Chapter 315: The Right Way to Win

Chapter 315: The Right Way to Win

Chapter 315: The Right Way to Win (Part )
Before leaving, the whole family had a meal together, and then packed up and prepared to leave.

Le Lanji was a little nervous.

The eldest brother Le Kai compromised with Wang Ru and Hou Tuo in Wancheng, Nanyang, and offered a large sum of money, food and livestock in exchange for the safety of his family.

And it was not just Wancheng that was the case. Yuyang County, where the Le family started out, was also severely blackmailed.

In addition, the third brother Le Mo's retreat from Dongqiu ruined Langjun's great cause in Hebei, which was also a big mistake.

Taking all these into consideration, Le Lanji felt a little uncomfortable.

It was really difficult to survive in this world. Even a big family like the Le family in Nanyang still had a hard time, not to mention the ordinary people and even weak women who were alone.

If she was still the Princess of Chengdu, living alone in Luoyang, she would probably have had a bad ending. After all, even her home was robbed clean, and she had no way to seek justice.

How do you let this woman live?
"Just stay at home and don't think too much." Shao Xun handed the eldest son's golden sword to Le Lanji and said, "What happens to the Nanyang Le family has nothing to do with you."

Le Lanji was somewhat touched.

She is not a little girl, so of course she knows that things are not that simple.

Langjun is a person in the world of fame and fortune, so he is destined not to be simple. Maybe he can be more willful after he has a high position and power, but there is a limit after all.

But now that things have come to this, he just doesn't want to worry too much.

That's how it is between men and women.

She had experienced the glory and honor of being the Crown Prince's Consort, and had also experienced the confusion and helplessness of being a criminal relative. Now the man in front of her was willing to coax her and make her happy, and was unwilling to bring any negative things back home. What else was there to complain about?
For this reason, even some of his little bad tastes are intolerable.

That's the only fun he has.

Shao Xun took over his second son, Huanlang, from Lu.

In public, Hulang was actually sleeping soundly, as if no one was around.

Shao Xun gently touched his son's delicate cheek and was very happy.

Lu Xun stood aside and subconsciously reached out her hand, worried that the man was clumsy and couldn't hold the child steadily.

At her age, she finally had a child and was afraid that the child would melt if she held it in her mouth, so she kept calling the child "Diao'er" and "Diao'er" all day long.

Shao Xun frowned when he saw it.

Loving mothers often spoil their children. It's fine now, but when they grow up, won't they be spoiled?
Moreover, after having a son, Mrs. Lu now devotes her whole heart to the child and is not even very interested in marital affairs.

Mrs. Lu also argued that she was not very interested in these things.

Shao Xun was speechless about this. He didn't know how many times he could see the magnificent waterfall.

He now doubts whether he has been "set up" by these women.

They wanted to find someone to rely on in the troubled times, but they fell into the trap and were captured by these women.

"Take good care of Hulang." Shao Xun handed his son back to Lu and said, "Wait for me to come back."

Mrs. Lu hummed and carefully took her son.

Shao Xun walked up to his parents again and said, "I heard that Grandpa has started practicing with the bow and sword again?"

Father Shao sighed and said, "I have abandoned my skills for so many years that I cannot pick them up all of a sudden. When we were fighting the Wu people, I even slept with the bow tip in my arms. Now I cannot do that anymore. I lose strength after shooting the bow for a while."

Shao Xun smiled and said, "If even my grandfather has to take up arms and go into battle, I will soon be defeated."

Mother Shao spat beside her and said, "We are about to go to war, why are you talking about defeat or not?"

My son is good in everything except these taboos. He is about to go to the battlefield, but he doesn't even say anything auspicious.

"Mother is right." Shao Xun nodded obediently.

Even my father doesn't dare to confront my mother, so let him go. He will definitely make you dizzy and unbearable.

What's more, the peace of the rear house depends on the mother.

Even though she has not received much education, some people are born with emotional intelligence. With her mother around, she can continue to pursue her shady little hobbies.

After saying goodbye to his family one by one, he ordered the army to set off.

He did not follow the troops, but avoided everyone's sight and secretly went to Guangcheng Palace to bid farewell to Yang Xianrong.

Along the way, he gritted his teeth and thought that he would take Queen Yang home one day and hold her overnight openly, but he knew that this was just talk and the time was not yet right.

After walking all the way, he took his personal guard team, which had expanded to 227 people, and chased the main force overnight.

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The sun had just set in the west when a valley somewhere deep in the mountains seemed to come alive and there was immediate movement.

The Fubing troops were in bad luck. They had to serve their own masters and help take care of the thousands of Yicongjun soldiers. Especially the 300 cavalrymen, the only proper cavalry unit under Chen Hou, but they couldn't communicate with those people in the same language, which was very troublesome - most of these cavalrymen were captives of the Xiongnu, Wuhuan and Xianbei.

Chen Yougen looked at the map silently in the last ray of light in the sky.

He could not read many words and found it very difficult to read, so he had to ask the military clerk to explain it to him.

The clerk held a few pieces of silk in his hands, on which were written a lot of tiny handwriting. He squinted his eyes and explained each paragraph as he read it.

"In the past, Dong Zhuo seized power and rebel armies rose up everywhere. Sun Jian marched from Nanyang to Luyang and defeated Zhuo's army at Yangren." The clerk said, "General, Yangren is a settlement that has been abandoned now. We passed it on the way. It is west of Liang County."

"Oh." Chen Yougen nodded: "It's more than a hundred miles away from here."

"That's right." The clerk said, "From this valley, go south for fifty miles and you will reach Luyang Pass, the second crow on the Sanchuang Road."

After that, he explained in detail the origin of this road.

The original name of Sanya Road is "Sanya Road", named after the three mountain passes it passes through.

From south to north, the location of Luyang Pass is the second pass.

Among the people, there is a story that crows led the way for Liu Xiu to escape. Because of the homonym, this road is also called "Three Crows Road" - the origin of the name of Three Crows Road is also due to the fact that in the 499rd year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (), Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty personally led the expedition to Maquan and was led by crows. We now follow the former.

"Luyang Pass is guarded by General Lou and his troops. The south of the pass is the territory of Zhi County." The clerk continued.

Simply put, Luyang Pass is located at the junction of Luyang and Zhi County. The north of the pass is Luyang County, and the south of the pass is Zhi County. Because the pass city is in the northern half of the mountains, this pass belongs to Luyang - as can be seen from the name.

The terrain here is dangerous and the post road passes through the mountains, so it is not easy to travel on.

Zhang Xie of the Qing dynasty once wrote a poem: "I climbed up Luyang Pass in the morning. The gorge was steep and deep. The stream flowed for more than ten thousand feet and was surrounded by trees several thousand feet high. Roaring tigers echoed in the mountains, and calling cranes chirped in the empty forest."

It can be seen.

Ten days ago, a part of the refugee army fled northward and tried to plunder through Luyang Pass.

General Lou Quan had only 2,000 soldiers at the time. After receiving the order, he selected 1,500 people and arrived at Luyangguan City to garrison.

After a fierce battle, the enemy army was barely repelled.

The area near Sanya Road was mostly poor and mountainous, with few people. The bandit army had nothing to plunder, so they withdrew and never appeared again. The people of Luyang escaped a disaster.

"The valley we are in is the third crow of the Three Crows Road. It is fifty miles southwest of Luyang Pass and twenty miles northeast of Luyang County." The clerk continued.

Chen Yougen looked at it for a long time, and finally sighed: "These are what you found when you led people to investigate during your inspection of Luyang, right? Those maps from the court are useless."

The clerks were also somewhat impressed. Lord Chen was truly a man of great accomplishments. He personally walked the Three Crows Road several times and even proofread the court's maps. He was truly amazing.

He was well aware that maps were a valuable resource that not everyone was entitled to.

If you march into battle without knowing about transportation, geography, local customs, climate and products, you are unworthy of being a general.

In the eyes of many armchair strategists, it seems that transportation and terrain do not exist, and it seems that it is the same wherever you go.

Many roads were opened in the pre-Qin period and have not changed much to date because of the terrain.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu attacked Shen and destroyed Deng, and then defeated the State of Ying, expanding its influence deep into the Central Plains. At that time, Luyang was the territory of the State of Ying.

King Wen of Chu built the Great Wall of Chu here, including Luyang Pass, and planned to enter the Central Plains through this pass. It can be seen that people at that time knew how to go.

But knowledge is something that is destined to belong to only a few people before it spreads.

The Sanya Road was a post road that was not known to many people except for the nearby people, merchants who often traveled far away, and well-educated scholars.

This is the reason why people were often ambushed by the enemy during marches and battles in ancient times.

Either he ignored it, or he didn't even know that such a road existed.

Hou Tuo's bandit army seemed to know about this road, which was good enough. After all, this was not the main passage between Nanyang and Luoyang.

The clerk continued talking for a long time, and Chen Yougen listened while eating.

Only after it became completely dark did he give the order to advance.

Their group consisted of one thousand government soldiers, one thousand government soldiers' subordinates, and one thousand volunteers, totaling about three thousand soldiers and more than one thousand five hundred horses.

Before setting off, more than 4,000 cavalry horses were temporarily dispatched from Guangchengze to enhance mobility.

Each horse carried a large amount of cooked beans and Hu cakes soaked in vinegar, and almost all the weight was used to carry food.

When they arrived at Luyang Pass, they would resupply themselves for the last time, and then move out at night and go deep into enemy territory - in fact, in order to develop a habit and adjust their work and rest schedule, they started doing this in Luyang County.

This was a surprise attack, and Chen Yougen knew it well.

(End of this chapter)