The night was dark, and Zhuge Town was brightly lit.

From time to time, fast horses galloped in from a distance, but quickly moved away.

The figures that could be seen were in a hurry, and the war was still going on.

In the northwest of the town, Li Xuan rode on a tall horse, thinking about something in his heart, and slowly walked towards the town.

Behind Li Xuan's side, Zhang Wanyu and Qu Ying had already changed into the outfits of the black-clothed palace guards and blended in with everyone.

Although the appearance of the two people is a little heroic, their figures are quite undulating, if it is not at night, I am afraid it is really difficult to hide.

Qu Ying and Zhang Wanyu were very close, and Zhang Wanyu's face was very ugly, she glanced at Li Xuan with some resentment, and then turned her head to look at Zhuge Town, which she had never been to before.

The town was already under martial law at this moment, and the soldiers from Lanxi were tightly guarding every intersection.

The slow sound of horses' hooves sounded, which soon attracted the attention of many people.

The people who still stayed in the town and did not leave, through the crack in the door, looked curiously at Li Xuan, who was walking in the front of the crowd, with a trace of amazement, a trace of curiosity, and a trace of worship in their eyes.

Sensing these gazes, Li Xuan nodded gently in response.

In the battle of Meiling Pass, the news of the victory of the official army has already spread, and the residents of Zhuge Town can't help but be a little excited and happy.

What is exciting is that they are not far away from this fierce battle, which can be regarded as witnessing it with their own eyes.

Fortunately, their homeland finally no longer has to suffer from the danger of military disasters and can live in peace and tranquility.

……

Soon, Li Xuan and his party came to the largest courtyard in the town, where Li Xuan now lives.

In front of the gate of the courtyard, Zhuge Yun, who was dressed in a green robe, stood in front of the door.

Seeing Li Xuan's arrival, Zhuge Yun immediately stepped forward and said sincerely: "Congratulations to the prince, you have broken the enemy in a battle and leveled the thieves, and after that, Wuzhou can be safe, and the southeast can be safe." ”

"Thank you, Elder!" Li Xuan got off the horse, and everyone behind him also dismounted at the same time, including Zhang Wanyu.

Li Xuan returned the salute respectfully to Zhuge Yun: "This victory, thanks to the assistance of the elder and the Zhuge clan, he will definitely ask for credit for the Zhuge clan on the Japanese king's notebook!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Zhuge Yun hurriedly bowed deeply.

Li Xuan's words, from now on, Zhuge Town's taxes will be much less, and the officialdom of the Zhuge clan will be much easier.

"Elders don't have to be polite." Li Xuan hurriedly supported Zhuge Yun and said gently: "In the past few days, I am afraid that the army will have to rest in the town, and I will ask the elders to help a lot, and all the expenses will be allocated by the state capital!" ”

"Don't worry, the old man will definitely do his best." Zhuge Yun bowed slightly again, and then turned away with powerful steps.

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, withdrew his gaze, and then stepped into the courtyard.

……

The courtyard is spacious, the woods are swaying, and there are invisible hidden piles lurking in the corners.

In the main hall in front of him, a young man was writing something with his head bowed, and several officials around him handed over documents.

That's Zhuge Minghui, the young man of the Zhuge family, who will participate in the Spring Festival next year.

Li Xuan was just about to walk towards the middle hall, when at this moment, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded.

A fast horse galloped eastward, and in a blink of an eye, it stopped in front of Li Xuan.

A black-clothed guard quickly took out a small bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Li Zhu.

Li Zhu took out the secret letter from the bamboo tube, and then handed it directly to Li Xuan's hand.

Li Xuan glanced at it, and her brows couldn't help frowning.

He turned his head and glanced at Zhang Wanyu, who was standing behind him, Zhang Wanyu noticed Li Xuan's strange gaze, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"There is news from the Muzhou Sailors, they have been stopped ten miles north of Sanhe Pass, not advancing or retreating, blocking all the roads around, and my people finally approached the past." After a pause, Li Xuan frowned and said, "Strange, why did they stop there?" ”

"Do you want them to enter Wujiang as soon as possible, and then use Wujiang to kill them?" Zhang Wanyu let out a sneer, and then said disdainfully: "They are not so stupid!" ”

"According to your original plan, shouldn't they have taken the Shanhe Pass at this time?" Li Xuan looked at Zhang Wanyu and said lightly: "If this king remembers correctly, before, you also said that this time, they broke the appointment." ”

Zhang Wanyu's face sank instantly.

Although the defeat of Meiling Pass this time had their own reasons, the failure of the sailors to respond was also one of the reasons.

Seeing Zhang Wanyu's look of not knowing anything, Li Xuan was a little disappointed.

Turning sideways, he looked at Li Zhu and ordered: "Send Miss Zhang to rest, as for the Muzhou Water Master, if this king guesses correctly, they will not only break the contract, but now I am afraid that they have rebelled." ”

Li Xuan's betrayal made Zhang Wanyu's face change suddenly.

She hadn't thought of this possibility, but she just didn't want to believe it.

Seeing Zhang Wanyu being taken to the side room in despair, Li Xuan was a little puzzled.

Zhang Wanyu didn't seem to know anything about the spiritual seal protection she had imposed on her after being taken along.

Of course, she also didn't know anything about Li Xuan's attempt to control her by striking her mind.

Li Xuan groaned carefully, what method can be used to break the spiritual seal of the queen mother, it is definitely not possible to force the hand from the outside, or find a way to defeat it from the inside.

Before, Li Xuan had tried Zhang Wanyu in several ways, but this woman didn't care about herself, didn't care about Tianyin beliefs, and didn't care about ordinary people, only her brother Wen Fuzhi occupied a place in her heart.

But it's just a place, if you want to break her defense, Li Xuan must figure out what she is thinking in the deepest part of this woman's heart, and what she really cares about in her heart.

Thinking about it, Li Xuan stepped closer to the middle hall, and Zhuge Minghui, who was sitting on the side of the desk, immediately stood up and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Your Majesty!" ”

Li Xuan raised his head and asked, "What are the statistics of the meritorious deeds of the ministry?" ”

"The number of the various ministries has been summed up ......"

……

Early in the morning, in the middle hall, Li Xuan wore a black background gold silk robe and sat high in the hall.

Li Yuanyi sat on the left, and Zhuge Minghui sat under it to record.

Qiu Zhenmu and Zhou Shen, Yan Tao and Xu Jian, sat on the right.

The four of them were all in armor, and although they had been washed once, they were still murderous.

You can even see traces of blood stains in the corners of the soles.

Li Xuan flipped through the battle report in his hand, frowned, and said, "This time, there are too many people who have died. ”

At the beginning, when Fang Fengjin was strong in tackling the card, he desperately attacked frantically, at least more than 1,000 people were killed and wounded, and then led troops into the city, although many people were deliberately released immediately, but there were still nearly 1,000 people who died under the flames.

After the flames burned out, although Li Xuan sent people to chase and kill a little later, at this time, they were shocked to find that there were also many Tianyin Sect disciples who died on the Dao.

Hunger and thirst are chaotic, I don't know how many people have died, Ye Wanwan has tried her best to clean up, but there are still a large number of corpses lying on the side of the road.

Li Xuan closed the battle report in his hand and said seriously: "According to the rules of the imperial court, it is necessary to report according to the truth, and it is not allowed to conceal or conceal it, nor do you report it falsely." ”

The military exploits of the Tang Dynasty include beheading, breaking, guarding, and all kinds of different feats, among which beheading is the most.

But in this battle, not many people really died under the sword, most of them died in the hands of ordnance, flames and scheming.

"Rest assured, the lower officials will be strictly audited, and there will be no missing inspection." Li Yuanyi immediately stood up and seriously bowed his hand to Li Xuan.

Li Yuanyi is also a member of the clan, so he naturally knows what Li Xuan is worried about, and he will arrange what to do.

Li Xuan nodded, and said with a soothing expression: "Then it's troublesome uncle, you might as well relax the requirements for the soldiers, but the requirements for the generals need to be more strict." ”

"The subordinate obeys the order!" Li Yuanyi immediately gave up.

Li Xuan's words are very clear, meritorious deeds can be divided into more non-commissioned officers, but on the contrary, officers at all levels, especially him, it does not hurt to have less.

"Actually, this king doesn't want to do so much killing, it's just that they were too deeply bewitched by the Tianyin Sect, if they hadn't braved the rain of stones and rushed wildly, they wouldn't have suffered so many casualties." Li Xuan sighed lightly, but his eyes fell on everyone.

Qiu Zhenmu immediately stood up and said seriously: "Tianyin Sect Pawn, he is not afraid of death, his expression is crazy, if it weren't for the prince's careful calculation, even if we can hold Meiling Pass, I am afraid that the final casualties will be extremely amazing, Tianyin Pawn, it is not false." ”

"This is the work of heaven and earth, not the power of this king." Li Xuan smiled, he finally knew how to deal with the suspicions that might exist in the government and the opposition.

There was a meteorite that fell from the sky back then, and now he doesn't mind coming to a natural gale.

"Alright, let's talk about the situation on the mountain road now." Li Xuan solemnly stood up, although the people of the Tianyin Sect were suffering heavy losses and the army was scattered and fled, it did not mean that the matter was over, and even this was just another beginning.

"It is reported that the Tianyin Sect has less than 2,000 people, and it is gathering and slowly retreating." Yan Tao and Zhou Shen followed and stood up.

"Two thousand, that's not right!" Li Xuan raised her eyebrows slightly.

Zhang Wanyu originally had nearly 2,000 people under his command, followed by 4,000 reinforcements from Fang Fengjin, and now there are less than 2,000 left, doesn't that mean that all 4,000 people were buried under this battle, plus the previous 3,000, and there were 7,000 who died in Li Xuan's hands.

After such a meritorious service, it is not too much to give him a Qianniuwei general.

"Lord Wang, there are a thousand people who have escaped into the mountains and wilderness and have never returned to Muzhou." Yan Tao hurriedly explained.

"The number of these people who have escaped into the mountains and wilderness is huge, and it may not be as many as a thousand." After a pause, Li Xuan looked at everyone and said: "Your Majesty will reclaim more fields in Muzhou in the future, if this person is insufficient, be careful that the imperial history impeaches me for killing too much, and hurting the heavens and peace." ”

"The prince is too worried, now my Tang Dynasty is crisscrossing all directions, killing in a battle, and dying at my hands, I don't know what is going on, I wait for this work, in the eyes of the center, it may not be anything at all." Qiu Zhenmu arched his hand.

He was born in a family of military generals, and he saw these things far more thoroughly than Li Xuan.

Li Xuan smiled, looked at Qiu Zhenmu and said: "What Brother Qiu said is extremely true, this battle depends on Brother Qiu and you galloping across the country, and this king's chapter will definitely greatly praise you." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Although everyone present was helpless, they all stood up.

Li Xuan is obviously sharing the credit and reducing the suspicion of the court for himself.

Although they knew that there were some risks involved, who would dislike the lack of military merit.

Inheriting the kindness of the king of Nanchang, it will not be easy for this person to get information in the future.

Li Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn, and then he said: "Now this king needs a general from now on, along the mountain road to enter Jiande Chun'an, and directly take the city of Muzhou Prefecture, I don't know which of the four is willing?" ”

Retribution is coming so quickly.

The four of them glanced at each other, and finally Yan Tao stood up and arched his hand and said: "It's better to go to Xiaguan, Xiaguan has served in Wuzhou for many years, and I want to be more familiar with the terrain of Muzhou than everyone here." ”

"Okay, that's it." Li Xuan took a deep breath, and then said: "Then Qi Guang will follow Captain Yan to Muzhou, he is mostly immigrants from Muzhou, and this trip is just to stabilize people's hearts...... In addition, he also asked his uncle to sit in Zhuge Town, renovate Meiling Pass, and transfer military funds at the same time. ”

"The subordinate obeys the order!" Everyone present immediately agreed.

"There is also the Sanhe Pass......" Li Xuan said in a deep voice: "The Muzhou Sailor is docked ten miles away from the Sanhe Pass, but it is strangely motionless, this thing is very strange......"

Before Li Xuan's words were finished, a sound of footsteps sounded outside the door.

Li Zhu walked in quickly and put a green chapter on Li Xuan's desk.

Li Xuan opened it with some surprise, and then said in astonishment: "Begging for peace, the Muzhou Navy is begging for peace?" ”

(End of chapter)