Datang's post station system has been established extremely well.

With Chang'an as the center, it radiates in all directions and reaches the borders of various places.

Among all the post roads, the busiest road is from Chang'an to Luoyang.

But since Li Mao's rebellion, the entire post road has been almost cut off.

Once the roads were full of traffic, now only official fast horses gallop on them.

Wei Zhongxian set off overnight last night, and by noon today, more than a dozen horses had already run and died.

It was by relying on the lives of the horses that he was able to arrive in Tongguan from Chang'an in eight hours.

It is also thanks to him that he has the physical strength to hold on for so long.

If you were another messenger, you would have been tired for a long time.

At this time.

Li Mao was observing the movements of the enemy troops on the opposite side on the wall of Tongguan without moving.

There are still as many tents as yesterday, and the smoke is not much worse!

But why didn't the enemy attack?

Could it be that Li Longji is going to engage in some kind of conspiracy and tricks?

Li Mao's eyes turned around the enemy camp in the distance, but he didn't see Li Longji.

Not good!

"Li Longji of the dog day must want to take the old road of Hantong Pass to sneak attack me again!"

Thinking of this, Li Mao suddenly walked down the city tower and found Zhao Gao who was eating, "You quickly go and inform Gao Shun and let him prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

The daily consumption of 200,000 troops is almost astronomical.

And Li Longji also has hundreds of thousands of auxiliary soldiers to help transport supplies.

Li Longji can not give money, but these people must be fed.

Even if he occupied Luoyang Hanjiacang, it would never be possible to send 200,000 troops to hang out on the edge of the Yellow River.

Therefore, Li Mao judged that Li Longji was definitely thinking of other ways to attack Tongguan City.

He had already made a mistake once, so naturally it was impossible for him to make it again, so he sent someone to inform Gao Shun to prepare as soon as possible.

At the same time as Zhao Gao left.

Wei Zhongxian rode a fast horse into Tongguan at great speed.

Li Mao looked at his dusty appearance, and his heart suddenly tightened.

There was definitely something big happening in Chang'an City, which made Wei Zhongxian desperate and rushed to Tongguan overnight.

After all, Yang Shenjin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had just come over and talked about the three kingdoms of Tubo, Turkic, and Hui.

"What's wrong?"

Li Mao's tone was slightly urgent.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it's a good thing!" Great good thing! ”

As he spoke, he turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly in front of Li Mao.

As soon as the Beiya forbidden army on duty nearby heard that something good was happening, they all gathered around and discussed with each other with curious eyes.

"Could it be that the sixteen guards of the Nanya over there in Xiao Guan won?"

"Surely, otherwise the eunuch wouldn't have been so happy."

"Not necessarily, if it was really good news, it would have been shouted out a long time ago."

"I also don't think it's Xiao Guan's business, I know who that eunuch is, it's just a success. It was impossible to come overnight. ”

"You don't even know that eunuch, and you're too lonely!"

"That's right, you don't even know Wei Zhongxian, the prince of Dongchang Factory, why are you still on an errand in Beiya?"

"The eldest brother smiled, the younger brother only joined the Beiya Forbidden Army last month."

"Then I, who is the eldest brother, will give you a good talk about Wei Zhongxian. I don't know where this person came from, but when he made his debut, he was favored by His Majesty and ordered him to set up the East Investigation Factory. ”

"After the establishment of the East Factory was completed, the first thing he did was to deal with the major families that had encroached on the fields, and even His Majesty's own brother was arrested and imprisoned by him."

"I heard that Zhao Prison was overcrowded as early as the Chinese New Year, and Wei Zhongxian arrested tens of thousands of people that day."

"So Wei Zhongxian is still a Qing official?"

"Definitely! A eunuch like him who is not afraid of the powerful is really hard to find. ”

"Great, my sister-in-law was killed by those powerful people, I must give birth to Gonggong Wei when I go home!"

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Li Mao's physical fitness is excellent.

The chatter of the surrounding soldiers clearly reached his ears.

After hearing that the soldiers were going to establish an heir for Wei Zhongxian, he couldn't hold back a smile anymore.

"Haha, my soldiers like you very much."

Wei Zhongxian is also a martial arts master, so naturally he can also hear the discussions of the surrounding soldiers, and hurriedly explains: "Your Majesty, they are all talking nonsense, Your Majesty, don't take it to heart!" ”

At this time, Li Mao naturally would not be angry.

The soldiers liked the policy from the bottom of their hearts, and it was too late for him to be happy.

If he can completely harvest the military hearts of the four guards of the North Ya and the sixteen guards of the South Ya, even if he kills all the powerful people in Chang'an City, he doesn't care.

"Your Majesty, Li Xiangyou has a letter for the slave to hand it over to you!"

In front of the thousands of soldiers around him, Wei Zhongxian naturally wouldn't tell the truth, and directly presented the letter to Li Mao with both hands.

Anyway, it was far away, and others couldn't read the font on the envelope.

Lee's blind date opened!

The moment Li Mao saw these four words, he immediately understood Wei Zhongxian's deep meaning.

This letter must have been written by an extremely important person to Li Linfu, and he couldn't make a decision, and he didn't dare to leak the news, so he asked Wei Zhongxian to bring the letter in person.

After Li Mao took the letter, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately walked towards the center of the city.

Wei Zhongxian followed.

Only left thousands of Beiya forbidden troops in the same place, waiting for good news.

After Li Mao returned to the study, he opened the envelope as soon as possible.

And Wei Zhongxian was at the door, keeping all the guards away from here.

"Xiao Jiong's appetite is really big, he can't even look down on the position of cabinet minister, but he still wants the title of county king."

Li Mao held the letter in her hand, her face full of playfulness.

You must know that Xiao Jiong is not easy to learn, and once read "Fula" as "ambush hunting".

Yan Tingzhi, the waiter of the Chinese book, said to Zhang Jiuling: "How can there be an ambush hunting waiter in the court!" ”

Therefore, Xiao Jiong was named the history of Qizhou Thorn.

Li Linfu was very dissatisfied with this, and naturally hated Zhang Jiuling and Yan Tingzhi very much.

It is also the reason for the continuous political disputes between the two sides later.

Such a person who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it still wants to be the king of the county, Li Mao's heart is full of smiles.

However, Li Linfu, who also does not learn and has no skills, can be the first assistant, so Xiao Jiong's desire to be the king of the county is not too outrageous.

When Li Linfu was in charge of the ministry, the candidate official Yan Zhen had the word "杕杜 (di)" in his judgment.

It is the title of the article in the Book of Songs, which originally meant a lonely red begonia tree, which was a metaphor for people being isolated and helpless.

Li Linfu didn't know the word "杕", so he asked Wei Zhi, the servant of the ministry: "What does the 'cane du' written here mean?" ”

Wei Zhi lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Later generations called Li Linfu "Prime Minister Du of the Stick" to ridicule him for his lack of learning.

There is also Taichang Shaoqing Jiang Du is Li Linfu's cousin, when he gave birth to a son, Li Linfu wrote a congratulatory letter to congratulate, which read: "I heard that there is a celebration of making a deer." ”

In ancient times, the birth of a boy was called "Langzhang", which means that when the boy grows up, he will be a prince (jade).

Li Linfu mistakenly wrote "Rongzhang" as "Rongzhang", and the guests in the hall all hid their smiles.

Later generations also called Li Linfu "the prime minister of the deer".