Li Shaocheng pulled Gao Shensi to find a place to sit down, this courtyard is simple, the old earthen walls and old earth houses, there are no stone bricks and slabs in the courtyard, they are all loess surfaces, there are no trees yet, there are no hand-copying verandahs on both sides, the water absorption device on the small well, I don't know how many years, the color has been dark and the wood body has been damaged, the monotonous loess color of the courtyard, the boring courtyard pattern, the dust rises and falls at will, the air is dry, Mo said that compared to the small bridge and flowing water in the south of the Yangtze River, it is the people of the Central Plains who have stayed for a long time, and they will have dry lips and yellow faces. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Not only this courtyard is like this, the whole Lingzhou city is like this, the walls are mottled and look old, the eaves have not been painted, everything is the original color of loess and trees, under the erosion of the years, dry and yellow, monotonous without color, under the irradiation of the sun, it has never been colorful, only a desolate and energetic taste, just like the old man who came from history. However, although he does not look good, he has a steady step, strong muscles and bones, burning eyes, and a heroic and hard air, which is his true color, only his true color.

Because of the war medical hall, the courtyard has built a shed, creating a lot of shade in the sun, the simple beds are arranged densely but not chaotic, the rules are moderate, the wounded are treated and cared for by the military doctors, although the pain is indeed painful, but the atmosphere is extraordinarily warm, in the smell of herbs and blood, it is not the gentle voice of the military doctor, or the optimistic and heroic laughter of the wounded, sometimes helpless and sad, sometimes inspiring.

Gao Xiansi insisted on going to the city wall again, Li Shaocheng did not agree, the two have been working together for a long time, and they have already given birth to heroic sympathy, so there is no need to be sincere in words, and now they are fighting to guard the gate of the Tang Dynasty. The strong and true relationship between husbands is often built in the process of being like-minded and working hard for the same goal without reservation, and Li Shaocheng and Gao Shensi are no exception.

It just so happened that it was time for lunch, as the food was served, the smell of meat overflowed in an instant, all the wounded were able to eat meat, and those who could not eat meat drank broth, and the treatment was a mess, Li Shaocheng and Gao Shensi were naturally no exception, the latter sighed while eating: "At the end of the year, Shouchun will be stationed, the soldiers eat, steamed cakes are rare, and the broth is even more rare. ”

"Eating meat is the strength, otherwise how can the soldiers resist the enemy?" Li Shaocheng thought of the situation in these days, and sighed slightly, "When Your Majesty ordered a certain person to go out of Zhenlingzhou, he made a request at will, and at that time, in addition to the armor and crossbow, he focused on asking for meat. Don't hide it from the general, the dried meat stored in Lingzhou City is enough for the soldiers to eat for another month. It's not food storage, it's meat! Except for me Datang, who else in the world can be like this? ”

Gao Xiansi said with a smile: "The team of the imperial court transporting meat, the last general has also seen it with his own eyes. Transporting supplies from the Central Plains into Lingzhou was a long distance and costly, and the imperial court was happy to do it...... I have to say that His Majesty's grace to Shuo Fangjun is really unheard of. ”

"Your Majesty once said that the army is stationed on the border, protecting the family and defending the country, it is located in a dangerous place, and there are often wars, casualties are continuous, if you can't refine its armor soldiers, enrich its food and clothing, and pay its military salaries, what face does the imperial court have to face the border army soldiers, and what face does the people of the Tang Dynasty have to face their own conscience?" Li Shaocheng said, "This time the thieves of all ethnic groups invaded, and the soldiers fought to the death, no matter how difficult the war was, they were all brave and courageous, and they never said bitterness, and they went forward and fought against each other, but also because they wanted to serve the respect of the country and the grace of His Majesty." If this is not the case, how can Lingwu County stand tall, and how can Lingzhou City be as hard as iron? ”

Gao Xiansi nodded, "For my Tang Dynasty soldiers, if I can win the respect of the country, the grace of the king, and the trust of the people, even if I die on the battlefield, why be afraid!" ”

Li Shaocheng deeply sympathized with this statement, since Li Congjing presided over the military and government, he has been focusing on reshaping the soul of the Tang Dynasty army, recreating the emotions between the soldiers, the country and the people, and the Tang people are already courageous, so the spirit of today's Tang soldiers is not comparable to the era of the feudal town.

Li Shaocheng and Li Congjing had a long time with him, and he had a thorough understanding of Li Congjing's military thoughts, and now continued: "Your Majesty once said that the so-called elite and strong army, in addition to being well-equipped, well-trained, and tempered by war, the most important thing lies in the shaping of the spirit of the soldiers and the shaping of the soul of the army. So that the soldiers have a family and a country, be heroic and heroic, know the righteousness, distinguish between right and wrong, protect the monarch and the people, fight against the ministers, and not fear death, the country is generous to support me, and the compatriots are generous to believe in me, and I will repay them with flesh and blood. The country is my shield, I am the spear of the country, and my mother would rather die than lose my family and country. Only in this way is the real Han and Tang Dynasty heroes...... All this, His Majesty did it as early as when he left the town of Youzhou, if not, how could the Hundred Battles Army win all battles? ”

"My mother would rather die than lose my family and country...... The Tang army is just like that. Your Majesty's eloquence is indeed rare in ancient and modern times! Li Shaocheng's words made Gao Xiansi feel a lot, and couldn't help but fall into contemplation, in the past, he guarded Shouchun, the soldiers and horses of the Tang army's four towns and eight states, besieged in recent years and could not be overcome, it can be said that the Tang army swept away Jianghuai and created a lot of trouble, and after the Tang army completely got Jianghuai and the forbidden army freed up, Li Congjing did not punish him, but came to the city to persuade him to surrender and treat him sincerely.

After the Tang army won Jianghuai, he had already made up his mind, and the day of the destruction of Shouchun City was the time when he apologized for his crimes, and it was Li Congjing's words that day that shocked him. The Han and Tang dynasties, the prestige of the Quartet, the glory of eternity, as a person of the time, how can you not yearn for it? When he met with Li Congjing that day, he was impressed by the other party's bearing, and believed that Li Congjing could reshape the glory of the Tang Dynasty, just like Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, so he was willing to sacrifice himself to follow and be a courtier of the Tang Dynasty.

This time stationed in Lingzhou, Shuofang's army is not more than 10,000 people, and Hexi and Xiazhou are almost pouring out, with nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. In fact, from the layout of Lingzhou's defense line and defensive strategy to the structure of the city's defense, Gao Shensi participated in it and played a great role. If it weren't for that, Lingwu County and Lingzhou City wouldn't be so impregnable.

The more people you win, the more you learn, the more you can learn, so as to achieve the effect of being as bright as the stars, and finally illuminate the sky of the Tang Dynasty.

Throughout the ages, there have always been many famous ministers who have supported each other and eventually achieved great success. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were many weathers, which was not unrelated to Taizong's mind. And even if the mediocre master achieves meritorious deeds, he cannot tolerate others, and his meritorious deeds will be limited. Zhao Song Taizu sat in the Dragon Court and abolished the pillars of the country, so he could only realize the small unification of China, and could not have the same achievements as Emperor Tang Taizong of the Han Dynasty.

At that time, Zhao Kuangyin released the military power with a glass of wine, and said the words of the generals, "Those who are rich and noble, but they want to accumulate more money and entertain themselves, so that their children and grandchildren will not be poor...... Choose a good field and a city, set up an eternal immovable industry for your descendants, put more singing and dancing girls, and drink and enjoy each other every day" really doesn't know what to say, as a king, saying such a thing, it can be seen that his mind has completely lost the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Don't say that compared to Huo Quai's illness "The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home", Chen Tang's "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away", that is, even Liu Bang's heroism of "the wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet" are far from being able to reach the height that Li Shimin needs to say "Since ancient times, China has been noble and despised Di, and I love only as one".

During the Han and Tang dynasties, the national style was strong, the people were heroic, the monarch was energetic, and the people had great ambitions. Worship the general and immediately seal the marquis, which is the hope of the people. Therefore, the Han Dynasty was able to have Geng Gong in the Western Regions, 20,000 miles away from Luoyang, with 300 people to fight thousands of Xiongnu without surrendering, and only 13 people survived in the end, leaving an allusion to the strong man hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. Tang had Wang Xuance farther away, and because he was humiliated as an envoy, he was able to destroy a country in anger.

Nowadays, "people insult my mother, I kill her, and heroes at home are vying to accept me."

As for Zhao and Song, this kind of majesty only exists in legends, and the root cause is that Zhao Kuangyin is narrow-minded and too small-minded, and he will persuade his courtiers to enjoy and be rich for the sake of the king, and how can he govern the country and not only care about the longevity of one family's rule? From the past, the descendants will go farther and farther on this road, Cheng Zhu Lixue came into being, the six arts of the gentleman are abandoned, the economy is unprecedentedly prosperous but can only give birth to a few poems, the unprecedented wealth can only nourish corrupt officials and redundant officials, how can the national style not be tired, how can the people not be weak!

This kind of thinking has ruled the Han people for thousands of years, people are complacent, and lose the ambition to forge ahead, Donghuamen is famous once, and the victory on the battlefield kills more than 10,000 enemies, who still believes in Wang Xuance's pride in destroying a country by himself, who still understands Geng Gong's stubbornness that he would rather fight to the death than surrender to the king, and who still agrees with the temperament of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty who was willing to send thousands of troops to fight in the Western Regions in order to save hundreds of people?

For the heroic people of the Han and Tang dynasties, the weakness of the people of the Zhao and Song dynasties and the servility of the people of the Ming and Qing dynasties may not be understood by them.

In the current battle of Lingzhou, the generals of the former Wu State shined, and Gao Xiansi, Chai Kehong, Liu Renzhen, Kuai Ao, and Lu Jiang all had good achievements, which shows that Li Congjing's mind and foresight did play a role.

When Li Shaocheng saw Gao Shensi mention Li Congjing, he showed reverence, and couldn't help but think of his own experience.

As the earliest deputy general of the Hundred Battles Army, Li Shaocheng is the first to serve as a festival envoy in the Hundred Battles Army, the battle of Liangchuan opened the sword door for the army, the merit is the first, after the war to the prime minister, noble and extraordinary, but for many years, living in a corner, in the forbidden army in the south and north war, has been silent, now Guo Wei is sitting in the south of Xinjiang, Meng Ping is more important than the center, Mo Li led the fleet to the sea, but he is still only sitting in the town, the difference between the two is big.

However, Li Shaocheng had no complaints, just because when he came out to calm down the difficult army, Li Congjing had already said that he would return to Hexi and the Western Regions in the future, and he was the pioneer. This kind of pride and ambition makes Li Shaocheng willing to be lonely, he is a cold person by nature, he does not like to fight for power and profit, but he is not without the ambition of meritorious deeds, but the matter of recovering Hexi and the Western Regions is too heroic and heroic, and it is a feat of reproducing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and he is willing to prepare silently for it.

At present, whether he is able to defend Lingzhou without losing it, or Li Yanchao smoothly marches into Hehe and Shan, it is because he has been preparing for a long time. Li Congjing knew that foreign races were attacking the border, but he never rushed to send troops, and he was able to dispatch troops and materials in Luoyang in an orderly manner to ensure that all preparations were complete, just because Li Shaocheng was there.

At the end, Li Shaocheng answered: "With Your Majesty here, the army should be strong, and the Tang Dynasty should be prosperous!" ”

Gao Shensi shook his head solemnly, "That's true! ”

Before the meal was finished, Li Shaocheng received a report that it was the defeated part of Yang Guangyuan's troops, and it was seen by the soldiers in the city, which shocked Li Shaocheng's spirit. Before he could be happy, someone came to report that the messenger of the forbidden army had arrived, informing him of the great victory of Wenchi and the news of the imminent arrival of the forbidden army of the imperial court.

Li Shaocheng saw that the sky was sunny after the rain, and he was suddenly full of energy, and at this time, inside and outside the city, there was already a cry to shake the sky, presumably the news was spread without losing the opportunity, seeing that Gao Shensi and everyone were excited, and hearing the sound of the tsunami in the city, he suddenly woke up, not that the army should be strong and the Tang Dynasty should be prosperous, but that the army should be strong and the Tang Dynasty should be prosperous!

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Coalition camp outside the city.

Du Lun Lujia came to the silver tent of Yao Luo Gedi and talked with each other secretly.

"The Tang army captured Wenchi and Anle, and will arrive in Lingzhou City in a few days, the other party is menacing, you and I can't help but take precautions, we have to come up with countermeasures." After Du Lunlujia sat down, he said to Yao Luo Ge Diyin with great eagerness, although he was a scholar who made a tepid and shallow smile, he actually did not have that kind of self-cultivation effort, and he really showed his feet when he encountered something.

Although Yao Luo Ge Di Yin seems to be domineering, but it is just a need to show strength and profit, in fact, his heart is much calmer, he is not arrogant and impatient: "You and I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, as long as we work together, we can advance and retreat, what is there to worry about?" This time into Lingzhou, to this day, the army has captured a lot of goods and people, and it is not a loss. ”

Du Lun Lujia didn't expect the other party's heart to be so wide, a little stunned, he then remembered that these days, the other party has been wantonly plundering everywhere, robbing things much more actively than him, in view of this, Du Lun Lujia inevitably regretted missing the opportunity, so he said: "Before entering Lingzhou, you and I had a secret discussion, this time out of the army, Shi Jingjiao and the party members should be more pressurized, to ensure that if they successfully attack the Central Plains, they can set up a trap to eradicate their troops in one fell swoop, and in the future, you and I will be the masters of the Central Plains and achieve supreme hegemony." At present, Lingzhou City has not yet been conquered, and the Khan is dividing his troops to plunder everywhere, is it too distracted? ”

Yao Luo Ge Di Yin glanced at Du Lun Lujia, "What is the intention of the Khan to say this now?" ”

Du Lunlujia's old face was slightly red, but he still stubbornly said: "Now that the Tang army has entered Lingzhou, it is still unknown what the war will be like in the future. ”

Yao Luo Ge Diyin said tepidly: "If you want to transfer the siege troops to the sentinel food, you should tell Shi Jingjiao." ”

Du Lun Lujia said hesitantly: "As long as the Khan agrees, what can Shi Jingjiao do?" ”

Yao Luo Ge Di Yin's thoughts on Du Lun Lujia are like a fire, the other party is just worried that the Tang army is coming, the war is unfavorable, and he wants to take advantage of this time to loot some more property, so that even if he retreats, he can also gain something, this is of course Yao Luo Ge Di Yin will not agree, and the current righteousness is awe-inspiring: "Although the Tang army reinforcements have arrived, although the battle of Wenchi has been defeated, our soldiers have already said that the battle is just a deception by the other party, an ambush in advance, and our department was caught off guard." If we fight head-on, our Sanzhou soldiers and horses will inevitably win. At this time, the khan was distracted, and when he had a long-term vision, he would first attack Lingzhou City to ensure that there would be no worries about the future war. As long as the Tang army reinforcements are defeated, how much money can the khan not get? ”

When Du Lunlujia heard this, he was angry and helpless, and said in his heart that you yourself have eaten enough, of course, you don't have to care whether others are hungry or not. Seeing that the other party had a tough attitude and could not achieve his goal, Du Lunlujia's face was very unpleasant.

Yao Luo Ge Di Yin took Du Lun Lujia's look in his eyes, and secretly sneered in his heart: The goods with the eyes of the rat are not ready for a rainy day, and if you want to damage the public and private at this time, how can Ben Khan agree? Whether this battle can enter the Central Plains or not is a big talk, but using this battle to weaken your troops is a great opportunity that Ben Khan will not let go. In the unlikely event that the war is unfavorable and you need to retreat, Ben Khan must ensure that one side is lost, so that it will be easier for our Uighur warriors to capture your Liangzhou in the future.

After Yang Guangyuan's defeat, Shi Chonggui ran to meet him, he wanted to inquire about the forbidden army, but during the conversation, he heard Yang Guangyuan mention the crimes of the Tubo and Uighurs along the way, and also heard about the Uighur soldiers and horses wantonly plundering, killing people and setting fires, which made Shi Chonggui itch with hatred.

Back in his own tent, Shi Chonggui couldn't calm down for a long time, and finally said angrily: "Sooner or later, I will eat and skin these dog thieves alive!" ”

Thinking of this, he suddenly blessed his heart, and an idea came to him, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

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After Wenchi and Anle, the army is going to enter Lingzhou City, and there is basically no danger along the way. Li Congjing came with the army, although many people persuaded him to sit in Wenchi and not have to go to the front line, but Li Congjing did not want to shrink behind the army, he was used to being the commander of the army, Li Congjing always felt that it was really safe to have the army on the side.

Along the way, he discussed with Sang Weihan about governing the army and expanding the territory, Li Congjing did not hide it, and also said the idea of conquering the whole territory of Tibet in the future, which made Sang Weihan very surprised. After all, Hexi and the Western Regions were once the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Tubo had never been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"Since the first emperor entered the Central Plains, His Majesty presided over the military and political affairs, the country's wealth, most of which was used to strengthen the army, and now in order to conquer Hexi, His Majesty did not hesitate to do his best to conquer Tibet in the future, which is a great feat, Your Majesty's lofty ambitions, and the ministers admire." Sang Weihan felt a lot.

Li Congjing smiled and said a far-reaching sentence, "What I want is that the Tang Dynasty has a great future, and this must make the Tang people heroic." If the three armies are not strong, how can they be ambitious? The land is not wide, how can it be broad-minded! ”