(The third update, the big chapter.) ）

The sky woke up slightly, and the red light of the eastern sky was not yet poking out of the head. The small courtyard is very quiet, in the noisy palace is like an island, no one can set foot and disturb, at the moon gate, several Tsing Yi stand solemnly like statues, a breath and breath seem to be integrated with the surrounding grass and trees, the courtyard wall, do not see half a minute of movement.

Li Congjing followed the winding path paved with small stones to the front of the small courtyard, and the Tsing Yi guarding at the moon gate bowed and saluted, to the surprise of the two Tsing Yi, the King of Qin in front of him did not directly enter the courtyard, but stopped in front of the moon gate.

Li Congjing looked at the beautiful female Qingyi in front of him with his hands, the other party lowered his eyebrows, and did not dare to look directly at him, he said lightly: "Name." ”

"Go back to Your Highness, humble Song Jiao." The female Tsing Yi replied with a fist.

"Good." Li Congjing's words made the female Tsing Yi feel inexplicable, but the indifferent tone of King Qin had already made her feel uneasy, and King Qin's next words made the female Tsing Yi fall into an ice cellar, "Pull it down, correct the Fa on the spot!" ”

Meng Songbai, who was following behind Li Congjing, stepped forward without saying a word, and kicked on the lower abdomen of the female Tsing Yi, he did not spare any strength for this kick, and the female Tsing Yi was suddenly kicked and hit the courtyard wall, and when she knelt on the cold stone slab, blood had spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Handover." At this time, Meng Songbai said lightly to the female Tsing Yi.

The female Tsing Yi's face was pale, but she did not hesitate for a moment, wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth, removed the short knives, dark arrows and other weapons she was wearing, presented them with both hands, and handed them all to Meng Songbai.

Li Congjing looked down at the female Tsing Yi, he didn't want to say much to her, but when he saw that she regarded death as home, his anger decreased slightly, so he had the heart to ask: "Do you know why you died?" ”

The female Tsing Yi knelt on the ground and replied with her fists clenched: "The fifth commander of the lowly guard is not effective, causing the fifth commander to almost die, the crime is unforgivable, and he deserves to die!" But it turned out that this female Tsing Yi named Song Jiao was the fifth girl's personal guard.

"Good." Li Congjing nodded slightly, said no more, and walked into the moon gate with his feet raised.

Meng Songbai picked up Song Jiao, and was about to pull aside to cut off his head, Li Congjing's order was very clear: Rectify the law on the spot.

"Wait!" The door of the courtyard was opened, and a red dress appeared in front of the door, the bloodless hand held the door frame, and the pale little face looked at Li Congjing, looking very weak, "Your Highness, the crime is not in her, please forgive her the death penalty!" ”

After saying this, the fifth was about to kneel down and ask for her life, and before she could bend down, she felt a gust of wind blowing in front of her, and a pair of strong hands had already supported her delicate body.

Fifth, she raised her head and saw that the face that had always been Tarzan collapsed in front of her without moving, and a trace of distortion related to heartache and grief was occurring, and her heart trembled for a while, as if she saw the snow-capped mountains melt and spring flowers bloom.

"It's up to you." The fifth girl had never heard this decisive man in front of her, talking to her in such a warm and soft tone, which made her feel like she was in a colorful world, as if there were countless butterflies flying around her, and before she noticed the blush on her little face, she heard the voice and pretended to reproach: "I told you a long time ago, you are not allowed to stay for a few days, and it is the most important thing to live and rest, why don't you listen?" ”

The fifth girl was helped to the bed by the most prominent and honorable young man in the empire, only to feel that her steps were very frivolous, and her body seemed to be floating, and she didn't know where her strength went, and she couldn't even speak, so she could only hum.

For many years, she had never been treated like this by this man, and the first time she experienced such a "courtesy", she knew that she didn't know how to react to these things that she dreamed of and always thought were extravagant expectations.

Dizzy and half-loud, the fifth girl didn't know what she was doing, she was completely instinctive in her body, no wonder she had been in her life since Changhecheng, there was only danger, calculation, and fighting, when did she experience these warmth?

When the fifth girl's mind returned to her body, she was shocked to realize that she had sat on the couch at some point, and the highly respected King Qin of the Tang Empire was holding a medicine bowl in one hand and a soup spoon in the other hand to feed her medicine

"Ahh As if awakened from a nightmare, the fifth girl screamed and danced.

There was a crackling sound, and the fifth finally regained consciousness, and she realized that she had just moved in a mess, and actually knocked over the decoction in Li Congjing's hand, not only the bowl and spoon were broken on the ground, but the decoction splashed Li Congjing's face. The other party's majestic and solemn coiling dragon robe was also unlikely.

The fifth girl found that Li Congjing was looking at her in a daze, and she looked stunned, but she didn't understand what the situation was at all. The Tsing Yi guards, Meng Songbai and others outside the door rushed into the house when they heard the sound, and when they saw the scene in the house, they were all stunned at the door, not knowing why.

The scene in front of her made the fifth girl anxious, panicked, ashamed and ashamed, and her little mouth couldn't help but deflat, and tears suddenly swirled uncontrollably in her eyes.

Li Congjing, who was sitting at the head of the bed, waved his hand, motioned for Meng Songbai and the others to withdraw, put on a gentle smile, and comforted the fifth girl softly: "It's okay, let them take another bowl." ”

The fifth girl, who has not been long in the year of Fang Guopo-melon, has always been her to take care of Li Congjing's daily life and safety, when has she been taken care of by Li Congjing like this, her heart is like a deer colliding, and she suddenly reacted that she actually splashed the other party's face with medicinal soup, she couldn't help crying, "Your Highness"

Seeing the appearance of the fifth girl, Li Congjing's face sank, "It's useless to knock over the medicine bowl, this medicine still has to be drunk!" ”

Fifth Girl: ""

finally waited for the fifth girl to drink the medicine, and originally planned to talk to her for a while, but seeing that the other party's demeanor and behavior were quite abnormal and he was about to cry all the time, Li Congjing really didn't know what to do when the second monk was confused, so he had to tell her to rest and promise to come back to visit later, so he left the courtyard.

What Li Congjing didn't know was that when he left the courtyard, the fifth girl was lying on the window and watching, until his back disappeared into the moon gate, and the fifth girl left the window. The fifth girl, who returned to the bed, grabbed the quilt and covered her head, and indeed cried a lot, but it had nothing to do with pain or sorrow.

Two days later, the military report of Shishou's victory was transmitted back to Jiangling, and after reading Lin Xiong's description of the battle of Shishou in the letter, Li Congjing was silent for a long time, and then ordered someone to send an order to Shishou to let Ma Huaiyuan come to Jiangling.

This time Li Congjing's pacification of Jingnan, for the Tang Dynasty, not only means that in the military operations against Shudi, Jiangnan, Wu and other places, you can get many conveniences, advantages, and opportunities, Jingnan's assets will also enrich the national treasury, and it is also a direct improvement of national strength. When it comes to the price paid, Guo Wei's Fangzhou Army and Liu Xun's Xiangzhou Army are insignificant, but Ma Huaiyuan's Fuzhou Army has suffered huge sacrifices.

When Ma Huaiyuan arrived in Jiangling, Liu Xun and Lin Ying had led the Xiangzhou army to arrive in Jiangling, and Li Congjing summoned Ma Huaiyuan to let him personally recount the story of the battle of Shishou.

If it is placed on ordinary people, reporting merits is a great opportunity to invite merit to talk about difficulties, and it is necessary to make a big splash, but the battle of Shishou is narrated through Ma Huaiyuan's mouth, but it seems prosaic, and it is even far less tragic and dangerous than Lin Xiong's description.

"That is, you, Ma Huaiyuan, will report the battle situation in such a tone and wording." After listening to Ma Huaiyuan's narration, Li Congjing shook his head and sighed, Ma Huaiyuan really didn't know anything about being an official. It's no wonder that if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have had great military exploits and outstanding talents, but could only be an aspiring small school in Danzhou, which Li Congjing had long known.

Li Congjing groaned and continued: "Originally, Gu was still considering the candidate for the Jingnan Festival envoy, but now it seems that there is no need to worry. Needless to say, you have been in Fuzhou for less than a year, and with the limited financial and material resources of Fuzhou, you can train such an army, which is the most needed candidate for Jingnan Jiedu in the imperial court at present. Gu will later suggest to the imperial court that you be appointed as the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu. ”

Jingnan has a special geographical location, and it really needs a person who "can't be an official" to serve as a festival envoy. This time, Ma Huaiyuan sent troops to Shishou, holding the title of envoy in the east of Jingnan, and his meritorious service was great, and it was not inappropriate to be promoted to the envoy of Jiedu.

Ma Huaiyuan did not give in to the promotion that was close at hand, and after thanking Li Congjing, the first thing he said was quite unexpected by Li Congjing, "I hope His Royal Highness can go to the stone head in person to pay tribute to the heroic spirit of this battle." If this is the case, the land of Jingnan will definitely be solid in the future! ”

Li Congjing naturally understood Ma Huaiyuan's intentions, and did not shirk at the moment, but should accept it.

However, Jingnan's affairs were complicated, and Li Congjing didn't have much time to take a break, so he asked Ma Huaiyuan to go back to Shishou to arrange first, and he would rush over when he arrived at the appointed date.

On February 28 of the second year of Tiancheng, Shishou won a great victory, and ten days later, that is, on March 8, Li Congjing set off from Jiangling and rushed to Shishou County non-stop.

In the battle of Shishou, the wounded did not say anything first, and the Fuzhou army was only lost in the battle, with 481 people.

The Battle of Shishou Heroic Cemetery was built at the foot of Shishou Mountain in the west of the county.

On this day, the sky was gloomy, the wind swept the river, and the soldiers of the Fuzhou army all gathered in the cemetery at the foot of Shishou Mountain.

The river wind blew the spirit flag, and Zhou Xiaoquan, who was wrapped in a thick bandage on his head, held a jar of spirits in his arms, dragged his injured leg and limped through the cemetery, and finally stopped in front of a tombstone and sat on the ground.

Looking at the three words "Chen Yanshi" on the tombstone, Zhou Xiaoquan opened the wine jar, poured the spirits in front of the monument, and whispered: "You kid likes spirits, when you were in the Fuzhou military camp, you were punished for it, I didn't have much friendship with you at that time, and I never drank with you, and I have no chance to drink with you in the future, I have to respect you today." Although we don't have a good temperament, I have to admit that you are a man, but it's a pity that you don't deserve to die so early. ”

Standing up tremblingly, Zhou Xiaoquan didn't feel the pain of hurting his leg, he looked at the tombstone and continued: "Chen Yanshi, you have a name in life and a surname in death, and you don't want to be a lonely ghost after death, I haven't forgotten this matter." Don't worry, I'll bring you a jar of wine every year until I'm lying down in the ground. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Xiaoquan looked at the other tombstones near the left, his voice was amplified, and his voice was hoarse, "And you, Wang Wenxiong, Xu You, Feng Er, Lao Mazi, you all have names and surnames lying here, King Qin has an order, and your paper money will not be cut off in the future, and someone will come to see you every year." If you die for the country, the country will remember that you all died worthily, rest in peace! ”

"Zhou Xiaoquan, hurry down, King Qin is here!" Ma Xiaodao shouted at the bottom of the mountain.

Zhou Xiaoquan turned around and looked, not far away, a cavalry team galloped over, taking the lead with a royal flag and a huge Qin character written on it. Under the banner of the king, the leader of the iron-armored horizontal knife is the commander who commanded tens of thousands of troops in Youzhou in the past, crossed the Great Wall, attacked the Khitan in the north, and fought for Zhou Loufeng, Hei Niu and others in the military fort of Daoshuigou, and also fought for the countless border troops of Youyun for many years of humiliation and revenge!

After more than a year, seeing the young general who was not much older than himself again, Zhou Xiaoquan still couldn't suppress the tremors that occurred from excitement all over his body.

Zhou Xiaoquan glanced back at the tombstone of Chen Yanshi and others, clenched the horizontal knife at his waist, and whispered firmly in a voice that only he could hear: "His Royal Highness King Qin, I, Zhou Xiaoquan, am willing to die on the battlefield for you!" ”

Li Congjing's trip to the stone head brought not only a list of rewards, but also a sacrificial text and a national policy.

In front of more than 2,000 soldiers of the Fuzhou Army, Li Congjing, who was neatly dressed, ascended the high platform and personally recited this memorial text.

"In February of the second year of Tiancheng, Yang Wu Xingshi invaded my Jingzhou, and the east of Jingnan recruited Ma Huaiyuan to lead the Fuzhou army of 3,000, and refused more than 10,000 enemies on the Shishou line, since February 22, he fought fiercely with the enemy for seven days, after more than 40 large and small battle formations, annihilated more than 1,000 enemies, and the bloody battle did not retreat to the reinforcements, and finally defeated the Wu army, beheading more than 6,000. In this battle, the Fuzhou army was outnumbered, all the soldiers fought to the death, more than 2,000 wounded, 481 killed, and the heroic souls left their names: Chen Yanshi, Wang Wenxiong, Xu You, Feng Er"

"Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival. The army is the shield of the country, the soldiers fight outside, and the people can live in peace, the army is the spear of the country, the king is not a subordinate, and the country can be subdued. Fuzhou army, the spear and shield of the Tang Dynasty, now the Fuzhou army has made meritorious contributions to the country in a bloody battle, and he will encourage the army to work hard in the future, and the foreign police are afraid of the country."

"On the eighth day of the third month of the second year of Tiancheng, the king of Tang Qin Congjing sacrificed the heroic spirit of the Fuzhou army in the cemetery outside Shishou City."

After reading the article, Li Congjing handed it to Ma Huaiyuan, and Ma Huaiyuan handed it to the craftsman and asked it to be engraved on the monument of the cemetery.

Then, in the face of thousands of soldiers with excited expressions, Li Congjing read out a national policy set by Li Siyuan's seal, "All the soldiers who fight and shed blood on the battlefield are for the country and the people. From now on, all my Tang Dynasty kings will fight, and every battle will build a cemetery, engrave the name of the heroic spirit, record the merits of the heroic spirit, and praise it for future generations! ”

As soon as these words came out, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Fuzhou Army were silent for a while, and then they all hit their chests with their fists and swords with their shields.

Li Congjing pulled out his horizontal knife, raised his arms and shouted: "The Fuzhou army is mighty!" ”

More than 2,000 Fuzhou troops shouted in unison: "The Fuzhou army is mighty!" ”

Li Congjing raised his arms again, "The Tang army is mighty!" ”

More than 2,000 Tang troops shouted in unison: "The Tang army is mighty!" ”

Li Congjing raised his arms three times, "The Tang Dynasty is mighty!" ”

More than 2,000 Tang people, impassioned, "The Tang Dynasty is mighty!" ”

More than 2,000 sons shook the sky, the river was stunned, and the sky changed color.

Through the ages, how many dynasties have risen and fallen, the great rivers have gone east, and how many hot-blooded sons and daughters.

Today, under the dome, in front of Shishou Mountain, there is only one voice, which lasts for a long time and reverberates endlessly: it is the name of a dynasty, the imprint of an era, and the belief of a nation, a spiritual glory.

"Datang!"

"Datang!"

"Datang!"

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