Under Li Tong's repeated requests, Liu Xiu finally agreed to let Li Tong lead his troops to Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is close to Chang'an, close to Nanyang, and Li Tong is no stranger to this place in Hanzhong, when he and Liu Xiu rebelled in Chungling, Liu Xiu and Li Tong had come to Hanzhong to level thieves.

At that time, the barbarians invaded Yizhou, and Wang Mang sent 100,000 Jingshi troops led by Lian Dan to the south to pacify the barbarians.

The local government organized the rebel army to fight with the Beijing division army, and Liu Xiu and Li Tong were among them.

In Hanzhong, Li Tong fought several tough battles with Liu Xiu, and finally left Hanzhong alive and returned to Nanyang, which can be regarded as an escape from death.

This time Li Tong was going to enter Hanzhong to fight again, Liu Xiu was worried, for fear that he would have three longs and two shorts, but Li Tong himself did not have the slightest worry.

In his mind, Hanzhong is his blessed land, and it is Liu Xiu who he met in Hanzhong, which is why he is today.

This time he went to Hanzhong to fight again, and he believed that he would still be able to win a big victory this time.

Liu Xiu sent Feng Yi south, entered Nanjun, reinforced Cen Peng, and Li Tong led 30,000 Jingshi troops to Nanyang Tuntian, which was very reasonable in the eyes of the outside world.

Li Tong was going to Nanyang, and Liu Boji was worried.

She frowned and asked, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly send your husband to Nanyang?" ”

"Now Nanjun is fighting, more than 100,000 troops are there, grain and grass only rely on Luoyang to supply, it is inevitable that it will be insufficient, in Nanyang Tuntian, can relieve the pressure of Nanjun soldiers."

Although he didn't go to Nanjun to fight, but in Nanyang Tuntian, Liu Boji still couldn't rest assured.

She couldn't help but advise: "After the husband arrives in Nanyang, just plant the fields well, as for the battle in Nanjun, it is good to have the general of Zhengnan and the general of Zhengxi to fight, and the husband must not be strong." ”

If they win, they will steal the limelight from Cen Peng and Feng Yi, and the two of them will definitely be unhappy in their hearts, and if they lose, they will be criticized by others.

So as long as Li Tong goes to the war, whether he wins or loses, it will be thankless.

Li Tong held Liu Boji's hand and said softly: "I understand, Boji can rest assured." ”

After thinking about it, Liu Boji said: "I'd better go to Nanyang with my husband!" ”

Li Tong was startled, hurriedly waved his hand, and said, "No!" ”

Seeing Liu Boji looking at him in surprise, Li Tong cleared his throat and explained: "I just arrived in Nanyang, everything is starting from scratch, the conditions will naturally be very difficult, and after a while, everything will stabilize, and it will not be too late for Boji to come to Nanyang again." ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Boji was even more worried, and said: "I'm worried about my husband's physical ......" Li Tong smiled and said softly: "My condition is almost better, and now I am strong and strong, even if a bison rushes over, I am confident that I can kill it with one punch!" ”

Liu Boji was amused by his words, she suddenly remembered something, took out a peace blessing from under the pillow, wrapped it in a red brocade bag outside, she put the peace blessing in Li Tong's palm, and said: "This peace blessing is specially invited by me for my husband, and my husband must wear it on his body at all times." ”

Li Tong looked down at the bag in his hand, which was embroidered with landscapes, and in the corner of the bag, there was a small word 'Tong'.

Li Tong looked at it, his heart warmed, he raised his hand, and gently stroked Liu Boji's cheek, and for a while he couldn't tell what it was like.

He took a deep breath and said, "Becky wait for me to come back!" ”

The information that Luo You passed on to Gongsun Shu clearly pointed out that the strategic center of gravity on Luoyang's side was shifting to the south, and in fact, it was true.

The 100,000 Zhengxi Army stationed in Chang'an was transferred 50,000, and even the main general Feng Yi was also transferred to Nanjun in the south, leaving only 50,000 Zhengxi Army, which no longer posed a threat to Shu.

In addition, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army was Jinwu Zhufu, and Gongsun Shu did not take him seriously at all.

Zhu Fu can be a civil official, talented, and full of wealth, but he is far from being a military general! At the beginning, Peng Pet rebelled because of him, Zhu Fu, as a Youzhou pastor, led the Youzhou Army by Peng Pet's Yuyang Army, which was called a miserable.

Even a mediocre person like Peng Pet, he is not as good, and Gongsun Shu naturally regards Zhu Fu as a straw bag.

Chang'an's Western Expeditionary Army, only 50,000 people remained, and the main general was replaced by Zhu Fu, which to a large extent, did paralyze Gongsun Shu and Yancen, who was in Hanzhong.

The purpose of Yan Cen to lead the army to Hanzhong was to capture Sanfu.

Before leaving, Gongsun Shu and Yan Cen also had a long talk, and Gongsun Shu promised that as long as Yan Cen could lay down the three auxiliaries, he could make Yan Cen the king of Hanzhong, and he could give the entire Hanzhong County to Yan Cen.

Yancen started in Hanzhong, Yancen is also known as the Hanzhong exile army, and the soldiers under his command are basically Hanzhong people, Gongsun Shu's condition is too tempting for Yancen, he boasted to Gongsun Shu, he Yancen will definitely be able to win Sanfu.

Gongsun Shu also attached great importance to Yan Cen, and sent him an army of 60,000 at once.

After Yan Cen led his troops to Hanzhong, he never stopped, dividing his soldiers into several branches, and constantly harassing Chang'an, Fufeng, and Feng Yi's three auxiliary areas.

Yan Cen's purpose was to provoke Zhu Fu and let Zhu Fu take the initiative to lead the troops to attack, as long as Zhu Fu entered the territory of Hanzhong, then he could let Zhu Fu and the 50,000 Han troops under his command come and go.

There are many precipitous places in Hanzhong, as long as a suitable place is selected to set up an ambush, even if the forces of the two sides are similar, Yancen is confident that he can completely annihilate the enemy army.

Zhu Fu is not very good at fighting, and lacks the strategy, intelligence and charm of a genius general, but compared with military generals, he is more tolerant and calm.

No matter how Yancen's soldiers and horses attacked and harassed the Sanfu area, Zhu Fu just stood still, and around Chang'an, the tuntian of Tuntian, and the drills that should be drilled, were completely like no one.

Zhu Fu couldn't take the bait, and Yan Cen really didn't have a good way to take him.

If Yan Cen was allowed to lead his troops to attack Chang'an, he would not have the guts.

The lessons of the previous car are still vivid, the city defense of Chang'an, easy to defend and difficult to attack, his 60,000 soldiers and horses, want to break through the Chang'an garrisoned by 50,000 people, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Let's talk about Li Tong, who led the army into Nanyang.

In this battle, Liu Xiu also sent Li Tong three capable generals.

One is the captured general Ma Wu, the other is the captured general Wang Ba, and the other is the traitorous general Hou Jin.

Ma Wu and Wang Ba are both fierce generals under Liu Xiu, naturally needless to say, Hou Jin is also a brave and good general, but it is still that sentence, under Liu Xiu's command, the stars are bright, and the demeanor of many famous generals has been covered by Wu Han, Deng Yu, Cen Peng, Geng Yi, Feng Yi, Gai Yan and other generals.

Hou Jin is one of them.

For this battle, Ma Wu was very excited.

He and Li Tong are the same as Li Tong, this time to fight in Hanzhong, it is also a revisit to the old place, he and Li Tong, both met Liu Xiu in Hanzhong at the beginning, and then they never gave up, until today.

Wang Ba and Hou Jin had not experienced this, and the two of them were also extremely cautious about this battle in Hanzhong.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky.

In the territory of Hanzhong, the terrain is precipitous, and just marching in Hanzhong is a sad thing, let alone fighting.

The 30,000 Han troops led by Li Tong entered Nanyang and were stationed in Shedu Township in the west of Nanyang.

This place in Shidu Township is sparsely populated, there are large areas of borderless land, and the Han army wants to be in Nanyang Tuntian, and Shidu Township is indeed a good choice here.

But this is only a superficial reason, in fact, Li Tongzhu will choose the land of Tuntian here, just because it is close enough to Hanzhong.

A short distance to the west from Shedu Township, it is Wudang Mountain, and after passing through Wudang Mountain, it also enters Hanzhong County.

Hanzhong battalion, Chinese military tent.

Li Tong, Ma Wu, Wang Ba, and Hou Jin gathered in the Chinese military tent, they were in Nanyang, but what they looked at was the map of Hanzhong County.

Ma Wu pointed to the top of the map and said, "According to our report, as well as the report from Chang'an, at present, the Yancen Department is stationed in Beishan!" ”

Beishan is located in the northernmost part of Hanzhong County, more than 100 miles away from Chang'an, Li Tong looked at the map, frowned, and was silent.

Wang Ba also frowned and said: "Since the Yancen Department is in Beishan, I think our army does not have to go to Hanzhong, detour to Chang'an, and attack the enemy!" ”

Hou Jin said: "If our army detours to Chang'an, it will definitely be noticed by the Yancen army!" ”

Wang Ba snorted and said, "If you go to Hanzhong, you won't be noticed?"

Don't forget, Hanzhong is still someone else's territory! ”

Without waiting for Hou Jin to speak, Li Tong spoke: "Otherwise! The terrain of Hanzhong is steep, and the march is difficult, but in the same way, the transmission of news is also extremely difficult, and our army passing through Hanzhong and suddenly appearing behind the enemy army can indeed play a surprise and attack the effect of being unprepared. ”

Wang Ba thought about it, shook his head slowly, and said, "It's difficult! Although our army is not a large number of troops, it is also 30,000 people, and it is too difficult to suddenly appear behind the enemy army without being visible and undetected by the enemy. ”

It's polite to say it's too difficult, but in Wang Ba's opinion, it's impossible at all.

Ma Wu glanced at him and asked, "Wang Ba, have you ever been to Hanzhong before?" ”

Wang Ba can still be calm when he speaks to others, but he is really not polite to Ma Wu.

He snorted and said, "What am I going to do in Hanzhong if I have nothing to do?" ”

"Since you haven't been to Hanzhong, how do you know about the situation in Hanzhong?

In the territory of Hanzhong, there is only one way to Beishan! ”

Ma Wu stretched out a finger and deliberately shook it in front of Wang Ba.

Li Tong said quietly: "Meridian Road." ”

The Meridian Road, named after the passage through the Meridian Valley, is not an exaggeration to call it a natural hazard.

There are many sections of the meridian road, which are directly built on the cliff cliff, people dig on the cliff cliff, nail into the wooden stake, and then pave the plank road on the wooden stake, the path is narrow and can barely walk two people side by side, a little careless, you will fall into the abyss.

Even for the locals of Hanzhong, the meridian road is also a yin and yang road, you can have the life to go up, but you may not have the life to walk down.

Ma Wu clenched his fists, hammered it on the map, and said: "If our army wants to pass through Hanzhong and go to Beishan, we can only take the meridian road!" ”

Li Tong lowered his eyes, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth in the big tent.

It is too dangerous to take the Meridian Road, first, the road is dangerous and not easy to walk, and the second is that if Yancen sets up an ambush on the Meridian Road, their 30,000 soldiers are in danger of being annihilated.

If you really fall into the enemy's ambush on the meridian road, your own soldiers really don't even have the strength to fight back, and the enemy army doesn't even need to fight, as long as you throw stones on the top of the mountain and smash the plank road, your 30,000 soldiers will have to die at the bottom of the cliff.

Walking the meridian road is equivalent to taking the lives of 30,000 soldiers to make a big gamble.

It's not easy for anyone to make this decision.

Ma Wu said meaningfully: "Dimension, the meridian road is difficult, we know, Yan Cen knows even more, Yan Cen would never have thought that our army would take the meridian road and copy his back road!" ”

Li Tong stopped, turned around and walked to his seat, sat down slowly, and was silent for a long time, before he slowly spoke: "We have to customize the most secret marching route!" ”