Three rounds of drinking.

Tang Pidi looked at Luo Jing and then at Li Qi.

A person like Li Qi naturally understands the meaning of Old Tang's glance.

Originally, Lao Tang judged that Luo Jing might make a move against Yuzhou after the spring of the coming year.

Both Li Qi and Lao Tang understood that this was an unwise move.

But they understood that it was useless, because Luo Jing didn't think so.

Lao Tang also said that the current Luo Realm is sitting in the richest place, and there are many soldiers and generals who are not short of money, so they may not listen to persuasion.

Therefore, Lao Tang planned to move south with his team after the spring was warm, ready to respond to support at any time.

But this matter has to be said to Luo Jing.

No matter how good the relationship between Luo Jing and Li Qi is, what should be said must be said.

Luo Jing looked down on him from the beginning, to his later recognition, and then to his later regard for Li Qi as a brother, which is obvious.

However, even so, there are some lines that cannot be crossed casually.

For example, Lao Tang led the army to move south, if he didn't inform Luo Jing in advance, then what would Luo Jing think?

Even if it is a brother, one is in Jizhou and the other is in Anyang, and the people of Jizhou suddenly lead the army south, without notifying Anyang, they cannot tolerate it.

Tang Pi's glance meant that he wanted to talk to Luo Jing.

Li Qi picked up a roast leg of lamb and cut the meat off little by little with a knife.

After cutting it, he handed it to Luo Jing: "You will definitely use troops against Yuzhou in the spring next year." ”

Luo Jing's hand stretched out to pick up the plate of meat and stopped in mid-air.

After a moment, he smiled and took the plate.

"Yes, there will be troops."

He glanced at Li Qi: "There is no need to persuade me. ”

Li Qi said: "If you don't persuade, just ask." ”

Luo Jing said: "I came to Jizhou this time, but I didn't come to discuss any military affairs with you. ”

He glanced at Tang Pidi again and said with a smile: "I'm just looking for my brothers to reunite with me during the Chinese New Year here." ”

Li Qi and Tang were comparable, and they saw some sadness behind Luo Jing's smile.

That sadness is called loneliness.

Then the two of them woke up at the same time, Luo Jing was indeed a person without friends.

When his father was still there, he was an invincible major general in Youzhou, lonely and arrogant.

After his father was gone, he became even more lonely and arrogant.

Even if he wanted to find friends with people who were similar to him, where would he go to find them?

When a person like Luo Jing makes friends, it must not be his background.

It's the ability.

Your ability is far from him, even if you are a member of the family of the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, he also looks down on you.

Unfortunately, in the entire territory of Youzhou, who can compare with him?

Coincidentally, after leaving Youzhou, he met two, one was Li Qi, and the other was Tang Pidi.

The three of them seem to be about the same, whether it is their appearance or martial arts, they are all superior people.

So you see, there is a threshold for people like Luo Jing to find friends.

If a person's family background is equal to him, or better than him, but his ability is not as good as his, he looks down on him.

If his family background is not as good as his, his skills are good, but his appearance is too ugly, he still looks down on him.

If your family background is like him, you are not as good as him, your skills are similar to him, and your appearance is good, so you can be friends.

Maybe in Luo Jing's heart, his best friends in this life are these people in front of him.

He doesn't have any friends in Youzhou, let alone in Anyang?

So at this time of the Chinese New Year, he will come all the way to Jizhou.

Luo Jing took a sip of his wine glass.

Keep your head down.

After a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "It's the New Year." ”

This smile is even more bitter.

He said: "It's the New Year, just say what you should say in the New Year." ”

Li Qi actually had to persuade a few words, and he also regarded Luo Jing as a friend.

Tang Pidi shook his head slightly, signaling Li Qi not to talk about military affairs anymore.

Li Qi paused for a moment, and then laughed: "You guys are lucky today, I suddenly became interested." ”

He looked at the soldiers outside and said, "Fetch my drum." ”

Li Qi got up, moved for a while, and said: "I haven't talked about a book for a while, so I'll tell you a paragraph, and if you say it well, you will be rewarded." ”

Everyone immediately became happy, it was indeed a long time since they had seen Li Qi tell a story.

The little gentleman who was in Yunzhai Teahouse back then was popular throughout Jizhou City.

How many big girls and little daughters-in-law are fascinated by him, and they are fascinated when they see him.

This is not an exaggeration, many of the people present here have seen it with their own eyes.

He sang songs and told stories on stage, and the people below looked at him, and everyone was a nymphomaniac.

It's not for nothing, there is a noble lady who doesn't want to be named, and she's willing to spend a lot of money to buy him.

If you can't do it, you can spend a lot of money to sleep with him once.

The noble lady once said that the little gentleman's hand, his foot, his robe, and his leg swing are all seductive.

How many times, Li Qi refused because he was still young.

Of course, it's still young.

At this time, when Li Qi said that he wanted to tell a story, everyone's interest was high.

After a while, the soldiers came with drums, a cowhide war drum with a diameter of more than five feet.

Li Qi looked at the drum and was stunned for a moment.

Yu Jiuling hurriedly ordered someone to lift the drum down, and asked for the drum for commenting on the book, but it was not like this.

Li Qi smiled: "Just use this, this is energetic." ”

Xiahou Yu stood up and said, "Wait." ”

She turned to leave, and after a while, she came back with the shamisen and said with a smile, "I'll give you a tune." ”

Li Qi smiled and nodded.

Two people, one standing next to the big drum, and the other sitting not far away, holding the shamisen in their arms.

Mrs. Xiahou smiled and asked, "What kind of allusion do you want to say today?" ”

Li Qi said: "You will know when you hear it." ”

He looked at Xiahou Yuli, and Xiahou Yuli immediately moved his jade fingers, looked for the sound of the piano slightly, and then the music sounded.

Li Qi said: "Let's say that in Anyang City, there is a brave general, who thinks that he is invincible in the world and unmatched, this person is surnamed Meng and named Kedi." ”

"Wow!"

Luo Jing smiled: "Is this to brag about yourself?!" ”

Li Qi glanced at him with a smile.

Tang Pidi sighed in his heart, Luo Realm, Luo Realm, I hope you can understand Li Qi's hard work.

Why did Meng Kedi lose?

Underestimate the enemy.

At the same time, the south bank of the Nanping River.

In the camp of the Chu army.

Looking at the food served by his subordinates, Prince Wu's face changed slightly.

He asked, "Why is it so abundant?" ”

The men looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

They were all afraid that Prince Wu would let them take down the food.

In fact, where to talk about what is sumptuous, just three dishes, two of which are vegetarian dishes.

It's almost the New Year, and Prince Wu's meal is so simple, but it's not because he is really that simple.

Prince Wu was born rich and noble, how could he be really simple.

Just because of the lack of food in the army.

Yuzhou is indeed a major grain producing area, and it is the foundation of Prince Wu, but he has been fighting for many years, relying on the support of Yuzhou, and it is already quite difficult.

He went to Jizhou to fight, and the grain supply line went from Yuzhou to Jizhou, and he went to Jingzhou to fight, and the supply line went from Yuzhou to Jingzhou.

The longer it takes, the greater the consumption, and half of the food may be consumed on the way to the place when it is transported to the place.

The grain and grass needed by his army all depended on Yuzhou, and now the troops were divided into two routes, and the two places were supplied, even if Yuzhou was the granary of the world, it would be overwhelmed.

There is also the Cao family behind Prince Wu, and the Cao family naturally spares no effort.

However, in such times, there is a lot of money, and it may not be enough to buy enough food.

Prince Wu looked at the embarrassment of his subordinates, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "That's it, don't take it as an example." ”

He sat down, looked at the three dishes, and after a while, said: "Officers and soldiers in the army, there are two meals a day, but I have three dishes in one meal, which is not good." ”

The subordinates nodded hurriedly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"How long will it take for the food and grass supplies to arrive?"

Prince Wu asked as he ate.

The subordinates said: "Half a month ago, the quartermaster of the army, Lord An, personally went to urge him, and he has not come back yet. ”

Prince Wu snorted, he hadn't eaten meat for four or five days, and today's meal was indeed a bit tempting.

But because of the answers of his subordinates, he suddenly felt that the meat dishes were tasteless.

"An Hezhi has been gone for half a month?"

Prince Wu exhaled softly.

A few years ago, the quartermaster left the camp to urge food and grass supplies, and he didn't dare to let the soldiers know about it.

"Lord Hong, Yuzhou Mansion, has already sent someone here three times, saying that it is being raised, please ask the prince to be a little more lenient."

Prince Wu nodded: "It's also difficult for him." ”

After a moment of silence, he stopped talking and ate heavily.

Because he knows that it is difficult, even if his heart is heavy and the taste is not so delicious, he still can't spoil it.

Three steamed buns and three dishes, eat clean.

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, Prince Wu has not returned home, and for several years, he has always eaten and slept in the open air.

"Get a pen and paper, I'll write a recital."

Prince Wu exhaled slowly, thinking that this time he could only ask His Majesty to think of a way.

In his letter, he said to Emperor Yang Jing...... Please Your Majesty allocate some grain and grass as appropriate, the front line in Yuzhou is indeed difficult.

He told the emperor that if nothing else, the battle in Anyang would have a result after the spring was warm.

The anti-thief Luo Realm will definitely attack Yuzhou, and he will do his best to defeat Luo Realm in Nanpingjiang.

After writing it, Prince Wu handed the fold to his subordinates: "Send it to the capital as quickly as possible." ”

Just as his subordinates were about to respond, Prince Wu took the fold back again.

He was silent for a moment, and threw the recital into a brazier not far away.

"Lord Wang, why is this?"

His subordinates hurriedly asked.

Prince Wu sighed and said, "It's difficult on my side, and it's not the same difficult on Your Majesty's side...... Have you all forgotten, I got the news last month that His Majesty had decreed that the expenditure in the palace would be reduced to one-tenth of the original expenditure, and the need for food and drink would be reduced to one-twentieth of the original ......"

He knew that once this piece of music was delivered to the capital.

Even if Emperor Yang Jing tried his best, he would come up with a batch of grain and grass supplies for him.

But then life in the capital was even more difficult.

When the thieves in the southeast arrived in Yangzhou, they were only six or seven hundred miles away from Jingzhou, and when the thieves in the southwest arrived in Jingzhou, they were only more than a thousand miles away from Jingzhou.

The thieves from the north, the likes of Luo Jing, are eyeing Yuzhou.

On the other side of the capital, it may have been a long time since we received food from all over the country.

"Your Majesty is already suffering."

Prince Wu glanced at the three empty plates in front of him, and even the vegetable soup was wiped clean by him with steamed buns.

looked at it, so the guilt on his face was even stronger.

"As a minister, how can you make Your Majesty suffer again?"

Prince Wu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty didn't tell us as courtiers about his sufferings, and those of us who are courtiers naturally can't talk to Your Majesty, that is a dereliction of duty and incompetence for the ministers." ”

He got up and said, "Let's figure it out for ourselves." ”

When Prince Wu walked out, he suddenly thought of something, and remembered it without warning, but this time, his heart seemed to be pierced by a knife.

He was suffocated for a while, and his face instantly turned pale.

I heard that the wind and rain in Jizhou are smooth, and taxes are reduced and reduced, fields and grains are divided, and the people have food, clothing and money......

But over there, it is the place controlled by the big thief Li Qi.

This...... Does that make sense?

The imperial court, not as good as a thief?

Because of this sudden thought, my heart ached.