At the same time, the Baoyi army barracks, Li Congke was in the tent. is the same as Shi Jingjiao, Li Congke is the only one in the tent, and unlike Shi Jingjiao, Li Congke is not like Shi Jingjiao, hanging like a dead man.

The lights in the tent were dim, the lamps were flickering, and the shadows of all kinds of things were scattered on the ground, like a conspiracy. On the table, a table full of wine and meat was placed, and Li Congke sat behind the case, munching and drinking.

Near the desk, there are wine jugs, which can be seen from the style of these wine jugs, including famous products such as Shi Frozen Spring, Xishi Dialect, and Lang Guanqing. Because there was no one in the tent, the sound of Li Congke slamming the wine jug on the table, and his drunkenness, were extremely loud, like the cry of a baby in the night.

No one else knows whether Li Congke has the desire to cry in his heart at this time. When it comes to the root cause of the victory in this battle, Li Congke knows very well in his heart that this is not so much a victory of national strength, but rather the result of Li Congjing's transformation of the imperial army.

However, this is also the reason why Li Congke is proud to drink.

"Bring the wine!" Li Congke shook the empty flask in his hand and threw it in the tent.

The guards brought in a few jugs of wine and put them on the desk, but they hesitated for a while, but after all, they couldn't hold back, and said in a low voice: "Marshal, eat a few bites!" ”

Li Congke ignored him, picked up the wine jug and poured it up, and the cool wine poured down, gurgling like a stream, violent like a sharp sword, and the sharp sword entered his throat, which stimulated Li Congke to cough non-stop.

The guards couldn't bear it, and persuaded: "Military marshal, although the Baoyi Army suffered huge losses in this battle, but under the Jianzhou side, the marshal ordered to restore the official positions of the military marshal and Shi Shuai, which can be regarded as acknowledging the merits of the Baoyi Army, and the comrades did not die in vain." ”

Li Congke didn't hear it, and he still buried his head in eating and drinking.

The guard was Li Congke's confidant, and he knew what he was thinking, so he changed his tone and complained: "This time Jianzhou is a great victory, and all departments of the forbidden army have meritorious deeds, especially the Hundred Battles Army, which has the greatest credit. Looking at the whole army, of the 70,000 soldiers, only our Protector Army and the Protector Army suffered serious losses. The marshal obviously has a large number of strong crossbows, but he has never taken them out in advance, if my Baoyi army has such a sharp weapon, when attacking the Dongchuan army, how can the damage be so serious! Could it be that only the forbidden army is raised by my father and mother, and I deserve to be sacrificed when I wait for the righteous army! ”

Li Congke finally raised his head, his eyes were red, but his voice was fierce, "Shut up!" This kind of big thing is also what you should talk about?! ”

The guards were stunned, but when they saw Li Congke's appearance, they knew that the words had reached the other party's heart, and they had the courage to continue: "The handsome man is so unfair, and the soldiers are not convinced!" On what basis should the credit be received by the forbidden army, and the casualties should be borne by our Baoyi army? ”

Li Congke no longer scolded the guards, lowered his head silently, forgot to drink the wine, and said with a wry smile: "So what? If others don't know, can I still not know that the imperial court has long had the intention of cutting the domain? The world is strong and the town is strong, Tianxiong, the silver spear is effective, which one of them is not powerful and famous? But what? The court moved with murderous intent, isn't it inevitable that he will die? At present, the four towns of Hezhong, Baoyi, Hedong and Lulong are the largest, not to mention Lulong, there is a border defense task, and Hedong is not to say, it is firmly controlled by the imperial court. ”

"Why!" The guards gritted their teeth with hatred and clenched their fists, "The soldiers are bloody on the battlefield and shrouded in horse leather, but they can only end up like this?" If the court acts like this, where is the morality and where is the heavenly reason! ”

"Morality? Justice? Li Congke laughed silently, "The people of Pingtou will go to ask Daoyi and Tianli, but the court will not care about these." What the court cares about is to control power, how to control more and more power! ”

"If the imperial court does this, isn't it afraid of losing the hearts of the people and causing chaos in the world?" The pro-guards do not choose to speak.

"Lose the hearts of the people and the world is in chaos?" Li Congke shook his head, looked at his henchman, and said seriously: "Do you think that it is still the Tongguang year?" The world has changed, and it is no longer what it used to be! Where is the people's heart? Tiancheng's new deal is the will of the people, the people and scholars of the world, which one has not profited from it? If you have benefited, who doesn't praise it? Even the soldiers of the forbidden army are so glorious, how can they not support the imperial court? Now, the imperial court has 50,000 forbidden troops in hand, and is it still afraid that someone will rebel? In the world, there are dozens of feudal towns, who dares to rebel, who still has the strength to rebel?! ”

The words made the guards stunned in place, and they didn't know what to say.

Li Congke continued to drink again, and after drinking a bitter tone, after half a sound, he almost muttered to himself: "Let's see, after the pacification of the two rivers this time, the imperial court will spend a lot of effort to cut the domain, the real domain." A few years later, the Jiedu envoy will no longer be the former Jiedu envoy, even if it has its name, it will no longer be in fact, in previous years, the Jiedu envoy controlled the military and political power of several states, and was comparable to the princes on one side, and the situation that could influence the situation of the empire would never be again, never again. In this world, it will become a hall of words in the imperial court, returning to the original appearance of the Tang Dynasty, with His Majesty the Emperor controlling everything. At that time, the world will only know that there is a court, but not a feudal town! ”

Throwing away a pot of wine, Li Congke stood up and looked up at the top of the tent. The top of the tent is like the lid of a pot, covering the heroes of the world in the pot, and letting the chef kill him or her. Li Congke smiled weakly and sighed: "In this world, who will remember in the future, once upon a time, among these mountains and rivers, there were countless heroes and heroes, each with one side, competing for dominance in the world, that is the real competition between the heroes!" In those days, the people of the world did not know that there was an empire, that there was a majesty, that there were only feudal towns, and that there were temperance envoys! ”

The guards were stunned by Li Congke's words, half loud, reacted, and hurriedly said: "Marshal, you are drunk!" ”

"Drunk, drunk indeed!" Li Congke laughed, turned around and wrung up a pot of Jiannan Burning Spring from the desk, took a sip, wanted to go out of the tent to raise a glass to invite Mingyue, drunk and lying on the sand dune, thinking about it but giving up, he knew the ability of the military intelligence department, in order to avoid such a wanton gesture being known by Li Congjing and causing unnecessary suspicion on the other side, he could only stand in the tent, raise the wine jug to the top of the strict tent, and laugh again, like crazy, "The world, the world, how many heroes and heroes have you let prostrate at your feet?" In the world of the world, why do you always surrender to the spirit of heroes and heroes? Jiannan fast longitudinal horse, horizontal knife cold forging armor; The tent asked the general, to whom do you boast of success or failure? ”

"Get drunk, get drunk!" Li Congke finally couldn't stand up, drunk next to the desk, he stretched out his strong arm and slapped the desk heavily, "Green ants are newly brewed wine, red clay small stove; If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing? ”

The guards looked at Li Congke, who was unruly, sighed heavily, covered his military marshal with a blanket quilt, and went out of the military tent.

The years will eventually become a thing of the past, the Ming Dynasty is today, who is tossing and turning in the red dust, and who is singing wantonly on the wheel of history? If the heavens are willing, will they laugh at our obsession? Today's wine can't extinguish tomorrow's sorrows, everyone is in the general trend of involuntarily, the real fear is not that you can't control the direction of the general trend, but that you can't control your own destiny.

Stay, and let the wine sing again

The army had a day of rest in Jianzhou City, and Li Congjing walked up to the head of Jianzhou City with a group of staff, standing from the perspective of the defenders, and watching the terrain of the soldiers in Jianzhou.

"When Guo Gong invaded Shu before, where the army went, it was decided that the Shu soldiers would descend from the wind, and they were willing to be driven by the king's division, so Guo Gong went all the way into Chengdu, and got more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the supply of grain and grass was completely due to the grain to the enemy." At the head of the city, Li Congjing said leisurely, "It's not without reason that it was peaceful in less than three months. ”

"This time, the royal division attacked Liangchuan again, but it can't expect the defenders from all over the country to rush for refuge." There is one thing to say, Mo Li did not save face for his family at all, "When Wang Hui evacuated the back mountain, he burned the heavy grain and grass, which shows the resoluteness of his resistance, Jianzhou is like this, and it is not difficult to imagine the scene in various parts of Liangchuan, because the grain is against the enemy, I am afraid that it will not be able to do it." ”

In addition to getting food from the city treasury, there is another way to get food from the city treasury, and that is to steal the people's food from all over the city. It's just that in this way, Wang Shi obviously can't do it, and it's not necessary.

"In the past, Guo Gong attacked Shu, and it was decided in two months, and the soldiers were exempted from the pain of bloody battles, and they got a great merit, because the soldiers of the three armies were grateful to Guo Gong. Then the court was suspicious of Guo Gong and ordered the eunuchs to kill him, which made the soldiers of the army extremely chilling and even more unfair. The reason why the two rivers resisted so strongly this time was that Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin made full use of the soldiers' emotions. ”

Li looked from the distance from Jing supporting the wall, as if he saw Guo Chongtao's galloping posture in the mountains and rivers that day, he sighed, "The imperial court has given Guo justice a name and posthumously awarded him an official title, but now it seems that the weight of the previous actions is still lighter." In order to reduce the resistance of some Liangchuan soldiers, it is necessary to increase the pursuit of Guo Gong. ”

After that, he turned back to Wang Pu and said: "You immediately draft a plan for Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai wants to advise on this matter." After speaking, he added: "In addition, another document will be drafted to praise the merits of Guo Gong and show the court's heart for Guo Gong's righteous name, so as to calm the resistance of some Liangchuan soldiers In addition, it is necessary to show the court's sympathy for the Liangchuan soldiers, and divide Meng Zhixiang, Li Shaobin and a few other powerful figures in Liangchuan and the middle and lower class soldiers in the text. ”

Wang Pu bowed and promised.

Li Congjing turned to Feng Dao again and said to him: "Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin have been looting the people a lot in order to reorganize the army and fight in these years, and the reason why the people of Liangchuan are willing to be driven by them is that they have the same hatred and hatred for Guo Gong in the matter. Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin have used this to scandalize the imperial court over the years, so the people everywhere do not have the heart to eat pot pulp to welcome the king, and the commander does not want to attack a city in the future, and the face is the two Sichuan soldiers and civilians working together to defend it, Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin's ugly face and selfishness must be exposed. ”

"Feng Gongdang and Qi Ji carefully planned, using the influence of Buddhism in Liangchuan to quickly spread this kind of public opinion-speech, of course, since it is through the hand of Buddhism, you can use Buddhist methods, such as Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin as hellish sinners such as Mojili, Disha Bhikshu, and Devadatta"

Feng Dao's expression was slightly weird, his lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and bowed down to receive the order. He thought to himself: After handing these words to Qi Ji, will he be angry?

Li Congjing has never been a god, and he can't expect everything earlier, and these actions and measures are only remembered now, and they are also inspired by the battle of Jianzhou.

was talking about these things with everyone, and Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao jointly came to ask for a meeting.

After capturing the whole city of Jianzhou yesterday, Li Congjing was sympathetic to the sacrifice of the two armies of protecting the country and protecting righteousness, of course, he also took into account the morale of the army, and let Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao reinstate their posts.

——Although all the crossbows arrived at the camp on the afternoon of the day of the defeat of the two armies of the Protectorate and Baoyi, this kind of thing itself has room for maneuver and is inevitably questioned.

"The two generals ask to see, what is the matter?" After Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao both saluted, Li Congjing asked lightly.

The two of them have similar meanings, please be the vanguard of the next battle.

As soon as these words came out, Li Congjing, Mo Li and others were a little surprised.

Mo Li is the first army division, and the actions in the army are mainly from his plan, hearing that he opened the folding fan, and said lukewarmly: "The two armies of protecting the country and protecting righteousness were the vanguard before, but they failed to complete the task and captured Jianzhou City for the army. ”

He said this hard, but in fact, he had another plan in his heart.

Previously, on the issue of who would stay in Jianzhou City, Mo Li and Li Congjing had discussed for a long time, but there was no conclusion. The inconclusive conclusion is due to difficulties. The difficulty lies in the fact that, it stands to reason that staying in Jianzhou City is none other than the two armies of Baoyi and Protectorate. But in fact, Mo Li and Li Congjing were unwilling to leave their backs and grain roads to Li Congke and Shi Jingjing. The reason is, of course, not reassuring.

In this way, the question arises, what is the reason for the Baoyi and Protectorate armies to continue to fight with the army?

In conclusion, there is no reason.

Although Li Congjing could give an order to let the two armies fight together, it would inevitably cause discussions, and even worse, cause resentment between the two armies of Baoyi and Protector - after all, the intention of fighting for the two armies was too obvious.

This will lay unstable factors for the next campaign, which is undoubtedly intolerable for Li Congjing, who strives for perfection in everything.

But now, Shi Jingjiao and Li Congke took the initiative to ask to accompany them to the battle, and immediately helped Li Congjing solve this problem.

It's just that Li Congjing really doesn't know what is the reason why Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao will take the initiative to ask to continue the battle to help him solve this problem?

After Mo Li said, Li Congke immediately answered: "It is precisely because of the heavy trust of the two armies of Baoyi and Protector that the soldiers felt deeply humiliated, so they have the heart of shame and bravery, and witnessed the courage of the soldiers of the forbidden army, the officers and men of the two armies were deeply inspired, and vowed to be ashamed, and asked the marshal to take into account the hearts of the soldiers to serve the country bravely, and agree to the request of the last general and General Shi!" ”

Li Congjing groaned, "General Li's words are wrong. The two armies of Baoyi and Huguo fought in front of the army the day before yesterday, and opened the way for the army, and they have made great contributions, and the shame of the past has been cleared. Don't hide it from the two generals, the marshal has written to the court to commend the merits of the two armies, and the casualties of the two armies of Baoyi and Huguo are not small, and it is time to rest, if you continue to fight, the marshal can't bear it."

"The handsome and compassionate heart, I am inexplicably grateful! However, the general had already discussed this matter with General Shi, although there were casualties among the two armies of Baoyi and Huguo, there were still many people who could continue to fight, and we intended to lead 2,000 troops and horses each, and be all good fighters and pioneers of the army. Li Congke looked sincere, "Please also ask the commander to be complete, we will definitely do our best, live up to high expectations, and not embarrass the three armies!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing looked a little embarrassed, and his eyes looked at Shi Jingjiao intentionally or unintentionally.

Shi Jingjiao buried his head and bowed deeply, "The Protector Army is willing to be the vanguard of the army, and the last general is willing to serve the dogs and horses for the handsome, even if he buries his bones in another country, he will not dare to bear the grace of the king again, and he will not dare to bear the trust of the marshal!" ”

Li Congjing sighed again and again, helped the two of them up, and said earnestly: "The two generals are serious!" Alas, even if this is the case, we can't chill the hearts of the two generals and the generals to serve the country! ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!" Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao wanted to bow down again.

Li Congjing stopped the two of them, encouraged them, and finally said: "The two generals will go to rest first, and a military order will be delivered later." ”

After thanking them, they turned around and left together.

Li Congjing suddenly stopped Li Congke and asked him to stay.

Shi Jingjiao's shoulders shook, and then he pretended to be fine, and his lonely back disappeared into the city.

Li Congjing pulled Li Congke aside and said in a low voice: "Third brother, not to mention that the casualties of the Baoyi Army are not small, even if you yourself are also injured, why is this so?" It's hard to bear to be born from Jing! His title had changed, and he seemed very affectionate.

Li Congke was deeply moved, seized the opportunity at the moment, and said: "Fighting for the country at the expense of your life, isn't this your original words?" Laughed twice, saw Li Congjing's face, don't fool me, rubbed his hands, his face was scornful, and then he grabbed Li Congjing, and said mysteriously: "Congjing, you have to promise the third brother one thing!" ”

"Third brother, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Li Congjing looked like he knew this.

Li Congke said seriously: "After this battle, when you return to the court, you want to promote the third brother to be the commander of the forbidden army, what's the matter?" ”

"That's it?" Li Congjing looked very surprised, his face full of puzzlement, "Isn't the Jiedu envoy much more noble than the commander of the Jiedu Envoy?" Isn't this the third brother giving up the big and the small? ”

Li Congke snorted, "Congjing, what you said is not true, don't forget, the third brother is the one who helped you change the diaper, you can deceive outsiders if you say this, how can you deceive me?" As soon as he said this, Li Congjing's forehead was lined with black lines. Immediately, Li Congke was a little anxious, "If you still recognize me as the third brother, just say it directly, do you want to help?" ”

"With the talent and qualifications of the third brother, as long as you don't feel that the official position of the commander is too small, what is the difficulty of wanting to join the forbidden army?" Li Congjing said with a smile.

"Okay, with the words of you, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, this matter is so decided!" Li Congke was reassured and was greatly excited. When I left, I walked with a breeze.

Mo Li walked up, looked at Li Congke's departing back, shook the folding fan lightly, and smiled, "The third brother is a smart person." He has been messing with Li Congjing since he was a child, and it is not surprising that Li Congke is called so.

"There are a lot of people in this world who are confused about major matters, and there are few who are not shrewd in small sections." Li Congjing said lightly, was silent for a moment, and asked Mo Li with deep meaning: "What is Mo Shenji's judgment on the two of them doing like this today?" ”

"The third brother's actions are just in line with the general trend, and there is nothing to doubt about it." The mountains and rivers on the folding fan suddenly appeared, and Mo Li said flatly: "As for the other tiger king, the hundred beasts are hibernating, but they are just taoguang and obscure, waiting for the opportunity." ”