Chapter 199: Asking for a Thief

Jinling City, Imperial Study.

Tang Emperor Li Jing was listening to Luo Qingyan's report, the expression on his face was first shocked, then angry, and finally calm, he said coldly:

"In other words, in addition to staying in the army to fight against me, even Langzhou, Hui'an Mansion and Ning ** have also betrayed me?"

Luo Qingyan nodded: "Your Majesty, Liu Congxiao is already attacking Jianzhou and Tingzhou at the moment, Lu Weiyi and Feng Kequan are attacking Ning** and are attacking Chizhou, and the King of Anjun has sent someone to ask for help."

Although Langzhou and Hui'an Prefecture did not send troops, Hui'an Mansion expelled the tax collectors of the imperial court's household department, and Langzhou directly killed the tax collectors, and both places expressed their antipathy. ”

Li Jing didn't say a word, but his whole body trembled, he took a pen and paper and wrote under the table, writing one after another, and threw the finished paper on the ground.

Luo Qingyan glanced at it, and saw that the words "chaotic ministers and thieves" were written on each piece of paper.

After a long time, Li Jing suddenly said: "The land of a state also dares to oppose me, and there must be a promoter behind it." ”

"Your Majesty Mingjian, Liu Congxiao not only proclaimed himself the king of Fujian, but also used the jade seal to seal these three people as festival envoys, thinking that this is the reason, but they have already had objections in their hearts." Luo Qingyan said softly.

Li Jing continued to write, gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Yan is an old general of the Chu State, Lu Weiyi and Lu Yuan are both Feng Yanting's remnants, and they have long been ambitious to stay in the army, and sooner or later I will make them regret going against me, by the way, what about Huo Wenliang?" ”

"He was expelled from Hui'an Mansion and is currently on his way back to Jinling."

"Give him this substitute and let him report to the Criminal Department himself." Li Jing handed over a piece of paper, but what was written on it was not "chaotic ministers and thieves", but the words "wine bags and rice bags".

"Yes." Luo Qingyan took it.

"Pass the decree, let the imperial brother, King Yan, King Qi, Han Qing and Wang Qing come to the imperial study to see me."

Half an hour later, Li Jingsui, Li Hongyi and others came to the imperial study.

"You should all know what happened, let's talk about how to deal with it!" Li Jing said calmly, a terrifying anger hidden in his flat words.

Li Hongyi had already learned about Qi ng's situation from his subordinates, and took the lead in speaking: "The son is guilty, please punish my father." ”

He was naturally referring to the matter of his own control of Li Jing in the text of the Imitation Article, which he hated deeply, although his father would never believe it, but he was likely to be even more jealous of himself in the future.

Li Jing waved his hand and said, "They are just making an excuse, there is no need to mention this matter." ”

Li Hongyi said in a deep voice: "Father, the son thought that he should immediately transfer 50,000 forbidden troops to aid Chizhou, and at the same time transfer the Jianwu Army to Xuanzhou to prevent the invasion of Wu Yueguo, and transfer the Fenghua Army and the Anhua Army to Chizhou to assemble. ”

Li Jing said: "What about Qingyuan and Langzhou? ”

"Erchen thinks that Qingyuan is well prepared, and he should order the Yong'an Army in Jianzhou and the Baisheng Army in Tingzhou to defend the county seat under their jurisdiction, and the Anwu Army in Bian Hao does not have to rush to exterminate Langzhou, wait for the forbidden army to sweep Chizhou and Hui'an Mansion, and then go south to join them and destroy Langzhou and Qingyuan."

Although he hated Qingyuan the most, Qingyuan's strength was the strongest, and he must not be rash if he wanted to deal with them.

Li Jing said noncommittally: "According to your policy, who is the commander?" ”

"The son is not talented, and he is willing to share his father's worries."

Li Jing's fingers tapped lightly on the imperial case, and he was silent.

Li Jingsui naturally would not let Li Hongyi continue to expand his influence in the army, and said:

"Brother Huang, my brother thinks that it is necessary for the Zhennan Army to be transferred to Xuanzhou, and there is nothing wrong with the forbidden army supporting Chizhou, but only 30,000 forbidden troops need to be sent, and the other 20,000 forbidden troops can go directly to Hui'an Mansion through Xuanzhou, and the Anhua Army will attack Hui'an Mansion through Xinzhou. Hui'an is the weakest, we can quickly destroy them, and then attack Chizhou after victory, and at the same time order the Fenghua army to cross the Yangtze River to attack Chizhou. ”

"As for Qingyuan's follow-up, it's really hateful, the Baisheng Army and the Yong'an Army are the elite of our army, far superior to the Qingyuan barbarian army, the courtiers think that they should attack Qingyuan immediately, so as to teach all countries to know our country's attitude, otherwise they still think that we are afraid of staying in follow-up."

Li Jing nodded slightly, more satisfied with Li Jingsui's plan, and asked, "Old Five, Han Qing, Wang Qing, what do you think?" ”

"The old minister thinks that one of the two palaces is faster and the other is more stable, and each has its own advantages." Wang Kai played Tai Chi.

"The minister thinks that the plan under the East Palace is better." Han Xizai said solemnly.

"The younger brother also thinks that the third brother has a better idea, Hongyi is too young after all, and he is a little shy when he encounters major events." Li Jingda smiled.

Li Hongyi said again: "Father, the son thinks that dividing the army is not a good strategy, Wu Yue and the Southern Han Dynasty are likely to send troops, and the only way to do this is to join forces as soon as possible." ”

He knew that his father would not choose his own plan, but he had to say this, as long as Li Jingsui was defeated in the future, his father would naturally remember his advice.

Li Jingsui said calmly: "Brother Chen's brother is considering that other countries send troops, so he has this strategy, transfer away the Jianwu army, the Wu-Yue border will inevitably be empty, and there are 20,000 forbidden troops to go to Xuanzhou, which is enough to prevent Wuyue from sneaking up on Xuanzhou, and quickly solve the Hui'an Mansion, so that all countries can see the military might of our army!" ”

Li Jing took the case: "Okay, according to the words of the emperor's brother, I don't know who the emperor's brother thinks is handsome?" ”

"The younger brother thought that Jingda could lead the 30,000 forbidden troops to attack Chizhou, and Fu Wen, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, led the 20,000 forbidden troops to attack Hui'an Mansion."

"Yes, I can make an order."

Out of the palace, Li Hongyi took the reins of his beloved horse from the hands of his attendants, patted the horse's head, and led the horse to the palace.

A majestic man with a tiger-body ape arm kept a position half a step behind him and followed him, and asked, "Your Highness, I don't know how Your Majesty arranged it?" ”

"Naturally, I adopted the advice of my incompetent imperial uncle, and planned to divide the troops and exterminate the rebellion." Li Hongyi scoffed.

The man said: "If the East Palace leads the troops to win a complete victory this time, it will weaken His Highness's prestige in the army, and his subordinates think that they must not be worried." ”

Li Hongyi smiled and said, "Don't worry, do you think Qingyuan is so easy to fight?" Staying in the service for many years, recruiting troops, recruiting talents, and now the strength cannot be underestimated, my imperial uncle will only jump his teeth this time. ”

"Shall we do nothing, then?" The stout man asked.

Li Hongyi said coldly: "Of course not, Ning ** and Hui'an Mansion are likely to be exterminated, such a defeat and a victory, according to my father's eccentricity, Li Jingsui will definitely lead the troops, so in order to prevent this situation, we can appropriately leak some of the forbidden army qi ng to Ning **, so that Li Jingsui will not be able to win a battle!" ”

"Don't you have to leak it to Hui'an Mansion?" The stout man asked.

Li Hongyi smiled: "Don't you understand? Lu Yuan and Lu Weiyi of Hui'an Mansion were originally in the same group, and both of them were Feng Yanting's subordinates before, otherwise he would have no soldiers and no generals in his hands, and An would dare to rebel? Telling Ning** is equivalent to telling Hui'an Mansion. ”

"I see."

……

Xiuning on the official road to Qimen.

A team of officers and soldiers pressed more than a dozen prisoners to walk, these prisoners were all confiscated to the army, because the Hui'an government has become independent, the prisoners who have been confiscated do not have to go to other places, just directly supplement the Hui'an army.

Among the prisoners, there was a man in his forties with messy hair, and if the people of the former She County saw this person, they would definitely be surprised, because this person was the most noble person in the county, Li Wencheng, the former county governor of She County.

Li Wencheng in the crowd had a haggard look on his face, a person like him who had been pampered for a long time, how could he have suffered this kind of hardship, the anger in his heart had already been vented a few days ago, and at this moment he only had anxiety about the future in his heart.

He had originally succumbed to the county commander Kong Qian in Xiuning County, and he had already sensed that Lu Yuan was going to rebel, and was ready to wait for the Tang army to come over and surrender Xiuning City.

Who knew that Kong Qian's kid was even more poisonous than Lu Yuan, and he usually acted like he was not guilty of what he had done before, and he relied on himself a lot, as if he was thinking about the old Qi ng, who knew that he was just using himself.

When he completely controlled Xiuning County, he immediately denied people, casually planted a charge against Jiang Huaiyu's party, and then confiscated himself.

It's a pity that the situation is stronger than people, in the first few days, he did secretly make up his mind that he would definitely take revenge on Kong Qian in the future, but now he just wants to survive, and the rest is still to worry about something.

After nearly ten days of travel, they finally arrived in Qimen County, and when they saw this border county town of Hui'an Prefecture, Li Wencheng was taken aback, although the last time he came here was a few years ago, but it would not change so much!

I saw that the city* had been repaired high and thick, and there were many large crossbows on the city*, and at a glance I knew that the power was extraordinary, and the guards at the city gate were no longer government officers, but all were replaced by officers and soldiers, and the people were very strict in checking in and out.

Li Wencheng did not enter the city, and the other prisoners were taken to a camp outside the city, and after waiting for a long time in the open space, several officers and soldiers began to read their names, and those who finished reading followed them and were assigned to various squads, and Li Wencheng was also assigned to a five-person squad.

The officer who escorted him departed after saying something in the captain's ear, and the captain looked at him with a strange gaze, then stepped forward with a smile, stretched out his hand, and said:

"My name is Gangzi, you can call me Brother Gangzi, don't worry, my brother has also been confiscated, so my brother will not look down on you, follow my brother in the future, and my brother will cover you."

Li Wencheng looked at this big man with unusually thick hair, reluctantly reached out to hold it with him, and said with a smile: "Then I'll ask the big brother from now on." ”

Hearing his somewhat flattering voice, Li Wencheng's heart was desolate.

"Haha, what's polite, everyone will be their own brothers in the future." Brother Gangzi patted Li Wencheng on the back and almost didn't slap him down.

In this way, under the warm reception of Gangzi, Li Wencheng's legendary military career kicked off.

……

In the Hui'an Mansion, a small pile of rice seeds is on the table in the study at the moment.

"Jieshuai, is this the Champa Rice?" Yuan Chi looked at the rice seeds and asked.

"Yes, this kind of rice is planted early, the cycle is short, drought tolerant, can be planted together with our current rice, can greatly increase grain production, immediately promote this kind of rice in Hui'an Province, I hope that within three years, our Hui'an Province can achieve self-production and self-sufficiency." Lu Yuan replied as he sat in his chair.

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