Chapter One Thousand and Thirty-One

"General, over there in Yunzhou, there's no problem, right?" After nodding appreciatively, Zhang Hengshen, the left general of the left leading army, asked Li Youwen.

After all, there are 80,000 Qihu soldiers and horses squatting under the city of Yunzhou, and it is personally led by Mo Li Keju's Qihu Keju, with such a force, it is almost twice the number of soldiers and horses in the city.

The important thing is that the elite troops in Yunzhou City are the 10,000 Zuo Yulin guards under General Chen Lang, as well as the 5,000 reinforcements sent by Shuozhou.

As for the state soldiers and county soldiers in the city, although there are more than 10,000 people, to be honest, Zhang Heng is not optimistic about the incomparable strength of those state soldiers and county soldiers.

Hearing this, Li Youwen couldn't help but think of what she saw when she rushed to Yunzhou City to inspect that day, her face suddenly darkened, and then she shook her head and said categorically. "You don't have to worry too much, Yunzhou City is guarded by Duan Bei, it will be safe and sound, as long as we can take the Eastern Route Army of Boertie as quickly as possible, and then return to the division and go straight to the back of the Qihu Middle Route Army, this battle can not only win a big victory, but also make the loss of troops and the strength of the Qihu within ten years, dare not speak lightly to the south."

Hearing Li Youwen's words, it made many people feel at ease, but after all, there are still people who have a lot of doubts in their hearts, after all, there are really fewer soldiers and horses guarding Yunzhou City, if those Qihu people storm the city, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to last so long.

Compared with the hesitation of those reinforcement generals, on the contrary, the generals of Zuo Yulin Wei, who have been following Li Youwen to fight in the east and west, are very calm, because they are full of trust in Li Youwen, the general, well, a typical brainless fan.

"Since the general said so, then presumably Yun Ruzhou will be safe and sound, you don't have to worry, anyway, if you are worried, we will not be able to fly back to Yunzhou, or go to rest honestly, and we will have to get up early tomorrow to hurry." In the end, Hu Da stood up and patted his chest to assure everyone, and directly began to pick up people for Li Youwen.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, can Duan Beijia really stabilize Yunzhou City?" After the generals left, Xiuniang took off the heavy armor on Li Youwen's body, brought hot water, and asked while waiting for Li Youwen to wash.

"Don't worry, they will definitely be able to defend Yunzhou City, I am very confident that Duan Beijia has such strength and ability." Li Youwen was obviously not angry.

The embroidery lady looked at Li Youwen's appearance and couldn't help but say curiously. "Your Highness, you don't seem to be very happy, could it be that Duan Beijia has made you angry again?"

"Hmph, Ben Shuai is very good, what is there to be angry about, you don't have to worry about that guy, you still have the time to hang banners on the city wall to laugh at those guys who are Qihu barbarians, do you think he has that idle work, can't he still guard Yunzhou City?" Li Youwen looked angry, and she was speechless when she saw the embroidery girl.

But he didn't dare to ask anything more, so he quickly took out the water after Li Youwen washed. And Li Youwen leaned on the warm couch, thinking of the scene when she first saw those banners, Li Youwen couldn't help but write out. "Bad guy, you're going to have to you......"

After standing outside the inner tent and hearing Li Youwen's laughter and the inaudible words, Xiuniang was really speechless, well, she was speechless and asked Cangtian with water out of the tent, it seemed that she really couldn't understand the inner world of Her Royal Highness the princess.

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Duan Guixiong sat in the yamen, stroking the snow-white long beard, his eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the battle report in his hand, during this period of time, the army of all roads has also had contact with Cao Hu'er's soldiers and horses, regardless of victory or defeat, and has always maintained the encirclement, and finally did not let Cao Hu'er find a gap to break into the Central Plains.

And the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, at most, can only hold their own defense lines, unwilling to fight against Cao Hu'er, no way, who let the other party hold the hostages in their hands, when they think that the old emperor is still in Cao Hu'er's hands, this alone is enough to make all the Tang Dynasty soldiers throw rats.

Duan Guixiong also knew that those generals were careful thinking, and no one was willing to take that responsibility, and even some generals had a sense of happiness to see it come true, and were willing to let this situation continue for a long time.

If it is said that the Sixteen Guards of the Forbidden Army of the Beijing Division can still be controlled, now, Duan Guixiong is the most worried about the border troops in various towns, and those border troops now have generals who have begun to recruit troops in private, with bad intentions, although everything is not blatant, but everyone understands that as long as the court can't support it a little, those guys will jump out and become accomplices in accelerating the collapse of the Tang Empire.

Although the generals of the Sixteen Guards of the Forbidden Army have begun to think carefully, the soldiers of the Sixteen Guards of the Forbidden Army are still very loyal to the Tang Empire, so even if those generals have ideas, it is difficult to reverse the minds of the soldiers and horses under their command for a while.

The important thing is that Duan Guixiong has always held on to the baggage, transporting it every ten days, and it is strictly forbidden to eat locally in the sixteen guards of the forbidden army who go out on the expedition. It is hoped that this method will be used to block the dissent of the generals who are now out of the army.

The more he thought about the problem, the more Duan Guixiong hated his son-in-law, His Royal Highness King Jin, you are obviously a prince, and your old father-in-law and I are ordered by the emperor to control hundreds of thousands of heroes in the imperial capital. As long as you want, then the Tang Empire can be said to be easily in your pocket.

As a result, who would have expected that not only did this thing not have the slightest interest in the throne, but even vigorously encouraged his eldest niece to become Her Majesty. In this regard, Duan Guixiong felt deeply painful, and finding such an unenterprising son-in-law was really emotional.

But now, it is no longer the time to consider this son-in-law who makes him feel a deep pain, because Duan Guixiong has received information that Li Yongda, the envoy of Lanzhou Jiedu in Lanzhou, has killed Shi Maxiang, the assassin of Lingzhou, and a group of officials and generals loyal to the Tang Dynasty a few days ago, and established himself as the king of Lanzhou.

Then opened a warehouse to recruit soldiers and horses, and sent soldiers and horses to control the three counties and eleven counties of Lanzhou, and was attacking eastward, intending to seize Longxi County, at this moment Longxi was in a hurry, but the problem was that Duan Guixiong did not dare to send troops even if he wanted to, after all, the number of soldiers and horses in the imperial capital had dropped to a dangerous number.

The Tang Empire is the foundation of the country, and there can be no mistakes. However, Duan Guixiong still sent someone to summon several court dignitaries to come over to discuss how to deal with this matter.

After a short period of effort, the generals who received the news and the heads and officials of the three provinces and six ministries all rushed over, and after hearing the news that Li Yongda had already started a rebellion in Lanzhou Jiedu, they couldn't help but look at each other.

The expression was gloomy, this news, for the Tang Empire, is definitely a heavy blow, first Zhao Linfu plotted to kill the Son of Heaven, and then Cao Hu'er waved his army to rebel, and now, Lanzhou Jiedu made Li Yongda simply set himself up as king.

Nima, is it time for someone to want to establish themselves as emperors next? All the officials present had very ugly faces and were in a very unbeautiful mood, because they were all vested interests in the Tang Empire, especially those civilian officials.

They are even more aware that the fate of civil officials is definitely very good in times of peace and prosperity. However, once it comes to troubled times, the fate of himself and others is simply not as good as that of dogs.

"Old General Duan, we must send troops to exterminate it as soon as possible, otherwise, if we let it develop and grow, the consequences will be really unpredictable......" A civilian official jumped up first and said to Old General Duan.

"Yes, yes, now that Li thief is actually king, such behavior, if you don't make a break early, you will bring disaster......

Listening to the words of these officials, Duan Guixiong frowned and took a deep breath helplessly. "Can you stop for a while, isn't it just to discuss this matter when the old man comes to you?"

"You don't know that we have sent a large number of soldiers and horses to besiege Cao Hu'er's rebels before, and after that, we have sent elites to Yunzhou and Jiangnan, and now, there are not many soldiers and horses left in the imperial capital, if it is redeployed, if there is something in the imperial capital, then what should we do?" General Duan's words directly made the officials who were in charge of the battle speechless.

"But if we ignore Longxi, wouldn't it be too much to say, if Li Thief captures Longxi and takes Pingliang, then it will cut off most of the connection between our Datang and Longyou, and when the time comes, whether he goes east or west, the land of Longyou will no longer be owned by my Datang." Zhao Zhongxian, the secretary of the military department, said with a worried look.

A gray-haired old minister said. "This is also, the land of Longyou, we must not lose it, at least not after we wait, otherwise, we will be the sinners of the Tang Dynasty."