On February 21, the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the Tang army Dong Qianli and Liu Qisuo's troops attacked Tuoxun at night, and defeated the nine thousand troops of Bai Suxin, the general of the Guizi State Town, pursued nearly 100 miles at night, and the capture was not counted, Bai Suxin was only spared, and when he fled to the old camp under Gaochang City, there were only dozens of soldiers left around him, and the remnants of the soldiers collected one after another were not more than a thousand, and what made him even more frustrated was that after Bai Suyahe, the deputy marshal of the Guizi State, learned the news of Bai Suxin's defeat, he did not wait for Bai Suxin to return, and led the 3,000 soldiers and horses to retreat first. He never even left a grain of rice or a bundle of grass for Bai Suxin, so Bai Suxin's department fell into the dilemma of having no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside.

On February 23, the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Dong Qianli and Liu Qi regained Puchang and Yanqi after the two troops and horses regained Puchang and Yanqi two cities, led the army back to Gaochang City, and formed a flanking attack on Bai Suxin's department, Bai Suxin, who was unable to fight again, had to erect a flag in the camp, and led nearly 1,000 remnants to lay down his arms. He expressed his agreement with the marriage proposal of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and sent countless jewels to Qin Wenhua, who had been detained for many days, to return to Anxi, sent envoys to agree on the important matters of marriage, and presented a congratulatory table to show his submission to the Tang Dynasty, saying that he would send an envoy to Chang'an to request that Yunyun be attached.

On February 27, the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the two major Western Turkic tribes of Wuxuan and Suog Mohe withdrew from the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains from the Baishi Mountain Pass, and most of the remaining small Turkic tribes south of the Tianshan Mountains surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

On the third day of the third month of March in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, it was sunny, the blue sky was cloudless, although it was spring, but the temperature of the desert was surprisingly high, the sun at noon was not inferior to the midsummer, it was very hot, even if it was only a single coat, it could sweat profusely, but under such heat, there was a crowd of people outside Jiaohe City, and tens of thousands of people in the city were quietly waiting outside the east city gate under the leadership of the civil and military officials of the Anxi Prefecture Governor Shi Moli, Qin Wenhua, the assassin of Daxi Prefecture, etc., waiting for the return of the triumphant army. Although everyone was sweating because of the heat, no one complained about anything, everyone waited eagerly, suddenly, a cloud of smoke appeared in the desert in the distance, and then, a fiery red battle flag rose from the horizon, and a cavalry army galloped towards Jiaohe City in the smoke and dust, and the crowd that had been waiting immediately stirred.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

"Your Highness, it's Your Highness who is back!"

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The cheers in the crowd were loud, and everyone showed a heartfelt smile on their faces, shouting happily, cheering indulgently, and spitting out the suffocating breath in their chests, it was not easy, since the establishment of the Anxi Protectorate, there have been countless wars, but they are all defeated and won less, how can there ever be such a joyful victory as this time, as the people of the Tang Dynasty, how can they not cheer for this.

Closer, closer, the huge word "Li" on the fiery red battle flag that was stirring in the wind in the smoke and dust was already clearly visible, and the originally excited crowd calmed down at this time, and everyone's eyes were all focused on Li Zhen, the king of Yue, who was galloping under the iron-blooded flag, and all of them had a look of admiration on their faces.

It's home, it's finally home! Looking at Jiaohe City, which is getting closer and closer, Li Zhen's resolute face can't help but show a knowing smile, but it's just a trace, without him, the battle is won, and the victory is extremely beautiful, but the real trouble has just begun, if it can't be solved, the previous victories are all in vain, and the key to solving the problem is not in Li Zhen's own hands, this feeling of powerlessness really makes Li Zhen have a headache, how can he be happy?

"Xiaguan Moli (Qin Wenhua) congratulates His Highness on his triumphant return!" When Li Zhen led his troops to the front, Mo and Qin, the two highest officials present, immediately stepped forward, bowed to the end according to the old practice of the Tang Dynasty, and respectfully saluted.

"Two gentlemen, please get up, Xiao Wang was lucky to win, there are Lao Zhuguan and all the old folks who are concerned, Xiao Wang admires it." Although Li Zhen was impatient with these false mattresses, it was not easy to disappoint everyone, so he turned over and dismounted, raised his hand with a smile, and signaled that Mo and Qin did not need to be polite.

"Your Highness is wise, thwart strong enemies, protect the peace of my Anxi, this is a noble person from heaven, bless me with the Tang Dynasty, the lower officials are not very impressed, play music, and respectfully invite Your Highness to enter the city!" Qin Wenhua, as the assassin of Daxi Prefecture, has to act according to the rules, and speaks in a serious manner, and suddenly the drum team that has already been prepared can play energetically, and the gongs and drums are noisy, but it also has its own lively atmosphere.

Mo Lijiu has been by Li Zhen's side for a long time, knowing that Li Zhen actually doesn't like these vain and boundless glory things, and he also knows what Li Zhen is worried about, but he didn't say anything about it, just smiled, and took advantage of the beginning of the music to come to Li Zhen's side, lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, the princess is about to give birth, don't miss the hour." ”

Ah, damn it, I almost forgot about it! Although Li Zhen has also received a letter from the rear these days, knowing that Pei Yan's fetus is moving badly, but because of all the things, she can't be distracted to think about the child's affairs. As soon as the words fell, he turned over his horse and waved his hand: "Enter the city!" "This order, regardless of Mo Li laughing happily on the side, the horse rushed to the city gate hole, all the way to the capital of the palace galloping, how can there be a little triumphant ceremony, that posture is simply no different from the battlefield horse charge, this kind of urgent roar is not only the people of the city dumbfounded, but also a group of cronies and generals are also a little dazed, but the anxious Li Zhen can't care so much, all the way to the front of the mansion, jumped off the war horse, and ignored the new butler Wang Binghe's greetings who heard the news and greeted the generals. Rushing into the door of the house with a roar, he rushed straight to the backyard. "Your Highness, you can be regarded as back." As soon as Li Zhen ran to the gate of Pei Yan's courtyard, Princess Mingyue led a group of maids, old mothers and others to greet her.

"How? Is it raw? Is it male or female? Li Zhen couldn't help but take a breath, and even saved himself from screaming, and asked again and again.

Princess Mingyue's originally round face was reduced a lot at this time, in addition to being involved in the affairs of the mansion, but also because she was worried about Li Zhen's safety, coupled with worrying about the war between her homeland and the Tang Army, she had never been rested these days, and she was tired and haggard a lot, at this time, when she saw Li Zhen returning, she didn't say a word of comfort, and blindly asked Pei Yan about childbirth, and suddenly felt a little wronged, her eyes immediately turned red, and she lowered her head and replied: "Your Highness, you haven't given birth yet, Wang Ma and Liu Ma are already waiting in the room." ”

"Oh." As soon as she heard that she had not missed the birth of her child, Li Zhen's hanging heart suddenly relaxed a lot, and then she noticed that Princess Mingyue, who was kneeling on the ground, had something wrong with her face, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly reached out to help Princess Mingyue up, and said softly: "Yue'er, I have worked hard for you these days, and this king is grateful." ”

Princess Mingyue had a thousand grievances in her heart, and as soon as she heard Li Zhen's gentle words, she immediately dissipated without a trace, got up shyly, lowered her head and said, "Your Highness is polite, this is all a matter that a concubine should do." ”

Alas, it's hard for this girl! How could Li Zhen not know that the war between Qiuzi and the Tang Dynasty, Princess Mingyue was sandwiched in the middle, how uncomfortable the torment in her heart was, not to mention that the palace had a large population and everything was intertwined, how difficult it was to manage it as Princess Mingyue had not yet passed the door, and the pity in her heart was great, and she didn't say much, she stretched out her hand and gently circled it, clasped Princess Mingyue's small waist, and pulled Princess Mingyue into her arms.

"Your Highness, there are ...... many people" Princess Mingyue didn't expect Li Zhen to make such an intimate move in front of everyone, she was suddenly ashamed, her face was as red as an apple after autumn, she struggled gently, but she couldn't break free from Li Zhen's embrace, she blushed and lay on Li Zhen's thick chest, tears couldn't help rolling out, and murmured in a low voice.

If it is said that when Li Zhen "ate grapes" at the beginning, it was more because of the fact that Princess Mingyue's identity was conducive to stabilizing the rear, at this time, Li Zhen, who felt Princess Mingyue's strong affection, completely accepted Princess Mingyue herself, and when she saw Princess Mingyue so ashamed, she couldn't help laughing, and her laughter was full of joy. Maybe Li Zhen's laughter was too proud, and it was too loud, some people were unhappy to hear it, and they were going to protest, look, before Li Zhen finished laughing, there was a sudden loud cry in the delivery room, and the volume was not under Li Zhen's laughter.

"Ah, it's born, it's born, haha, it's great! This king is finally a father! Haha......" Li Zhen was stunned at first when she heard the loud cry, and then screamed in ecstasy, her words were full of joy, and her words were a little incoherent, and Princess Mingyue's heart was slightly sour, and she couldn't help but pout her little mouth when she heard it, but at this time she was lying on Li Zhen's thick chest, and she didn't worry that others would notice that something was wrong.

"Be a father, haha......" Li Zhen was so excited that she couldn't help herself, picked up Princess Mingyue, turned around, put it down casually, and wanted to break into the delivery room regardless of the ground.

"Your Highness, you can't enter, and you can't see a newborn child, please stay." Before Li Zhen could reach out and lift the curtain, an old woman came out from the side and blocked Li Zhen's way.

"Oh, hehe, that's, that's." Li Zhen was on the rise at this time, but she didn't care about the old mother's abrupt behavior, rubbed her hands and said: "This, hey, this, this king just wants to know, Yan'er has been fine, ah, is it a boy or a woman, hehe, Li Ma go and help this king take a look." ”

Seeing that Li Zhen didn't break in again, the old mother suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly saluted, and trotted all the way into the delivery room, but she didn't come out for a long time, so anxious that Li Zhen jumped straight to her feet there, no wonder, Li Zhen has lived for two lifetimes, this is the first time that the father or the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair, how can she not be excited, and have the heart to rush into the delivery room, but she is afraid of disturbing the mother and son, but she can stand and wait but is unwilling, how "difficult" is this taste.

"Congratulations to Your Highness, it's a dragon son, mother and son are safe." Just when Li Zhen was impatient to wait, the midwife sent by the palace, Wang Ma, walked out of the delivery room sweating profusely, holding a small package carefully in her hand.

"Ah, great, come, show this king." Li Zhen saw at a glance that the small package was wrapped in her own child, how could she bear it, jumped over, and took the small package from Wang Ma's hand almost like a snatch without saying anything, and looked at it in front of her, and immediately her eyes were straight.

Eh, this little thing is our son? Dizzy, why is the skin wrinkled like tree bark, heh, this little nose and small mouth, it's really like that, well, so small, obedient, this cry is loud, ha, it's very Lao Tzu's style, haha, cool, someone will call us dad in the future! Li Zhen hugged the little guy who was crying non-stop, and was so excited for a while that she didn't know what to say, standing there helplessly, with a smirk unconsciously coming out of her mouth, and seeing that all the people in the courtyard hid and covered their mouths and snickered.

"Your Royal Highness, the little prince is hungry, look ......" Seeing that Li Zhen was holding the little guy and refused to let go, Wang Ma had to remind him from the side.

"Ah, I'm hungry, it's easy to do, quick, pass the meal, go quickly!" Li Zhen casually ordered without raising his head, and as soon as these words came out, all the people in the courtyard were thundered, and they all laughed so much that they couldn't even straighten their waists.

Oh shit, the wrong thing! Waiting to listen to the laughter is not right, Li Zhen then understood how ridiculous the order to pass on the meal was before, Rao is Li Zhen's face has always been thick-skinned, and she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, laughed self-deprecatingly, lowered her head and approached her crying son, and said very softly: "Good, don't cry, go, Dad will take you to your mother for breastfeeding, don't cry." "Heh, this time it's okay, how can the people who were already laughing forward and backward still be able to stand it, and the people in the courtyard all laughed so much that their stomachs cramped, but Li Zhen didn't care, and rushed into the delivery room with the little guy in his arms.

"Your Highness." Princess Pei Yan, who was dressed in a yellow silk single dress and had a pale yellow headband tied on her head, was waiting for several old mothers to drink brown sugar water, when she suddenly saw Li Zhen break in and hurriedly got up to greet her.

Seeing Pei Yan sweating profusely and her face as pale as paper, Li Zhen's heart suddenly hurt, she flashed in a hurry, hugged the little guy to the edge of the collapse, and said softly: "Don't, don't get up, Yan'er, thank you for your hard work, this king ......" Li Zhen couldn't go on as soon as he said this, without him, maybe he smelled his mother's smell, the little guy who was already crying almost roared at this time, and the cry was so loud that Li Zhen's words were interrupted, and the little hand that was originally wrapped also broke out, but he waved vigorously, looking like he would not give up.

"Ah, Yan'er, quick, the little guy is hungry, let him hurry up and feed." Li Zhen woke up at this time, and hurriedly stuffed the little guy into Pei Yan's arms, heh, as soon as the little thing arrived in Pei Yan's arms, she immediately stopped crying, and a pair of small hands groped around, as if looking for the source of food.

Pei Yan smiled softly, untied the placket, hugged the little guy to his chest, and brought the purple bud to the little guy's mouth, but when she saw the little thing unceremoniously, she took it up, and a pair of small hands covered it honestly and unceremoniously, but she sucked it vigorously, and her little face was full of satisfaction and happiness after success.

"Oh." Pei Yan's originally swollen chest was sucked into a burst of comfortable refreshment, and she couldn't help moaning, her brows were slightly furrowed, her mouth was slightly open, and her face was full of the light of maternal love.

The little guy is small, his appetite is not small, this "meal" has eaten enough to have a pillar of incense, and it is easy to eat enough, and he fell asleep peacefully in Pei Yan's arms, the sound of small breathing is very refreshing to listen to, Li Zhen rubbed his hands and leaned over, looked at the little guy with a smile, and then looked at Pei Yan, and then said with a smile: "Yan'er, you have always worked hard for you, heh, this little thing is full, this king is still hungry." ”

"Go, be a father, and return this virtue." Pei Yan saw Li Zhen's eyes staring directly at her chest, how could she not know what Li Zhen's so-called "hunger" was, her face flushed, and she glanced at Li Zhen amorous and amorous, which made Li Zhen happy.

"Silly." Pei Yan stretched out a hand distressed to hold Li Zhen's big hand, led Li Zhen to sit on the edge of the collapse, and said gently: "Your Royal Highness fought on the battlefield, but the concubine body could not help, fortunately, this Lin'er, the concubine's body is enough." ”

"Silly girl, this is the first one, this king doesn't have many sons, heh, it's better to give birth to him ten or eight, that's enough to be lively." Li Zhen stretched out her hand and gently scratched Pei Yan's upturned nose, and said a word with a joking voice.

"You ......" When Pei Yan heard this, she was immediately ashamed and anxious, and glanced at Li Zhen angrily, but she couldn't hold back her laughter and said: "You, you just don't have a serious character, it's important to hurry up and think of a good name for us Lin'er." ”

Name? Let's think about it, but it's a pity that this is the patent of our old man, and this job can't be on our head! Li Zhen smiled bitterly, spread her hands helplessly, and said: "Yan'er, the name of this little thing has to be given by the father, and this king can't be the master, so let's do it, this king will immediately put it on the table and let the father give the name." ”

What Li Zhen said was the system, Pei Yan knew it, but she forgot about it before, seeing that Li Zhen seemed to be a little unhappy, and she was also tired after giving birth, so she hurriedly said with relief: "Your Highness has just returned from the battle, it's better to rest early, it's okay to be late, the concubine is also tired, Your Highness ......"

"Oh, okay, then the king will go first, Yan'er will rest well, and the king will come back later." Li Zhen had something in her heart, seeing that Pei Yan's mother and son were safe, she was relieved, patted Pei Yan's hand, got up with a smile, went straight out of the delivery room, and strode towards the study, but her steps seemed very heavy, and there was no joy on her face to get her beloved son's happiness, without him, a big storm was waiting for Li Zhen, if she couldn't pass this level, I was afraid that all the previous efforts would come to naught, and the severity of the situation was really extraordinary, and Li Zhen could not be allowed to be careless and cautious......

Finishing (full book)