(Today's third update)

Qin Nuan was silent, the so-called deception is the best portrayal of them. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Yi slowly tapped his palm with a folding fan: "Don't worry, although that Miaohua is good at dancing with long sleeves, her greatest ability is to spy on the news, as for that Murong Yuan, I estimate that he will definitely flee to Jinling now, and he will not be able to return to the north bank of the river for a while and a half!"

Qin Nuan was not at ease, but he also had to rest assured, because after Li Yi said this, he threw a thick stack of documents to her......

The rebels have always said that they want to fight Yangzhou, but they have not come to fight for so many months, and the hearts of Yangzhou people have fallen into their stomachs, thinking that most of the rebels will not be able to fight.

Qin Nuan followed Li Yi to read the documents everywhere every day, but he knew that now the imperial army and the rebels were glued to each other in a jagged shape on Jiangnan Road.

It is said that it is a stalemate, in fact, compared with the puppet Zhou Gang in Jinling when the country was founded, the territory of the rebels has increased a lot, and the entire Jiangnan East Road in the east has been all the territory of the rebels, together with the Hezhou and Xuanzhou in the east of the Jiangnan West Road, have been occupied by the rebels, and advanced to the edge of Pengli Lake, and the Lingnan Road in the south is their base camp, and now the rebels continue to advance north through Shaozhou, and Qianzhou, Chenzhou, and Yongzhou have fallen one after another, and they are approaching Hengzhou.

Li Yi asked Qin Nuan to draw a sketch of a map, with a large white rice paper hanging on the wall, on which only the Yangtze River and several major water veins and important mountains were outlined, and the names of each province and prefecture were marked.

Looking at the half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River, from south to north, and from east to west a dense vermilion circle, it is very shocking.

Jiangnan West Road is like a big piece of cake, which is being eaten away little by little from the east and south, and surrounds the middle.

This is not too bad, but the bad thing is that on July 19, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly issued a holy decree, ordering Huainan Jiedu to make Gao Teng lead his troops to cross the Yangtze River to quell the rebellion!

As soon as the holy decree arrived, the entire Yangzhou from the officials and magnates to the people were stunned, and then fell into a great panic, Gao Teng left with the generals, so what should Yangzhou do? Isn't it a piece of fat that is unprotected and exposed under the noses of the Jinling rebels?

Li Qi, the king of Sheng who was inspecting, was shocked to hear the holy decree, and he was still on the riverside south of Luzhou, and immediately rushed back to Yangzhou at night.

When he rushed back to Yangzhou City, Gao Teng had already dispatched most of the elite troops in several large battalions along the river, and went westward to prepare for crossing the river, because the time on the holy decree was set in a hurry, and he had no room for maneuver, and from the first moment he received the holy decree, he had to execute it as quickly as possible, otherwise he would not meet the requirements.

King Sheng even left his entourage far behind, with a few guards, rushed into Yangzhou City, neither went to the palace, nor went to the palace where he settled, and ran directly to the palace of Guangling County.

When the palace guards came to report, he didn't even have the patience to sit in the flower hall in the front hall and drink tea, so he directly followed the guards who reported and broke in.

When Li Yi, the county lord of Guangling, rushed out to greet him when he heard the news, he had already arrived at the door of the courtyard of the study.

"Ah Yi, what's going on?" King Sheng saw Li Yi and asked this question, his face was anxious.

This is the first time Qin Nuan has seen His Royal Highness King Sheng, although he is sweaty, he is young and handsome, with sword eyebrows and eyes, he is still very good-looking, Qin Nuan feels that his face and outline are quite similar to Li Yi.

Qin Nuan immediately remembered that people said that His Royal Highness King Wu looked very much like his grandmother, the Empress Dowager, and Li Yi was recognized as His Royal Highness King Wu, and His Royal Highness King Sheng's mother, Wu Shufei, was the niece and granddaughter of the Empress Dowager, according to legend, Concubine Wu Shufei looked similar to her aunt and grandmother, as for King Sheng's father, His Majesty the Emperor did not look like the Empress Dowager, Qin Nuan had never heard anyone talk about it.

That is to say, Li Yi and His Royal Highness King Sheng, in the eyes of everyone, have inherited the appearance of the Empress Dowager, Qin Nuan couldn't help but secretly look at Li Qi, King Sheng, and secretly looked at Li Yi, trying to guess what Wu Zetian and Wu Meiniang looked like in the past......

Li Yi hurriedly welcomed Li Qi into the study, and as soon as Li Qi entered the study, he saw the white picture hanging on the wall with many red circles painted with red brushes, and immediately walked to the picture and looked at it carefully for a long time......

In the end, he smashed his fist on the wall, and then said angrily to Li Yi: "Ah Yi, this picture is very good, why don't you give it to me, I will take it back and hang it in the imperial study for His Majesty, and it will save those people from singing praises every day!

In contrast, Li Yi was very calm: "If the third brother likes it, I'll ask someone to paint a few more pictures for you!"

As he spoke, he called the little waiter to hold a copper basin, towel and other things, and waited for Li Qi to wash away the dust and sweat on his face.

Li Qi went to wash his face, drank another cup of iced lotus seed soup, and then sat down in the study, already looking calm and calm.

However, he still asked: "Ah Yi, what's going on, do you know it?"

Li Yi said: "It was proposed by Bai Chengxing, the Zhongshu Ling, and Wei Xun was also in favor of it, so His Majesty also felt good, so he asked Zhongshu Province to issue an edict, and the two waiters of Menxia Province did not agree, thinking that this move would make Yangzhou dangerous, Bai Chengxing invited himself to garrison Yangzhou, and in front of His Majesty, vowed to live and die with Yangzhou!"

"Wei Xun said to Your Majesty that when Gao Teng crossed the river to the south, the strength of the bandits in Jiangnan exceeded 200,000, and the Kang thieves had limited troops after all, so he couldn't exceed 150,000 in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court in Jiangnan, where would he have the spare strength to cross the river and attack Yangzhou?"

Li Qi was so angry that he slapped the case again: "These two dogs kill talents!"

He was stunned, silent for a long time, and asked, "Then how many troops are left on the Yangzhou side now?"

Li Yi said: "Originally, there were 70,000, Gao Teng took away 50,000 elite soldiers, and there are 20,000 left, although the number is not too small, but the combat power is difficult to say, and the defense line along the river is long, it is really not enough!"

She paused and continued: "It is said that Bai Chengxing will personally lead 5,000 strong soldiers to Yangzhou to take up his post!"

Li Qi snorted: "What can five thousand do?"

Li Yi added: "It is said that it is a division of a hundred battles drawn from Shanzhou!"

The green tendons on Li Qi's forehead jumped: "The soldiers in Shanzhou dare to transfer them out? Fortunately, five thousand is not too much!"

Shanzhou is close to Tibet and is a very important military town.

The county lord Li Yi sneered: "The elite soldiers of Shanzhou, eating and drinking blood, are fierce and rebellious, and it is easy to say that there are few people, if there are more people, can Bai Chengxing's woman command it?"

She shook the golden sandalwood folding fan and said leisurely: "Now, His Royal Highness must leave Yangzhou City immediately and return to Xuzhou, otherwise, I am afraid that it will ......."

Li Qi raised his eyebrows: "I'm afraid it will happen?"

Li Yi "snapped" and put away the folding fan, and said coldly: "I'm afraid Your Highness won't be able to return to the capital alive!"

--- (To be continued.) )