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At that time, it was not only Luoyang City that was built magnificently, but also most of the ordinary houses with high eaves and wide corridors - there can be no gold and silver jewelry in the home, but the space must not be cramped. As the residence of the prince of the imperial dynasty, the East Palace is naturally more magnificent, the length of the hall for the banquet tonight is dozens of steps wide, enough to put down the table more than 100, at this time the hall is full of guests and friends, smiling and smiling, such as the candle flame of the day, the attendants shuttle back and forth non-stop, twenty or thirty singers and dancers, twenty or thirty musicians, and it seems that there is a lot of space in the hall.

More than 10 envoys from Khitan and Bohai have status, all of them are here, at this time, while enjoying the light dance of Yale, while tasting rare delicacies, most of them are full of intoxication, there are those who know the rhythm, shaking their heads and shaking their heads with beats, so comfortable.

Du Qianshu, Sang Weihan and others, who were brought back to Luoyang by Li Congjing from Jianghuai and listened to by him, were also in the hall at this time, and the Khitan and Bohai envoys knew that this was a close person to the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and it was difficult for them to cling to the prince, so they all competed to talk with Du Qianshu and Sang Weihan, and made friends with each other.

The atmosphere in the hall is very peaceful and cheerful, half a minute does not look dull, from time to time someone leaves the desk to drink with others, Tang is strong and vigorous, most of them do not have a sour and rotten atmosphere, and the banquet will not be restrained, Du Qianshu, Sang Weihan and others talk very happily with the people around them.

Li Congjing sat on the main seat, and was toasted by the envoys of the two countries from time to time, and the toasts were inseparable from the words of praise, which made Li Congjing quite useful. As soon as he talked to someone more, that person would be overjoyed, and when he returned to his seat, he would inevitably be surrounded by his colleagues to inquire about it, and they were all envious.

Sang Weihan took the wine bottle and walked into the hall, and began to write poems, but saw that he drank three times, behaved chicly, sonorous tone, and swayed a hundred words in an instant, and the content of the poems was all related to the border pass and ambition, and he had the style of a scribe, and he did not lose his heroic spirit, which immediately attracted the admiration of the envoys of the Khitan and Bohai countries, and showed admiration.

"I think my Bohai Sea is also a prosperous country in the east of the sea, known as rich in products and prosperous literary style, but compared with Datang, it is really too far behind." The envoys of the Bohai Kingdom were headed by Li Siping, and after Sang Weihan wrote the poem, he secretly thought to himself in his heart, and looked at the singers in the hall, but saw that although they were born beautiful and graceful, their dancing posture was not weak, but there was an indescribable heroic spirit, and the thoughts in his heart were deeper, "Such an empire, such a people, how can it not be strong?" ”

Li Siping looked at those Khitan envoys again, but when he saw that the other party was both apprehensive and enjoyable, he couldn't help but snort contemptuously - these rough people on the grassland had already been suppressed by the prosperous style of Luoyang, the grandeur of the palace, and the demeanor of the hundred officials in the court.

In the second half of the night banquet, Meng Songbai suddenly walked inside, came to Li Congjing's table, and handed over a booklet, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Jianghuai War Report!" ”

Meng Songbai's voice was not loud, but it was full of energy, so there were many people who heard it, and the envoys from the Khitan and Bohai countries, who were closer to Li Congjing, stopped talking, put down the wine bottle in their hands, and turned sideways to look at them with concern and curiosity.

In this way, from front to back, from the middle to both sides, all the dignitaries in the audience stopped talking and appreciating the song and dance, and all looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was sitting in the first place. So the hall was silent, and finally when the singers and dancers heard that the military report had arrived, they all stopped playing music and dancing, and stood with their hands tied, waiting for the war report.

Li Congjing's mind was not on the changes in the hall, he quickly skimmed through the battle report, and gradually showed a little smile on his face, and finally put down the battle report and stood up, everyone in the hall clearly felt that the man standing with his hands in his hands had a thousand pride.

Li Congjing looked around at the people in the hall, even when his eyes swept over the Khitan and Bohai envoys, it was no different from looking at his own courtiers, in everyone's expectation, he slowly spoke, and his tone was indescribably heroic, "Military report, three days ago, Fang Zhiwen and Zhu Changzhi led Wang Shi to fight with the thieves in Chuzhou, and I used half of the thieves' troops, and in less than half a day, I beheaded more than 2,000 enemies, and the thieves retreated!" ”

When the officials of the East Palace heard this, they were all in high spirits, and Sang Weihan and Du Qianshu took the lead in applauding loudly, "Cai! ”

The Khitan and Bohai officials looked at each other, got up and saluted Li Congjing, and said: "Congratulations to the Tang Dynasty!" Congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor! Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ”

Li Congjing waved his hand indifferently, "The palace hasn't finished talking yet." ”

The hall returned to silence, and a hundred and ten pairs of eyes were projected, waiting for the prince to continue.

Li Congjing smiled slightly, "A few days ago, Xixi Ye, Jiang Wenwei, Zhang Yi, and Zhu Yuan led 5,000 soldiers to pull out Dongguan and Kehan Mountain in one day, and went deep into the heart of the thief, and then rushed back and forth in the enemy's 100,000 army, and in a few days in Quanjiao, Hanshan, Hezhou, and Wujiang, they fought for hundreds of miles, and burned dozens of thieves and Wujiang granaries a few days ago, and beheaded more than 1,000 enemies!" ”

"After burning the enemy's granary in Wujiang, Xixi Ye and others went north to ambush in Jilong Mountain, attacked Quanjiao County to rescue the enemy in Wujiang, and beheaded hundreds again and again in one day, causing the enemy to scatter and flee! The thief army attacking Chuzhou was horrified when they heard the news, and led the troops out of the city for Fang Zhiwen to counterattack, and beheaded more than 1,000 people in ten days, and the thieves no longer had the tendency to counterattack Jianghuai! ”

In response to the military report, except for the last sentence "there is no longer the momentum of counterattacking Jianghuai" as a void, the rest are all facts, everyone in the hall heard it, stunned, the officials of the East Palace are all fascinated, and they all bow to Li Congjing, and the cheers linger, "Cai!" ”

Bohai officials also seemed to be infected, have joined the kneeling and cheering procession, although the Khitan envoys are full of fear, some reluctant, but also can not stay out of the world, those singers and dancers, also inspired by the good news, out of thin air a little more heroic, bow down together, congratulations loudly.

In the face of everyone's kneeling, Li Congjing waved his hand, "The king is a great victory, the country is fortunate, and you are all meritorious!" On this good time, how can this palace not reward you? Come on, salute! ”

After speaking, let everyone get up, and seeing that everyone was happy, Li Congjing smiled even more.

Suddenly, one hundred and ten attendants entered the room with trays in their hands, all covered with red silk, and came to the guests one by one—of course, including the Khitan and Bohai envoys.

The Bohai envoys were okay, but most of the Khitan envoys had different complexions - Li Congjing even rewarded them, didn't he also see them as courtiers who contributed to the Tang Dynasty? It's ironic enough, and it's shocking enough.

In the different eyes of everyone, Li Congjing walked into the hall, a touch of playfulness flashed in his eyes, and he uncovered the red silk on the tray in front of Li Siping.

Everyone hurriedly gathered to take a look, and when they saw what was in the inventory, they all gasped.

The things on the plate, one bead and one knife.

The pearls are crystal clear and radiant. The horizontal knife is simple and unpretentious, and the edge is restrained.

Li Congjing pointed to the tray and looked at everyone, his eyes swept over the envoys of the Khitan and Bohai countries intentionally or unintentionally, "The pearl is the tears of the merman, produced in the South China Sea, and the treasure of the world; The knife is the latest horizontal knife of Datang. ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials of the East Palace were all solemn, the Khitan and Bohai envoys, those who had no knowledge, were overjoyed, and those who were knowledgeable were all discolored.

Li Congjing took everyone's looks in his eyes, and his bearing became more and more unfathomable, "Today, the smoke in the world has not stopped, this is the misfortune of the family and the country, but my Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers work together, and in the near future, they will clear the universe and make the world return to peace." You are either the heroes of my Datang Society, or the state of my Datang vassals, you should be of one heart and one mind with my dynasty, so that the world is rich and noble, and you are willing to share it with all the princes...... Otherwise, huh! ”

Li Congjing returned to the main seat and waved his hand, "Present to the princes." ”

The officials of the East Palace, after receiving the reward, all held their heads high, and the Khitan and Bohai officials, no matter how dull they were, also understood what Li Congjing meant.

"Thank you for the reward!" No matter what is going on in everyone's hearts, they all bow down and thank you at this time.

The moment he bent down, Li Siping's heart swelled with a feeling of happiness, thinking that it was fortunate that my Bohai Kingdom had no second thoughts-they were originally here to inquire about the conquest of the Tang Dynasty, but they never expected that when they arrived at Li Congjing's place, he seized the opportunity to show off his national strength and show off his might-when he looked at the Khitan envoy again, he showed a playful smile.

The pearl in the left hand is for wealth; The horizontal knife in the right hand is for the soldiers.

Datang has no shortage of wealth, and there is no shortage of fine armor!

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In Quanjiao County, the city gate is closed, the people on the head of the city are full of figures, and the soldiers of the Wu army who are running back and forth look hurried, and they keep driving the young and strong people to carry the utensils guarding the city, but there are unpleasant places, and they often scold loudly and add fists and feet, so as to cover up the panic in their hearts.

Outside the city, 5,000 Tang troops were in formation, clearing the wooden stakes outside the city, filling the pits and ditches outside the city, and dealing with preparations for the siege. Xiye took Jiang Wenwei, Zhang Yi, Zhu Yuan and others to observe the city defense in front of the city.

After the Wu army of Quanjiao County, which went south to support Wujiang in Jilong Mountain, succeeded, the Tang army did not hesitate at all, and rushed north to attack Quanjiao County, and killed Quanjiao County for the second time in ten days. Unlike the first return, this time there were less than 2,000 guards in Quanjiao County, so the other party did not have the courage and plan to go out of the city to face the battle.

Jiang Wenwei looked at the head of the city and said: "Capture Quanjiao County, we will be able to appear at the vest of the enemy army in Chuzhou, and then we will be flanked by our comrades in Chuzhou, and we will not worry about defeating the thief army!" ”

Zhang Yi chuckled: "In the past few days, we have been running back and forth between the two states and four counties, and we have stirred up the rear of the enemy thieves, and to this day, the enemy thieves have even lost the granary, not to mention that the grain and grass carried by the Chuzhou enemy thieves can support a few days, just the panic of the fire in the backyard is enough for them to bear." ”

Zhu Yuan is not as optimistic as the two of them, "Since entering Hezhou, we have been tossing and turning for days, although they have all taken the initiative to attack, and the soldiers are also mentally prepared, but now they are also a little tired, which cannot be ignored." ”

As the three of them spoke, Xixi Ye received a report from the scout, and immediately said to the three of them: "I'm afraid our army is going to withdraw." ”

Jiang Wenwei and the others all looked at Xiye, and the strange thing was that none of the three of them were surprised and resisted, Jiang Wenwei asked with a smile: "But the thief army reinforcements have landed?" ”

"Yes, all the reinforcements of the thief army have landed on the shore, and there are 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they have rushed to Quanjiao County." Western Ye Dao.

"That being the case, I'll spare the whole pepper this time." Zhang Yisi's tone was relaxed and did not feel discouraged.

"Herald: Withdraw!"

On that day, the army withdrew from the west of Quanjiao County, this time did not go south to take the road of Hanshan and Dongguan, and went directly to Luzhou to return to the army.

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Yangzhou, Tangying.

Wang Pu held the army in his hand and said: "The 30,000 soldiers who have not shown their whereabouts in Huainan have been forced to fight in Hezhou for days and days and the granary was burned, and they landed in Hezhou!" ”

"The Western Ye Department, in the middle of the day, ran between the two states and four counties, attacked the city of Hezhou, burned the granary of the Wujiang River, defeated the two armies, beheaded thousands, no one could stop them, and the rear of the Huainan Army was completely out of control and became a pot of porridge. At this time, if the 30,000 Huainan soldiers did not land in Hezhou to support the local stability situation, would the Huainan soldiers in Chuzhou not all be explained? Mo Li shook the folding fan lightly, and his smile was quite bright.

Wang Pu looked at the military newspaper in his hand and sighed again and again: "Originally, Huainan did his best to send 100,000 troops to the north, how great the momentum is, although we have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but limited by the two cities of Shouchun and Yangzhou, can not join forces to meet the attack, the soldiers and horses can only divide troops to guard the important place, passive defense, seeing that the whereabouts of the Huainan soldiers are uncertain, the direction of the main attack is unknown, Xu Zhihe's intentions are not obvious, we can be said to be unable to deal with it, we have fallen into a critical situation, there is a risk of failure, so even if it is, Qian Yuanqian restrained 20,000 Huainan soldiers, There are also 80,000 Huainan soldiers to cross the river, the situation has not fundamentally improved, the day before yesterday, Wang Hui and Wang Yanyu led the troops to attack Chuzhou in a big way, Shouchun and Yangzhou will be divided into two places, isolated from each other, the situation is even more sinister! ”

Mo Li said with a smile: "The prince once said: There is no way out of doubt in the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village. In this war, first the imperial court sent reinforcements to rush to Chuzhou, which initially stabilized the situation, and then the West Ye led the troops to attack Hezhou, and the talents of the three sons of Hejiang Wenwei, Zhang Yi and Zhu Yuan used the unpredictable strategy of using troops to revitalize the overall situation, and now the last troops of Huainan were forced to land in Hezhou, and the situation has been completely clear. ”

Wang Pu had to admire the Western Ye, "The Western Ye led 5,000 troops deep behind the enemy, and rushed to fight hundreds of miles in ten days, winning successive battles, this battle will inevitably leave a name in history, and become a classic battle example that countless people are vying to study - the top three in the second year of Changxing, and by this battle, it has become famous!" ”

Mo Li nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Wang Pu stood up and saluted: "The battle situation is already clear, please give the order to the military advisor!" ”

Mo Li put away the folding fan with a snap, and his expression turned solemn.

From time to time, military orders rushed out of the big tent and spread everywhere.

"Order: The Hundred Battles Army commanded Meng Ping, led 20,000 troops, marched west from Yangzhou, and attacked Hezhou!"

"Order: Li Yanchao, the deputy commander of the Ma Bujun of the guard's pro-army, and Ding Mao, Shi Congda and other generals, led 10,000 troops, marched west from Baisha and Liuhe, and attacked the enemy in Chuzhou!"

"Order: Li Yanqing, the commander of the Yulin Army, led the troops and horses of the headquarters and the Ye Department in the west, a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, to advance eastward from Luzhou and attack Quanjiao County!"

"Order: Chuzhou guard general Fang Zhiwen, command the headquarters and the Chuzhou defenders, a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses, looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the thief army outside Chuzhou City!"

"The above troops and horses, contact each other, encircle the enemy of Chuzhou and Hezhou, and be sure to annihilate the thief army in Jiangbei!"

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Luoyang, East Palace, Inner Study.

The night breeze passed through the window and blew the rice paper on the bookcase.

Li Congjing dropped the jade pen, leaving two lines of vigorous and powerful words on the rice paper.

The world has not been peaceful, and the enemy chieftains are looking for the marquis!

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Luoyang, Jianghuai, thousands of miles away, people are different, in one day, the things they plan are also different.

Things are different, but they are the same.

The king will subdue the kingdoms at home, and will fight abroad without submission.

- This country is so strong!