"Chen Yiji, you... Do you still want to be the king of Annam? Li Luo said with a flat expression.

What the?

Chen Yiji was startled, looked up at Li Luo who seemed to be smiling in shock, and said with a pale face: "King, king... The minister never dared to have this thought again! The minister is the courtier of the Tang Dynasty, please believe in the loyalty of the minister. ”

"Hahaha." Li Luo laughed, "Get up." Don't be afraid, the widow didn't say you had this mind. ”

"Yes, yes. King Xie, long live long live long live! Chen Yiji broke out in a cold sweat in an instant, as if he suddenly had a serious illness.

Since the Tang Army's great victory in the south, Li Luo was in the ascendant and dominated the south, and he no longer dared to have the slightest thought.

Li Luo stood up and looked down at Chen Yiji, who was kneeling on the futon, "The widow wants to send Wen Tianxiang to recover Annan." Well, what do you say? ”

Chen Yiji's body was shocked, and he immediately reacted, and immediately said: "Accept it!" Annan was originally the old land of China, and now that the king has responded to the order, Annan will of course return to Zhuxia. The ministers are willing to serve the king. ”

Chen Yiji is indeed cowardly and afraid of death, but he is a smart person, where do he not know how to say or how to do it? Of course, he also knew what Li Luo wanted to do.

Anyway, Annan was occupied by the Yuan army, and it was not his Chen's for a long time, and it was a good deal to exchange it for Li Luo's reuse.

Li Luo nodded, "You go to Annan with Captain Wen to help Datang clean up people's hearts." Well, the widow will crown you as the king of Annam, and fully cooperate with Wen Taiwei to pass through the great politics of Annam. If you do a good job, the widow will not forget your merits. ”

Chen Yiji's heart was really like this, and he asked cautiously: "King, when will the minister sacrifice his land to the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Actually, it means how long should I be a puppet.

He didn't want to be a puppet for too long. It looks like a king, but it's a marionette, what can it be like?

Li Luo smiled: "At most, you can return to Beijing in one year." Naturally, I won't let you be idle. ”

This is the official who made a wish, and the tone is still a real job, and the grade will not be low.

Chen Yiji breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed again, and said, "King Xie, the minister must do his best to assist Taiwei Wen to do this errand well." ”

At the same time that Chen Yiji was meeting Li Luo, Cui Xiuning of the Furao Pavilion was also receiving Aya, the last princess of the Bagan Dynasty.

In the Furo Pavilion, Princess Aya, who was frightened like a deer at first, finally landed a stone in her heart at this time.

After the Battle of Hengyang, the king of Yunnan was captured with her and brought to Lin'an. Most of the other captives became slaves? And because of her special status, she was raised. Life is not bad.

Aya doesn't speak Chinese? Cui Xiuning can't speak either? The two actually have a hard time communicating. Fortunately, Aya knew some Chinese characters and finally understood the queen's meaning.

It turned out that the queen asked her to return to China with a Tang general? Drove out the Yuan army and made her queen.

But how can there be such a good thing in the world?

She's just a puppet. Less than two years? It is necessary to take the initiative to dedicate the soil to the Tang Dynasty.

The queen told her? Got this done? Tang Guo gave her a knighthood, so that she would have no worries for life, and would not interfere with her marriage.

For her, this is already the best way out.

…………

After a period of preparation? The fifth day of September? Li Luo sent an edict to the south.

Feng Jun Shifu Dongge Tai Lieutenant, Luling Marquis Wen Tianxiang as the Marshal of Zhengnan and the Governor of Tiannan, plus the rank of major division, envoy to the festival, led 120,000 elite soldiers? 30,000 military slaves, claimed to be 300,000? Expedition by sea.

Feng Yang Xu was the deputy marshal of the left of the expedition to the south, and the envoy of the Jiaozhou Festival.

Feng Jiangjun is the right deputy marshal of the expedition to the south, and the envoy of Xiangzhou Festival.

Feng Chen Yu was the pastor of Jiaozhou. Feng Zhouyun was the pastor of Xiangzhou.

There are a number of generals who are familiar with the south, such as Zhang Yong, Shen Peanhua, Qu Shi, and Zhang Hui.

The general of the water division is Luo Yu, the governor of the Minzhou water division. The sea transport fleet was insufficient, and half of the warships of the ocean-going fleet were transferred.

In addition, there are dozens of officials who are born as spies, who go out with the army and serve as officials in Jiaozhou and Xiangzhou.

On September 18, the Southern Expeditionary Army assembled in Hangzhou Bay. There are 5,000 Tubo cavalry under Lang Ba Ma Jie, 3,000 party cavalry under Li Yi, a brigade of firearms soldiers (more than 5,000), 20,000 Sheyao Miao Dong mountain soldiers, 50,000 pikemen, 20,000 crossbow soldiers, 5,000 heavy infantry, and 10,000 sailors.

plus 30,000 military slaves, it is worth 150,000 troops.

On this day, the entire Hangzhou Bay is like a forest of flags, swords and guns like snow. More than 100,000 troops were discharged for several miles, and the momentum was majestic and solemn, but it seemed very quiet in the gloom of late autumn, and a high phoenix bathing fire flag was waving in the wind.

On the sea surface of Hangzhou Bay, the white sails have long been like clouds, and the fleet is like a mountain, which is also magnificent.

Li Luo personally came to Hangzhou Bay to see him off and inspect the expeditionary army.

"Da-da, da-da..."

King Tang, who was on a white horse and in black armor, under the guidance of the guards and knights and Wen Tianxiang and other generals, slowly rode past in front of the large army, looking resolute and energetic.

"Wan Sheng, the king! Datang Wansheng! ”

Everywhere Li Luo went, the soldiers paid attention to salute and shouted in unison.

Wen Tianxiang rode his horse and said: "King, our army is like a wolf and a tiger, full of vitality, and the enemy army will definitely be invincible. ”

Li Luo nodded, "This battle is not difficult, you must restrain the soldiers, you can't win quickly, and you can be stable." When necessary, they should also be defeated and retreat. ”

Defeat and retreat can also make the army's morale not disturbed, which really requires ability.

Wen Tianxiang said with a smile: "The king's use of soldiers is really the essence of war, unpredictable, uncertain, and the enemy is the first to be expected. ”

Why not win a quick victory, or even retreat?

Because Dali and Song did not want the Tang army to win quickly, they hoped that the Tang army would fall into the quagmire of the southern expedition, at least in the short term.

In this way, there were fewer Tang troops in Jiangnan and Sichuan.

Only then did they have the opportunity to send troops to attack Tang.

In other words, if the Tang army had a quick victory in Annam, they would not have dared to send troops. But if the Tang Army gets bogged down, it will be a great opportunity.

Only by hiding on the plateau and occupying an absolutely advantageous position can the Dali army risk attacking Yizhou.

Now or never!

Li Luo deliberately "got bogged down" in Annan, of course, it was a strategic deception to lure Dali and Zhao Song into a military adventure.

Luring out the main force of Dali and killing it is one of the goals of this southern expedition.

And that's just one of the goals.

With such a big move as the Southern Expedition, Li Luo could not have only one goal. When did he not kill two birds with one stone, or even kill four birds with one stone?

"Bestow!" Li Luo ordered.

In the sound of the horn, a festival battle was offered, and Li Luo took over the festival battle and awarded it to Wen Tianxiang. Wen Tianxiang took it respectfully and said loudly: "The minister will not disgrace his mission!" ”

This is the feast of giving.

"Seal!"

Wen Tianxiang took the big seal with both hands again, and said loudly for the second time: "The minister will not fail in his mission!" ”

"Charms!" Immediately afterwards, the talisman was also handed over to Wen Tianxiang.

"The minister will not fail in his mission!" Wen Tianxiang said for the third time.

"Oath!"

Wen Tianxiang is also wearing a gorgeous armor, carrying a Tang knife and a military talisman on his waist, holding a knotted in one hand and a military seal in the other, and walked on the high platform without hurry, facing the soldiers of the whole army.

The two military officials in the back followed Wen Tianxiang to the high platform, both of them each holding a wooden plate, one wooden plate was empty, and the other wooden plate held a volume of documents.

Wen Tianxiang first held up the festival battle and the military seal, and then slowly put it into the empty wooden plate on the left. At the same time, the officer on the right immediately knelt down and presented the wooden tray holding the paperwork.

Wen Tianxiang picked up the paperwork in the wooden plate, which was a pledge form.

He unfolded his oath and read it aloud. In fact, not many people can hear it, it's just a formality.

"Annan, the homeland of China; The Yue people, etc., the descendants of Yan Huang are also. Since Qinding Lingnan, immigrants moved south, Zhao Tuo returned to the Han Dynasty, the world was the Han land, and the officials and pastors ruled for more than a thousand years. ”

Therefore, the Han family Wenzhi, the south of the sky, the word of Cangjie, line in the cape. The millennium has fallen, and it has entered the summers early. As for the weak Song Dynasty, territorial analysis, Yanyun was lost in the north, Ganliang was lost in the west, Liaodong was lost in the east, and Jinghai was lost in the south. Annam has been self-reliant for more than 300 years. ”

"And Meng Yuanqi and Mobei, the horse invaded the south and whipped the world. The four kingdoms were destroyed, and Annan was left alone, and it was inevitable that it would eventually fall. Today, the Yuan army is entrenched, the quiet sea is not quiet, Annan is uneasy, the people are hanging upside down, horses are in the farmland, millions of people, blood and tears have dried. ”

"The chief of the Tang Dynasty, the father of the Holy Lord Huamin. The more difficult it is, the pain is in the heart... Now it is not waiting to be restored, but to send 300,000 soldiers and horses of the nine tribes of Han, Tubo, She, Yao, Dong, Yi, Miao, Qiang, and Tujia in Zhuxia, hang the people and cut off the stubbornness, calm the period, wash the dust, and rebuild Sangzi..."

"The Great Wall of the Tang Dynasty, the Tiger Ben of the Holy Lord, the Guardian of China, the separation of the summer and the land, and the death of the compatriots... When you abide by the martial arts, strive forward, and swear to die... Do not make martial virtue a loss, and the military flag will be discolored. ”

"Listen to the army, I have a word. My Tang Dynasty has strict military law, and the law is clear, and I dare not violate the slightest offense when I order it...... On the day of the class, when the triumphant time, I and the army drink in front of the king, it is also very fast! In the year 3982 of Huaxia, September 18 of the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After Wen Tianxiang's oath was recited, the military salute officer drank: "Play music!" ”

Suddenly, the bells, drums and horns in the army sounded slowly, and the melody was tragic and desolate. Immediately afterwards, the military salute officer took out the Tang knife and raised it, and the soldiers who went out to sing the military song "National Mourning" together.

More than 100,000 people sang, and the sound was earth-shattering, and even the river was shaken up by ripples. When the people in Lin'an City heard the singing, they stopped and listened quietly, with solemn expressions.

Until the military song is finished, the nearby mountains still echo like the sound of heaven.

Wen Tianxiang stepped down from the high platform, led a group of generals to Li Luo's horse, and saluted: "Chen Qin ordered Wen Tianxiang, the marshal of the Southern Expedition, the oath has been completed, and I have come to His Majesty to take a resign, and I respectfully ask the king to show me." ”

Li Luo said solemnly: "Go on the expedition!" ”

"No!" Wen Tianxiang and the generals bowed and said loudly: "This marshal is ordered to march south, pass the order!" Get on board and go! ”

"No!" The generals shouted, and they strode to the headquarters of the meteor and organized the troops to ship on horseback.

The entire army suddenly became tense and orderly, and moved in a chaotic manner.

It wasn't until half a day later that all the soldiers and horses were loaded on board.

"Boom!" Immediately, the guns on the Jinyang ship roared, and the order to lift the anchor was issued.

A white sail turned, like a white cloud rolling. Slowly, a huge fleet of more than a thousand ships slowly left the dock and headed out for the open sea.

The news of the Tang Army's 300,000 southern expedition soon spread in all directions. Just four days later, it reached Guangzhou.

Zhao Liangchao, who had already become the emperor, was shocked and hurriedly sent someone to inform Zhao Chang, the emperor who attacked Siam, and asked him to embankment the Tang army. At the same time, it was urgently mobilized to strictly prevent the Tang army from attacking Guangdong.

Almost at the same time, the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State in Gangneung also knew.

Xiao Yan, the prince of the prison state, Li Luo is finally about to start the battle of unification. He had already received a letter from Li Luo, asking him to urge the organization of the Three Kingdoms Alliance to attack the Tang State.

Obviously, although Li Luonan sent a large number of elite troops to the south to conquer Annam, he hoped that the Three Kingdoms would attack Tang.

This shows that he has the chance to win, and he has no fear at all, and he does not take the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Three Kingdoms into account.

To be honest, Xiao Yan has not wavered, and he is still tormenting and struggling in his heart at the right time.

He really wants to continue the Liang and be a Liang Tianzi who follows his words. But he knew very well that he simply couldn't do it.

Compared to the big beam, Li Tang is too strong. As long as Li Luo is willing, he will come to the city within half a month.

I really can't beat it.

Li Luo is so shrewd, so calm, he refuses to make a small mistake, and Da Liang has no chance of getting lucky.

Therefore, in order to return to the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Yan immediately ordered to send an envoy to Dali to discuss the division of troops by the Tang Army's southern expedition and jointly attack the Tang Dynasty.

Xiao Yan also took great pains to draw up a military strategy:

If the Tang army in the southern expedition could not achieve a quick victory, then the Liang army would attack Jiangxi, the Song army would attack Fujian, and the Dali army would attack Sichuan.

After that, the Liang and Song armies respectively held Jiangxi and Fujian, and Dali occupied Sichuan, compressing the power of the Tang State in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In this way, it is not a matter of concern for the Tang State to lose Sichuan, Fujian, and Jiangxi.

And all three countries are good.

To be honest, this plan is neither conservative nor aggressive, but it is still very impressive. After all, the Tang army had already dispatched more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight Annam, and the local soldiers and horses were at most 200,000 or 300,000. And the Triple Alliance has at least 600,000 troops, which is worth the risk.

As soon as the Three Kingdoms sent troops to attack Tang, then the righteousness would immediately turn to Li Luo. The people of the world will know that Li Tang raised troops to attack the Yuan army in Annam, but the Three Kingdoms took the opportunity to attack the Tang State regardless of the overall situation of resisting the Yuan.

If it is destroyed by Tang Guo's free hands, will it still be wronged?

Even the history books of later generations will clearly and clearly write: The Three Kingdoms attacked the Tang Dynasty, were defeated, and perished.

Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh, King Tang wanted both the inside and the face, which can be described as a cheap one.

"What do you think of this strategy? If you think you can, do it. Before Xiao Yan sent the envoy, he still asked for hard advice.

After the Suzaku Gate Change, although she did not come to the front of the stage, most people knew that she was the most powerful woman in Liang Kingdom.

And although she is young, she is really scheming. Not long ago, a wealthy official asked Xiao Yan not to let Princess Guangming participate in court politics, which offended her, and died in Qinglou a few days later.

And the death is very strange and humiliating.

It's terrible to be so unscrupulous and not leave the slightest leverage.

Hard, he looked at the strategy, "I heard that Duan Qing is cautious and diligent, he may not be fooled." When it comes to attacking Sichuan, he may not have enough guts. ”

Xiao Yan said: "Luring the Dali army to the north to conquer Sichuan is what the Tang King wants to do. But if Duan Zheng didn't dare to come out, there would be no way. ”

said hard: "If this task is not completed, then Li Luo may snub us in the future." If there is no power and wealth, is it still wealth? Dali has a lot of soldiers and horses, and is good at fighting in the mountains, and the geographical advantage is too great, so they must be lured out. They are our votes. ”

Xiao Yan's heart jumped when she heard the name, but she also admitted that the word hard work was used correctly.

Isn't it just a vote for Dali?

Xiao Yan frowned, "Then how do you say that Duan Zheng must send troops?" ”

smiled bitterly: "Write to your sister, she is the queen of Dali, let her advocate sending troops." ”

"Xiao Zhen?" Xiao Yan shook her head, "She is a woman, and she is a major military event, how can she intervene?" ”

"How do you know if you don't try." said hard, thinking that although you are Xiao Zhen's brother, I know her better than you. Hmph, how do you think Duan Qing died?

"Good. Then I asked her to persuade Duan Zheng to take the initiative to send troops on the grounds that her lips were dead and her teeth were cold, and it was difficult for the Liang to support herself. Xiao Yan began to write.

Half a month later, Duan Zheng, the Dali Emperor of Yangtho City, finally met the envoy of the Liang State, and of course, the envoy of the Song State was also there.

Duan Zheng had been the emperor for more than a month at this time.

Speaking of which, Duan Qing's father and son are also very skillful. It was only half a year after Dali was restored, and he quickly appeased the nobles and chiefs, using both soft and hard, pulling and beating, and tidying them up.

Dali's predecessor was Nanzhao, which was a ruthless character who could fight hard with Tubo and Datang. For a long time in history, both the Tang Dynasty and Tubo had no way to take Nanzhao, and sometimes they were even beaten by Nanzhao to the head and bleed.

But now that it has been sinicized for hundreds of years, the people of Dali have long lost the barbarism and fierceness of the original barbarian era, and their military strength has declined greatly.

But no matter what, Dali is a high-altitude mountainous area after all, the people are fierce, and the combat power is not much worse.

At this time, there are more than 3 million people in Dali Kingdom, and 200,000 soldiers and horses can be easily requisitioned, and the weapons and armor are also complete, just like a small tyrant.

Moreover, there are many poison archers in the Dali army, and once the enemy is hit by an arrow, even if it is not, it will be crippled.

The strength is definitely not to be underestimated.

"Two noble envoys, I understand what your country means. The Triple Alliance is not an empty word, how can I not know the truth of cold lips and teeth? "Changed back to the Buddhist temple of the Dali Palace, straightened up the black dragon robe, and said to the envoys of the Liang State and the Song State.

"However, Dali is victorious in the geographical advantage, and there are a lot of Tang troops in Sichuan, if you leave Dali and take the initiative to send troops to the north, then you will lose the geographical advantage, and the people are not in me, it is difficult."

"The Tang Army's more than 100,000 troops marched south to Annam, and it is likely to attack Dali. At that time, our army was in Sichuan, how did this happen? ”

Of course, he wants Sichuan very much, and he dreams of it. But he didn't dare to fight.

If you are defeated, even if you stick to it, it will be difficult to hold Dali.

Soon after Dali returned to the country, he couldn't afford the defeat.

The envoy of the Song State said: "Your Majesty, there are more than 100,000 people in the Yuan army and the Yue army in Annan, Wen Tianxiang is just a scholar, a traitor of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is not Li Luo, maybe he will be defeated in Annan, or he will be in a dilemma." How can there be strength to march north to Dali? ”

The envoy of the Liang State also said: "Not bad. Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses in the Tang Kingdom, not counting the sailors, have a maximum of 300,000. In addition to the soldiers and horses left behind, those who can be taken out for field battles are at most more than 200,000. And our Three Kingdoms alone have more than 600,000 soldiers who can fight in the field! ”

Duan Zheng frowned and paced back and forth, but still shook his head and said, "This matter is still on hold." Even if the troops are dispatched, it will take two months at the earliest. ”

The envoys of the two countries were very disappointed, they could see that Duan Zheng would rather stick to the gate than dare to risk attacking Sichuan.

But if Dali does not send troops, then this plan will be difficult to implement.

Don't miss the time!

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