(3rd Update)

When Wang Shi set out to conquer Jianghuai, there were only 40,000 guards and a hundred battle troops at first, and then Li Congjing requisitioned and transferred the feudal army of four towns and eight states to besiege Shouchun, and the strength increased to 80,000, and this year, the imperial court sent Xiye and Fang Zhiwen to lead 30,000 new forbidden troops to help, plus Liu Xinbu, Li Decheng, Wang Hui, Han Xizai, Liu Renzhen and other troops who were captured and adapted along the way, even if the casualties are removed, the total strength of Jianghuai has reached 150,000 people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now that the Jianghuai War has come to an end, the soldiers and horses of the four towns and eight prefectures can be returned to their own towns, and how to settle the other 120,000 soldiers and horses is a problem that needs to be solved urgently in front of Li Congjing.

"First of all, the establishment, according to the results of the consultation between the palace and His Majesty, the Huainan captive soldiers who were incorporated were selected for merit and weak, and only 20,000 of the 40,000 captive soldiers were retained, and the rest were disarmed and returned to the field, and placed in Jianghuai in a selected place, and these 20,000 soldiers and horses were scattered and incorporated into the sequence of the guards and pro-army, and the 40,000 guards and pro-army that were originally in Jianghuai could be expanded to 60,000, and the 30,000 new troops led by the Western Ye Commander were included in the sequence of the palace army."

Li Congjing said when discussing with Mo Li, Wang Pu, Feng Dao, Li Congke and others, "At present, Wang's soldiers and horses are scattered in the fourteen states of Jianghuai, but the main force is concentrated in Yangzhou in the east, especially the guards and pro-army; The main force of the palace army was generally concentrated on the Huangzhou line in the west. The meaning of the palace, half of the 60,000 guards and pro-army were stationed in Yangzhou and Hezhou, and the 'Jiangbei Camp' was built to unify it, deter Jiangnan, protect Jianghuai, and the rest returned to Luoyang. ”

"The army in front of the palace and the hundred battle army, a total of 40,000 people, rested near Huangzhou for a month or two, and when the weather turned a little cooler, they went to the battlefield of Chudi. Prior to this, the military rations, medicines, cloths and other materials of the army in front of the palace, as well as the materials for the guards and pro-army of the 'Jiangbei Xingying' in the future, were requisitioned from the 14 states of Jianghuai, and the imperial court only uniformly supplied soldiers, armor, equipment and military salaries. ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing looked at Feng Dao, "The supply of materials for the Jiangbei camp needs the support of the civil affairs of the fourteen states of Jianghuai, and with the wealth of Jianghuai and the benefits of fishing and salt, there must be no difficulties?" ”

Feng Dao responded: "Although Jianghuai has gone through a great war, the civil affairs of the eastern Shou, Hao, Chu, Chu, Lu and other prefectures have actually been on the right track since last year. Although the western states are decided, the officials have all rushed over, and many of them have taken the initiative to surrender the city, and the war has not lasted long, and the disasters suffered by various places are not large, and the cost of supplying tens of thousands of kings and soldiers with grain and straw is a bit hasty, but with the talents of the officials sent by the imperial court, it should not be misplaced. ”

The wealth of the Tang Dynasty, the southeast is the most important, the Jianghuai and the two lakes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are really the top priority, and it is not difficult to temporarily support tens of thousands of soldiers and horses with Jianghuai.

Li Congjing nodded, "With Feng Xiang in charge, there is nothing uneasy about this palace, this time I have to work harder for Feng Xiang." When everything is smooth, Feng Xiang can return to Luoyang. ”

Feng Dao said respectfully: "Ministers must do their best to live up to their duties." ”

Mo Li asked Li Congjing at this time, "What are the specific plans of the imperial court for the battle of Chudi?" ”

Now that the Jianghuai war has ended, the burden of Jianghuai recruiting envoys and commanding the camp has gradually been lifted, and now he is naturally concerned about the war situation in Chudi.

Li Congjing said: "Although there are 40,000 troops in front of the palace in Chudi, there are more than 100,000 Huainan soldiers, and after the victory of the other department last year, on the one hand, they built the Yiyang defense line, strict barriers, and on the other hand, they kept rectifying the political affairs of various states and counties, and transformed the results of the war into military and political capital. ”

"Although the palace army is not afraid of hard battles, but the territory of Li and Lang is narrow, not enough to supply military supplies, in the case of not being able to quickly expand the territory, all kinds of materials of the palace front army have to be requisitioned from Jiangling and Liangchuan, and the road is very lossy and consumes too much. The soldiers and horses of Ma Xisheng, the king of Chu, were completely damaged, and there were less than 10,000 people left, who wanted to recruit troops and buy horses on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was trapped in the lack of money and food, and was asking the court for money and food. ”

Under this circumstance, Wang Shi was unable to move east to Yiyang, and the battle situation in Chu was stalemate. Fortunately, now that the Jianghuai war has been decided, the Hundred Battles Army and the newly formed forbidden army will go south, if they can open up a second battlefield in Chudi, they will be able to echo with the palace army and sweep Hunan in one fell swoop! ”

Mo Li bowed slightly, he already had some music in his heart about the things in between.

Originally, the imperial court's requirements for the Hunan battlefield, the bottom line is to ensure that even if you don't win, you must ensure that the situation is held, but at the moment, this situation is a little unworthy of the name, but fortunately, Jianghuai is fast, Huainan has not completely consolidated the rule of the newly acquired land in Hunan, and only waits for ten months to use troops to go south, that is when the Hunan battlefield is finally seen.

In the middle of a month or two, it is not only the rest time of the Jianghuai Wangshi, but also the time for Li Congjing to comfort the fourteen states, of course, he can't go to all the fourteen states, this way through the eastern states, the meaning is almost there, and the affairs should be handled in Yangzhou.

To comfort Jianghuai, there is also a very important part of the work, which is to deal with Wu Yue.

After the Jianghuai War, Wu Yue's Western Expedition with the Jianghuai War will naturally end, how to evaluate Wu Yue's performance, whether to give the throne of King Wu Yue to Qian Yuanjun, and the court's requirements for Wu Yue in the future, Li Congjing needs to make up his mind now.

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Li Congjing finished his discussion with Mo Li and others, and returned to the courtyard in the evening, if the sun was a little bigger during the day, he would not be able to go out to hang out on this day, so the people in the house would choose to stay in the room. Li Congjing stepped into the moon gate, and saw that there were two vigorous and graceful bodies in the courtyard, which were coming and going in the shadow of the sword and sword, and occasionally there was dust and green leaves.

There was a stone table next to the open space, and there was cold tea on the table, Li Congjing Shiran sat on the stone bench, cocked Erlang's legs, and watched the fifth girl and Lin Anxin discuss while drinking tea. I have to say that in terms of personal martial arts, these two people are outstanding, but fortunately, they are just fighting each other instead of life and death at the moment, so there is no fatal move, but a move to dismantle the move, and the offense and defense are constantly changing.

The movements of the two of them are surprisingly fast, and ordinary people can only see the phantom of the Dao, and when they hear the sound of swords colliding, they can't see the two of them clearly, since Li Congjing is an expert, he naturally knows how to appreciate it.

Probably aware of Li Congjing's return, the two did not fight long before they separated, both panting slightly, their foreheads covered with dense beads of sweat, and they all hugged their fists in unison to complete the etiquette.

"The fifth lady is really good!"

"Lin Niangzi is really powerful!"

The two didn't forget to praise each other, and this face fell in Li Congjing's eyes, which somehow made him laugh. Hearing Li Congjing's laughter, both of them turned to look at him, Lin Anxin's cheeks were slightly red, and he probably felt that he was a little too "rude", and the fifth girl pouted, as if she wanted to blow out a bubble, and suddenly said to Lin Anxin: "When it comes to martial arts, His Royal Highness is really invincible, and even Sister Tao can't beat him." ”

Probably in her heart, Tao Xiaoxiao is already the peak that she can't surpass.

Lin Anxin couldn't help but wink, and glanced at Li Congjing, "Your Highness is naturally extremely powerful." ”

Who knew that the fifth girl heard this, but suddenly she didn't buy it again, she looked at Li Congjing with a rather provocative gaze, "Your Highness, I join forces with Lin Niangzi, do you dare to fight?" ”

Probably because he has eaten more meat these days, these words fell on Li Congjing's ears, which actually made him ambiguous, and he couldn't help but think of a picture that was inappropriate for children, but he finally came back to his senses in time, got up and came to the fifth girl, stretched out his hand to rub her Fang Jing's already somewhat messy hair, and said with a smile: "Is it that if you don't fight for a few days, you want to go to the house to expose the tiles?" ”

The fifth girl screamed, escaped from Li Congjing's clutches with her little head, glared at Li Congjing angrily, and ran out of the yard again.

Until the fifth girl really walked away, Lin Anxin saw that Li Congjing had been staring at her, and couldn't help blushing a little, bowing his head slightly, and just didn't know what to say, he suddenly had an idea, "Speaking of which, Anxin hasn't really seen His Highness's martial arts, if His Highness is willing, just ask His Highness for advice." ”

Li Congjing approached Lin Anxin, almost pressed against her chest, and smiled maliciously: "Do you want to ask for advice in another place?" ”

Lin Anxin was suddenly ashamed like a peach blossom, and he was embarrassed. In the past few days, when did Li Congjing not talk to her on the couch about that knowledge? And every time Li Congjing takes her to unlock a new posture, he will ask her to understand the essence of it with a serious appearance, and strive to integrate it as soon as possible and draw inferences from one another......

Lin Anxin secretly glanced at the sky, and saw that there was still a period of time before it was dark, where could he wipe his face, stared down at his toes and said, "Your Highness......"

Her lovely appearance, where would Li Congjing allow her to waste her time, without saying a word, she immediately stopped Lin Anxin and carried Lin Anxin, like a flower thief robbing the people's daughter, laughed and carried her into the house, and hooked the door with her backhand.

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Qian Yuanqian arrived in Yangzhou.

Of course, Li Congjing couldn't meet him, so he casually sent an official to arrange for him to live in the post house, but Li Congjing didn't take it too seriously, and set up a banquet in the mansion the next day, and together with many officials, entertained Qian Yuanjun, the prince of Qiantang.

Qian Yuanjing's mood at the banquet was not relaxed, and he didn't have much heart to appreciate the singing and dancing in the hall, although Li Congjing quickly set up a banquet to summon him and didn't put him aside, but since he saw Li Congjing today, Qian Yuanjun was still keenly aware that the other party's attitude was a little lukewarm, even when he toasted Li Congjing, he touted the might of the Tang Army as unparalleled in the world, and praised Li Congjing's merits only in heaven, and Li Congjing only took a sip of the wine in the cup.

You must know that as soon as Qian Yuanqian saw Li Congjing, he handed over the list of the things of the labor army, which was "10,000 taels of silver, 10,000 horses of silk, 10,000 catties of tea, and 10,000 stones of rice" and sent it out, and finally got a smiling face that was not smiling?

However, Qian Yuanqian didn't dare to be half dissatisfied, but he was even more worried, no matter how good the wine and food on the table was, they lost their taste in Qian Yuanjun's mouth. It's really no wonder that Qian Yuanqian is not stable, who let Wu Yue's soldiers and horses not achieve a great victory in Changzhou, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses quickly captured Jianghuai in a year, Qian Yuanqian really has no confidence in his heart.

In the face of such a situation, Qian Yuanqian really couldn't mention the matter of inheriting the throne, but he was not a mediocre person in the end, since Li Congjing was not close to him, he was close to Mo Li, Wang Pu and other Li Congjing's henchmen, and asked them what they thought of Wu Yue's battle in Changzhou.

"Although Wang Shi did not cross the river to the south, there were dozens of spies from the Military Intelligence Department in Changzhou, and the situation of the battle between Qian Gong and Huainan was as big as the strategic deployment and as small as the daily battle situation, but it was all presented in front of the prince." Mo Li's tone was relaxed when he said this, with a smile on his face, but the words fell on Qian Yuanjun's ears, which made his back flutter, "The prince has been in Yangzhou for many days, and he has also mentioned the war in Changzhou, but he doesn't hide it from Qian Gong, and he hasn't heard praise yet." ”

After listening to Mo Li's words, Qian Yuanjun's first reaction was to complain to Mo Li, but after thinking about it, he still gave up, with Mo Li's understanding of the war in Changzhou and Datang's deep and shallow insight into Qiantang, he still didn't want to waste his efforts, if it was self-defeating and ended up with a hateful end, then there was really nowhere to complain.

sighed bitterly in his heart, although Qian Yuanqian was helpless, he had to reveal the hole cards of this trip in advance.

Of course, what Qian Yuanqian said was still very tactful, it was nothing more than that the sister had admired the prince for a long time, and this trip was going to come with life and death, I don't know if I was fortunate enough to be summoned by the prince, and asked Mo Gong to help.

Of course, Mo Li understood what Qian Yuanqian meant, he shook the folding fan and smiled: "I don't dare to make decisions about this matter, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is busy with affairs, so he may not be able to spare time...... However, after all, the prince is a benevolent and righteous person, and he can't bear to refuse categorically. He pondered again, "This matter may be able to help Qian Gong, but that has to be done if someone has seen Ling Mei first." ”

Qian Yuanqian opened his mouth, and said in his heart that you can also say that Li Congjing is righteous and awe-inspiring in this kind of thing, I really admire it. But after thinking about it, offering Qian Xiaoju to Li Congjing was already a painful act of cutting meat, and at this time, he had to be "inspected" by the other party before he could be given the opportunity to "interview", Qian Yuanjun was really aggrieved to the extreme, but there was no room for resistance at all.

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