Everyone followed the sound and looked ahead. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Si Kuang also looked over, but he couldn't see anything, it was all trees, not only were the trees tall, but the branches and leaves were quite luxuriant, and there were only sparse mottled spots on the ground where the sunlight poured in from between the leaves.

The head of the capital shouted: "Military law, those who retreat before the battle will be killed!" Stabilize the formation, don't panic, if you run on the battle formation, you will die faster! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion, and a black shadow of a horse appeared in the forest, and the horse's hooves were silent when they stepped on the weeds and accumulated leaves. Si Kuang's eyes widened, and even his breathing almost stopped, and everyone was also very nervous.

The advance of the Southwest Battalion fought a battle in Lizhou, and the experience of Si Kuang and others in that battle was: they heard the sound of thunder from afar, and then they heard that Lizhou was occupied!

In fact, the soldiers present have basically never fought except for the generals above the capital head!

The shadows of the centaurs were getting closer and closer, and they were speeding between the trees. There are also horses in the Shu Kingdom, and they are especially adapted to the mountains and forests!

The head of the capital shouted, "Steady! Listen to military orders! ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of "pop pop ......", and the row of crossbowmen in front of them released arrows one after another! Arrows whizzed in the forest, and many crossbow bolts were inserted into the trunks of trees.

"Mother's ......" There was a loud scolding in front of him.

Immediately after that, there were cries and shouts in the woods, and the horses rushed towards them! Everyone can't understand the dialect of Shu Kingdom, the accent here is particularly difficult to understand, and the pronunciation is different!

A drum sounded, the military flag in front of him waved, and the military general shouted: "Change!" ”

The crossbowmen in the first row of Pontus were changed to the third row, and then they hurriedly drew the crossbow and wound it, and Si Kuang saw the man on the side, sitting on the ground with a fart, staring at the crossbow body with his feet, and pulling the string several times without pulling it open, and the guy's hands were shaking.

The fierce horsemen had already rushed under their noses, and the row that had just changed to the front did not wait for the order to release their crossbows, and for a time people turned on their backs, screaming and neighing in the forest.

The rest of the horsemen galloped in. Si Kuang heard Du Tou shouting: "Draw your sword, kill!" ”

After a while, a loud clanging sound and the screams of people were heard, and the front was in a fight, and the queue of the Tang army was suddenly chaotic. There was a group of men and horses behind him who immediately picked up their spears and lined up.

Si Kuang held a single knife in his hand, and was squeezed in the middle by the chaotic soldiers, and there was a mess around him who didn't know what to do.

At this time, I saw a large number of infantry roaring and running towards this side, holding swords, guns and clubs in their hands, and some of them were actually wearing hair like savages! Don't swoop in on it!

The rebellious soldiers of the Tang army were very stupid, and they fought for a while with their armor, and then they were killed in all directions. Then the 100-person gun array behind was also chaotic, and everyone dispersed in a hurry. There are still people - shouting: "Run, run......"

Si Kuang didn't understand what was going on, so he followed everyone and ran, running and running, he suddenly saw a lot of people running towards the Jialing River, most of these northern soldiers don't know water, and they can't do water, and no one can swim with a four-piece iron armor of at least more than 30 catties.

Seeing this, he hurried north, and ran into the woods. As he ran, he heard someone say, "Throw away your weapon and run!" He looked back and saw that there were weapons everywhere, even muskets.

Si Kuang gasped for breath, his mind blank.

...

There are almost no village houses behind the mountain forest, and at this time, thousands of Tang army soldiers came out of the forest, and the scene was strange. People are running around in a mess, the soldiers can't find the generals, the generals can't find the soldiers, and sometimes the crowd is mixed with a few enemies just now, and everyone cuts and continues to run.

The mountains on both sides are undulating, and after running for a while, I saw that there was a river beach in front of me that was relatively open, but there were many camps, and I didn't know friends and enemies.

In the wilderness, the beach is even more noisy. The camps are lined up, and the arrow towers are towering.

After the enemy cavalry chased out of the mountains and forests, they did not rush over.

At this moment, the forest where the Shu army was located suddenly rushed in, and the trees with thick bowls were broken one after another under this impact, and the broken branches flew all over the sky, and the violent explosion on the other side shook the heavens and the earth, and the countless birds flew around in the sky......

The attack point of the artillery is very accurate, and more than a dozen pounds of shells smashed into the dense Shuzhong group like eyes, and a cannon fell, flying flesh flew sideways, and the screams echoed endlessly in the deep forest.

After several rounds of artillery bombardment, countless Tang troops brandished weapons and slaughtered from all directions, and the Tang warships on the Jialing River farther forward quickly and penetrated directly into the flank of the Shu army.

The battlefield was full of people and horses, shouts and shouts, and people everywhere. The land here is moist, the vegetation is good, and countless people rush together, but there is no dust; However, the air was filled with the smell of burnt hu after the stone cannon bombing, which was a nightmare for the Shu army, but it was the best rejuvenator for the Tang army......

Behind the Tang soldiers, some people actually sang all kinds of trumpets, stirring songs, screaming and fearful shouts, and the scene on the battlefield was very weird!

The infantry of the Tang Army pursued to the foot of the mountain, and at this time, all the men and horses attacked by the Shu army collapsed and ran into the woods.

The Tang Army heralds with red flags on their backs rode over, and shouted loudly to the commanders everywhere while running on horseback: "The Chinese army order, stop the pursuit, and prohibit entering the forest!" ”

…… The Tang army camp is cheering everywhere, and it is very lively!

The civil and military generals around Cao Bin were congratulating, and Lu Duan said with a smile: "General Cao is worthy of being appointed by the emperor!" A group of new pawns, who took hoes a few months ago, can defeat the main reinforcements of Shu when they pick up weapons today, and the old man admires them so much! ”

Pan Mei politely arched her hand and said: "This is also the ordnance elf given by the emperor, and it is also thanks to the good scheduling of grain and grass by Lu Envoy, and I will not dare to take credit." In fact, it is still the emperor who knows people and is good at fighting, talking about logistics in the insider, and boasting about tactics in the layman, the emperor can transfer Lu Zhijun in time, and he dares to be defeated. ”

The two of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

The staff of the First Emperor patted his ass and said: "Cao Dashuai sent people into the forest in advance, it turned out to be a plan to lure the enemy!" ”

Cao Bin was noncommittal.

At this moment, a group of generals in front of them entered the account, and they quarreled, and someone patted their chests and said loudly: "If the Chinese army doesn't tell us to retreat, we have to take advantage of the victory to fight to Langzhou!" ”

Another humanitarian: "Don't say that you will hit it, break through this mountain, and camp behind the mountain to approach Langzhou......"

Cao Bin was not angry with the complaints of the generals, but said: "It is reported that the Shu army has sent additional reinforcements in Langzhou, the mountains and forests in front are dense, and our army has not yet controlled the situation in Shuzhong, and it is taboo for soldiers to venture into the enemy!" ”

The staff immediately chimed in: "Cao Gong is reasonable! ”

The generals were noisy for a while, and they were stunned.

Lu Duan said: "This battle is a great victory, and Cao Gong can repair the book to report the victory." ”

Pan Mei's gaze swept over the civilian officials behind her, and said: "I will report it truthfully, this great victory, but it has not been able to make substantial progress, and the vitality of Shu has not been injured." First, because our army was fighting with guest soldiers, and second, when we went to the southwest, the miasma became more and more serious, and there were more and more sick people in the army. ”

Lu Duan frowned and worried: "The miasma is really difficult to handle, the old man brought a lot of medicinal materials to the healing camp, but with little effect." ”

…… The people of the Central Plains are indeed very afraid of the miasma in the south, and if they do not do it well, it will cause a plague.

In the past, during the Han and Tang dynasties, the south was under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but the last thing officials wanted was to be officials in Shu and Nanyue, which were regarded as falling out of favor and exiled...... Because many people came to be officials and died of miasma!

Soon, the imperial doctor sent by Taichang Temple arrived, but in the face of miasma, they only had to spread their hands, which made Cao Bin very worried.

Under the arrangement of the imperial physician and the military langzhong, everyone divided the sick people into camps and lived for treatment. In addition to copying medical books, the treatment methods based on them also brought in local doctors to treat them with herbs, some of which could be cured, and some of which were under the supervision of the disease.

After Si Kuang escaped from the forest, he fell ill. That night, he was covered in cold sweat and was immediately sent to the wounded barracks to live. The Kaifeng command was in the worst condition, being routed in the woods, killing and wounding hundreds of people, and some people fell ill one after another, and the entire command basically lost its combat effectiveness.

Si Kuang was lying in a makeshift grass hut, surrounded by the smell of realgar smoke, black smoke and miasma, and he could hear the sound of vomiting and moaning, and his mood was very bad.

He didn't expect the war to be like this...... It is completely different from what is written in the poem, "If you don't break Loulan, you won't return it", "Why don't men take Wu hooks" and so on, it's not so poetic at all! What happened to Si Kuang after he set out on the expedition: walked on foot, walked all the time, and walked thousands of miles of his mother! Then he heard that Lizhou had been captured, so he came over again, and then led people to dig trenches and set up a village in the wilderness...... As soon as they marched in formation, they didn't even see the appearance of the enemy soldiers too clearly, so they ran back in embarrassment.

Then he fell ill and was sent to this place to lie down.

Tang Jun fell ill a lot of people, and the reason why he did not withdraw from the army was that under the treatment of the imperial doctor Langzhong and the local local doctors, some people continued to recover. It is said to be a miasma, but it can still be cured anyway, although there are not many cures, but at least there is hope.

But Si Kuang has not improved. He lay on a broken bed every day, and no one came to see him...... Soldiers who were familiar with them were forbidden to enter the healing camp. Si Kuang felt that his body was getting worse and worse, his whole body was weak, and he had a little difficulty getting up, he had to think wildly, would he die of illness in this place?

After all, he is a scholar, and Si Kuang is now a little questioning whether he has entered the wrong profession and is not suitable for martial arts at all...... But I can't get into the Jinshi in literature. It's really a literal and unsuccessful!

Now he could only wait for death in depression, and his despair deepened little by little.

The Tang army advanced slowly, almost stopped the offensive, and did not hear of any movement of the Shu army after the last battle. After a few days, Si Kuang was not well, and was pulled out of the camp with an ox cart and sent to Lizhou, and there were many people who were sent away by the people with him.

...

The northwest is easy to dry and windy, and the skin of the people in the Central Plains is folded, as if they have grown a few years old in the blink of an eye.

The privy deputy hurriedly walked to the door of the study, and Lu Fei stopped talking with Lu Guangxiao and beckoned Pan Mei in. Pan Mei bowed her hand and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Cao Bin has news here." The Tang army made good fortunes north of Langzhou, but the situation did not seem to be going well. ”

Lu Fei said: "I read Pan Mei's report before, as long as he takes Langzhou and destroys Shu, it will be just around the corner, he can't capture Langzhou?" ”

Pan Mei said: "The minister thinks it is difficult. Since the confrontation between the Tang army and the Shu army, it has turned from offensive to defensive, and the attack of the Shu army has been regarded as a victory, and the progress has been extremely slow. The mountains and forests in the southwest are crisscrossed, there are many miasma, there are many sick people in our army, and the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced! The minister guessed that Pan Mei might be considering retiring from the army! ”

Lu Fei's brows furrowed, and he said after a while: "Send a decree back to Bianliang, and ask Taichang Temple to send someone to help solve the problem of the disease." ”

Pan Mei hugged her fists and said, "Huh." ”

Lu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Let Kou Zhun who stayed in Beijing also go!" "Kou Zhun also knows a lot about Shu.

Pan Mei couldn't help but say: "Cao Bin has no achievements to praise, and judging from the current performance of attacking Shu, it is also mediocre. The imperial court spent so much money, armor, weapons, and grain were all sufficient, and he had as many as 100,000 soldiers under his command...... What the imperial court is most afraid of is that the war will drag on for too long. ”

Lu Fei said: "Although Cao Bin has a lot of soldiers, we have to consider that he is not a veteran of the battle array, raising soldiers for a thousand days, and using them for a while, only a few days to raise soldiers, let them go to the front line, I can still trust Cao Bin." ”

Pan Mei sighed: "Shu is a weak country, and the monarch is ...... dim"

Lu Fei said without hesitation: "Cao Bin hasn't given up yet, and let him think of ideas, the reins can't be tightened too tightly." ”

Pan Mei noticed Lu Fei's attitude and tone, so she didn't say anything more...... That Cao Bin is a talent personally selected by Lu Fei, and when he really fails, Lu Fei is unwilling to admit that he has lost his eyes.

Speaking of this, there was a slight silence among the three monarchs and ministers in the study.

Lu Fei stretched out his hand and rubbed it on his forehead a few times, and a kind of exhaustion welled up in his heart...... Thinking about it, he didn't do much every day, but if everything didn't go well, his mood would affect him.

Lu Fei pretended to be calm and said: "You all perform your duties, don't be too anxious." ”

Pan Mei and the others bowed down and said, "The ministers must follow the teachings. ”

Lu Fei listened and waved his hand silently.

The two clasped their fists and said, "The ministers will retire." ”

Lu Fei took a deep breath, and only then did he realize that he was a little careless after sitting on the throne, and the tolerance rate for many things was still not high.

He suppressed his anxiety and irritability in his heart, got up and walked out of the study.

Lu Fei, under the guidance of the eunuch Wang Fang, walked through a corridor and went to see Tuoba Agarwood.

Tuoba Agarwood was sitting in the old house in a daze, and when he saw Lu Fei coming in, he looked at him vigilantly, and he didn't get up, and there was almost no etiquette. Lu Fei didn't care, and asked kindly, "Is Concubine Jin feeling better these days?" ”

Tuoba Agarwood was a lot haggard, and she said in a low voice: "I shouldn't have agreed to escape with Black Eagle by temperament...... I thought it was just a trivial matter, and even if I was caught, no one would be able to do anything to me. ”

She said and her voice was a little choked: "If I were sensible, the Yeli family would not ......"

Lu Fei said: "It is understandable that Concubine Jin suddenly came to a place where she is unfamiliar with her life. We Han people have a saying, it is called knowing mistakes and correcting mistakes, and the goodness is also good. ”

Tuoba Agarwood was a little surprised when he heard this, and looked up at Lu Fei: "You are so vicious to Black Eagle, why are you so lenient with me?" If I don't say yes to Black Hawk, nothing will happen! ”

Lu Fei was noncommittal, and said: "Tomorrow, the party will send off relatives, and Concubine Jin and I will go to see them off together." ”

Tuoba Agarwood said: "You still want to keep me here?" ”

Lu Fei said: "I married the Tuoba family, not the Yeli clan, and I will not forget my identity because of this little thing." ”

…… Lingzhou, the monarch and the civil and military feast.

During the banquet, the ministers pushed the cup and changed the lamp, so unhappy, one by one praised Lu Fei, the Tang Emperor's western tour not only pacified the border towns, but also reached a formal party and the Tang Dynasty harmony, some people think that this move can protect the border for ten years without war.

Lu Fei sat there, noncommittal, he didn't say anything, but he gave people a confident momentum and everything was under control.

In fact, Lu Fei was also very pleasantly surprised at this time, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, and only then did he speak: "Lu Guangxiao has gone south and west several times, and he has made a great contribution to opening the border for the Tang Dynasty with his three-inch tongue. ”

There was no objection to this.

At this moment, a civil official walked in and arched his hand: "Report to the emperor, the ministers have just received an urgent report from Bianjing." ”

"Bring it up." Lu Feidao.

Wang Fang, who was standing on the side, walked down, took the letter from the civil official, and sent it to Lu Fei. Lu Fei unfolded it, and immediately raised his head and said calmly: "Pan Mei captured Langzhou." ”

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this, and they were happy to congratulate. Lu Fei read it again, handed the report to Wang Fang, raised his head slightly, and motioned for him to let the ministers pass on it.

Lu Fei felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, but just as he didn't want to show it when he missed, he didn't show ecstasy when he was ecstatic. The ancients paid attention to joy and deeds, and Lu Fei couldn't do it, but try not to exaggerate too much in public, so that it looks more calm and calm, as if everything is under control!

The military report said that the miasma was getting weaker and weaker in the army, thanks to the emperor's strategizing and sending Kou Zhun to help, Cao Bin was able to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Shu army under the city of Langzhou, won a complete victory, and immediately broke through Langzhou!

Pan Mei said loudly: "As soon as Langzhou is broken, Shu has no danger to defend, and the Tang Army has captured Shu like a bag!" The emperor will dominate the rivers and mountains, and the great cause of creating a prosperous world is not far away! ”

The princes echoed one after another, singing the praises of virtue.

Lu Fei said in public: "I didn't look at the wrong person, Cao Bin didn't disappoint me. ”

All the ministers bowed together and said, "The emperor is wise." ”

Lu Fei was excited at this time, and couldn't help but stand up from his seat, paced to the window with his hands behind his back, and looked calm and satisfied.

The sun was shining outside the lobby, and the weather was very sunny today. Lu Fei looked up and saw white clouds floating in the blue sky, and a few birds of unknown breed soaring in the air, only to see the shadows of their wings fanning under the vast canopy.

Although all the preparations for hard work were bumpy, they were smooth after all, and Lu Fei faintly felt that he was getting closer and closer to something, and he was cautiously approaching.

...

"Knock, knock......" The slow and heavy drum beat sounded outside the Lingzhou Mansion.

A row of brightly clad soldiers puffed out their cheeks and sounded their horns vigorously to the east. The red sun was rising over the green-yellow grasslands outside the city, as if it were rising at the sound of a trumpet, and the wind was galloping through the air. The sun is rising, everything is called energetic, as if praising a new beginning!

People dressed in various clothes lined up in two rows and walked inside, including civil officials wearing round-necked robes and black gauze hats, military generals wearing military uniforms and armor, and people of various ethnic groups with strange hair and clothes. It's like a hodgepodge of civilizations, and they can accept each other, and they get used to it after seeing too much.

The people followed the course of the people who entered in front of them, consciously unloaded their weapons first, stood there with their arms outstretched, waited for the eunuch to search up and down, and then turned and crossed the threshold.

In the lobby of the government office, the "chattering" speech was noisy, and many people couldn't understand what they said. On the front wall hangs a plaque with four large Chinese characters written on it: Mirror hangs high. The two public seats below sit there flatly, empty.

…… On the main street of the city, a mighty team of men and horses was coming, and many cavalry were guarding a cart decorated with yellow silk.

Tuoba Agarwood was in this four-car car, and Lu Fei sat opposite her, not saying a word along the way, very cold to Lu Fei. She still wore clothes brought from home, a dress with tight lapels that were as colorful as the sun, a fur hat on her head, a rounded roof, and very few jewelry on her hair ornaments, but gold and silver ornaments on her ears, neck, arms, etc.

The skirt that is tighter and narrower than Hanfu can make Tuoba Agarwood's concave and convex figure stand out. Lu Fei's gaze casually swept over her hips and legs where she was sitting. Tuoba Agarwood saw it in his eyes, pursed his lips, and looked at him with round eyes.

Lu Fei sighed quietly, and said earnestly: "Concubine Jin, don't be too willful. ”

"What is willfulness?" Tuoba Agarwood finally spoke.

Lu Fei said: "What you just did when you arrived in Lingzhou, the death of two people is small, if you provoke a border war and let tens of millions of people die, this is willfulness." ”

Tuoba Agarwood pursed her lips and was speechless. Her expression was a little gloomy, she really regretted it, she didn't expect the consequences to be so serious!

But she still refused to admit defeat and said: "The emperor always scares me." ”

Lu Fei pondered for a moment, and then said, "Scaring you? In front of the world, all my words and deeds are exemplary in the world, even if I pretend, I have to pretend to the end, remember one sentence: you have no jokes! ”

At this time, the carriage stopped, and a person outside said: "Your Majesty, we have arrived at the place, please ask the emperor and Concubine Jin to move." ”

Lu Fei got out of the carriage first, and then turned back and stretched out his hand to Tuoba Agarwood, Tuoba Agarwood remembered what he had just said, and reluctantly put his hand in his palm and helped him walk down from the carriage...... Lu Fei's hands are really rough, but they are very steady and powerful.

She thought of the black eagle who was killed by Lu Fei again, and she felt an inexplicable sadness and entanglement in her heart...... Uncle Toshihide Nori grew up watching her, and Black Hawk is as familiar as his family. But what Lu Fei said is not unreasonable, it is just a trick with no other choice; She couldn't harm the Black Hawk and the whole tribe......

The two walked into the lobby surrounded by eunuch attendants, and the people behind them immediately stopped.

Lu Fei walked in front, Tuoba Agarwood was behind, she and Lu Fei kept an appropriate distance, and walked slowly to the front amid the sound of drums.

The leaders of the tribes on both sides bent down and gathered their eyes.

Tuoba Agarwood was a little nervous...... In the party, although she is a person of noble origin, she is insignificant in front of the leaders of all ethnic groups today, and she does not have the ability to accept everyone's heavy gifts in public;

But at this time, his identity is the imperial concubine, so it is different.