The army needs to be prepared for the eastward journey, but for Xue Rengui, such preparation is just a pediatric, he came to support the northwest war this time, and the 10,000 iron cavalry around him are the elite he has trained all year round, whether it is corrective training or defending the city defense, it is ready to charge at any time, so he led it, the army has already gathered in the school field, and the order is reached, the army has not been prepared for long, and it is ready to go.

Stopping the army outside the city, Xue Rengui led a thousand guards to a courtyard near the Dali Temple, escorted Lu Dongzan from the courtyard where he was imprisoned to the prisoner car, and pulled him outside the city to make peace with the army.

Li Hong walked out of Chang'an City under the escort of Chen Gong and eight hundred guards, said goodbye to Su Dingfang, Le Yanwei, Di Renjie and others on the bank of the Weishui River, turned over and walked forward for a while, and saw a large army appeared in front of him, which was Xue Rengui's 10,000 elite horsemen.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xue Rengui saw the crown prince Li Hong from a distance, so he rode forward and saluted him.

Li Hong nodded slightly and asked, "Have you been escorted into the car?" ”。

"It's already locked in the car, please follow your highness." Xue Rengui said.

Li Hong followed Xue Rengui to the center of the procession, and saw 800 iron horsemen tightly guarding a prisoner cart, and in the prisoner cart was the Tubo minister Lu Dongzan.

"Minister, long time no see, you're doing well!" Li Hong said with a smile.

Zhou Xing had already learned everything he wanted from Lu Dongzan, he was now well aware of the defense of Tubo, and he also knew that Lu Dongzan had looted a lot of wealth, which was enough for him to launch three wars against Tubo, so Li Hong at this moment seemed very relaxed when facing Lu Dongzan.

People die for money, and birds die for food.

With Lu Dongzan's money, Li Hong used one-third of the reward for this attack on Tubo, and the remaining part was used to buy the Tubo nobles, that is, the group of people who originally belonged to Lu Dongzan, so that they could secretly support his attack on Tubo, and then promise them good profits, Li Hong did not believe that he would encounter any trouble when he attacked Tubo.

It is estimated that the only trouble at that time will be Mangsong Mangzan.

However, there are only less than 100,000 troops in Mangsong Mangzan, what is Li Hong afraid of?

Li Hong was afraid of the Tibetan nobles before, if they unite with Mangsong Mangzan and show their private soldiers to form a large army, with the number of private soldiers of the Tubo nobles, Mangsong Mangzan will have no problem forming 200,000 elite cavalry, and it will indeed make Li Hong a little difficult at that time.

But now that he has money, he can use the money to disintegrate Mangsong Mangzan's fragile alliance, and the capture of Tubo is just around the corner, what else is he unhappy about?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is full of red light, and the spring breeze is proud!" Lu Dongzan sneered, from the moment he failed in Liu Ju and forced Xuegou by himself, he had lost his dignity and spirit, and he was supported by a breath of resentment. When he arrived in Chang'an City, his food, clothing, and housing were improved, but he was still harshly tortured by Zhou Xing, coupled with the loss of his previous dignity, he could not withstand Zhou Xing's torture to extract a confession, and told Zhou Xing everything.

So now Lu Dongzan's heart is dead, and the only reason to live is to see Gaozong and meet the Tang Emperor, who gave birth to a son who defeated him.

That's why he has been holding on, otherwise he wouldn't want to live a long time ago.

Because now he is more tired alive than dead, he is not afraid of death, and he is not nostalgic for the taste of life... He didn't have the fear of dying, he just wanted to meet Gaozong, the man who didn't win but let his son win himself.

"It's still thanks to the great minister, otherwise how can we be sure so early that the plan to exterminate Tibet is just around the corner? I can't be sure when Tubo will be exterminated, and Gu will not be as happy as he is now. Li Hong said very sincerely.

He didn't think about the meaning of being angry with Lu Dongzan, but he was still very happy from Lu Dongzan, when Lu Dongzan chased him away like a dog, he didn't suffer less, and now that feng shui is turning, what happened to him bullying Lu Dongzan?

When Lu Dongzan heard Li Hong's words, his face turned red again, and then turned pale.

But he didn't say anything after all, he just snorted coldly and lowered his head and stopped talking.

Li Hong also snorted coldly, no longer staying here, but walked to the front of the team and gave the order to march with Xue Rengui.

The army marched and slowly headed towards Luoyang!

……

Chang'an City to Luoyang has to pass through many states and counties, this time Li Hong didn't want the people along the way, he was like taking a small road.

After marching like this for two days, in the evening, they stepped into the boundary of Kip Shi County.

This is a mountain forest surrounded by green water and a fresh environment, Li Hong feels that the environment here is good, so he is ready to set up camp here. He called Xue Rengui to his side and informed him of his thoughts, and Xue Rengui was ordered to make arrangements, while he led Chen Gong and a hundred guards to play nearby.

Suddenly, just as he was walking into the forest, there was a tiger cry and someone shouting in front of him.

"What's the situation?" Li Hong asked, "Why are there still people here?" ”

It is still thirty miles away from Kipshi County, is there a village nearby, how can there be people in the mountains and forests?

Chen Gong didn't know either, so he was busy sending him to check.

After a while, the two guards hurriedly came to report that several teenagers were found hunting in front of them, and they were being chased and bitten by tigers, and they were fleeing for their lives.

Li Hong didn't want to meddle in things, but when it came to people's lives, he couldn't sit idly by, so he led everyone to check.

Li Hong's archery skills have been taught by everyone, so he rode forward, and Chen Gong and the others did not stop him, but just followed him closely.

After riding a horse and walking forward for more than 500 meters, I saw a young girl trapped under a tree under the hillside, and a big tiger under the tree that had been fierce was constantly jumping high, ready to bite the girl from the tree. On a rock not far away, three young men of about sixteen or seventeen years old bent their bows and arrows, and kept aiming at the tiger to shoot arrows, but no matter how hard they tried, they were always on time, and they couldn't touch the tiger that didn't listen to the beating.

So they are in a stalemate with the tiger...

Everyone was timid, no one dared to step forward to drive away the old book, they could only watch the girl on her body keep screaming, and the branch where the girl was was slowly bent and showed signs of breaking.

"You wait here, go down and see." Seeing this scene, he took out his bow and arrows, Li Hong said to Chen Gong beside him, and urged the horse to rush down.

Chen Gong had long been accustomed to Li Hong's adventures, and he did not stop them.

It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dares to risk his life, inducing Lu Dongzan to be captured, and he will be afraid of a tiger? Besides, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not the opponent of the tiger, but the war horse boasted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a divine horse, how can it let the tiger get close to the middle plan?

Therefore, Chen Gong and the guards did not move, but stood in place on horseback, quietly watching below.

Li Hong rode a horse and rushed to the girl trapped in the tree step by step.

Bang Bang –

Pap-

The sound of horses' hooves resounded in this silent mountain forest, especially loud.

At once, it attracted the girl in the tree, as well as the three boys on the rock.

"This Lang Jun, save me-" The girl saw Li Hong coming on horseback, still bending her bow and arrows, about to shoot the tiger to death, she didn't know where she got the courage, she actually shouted at Li Hong, "This Lang Jun, save me-"

The three young men on the rock were shocked when they saw Li Hong's awe-inspiring momentum, because they were similar in age to Li Hong, and even a few years older than Li Hong, but they didn't have the momentum of Li Hong.

"Roar-" When the tiger saw that Li Hong dared to rush towards him on horseback, it was furious, abandoned the girl, and pounced on Li Hong fiercely.

"Lang Jun be careful—" the girl in the tree shouted eagerly.

"Brother Tai be careful—" shouted a young man from the rock.

But Li Hong had already ignored their cries, only to see him bend his bow and arrows, aiming at the tiger that was rushing towards him, "Whoosh! Sou! "It was two arrows, two feathered arrows that broke through the air and shot at the tiger in front of him.

"Pretty—"

The young man on the rock praised loudly, just this posture, just this strength, at first glance, he is a master of archery, these two arrows are shot, and this tiger is almost immortal.

"Roar-" The tiger saw two feathered arrows shooting at him, its body stopped in mid-air, roared, and suddenly turned over, "whoosh-", and dodged the two feathered arrows.

"Ahh

"What?" The young man on the rock was also stunned, this tiger is too cunning, right? Can this be dodged? Li Hong didn't think so, he was just a little surprised that the tiger dodged his two arrows, but he randomly took out a feather arrow again, aimed at the tiger, and shot it out with a "whoosh".

"Bang-" This time, the tiger didn't dodge anymore, and was hit by an arrow in the chest.

However, it still did not stop its charge, and quickly rushed towards Li Hong.

Li Hong retracted his bow, "sonorous", just pulled out the saber on his waist, and met the tiger that rushed forward, but the tiger seemed unwilling to fight with Li Hong, so he saw that its body was off, and it passed by Li Hong's side and disappeared into the woods behind him.

Li Hong withdrew his raised sword, glanced back at the woods where the tiger had disappeared, nodded thoughtfully, and rode towards the girl.

After rescuing the girl, the young man on the rock also hurriedly walked in front of Li Hong.

"My name is Yao Yuanchong, this is my sister Yao Di, thank you for your life-saving grace just now, I don't know what Brother Tai is called?" The young man who was talking on the rock just now asked.

Yao Yuanchong——

Isn't that Yao Chong? When Li Hong heard Yao Chong's explanation, he was taken aback. Did your idea go so well? Just camp and rest, ride out to play, and you can meet Yao Chong, the prime minister of the Tang Xuanzong period?

"Yao Di, thank you Lang Jun for saving your life." The girl Yao Di also came back to her senses at this time and hurriedly thanked Li Hong. The girl Yao Di couldn't see her beauty at all on the tree, and now standing in front of Li Hong, the delicate face of this little girl was only shown in front of Li Hong, I have to say that even if Li Hong is used to seeing beauties like Bai Suzhen and Guo Xiang, he is still a little surprised when he sees Yao Di's beauty.

Because Yao Di's beauty lies in the innocence of the girl, as well as a touch of youth... This kind of beauty is like first love, anyone can have it, but no one can keep it. Yao Chong is already sixteen years old, his sister is also fourteen years old, and the fourteen-year-old girl in the Tang Dynasty has already reached the age of becoming a monk, so Yao Di at this age still has the youthful appearance and temperament of first love, which is indeed commendable.

Li Hong was thanked by Yao Di like this, and hurriedly replied politely, "You don't have to thank me, it's just a gesture." ”

Immediately, his gaze was still directed towards Yao Yuanchong.

Yao Chong, whose real name is Yuan Chong, is the son of Yao Yi, the governor of Guanzhong. Yao Chong was both civil and military, and he was the prime minister of the three dynasties of Zetian, Zhongzong and Ruizong, and served as the prime minister twice, and concurrently served as the secretary of the military department. He participated in the Shenlong coup d'état, and was later demoted to the history of assassination because he refused to attach himself to Princess Taiping. After Tang Xuanzong took power, Yao Chong was appointed as the secretary of the military department and the Tongping Zhangshi, and entered the Zhongshu order to enshrine the Duke of Liang. He put forward ten things to say, implemented a new policy, assisted Tang Xuanzong to create a prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and was known as the prime minister of saving time. Yao Chong ruled for three years, and was known as the four great sages of the Tang Dynasty together with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Song Jing. In 721 (the ninth year of Kaiyuan), Yao Chong died, and he was posthumously presented to the governor of Yangzhou and given literature.

It can be seen from this that Yao Chong is such a rare talent.

can be compared with Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in the Taizong period, it can be seen that Yao Chong does have extraordinary talents.

But Yao Chong, whom Li Hong saw... It's really not like Yao Chong in history at all, it's more like a cynical nobleman.

However, Li Hong understands Yao Chong in history more clearly.

Yao Chong was free and easy when he was young, paid attention to integrity, practiced martial arts diligently, entertained himself by hunting, studied hard after the age of 20, and entered the official career as a filial piety and honoring Lang.

In 696 (that is, the first year of Tongtian), the Khitan Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong rebelled and captured several states in Hebei. At that time, the military affairs were busy, Yao Chong handled it properly, was organized, and was deeply appreciated by the Empress Wu, and he was promoted to the head of the military department.

In 698 (the first year of the holy calendar), Yao Chong was promoted to the rank of Pingzhangshi under the Tongzhong Shumen, and became the real prime minister.

And in 704, Yao Chong asked to resign from his official position due to his mother's old age. Empress Wu dismissed him from the post of prime minister, but retained his post as the head of the palace and let him serve his old mother.

Soon, Wu Zetian asked Yao Chong to concurrently serve as the secretary of the military department, and he was the third product under the same Zhongshu door.

Yao Chong excused himself and said: "The military department is in charge of military power, and the minister is a subordinate official of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is not conducive to the Prime Minister to serve as a Xia official."

Empress Wu thought so, so he reappointed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

At that time, Zhang Yizhi, the male favorite of Empress Wu, wanted to transfer ten monks from Chang'an Dade Temple to Dingzhou to enrich the private temple, causing the monks to appeal. Yao Chong ignored Zhang Yizhi's repeated intercession and stopped the matter, so he offended Zhang Yizhi and was demoted to the position of servant Siqing, but still retained the title of prime minister. In September, Yao Chong went out of the town of Lingwu and served as the general manager of the Lingwu Dao march, pacifying the ambassador, and recommended Zhang Khan Zhi, the squire of the military department, as the prime minister.

This is Yao Chong's resume during the reign of Empress Wu.

After that, the rectification career will start after the change of Zhang Ji's divine dragon.

In 705, that is, the first year of Shenlong, Zhang Cambodia, Huan Yanfan and others launched a coup d'état of Shenlong, supported Tang Zhongzong as emperor, and restored the Tang Dynasty. Yao Chong returned to the capital at this time, and was able to participate in the coup plot, and was awarded the Marquis of Liang County for his merits, and 200 households were sealed. Soon, Yao Chong was exiled as the assassin of Bozhou, and later served as Songzhou, Changzhou, Yuezhou, and Xuzhou.

In the first year of Jingyun, Tang Ruizong succeeded to the throne. Yao Chong was conscripted back to the court to serve as the secretary of the military department and the third rank of the sect of the same Zhongshu, and was promoted to the order of the Zhongshu. Yao Chong and Song Jing worked together to eliminate the maladministration of the Zhongzong period, appoint the loyal and good, depose the treacherous and evil, distinguish rewards and punishments, and put an end to the entrustment, so that the various laws and regulations were reorganized, and the government and the opposition believed that the country had the style of chastity and eternal hui. At that time, Princess Taiping interfered with the government affairs, and the kings held military power, posing a threat to the crown prince Li Longji. In the second year of Jingyun, Yao Chong and Song Jing secretly played Ruizong, suggesting that Li Chengqi, the king of Song, and Li Shouli, the king of Feng, be released as assassins, and Li Fan, the king of Qi, and Li Ye, the king of Xue, should be changed from the general of Yulin to the subordinate officials of the East Palace, and let Princess Taiping move to the eastern capital. Princess Taiping was furious and accused Li Longji. Li Longji had no choice but to play the emperor and call Yao Chong a separate clan.

Yao Chong was therefore demoted to the history of Shenzhou Assassin, and later served as the governor of Yangzhou, the envoy of Huainan, and the history of Tongzhou Assassin. During this period, Yao Chong's politics and law were simple and pure, and the officials ruled Qingming, and were praised by the people by erecting monuments.

In the first year of Kaiyuan, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji staged a congenital coup d'état, killed Princess Taiping's henchmen, and later went to Xinfeng (northeast of present-day Lintong, Shaanxi) to review the army. At that time, Yao Chong was serving as the assassin in Tongzhou, less than 300 miles away from Xinfeng, and according to the regulations, he should go to the line to see the driver, and Tang Xuanzong also secretly summoned Yao Chong to come. After Yao Chong arrived, he discussed the world's major affairs with Tang Xuanzong, talked freely and tirelessly, and Tang Xuanzong intended to appoint him as the prime minister. Yao Chongsui put forward ten political propositions:

Tang Xuanzong gladly accepted. The next day, Yao Chong was appointed as the secretary of the military department and the third rank under the door of the Tongzhong book, and was promoted to Ziwei Ling after being crowned the Duke of Liang.

After Yao worshipped the prime minister, he advocated the government, reformed the old and brought the new, vigorously promoted social reform, and promoted the good and eliminated the bad. He started by rectifying the system, dismissed redundant duties, selected officials, and suppressed the power of imperial relatives, state relatives, and meritorious heroes, paid attention to the development of production, and laid a political and economic foundation for the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

……

Yao Chong's information flashed in Li Hong's mind one by one, and just such a short paragraph made Li Hong feel Yao Chong's extraordinary talent.

Indeed, he deserves Li Hong to take him under his command.

Besides, isn't this a good talent that Li Hong has long wanted to be under his command?

Since he met here, Li Hong didn't want to let it go anymore.

"Little lady Yao doesn't need to thank her, it's just a gesture." Li Hong made up his mind, and said modestly to Yao Di, "But not long after the tiger left here, it was injured again, if we chase it again, maybe we can catch up, why do you want to go with me?" ”。

Li Hong is not stupid, the tiger wants to escape regardless of its own casualties in such a dangerous situation, which is a very strange performance, so it can be shown that the tiger is a female tiger, and it has cubs nearby, so it will be so anxious to escape.

When Li Hong went to Chang'an City with the Tibetan mission and forced him to fight dogs, he thought about raising a wolf or a tiger. It's just that the time was too close at that time, and he didn't have the time to catch the wolf cub or the tiger cub, and then he was too busy to take care of it. Now that he has such a good opportunity, how could he let it go?

"Okay, since Brother Tai likes it, I'll accompany Brother Tai to go." Yao Chong said with his bold side.

"Brother, I want to go too." Yao Di also spoke.

"This-" Yao Chong was a little embarrassed, his sister was almost eaten by a tiger just now, how dangerous this was, and now that she was rescued, how could he let her take the risk? But if you don't let your sister follow you, you can't leave her here alone, right?

couldn't help but feel that Yao Chong was a little difficult, so he turned his attention to Li Hong.

Chapter 266: Encountering a Naughty Egg: