In Jinling in February, the weather warms up, everything recovers, green shoots grow, birds fly, and it is particularly beautiful. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the decision to attack Suzhou, Li Hongji has been very busy, and finally had the opportunity to lead the troops, he naturally cherished it extraordinarily, hoping to make a contribution in a war and take the important town of Suzhou.

The grain and grass have been almost prepared, the first batch of grain with 500,000 stones has been transported to Changzhou, placed in a well-guarded warehouse, armor, equipment are all ready, Li Hongji also took advantage of this time, to build more than 500 trebuchets, intended to be used on the battlefield in Suzhou, and more catapults are still being made, it is expected that at the end of March, when the army is dispatched, it can reach more than 600. With sufficient siege equipment, Li Hongji has confidence, and he is full of confidence in the future.

Sun Sheng is also very busy during this time, as a party of Yanwang, he is naturally fully supportive, and the administrative department of Datang has become very busy after a short Spring Festival, even Li Jing has not been able to live in peace, and the number of excerpts reviewed every day has suddenly increased.

The transfer of soldiers and horses, the application for armor, and the approval of grain and grass all need to be reviewed and approved by Li Jing, which is a bit unbearable for Li Jing. As the weather warms up, Li Jing has been feeling quite irritable lately.

I can't tell why, maybe it's because Li Jing doesn't like government affairs, prefers to recite poetry, and prefers painting; Or maybe it's because of Yang Lian, Yang Lian was in danger this time, and he only rushed to Fuzhou with more than 100 people, which was too dangerous. Li Jing knew that Yang Lian was serving the country and was loyal, but he didn't want Yang Lian to have any accidents, after all, this time the matter was too difficult.

Yang Lian left Jinling for nearly two months, excluding the itinerary on the road, he had already arrived in Fuzhou, but after so long, Yang Lian had no news, which made Li Jing worried, the death of more than 100 people is nothing, and Li Jing will not care about the lives of more than 100 people, but if something happens to Yang Lian, King Qi will blame himself, and Princess Huairou will be heartbroken.

Li Jing looked at the fold for a while, his mind couldn't be quiet, sighed, put down the fold, and paced in the study. Gao Ze is behind Li Jing, a little unclear So, Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood these days, why did he suddenly become so depressed?

Gao Ze held the floating dust in his hand and didn't say a word. Li Jing paced for a while again, and said, "Gao Ze, did you say that I did something wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you mean?" Gao Ze is a little confused, so, Your Majesty's words are clueless, what did you do wrong? What did you do wrong?

Li Jing suddenly shook his head and smiled bitterly, he promised Yang Lian that this matter would be kept secret, so in the entire court, only two people knew about it, one was the Son of Heaven and the other was Yang Lian. Even the soldiers brought by Yang Lian didn't know that Yang Lian was actually going to attack Fuzhou.

"Don't talk about it." Li Jing thinks it's better not to say it, after all, how can he regret promising someone else's things? He is a dignified son of heaven, how can he not speak without words?

Gao Ze had doubts, but he didn't ask again, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven after all, he is a slave, you can know what you should know, and it's better not to ask what you shouldn't know, so that you will live longer.

After Li Jing said this, he still paced, and after half a sound, Li Jing stopped, picked up the teacup on the desk, and drank a cup sullenly, the tea was a little cold, and the taste was not good, after Li Jing drank it, he put down the tea and sighed.

At this time, the voice of Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, sounded outside the door, and said, "Brother Huang, my brother asks to see me." ”

"Come in." Li Jing was silent for a moment, but still said, for Li Jingsui, he was a little afraid to see him, if Yang Lian died in battle, how could he tell King Qi? However, if this thing becomes a reality, it will not be possible to hide it sooner or later.

Li Jingsui came in and saluted Li Jing, I don't know what's going on recently, he doesn't sleep very peacefully, he often wakes up in the middle of the night with nightmares, and when he wakes up, he is covered in sweat. Thinking day and night, Li Jingsui knew that he was worried, King Yan had always been at odds with him, if he really grasped the power one day, I am afraid that his life would be difficult to protect.

Li Jing motioned for King Qi to sit down, but after Li Jingsui sat down, he didn't know how to speak, thought about it, and said: "Brother Huang, Jinling is actively preparing for war, and now that all aspects are almost ready, I am afraid that the day of sending troops is not far away." ”

"Send troops, send troops!" Li Jing gently knocked on the case, sending troops to Suzhou was originally a false shot, but now that things are almost ready, the attention of Wu Yue people who want to come is also attracted, Yang Lian's side, has it been successful?

Li Jingsui thought that the imperial brother was going to send troops, so he couldn't help but fall silent. Gao Ze brought tea and put it in front of him, and he was in no mood to drink it.

"King Qi, you said that if you really want to fight, can you take Suzhou?" Li Jing asked, if there is really no news from Yang Lian's side, I am afraid that sending troops to Suzhou will become a reality.

Li Jingsui frowned, was silent for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult." ”

Li Jing also thought so in his heart, but he didn't want to admit it in his heart, but now when he heard King Qi answer, he couldn't help but sigh, but he was thinking in his heart that if Yang Lian could take Fuzhou and form a three-bread clamp for Wu Yueguo, the situation would be much better.

Li Jingsui was silent for a moment, and suddenly realized something, so he said, "Brother Huang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Jing felt speechless and was about to cover it up, when a little eunuch outside the door said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report." ”

"Come in." Li Jing suddenly realized that this urgent report was most likely from Fuzhou.

The little eunuch pushed the door in and ushered in a person, who was dressed in civilian clothes, his face was full of sweat, and after coming in, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said, "Wechen has seen Your Majesty." ”

"Get up, what's your urgent news?" Li Jing asked, and when he said this, his heart trembled, a little nervous, and a little expectant.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The person who came stood up, took out a token in his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has come here to report on the military situation." ”

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he lost his voice: "But Yang Lian has news?" ”

"Yang Lian?" The person who came was stunned, shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is a subordinate of the Ezhou Jiedu envoy. ”

At this time, the envoy of Ezhou Jiedu was Liu Renzhan, Li Jing was stunned when he heard it, Liu Renzhan sent someone, is there something wrong?

The person who came took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Gao Ze. After Gao Ze carefully inspected it, he sent it to Li Jing. Li Jing slowly opened the letter, read it, put it on the desk, waved his hand to signal the person to go out, and went down to eat first.

"Brother Huang, what's the matter?" Li Jingsui couldn't help but be curious and asked.

Li Jing didn't say much, but handed him the letter, Li Jingsui opened it and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "It turns out that something big will happen in the Chu State, so it seems that it is the best opportunity to enter the Chu State." ”

"Hmm!" Li Jing nodded lightly, but in his heart he felt that it was impossible, although there was a possibility of civil strife in the Chu State, but after all, it did not happen, so he could only wait and see. And if the Tang Dynasty wants to start a war with Wu Yueguo, it will not be able to mobilize troops against the Chu State, and the national strength of the Tang Dynasty will not be able to support the use of troops everywhere.

Li Jingsui put away the letter, put it on the desk, and said: "It's just a pity that the war with Wu Yueguo is imminent, and the Tang Dynasty can't go around to conquer." ”

Li Jing couldn't help but say: "King Qi, if you don't fight with Wu Yueguo, can you enter the Chu Kingdom?" ”

"Brother Huang, why don't you fight Wu Yueguo again?" Li Jingsui asked strangely.

"I didn't fight Wu Yueguo in the first place." Li Jing was already a little worried, and couldn't help blurting out when he heard the words.

Gao Ze and Li Jingsui on the side were taken aback, don't you fight Wu Yueguo? If you don't fight Wu Yueguo, why do you make such a big fanfare, lead troops to transfer food, and make it known to the world?

Li Jing suddenly realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly said: "You all have to keep this matter secret, Gao Ze, you go out and watch, no one can come in." ”

Gao Ze said, "Oh." And he went out.

Li Jingsui looked at the imperial brother, very puzzled, and said, "Imperial brother, what is going on?" ”

Li Jing hesitated slightly, more than two months have passed, no matter whether Yang Lian succeeds or not, he must have arrived in Fuzhou a long time ago, and if he says it at this time, there should be nothing wrong, right? After thinking about it carefully, I told the story.

The more Li Jingsui listened, the more surprised he became, Yang Lian actually came up with such a plan, attacking Suzhou openly, but in fact it was a sneak attack on Fuzhou, but he only brought more than 100 people, even if he arrived in Jianzhou, in the case of Cha Wenhui's just defeat, the support that could be given to Yang Lian over there must not be much.

This is a very difficult task, and it is almost impossible to complete, the reason why Li Jingsui is almost with him is that he does not want to see Yang Lian fall into defeat and die. If Yang Lian died, what would Princess Huairou do? Although she has the blood of the royal family, the princess does not worry about getting married at all, but for Princess Huairou, this blow is too big.

Yang Lian left suddenly a few years ago, and now it's been two months, how are things going? It doesn't matter if Li Hongyi is not caught, what matters is that he can come back alive. Li Jingsui's breathing became rapid, and he felt like he was being grabbed by the neck.

"Brother Huang, do you want to send someone to see what happened in Fuzhou? If the situation is not good, no matter what the price is, the younger brother must rescue Yang Lian. Li Jingsui has already decided, even if Li Hongyi opens his mouth and asks for a lot of money and food, he has to find a way to plan.

Li Jing saw that King Qi was anxious, waved his hand, and said: "King Qi, don't be nervous, if something happened to Yang Lian, Jinling should have gotten the news a long time ago, and now that the situation is calm, it proves that Yang Lian at least didn't have an accident, don't be impatient." ”

Li Jingsui stood up and said, "Brother Huang, how can this rest assured that the younger brother of the courtiers." If something happens to Yang Lian, Huairou will definitely be sad. ”

Li Jing was silent, Princess Huairou was his most distressed niece, and naturally he didn't want to see her sad, but things had reached this point and could no longer be recovered. Li Jing was silent for a moment and said, "King Qi, this matter is very important, you have to keep it secret, and you can't tell Princess Huairou, so as not to worry her." ”

Li Jingsui nodded, he understood this truth, otherwise, with Princess Huairou's temper, he didn't know what would happen.

At this moment, Gao Ze, who was guarding outside the door, opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, King Yan asks to see you." (To be continued.) )