In early February, what Wei Fufeng had been worried about happened. Yang Fugong's forces in Bashu launched a war to invade southern Sichuan.

Yang Shohou, the envoy of Longjian Festival, commanded an army of 50,000 and marched southward, aiming directly at Fuzhou.

It can be said that the war in southern Sichuan broke out several months later than Wei Fufeng expected.

There were three main reasons for delaying the invasion of southern Sichuan. One was the harvest, the other was Yang Shouliang's need to further deepen the territorial control, and the third was the appointment of the Longjian Jiedushi.

Waging a war requires preparation. After Yang Shouliang became the governor of Shannan, he wanted to occupy it for a long time.

If you occupy it for a long time, you must manage the territory normally and cannot delay planting the land. Hanzhong's harvest in recent years has been average. Yang Shouliang wanted to expand his army and lacked the food resources to support it.

Not long after Yang Shouliang took charge of Shannan West Road, he was able to control the states near Xingyuan Prefecture, while the states far away from Xingyuan Prefecture were only nominally subordinated.

The states that were nominally annexed were like vassal states, with the governor monopolizing military and political power and only bowing their heads to the Jiedushi envoys, such as Yuzhou.

The establishment of the Longjian Jiedushi was mainly aimed at the Dongchuan Jiedushi. The Jiedushi took over the control of Longzhou and Jianzhou (Jianmen Pass), and it would inevitably take a period of time for the transition to change hands.

Of the 50,000-strong army that went south, 20,000 were young men recruited from the four prefectures under Longjian Jiedushi. After two months of training, the 10,000-strong army was originally under Yang Shouliang and was assigned to Longjian Jiedushi by Yang Fugong.

The other 20,000 troops were sent by Yang Shouliang, the Xingyuan Prefecture still had 60,000 troops, and the Wuding Jiedushi of Yangzhou still had 20,000 troops.

It can be said that Yang Fugong's Bashu power was very strong, surpassing the military strength of Chang'an City, and many of Chang'an City's military strength came from Yang Fugong's wings.

Southern Sichuan has been paying attention to the foreign enemies in the north. After learning that 50,000 enemy troops were moving south, they notified the Dongchuan Jiedushi and Wutai Jiedushi, and mobilized the Baotao Battalion and Fengli Battalion to support Fuzhou.

The Qianzhou Military Mansion was also ordered to send eight thousand troops to Fuzhou.

At one time, nearly 30,000 troops gathered in Fuzhou. As the commander of the Fuzhou Military Mansion, Zhao Yidou was responsible for controlling the overall situation. The commander who was ordered to come to help could put forward opinions, but must obey Zhao Yidou's strategic command.

Thirty thousand to fifty thousand, Fuzhou is at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Even if the enemy army in the south recruits mostly new soldiers, Fuzhou's military strength is still mostly a mob. There are only more than 3,000 newly made crossbows, and they have been distributed among the armies. Many soldiers are still bamboo

Spear and bamboo shield.

It's just that things in the world are unpredictable, and the strength and weakness of the situation sometimes lead to unexpected and huge changes.

When Zhao Yidou nervously gritted his teeth and prepared to fight to the death, Wang Ze, the troop commander in front, suddenly sent back important military information.

Fifty thousand enemy troops marched to Quzhou, north of Fuzhou. They split into two groups, and 20,000 troops ran diagonally along the Qujiang River toward Yuzhou. Only 30,000 enemy troops continued to attack Fuzhou.

Wang Ze's military situation meant that the 20,000 enemy troops on Shannan West Road were separated from the 30,000 troops of Longjian Jiedushi.

Wang Ze suggested taking the initiative to attack and take advantage of the enemy's divided forces to strike first, instead of passively waiting for the Yuzhou enemy to attack Fuzhou along the upper reaches of the river.

Zhao Yidou was excited by this and immediately ordered the entire army to march out.

Although the enemy may have a strategy to lure and ambush, Wang Ze is right. Once 20,000 enemy troops come down the river from Yuzhou to attack, plus the 30,000 enemy troops coming from the north, Fuzhou cannot be defended at all.

Thirty thousand Sichuan troops were mobilized, leaving only the governor Li Ji and the 200 regiments to train troops to guard Fuling County.

In fact, if the Sichuan Army is defeated, Li Ji will only

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Abandon the city and flee or surrender. After all, he is the next governor of the imperial court and will generally not be killed.

When the expedition was underway, Zhao Yidou sent people to Zhongzhou to deliver a message asking Wutai Jiedushi to send troops. He sent people to Luzhou to report to Baihutang and the Governor's Mansion.

After the departure, Zhao Yidou also launched a military morale offensive and asked his subordinates to inform the armies that the 50,000 enemy troops attacking Fuzhou suddenly split up in Quzhou.

Thirty thousand troops rushed along the Qujiang River to attack Yuzhou. Now there are only 20,000 regiments training and marching slowly towards Fuzhou.

The Southern Sichuan Army, which is said to have great military strength and speed, and whose military morale was inspired by the hope of victory, accelerated its pace with one heart and one mind. They traveled more than 60 miles for most of the day and arrived at the enemy's camp in the afternoon.

Not long after the 30,000 Longjian Jiedu envoys set up camp, Yang Shohou, the Jiedushi envoy, was still sulking.

The reason was that Yang Shouliang's 20,000-strong army was determined to capture Yuzhou. Yang Zishi, the adopted son of Yang Shouliang who led the army, said that Yuzhou was originally under the rule of Shannan West Road and that it was Yang Shouliang's military order.

How could Yang Shohou not understand that Yang Shouliang wanted to eat alone?

Yuzhou has been a gathering place of humanities and commerce since ancient times. It was once the capital of Ba Kingdom. It is second only to Chengdu in terms of prosperity in Bashu and is more important than Chengdu in terms of commercial location.

Out of anger, Yang Shouhou knew that he could not offend Yang Shouliang, and also knew that it was not advisable to advance rashly, so he stationed himself at the border of Quzhou and Fuzhou, waiting for Yuzhou to be captured before joining forces to attack Fuzhou.

Although Yang Shouhou knew how to be cautious, he was not a military genius and had never led an army in a war.

To put it bluntly, he was more flexible than the civil servants, good at flattery and talking on paper, otherwise how could he be reused by Yang Fugong as the governor.

Based on military information, Yang Shouhou knew that Fuzhou was overhauling military forts on the periphery and was obviously adopting a defensive posture. Since he had a military strength of 30,000, he believed that Fuzhou's military strength would not take the initiative to attack from afar.

I was in a bad mood and carelessly asked about setting up camp, even without supervising the scouts to go out.

Until the Sichuan Army was only a hundred meters away from the camp, the soldiers who were lazily resting heard the movement. Some soldiers looked around curiously and saw a large number of troops running towards them in the distance.

"Enemy attack!" The soldiers who saw it shouted in fear, and the camp immediately fell into panic.

"Kill!" Wang Dahu, who was wearing heavy armor, roared and charged at the front with an iron gun in his hand.

Wang Dahu came on horseback. He dismounted a thousand meters away and formed a vanguard with Baotao Camp's subordinates. It was impossible for him to charge alone on horseback, and the horses were far away and could no longer withstand the fierce charge.

Wang Dahu was the first to rush to the camp gate. The camp gate was simply a wooden frame with no door.

A dozen spearmen lined up to guard the camp gate, but when they saw the iron tower-like armored general rushing towards them, their eyes showed fear.

"Open!" Wang Dahu swung his iron pole with one arm, roaring and sweeping away seven or eight spearmen. He liked to use large iron rods, and the defense of the camp gate was immediately broken open.

Wang Dahu rushed into the camp. Although the soldiers of Baotao Camp behind him were tired, they were full of fighting spirit and followed the commander in one after another.

Then other southern Sichuan troops arrived one after another, bravely moving forward regardless of fatigue, breaking through the simple camp wall, and rushing forward like a tide.

"Archers, stop and kill that soldier." A military attaché ordered sternly, and a dozen archers responded to the order and shot at Wang Dahu.

Wang Dahu roared loudly, lowered his head and rushed forward, waving the big iron rod back and forth in his hand. The five arrows he shot landed on him and bounced away one after another.

Wang Dahu rushed forward with large strides, his iron sword sweeping towards the military attache who gave the order, and there was a scream.

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, the military attache and three guards were swept away.

"Put down your weapons and don't kill." Wang Dahu, who was covered in blood, shouted fiercely, like a bloody Shura from hell.

The roar frightened the enemy, and many nearby enemy soldiers were so frightened that they dropped their bows and weapons and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands. Then, those who were passed by by the Sichuan Southern Army refused to kill them, and Wang Dahu continued to charge.

The 30,000 Dragon Sword Army was overwhelmed by the defeat and was caught off guard. When part of the army was defeated, the entire army was in chaos and panic and fled.

Yang Shouhou's military orders were unable to restrain the troops and he was unable to organize an effective counterattack, so he had to retreat. As a result, he was chased by the Southern Sichuan Army for more than ten miles, and he only took away nearly 10,000 troops to escape the pursuit of the Southern Sichuan Army.

In the first battle, three thousand enemies were killed, nearly a thousand were lost, and 14,000 prisoners were taken. Thousands of prisoners were captured by the incoming "Allies".

Wutai Jiedu responded promptly and sent out troops, leading an army of five thousand to participate in the war, just to take advantage of the victory and pursue it.

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After the victory, the southern Sichuan army surrendered its weapons exhaustedly and took custody of the prisoners before they dared to rest. Zhao Yidou ordered the camp to be set up. He would rather lose Fuzhou than return with an exhausted army.

After setting up camp, they began to collect and surrender prisoners. As long as they surrendered, they would be given land. Under the encouragement and temptation of many soldiers of the Southern Sichuan Army, more than 10,000 prisoners became the Southern Sichuan Army.

Many people who surrendered followed blindly. When they saw how many people surrendered, they were afraid of being killed.

After receiving the news of the victory, Zhao Yidou immediately asked the messenger to report to Fuzhou immediately. Then, after Luzhou received the report of the victory, the three departments immediately discussed and decided to march into Yuzhou.

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After the arrival of 20,000 troops from Shannan West Road in Yuzhou, the governor of Yuzhou Kaicheng surrendered.

In fact, Yang Shouliang had already reached conditions with the governor of Yuzhou through Yang Hui, the supervisor of the army, and the governor of Yuzhou also served as the deputy envoy of the Southern Sichuan Festival.

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Here, Zhao Yidou, half an hour after the victory messenger left, the military envoy Wang Ze came to see him and suggested that Zhao Yidou take advantage of the victory to send troops to Yuzhou, continue to surprise the other 20,000 enemy troops, and take advantage of the situation to capture Yuzhou.

Zhao Yidou felt that Yuzhou could predict the victory of the Southern Sichuan Army, so it would be difficult to have a surprise attack, and he was also worried that the prisoners would rebel before the formation.

But Wang Ze's suggestion was difficult to refute, so Zhao Yidou invited two other commanders, Gan Fengchi and Wang Dahu.

After a discussion, Gan Fengchi believed that Yuzhou belonged to the southern Sichuan province and should be rescued when the enemy attacked, but the current military strength alone was not enough. Gan Fengchi suggested that he could send troops to Yuzhou and report to the governor's office at the same time.

If the Dudufu is able to send troops to Yuzhou, then they can attack Yuzhou twice. If the Dudufu vetoes, they can return to Fuzhou on the way.

Wang Dahu agreed with Gan Fengchi's opinion, and Zhao Yidou went to take care of his concerns and sent a messenger again.

Early the next morning, after the prisoners were sorted out, the troops were sent to Yuzhou.

In Luzhou, after discussing the strategy together, they received suggestions from three commanders to send troops, but they coincided with each other. So Luzhou gathered 30,000 troops and sent the troops to Yuzhou.

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The Yuzhou governor's office, an informant lurking in Fuzhou, learned that the Southern Sichuan Army had defeated 30,000 enemy troops, and rushed to Yuzhou by boat overnight to report the news. However, it was too late to go upstream and arrived in Yuzhou in the early morning.

The governor of Yuzhou was immediately shocked when he received the report, and after asking his informants urgently, he personally drove to the military camp outside the south city gate and informed Yang Shouliang's adopted son of the military situation.

Yang Shouliang's adopted son Yang Zishi was shocked. After thinking about it, he asked the governor of Yuzhou to go back and prepare to fight.

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