Luoyang City, the eastern capital.

There is an endless stream of merchant ships sailing on the Luoshui River.

Shanglinfang on the north bank of Luoshui, the two squares to the north is Luoyang North City, and the place to the east is the upper east gate. The area of Shanglinfang can be described as very prosperous.

However, there are not many people living in Shanglinfang, the reason is that Luoshui often floods, and it will flood into Shanglinfang, and it often becomes a country in July and August, so the dignitaries and dignitaries in the fang have all moved away early, leaving some ordinary people.

In Shanglinfang, there is an inconspicuous mansion, two months ago, a Luoyang salt embassy sign hung on the plaque at the gate, but it became an official office.

There are not many people in the fang, and after seeing this Luoyang Salt Political Embassy, I don't think so, it is obviously not a very important official office to open the office in a place like Shanglinfang, otherwise it will be opened in Miyagi, or Beishi.

After the opening of this yamen, it was also very deserted, and there seemed to be no one moving around, and gradually the people forgot about the existence of this Luoyang Salt Political Embassy.

In fact, this Luoyang Salt Political Envoy Office is the location of the Luoyang Administration, one of the six departments, which is located in Luoyang, which is specifically responsible for spying on Li Tang's military intelligence in Guanzhong.

In the official office of the Luoyang Department, in a room full of books and silks, Cao Wenzheng, the general of the Fengwen Division, was quietly looking at the file in hand. Cao Wen originally just joined the army, but after accompanying Li Chongjiu to the Pufu Temple to welcome Li Zhiwan, he was promoted to become a general and was in charge of the Luoyang Department, one of the six departments under the Wind and News Division.

Now Cao Beijiang pinched his forehead from time to time, picked up a bowl of tea from the table and drank it, thinking about it for a while. Judging by the various materials he has at hand. The Tang army seems to be moving everything.

First of all, the right division of the East Palace led the army Qiao Gongshan, and was in the Zhao Army. Qiao Gongshan is Zhao Jun's most successful secret spy so far. He is also the highest-ranking general in the Tang Army, and the person who can get closest to knowing the secrets of Li Tang's henchmen. Qiao Gongshan also won the trust and respect of Li Jiancheng, the prince of Li Tang.

Judging from the information he transmitted, Li Tang intended to arrange a major offensive, and it was the crown prince Li Jiancheng who led the troops, rather than Li Shimin, who had always been regarded as the most brave and warlike among Li Yuan's sons.

Judging from Cao Wen's consistent experience, Qiao Gongshan's news is very credible.

The second one came from the base camp of the Tang Army in Huaizhou, where Zhao Jun carefully bought a prostitute Gui Die, the brother of Li Shentong, the brother of the Tang Army general Li Shentong, Xiangyi Gongwang Li Shenfu, who had recently become obsessed with him.

Gui Die revealed to Cao Wen that the Tang army in Hanoi would have an attack in the near future, and the direction of the attack was unknown.

Returning to the butterfly is not a professional work. And Li Shenrune's tone is also relatively tight, so from the specific details, there is no way to know. But because of this, the reliability of the news is also very high, and when Gui Die was serving Li Shenrune with his body, he secretly had a hot fight with a little white face who was a businessman.

This matter was caught by the Wind News Division, and it was used as a handle to blackmail the butterfly. Gui Die knew that with Li Shenfu's temper, if he knew that he was definitely dead on two boats, and Feng Wensi made a condition on his side. If Gui Die obtained confidential information from Li Shenfu, she could not only help her redeem herself in the Qinglou, but also help her elope with her lover and change her name and surname to a random place in the territory of Zhao to live again.

After hearing this, Gui Die agreed to the Wind News Division. As Zhao Jun's secret spy, and spied on this important news.

There is a third one, that is, Zhao Jun lurking in Chang'an. Judging from the trend of grain prices in Chang'an in the past few months, grain prices in Chang'an are continuing to rise. This is very perverse.

Although because of the economic blockade of Chang'an by the Zhao army. Grain prices in Chang'an have been high, but now the autumn harvest has just ended. Food prices should have fallen, but instead of falling, they have risen. This situation even appeared in the always rich Sichuan Shu.

You must know that Sichuan and Shu are granaries, and after autumn, grain prices not only do not fall, but rise slightly, which is really strange. From this point of view, Cao Wen has reason to believe that this is because the Li Tang court was in Guanzhong and Bashu was hoarding grain and grass.

Even judging from the Rongchang horse market, the war horses sold by the Turks to Li Tang were almost in short supply, and even an ordinary pack horse in Chang'an City was sold for 20,000 yuan each, and it was difficult to find a war horse for 30,000 yuan. In addition, the price of pig iron, winter clothes and cloth is also rising.

The price trend of grain, war horses, and pig iron can all be seen that the Tang army in various places seems to be actively preparing for war.

Judging from these various aspects, Cao Wen's comprehensive analysis shows that Li Tang may be preparing for a large-scale campaign, and Li Tang's three major military systems, from Li Chen, Li Shentong's Hedong Army, to the Guanzhong Twelve Provincial Army, as well as Li Xiaogong, Li Jing's Bashu Army all participated.

The battle started from about a month to three months, and this trend is to fight a decisive battle with the Zhao army, and the world will be decided in a battle.

Thinking of this, Cao Wen wrote his opinion on a piece of cloth with a secret message. After that, the cloth was packed into a letter of oil cylinder with fire paint, and someone was called from outside at the moment, and he asked him to send this oil cylinder to the channel of the Guò Wind News Division, and send it to Youjing to report to Li Chongjiu with an expedited degree of 400 miles.

Guanzhong Chang'an.

The snow was flying, in the cold wind, in the Chang'an East Gate Campus, 20,000 soldiers of the Guanzhong Twelve Shangfanfu Army were conducting a review.

In the third year of Wude, Li Yuan divided Chang'an into 12 provinces, with Wannian Road as the Banner Army, Chang'an Road as the Drum Banner Army, Fuping Road as the Xuange Army, Liquan Road as the Jingyue Army, Tongzhou Road as the Yulin Army, Huazhou Road as the cavalry army, Ningzhou Road as the Zhiwei Army, Qizhou Road as the Pingdao Army, Fengzhou Road as the Zhaoyao Army, Xilin Zhou Road as the Yuanyou Army, Jingzhou Road as the Tianji Army, and Yizhou Road as the Tianjie Army.

There are 258 up and down the Guanzhong Zhichong Mansion, and each army leads more than 10 Zhichong Mansions. The meaning of the Origue-chong Mansion is named after the Origue-Chong between the Tarugi, which means to win without a fight.

The 20,000 government soldiers on the school field are all elite divisions, and the Tang government soldiers are selected, with three items: wealth, material strength, and Dingkou.

After entering the army, there is a military name, and the point is selected every three years, and the year is 20 for the soldier, and 60 is exempt from military service. Among the government soldiers, those who can ride and shoot are Yue Cai, who are led by the captain of the Yue cavalry, followed by the infantry, who are led by the infantry captain. There are also martial horsemen, platoon drillers, and infantry archery.

Now on the school field, the soldiers of the Tang Army are all holding spear flags, and the blade flags are scattered.

Soon the military horn sounded, the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and the king of Qi, Li Yuanji, walked up to the point of general with a row of generals. Li Jiancheng's gaze swept under the steps, picked up the order flag in his hand, and swept forward.

The corner of the school field blows the big horn, and there are 20,000 government soldiers on the school field, and the people and horses return to the team and line up in a team.

The big horn blows the second pass, and the spear flag and blade flag in the hands of the government soldiers are all pressed.

The big horn blew the third pass, the government soldiers held the lance flag, and the blade flag was raised again.

Li Jiancheng looked at it from the platform, but saw 20,000 horses, their movements were neat and uniform, and their every move was full of wind and thunder, and they were obviously well-trained.

Li Jiancheng nodded, raised the order flag at the moment, and then swept left and right in front of him.

The left and right captains of the various prefectures beat the drums together, and the soldiers of the various ministries heard the drums and marched together in unison. At this time, as soon as the drums stopped, the right colonel struck the cymbal, and the soldiers on the field stopped advancing and retreated slightly.

The left colonel hit the cymbals again, and the 20,000 government soldiers retreated slightly in order, and the two schools hit the cymbals together, and the 20,000 government soldiers retreated from the original place.

This is exactly what you hear the drum and advance, and you retreat when you hear the cymbal.

Li Jiancheng saw that the 20,000 soldiers were advancing and retreating like one person, and nodded with great satisfaction at the moment. On the side, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and the generals also nodded together.

Li Jiancheng raised the order flag again, and waved it three times at this time.

At the moment, in the school field, the horned hand blew the big horn and resounded, and the 20,000 soldiers put the lance and blade flags and arrows into the bag, and loosened the horn bow and blade box into the sheath.

The big horn blew the second pass, the flags were raised, and the 20,000 soldiers marched forward.

The big horn blew the third pass, the soldiers retreated to their original places, and the soldiers were scattered.

Seeing this scene, Li Jiancheng looked up to the sky and laughed and said to the general of the Twelfth Army: "You are really training an elite soldier for my Tang Dynasty." ”

All the generals said together: "The prince praised me and didn't dare to wait, this is all within the responsibility of the last general." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded with satisfaction and said: "You don't have to be too humble, in the future, Gu and his father will have to rely on the generals more." Everyone, take it a little, and set up a banquet in the army for a while to entertain the generals. ”

All the generals agreed and stepped back at the moment.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode together and returned to the barracks.

The heavy snow fell on the road, covering the ground with a white patch for a long time, and the guards of the East Palace and the Qi Palace's Mansion were all dressed in hats and uniforms, and drove their horses to follow closely behind Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode side by side.

Li Jiancheng asked, "What is King Qin doing these days?" ”

Li Yuanjihan said with a smile: "It's all in Shangshu Province, who called him Shangshuling?" ”

Li Jiancheng frowned and said: "King Qin is still not giving up, I thought that he would be discouraged after losing his military power." ”

Li Yuanji said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not that you don't understand, the temper of your good brother, this person's strong will, no matter what the situation is, he will not give up." At present, he is in Shangshu Ling, entering Wuji Palace every day to discuss state affairs with his father, and everything is welcome, and Xue Jieyu is helping him speak in the harem. To be honest, his father has also changed a lot of his opinion of him. ”

Li Jiancheng said: "My father is not a fool, how he treated the third sister at the beginning, my father knows it in his heart." What's more, as long as we can always hold the military power, King Qin will have no room to turn over. Let him do the rest. ”

Li Yuanji said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the ashes can be revived, not to mention the King of Qin, according to this, His Royal Highness can always hold the military power, but in case it is unfavorable to attack Luoyang, then the father and the emperor will think of the second brother, if the second brother is enabled at that time, isn't it useless that we did before?" ”

Li Jiancheng listened and said: "Therefore, we can't afford to lose the matter of attacking Luoyang." You've always been very scheming, tell me what to do? ”

Li Yuanji laughed twice and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I do have a clever plan, now that the King of Qin is losing power in the army, we can use money to make friends, and the generals in the army who were originally close to him, if they do not obey us, they will be excluded, and even try to get rid of them, so that even if the King of Qin has the opportunity to regain military power in the future, he will already be alone." (To be continued!)

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