In the hall of Tiance Mansion, the envoy from Chang'an looked at Han Xun who received the order, not knowing what he was thinking. But this time, the Chang'an Imperial Court gave Han Zun's nickname really high enough, and the nickname "Wenzheng", posthumously crowned the Marquis of Wending, which can be regarded as an affirmation of the contribution made by the Tang Dynasty to Han Zun. Han Xun took a deep breath with the holy decree in his hand, and after saying goodbye to the envoy and Cen Tianshi, he walked out, glanced deeply at the newly hung "three words", and turned around and walked towards the lecture hall located in the north of Lingzhou City.

"What about the new Lingzhou Festival Envoy Li Xuanqing? Our family is still waiting for him to receive the order, the emperor is very curious about his deeds, and specially instructed our family to bring him a few words. Han Zun's matter was done, and the eunuch named Zhang De glanced behind Cen Tianshi a few times and asked.

"Lord Angel, General Tiance has gone down to inspect the barracks. He is instructed to be solely responsible for receiving the angels. Cen Tianshi smiled slightly, stepped forward, took Zhang De's hand, and swept his eyes over a tall and thin eunuch behind him and said, "Tiance Mansion has prepared a banquet, how about inviting adults and the prison army to the banquet?" ”

"Li Xuanqing is so bold, the envoy has been informed in advance when he comes to Lingzhou, why doesn't he wait for an audience in the mansion?" Before Zhang De could speak, Cui Lian, the prison guard behind him, said in a sharp voice.

Cen Tianshi's face sank, let go of Zhang De's hand and sneered: "What's the matter, General Tiance's whereabouts also need to be reported to the Supervisor in advance?" Your Excellency hasn't handed over to General Tiance yet, right? The power of the prison army is being exercised too quickly, right? ”

Zhang De saw that Cui Lian was about to speak again, and hurriedly interrupted him, he hasn't left yet, are you embarrassed to trouble him Li Xuanqing? I'm not afraid of encumbering me as an angel," Lord Cen don't be like Lord Cui, he has a tired journey and is a little unsuitable for the climate of Lingzhou. Since General Li is not there, it is the same for the Holy Decree to be handed over to Lord Cen. ”

"Lingzhou Jiedu envoy Li Xuanqing has always made great contributions to the imperial court, the battle of Chang'an fought bravely, defeated the bandits in the suburbs of Xicheng, and saved the people of Li from fire and water. Today, there is a former Lingzhou festival envoy Han Gong's performance, and Li Xuanqing is authorized to be promoted to the post of Lingzhou festival envoy, hoping that Li Qing's family will continue to be public and the country, and maintain the righteousness of the imperial court. The post of Fengzhou inspector was handed over to Zhou Dewei, the general of Shengzhou, and he admired this. Cen Tianshi glanced at the words on the holy decree a few times, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhang, I think there is a misunderstanding here?" The lord of my family is the governor of Tiance, not the envoy of Lingzhou. Toyosu is the place where my lord started, and there is no reason for others to take over. I'm afraid that my Heavenly Decree will not be able to accept it. ”

"What? What does Lord Cen mean that General Li will not accept this holy decree? The Governor's Mansion? When our family was in Chang'an, we didn't hear of any Tiance Mansion? Zhang De's face was also wrong, and he stopped.

Cen Tianshi didn't know what he was thinking, and said with a slight smile: "The Tiance Army started in Fengzhou, and it inherited the responsibilities and obligations of the Tiande Army. The takeover of Lingzhou this time is also in accordance with the last wish of Lord Han, to unify the Shuofang defense area, and to consolidate the western frontier for our Tang Dynasty. I also asked Lord Zhang to play the Ming Emperor on my behalf, and Tiance Mansion was grateful. ”

Zhang Dexi looked at Cen Tianshi, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled: "Look at you, Lord Cen, this is not our family." It's a trivial matter, Lord Cen can rest assured, after returning to the dynasty, Zhang De will faithfully show His Majesty and Lord Yang. ”

"Haha, thank you Lord Zhang. Now that we're done, let's go to the feast. Cen Tianshi pulled Zhang De, and the two walked into the banquet hall talking and laughing all the way, and those who didn't know thought they were old friends for many years.

Outside Dingyuan City, the strategic mobile unit of the Tiance Army, composed of the first battalion, the second cavalry battalion and a newly organized battalion, completely turned this abandonment place into a military camp. On the administrative map planned by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Tiance Prefecture, the original five counties of Dingyuan City were cut into three counties, Dingyuan, Dengkou and Sanfeng, this place is not like Lingzhou and Fengzhou, the northwest bypasses the remaining veins of Helan Mountain and is threatened by Ulan Bu and desert quicksand, and the southwest is backed by the Yellow River, although the place is large, but a lot of land is not suitable for planting, so in the planning of Tiance Mansion, in addition to the garrison, the development of animal husbandry is the mainstay, for this reason, the county commanders of these three counties have been clearly instructed by Cen Tianshi before taking office, and do not seek much development of agriculture and industry. It only needs to be done in animal husbandry, mining and environmental protection.

But at this moment, Dingyuan City has just received tens of thousands of ethnic minorities who have migrated from Lingzhou, and some of the families of soldiers who came with the army, and the logistics support of these tens of thousands of people has given the people of the logistics department a headache.

"Tiancheng, your method is wrong, the logistics must be considered holistically, most of these migrants are nomads, and they themselves bring cattle and sheep and other livestock, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has also arranged pastures, only a small amount of aid food is needed, and the remaining Han people are also arranged to Sanfeng and Dengkou, and these two places can directly transfer grain from Fengzhou nearby." In the military camp of Dingyuan City, Li Xuanqing, who came to check, couldn't help but smile when he saw his logistics minister with a bitter face, as if someone owed him 1.8 million.

Zuo Tiancheng smiled bitterly: "Lord, you don't know, it's all to blame on that Zhang Quanfu." He held a national tree planting competition in Sanfeng, as long as he participated in planting trees and survived, he would be rewarded with a stone of grain, and if he won the ranking, he could also be tax-free for one year, and the prize money was also very generous. This guy has recently been planning to plant trees on both sides of the road from Sanfeng to Dengkou and Dingyuan, and has shouted that he will plant all the places in Sanfeng County within five years. My lord, this guy's reward is all food, but the roads in the far area are full of quicksand, and when the ruts are pressed, they will immediately sink a few feet, and the transportation force is too great. ”

Li Xuanqing said with a smile: "Before, I asked your logistics department workshop to hurry up and study cement, and at the worst of all, you have to study Sanhe soil, now it's okay." He walked over and patted Zuo Tiancheng on the shoulder, and said in a solemn tone: "Old Zuo, although the logistics department is not as dazzling as the combat unit, it will not be less responsible at all. As the person at the helm, you don't have to do everything yourself, but you must be forward-looking. I have already prepared the Sanhe soil in Fengzhou, and you will immediately arrange for the left-behind personnel in Fengzhou to receive it, and then start laying it from north to south from Fengzhou. When necessary, you can coordinate with the Ministry of Civil Affairs to provide relief through work. ”

Also, Zhang Quanfu's planting trees and grass along the straight road is the best way to deal with the quicksand. Your logistics department needs to support. The logistics personnel stationed in the Dingyuan area must actively participate in this competition, and I look forward to your awards. Li Xuanqing's words made Zuo Tiancheng fall into deep thought, but Li Xuanqing didn't say much. He came here to do a secret matter, so he saw that everyone else in the camp was busy, and even Yang Tiancheng, the military commander, went to integrate the troops.

"Lao Zuo, how are the manpower I asked you to prepare?" Li Xuanqing pulled Zuo Tiancheng to the outside of the camp and said in a low voice.

"The lord can rest assured, the most core manpower is arranged, and according to what the lord said, each of the six teams is skilled workers. Xuan Yingwei also arranged personnel to be among them. Zuo Tiancheng looked at Li Xuanqing curiously: "What does the lord want to arrange them to do so secretly?" The report from the Xuan Ying Guard was marked with the highest level of secrecy. ”

"Have you heard of gunpowder?" Li Xuanqing and Zuo Tiancheng came to an isolated hillside outside the camp and said, "A very powerful weapon that can subvert all our previous cognitions. Lao Zuo, to arrange reliable manpower, we must strictly abide by the regulations I wrote, strictly prohibit open fires, work at sunrise, and rest at sunset. ”

"The lord rest assured, Tiancheng will strictly abide by the regulations formulated by the lord to ensure that there will be no forks." Zuo Tiancheng saw Li Xuanqing's solemn face and serious expression, and hurriedly assured.

"Arrange it as soon as possible, I still count on your mysterious weapon in this battle." Li Xuanqing returned to the big tent after sending Zuo Tiancheng away, and saw that Yang Tiancheng was already waiting with Wu Huan and Li Tianyi.

"My lord, this is a notice from the chief of civil affairs." Yang Tiancheng handed the notice he had just received to Li Xuanqing and said, "The opinion of the envoy of Chang'an looks very strange. What does His Majesty the Emperor mean? ”

"What does His Majesty the Emperor mean? This is what the great eunuch Yang Fugong meant. One word, drag. He's calculating. Li Xuanqing sneered and explained: "Yang Fugong's wishful thinking is that if we win next, then it is not impossible to give a Tiance Governor's Mansion." If you lose, then don't say anything. Anyway, he can't be offended on either side. ”

"What should we do now, my lord?" Yang Tiancheng, Wu Huan, Li Tianyi and the others glanced at each other and asked.

Li Xuanqing casually put the notice on the table, and said with a smile: "Cold salad, what else can I do?" In fact, our current response is also a word, drag. If we delay the reform of internal affairs for one more day, the results will be better, and the military department will have one more day to prepare. If they haven't reached a solution to deal with Tiance Mansion after three months, that is, after the spring ploughing, I, Li, will have to do it myself. ”

"That is, I'm afraid of what they do, our Tiance Army has been invincible and invincible since it became an army. The brothers below have started to itch their hands when they don't fight a day. Wu Huan grinned. Recently, the army was reorganized, and he was transferred from the infantry army to the second cavalry battalion, with more than 10,000 cavalry.

"Okay Tiancheng, the envoy is gone, and I should go back to Lingzhou. Your three battalions are the mobile troops of the Tiance Army, if there is a war, you will support Chen Fan and Chen Yu to the north, and you will return to the Lingzhou base camp to the south, and you will also be responsible for containing the party members in the east, so you must be cautious in case of trouble. Li Xuanqing pointed to the map and said solemnly to the three sworn brothers in front of him.

Among the three, Yang Tiancheng is the most thoughtful, and he has been commanding the army independently for a long time, and he is also the supreme commander of this mobile corps arranged by Li Xuanqing, and he did not hesitate to say at the moment: "Please rest assured, Tiancheng knows what to do." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded, didn't say much, got on the horse and rode towards Lingzhou with his direct team.

Dingyuan City is more than 200 miles away from Lingzhou, and the cavalry is running at full strength in less than three hours. As soon as Li Xuanqing arrived at Tiance Mansion, he saw Cen Tianshi also coming back from outside, the two looked at each other and smiled, and walked to the study of Tiance Mansion.

Cen Tianshi saw Qiaoxi make tea and walked out and said with a smile: "Tianshi has good news to tell the lord." ”

Li Xuanqing was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Mr. won't drive that Cui Lian away, right?" So happy? ”

Cen Tianshi shook his head and said, "This time the lord guessed wrong. This Cui Jian Jun couldn't drive him away every day, but this time an unexpected person appeared in the Chang'an Special Mission. The henchmen sent by Zhu Quanzhong of Bianliang were mixed in, conveying one of Zhu Quanzhong's intentions, wanting to form an alliance with my Tiance Mansion. ”

"Zhu Quanzhong?" Li Xuanqing muttered a few words and asked, "Who did he send?" Are people gone? ”

"Zheng Fan, this person is Zhu Quanzhong's military advisor, and I have heard about this person in the early years. However, he seemed to have other important things to do when he came west this time, and after hurriedly conveying Zhu Quanzhong's intentions, he went out of the city overnight, as if he didn't want people to know his whereabouts. Cen Tianshi relayed Zheng Fan's words in 1510 and said: "Lord, people say that distant friends and close attacks, since Yang Fugong wants to unite with others to deal with us, can we also do it?" ”

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Zhu Quanzhong's mind is not so simple? I'm afraid this guy has other thoughts. ”

"Anything else?" Cen Tianshi thought about it for a long time but didn't come up with it, so he had to smile bitterly: "The minister is stupid, I can't see what he has intentions." ”

Li Xuanqing sighed silently, if he didn't come, this Zhu Quanzhong would be the first person to bury the Tang Dynasty. Didn't Zhaozong, the little emperor of Chang'an, let him poison him to death? It's already 888 years now, and the history of the northwest has been tampered with by himself, so I don't know if this guy's idea at this time is to let himself provoke a war between several princes near Chang'an, and he himself fooled Zhaozong to go to Bianliang or Luoyang, so as to really become a living Cao Cao.

"This Zhu Quanzhong is planning to take advantage of the chaos to instigate the emperor to move the capital to Luoyang, so that he can become Cao Cao and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes." Li Xuanqing said lightly after thinking about this.

"Sir, has the identity of the envoy been determined this time?" Li Xuanqing suddenly thought of something and asked.

Cen Tianshi shook his head and said, "This Zhang De didn't bring a definite meaning, but he brought back the family tree of the lord." I intend to make this matter official to the emperor in the name of the descendants of the Chinese book. ”

"Sir, hurry up, once the Tiance army and the surrounding princes start a war, Zhu Quanzhong will inevitably send people to Chang'an. Now that he has Luoyang in his possession, he can justifiably encourage the emperor to move to the eastern capital. If that were the case, the situation would be complicated. Li Xuanqing nodded, feeling the power of this historical Later Liang Emperor for the first time.

"I think the purpose of Zheng Fan's trip is not only to convey the alliance to confuse us, but also to provoke the nerves of the surrounding princes, and start the war early, so that his wishful thinking can start early, so he left in a hurry." Li Xuanqing sighed, even if you guess this kind of thing, there is no good way, this is a yang scheme. Zhu Quanzhong calculated that the surrounding princes did it to him, so he dared to come unscrupulously.

"Lord, what should we do now? Do you want to do it early? Cen Tianshi is also extremely smart, as soon as Li Xuanqing said that he made up all the plots in his head, he hurriedly asked at this time.

Li Xuanqing shook his head, if the enemy does not move, I will not move, I will not move one-to-many, I can't rush out, only by triggering but not triggering can we deter the opponent and win time for myself.

"Order Xuan Yingwei to strengthen intelligence reconnaissance in Hedong, Xiazhou, Fengxiang and Qizhou, and report any troubles." Li Xuan's light words quickly spread to Xuanyingwei with the pace of the heralds, and became the lead of this battle in the future. Because at this time, Hu Xiaosi, the commander of Xuanying Wei, was also brewing a plan, a plan to break the game. After hearing Li Xuanqing's order, Hu Xiaosi, who was still a little hesitant, made up his mind and turned around and walked towards the study of the general of Tiance Mansion.