659 Governor of White Water
Yan Yan volunteered to persuade Leng Bao to come down, Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, glanced at Fa Zheng, but seeing Fa Zheng nodded slightly, he said: "Okay, then this matter will be left to you to do, and I hope that the old general can succeed immediately." ”
Yan Yan hugged his fists and said: "I will do my best, however, I understand this person Leng Bao, this person is very backbone, and he may not be able to surrender, so please also ask the lord to prepare with both hands, in case Leng Bud really does not surrender, he can only meet with swords, and at that time, I will take off Leng Bao's head for the lord." ”
Zhang Fei said: "As soon as I ask the old general." ”
Next, everyone had some discussion, Fa Zheng made a plan for Zhang Fei, formulated a strategy for the soldiers to attack Chengdu in two ways, and at the same time, also formulated a strategy of saluting first and then soldiers, first let Yan Yan take Leng Bao's son Leng Sheng to see Leng Bao, try to persuade the main, and Fa Zheng and Zhang Fei and others together, led the army to secretly follow behind, once Leng Bud is unwilling to surrender, then he can only meet each other.
In addition, Zhang Fei even followed the construction of Fazheng, and asked Li Yan to lead Chen Zhi and Guan Ping to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to detour to Qianwei County, while he led the rest of the troops to march towards Zitong with great fanfare.
At present, although Yan Yan and Li Yan have taken refuge in Zhang Fei, and Li Yan has also incorporated the Brazilian Army and the Padang Army, they are still at a disadvantage in terms of overall strength.
Yan Yan has 5,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters, Li Yan's Dongzhou soldiers are only 5,000 people, and although the Brazilian Army and the Padang Army also have 5,000 people each, they cannot be of great use, after all, these two armies are forced to surrender. didn't really follow Li Yan. Even so, Zhang Fei had to borrow these two armies, so in terms of troop arrangement, Zhang Fei asked Li Yan to lead 5,000 Dongzhou soldiers to detour to Qianwei County, while he took Yan Yan and the Brazilian Army and the Badong Army to attack Zitong.
The reason for this arrangement is because Yan Yan's reputation among the Sichuan army is extremely high, and the Brazilian army and the Badong army turned out to be Yan Yan's subordinates, they may not be willing to obey Li Yan's orders, but they are willing to listen to Yan Yan's orders.
The next day. Zhang Fei divided his troops into two ways. In Jiangzhou, he and Li Yan were completely separated, and before leaving, he asked Chen Zhi to take good care of Guan Ping, but he did not tell Li Yan Guan Ping's true identity. lest Li Yan be taboo in employing people.
After Li Yan left Jiangzhou with Chen Dao, Guan Ping and his entourage. So he sent someone to Langzhong. Secretly dispatched Dongzhou soldiers to Qianwei County, and in addition, Li Yan sent more than a dozen envoys. To contact the old Dongzhou soldiers scattered in Yizhou, in his opinion, this is an excellent opportunity for the Dongzhou soldiers to rise again, and the opportunity for the Dongzhou soldiers to take revenge has finally arrived.
On the other hand, Yan Yan left Jiangzhou with Leng Sheng and several relatives last night and went straight to Baishui County.
Baishui County is under the rule of Guanghan County of Yizhou, located in the northern edge of the Sichuan Basin, named after the Baishui in the territory, and is the traffic artery leading from Qin and Long to Shu.
Baishui, also known as Qiangshui, lives along the river basin with some ethnic minorities such as Qiang and Di, while the Han people also live in this area, but the population is relatively small. Therefore, Baishui County is also a mixed area of Qiang, Di and Han, and in recent years, many Hu people have migrated here to escape the war in Liangzhou, so the situation here is even more complicated.
Leng Bao is Zhang Ren's right-hand man, the Leng family is also a big family in Sichuan, and he is also quite prestigious in Yizhou, and Leng Bud himself is the pride of the entire Leng family, brave and good at fighting, excellent in martial arts, and is very valued by Zhang Ren. Because of this, Zhang Ren not only made Leng Bao the governor of Baishui, but also recommended him to be the Taishou of Guanghan County.
However, Leng Bao also seems to be self-aware, thinking that he can lead troops to fight, but governing the place is not his strong point, so he decisively rejected Zhang Ren's recommendation, and instead recommended Pang Xi, who is very capable of governing the place, to serve as the Taishou of Guanghan County, and he only wholeheartedly served as the governor of Baishui.
Because of its regional importance, Baishui is the only place for Qin and Long to enter Shu, so it is a military important place, and it is more dangerous to rely on the mountains and establish layers of passes, there are seventy or eighty large and small passes, but in general, there are only three of the most well-known and most important passes, namely Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, and Jianmen Pass.
Among the three passes, the most dangerous is the Jiameng Pass, which is an important transportation artery into Shu, whether it is by land or water, it is the gateway to Shu.
Leng Bao as the governor of Baishui, has never entered the county seat of Baishui, has been stationed in Jiameng Pass, if divided according to geographical location, Baishui Pass is in the north of Jiameng Pass, Jianmen Pass is in the south of Jiameng Pass, Jiameng Pass is located in the middle of the three passes, whether Baishui Pass, or Jianmen Pass has an accident, you can come and go to rescue in Jiameng Pass, and there are more layers of small passes in the middle of the three passes, which can also block the enemy's attack.
In recent years, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has gradually become stronger, and his subordinates are all believers in Wudou Midao, believing in what invulnerability, and never afraid of death when fighting.
Baishui Pass is a fortress built on water, which is small and cannot accommodate large armies, and is often captured when attacked. Zhang Lu has tried to enter Shu many times, although he often captures Baishui Pass, but he has never been able to capture Jiameng Pass, and finally can only return in a huff, which is also greatly related to the cold bud stationed in Jiameng Pass.
Over time, Leng Bao gradually abandoned Baishui Pass, just used Baishui Pass as an outpost, only sent a small number of troops to garrison, once attacked, retreated into Jiameng Pass, and then defended according to the danger, and implemented the combat policy of clearing the wilderness, so every time Zhang Lu's army came, it could not get any benefits, and it could not enter Shudi, and finally could only retreat to Hanzhong.
Over the years, the relationship between Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu has become more and more intense, and wars have become more and more frequent. But among all the Yizhou troops, except for Yan Yan's Jiangzhou soldiers and Li Yan's Dongzhou soldiers, Leng Bao's white sailors are the strongest in combat effectiveness.
The white sailors were brought up by Leng Bao, and the army was dominated by the Qiang and Di people who were fierce and brave and good at fighting, and the Han people only accounted for a very small part, and among the four generals under Leng Bao, all of them were Qiang people, such an army was often teased by Zhang Ren's subordinates as a miscellaneous army in the miscellaneous army.
But it is such a mixed army of Qiang, Di, Han and other ethnic groups, but it guards the gateway of Shu, which has become one of the reasons why Zhang Ren relies on Leng Bao.
Although Leng Bud is away with troops all the year round, his family is in Chengdu and he only goes home twice a year.
Leng Bao once worked as an errand under Yan Yan and witnessed the suppression of Yan Yan by Liu's father and son and Zhang Ren, so in order to show loyalty to Liu Zhang, Leng Bao always arranged his family in Chengdu City, so as not to arouse Liu Zhang's suspicion, or let Zhang Ren think that he had self-respect for his troops and avoided unwarranted disasters.
Yan Yan took Leng Sheng and several entourage, galloped all the way, and it only took two days to come to the outside of Jiameng Pass, along the way, Yan Yan was even more affectionate to Leng Shengxiao, and persuaded him with reason, Leng Sheng himself seemed to be brainwashed, and expressed his willingness to persuade his father to overthrow Liu Zhang's rule with Yan Yan.
In Jia Meng Pass, Leng Bao was sitting in the hall, he frowned, his eyes were staring at a map in front of him, and around him stood four strong men, whose clothes were slightly different from those of the Sichuan army, and they could be seen at a glance that they were dressed as Qiang people.
"Governor, as long as you give an order, I will immediately lead the army to Baishui Pass to rescue Gongzi, and the army of Zhang Lu who will be killed will not be left behind!" A big man dressed as a Qiang man couldn't help but laugh and finally called out.
The other three also chimed in, clamoring for troops.
Leng Bud raised his head, glanced at the four generals in front of him, and said coldly: "No, if you do this, if you hurt Gongzi's life, it will be bad." Once Childe has three long and two short, not to mention you, even me, ten heads are not enough to cut off! ”
"Governor, is it difficult, do you really want to agree to the enemy's request and use yourself to exchange Gongzi back? It's a wolf's den, the governor went, he definitely can't come back, in recent years, the governor has become a thorn in the enemy's side, a thorn in the flesh, Zhang Lu is a bounty for the governor's head, the life of the prince is important, but the life of the governor is just as important, not to mention, the enemy army still doesn't know the identity of the child, we can find another way......"
At this moment, a person suddenly broke in outside the door, looking panicked, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted loudly: "Governor ......"
"Whoever told you to come in, get out! Don't you see that I'm discussing military aircraft with the four generals? Leng Bud said angrily.
The man hurriedly said: "Du Du is angry, if it is not a last resort, even if you give the little ten dares, the little ones will not dare to come in......"
"Say, what's the matter?" Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, Leng Bud interrupted the person's words and asked directly.
The man said, "Governor, the prince is here!" ”
After hearing this, Leng Bud stood up in surprise, stared at the person with wide eyes, and asked loudly, "What did you say?" Childe is back? Where is he? ”
The man said, "I should have arrived at the gate by now......"
Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, Leng Bud happily walked out, and the dark clouds on the faces of the other four generals suddenly disappeared, and they all followed Leng Bud out of the hall.
However, when Leng Bao and the others had just walked out of the hall and didn't take two steps, Leng Sheng walked in from outside, and when he saw Leng Bao coming to pick him up in person, he shouted happily: "Daddy......"
Leng Bud didn't even look at Leng Sheng, he passed by Leng Sheng directly, and went straight to the door of the mansion, but when he came to the gate of the mansion, he didn't even see the shadow of the son, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry, and turned his head and yelled at the person who came in just now to report the news: "Where is the son?" ”
The person who reported the news was following Leng Sheng, and when he heard Leng Bao roaring like this, he was startled, and hurriedly pointed at Leng Sheng and said, "Isn't this Childe?" ”
Leng Bao glanced at Leng Sheng, and was immediately disappointed, and couldn't help scolding: "Can you speak clearly next time, what kind of son is my son?" I'm talking about Liu Gongzi! (To be continued......)