Chapter 356: Return to Ningyuan City
Chapter 356: Return to Ningyuan City
Ning Yuancheng fell into an unprecedented joy, and the general they were eagerly awaiting returned! Upon receiving this news, the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Cavalry poured out of their nest and swarmed their generals back from Xijian City.
Outside the west 'gate' of Ningyuan City, the crowd of people greeted was dense, including people from all walks of life, and Wu 'Meng' meant that letting them witness Li Huaitang's return would help calm the rumors and worries in the city, and it was also a kind of comfort to the more than 20,000 people who had newly immigrated from the Tang Dynasty.
At the forefront of the crowd was still Mrs. Zizi, when the surging black dots appeared in the west, Su Xiaoniang could no longer suppress her bitter thoughts, jumped on the war horse, and galloped to her sweetheart. And, the rest of the ladies followed suit, but they tacitly gave up the first position to Su Zizi.
"You are a negative man, you are a bad guy, a bad guy, a big bad guy Li Lang......"
Li Huaitang rode on the back of his farewell war horse, took Su Zizi's delicate body, hugged her with one hand, and embraced the beauty in his arms to complain and resent.
"Woo...... The villain Li Lang, bullied Zizi to death......" Su Zizi cried indulgently, venting her countless worries and thoughts day and night in front of Li Huaitang's solid 'chest', and let Li Huaitang's comfort still continue.
"Oops, it hurts!" Li Huaitang frowned, baring his teeth and cracking his mouth.
Su Zizi was really fooled, and hurriedly wiped her tears and asked with concern, "Where is the injury?" Does it hurt? Let the concubine take a look. ”
"My heart hurts, my heart hurts when I see you crying sadly!" Li Huaitang lowered his head against the beauty's head and said warmly in public. The two arrow wounds on his body were only skin and flesh wounds, not the muscles and bones, and after the arrow was removed, they were properly treated to prevent the wounds from deteriorating, and the problem was not big.
Su Zizi burst into tears and laughed, and pinched Li Huaitang's ears recklessly.
Li Huaitang said angrily with a smile: "Spoiled you, see if I don't clean you up when I go home, well, the family law serves!" ”
"You dare!?" Su Xiaoniang did not show weakness, her pretty eyebrows flashed, and her beautiful eyes were shy.
Li Huaitang smiled, his gaze stretched forward, and several beauties were waiting for him in his arms with resentment.
The beauty is also beautiful because of her virtuous and considerate, Su Zizi knows that this is not a place to flirt and scold, and there are sisters who are in the same mood as her looking forward to it, she is very obedient to let the catharsis full of thoughts in her heart stop.
The second person to cry in Li Huaitang's arms was Ye Ji, the pressure she was under was far greater than that of Su Zizi and the others, and she naturally cried the most when she reunited with Li Huaitang. At the beginning, Zhang Shousi was very handsome, and when he saw that he couldn't do anything, he went with the flow, let go of Ye Ji and An Luo'er, and surrendered peacefully. Ye Ji escaped from house arrest without danger, but faced a heavy blow again, Xiao Fenniang disappeared! The sad Ye Ji pinned her hopes on Li Huaitang's body, and the fetus in her womb was saved.
The reunion after a long absence is undoubtedly touching, and the reunion after a long absence of twists and turns is even more touching, whether it is a resident, a businessman, or an official or soldier, all of them have a sour nose. Pei Xiaoniang and Shui Rou'er, who were sitting in the carriage, also felt the same way, but they may not be just sour noses.
"What? Seeing your Brother Niu hugging left and right, I feel uncomfortable, right? Pei Xiaoniang's mood is very good, and her mood is like the blue and vast sky at this moment. It's very strange that at the moment when Li Huaitang jumped off the horse, her mood quietly changed, Li Huaitang's previous rudeness was actually acquiesced in by her, and she accepted it willingly, without the slightest resentment in her heart, and what is even more strange is that what follows is shyness, this feeling of involuntarily will make her heart 'messy', and even she can't realize what is going on.
Shui Rou'er squirmed and complained: "Little lady is talking nonsense, Brother Aniu is very good, and he is very good to Shui Rou'er." ”
"Well, you can see it." Pei Xiaoniang smiled faintly and said: "I'm very happy, Shui Rou'er has a good home from now on, you see, his wives are so happy to cry, and they behave as they want, presumably your Brother Niu spoiled them." ”
"No, Brother Niu's family law is so powerful......" Shui Rou'er realized that something was wrong halfway through speaking, and quickly covered her mouth and said nothing.
"Family law? What family law? Pei Xiaoniang is full of interest, and her curiosity has never been so heavy.
couldn't stand Pei Xiaoniang's pleading, Shui Rouer shyly whispered in Pei Xiaoniang's ear.
"Huh? Oh to die, you say. Pei Xiaoniang's face was flushed, red to the root of her ears.
Shui Rou'er laughed and said: "It's not what Xiao Niang wants me to say, besides, if Xiao Niang makes a mistake in the future, she will also suffer from this family law." ”
"Who, who, don't talk nonsense. I won't like your brother Niu, let alone marry him. Pei Xiaoniang drew a line with Li Huaitang in a panic.
Shui Rou'er pulled her lips and smiled: "Really? Xiao Niang's eyes have changed a lot in the past two days, Shui Rouer sees it in her eyes, and Shui Rouer knows that Brother Niu also likes you very much, and she likes Xiao Niang from the first day she met Xiao Niang. ”
"How do you know?"
"If you don't like Xiao Niang, even if you have a knife and a neck, Brother Niu won't go down to the lake to get a shawl for Xiao Niang."
"Shawl." When it came to the shawl, Pei Xiaoniang couldn't help but feel distressed.
Shui Rou'er sighed and said, "The horse has no concubine 'servant', why is it so painful for the little lady." Besides, can we go back? The little lady promised Brother Niu to live in Ningyuan City for a year. Also, there is Shui Rou'er who wants to live in Ningyuan City, and she is reluctant to ...... little lady."
Pei Xiaoniang smiled bitterly, didn't make a sound, and looked blankly at Li Huaitang in the distance. Seeing the truth in times of crisis, will there be a second person in this world who is desperate for her? And this person seems to be very good, Wen can export chapters, Wu can be arrogant and strong, but he is a little frivolous and lacks the style of a humble gentleman, but what about a gentleman who is sanctimonious? Who would pity her as a weak lady, and not take her as a victim of her relatives as a matter of course, in the name of serving the interests of her family and country. Thinking about it, the shadows of Xiao Lang and Li Lang gradually overlapped in her heart, and she didn't know who was who for a while, and her complicated expression couldn't help but be 'exposed' on her pretty face.
"Little lady, look, Brother Niu beckons to us." Shui Rou'er excitedly interrupted Pei Xiaoniang's distraction, she fixed her eyes and saw that Li Huaitang was indeed waving to them, and came over to them, with a group of his beauties.
"Sister Ruoxi!"
Ye Ji greeted Pei Xiaoniang with a red face in Li Huaitang's arms, now her abdomen has obviously bulged, and she is in and out of a carriage, Li Huaitang hugged her over to protect her.
Pei Xiaoniang had already discovered Ye Ji in Li Huaitang's arms, and remembered that Li Huaitang had also hugged her like this, and the blush on her face was bursting again and again, until Ye Ji called her, she was embarrassed to respond. However, a sister made others sound very ambiguous.
"Humph! Li Lang is so 'lustful', Bahuancheng is not satisfied with marrying two, and now he has added two sisters to us. An Luo'er, who was beside Ye Ji, spoke in a very sour tone, and anyone could detect the 'color' of resentment.
Shui Rou'er followed the prestige and couldn't help but be surprised: "You, you, you are also Brother Niu's wife?" ”
An Luo'er glared at Shui Rou'er, she and Pei Xiaoniang were the most embarrassed at the scene, her embarrassment was because the mother and daughter served the same husband, and Pei Xiaoniang's embarrassment was to "marry" Li Huaitang.
The shy and embarrassed Pei Xiaoniang was even more delicate, and Su Xiaoniang couldn't help but admire and vinegar: "No wonder Li Lang is fascinated and doesn't know where his home is, such a beauty, I feel pity." It's just that I don't know how many princesses and princesses Li Lang will snatch home. ”
The blessing of Qi people is also troublesome, Li Huaitang hurriedly interrupted: "Cough, this, I think we will go back first, and then we will talk about it when we go back, they are all about to be dried by us." ”
Wu 'Meng' and a group of soldiers waited quietly on the side, about the big and small things that happened in Ningyuan City during this time, Wu 'Meng' had already told Li Huaitang in Xijian City. Li Huaitang was both angry and happy and afraid, the Tang Dynasty wanted to occupy Ningyuan City, but in the end it fell short, Ningyuan City was a blessing in disguise, not only received more than 20,000 Tang immigrants and countless food baggage, but also captured countless weapons and equipment of the Tang Army, including more than 2,000 strong crossbows and hundreds of Mo knives, as for all kinds of strong bows and arrows and weapons are innumerable, the Tang Dynasty transported a large number of weapons and armor, the intention is very clear, that is, to arm the recruits, and the result was Li Huaitang's wedding dress together with all the materials.
Thanks to Datang's "assistance", in just a few months, the population of Ningyuan City rapidly swelled to 200,000, with sufficient food and materials, and the three armies were in order. The biggest change is the Tiger Cavalry, the strong crossbow array has expanded to more than 5,000 people, the power is terrifying, the newly established Mo Dao Army has 500 people, and the tall warriors have a huge lethal Mo Knife, as long as they are well-trained, they will definitely become a nightmare for any light cavalry in the future.
After receiving benefits from the hands of the Tang Dynasty, Li Huaitang's anger weakened slightly, and after discussing with Wu 'Meng' and other civil and military forces, the relationship with the Tang Dynasty was quietly determined on Li Huaitang's way back to Ningyuan City.
The world is changing, fate 'gets' people, a few months ago, Qi Jishan and Wu Xin could never have imagined that they would become Li Huaitang's prisoners. They led the last group of immigrants across the Glu Pass and identified the captives. Ning Yuan Tieqi, who was waiting for the rabbit here, unceremoniously accepted the population and materials in their hands, and then tied them back to Ningyuan City, so that they could gather with Zhang Shousi and the others.
Qi Jishan was very emotional, his reunion with Li Huaitang turned out to be such an atmosphere and identity.
In the city of Ningyuan City, in the residence of the General's Mansion, Li Huaitang summoned three important Tang Dynasty captives: Wu Xin, the secretary of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shousi, the governor of Ningyuan City of the Tang Dynasty, and Lang Qi Jishan, the 'servant' of the Ministry of Rites.
"To be honest, I don't want to be an enemy of Datang. However, rabbits will bite when they are 'forced' to be anxious! Li Huaitang coldly glanced at the faces of the three of them, "You go back and tell the Tang Emperor that I, Li Huaitang, am willing to defend one side for the Tang Dynasty, deal with the Qianghu in the Western Regions for the Tang Dynasty, and even expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty." ”
"You? Just let us go? Wu Xin thought it was incredible.
Li Huaitang stared at Wu Xin for a while, nodded and said, "Brother is on the wall, and he is insulted outside." Nowadays, the powerful Hu forces in the Western Regions are becoming stronger and stronger, especially the Great Food Country, which is the most powerful and rich in aggressive and expansionist nature. I mentioned to you in Bahuan City that the Abbasids of the Great Food have been in cahoots with Sulu Khan, and their target is Ningyuan City. Once Ningyuan City falls into the hands of the Hu people, no matter which side it belongs to in the end, the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty will have no peace. Although I am very angry at what you have done, I still know the priority of the matter, and you are just your own masters, and letting you go is to express my goodwill, and I hope to abandon the past suspicions with Datang and join forces to fight against Hu. ”
"The general's talent is admired, and now I hear the general's high righteousness, and I am convinced! I was offended a lot before, and I invited General Haihan. "Zhang Shousi hugged his fists and apologized, the so-called knowing heroes and valuing heroes, during this period of time in Ningyuan City, he walked around the city to watch the 'flowers', the more he understood Ningyuan City, the more he admired and admired Li Huaitang's talent.
"General Zhang Miao praised, I, Li Huaitang, can only be a golden iron horse. In terms of talent, how dare I, Li Huaitang, dare to 'get an axe' in front of the general, General Zhang just put up an empty city plan, and let the Tubo people return with a feather. "Zhang Shousi guarded Guazhou and repeatedly defeated the Tubo people, the most 'fine' time was the battle when he first took office, when the Tubo soldiers were strong, and the Tang Dynasty had just suffered a big loss, morale was low and people's hearts were floating, it was Zhang Shousi who went to Guazhou to clean up the mess, scare off the Tubo people with an empty city, and then decisively defeated the Tubo army. This classic example of war is familiar to the Tang people, and Li Huaitang occasionally heard of it when he was in Bahuan City, and he admired this person quite a lot.
No matter who it is, when it is mentioned as a proud work, it will be a little fluttering in my heart, Zhang Shousi is a mortal, of course, he is not exempt from vulgarity, and he has a better impression of Li Huaitang at the moment.
"May I ask what General Li plans to do with the thousands of soldiers under my command, as well as the more than 20,000 Tang people?" Good impression is good feeling, the reality is more urgent, Zhang Shousi doesn't want to be a ruthless person, and the bottom line is to take his soldiers back, which is related to his prestige in the army, and even more related to his career. Of course, Tang Huang's anger is unavoidable, what he has to do is how to prevent Tang Huang from being even more angry.
Qi Jishan has been silent, he is very embarrassed, Yu Gong, he is a subject of the Tang Dynasty, he has to start from the interests of the Tang Dynasty, in the 'private', he is half of Li Huaitang's uncle, and even Li Huaitang calls him uncle, on this occasion, he can't talk about 'private' feelings, only official affairs, involving military and civilian issues, he has to open his voice: "General Li, please release my military and civilians of the Tang Dynasty to go back." As for the cooperation between Datang and Ning Yuancheng, I should truthfully explain the situation to the saint. ”
It's not Li Huaitang's style to spit out the 'meat' in his mouth again, he doesn't have this habit. Of course, the bones have to be spit out, thousands of Tang soldiers have to be let go, and the Tang Dynasty must not be offended to death, moreover, there are people in the court who are good to talk to, and letting go of the Tang soldiers is also good for Qi Jishan and Zhang Shousi to have the resources to speak in the court, as for those Tang people, if they don't eat for nothing, they won't swallow the opinions of the Tang Dynasty, after all, it is the Tang court that is the first to be unkind and unjust.
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