Chapter 56: The Deceived

Hearing King Yan's request to see him, Li Jing, the king of Qi, pursed his lips and stood up, ready to leave. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Jing waved his hand and said, "King Qi, you stay and listen to what is going on with King Yan." "Now that King Qi is the emperor's younger brother, although Li Jing knows that the relationship between these two uncles and nephews is not good, he still wants to ease their relationship, and in the future, King Qi will ascend the throne as emperor, and with his character, he naturally will not have much thought about King Yan.

King Qi saw that the imperial brother said this, so he nodded, and after a while, Li Hongji, the king of Yan, came in, and saw that the king of Qi was also there, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, he knew that the king of Qi was in a bad mood recently, mostly because he lost in this political struggle, as long as he could win Suzhou, then the reputation of the king of Yan in the Tang Dynasty must be famous.

Li Hongji came in, first saluted his father, then bowed slightly, and said, "King Qi." "In front of his father, this is just a courtesy greeting, so he doesn't call King Qi uncle.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, nodded silently, the contradiction between the two gradually intensified very seriously, Li Jingsui didn't want to see him, but he had to see him.

Li Jing smiled and said, "King Yan, come and sit." ”

Li Hongji sat down on the side, a little embarrassed in the study, Li Jing coughed, and said, "King Yan, how are things being prepared?" ”

Hearing his father ask about this, Li Hongji suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "Father, the grain and grass are almost ready, and the sons are ready to send troops next month." "Now is the time for spring ploughing, Li Hongji chose to send troops at this time, which can disrupt Suzhou's plan to farm, even if this war lasts for a long time, Suzhou will be short of food to a certain extent.

Li Jing's face was a little hesitant, did he tell King Yan about this matter? If he waits until he has done everything, and suddenly says no, with his character, I am afraid he will not give up. Li Jing hesitated for a moment, and Li Hongji smiled.

"Father, I am determined to win Suzhou Erchen, and my father does not have to worry." Li Hongji also thought that Li Jing was worried that he would not be able to fight well.

Li Jingsui pursed his lips, he naturally wouldn't say anything about Yang Lian, but King Yan's triumphant appearance made him very unhappy, so he immediately stood up, saluted Li Jing, and said, "Brother Huang, my brother is in poor health, so I will retire first." ”

Li Jing sighed in his heart and asked him to leave first.

Li Jingsui walked out, looking at the clouds in the sky, his expression was complicated, at this time he was no longer in the mood to deal with political affairs, so he left the imperial city and rushed towards the Qi Palace. Sitting in the sedan chair, Li Jingsui sighed for a long time, worried about the future, and didn't understand why Yang Lian suddenly supported King Yan, which made him lose his mood.

The soldiers opened the way, the sedan chair walked slowly, and after walking for half an hour, suddenly the sedan chair stopped, and Li Jingsui heard someone shouting: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, report urgently!" ”

The personal soldiers of the Qi Palace's palace were about to shout a scold, but found that the man was holding an expedited token in his hand. Li Jingsui poked his head out, looked at it, stretched out his hand to call the soldiers, and said, "That person is in such a hurry, what happened?" Call him over. ”

"Whoa!" The soldier hurried away, and after not knowing what to say to the man, he came over a moment later.

"I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi." The man was quite polite, and gave a salute on his horse.

Li Jingsui smiled, seeing that this person was sweating profusely, he thought that he was indeed very anxious, could it be that there was something big going on in the Chu State? Li Jingsui asked, "What is the matter with you in such a hurry?" ”

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "King Qi, before leaving, Yang Jiedu told him that this fold must be handed over to the Son of Heaven by hand. ”

"Yang Jiedu? But Yang Lian? "King Qi keenly captured the key information, if it was Yang Lian, what would his urgent report say?

The man nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

King Qi's face changed slightly, Yang Lian's urgent report? Could it be that Fuzhou was taken? Or a letter asking for help? Busy asked, "What is the matter?" ”

The man hesitated, and while his own soldiers were furious, he shouted: "What is the identity of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, do you dare not give it?" ”

Li Jingsui waved his hand and said, "Lone is the eldest brother of the Tang Emperor, who is in charge of the military and politics of the Tang Dynasty, what can't I let Lone know?" Besides, Lone's daughter has been married to Yang Jiedu, can't Lone know about the family's affairs? ”

Although the words were said softly, the weight was not light, and the man's face changed, and he still took out the letter from his bosom, and wrapped it in sheepskin, and there was sweat on the outside, but it was dry on the inside. While Li Jingsui uncovered the sheepskin, he thought that this fold was very important, and his palms couldn't help but tremble, and he actually didn't pick up the fire paint after dismantling it twice.

Taking a deep breath, Li Jingsui stabilized his trembling palm, and finally opened the letter, after opening it, he looked at it almost at a glance, and hurriedly read it, Li Jingsui was a little incredulous, he rubbed his eyes, and looked carefully from beginning to end, only to find that he was not mistaken.

After reading the letter, Li Jingsui's whole person became relaxed, Yang Lian actually captured Fuzhou, and thwarted the attack of Wu Yuebing, according to the battle report, in addition to Li Hongyi was captured, Wu Yueguo Jiedu envoy Hu Qing, that is, the youngest son of Wu Yueguo's military department Shangshu was also captured. In addition, Bao Xiurang, the border guard of Wu Yueguo, was killed in battle, beheaded thousands, and captured thousands of people. Such a record is quite good, you must know that Yang Lian did not bring many soldiers and horses.

However, the letter only mentions it slightly, and does not elaborate on the circumstances of this battle, and Li Jingsui does not know exactly how this battle was fought.

However, victory was enough, and Li Jingsui immediately ordered his own soldiers, saying, "Turn around and go to the imperial city." Then he said to the man, "Come with me." ”

The man also knew about this, thought about it, and followed behind Li Jingsui. This time, Li Jingsui went back much faster, and it only took half a pillar of incense to rush to the imperial city, Li Jingsui got off the sedan chair, and under the escort of two personal soldiers, he hurried to the imperial study with the man.

In the imperial study, Li Jing and Li Hongji were still talking. Li Jing did have some dislike for his eldest son in his heart, thinking that he was like a martial artist, not like himself at all, but the sixth prince Li Congjia was very similar to himself. However, Li Jing is a loving father, and in the face of Li Hongji's gushing thoughts, he just drank tea and listened carefully.

Regarding the battle of Suzhou, Li Hongji thought about it for a long time, and deduced the battle situation many times with his henchmen, Li Hongji's plan was to advance by land and water, the army attacked Suzhou, and the sailors set off from Taihu Lake to attack Suzhou, and at the same time, the sailors of Runzhou went out of the mouth of the Yangtze River and entered the Zhoushan Islands to attract the attention of Wu Yueguo.

Li Jing didn't understand strategic deduction, and he listened to it for a while, drowsy, but Li Hongji didn't realize it, and still said with great interest.

At this time, Gao Ze said outside the door: "Your Majesty, the King of Qi asks to see you." ”

Li Hongji was interrupted, and he was very unhappy in his heart, but he was even more surprised that King Qi went and returned, could there be any conspiracy?

Li Jing also thought of this, so he nodded and said, "Xuan." ”

Li Jingsui brought the messenger in, first bowed his hand to salute, and then said: "Brother Huang, this is the messenger sent by Yang Lian to report the news. When he said this, Li Jingsui's face was full of energy, which was completely different from just now.

Li Hongji frowned, Yang Lian sent an envoy? What's going on here? He was very displeased. was about to speak, but Li Jing stood up suddenly.

"Yang Lian has news?" Li Jing didn't pay attention, his words trembled a little, just like Li Jingsui just now. Li Jing was too eager to make a contribution, but after he ascended the throne, he fought several battles, and the results were not good.

Li Jingsui seemed to expect the imperial brother to have such a reaction, laughed twice, and said, "Imperial brother, this is Yang Lian's excerpt." ”

Li Jing took the letter and was about to read it, but suddenly smiled: "You are so happy, needless to say, Yang Lian must have succeeded." ”

"It's a success, Li Hongyi has been captured alive, and besides, Wu Yueguo seems to have sensed something, and he also secretly sent reinforcements." Li Jingsui only spoke halfway, which was deliberate.

Sure enough, Li Jing's heart tightened, and he paced two steps anxiously, and said: "No, since Wu Yueguo has sent reinforcements, Yang Lian does not have many soldiers and horses, so he must quickly send troops to support, otherwise Fuzhou will be lost." ”

Li Jingsui laughed and said: "Brother Huang, don't be nervous, Wu Yueguo's reinforcements have been defeated by Yang Lian, the border general Bao Xiurang was killed in battle, and Jiedu made Hu Qing capture alive, in addition, there are thousands of Wu Yue soldiers killed and captured. ”

"Huh!?" Li Jing was taken aback, looked at King Qi in disbelief, and quickly opened the letter again and looked at it carefully.

When Li Jing was reading the letter, Li Hongji heard the words of the two and was a little confused, what does Yang Lian and Fuzhou have to do with Li Hongyi? Moreover, Wu Yue people were actually involved, what was going on, why was there no news at all in advance? Moreover, Yang Lian is far away in Haichu Prefecture, and he does not border Wu Yue Country at all.

When Li Hongji was puzzled, Li Jing had already read the letter in a hurry, and the big seal covered by Yang Lian at the bottom indicated that this was Yang Lian's handwritten letter. Li Jing let out a long breath and bit the tip of his tongue gently, it hurt a little, not dreaming.

"Haha, I really didn't see the wrong person. Yang Lian's Ming Xiu plank road this time successfully attracted the attention of Wu Yueren and even Li Hongyi, so that he was able to take Fuzhou, which is really a gratifying and congratulatory event. Li Jing said.

"Congratulations to the Imperial Brother, congratulations to the Imperial Brother. Take Fuzhou, open up the territory, the emperor's great martial arts, brilliant for thousands of years. Li Jingsui smiled slightly and said. He glanced at Li Hongji, and saw Li Hongji's stunned appearance, and suddenly felt very refreshed.

"Haha, haha!" Li Jing laughed and laughed for a while, and then said: "Yang Lian has a lot of credit for winning Fuzhou, and this time I want to reward him well." ”

Li Jingsui nodded, the best reward is to let him marry Princess Huairou.

At this time, Li Hongji finally reacted, his face was pale, he stood up suddenly, and said, "Father, you mean, Yang Lian took Fuzhou?" ”

"Exactly." Li Jing was overjoyed in his heart, and he didn't notice that King Yan's face had changed.

"Father, Yang Lian pretended to let me attack Suzhou with great fanfare to attract the attention of Wu Yueguo and Li Hongyi, and he sneaked into Fuzhou, took Fuzhou in one fell swoop, and captured Li Hongyi?" Li Hongji asked again.

"King Yan, you also have credit this time, haha." Li Jing couldn't stop laughing, this news was really exciting.

Li Hongji has mixed feelings in his heart, count his credit, what is going on? A feeling of being deceived rose in his heart, and his face turned red. (To be continued.) )