Chapter 27 The Siege of the Hundred Battles

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In the afternoon, Mengzhou City Tower.

The sun was shining, and the walls were covered in gold.

Today's Li Congjing changed his armor and put on a green shirt, and now he put a reclining chair by the window of the city tower, lying comfortably on it, bathing in the warm sunshine, squinting his eyes and enjoying the tranquility of the afternoon.

The white mist curled beside Li Congjing, the water vapor of the tea kettle on the stove was steaming, and the boiling water was low like a cicada. The petite and lovely fifth girl plays the role of Dr. Tea, with wide eyes and dedicated to serving tea, and from time to time peeks at Li Congjing, who doesn't know whether she is asleep or not, with a delicate and kitten-like look.

The fragrance of tea overflows, like the memories of the past, wafting in the room, scattered into grains of dust.

The sound of tea flowing from the spout into the bowl is as clear as the spring of a mountain stream, which is more moving than the chirping of the orioles on the green willows.

"Here comes tea." Li Congjing on the bamboo chair stretched out a hand.

The fifth girl, kneeling on the blanket, held the tea bowl in both hands and handed it to Li Congjing's outstretched hand, and the white gas coming out of the tea bowl drifted into her eyes, making her obsidian-like eyes like a pool of clear pools.

Li Congjing took a sip of tea, so comfortable that he almost wanted to moan, sat up, and saw the fifth girl in a big red dress staring at him, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and asked, "What do you think I look like?" ”

The fifth girl giggled, "Like a lazy pig!" ”

"That's not a good analogy." Li Congjing's upright expression suddenly collapsed, and he shook his head helplessly.

There was a sound of footsteps in the stairwell, Tao Xiaoxiao walked upstairs, and caught a glimpse of Li Congjing's appearance, and the charming eyebrows unique to mature women sank, "We are busy in the city, you will be lazy, enjoy leisure here." ”

"It's not easy to steal half a day!" Li Congjing motioned for Tao Yaoyao to sit down and drink tea together, "How is the situation in the city?" ”

"Li Youcai is a capable person, he has not been welcomed for many years, so he has secretly attracted a group of officials who are also unpopular, and it is a thunderous means to rectify the old officials and clans of the pseudo-Liang in the city at this time." Tao Yaoyao sat down, "All in all, the current situation is much better than the situation on the other side when the Hundred Battles Army first arrived in Huaizhou. ”

Li Congjing smiled and nodded, and said confidently: "In the future, the situation will get better and better in the pseudo-Liang City." ”

"yes, it's not easy!" Tao Yaoyao sighed softly, "There is news from Huaizhou, Your Majesty's will has arrived, and I want you to go back to Xingtang Mansion." ”

Li Congjing let out an "ah" and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty's movements are still as fast as ever, and I haven't sat on the bench in Mengzhou, so I have to go back." ”

"At the beginning of the war, everything in Mengzhou has not been decided, Your Majesty wants you to return to Xingtang Mansion at this time, it's too anxious." Tao Yaoyao looked at Li Congjing, and pointed out, "Could it be that something has changed?" ”

"What could happen?" Li Congjing smiled casually, "My father won Yunzhou, I won Mengzhou, Your Majesty asked me and my father to go back to the dynasty to report on our work this time, and by the way, make some arrangements for the next step, of course." ”

"Do you really think so?" Tao Yaoyao's face was full of disbelief.

Li Congjing looked at Tao Yaoyao in turn, "Otherwise, what else can you think." According to the current situation, the destruction of Liang is only between one or two battles, and there is no need to say much about the sharpness of the soldiers of the hundred battles, so good steel naturally has to be used on the blade, and it is reasonable for Your Majesty to make more decisions after meeting me. As for Mengzhou, the general trend has been decided, I left Meng San to garrison, although he seems to be reckless, in fact, he is coarse and fine, and then transfer Weidao to sit in the town for a period of time, plus with the help of your military intelligence department, Mengzhou is stable. ”

Li Congjing's words were righteous and awe-inspiring, but after speaking, she found that Tao Xiaoyao was still staring at herself, she asked, "That's all?" ”

Li Congjing suddenly looked stunned, "I heard that Your Majesty wants to be a matchmaker for me and talk about a family matter." ”

Tao Yaoyao: "......"

The fifth girl covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Ah! ”

On the same day, Li Congjing left Mengzhou, rushed back to Huaizhou overnight, and when he arrived at the house, he asked people to call Mo Li.

After washing up, before I finished eating, Mo Li arrived.

The laughter sounded in his ears, and Mo Li's body appeared at the door, and he solemnly saluted Li Congjing, and said: "The military commander conquered Mengzhou, defeated Dai Siyuan, and the prestige of the hundred battles is all over the world, congratulations!" ”

Li Congjing stretched out his finger holding the chopsticks and sat down, "Sit for a while, and you'll be almost finished." ”

Mo Li shook the folding fan and sat down, now that the weather is warmer, he no longer has to worry about freezing himself when he shakes the fan, so his movements are much more chic, "Brother Li, the three tips I gave you, are they still easy to use?" ”

"The first tip was unexpected." Li Congjing puffed out his cheeks and said without grace, "The second and third ones, let me ambush Dai Siyuan in Wengcheng and fight Dai Siyuan outside the city, these opinions are the same as my judgment at the time." Not bad, not bad. ”

"But you can calculate these in advance, it's really powerful, it's a step higher than mine, it seems that you're the real mastermind." Li Congjing put down the dishes and chopsticks and wiped his mouth with satisfaction, "Only when there are capable people around you can you achieve great things, this feels really good." ”

Mo Li looked at Li Congjing with a smile, and his words were not shocking, "Then Brother Li, do you know that the Hundred Battles Army is in danger at the moment?" ”

"This is exactly the reason why after I got His Majesty's will, I rushed back to Huaizhou non-stop and came to you." Li Congjing called Dong Xiaowan to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, took a sip of the tea she handed over, looked at Mo Li seriously, and said: "After this battle, the hundred battle army captured seven or eight thousand enemies, plus the five thousand new soldiers who were trained, it is to subtract the casualties of this battle, not counting the Heyang army, there are close to 20,000. 20,000, how many feudal towns in the world can have 20,000 square town troops? ”

"At present, the pseudo-Liang has not been destroyed, and the Hundred Battles Army has 20,000 troops, which is just a sharp knife, and in the next battle of the Son of Heaven to cut down the Liang, he took the lead, that is, someone attacked the mercenaries of the Hundred Battles Army too heavy, and it was okay for a while." Mo Li had obviously considered this matter before, and at this time he analyzed it and said, "So the dilemma is not now, but in the future." ”

"If a person has no foresight, he will have near-term worries. With the current situation, if the Tang Dynasty successfully destroys Liang, the military strength of the Hundred Battles Army will swell again, and when the strong enemy is destroyed, where will the Hundred Battles Army go? Mo Li said solemnly, "Since ancient times, the cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, the birds were exhausted, and the good bow was hidden." After Your Majesty destroys Liang, if you don't immediately start to unify the world, where will the Hundred Battles Army be accommodated? ”

"If it is placed in the feudal town, there is no doubt that the tail will not be lost, and Your Majesty will not rest assured; And if it is broken up and integrated into the Sixth Army and the guards and pro-army, not only Your Majesty will have concerns, but we will not be willing to obey. Mo Li said bluntly, and when he said this, his eyes sharpened, "If I can see these clearly, Your Majesty can also see it clearly, do you say that Your Majesty will take any measures in advance in order to avoid such a dilemma?" ”

Li Congjing frowned and thought hard, quite helpless, "In the final analysis, the Hundred Battles Army should not have won a series of big victories, and it has developed so fast." ”

Mo Li smiled lightly, "Brother Li, why bother to be cowardly, to break the crisis, it is easy to say, and it is difficult to say." ”

"How simple is it, but how difficult is it?" Li Congjing asked, planning to let Mo Li spit out all the ink in his stomach first.

"It's simple, it's easy to break the game, Brother Li only needs to solve the problem of the expansion of the military strength of the Hundred Battles Army, and he can get out of the trap. There is only one way to do this: to sacrifice the prisoners. Offering the prisoners of the Liang army to His Majesty will not only solve the situation that the mercenaries of the Hundred Battles Army are too heavy, but also allow me to show my loyalty in front of Your Majesty. ”

"It's difficult, it's hard to go backwards." Mo Li said word for word, "Today, the Hundred Battles Army can fold its wings, but what about tomorrow?" The Hundred Battles Army always has to move forward, is it possible that they have to cut their own flesh with a knife again and again? ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing suddenly smiled, he already knew what Mo Li was going to say, but he still asked: "What should you do to break the long-term situation?" ”

Mo Li was not in a hurry to speak, showing an indifferent smile, as if he knew Li Congjing's intentions, he said: "Then it depends on how high Brother Li's ambition is." ”

At this point, the two didn't say much, looked at each other and smiled, and knew each other.

"So going to Xingtang Mansion this time is extremely important to Brother Li." Mo Li finally returned to the front of him, "This time, Brother Li should keep two things in mind, one is to make friends with domestic aid; Second, it is said to survey the field. Make friends with important ministers in the court, lead to internal aid, in the future, there are people in the court, and when His Majesty makes decisions, Li Geer can fight to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, the old general Rong Ma has a lifetime, when there is a close friend, Li Geer should not miss it; Surveying the field is to choose where the Hundred Battles Army will go in the future. Brother Li should be cautious of these two. ”

"I heard that Brother Li is going to Xingtang Mansion here, Your Majesty wants to tell you a matchmaker? At this time, you have to grasp it, and there is no friendship more reliable than in-laws. Mo Li finally quipped.

Li Congjing laughed at himself, and then said seriously: "I will go to Xingtang Mansion and Huaimeng Prefecture on this trip, and I will hand it over to you." ”

"Brother Li, rest assured."

The next day, Li Congjing left Huaizhou and set off for Xingtang Mansion.

It is close to Weizhou.

Since Weizhou has been the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, it has been prosperous day by day, and on the official road near Weizhou, there are many pedestrians and many cars and horses, which is very popular.

Li Congjing and his entourage merged into this torrent, like a stream flowing into a big river, and there was no wave.

In the crowd, Li Congjing saw the same huge group of people from a distance.

Seeing the other party, Li Congjing smiled and hurried over. The person on the other side also saw Li Congjing and also greeted him.

"The boy has seen his father!" In front of the comers, Li Congjing dismounted and bowed.

Li Siyuan laughed and dismounted, and helped Li Congjing up, "Haha, Congjing, my son, look at it, it's becoming more and more heroic!" Yes, with your Lao Tzu's demeanor, this time I Keyun Prefecture and you Kemengzhou, well done, worthy of being my son! ”

Li Congjing smiled and replied the same as a year ago: "Don't dare to fall into the majesty of Daddy!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, come back to the house with me, your mother hasn't seen you for a long time, but she is so worried that she nagged in front of me......"