The weather was still gloomy and cold. However, it couldn't hide the joy on everyone's faces. Liu Min had a smile on his face, he couldn't close his mouth, and he rode on a horse and commanded the soldiers of Xiazhou to move forward slowly. Xia Hongsheng also rode on the horse, looking at Shuofang City from afar, and suddenly sighed infinitely. Two months have passed, but Xia Hongsheng feels as if a year has passed here. Since Li Shimin asked Xia Hongsheng to start handling Shuofang, he has been training special combat personnel, training spies, fighting public opinion warfare, and psychological warfare, and preparing for a whole year. He was given an edict by Li Shimin to Xiazhou, and he was on the front line, and he went deep into Shuofang, relying on his own understanding of this period of history to speculate and exploit loopholes, and the people in Shuofang City were centrifuged, and the soldiers no longer had the morale to fight, saying that Li Zhengbao and Liang Luoren had surrendered, and now, Shuofang finally took it down!

The former army has arrived at Shuofang City, Liu Min came to Xia Hongsheng's side with a horse, and said on horseback: "Since last year, according to the orders of the adults, the fields around Shuofang have been destroyed, their grain and grass have been cut off, and they have continuously sent soldiers to persuade them to surrender outside Shuofang City, send food to show the emperor's grace, and capture the displaced people and put them back to do the opposite. What a plan! Twelve years, Shuo Fang has been divided for twelve years, and now under the strategy of adults, he has finally returned! ”

"Where, if the two Lord Liu were in charge properly, there would be no current result. No matter how good a plan is, if no one carries it out, it is just a pipe dream. To recover Shuofang, Lord Liu should be the first to take the lead! Xia Hongsheng shook his head with a smile and said to Liu Min. is still the same sentence, credit cannot be monopolized, eating meat and soup, everyone has merit to earn, and it is the most taboo in officialdom to eat alone!

"How dare the lower officials, if it weren't for the adults' strategy. Where is Shuofang today. What's more, the adults who pacified Shuo Fang this time did not move a single soldier, which is amazing. The art of war is cloudy, and the soldiers who go to the army to fight and plot, and surrender without a fight. Now Xia Guan can be regarded as having seen it! Liu Min has been involved in officialdom for many years, and he doesn't know how to speak, so he arched his hand to Xia Hongsheng and said.

While speaking, the two of them had already arrived at the foot of Shuofang City, and the gate of Shuofang City was now open. The defenders of the city all came out of the city and waited under the city. The defenders on the city wall have been replaced by soldiers from Xiazhou, Li Zhengbao was standing outside the city on horseback, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng and a few people coming, he came with horses.

Everyone entered Shuofang City together, and the soldiers and horses of Xiazhou had completely taken over Shuofang City.

When they arrived in front of the General's Mansion, they saw Liang Luoren waiting there, and everyone dismounted and walked to Liang Luoren.

Liang Luoren took a step back. He bowed down and bent down, held the great prime minister's seal of Liang Shidu in his hand, and said: "Shuofang has been divided for a long time, and because Liang Shidu is stubborn and selfish, he ignores the people of Shuofang. Today, the court is furious with thunder and sends the world's soldiers. This battle together, the lives were devastated, and the minister Liang Luoren did not want the people of Shuofang to suffer from this war. Therefore, the following offenders, cut off the Liang division, and brought the people of Shuofang to surrender, so that the Son of Heaven could breathe the wrath of thunder. to save the people from suffering. Surrender today, may the saddle before and after the horse, for Your Majesty to serve the dog and horse! ”

As he spoke, Liang Luoren placed the Great Prime Minister's Seal on the ground, then suddenly drew his sword and slashed at the Great Prime Minister's Seal. The sound split the seal of the great prime minister.

Liang Luoren threw the sword aside, then took the official seal of Shuofang City from the hands of the soldiers next to him, then knelt on the ground, raised his hands above his head, and presented the official seal of Shuofang City to Xia Hongsheng.

"General Liang is a model for his deep understanding of righteousness, benevolence and love for the people. Originally, he would have been at the behest of His Majesty to recover Shuofang, but now General Liang has surrendered and Shuofang has been pacified, and General Liang is the first merit. The general has been reported to His Majesty quickly, and the reward will come soon, and I hope the general will make persistent efforts to serve His Majesty and benefit the people! Xia Hongsheng said loudly, and then solemnly took over the official seal of Shuofang City, turned around and handed it to Liu Min, and then helped Liang Luoren up.

Liang Luoren got up, then took a step to the side, and bowed: "Respectfully invite General Xia to enter the mansion!" ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, followed by Qi Yong and Brother Hao on both sides of him, and took the lead in entering the Great Prime Minister's Mansion of Liang Shidu, which is also Liang Luoren's General's Mansion, and is the representative of Shuofang's control.

The others also followed Xia Hongsheng and entered Shuofang City in turn.

On the top of the main hall, Xia Hongsheng stood in the first place, and the other generals and Shuo Fang's original officials stood on both sides, bowing in the direction of Chang'an first, and then sitting down in turn.

"Now that Shuofang has been pacified, General Liang and General Li and I will return to Chang'an to meet the saint in a few days. Liu Changshi, you have been in charge of Shuofang and Turkic affairs in Xiazhou for many years, and after we leave, Shuofang should be dealt with for the time being. Xia Hongsheng sat on the first seat and said below: "The first thing is to deploy all the armies, hold the Shuofang tightly, and strictly prevent the Turks from taking the opportunity to attack. ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Liu Min got up and bowed to receive the order. Originally, most of the land in Xiazhou was occupied by Liang Shidu, but now Shuofang has been pacified, Liang has fallen, Shuofang and other places have returned to Xiazhou. Liu Min has to do this, and he wants to come to Xiazhou to assassinate the history.

Xia Hongsheng nodded, and said: "Shuofang has been in turmoil for a long time, and many of the surrounding fields have been burned, and the people of Shuofang have no land to cultivate, and there is a shortage of food. The second thing is to move the grain of Xia Prefecture to fill Shuofang, reopen the fields as soon as possible, resume farming, and appease the people. After the general returns to the court, His Majesty has his own arrangements. This matter will be handled by Liu Sima for the time being. ”

Liu Lan also stood up and said, "Your Majesty obeys orders!" ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded and motioned for Liu Lan to sit down, then looked at Li Zhengbao and Liang Luoren, and said to the two of them: "Now that the matter is here, the two generals should also go back to Chang'an with the general and enter the Hajj to see him." Come to think of it, His Majesty has prepared the rewards of the two generals, and only waiting for the two generals to arrive in Chang'an. ”

"The last general should meet Your Majesty and thank the saint for his kindness!" Liang Luoren and Li Zhengbao kowtowed in the direction of Chang'an and said. Liang Luoren's reward has not yet come down, and Li Zhengbao has not yet met the emperor, so he is still a general, so he calls himself the last general.

Xia Hongsheng turned his head and glanced at the Shuofang officials who were originally canonized by Liang Shidu, and saw that most of them looked worried, so he said: "Others, now Shuofang is also the territory of the Tang Dynasty, to appease the people, and to rely on you a lot." Your Majesty has your own arrangements, so you don't need to worry. ”

Everyone bowed down together, Xia Hongsheng didn't say anything, Shuo Fang was decided, there are still many things, these people should let them seize the time to stabilize Shuo Fang, instead of singing praises here.

After Liu Min took everyone out to arrange their own affairs, only Xia Hongsheng, Li Zhengbao, and Liang Luoren were left in the hall, and Xia Hongsheng said to the two: "General Liang, General Li, now that this is a matter here, we should also set off as soon as possible, and the two generals will see when we leave?" ”

"Thanks to General Xia, now that all the family members are fine, there is not much to make other preparations. Now that we are waiting for the new arrival, we should meet Your Majesty as soon as possible. Li Zhengbao and Liang Luoren glanced at each other, and then Liang Luoren said: "The time is set by General Xia." ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "I still need a few days to prevent the Turks from taking the opportunity to invade the border, so let's set it to be seven days later, and after seven days, let's set off to return to Chang'an." ”

The two nodded, and then heard Li Zhengbao ask: "I don't know when the 100,000 troops of the imperial court will arrive, relying on the soldiers and horses of Xiazhou alone, I am afraid that the Turks will really take the opportunity to attack." If the imperial court soldiers and horses arrived, the Turks would not dare to commit it. ”

Hearing Li Zhengbao's words, Xia Hongsheng laughed, and said to the two: "I still hope that the two generals will forgive their sins, and the 100,000 army is just a strategy used together with His Majesty." His Majesty only issued an edict, but there was no mobilization of troops and horses. However, in the letter to His Majesty, I have already mentioned the matter of beware of the Turkic invaders, and I think that Your Majesty will deal with it. ”

"I see!" Li Zhengbao was taken aback, and then laughed: "General Xia is really bold, isn't he afraid that if the Turks really rush to help, he will lose Xiazhou instead?" Hahaha, awesome! Li admires! ”

"What?! Not at all! Liang Luoren's eyes widened in surprise, and his mouth opened several times, but he didn't speak. After a long time, he looked at Xia Hongsheng and sighed faintly, and shook his head: "General Xia is really a good plan!" ”

Liang Luoren's tone was sour, and he could hear that his subtext was that General Xia was really an old yin!

Xia Hongsheng smiled: "Haha, the soldiers are treacherous, I really don't want the people of Shuofang to experience war again, the general doesn't know, my father and brother were all conscripted and died in the war, and my mother died early because of this, only a sister-in-law will be raised in Xia, and the bitterness is not enough for outsiders." Therefore, I know that once the war resumes, the most unfortunate thing is the people. There is a saying, I don't know if the two generals have heard of it, it is called 'rather to be a peaceful dog than to be a troubled world'! If it weren't for the military order in front of His Majesty, he would not have moved the sword soldiers to recover Shuofang, otherwise, I am afraid that His Majesty would have already pressed the territory with a large army and leveled Shuofang. Fortunately, the two generals understand the righteousness and sympathize with the people, which has such a good ending today, and the people of Shuofang should be grateful for the kindness of the two generals, and thank the two generals for the soldiers who were spared from death in battle! ”

As he spoke, Xia Hongsheng bowed his hand and made a gesture.

At this point, although Liang Luoren was aggrieved, he didn't dare to show it anymore, so he hurriedly helped Xia Hongsheng and said: "General Xia's compassion for the people is admirable, and now the people of Shuofang are free from war, which is indeed the best result." ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled. (To be continued.) )