(Today's second update!) ）

Li Yu looked directly into Pei Yan's eyes and asked:

"Pei Aiqing, you say so, is there any evidence?"

Pei Yan said:

"There is no evidence. The minister said this out of speculation. Your Majesty, why was there no report of the remnants of the Tubo army in Qinzhou before, and there was no one in Linzhou, but on the way to Qinzhou, the prince left Linzhou and arrived in Qinzhou, and the remnants of the Tubo army appeared? If it's a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence. ”

Li Chanted:

"Ai Qing is reasonable, but the matter is serious, and if there is no conclusive evidence, it cannot be made public. This matter will be handed over to Aiqing to deal with, and go check the documents of the Ministry of War. In addition, Li Zhong, the general of Zuo Yu Lin Wei, was ordered to take 3,000 armor soldiers to Qinzhou to welcome the prince back to Beijing. Also, reward Gao Piao. ”

After Pei Yan was dismissed, Li Yu shook the rattle on the table, and Li Zhongyan ran in in a panic and said:

"Everyone, the old slave is here."

Li Chanted:

"Go, summon Lu Yuanying."

"Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately, drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't smile, and a few people will come back to fight in ancient times."

Xiahou Cheng's big general's tent was full of more than 30 people, all of whom he brought from Ziqing, with celadon bowls in front of each of them, as well as a large basin of mutton. The big stove in the middle of the tent was blazing, and there was a row of wine jars around it. Xiahou Cheng picked up a jar of good wine, patted the mud seal on the mouth of the altar, and the tempting cool aroma spread from the mouth of the altar, and the people close to the mouth of the altar had already begun to stir their noses.

Xiahou Cheng said to the generals under his command:

"It's almost the New Year, the emperor is gracious, so that the brothers can stop and rest for the New Year, and I will also find the brothers to get together. The brothers followed me all the way from Kanto to this desolate place, and I Xiahou Cheng could not repay it, so I asked the brothers to try this Liangzhou grape bar. ”

After that, Xiahou Cheng poured wine for the subordinates who were close to him. Xiahou Cheng's personal captain also picked up the wine jar and poured wine one by one. The amber-like wine was poured into the cyan porcelain bowl, making a pleasant sound, and the color became more and more vivid and moving.

"This wine was found by Cui Chengdu's guy in the wine cellar in Herong City, Cui Chengdu's guy can't do it, and the wine sent is not bad, even if he still remembers that we once peed in a pot. Since the Western Expedition, we have killed the most brothers in the battle in Gulang Gorge, and the first glass of wine is to be given to those brothers who have died in the battle since the Western Expedition. ”

Bowls of wine were poured on the ground, and the dirt on the ground sucked greedily, making a bubbling sound, as if they were drinking. Xiahou Cheng looked at the wine on the ground and seemed to have seeped into the soil, and motioned to his own soldiers to fill it up for the generals again.

Raising the wine bowl, Xiahou Cheng said:

"All the brothers here, like a certain one, most of them live in Qilu Yanzhao. We are thousands of miles away from home, and I don't know what happened to our parents, wives and children at home. This second bowl of wine, let's give it to my father and mother in my hometown. ”

The sound of a piece of wine spilling on the ground was again, but perhaps because the ground was already damp, and this time the sound of the wine falling into the ground was not as dry and hard as before, but much more moist and warm. There seemed to be someone sobbing in the corner, and then by the light of the oil lamp, Xia Houcheng seemed to see someone's eyes shining. The corners of Xiahou Cheng's eyes couldn't help but feel a little moist.

The third bowl of wine was poured again, and everyone looked at Xiahou Cheng quietly, waiting for Xiahou Cheng to say the following, but Xia Houcheng didn't want to have no words. Xiahou Cheng picked up the wine bowl and said:

"This third bowl of wine, a certain respect, brothers."

After saying that, they drank it all, and everyone drank the wine. Xiahou Cheng sat down on the main seat and said:

"Eat vegetables!"

The atmosphere in the tent grew warm with the consumption of wine. These shoguns were fond of strong sake, such as the imperial jade teapot, and were not very interested in the western wines, but as they became familiar with the mellow aroma of wine, the consumption of sake accelerated. Xiahou Cheng also toasted each other with the generals and schoolmen, and at the same time had a family affair with them.

"Wei Liuzi, it's time for your third son to give birth, right?"

"Yes, it's a kid, the letter I just received from my family, six pounds and two taels."

"How is my daughter-in-law, is the family okay?"

"Mother and child are safe. Before I set out on the expedition, I exchanged all the rewards of the imperial court into cash and deposited them in the Datang Bank, and they wrote that they had received them, and the money was enough for them to use. ”

"Pingshun, is your wife okay?"

"Well, how can it be good? The ears are back, and the eyes are almost out of sight. It's all up to our brothers to provide for them. My brother and daughter-in-law are not filial, and I don't know what I will toss out when I am not at home. I really want to finish this battle early and go home to see my old lady. ”

"Little San, what do you want to do after the battle?"

"Marry a daughter-in-law. My father and mother wrote again, saying that they had fallen in love with a girl from a neighboring township and were anxious to hold their grandson. ”

When everyone was drunk, Xiahou Cheng suddenly leaned on his seat and sang a country song on the wine altar, and for a while the tent was full of low and desolate singing. Outside the tent, many soldiers wept secretly.

After singing a song, Xiahou Cheng stood up and said:

"Brothers, I have a few words to say, I don't know if you want to hear it."

The people in the tent were gossiping at that time:

"General, please."

"Where did the general come from?"

Xiahou Cheng said:

"Actually, when the banquet opened today, the third bowl of wine was originally intended to be given to His Majesty the Emperor."

Someone laughed at the bottom and closed their mouths again. Xiahou Cheng said:

"It's not just you who want to laugh, but you also think it's funny. Everyone knows that Ziqing Xianli Situ has a great kindness to me Xiahou Cheng, and I, Xiahou Cheng, follow Situ and them, and do nothing less to oppose the imperial court. Now I suddenly said that I wanted to toast the emperor, really, even I blushed, I'm embarrassed! ”

There was laughter from below. After Xiahou Cheng drank the wine in the bowl, he said:

"But when I think about it, I toast it, what's the fear of losing face? I, Xiahou Cheng, am a person who has been left behind in prison, and I can live until now, as a general of the imperial court, I have expanded the territory, made meritorious contributions to the border court, and brought my reputation over in the history of the youth, what am I embarrassed about Xiahou Cheng! ”

After all, tears are already rolling down. The generals and colonels in the tent were also sad. Xiahou Cheng said:

"After being captured, I thought for a while that the Situ family was finished, and for a while I thought that my wife and children were also finished. But he never thought that he would be able to leave a life. After being pardoned by His Majesty, I thought that I was going to end my life in the market, and I was accused by thousands of people, and I secretly survived, but I never thought that I would have the opportunity to go west to wash myself. ”

Speaking of this, Xiahou Cheng suddenly became agitated and said:

"In the past, I looked down on Cui Chengdu very much, although his official position was higher than mine, I didn't look at him directly. The day before yesterday, Chen Guogong said that His Majesty issued an edict to let the front-line soldiers rest for the New Year. It seems that he Cui Chengdu has betrayed, but in fact, he Cui Chengdu is a real smart person. He was the only one among the military generals in Ziqing who dared to persuade Li Shidao before, and he was the only one who protected the soldiers of the whole army after that. In terms of loyalty, I Xiahou Cheng only know blind obedience, and in terms of affection, I have even been so tired that my brothers are still being looked down upon in the Western Expeditionary Army, and I Xiahou Cheng is ashamed! ”

"General Xiahou, don't say that, the brothers are willing to follow you in life and death."

Several officers who were a little older came out to persuade Xiahou Cheng. Xiahou Cheng said:

"I thought that the brothers would follow me on the westward expedition, and they would be able to make a name for themselves with a knife and a gun, but I Xiahou Cheng was incompetent, and since I set out on the expedition, I have not fought a decent victory, which has affected the brothers, and I Xiahou Cheng is here to make amends to the brothers."

The officer, who was called Pingshun, stood up first and said:

"General, don't say any more, you're slapping your brothers in the mouth. Fight Gulang Gorge, we all know that the terrain of that place is dangerous, it is not easy to fight, fight Shandan, the Tubo people here in Shandan have concentrated a large number of soldiers and horses, it is not a matter of one or two days to fight down, we have beaten down such a large area these days, it is not simple. General, the brethren can trust you, so don't say any more. ”

Xiahou Cheng said:

"The more the brothers do this, the more troubled my heart becomes. To tell the truth, I even have the heart to ask Chen Guogong to resign as an envoy, and General Tian or General Song will bring you, and everyone will at least have a future. ”

At this time, there was more and more noise in the tent. Pingshun even pulled his throat and said:

"Brothers, be quiet, and I'll say a few words for my brothers."

Clearing his throat, he said smoothly:

"General Xiahou, I know that you are a man who values love and righteousness. Over the years, you have been unlucky, and those who have the ability have gone to the camp, and only we, the brothers who have no ability, are willing to follow you. We know that in other armies, we must be discriminated against, and only you, General Xiahou, are willing to take care of us. To tell the truth, if the battle is not fought well, the general cannot be blamed, and we also have a share. I always think that our martial arts are not good and we don't understand the art of war. The general said something today, I don't know how to persuade him, but I promise that we will listen to the general's command, and the general will let us jump into the river, and we will not frown. ”

"Yes, General Xiahou, we are the same."

Xiahou Cheng took the handkerchief handed over by his own soldiers, wiped his face clean, and asked:

"Are you all telling the truth?"

A voice in the tent said "yes", and someone shouted:

"Whoever doesn't say a word is not a human being!"

Xiahou Cheng said:

"Good brothers! To tell the truth, I, Xiahou Cheng, invited you to come today, first, because I want to get together with you, and secondly, I have a great reputation to do with my brothers, but I don't know how to talk about these things. Brothers, the great merit that I want to discuss with you today is to take the Shandan Military Horse Farm. ”

When he walked out of General Xiahou Cheng's tent, the cold wind blew away the smell of alcohol from many people. Someone sighed and said:

"I knew I was here to set us up."

The officer on the side said:

", you're smart, what a good opportunity, don't you want to turn over?"

Shandan Qin was originally the land of the Dayue clan, the Han Dynasty was controlled by the Xiongnu, and Emperor Wu Huo went to the sick to collect Shandan, which was under the jurisdiction of Zhangye County. Shandan horse field is located in the north foot of the cold dragon mountain in Qilian Mountain, the terrain here is flat, the pasture is abundant, since the Western Han Dynasty, it has become the place where the royal tun horses raise horses in the past dynasties, the Shandan horses produced are strong and strong, and the varieties are excellent. The Yanzhi Mountain in Shandan is dangerous, with different peaks protruding, and it is an important military place in ancient and modern times. The Xiongnu folk song once sang:

"The loss of my Qilian Mountain will make my six animals restless. I have lost my mountains, and my women have no color. ”

In the fifth year of the Great Cause of Sui, Emperor Yang received a visit from the envoys of the 27 countries of the Western Regions at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain when he traveled west. When Li Guangyan's troops entered Ganzhou, they naturally had to take the Shandan Military Horse Farm and Yanzhi Mountain first. Originally, Sha Zhali wanted to ask for war, but was rejected by Li Guangyan on the grounds that he had a more important task, and this task was unexpectedly handed over to Xiahou Cheng, instead of Li Guangyan's henchmen Song Chao, Tian Rong and others.

In order to seize the Shandan Army Horse Farm, Li Guangyan gave Xiahou Cheng 10,000 people, in addition to Xiahou Cheng's headquarters of 5,000 people, there were 2,000 foot soldiers of the Changwu Army and 3,000 cavalry directly under Li Guangyan. The march of 10,000 people was full of mountains and fields, and the large camp was also built on a very large scale. Looking down on Yanzhi Mountain, it is like a big white plum blossom spread on the grassland. It's a pity that this white plum blossom is here to kill people. For so many days, the people up and down Yanzhi Mountain have not known how many lives have been devoured by this white plum blossom.

However, in the past few days, the white plum blossoms seem to have been much milder, and they no longer protrude the tentacles that threaten human life at every turn as they did a few days ago. After the Tibetan army's exploration horses, they found that there were mountains of wine, meat and coins in the white plum blossoms. The Tibetan general was puzzled, until a prisoner of war escaped with his life, and he learned that Bai Meihuali* was about to celebrate New Year's Day, just like the Han slaves living here.

The Han people celebrate the New Year with the same enthusiasm and madness as the Tibetan people. The prisoners of war who escaped said that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty ordered the whole army to stop for half a month for the New Year.

"Stopping for the New Year at a tense juncture when the war is going well, I really don't know what the Tang people think. This emperor is just as happy as the emperor who climbed Yanzhi Mountain. ”

In the past few days, the Tubo general who was overwhelmed by the onslaught of * finally felt a lot lighter, and he couldn't help but think of the emperor of the Sui Dynasty who climbed the Yanzhi Mountain to listen to the locals, in order to show off his national strength, the "World Exposition" was held in Zhangye, and the Ganzhou and Liangzhou governments sent ladies and dancers to welcome the envoys from the Western Regions at the intersection. When the emperor heard that it was ridiculous later, he not only welcomed foreigners to the Central Plains without money, but also wrapped fine silk around trees. Later, when they attacked the country east of the sea, they allowed the other party to surrender under the condition of taking advantage of it, giving the other party time to breathe, and was led by the other party's nose, and as a result, they lost hundreds of thousands of teachers and lost the country.

"If only this emperor was like this."

The Tubo general couldn't help but think that although the flower world in the Central Plains was far away from heaven, the place was warm and the products were abundant. This place in Shandan is much better than Gao Yuan, and the envoy who sent the Tang State came back and said that there was a better place in the east. If this emperor were like that emperor, maybe one day he would be able to get a large fief in the east and get thousands of slaves. These Han slaves are not only hard-working, but also first-class in serving people.

It wasn't until the vice president shouted that the Tibetan general came back to his senses from YY. During this time, let's think about how to accommodate such a large area.

Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Tang calendar, * today is going to celebrate their year, pass the order, let the various beacons relax, don't be too nervous, but don't be too lax, these Tang people are too cunning. Well, give each beacon some more wine and meat, and treat them a little. ”

When the news came that the soldiers were drinking to celebrate the New Year, the Tibetan general gave the order to make his soldiers feel more relaxed. He didn't know that just when he gave the order, Xiahou Cheng also issued his own order:

"Order, the officers and men of the three armies will immediately go out to battle and capture Yanzhi Mountain!"

On the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Xingzhi, the Tang general Xiahou Cheng took advantage of the night to send troops to attack more than 20 beacons in Yanzhi Mountain, and the Tubo army was defeated and fled. Xiahou Chengguang restored the Shandan Military Horse Farm and obtained 10,000 good horses.