"Drink a lot!"

In the mansion of Mei Jiu, the governor of Yangzhou, a banquet was held to celebrate the defeat of the Tang army at Lianshui against the enemy of Wuning. This time, it was not through the unknown that was defeated, but by the famous Cao Bin.

With an army of 10,000, Cao Bin, who was defeated and lost, and Cao Bin, who fled back in embarrassment, wanted to organize troops and horses to attack again for a while, and it was not an easy thing to do.

You must know that Zhu Youzhen's main force is still consolidating the rule of Liang in the Eyue area, quelling the rebellion, and becoming the theme song. Liu Xinda's troops were dragged to Yueyang, and they couldn't attack repeatedly, but under the attack of Yueyang Qian Biao and Dongting Zheng Wenchang by land and water, they suffered repeated losses, and for a while, they were unable to launch an offensive, forcing Zhu Youzhen to send Tian Guofeng's troops to support. As soon as Tian Guofeng left, Zhu Youzhen's headquarters wanted to completely suppress the resistance forces of Eyue, and they became more and more overwhelmed.

It is now the autumn harvest season, and Zhu Youzhen, who is anxious for food, has no intention of coming to Yangzhou again. Because there is no food in Yangzhou, he can't solve his current urgent need.

In other words, at least for this year, Yangzhou has been at ease.

Now, the Liang army has retreated back to Huai'an, and Lianshui has completely fallen into the control of the Tang army, which is equivalent to losing such a huge salt profit income as the Lianshui salt farm, which can be said to be worse.

Li Hao smiled and raised his glass in front of Ren Xiaonian, Ge Cai, Liu Yuan and other generals, raised his glass and said: "Everyone, this battle has played our prestige and morale, and it has also made those guys around Yangzhou tremble, but it is not just to defeat Cao Bin, come, cheers!" ”

"General Xie Li!" The four of them stood up, Li Hao was the supreme commander of the Tang Army in Yangzhou and their direct boss, so naturally they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

"If it weren't for General Li's guidance, this battle would never have been fought so cleanly, at the beginning, I was ready to defend the city and entangle with the opponent!" Ren Xiaonian said heartily. "I never thought that Liang Jun would be so unbeaten."

Li Hao laughed, drank the wine in one gulp, and patted Ren Xiaonian on the shoulder.

"Xuanwu's army is indeed not easy to fight, but Cao Bin is leading a good thing, if such an army, our five thousand Tang Jian'er can't win in one battle, wouldn't it fall Li Xiang's prestige!"

Ren Xiaonian nodded yes again and again.

Li Hao returned to his seat with a smile, Ren Xiaonian had never commanded such a large-scale legion battle before, and it was not surprising that he did not have an accurate grasp of the strength comparison between the two sides, and after this battle, I believe that this person has definitely stepped onto a new level.

When Li Hao returned to his seat, Su Bao also came with a cup. I can't say it's all in one go.

"You drink less." After sitting down, Liu Yuan lowered his voice and said to Ge Cai: "The injury is not healed yet, but the military doctor said that you can't drink more, it's better not to drink at all." ”

"A little injury, Nengnai Lao... What can I do? Ge Cai glared, but when he saw Liu Yuan staring at her without blinking, he couldn't help but be a little discouraged, and pushed the cup: "If you don't drink, you won't drink!" ”

"Well, that's right!" Liu Yuan nodded again and again.

With a snort, there was a laugh from Qin Scar's back. Ge Cai was originally a strong girl who was entangled and high-spirited, but in front of Liu Yuan, there suddenly appeared the kind of coquettish demeanor that only a little woman has, and Qin Scar really couldn't stand it.

Ge Cai turned his head, raised his eyebrows, Qin Scar immediately sat upright, restrained his smile, and saw that the fat on Ge Cai's face was already trembling, his heart couldn't help but tremble, and he immediately made a decision, picked up a glass of wine, and left his seat.

But he took the opportunity to toast, and the wine escaped.

In this battle, they did not suffer much losses, but they gained a lot, with about 10% casualties, they defeated Cao Bin, killed and wounded nearly 2,000 Liang troops on the spot, and captured almost 3,000, and even the 1,000 cavalry of Cao Bin's headquarters were left half by them. It was a brilliant victory.

Of course, Mei Jiu is also very generous. A large amount of silver was paid, and each soldier received a reward of five cents, twice as many as he was wounded, and twice as many as he died.

Yangzhou is never short of money.

Naturally, Mei Jiu didn't take out the money from the treasury, he raised his arms, and the major businesses in Yangzhou gathered the money in a blink of an eye.

And this is only the reward on the Yangzhou side, for the disabled or dead soldiers, in the north, the reward of their families, that is the real big head.

The feast is gone, most of the birds and beasts are gone, in a prosperous place like Yangzhou, after such a big victory, there are naturally more programs to continue.

For example, Qin Scar, he would have run away without a trace.

"Are you scarred?" Liu Yuan and Ge Cai walked side by side.

"The military doctor said that his gold sore medicine is a family secret recipe and will not leave scars!" Ge Cai said in a low voice.

Liu Yuan took a look: "Can you stop pinching your throat to speak, I'm not used to it, how good it used to be, why was it stabbed and stabbed?" Twisted and pinched. ”

"You really like the way I used to look?"

"Of course, how cool it used to be!"

"Ha, I'll just say it, but the old lady can be suffocated to death, Qin Scar will turn around and I will beat him into a pig's head." Ge Cai laughed.

"What's the matter with Qin Scar?"

"It's okay, it's okay. What's next? ”

"I want to eat the mixed bread you stowed, but I didn't eat enough, and I drank wine!" Liu Yuan touched his belly.

"Let's go, go where I am, I'll give you a stall!"

"You're out of the way, aren't you?"

"It's not in the way of slashing people with a knife, but it's still in the way of spreading cakes!"

The two stood shoulder to shoulder, gradually moving away.

In Mei Jiu's small study, Qin Xinming and Li Hao stayed.

"If we win this battle, our future is bright." Qin Xinming smiled.

"Although Cao Bin is unlikely to gather people to attack again this year, it is impossible to say after the New Year." Mei Jiu said: "In Wuning, they still don't worry about the source of soldiers. ”

"They don't have a chance!" Qin Xinming shook his head: "Mei Zhizhou, I just received the latest news from the north today, but this news is not suitable for the time being." ”

"What's the matter?" Mei Jiu asked.

"We will have reinforcements coming soon, from the north, a full five thousand elite Tang troops, they will be transported by Jin Mantang, Jin Gong's fleet and Pan Motang's sailors."

"Five thousand!" Mei Jiu was overjoyed, Ren Xinming only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, and beat Cao Bin to the ground, if another 5,000 came, who would dare to look at Yangzhou squarely?

"Do you know who the general who brought reinforcements this time is?" Qin Xinming picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

"Don't sell it, I want to know too!" Li Hao on the side scolded with a smile.

"It's General Liu!" Qin Xinming put down the teacup and said.

"It's impossible, General Liu is in Laiyang, so he has to prepare to deal with the Tianping Army." Li Hao was skeptical.

Qin Xinken looked at Li Hao, just smiled but didn't speak.

Li Hao was a little inexplicable, and suddenly reacted after a while, but he jumped up in shock: "No, it won't be Madame, right?" ”

There are two generals in the imperial court, one is Liu Chenglin, and the other is the princess Liu Ruyan.

"Exactly Madame." Qin Xinming said: "Madame personally led 5,000 right cattle guards to come to help. ”

Mei Jiu was also shocked inexplicably.

"How is that possible? How can it be? ”

"In the south, we need a man of sufficient weight to come to the town." Qin Xinming said: "Not only to stabilize Yangzhou, Yueyang, and Jingnan, but more importantly, we need to compete with Xiang Xunxiang." Otherwise, we will fight life and death on the front line of the Yangtze River, but it will be cheaper, and Xiang Xun will pick up the cheap behind us. When the princess arrived here, she gave those forces a chance to choose. Just a few of us, no one loves us. ”

Mei Jiu and Li Hao slowly descended, and Qin Xinming was not wrong. For a long time, Mei Jiu really wanted to draw western Zhejiang, Xuanzhou and other places into his camp, but people's business was in full swing with him, but when it came to this, people immediately took care of him.

When Liu Ruyan arrives here, it will inevitably be very different.

"Next, I'm going to go to Huainan and have a good talk with Gong Yunda." Qin Xinming said.

"Brother Qin doesn't have to take risks, just send someone to go, it's not good if you want to go and be detained by him. You know, his son is still a guest with us! Mei Jiu shook her head and said.

"This time is also another time." Qin Xinming said with a smile: "This person has already been shaken, this time Ren Xiaonian hit Cao Bin hard in Lianshui, I am afraid that this person will see through the reality of the pseudo-Liang Waiqiang." The princess came here to preside over the overall situation, and it gave him the best excuse to defect to us, he was very cheap, but if he defected to the princess, it would be completely different. ”

"If Gong Yunda really takes refuge in us, Zhu Youzhen will be restless." Li Hao said.

"That's exactly the case, so this time I'm going to go back with Gong Bin." Qin Xinming said with a smile: "If you want to take it, you must give it first." Let's give him a little sweetness first, so that he can see our sincerity. ”

"If we put Gong Bin back, we won't have the biggest bargaining chips against Gong Yunda." Mei Jiu was a little worried: "What if this person dies without repentance and has no scruples, but hugs Zhu Youzhen more tightly?" ”

"If Gong Yunda is really such a person, is there Gong Bin here with us, won't he come the same?" Qin Xinming shook his head and said, "He is not only Gong Bin's son!" ”

"When Madame arrives, we will have the strength to extend our tentacles to western Zhejiang, and at that time, if they don't know the current affairs, then we can let them know what domineering is." Li Hao said with a smile. "Once I take western Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang, and then take Xuanzhou, I want to see what kind of face Xiang Xun will look like at that time!"