On the first day of the fruit month, Tang Emperor Li Yu in Chang'an City After a month of incessant arguments in the court, Tang Emperor Li Yu finally made up his mind to pacify the rebel forces occupying Liu Huaiyin in Nanyue. Because Zhu Yitianyuan, the general of Zhenguo, was busy in the northern border country to form the Tingce Army to defend the Great Wall in the north, only Li Quanzhong could be used in the battlefield. Now the 200,000 Tieyu cavalry of the Mengdan Kingdom is stationed in the sixteen states of Youyun, and the Chang'an City in the south has always been eyeing the city, so the Tang Emperor Li Yu can only let Li Quanzhong stay in Chang'an City, and his son Li Ketian led the 200,000 Dragon and Tiger Army and Nangong Chenyu, the lord of the capital city, led the 200,000 Longxiang Army to the south to pacify the Yiwu Army led by Liu Huaiyin, who occupied the Nanyue Kingdom, and at the same time, the Minister of State Dongfang Yuandao was responsible for dispatching all the military supplies and grain and grass of the 400,000 army.

Late one night not long after Li Ketian's Dragon Tiger Army and Nangong Chenyu's Long Xiang Army left Chang'an City, in the Prime Minister's Mansion of Dongfang Yuandao, a black-clothed masked man with a glaive slash appeared at the door of Dongfang Yuandao's study.

Dongfang Yuandao was picking up the lights in the study to plan the route map for dispatching military supplies, only to hear a knock on the door, Dongfang Yuandao raised his head and asked: "Who", the masked man did not answer, just knocked on the door again, Dongfang Yuandao asked "who" again with some displeasure, the masked man still did not answer, just knocked on the door.

Dongfang Yuandao felt unusual so he put down the pen in his hand and walked to the door of the study, when he opened the door, the masked man put the glaive in front of him and said, "Prime Minister of State, have you ever recognized this knife." ”

Dongfang glanced at the glaive from afar, and then looked into the masked man's eyes, and in a moment he already knew who this person was. So, Dongfang Yuandao said: "I am an official and you are a bandit, we are not on the same road, when are you looking for me today." ”

The masked man sneered and said, "The current emperor is mean and unkind, haven't you seen the fate of the previous prime minister." Loyal for a lifetime, and finally a lot of people don't know where to go after a lot of age. The past does not forget the teacher of the future, and the Oriental Prime Minister should have made plans early. ”

Dongfang Yuandao said coldly: "This doesn't bother you to worry about the thief." ”

The masked man then sneered: "Keep me, a thief, and the emperor will always need you; Leave me, a thief, in the South Vietnam country, and cut off the connection between the island country in the South China Sea and the mainland of Shenzhou, so that your son will have a chance to annex the island country in the East China Sea. ”

Dongfang Yuandao was very unhappy after seeing through his thoughts: "You are just a thief with a short time, you should worry about yourself." ”

The masked man then sneered: "My fate and the fate of the prime minister are the same thing, your ambition can't be seen by others, can't I see it, we are all the way." If you didn't have the intention of annexing the island countries in the South China Sea, why would you let your only son be the lord of the city in a place like the sea, and let your son directly seek a high-ranking official in Chang'an City. You should have already seen that the Tang Dynasty has run out of energy, so it has reserved its strength in the East China Sea island country, and has left a way back for itself. ”

Dongfang Yuandao was silent for a while, then did not speak, and motioned the masked man to enter the room with his eyes. When the masked man walked in, Dongfang Yuandao closed the door and said, "Liu Huaiyin, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

The masked man Liu Huaiyin said: "People's hearts are selfish, and people don't destroy heaven and earth for themselves." The dispatch of military supplies for the 400,000 troops of the Dragon Tiger Army and the Long Xiang Army is in your hands, as long as you do a little trick and delay it a few times occasionally, I will find an opportunity to help you beat Nangong Chenyu to a serious injury, without Nangong Chenyu, coupled with my material blockade of the South China Sea island country, it will be easy for your son to annex the South China Sea island country. ”

Dongfang Yuandao asked solemnly: "Do you have the strength to seriously injure Nangong Chenyu." ”

The masked man Liu Huaiyin once again put the Glaive Slash in front of Dongfang Yuandao and said: "I only have one layer of certainty for myself, but with the Glaive Slash, I have ten layers of certainty. ”

Then, Dongfang Yuandao fell into a long silence, and then said: "Let me think about it, we must not meet again in the future, if there is anything you can arrange for a secret envoy of yours to contact my son's secret envoy in a one-way manner, I don't want people to know that we have met." ”

The masked man Liu Huaiyin was secretly proud in his heart, and with lightning speed, he grabbed the jade pendant on the waist of Dongfang Yuandao, threw it into the air, pulled out the glaive slash, and slashed at the jade pendant, the jade pendant was instantly divided into two halves, and when the jade pendant fell, the masked man Liu Huaiyin flew to catch it with a "whoosh".

Dongfang Yuandao just wanted to get angry, Liu Huaiyin hurriedly explained: "If there is no such jade pendant as a token, how can the secret messenger of you and me connect." After speaking, he returned the other half of the jade pendant to Dongfang Yuandao.

After that, the masked man Liu Huaiyin took the other half of the jade pendant, and immediately quietly left the Prime Minister's Mansion and returned to the city of Haizhou in Nanyue. The next day, Dongfang Yuandao dismissed all the maids and guards who were on duty in the Prime Minister's Mansion that night, on the grounds that the Prime Minister's Mansion had been stolen last night.

In the middle of Guoyue, after several arduous and life-and-death battles, Li Ketian and Nangong Chenyu captured the city of Haizhou in Nanyue. Nearly half of the casualties of the Dragon Tiger Army and the Long Xiang Army were under the city of Haizhou, and Li Ketian and Nangong Chenyu went to the Tang Dynasty court in Chang'an City, requesting the allocation of military funds to compensate the families of the dead soldiers and recruit troops on the spot in the territory of Nanyue to fill the Dragon Tiger Army and the Long Xiang Army.

After Tang Emperor Li Yu took over the report, when he saw that Li Ketian and Nangong Chenyu asked for such a large sum of silver taels, he angrily threw the report to the ground, and scolded in his heart: "The property I brought back from Nanyue was only enough for them to spend all the money in this battle." So, Tang Emperor Li Yu hurriedly summoned the Minister of State Dongfang to enter the palace to discuss the national policy. Dongfang said from afar: "The war disaster of these years has exhausted the treasury, so there are still two taels of silver for them, so it is better to let the city lords of the surrounding states of Nanyue allocate money and goods to support them." ”

Tang Emperor Li Yu said with some hesitation after hearing this: "Will this delay the front-line battle?" ”

Dongfang Yuandao said lightly: "Now that the thieves have been defeated, it may be difficult to succeed, although the time to transfer property from the surrounding states will be very long, it is nothing more than to let Li Ketian and those people stay in Haizhou City for a while." ”

Tang Emperor Li Yu was overjoyed and said: "The state minister's plan is very good, then according to what the state minister said,"

Liu Huaiyin and Liu Zhiyuan brothersSince the defeat of Haizhou City, the Yiwu Army has suffered heavy losses, and less than one-third of the tens of thousands of soldiers have escaped from Haizhou City, and then Liu Huaiyin and Liu Zhiyuan brothers have been wandering in other places in Nanyue. The Yiwu army looted the people's property to fund military supplies everywhere they went, and at the same time burned a large number of people's houses, and some of the young and strong people saw that they had nowhere to go, so they had no choice but to join the Yiwu army, and gradually with the passage of time, the soldiers of the Yiwu army were continuously replenished.

Li Ketian and Nangong Chenyu saw that Tang Emperor Li Yu's pension had not arrived for a long time, and they were worried for several days, and they wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue the Yiwu army, so as to suppress the rebellion of Liu Huaiyin and Liu Zhiyuan's brothers in one go. However, the soldiers of the Dragon Tiger Army and the Long Xiang Army knew that they had made such a contribution to the imperial court, and the soldiers were killed and wounded so tragically, and the imperial court in Chang'an City was unwilling to allocate a little pension, and they were all chilled, and they all expressed their unwillingness to follow Li Ketian and Nangong Chen to pursue and destroy the remaining remnants of Liu Huaiyin and Liu Zhiyuan's brothers.

At the same time, the surrounding states of Nanyue saw that the remnants of Liu Huaiyin and Liu Zhiyuan's brothers would wander around the territory of Nanyue, plundering property and civilians everywhere, so they used the property in each state to recruit more soldiers to defend the city defense of each state. When the states of Nanyue received an assignment from the imperial court that they wanted to fund the war between Li Ketian and Nangong Chenyu in Nanyue, they all said on the surface that they would immediately start raising money, and secretly tightened the city treasury, and sent more than a dozen people to send a little property to Haizhou City in Nanyue every other day, which could be regarded as an explanation to the Chang'an court.

Li Ketian and Nangong Chenyu played the table several times when they saw this, but they couldn't get a reply several times, and in desperation, Nangong Chenyu left Li Ketian to guard Haizhou, and he rushed back to Chang'an City alone. Due to the fact that he did not receive the edict of Tang Emperor Li Yu, Nangong Chenyu left behind the military affairs of exterminating the rebels and returned to Chang'an City without permission It was a violation of national law. Therefore, Nangong Chenyu quickly arrived outside Chang'an City, changed into black clothes at night and entered Chang'an City from the dark passage.

In the middle of the night, Nangong Chenyu sneaked to the Prime Minister's Mansion in Chang'an City, and without any notice, he directly found his brother-in-law Dongfang Yuandao, and saw Nangong Chenyu who broke into the door directly in the study, his face was full of surprise, and then he immediately closed the door with pretended concern and said: "Brother Chenyu, do you know that you have violated the law of the country, and the court sent you to quell the rebellion, and now there is no edict ordering you to return to Chang'an privately, if you let the court know, something will happen." ”

Nangong Chenyu's heart warmed after hearing this, and said: "Prime Minister, now that the front-line war is in urgent need of military funds, I came back this time in the hope that the Prime Minister can advise in front of His Majesty and help the front line to fight for military funds for counterinsurgency." ”

Dongfang said from afar: "I know all about this matter, the military supplies you reported to Your Majesty, the number is terrifying, the treasury has been tight in the past two years of war, and I really can't give so much silver taels, and I have been worried about this matter recently." ”

Nangong Chenyu's brows furrowed after hearing this, and the anxiety in his heart suddenly appeared on his face. Seeing this, Dongfang Yuandao then relieved: "Brother Xian, we are brothers who are righteous, and I can understand your anxiety." But now Your Majesty is also nervous, I have a way, you go back and send another report to Your Majesty, but remember to ask for as few military supplies as possible. I will say a few words to Your Majesty at that time, and the court will approve it and send it to Haizhou City. ”

After hearing this, Nangong Chenyu immediately knelt down in front of the Minister of State Dongfang Yuandao and said: "Thanks to the Minister of State's sympathy for the suffering of the front-line soldiers, Nangong Chenyu is here to thank the Minister of State for all the soldiers of Haizhou City. ”

Dongfang Yuandao hurriedly stepped forward to help Nangong Chenyu and said, "If it weren't for the recommendation of Brother Xian in Nanyue before, I wouldn't be able to be the minister of this country." I should keep this kindness in my heart, your Haizhou City military needs, just do as I say, I will definitely help you do it in front of Your Majesty, Brother Xian took advantage of the night to hurry out of the city and return to Haizhou, and re-send another report, the military funds should be as little as possible, after all, Your Majesty is also nervous now. ”

Nangong Chenyu responded with a "yes" and saluted the Prime Minister of the East from afar, turned around and left the Prime Minister's Mansion, took advantage of the night to leave Chang'an City, and returned to Haizhou City, Nanyue Kingdom.

Ten days later, sure enough, the military funds of the imperial court were transferred to Haizhou City, but only one-tenth of Nangong Chenyu's report was given.

After Li Ketian received the military funds, he became angry on the spot and said: "This report is only one-tenth of the original one-tenth, and now it is only one-tenth of this report." Now that the front line is urgently looking for a large amount of military funds, the imperial court has only taken out one percent of its property, how can this make the soldiers work hard for the imperial court. ”

Nangong Chenyu said with a relieved face: "It's better than nothing, years of war, the treasury is tight, and now Your Majesty himself is not rich, and being able to approve these military funds shows that Your Majesty still has us in his heart." ”

Nangong Chenyu thought for a moment and then said with relief: "No, I'll take the lead and donate all the belongings of Shangdu City, after all, Shangdu City and Nanyue Kingdom face each other across the sea, and it can be regarded as one of the states around Nanyue Kingdom, in response to the call of the imperial court, so that other states can also actively help us raise military supplies." ”

Li Ketian sighed: "For now, it has to be like this. Then Li Ketian said: "The glaive slash in Liu Huaiyin's hand is really amazingly powerful, the last time you and I joined hands to fight with him to a draw, now I heard that in the city of Haizhou in the Nanyue Kingdom, there is a Horcrux sword mound cast by Ou Yezi sword master during the Spring and Autumn Period when the king of Nanyue Goujian ordered Ou Yezi to cast a sword mound, if you find this sword mound, you will definitely be able to find a sword to balance the glaive slash." ”

Nangong Chenyu nodded and said: "I have long heard of this Ou Yezi sword casting master, the Yue Jue Sword Casting Gate was founded by him, and later because the land of Shenzhou changed dynasties several times, the Yue Jue Sword Casting Gate migrated to the upper capital city of Crescent Island. Coincidentally, now the head of the Yue Jue Sword Casting Gate in the upper capital is my wife, and I immediately went back to the upper capital and invited my wife to come to Haizhou City. ”

Seven Words Summary:

Huaiyin secretly saw the prime minister of the country, and privately communicated with the rebels from afar,

Ke Tianchenyu attacked Haizhou, and the imperial court materials were delayed.

Nangong will meet the East in private, and he will be hypocritical and righteous from afar,

Nangong didn't know that he was deceived, and he worked hard to quell the rebellion.