"Father." As soon as Qi Gongshun entered the city, he was picked up by his two sons.

"Okay, pack up and prepare to go to the naval division camp, from today onwards, we will be the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor is ready to leave Shandong by water and go to Jiangnan, General Qin Qiong's naval division warship has stopped in the open sea." Qi Gongshun was relieved: "It's a shame that we stupid people still speculate about Your Majesty, but I didn't expect Your Majesty to start laying out Shandong before the expedition. Your Majesty's actions are beyond our ability to predict. ”

Qi Yanfei and the two brothers opened their eyes wide, they didn't expect things to change like this, the two brothers suddenly felt a little happy in their hearts, if they hadn't killed Yu Wenbao, I was afraid that after nightfall, Li Xin's army would attack Dengzhou, and the Qi clan would be destroyed by Li Xin.

"The emperor has unpredictable powers, which is shocking, although Li Zhao occupies the north, but as long as His Majesty leaves Shandong, it is impossible to find such an opportunity in the future." Qi Yanshan sighed.

"Let's go! Pack up and head to the Sailor camp immediately. Qi Gongshun said with a smile: "I want to thank you for my father, if you hadn't killed Yuwenbao, how could you have today?" ”

"It's the children who are in trouble." Qi Yanfei and Qi Yanshan hurriedly said.

"You go to pick up your mother, the old man will say hello to the brothers first, for so many years, thanks to the help of all the brothers, today is separated, I don't know when we will be able to meet." Qi Gongshun sighed.

"Father, you want to disband the army?" Qi Yanshan said in surprise.

"Yes, no, how to enter the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, in the future, His Majesty will attack Shandong, how can anyone respond?" Qi Gongshun laughed and said, "After the matter is settled." Let's go to the Sailor Camp. ”

Qin Qiong's soldiers and horses arrived in the afternoon, and more than a thousand big ships suddenly appeared on the sea, and the momentum was shocking, of course, everyone could see that not all the ships in front of them were warships. Some of the ships were tall and mighty, some were several zhang high, some were no more than a zhang, some were naval warships, covered with all kinds of combat equipment, some were merchant ships, and some were even fishing boats.

"Minister Qin Qiong (Wang Xiongdan) to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, long live."

"Hooray, hooray."

Above the pier. Qin Qiong and Wang Xiongdan went to the dock, Li Xin and others greeted them, and the three armies suddenly cheered, not only the soldiers under Qin Qiong, but also the 60,000 troops that Li Xin followed. Although everyone didn't have to worry about their lives because Li Xin was by his side before, they still had some worries in the end, but at this moment, there were so many warships before meeting. Immediately knew that his life could be guaranteed. Long live the mountains one after another.

"Uncle Bao, Xiong Dan, it's not easy for you to come from these ships!" Li Xin pointed to the ship in front of him and said, "I and 60,000 soldiers want to thank you!" ”

"That's what a minister should do." Qin Qiong hurriedly said, "But." Your Majesty, some of these ships are ministers, ahem, borrowed from them. I'm afraid it takes money to come here. ”

"It's okay, isn't it just money! This time. I conquered Shandong, but I gained a lot of benefits. Enough to pay for these ships. Li Xin laughed. Li Xin knew that if he sent out a thousand ships in one go, the Jiangnan that had just been recovered would definitely not be able to be taken out, and it was also certain that he would lease merchant ships.

"Your Majesty, among the ships here. At that time, Shen Faxing and Li Zitong had a lot of ships in the hands of General Du, and General Xu of Jiangling also got a lot of ships, plus the ships that were prepared to be used to conquer Goguryeo during the period of Emperor Wu of the previous dynasty, adding up to only 800 large and small warships, and some of them were collected by ministers from Quanzhou. As a result, troop carriers, supply ships, and other large ships were listed. Among them, the big ship was made by Emperor Wu of the previous dynasty, Shen Faxing did not destroy much, this time the ministers brought it together, the upper and lower five layers, the ministers estimated that it could fit three thousand people, or even more. Among them, we just built a big ship ourselves, and this time we also brought it to test the waters. Qin Qiong explained.

Li Xin nodded, don't underestimate the shipbuilding industry at this time, Li Xin had seen it when he was in Beijing, and as early as in the Three Kingdoms, Wu Guo had built a big ship, five stories high, capable of carrying 3,000 people, and Sun Quan once sent such a fleet to Taiwan. The shipbuilding industry of the Great Sui Dynasty once entrusted Yang Guang's blessing, or went down to the south of the Yangtze River, or attacked Goguryeo, and built large ships.

During the Sui Dynasty, the great craftsmen Yu Wenkai, He Chou, Li Chun, etc. all left a great reputation in history, as the successor of the Great Sui, Li Xin occupied Chang'an and got a complete document, which gave people the courage to build ships in Jiangdu and Jiankang.

"Good! You came in time, otherwise, I would have been besieged by Li Jiancheng. Li Xin smiled and said to Wei Chigong: "Now you can call the soldiers to get on the boat, you can't wait for Li Jiancheng to come before leaving!" I led the Guards and waited here for Li Jiancheng. ”

"Hehe, presumably at that time, Li Jiancheng was afraid that his eyeballs were going to fall off." Yu Chigong laughed.

Li Jiancheng's camp was not much away from Dengzhou, and the news that Qi Gongshun had killed Yuwenbao and defected to Li Xin soon reached Li Jiancheng's ears, disrupting his plan at once.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, although Dengzhou fell into the hands of Li Xin, there are not many soldiers and horses in Dengzhou, and the grain and grass in Dengzhou are not enough for tens of thousands of troops, even if Li Xin occupies Dengzhou, it is just a death struggle." Cui Mingan said nonchalantly.

"Lone's suspicion is that Li Xin has another plan." Li Jiancheng shook his head and said. He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, if Li Xin was so easy to deal with, then it was not Li Xin, although Li Xin was besieged in Shandong at the moment, but Li Xin was not killed for a day, Li Jiancheng felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's not good, the King of Qi has led the army to attack Dengzhou." At this time, Youyu Hou Dazhi broke in and said with a somewhat anxious expression.

"Without Lone's order, who would dare to send troops?" Li Jiancheng was furious and said dissatisfiedly: "Yuanji is really hateful. ”

"Yu Wenbao is the confidant of King Qi, and now he has been killed by the father and son of the Qi family, and it is understandable that King Qi is angry in his heart. It's just that Li Xin is treacherous, and it is inevitable that he will take advantage of King Qi's anger to attack King Qi, and His Royal Highness should go to answer King Qi at this time. Cui Mingan urged.

In his opinion, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, may have many shortcomings, but in the end, he followed Li Jiancheng, so there must be no accidents. Li Jiancheng thought about it, and ordered Da Zhi to order five thousand elite soldiers and also head towards Dengzhou.

It's just that when I waited for Dengzhou, I found that outside Dengzhou City, Li Yuanji was leading a large army to wander under the city, and Li Yuanji was scolding there, but there was no half a figure on the city wall, and there was no sound, only Li Tang's banner was hanging on it.

"What's going on? Motoyoshi. Li Jiancheng rushed over and said loudly.

"After scolding for a long time, the city didn't react at all, as if there was no defense." Li Yuanji said viciously: "Li Xin's face is so thick, no matter how he scolds, the city has no reaction. ”

"And such a thing?" Li Jiancheng hesitated for a while, he rode his war horse slowly, then opened his bow and arrows, aimed at a flagpole, and shot an arrow, which instantly broke the flagpole. I have to say that Li Yuan's family is good at shooting, and the inheritance of one stone and two eagles back then was extremely good, whether it was Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, the archery skills were very powerful. Li Jiancheng galloped again, the war horse was getting closer and closer to the city wall, and in the blink of an eye, all the flagpoles on the city wall were shot down by Li Jianche.

"Big brother, what's going on?" Li Yuanji asked in surprise.

"Li Xin has left Dengzhou, and there is no one in Dengzhou City anymore." Li Jiancheng's face was full of dark clouds, and the longbow in his hand fell to the ground, only to hear him say viciously: "Knock open the city gate for Lone." ”

"Hurry up, knock open the gates for this king." Li Yuanji's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, beckoning to the back and saying loudly. He was actually frightened by an empty city for half an hour, and he was still scolding under the city for so long, like a stupid pig.

"Knock, knock." With a few loud bangs, the city gate was quickly knocked open, only to see that the streets were empty, and there was nothing under the city gate at all.

"Sure enough, I ran away." Li Jiancheng said viciously.

"Your Highness, there are words here." Captain Qiao Gongshan suddenly pointed to the city wall and said.

Li Jiancheng looked at it and saw a line of big characters written in red pen on the hole in the city wall. It reads: "Brother Jian, the younger brother waited for his brother for many days, but he didn't see his brother coming, he was very sorry, he wanted to have a long talk, but he regretted that the state affairs were heavy, and his wife was worried, so he had to leave first." Qi Gongshun has returned to the Tang Dynasty, brother does not need to be angry, if he is destined to meet in the future, he can meet in Xindu. I heard that there is a door in the palace of Xindu, called Xuanwu, adjacent to the East Palace, this door and my brother rush to each other, and we must not go through this door. Brother letter. ”

"Flush it out." Li Jiancheng's face was gloomy, and he said to Qiao Gongshan beside him.

"Hurry up and check, how did Li Xin leave, did he grow wings and can't fly? He has wings, is it true that his army of sixty thousand has wings? Li Yuanji was annoyed and angry, and roared loudly.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid that Li Xin didn't have wings, but left by boat." Cui Mingan thought for a while and said: "The minister forgot, there is also a sailor battalion in Dengzhou, and there are still more than 100 ships in it. Li Xin may have left Dengzhou by sea. It's just that there are fewer ships in that place, and it is impossible to take 60,000 troops, and it is even more difficult if it is cavalry. ”

"Let's go, go to Dengzhou Sailor Wharf." Li Jiancheng's voice was even calmer, he grabbed the war horse, and galloped towards Dengzhou Wharf, and everyone hurriedly followed, although they didn't see Li Jiancheng's angry appearance, but the calmer it was, the more worried people were. (To be continued......)