Chapter 927: The Family and the Country

Among the important ministers of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Zhongyi had the most battles with the Khitans, and his results were also the most prominent, which can be called brilliant!

In the first battle of Zhaozhou, Li Zhongyi took advantage of the terrain to lure the Khitans deep into the hilly area and annihilated more than 40,000 Khitan elite cavalry in one fell swoop.

Among them, there are more than 10,000 leather room troops and more than 20,000 subordinate Shan troops. You must know that in the entire Khitan Kingdom, the total number of leather room troops does not exceed 50,000.

The more than 10,000 leather room soldiers can be described as the elite of the elite, the warriors of the warriors, but they were wiped out by Li Zhongyi's regiment, no matter how much they boast of their brilliant achievements, they can't be regarded as excessive.

It was the largest number of Han troops annihilated the Khitan army at one time since the late Tang Dynasty. It not only played the military might, but also played the ambition of the Han people to resist the humiliation of the Khitans, which is of great significance.

In tonight's city-breaking battle, no matter how many Khitan soldiers and horses there are in Anxi County, it is another important battle of indicative significance.

The city heavily defended by the Khitans was broken by the Li Jiajun from the front, which will definitely greatly increase the momentum of the Li Jiajun, and it is likely to establish a psychological combat advantage against the Khitans.

Psychological advantage, which is not clear or not, is an important spiritual force to ensure victory.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, why have so many Han people been willing to be the leading party of the Khitans, and would rather betray the country and become vassals than please the Khitans?

There are two fundamental factors: first, the country is in a state of division and cannot concentrate resources and manpower to fight against the Khitans; The second was killed by the Khitans in the rising stage, and they completely lost the will to resist.

If it is said that Li Zhongyi annihilated more than 40,000 Khitans for the first time, it has a strong sense of luck. Then, this time to break through the heavily defended city of the Khitans from the front, it is a brilliant victory without any doubt.

The art of war has clouds, ten are to surround it, five are to attack it, half is to attack it, the enemy can divide it, if it is less, it can escape, and if it is weak, it can be avoided!

That is to say: if we are ten times as strong as the enemy, we will encircle and annihilate, if we are five times as strong as the enemy, we will attack, if we are twice as strong as the enemy, we will try to defeat the enemy, and if we are evenly matched, we will try to disperse and destroy them. If the force is weaker than the enemy, avoid fighting. Therefore, if the weaker side fights to hold on, it will become a prisoner of the strong enemy.

Li Zhongyi only led a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses out of Yuguan, and no matter how he calculated, it was impossible to reach the level of four times that of the enemy.

In this era of cold weapons, even if one side has ten times the strength of the opponent, it is extremely difficult to break through the defender's city, and it often turns into a protracted siege war.

Li Zhongyi had just set up a large camp in front of Anxi City, and on the first night, he broke through the city gate from the front and rushed in.

Xiao Xuan, a talented girl who has read history books, couldn't help but gasp several times, this is really too appalling. Similar examples of wars have never been heard of before, and it is simply impossible to imagine that it is so easy to break the city.

The big victory was actually expected, and although Li Zhongyi was very happy, he would never get carried away.

After breaking the city, Li Zhongyi was not worried about the elite Khitan cavalry in the city, and rushed out of the siege. On the contrary, he was worried that Hugh, who had never shown up, would take the opportunity to kill from the shadows and raid the back of the entire army.

During the military discussion in the afternoon, Li Zhongyi did not interfere with Yang Lie's command, and he took the initiative to accept the task of leading the guards and protecting the back of the entire army.

"Brothers, just rush forward and kill, and leave it to me behind you." That's what Li Zhongyi said, and that's what he did.

The future Empress Dowager Xiao, who lost the bet, was in the carriage, waiting for Li Zhongyi to enjoy.

However, Li Wuyi, who was very lustful in the eyes of everyone, restrained his lust, not only did not touch Xiao Xuan, but instead dressed up in armor, ready to meet the possible sneak attack of the enemy at any time.

In any case, Li Zhongyi knows that things have a priority personality, and he is an excellent character who can do great things.

The most famous traitors in history - Cao Cao and Cao Mengde are actually more than ten times more lustful than Li Zhongyi. This Cao Apu, who likes to rob other people's beautiful wives and concubines the most in his life, almost lost his life because he didn't take care of his lower body.

That year, Zhang Xiu had already surrendered to Cao Mengde, took the initiative to sacrifice Wancheng, and was willing to be a vassal.

Who would have thought that after Cao Cao saw Zhang Xiu's aunt Zou, he couldn't move his footsteps. Ah Pu's heart suddenly rose, and regardless of Zhang Xiu's face, he directly hugged Zou to the bed.

As a result, Jia Xu took advantage of Cao Cao's arrogance and arranged for Zhang Xiu to sneak attack Cao's army camp overnight. Cao Cao was caught off guard, not only lost his eldest son Cao Ang and the general Dian Wei, but he almost finished the game himself.

Compared with Cao Mengde at that time, Li Zhongyi can be regarded as a lustful and wise master!

Who has no desire? Li Zhongyi can restrain his lust and always focus on the overall situation, which is also what makes Xiao Xuan feel the most frightened.

Until the sky was bright, Li Zhongyi never waited for Brother Hugh's possible ambush, and he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the shouting and killing in Anxi City also slowly subsided. There is no need to send someone to ask, it must be Yang Lie who commanded the army, who had suppressed the resistance of the remnants of the Khitan army and firmly held Anxi City in his hands.

Li Zhongyi stayed up for three hours on the horse, even if his physical fitness was far better than before, he was a little unbearable after all.

After returning the command of the Guards to Li Yunxiao, Li Zhongyi dismounted and unloaded his heavy armor, but when he was about to take off his personal soft armor, he was stopped by Zhu Niang reaching out.

"Master, the battle is not completely over, and the slave family does not allow you to remove your soft armor." Zhu Niang made a straight face, and glared at Li Zhongyi with a frosty face.

Li Zhongyi touched his nose, Zhu Niang's stinky temper was very big, she was really angry, and he didn't dare to touch her edge easily.

"Alas, when I go back, I'll break the little bamboo girl's little ass first." Li Zhongyi was forced to have no choice, so he had to take his newborn daughter out to talk.

Zhu Niang suddenly laughed and trembled, pursed her red lips, and teased: "Why did my little bamboo girl provoke you?" You hold her all day, and you don't even want to leave when you're breastfeeding, as long as you bear it, even if you beat her flat. ”

Delat, Li Zhongyi had no tricks at all, so he had to slowly climb back into the carriage, intending to sleep back.

When the door curtain was lifted, Li Zhongyi saw Xiao Xuan head-on, his beautiful eyes were round, and he looked at him without blinking.

Xiao Sui also heard the shouting and killing in Anxi City gradually subsided, and with her superior wisdom, she didn't need to think at all, she knew that the demon Li Zhongyi had defeated the defenders in the city and achieved brilliant results.

Just now, the conversation between Zhu Niang and Li Zhongyi also made Xiao Sui listen very clearly. To put it bluntly, Li Zhongyi, a traitor who stands up to the sky, will be forced to be unable to remove his armor by the women around him, Xiao Sui really didn't expect it before.

Xiao Sui's father, Xiao Siwen is a very good-tempered man, but his good temper is mainly aimed at his children.

Xiao Siwen has a total of six concubines, and when he is not well served, sneering and taunting is already a very light punishment. If it really annoys Xiao Siwen, the Xiao family is not without a precedent for killing a concubine.

Xiao Sui heard it very clearly, the woman who stopped Li Zhongyi, since she gave birth to a daughter for him, there is no doubt that she must be a concubine.

Li Zhongyi is so gentle with the concubine, to be honest, Xiao Xuan never thought of it at all.

With Xiao Xuan's wisdom, he obviously guessed that the woman outside should have a special relationship with Li Zhongyi. Otherwise, it would never be so rude.

Li Zhongyi was indeed quite tired, and after he got into the carriage, he didn't even take off his clothes, covered him with a thin quilt, and slept with his head covered.

Kaifeng Mansion, inside the Li family's mansion.

Zhe Saihua was leaning on the kang, watching Xing Ge'er and Lingniu arguing interestingly. As the children get older, Brother Xing is becoming more and more naughty. However, Lingniu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it is impossible to watch the rattle being snatched away by Brother Xing, and she insists on snatching it back.

The brother and sister were born almost at the same time, both of them are of average size, if you don't obey me, I don't obey you, it will inevitably cause some disputes between children.

At this time, the eldest girl lifted the curtain and entered the house, and said in a playful voice: "Lady, our eldest brother is here, saying that he went to meet the old lady first, and then came to see our brother Xing'er and Lingniu." ”

Hearing that the eldest brother Yukou was coming, Zhe Saihua didn't seem particularly happy, she frowned, and said lightly: "I sent someone to find Mrs. Tang with the silver money, and said that my eldest brother is here, please trouble her to help set up a table of first-class noodles and prepare a few pots of good wine." ”

"Whoa." Embroidered silk is the personal maid of the folding flowers, she vaguely knows a little about the folding family, it is said that the old lady of the folding family, is not willing to give up the territory of Fuzhou, and Lingzhou marshal Guo Huai has a conflict.

The day before yesterday, after Zuo Ziguang, the protΓ©gΓ© of the head of the family, came to visit the old lady, he deliberately ran over to pass on the message of the head of the family, and Xu Zhe's family continued to stay in Fuzhou and kept the wind and rain for Da Zhou.

As soon as Zhi Saihua heard that it was a message, and she didn't even bring back a letter, she knew that Li Zhongyi was suspicious of the Zhi family.

Folding family, that is the current saying, it used to be called folding diggers. Digging is a typical Dangxiang surname, but because of the infighting of the Dangxiang clan, he lost to the Tuoba family and was forced to leave his hometown and occupy the territory of Fuzhou.

Li Zhongyi arranged for the Fuzhou family and the Linzhou Yang family to leave the nest that had been in business for many years, in fact, it was not to annex their chassis and soldiers and horses, but to see thoroughly before the coming battle for the Central Plains, who are the real friends and who are the fake relatives?

Zhe Saihua has been by Li Zhongyi's side for many years, and she naturally understands that Li Zhongyi can't treat the Zhe family badly. However, if the Zhe family can't stand the test, after Li Zhongyi seizes the world, the Zhe family may be such a territory in Fuzhou.

"Alas!" As soon as Zhe Saihua thought of the news from Linzhou, she couldn't help but sigh secretly, the family of her relatives was not as clear as the foreign domain, where could she go to reason?

What she didn't expect was that the Yang family was more obedient than the Zhe family, and the Yang family left Linzhou very neatly and moved to Shengzhou, which has a territory and a population several times larger.

Zhe Saihua thought with her toes, and she could guess the thoughts of the Zhe family, although it was a good thing that the chassis and population had expanded, but after all, Fuzhou was the foundation of the Zhe family for hundreds of years.

Once Li Zhongyi made up his mind to cut off the foreign feudal forces and lost the folding family in Fuzhou, it was like a fish on a chopping block, and could only be slaughtered by Li Zhongyi unscrupulously.

However, Zhe Saihua has no position to complain about the decision-making of the Zhe family. The Zhe family has raised her for many years, even if she has been married for so many years, whether it is the New Year's Festival or the birthday of the Li family masters, the Zhe family has never broken the offerings such as silk silk, ginseng, and silver money.

After all, the Fold family is the Fold family, and the granddaughter of the Fold Saihua, who got married, is like water spilled out, no matter how noble she is, she can't compare to the century-old foundation of the Fold family.

Just when the fold was very entangled, a voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Lady, the uncle of the fold family is here." ”

Zhi Saihua hurriedly cleaned up her bad mood, got up and walked to the door, she looked at it calmly, and the whole person was immediately bad.

Dare to love, in addition to the eldest brother Zhi Yukou standing in front of her, there is also a grandfather dressed as a slave - Zhi Congruan.

After receiving Zhi Congruan's eyes, she just didn't see the old ancestor, and led Zhi Yukou into the room with a smile.

Dressed as a slave, Zhe Congruan stood in front of the door of the house in a regular manner, holding a tray in his hand, on which were placed a few high-quality Shu brocades, it seemed that he was planning to take the opportunity to offer Shu brocade to meet with Zhe Saihua in private.

Fold Saihua's heart was thumping, although Fold Congruan no longer mastered the affairs of Fuzhou, he was a famous foreign general.

According to the laws of the imperial court, foreign vassals were not allowed to enter Beijing without an edict.

Zhe Congruan sneaked into Kaifeng City, if he was detected by the eagle dogs of the imperial court, it would be a felony to kill his head.

Especially when Li Zhongyi was leading heavy troops outside, Zhe Congruan, who also held military power, suddenly appeared in the Li family's old house, and the court would inevitably think crookedly, could it be that he wanted to connect in private and rebel?

It just so happened that Brother Xing and Lingniu were tired of playing, so Zhisaihua used the excuse that the children wanted to take a lunch break, so she ordered the nursing mothers to carry a pair of children back to their own rooms.

When the children were hugged and folded from Ruan, he wanted to hug his great-grandson, but because of the biggest purpose of the trip, he could only look at it dryly, and he didn't dare to reach out to hug him after all.

The moment the door curtain fell, Zhi Saihua could no longer suppress her longing, and threw herself into the arms of Zhe Congruan, and sobbed lowly: "Ancestor, my granddaughter misses you to death." ”

Zhi Congruan hugged Zhi Saihua with emotion, patted her back gently, and choked with tears: "Good girl, my heart, don't cry, if you keep crying, my useless old thing, my heart is about to break." ”

That being said, the grandparents and grandchildren haven't seen each other for many years, where is it so easy to hold back tears?

Standing on the side, Zhe Yukou felt sour in his heart, if it wasn't for the urgency of the times, it would have been a close relative, why should he be so secretive and unable to see the light?

When the grandparents and grandchildren had cried enough, they wiped their faces with a handkerchief, and then sat down to talk seriously.

"Good girl, grandfather is here to ask you a word." Zhi Congruan stroked several handfuls of snot, cleaned up the embarrassed description, and stared at Zhi Saihua very nervously.

Zhe Congruan looked at Zhe Saihua carefully, and he found that his good granddaughter may have given birth to a pair of babies, and she was much plumper than when she was a little lady at home before.

The originally beautiful and sharp melon seed face has become a rich goose egg face, with exposed hands and arms, and the skin is better than snow, crystal and delicate.

Zhe Congruan focused on observing Zhi Saihua's face, this woman, her mouth can not tell the truth, and the subtle demeanor between her eyebrows and eyes can reveal countless truths.

Zhe Saihua knew that her grandfather was secretly observing her, and she didn't intend to tell a lie, so she smiled and said, "Look at what you said, we are a family, what can't we say?" What else do you need to be afraid of? ”

When Zhi Congruan heard this, he couldn't help laughing, his good granddaughter was still as eccentric as before, it could be seen that her life in the Li family should be quite comfortable, right?

Fold Saihua is very valued by Mrs. Li, and she is accompanied by a pair of healthy and beautiful children, in the back house of the old Li family, including Tang Shuyi, no one dares to give her a grievance.

Of course, Li Zhongyi has been leading troops to fight outside the country all these years, and he has few times at home. If you want to talk about the shortcomings of the folding flowers, then, without the moisture of a man, the taste of being lonely and sleepless is very uncomfortable.

Zhesaihua is also a person, and she is a mature woman, at her age, she also has children, and her life is comfortable, and her thoughts about the warm embrace of men are particularly strong.

Zhecong Ruan saw that Zhe Saihua smiled not at all, and the heart that was originally hanging finally fell back into his stomach.

The Fuzhou Zhejia is different from the Linzhou Yang family, the Yang family only needs to consider the pros and cons in the land exchange, and what Zhecongruan needs to consider, in addition to the interests of the Zhe family, it is also necessary to consider Li Zhongyi's true attitude towards Zhesaihua.

If Li Zhongyi is a dog who likes the new and hates the old, and it is not good to fold the race flowers, he will simply pretend to be confused and live his own small life in Fuzhou, and would rather not have the benefits of the new territory than be willing to help Li Zhongyi fight the world.

Now, Zhecong Ruan saw that Zhesaihua was doing well, and he was relieved.

Just now, when Zhe Congruan was standing at the door as the door god, the slaves and maids of the Li family around him were respectful and respectful when they were ordered by Zhe Saihua, and no one dared to be perfunctory. From that time onwards, the old lady had already regretted it.

I knew that the Li family was going to fold the race flowers well, so why didn't Zhe Congruan listen to Li Zhongyi's greetings and insisted on coming?

The Yang family in Linzhou only discussed with Guo Huai for two days, and then they simply gave up the century-old foundation. In contrast, Zhe Deyan is still Li Zhongyi's father-in-law, but he is lagging behind.

No matter what concerns the Zhe family has, when the situation is right in the future, if someone deliberately provokes the thorn hidden in Li Zhongyi's heart, then something really will happen!

"Good girl, I secretly came to the capital to see you this time, but I'm afraid it's the last time." Zhe Congruan sighed a little sadly, he waved his hand to stop Zhe Saihua's persuasion, and added sadly, "Actually, giving up the territory of Fuzhou, your father has long wanted to agree, but the old man has thought about it a little more, so he has been hesitating." ”

Obedient to listen to the sound, after folding the subtext in his grandfather's words, he couldn't help but be taken aback. It turned out that his grandfather and his old man had already begun to plot the key issue of whether Brother Xing'er could be the next generation of the head of the Lao Li family in the future.

Zhi Saihua immediately turned white in fright, and looked around nervously, lest if these words were heard by outsiders, it would definitely cause countless rights and wrongs.

Fortunately, only Zhi Yukou and the ancestor were present in the room, and even the embroidered silk was sent out, so the folding flower settled down, stroked her chest, and whispered: "Ancestor, there are some things that can only be done, but they must not be spoken." ”

As the saying goes, the bystander is clear!

Zhi Yukou, who has been silently on the side, secretly sighed, although Jiang is old and spicy, but, this person, the older he gets, the bigger the family business, the more worries he has, and it is difficult to really let go of his hands and feet.

In the opinion of Zhe Yukou, Zhe Congruan is a typical wise man's thousand worries, and there must be a mistake, and the result of being afraid of wolves and tigers is likely to be a bamboo basket for nothing.

"Old Ancestor, don't you hear about the old things of Yang Yong, Li Jiancheng, Li Chengqian and others?" It is not good to refute Zhe Congruan's worries head-on, and she cleverly mentions a few former princes.

Fold Ruan's original right hand, which was holding his beard, suddenly stopped, and his heart suddenly froze. Yang Yong was the first crown prince of Emperor Wen of Sui, and Li Jiancheng was the eldest son of Tang Duke Li Yuan, and the first prince of the later Tang Dynasty.

As for Li Chengqian, not to mention, he is not only the eldest son of Tang Taizong, but also the first prince.

The above three princes all have a common fate: none of them will end well!

Among them, Yang Yong and Li Jiancheng were slaughtered by their own brothers. Li Chengqian brazenly rebelled, and was placed under house arrest in Qianzhou by his own father, and finally died of depression.

"Good granddaughter, what do you mean?" After all, Zhe Congruan is too old, and although his knowledge is extraordinary, his energy is limited after all, and it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate places and he will be missed.

Zhe Saihua looked up at Zhe Yukou, signaling him to say a few words to ease his cheeks at the critical moment, once the grandfather and grandson stiffened their words.

Zhi Yukou nodded slightly, indicating that he understood her thoughts, and then he deliberately lowered his voice and said: "Ancestor, before my husband reached the crown, he formed the Hechi Township Army, broke Zhao Kuangyin in the north, captured Zhao Kuangyi and Murong Yanzhao, and helped Shu Meng solve the doom of the country. Later, after voting for the Great Zhou, he served the party in the west, attacked the Khattars in the north, destroyed Goryeo in the east, and shocked the whole world. Think about it, such a great hero of the world, can the son of the world who is now elected really sit firmly on that chair? What heroes such as Han Wu and Tang Zong, the first prince, but they were not allowed to die well. ”

"Oh, that's the reason, the old man is really old, and he has screwed up the good things." Zhe Congruan regretted it, he really thought too much.

"Ancestors, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, if you really want to fold the family for generations and stand tall, just listen to your granddaughter's words, and quickly hand over Fuzhou to Guo Huai to deal with, and then you write a sincere handwritten letter, asking my husband to send a liuguan to govern Fuzhou." Zhe Saihua's words made Zhe Yukou secretly praise, she deserves to be Li Zhongyi's pillow person, and she really knows Li Zhongyi's temper too well.

Now that we have missed the best opportunity to make a statement, it is better to do it more beautifully. simply took the initiative to give up all the privileges of the Zhe family in Fuzhou, and did not want the so-called new territory, and expressed clearly the determination of the Zhe family to fully support Li Zhongyi to seize the world.

With Fold Yukou's understanding of Li Zhongyi, as long as the Fold family gains Li Zhongyi's trust, and Fold Saihua leads a pair of children to maneuver around, the future way out of the Fold family is extremely broad!

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