Two days later, that is, on the eighth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of Zhenguan. According to the old Huang calendar, it is advisable to break ground and start construction on this day, it is appropriate to marry a daughter and seek an heir, everything is appropriate, and there are no taboos. It is a rare auspicious day of the zodiac in the year.

Today's weather is exceptionally cool, not as hot and humid as it used to be. In the direction of the south gate of Chang'an, gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing in unison, and it is lively. Especially on both sides of the inner street of the South Gate, there are crowds of people, countless onlookers, there is no end in sight, and the scene is extremely noisy.

Today, it is a big day for Guo Ye to lead the army of Guangnan Road, and Li Jing to lead the army of Lingnan Road to march south to quell the rebellion.

Tens of thousands of troops on both sides are going out of the south gate one after another, the horses are neighing, the spears are standing in a forest, the flags are fluttering, and the order is in order, a mighty and majestic team, which is really worthy of being the division of the Tang Empire.

In addition to the people who came to watch on both sides of the street, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also came to see them off under the leadership of Fang Xuanling, Kong Yingda, Wei Zheng and other bigwigs.

His Majesty Li Er did not come in person, but he also sent Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia of Zongzheng Temple, to send Zhuangxing wine to see off Guo Ye and Li Jing as they went south to quell the rebellion.

It can be seen that His Majesty Li Er has high hopes for the two of them to go south to quell the rebellion.

Seeing that the armies of both roads were out of the city, Guo Ye and Li Jing, the two marching commanders, surrounded by their own soldiers, parted with Kong Yingda, Fang Xuanling and others.

Li Daozong, the secretary of Zongzheng Temple, beckoned, signaled several waiters who were in charge of imperial wine to pour three bowls of wine, and then took one bowl himself, handed Guo Ye and Li Jing a bowl each, and stepped forward and said: "Two, the Holy God has given me the imperial wine to go south to quell the rebellion." The Holy Lord ordered the king to respect the two chief managers with a bowl of Zhuangxing wine, and wished our army a great victory in the south, smashed the bandits' den, and successfully quelled the rebellion! Come, this king respects the two chief managers for a bowl, and drinks this bowl full! ”

"It's done!"

"King Jiangxia, please!"

Guo Ye and Li Jing immediately stopped saying goodbye to their colleagues, and successively raised their wine bowls to touch bowls with Li Daozong.

Wow~

Wow~

The bowl sounds crisp, and after that, it dries up.

Seeing this, Kong Yingda next to him also went around to the two jars of imperial wine and asked the eunuch to pour him a bowl, and then walked to Guo Ye, holding the wine bowl and said with a smile: "Guo boy, the old man is here to borrow flowers and offer Buddha, and I will give you a bowl." In addition to wishing you success and early triumphant songs, there is also a reluctant invitation. ”

As he spoke, he smiled and gestured to Li Daozong, who had come to see him off on behalf of His Majesty Li Er.

Li Daozong stretched out his hand, stepped aside, and said that please feel free.

Guo Ye beckoned to the waiter and said, "It's full!" ”

When the bowl was full of wine, he raised the bowl and touched it to Kong Yingda, and said with a smile: "Boss, if you have any send, just give orders." ”

Kong Yingda held the bowl and continued: "It's still for the sake of Yu Shinan, this old ghost, except for the last time he was in Chang'an, there has been no news of this old ghost. Now that the southern Lingnan and Quang Nam areas have fallen into rebellion, the old man is worried that this old guy will have something wrong in the south. Therefore, the old man begs you to bring this old guy back to Chang'an alive. ”

As soon as Kong Yingda's words came out, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others all looked worried, and even Li Daozong sighed: "Kong Shangshu's words are true, not only has there been no news from Yu Servant for a long time, but according to the merchant travelers from the south, even the post houses and official offices in Lingnan and Guangnan have all been occupied and destroyed by cult bandits. Yu Servant shot this southward Xuanfu, I'm afraid it's ......"

The words "Fierce and Auspicious" were not spoken, but everyone could hear the frustration in the words.

Li Jing hurriedly smiled and said, "You don't need to worry too much, Brother Yu Jiren has his own natural appearance. Maybe it's because of the traffic blockage, so Brother Yu has not sent a letter to Chang'an for a long time. ”

"That's right!"

Guo Ye immediately took the words, holding the bowl in both hands and punching Kong Yingda to comfort: "Don't worry, boss, even if you don't command, Guo Ye will promise to bring the teacher back to Chang'an safely." If there is any difference, you can settle accounts with me. Come, drink this bowl full, Guo Ye is about to pull it out. ”

"Good!"

Kong Yingda was arrogant, he had never liked to drink, he actually drank a bowl of spirits to the sky, and then praised: "Hurry, the old man can trust you kid." We are waiting for your good news here in Chang'an. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, stay here, we're leaving!"

Li Jing threw away the empty bowl, and suddenly turned over on the mount brought by his own soldiers, raised the whip in his hand, and took the lead out of the city.

Guo Ye arched his hand at a few more people and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is waiting quietly for me to wait for the good news in the south, Guo Ye is leaving!" ”

With that, he turned over and got on the horse, raised his whip and urged the horse to gallop away, and the scarlet cloak turned into a rainbow light and went out of the south gate.

Within two days, the two armies marched day and night to Cangzhou Mansion.

Cangzhou Thorn Shi, who had already received an official letter from the Ministry of War, requisitioned hundreds of ships on the side of the canal to supply the two armies to go south by boat.

After a short rest in the morning on the outskirts of the wharf of Cangzhou Prefecture, the two armies, totaling 50,000 men and 5,000 war horses, began to board the ships, and it was only in the afternoon and evening that hundreds of ships set sail.

The sails moved away, and for a time hundreds of ships began to move south at dusk, and hundreds of ships on the entire canal were connected into a fire dragon with stars, with the sound of oars, and the sails were swaying, this scene was not spectacular.

Hundreds of large ships walked on the Grand Canal for eight days before they arrived in Hangzhou.

When I got off the boat in Hangzhou and went south, the waterway was no longer workable, so I could only walk south on two legs.

Worried about the rebellion in the south, Guo Ye and Li Jing discussed going day and night, and not stopping in any state capital to delay except for normal supplies.

Therefore, it took about 20 days to cross the state and march south. The road was unimpeded, and after entering the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi and Fujian and Guangdong, it was nearly six days.

As long as you pass this junction and go south, you will officially enter the Lingnan boundary.

In the same way, after the junction of Zeng Gege, Guo Ye also had to go his separate ways with Li Jing.

Further south, it is the area of Lingnan, and to the southeast, it is the area of Guangnan Road.

These two places are the boundaries of the White Lotus Cult that is deeply poisonous and has fallen into the rebellion of the bandits.

This day, night.

On the bonfire outside Li Jingshuai's tent was a kettle, in which hot water was boiling, and the hot air was bubbling and making an irritating sound.

There are only two people in the tent, Li Jing and Guo Ye, the two of them are sitting on the ground, holding a roasted cake to satisfy their hunger, holding a bowl of hot water in their hands to help them swallow, and discussing the specific rules after the parting of ways tomorrow and the war.

With a bang, it seemed that Guo Ye's teeth were injured by the hard baked cakes, Guo Ye threw the baked cakes directly on the ground in anger, and scolded: "This broken baked cake, I'm sure it's the most unpalatable thing I've ever eaten in my life." ”

Li Jing smiled dumbly, reached out and picked up the baked cake that Guo Ye threw on the ground, gently patted the mud on it, handed it back to Guo Ye, and scolded with a smile: "You don't know what to do, it's good to eat this baked cake." I think that back then, when the old man was besieged in the city by Dou Jiande's army, he didn't have anything to eat. He was so hungry that he even killed all the war horses and ate them, and dug up all the grass roots and bark in the city to eat. Now that you can have baked cakes for you to eat, are you still not satisfied? Violent destruction of heavenly things, that is to be damned, bastard. ”

Guo Ye pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "After I enter Guangnan Road, will I still lack food?" Old handsome, this time and that time! ”

"Poor mouth!"

Li Jing scolded with a smile: "You haven't entered Guangnan Road yet, and you haven't captured a city before you think about eating and drinking, do you think you can still have some serious things all day long?" ”

"People take food as their ......"

"Still poor?"

Li Jing interrupted Guo Ye to continue to play tricks, then picked up a branch and pointed to a city on the sheepskin map, and said: "Continue to get down to business, the old man hopes that after you enter Guangnan Road, you will attack this place first, and form an echo with my Lingnan Road army." ”

Guo Ye glanced at the place pointed by the branches, and it was actually Qianzhou.

This Qianzhou is close to Lingnan Mansion, and Lingnan Mansion is the helmsman of the White Lotus Cult in the area of Lingnan Road.

He couldn't help but be a little stunned, because this was different from the way he had discussed with Li Jing in Chang'an before. According to the previous agreement, Li Jing attacked Lingnan Mansion, while he led his army into the mountainous area of Guangnan Road, and then went straight to Guangzhou Mansion to cut off the back road of the White Lotus Cult to break out to sea.

Why did Li Jing suddenly change his mind when he saw that he was about to part ways and fight separately?

He looked at Li Jing puzzled, frowned and shook his head and asked, "Old Shuai, why is this?" It's not your style to change your mind, you have to give me a reason to change my mind, right? ”