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"Okay, is this Luo Dahu's real purpose for finding us really as simple as he said?"

Li Fei Shouyu looked skeptical.

Li An smiled lightly: "Luo Dahu is the loyal courtier of the edict lord of Deng Yun, what he is thinking about is how to avenge the edict lord of Deng Yun, helping us is just a pretense, revenge is his real purpose, however, Pi Luo Ge transferred troops in the direction of the land, so that he is keenly aware of the subtle contradiction between Pi Luo Ge and the Tang Dynasty, and this is where he can take advantage of it." ”

"What do you mean, this kid has the intention of inciting Datang to confront Nanzhao?"

Li Fei Shouyu frowned slightly.

Li An nodded and said: "Since the last time he let them live, he should have felt that I was dissatisfied with Nanzhao, this time, he learned that the Tang Dynasty sent me to pacify the land, and Pi Luo Ge transferred troops to the land at this time, isn't this a great opportunity to provoke us?" ”

"Luo Dahu is just a martial artist, I didn't expect to be so scheming, it seems that I underestimated him."

"No matter how scheming he is, how can he escape our hands and just use each other, so why should he care too much about each other's purposes."

Li An smiled lightly and walked back to the inn.

Early in the morning of the second day, under the leadership of Li An, a team of more than 3,000 people left Yizhou City and rushed to Luzhou, thousands of miles away, while Yu Chengjie went to Nanzhao Taihe City under the protection of 300 soldiers and horses in Yizhou.

Li An's road has to pass through Jianzhou, Zizhou, and Rongzhou successively to reach the destination of this trip, Luzhou, which is really not easy to walk, with crooked roads, dense woods, criss-crossing river ditches, and that hot and maddening climate.

This roadblock made the team's marching speed drop again and again, much slower than the original marching speed, and the number of sick soldiers was much higher than previously expected, and even died of illness, which made Li An a little at a loss.

"Big brother, the ghost weather in the south is really tormenting, even if you don't wear clothes, you can't stand the heat, the soldiers are wrapped in armor, and they are already dying of heat, let alone fighting, the heat is hot to death."

Li Kunxiong took off his armor and hung it on horseback, grumbling in his mouth.

"Yes! Big brother, the further south you go, the hotter the weather becomes, and if this continues, more soldiers will die of illness, so you have to find a way? ”

Li Feiyu wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, looking helpless.

Li An has already ordered to slow down the march twice, and the current march speed is already as slow as a turtle crawling, if it slows down again, it will deviate too much from the original plan, but if it keeps going forward like this, I am afraid that many soldiers will die of illness on the road.

"It's okay, it's better to let the soldiers rest during the day and march at night! It might be better that way. ”

Li Fei Shouyu suggested.

Li An shook his head lightly: "It is cool to march at night, but the roads here are rugged and complicated, if you can't see the road clearly and fall into the ravine, how can you still die, and the loss is much greater than that of the daytime march." ”

"But it's not a way to march like this, the soldiers are now ineffective, and the people who transport weapons and armor are even more ill, and Luzhou still has more than 300 miles to go."

Li An frowned and thought for a long time, and said: "The reason why the soldiers are tired is that they are not adapted to the climate in the south and some are not accustomed to the water and soil, and second, because the transportation is inconvenient, and the burden on each soldier is very heavy, and the burden on the people is even heavier, and the burden must be reduced for them." ”’

"How to lighten the burden, do you want to throw away all these weapons and armor?"

"This is definitely not possible, these are the materials used by the imperial court to recruit soldiers for us, and they must not be discarded."

Li An sighed slightly: "We must hire local people to transport supplies for us, although it costs a sum of money, it can reduce the illness and death of the soldiers, and speed up the march of the troops." ”

"Big brother, it's a good idea, the local people adapt to the climate and deliver supplies for us, which is the most suitable, and it is estimated that it will not cost much."

"I agreed to hire local people to transport the supplies."

Li An nodded: "Okay, just do it, Guangsheng, Erniu, you lead some soldiers to immediately contact the people along the way, offer a high price, and let them help transport the supplies." ”

"Yes, General."

Zhang Guangsheng and Zhang Erniu received the order and led a part of the soldiers to recruit local people.

"Big brother, as long as we can recruit enough local people, we can completely let the people from the capital go back, especially those who are sick, we can't let them suffer with the team anymore."

"Yes! The eldest brother, as well as those sick soldiers, should also stay for the time being, and then go to Luzhou after the condition is stabilized. ”

Li An nodded approvingly, looked at one of his subordinates, and ordered: "Let the sick soldiers and people stay on the spot, and leave a hundred soldiers and horses in the capital to protect them." ”

"Yes, General."

Zhang Guangsheng and Zhang Erniu's work efficiency is not bad, it only took half a day to raise more than 1,000 local strong laborers for the army, of course, this is also because Li An's remuneration is relatively considerable, and it is more attractive to the local people, so that enough labor can be collected in a short time.

The mountain people living in the south are relatively strong and adaptable to the climate because they usually work in the mountains all day, so they feel very easy to transport the same supplies.

After handing over some weapons and armor and other materials to the local mountain people, the pressure on the people of the capital was greatly reduced, and some soldiers with weak physiques also took off the armor on their bodies and handed them over to the local people to carry.

Of course, in addition to collecting more than 1,000 laborers, they also recruited additional livestock raised by local people, which roamed in the mountains all year round, not only adapted to the terrain and climate, but also had excellent carrying ability, much stronger than the war horses of the Tang Army.

It only cost a small amount of money to reduce the great burden on the team, Li An was very satisfied, and the soldiers and men under his command were naturally even more satisfied, and even the local mountain people who were recruited to work as coolies were very happy, because they could get a lot of money.

Although the environment is still harsh, the burden on the body is lighter, which allows many soldiers and people who are still in good health to hold on, and when they see the calmness and steadiness of the local mountain people, their hearts are somewhat encouraged, and once the spirit of the person is better, the body will also be much better.

As the team continued to advance, more and more local mountain people were willing to join in the delivery of supplies, and of course, since the number of people needed was not too large, Li Ang asked his subordinates to pick up the strongest recruits, so as to obtain the best labor force for the same amount of money.

Since hiring local mountain people to be responsible for transporting supplies, the whole team has significantly accelerated their travel speed, and the local mountain people are more familiar with the terrain, and they know how to march in the event of heavy rain and foggy weather.

And just when Li An was about to arrive in Luzhou, the second prince of Nanzhao arrived in Taihe City smoothly on Chengjie and was summoned to the palace at the first time.

"Father, I'm back."

Yu Chengjie saluted Pi Luo Pavilion with a respectful face.

"Chengjie, are you tired of trekking all the way?"

Piloco opened his mouth with a word of concern.

"Thank you for your father's concern, and sincerity is not tired."

Yu Chengjie's heart was as happy as if he had eaten honey.

"Chengjie, you said in the letter that things are going well, but I heard that Datang has asked Li An to lead the army to quell the rebellion, and asked me to respond in the south, what is going on, why didn't you make it clear in the letter?"

After a greeting, Pi Luo Ge asked sternly.

Yu Chengjie explained unhurriedly: "Father doesn't know, things are actually like this......

After Yu Chengjie's explanation, Pi Luo Ge finally understood, and said to himself: "The Tang Emperor has always had a good face, which is what I expected, but the treasury of the Tang Dynasty will be empty, this is really surprising, is it that the rich Tang Dynasty can't withstand the consumption of the war everywhere?" ”

"Father, this matter is absolutely true, the Tang Dynasty has already issued treasury bonds in the capital, and the emptiness of the treasury is absolutely not wrong."

Yu Chengjie said affirmatively.

"The Tang Dynasty is fighting everywhere, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the west and north, and it is not impossible that the treasury is empty."

Pi Luo Ge nodded approvingly and looked at Yu Chengjie: "Chengjie, you said that the Tang Emperor asked Li An to go to the land to quell the rebellion in order to save face, and it still depends on me Nanzhao at the critical moment, but these are all said by Li An himself, how can you be sure that this is true?" ”

"Father, Li An's army is only 600 people, and I heard that only 3,000 soldiers were recruited to the planing land, how can such a small number of soldiers and horses quell the rebellion in the planing land, if you want to suppress the planing land, you still need my Nanzhao's soldiers and horses."

Yu Chengjie said proudly.

"Three thousand recruits?"

Piloco frowned and paced behind his back.

"Lord Zhao, now that the counterinsurgency is imminent, Li An actually wants to go to the land to recruit troops, this is very abnormal, everyone knows that the training of recruits is quite time-consuming!"

Confidant Duan Jianming said suspiciously.

Yu Chengjie smiled at the corner of his mouth and said confidently: "This is not simple, Li An knows that he has insufficient troops and is not enough to quell the rebellion, so he proposed to recruit troops at this time, in fact, to avoid war." ”

"Avoiding war? Is it really that simple? How do I feel that there is a feeling of a yellow finch behind? ”

Pi Luoge's eyes were full of vigilance, and he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.

"Father, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is empty, and the troops in Li An's hands are thin, this is the fact in front of us, what else do you have to worry about?"

Yu Chengjie's tone was slightly anxious.

Pi Luo Ge stepped forward and patted Yu Chengjie's shoulder, and said in appreciation: "Chengjie, this trip has worked hard for you, you have done a good job, my father is very satisfied, go back and rest!" ”

"It is the duty of sincerity to share the worries of my father, and my father will rest early."

Yu Chengjie looked excited, and retreated.

After Yu Chengjie left, Pi Luo Ge looked at his confidant Duan Jianming: "What do you think is the true intention of the Tang Dynasty, are they really empty treasury?" ”

Duan Jianming thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Lord Zhao, if the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is not empty, why do you want to borrow money from the rich people in the world?" Wouldn't this damage the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty, the minister felt that this matter should not be fake, it must be true. ”

"Oh, it's true. So what is Ang Lee's intention in recruiting 3,000 troops, just to avoid war? ”

Piloco then asked.

Duan Jianming thought for a moment and said: "Lord Zhao, the minister thinks that this should be a posture put on by the Tang Dynasty, this is to tell the people of the world, especially the people of the Tang Dynasty, that the court will not tolerate rebellion, and will inevitably send a large army to suppress the rebellion." ”

"The treasury has been empty, and it is still so pretending, it seems that the Tang Emperor that we admire is nothing more than that, if it goes on like this, it may not take many years, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty will decline, and once we take the land, the national strength will inevitably flourish. At that time, the entire Central Plains will have to change dynasties, haha. ”

Pi Luo Ge boldly dreamed.

"What the edict lord said is, however, only if there is turmoil in the Tang Dynasty and the Central Plains falls apart, we may have a chance, after all, even if we get the land, the land of our Nanzhao is far less than that of the Tang Dynasty, and the materials and people's power are even less comparable."

Duan Jianming said cautiously.

Pi Luo Ge nodded again and again, and said longingly: "Ben Yuan actually doesn't want to live in the Central Plains, as long as the Tang Dynasty falls apart, Ben Yuan will have the opportunity to send troops to occupy the Jiannan Road of the Tang Dynasty, of course, it also depends on the specific situation, if the strength is insufficient, I Nanzhao can only develop in Xu Tu." ”

"Lord Zhao, since the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is empty at the moment, and Li An's recruitment is just for show, then we should also take immediate action and take the land."

Duan Jianming said impatiently.

Pi Luo Ge nodded, and said with a straight face: "Come on, pass Duan Jian Wei into the palace." ”

"Yes, Edict."

Half an hour later, Duan Jianwei, the brother of Duan Jianming, an official of Qingping, was ordered to rush to the palace and respectfully saluted Pi Luo Ge.

"The edict lord is in such a hurry to summon his ministers, does he have an important task?"

Pi Luo Ge nodded appreciatively and looked at Duan Jianwei: "Duan Jianwei, Ben Yuan has made up his mind to take immediate action against the planing land, and strive to take the entire planing land as soon as possible. ”

Duan Jianwei was overjoyed and arched his hand: "Don't worry, the minister will do his best to serve the edict lord and help the edict lord take the land as soon as possible." ”’

"Okay, Ben Yuan likes such courtiers."

Pi Luo Ge praised a few words, patted Duan Jianwei on the shoulder, and ordered: "Duan Jianwei, you immediately go to the land and tell the family that the Tang Dynasty court will send troops to destroy them, and the main army under the command of Ben Yuan will also attack the land and make them surrender obediently." ”

"Yes, the edict, the minister understands."

Duan Jianwei was overjoyed, hugged his fists and left. (To be continued.) )