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In the two years since Changxing, Li Congjing has gradually adapted to the identity of the crown prince, and the dynasty has gradually become familiar with military and political affairs, and now it has gradually entered the advanced stage.

The court has become accustomed to the prince's great cause day by day, and sincerely feel happy, unlike Li Siyuan, who does not know a basket of big characters, the prince can be called a rare "well-educated person", and the courtiers and such a king have no reason not to get twice the result with half the effort.

However, what made Li Congjing feel quite worried was that not long ago, Li Siyuan fell ill again, although it was not as serious as last year, but it also made him worry a lot, and in addition to dealing with military and political affairs, he often asked famous doctors to go to Beijing to treat Li Siyuan.

"In the past, I followed the two emperors to conquer the world, and after decades of riding career, I had already fallen behind with an injury, and now I am sick and sick, and there is nothing to make a fuss about. At present, the dynasty is deepening the new policy internally, and the Jianghuai, Chudi and Huainan are fighting externally. When Li Siyuan was serving the decoction medicine in Li Congjing, he said earnestly, "When Zhuangzong entered Luo, the country was so strong, and the princes came from all directions, scrambling to be the first, and the people thought that the world of Zhongxing was coming, but it was expected that decades of achievements were almost ruined overnight. ”

Although Li Congjing's mouth responded, the action of serving the decoction was still not hurried or slow, which made Li Siyuan feel both helpless and relieved.

After taking care of Li Siyuan for a while, Li Congjing accompanied Empress Cao to talk for a while, and then left the palace to sit in the imperial city.

Now that the state affairs are tight, the imperial machine is running in an orderly manner, since Li Congjing is familiar with military and political affairs, he can outline everything and become more and more handy, as long as there are no major changes, he does not have to work hard all the time, and make himself like an old peasant.

As soon as Li Congjing went to Shangshutai for a cup of tea, the privy envoy An Chongzhu and the military department Shangshu Fei Gaozhang jointly came to see Li Congjing to discuss some matters related to the battlefields of Jianghuai and Chudi.

"Jianghuai is now in the midst of a decisive battle, and the supply of grain, medicine, and other materials to the front must be guaranteed to be uninterrupted, especially the replacement of damaged weapons and armor, and the replenishment of arrows and crossbows, all of which must be delivered quickly. Although the Jianghuai situation is likely to be completely settled because of this decisive battle, we must also consider the possibility that the decisive battle will last for a long time......"

Li Congjing sat cross-legged on the main seat, An Chongzhu and Fei Gaozhang knelt in front of him, the former said to the two, "Although grain and medicine are mainly mobilized from the four towns and eight states of Huaibei, but we must take into account the local bearing capacity, at present, the armor, arrows and other things of the imperial forbidden army are different from those of the feudal towns, and they can only be transported from Luoyang, and we must make reasonable use of the Huaibei River to speed up the transportation speed......"

An Chongzhi has served in the military for a long time, and Fei Gaozhang has worked with Li Congjing in Youzhou, even if the two of them can't play new tricks to greatly improve their efficiency, but at least they can ensure that nothing goes wrong, and Li Congjing is quite relieved.

An Chongzhu and Fei Gaozhang discussed with Li Congjing for a while on matters such as the recruitment of young men and young men, the conversion of conscription, etc., and soon left Shangshutai to do business, Li Congjing had several criteria for handling affairs, such as being concise and concise in discussing problems, prohibiting long speeches, formulating plans carefully and rigorously, considering multiple possibilities, and looking at the results without asking about the process when implementing them, etc., all of which made it possible for you to consult with your subordinates for a long time before coming to see Li Congjing, and to prepare the draft.

After An Chongzhu and Fei Gaozhang left, Li Congjing began to look through the recitals - Li Siyuan was recuperating, and he had done these things for the time being, and after half a ring, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and laughed.

"Someone." Li Congjing took the book and recruited subordinate officials.

"What does the prince command?" The subordinate officer hurriedly went to Li Congjing's side and stood still, bowing down to listen to the instructions.

Li Congjing turned his head to look, but saw that this subordinate official was Zhang Ziyun, and handed him the book, Li Congjing said: "Serving the imperial history Shen Xiwen folded a book, persuaded the court to stop the Quartet expedition, recuperate with the people, and subdue the world with benevolence and virtue, 'the military armor is prosperous, for the luck of the generals, the horse is released in Nanshan, and the country is also lucky', and also advises the palace to self-denial and revenge, and take Confucian etiquette as the weight of the society, 'The courtesy of the monarch and the minister is bad, then the world is more powerful in intelligence, so it ...... The society is all gone, and the people are almost wiped out...... which is really insightful! ”

Zhang Ziyun's face changed greatly when he heard this, and his eyes were full of resentment, "Right now, the king is fighting, such remarks disturb the morale of the army and bring disaster to the country and the people, this person should be killed!" ”

Li Congjing chuckled: "That's not necessary. Scholars are not guilty of words, let alone serving the imperial history. According to the palace, this person does have the heart to serve the country, but reading books has become a book bag, knowing the past but not the present, and knowing books but not things. When you take the fold to see him, you will say that the palace appreciates his literary brilliance and loyalty, since he has the Tang Dynasty Sheji in his heart, how can he not know what the Sheji is? Let him take him to the Jianghuai front line and hand it over to Mo Li. Scholars should know Jin Ge, so that they will not talk about the road to governing the country, and let the soldiers lead him to see what war is. ”

Zhang Ziyun's expression was grim, "Obey the prince's decree!" ”

After reviewing the recitals on the table, Li Congjing ordered people to glance at the hour, and then got up, "According to the hour, the envoys of Khitan and Bohai should arrive." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, an official came to report that the envoys of the Khitan and Bohai had arrived at the post house.

"Over the years, the Khitan and Bohai envoys have become more and more diligent, what are they going to do?" Zhang Ziyun asked behind Li Congjing.

"What else can be done?" Li Congjing didn't care, "It's just that I care about the war between my Tang Dynasty and Huainan." Order, tonight the East Palace will hold a banquet and summon the Khitan and Bohai envoys! ”

......

Changzhou.

This place in Changzhou is not as flat as words, even if there are occasional scattered hills, which are also like lines and ink, which can be ignored. The Yangtze River is in its north, the city is the closest place to the Yangtze River, about 40 miles, 70 or 80 miles away from the southeast of the city, is Taihu Lake, 30 miles away from the south of the city, is the Zhuhu Lake, and the west of the Zhuhu Lake is the Changtang Lake.

The Wu Yue sailor led by Qian Yuanqian stopped when he was thirty miles away from Changzhou City, because the ground was flat all the way, there were elite foot soldiers and horse soldiers on the shore to follow, at this time Qian Yuanqian ordered the scouts to go to various places near Changzhou, especially the woods and hills, to find out whether there were ambushes, and at the same time ordered the light boat to rush forward and go to Changzhou to contact.

Lu Jiang and Qian Yuanqian stood together, the former was very anxious to urge the latter to march, of course the latter did not agree, Lu Jiang was helpless, and asked to get off the ship to contact the counterinsurgency army of Wu State, Qian Yuanqian just reassured him many times, told him not to worry, and did not allow him to get off the ship.

From time to time, scouts reported that three or four thousand Wu troops had besieged Changzhou and were attacking the city, and the momentum was quite huge.

Qian Yuanqian smiled at Lu Jiang and said: "I never thought that your country would have soldiers and horses to attack Changzhou, according to such a momentum, I am afraid that I don't need the help of my Wu Yue army." ”

Lu Jiang pretended to be unhappy with a dark face and said: "Changzhou is in turmoil, how can Master Wang not cut down?" ”

Qian Yuanqian smiled and said nothing, but a slight coldness flashed in his eyes, in his opinion, the reason why Wu sent troops to attack Changzhou was nothing more than to let Wu's army also enter Changzhou City after the matter was accomplished.

Although Wu State cedes Changzhou to Wu Yue, it is a tacit matter for the two, but after all, what is written in the covenant is that "the king of Wu Yue is under the jurisdiction of the king", with these Wu troops, not to mention that Wu repented after the fact, but at least created conditions for Wu to garrison Changzhou - at that time, if Wu said that I will garrison Changzhou with you, you are in charge of civil affairs, and I still have the right to command, wouldn't it be troublesome?

Qian Yuanqian thought to himself: It seems that Wu Guo is not willing to cede Changzhou to me...... Hmph, I have 30,000 soldiers, how can you take the city?

From time to time, there were envoys from Wu who came, and it was Kuai Ao who "led the army to attack the city".

Seeing Qian Yuanqian on the boat, Kuai Ao saluted, greeted two sentences, and then went straight to the topic, "The thieves are guarding the city, the preparation is quite sufficient, the Qian Gong is here, the thieves don't know, they should attack the city urgently, and they can get their unexpected effect!" ”

Qian Yuanqian smiled kindly, not arrogant or impatient, "Don't worry, since you are here, I will definitely help you quell the chaos, but my army has traveled a long way, and I can't help but be tired, so I should rest for a while before attacking the city." ”

His scouts did not find out the situation within a radius of thirty or fifty miles outside the city of Changzhou, and made sure that there were no ambushes, so he would not rush in.

Kuai Ao persuaded two more sentences, and seeing Qian Yuanjun's resolute attitude, he had no choice but to give up.

Qian Yuanqian wanted to be sure that they were not cheating, so Kuai Ao naturally couldn't say anything.

He and Lu Jiang glanced at each other, and their eyes made contact, and the two sons and daughters who had been fighting together in the White Deer Cave Academy for a long time naturally knew what each other meant.

Qian Yuanqian made up his mind to rest for a while, so he set up wine and food on the boat and enjoyed it with Lu Jiang and Kuai Ao, and naturally he had to talk about various matters related to the attack on Changzhou.

After a short time, Qian Yuanqian heard a few sounds on the side of the boat, so he excused himself to go to the toilet, left the cabin, went outside, and turned to the stern.

Qian Hua was waiting at the stern of the boat, and beside Qian Hua, there was a stranger, but it was a messenger sent by Liu Jin.

"When the assassin was rescued from Qian Gong before, Qian Gong promised to lead his troops to help, since I waited outside the city, I was really looking forward to it, and now Qian Gong really came as promised, please quickly attack the thieves and relieve the siege of Changzhou!" Liu Jin's envoy was eager and excited, "Wait to repel the thieves, and assassinate Shi is willing to raise the city and vote for King Wu Yue!" ”

Qian Yuanqian was very determined, but he was not happy, and immediately asked about some situations in Changzhou.

In the cabin, Lu Jiang also pretended to be concerned about the war in Changzhou, and there was no flaw in his words and deeds.

But Lu Jiang and Kuai Ao both knew in their hearts what was going to happen next.

Even at this time, Qian Yuanqian went out of the cabin to meet the envoy of the "traitor" Liu Jin, and they all knew it.

Outside the city of Changzhou, there was naturally no ambush by the Wu army.

All this was just to dispel Qian Yuanjun's vigilance, so that the other party would not think it was fraudulent, and then attack Changzhou City with the Wu army. When the war continues for a few days, Qian Yuanqian is completely unguarded, and the Wu Yue soldiers are a little unprepared, and their ambush troops will advance eastward along the river, land in the north of Changzhou, and rush in to attack.

The key to the success or failure of this plan lies in being able to dispel Qian Yuanjun's vigilance!

Qian Yuanqian didn't stay long in the stern, and then asked people to take Liu Jin's envoy down.

After straightening his robe, Qian Yuanqian was full of ambition and whispered to Qian Hua: "In this case, there is indeed no trap in Changzhou, you and I can act with confidence." ”

Qian Hua pondered: "But you can't take it lightly, you must know that there are three or four thousand soldiers and horses." ”

Qian Yuanqian sneered: "I have 30,000 brave soldiers, and he only has three or four thousand soldiers and horses, so why worry!" ”

Qian Hua hurriedly said: "Don't take it lightly!" ”

Qian Yuanqian was impatient in his heart, but he still held back, "Don't worry." ”

Back in the cabin, Qian Yuanjun's smile was even worse, and he enjoyed himself with Lu Jiang and Kuai Ao.

After the scouts reported one after another, Qian Yuanqian determined that there were no ambushes outside Changzhou City, so he sent a large army to attack the outside of Changzhou City.

Wu Yue's soldiers landed one after another, lined up in front of the city, and then made preparations for the siege.

Lu Jiang was still kept by Qian Yuanjun, and only let Kuai Ao go back to the Wu army.

Before the siege, Qian Yuanqian rode his horse to the front of the battle and watched the city defense of Changzhou.

In front of the Changzhou City Tower, Liu Jin saw the appearance of Wu Yue's army, it was clear that he had joined forces with Kuai Ao and was preparing to attack the city, and he had no intention of coming to rescue Changzhou at all, so he couldn't help but "his face changed greatly" and "he was embarrassed and angry", and pointed at Qian Yuanjun's Da Yan on the city tower and scolded: "Qian's child, dare to bully me like this!" Qian's child, treachery has reached this point, and he can't die well! ”

Liu Jin yelled and scolded, and was angry.

Qian Yuanqian watched Liu Jingou jump off the wall in a hurry, only to feel that his heart was extremely happy, and he had a sense of accomplishment in playing with the world's characters in the applause, and the smile on his face was even more confident, and the eyes that looked at Changzhou City were no different from looking at his own things.

Qian Hua was ashamed, but Qian Yuanqian was not ashamed, "In the world of great contention, the way of conquest is self-interested, Liu Gong is so ungraceful!" ”

"Let him continue to scold like this, it is not good for the public's reputation, it is better to start the war quickly!" Qian Hua persuaded.

So Wu Yuejun and Wu Jun cooperated in the division of labor and attacked Changzhou City together.

Liu Jin drew his sword at the head of the city and shouted sadly: "Qian Yuanqian originally had an appointment with a certain person, saying that he would come to fight the thief with a certain person, but now he is treacherous, and he really insults me too much!" Ladies and gentlemen, now that you and I have no way out, dare to fight to the death with me! If there is a thief who can kill the thief of the money pond, the reward will be tripled! ”

The Wu army in Changzhou echoed loudly, and the fighting spirit was boiling.

When Qian Yuanqian heard this, his face changed greatly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Jin is so despicable, the matter has come to this point, he still resists stubbornly, and even insults me, it is really hateful, when the city is broken, it will be broken into pieces!" Then he ordered the army to storm on.

It's just that at this time, Qian Yuanqian completely forgot that it was he who was "negative" Liu Jin first.

......

After three days of fierce fighting, the city could not be captured.

For three days in a row, Liu Jin was insulted.

Qian Yuanqian was furious, dispatched troops, and intensified the siege.

Qian Hua admonished: "Just in case, the west and north of Changzhou, and the water division of the canal, must be strictly guarded, and the public will dispatch these troops to attack the city. ”

Qian Yuanqian said angrily: "Liu Thief insults Yu day and night, if this goes on like this, the officers and soldiers of the three armies will know that a certain person has rebelled, what will they think?" Must speed up the city! ”

Another day, but still failed to conquer the city.

Qian Yuanqian threw his sword and said angrily: "The thief of Changzhou, with thousands of soldiers and horses, how can it be so difficult to attack?!" ”

Qian Hua sighed: "Liu thief was humiliated first, and he was brave last, so the thieves in Changzhou are all working together, and it is difficult to attack the city!" ”

Kuai Ao suddenly came to ask to see him, and when he met, he questioned Qian Yuanjun, "Liu Thief spat and scolded day and night, saying that he had an alliance with Qian Gong, and Qian Gong had helped him rebel, and promised to lead the army to help, so that Changzhou would be in his pocket afterwards, but is there really such a thing?" ”

Qian Yuanqian was shocked: "Did he help him rebel?" ”

Qian Hua's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "This is a word to sow discord, Kuai Gong must not be trusted!" ”

Kuai Ao said suspiciously: "Is this really the case? He said solemnly: "Now that you and I are joining forces to attack the city, we hope to focus on the overall situation and the alliance between the two places...... Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the public besieged the city for several days, but failed to make any contributions, is it a concern? ”

Qian Yuanqian feigned anger and said, "Why did the public say this? Don't worry, within two days, Changzhou Bike! ”

Kuai Ao clenched his fists and retreated, "That's very good." ”

He had a very low posture in front of Qian Yuanqian before, but at this time, he used Qian Yuanqian to collude with Liu Jin, and suddenly his attitude became strong, and he reaped the effect that one plus one was greater than two.

After Kuai Ao came out of the account, Qian Yuanqian gritted his teeth and said: "Transfer all the troops and horses, and you must conquer the city tomorrow!" ”

Qian Hua said eagerly: "If this is the case, all departments will be on guard, but it will be empty!" ”

Qian Yuanqian said resolutely: "From ancient times to the present, success comes from decisiveness, failure comes from hesitation, I have 30,000 elite soldiers, why can't I attack with all my strength?" If Changzhou is not conquered for a long time, you and I are in the enemy territory, I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy! A long-term fierce war is tantamount to telling the truth, and afterwards, Wu Guo used the excuse that I colluded with Liu Jin and did not fulfill the covenant, so what can I do? ”

Qian Hua still wants to persuade again, "Qian Gong ......"

Qian Yuanqian said angrily: "The plan has been decided, don't say much!" ”

The next day, Qian Yuanqian attacked Changzhou with all his might.

......

Outside the city of Yangzhou, the camp of the Tang Army.

Mo Li read the Changzhou battle report, and couldn't help but slow down a little when he gently shook the folding fan, and said to himself: "It's strange and weird." ”

After Wang Pu read the battle report, he asked, "What's the blame?" ”

Mo Li was still in a calm tone, even if the matter might be extremely serious, he never had the slightest sign of self-confusion, "Changzhou Liu Jin, thousands of soldiers and horses, Wu Yue and Huainan joined forces, the strength is nearly ten times that of the enemy, why don't you resist for many days?" ”

Wang Pudao: "The military newspaper said that Qian Yuanqian played and humiliated Liu Jin first, and Liu Jin 'knew shame and then braved', and Changzhou soldiers and horses were able to kill the enemy with one heart and one mind." ”

Mo Li shook his head, "There is no truth in this. ”

Wang Pu was stunned, "What does the military advisor mean?" ”

Mo Li said: "Liu Jin, who is also a thief, gathers people to stand on their own feet, and surrenders to the enemy according to the soil, which is an unrighteous act. If there is external help, it may be able to fight, but now it is lost from external help, it is because it is isolated and helpless, and the morale of the army should be weakened, why can the combat power be enhanced? ”

Wang Pu understood, "What does the military advisor mean is that the soldiers of Changzhou should kill Liu Jin, or open the door and surrender?" ”

Mo Li nodded.

The two looked at each other and realized that there was probably another truth in the matter!

"Qian Yuanqian is in the bureau and is a fan of the authorities. In this way, Lu Jiang and Kuai Ao are not to be underestimated! Mo Li's eyes flashed, "Send a message to Qian Yuanqian quickly...... Hopefully, it's still too late! ”