Guo Chongtao said: "My army marched westward, with the intention of smashing the Yellow Dragon and destroying the Shu State, so the most important thing is to quickly break through its capital and capture Wang Yan. The minister thought that he should agree to Song Guangbao's request. ”

Li Jiqi bowed slightly, "What General Guo said is very true, it is exactly what I want, so I will do what General Guo wants and allow Song Guangbao to surrender." ”

"Your Highness is wise." Guo Chongtao hugged his fists and said, "The minister will reply to Song Guangbao and send someone to send it." ”

Not long after Guo Chongtao replied to Song Guangbao, Song Guangbao led Zizhou, Mianzhou, Jianzhou, Longzhou, Puzhou and other five places to surrender.

After Song Guangbao surrendered, the neighboring Wuding Jiedu envoys, Shannan Jiedu envoys, and Jiezhou Assassin Shi, because they were afraid of the might of the Tang army, sent envoys to the Tang camp, asked to see Guo Chongtao and Li Jiqi, and expressed their willingness to move the city to Chengcheng. Li Jiqi and Guo Chongtao should be OK one by one.

When he heard that the Tang army was like a bamboo, attacking the city and pulling out the village as if it were no one, he was immediately annoyed, gathered the Qinzhou army, and prepared to send troops to attack the Tang army.

Qinzhou Jiedu deputy envoy An Chongba, known as prestige in the army, relied on by Wang Chengxiu, Wang Chengxiu to find him to discuss the matter, he was ordered to see Wang Chengxiu before, his henchman said to him: "The Tang army is unstoppable, Shu is afraid that it will be difficult to survive, even if Shu can survive, but my Qinzhou army at this time to attack the Tang army, whether it wins or loses, will suffer great losses, and once defeated, it will be ruined, the general should have made a plan." ”

An Chongba asked himself this confidant, "Do you mean to let me surrender to the Tang Army?" ”

"Those who know the times are Junjie, the Tang Dynasty is strong today, and the Lord of Shu is mediocre and incompetent, and it is wise to surrender to the Tang army." Confidant.

An Chongba pondered for a while, "What you said makes sense. It's just that Wang Chengxiu's plan to attack the Tang army seems to be very resolute, he will definitely refuse to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and if you and I go to the Tang camp to surrender to Cheng alone, I am afraid that even if we are accepted by Guo Chongtao, the status will not be done, and without the army in our hands, I am afraid that the future will not be easy. ”

"That's true." The confidant said, "Is there any way the general can solve this problem?" ”

An Chongba pondered for a moment, thought about it, and said with a smile: "You wait a minute, I have a plan." ”

Seeing Wang Chengxiu, An Chongba said to him: "The Tang army has won consecutive battles, while our army has lost consecutive battles, and the general trend has gone." But I am tired of receiving the favor of the country, and the country cannot care about the difficulties, and the last general is willing to work with the commander to support our army and fight against the Tang army. “

Wang Chengxiu was originally a man with no ability, most of the Qinzhou army was willing to obey An Chongba's orders, seeing An Chongba's words, Wang Chengxiu was overjoyed, and immediately issued an order to leave the city.

When An Chongba followed Wang Chengxiu out of the city with a group of henchmen and officials, he suddenly reined in his horse, stopped, and said in front of Wang Chengxiu: "How laborious is it for the country to obtain Qin Long, if the last general travels with the army commander, who will guard this place?" An Chongba is willing to stay for the military commander! After speaking, he ignored Wang Chengxiu and turned back directly with the pro-army.

Entered the city, closed the city gate, and completely ignored Wang Chengxiu, who jumped outside the city and scolded.

Wang Chengxiu had no choice but to leave in a huff.

A few days later, An Chongba surrendered to the Tang army with his pro-army and Qinzhou as a gift.

Li Congjing got the news of the Tang army's successive victories in Shudi, especially after learning that An Chongba led the people to surrender to the Tang army, he smiled and said to Mo Li: "This An Chongba is interesting, such a style, he is really a real villain." The army is like a broken bamboo in Shu, it seems that our army is going to destroy Shu, according to Shu, it is not far away. "The Tang Dynasty is a big event, and it is impossible for Li Congjing not to pay attention to it. And now, whatever he wanted to know, all he needed to do was give a command, and someone would go and get detailed information for him.

Mo Li shook the folding fan lightly, and said with a smile: "Shu is a powerful country in the world, there is no shortage of money and food, there is no shortage of soldiers, and there is more danger of mountains and rivers, but the lord of Shu is mediocre." Under the prestige of our Tang Army, Shu cannot resist, and those who know the times compete to be sincere, which is also the trend of the times. ”

Li Congjing was interested, "Now that the Western Expedition has been in January, why don't you and I bet on the destruction of Shu?" ”

"According to the current situation, it is inevitable that the army will destroy Shu, what else is there to gamble on?" Don't leave the lack of interest.

"It's not that I'm betting on whether my army can destroy Shu, that's too boring." Li Congjing shook his head.

"Oh, so what are you going to bet on?" Mo is interested.

"Bet on the time limit for destroying Shu." Li Congjing said with a smile.

"The deadline for exterminating Shu?" Mo Li shook the folding fan twice, and put it away with a snap, "This is a little interesting." In my opinion, the period of exterminating Shu will not exceed three months. ”

Li Congjing said: "Three months? That's been a long time. In my opinion, in about two months, the army will definitely be wiped out! ”

"Okay, it's a deal, it's a bet!" Mo Li was afraid that Li Congjing would regret it, so he set a gambling game, and then asked: "Since it is a gambling game, you can't have a lottery, what are you going to gamble with?" ”

Li Congjing glanced at Mo Li, had a plan, and said leisurely: "If I win this game, you will take a trip to Jizhou for me, personally sit in Jizhou, and command the battle situation, how about it?" ”

"What's so hard about that?" Mo Li didn't mind, "But if you lose, so what?" ”

"Whatever you want, do as you like." Li Congjing waved his hand and said magnanimously. He knew the outcome of this battle, so he didn't care about what Mo Li asked for. In other words, this gamble is Li Congjing's trick.

Mo Li didn't know this, but said seriously: "If I win, I don't ask for anything else, you will take all those little ladies in my house away!" ”

This time it was Li Congjing's turn to be surprised, he looked at Mo Li like a monster, "Brother Mo, so many sunken fish and geese, they can't even enter your eyes?" Do you dislike little ladies, or do you have other tastes? He slapped his forehead suddenly, and looked at Mo Li in horror: "Should you ......?"

"Get out!" Mo Li let out a roar.

When Li Congjing and Mo Li made an appointment to gamble on the affairs of Shu, Da Mingan had already personally brought reinforcements to Fuzhou. The Battle of Fuzhou has been more than a month since it began, and although the battle is fierce, it is not yet time to win or lose. Damingan personally sat in Fuzhou, on the one hand, he wanted to hold Fuzhou, but he still had a secret idea in his heart, that is, to block the Khitan horseshoe in Fuzhou in one fell swoop, and even defeat the Khitan and send Yelu Abaoji back to China.

In the Battle of Fuzhou, the two sides invested a total of nearly 300,000 troops, and the places within a radius of dozens of miles turned into hell, and it became a veritable Shura field and meat grinder.

As if he was on the front line in the Liaodong battlefield, Damingan was dressed all over, and in the interval between battles, he walked to the head of Fuzhou City, accompanied by the generals of Fuzhou, and looked out of the city.

The scenery outside the city is nothing more than the battlefield and the Khitan camp. The battlefield is certainly tragic, the corpses and bones are scattered, and the Khitan camp, stretching for dozens of miles, is indestructible, and as far as the eye can see, there is a snow-white tent.

"When the Khitan army first arrived in Fuzhou, our army lined up outside the city and fought with it, and fought more than ten battles in ten days, and won a lot. Later, because the enemy was outnumbered, he had to retreat into the city and defend the city. In the past few days, the Khitan army has stormed the city, although it has been very strong, but it has never been able to stand on the first step of the city. The Fuzhou guard general said to Da Ming'an, and briefly reported the previous battle situation. It's just that between the words, there is always some evasion.

Da Ming'an was silent, and Li Siping, who was beside him, snorted coldly: "The Khitan army is coming to attack Fuyu, this is something that His Royal Highness told the general a long time ago, and until the Khitan army appears here, there is a lot of time in between, and the general should be fully prepared." However, the defenders of Fuzhou neither went out of the city to ambush the Khitan army in the middle of the road, nor attacked the other party when they were camped, and missed many fighters in vain, but blindly chose to hold on. In front of the city, more than ten battles, our army waited for work, but there was almost no victory, not only that, but also lost the camp outside the city, forced to retreat into the city to defend. In this month's battle, speaking of gains, of course, there will be, but as the defending side, the battle situation is already advantageous, but the casualties of our army are even higher than those of the Khitan army! There is a lot of self-satisfaction in the general's words, but I don't know where the general's self-satisfaction comes from! ”

The guard's face suddenly became a little ugly. Buyeo is an important town in the western part of the Bohai Kingdom, and militarily it is the forward position to resist the Khitan, if the Khitan breaks through Buyeo, then Longquan Mansion is almost impossible to defend; At the same time, Buyeo is also a wealthy place under the jurisdiction of the Bohai State, and the material and financial resources within the territory are the cornerstone of Buyeo's national policy. Taken together, the importance of Buyeo is self-evident.

It is precisely because of this that Daming'an did not have the idea of using Buyeo as a buffer zone for this war, and did not think of using Buyeo to consume the Khitan army and delay the Khitan horseshoe. He personally led the reinforcements to come this time, hoping to ensure that Buyeo would not be captured by the Khitan, because once Buyeo was lost, it would be too big a blow to the Bohai State. Even if the Bohai State survives the Khitan expedition in the end, a destroyed Buyeo will cause great pressure on the Bohai State. Not only will Bohai's finances be damaged, but it will also be difficult to rebuild Fuyu.

Nowadays, Bohai has overcome internal and external troubles, and the country's politics and economy have been governed by Daming'an, and there has been improvement, but economically, the current situation of Bohai is still very chaotic, and the country is still in a situation where it cannot make ends meet. The war was an extremely money-consuming affair, and it would certainly bring great trauma to the Bohai economy, and if Fuyu was destroyed at this time, it would be tantamount to making things worse for the Bohai State after the war.

War is a continuation of politics, and war serves politics, as it has always been.

Li Siping, as Daming'an's absolute confidant, is now in a high position in Bohai State, he is naturally very clear about the rights and wrongs of this, and as a witness who watched Daming'an come step by step, he knows very well how hard Daming'an has worked in the past few years, and how much blood and sweat he has paid for this country that is about to fall, so when facing the Fuzhou guards who are not effective in combat, Daming'an is not good to be angry as a commander-in-chief, but Li Siping can't help but express his dissatisfaction.

The Fuzhou guard general also knew Daming'an's achievements in Liaodong, although he did not participate in that war, but he couldn't help but admire and be in awe of Daming'an's ability to take half of Liaodong from the Khitan. Although Liaodong was almost completely recaptured by the Khitan later, it happened after Daming'an returned to China, and Daming'an, who was in Longquan Mansion instead of Liaodong, did not have to bear too much responsibility for the defeat in the latter half of the Liaodong War. In the face of Daming'an, the mood of the Fuzhou guards was a little apprehensive.

But despite this, the Khitan military prestige is also something he can't afford not to consider. Not to mention that the Khitan army has been invincible in the grassland in recent years, but it is the Khitan Emperor Yelu Abaoji himself who leads the Khitan army to the east this time, which is the absolute male lord on the grassland today, and it is a formidable existence. In the face of such an army and commander, how can the Fuzhou guards not be afraid?

Ambushing the Khitan army in the middle of the road and attacking the Khitan army when it was camped, these Fuzhou defenders did not think about it, but he didn't have the courage to do it. As the defender of Fuzhou, defending the city is the first priority, as for taking the initiative to attack and winning military merits, it is something that will be fought for in order to ensure that the city is not lost.

Da Ming'an opened his mouth and said: "The Khitan army is strong, Yelu Abaoji is famous, you seek stability in this battle, and it is not unreasonable not to act without authorization, these kings can understand." There is no need to mention the past, now that the king has personally arrived in Fuzhou, I hope that in the next battle, you can work together, and I also hope that you will no longer be afraid of the Khitan soldiers, and you can fight bravely! Only in this way can we have a chance to win. ”

The Fuzhou guards are awe-inspiring, and the sound should be.

Li Siping's words are beating, Da Ming'an's words are appeasement, the two have different roles and statuses, so the language is different, the two have a white face and a red face, singing and harmonizing, which is the way to give both grace and power.