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Chapter 2445 A battle of wits and courage (Part 1)

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    Duogong Town is located in the west of Yandao City. It consists of Duogong Fort and Feixianbao and Feixianguan on the other side of Lushan River (now Lushan River in Sichuan). It is the western barrier of Yandao City.

    Yazhou is the front line against the Qiang. To the west, there are high mountains and ridges, where many Qiang and Hu people live together.  Duogong Town, Shiyang Town and Hechuan Town (today's Tianquan County, Sichuan Province) to the west were combined into Yazhou Sanbian Town.

    Although Li Shimin's enemies were mainly the Ming army at this time, in order to prevent the Ming army from encroaching from the northwest, Li Shimin appointed Ge Yanzhang, the second deputy commander on the right, as the governor of Duogong Town. He led two thousand troops to guard Duogong Town and defend the flanks of Yandao City.  .

    It¡¯s a pity that Yan Daocheng was not lost, but Duogong Town was lost.

    Ge Yanzhang was just a junior among the Tang army.  He was born in Wagang, and later went to Bashu with Li Mi and became an ordinary general under Li Shimin.  However, Ge Yanzhang was lucky and survived many battles. Instead, he accumulated merits all the way to the Hussars General.

    After Li Shimin went south, the stars around him were withering, and there were not many available people.  In order to appease people's hearts, he promoted Ge Yanzhang to deputy commander of the army, making him a senior general in the army.

    It¡¯s a pity that Ge Yanzhang doesn¡¯t like it at all.

    Ge Yanzhang is not a direct descendant of Li Tang. He has been accustomed to speculation and betrayal all the way up, so naturally he will not be moved by Li Shimin's small favors.  Moreover, he had many troops stationed in the town, and he said that being a governor was not as powerful as when he was a hussar general. How could he like him?

    With this little power, it doesn¡¯t make sense to call him the King of Duogong.

    Ge Yanzhang had long wanted to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but he had been following Li Shimin before and had no chance.  Now leading an army alone, he became increasingly unwilling to follow Li Tang to death, so he actively looked for opportunities to surrender.

    Ge Yanzhang had intentions, and Ming Dynasty also had intentions.

    Ge Yanzhang¡¯s old boss is Li Mi.

    Li Mi was defeated by Li Shimin after the Battle of Xingle and fled back to Luocheng. Later, seeing that the situation was not good, he fled eastward again.  It was not until the Sui army occupied Bashu that he led the remaining troops to surrender to the Ming army.

    Li Mi¡¯s identity was really difficult to arrange, so Huang Mingyuan named him Guanglu doctor (from the second-grade civil official), and appointed him as the right servant of Jiangnan Xingtai, which is also an important position.

    But in Huang Weiyang's case, he definitely has no real power.

    As for the Central Plains, Huang Mingyuan will not let him go back in the short term. After all, he is too capable of stirring up trouble.

    Li Mi also knew that his job was a false one, but he didn't care.  Over the years, he didn't start from a false position at any boss.  As far as Li Mi is concerned, no matter whether your job is a false one or not, he can do a real job for you.

    Li Mi actively wrote letters to his old subordinates in Li Tang, helping Huang Weiyang to recruit rebels, and he was very happy.

    He knows very well that if he wants to be reused, he must first gain Huang Weiyang's trust, and to gain Huang Weiyang's trust, he must have merit, so he is more active than anyone else.

    Li Mi and Ge Yanzhang hooked up like thunder from the sky and fire from the earth, and the fire happily meets dry wood. They immediately fell in love with the concubine and wanted to refuse but welcomed them.  After the two sides negotiated terms, Ge Yanzhang launched a mutiny and took control of the entire army, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.

    When Li Shimin received the news of the mutiny in Duogong Town, he felt like he was struck by thunder and was speechless for a long time.

    The mutiny in Duogong Town almost plunged Li Shimin into a catastrophic situation.  Not to mention the many efforts to suppress the rebellion and cut off Li Shimin's westward retreat. From Feixian Pass to Yandaocheng, which is about 20 miles away, the infantry could arrive in less than half a day.

    The Ming army has occupied Lushan County and can kill Yandaocheng within one day.

    At this time, Yandao City was almost an empty city.

    Li Shimin was so shaken and uneasy that he almost didn¡¯t know what to do.

    After calming down, Li Shimin knew that he must take back Duogong Town, even if he lost the entire Yazhou for this.

    Bad news hit Li Shimin like a stormy sea, making him feel the sadness and helplessness of "the wind, frost, and sword are forcing each other".

    At this moment, Li Shimin was facing a violent storm and had no one to discuss it with.

    Li Shimin hesitated again and again, and ordered the entire army to retreat, abandoning Helong garrison and Caobali, and retreated to the west bank of Qingyi River west of Yandao City to set up defenses.  At the same time, Zhang Shigui, who was on the Mingshan Defense Line, was ordered to abandon Mingshan County and retreat to the more dangerous Jidong Pass.

    But whether it¡¯s the west bank of Qingyi River or Jidong Pass, they are almost at the foot of Yandao City.

    Li Shimin retreated quickly and without hesitation.

    In almost less than an hour, thousands of Tang troops evacuated Helong garrison. At the same time, Tang troops in Baishan, Caobali, Baijiaxuan and other places also evacuated.

    It has been almost an hour since Su Lie received the news.

    Hearing the news of the sudden retreat of the Tang army, Su Lie's first reaction was that there was a problem in Li Tang's rear.?When combined with the previous news that the Ming army occupied Qingjiangyan, the reason is self-evident.

    Su Lie did not expect Li Shimin to be so decisive and immediately ordered the entire army to attack.

    Soon Su Lie and his men rushed to Helong garrison.

    Looking at the defenses of Helong garrison, Su Lie was shocked for a while.  He couldn't help but sigh that Cheng Mingzhen had taken Qingjiangyan first, otherwise if he had attacked and Long garrison by force, he didn't know how many casualties he would have suffered.

    While Su Lie ordered the army to clean up Helong garrison, he prepared to mobilize a troop of troops to continue the pursuit.

    However, he took a tour of the camp and soon discovered that the ashes of the stoves in the camp had not yet been burned out.

    Su Lie¡¯s heart immediately tightened.

    The remaining ashes were not burned out, indicating that Tang Jun had a hot meal after leaving.  Considering that it was Shen time in the afternoon, Tang Jun almost had his meal at noon.

    Su Lie was a little confused. If the Tang army was in a hurry to retreat, why didn't they just eat a hot meal before leaving? It seemed that they deliberately waited for them to catch up.

    At this time, the scouts also came to report.

    There are traces of the Tang Army on the mountain southwest of the South Bank Avenue of Qingyi Water.

    Su Lie immediately suspected whether Li Shimin had set up an ambush on the way back.

    The more Su Lie thought about it, the more it seemed possible.  Li Shimin is just(remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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