Chapter 67: The Correspondence of Husband and Wife
The soldiers and horses galloped on the road, the hurried hooves of the horses beat on the hearts of the people, and the faces of the people in front of them who were carrying carts and burdens showed panic.
Among them, there are rich and commoners, and horses are for them to play and a tool for travel, and they never imagined that one day they would become a clarion call for life.
The footsteps were about to flee to both sides, and someone in the team waved his hand to stop it.
"Don't be afraid, it's not a thief army." He shouted, stretching out his hand and pointing ahead, "This is the Gwangju Prefecture, and there are patrol guards and horses." ā
Everyone followed what he pointed at, and saw a town in front of them with flags fluttering, and soldiers and horses standing on a high platform, on which they could see galloping soldiers and horses.
The people carrying carts and burdens avoided the roadside, and the horses galloped forward, without deliberately trampling them with their hooves or beating them with whips and weapons.
"Is it a soldier from Gwangju Province?"
"It doesn't look like it, it looks fierce...."
The soldiers and horses of Gwangju Mansion saw that they did not stop it, is it because these soldiers and horses are too fierce? Those closed cities, who do not resist the soldiers and horses who flee faster than the people, they have seen too many along the way.
They walked out of town, and the soldiers and horses here checked them and let them in.
Many of the burned and smashed houses in the town have not yet been repaired, but there are a lot of people, and the tea stalls and restaurants on the street have also been put up.
The situation in Gwangju is indeed very good, and there is still the spirit and mood to do business.
"These patrolling soldiers and horses will come to buy water and food." The boss explained, "It's not easy to see them eat dry food, originally I wanted to give them food and drink, but they said that they wouldn't accept anything, they were only willing to spend money to buy it, and many refugees came to Gwangju Mansion, passed by to buy food and drink, and drove down." ā
The news of Gwangju Prefecture's repulsion of the thieves has gradually spread, and the panicked people are rushing to this side.
"Don't think about it, the flag of the soldiers and horses just now is the Zhenwu Army." Hearing their speculation, the owner of the restaurant explained, "I should be from the capital to see the direction." ā
Zhenwu Army? The people are still a little dumbfounded.
"Why was our Gwangju Mansion able to repel the thief army? It is because of the Zhenwu Army in Dou County. Seeing that these people fled from outside the Gwangju Mansion, the boss explained in more detail, "The wife and mother of Wu Ya'er of Zhenwu Army are in Dou County, and this time the siege of Gwangju was personally brought by Mrs. Wu Shao. ā
He put his hand in front of him and looked at the soldiers and horses in the distance.
"Repelled the thieves and reported to the capital, this should be a reply from the capital."
Talking and laughing.
"Captain Wudu is worried about his daughter-in-law."
Who doesn't think about their relatives, the people sighed and nodded with mixed feelings.
"But it seems that there is only the Zhenwu Army, and there are no angels from the imperial court." The boss talked very excitedly, "The last time the Zhenwu army of Dou County repelled the rebellious soldiers, the emperor issued an order to reward Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wu, and the eunuchs who came to announce the decree were accompanied by the adults in the province of Gwangju Prefecture, and the lively ....."
Having said this, his voice gradually disappeared, and the observation of Huainan Dao had already surrendered to the thief, and half of Huainan Dao had also changed the world.
The world was in such chaos that the thieves were repulsed, and the emperor was in no mood to reward him anymore.
It's sad that this is not what it used to be.
Only Wang Li and letters came to the capital, and Mrs. Wu Shao, who lived in the mansion, was not sad and disappointed.
Mrs. Wu's butler Jiang Dian and Wu Duwei's messenger Wang Li warmly embraced each other outside the mansion, telling their thoughts of not coming, and venting the joy of reunion after the war, just like brothers who have been friends for decades, without the slightest jerkiness that they have only seen twice.
Wang Li was brought to Li Minglou.
The details of the battle have already been described in letters and the words of other people, and Li Minglou did not repeat them.
"Things are complicated here in Fucheng, and the thieves outside are eyeing each other, so Madame is still staying in Dou County, and the guards over there are very tight." She said, "I'm very busy here and in the capital, and I'm short of manpower, so I won't send you over to visit Madame." ā
So she won't let them have a chance to see Mrs. Wu alone, there are strict guards over there, and they don't think about sneaking and robbing people.
The affairs of the capital and Wu Ya'er's concern for his mother and wife are all in the letter, and he doesn't need to be verbose.
Wang Li simply gave a gift and retired.
Wang Li was sent out by Jiang Yan, and then arranged for people and horses to be reluctantly sent out of Gwangju Mansion.
Li Minglou didn't care about these little things, and continued to read Li Minglou's letter from Jiannandao with Yuan Ji and marked it on the map.
Compared with the chaos here, the vicinity of Jiannan Road is very stable, and the unstable Fujian has just emerged, and Qi Shan stretched out his feet and stepped over.
"Qi Shan is very powerful." Li Minglou said.
Yuan Ji nodded: "When the Metropolitan Governor was alive, he also praised him a lot, and with him, our Jiannan Dao can be more relaxed." ā
Easy? No, this Governor of Qi is not a good class, or it is not a good class that can be famous in the ten years of war, Li Minglou smiled: "He will soon ask us for reinforcement and tell Li Min that there will be no soldiers in Jiannan Dao." ā
Isn't this time time to make a concerted effort? Yuan Ji had no doubts or objections, and only frowned: "I'm afraid that this will damage my reputation and reputation." ā
That's right, that Jiannan Dao gained a good reputation for relying on bravery and good fighting, helping the weak and helping neighbors.
In case of danger, everyone will come to Jiannandao to rescue, Jiannandao can enter other people's soldiers and horses at will, get the territory, get the trust, and respond to every call..... It's just that the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Dao were lost, and the reputation was added to Xiang Yun.
Then this life will be reversed.
Li Minglou said: "Let Longyou send troops." ā
Longyou and Jiannan Dao are one, Longyou sending troops is equivalent to Jiannan Dao sending troops, there is no problem with this arrangement, Yuan Ji nodded, however, he always felt that the young lady's tone was a little strange, he looked over, Li Minglou was already standing in front of the map, looking at Li Mingyu's whereabouts.
Shannan West Road, where Li Mingyu is located, is not very stable.
"The eldest prince is here to assist in the battle, and the soldiers and horses are all dispatched by Shannan West Road." Yuan Ji tactfully reminded, "Isn't it time for us to set up our own flag?" Shannan Xidao paid tribute to the imperial court one after another. ā
Li Minglou shook his head and looked at Yutu: "This is what we are doing for ourselves, and now we don't have to put down the rebellion in Shannan Road, how can they let us come here to grab credit?" Mingyu will definitely be kicked out. ā
So now it's time to occupy the territory, so will there be a time to grab the land next? Yuanji's expression was complicated, isn't the world just a rebellion in Ankang Mountain?
Li Minglou glanced back at Yuan Ji and did not explain again.
Then the emperor was going to die, the sky finally fell, and there was nowhere to show his merits, and at that time, the generals of the capital with heavy troops had different ideas and different practices.
Everyone will fight for themselves, and whoever is good will have the final say.
But not yet, there are still rules and restrictions, and there are still courtesies.
When did the emperor die? Li Minglou thought contemplatively, after the rebellion in that life, he mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the country to quell the rebellion, but the generals had a lot of grievances, coupled with the incitement of Ankang Mountain, more and more soldiers cursed the Luo clan, thinking that the rebellion was caused by the Luo clan's calamity to the country.
In order to appease the generals and expose the lies of the rebellion in Ankang Mountain, the Luo family was killed, and Luo Guifei was also hanged to death by a white silk, and then the emperor died.
Some say that the emperor died of heartache, others say that he was frightened to death by the death of the concubine, and the final theory is that the emperor died of a serious illness.
But now he arrived in the capital without having to mobilize a lot of soldiers and horses, which was not the case in that life.
"Miss."
Yuan Ji's voice interrupted Li Minglou.
Li Minglou sat at the table and looked at him.
"Do you still read my uncle's letter?" Yuan Ji asked, "Or should I arrange for someone to send the kumquats?" ā
Uncle, Li Minglou saw his hand knocking on a letter, a letter from her husband written to her by Wang Ligang.
Because the mother is blind, everything she wants to say to her mother is in the letter to her wife, and the wife reads it to her mother after reading it, and of course the wife can not read it, after all, this wife has many people write to her.
Li Minglou knocked on the letter, he really insisted on writing a letter to his family.
"I'll take a look." She said, two fingers outstretching out to open the letter.
The letter did not write much, two thin pieces of paper, asking about some of the battles in Gwangju Mansion that had already been said, so as to express his worries and praise, and then wrote about the daily life of the capital, how the court was flustered, how the people were uneasy, how the capital was on guard, he didn't know what to do, so he could only invite more generals and soldiers to come......
Li Minglou, who was bored and yawning, sat up straight, she didn't believe what he said, she only saw one thing, those soldiers and horses were brought by him!
In the previous life, no soldiers and horses took the initiative to go to the capital.
It turned out that it was the details of his change, so the soldiers who were coaxed away didn't have so much resentment, right?
Li Minglou looked at the next letter carefully, and wrote that the imperial court in the capital is much more stable, and the people are also at ease, you are dangerous and hard outside..... Of course, you don't need to pay attention to this, as long as you understand what it means inside, the soldiers and generals get along with the court happily.
In this case, is Roche not going to die? The emperor won't die either?
But why wasn't that the case in the previous life? In the previous life, Wu Ya'er was also in the capital?
Li Minglou couldn't sit still and stood up and paced, Yuan Ji on the side didn't ask, and stood quietly.
I can't figure it out, maybe it's because his mother didn't die, so he behaved differently from that life, in short, has fate changed?
Li Minglou stopped and looked up to see the map, and his eyes fell in one direction.
Wu Ya'er has changed some fate, why not take the opportunity to give it a try? Like the fate of another person.....
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Zhongwu pushed the door in and saw that the room was very quiet, Li Minglou was standing in front of the map, and Yuan Ji was standing in front of the table, one looking at the map, the other looking at the paperwork, it didn't look like he was discussing something important.
"Miss." The fifth day of the house is a gift to break the silence of the room.
Li Minglou turned his head: "Middle Five, we need to rush to a city as quickly as possible, and then repel the three thousand soldiers and horses besieging the city, how many men and horses do we need?" ā
Has there been another city in Huainan Province that has been besieged? Since the relief of the predicament of the Gwangju Mansion, the reputation of the Zhenwu Army in Dou County has been spread, and many trembling governors in the vicinity have sent people to ask for help, eager to invite the Zhenwu Army to their place, of course the Gwangju Mansion does not agree, and the Zhenwu Army cannot do it.
They can only stabilize the territory of Gwangju Mansion now, and there are no soldiers and horses that can cover half of Huainan Province, if they want to rescue a certain city, they have to risk the loss of Gwangju Mansion, what is the important place for Miss to prepare for such an adventure?
Zhongwu said: "It depends on how far the distance is, and it also depends on where the soldiers and horses are." ā
Huainan Province soldiers and horses are different from Zhejiang West soldiers and horses.
Li Minglou said: "Yizhou, Fan Yangjun." ā
Form 5 gasped and couldn't answer questions for a while.
Li Minglou returned his gaze to the map, and stretched out his hand to point at Yizhou: "King Zhao is here, he is in danger, and Ankang Mountain will let people surround and kill him." ā
Zhong Wu swallowed the saliva in his throat, looked at Yutu intently, and said: "Yizhou wants to cross Huainan Road, Wuning Road, if you take a shortcut, you have to cross Xuanwu Road, the distance of the fast horse is not the biggest problem, Fan Yangjun...."
He clenched his fists, Fan Yangjun had never dealt with them in Huainan, south and north, but Li Feng'an said that the Great Xia Guards were deserted, and there were two armies that should not be underestimated, one was Shuofang Mobei, and the other was Fan Yang.
Fighting against Fan Yangjun, it can't be compared with the guerrilla generals in the previous period who are not even the main force of Andezhong in western Zhejiang.
Zhong Wu took a deep breath: "If you really want to fight, it's not that you can't fight, but the people are not the main force, we have to transfer all of our Jiannan Dao masters, and we have to transfer them to Zhongqi." ā
Zhongqi is a dowry army, and by looking for a dowry to stay in Xuzhou, it is getting mixed up over there, and it must not be long before the loyal army can only look at them.
Then the territory over there will have to be abandoned, and the Gwangju Mansion will also have to give up, and the remaining forces can only ensure the stability of Dou County.
Li Minglou was silent.
If you don't take half of Huainan Road, you will talk about keeping Dou County.
This is not a one-day or two-day war, it will only be more chaotic in the future, and the rebels in Ankang Mountain will become stronger and more ferocious.
If you retreat at this time, there will be no chance to move forward.
Yuan Ji saw Li Minglou's reluctance, which the young lady did her best to get in his hands, and he said in a low voice: "The people on the eldest prince's side can also support, but it is too far away and it takes time." ā
Li Minglou shook his head, what was lacking was time.
Jiang Dian came in at this time, and saw the quietness in the room and the solemnity on Zhong Wu Yuanji's face was a little puzzled, and hurriedly replied, "I have sent my uncle's people out of Gwangju Mansion, and Dou County is also on guard along the way." After that, he was going to withdraw, so as not to disturb them, and as soon as he stepped forward, he heard Li Minglou snort.
All three people in the room looked up at her.
Li Minglou stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of the capital on the map, with a smile in his voice: "I'm really confused, I have a husband." ā
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A group of soldiers and horses galloped through the streets, and the people of the capital retreated to both sides, without cursing or asking in horror, and it seems that the capital is used to running soldiers and horses from last year to now.
Zhonghou turned around from the door, but his face was surprised: "I actually saw Zhongwu." ā
The men in the courtyard were also surprised: "Are you wrong? How could he come to the capital? ā
Zhonghou Zhongwu or so people met with Zhenwujun's people outside Liang Zhenmen, but just in case, Zhonghou didn't even go out.
Someone flashed in from outside the door: "Zhong Wu and Jiang Ming are here, disguised as Jiang Ming's entourage." ā
This is the eyeliner that is probing on the street, he will definitely not be mistaken, the men in the courtyard are all surprised, and a little uneasy, Jiang Ming is the messenger in charge of sending Wu Ya'er to the messenger, Wu Ya'er sent someone to Gwangju Mansion to visit Mrs. Wu Shao'er, and it is normal for Mrs. Wu Shao to let people come to visit her husband, but what will make Zhong Wu risk coming?
In front of Wu Ya'er's door, Wang Li, who had not yet rested, also came out with a surprised face.
"Brother Jiang Ming, why didn't you come with us when you came?" He shouted.
Jiang Ming jumped off the horse and grabbed his shoulder, and whispered: "I didn't say that I would come, you just left, but the young lady thought of something and was anxious to tell Du Wei, urging us to come, and it was inconvenient for the husband and wife to live together." ā
Is this missing her husband? Wang Li laughed: "Then you and I can only work hard and run more errands." Patting him on the shoulder, "Come on in, no matter how busy the lieutenant is, he will see you immediately." ā
Jiang Ming smiled and simply straightened his hair and robe, and looked back at his entourage: "You guys are waiting here." ā
Wang Li glanced at it, some familiar and some unfamiliar, and the entourage of soldiers and horses was not necessarily the same every time, and beckoned to others: "Take the brothers to have a bowl of wine to warm up." ā
The people on both sides responded by hooking their shoulders enthusiastically like brothers, and Zhong Wu pulled his hat down, watching Jiang Ming follow Wang Li in.
Jiang Ming walked into the hall, there were seven or eight people sitting in the hall, all kinds of documents were scattered on the table, there were maps hanging on the shelves, and there were military maps on the ground in the center, obviously the discussion was interrupted.
Jiang Ming leaned over and saluted.
Wu Ya'er didn't say hello: "Is the young lady okay?" ā
Jiang Ming took out a letter and presented it with both hands: "Madame and Young Madame are fine, Young Madam asked me to ask Captain Du to borrow three thousand soldiers for use." ā
His intention was so crisp and crisp that the men in the hall didn't react.
Wu Ya'er was also stunned: "Borrowed soldiers? ā
Jiang Ming lowered his hand and took a step back and raised his head, like an old farmer who was worried about the harvest in the field: "Yes, the young lady is not enough, and life is a little difficult." ā
"Iā" A man in the hall stood up and glared, called out me, and sat back with a grunt, as if he had swallowed something, and finally his voice was slurred, ".... It was so warm. ā
Jiang Ming nodded in agreement: "The cauliflower is blooming." ā
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