of the troops?" ”

Jiang Bin shook his head and said: "It can't be detected, the scouts of the cadre army are too shrewd and vigilant, our scouts will be discovered once they get close, and so far we have lost six people, and continuing to send people to investigate is just sending a few more lives!" ”

Li Shan thought for a while, and gave an order to Jiang Bin: "Pass the order, the whole army will turn to the east and march, and move closer to the Tan army!" ”

Jiang Bin was surprised when he heard this: "The general wants to join forces with the Tan army?" Increase our strength in turn to prevent being broken by the cadres individually? ”

Li Shan nodded: "Not bad!" The first news we heard was that 3,000 cavalry cadres had arrived outside the city of Chengdu, and now the spies have learned that the cadres have at least 10,000 horses, so whether it is against our army or the Tantan army, the cadres have an absolute advantage. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will give orders!"

Outside Chengdu, the camp of the cadres.

The camp was originally located in the north of the city, and later Zhao Junsheng learned that there were two large armies coming from the south and southeast respectively towards Chengdu City, so he ordered another camp to be set up in the southeast direction outside the city, and the soldiers and horses of Tan and Li Dan had to defeat him if they wanted to rescue Chengdu City, otherwise they would not be able to enter the city at all.

At this time, Zhao Junsheng was in the camp a few miles southeast of the city.

"Newspaper—" The figure of a scout scout resounded outside the tent.

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but look up, and a scout quickly walked in to report: "Your Majesty, the front sentry is coming to report, Liu Songjun Li Danbu and Daotan are approaching, they should want to join forces, and the place of convergence should be near the Lingchi fifty miles away!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at the topographic map hanging next to him, thought for a moment and ordered: "Explore again!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Junsheng walked around in front of the map with his arms crossed, thinking, his eyes kept sweeping back and forth on the map.

After a long time, he stopped and asked, "Yang Lie, how do you say our army should fight this battle?" ”

Yang Lie made a deep groan and clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation of the enemy and us, the two groups of Liu Song's army are close to each other, which is exactly what our army is looking forward to, and our army should give full play to the advantages of using cavalry in the plain area!" The minister suggested sending a detachment of divisions to bypass Longquan Mountain and return to the enemy's rear, and block their retreat after Liu Song's army crossed Longquan Mountain!

Then, our army led the Liu Song defenders in the capital with infantry, and our cavalry attacked from the front and crushed the Liu Song army in one fell swoop! ”

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin and looked at Dongfang Chen, "National Teacher, do you think this strategy is feasible?" ”

Dongfang Chen pretended to pinch his fingers and counted, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister divined a hexagram, and the hexagram showed that it would be good luck to act according to General Yang's policy!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "You bull-nosed always like to pretend to be a ghost!" Just deploy according to Yang Lie's strategy, Nie Feihu, you lead the infantry to lead the Liu Song defenders in the capital, and don't let anyone go out of the city! ”

Nie Feihu stood up and hugged his fists and agreed: "The last general will order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's eyes swept over the generals: "Which general is willing to take a partial division to block the retreat of Liu Songjun's army?" Did anyone volunteer? ”

This errand may not have been fought, maybe it was just a trip with the brothers, and even the shadow of Liu Songjun could not see the end of the battle, so no one among the generals took the initiative to stand up.

Just as Zhao Junsheng was named, a young general stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the young general is willing to lead troops to block Liu Songjun's retreat!" ”

Zhao Junsheng followed the voice and saw that the person who spoke was a young general with a grade of less than twenty, who had big eyes, and his appearance characteristics were slightly different from those of the Han people, but he was tall and burly, and he was powerful, so he asked, "What is your surname?" What is the official position? ”

The young general hugged his fists and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the young general's name is Yang Dayan, and the official residence is Yulin!" ”

Zhao Junsheng remembered, pointed at Yang Dayan and said, "I remembered, your grandfather is Yang Nandang, right?" ”

Yang Dayan bowed down and replied: "Exactly, I don't want Your Majesty to remember the ancestors!" ”

Yang Nandang was the lord of Qiuchi at the beginning, but he was later forced to surrender, and was transferred to Xiqiang by Zhao Junsheng, and died in the battle of Tuyuhun.

Yang Dayan was born to a concubine and was not valued since he was a child, but as he grew up to practice martial arts, his martial arts became stronger and stronger, and he was discovered by his boss since he joined the army.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Your grandfather sacrificed his life for me, of course I remember him!" After you are a martyr, I believe you as much as I trust your grandfather! Okay, I will give you 2,000 men, and you will take these 2,000 men back to the rear of Liu Song's army, and when our army attacks head-on, you have to make sure that Liu Songjun will not escape from you, can you do it? ”

Yang Dayan immediately said: "The junior general will be the head of the junior general as a guarantee, if one person runs away, His Majesty can issue an order to take the head of the junior general!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said in a deep voice: "Yang Dayan, you must know that there is no joke in the army, you speak too slowly, if you can't do it, when it comes to holding you accountable, I won't care about you being a hero and martyr!" ”

"This is natural, the young general is willing to make a military order!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at Yang Dayan for a while, and waved his hand: "Come on, take pen, ink, paper, inkstone!" ”

A scribe came over with a tray, and Yang Dayan immediately picked up a pen and signed his name on the military order and retreated.

Soon, there was a sound of soldiers and horses gathering in the camp, and Yang Dayan picked up two thousand men and horses and headed south at a fast speed.

Zhao Junsheng asked the ministers and generals who accompanied him: "What do you think of this son?" ”

Dongfang Chen said: "This son is a brave general!" ”

Someone else said: "The minister thinks that the courage of this son is no less than Guan Zhang!" ”

That's a pretty high evaluation.

Zhao Junsheng didn't speak, whether Yang Dayan can fight or not depends on his performance after he really goes to the battlefield.

After a day, Liu Songjun, Li Danbu and Zhitan met in Longquan Mountain Lingchi, and the two soldiers and horses joined forces and continued to come in the direction of Chengdu City after a short rest.

At this time, Yang Dayan had already arrived at the rear of Liu Song's army with a thousand cavalry and a thousand foot soldiers, and blocked their retreat after they crossed Longquan Mountain.

In a long and narrow passage, Yang Dayan commanded the generals: "Go and some people climb the mountains on both sides and push down the rocks to block the passage, and the infantry are ambushed in the mountains and forests on both sides!" The cavalry was hiding outside the entrance, and if the Liu Song army did not enter the canyon when it was defeated, but made a detour, they would immediately attack and crush them, and then pursue them! ”