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Dou Jiande is dead!

Li Yanqing was dressed in military uniform, and when he walked into the Yongnian County Ya, he only saw a headless dead body, lying in a pool of red blood. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he had no head, he could still identify him from the clothes on the corpse.

"Liu Qing."

"Humble duty."

"Stitch Dou Jiande's body and his head together, put it in a good coffin, and send it to Beizhou for proper burial."

"Let's arrange it."

Liu Qing hurriedly commanded people to carry the corpses out of the house.

Li Yanqing sat down in the room, looked up at the door, and suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart.

"Lord, General Tiance sent someone to deliver the book, saying that he hoped that you could send Dou Jiande's head to Luoyang to deter Wang Shichong ......"

Zu Shou stepped forward and reminded in a low voice.

Li Yanqing smiled, "It's not enough to kill people, people are already dead, why bother to make their heads different?" Dou Jiande is also a prince, and he can be regarded as a hero. The hero should have the dignity of the hero, and if he does everything too much, he will be punished. ”

"But ......"

"Send someone to tell the King of Qin that I have sent Dou Jiande's body to Beizhou.

As for the Luoyang war, I don't say that I will return to Xingyang to help him end it as soon as possible. If there's a problem, I'll take care of it. ”

Yan Qing's mood at this time is difficult to express clearly in words.

It's not that he doesn't know Li Shimin's intentions, but he doesn't want to fulfill Li Shimin's wishes, or rather, he doesn't want to let Wang Shichong go easily. Li Shimin just wanted to use Dou Jiande's head to recruit Wang Shichong and solve the battle situation in Luoyang as soon as possible. If Wang Shichong surrendered, wouldn't it be impossible for him to promise to Yue Wang Yang Tong? He had promised that he would take Wang Shichong's head and avenge Yang Tong!

However, if Wang Shichong surrendered, it would be difficult for him to have a chance to do so.

Li Yanqing knows very well that Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's situation is different. Dou Jiande was born from the grassroots, maybe 800 years up, he may be from the same clan as Mrs. Dou. Moreover, he hooked up with the Hu people, and had a close relationship with Shandong Shima, in the land of Hebei, prestige and height. If Dou Jiande is alive, he will inevitably have a decisive impact on Hebei, so it is not an exaggeration to kill him.

And what about Wang Shichong?

He is a member of the Taiyuan Wang clan, with five surnames and seven wang children, and his background is extremely deep.

Although he occupied Luoyang, he was a prince. In comparison, Wang Shichong's prestige is far inferior to Dou Jiande. Li Yuan also needed to erect a model to recruit all the princes. Therefore, if Wang Shichong surrenders, it will become very difficult for Li Yanqing to kill him. To kill Wang Shichong, the best way is to break through Luoyang City and kill him directly, so as not to leave any more troubles.

As for whether it will offend Li Shimin because of this?

Yan Qing didn't think too much about it......

After all, he admired Li Shimin, and he admired Li Shimin, who pioneered the rule of Zhenguan in history; wanted to hug Li Er's thighs because he didn't have such strong strength. And now? Li Yanqing no longer needs to hug Li Shimin's thighs to gain a firm foothold. Today's Li Shimin is not the legendary Tang Taizong, although Yan Qing has a good impression of him, he does not need to belong to him anymore.

Different strength, fame, and status will produce different ideas.

Although he is currently in danger of being a master of high achievement, the more cautious he is at this time, the easier it is to be suspicious.

******

Although Dou Jiande is dead, the war in Hebei has not yet subsided.

Yu Wenhua and still resisting stubbornly in Pingyuan County, and the remnants of Dou Jiande are still divided from all over the country. Moreover, after this war, Wu'an and Wei County (which has been renamed Xiangzhou, now Handan and Xingtai areas of Hebei) are in dilapidation, and the people of Weizhou are poor, so they need to recuperate as soon as possible.

Moreover, Li Shentong and Xue Shixiong entered Hebei and occupied Qinghe, Wuyang, Xiangguo and other places, while Li Yi occupied Xindu, forming an encirclement of Yu Wenhua and the remnants of Dou Jiande. Li Yanqing didn't want to do too much, so he had to save food for others. In addition, he had made up his mind that he wanted to return to Xingyang as soon as possible and clean up Wang Shichong, so he didn't have much interest in the Hebei war.

As soon as Yongnian County was breached, Li Yanqing returned to his heart like an arrow.

He immediately ordered Xu Shiji to sit in Xiangzhou, as the head of the Xiangzhou march, to assist Xue Shixiong and Li Shentong to sweep away the remnants of Dou Jiande, and then ordered Xue Shui to stay in Xiangzhou, and Kong Deshao to be the Sima of Xiangzhou, to govern the place, in order to restore the people's livelihood in Xiangzhou and other places as soon as possible.

As soon as the arrangements were made, Li Yanqing visited Xue Shixiong, and set off with Wanshengjun on the way back to Xingyang County.

"Emperor Tang, it's really a good means!"

In the wide carriage, Li Yanqing and the eldest grandson Wuji sat inside.

Originally, Yanqing was ready to let the eldest grandson Wuji stay in Xiangzhou, maybe he could accept more training. But the eldest grandson Wuji was unwilling, on the one hand, because Xue Shui and Kong Deshao stayed in Xiangzhou, which was enough. Xue is good at the overall situation and has the talent of Wang Zuo; Under Dou Jiande, Kong Deshao is responsible for handling various government affairs and has a lot of experience. With these two people here, it's obviously enough.

It seems a bit redundant to leave the eldest grandson Wuji in Xiangzhou again.

Moreover, the relationship between Wuji and Xue Ying has also reached the point of talking about marriage. Before this expedition, the two parties have already decided on the marriage, and it is time to prepare for marriage! As for the third reason, it was Xue Shu's admonition: "Now that Yangzhen has decided to return to Tang, once the Luoyang war is settled, the Tang Emperor will inevitably try to break up your shogunate." When the time comes, I will wait for one side, and there may be someone around you who will give advice.

Mowgli has great talents, although he has some good power, but he does not hide his flaws.

With him by your side, you can always have more than one person to discuss things...... I also know that there are a lot of capable people under you to raise your family, but you always need to have the support of caring people. ”

What is a caring person?

Those who are loyal to Li Yanqing, and who are unlikely to repeat themselves, have splendid articles in mind.

The eldest grandson Wuji was originally a powerful and scheming person, but because he was covered by the light of Yanqing, not many people knew his skills.

It seems that Xue Shu and Du Ruhui are all known.

Whether he can continue to stay by Yanqing's side in the future is still unknown.

If this is the case, then the eldest grandson Wuji is obviously the best helper. He is not well-known or noticeable; At the same time, he is Yanqing's brother-in-law, and Mrs. Gao lives in Gong County. In this way, the eldest grandson Wuji can legitimately stay and become the new mastermind.

In this regard, the eldest grandson Wuji also thinks so.

Yan Qing put down the official document in his hand, raised his head and smiled: "Wuji, how can you say this?" ”

Eldest Sun Wuji sneered: "Aren't you aware of it? ”

"Aware of what?"

"Emperor Tang, I have a lot of scruples about you."

"Oh?"

Li Yanqing lifted the kettle from the stove, poured a glass of water for the eldest grandson Wuji, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it?" ”

"As soon as we occupied Yecheng with our front foot, Jiangjun and Changping announced that they would return to the Tang Dynasty...... Hmph, I'm afraid that these two counties have already been attached to Chang'an, but because you were too strong before, occupying Xingyang, forcibly taking Hanoi, and skillfully seizing Ji County, Emperor Tang had to make the two counties not belong to Chang'an for the time being, in order to confuse your attention. If you raise an army against the Tang Dynasty, I dare to say that these two counties will definitely stab you in the back at a critical moment. ”

"Is that all?"

"And Xue Shixiong, send troops to Xiangguo so soon......

Li Shentong has been shirking before, but as soon as you defeated Dou Jiande with the front foot, he crossed the river with the back foot to occupy Wuyang County. If you make the slightest move, I believe that these two teams will attack you at the first time without hesitation and completely destroy you. ”

Li Yanqing nodded again and again, but the smile on his face did not decrease at all.

"What else?"

"And ...... You're kidding me, aren't you? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji seemed to react suddenly, and said angrily: "You obviously saw these mysteries, why aren't you angry at all?" ”

"I'm angry and very unhappy, but so what?"

Li Yanqing lowered his head, picked up the letter on the bookcase, and continued to read.

Eldest Sun Wuji opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to answer.

"Mowgli, I know you may be disgruntled, but now that the wood is in the boat, I have no choice. Not to mention that I myself am a disciple of Li Valve, my father even served under the Tang Emperor's account. In terms of strength alone, how many people do you think I can support? Yes, I occupy Xingyang, and I have a bird's-eye view of the eastern capital. But Heluo has been a thoroughfare of all directions and a place of four wars since ancient times. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that Luoyang can be the royal capital, but it is difficult to be the foundation...... Do you think we have enough time to plan?

Looking at the places I can go, it is nothing more than the Internet.

It was a sparsely populated place. In the west, there are Tubo people eyeing each other, and in the north, there are Tang troops sharpening their swords...... And the Sui Emperor of Wu County, although there are five counties, the population is also scarce. Coupled with the elbows of Xiao Mo and others, even if you and I go, we won't be able to gain a foothold there.

Putting aside the Yue Net, Wu County, just Xingyang.

You have also seen that before Li Tang's soldiers and horses entered Heluo, several gates had already expressed their intention of belonging. In terms of fame, I am not inferior to Chang'an, but sometimes, the world also has to be ranked by seniority. I would like to ask the four families of Xingyang, Zheng Pan, Cuilu, how many of them may belong to me? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was silent, and it could be seen that he was still a little uncomfortable.

Li Yanqing lay on the wolfskin mattress, closed his eyes, and said as if to himself: "Wuji, I will only say these words to you alone."

No matter how uncomfortable you and I are, the general trend is inevitable and non-human can contend with it.

If today's people's hearts are towards Chang'an, you and I are as good as flowing. Remember to talk less and pay more attention in the future, and see how the situation will develop...... For you and me, the time may not have come. These words go out of my mouth and into your ears, and God knows it, so let it be the end. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately smiled!

******

The situation in Luoyang suddenly became clear.

With the defeat of Dou Jiande in Yecheng, the news that Li Tang swept through Hebei on four roads at the same time, Wang Shichong immediately ordered to shrink his forces and retreat to Luoyang.

First, Yang Gongqing and others, who attacked Yanshi, returned to Luoyang and stayed in Jinyong City; Subsequently, Zhang Zhenzhou and Shan Xiongxin retreated from Cijian and stationed in Gucheng. Jinyong and Gucheng are both auxiliary cities of Luoyang, and the three become one. Wang Shichong ordered the fortified wall to clear the wilderness, and after moving all the 18,000 households outside Luoyang City into Luoyang City, he made a posture of stubborn defense, and at the same time sent people to Wu County to sue for peace.

I have to say that Wang Shichong is quite thick-skinned.

The front foot killed the grandson of the family and set himself up as king; It was only a year before he begged Queen Xiao to surrender, saying that he was willing to continue to assist the Great Sui and make meritorious contributions.

Empress Dowager Xiao laughed angrily!

But after discussing with Zhang Zhongjian and Fang Yanqian, he still decided to accept Wang Shichong's request for peace and said that he would send troops to Heluo.

After all, Wu Jun and Luoyang are now in a relationship of dead lips and cold teeth. If Wang Shichong is really defeated, then Li Tang's next target must be Jianghuai.

Empress Dowager Xiao and Xiao Mo are from their own family, and they are both members of the Xiao clan in Lanling.

Although the two sides already have the intention of uniting, if Wang Shichong can delay for a long time, the more fully prepared Jianghuai Jiangnan will be.

So, after discussion, Empress Xiao ordered Du Fuwei, the governor of Liyang, and Xie Yingdeng, the governor of Biling, to divide into two routes.

Xie Yingdeng crossed the river to attack Pengcheng, and Du Fuwei led his troops to capture Ruyin, trying to contain Li Tang's soldiers and horses. At the same time, Xiao Mo also sent troops to Xiangyang from Jingling, preparing to rescue Wang Shichong. However, the three-way soldiers and horses encountered three-way resistance. Chang'an had already been prepared, Zheng Yuanshou was in charge of Ruyin, Li Shentong supervised the battle of Pengcheng, and Li Xiaogong occupied Jingzhou. The three of them echoed each other and built a line of defense on the front line of Jianghuai.

Li Yanqing returned to Gongxian on December 26.

According to his plan, after arriving in Gongxian, he rushed to Luoyang at night. Du Ruhui, Yao Yi, Liu Heimin and others have led their troops to approach Shilin Mountain, which is only thirty miles away from Jinyong City. And Li Shimin's department also crossed Cijian and arrived at Gucheng, twenty miles away from Luoyang.

Wang Shichong was in Luoyang and mobilized more than 100,000 people to prepare for a decisive battle with Li Tang in the eastern capital.

He declared: "It only takes three months to hold out, and reinforcements will arrive." At that time, Li Tang retreated without a fight, and Xingyang would also be occupied by him. ”

These words have indeed inspired the hearts of many people.

When Li Yanqing heard it after entering the Tiger Prison Pass, he couldn't help laughing.

"Wang Huzi is really a wonderful person, and at this time, he has not forgotten to seize Xingzhou."

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned and said, "Yangzhen, don't laugh at him...... Wang Huzi still has more than 100,000 troops in his hands, Yang Gongqing of Jinyongcheng and Zhang Zhenzhou of Gucheng are also rare generals. Under his command, Wang Renze and Shan Xiongxin, borrowed the courage of ten thousand people, and there were two thousand cellars of grain and grass in Luoyang City, and it was not impossible to persist for three months...... If he really holds out for three months, the situation is ......"

"If he can hold out for three months, Lao Tzu will give him his head."

Li Yanqing sneered, and his handsome face was shrouded in a layer of gloom at this time.

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and pointed to Yanqing: "Yangzhen, could it be that you have been prepared?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "As early as six years ago, when my father and I met in Tianling Mountain, we had already started to make arrangements. ”

Wuji listened and gasped.

Six years ago...... At that time, his family was still in Minshu, and Lai Qing was guarding the mausoleum for Zheng Shi'an in Gong County. Could it be that at that time, he had already expected this?

"What's the arrangement?"

"The Buddha said, don't say, don't say!"

Li Yanqing's unfathomable smile aroused the curiosity of the eldest grandson Wuji.

It's just that, no matter how Wuji asked, Yanqing just didn't answer, and in the end, he was so angry that the eldest grandson Wuji jumped off the car, walked on his hips, and ignored Yanqing.

According to Yanqing's plan, after staying in Gongxian for a day, he rushed to Luoyang.

In the early morning, Yan Qing arrived outside Gongxian County.

Xu Jingzong, who had replaced Chai Xiaohe and served as the county magistrate of Gong County, led the officials of Gong County, the gentry and local tyrants, to welcome his arrival outside the city gate.

Also came to greet Yanqing, as well as Pei Cuiyun Duoduo and Wuji.

Pei Cuiyun has been in the body for five months, and her body shape is very obvious. With the support of Duoduo and Wuji, he stood at the front of the Yingfeng team with a relieved smile on his face. The past few months have been stressful. The grim situation facing Li Yanqing in Hebei has made the family worried. Fortunately, Yanqing won in the end...... And it's a big win. Now that they have returned safely, the hearts of Pei Cuiyun and the others have finally been put back in their stomachs.

"Where's Xiao Nian?"

On the way home, Li Yanqing asked curiously.

Duoduo said: "Xiao Nian is about to give birth, and Wen Po said that her delivery period is only in these days, so she doesn't dare to let her walk on the ground at will." ”

"Xiao Nian is about to give birth?"

Li Yanqing was pleasantly surprised.

Before he set out on the expedition, Xiao Nian had a body for a few months.

Now that the time is counted, it is indeed about to give birth......

"By the way, there is an envoy from Chang'an."

Duoduo suddenly said, "It's a member of the Dou family, and it is said that there is a will to convey." ”

"Chang'an has a will?"

Li Yanqing asked in surprise, "What will?" ”

"I don't know, it's just that the person who came to deliver the decree is Dou Wei's old man."

Dou Wei?

Yan Qing's heart felt a little weird.

Of course, he knew that Dou Wei had already attached himself to Li Tang when Li Yuan conquered Chang'an two years ago, and he was quite respected by Li Yuan. But generally speaking, the matter of this decree is conveyed by an attendant, and a large person must not be sent to accompany it to show grandeur. But Dou Wei, who is now the Duke of Pingling County, is also a very popular minister in terms of rank and rank. Li Yuan, actually sent him to Gong County to deliver the decree?

In my heart, a hint of ominous omen suddenly appeared.

Isn't it, what's wrong?

(To be continued)