Chapter 52 The Army Enters Luzhou (First Shift)
In March, when spring is good, everything recovers, birds sing and flowers are fragrant, the sky is clear, and the wind is smooth.
In the Li Mansion of Qimen, Li Congjing was setting up a hall to entertain the three of Weidao father and son, and the four of them sat around each other. The sun spreads on the ground, there is a lot of warmth, and there is water vapor in the hall, which is Dong Xiaowan making tea for everyone.
Li Congjing is wearing a green robe today, which covers up his killing aura very well, making people look a little softer, and the indescribable fit of the green robe is still made for him by Dong Xiaowan. Since Li Congjing opened his mansion in Qimen, Dong Xiaowan's affairs in the consul general's mansion, under her care, Li Congjing's quality of life has risen sharply, and there is a tendency to return to the ten-year period of hard study.
Wei Xingming said: "The day before yesterday, the general intercepted Li Jitao to send 100,000 yuan to Liang's army, which is a large amount. ”
Li Congjing responded with a smile: "King Jin doesn't ask for it, so this money can fall on my head, you and I have to thank Li Jitao in addition to Wang Jin." ”
Wei Daodao: "I heard that General Li Shaocheng originally captured an An Yi army, but he let him get lost on the way back?" ”
"There's such a thing, it's just a pawn, it's not worth mentioning." Li Congjing didn't care, the Guo surnamed An Yijun was just a team, and he didn't take it to heart.
The sun was a little dazzling, Li Congjing squinted his eyes slightly, and said to Wei Xingming and the others: "Qimen has been fortunate to have all of you in the past six months, and there have been a lot of improvements in all aspects, especially since Ziping was in charge of the internal affairs of the Hundred Battles Army, things in the camp are all in order. Today, I will replace wine with tea, and I salute you. ”
Wei Xingming said humbly: "I'm just waiting for the matter, why should the general be polite." If it weren't for the general's support, we would be just rural mountain people now, where can we work for the people of the world. ”
Xiao Wan poured tea for everyone, glanced at Li Congjing in the blink of an eye, and only heard Li Congjing say again: "Mr. Wei is worthy of being a true gentleman, and Congjing admires him." ”
Although there is no music of strings and bamboos in the hall, a few people meet friends with tea, but they talk very happily.
"General, Commander Peach is here." A servant of the house came to report it.
Wei Xingming and the three of them got up and said goodbye, "The general has official business to do, and it is inconvenient for me to disturb him, so I will leave." ”
Li Congjing got up and sent him to the door.
Wei Dao and the others walked on the front foot, and Tao Yao Yao entered the moon gate on the back foot, and the green dress in the spring in the courtyard seemed to be full of vitality, but when Li Congjing saw the other party's eyes that exuded laziness and seemed to have never woken up, he immediately denied the thoughts in his heart.
Without Li Congjing's greeting, Tao Yaoyao walked straight into the door under Xiao Wan's gaze, sat down at random where Li Congjing was sitting, took out a letter and threw it to Li Congjing, and said, "This is the latest information from the Military Intelligence Department." ”
Li Congjing took the letter, had to pick another seat to sit down, instructed Xiao Wan to hand Tao Yaoyao a bowl of tea, looked at Tao Yaoyao with long hair and scattered, and said, "Mo Li sent it?" ”
Xiao Wan glanced at Tao Yaoyao, her pink cheeks bulged, and she said angrily: "The tea is gone!" ”
For this thief who once and now took her to the cottage, Xiao Wan obviously lacks a good impression of Tao Yaoyao.
"I don't drink tea." Tao Xiaoxiao waved his hand and said lightly, "Just bring me a glass of water." ”
Xiao Wan snorted coldly and turned her head, pretending not to hear.
Tao Xiaoyao said to Li Congjing again: "The letter was not sent by Mo Li, he can't send the letter anymore." ”
"Oh?" Li Congjing raised his eyebrows slightly.
Tao Xiaoxiao said in a deep voice: "Zezhou has started a war!" ”
Li Congjing unfolded the letter and quickly skimmed through the content.
The letter wrote: Li Jitao led the An Yi army, united with the Liang army of Dong Zhang, Huaizhou, besieged the city of Zezhou, and launched the siege at the end of today......
After reading it, Li Congjing handed the letter to Xiao Wan and asked her to burn it, and then called the sharp soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army stationed in the mansion, took out another letter and handed it to him, and said: "This is the latest military information, send it to Weizhou quickly, 100,000 urgent, please make a decision from King Jin!" ”
The soldier took the letter, put it in a wooden box, sealed it with cinnabar, and then took the order.
Seeing that Li Congjing handled all this in an orderly manner, Tao Yaoyao said curiously: "When do you plan to send troops when the battle of Zezhou starts, and how are you going to act?" ”
Li Congjing walked up to Tao Yaoyao, took the tea bowl on the table in front of her, sat down and took a sip, and said slowly: "Don't worry, the order of the King of Jin to order the Hundred Battles Army to go out has not yet come down." After the king of Jin gave the order, he slowly tried to figure it out. ”
Tao Yaoyao rolled her eyes, suddenly remembered something, and said to Xiao Wan who was sitting on the side, "Little lady, where is my water?" ”
Xiao Wan glared at Tao Yaoyao back, and then got up to fill her with water.
When Xiao Wan went out, Tao Yaoyao said to Li Congjing seriously: "The maid in your house is not very sensible, and it is so slow to serve tea to guests, do you want me to find a few new ones for you in Qimen?" ”
Xiao Wan had already stepped out of the door with one foot, and at this time she withdrew it, turned around and made a menacing appearance, staring at Tao Xiaoyao with a light face viciously.
Li Congjing had a headache, waved his hand and asked Xiao Wan to hurry up, glanced at Tao Yaoyao angrily, and changed the topic: "Zezhou's city defense is strong, and it is no big deal to insist on three or five months, what am I anxious about?" ”
Tao Yaoyao reached out and rubbed her itchy scalp, her long hair was already scattered, and it was even more messy to give her such a rub, and she was about to kill Matt, "What the hell are you trying to do?" ”
"The soldier is treacherous, how can you take advantage of the idea of not fighting ghosts?" Li Congjing couldn't bear to look directly at Tao's hairstyle, hesitated for a moment, and still felt the need to remind one or two, "Commander Tao, you have long hair......"
"My long hair is messy like a bird's nest?" Tao Xiaoxiao immediately glared.
"......" Li Congjing looked at Tao Yao very seriously, and said in an extremely sincere tone: "It's so beautiful, really, I don't lie to you!" ”
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Three days later, Li Cunqiao ordered the Hundred Battles Army to go out of Qimen, and the military order to rescue Zezhou came to Li Congjing.
When Li Congjing received the military order, he was really moved by Li Cunqing's quick response. Li Cunmiao is about to be proclaimed emperor, and the matter of compiling etiquette can be described as a lot of red tape, which is much more torturous than that of newlywed men and women, and he can still reply to his report so quickly at this juncture, which can't help but make Li Congjing sigh at his diligence.
After the Jin king's dispatch was issued, Li Congjing immediately summoned the Hundred Battles Army, made a swearing-in meeting on the military camp and school, sacrificed and worshiped the flag, and then set out to fight.
There was an army of Anyi that was reorganized after being captured in Liangzi Mountain, Shenxian Mountain, two months ago, and now the 3,500 battle army is now the first to be a division with a full system, and the scene is grand, with a team of 3,500 people lined up in a long line, and the dust is flying and the earth is shaking when walking.
Li Congjing then ordered Li Shaocheng to lead a command of the cavalry to open the road in front, and after Meng San was broken, he separated the two commanders into two wings, and the other subordinates and auxiliary troops accompanied the Chinese army.
They also spread wide rangers, and along the way, there were sharp soldiers from the military intelligence department to answer them, leading the army to walk and camp at the predetermined place.
On that day, the army marched forty miles and encamped at dusk. The line must be prepared for war, and the camp must be strong. So the army dug up the earth and made moats, erected fences, erected gates, and put out horses to resist.
At night, the big tent of the Chinese army was lit up, and the lights were bright, Li Congjing summoned the generals, the scout heads, and the person in charge of the military intelligence department to inquire about today's march, and issued the task of tomorrow's march to everyone, and informed everyone of the location of the camp. Everything was stable, there were no accidents, and there was no word for a night.
If they marched for three days, they arrived in Luzhou, scouted and reported, and found Luzhou rangers in front.
Li Congjing called the scout head Sun Erniu, and ordered him to lead the team to open the way, where all the Anyi army rangers, hunt and kill one on the spot and not let go, Sun Erniu made a military order, gathered the troops to lead the order.
On the day of entering the territory of Luzhou, the army did not camp in the wilderness, but went straight to a small city, and when they arrived at the bottom of the city, the city gate remained open, and the town would have met at the city gate. When the generals saw that Luzhou Town would welcome the army into the city, they were all surprised, and they didn't know when the city would turn its back on Li Jitao and join Li Congjing, so they greatly admired Li Congjing.
Li Congjing ordered all the troops to enter the city, stationed in the city, and after the soldiers had settled down and had dinner, Li Congjing summoned the commanders of the army and the above generals, and scouted the head of the capital, Sun Erniu, and the person in charge of the military intelligence department, and temporarily settled in Li Congjing's house to discuss the army.
The military conference is in the main hall, the room is quite large, after temporary renovation and arrangement, the original tables and chairs in the room have been removed, and on the wall opposite the hall door hangs a detailed map of Huaizhou, Zezhou, and Luzhou drawn by the Military Intelligence Department, and there is only one general press in front of the map, and there are no other seats.
When the generals entered the door, they were surprised to find that in the center of the main hall, a huge sand table had been set up, and the terrain of Zelu and the location of the towns in the sand table were unobstructed.
After everyone arrived, Li Congjing came out of the inner door.
At this time, all the people who should be present at the military meeting have arrived, and Tao Yaoyao, as the head of the accompanying army of the Military Intelligence Department, and a team under his command is in attendance. In addition to Tao Xiaoyao in the hall, there is also a woman, this woman is in her prime, but she is wearing military uniform and leather armor, and she is petite and lovely, but she is the fifth girl who followed Tao Yao in Changhe City.
Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, whenever a large army goes out to fight in a certain place for a long time, the military family will accompany it. When Li Cunmiao went to the front line of the Yellow River, he not only often brought his concubine Liu, but also his son.
But when the Hundred Battles Army went out this time, Li Congjing strictly ordered not to bring a family member. Tao Yaoyao and the fifth girl, as personnel in the establishment of the Military Intelligence Department, belong to the combat sequence and are not in the category of family members. That's the case, Li Congjing also asked Tao Yaoyao and the fifth girl to wear military uniforms, and not to wear other clothes, let alone Shi Fandel.
After Li Congjing entered the hall, everyone saluted, and with the movements of everyone, the armor collided and made a sound of metal handover, showing the color of steel. There are more than a dozen oil lamps in the house, which illuminate the whole room very brightly, although there is still a gap between the bright and daytime, but everything has been seen clearly.
Li Congjing slightly hugged his fists, walked to the general and stood with his hands in his hands, everyone stood in two columns, waiting for Li Congjing's instructions, there was only the sound of things and no sound between every move, although there was no war in a room, but it was a solemn color.
Looking around at everyone and seeing the mental outlook of the generals, Li Congjing was very satisfied, and said: "This expedition to Zelu is intended to aid Zezhou, destroy Luzhou and capture the traitor Li Jitao. Today's march has reached this point, and it has entered the boundary of Luzhou. ”
"The rebel general Li Jitao led the An Yi army, and pseudo-Liang Huaizhou assassinated Shi Dong Zhang, a total of nearly 10,000 leading the army to besiege Zezhou, and the battle has lasted for seven days. Zezhou's defender Pei Yue gathered in the city to defend it, and he could be safed within ten months. Li Dong's coalition army was strong, and the morale of the new division was strong, and my 3,000 army suddenly rushed to Zezhou, even if it was to unite the defenders of Zezhou, and we did not dare to win lightly. In order to win this expedition, the method of conquest has to be carefully considered, and you come with me. ”
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Thank you for the support of the people under the Tianshan Mountain!