Towards the end of the year, both the north and the south are tense.

The four southern countries were all mobilizing troops and collecting grain and grass, and the atmosphere of the great war could not be concealed.

And the Yuan army in the north was not idle, and a large number of cavalry and Han troops began to mobilize.

Zhao Song, Dali, and the Liang court all learned of the news that the Tang army was struggling in Annam.

At the beginning, Wen Tianxiang first landed north of Xiangzhou to isolate the Yuan army in Jiaozhou and Xiangzhou. After that, Wen Tianxiang's army went south and neatly defeated the 30,000 yuan Han soldiers stationed in Xiangzhou.

At this point, Xiangzhou fell into the hands of the Tang army.

But at the end of October, when the Tang army attacked Jiaozhou in the north, it never took advantage of it again. The Yuan army took advantage of the Yue army that had descended to the Yuan, relying on the mountains and forests, and the gods were haunted, so that Wen Tianxiang was at a loss and could not fight a decisive battle with the Yuan army.

At the beginning of November, the Tang army was unaccustomed to water and soil, and a plague broke out in the army. It is said that thousands of corpses are cremated every day.

For a time, the morale of the Tang army was low.

The spies reported that the ships of the Tang Army transporting gunpowder sank in the sea. As a result, the firearms of the Annan Tang Army were greatly reduced.

Under the command of Jiaozhou Pingzhang Yaomushu, the Yuan army took the opportunity to attack the demoralized Tang army, Wen Tianxiang was difficult to resist, retreated again and again, and finally had to retreat to the north of Xiangzhou, and confronted the Yuan army's Han soldiers and Yue soldiers.

The Jiaozhou Yuan army had 40,000 Han troops, 20,000 Tusi barbarian soldiers, 80,000 Vietnamese traitor troops, and a total of more than 100,000 troops. Not only is there a lot of people, but it also occupies a geographical advantage.

The Tang army marched south for more than two months, the plague was epidemic, and the spirit had been lost.

Unless there is another massive increase in troops. But in this way, there are fewer soldiers and horses in the Tang Kingdom.

"Hahaha! The Tang Army also has today! In the palace of Jiangling Liangguo, the crown prince Xiao Yan laughed loudly, "Dali will definitely send troops!" Half a month later, the Dali army will go north to Sichuan and Shu, that is the opportunity for Daliang! ”

Xu Yi, the minister of the Hao clan and the secretary of the ministry, came out and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now that the 300,000 troops of Daliang are ready, just wait for His Highness's order." ”

In this war, the gentry and wealthy families took out a lot of money and food, which can be described as extremely generous. Not only that, but they also organized manpower and material resources, providing tens of thousands of mules and horses and a large number of people to transport grain and grass.

The matter of hundreds of thousands of troops going out on the expedition is very difficult for any dynasty. Just logistical transportation? can make a group of courtiers feel white. But it only took two months for Liang Guo to be ready.

It can be seen that once the gentry who master the grassroots are strong? What a terrifying power it can erupt.

To defend their power, wealth and landed property? In order to prevent Li Tang from destroying Liang Guoge and killing them, were they really active? "Destroying the family and relieving the difficulty".

Xiao Yan's expression turned grim when he heard Xu Yi's words, "This 300,000 army is the main force of the Great Liang?" There must be no mistakes in this war. ”

The Liang army is ready to send 300,000 troops? This is the largest force that can be used to attack Tang? After all, cities everywhere still need soldiers and horses to garrison. Of the 300,000 troops, a full 100,000 are the regimental training of the Hao armed forces, and the generals are also the children of the Hao family.

In order to deal with Li Tang, the Liang Guohao clan can be said to have made a bloody investment.

After Xiao Yan came to power? Unexpectedly? He actually took the initiative to improve the relationship with the Hao family, and also accepted the daughter of the Hao family, and made the daughter of the Yan family the crown princess.

In this way, the wealthy families were suddenly relieved? At least I believe that Xiao Yan will not implement the Juntian order like Tang Guo, and spread the land into the mu.

Are they willing to send their own regiments to train their arms? Accept Xiao Yan's dispatch.

Dong Eunchen, who is also the minister of the wealthy family, came out and said: "Your Highness, if Dali does not send troops for a day, my Liang will not be able to send troops, otherwise the Sichuan-Shu Tang Army and the Jiangnan Tang Army will be attacked from east to west, and my Daliang will be in danger." ”

"Don't worry, this palace will not take risks first." Xiao Yan Zhizhu said in his hand. "The Tang army of the southern expedition was dragged by the Yuan army, and the advance and retreat were lost. This is the only opportunity to attack Tang! ”

"All the ministers are ministers with humerus above the third grade, and this matter of sending troops is kept secret. Xu Baocheng! ”

Xu Baocheng, who was in the middle of the leading army and held the position of General Zuo, came out of the ranks, "Your Highness, please command." ”

Xu Baocheng is a disciple of the Xu family, a general of the regimental training army, and a representative of the regimental training armed forces in the DPRK. This person used to be the commander of the Song military camp, and later he was reduced to a thousand household officials, and now he has become a Liang general.

A real three-surname house slave.

But although this person's character is unbearable, his ability to fight is not sparse, and he can be regarded as a good general. He once accompanied Boyan to Lin'an and captured Anji.

"Xu Qing, is it possible to use the regimental training army? The next thing is the national war, in case of defeat, you can only watch Li Tang dominate the southern country. Xiao Yan pretended to be worried.

Xu Baocheng said very confidently: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can rest assured. Although the 100,000 army is a regimental training, they are all young and strong, and they have sufficient food and salary, complete armaments, and they are fellow clansmen, and they are very grouped, and their combat power is strong, and they are not under the forbidden army. ”

There was a hint of self-satisfaction and a hint of threat in his words.

The ministers of the wealthy family in the palace all smiled proudly when they heard this.

Although Tuanlian was nominally a soldier and horse of the imperial court, it was actually a private army fed by the Huguang Hao clan and the Tusi chieftain. These soldiers and horses are all organized into independent battalions by the party of each county and township, and even organized into each clan, and the big clans may be organized into one capital, and the small clans may be organized into one.

Shi Chang, Du Tou, Bai Chang and other officers, most of them are children of the clan. The middle and senior generals are all children of wealthy families.

It can be described as flesh and blood, extremely united.

These people are usually big clan village warriors, often trained, and are no strangers to military affairs. Once the armed forces are gathered, it is a large army with good combat strength.

The only flaw is that because they were not subordinate to each other before, they are not good at fighting in large corps.

They are where Huguang's strength lies.

The 100,000 regiments were organized into two battalions, one was named the Hunan camp and the other was named the Chu camp.

Xu Baocheng is the newly appointed commander of Chuying.

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "That's good." As long as the regimental training army does not lag behind, there will be eighty percent certainty of taking Jiangxi! According to the report of the spies, the Tang Army in Jiangxi only has 60,000, and it is not difficult for me to break it with five times the strength! ”

"There are two generals of the Tang Army in Jiangxi, one is Xiao Bei and the other is Wu Yan. Xiao Bei was stationed in Hongdu, and Wu Yan was stationed in Xunyang. We will first attack the Shogunate Mountain, solve Xiaobei, and then go south to solve Wuyan. In this way, Jiangxi can be determined. ”

Xu Baocheng is a military general, and he quickly thought of the problem: "Your Highness, when our army arrives in Jiangxi, how can the army have to work for half a month." Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Tang Army, how could they not come to the rescue? ”

He felt that Xiao Yan's thinking was too simple.

Xiao Yan smiled: "Xu Qing is reasonable. However, the strength of the Tang army is insufficient, that is, it comes to help, at most 350,000 people, and the strength of our army is still several times. As long as the soldiers serve the dead, are they still afraid that they will not be able to win? ”

"There are more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Annan in the Tang Kingdom, and there are about 300,000 land divisions in the country. Among them, there are more than 100,000 in Sichuan and Shu alone. Then Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, at most, there are only 1780,000. ”

When Xiao Yan said this, his heart suddenly pounded, and his eyes became brighter and brighter, "In these three places, at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are needed to guard the place, and a little soldiers and horses are needed to garrison the riverbank, and those who can actually be taken out for field battles have died twelve or thirty thousand!" ”

"After the merger of the two Song Dynasty, the strength of the Song army increased greatly. The Song army will send at least 200,000 people to attack Fujian! That Li Luo is in Fujian, and at least 60,000 people should be arranged. Therefore, against the beams, at most seventy or eighty thousand, there can be no more! ”

The ministers of the Hao clan breathed a sigh of relief. And Shang Shuling Gao Lang looked at Xiao Yan's expression and couldn't help frowning slightly.

Xiao Yan, it is possible to change your mind!

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Gao Lang returned to Fuzhong, and then went out of the city to Mingguangguan in the western suburbs to relax.

In less than two hours, several Xiao Liang courtiers also appeared in Mingguang Temple.

When everyone arrived at the back mountain, Gao Lang said in a shocking voice: "Xiao Yan may change his hexagram." ”

What the?

Everyone looked at each other.

Tingwei Zhang Sheng also nodded and frowned, "Today's court discussion, I also feel that something is wrong with Xiao Yan. When he said that Datang was not strong enough, he seemed a little excited, not like he was pretending. This person is really likely to change his mind. ”

Gao Lang sneered: "Don't be afraid." Dong Huchen, Wang Wenyong, and Shao Zhong have more than 100,000 elite soldiers. Most of Xiao Liang's main forces are in our hands. Xiao Yan's change of hexagram is indeed a trouble, but he can't turn the sky over. Let's take one step at a time......"

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Xiao Yan was a little excited and locked herself alone in the dormitory, thinking while drinking, sometimes excited, sometimes frowning and gritting her teeth.

He has been in power for a few months, and the taste of power is too good. The feeling of being high up, following the law, and kneeling down for thousands of people, but anyone who has tasted it for a day is all fascinated.

This is the right of the Son of Heaven!

Manly man, so it is!

Just a day ago, the strength of the Tang Army and Li Luo's treachery made him unable to resist. Before that, he was still honestly carrying out Li Luo's instructions.

But when he was discussing today, he suddenly discovered that Li Luo was likely to have really made a big mistake!

The big mistake Li Luo made may be that he is too proud and too confident!

If it's a big mistake, it's a fleeting opportunity.

Sending more than 100,000 elite soldiers to the south can indeed lure Song and Dali to take the initiative to send troops, but... Isn't that too much?

Since ancient times, there is a cloud that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Who dares to say that Li Luo didn't make this big mistake?

Maybe he obediently obeyed to make Li Luo more proud and confident? Think it's all in the hands of the bold southern expedition?

The approximate number of soldiers and horses of the Tang Kingdom is difficult to hide from those who have a heart, and this is not a big secret. In today's court discussion, he helped Li Luo settle the accounts and found that the mobile soldiers and horses of the Southeast Tang Army were really too few.

The Liang army and the Song army will dispatch 500,000, while the Tang army's mobile strength in the southeast is only more than 100,000, a four-fold difference in troops, why... Can't spell it once?

With a four-fold advantage in troops, can't you fight once?

Who's to say you can't win?

Why do you have to surrender and give up the honor and power of the emperor?

How can the feeling of holding power for a few months be comparable to that of a mere national prince?

As long as the Dali army drags the Sichuan-Shu Tang army, and the Annan Yuan army drags Wen Tianxiang, then it can be completely gambled once!

He now has the full support of the wealthy family, and the southeast war situation is promising!

Xiao Yan's mood is extremely complicated, he wants to plan the plan, change the hexagram when the time comes, fake the drama and sing the real thing, and really attack Li Tang.

But Li Luo's prestige made him dare not make this determination.

In a dilemma.

He was still afraid.

Xiao Yan held the wine glass in a daze, squinting his eyes and weighing it repeatedly.

Do you want to call your hard work over to discuss?

No way.

Hard to have a relationship with Li Luo, she is unreliable!

Xiao Yan thought about it for a long time, and could only think of the only person who could discuss big things: his father, Xiao Yin.

The man stumbled painfully for a long time, but he still decided to bite the bullet and tell his father everything on his mind and listen to his father's opinion.

No matter how much his father hated him, it was impossible to ignore the interests of Da Liang. In the final analysis, the two are also father and son.

Xiao Yan left the dormitory with a gloomy face and went to Shou'an Palace.

It was the place where Xiao Yin was placed under house arrest.

Although Xiao Yan went to Shou'an Palace every day to greet him according to filial piety, Xiao Yan felt guilty and didn't dare to face his father, so he only went to the door every time to take a formality, and did not see his father's face.

Father and son hadn't seen each other in months.

All he knew was that his father was dying.

Xiao Yan's heart suddenly uncontrollably felt a burst of sadness. A few months ago, he insisted he was right, but now he feels like he may not be right.

"Your Highness..."The palace people outside Shou'an Palace knelt down when they saw Xiao Yan.

"How is Your Majesty looking today?" Xiao Yan asked.

A palace man replied, "Your Highness, Your Majesty... Your Majesty's complexion is not good, the imperial doctor said, the imperial doctor said Your Majesty..."

Xiao Yan said bitterly: "Okay, don't say it." Open the door, and the palace wants to meet his father. ”

A group of palace people looked at each other, it was really strange that the prince wanted to see His Majesty today.

Everyone did not dare to slack off, and quickly opened the door of the temple respectfully.

The winter sun shines into the hall, making the hall a lot brighter, and among the pillars of light, there is a lot of dust, telling the loneliness of the hall.

A strong smell of medicinal herbs and stale decay came to the nostrils, with an unconcealable twilight and death.

The furnishings in the hall are very luxurious, but how uncomfortable it looks at, it seems to be a yin house.

Xiao Yan squinted his eyes and slowly walked towards the place where the brocade curtain was hanging down, and saw a woman in palace clothes sitting next to him. When the woman saw Xiao Yan, a trace of resentment shot out of her eyes.

Xu Guifei.

"Father, the sons came to visit the father." Xiao Yan knelt down.

Xu Guifei sighed, stood up and said softly: "Your Majesty, the crown prince has come to see Your Majesty." ”

After a long time, there was a sound of turning over in the tent, and then a voice that was extremely familiar to Xiao Yan said weakly: "Prince? ”

Immediately, there was a burst of laughter full of hatred.

"Father, the Great Liang is in danger, and the son asks his father to make a clear decision." Xiao Yan said straightforwardly, he knew that his father hated him, and he didn't bother to beat around the bush.

After a long time, the tent snorted coldly, "Concubine Xu, help me up." ”

Xu Guifei opened the curtain with a sad face, revealing a white head, a thin and shapeless face, and the hands exposed outside the quilt were completely skin and bones.

Xiao Yin is actually not old, but at this time, he is completely an old man who is dying and dying, wrapped in a rich dead air.

When Xiao Yan saw his father's appearance, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and kowtowed and said, "Father, my son is not filial." ”

Xiao Yin looked at Xiao Yan with a cloudy and desolate gaze, then closed his eyes and sighed, "Erlang." ”

"Father..."Xiao Yan took two steps on his knees, held Xiao Yin's skinny and cold hand, and said with tears: "The son is not filial, a big crime, and the crime is unforgivable." ”

This father's voice immediately evoked Xiao Yin's memories back then.

Xiao Yin opened his godless eyes, "Concubine Xu, you go out first." ”

"No." Xu Guifei bowed, and left the hall with a sad background.

"Tell me what's going on." Xiao Yin said weakly.

He hated his son dearly. But so what? He only has this son, and Daliang must continue.

Xiao Yan told the matter one by one, even if he secretly declared himself a minister to Li Luo and agreed to surrender the whole country to Tang, he did not hide it.

Xiao Yin didn't get angry, but his expression became more and more sad.

If you want to say that this son is wrong, it is actually not wrong. He is still for the wealth of the Xiao family, and he is afraid that he will die against Li Tang and the country will be destroyed, and the Xiao family will never recover.

And now he wants to change his hexagram and take the opportunity to attack Tang, which is not wrong.

"Father, how should this matter be decided? Is it to take the opportunity to attack the Tang Dynasty, or to return the whole country to the Tang Dynasty? ”

Xiao Yin thought for a while, "You, must the Southeast Tang Army not have many troops?" ”

Xiao Yan affirmed: "Those that can be used in field battles are at most hundreds of thousands, and they have to deal with the Song army." Although the firearms of the Tang army are powerful, the southern expeditionary army must have brought a part, and Sichuan and Shu must also have a part, and there will not be too many firearms soldiers left in the southeast. ”

Xiao Yin exhaled a turbid breath, "Is the Southern Expeditionary Tang Army really losing ground?" Wouldn't it be Li Luo's trap? ”

Xiao Yan said: "It shouldn't be a trap. Wen Tianxiang has retreated to Xiangzhou, the Tang army is not adapted, the plague is epidemic, and a large number of soldiers in the army die of disease and burn every day. ”

Xiao Yin said: "Then the key to this battle lies in whether the Dali army and the Song army can send troops as agreed. If the two countries can hold back the Tang army in Fujian and Sichuan, Shu and Tang, the battle of Jiangxi is still very certain, after all, there is a multi-fold advantage in troops. ”

"But if the Dali army is defeated or the Song army is defeated, it will be dangerous."

Xiao Yan lowered his eyes, "Erchen also thinks so, so it is difficult to decide." ”

Xiao Yin closed his eyes again, and suddenly opened them for a long time, "Then bet once, and you will plan it!" As long as the soldiers serve the death, most of them can win this battle! If you don't take risks, where can you start an infrastructure industry? If I hadn't taken the risk of raising troops back then, would I have a big beam? ”

Xiao Yan's expression was relieved, "Then the plan will be calculated!" Beat! ”

Xiao Yin looked at Xiao Yan sarcastically, "You have been in power for several months, and you are already reluctant, right?" Hmph, once the power is touched, no one wants to let go. ”

"You go, I don't want to see you again. Whether you win or lose, I can't see. I've reached the end of time, and I can't take care of you. ”

"Father!" Xiao Yan cried bitterly.

Xiao Yin suddenly struggled to grab Xiao Yan's hand, and he was so sick that he actually grabbed Xiao Yan in pain. He stared at Xiao Yan deadly, and his cloudy eyes shot a fierce and resentful light.

"Xiao Yin, if you are still a member of the Xiao family, and you still think that you are my son, you will kill this little slut! Kill her! I want to see her head! ”

After trying to finish this paragraph, Xiao was sweating profusely, and seemed to have burned out the last of his strength.

worked hard in the Suzaku Gate Change, and killed his three sons!

How can he not hate?

Hard work, this poisonous snake does not die, he does not die.

"Father..."Xiao Yan hesitated, "Do you really want to kill her?" ”

Xiao Yin looked at Xiao Yin with resentful eyes, and said with all his might: "If you don't want me to become a powerful ghost after death, you should quickly kill this scourge!" When I see her head, I breathe..."

He stared at Xiao Yan without blinking.

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! And the ministers put her to death. It's just that she is quite powerful now, and she has the women's army and Zuo Xiao's cavalry guard, and she also asks her father Huang'an to wait for a few days. ”

Xiao Yin's hand let go, and waved his hand hard, "Go, I don't have a few days to live, I can only wait for you for three days." ”

When Xiao Yan came out of Shou'an Palace, there was nothing but a cold sweat on a cold day.

He shuddered at the thought of his father's resentful gaze.

Fortunately, his father also decided to fake the show, and attacked Li Tang with a plan, and finally helped him make up his mind.

That's it!

As for the hard work, then I can only be sorry.

Although Hardship is very powerful now, it is not difficult to kill her.

As long as you trick her into the palace in the name of deliberations, you can kill her.

As for the reason, is it needed?

The emperor's decree to kill her was the reason.

Xiao Yan was actually very unbearable in his heart. He really didn't want to kill the hardship. But he now has several reasons to kill the hard work, so the hard work must die.

Hard work is too dangerous, like a poisonous snake, he is already very uneasy.

The second is that she is very shrewd in her hard work, and if she really does a fake show, she can only hide it from her for a while. If she reported to Li Luo, it would be a big trouble.

Furthermore, he could not resist his father's last request.

The question is, if he dies of hard work, will Li Luo be suspicious?

Xiao Yan thought about it and decided to write a letter to Li Luo, saying that his father was about to die, and he had to be executed for hard work. As the Son of Man, he had to comply with his father's last request.

This reason is strong enough. Li Luo will not be suspicious.

Hard work and Li Luo just have some friendship, Li Luo will never turn his face with himself for the sake of hard work. He didn't believe that Li Luo cared about hard work.

When Xiao Yan returned to the dormitory, it was already dark. He wanted to summon hard work into the palace now, but he felt that it was getting late, and he still felt that it would be appropriate to do it tomorrow.

Bitter, let Li live one more day.

I can't help it.

You don't blame me.

What Xiao Yan didn't know was that what he had talked about with Xiao Yin's father and son in Shou'an Palace was immediately reported to the hard work.

How can such a hard person not be arranged in the palace?

After Xiao Yan discussed the court, he immediately went to Shou'an Palace and came out for a long time. And after he came out, his expression was a little abnormal.

This incident was enough to arouse the vigilance of a shrewd ghost.

In the study room of Princess Guangming's Mansion, it was hard to get the news, and she squinted her eyes and thought.

Today's court meeting is small-scale, and only officials above the third rank can participate. But hard work still quickly inquired about the content of the court's discussion.

The court discussed an important topic, the southeast of the Tang State was short of troops.

Then the prince went to Shou'an Palace.

It has been a few months since the Suzaku Gate Change, and the crown prince has not met with the emperor, but today he suddenly went to see him. This is simply not right.

There must be a problem.

The crown prince must have a secret matter that is difficult to decide and has to discuss with the emperor.

Then the matter of discussion must have something to do with the court discussion. What is it worth the prince to go to the emperor head-on?

That can only be about attacking Tang.

But the attack on Tang was originally fake, so why do you need to consult with the emperor? Didn't you make a decision a long time ago?

Unless......

Suddenly, I thought of a possibility, and my heart jumped.

She remembered the eyeliner report, saying that the prince's face was very gloomy after leaving Shou'an Palace, and she felt bad.

She knew very well that the emperor hated herself to the bone.

It was she who prompted Xiao Yan's palace to change, put the emperor who tried to contact the Yuan court under house arrest, killed King Lu who wanted to take refuge in the Yuan court, and killed two other princes.

The emperor must have dreamed of killing him. So, what will the emperor say when the father and son suddenly meet this time?

Do you still need to think about it?

The emperor wants his own life before he dies, can the crown prince refuse?

Thinking of this, his hard face became more and more gloomy, and his little hands were clenched tightly into two pink fists.

ps: This chapter, I believe it will surprise many people. That's all for tonight, good night friends. Ask for support. Especially subscriptions. Crab crab oh, woohoo!

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