In the thick inky night, in the open space outside the east gate of Zhending, a phalanx composed of thousands of torches illuminated the world. The other party is all cavalry, the armor is bright under the firelight, the swords are cold, and the war horses are mighty, the other party does not move, solemn and silent, but there is a vicious aura rushing towards him, giving people great coercion. It seems that if the other party suddenly attacks the next moment, the city wall will be broken by the other party like tearing paper, and the calm guards on the city head are extremely uneasy as if they feel the sword hanging on the top.

Lu Benweili, the captain of the East Gate of Zhending, wiped the sweat from his forehead, he has been in the army for more than ten years, and he is naturally not as stable as ordinary soldiers, but it is precisely because of his vision that he can better see the fierceness of this army outside the city. If it weren't for the army that had gone through the killing and was accustomed to crawling in the pile of dead, it would not have such momentum.

Looking back at the sergeants at the head of the city a few times, Lu Benwei could feel their uneasiness, and he sighed in his heart, knowing very well that if the other party attacked the city, they would not be able to hold on for half a day.

The other party did not fly the flag, but Lu Benwei knew the identity of the other party. After counting the elite town army of the Tang Dynasty, there are very few people who can have this kind of weather, and thinking of the mansion in the city and Li Congke who entered the city today, it is not difficult for Lu Benwei to guess the identity of the other party.

"Commander, do you think the other party will attack the city?" A sergeant beside him asked uneasily.

Lu Benwei shook his head slightly. From an ordinary point of view, the other side is cavalry, and there should be no reason to siege the city, and at night, the difficulty of attacking the city is not small. The most important thing is that the other party is the Tang Dynasty army, how can there be any reason to attack their own city for no reason?

Such an obvious question, but the other party is asking, which shows that the person questioning is already unstable and chaotic.

"The Hundred Battles Army is a bunch of madmen!" The deputy envoy also speculated on the identity of the army under the city, and said to Lu Benwei, "Twenty or thirty thousand people dare to go out to the Bohai Sea, plus Lu Long's army dares to fight the West Tower, but they all win the battle, is there a place in the world where Li Congjing dare not fight?" ”

Lu Benwei pressed the knife silently.

The deputy envoy looked left and right, looking very cramped, "Li Siyuan is the opposite, is it possible that Li Congjing is not opposed?" If he moves south from Youzhou and sends the vanguard to attack us, it is not impossible! Besides, there is his family in the city."

"Shut up!" Lu Benwei interrupted the deputy envoy, he was still stable, but as soon as the deputy envoy said this, he didn't know where to put his hand. Calm down, I couldn't help but curse in my heart: Why is this damn world so chaotic? Mrs. Zhao dared to claim to be staying behind a few hundred people, and Li Congjing had 100,000 male divisions in his hands, and it was really possible that he couldn't mess with himself

Lu Benwei, who was forced to be calm, looked at the army outside the city that was as immobile as a mountain, but the pressure was greater than that of the mountain, and he felt very uncomfortable, and secretly thought: When the wind and clouds meet, there is such a strong army, why worry about the big thing?

Yang Fengzhi was coerced by the military intelligence department, and had to "escort" Cao, Li Yongning and others out of the city, and when he went out of the city gate, he vaguely saw the cavalry outside the city and felt the wordless might.

When he left the city and saw the whole picture of the military formation outside the city, Yang Fengzhi secretly gasped a few breaths, the rows of knights who did not move like pine, high-headed war horses, and ironclad forests, like torrents and high walls, were really breathless.

"Lord Peach, the three generals, since you have already left the city, the lower officials will not be far away, please please." Yang Fengzhi stopped outside the city gate and said with a smile.

"Our military commander has come from afar, doesn't Yang Tingshi plan to visit him?" Tao Yao squinted his eyes and said lightly, "The Hundred Battles Army is on an expedition, and Yang Thorn Shi is not a soldier?" ”

Yang Fengzhi: ""

Since he learned the news that Li Congjing led the Hundred Battles Army to appear outside the city, Li Yongning was anxious and desperate to go out of the city to meet him, but he only hated the entourage and couldn't let her run away.

Since Li Congjing sat in Youzhou, the two have rarely seen each other, and they have not met for several years. Northern Xinjiang is cold and bitter, Khitan is vicious, Li Yongning knows it, that is, no matter how confident she is in Li Congjing, she can't be less worried, and she often hates not being able to take care of one or two. And thinking of Li Congjing's difficulties in Youzhou, it is really sad.

However, when she went out of the city at this time, Li Yongning hesitated again, and in the past few years, the years have been wasted, and her youth is no longer there, and she can't help but feel uneasy. Until she saw the ironclad general in front of thousands of troops from a distance, her heartbeat became uncontrollable, he was so heroic and extraordinary, even if she looked at it from afar, she could feel the light on him. used to be a young man, frivolous and frivolous, but now he is a pillar of the country, a famous general who makes the grassland majestic, and she is proud and proud of him. Somehow, the tears fell uncontrollably, and I am afraid that only she can experience this taste.

Tao Yaoyao sent people out of the city first, and reported the situation in the city to Li Congjing, at this time saw the carriage out of the city, Li Congjing rode out of the horse, dismounted in front of the drawbridge to see, first greeted Li Congke, and then went to the carriage to bow down, "I have seen my mother!" ”

Li Yongning helped Cao Shi get out of the carriage, and Cao Shi was full of tears, helping Li Congjing up, choked up.

Li Yongning secretly looked at Li Congjing, and when he saw that Li Congjing also looked at her, he subconsciously avoided the other party's eyes, and then felt that he had nothing to dodge, and then looked at Li Congjing again.

"Xiaguan Yang Fengzhi, I've seen Li Shuai!" Yang Fengzhi took Zhang Ruiheng and others to bow down and saluted Li Congjing.

"Yang Thorn History." Li Congjing turned to Yang Fengzhi, raised his hand, and looked coldly, "Today, my mother wants to go out of the city, I heard that Yang Tingshi led the crowd to hold weapons and stop them by force?" ”

"It's all because of the curfew" Yang Fengzhi was about to defend a few points, but when he touched Li Congjing's awe-inspiring eyes, he didn't feel that his legs were weak, and he suddenly fell to his knees and cried: "Li Shuai, the lower official is wronged!" ”

"Wronged? Who has wronged you? Is it Ben Shuai, or Ben Shuai's mother? Li Congjing looked down at Yang Fengzhi, and his anger did not decrease by half a point.

Yang Fengzhi paid for his own courage, but at this time, he didn't know where he flew, and when Li Congjing asked like this, he caught a glimpse of the military array outside the city, and he only felt that his soul was going to be out of his body. Fortunately, he has been in officialdom for a long time and is a little tactful, so he immediately slapped himself a few times, "It's all the sins of the lower officials, Li Shuai, you don't remember the villain, please Li Shuai forgive your sins and atone for your sins."

Li Congjing's cold gaze looked at Zhang Ruiheng again, "Is the injury on your hand okay?" ”

"Good, good, good! Thank you Li Shuai for your concern! Zhang Ruiheng didn't know why Li Congjing asked about his injury, and subconsciously replied two sentences, and immediately realized the other party's intentions, and was so frightened that he lay on the ground and trembled, "Li Shuai forgives the sin, it is all the villain's heart blinded by lard for a while, and he definitely didn't mean to be a villain villain."

"Since you can't control your own hands, don't do it." Li Congjing said coldly.

"Huh?" Before Zhang Ruiheng could react, Meng Songbai had already strode forward, pulled out the horizontal knife, his hand rose and fell, a bloody light floated by, and Zhang Ruiheng's arm was cut off.

Caught by Zhang Ruiheng's miserable scream, Yang Fengzhi was stunned and at a loss. Li Congjing turned his head back, "Did Ben Shuai make you stop?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Yang Fengzhi came back to his senses with a cleverness, and hurriedly slapped himself non-stop.

Cao Shi couldn't bear it, and persuaded him: "Congjing, they didn't treat us well, you can spare them." ”

"I can't spare it." Li Congjing said to the Cao family, "The world is chaotic, the night is rampant, if you don't punish this generation severely, how will others know that my Li family can't be offended?" ”

Cao Shi wanted to say something, Li Congjing helped her back to the carriage, and said firmly: "Mother, my father and I led the troops to fight outside, and it doesn't matter how much hardship we endure or how many grievances we suffer, after all, we are people on the battlefield." It doesn't matter if no one can see our credit, but my father and I will never allow it, these young people have half disrespect for your mother, your sisters and brothers! ”

Cao's heart warmed, holding Li Congjing's hand, his eyes were full of kindness, and he said with relief: "Congjing, you have really grown up." ”

After staying in Xiangzhou, Li Siyuan did not move forward, Li Shaorong was stationed in Weizhou, if Li Shaorong or the imperial court wanted to be unfavorable to him, Li Siyuan did not plan to kill himself, some time ago let Li Congke go back to pick up the Cao family, although it was a move to protect himself, but it was also to avoid worries.

During his stay in Xiangzhou, Li Siyuan submitted many copies to the imperial court, but all of them were lost in the sea. Ordered to conquer Yedu failed, he was already guilty, and these times the mercenary Xiangzhou did not return to the dynasty, in the eyes of those who have a heart, this is a change of direction to confirm the name of rebellion. However, Li Siyuan was still reluctant to say anything clearly, which made the people accompanying him very anxious.

Recently, talking about the current predicament, An Chongzhu said to Li Siyuan: "The things of the world, decisive will be successful, and hesitation will be defeated." Think about it, since ancient times, can there be a person who will be kidnapped by a traitor and enter the thief city, but then he can be safe and sound? If life is against the trend, if you don't advance, you will retreat. At present, it seems that the girder is an important place in the world, and only by occupying the girder first and serving it as the foundation can we protect ourselves! ”

Li Siyuan was silent after hearing this. What is the current situation, how can he, as a famous general in the world, not know? After going through the sea and suffering from all these years of suspicion, how can he not look down on the court and not know the truth of sitting still? It's just that he still has concerns in his heart.

On this day, Li Siyuan was handling military affairs in the tent, and a sergeant came to report that Li Congke had returned.

"Coming back from Ke? Can you pick up the lady? Li Siyuan asked busily.

The sergeant said, "I have never seen the woman driving. ”

Li Siyuan was suddenly shocked.

The sergeant then added, "But the young marshal is here with him!" ”

"Who are you talking about? Young marshal? Li Siyuan stood up in surprise, his eyes showing disbelief.

"Yes, it is indeed the young marshal, the envoy of Lu Longjie!" Sergeant Road.

Li Siyuan was overjoyed and hurriedly went out of the account.

Suddenly, father and son meet.

"I've seen my father!" Li Congjing saluted, "The child has picked up his mother to Youzhou, please rest assured." ”

"Good, good. Youzhou is safe! Li Siyuan was very satisfied, and asked Li Congjing again: "Congjing, you are not in Lulong, why did you come here?" ”

Li Congjing stood up and said, "The child heard that his father was killed by a traitor, so that he was in danger, and he was worried, so he came to see him. ”

Li Siyuan finally smiled and nodded: "Good boy, filial piety!" ”

After a while, father and son sat opposite each other in the tent.

Li Congjing bowed down and asked Li Siyuan: "Father, you were first burdened by the rebellious soldiers, the sergeants were scattered, then you were hijacked by thieves, and your loyalty was tarnished, and now you are killed by traitors, so that you are stranded in Xiangzhou and cannot move, and you are in danger." Ask the father what the father is going to do next? ”