In the following three days, 500 elite teams from all over the Southern Tang Dynasty who participated in the all-army competition arrived one after another. Without exception, all the top commanders of the various armies who came to observe with the team were invited to the mansion by the king of Qi for a banquet, and the envoys of the Jiangyin army, the Ningguo army, the Anhua army, the Baisheng army and other places were invited by the king of Qi to return the same way immediately after the banquet.

At noon on 28 February, Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, Chen Jun, the secretary of the military department, and Lin Feng, the general of Yunlu, came to the training ground of the forbidden army and secretly held a "mobilization meeting" before the expedition.

The horse's hooves flew, and the king of Qi in a bright silver uniform rode to the high platform of the training ground, turned over and dismounted, and climbed the stairs with great dignity, standing on the edge of the high platform.

The passionate drums and the sound of the horn sounded at the same time, and the spring breeze that was already warm swept up the black dragon battle flags around the high platform, making a fierce sound, and the tall King of Qi became more and more powerful.

The sound of drums and trumpets stopped, and Li Jing, the king of Qi, looked around at the elite of the 7,000 army from the 13th Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the land of Chu, and said in a loud voice:

"All the elites of the Tang Army, this king would like to express my condolences and thanks to you on behalf of today's saints! You have come from afar, trekked through mountains and rivers, and worked hard all the way!

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, people have constantly talked to me: You don't have the strength and military strength of the former Tang Dynasty at all, and you haven't even fought the Huai River, so you have the false name of the Tang Dynasty! However, it is the elites of the Tang Dynasty who are brave, good at fighting, and wise who have broken this assertion with practical actions, you have subdued the Chu land that is no less than the area of the Tang Dynasty, you have subdued the Khitan Palace Tent Army, and you have given the Zhou State a bloody lesson in Jinzhou City, and this king believes that more brilliant achievements are waiting for you to fight and fight, and the glorious future of the Tang Dynasty is in your hands! ”

The concise and powerful oath was exactly what Lin Feng had drafted for King Qi, making the seven thousand elites can't help but straighten their bodies, their eyes shining.

In the past few days, Lin Feng has led the special soldiers to make great achievements in the Chu State, the Liao State, and the Northern Han Dynasty, which has already been passed on by the elites of these various armies in private, which naturally arouses envy and competitiveness. It has always been the second martial arts, Lin Feng can do it, there is no reason why he can't do it!

Li Jingsui, who was on the high platform, pointed to the southwest and announced loudly: "The content of the competition has been changed in this all-army competition, and it is divided into two parts. The scores of the two results were added together, and the top three were awarded to the world's No. 1 Xuanjia Battalion, Tiger Camp, and Shenwei Battalion respectively. This king will act with you all the way! The first part of the competition is a fully armed and rapid march, which will depart from time to time and reach Jianzhou! General Commander of the Operation: Lin Feng, the general of the Tang Dynasty. ”

The sudden change in the content of the game caused a slight commotion among these elites, and they quickly returned to calm. Months of hard training day and night have naturally made these proud men of the army burst with confidence one by one.

Lin Feng, who then took the stage, didn't talk nonsense, and told the detailed requirements of the first stage of the competition one by one, and then ordered the whole army to cook and set off on time! During the meal, Lin Feng pulled a few special soldiers out of the camp with him, and then pulled back the two carts of large wooden boxes and sent them directly to the command post.

At that time, when the elite of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the training ground of the forbidden army poured out, all the important ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were invited into the palace, and it was not until it was dark that these people left the palace with a heavy face.

Early in the morning of March 1, Li Jing, who was dressed in bright yellow military uniform, startled all the courtiers, and then the first sentence read by the celebrant made everyone completely dumbfounded:

"Wu Yue Qian Biao, a scoundrel when he was young, started as a smuggler, and then he was lucky enough to steal Wu Yue's land, and repeatedly violated the majesty of our dynasty! Since Yang Wu, he has sheltered the rebel general Tian Hao, and in the battle of Fujian, he injured more than 10,000 of my soldiers, captured my generals Yang Ye and Cai Yu, stole my Fuzhou, and privately contacted Qingyuan, Yin Fengyang violated my Tang Dynasty, and the crime was like this, and it was difficult to write about it......"

The ministers with shocked faces didn't even dare to breathe, and the entire court was so silent that a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

Tian Hao's defection from Yang Wu to Wu Yue was still a matter of Yang Xingmi's reign; The battle against Fujian was originally the brother of King Yanyi and Wang Yanzheng of Fujian, and the Southern Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to take advantage of it, but suffered a dumb loss under the attack of Wu Yue, and the two countries attacked each other, winning or losing, and now what is the situation of suddenly mentioning this matter?

"Wu Yue's sins are the envy of God, and heaven and earth are not tolerated. Today, my Tang Dynasty and Chu Di have united, sworn to fight against Wu Yue, and they will not return if they are not victorious......"

Hearing this, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty opened his mouth wide, this, this, this turned out to be a letter of crusade against Wu Yue! A great war concerning the life and death of the country was thus declared by the Holy God today without warning!

The celebrant's voice had long since stopped, but the entire court was still silent. Many of the important ministers had been talked to alone in advance, and all of them were silent, and the other courtiers lowered their heads and swept their eyes, trying to see how the other ministers reacted.

Li Jing swept the court, but still no one answered, and said directly: "This battle is very important, I personally inquire about the logistics baggage, the king of Qi sits on the front line to command all the troops, during the war, anyone who neglects the military aircraft will be added one more class!"

The Jiangyin Army, the Ningguo Army, and the Anhua Army made all the soldiers and horses immediately send troops, and the three-way troops forced Wu Yue;

Ma Cungui, the chief general of Quarry Rock, was the commander of the war, and led 300 Chu-Tang warships from the river to sweep the Wuyue coast from north to south;

Immediately send someone to send the text to Wu Yue; Xiao Yan rushed to the Qingyuan Army and ordered the troops of Quanzhang and Zhangzhang to settle down and not leave the country. ”

What's next? No more below!

The courtiers followed closely and did not hear Li Jing's words, and they all raised their heads in surprise to look at the dragon seat. People with a little military common sense frowned, the big war plan is so simple, it can be said that it is full of flaws - the ambush pays attention to surprise, you note people in advance, what kind of gentleman's style? Three-way land attack, who will be the main attack? The two closest roads of the three-way army are also more than 200 miles apart, how can they echo? Combined attack on land and water, separated by a Wu Yue country, how can the two cooperate? Besides, if you are obedient, it will not be the Qingyuan Army of the independent small kingdom, what should you do if people secretly send troops to help Wu Yue?

After a while, Li Jing, who was full of interest, began to arrange the specific personnel in charge of the grain and grass baggage, and specially arranged for the military department to focus on the ordnance supply of the huge warship.

When Li Jing finished speaking, a royal historian surnamed Qian fell to the ground and shouted: "Since the founding of the first emperor, the country has been established with benevolence and faith, and the border neighbors have been reconciled, and the inner world will be peaceful." Today, my Tang Dynasty's new acquisition of Chu State is a good time to recuperate and accumulate strength. Fighters, since ancient times, it has been a major matter for the survival of the country, please consider it carefully, and do not start a war in vain! ”

Someone has finally come out! All the ministers breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing smiled, pointed to the imperial history and said: "Qian Aiqing, if it weren't for the fact that I understood your personality and your patriotism, I would still think that you were interceding for Wu Yue's old Qian family!" ”

The emperor's cold joke made several ministers subconsciously grin, but then they tightened their mouths and stared ahead.

"Someone once told me that a thriving country is like a car climbing a hill with a load, and the most dangerous moment is not when you are just starting to go uphill, nor when you are halfway through the car, but when you are about to reach the top!" Li Jing stood up, stood with his sword in front of the imperial case, full of energy, and said loudly, "I have accumulated national strength in Datang for more than ten years, just like when the car first started to go uphill; When we start to change, it's like a car halfway through; Now, we have newly acquired Chu land, just like before the car reaches the top of the slope, it is the easiest time to slack off, the easiest to hesitate, and it is also the most dangerous time, take a step back, and you may never recover! ”

Li Jing looked at all the courtiers who were listening attentively with their faces up, and suddenly found that what he had learned to borrow was Lin Feng's explanation method of using metaphors. This effect is quite good! Such a thought flashed through Li Jing's mind.

"Many of you still don't know the way, right? The court of the northern Zhou State once discussed the "Pingbian Policy" written by a scholar named Wang Pu, believing that the Zhou State should adopt the strategy of first making it easy and then making it difficult to pacify the world, and bluntly said that it would first take our Huainan and Jiangbei, and then turn to the north after the peace of the south. In other words, as long as Zhou Guo calms down the domestic turmoil, he will inevitably go south to attack my Datang! How much time will they give us? Half? Or a year, or two years? Li Jing's tone gradually became stern, and he pointed to the north and said:

"The dignified town of Shouzhou, the gateway of the Tang Huai River defense line, but it will not be a general, the soldiers are unusable, and the people will suffer from it, what will we do to block the Zhou army that can resist the Khitan?!"

Speaking of this, Li Jing suddenly hated Liu Yanzhen, the former Shouzhou assassin who had lived up to his trust.

A few days ago, Liu Yanzhen knelt in front of the palace gate for a whole day, and fainted to the ground after the worst moment, and did not get back a chance to meet Li Jing, and was directly thrown into the prison of Dali Temple that night. Shangshu's right servant shot Sun Sheng and interrogated many villagers who came to complain to An Fengtang overnight, and the facts came out one after another, and there were no flaws to be found. Li Jing, who got the result of this interrogation, had already believed Lin Feng's accusations. Now, Sun Sheng has led a team to Shouzhou to further investigate the truth of the matter. But no matter how you think about it, Lin Feng will not fabricate the lie that the combat power of the Shouzhou soldiers is low for no reason.

Li Jing coughed lightly, eased his tone, and said in a deep voice: "What was left to me in the Tang Dynasty was the period before Zhou Bing went south!" Whether Datang becomes a soaring dragon or an embarrassed dragon depends on this period of time. If you remove Wu Yue's abdominal and back troubles, the future of Datang will be in danger, and you and I will be in danger! In this war, I have made up my mind, and if there are any more arguing people, they will be expelled from the court immediately and will never be used! ”

Li Jing's voice echoed in the hall, and no one answered. The important ministers of the DPRK and the central government have been called into the palace in advance for vaccination, and they also understand the real purpose of this battle, and they have been given a gag order, so no one will be bored with themselves; Other courtiers were frightened by the words "never".

Since Lin Feng miraculously appeared in the Tang Dynasty and quietly made a great contribution to the sky, many people have already recognized the most understandable trend in the entire Southern Tang Dynasty: this Tang Dynasty, this Tang Dynasty world, every big and small official does not seem to be as important as they imagined, and no one is indispensable! At this time, it is still important to protect yourself. Besides, once the battle of Wu is won by luck, it is a good thing; If you lose, it doesn't have anything to do with you!

Just when the Southern Tang Dynasty Hall was carrying out the pre-war mobilization, inside the north gate of Quanzhou City of the Qingyuan Army, Kang Renjie led a group of sturdy family members to push a cart and a small cart to the front of the city guards.