February 22 of the second year of Tiancheng, the spring equinox. On that day, a drizzle fell in Jingzhou.

Early in the morning, because of the sound of rain hitting the tent, Li Congjing woke up from his sleep. The sound of the rain was dripping and crisp, and Li Congjing opened his eyes and listened quietly on the couch for a while. The sky is slightly awake, the light in the tent is not very bright, and there are still inky blue remnants in some corners, and the bright light armor is propped up on the hanger, and the outline is majestic. Outside the tent, a patrol soldier passed by, his military boots stepped on the wetland, and the steady footsteps were a little more sharp, and Li Congjing got up from the couch.

Dong Xiaowan, who was in Tsing Yi and Luo Skirt, was squatting in the corner, not knowing what she was doing, when she heard the movement, she hurriedly stepped over with small steps, picked up her clothes and waited for Li Congjing to dress, and at the same time did not turn back and instructed the maids outside the inner tent to prepare for washing.

"Is Your Highness wearing armor today?" Dong Xiaowan asked while arranging Li Congjing's hair bun.

I slept well last night, and Li Congjing was in good spirits, but he didn't say much, just hummed. The black hair poured into Dong Xiaowan's hands, Dong Xiaowan combed it very seriously, she stubbornly believed that whether the hair was well groomed or not would affect the wearing of the helmet, and then affect Li Congjing's fight on the battlefield, so she never let others do it.

Although it is much lighter than the previous heavy armor, the Mingguang armor is also dozens of catties, not to mention the ordinary maid on Li Congjing's boat, it is not easy to hold it steadily, but fortunately, Dong Xiaowan has some kung fu foundation, so he is not worried about this.

The weather in February is still a little cold, the cold water is stained on the face, it is very refreshing, the skin care products of this era can not be compared with later generations, moisturizing is a big problem, but Li Congjing has never had these habits, but he doesn't need to care.

When Dong Xiaowan wiped Li Congjing's face on tiptoe, a faint fragrance in her delicate body rushed into her nose, and the smell made people feel more comfortable, Li Congjing lowered her head, just to see the fullness of her chest, and when the soles of her feet were flat, the two soft balls trembled. This reminded Li Congjing of the incident that Ren Wanru mentioned on the eve of leaving Luoyang: to take Dong Xiaowan as a concubine.

Breakfast is a bowl of sesame porridge, a plate of pickles, and a cage cake, Dong Xiaowan knows Li Congjing's habits, and specially asked the cook to add goose meat to the sesame porridge, which is extremely delicious. In the past, when she was in Qimen, Dong Xiaowan was allowed to eat together by Li Congjing, and since Li Congjing became the king of Qin, this girl said that she would not eat with Li Congjing.

After breakfast, Li Congjing came out of the tent and took Meng Songbai to start patrolling the camp. Although there are only five commanders at the moment, and the camp is not large, patrolling the camp has been a habit that Li Congjing has developed for many years, no matter whether the situation is good or bad, it is necessary to let the soldiers know that their commander has always been with them and cares about them.

The sky was gray, and the rain was neither heavy nor small, as if there was no immediate sign of stopping. After a trip to the camp, Li Congjing was also wet all over, Mingguang armor has good defense, and it is good to say that it can withstand the cold, but it can't block the wind and rain. After the patrol, Li Congjing did not return the account and went straight to the school.

Meng Songbai had no intention of dissuading him, and it was obvious that he was accustomed to it, but he still arranged for a guard to return to the tent and inform the commander of Li Congjing's location, so as not to find anyone for a long time when the generals and officials wanted to see Li Congjing.

Since the rain is not heavy, the gentlemen have to practice routinely, which does not need Li Congjing's orders, and each commander has his own team to deal with this matter. Not long after Li Congjing arrived at the school, except for the soldiers on duty, the other gentlemen were assembled one after another.

Li Congjing had no intention of interfering in the daily training of the gentlemen, they had their own regulations, Lin Xiong asked Li Congjing for instructions, and learned that he had no special orders today, so he ordered the gentlemen to practice according to the routine.

The five conductors generally do not train a subject at the same time, and it doesn't take long for the school field to be noisy, and there are all kinds of scientific and technological arts to practice, such as battle formations, equestrian arts, mounted archery, knife skills, hand-to-hand combat, and so on.

The rain was like a curtain, Li Congjing watched it in the rain curtain for a while, and later joined the training himself. At this time, compared to later generations, the commanders of the army in later generations basically no longer practice personal martial arts, but the military generals of the current generation have to live to be sophisticated and old. Li Congjing's fighting skills have become more and more exquisite, not only because of actual combat, but also because of the non-stop drills day after day.

When Li Congjing was performing martial arts on the school ground, two idlers came to hear the sound, standing outside the school field with an umbrella, watching the gentlemen practice, and the two talked from time to time, discussing naturally things on the school field.

These two people were none other than Xu Zhihe and Song Qiqiu, Li Congjing did not excessively restrict their freedom, and they were able to move around in the barracks. As for whether they will snoop on the military secrets of the gentleman, Li Congjing is not worried, there are no secrets here, and they can't touch the real secrets. But the more they see at this time, the more Li Congjing will be, the more Ji Xing, the more powerful he will be, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight, that's what it means. Although it is useless now, it may not affect the future.

"The name of the elite is well deserved by the gentleman!" Seeing that the gentlemen were all practicing the real situation, Xu Zhihe did not hesitate to praise, "My army of Wu State, there are only a handful of people who can compare with it." ”

Song Qiqiu looked at things from a different angle, he said with a gloomy face: "On a rainy day, he is still practicing with the soldiers, Li Congjing is a pretend gesture, not only to show his demeanor as a famous general, but also to show the strength of the Tang army, so as to arouse the jealousy of you and me, Zhenglun must not be deceived by him!" ”

"Famous general's demeanor, Zi Song's words are good." Xu Zhihe nodded, "The famous generals of ancient and modern times all share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. ”

Song Qiqiu: ""

Li Congjing caught a glimpse of Xu Zhihe and Song Qiqiu outside the school grounds, and ignored them. After practicing for a while, he put away his posture and took Meng Songbai back to the handsome tent.

After washing and changing clothes, I first saw Tao Xiaoxiao. On the way to Changlin, the Military Intelligence Department met Lin Ying's messenger and brought back the Changlin battle report.

As expected, Lin Yingqi's attack on Changlin failed, and the battle of Changlin turned into a tough battle. However, because Liu Xun had set off earlier, he would arrive in Changlin in two days, as long as there was no accident on the way, the army would attack Changlin at that time, and he would not be worried. It's just that the arrival time of the Xiangzhou army in Jiangling will inevitably be delayed a lot.

In the south of Changlin, there are Jingmen, Tuanlin, Dangyang and other towns, Jingmen and Tuanlin are in the southeast of Changlin, Dangyang is an important town, in the southwest of Changlin, and it is also the city closest to Jiangling. In the original plan, if Lin Ying could surprise Changlin, he would be able to attack Dangyang after converging with the advance of the Xiangzhou army, and leave Jingmen and Tuanlin to Liu Xun to deal with it slowly - Liu Xun only needs to ensure that there are no nails behind the army, so that after Lin Ying conquers Dangyang, he can take the main force of the Xiangzhou army and basically rush to Jiangling unimpeded.

Now that the Battle of Changlin has turned into a tough battle, it is conceivable that Dangyang will not be able to surprise the attack, and the battle situation in the north of Jingzhou is not optimistic.

Ma Huaiyuan defended Shishou alone, facing the reinforcements of Wu State, the situation was already unpredictable, and if the battle situation in the north of Jingzhou was eroded, it would definitely cause Shishou to be defeated. At that time, Gangneung will be done playing.

At the moment, Li Congjing can't leave Jiangling, otherwise the Jiangling army will definitely be dispatched to stop him, unless he lets Gao Jixing go. The gentlemen were stationed in Gangneung, and the Gangneung army was temporarily at peace, which was a very delicate balance. When this balance is upset depends on the forces outside Gangneung.

"It is not an accident that Changlin defended Xiangzhou for Jingzhou, and even defended the imperial army from going south to take the frontier town of Jiangling, so it was not an accident that he was more well-guarded at this time. It's just that General Lin Ying only took five hundred gentlemen, traveled lightly, the target was already small, and all the troops were the elite of the elite, and it was a long-distance attack, and in the case of the invocation of the military intelligence department, it was still impossible to succeed in the surprise attack, which was too unsightly. In the tent, a staff officer of the staff office said with a look of indignation.

Lin Yingqi couldn't attack, but because he was still dozens of miles away from the city, he was found to be a target, and Changlin was on guard. With Changlin's city fortifications, it is common for Lin Ying to be unable to attack. Li Congjing read the letter in his hand and made a pertinent comment, "How was Lin Ying discovered?" Could it be that Changlin's spies have been out for dozens of miles, and they are patrolling day and night? Before the war began, such precautions could not be justified. ”

Tao Xiaoyao shook her head. The Battle of Changlin had just begun, and there was not much contact with Lin Ying, and the Military Intelligence Department had not yet known about this matter.

"General Lin's attack on Changlin, in order to prepare for a perfect surprise attack, the military intelligence department and scouts will not find out and pull out the enemy sentry in advance, and the enemy army in Changlin is well guarded, which cannot be the reason for General Lin's defeat." The staff officer of the staff office spoke up again.

After two words in a row, Li Congjing felt that the person who spoke was a little interesting, turned his head to look, and saw a young man with a thin body, resolute eyebrows, and a sharp demeanor, this person Li Congjing naturally knew, named Xie Yugan, as early as Youzhou, he was one of the twenty-four scribes of the Military Intelligence Department.

"What else do you think, and tell me everything." Li Congjing looked at Xie Yugan and signaled that he had something to say, but it didn't hurt to say it.

Xie Yugan was thin as if he couldn't help but be weak, and the wide official robe was worn on him, no different from hanging on a bamboo pole, listening to Li Congjing's words, Xie Yugan's slender waist stiffened, "I saw Changlin County when I came to the lowly position, if the lowly post presided over the Changlin war, I could go down to this city in one day!" ”

This statement is arrogant, and Li Congjing did not comment. There was a person next to Xie Yugan, desperately pulling Xie Yugan's sleeve, blushing and signaling him not to talk nonsense. This person is bloated and ridiculously fat, if Xie Yugan is a bamboo pole, this person is a water tank, and the whole person's neck is invisible. Li Congjing also knew him, Zhu Xuan, and was also one of the twenty-four scribes of the Staff Office in Youzhou.

The two stood together, and anyone who saw it would feel funny, but at this time, Xie Yugan raised his head and chest, with a straight face, and Zhu Xuan wanted to persuade Xie Yugan, but it was inconvenient to act too obviously in front of Li Congjing, which was very thief-eyed.

Li Congjing couldn't help laughing, looked at Zhu Yu with a serious face, and motioned to him: "Staff Officer Zhu, do you also have something to say?" ”

He suddenly remembered that in the Battle of Zhengzhou, Bohai, after the coalition army defeated Yelu Abaoji, Meng Ping mentioned to him two financial fans from the staff office. said that when the two people were counting the seizures, they were so intoxicated with the mountains of materials that they couldn't help themselves, and after learning that Bohai wanted to supply Youzhou's military expenses and bear the losses of the Youzhou War, they conspired to defraud Bohai of their money, which made him shudder, and it seemed that it was these two people.

Zhu Yu didn't expect Li Congjing's attention to suddenly reach him, and he was shocked, and his round face was even more red and black, sometimes green and sometimes white, trembling for half a sound without squeezing out a word.

Li Congjing thought that this guy was too nervous, and wanted to let him go, but this fat Zhu Xuan suddenly stretched out a finger, and then he glanced at his finger, bent his finger completely, and then said in an astonishing voice: "Half a day!" It only takes half a day to take down Changlin! ”

Looking at the other party's eyes shining, as if he saw the expression of Jinshan Yinshan, Li Congjing realized that this guy was trembling and speechless, not because he was nervous, but because he had the opportunity to make meritorious service and accumulate money, he was excited!

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PS: Xie fishing rod, two pork, see Chapter 236 of Volume 4 for details.