On the way from Chang'an to Taiyuan, Li Chongjiu sat on horseback, his body was straight, his riding skills were not exquisite, and there was no problem with short-distance riding, but he couldn't do it if he galloped wildly for a long time.

Li Chongjiu was anxious, but the speed of the team still couldn't be improved, this was not to blame others, only himself, because it was impossible for the soldiers to abandon him, only if he rode slowly, the soldiers could only follow him slowly.

This is different from what he imagined, but after running for seventy or eighty miles, Li Chongjiu felt that he couldn't do it, his butt was hurt by the saddle, and the skin in his thighs hurt even more, and he now had a precursor to collapse. He originally imagined that he would set off with the Jin Crow army, run 200 miles as soon as he left the city, then take a break, and then run 200 miles wildly, and he would take responsibility for himself and tell his Jin Crow army with practical actions, he had a firm determination to reach Taiyuan before Yang Ze, the king of Yan.

But now it seems that others are not in much trouble, but his trouble is too great, and he is about to fall off the horse, even if he has a firm determination, what can he do, but he has no corresponding ability, and it is only the ability to ride a horse.

Wu Youren is also riding on a horse, he is much stronger than Li Chongjiu, although his health is not good, he has suffered a lot of toss, but on a horse, he is still a little stronger than Li Chongjiu, of course, in less than a hundred miles of galloping, he himself is about to die, and the difference with Li Chongjiu is to see who falls first.

However, Wu Youren will not grit his teeth like Li Chongjiu, he shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince, let's take a rest, the little prince Bozhi has an injury, even if he is lying in the carriage, but he can't stand it with such a bump." Although the matter of our trip to Taiyuan is urgent, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should also be considerate of the little prince. ”

Li Chongjiu thought to himself: "Oh my God, I can finally get off the horse, if I am still riding on the horse, it is estimated that after a while, I will have to faint in pain, even if I can survive today, but tomorrow, I estimate that I will have to take the carriage tomorrow." ”

He turned around and said loudly, "Not bad. Brother Wu was right, but he only thought about hurrying, but he forgot about Bozhi. Bozhi, you're okay in the carriage, do you want to come down and breathe? ”

As he spoke, he reined in his horse and waited for the carriage to follow, but his butt hurt so much that he could not dismount immediately. He had to slow down, and when the pain passed, he would have to get off the horse and rest, otherwise he would have to rely on others to help him get off the horse. What a shame it is, it loses the heroic temperament of His Royal Highness the Prince.

In fact, Li Chongjiu didn't run very fast, even if Li Bozhi was lying in the carriage. But it can also keep up, and the carriage is not far behind Li Chongjiu.

Li Bozhi in the carriage heard the cry and was moved in his heart. It seems that Lord Wu is still considerate, but I broke my bones, I have been unable to recuperate for so many days, and I have to run back and forth between Taiyuan and Chang'an, who knows my pain, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also a good person, and he can immediately think about caring about me.

Li Bozhi shouted in the carriage: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister can still stand up, His Royal Highness just has to hurry, the minister can keep up, keep up." ”

Li Chongjiu thought to himself: "You can keep up, can I still let you follow, that's a big problem!" He dismounted, and walked slowly to the side of the road, where his own golden crow soldier gave him a maza.

Sitting on the horse, Li Chongjiu thought: "No wonder the Hu people like to sit on such a horse, it is really reasonably designed, after riding a horse for a long time, this kind of horse is more comfortable than a sandalwood chair." ”

He really didn't have the energy to go to the side of the carriage to greet Li Bozhi anymore, and he couldn't rest anymore, so how could he still take care of others.

didn't rest for a while, there was a golden crow soldier rushed over, it was a hero who was proficient in horsemanship, this golden crow soldier came to Li Chongjiu's side, turned over and dismounted, and saluted Li Chongjiu: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the last general has come back to inquire about the news!" ”

Li Chongjiu thought to himself: "When did I send you to find out the news?" Well, it should have been sent by Wu Youren. ”

Jin Wubing said: "The last general arrived near the army of King Yan, and found that the army of King Yan did not set up camp, nor did he send vanguards, but constantly sent people to Chang'an City, and the last general inquired, it seems that the emperor and the queen want to review the army before King Yan leaves, so they can't set off, it is estimated that it will be reviewed tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will set off." ”

Li Chongjiu was overjoyed, but he didn't expect that the people who dragged Yang Ze were his father and mother, and when he went to resign to his father and mother, the two elders didn't mention it, but they didn't want to take the initiative to help.

Wu Youren walked over, he also heard Jin Wubing's report, and said with a smile: "This is really God helping the prince, the son of heaven helping, His Royal Highness the prince why worry about big things." ”

Li Chongjiu nodded hurriedly and said, "Then there will be enough time left for us, and we don't have to rush like crazy." ”

Wu Youren smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can calmly arrange various matters, outside Taiyuan City, it is the time when King Yan folds his feathers." He also asked Jin Wubing to bring a horse over and sit next to Li Chongjiu, and Li Chongjiu began to think about the future, taking the opportunity to rest for a while.

In the barracks outside Chang'an City, the left and right Shenwu troops were still sorting out their baggage, Yang Ze did not plan to set off immediately, but received that Li Yan wanted to review the army, he was very happy, since Li Yan wanted to help his son and delay his departure, then he tried his best to cooperate, anyway, he had to wait for Li Chongjiu to arrive in Taiyuan first, and the next plan could be carried out.

said that Li Chongjiu was going to hurry again, but Wu Youren persuaded him to let him take the carriage too, so that he didn't have to be in a hurry, and at the same time he was considerate of Li Bozhi's behavior as a little prince, after all, Li Bozhi was injured for Li Chongjiu, even if Li Chongjiu didn't need to sit in the same carriage with Li Bozhi to take care of the injured number, it was okay for each to sit separately.

So, Li Chongjiu listened to the minister's persuasion and got into another carriage, and Wu Youren also got into the carriage, and the two bigwigs found an excuse that they didn't have to ride on the horse.

Along the way, there were no accidents, Yang Ze's army never caught up, and even the Jin Crow soldiers, who kept asking for news, didn't even see the shadow of the vanguard of Yanwang's army, which led Li Chongjiu's team to go not fast, two days late, but still arrived in Taiyuan City earlier than Yang Ze.

When the Jin Wu army entered the Taiyuan City Gate, Li Chongjiu's tears of excitement were about to fall. I really didn't expect that the first time I led the troops, I won Yang Ze, in fact, there is no difficulty in winning Yang Ze, Yang Ze is a paper tiger, it looks very scary, in fact, it will be broken as soon as you stab it!

As soon as Li Chongjiu entered the city gate, he found that the road into the city had been cleared, and there were no people on the road. And the people waiting to greet him on both sides of the road were the two princes of Taiyuan, as well as a number of lords, together with their entourage, there were thousands of people, even Kabuki came!

Seeing Li Chongjiu's arrival, the sound of drums immediately sounded, and Prince Cheng and King Jingdejun greeted him and took a group of lords to kowtow to Li Chongjiu. After revealing their identities, Prince Makoto waved his hand, and the kabuki, dressed in fancy clothes, immediately stepped forward and performed with singing and dancing. There are also countless girls holding flower baskets next to them, waving flower petals into the air!

When Li Chongjiu saw this kind of welcome ceremony, he was immediately overjoyed, and he felt like he was happy to be a king today. This kind of welcoming ceremony is unheard of, and it is the first time in my life that I have encountered it. He didn't know what to talk about, as well as eating, drinking and having fun. The enjoyment level of the princes of Taiyuan far exceeds that of the nobles of Chang'an, and they are typical representatives of the middle-aged and elderly people in this era.

Taiyuan's left-behind has also arrived, and the left-behind is a person with a very low sense of savings, a round-faced sixty-year-old bureaucrat, at first glance, he is the kind of person who waits until he has made enough money, and then retires home to support the elderly, he has no dissatisfaction with Li Chongjiu taking over him as a stay-at-home, but is quite happy.

There is no other reason, this left-behind adult made too much money in Taiyuan, if it is changed in normal times, when he leaves office, he has to be sent by Chang'an to investigate him, now there is no need, the two factions of the DPRK and China are competing, he will benefit, although he is still the deputy left-behind, but he can resign and hand over all the power, Li Chongjiu saw him so well-behaved, of course he would not embarrass him, he could safely take a large amount of money, go back to his hometown to hug his grandson, and spend his old age in peace.

Prince Cheng and King Jingde welcomed Li Chongjiu into the left-behind mansion, and after Li Chongjiu washed up a little, he met the two princes in the study, accompanied by Li Bowen and Wu Youren, and Du Dachin guarded at the door.

In order to show his loyalty, without waiting for Li Chongjiu to ask, Prince Cheng said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, after Xiao Wang's grandson came back, he told Xiao Wang about His Royal Highness the Prince's arrangements, so Xiao Wang has informed the original guard, and now the original guard has handed over the military power, and the Taiyuan defenders are also ready, if the army of King Yan passes through Taiyuan, in order not to let the army disturb the people, then we will never let them enter the city, and we will definitely close the city gate and let the army of King Yan go around the city." ”

Li Chongjiu was overjoyed and thought: "It's still the Li family's own people who do things authentically, and they are not ambiguous at all, and they support me with all their might." ”

Wu Youren was also very happy, the first step of his plan was to control the first step to Taiyuan, as long as this step was successful, it would be equivalent to jamming Yang Ze's neck, the army had no food and grass, who would listen to Yang Ze's words? The people take food as the sky, and the soldiers are even more so, if Yang Ze can't feed them, let alone fight the Tujue people, those who are soldiers will eat Yang Ze first.

Of course, the more important point is that as long as the plan is successful, Wu Youren will not have to be a foreigner in Tuntian, he can stay by Li Chongjiu's side, and he doesn't have to worry about how to farm, he can't farm himself, how can he care about others!

Li Chongjiu said: "Have you ever sent spies to know when Yang Ze's vanguard will arrive?" ”

Prince Cheng hurriedly shook his head and said, "The ministers don't dare to inquire about the movements of the army, so I don't know when King Yan's army will arrive." ”

Of course, he knew when Yang Ze's army would arrive, but he wouldn't say it, the vassal kings in other places inquired about the movement of the army, it was a taboo thing, don't look at the relationship with the prince now, it seems to be good, but who knows what will happen in the future, if the prince can't use them in the future, think of this stubble again, and use it as an excuse to repair them, so you can stand it!

Li Chongjiu sighed and said, "You are really sincere, such a big matter, you didn't even send someone to investigate, so it's okay, it's better to send someone alone." Du Da chin, come in. ”

Du Da chin was standing at the door at this time and listening, and immediately entered the house and said, "Your Highness, do you have something to tell the last general to do?" ”

"Go and find out when Yang Ze's army will arrive!" Li Chongjiu said.

Prince Cheng and King Jingde glanced at each other, and thought in their hearts: "Yang Ze's vanguard will arrive tomorrow night, if the prince's new army can't even find out about this, then how did they go along the way?" ”

Du Da chin said: "If you go back to Your Highness, you don't need to send someone to investigate, the last general has already sent someone to find out, the vanguard of King Yan's army, tomorrow evening, will arrive outside Taiyuan City, but will you ask to enter the city, the last general can't find out!" ”

Wu Youren said to Li Chongjiu very proudly: "It was the minister who asked them to keep an eye on the situation of the army of King Yan behind, General Du did a good job, as for whether the army will enter the city, only Yang Ze himself knows, how can this be inquired." "He never forgets to show his credit.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "It turns out that you don't need to be alone, you have already done things well, which is very good." The two princes, from now until tomorrow evening, have a whole day to prepare, is there enough time? ”

"Enough, enough, Xiao Wang has already been ready, just waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give an order." The two princes said in unison, and they both heard the meaning of Li Chongjiu's words, that is, there are some things that don't wait for him to order, you have to do it yourself in advance, and you have to have some eyesight.

Li Chongjiu glanced at Wu Youren, and when he saw Wu Youren nodding at him, he stood up and said, "Okay, tomorrow evening, when Yang Ze's vanguard arrives outside the city, the two princes will let people shout down, not allowing them to enter the city, and as for the grain and grass, they will also be told that they can't replenish it, let them go to the border first, and then transport it to them." ”

This is actually the food and grass for the vanguard army, but to put it more tactfully, I believe that no matter who you are, you can understand it.

Prince Cheng thought for a moment and asked cautiously: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, can the minister set up some wooden stakes outside and make some barriers, so that if those big-headed soldiers want to make noise, they can stay away from the city wall, enough for them to make a loud noise and disturb the rest of the people in the city?" ”

In fact, he was afraid that Yang Ze's vanguard army would be angry, if the general who led the troops couldn't think about it for a while, and waved his army to attack the city, wouldn't it be bad, it would cause a lot of trouble, and it would be difficult to deal with it in the future.

Li Chongjiu said strangely: "Wooden stake? Well, well, if you want to set it up, then set it up! ”

He didn't understand what a stake was at all, but he didn't bother to ask, anyway, as long as he could let Yang Ze know that he was powerful and could already fight against him, then it would be fine, lest Yang Ze would be so arrogant in the future.

After explaining a few words, Li Chongjiu went to rest, he was too tired, he wanted to take a good bath, sleep beautifully, and leave the rest to Wu Youren.

Wu Youren was also too tired, he saw that Prince Cheng and King Jingdejun seemed to take care of things well, so he also went to rest, he thought that there was still one day anyway, and it was not too late to talk about it tomorrow.

A day passed quickly. (To be continued......)