In the interval between the battles, Yang Pu's guard of honor appeared at the head of the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The soldiers of the Wu army who defended the city and the young men who assisted in defending the city were all pleasantly surprised to see this, and on the roads of the city wall and the streets in the city, tens of thousands of soldiers and people of the Wu army all bowed down, and the sound of the mountain shouting long live came and went, endlessly.

This kind of magnificent scene is enough to make any man's blood surge, but Yang Pu, the Great Wu Emperor who is surrounded by everyone, although his mood fluctuates greatly, he does not have half of his enthusiasm and joy. Because after the soldiers and the people shouted long live in the mountains, they began to shout non-stop to the prime minister.

Yang Pu glanced at Xu Zhihe beside him, and the other party had an indifferent smile on his face, and waved to the Jinling military and civilians.

Then, Xu Zhihe took Yang Pu and stayed in the city for a while, and personally talked to ordinary soldiers and young people.

The soldiers and people of the Wu army in the distance can only see Yang Pu's imperial guard of honor, and they can't know what Yang Pu has said and done, but as long as they can see the emperor's guard of honor and know that the emperor can also go to the city, it is enough for them to be greatly encouraged, and the situation of the emperor and the prime minister comforting the soldiers can spread throughout the city in a short time.

Under Xu Zhihe's prior arrangement, there were bursts of voices in the city and the city, such as "swearing to live and die with Dawu", "swearing to protect His Majesty", "daring to serve Jinling", "following the prime minister to defeat the northern thieves", etc., which aroused high sentiment and morale of the whole city.

When he was about to leave the city, facing the bursts of mountains and civilians shouting, Yang Pu glanced at Xu Zhihe, who was in front of him with a respectful posture, and when his eyes touched the other party's sharp gaze, he knew that it was time for him to perform his duties at this time.

So he repeated the words that Xu Zhihe had warned him in the court to the soldiers and civilians of the city word for word.

Later, Yang Pu heard that the soldiers and civilians of Jinling were shouting long live again, and they were undoubtedly convinced of his edict, and felt that it was somewhat deserved.

This scene fell in Yang Pu's eyes, which made him even more sad, and the powerlessness in his heart had also broken down. Now the Jinling soldiers and civilians in front of him should have been his soldiers and his people, but now, because of his words about appointing Xu Zhihe with everything, and in this way, Rao already knew that he was just a puppet, and Yang Pu was also extremely bitter in his heart.

"Your Majesty is tired, send Your Majesty back to the palace to rest, and leave the matter of guarding the city to me." Seeing that the effect was achieved, Xu Zhihe instructed Yang Pu's left and right.

Yang Pu finally glanced at the soldiers and civilians in the city from a high place, although this scene only made him more sad, but he also had many nostalgia. It's just that Xu Zhihe said that he was tired, so he could only be tired, and Xu Zhihe said that he wanted him to go back to the palace, so he could only go back to the palace.

The great movement caused by Yang Pu after he arrived at the head of the city naturally fell in the eyes of the Tang army outside the city. The imperial guard of honor is not trivial in the end, it is too eye-catching, and Xia Luqi, Meng Ping, Guo Wei, Qian Yuanqian and others on the tower even saw Yang Pu's figure from afar.

The soldiers and civilians of Jinling City were inspired by Yang Pu, and their morale was greatly boosted at this time, which means that everyone understands in their hearts, Xia Luqi's eyes flashed with a flash of melancholy, like a dragonfly dotting water, Meng Ping and Guo Wei looked as usual, and there was nothing surprising, Qian Yuanqian was the one with the best mentality among everyone.

"Since ancient times, as long as the king can show up at the head of the capital city and swear to defend the city of Beijing with the army and the people, many of them can defend the city as they wish." Xia Luqi looked at the noisy Jinling City, his tone was very calm and objective, neither jealous nor contemptuous of Jinling, "But throughout the ages, there are very few kings who can really reach the city of Jingshi in a big way with the enemy army, and can flee without abandoning the city." ”

"The city is dead and cannot be moved, but people are different. As far as the state is concerned, as long as the king is there, the society is there. If there is any difference between the king and the city, there will be no king and no country, so whenever the enemy besieges the city, the king mostly abandons the city and flees in order to come to the future. It was not Meng Ping and Guo Wei who answered, but Qian Yuanjun.

Meng Ping said with a smile: "Jinling is just a corner of the land, how can it be compared with the kings of the past and present?" As far as the current situation is concerned, whether it is Yang Pu or Xu Zhihe, if they abandon the city and flee, and let my Wang Shi occupy the city, then Jiangnan West Road will be pacified, where will they still be able to come to Japan? Abandon the city and leave, where can they go, and if they can't go to Lingnan? ”

Guo Wei is more practical, and has never liked to say superfluous words, "Yang Pu went to the city to boost morale, which will inevitably make the Jinling army and people fight to the death, and we will take Jinling City, but I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort." ”

Hearing Guo Wei's words, everyone fell silent.

Although the imperial court did not strictly order how long to conquer the city, but the early settlement of Jinling is something that the generals need to care about, if Jinling cannot be captured for a long time, it is undoubtedly not good news for everyone.

Now Xia Luqi is the envoy of Jiangnan, commanding 200,000 Wang Shi, with Meng Ping, Guo Wei, and Qian Yuanqian as deputies, and they all bear heavy burdens.

"Jinling is a big battle, you and I have long known about this, no matter whether Jinling resists to the death or not, the soldiers of the Wang Division must go all out to attack the city and take it down as soon as possible! All the generals are the pillars of the army, and there is no need to say much about the way to serve the country with loyalty, and I hope you will work with one heart and one mind! Charucci said to everyone in awe.

The crowd should be.

Li Congjing did not go to Jinling to preside over the war, but to help Li Siyuan deal with state affairs in Luoyang, since the prince did not go to Jinling, it was even more unreasonable for Li Congrong, the king of Zhao, and Li Conghou, the king of Song, to go. Li Congrong, as the nominal commander of the Hunan Wang Division, made great contributions to pacifying Chudi, and naturally received a lot of compliments after returning to Luoyang.

But what the courtiers cared about was not Li Congrong's contribution to pacifying Hunan, but Li Congrong's and Li Congjing's appearance was in harmony, and they worked together to put the feudal town, the lawless officials and the Wu State together in the first year of Changxing. On the day Li Congrong returned to Luoyang, he asked for orders to go out of the city to greet him, and it is said that as soon as the brothers met, Li Conghou bowed down and apologized.

In this situation, the brothers are harmonious, which naturally attracts the praise of the courtiers who spare no effort.

On the day of the winter solstice, Li Congjing, Li Congrong, and Li Conghou were in the palace and Li Siyuan "sat and discussed".

Just when everyone was enjoying themselves, a military newspaper from Jinling broke the original atmosphere.

"Liu Yan was so bold and reckless that he sent a soldier to aid Jinling, and openly united with Jinling to resist Wang Shi, he thought that his life was too peaceful, and he wanted to offend Tianwei?" Li Siyuan read the military strike report in the pavilion, and immediately turned cold.

Liu Yan is the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty who sits on the land of two Guangzhou.

Li Congjing took the military report and looked at it, and immediately chuckled: "Liu Yan is not able to measure his strength, why worry about doing this moth to fight the fire?" Meng Ping had already led his troops to meet him at Danyang Lake, and it was expected that it would be difficult for the Lingnan soldiers and horses to break through Meng Ping's defensive line. ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing restrained his smile, "It's just that in this way, the Wang division besieging Jinling was forced to divide his troops, but it made the Jinling war drag on for a while." Qian Yuanjun's soldiers and horses raised their own money and food, but the various materials of the 150,000 royal divisions had to be supplied by the imperial court, and every day the war lasted was a great burden on the treasury. ”

Li Congrong and Li Conghou's opinions are very simple and direct, "Liu Yan doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and the army is the enemy of my king's division, and his crime should be punished!" ”

Jinling and Guangzhou have always been good friends, the war horses in the army of Wu State, most of them are Lingnan horses from the Southern Han Dynasty, such as the situation has changed today, Wu State and the Southern Han Dynasty are dependent on each other, if the Wu State is destroyed, then the next army of the Tang Dynasty is bound to point directly at Guangzhou, and it is reasonable for Liu Yan to help Wu State resist Wang Shi.

"Liu Yan's soldiers and horses are only 30,000, and they came from afar, and Meng Ping went south to Danyang Lake, so he must be able to win in the near future, and the overall situation of Wang Shi's siege of Jinling cannot be mistaken." Li Congjing finally said.

When the father and son were talking about business, Li Yongning arrived.

Li Yongning went to the small pavilion and sat down, everyone chatted for a few words, Li Siyuan seemed to suddenly think of something, and said to Li Yongning with some dissatisfaction: "What is going on with Shi Jingjiao in Xiazhou, I have received several reports in the past six months, all of which say that he has an unannounced conspiracy with the party, and he keeps sending spies to Hexi, do you know what he thinks?" ”

Li Yongning wrung his handkerchief and said aggrievedly: "I have lived in Luoyang for a long time, how can I know about Xiazhou?" ”

Shi Jingjiao went out of the town of Xiazhou, at first the party did not accept, and there was a rebellion, the two fought in recent years, and then somehow the two sides reconciled, and they got along well.

"Didn't he tell you anything?" Li Siyuan looked at Li Yongning suspiciously.

Li Yongning pursed his mouth slightly, but secretly glanced at Li Congjing, "I don't know anything, my father still asked Congjing about Xiazhou, he should know more clearly." ”

Li Congjing was drinking tea, and almost squirted out when he heard the words, he looked at Li Yongning innocently, and said in his heart, Why did this matter come to me?

Li Siyuan glanced at Li Congjing suspiciously, "In the past, you quarreled with Shi Jingjing, but you still picked you up from Jingjing, but he offended Shi Jingjing for this, and the two didn't get along well." Although it was the idea of the imperial court to let Shi Jingjiao out of Zhenxiazhou, it was also mentioned by him....... That's it, let's talk about this matter later, the Jinling war is important at the moment. ”

The war in Jinling did not end in the third year of Changxing, but lasted until the spring of the fourth year of Changxing.

The Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Changxing, there was no big fluctuation in political affairs, except for the border army in the feudal towns, there were basically no soldiers and horses left, and the Jiedu envoy had almost become a fictitious position in name only.

In the spring, Li Siyuan had another serious illness, and although he got better, the emperor's spirit was not as good as before, and almost all military affairs were handed over to Li Congjing.

It was also at this time that Li Congjing decided to quickly resolve the Jinling war, otherwise there would be a risk of change later.

The good news is that the Luobei Academy presided over by Zhang Ziyun has created a sharp weapon that is enough to support a big battle on the front line.