On February 24 of the second year of Tiancheng, Luoyang, Kyoto, there was an east wind and a warm day.

Li Siyuan asked Jing Xinmo to open the window, let the sunlight outside the house spill into the hall, the new shoots of the laurel tree outside the courtyard have been quite mao, and occasionally there are young palace maids in simple clothes, walking by with low eyebrows and broken steps in front of the tree.

The spring breeze caresses the head, there is no cold, but it makes people feel refreshed, and the drowsiness that has been stuffed in the hall for half a day is swept away. Li Siyuan put down the fold in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows, Ren Yuan, Feng Dao, Li Qi, An Chongzhi and other prime ministers sat in the hall, a little tired, but they also concentrated.

"Spring ploughing involves the foundation of the new deal, but also the basis for the long-term implementation of the new deal, now it has reached the end of February, because of the imperial court to supervise the way, the progress of spring ploughing around the country is quite smooth, more than a month has not heard of a bad pool, at this time, Your Majesty should be happy, why worry?" After all, Ren Yuan and Li Siyuan are "in-laws", since Li Siyuan came to the world, the work of monarchs and ministers has been very harmonious, and the friendship between monarchs and ministers has naturally become more and more deep.

"Spring ploughing can be carried out smoothly, I am naturally happy, and I will not hide it from Ren Qing, and I will eat a few more bowls of rice for this matter." Although Li Siyuan said that he ascended the throne, his words were still so amiable and not decent.

"It's not for spring ploughing, it must be because of Jingnan." An Chongzhi took over the words and comforted Li Siyuan and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has always acted thoughtfully, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin is here in Jingnan, so Your Majesty does not need to be overly concerned." Moreover, the imperial court has sent the Western Ye army to the south, thinking that His Royal Highness the King of Qin will help, and the affairs of Jingnan will not be stable. ”

The mother of the son is worried, and so is the father, Li Siyuan was not born in the emperor's family, and there is no tradition of the emperor's family being mean and unsympathetic, he listened to An Chongzhi's words, although he was used, he did not reduce much worry, "After traveling from Jing, I learned that Yang Wu's behavior was suspicious, and there was an appearance of sending troops to Jingnan, although this matter was also informed to Congjing, but near Jingnan, the troops he could dispatch were not many elites, and Gao Jixing had been running Jingzhou for a long time, and he was well guarded, and he was in danger alone, so I really couldn't help but worry." ”

"King Qin knew that with the situation under the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, he could not use troops on a large scale, so he hoped that the above troops would take Jiangling without blood. His act of going deep into the tiger's den is to spare his life for the country, and his trip to take chestnuts in the fire is not what the ancient sages can not do, His Royal Highness the King of Qin's actions have made our subjects admire it very much, and who in the Manchu Dynasty does not praise it? Loyal and brave people, who is the king of Qin! An Chongzhi praised Li Congjing, at this moment, he had long forgotten the dislike and fight with Li Congjing.

Seeing An Chongzhu's attitude, and judging the two of them with Tianchengchu's flying and domineering, Li Siyuan was very pleased. In addition to being relieved, he thought about Li Congjing's contribution to this, and now Li Congjing is once again desperate for the Li family, in danger, and can't help but sigh.

If it weren't for the accumulation of strength, hoping that within two or three years, Meng Zhixiang, who might raise troops, would be extinguished in one fell swoop, and further plotted to calm the world in Jiangnan and the dignified empire, how could the only prince and the eldest son of the emperor who was the most accomplished go deep into danger?

Every time he thinks of this, Li Siyuan is inexplicably sad and angry.

This stinky boy has never bothered him since he was a child, and he has always been the capital he is proud of. From the ten-year cold window of Jinyang, to the construction of the Qimen army to expand the territory, to the night of Puzhou to talk about great ambitions, and then to go to the bitter cold land of Youzhou, to fight one country with one place with his own strength, to eliminate the border troubles of the Tang Dynasty, and to the most critical hesitation in his Li Siyuan, he led a hundred battle troops to help him determine the overall situation and have a son, should he be like Li Yazi? What is Li Yazi!

As a father, Li Siyuan thought that he had done too little for this stinky boy.

Just when Li Siyuan was entangled, lamenting, and angry, a breeze struck the door of the palace and sent a report of 100,000 urgent troops.

"Wuchang Jiedu made firewood reused, led the Wuchang army and Yang Wu elite a total of more than 10,000 soldiers, left Ezhou and went straight to Jiangling!"

Li Siyuan was stunned at first when he heard the report, and then his eyebrows became gloomy. Feng Dao was the most surprised, and said, "Yang Wu really dares to raise troops to help thieves? Mess with my Tang Dynasty military politics?! ”

Jingnan is the town of the Tang Dynasty, so Feng Dao has this saying.

Ren Yuan was also surprised, "Yang Wu is so perverse, he even disregarded the way of diplomatic relations and suddenly attacked my domain!" ”

Li Qi's face showed indignation, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Wu is stirring up the situation, Jingnan is in danger!" ”

An Chongzhi sighed in his heart, realizing that it was not good, he had been Li Siyuan's envoy for many years, and he knew Li Siyuan's depth, not Ren Yuan, who is now close to Li Siyuan, he turned around and just wanted to speak, but Li Siyuan had already taken the case.

Li Siyuan stood upright and shouted angrily: "Gao Jixing doesn't know death, he wants to rebel, doesn't Xu Wen know death?" Raise troops into our country, Xingshi and my Tang Dynasty war, he really thought that I would be afraid of them? Li Qing, that is, the book of repair, sent to Jinling, since he Xu Wen is interested, I, Li Siyuan, don't mind accompanying him to fight! ”

An Chongzhi hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, the new policy of the Tang Dynasty has begun, and there is no reason for a national war, His Royal Highness the King of Qin does not avoid hardships and dangers, and goes deep into the tiger's den, a painstaking heart, I hope Your Majesty will not live up to it!" ”

"From Jing to the country, willing to seek skin with the tiger, can't I be angry with the Son of Heaven and ambush millions of corpses?" Li Siyuan snorted coldly, the murderous aura in his eyes overflowed, and the decisive color of the battlefield killing was fully revealed, "In the past, from Jing to the north of the country to fight the barbarian thieves, after going through dangers and difficulties, the Tang Dynasty relied on this to be desperate, and today I am the Son of Heaven, can't I gather the strength of the country and bless my Tang heroes?!" ”

On February 24 of the second year of Tiancheng, the time of unitary, Gangneung, the sky was cloudy.

Xie Yugan and Zhu Xuan once said that if they were to go to Changlin, they would be able to break Changlin City in one or half a day. This is not to look down on the talents of Xie Yugan and Zhu Xuan, but the battle of Changlin, and he has other plans.

Changlin was the gateway for the Xiangzhou army to enter Jingzhou in the south, and the Xiangzhou army besieged Jiangling, which played a decisive role in Li Congjing's pacification of Jingzhou.

Now, Li Congjing is stationed outside Jiangling City, and there is nothing important to do every day, but since he is here, there is no reason to sleep every day, Jiangling City is in front of him, and this city always has to make a plan. This is also another effort of the army to determine Jingnan in addition to the attack.

"The way of use, complicated, to take Jiangling with the strategy of cutting the relationship, in the eyes of His Highness, is just one of many means, you can just try, will not throw a single bet, but for us and other strategists who are ordered to do this, this is the only way, it is something that must be done, there is only one way to succeed, there is no reason to fail."

"Some time ago, when we were stationed at the post house, on the order of His Royal Highness, we visited the generals, officials, and big households in the city on the basis of the multi-day layout and matchmaking of the Military Intelligence Department, and sincerely intersected with them, which was quite effective, and many of them have made it clear that they are willing to serve the imperial court and cooperate with our actions." Sang Weihan presided over these things, and at this time he reported the progress to Li Congjing.

"There is a large family surnamed Hu in Jiangling City, the family has lived in Jiangling for five generations, the ancestors have served as the officials of the court, the household department and other positions, so it is prominent, it is very influential in Jiangling, the clansmen are full of poetry and books, known as knowledgeable, although no one is an official in the court, and there is quite a heart to the imperial court. The head of his family and Liang Zhen have always been friendly and are inseparable friends. Sang Weihan continued, "Tonight is the agreed period between the servant and the head of the Hu family, and in another hour, his people will lobby Liang Zhen, not asking Liang Zhen to turn against Jiangling, so that he will retire from now on and no longer preside over Jiangling's affairs, which is quite certain." And once Liang Zhen retires, he will be a high-level subordinate to the people, and he will be determined by Jiangling without blood, and it will be easy to hear! ”

Li Congjing knew about this matter, and let Liang Zhen pick a son, which was originally the meaning of the question of Jiangling with the strategy of cutting off diplomatic relations.

When Li Congjing and Sang Weihan were discussing the matter, Meng Songbai came to report that a monk asked to see him.

This monk is Qi Ji. After he healed the fifth girl that day, he turned around and left, leaving a message saying that when the time was ripe, he would come to see Li Congjing, but now he came.

Yesterday, the fifth girl had woken up, although her body was still weak, and there was no major problem, so Li Congjing had a lot of kindness to Qi Ji, and immediately let Meng Songbai lead Qi Ji into the account.

The old monk did not look like a servant this time, but he looked like a good time, he entered the tent, saluted, and said amazingly, "The poor monk is willing to go to the city to persuade him to surrender." ”

Li Congjing really lacked understanding and awe of this famous master in history, and only raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, "Who do you persuade to surrender?" ”

"The prince of Nanping is the son of Gao Congzhi, and the prince of Nanping is the Sikong Liang Zhen." Qi Ji's eyebrows were calm, and he said slowly.

Li Congjing felt ridiculous, "How to persuade him to surrender?" ”

"Persuade Liang Zhen first, and then persuade Gao Congxue." Qi Jiyan said.

Li Congjing frowned slightly, put away his contempt, and pondered for a moment, then asked leisurely: "The master is a member of the Hu family in the city?" Qi Ji's common name is Hu Desheng, so Li Congjing asked.

Qi Ji recited Amitabha, "Poor monk and Buddhist disciple." ”

Half an hour later, night fell, Li Congjing stopped outside the north gate of Jiangling City, staring at the brilliant lights of the city. Elsewhere, the defenders of the city stretched out a hanging basket and pulled Qi Ji and Sang Weihan up. In a short time, the two disappeared into the city.

Now that Gao Jixing has been captured, the Jiangling group of dragons has no leader, and the imperial army is pressing, it is inevitable that people's hearts will fluctuate, and everyone is in danger. In the past few days, the gentlemen have not been idle outside the city, not only sending letters of persuasion to the city every day, but also shouting to the city in groups, moving with affection and reason, and fighting a heart-to-heart war. Not to mention that Sang Weihan and others had made friends with the generals, officials, and big families in Jiangling City in advance, but no, at this time, I am afraid that some people are inclined to the imperial court - after all, the imperial court still occupies the name of righteousness. Sang Weihan and Qi Ji were able to enter the city because the generals of the Jiangling Army guarding this section of the city wall were almost "their own people".

Qi Ji and Liang Zhen are old friends and have a very good relationship, which Li Congjing never expected. Originally, Sang Weihan did not plan to enter the city, after all, it was dangerous, but after learning about this, he insisted on accompanying Qi Ji to go, probably because he thought that he had a lot more certainty, and he was eager to make meritorious service - wealth and wealth are sought in danger, nothing more.

Mo Li was next to Li Congjing, looked at the city and shook the folding fan gently, and said with a smile: "When I enter the other city, I am like walking on the ground, Jiangling has reached such a field, if I still can't take it into my pocket, it is my generation incompetent." ”

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Note: Qi Ji, Liang Zhen. "Liang Zhen is particularly good in the last years, and the monk Qi has been friendly, Yi Zhi poem said: Chen Lin's pen inkstone is willing to sit in front of the table, and the smoke in the corner remembers to sleep together. Cover to write its noble taste also. ”