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Please return to the army to cover the dust and bones, and the soldiers of Mo will cry for the dragon.

The song "From the Army" expresses the cruelty of war, but what is inexhaustible is the sadness of the world.

When the Xi, Uighur, Murowei, and Khitan tribes, a total of 200,000 people who controlled the strings, crossed the Yanshan Mountains with a raging momentum, and the troops were divided into two routes to approach the territory of Danzhou and Jizhou, one after another war reports flew to Youzhou like snowflakes in the winter sky.

October of the sixth year of Huichang, Shuo Day.

Danzhou North Exit Guard, Jizhou Yancheng Guard Arrest Emergency!

Following.

The enemy broke through Yancheng, including the Yancheng garrison, 2,000 soldiers and horses were killed in battle, and at the same time, the flood garrison was in a hurry, and the Xiongwu army urgently dispatched 5,000 soldiers and horses to reinforcements; The army of Danzhou Town was defeated and withdrew to the city of Danzhou, and the enemy army followed closely to besiege the city of Danzhou, and the mighty army increased 5,000 soldiers and horses on the way to reinforcements, and lost more than half of the 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Two days later.

50,000 enemy troops detoured to the base camp of the Xiongwu Army, and the Xiongwu Army made Huo Qing anxious; On the same day, the city of Danzhou was broken; In the evening, the whole territory of Danzhou and Jizhou fell, and at the same time, the enemy forces of the two roads converged into one place and approached Youzhou, and the Xiongwu Army, Zhenyuan Army, Weiwu Army, and Jingsai Army retreated to the area of Tongxian and Luxian under the jurisdiction of Youzhou, and the whole territory of Youzhou was in an emergency.

And Zhang Zhi, who had just been driven back to Youzhou by Zhang Zhongwu, was a little caught off guard by such a sudden military situation, and on the one hand, he directly crossed Zhang Zhongwu and reported to the Chang'an Imperial Court in his name, and on the other hand, he urgently dispatched emergency reinforcements from the surrounding states and counties.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Zhifang had already been deprived of all his positions in the army by his father, and he had no troop transfer tiger talisman in his hand, even if the surrounding states wanted reinforcements, but after all, there was no general order and did not dare to act rashly.

In just three or four days, the enemy army has broken through Danzhou and Jizhou on all fronts, and the elite of Youzhou has already been transferred by Zhang Zhongwu to Yingzhou and Cangzhou to fight against the Chengde army and the Hengzhou navy.

In just two days, Chang'an received a report on the battle of Youzhou, and the court was shocked, Li Chen scolded Zhang Zhongwu in the Linde Palace, and when Li Chen was preparing to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the neighboring provinces to gallop to help Youzhou, the two towns of Chengde and Henghai were placed in front of Li Chen at the same time.

Subsequently, Li Chen hesitated.

Because the general content of the two towns is almost the same, only one thing is said: Li Zhen led 3,000 elite horsemen to the north.

I saw that he gently put the two pieces on the case, his brows were tightly locked, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, and the ministers in the palace were arguing as always, only Bai Minzhong and Li Jingrang were silent, and only looked at Li Chen quietly.

"Your Majesty, the war in Youzhou is urgent, and I hope to send an order as soon as possible to increase the reinforcements of soldiers and horses from the neighboring provinces!" Feng Ao, the imperial historian, took the lead in the queue and bowed down.

"The minister thinks that it is impossible, the neighboring Dao festivals make each of them have ghosts, in the past, most of them procrastinated in order to reach out to the imperial court to ask for military salaries, if the fighter plane is delayed, Youzhou will not fall into the hands of the feudal thieves! In the opinion of the ministers, the gods should be mobilized to go! ”

The person who spoke was Ma Zhi of Dali Temple.

As soon as Ma Zhi's words came out, he was immediately refuted by Lu Shang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and saw Lu Shang shouting at Li Chen with a fierce expression: "Your Majesty, the two armies of the Shence Army on the left and right are both old and old, so the labor and mobilization of the people are afraid that their health is not competent, and the Shence Army is far away from Youzhou, and the soldiers have traveled a long distance to delay the fighter plane, not to mention, when they arrive in Youzhou, they are afraid that they will already be demoralized, and they will inevitably fall behind, so the minister thinks that what Doctor Feng just said is very true, and he should transfer the soldiers and horses of the neighboring provinces!" ”

Ma Zhi was about to open his mouth to refute after hearing this, but he saw Li Chen smile slightly, and said: "What Lu Qing said is very true, the war is urgent, and it is difficult to quench the thirst of the Shence army from far away, so don't go, and order Henghai, Weibo, and Pinglu to transfer 5,000 soldiers and horses each to reinforce Youzhou, and in addition, Fugu Wen collaborated with the enemy to commit treason, and Pinglu Jiedu made Zheng Guang arrest him, and then escorted him to Beijing to wait for his fate!" ”

After saying that, Li Chen said slowly again: "This person, I must live!" ”

After retiring from the court, Li Chen still sat alone in the hall, with a look on his face that was a little worried and a little excited.

Seeing this, Wang Guichang couldn't help but ask, "Are you worried about the eldest prince?" ”

"Alas! This kid has no experience in commanding troops, and this rash action has mixed blessings and misfortunes, and I don't know whether to worry or be happy! Originally, he was asked to go to Youzhou this time, one was to follow Zhang Zhongwu to learn some experience in commanding troops and fight in the army, and to experience some days in the army, and the other was to establish a personal guard, which he could use in the future, and I could also use it, but I never expected that others would make such a big mess before they arrived in Youzhou, and what he didn't expect was that he would directly lead the troops out of Yuguan! ”

After hearing this, Wang Guichang smiled lightly: "If you look at it according to the old slave, you don't have to worry, the eldest prince will definitely be able to make a great contribution this time!" ”

Hearing this, Li Chen turned to look at Wang Guichang and said in surprise: "Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Wang Guichang said with a smile: "You might as well think about it, the eldest prince has caused such a big mess before he arrives in Youzhou, although it makes Hebei a mess, but in fact it is not dangerous, and the three towns of Hebei did not make a big move, not only that, but the eldest prince actually borrowed two thousand fine horses from Wang Yuankui and Liu Yue, and Zhang Zhongwu did not have much ambiguity about this, if it were not for the great prince's strategy, he would not have been able to do so. And I heard that the eldest prince was besieged by Wang Yuankui during the siege of Shenzhou, and he also asked for 200,000 stone of grain and grass from Wang Yuankui's hands, that Wang Yuankui is not a fool, but for the eldest prince, he wants grain for food, and soldiers for soldiers. ”

When Li Chen heard this, he couldn't help but smile undisguisedly on his face, if you have a son like this, what more can you ask for?

And Wang Guichang said slowly again: "In addition, although the eldest prince is full of learning, he does not have the sour and rotten atmosphere of those weak scholars, on the contrary, he has the courage and courage of a military general, just by his angry killing of Jiangling Changshi, Jinshang Defense Envoy and dozens of officials of Shenzhou size, it can be seen that he is definitely the kind of person who kills decisively, at this point, the eldest prince has completely inherited everyone's temperament, so to peep at the leopard, it can be seen that the eldest prince will be able to turn evil into good fortune this time, this is everyone's blessing, the blessing of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"Hahaha! I didn't expect you to not only shoot my fart, but now even Zhen'er's farts are shooting loudly! Li Chen laughed, "However, I have been very useful when I hear it!" Hahaha! ”

Hearing this, Wang Guichang hurriedly bowed down and replied: "The old slave is just talking about things!" However, at today's court meeting, the words of Ma Zhi, the Qing of Dali Temple, made the old slave a little worried! ”

Li Chen's complexion changed suddenly after hearing this, and said, "Yes, it's not just you, but I'm also worried when I hear it!" Ma Yuanzhen is the military envoy of the right army of Shence, and Ma Zhi worships as a brother, the two have always had a close relationship, and today Ma Zhi is obviously in the court Ma Yuanzhen speaks, since I succeeded to the throne, except for you, the eunuchs of the inner court have always been deliberately alienated, and what I am afraid of is to follow in the footsteps of the front and the future, so it seems that this Ma Zhi can not be used! ”

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And just when the will of the imperial court had not yet arrived in Youzhou, Zhang Zhongwu, who had just rushed back to Youzhou, received two handwritten letters, from Chengde Wang Yuankui and Henghai Liu Yue.