Thang Long, also known as Hanoi. Before Li Gongyun moved the capital here, it was still called Daluo City.

This place is a key point between the north and the south, whether it is from the south to the north, or from the interior to the coast, it is a necessary place. It is also the confluence of the Red River and the Dun River, and geographically speaking, the city is destined to prosper.

Li Gongyun's move of the capital here is indeed a great decision.

Thang Long Province was blessed with a unique defense system, and the Red River, which was not far from the city, drained to the city and became a moat. Moreover, as the capital of Cochin, more than 300,000 troops are stationed here all year round, distributed in four different directions: southeast, northwest and northwest.

Some are across the river, and some are not far from the city. However, this year, Cochin's use of foreign troops is very frequent. First resist the invasion of the Song Dynasty, and then deal with the army of the Champa State. Now that the dust of the war between the Khmer and Chenla has settled, it is necessary to divide troops to deal with the Chenla people.

Seeing that teams of soldiers were being transferred away one after another, to be honest, the people in Thang Long Mansion were very insecure.

But the princes and nobles of Jiaozhi are still as usual, although the people have no sense of security, but they don't panic thinking about these high-ranking big people, it's too funny to panic yourself.

However, recently I heard that the Song people sent an army of 100,000, and the people in the city couldn't help but panic again. In order to appease many people, Li Deqian deliberately sent elephant soldiers into the city, saying that they were being reviewed, but in fact, he showed the strongest side of Jiaozhi to the people in Thang Long Mansion, so as to calm the people's hearts.

The people were naturally coaxed, and when they saw the armored war elephants entering the Thang Long Mansion majestically, they all regained their sense of security.

The scene inside Thang Long Mansion is still the same, but the outside world is not peaceful.

Li Changjie, who had high hopes, went to the south to fight the Cham army, but he did not get any benefits. After half a month, the battle report received by Thang Long Mansion was only Li Changjie resisting a wave of attacks from the Champa state......

The Song army in the east did not have such a strong desire to attack, Fan Richeng once thought that this would be a trick for the Song army, and sent an army of several thousand people to explore the truth, but was pounced on by the Song army like a mad dog.

The battle report sent by Fan Richeng said that the Song army was waiting for an opportunity. As soon as they let their guard down, they will pounce on them like hungry tigers and tear themselves to pieces.

Anyway, the words were very evil, and the military ministers in the Thang Long Mansion were terrified one by one. He reported this incident to Li Deqian, and in order to be safe, Li Deqian drew 20,000 men from the guards of Thang Long Mansion to reinforce Fan Richeng.

As a result, there were only 30,000 defenders left in Thang Long Province, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the country were all scattered.

Ministers were worried about the generals who were in command

did something unbearable, but Li Deqian believed in his general very much.

Li Changjie is a eunuch, and whoever comes to be the emperor of Annan will not be able to take his turn. Not to mention that he has been with him since he entered the palace since he was a child, and his loyalty to himself can be seen by the sun and the moon.

Fan Richeng has been honest and low-key all his life, if he will rebel, then Li Deqian will also admit it. This person's city is so deep that he can't even see it, so the emperor will let him be the one instead.

Wu Linqiu in the west was also a person with no ambitions, and after thinking about it, Li Deqian felt that the ministers' considerations were superfluous.

But people will always have a heart that can't finish, and the simplest example is that after breakfast, you start to think about what to eat in the evening. Li Deqian swore that his three marshals would not rebel, and the ministers began to worry about whether there would be surprise troops to raid Thang Long Mansion.

However, those who had such fears were soon drowned out by the taunts of the other ministers, and the city of Thang Long was tall and strong, and the city was well stocked with armaments. The Red River is another moat, which strange army can sneak attack Thang Long Mansion unknowingly?

Besides, even if you want to sneak attack Thang Long Mansion, you have to have 50,000 troops to build the foundation. Not to mention 50,000 people, it is impossible for 50,000 rats not to leave a trace.

Although Li Deqian also felt that the minister's worries were completely unfounded, he always had a bad feeling in the dark. After thinking about it, he still ordered the defenders in the city to strengthen their vigilance, and the officials to strengthen the investigation of suspicious people of unknown origin in the city.

The starting point is good, but the world is as black as a crow. There are always people who take advantage of the emperor's orders to eat and take cards and other things.

The merchants from the Western Regions fell into bad luck, and the troublesome officials came to them one after another, either explicitly or implicitly, asking them for silver.

The merchants were helpless, some obediently paid the money, and some left angrily, but no matter which one it was, their hearts must be full of dissatisfaction.

When there is dissatisfaction, it is easy to rebel. And this is just how easy it is to be exploited.

When Pingxia Camp arrived on the left bank of the Red River, across the river from Thang Long City, it had been hungry for a whole day. Counting the bananas and the food provided by the fugitive villages passing by on the road, it was only enough for the Pingxia camp to hold out to the left bank of the Red River.

Steward Chu is fifty or sixty years old, but he shows an admirable spirit. Originally, everyone was going to give him the rations, but the old man was old, and he had helped so much along the way, so he had to give some preferential treatment.

But the old man insisted on eating as much as he wanted, just like the soldiers. Never take other people's rations to fill your own stomach.

But it's not a matter of being hungry like this, thinking about it, Steward Chu sent the Wen family who accompanied him all the way to the city to explore information. By the way, see if you can find some to do here before

A good friend of the business, let them help buy some grain and grass and transport it here.

This young man from the Wen family is a Jiaozhi person, but he is a fine Song family, when the Wen family came here to do business, when he saw the Song people, it was like seeing his own father, even closer than his own father.

The Wen family didn't think much about it at the time, they just thought they had found a translator for free. When he left, he said that he wanted to go with him, and the Wen family thought about it for a while, and said that they would have a lot of business dealings with Jiaozhi in the future, and it was not bad to have him. So I brought him back to Da Song, and I used him a few times in the past few years, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

The Jiaozhi people, who had changed their name to Wen Yunji, rented a boat, and after crossing the Red River, they entered Thang Long City. After not coming back for many years, he found that he didn't miss this place in the slightest, and that feeling of disgust still lingered in his heart.

The guards at the city gate were still so stupid, they stood in the shade with their guns in their arms, and they didn't look at the waist card, and when they met a fresh face, they directly stretched out their hands.

If you don't die, who will die? With a smile on his face, Wen Yunji put the silver in the guard's outstretched hand, but his stomach was laughing at these people There was not much time left.

After entering Thang Long City, Wen Yunji immediately noticed that something was wrong. There were too many soldiers patrolling the city, and in the past, it was common to see merchants from the Western Regions peddling their goods on the streets.

This is really strange, is it because I haven't been back for a few years?

I found a restaurant, ordered some side dishes casually, and chatted with the people at the next table, and then I knew the ins and outs.

Wen Yunji immediately thought that this was a good opportunity, in the past, the Wen family had a good relationship with a merchant from the Western Regions, and often exchanged gifts, and those people from the Western Regions had also come to the Wen family.

I don't know if they're still in Thang Long City, but if they are, it would be great.

Wen Yunji left in a hurry after settling the food money, all the way to an inn, and saw two people from the Western Regions drinking tea sitting in the lobby, and his heart was ecstatic.

immediately stepped forward and said a few words to them in Jiaozhi dialect, the two of them glanced at each other, and then took Wen Yunji upstairs......

Outside the city, Takaki was discussing with his subordinates how to attack the city. This time, Tang Ning sent two brained people, Chong Jianzhong and Fang La, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Tane Jianzhong's proposal was simple and crude, and he suggested using gunpowder to blow a gap under the base of the city wall and then kill it. This is the easiest and quickest way to frighten your enemies.

And Fang La suggested that he could send some people into the city, and take advantage of the dead of night to meet the inside and outside.

While everyone was discussing what to do, Wen Yunji returned from Thang Long City......

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