readx; Thousands of cavalry surrounded Li Qing'an all the way to the southeast, the wind whistling in the ears, non-stop, galloping in the dark and rumbling night, thousands of cavalry finally arrived at the checkpoint about 20 miles away from Yangang, at this time, this is no longer Yangang, Yangang has moved to Jiangyang County. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yangang has been rebuilt into a military port, is the first military port in the Tang Dynasty, not only the port, including Hudu Island, within a radius of 20 miles around the port has become a military base, 20 checkpoints have been set up in a circle, no non-military personnel are allowed to enter, including local officials, the implementation of Class A security, this is also the reason why Li Qingan did not let Mingzhu go with him, the rules were set by him, he could not violate them in the first place.

Li Qing'an chose Yangang as a military base because Yangang was located in a barren land, surrounded by dozens of miles of saline-alkali land, without woods and villages, and deserted.

Entering the outpost, they entered the military area, which was still an endless saline land, but from time to time they could see patrolling cavalry, they were very vigilant, and when they saw a large group of cavalry appear, they immediately shot a rocket into the sky, and then stepped forward to interrogate.

After identifying the identity, the cavalry continued to move forward, and after walking for more than ten miles, a huge group of dark warehouses began to appear, which was originally a salt storehouse, but now it has been converted into a military material warehouse and a grain and forage warehouse.

A group of cavalry came up to meet them, led by the general Li Baozhen, followed by Zhao Chongjie and Ge Shuyao, who quickly returned to Yangzhou after participating in the Battle of Jingxiang to prepare for the next battle.

"The last general will see the general!"

"Three generals are exempt."

Li Qingan nodded and said, "How is the ship ready?" ”

Li Baozhen hurriedly said: "Back to the general, the two thousand three hundred sea ships have been collected and stopped at the port and Hulu Island, yesterday's overhaul has ended, and they can go out at any time, we have blocked all the northern waters of Hudu Island in accordance with the general's order, and no ships are allowed to cross the border." ”

"Didn't you say 2,700 great ships? Why are there only two thousand three hundred? ”

As early as after King Wu was exterminated, Li Qing'an ordered to collect big ships from all over the country, all ships above a thousand stones that can go to sea must be temporarily collected, and even the Hu people who came to Datang to do business were also collected, although there are not many ships everywhere, but the gathering is considerable, Li Qing'an received information that a total of 2,700 large ships that can go to sea have been collected, but now it has become 2,300 ships, which makes him a little strange.

"Back to the general, there are 400 big ships going to Cangzhou to carry out the task of transporting refugees, and they have not yet returned."

Only then did Li Qingan remember that Zhang Xun had organized more than 60,000 people to prepare to evacuate Hebei by sea, and he had ordered 400 large ships to be sent to pick them up, but there was no news at all so far, which made him a little worried.

He was not worried about An Lushan, An Lushan's army was defeated by Shi Siming, the strategic center of gravity of the Yan army began to withdraw to the northeast, Shi Siming had already occupied Youzhou, and tens of thousands of refugees in Mozhou were in danger, and the road to the west and south had been cut off by Shi Siming and Tian Bingsi, and they had only one way to go to the sea to the east.

Li Qing'an was most worried about Tian Chenghe, and in order to hold Tian Chenghe, he had ordered nearly 150,000 troops in Henan Province to assemble in the direction of Jeju, facing Tian Chengji's Wei Bo army across the river.

I don't know if Zhang Xun can take advantage of this short opportunity to withdraw the people from Cangzhou in time, Li Qingan sighed secretly, he really can't cover everything, these tens of thousands of refugees can only resign themselves to fate.

"What about General Li Chengshi?" Li Qingan found that he didn't follow, so he asked again.

Li Chengshi was originally the deputy marshal of Wu Wang Li Lan, and surrendered to the Northern Tang Army because of his bad relationship with the prince of Wu Wang, he was an extremely rare general in the Tang Dynasty, so he was deeply valued by Li Qing'an, and named him the governor of Yangzhou Navy, responsible for commanding Yangzhou's 400 warships, he will lead the naval army to escort the next military operation, and Li Qing'an also paid special attention to him.

Next to him, Zhao Chongjie said with a smile: "General Li Chengshi went to Hulu Island, we have informed him that it is estimated that he should go to the harbor, not only him, but General Lifei Yuanli is also there." ”

Li Qingan reined in his war horse and said with a dumb smile: "Why is this bastard here?" Haven't left yet? ”

Li Fei Yuanli was named the governor of Xinde by Li Qing'an, after the battle of Luzhou, he should go to the post, Li Qing'an didn't care about him, he thought he had left early, but he didn't expect him to be here, although the time to take up the post is not in a hurry, but he always delays here, and it's not like it!

Li Qingan asked again: "Is he here alone, or is his two thousand troops here?" ”

"Returning to the general, he and 2,000 troops were there, and he said that he was going to Sindh by boat, but Sinde's grain ship had just arrived at Jiangyang Port yesterday to unload grain due to a storm on the way, so he would not be able to leave in a day or two."

Li Qingan guessed that this was also the reason, with Li Fei Yuanli's impatience, he would not delay generally, it must be that there was no ship, so he could only wait in the military port, Li Qingan smiled and said: "Let him come to see me together!" ”

Everyone continued to gallop in the direction of the wharf, and in a moment, the cavalry brigade arrived at the wharf, on the west side of the wharf is a vast military camp, where the 100,000 elite army will carry out his Bohai Campaign, the 100,000 army after the Luzhou Campaign, it was secretly transferred from Hedong and Guanzhong, including the grain and grass required by the 100,000 army is also secretly transported by sea, very hidden, the 100,000 army is currently stationed in the military restricted area, even the local government does not know, and is commanded by the general Li Baozhen, Zhao Chongjie and Ge Shuyao.

Li Qingan did not go to the barracks, but came to the water barracks on the dock and boarded a big ship, on the deck, Li Chengshi and Li Fei Yuanli had been waiting for a long time.

Li Qing'an walked onto the deck surrounded by everyone, Li Chengshi was excited, he immediately stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to give a military salute, "Humble Li Chengshi see the general." ”

This is the first time they have met, the last time Li Qingan was in Yangzhou, he didn't see him, Li Qingan hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "I have long admired Li Dudu's prestige on the water, and after the war in the north subsides, my Datang will gradually expand overseas, and that is the time for Li Dudu to show his talents." ”

Li Chengshi also sighed: "I am also looking forward to that day. ”

"Good!" Li Qingan smiled and said: "Later, we will discuss the Bohai plan in detail, and Li Dudu will also participate, and Li Dudu will also have the task of Li Dudu in the Bohai Campaign." ”

"Humble expectations!"

Li Qing'an's gaze turned to Li Fei Yuanli again, and he joked with a smile: "I thought you should marry a second concubine in Xinde now." ”

Li Qing'an's humor made the boat burst into laughter, Li Fei Yuanli touched the back of his head, and smiled very embarrassedly: "I have never taken a boat to sea, I want to taste something fresh, but I didn't expect to wait until now, I knew that I would ride a horse." ”

Li Qingan lightly punched him in the shoulder, "You dare to say that you haven't been out to sea by boat?" When I took a boat to Longju Island in Qinghai, I still remember that you were seasick and crying, and now you want to go to sea by boat again, aren't you afraid? ”

Li Fei Yuanli was stunned, he scratched his head blankly, it seemed that he really forgot about going out of Qinghai by boat, and his wife Shi Sanniang met at that time.

Li Qing'an ignored him anymore, and walked directly into the main cabin of the big ship, which has been converted into a temporary combat chamber, the cabin is very spacious, the lights are bright, and there is a huge wooden platform in the middle of the cabin, which is covered by a black cloth.

Everyone gathered around, and Li Qingan took the wooden pole and said to everyone: "Except for Lifei Yuanli, the rest here are related to this battle." ”

The eyes of Li Fei Yuanli next to him were round, my obedient, it turns out that there is still a big battle! He didn't even know that if the ship hadn't come a little late, he would have missed this opportunity.

In a hurry, he blurted out: "General, I want to participate in this battle as well!" ”

Li Qing'an glared at him fiercely, he didn't dare to speak, now Li Qing'an is not Li Qing'an when General Anxi was the general, he is even deeper, everything is foresighted, the life and death of tens of millions of people in his hands, his words can make the world chaotic, Li Qing'an's dissatisfied gaze made Li Fei Yuanli shudder a little, and now he can't joke with a hippie smile on Li Qing'an like in the past.

In fact, Li Fei Yuanli also saw that from the gathering of thousands of big ships, from the silent arrival of 100,000 troops, from this military area covering an area of dozens of miles, from the mountains of grain, grass and military materials in the warehouse, we can know that Li Qing'an has been preparing for a long time.

The transfer of the army and the configuration of the generals, he was far-sighted and had already arranged it, and even Li Siye was not able to participate, how could he agree to participate in the war at will.

Li Fei Yuanli didn't dare to say more, he definitely didn't have a chance in this battle, but he secretly scolded in his heart: "Damn, don't give Lao Tzu a chance, Lao Tzu himself will start a battle." ”

With this thought, he became very eager to arrange a battle like Li Qing'an, and he longed for himself to fly to Sindh.

Lifei Yuanli was thinking nonsense there, but Li Qingan continued: "I think everyone has already seen my instructions for this battle, and the name remains the same, it is still called the Bohai Campaign.

The Battle of Bohai was Li Qing'an's long-term plan, as early as when Yang Huahua led Bohai County Wang Dawuyi to visit him, Li Qing'an had this idea, landed in Bohai Kingdom, and destroyed An Lushan's two major backstage Khitan and Xi.

But at that time, the conditions were not yet ripe, with the victory of the Battle of Luzhou, An Lushan and Shi Siming had been completely blocked in Hebei, and most of the people in Hebei Province had fled, and the remaining little population could not afford An Lushan and Shi Siming's hundreds of thousands of troops, as well as Tian Bingsi's 60,000 troops.

Judging from the information that Li Qing'an has obtained now, the key to the reason why An Lushan and Shi Siming's army has held out until now and has not collapsed is that they have foreign aid, Shi Siming has received foreign aid from Hui Hui, and An Lushan has received foreign aid from Xi and Khitan.

Half a month ago, An Lushan and Shi Siming broke out a battle of 300,000 people in Yi County, Shi Siming sent 160,000 troops, An Lushan sent 140,000 troops, both sides were pouring troops out, after three days and three nights of fighting, An Lushan was defeated miserably because of the exhaustion of forage for cavalry and horses, this battle, An Lushan even lost the underwear, Youzhou was occupied by Shi Siming, An Lushan led less than 70,000 remnants of the army to retreat to Pingzhou and Yingzhou, and Khitan became a piece.

The time was ripe for the Bohai Campaign.

Li Qingan pointed at Youzhou with a wooden pole and said: "Let me tell you the news first, An Lushan was defeated by Shi Siming, his old nest Youzhou has been lost, and Youzhou is now Shi Siming's new home." ”

This news caused an uproar in the cabin, everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't believe that this was true, so arrogant Yan Jun couldn't even keep the old nest, Li Fei Yuanli asked: "May I ask the general, is the Yan army destroyed?" ”

"No, he still has about 70,000 troops left."

Li Qing'an pointed the wooden pole to Yingzhou again: "An Lushan has retreated to Yingzhou, and the Khitan and Xi people are together, now An Lushan is defeated, he needs time to rectify the defeated army, if An Lushan's army is rectified, he will inevitably be integrated with the Khitan and Xi people, and jointly attack the Bohai State to obtain the population and food they urgently need, once the Bohai Sea is destroyed, then Silla is also in a catastrophe, if the Bohai State and Silla are destroyed, An Lushan will get a steady stream of soldiers and food, plus the Khitan war horses, He will regain his vitality, and if he defeats Shi Siming again, then An Lushan's rebellion will have the conditions to expand to the Central Plains, and all our previous efforts will be in vain.

Everyone was silent, and after a moment, Li Baozhen asked: "General, why didn't the Khitan attack the Bohai Kingdom before, but now he wants to attack it?" ”

"General Li Baozhen asked this question very well, I have been thinking about this question before, and it was not until the last time the Bohai King Great Martial Arts came to visit me in Chang'an, that I understood the reason."

Li Qing'an pointed at the Khitan with a wooden pole, "In fact, the Khitan doesn't want to swallow the Bohai Sea, but he doesn't have the strength, he and the Bohai have been at war for many years, and they have won and lost each other, and even the strength of the Khitan is slightly weaker than the Bohai, the Khitan once wanted to join forces with Xi to attack the Bohai, but they don't trust each other, so it is difficult for them to achieve a union, and in the same way, the Bohai Sea also wants to destroy the Khitan, but the Bohai and Silla are feudants, he is worried that when there is a big war with the Khitan, Silla will take the opportunity to attack the Bohai Sea, so that he will suffer from the enemy on his belly and back, that's all, There is a delicate balance between them, and now, when An Lushan's retreat to Yingzhou, this balance is broken, he is like a button, uniting the Khitan and Xi people, coupled with An Lushan's own strength, Bohai is not their opponent, and the destruction of the country is imminent, so at this time we must send troops to rescue Bohai and destroy the Khitan and Xi people at the same time. ”

Li Baozhen suddenly realized when he heard this, he clenched his fists, "I understand my humble position!" ”

At this time, Li Qing'an's eyes swept around the crowd again, and said slowly: "In fact, An Lushan and Shi Siming have become two chess pieces, one of the chess players is the Khitan, and the other is the Hui, these two strong northern enemies want to occupy Hebei, and then use Hebei as a springboard to plunder the Central Plains, otherwise, the Khitan and Hui Hui will send people and grain, and pour all their resources to support An Lushan and Shi Siming in the vicious fight, it is really a bit worth the loss, they must have a plan, the plot is Hebei Province, now Shi Siming has the upper hand, which means that the Hui people occupy Hebei Province, We cannot sit idly by and watch all kinds of chaos, and this is the fundamental reason why I considered launching this Bohai Campaign, and began to solve the problems in the north with the Bohai Sea as the starting point. ”

Under Li Qing'an's blazing gaze, everyone bowed down together, "Please give the order of the general!" ”

made Li Fei Yuanli hurriedly dodge away, and secretly complained in his heart, "His grandmother's is not Lao Tzu's!" ”

Li Qing'an's sharp eyes shot at him, frightened Li Fei Yuanli trembling, and hurriedly turned around, at this time, Li Qing'an said solemnly to everyone: "Raise troops for a thousand years, use soldiers for a while, no need to wait for Cangzhou's people to come back, from tonight, you can make war preparations, I have an order, General Li Baozhen is the main general, General Zhao Chongjie and General Ge Shuyao are the left and right deputy generals, Li Chengshi is the escort of the sailor, according to the plan I formulated in advance, three days later, 100,000 troops will go north by boat!" ”

The four generals bowed down together to receive the order, "Obey the order!" ”

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Several generals rushed back to the barracks to prepare, Li Qingan still stood in front of the sand table and pondered for a long time, moving his whole body, he couldn't just think about An Lushan, and ignore Shi Siming......

"Pass my orders!" Li Qingan slowly ordered.

A herald soldier bowed down and listened to the order.

"Order Li Siye to immediately assemble an army to enter Taiyuan, and order Li Guangbi to lead the army back to Xiangzhou, this order is an urgent order for 100,000 people, and there must be no delay for a moment!"

The order was issued, Li Qingan relaxed slightly, he glanced at it, and saw Li Fei Yuanli who was hesitant at the door, so he smiled and said, "What is it?" Sneaky there. ”

Li Fei Yuanli walked in slowly, bowed and said: "The lowly post will lead the troops to Jiangyang County tomorrow to board the ship, I don't know what the general has to say to the lowly position." ”

"Figured it out, don't you go to Bohai Country?"

"I figured it out, Li Siye has no share, and I have no fun."

"What do you call this to figure it out?"

Li Qingan was angry and funny, and pointed to the chair, "Sit down first!" ”

Li Fei Yuanli sat down with his hands on his knees, looking very nervous, Li Qingan smiled and asked him, "Are Sanniang and the children okay?" ”

"They are very good and live in Chang'an!" Li Fei Yuanli Weng Shengweng said.

"Hmmm! If you go to Sindh, according to the regulations, your family members can't take it, so you can rest assured! I will take good care of them, you will stay in Xinde for three years, and then you will be transferred back to Chang'an as the general of the Right Wuwei, and after three years, you will go to Anxi as the envoy of Jiedu, this is your arrangement for the next nine years, do you have any opinions? ”

"I don't have an opinion on humbling, but I'm in faith and don't know what to do?"

Li Fei Yuanli was silent for a moment, and then said: "The general should remember that I once connived at the Zoroastrian and attacked the Muslims in the river, and was severely punished by the general, and that incident had a great impact on me, and I am very worried that I will make the same mistake in Sindh." ”

Li Qingan smiled, "Actually, you didn't do anything wrong in the river at that time. ”

Li Fei Yuanli was stunned, he didn't understand what Li Qing'an meant, "General, I don't know much about lowly duties....."

"The direction is right, the means are not wrong, it's just that you didn't choose the right time, at that time, we just got the river, it was when we needed to firmly occupy the territory, at that time, we needed peace in the river, we needed reconciliation between the two factions, and there could be no more incidents, so you connived at the Zoroastrians, the time was wrong, but if you do it now, maybe I will not only punish you, but also reward you, understand?"

Li Fei Yuanli seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and only said in a half-loud voice: "I probably understand the humble position." ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I will order Wei Qingping to go to Xinde with you, he will serve as the chief historian of Xinde, if you don't understand anything, you can discuss it with him more."

"Yes! Obedience. ”

After a pause, Lifei Yuanli asked again: "General, if you want to attack Tianzhu, first open a road to the Tubo Plateau, I wonder if the general agrees?" ”

Li Qingan pondered for a moment and said: "I agree in principle, but don't rush, take your time, let's devour Tianzhu step by step." ”

After receiving Li Qingan's affirmative reply, Lifei Yuanli was very excited, and the one thing he was most worried about fell to the ground, he stood up and bowed, "Then I will leave first." ”

Li Qingan patted him on the shoulder, and said to him seriously: "Lao Li, we fought together from Sulou Fengshu Fort, you are my most trusted confidant, you were not afraid of heaven and earth at the beginning, I hope you will amplify your courage a little bit outside, show your courage, don't be afraid of what happens, I will carry it for you if something happens, in a word, let the world know that my Datang is not only an army of benevolence and righteousness, but also an army of tyrants. ”

Li Fei Yuanli nodded heavily, "Humble duty remember!" ”

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(To be continued)