Chapter 60: The Capture of the Divine Pool

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Eggs are never put in one basket, this is the survival rule of the Maison Gate Valve for thousands of years. Now Datang has lost almost all the cities, and only Haozhou and Weizeguan are still holding on.

Li Zhongwen is the grandson of Li Bi, the Duke of Zhao Guogong of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and Li Mi's cousin. As the governor of the state, Li Zhongwen led the remnants to retreat to Haozhou, but he was only barely able to protect himself and was unable to counterattack. As the so-called icing on the cake is easy to get, it is hard to find charcoal in the snow. Li Zhongwen insisted on Haozhou, but in fact, he could not get much support from the Haozhou clan. Taiyuan was lost, Liu Wuzhou almost killed the Taiyuan clan gate lord in order to obtain military funds, and the gentry of Haozhou were afraid that after Liu Wuzhou broke the city, they would follow the old story of Taiyuan, so the gentry of Haozhou would definitely have a secret relationship with Liu Wuzhou, and they had to take refuge blatantly.

Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji thought of letting Chai Shao go to Hedong at the same time, the purpose was actually to use Chai Shao's identity. Some people will say, isn't Chai Shao from Linfen? What does it have to do with Haozhou? In fact, Haozhou was changed to Fenzhou in the third year of Wude. In other words, Chai Shao is a native of Haozhou. Chai Shao's father, Chai Shen, was the prince of the Sui Dynasty, and he was the prince of Julu County. His grandfather Chai Lie was the champion county prince and hussar general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, while Chai Shao was the prince of Huo Guo.

The Fenzhou Chai family, which has three princes, is now the leading boss of the Fenzhou family. Only when Chai Shao secretly went to Haozhou, it was possible to say that the Haozhou clan gate valve would support it, as long as he had the support of the Haozhou clan gate valve, Li Zhongwen could break the deadlock, and even counterattack Taiyuan, before Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng, recover Taiyuan, and obtain the first credit of Hedong, thus diluting Li Jiancheng's credit.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the power of the clan gate valve was too great. They hid a large number of people, had a huge amount of wealth and supplies, had people, money, equipment, and could raise an army anytime and anywhere.

Chai Shao has been unhappy with Chen Ying for a long time, as long as he can spoil Chen Ying's good deeds, Chai Shao will not hesitate to do it. Without waiting for Li Shimin to speak, Chai Shao immediately got up and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin, Shao is willing to go to Haozhou!" โ€

Li Shimin shook his head slightly and said, "No, it's too dangerous." Hedong is in the hands of the enemy, if you bring more people, the target is too big, it is very easy to be discovered by Liu Wuzhou, if you bring fewer people, it can't guarantee your safety! โ€

"It's okay!" Chai Shao said: "Shao is a native of Haozhou, and now he has returned to the township, the villagers will always help one or two, although Liu Wuzhou's army surrounds Haozhou, but Haozhou is Haozhou after all." โ€

Li Shimin thought about it.

The township party is a very large form of force in this era. Fellow villagers are three-way affectionate, and they are all very xenophobic. Chai Shao's return to Haozhou is indeed a multiplier with half the effort. Of course, there really wasn't a better way for him at this point. Now that Liu Wenjing has been questioned, there must be more than one luck. If Li Jiancheng is allowed to recover Hedong again, I am afraid that Li Jiancheng's power will skyrocket even more in the future, and the Qin Wangfu will definitely be destroyed at that time. Only by breaking the deadlock in Haozhou can there be room for relaxation.

Chai Shao set off overnight with more than a dozen Chai private soldiers, and because Chang'an City was closed at night, Chai Shao and others took hanging baskets and hung down the city wall one by one.

Chai Shao rode a horse in the grange outside Chang'an City, and galloped towards Haozhou.

Although Fang Xuanling was wise and scheming, he couldn't have imagined that in fact, no matter how Chai Shao rushed, even if he flew, he would no longer be able to recover Taiyuan before Chen Ying.

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Linhu is the ancient place name of Biguan County. The environment in the territory of Linhu Lake is very complex, with undulating hills and ravines. When he walked to the cold light ridge of Linhu, Xu Jingzong looked at the steep cliff like a screen, full of doubts. This valley in Hanguangling is flanked by steep cliffs, and the valley is rocky, but even the narrowest places can be accompanied by four horses.

Xu Jingzong asked the guide, this valley is usually only occasionally walked by hunters.

Xu Jingzong asked very strangely: "I heard that Zhang Duwei and General Chen are old acquaintances?" โ€

Speaking of Chen Ying, Zhang Huaiwei's face was full of pride: "Speaking of which, General Chen was still my soldier at the beginning, and I was the captain of the gang ...... at the beginning."

Zhang Huaiwei's language skills are not strong, and he talked about it for half an hour, and finally talked about Chen Ying's capture and killing of Zong Luohu from Jingyang, and now defending Jingyang County, how to repel Xue Renguo, how to pacify the rebellion in the surrounding enterprises, and how to support Lingzhou to defeat Ashina Lifushe.

Half an hour was enough for Zhang Huaiwei and Yu Guni's troops to arrive under Qingyang Ridge from Han Guangling. At this time, Xu Jingzong was even more puzzled, he kept looking up at the dangerous terrain on both sides, he couldn't figure out how Chen Ying knew that there was such a road here, and he was sure that this road would definitely allow nearly 10,000 cavalry to pass through here smoothly.

Others don't know about bias, but it's impossible for Chen Ying not to know. The Outer Three Passes served as a barrier for the Ming Dynasty, and it was always the front line of resistance to the Mongol army. Of course, the tragic battle still occurred in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Shanxi Chief Military Officer Zhou Yuji resisted the thieves and rebels here, Zhou Yuji resisted for five days and five nights, under the offensive of the thieves and rebels, the Ming army ran out of ammunition and food, and the city was breached. The thieves and rebels broke through the outer three passes, and then slaughtered Ningwu, leaving no babies and children, and many people were killed.

This little-known Xiongguan, but unfortunately, in the civil war, there were more than 50,000 corpses. I have to say, this is a great irony.

Along the rugged valley, the Tang army walked with difficulty, from Baiyangling Mountain, Caoduo Mountain, Mingdeng Mountain under the mountain, when passing Mingdeng Mountain, there was a smooth road. Zhang Huaiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief and could enter the Divine Pool.

Xu Jingzong asked Zhang Huaiwei, "Are you sure that General Chen has never been to Hedong?" โ€

Zhang Huaiwei shook his head and said: "Definitely not, when I was in Jingyang, General Chen and I were in a horse spoon to eat, and at that time he said that he had never been out of the customs!" I really can't figure out why General Chen is so sure that you can enter the Divine Pond through Lin Lake! โ€

"If you can't figure it out, that's why you are the captain of the fifth grade, he is the general of the third rank Wuwei." Xu Jingzong was really a little jealous of Zhang Huaiwei in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that he and Chen Ying met in Weimo, Zhang Huaiwei's ramming goods would be used as cannon fodder, and it is estimated that the grass on the grave would grow three feet high.

Thanks to Chen Ying, Zhang Huaiwei is not only living a good life now, but also living in five official homes.

Xu Jingzong naturally remembered that when Chen Ying led the second mansion to the lieutenant for the right guard, he had deliberately wooed himself. If he had chosen to follow Chen Ying at the beginning, I am afraid that he would not be a six-rank official, and if he didn't make it, he would have been able to follow the history of the governor of the fourth-rank spirit.

Xu Jingzong secretly made up his mind that he must follow in Chen Ying's footsteps, and maybe he can shine on the lintel.

From Linhu to Shenchi, although the road is not good, but the war horse can trot, Yu Guni was depressed by the valley of Linhu for more than forty miles, and when he saw the good road appear, he couldn't wait to order to speed up the march. Shenchi is located behind Yanmen Pass, and he didn't expect that there would be a Tang army at all. When Yu Guni led the Lingwu Left Army to appear under Shenchi City, the captain of Shenchi City did not fire a single arrow and surrendered directly.

Without spending a single soldier, you can easily capture the divine pool.