After meeting with Xiao Miao, Ling Jing did not immediately return to your hotel, but came to the temporary station of the Fenglei Army, the Fenglei Army is Liu Lancheng's army, at present, there are still 700 people in the Fenglei Army, temporarily stationed in Jiangling City, they intercepted the Tang Army of Bashu for 19 days, delayed the Tang Army's fighters, not only made a great contribution, but also Xiao Mian was deeply grateful to them, giving them the best treatment, so that they could rest and recuperate, of course, this is also Zhang Xuan's order, ordering them to temporarily stay in Jiangling. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ling Jing came to be warmly welcomed by the officers and soldiers of the Wind and Thunder Army, all the soldiers came out to welcome Ling Jing's arrival, Ling Jing simply stopped, and said loudly to the soldiers: "Soldiers, I am specially coming to visit you by the order of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, His Royal Highness the King of Qi asked me to express his greetings and respect to you on his behalf, this time you have made great contributions, everyone will be richly rewarded, and the fallen soldiers will also receive double pensions, not only that, the prestige of the Wind and Thunder Army will spread all over the world, and your parents, wives and children will be proud of you." ”

The soldiers were so excited that they raised their arms and shouted, "Long live His Royal Highness King Qi, long live!" ”

Liu Lancheng and the other three invited Ling Jing into the big tent, and Ling Jing read out the commendation order of Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, in the tent, and awarded Liu Lancheng the marquis of Zoucheng County, with a bounty of 1,000 taels and 500 hectares of land, and awarded two deputy generals Li Keshi and Zhang Li as the county earl, each with a bounty of 500 taels, 100 hectares of land, and a treasure blade, and the rest of the Fenglei Army soldiers were each rewarded with 50 taels of gold, 100 horses of silk, 20 hectares of land, and their families were exempted from taxes for ten years.

The three of them all knelt down to thank the reward, and Liu Lancheng immediately ordered the soldiers to spread the order of King Qi's commendation throughout the barracks, and a cheer suddenly sounded in the barracks.

In the big tent, the four of them had already sat down, and Ling Jing asked Liu Lancheng, "What does General Liu think of Xiao Miao?" ”

Liu Lancheng shook his head, "This person has a generous temperament on the outside but suspicious in his heart, no one under his command is not afraid of him, and he is indecisive in the face of chaos, he is afraid of doing things, and he can't become a climate, if it weren't for the marshal to protect him this time, he would inevitably be destroyed by the Tang Army." ”

Ling Jing frowned, "Is he so unbearable?" ”

Next to Li Keshi said: "General Liu once suggested that he either send troops to Yiling County, or garrison troops in Dangyang, cut off the Tang army's grain route, but he hesitated, and only sent a spy to find out the news five days later, only to find out that the Tang army had transported a large amount of grain to Yiling County, and a good game of chess would be ruined, otherwise the Bashu Tang Army would be defeated without a fight, and the opportunity we won by burning the grain in Yiling County was missed in vain, which is really depressing." ”

Ling Jing nodded, "Your Highness also said that Xiao Miao's problem is that the foundation is unstable, including his army, which does not fully support him, so he does not trust the generals, especially in the face of the strong Sui army or the Tang army, he is afraid that his generals will directly lead the army to surrender, this is the reason why Xiao Mo did not dare to take the initiative to attack, in fact, it doesn't matter whether the Tang army retreats or not, the important thing is that our forces are going to enter Nanjun, do you understand?" ”

The three generals looked at each other, and their eyes showed a sudden look, and the marshal's foresight was really not something they could take into account.

At this time, Ling Jing asked again, "Your Highness asked me to ask you, what are the difficulties at present?" ”

Liu Lancheng groaned and said: "We lost 300 brothers in the first battle of Zigui, but there is no shortage of war horses, let's see if the marshal can make up for our soldiers, in addition, we also need instructions for our next move." ”

Ling Jing said with a smile: "This Highness has already thought about it for you, five hundred elite soldiers have arrived with me, as for the task, His Highness wants you to go to Xiyang County and destroy the Tang Army's pig iron transportation, there is only one purpose, to force Chang'an to have to send heavy troops to Xiyang County, do you understand what Your Highness means?" ”

Of course, Liu Lancheng understands the intention of the boss, once the Tang army sends troops to Xiyang, it is equivalent to occupying Xiyang County, and Wang Shichong's trouble will come, this is indeed a clever move, compared to the grievances that Xiao Mo made him feel, or their coach is more old and spicy, and it is more exciting. ”

The three of them immediately bowed down and said, "We will never let the handsome man down!" ”

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The arrival of 10,000 Sui army sailors in Nanjun completely changed the situation of the Tang army's attack on Nanjun, not only because of the navy itself, but because the Sui army had substantially intervened in the battle of Nanjun.

During this time, Chang'an and Zhongdu also prepared for the imperial examination, from Guanlong, Bashu, Bingzhou and other regions about 30,000 scholars gathered in Chang'an, ready to participate in the second imperial examination in early May, compared with last year, to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination of more than 10,000 people, mainly in the southern region of the scholars significantly reduced, most of them went to the central capital, which is also the most intuitive change after the southern campaign.

But even so, it also kept the hundred officials of Chang'an busy, and Li Yuan, the son of heaven, specially decreed that the department should compare the system with the capital, that is to say, the treatment of the capital in Chang'an must also be had.

But for Li Yuan, the son of heaven, although the imperial examination is important, it is still far less important than the southern crusade to the east, they have successfully taken the first step, occupying the six counties of Jingxiang, especially Jiangxia County, solving the most urgent pig iron problem of the Tang Dynasty, and washing away the haze of the Tang army's repeated eastward crusades. In addition, after the crown prince Li Jiancheng sat in Taiyuan, he attacked Liu Wu on Wednesday and won three victories, Liu Wuzhou was retreated to the north of Loufu Pass, a series of victories made Li Yuanjun happy, but also stimulated his greater ambitions, although the Bashu Tang army delayed the fighter plane, making it impossible to destroy Xiao Miao, but Li Yuan still approved the plan of the second son Li Shimin, seize the southern county, so that Jingxiang and Bashu are integrated, and their southern chess game will be alive.

However, as Zhang Xuan completely wiped out Lin Shihong's forces, Li Yuan's heart began to rise, he knew that Zhang Xuan would not sit idly by and watch the Tang army expand eastward, and would definitely take action, and sure enough, he soon received an 800-mile express from his second son Li Shimin.

In the imperial study, several important ministers of the prime minister were urgently summoned by Li Yuan, and he handed Li Shimin's express report to everyone and asked them to circulate it, and for a while, there was silence in the imperial study.

"Chen Xiangguo, how is the raft going?" Li Yuan broke the silence in the room.

Chen Shuda hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, more than 300 large rafts have been obtained, and they are currently on the way to Ba County, and the first batch of rafts to transport grain will be ready to leave in half a month at the latest." ”

Li Yuan nodded, and asked everyone again: "Let's talk about it!" What should be done about the current situation in South County? ”

Everyone was silent, and after a while, Liu Wenjing said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to throw bricks and lead jade, first say a few words." ”

Li Yuan has always disliked Liu Wenjing, but during this time, Liu Wenjing has really become a little 'quiet', and no longer says anything ugly like a prickly head and can't get off the stage, today he actually took the initiative to speak, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "Liu Xiangguo, please speak!" ”

Liu Wenjing said unhurriedly: "First of all, we have to understand one thing, Xiao Milling is just a piece of meat on Zhang Xuan's shelf, which will be roasted and eaten sooner or later, the reason why he does not move Xiao Mill is because they have eaten too much recently, from Jianghuai to Jiangnan, and then to the Ganjiang River Valley, I heard that Li Jing is still on an expedition to the farther southern counties, so he put Xiao Milling for the time being, but Zhang Xuan was afraid that Xiao Milling would be swallowed by us, so he sent a naval army into Nanjun, nominally this naval army is assisting Xiao Milling to fight against us, but once the conditions are ripe, This water army will become the first knife to cut Xiao Milling. ”

"Liu Xiangguo is reasonable, Zhang Xuan is ill-intentioned and ambitious, I don't know what Liu Xiangguo thinks we should do next? Do you want to give up attacking Nanjun? ”

This is Dou Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asking Liu Wenjing, because Pei Lin and Li Jiancheng went to Taiyuan together, Liu Wenjing's speech has one less natural opponent.

Liu Wenjing smiled slightly: "If Zhang Xuan really wants to help Xiao Miao, then he should attack Jiangxia County, encircle Wei to save Zhao, and the siege of Nanjun is immediately resolved, I believe Zhang Xuan is very aware of this, but he did not do this, but sent a naval army into Nanjun, Weichen feels that Zhang Xuan is conveying a message to us, I don't move your Jiangxia County, and you don't want to dye Guide County, it should mean this." ”

Liu Wenjing's analysis made everyone have a sense of covering the clouds and dissipating, and if you think about it carefully, this is indeed the meaning.

At this time, Chen Shuda said with a smile: "Liu Xiangguo is very right, there is news from Jiangdu, Zhang Xuan passed through Jiangdu and went north, this must be his return to Zhongdu, which means that he will not attack Jiangxia County for the time being, sending troops into Nanjun is to warn us that we are not allowed to attack Nanjun, once we attack Nanjun, we will definitely have a conflict with the Sui army, and the situation will be complicated. That's why he left Nanjun and returned to Zhongdu by himself. ”

"Then according to the intentions of the two Xiangguo, we can only give up the attack plan against Nanjun?" Li Yuan said with a slight displeasure.

"Not really!"

Chen Shuda said with a smile: "Wechen has always felt that our preparations for attacking Xiao Milling are not sufficient, for example, the problem of grain and grass transportation has not been solved, and now the Tang Army in Yiling County can only rely on Xiangyang to transport grain, not to mention the cost of people's power, it is not safe, and the transportation volume is not large, what Wechen means is that we should maintain the current state of confrontation, on the one hand, we should make full preparations for war, and on the other hand, we can decompose Xiao Mill from the inside, especially Dong Jingzhen, this person is worth wooing." ”

Liu Wenjing also added: "Nanjun is just convenient for us to connect Jingxiang and Bashu as one, but before we solve the problem of waterway transportation, even if we take Nanjun, it is not of much significance, Weichen feels that the iron ore in Jiangxia County is more important to us, and we should protect the safety of Jiangxia County at all costs." ”

Liu Wenjing's attitude is very clear, iron ore is the top priority of the Tang Dynasty, Jiangxia County is much more important than Nanjun, he reminded Li Yuan, don't lose big because of small things, Chen Shuda also means the same thing, don't cause a war in Jiangxia County for the sake of Nanjun, Li Yuan was finally convinced, although he didn't want to give up the Nanjun plan, but for the safety of Jiangxia County, he could only make a choice.

"Alright! I agreed with the two Xiangguo, suspended the Nanjun plan, and did my best to protect Jiangxia County. (To be continued.) )