Chapter 1159. The beginning of events
The imperial physician of the army is Sun Simiao's apprentice, and his diagnosis is really accurate, it was just the early hours of the morning, Li Jie had already woken up, and he was still conscious and leaned on the pillow to drink porridge by himself. @樂@文@小@说|【鳳\/凰\/Please search for updates】
"Your Majesty!"
It was really a sigh of relief, Wang Fangyi knelt down on the ground one after another, and Anna simply threw herself into Li Jie's arms, her head bowed to his chest, although she kept scolding something in her native language, but the sobbing tremor was still clear at a glance.
"Alright, it's okay." Gently stroking her soft curly hair, Li Jie persuaded a little weakly, and then turned around and nodded to Li Ji, who was slightly behind, he understood that the one who could suppress this huge army was the veteran of the battlefield who came later.
There is also a future and expectations hanging on Li Jie, and now many children of the Fox Xu family have also become high-ranking officials in Damin, not to mention that this country has finally come to this point, Li Ji also does not want Li Jie to have an accident, seeing that the King of Min is safe and sound, this veteran of the battlefield is also completely relieved, but he arched his hand to the colleagues who followed him to visit the safety of the King of Min.
"Your Majesty is not feeling well, I and other ministers should share our worries with the Lord, don't disturb Your Majesty's rest, let's go out."
Wang Fangyi, who finally put his mind at ease, also kowtowed and retreated, wanting to withdraw from the imperial tent, but who knew that Li Jie suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped everyone.
"Wait!"
The outstretched hand trembled slightly, and Li Jie's eyes were fixed on Su Dingfang for a moment, and he asked in a calm voice, but the tone was a little out of tune.
"General Qin Huaiyang, how did you die?"
Qin Huaiyang is not an ordinary general to Li Jie, and even different from other concubines and kings, Qin Huaiyang is more like a work of Li Jie, it is the determination to fulfill his love and change history, Li Jie took the first step to the center of this power storm.
At first, there were few elders who followed Li Jie from Chang'an, but Qin Huaiyang died suddenly, and he died in the rear where he thought it was safer, and it was no wonder that Li Jie couldn't bear this complicated brotherly relationship for a while.
I also have to admire the secrecy rules of the forbidden army, so far Li Ji and Wang Fangyi didn't know it, and they all looked at Su Dingfang in shock when they heard the words.
This incident was the fuse that caused Li Jie to faint yesterday, and Su Dingfang also hesitated for a while.
"Say!"
In his eagerness, Li Jie slapped the bed again, and everyone in the tent trembled with this sound, and finally, Li Ji nodded helplessly, and Su Dingfang finally made up his mind.
"Last night, the minister had already asked the envoy of Antioch, and the accident occurred on the ninth ......day of the ninth month of the third year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty."
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There is a joke in the slang of the southeast coast that the salted fish turned over, but this time, Constantine IV really turned over the salted fish.
In a desperate situation, it is always the most test of people's loyalty, and it is easy to be loyal to the blood for a while, but it is difficult to be loyal to the blood of a lifetime, so whenever the monarch is faced with a desperate situation, there are often a group of hot-blooded soldiers who dare to fight to the death, too many, not rare, so people can't remember a few.
But after the general trend has passed, those who can maintain loyalty until the first life are like very rare, such as Boyi Shuqi who swore not to eat Zhou Su, who swallowed charcoal and hiberned for three years and was only willing to avenge the old lord Zhibo, even if the assassination failed, he would hit Zhao Xiangzi's clothes three times, and finally committed suicide by slashing his neck, even if thousands of years later, some people remember them.
Unfortunately, this kind of person, the Eastern Roman Empire is not, August was besieged, almost a few days after Constantine's veteran generals surrendered in the name of Anna on their own initiative, to Li Jie before the expedition, Constantine left a few thousand people, including the Slavs who were afraid of being persecuted by the Fujian army, the real Romans were also Roman Holy Cavalry hundreds of knights still difficult to guard their knighthood.
At the beginning of September, there were only about 20 people left around Constantine, and every day Slavic warriors and paladon knights who were depressed or unable to suppress their mental breakdowns went out to surrender.
At this time, Qin Huaiyang was also completely relieved and relaxed.
Qin Huaiyang ordered the captured Bulgars, the Slavs, to fill in the trench, and symbolically dug another trench about a hundred meters away from Constantine's lonely tent to besiege it, and the rest of the place was planted with winter wheat.
At the beginning of September, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, who had completed the Kufa defense line, began to march towards Antioch, but Li Xueyan, the lord of Rencheng County, who missed her husband, and Li Ling, the princess of Gaoyang, came to Antioch in advance.
On the ninth day of the first month, it was a rare sunny day, Qin Huaiyang didn't have much business, so he simply accompanied his wife and Princess Gaoyang to wander on the street, and in two months, because of political communication, the trade route from West Asia to Constantinople was opened again, and like Aleppo, many speculative businessmen saw this business opportunity and rushed over.
Antioch is not far from the Mediterranean, the last time Anna crossed the sea to attack Antioch, the beach has now become a port, not built by the Fujian State, it has begun to be used as a port in the Hou Jie era, but it is more lively at this time.
Merchant ships come and go, huge fortune ships rise and fall in the sea, and in the strange shouts of bearded Persian merchants, small boats shuttle back and forth, sending sugar from Southeast Asia, black tea from the Himalayan cold regions, silk, cigarettes, etc.
These are all sought-after goods, transported to Constantinople, and brought back real money.
The Tang Dynasty can be regarded as one of the most romantic eras in China, but it is rare to show affection to Qin Huaiyang and his wife.
Facing the cool sea breeze, flocks of seagulls flying overhead, surrounded by the salty but with a special charming smell of the sea, Li Xueyan, who was wrapped in a Greek long dress, intoxicated with her white arms wide open, closed her eyes and embraced the sea.
Qin Huaiyang, who was wearing a Confucian robe, was holding her waist, and his chin with a Sven beard was attached to her shoulder, and the two were face to face, sharing each other's heartbeats.
Typical Titanic.
This scene can provoke the lonely Princess Gaoyang to scream with jealousy.
"I said Sister Snow Goose! Didn't you say that the two of us had a romantic beach trip! It's not my sister who came to see the two of you show affection! ”
The pretty face was slightly red, and Li Xueyan turned her head at this time, looking at Gao Yang's little face that was fluttering in a standard Chang'an lady's long dress blown by the sea breeze, but she smiled playfully.
"Sister Gao Yang, it's not that my sister is unrighteous, if it weren't for my sister who was busy loading and unloading the ship a few days ago, our sisters would have taken the ship to the Aegean Sea a long time ago."
Gao Yang didn't know if it was the reincarnation of the Western dragon who loved treasures, and he and Li Xueyan set off from the Beijing Division, and either transferred to that shop together, or they were greedy to negotiate with that chieftain, and Li Xueyan who talked along the way was a little broken.
Seeing Li Xueyan's helpless look, Qin Huaiyang on the side also laughed abusively, and Gao Yang's slightly baby fat face pouted angrily.
Coincidentally, at this moment, several cavalrymen suddenly anxiously galloped out of Antioch City, heading straight for Qin Huaiyang on the seaside, and immediately turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground.
"General, the Roman Emperor has sent someone to deliver a message, he is going to surrender to my Damin!"
These words were a bit sudden, and the three people who were enjoying the sun and beach by the sea couldn't help but be stunned, and then Qin Huaiyang shook his head angrily and complained.
"If you don't fall sooner, you won't fall later, and you won't fall at this time!"
Gao Yang on the side was heartless and simply laughed, holding his stomach happily and saying with a smile: "Hahaha, what my brother said is really right, show affection, divide quickly!"
Glancing at her sister, who was a single dog for the time being, Li Xueyan dignified Qin Huaiyang's clothes, and said softly: "Lang Jun, go!" Business matters, I'll go shopping with Sister Gao Yang for a while, and then go back to the city, don't worry! ”
"Well, another day, my husband will definitely spare a whole day to accompany you!"
Under Gao Yang's envious, jealous and hateful gaze, Qin Huaiyang actually kissed Li Xueyan on the forehead romantically, then turned over and got on his horse in a dashing manner, and hurried back to the city with a few cavalrymen.
With a red face, Li Xueyan watched her Lang Jun go away sweetly, and Gao Yang on the side pursed her mouth angrily.
"Okay, Sister Gaoyang, it's a big deal that we won't go to the Aegean Sea, and we will go to Damascus, and then you and your brother will also show your affection to your sister?"
"And, his wood will have this romance? With this kung fu, the palace might as well talk about a few more orders! ”
As soon as the words fell, Gao Yang suddenly found that the new continent was like a small face and exclaimed: "Wow, Aegean olive oil, this can make a lot of money by selling it to Chang'an!"
I don't know when a sail oar from Constantinople was stopped on the harbor and a big boat was used, looking at the large oak barrels unloaded by the Greek workers above, Gao Yang, whose eyes were shining, chased after him with his skirt.
Stunned to look at the princess sister who ran away in a blink of an eye, Li Xueyan finally sighed helplessly, the princess has done this, Li Ling is also amazing!
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The sun is shining on the beach and the beach is warm, taking advantage of the good weather, a few fast sailing ships are full of Fujian goods and sailing out of the port briskly, you can rush to Constantinople a little faster, you can make an extra profit!
A Mediterranean schooner ran at the front, and I don't know which tribe in the desert The fat Arab merchant looked at the sea with a large amount of money to buy the Damin military binoculars, and his mouth was drooling, and before he reached Constantinople, it seemed that he had already met the appearance of making a lot of money.
But suddenly, on the calm sea, some sharp and thin black things came into his eyes, and he looked at it in astonishment for a while, and then the fat merchant muttered suspiciously.
"Where are so many ships?"