Five days later, with the arrival of reinforcements from the northern and southern states of Jianzhou, there are now 20,000 soldiers and horses gathered in the city of Meizhou, and the city defense of Meizhou has indeed increased a lot in recent days, but it seems that the news of King Shou's return to Jiannan, the offensive of the Nanzhao army is more fierce than at the beginning, and the Jiazhou City, which was originally planned to be able to resist at least five days, was captured by the Nanzhao army within three days.

It is still the general's mansion of Meizhou City, Li Qing looked at the battle report in his hand, and only frowned, because Li Qing himself is now sitting in Meizhou, Meizhou seems to have become the headquarters of the fight against Nanzhao, and the battle report that originally needed to be sent to Chengdu Jiedu to make the yamen was also sent here, looking at a familiar border defense state commander under the hall, Li Qing did not hide it, and said frankly: "Three days ago, Jiazhou had been lost, and the Nanzhao army did not choose to rest after breaking through Jiazhou, but directly chose to divide the troops into three ways, and 10,000 people were sent to attack Qingshen, 10,000 people were sent to attack Danling, as for the Nanzhao State Lord Luo Fengqin led the remaining more than 40,000 soldiers and horses to Meizhou to attack, half a day ago, Qingshen County has been lost, General Wang stationed in Qingshen fought a bloody battle for a day and a night, together with a thousand soldiers and horses under his command were all killed, General Wang himself killed 19 enemy soldiers in succession, exhausted and died. ”

"Judging from the current situation, within two days, the Nanzhao army will inevitably be under the city of Meizhou, I don't know what His Highness's plans are?" This time it was a border guard commander in his forties who looked old.

Glancing at this person, Li Qing stood up, "Don't hide it from you, the matter has come to this, this king will never retreat, he wants to fight, this king will accompany him to fight, Ge Luofeng thinks that he can swallow my Jiannan with the power of the whole country, this king will let him know today that he underestimated this king after all, and underestimated my son of Jiannan Dao." ”

"After this battle, no matter what the victory or defeat is, with the strength of a country to fight against the soldiers of a country, you are enough to go down in history!"

As soon as he spoke, all the state lords in the hall got up and bowed down one after another, "I am willing to fight to the death with His Highness." ”

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Two days later, 500 steps west of Meizhou City, the 60,000 troops of the Nanzhao army lined up, the shield soldiers in front, the archers in the back, hundreds of ladders were carried by the foot soldiers with brute knives on their waists, and then there were trebuchets and siege vehicles.

On the city wall, Li Qing stood with his hands in his hands, dressed in a decent Xuanyi Palace, and some of his elegant and elegant faces were just calm, after Li Qing, Wang Jie, who now seemed to have become the second person in Jiannan Road, followed closely behind, and then there were Songzhou lecturers and others who stood side by side and stood side by side with chairs lined up, a full ten.

I don't know when, the Nanzhao army walked out, looked at Li Qinglang above the city gate and said: "The lord of my family specially invited His Royal Highness King Shou to talk about it before the battle, I don't know if His Royal Highness King Shou dares to be invited?" ”

Facing the provocation of the people from the city, Li Qing smiled indifferently on his calm face: "The lord of Nanzhao turned out to be a guest, and this king, as the master of this Jiannan Dao, went out of the city to talk about it, why don't you dare?" ”

Li Qing said a word, and the lords of the states behind him all persuaded him: "Your Highness must not, now Jiannan can barely support it, all rely on His Highness to sit in charge, if Nanzhao has bad intentions, His Highness has a case, I am afraid that we will be defeated in this battle." ”

Looking back at everyone, Li Qing said slowly: "What you say, how can this king not know, but this time the lord of Nanzhao has this invitation, I am afraid that he wants to explore the reality of Meizhou City, if this king does not come out of the excuse, he will inevitably underestimate Meizhou, on the contrary, if this king goes out of the city, it will make him unpredictable." ”

"Even so, the gentleman does not stand on the dangerous wall, not to mention His Royal Highness's golden body, in my opinion, this time out of the city, you might as well let General Mu bring His Highness's 1,000 personal guard camp, and when the time comes, even if something happens, His Highness can be preserved." Seeing that Li Qing had made up his mind, Wang Ji could only retreat and say second.

Shook his head, "This king went out of the city this time, it is a pretending to be a suspicious soldier, if it puts on such a big formation, it will make Ge Luofeng think that this king is not confident enough, so as to see the reality in the city, this time out of the city, this king only takes Mu Fan/Li Ye two people." ”

Under the city of Meizhou, Li Qing was dressed in python clothes, riding a horse and standing, followed by two horses, one white horse and silver spear, chic and extraordinary, one black horse bound sword, calm and introverted, Li Qing and others opposite, a sturdy middle-aged man wearing the clothes of the king of Nanzhao straddled the white horse, behind the man, three hundred elite cavalry with waist and hip scimitars and armor were lined up, and the momentum was extraordinary.

Ge Luofeng, who had a handsome face, looked at Li Qing, who was only carrying two people in front of him, and praised him sincerely: "Over the years, His Royal Highness has been powerful in Jiannan, and now when I see it, it really impresses the king, there are 70,000 elite soldiers behind the king, and His Royal Highness only brought two guards when he went out of the city this time, this courage is admired by this king!" ”

Shaking his head, facing the compliment of the lord of a country, Li Qing was very indifferent: "There are not many soldiers, but in the fine, if the victory or defeat of the war is determined by the number of troops, I am afraid that the Jiannan Road at this moment is not the Jiannan Road of the Tang Dynasty, but the Xifu of Tubo." Although there are 70,000 soldiers behind the lord of the country, in the eyes of this king, but Er'er, since this king is personally sitting in Meizhou, he naturally can't allow you to move forward half a step. ”

Looking at the Xuanyi Shou King in front of him with complicated eyes, Ge Luofeng did not choose to deny Li Qing's statement for the first time: "To be honest, if it is not necessary, this king does not want to be an enemy of His Royal Highness, but the governor of Yaozhou deceives people too much, insults the wife and daughter of this king, this revenge is not avenged, and he is the lord of a country in vain. ”

Hearing this, Li Qing's right hand was slightly raised, and a head on the gate of Meizhou gradually rose, "This king has long said that whoever I am a soldier in the south of the sword, who insults people's wives and daughters, will definitely die, this king killed Zhang Yantuo this time is not to give you a statement in Nanzhao, but because he violated the rules of this king, if you lead the sergeant to return the same way, this king can act as if nothing happened, but if you dare to take a step forward, then you will not die!" ”

"What a Shou King, now that the Tubo army is in the north and south of the sword, you Jiannan Dao can now be said to be on the back of the enemy, the Jiannan army has the command of His Royal Highness is indeed extraordinary, but at this critical moment, how many troops can you use? Dare to say such a thing, I don't know whether it is better to be confident or conceited across His Highness, so there is only one battle between us! ”

Looking into the distance, looking at the Nanzhao soldiers who were eager to try not far away, Li Qing did not back down in the slightest: "If you want to fight, then you will fight, but this king has always been a person who will take revenge, if you can't take Jiannan this time, later, this king will definitely destroy your Nanzhao to avenge today's invasion of the whole country." ”

Ge Luofeng, who originally looked chic and casual, looked at the deep affection of King Xuanyi Shou in front of him, and a deep fear finally appeared in his eyes, "In this case, the lord of the country will definitely not give His Highness the opportunity to backhand, such a remark, if someone else says it, the lord of the country will laugh at no one in his eyes, but if the King of Xuanyi Shou in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty says it, the lord of the country will have to think about it, and he will let His Highness bury his bones here at all costs." ”

Pulling the reins in his hand, turning the horse's head, and the people went away, but the voice floated again, "If you want this king to bury his bones here, I'm afraid you Nanzhao don't have this qualification!" ”