Chapter 514: Surprise Attack on Hanzhong

When Lin Chen learned that Xin Qiji would lead the Liaodong border army to enter the pass to help the northwest, his expression was quite strange.

Especially when he learned that Wu Sangui worshipped Xin Qiji as his adoptive father, he was even more shocked.

Of course.

Wu Sangui was naturally much better than a certain adoptive father killer in the Three Kingdoms period.

As the saying goes, Fang Tian Huaji is used to stab adoptive fathers!

Back to the current situation.

After abandoning Fangling, Lin Chen decisively turned to Shangyong City.

After resting, the Wu Wang rebels went up the river and set up camp thirty miles away from Shangyong.

Compared with Fangling, which has low walls and narrow city walls, Shangyong is very different.

Shangyong has a steep terrain, and the city walls are all built of bricks and stones. The city is eight meters high, which can be regarded as a strong city.

In addition, there are a large amount of food and supplies stored in the city, which can be used by 100,000 people for half a year.

Even if the King of Wu really intended to besiege Shangyong, Hanzhong could rely on the Han River network to continuously deliver supplies.

Especially after the two Huaiyang guards arrived in Shangyong, the situation was even more favorable for Lin Chen.

You know, the two Huaiyang guards were originally Liangshan bandits, and they had fought with the Qi Wang's vassal army for half a year, and they were already elite soldiers.

Therefore, on the night when the two Huaiyang guards arrived in Shangyong, Lin Chen ordered the Shangyong County Governor to prepare the boats and launched a night attack on the Wu rebels' water camp.

Obviously, the King of Wu did not expect that Lin Chen, who was trapped in Shangyong, would dare to go out of the city to fight in the field, and caught the Tang army off guard and burned a lot of baggage.

In order to boost morale, the Wu rebels launched a fierce attack early the next morning.

"Kill!"

"Watch out for the catapult!"

"Ah, my leg!"

"Kill the thief!"

"I am Leopard Head Lin Chong, how dare you be so presumptuous?!"

In this defensive battle, the Liangshan heroes in the Huaiyang Second Guard played an important role.

Especially Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and Lin Chong stood on the top of the city and killed the barbarians who had climbed the city walls, and the enemy's offensive was frustrated!

Speaking of these three people, they were all quite famous in the original book.

The only regret is that Lin Chong, as a model warrior who was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, was oppressed by the despicable bureaucrats of the Northern Song Dynasty and ended up dying of grief and anger.

But obviously, if he was under Lin Chen's command, he would not suffer such unfair treatment.

Take Yang Zhi, who had a similar fate to Lin Chong, for example. He is now a left general in the Emei Secret Realm and a fourth-rank general in the court. He is unwilling to return to Li Tang.

The same was true for Lu Zhishen. Fortunately, after being incorporated into the Huaiyang Second Guard, these Liangshan leaders finally had a goal in life.

That is to establish military merits and bring glory to the family!

After the last barbarian was kicked off the city wall by Wu Song, the wall returned to peace.

Wu Song casually threw two long swords on the ground, shook off the blood on his hands, and joked with Lu Zhishen.

"Brother, the rebels of King Wu are too weak."

Hearing this, Lu Zhishen glanced at the corpses on the ground, and then whispered:

"The King Wu sent only some barbarians, and the elite have not yet gone into battle."

In his opinion, the King Wu's move was nothing more than wanting to use the lives of these barbarians to consume the arrows in the city.

However, what Lu Zhishen didn't know was that

the barbarians sent by King Wu this time were actually selected from his elite divisions.

It's just that in front of this group of Liangshan heroes, they seemed so vulnerable.

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At the same time, in the prefect's mansion in Shangyong City.

"General Lin, there is enough food and grass in the city. I have asked the people in the city to make arrows and prepare rolling logs and stones."

Lin Chen heard this and looked up at the young prefect in front of him, who was about 20 years old.

At his age, he can be considered young and successful.

Indeed.

He was a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination two years before Li Zhao ascended the throne. After staying in the Hanlin Academy for two years, he was quickly sent out to serve as an official.

Of course, if it were just that, Lin Chen would not take it to heart.

But when he heard the prefect's name, he was surprised.

It was because the name of the Shangyong County Magistrate was actually---Zeng Tai! !

Is it you, Li Ling?

It was the Li Ling Zeng Tai who was famous for calling him Lord Di and Di Ge Lao in the well-known "Detective Di Renjie"!

Unexpectedly, in this world, Zeng Tai's career is quite smooth. He did not become the emperor's spy, the Plum Blossom Guard, as in the original novel, but became a prefect.

Lin Chen did not expect to meet Zeng Tai in Shangyong.

Look at Di Pangpang, he is still the chief of the Dali Temple.

However, it is said that Li Zhao intends to transfer Di Renjie to the Ministry of Personnel as an official. I wonder if the two will meet again like in the original novel.

"Prefect Zeng, you did a good job." Lin Chen nodded and praised.

"If it were not for General Lin leading the army to guard Shangyong, how could those rebellious thieves let Shangyong City go so easily?"

Zeng Tai shook his head slightly, and said with a tone of relief: "If the city is broken, the people in the city will inevitably be robbed by the barbarians."

It is undeniable that this Lord Zeng is well versed in speaking. After praising Lin Chen, he changed the subject: "It's just..."

"Prefect Zeng, please say it." Lin Chen looked at Zeng Tai, who pretended to be hesitant, and smiled faintly.

"I would like to ask, General Lin, do you have a good plan to repel the enemy?"

As Lin Chen expected, Zeng Tai was very concerned about this matter.

Although the current situation is that the Tang army is trapped in Shangyong, and the Ning Wang vassal army has besieged the King of Wu in the area from Shangyong to Fuling.

But Zeng Tai also knew that the King of Wu was still powerful, and if he was not careful, he would drive straight in and sweep across the entire Sichuan and Shu.

A strategy to repel the enemy?

When Lin Chen heard this, a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

In fact, in terms of the current situation, the one who should be really anxious should be the King of Wu.

Because as far as Lin Chen knew, after the King of Wu found that Shangyong was difficult to conquer, he intended to divide his troops into two routes.

One way to Wuguan, the other way to Jingshan.

Obviously, he wanted to bypass Shangyong and look for a chance to fight again.

However, the mountain roads in the Sichuan and Shu areas were rugged and difficult to travel. If such a roundabout strategy was adopted, it would inevitably be impossible to carry too many soldiers.

Therefore, this army could only serve as a surprise force!

Lin Chen recalled the news sent by the Jinyiwei yesterday.

The news said that in the King of Wu’s army, there was a group of barbarians called rattan armor soldiers, led by Tuwugu, who went to Jingshan and disappeared since then.

According to the clues provided by the local hunters in Shangyong,

these people took a small path on Jingshan Mountain, which can bypass Shangyong City and lead directly to Hanzhong.

Lin Chen was naturally very clear about the intentions of the King of Wu.

The King of Wu boasted that his strategy of bypassing Shangyong and attacking Hanzhong by surprise was foolproof.

Little did he know that Tuwugu's every move was under the close surveillance of the spies of the Jinyiwei.

As for the rattan armor soldiers...

Lin Chen suddenly thought of something, and a rather strange expression appeared on his face.

I don't know if he will have the opportunity to replicate the operation of Prime Minister Zhuge and burn the rattan armor soldiers!

In the following days.

On the surface, the two sides still carried out fierce offensive and defensive battles every day, constantly consuming each other's strength.

But in this seemingly ordinary siege battle, there were undercurrents, and each side took action.

For example, in the camp of the King of Wu's army, a rattan armor soldier unit of about 20,000 people was quietly missing.

Shangyong City was also missing an 8,000-man Bai Li soldier, and their chief general Lin Chen had not appeared for many days.

In fact, when Lin Chen learned that he needed to be incorporated into the Liangshan bandits to enter the Sichuan-Shu area, he decisively took out the Bai Li soldier's military card.

This heavy mountain infantry, which is famous for its expertise in mountain warfare, can fully exert its maximum combat power in the complex terrain of Sichuan-Shu!

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