The afternoon sun in spring has a unique charm, warmer than winter, more comfortable than summer, a little less sluggish in autumn, and a little more soft hope. Li Congjing walked up to the city on the escort of his own soldiers, and the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army were cleaning up the battlefield at the head of the city.

Countless corpses and severed limbs, indelible blood and fire marks, make Huaizhou City look a little more tragic and heavy in this afternoon.

"The commander of the capital, the Huaizhou city lord Dong Huaide was captured, how to deal with it?" Zhang Xiaowu came over and asked.

In this battle, the Hundred Battles Army attacked the city quickly, thanks to Huaizhou's defenselessness, but the battle was not easy, and a large part of the reason was that Dong Huaide commanded and dispatched properly, which added a lot of damage to the Hundred Battles Army.

Li Congjing really wanted to meet the guard, but he didn't have time at this time, so he waved his hand, "Take it down and take care of it first, and then make a decision later." ”

Wei Dao followed behind Li Congjing, and then said loudly: "The general's strategy of attacking the east and the west has been successful, what should we do next?" ”

"That's going to be troublesome sir." Li Congjing stopped among the corpses and looked at the city, as a state city, Huaizhou is very large, its inner city square is planned, the eaves of buildings are lined up one after another, the streets extend in all directions, and there is no shortage of prosperous places, "Please Mr. temporarily take the position of the governor of Huaizhou, check the treasury property, count the households, register and make a register, renew the Dajin house deed and field deed, form a yamen security force, restore order, and stabilize the people's hearts; In addition, the wounded in this battle will be properly treated, and the corpses of the war dead will be collected and put into the ground, and the roster will be counted as soon as possible......"

When Wei Dao heard this, his face changed, and he was surprised: "My hundred battle army entered Huaizhou, just for a temporary measure, the important thing is to deal with Dong Zhang, and then relieve the siege of Zezhou and attack Li Jitao...... This Huaizhou, temporarily settled down, to reject Dong Zhang, why bother to count households, but also to renew the Dajin house deed and land deed? ”

Wei Dao's words were cautious, Li Congjing listened to it, but laughed.

In this quiet battlefield, the afternoon sun shone down from the city tower, Li Congjing smiled arrogantly, and his voice echoed in the city, loud and extremely heroic.

The soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army around were all attracted by Li Congjing's laughter.

Wei Dao didn't know why, he was stunned for a while, he had never seen Li Congjing so wanton, in his past interactions with Li Congjing, Li Congjing was young and old, behaved moderately, and was cautious in his words and deeds, how could he have been so unusual?

After laughing, Li Congjing looked at Wei Dao and said seriously: "Sir, you are wrong!" ”

"Am I wrong?" The second monk of Wei Daozhang was puzzled.

Li Congjing waved his hand and shook his cloak, pointed to Huaizhou City, and said loudly: "Sir, look at this Huaizhou City, majestic and majestic, prosperous and abnormal, the city is like a chessboard, and the square is like a chess piece, how majestic!" The Hundred Battles Army entered Huaizhou, just for a temporary measure? Big fallacy, sir! I, Li Congjing, stand at the head of Huaizhou City today, not just to be a hurried passerby, not just to copy Dong Zhang's back road, and not to be a robber! ”

"Li Jitao and Dong Zhang besieged Zezhou, and I attacked Huaizhou, not to attack the east and west, but to repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark! The Hundred Battles Army came to Huaizhou, not to be a guest, but to be a host. This Huaizhou City, from today on, is not surnamed Zhu, not surnamed Dong, but changed to Li! ”

Wei Dao was stunned.

Li Congjing looked directly at Wei Dao and said in an unprecedentedly serious tone: "Sir, where is Qimen?" It's just a county. The land is not more than 100 miles, the people are not more than 1,000 households, and it is located between the major male cities, and it is a small town, which is tantamount to a small *, surrounded by several big men, how to talk about the way of development? Mr. is a family of three masters, entrusts Qimen, and governs a county, don't you feel condescending? ”

"Where is Huaizhou? Zelu in the north, Weizhou in the east, once we take Mengzhou in the west, then north of the Yellow River, within thousands of miles, there is no Liang army to compete with us! The land under its jurisdiction is rich, the fields are vast, the trade roads extend in all directions, and the salt and iron are abundant; The momentum of Huaizhou can be far away, and the people of Huaizhou can become an army of 100,000! ”

"Hehe Huaizhou should be the place of foundation! Once the situation in the world changes, the decisive battle of Liang and Jin, then I will cross the Yellow River, and in the next few days, I can step on the pseudo-Liang capital Luoyang and Kaifeng, the general trend of the world, all into my hands, isn't it happy! ”

After speaking, Li Congjing asked Weidao, "Sir, how can I bear to abandon such a precious place?" ”

Wei Dao was stunned and speechless for a long time.

After a long sound, he sighed, and Wei Dao said sincerely: "The general lives in Qimen, dormant for half a year, and does not make a sound, but now it can really be said that it is not a sound, and it is a blockbuster." The general's ambition is known to the lower officials today! ”

Li Congjing smiled freely, put his hand on the city wall, and said, "Sir, you know, I asked Mr. to come out that day, not to make a fuss in Qimen. ”

Wei Dao smiled bitterly, pondered for a while, and said: "The subordinate has a question, and I ask the general to solve it." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"When the Hundred Battles Army attacked the city, the general intended to let the Huaizhou defenders report to Dong Zhang two days ago, but on the third day, why did he refuse to let people out?" Guardian arched his hand.

Li Congjing smiled slightly, "Dong Zhang knows that Huaizhou is besieged, so he will be eager to come back, if he knows that Huaizhou has been lost, I am worried that he will not come back." ”

"This ...... The general is worried that he will not return? Wei Dao was puzzled, "Dong Zhang doesn't return, wouldn't the general just be able to sit in Huaizhou?" ”

"Definitely!" Li Congjing said, "I took someone's city, but I left him alive, so I can't always guard against his revenge?" So, how can I sleep soundly in his house? Not only Dong Zhang, but also Li Jitao, only when these two people die, can I sit firmly in Huaizhou. ”

Wei Dao frowned and said slowly: "Dong Zhang's help, what will happen to Li Jitao?" ”

Li Congjing's eyes fell on the camp of the Hundred Battles Army outside the city, and said lightly: "What Li Jitao can choose is nothing more than three paths: still surround Zezhou, return to Luzhou, and send troops to Huaizhou." ”

Wei Dao nodded, pondering and saying: "It is unlikely that he will continue to stay in Zezhou, but it is possible to return to Luzhou, but that is also a self-imposed situation, but both of them are easy to deal with, but if he and Dong Zhang join forces to attack Huaizhou, wouldn't it be dangerous for us to wait?" ”

After Wei Dao finished speaking, he was shocked, but when he looked at Li Congjing again, he saw that the other party still had a flat face, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't feel danger at all.

After a while, two horsemen appeared outside the city, one first and one behind, galloping to the city.

Take the first ride and go up to the city to report, "Report!" General, Commander Tao ordered his subordinates to reply, everything is ready! ”

Li Congjing said a "good" word.

The second rode up to the city and said to Li Congjing: "Report, general, Dong Zhang and Li Jitao evacuated Zezhou, joined forces with 8,000 troops, and traveled day and night to Huaizhou!" ”

Li Congjing said the word "good" for the second time.

Wei Daozhen didn't know how he said the word "good".

Li Congjing looked at Wei Dao with a smile, "All the affairs in Huaizhou will be handled by Mr., and the envoy will go back when he goes!" ”

Seeing that Li Congjing was going out of the city, Wei Dao naturally knew that he was going to deal with Li Dong's coalition army, and said in surprise at the moment: "Isn't the general going to defend Huaizhou City and use the city as a screen to deal with Dong Zhang?" Why are you going out of town at this moment? ”

Li Congjing laughed and said: "That's just a strategy, it's the final bottom line, before that, the envoy has to go to the best policy!" ”

After that, Li Congjing walked down the city, gathered a hundred battles of army and horses, did not carry baggage, and quickly left the city with light equipment.

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Jersey.

On the eve of Foxiao, a Zezhou sergeant reported to Pei Yue that the Li Dong coalition army outside the city had all evacuated overnight, and now its camp was empty, and there was no one left!

"The thieves left behind corpses and seriously wounded and disappeared overnight!" When Mo Li received the news, he immediately ran out of the door and found Pei You, who was rushing to the city.

The two walked together, and when they got to the city, the sky was already bright, and the two of them were at the head of the city, and they saw the empty Li Dong coalition army camp outside the city at a glance.

Because of the fierce battle for days, Pei Yue, who had lost a lot of weight, was excited when he saw this scene, and muttered to himself: "Retreat, retreat, the thief army has really retreated, haha......"

After speaking, he laughed three times and said proudly: "Heaven will not destroy my Zezhou!" ”

Mo Li bowed to Pei Yue and said in a deep voice: "Since Li Dong's coalition army has retreated, it must be the commander to make the strategy effective, please help my general according to the agreement you and I have made before!" ”

Pei Yue glanced at Mo Li deeply, took his hand, and sighed sincerely: "It's really terrifying!" Since the situation is really developing like this, you and I have finally made preparations in vain, and at this time, there is absolutely no reason not to act according to the plan! ”

After saying that, Pei Yue turned around and shouted: "Pass my order, the horse army is assembled!" ”

Not long after, Zezhou, where the defenders had only two or three thousand people, actually pulled out eight hundred war horses, and Pei Yue selected elite soldiers and stepped on the war horses.

Standing in front of the military formation, Pei You's head was silent for a moment, and after a while, he raised his head and said to the generals in front of him: "When the old general Li Sizhao was there, we followed him to fight in the south and the north, and made countless military exploits. The veterans of the Zhaoyi Army all know that the old generals often distribute property, reward the sergeants, and are determined to destroy the enemy! ”

"However, the old master unfortunately died, and the coffin was not buried, Li Jitao betrayed him, and he was willing to surrender to the thief. Now Li Jitao and the Liang army attacked our Zezhou, and the fierce battle lasted for nearly a month. Now that the Hundred Battles Army has commanded General Li Congjing, attacked Huaizhou, and forced the thief army to retreat, at this time, how can we not join forces with Li Congjing's commander to destroy the thief army? ”

As he spoke, he stepped on his war horse, raised his hand and whipped it, and led the army of eight hundred horses out of the city.

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When the Hundred Battles Army swept through the towns of Luzhou, 400 war horses were captured, Huaizhou was conquered, and hundreds of war horses were captured.

After trekking all the way, when Li Congjing and the others arrived at the border of Huaizhou and Zezhou, it was dusk.

The hills are dense here, and after Li Congjing dismounted, Li Rong greeted him and took Li Congjing and others into the mountains and forests.

"These days, there are spies from the Liang Army passing by?" Li Congjing and Li Rong walked briskly, asking as they walked.

Li Rong said: "The general can rest assured, the military intelligence department and the gentleman are all sharp soldiers, and they have strictly controlled the passages, but there are cavalry spies, hunting and killing on the spot, destroying corpses and destroying traces, and will never let them leave with military intelligence." ”

Li Congjing nodded, and while he was talking, the two of them arrived at the place where the leaders gathered, where Tao Yaoyao, Meng Ping, and Wu Changjian were all there.

Several of them looked embarrassed, especially the sharp soldiers of the MIA, their clothes were in tatters, their hands and faces were scratched, and they looked like beggars - probably caused by walking through the jungle.

"Everything is ready?"

"The general can rest assured that everything has been arranged properly, and the military intelligence department and the gentleman have all been dispersed in place, and there will be no deviation in the slightest."

Tao Yaoyao stretched out his hand and stroked the sideburns in his ear, "The military intelligence department is doing things, and the general can rest assured." ”

Li Congjing plucked a residual leaf from Tao Yaoyao's messy hair nest and threw it away, but in exchange for Tao Yaoyao's glare, he didn't see it, and asked everyone: "How long will Li Dong's coalition army come here?" ”

Meng Ping smiled, "It's almost there." ”

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Thank you Dong Ding Yang and Yi Zi Long Yi for their support!