(2nd Update)

At the beginning of June, Li Congjing went to Shouchun. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to Li Siyuan's meaning, the battle of Jianghuai began with Li Congjing leading the troops to cross the Huai, and now the fourteen states of Jianghuai have been decided, and the imperial court does not need to send another envoy to comfort them, so Li Congjing will do the finishing work, and as the crown prince, he will comfort the fourteen states of Jianghuai, appoint officials from each state and county, and set the status of Jianghuai as subordinate to the Tang Dynasty from then on.

Li Congjing naturally has no opinion on this, the left and right are just one more trip, and because the Wu State has not been destroyed, the Tang army's garrison in Jianghuai has yet to be deployed, and Li Congjing also needs to set the tone.

When he arrived in Shouzhou, Shouchun was still undefeated, and Gao Shensi was still supervising the battle in the city.

After a year of fierce battles, Shouchun has been unrecognizable, the mountains outside the city are dense, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the camp fence is everywhere. The reason why Shouchun has not yet been conquered is of course because Gao Shen thinks about the hearts of Shouchun and is good at defending the city, on the other hand, the army of the four towns and eight states has long been tired, and the siege battle in the second half of the year is almost besieged but not attacked.

On that day, the weather was clear, the wind was smooth, and the sun was shining, Li Congjing rode a horse to the outside of Shouchun City, and ordered the soldiers to set up a wooden table with up to 300 steps outside the city, five rows of wooden tables in front and back, and put wine, meat, and rice on the table, and then the army retreated back 500 steps away, and then placed two desks in front of the banquet, and ordered Meng Songbai to shout to the city, asking Gao Shensi to go out of the city for a meeting.

Shouchun was exhausted, and the soldiers with vegetables on the top of the city looked at the spectacular banquet outside the city, and their jerky throats couldn't help but squirm up and down, but no one moved. From time to time, the city gate was opened, and Gao Shensi rode alone and came out of the city.

The sky is high and the clouds are wide, the wilderness is far away, and next to the two cases, Li Congjing, who is dressed in a black prince's dragon robe, stands upright. Gao Shensi got off the horse, took two steps closer, and hugged his fist at Li Congjing: "Gao Shensi has seen the prince." ”

Li Congjing clenched his fists slightly, smiling gently, "General Gao, please." ”

After a year of fierce battles, Gao Shensi has lost his original grace, the whole person has lost more than a circle, his hair is fluffy and yellow, his cheekbones are prominent, and he has a bit of skin and bones.

The two sat opposite each other, Meng Songbai poured wine for Gao Shensi, and Li Congjing had no nonsense, raised his glass and said, "General Gao, please." ”

Gao Shensi was not polite, tilted his neck, drank all the wine in the cup, and was full of pride.

At the second cup, Gao Shensi stopped drinking, put his hands on his knees, and sat upright to look at Li Congjing, "Wine is good wine and meat is good meat, but there are thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people in the city who can't enjoy it. ”

Li Congjing put down his wine glass, he didn't mind, and his smile was sincere, "General Gao's style is noble, and the palace admires it." ”

Gao Shen Si's body was like a pine and cypress, his face was like a green mountain, he glanced left and right at the messy battlefield outside the city, his eyes finally swept over the three-hundred-step banquet, and he sighed: "The fourteen states of Jianghuai, the great rivers and mountains, are now in the hands of the king, and the Tang Dynasty armor soldiers are prosperous, which is really the only one to see in a certain life." I have heard that Your Majesty and the prince are diligent in political affairs and neglect pleasures, and the Tang Dynasty has the appearance of today, and no one has deceived me when I know it. In the land of Shouchun projectiles, if the prince wants to take it at this time, but between the backhands, why do you put down such a battle? ”

Li Congjing looked at Gao Xiansi with a frank gaze, "Shouchun can indeed be taken by force, but this palace has no intention of letting the two soldiers bleed in vain, what does the general think?" ”

Gao Shensi was silently speechless.

Li Congjing said: "This palace knows that the general is loyal, Shouchun is a lonely city, there is no rescue outside, and the general has to defend for a year, this situation is enough to repay the favor, but what is the crime of the people?" ”

Gao Shensi raised his head to the sky, but when he saw the blue sky and clouds, he said: "In his position, he is planning his own affairs, how can Gao Shensi dare to have other thoughts?" ”

Li Congjing looked behind Gao Xiansi, although Shouchun City was no longer as intact as it was today, and even some of it was broken, but the soldiers and pawns at the head of the city were all straight, and he felt something, "Since the army besieged Shouchun, the general has fought hard day and night, and he has been able to defend the city without losing, and he is already a rare good general in the world, and on Chinese New Year's Eve last year, the general led the army out of the city to attack our camp at night, pulled out three camps, defeated thousands of troops, and almost caused our army to collapse, which shows the great talent of the general." ”

Gao Xiansi shook his head, his tone was vicissitudes of life and a little helpless, "The Tang army camp is tightly defended, although a certain has succeeded for a while, it can't break the overall situation, and in the end it can only retreat into the city again, how can it be worthy of the prince's praise?" ”

"The general is too modest." Li Congjing said, and suddenly asked: "I heard that last night, Gongzi secretly crossed the city wall and wanted to enter my camp, but in the end he was held by the garrison military academy, is there such a thing?" ”

The muscles on Gao Shensi's face moved, and a trace of grief flashed in his eyes, "This is indeed the case." ”

Li Congjing said: "The son escaped out of the city at night, presumably to come to see me and seek relief from the family disaster. ”

Gao Shensi's eyes were gloomy and speechless.

Li Congjing asked, "I don't know what the general intends to do with Gongzi?" ”

Gao Xiansi raised his head slightly, covered the sadness in his eyes, and slowly spit out a word: "Chop!" ”

Li Congjing was surprised and said, "Why is this so? ”

Gao Xiansi's voice trembled slightly, "Cut my son at the waist, of course I can't bear it, but if I don't cut this son, how can I face the bloody battle of Shouchun Shimin for a year?" ”

The words are loud and sound, which is both impassioned and full of grief and desolation.

Li Congjing shook his head and said categorically: "The general is wrong!" ”

Gao Xiansi looked at Li Congjing, "How did it go wrong?" ”

Li Congjing said: "The fourteen states of Jianghuai are all in my hands, how can you stay out of the matter in the land of Shouchun projectiles?" The general beheaded the prince today, so that the people fought to the death, and the next day will only increase the casualties, is this the way to love the people? ”

Gao Shensi lowered his head, his eyes fell on the desk, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Li Congjing stood up and bowed deeply to Gao Shensi, "This palace invites the general to surrender!" ”

Gao Shensi didn't dare to accept Li Congjing's big gift, so he hurriedly got up, and said in a complicated voice: "How dare Prince Lao be like this?" ”

Li Congjing saluted and said seriously: "The general is a national soldier, if you surrender to me, I will treat him as a national soldier!" ”

Hearing this, Gao Shensi's heart surged, and he said with tears: "Prince Meng thinks so highly of him, he is grateful and ashamed. The prince is benevolent and righteous, and he should not refuse, but tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Shouchun ......"

Li Congjing said: "General rest assured, Shouchun descends to me, I am the people of the Tang Dynasty, and I will treat them equally." As long as the Shouchun defenders open the door and surrender, they can all enter the table after disarming, and have a good time drinking with my Tang soldiers! ”

Gao Shensi burst into tears, his hands trembled lightly, and he bowed to the ground, "The prince has a broad mind, and he has only seen it in his life. Gao Shen Si is willing to descend to the prince, and Shouchun is willing to descend to the Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Congjing hurriedly helped Gao Shensi up, and was heartbroken, "Okay! Good! Today's general is really a blessing for this palace! In the coming day, there will be a general guarding the country for my Tang Dynasty, who dares to look sideways? ”

Gao Shensi was moved, "How can he think about it, it is worthy of the prince's high esteem?" ”

"Of course the general is worth it!" Li Congjing laughed, then turned around and waved his hand, "Order: The army retreats five hundred steps back to welcome the surrender of the Shouchun army, and then the three armies have a banquet!" He looked back at Gao Shensi, "Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times." Today, this palace and the general will work together to get drunk on this battlefield! ”

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Gao Xiansi knew in his heart that Shouchun was no longer defensible, and it was easy for Li Congjing to take Shouchun City now. That being the case, Li Congjing set up a banquet outside the city today and invited him to go out of the city for a while, who could he ask for? It's nothing more than that he thinks about this person.

If the Tang army broke through Shouchun City in a strong battle, even if Gao Xian thought about it and did not judge himself afterwards, with his deeds of blocking the Tang army for a year and leaving 30,000 Tang troops stranded here, even if Li Congjing was willing to use him, he would definitely not be tolerated by the Tang officials. Now that the city is being offered on its own initiative, the situation is completely different.

And today, Li Congjing held a banquet outside the city, conspired with Shouchun Shimin to get drunk, so he abandoned his previous suspicions, did not investigate Shouchun Shimin's responsibility for resisting Wang Shimin, and could still treat him with kindness, which made Gao Xiansi enough to explain to Shouchun.

Li Congjing can think for Gao Shen to this point, how can Gao Shen Si not be grateful?

Li Congjing doesn't hate all the troubles he caused to the Tang Army, and he can still have such a mind today, even if Gao Shensi is a stone heart, it also warms Li Congjing.

Since ancient times, women are pleasing to themselves, and scholars are confidants to die, with Li Congjing's actions today, even if Li Congjing does not treat him as a national soldier in the future, Gao Xiansi is bound to repay him with a national soldier!

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The banquet outside the city of Shouchun was grand, and the soldiers of the three armies regained their hearts, each of them had attacked for their masters, and since then they have been given the surname Li Tang.

The feast lasted until night, and bonfires were everywhere outside the city, and the soldiers after the battle were dissolved, and the pressure was tilted, and in its place was a sense of relaxation.

Li Congjing didn't drink much, although Gao Xiansi was a fierce general, the amount of alcohol was surprisingly poor, and he was already drunk and unconscious. At this time, he stood on the corner tower, looked at Shouchun City under the starry sky, and looked at the soldiers in front of Shouchun City.

Meng Songbai's guards were behind Li Congjing, like a stone statue, not leaving an inch, not only that, but the armor soldiers of the guard capital were also gathered not far from the corner tower, which was enough to deal with all sudden situations. As the commander of Li Congjing's guards, Meng Songbai has always been leaky in the matter of guards.

Li Congjing suddenly turned around and said to Meng Songbai: "The country is thousands of miles, the princes are everywhere, and the Tang Dynasty is bound to conquer one by one in the future, do you have the heart to make contributions on the battlefield?" ”

Meng Songbai's heart moved, knowing that Li Congjing was going to let him lead the troops, he had followed Li Congjing for many years, and his own military literacy had already surpassed that of ordinary generals, and as Li Congjing's cronies, once he led the troops, he was bound to be reused, so he held back his excitement and hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to fight the world for the prince!" ”

Li Congjing smiled, "The world is not mine alone, it belongs to all Tang people, you have to fight for the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Yes!" Meng Songbai remembered the teachings.

Li Congjing looked at Shouchun City again, and the lights were dim there.

The battle of Jianghuai began with Shouchun, and now it also ends with Shouchun, and this full stop drawn by Li Congjing himself can be called a success.