The surname of the lord of the Southern Chu State is the remnant of the Great Chu, which is a well-known thing in the world, but the Tang Dynasty court has allowed the Southern Chu State to be a hundred years, there are many different opinions about this matter, some people say that the original Tang Gaozu and the last emperor of the Great Chu made a hundred-year covenant, and the Tang Dynasty was not allowed to move the Southern Chu during the hundred years, and some people said that it was actually because Tang Gaozu liked the last princess of the Great Chu at that time, so he couldn't bear to attack the Southern Chu.

But Li Jun has never seen these two statements in the royal archives, Li Jun also specially asked Sima Da about this, for which Sima Da also laughed at Li Jun fiercely and said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to rumors, what a hundred years of covenant, in fact, it was only when I founded the Tang Dynasty, there was Northern Liao in the north, and there were constant rebellions among the princes and kings of the opposite sex, and there was no time to take care of it under internal and external troubles." ”

Hearing Sima Da's answer, Li Jun was relieved, and after Li Jun handed over the whaling matter to Shaofu Ling Pang Jixian, he studied the topography of Southern Chu, which is now part of the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, plus Hainan Island and the Indochina Peninsula.

Generally speaking, this area is more mountainous, dense jungles, the army is not easy to attack, although it is not easy to fight, but Li Jun believes that the two armies set off at the same time, and they will definitely destroy Nanchu, and now Lin Dahong has set up a handsome tent in Changsha, marching from Changsha, as long as the Wuling Pass army is broken, it can be driven into a long way, plus Lin Dahong left a strange army on the Yin and Yang Mountain, and he has gathered two armies.

What's even more hateful is that Nanchu's gang still doesn't know what to do, and they actually killed all the envoys they sent, this is a naked slap in the face, Li Jun can endure it until now, and he feels that he is already very remarkable.

On the day of the Qingming Festival, Li Jun erected a monument on the Vermilion Bird Square in the center of Chang'an City, and the names of more than 1,000 soldiers who died in the Battle of Yuyang first entered the mourning hall next to the monument, and the second group was the dozens of messengers who were killed by Nanchu.

Li Jun stood in front of the monument and said solemnly: "Heroes, go all the way, in the future, all those who sacrifice for the country, their names can stay here, come to the monument, civil officials get off the sedan chair, military attaches get off the horse, no one is allowed to desecrate the memorial hall, if there is a violator, there will be no mercy." ”

Li Jun's move suddenly caused a wave of people to join the army, not only that, everyone who understands knows that Li Jun is going to make a move on Southern Chu, this day Li Jun's four battalion generals came to Li Jun at the same time to ask for battle, this Southern Chu is a soft persimmon compared to Northern Liao and Northern Jin, not to mention the four of Wei Chaodong, even Li Jun's three horse spirits have intentionally or unintentionally said that they can conquer Southern Chu, which makes Li Jun very crying and laughing.

Looking at the four people in front of him, except for Lou Chong, who was older, the rest of them were all young people who were full of vigor, seeing that his general was not afraid to fight, Li Jun was actually very happy in his heart, but he still showed displeasure on his face and said, "What are you doing?" This is preparing to force the palace. ”

"The last general will not dare." Hearing this, the four of them immediately lay on the ground and said.

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "Okay, I know the intention of your coming, Nanchu doesn't need to do it in Beijing, Lin Dahong's Changsha army is enough, you all go back to train well now, and the day you fight." ”

"No, the ministers will retire." The four of them didn't say a word, they were chased back by Li Jun, Lou Chong shook his head on the way back and laughed at himself: "Why is this old man still so fond of joining in the fun, this time it's good, he was reprimanded by His Majesty in vain." ”

In fact, Lou Chong himself also has suffering, he is forty-five years old, and he is estimated to retire in a few years, but he has fought a lifetime of battles, and Gao Zhe, who is not a few years older than himself, has already become the Marquis of Wanhu, and he is still only a doctor, and it is very aggrieved to think about it.

Just when the generals in Chang'an were asking for endless battles, Li Jun had already secretly given Lin Dahong an order to take Wuling Pass.

Wuling Pass is located between two canyons, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Datang has also attacked several times before, but each time it has lost its troops and returned in vain.

So when Lin Dahong received the order, he had been beating the drum in his heart, and on this day Lin Dahong locked himself in the handsome tent to study the terrain, Meng Qiao quietly walked in, filled Lin Dahong's teacup with water, and sat next to him and picked up a military book and read it with relish.

After a long time, Lin Dahong came out of his own world, and saw that Meng Qiao was already lying on the chair and was about to fall asleep, so he immediately arched his hand and said: "Staff Officer Meng, this handsome Meng Lang, don't blame." ”

Meng Qiao yawned and said, "Lin Shuai, it doesn't matter, you've been thinking about it for almost an hour, what's the matter?" Have you come up with a good idea? ”

Lin Dahong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This handsome is dull and has no good strategy, does Staff Officer Meng have any good solutions here?" ”

Meng Qiao sighed: "The people of Jinyi Guard have already investigated the information of Wuling Pass clearly, Xiang Jie, the general of Wuling Pass, is a member of the royal family, and he cannot rebel, and this person does not love money, does not love sex, and it is impossible to use the same method to deal with Yan Hu, the garrison of Wuling Pass is well armed, and the army is not a child soldier, they are all veterans who have been on the battlefield and have seen blood, so they feel that there is no good way except for a hard attack." ”

"Okay, then attack hard, the new army that the commander has trained for so long should also be pulled out to fight, so that no one in the world dares to underestimate the strength of my Changsha army." Hearing this, Lin Dahong slapped the table heavily and said.

"I am willing to fight on the battlefield with the general." Meng Qiao arched his hand.

After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed, and at this time, a brocade-clothed guard broke in and said, "Lord Meng, Your Majesty has a new order. ”

Meng Qiao didn't dare to slack off, and immediately took the letter, and after reading it, Meng Qiao smiled bitterly: "Lin Shuai, I'm afraid our previous arrangements have been in vain." ”

"What do you mean?" Lin Dahong asked puzzled.

Because Jinyi Wei used a special password, this letter was addressed to Lin Dahong, and Lin Dahong couldn't understand it, so Meng Qiao had to explain: "Your Majesty issued an order to let our army go to Wuling Pass, just put pressure on the Southern Chu people, and we must not go to war." ”

"Ah, why?"

Meng Qiao continued to explain: "Lin Shuai, the people of the Southeast Water Division have already preempted us and fought with Nanchu, this time His Majesty did not think about destroying the country in a war, so as long as the Southeast Water Division can win, it will be good to fight back for our Datang." ”

"He Fang of the dog day dared to rob Lao Tzu's business." Lin Dahong scolded angrily after hearing this.

He Fang of the Southeast Navy Division is from a reckless background, although he is not yet forty years old this year, but he has been in the army for more than 20 years, this person is brave and good at fighting, with his hard-core military exploits, he has become the commander of the Imperial Navy from a small soldier, and under his leadership, the combat power of the entire Southeast Navy Division is getting stronger and stronger year by year, plus this year Li Jun also equipped him with a new type of warship, He Fang's self-confidence burst all of a sudden.

Therefore, without Li Jun's consent, He Fang led the Southeast Naval Division to land on Yidao controlled by Southern Chu, and more than 3,000 defenders of Yidao in Southern Chu Town were wiped out, Yidao is actually Hainan Island in later generations, and it is still a wild land in the Tang Dynasty, but after occupying Yidao, the Southeast Naval Division also has a reliable anchorage in the South China Sea, and Yidao is also very close to Panyu (Guangzhou), the capital of Southern Chu, and this time it hit the soft underbelly of Southern Chu, and the generals of Southern Chu were all beheaded by the angry Southern Chu Emperor.

For He Fang's sudden attack, Li Jun scolded on his lips, but he was happy in his heart, in fact, this matter is not a big deal for Li Jun, with the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty, it may not be easy to fight a war to destroy the country, Li Jun attacked Nanchu mainly to save face, after all, there are so many small countries watching next to him, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty was killed, if the emperor has no movement at all, it will not be reasonable.

Now that He Fang is already in the boat, Li Jun will also do a favor and temporarily stop Lin Dahong's actions.

In fact, the most curious place here is how He Fang went to Yizhou unconsciously, you must know that the Nanchu Sailor is not a vegetarian, and has been in contact with He Fang in the South China Sea for so many years, and has won and lost each other.

Soon Li Jun got the answer, it turned out that there would be a current in that sea area in May every year, and He Fang led more than 30 warships to Yizhou under this cover.

After knowing this situation, Li Jun's evaluation of He Fang was even higher, although this person was not from a good background, but he was still a general, so Li Jun immediately ordered He Fang to find a way to return to the ship, it was enough to disgust Nanchu once, there was no need to lose one of his generals for the sake of the little Nanchu.

Seeing Li Jun's holy decree, Gao Zhe frowned and said, "Your Majesty, although the old minister is not good at water warfare, the old minister feels that if General He is allowed to return at this time, will there be a risk of annihilation of the whole army?" ”

Li Jun said with a smile: "Don't worry, old general, I believe that this kid He Fang must have a way." Li Jun's self-confidence actually comes from his own geographical common sense in later generations, on the vast sea, it is really difficult to completely annihilate a fleet, and there is not only one way to return to the Central Plains from Yizhou, a slight turn in a circle, you can return to Minyue from the Taiwan Strait.

In less than a week, He Fang received Li Jun's holy decree, and He Fang's lieutenant asked in horror: "General, what did Your Majesty say?" Do you want to hold us accountable for our disobedience? ”

He Fang glanced at the deputy general and said playfully: "Yes, Your Majesty not only has to hold him accountable, but also cut off his head." ”

"Ah, what should I do?" The lieutenant general was so anxious that he was about to jump to his feet.

He Fang couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, lie to you, you really underestimate Your Majesty, Your Majesty just scolded me, saying that I don't know what to do, and next time, he will come to beat my ass in person." ”

"Uh, it's that simple?" The adjutant asked incredulously.

"What else? His Majesty also promoted me from the third product to the third product, and then urged us to go back quickly. ”

"General, why don't I feel right, is there some conspiracy here?" The adjutant general asked worriedly.

He Fang kicked the deputy general into the sea and scolded: "You underestimate Your Majesty too much, although your brother and I usually don't have enough heads, Lao Tzu will not drag so many brothers to death." ”

In fact, He Fang has not finished some words, in fact, one of the reasons why he dared to take risks this time is that he has figured out His Majesty's temper, His Majesty likes to be able to do things, and he doesn't like those people who bend a lot of ways, and he is very unconvinced, he is obviously older, why can Zhou Gongjin's child casually pull people from Lao Tzu's team to set up that Laoshizi Northeast Water Division? When Lao Tzu went to the battlefield, Zhou Gongjin's child was still wearing open crotch pants......