Chapter Ninety-Four: The Busy Messenger

The battlefield in front is open with swords and guns, and the political struggle in the rear is full of arrows.

Since March, Hou Zhou has sent three waves of envoys to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and has successively reprimanded the Southern Tang Dynasty for why it contacted the Khitan of the Liao State without authorization, and what misdeeds did they want to do? Why did he contact Liu Chong, a rebel minister of the Northern Han Dynasty, without authorization and intervene in the Jinju War? Why did he use swords and soldiers to attack Wu Yue, a subject of the Later Zhou Dynasty?

The emissaries sent were getting higher in rank and harsher in their words. Li Jing had already discussed the response to this matter with Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, and Lin Feng, and the members of the envoy group were sent from afar and courteously, but when it came to accusations, for the first two, it was righteous and strict, and he tried his best to veto, and even asked why Hou Zhou framed Nantang? ! Regarding the latter item, Li Jing even came forward in person, laid out the facts, talked about the evidence, listed the consistent unfriendly history of Wu Yue and the Southern Tang Dynasty, and gritted his teeth to declare that the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue have no common hatred, and no one can say it!

The envoy group of the Later Zhou Dynasty was overwhelmed by the coping strategy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, so they had to go back with a large number of expensive gifts to restore their lives.

Turning around, the Southern Tang Dynasty also took the military department squire Lang Chengshi Dynasty as an envoy, and urgently rushed to the Xingqing Mansion of the Southern Han Dynasty, reprimanded why the Southern Han Dynasty sent troops to the Guiguan area, and claimed that if the troops were not collected, don't blame the Southern Tang for being polite.

Naturally, the Southern Han Dynasty would not easily admit that Pan Chongche, the provincial minister of the Inner Army, as the "chief defender", denied it in every possible way, saying that there were few soldiers entering the country and that it was an unauthorized action, and at another time saying that it was to search for missing soldiers.

Cheng Shichao took out the emergency documents in the Guiguan area and refuted them one by one, leaving Pan Chongche speechless. Cheng Shi Chao was unforgiving, and scolded twice, took out a piece of paper from his arms and threw it on the Southern Han Palace, and left in a bad mood.

Pan Chongche stepped forward and grabbed the paper that was still flying in the air and looked at it, and his expression immediately became disdainful.

The content of the paper is a military sketch, with the three characters Xingqing Mansion written in the middle of the picture, and a black arrow in the northwest and east triangles. The starting point of the arrows in the west is Guizhou, the starting point in the north is Qianzhou, the military administration of the Baisheng army in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the starting point of the fleet in the east seems to be marked Quanzhou.

Pan Chongche handed the map to Liu Sheng, and took the trouble to explain that the Southern Tang Dynasty's move was purely a scare, and the Guiguan defenders on the Western Front were being forced to retreat step by step by our Han army, and it was just around the corner; On the northern front, the subordinates had already detected that the elite of the Baisheng Army had left the barracks one after another and headed east, the purpose was unknown, and there was basically no enemy to fight in the north; And the offensive line of the Eastern Front is even more ridiculous, with the combined fleet of Chu and Tang, it is already good to be able to defeat Wu Yue, how can Quanzhou's Liuxiao easily let go of these fleets, the saint does not need to panic at all, this is a piece of waste paper!

Liu Sheng was a little uncertain, called Pan Chongche, and summoned Lin Yanyu, the envoy of Ganquan Palace, in the imperial study. Pan Chongche, who was invincible in the court, saw Lin Yanyu, and he actually had the feeling of a mouse seeing a cat, and respectfully greeted Lin Yanyu, who was the same age as himself, with his juniors.

Lin Yanyu waved his hand disapprovingly, twisting his eyebrows and looking at the piece of paper handed over by Liu Sheng.

"Although Pan Xingcheng's analysis is quite reasonable, I always feel that I can't put it into words! Lin Gong, you are originally from the Fujian Kingdom, what do you think about the attack on the eastern route? Liu Sheng said with a frown.

When the Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed Fujian, Lin Yanyu, the great eunuch of the Fujian State, happened to be ordered to go to the Southern Han Dynasty, and he had to stay in Xingqing Mansion after the last death. Lin Yanyu deliberately befriended Liu Sheng, and successively removed many brothers and sisters who might compete for the throne for Liu Sheng, won Liu Sheng's trust, and named him the envoy of Ganquan Palace, and discussed with Lin Yanyu whenever there was a major national event. To put it bluntly, Pan Chongche is actually just a puppet of Lin Yanyu in the court!

"Holy Lord, please allow the old slave to speak in vain. Previously, since the Holy Emperor cleared the Han Dynasty, his fate was smooth, and everything could be done. However, it was the nemesis of the criminal who met Lin Feng, a demon, that made the Great Han Xigu plan fail. In this dynasty, although Li Tang is nominally the king of Qi Li Jingsui commanding the crusade against Wu Yue, in essence, the demon Lin Feng must be the actual mastermind. In this way, Li Tang's threat has to be guarded against! Lin Yanyu touched his incomparably smooth jaw and said slowly.

"Please tell Lin Gong in detail!" Liu Sheng's face became more solemn and urged. Pan Chongche's face was puzzled.

Lin Yanyu put the piece of paper on the imperial desk, smoothed it out with his tender white fingers, and then said slowly: "Don't look at this simple piece of paper, it reveals a lot of information. On the one hand, Li Tang's plan may not be purely to scare people!

Let's look at the Western Front first, there has been no good news from Xie Guan in the past two days, and the old slave speculated that the war must be unfavorable. Perhaps, before we sent out our troops, we underestimated the power of Lin Feng's 'Yihan Alliance', but I am afraid that this time all the Yi people in the Guiguan region are on the side of the Tang people, and the war will not go as smoothly as we imagined earlier!

Looking at the eastern front again, Li Tang set the starting point as Quanzhou, which made the old slave think of a possibility, that is, Li Tang's expedition this time was clearly Wu Yue and secretly Quanzhou, but he was afraid that he would stay in the works! With the ability of the demon Lin Feng, I am afraid that it will not be difficult to take Quanzhou, so it is also very possible for the Chu and Tang joint fleets to set off from Quanzhou to attack the coastal area of our Han Dynasty!

At this time, looking at the northern front, Tang Zhibaisheng Jiedu made Yan Enqi famous for suppressing Zhang Yuxian and other traitors with Bian Hao, and his actual combat experience was not bad. If the Baisheng Army was only arranged to go to Quanzhou to help, then the Baisheng Army would definitely be able to quickly withdraw to Qianzhou after the war was stable. At this point, Li Tang's three-way attack is not virtual, but very likely! ”

Hearing this, Liu Sheng and Pan Chongche immediately changed their faces, but they found that Lin Yanyu was full of smiles at this time, and continued to say in a slightly sharp voice:

"It's just one thing, and the other is that this piece of paper is just a warning after all! Since ancient times, the enemy has been injured by a thousand, and the self-wounded by 800, the Southern Tang Dynasty has attacked Wu Yue and Qingyuan Army, and its army is like the end of a strong crossbow, and it is impossible to wear Lu Min, which is really not afraid! The only thing they can do is the coast! ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanyu raised his head to look, and saw that Liu Sheng and Pan Chongche were still sad, so he couldn't help chuckling, raised his voice and said, "Holy Lord, please be relieved!" What was the original tyranny of Qin? Sweep through the Central Plains and unify the six countries! But 500,000 soldiers, which lasted more than ten years, failed to successfully take my Lingnan! Today, when Li Tang and the others sent this piece of paper, they actually secretly showed their actual attitude, they have the ability to attack our Han, but they have not destroyed the overall strength of our Southern Han at all, in essence, it is just a paper talk, forcing us to stop immediately! ”

Liu Sheng's face relaxed, and Pan Chongche also had a look of sudden realization.

"In response to this, the old slave suggested that the army that is gathering my Xingqing Mansion will not move for the time being, and wait for the progress of the war in Guiguan; On the one hand, we sent scouts to the north to reconnoiter the movements of the Baisheng Army, and on the other hand, we sent sailors to deploy along the coast to be vigilant against Li Tang's surprise attack, at least we can ensure that we are invincible and undefeated, and we will not lose our strength! Lin Yanyu then said.

"Lin Gong is a good plan!" Liu Sheng stroked his palms and sighed, leaned his fat body back, waved his fat hand, and shouted: "It's really nerve-wracking, you have to hurry up and enjoy the music and dance to relieve your boredom!" ”

Lin Yanyu clapped his hands lightly, and a group of dancing girls dressed in tulle and barely covered walked out of the side door, and the light music immediately sounded, and the imperial study suddenly became a happy world isolated from the outside world.

By the end of March, there had been new progress in the fighting in various places.