"Da da da", the sound of rapid horses' hooves sounded outside Yangzhou City, and the residual snow on the road was quickly trampled away.

A group of cavalry rushed into Yangzhou City with the wind, galloped along the central gallop road, and finally arrived outside the gate of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, the red cloak behind him was directly raised, and the golden armor collided with a clear sound.

On the left and right teams, dozens of Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei turned over and dismounted at the same time.

Li Xuan stood in front of the door, looked sideways at Zhou Qian and Cui Ding, and instructed: "You two take the brothers and go to settle in first, and Baotong will accompany this king to see Dou Weng." ”

"Whoa!" Zhou Qian and Cui Ding immediately bowed down and agreed.

Li Xuan tidied up his bags a little, and then walked briskly towards the Governor's Mansion, followed by Su Baotong.

As soon as Li Xuan stepped into the door, he saw that Sima Changyu of the Governor's Mansion had already walked out quickly, looking hurried.

Seeing Li Xuan, Chang Yu hurriedly stepped forward with a wry smile: "Why did the prince come so quickly, Xia Guan originally thought that the prince would have to arrive tomorrow?" ”

"Dou Weng has a call, how dare you delay." Li Xuan bowed to Chang Yu and said with a bright smile: "Sima has seen him for a long time, and when I see Sima in good spirits today, I know that this time in the East, the army will definitely return with a great victory." ”

"The prince joked, the victory of the Eastern Expedition depends on the hard work of the soldiers, the unity of the generals, and the three points of luck, the army has defeated Silla three times and returned safely." Chang Yu invited Li Xuan into the courtyard of the governor's mansion and said: "It's unfortunate that the prince came, the governor has a guest at the moment, and he can't greet the prince in person, so he let the lower officials ......work for him."

Li Xuan waved his hand very happily and said, "Sima doesn't have to be so polite, there are also a few feelings between you and me, and the Governor's Mansion is no stranger to Xuan Laiyan...... I just don't know who this guest is today? ”

Chang Yu laughed very frankly, approached Li Xuan, and said in a low voice: "It is the son of Deng Jiuguang, the governor of Dengzhou, who was the captain of Xuanwu of Dengzhou Naval Division. ”

"But there's a letter from Governor Dundu?" Li Xuan's footsteps paused slightly, and his words were slightly guessed.

Deng Jiuguang was the head of the eastward reinforcements, and his letter to Dou Xuande must be taken seriously.

"It's time for the follow-up armies to return to Datang." Chang Yu explained a few words, then raised his head and said, "Lord Wang, please." ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded, followed behind Chang Yu, and entered the lobby of the Governor's Mansion.

"The king of Nanchang has arrived." Dou Xuande saw Li Xuan appear at the door and immediately stood up.

The young man who looked like a white-faced scholar on the side, wearing a cyan round-necked robe, also quickly stood up.

Li Xuan walked two steps quickly, walked to the bottom of the middle hall, and solemnly bowed his hand to Dou Xuande: "Subordinate Li Xuan, meet Dou Weng!" ”

"You're welcome, please take a seat!" Dou Xuande beckoned Li Xuan to sit down, and then introduced to Li Xuan: "This is Deng Liang, the son of Deng Jiuguang, the governor of Dengzhou, and this time he led the sailor to escort the Silla envoy and the envoy of the Japanese State back to Yangzhou. ”

Deng Liang was twenty-four or five years old, although he was a captain of the navy, but he was a scholar, his face was fair, he did not see the color of the perennial sea wind and frost, his face was respectful, but in the depths of his eyes, there was always a trace of uneasy light.

"Student Deng Liang, I've seen the prince!" Deng Liang arched his hand very solemnly and said: "I have heard for a long time that the prince is very talented in literature and poetry, I wonder if the students are lucky enough to ask the prince for benefits?" ”

Student?

Li Xuan stood up, arched his hand, and then said politely: "Xuan only occasionally has one or two gains, what Brother Deng said, just ask for benefits, if you are free, you and I can learn from each other." ”

"Thank you so much, Lord Wang." Deng Liang bowed deeply to Li Xuan again, and then sat down with Li Xuan at the same time.

Only then did Dou Xuande look at Li Xuan and said, "How did the virtuous nephew come so fast, running more than 500 miles in one day?" ”

"Dou Weng has a call, how dare he be unhappy." Li Xuan smiled very sincerely, and then said helplessly: "Go early and come early, come early and good morning, if it is slow, who knows what will happen." ”

Deng Liang on the side was very surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "What does the prince mean is that if you go slow and delay on the road, there will be danger?" The land of Wu Yue, the treasure of the world, why is this? ”

Li Xuan looked at Deng Liang with some surprise, he always felt that Deng Liang seemed to have something to say, but he couldn't hear anything, his eyes flashed, and he said solemnly: "A few months ago, Xiao Wang returned to Chang'an from Wuzhou, and was attacked several times along the way. ”

Deng Liang was still frowning, and asked with puzzlement: "Since it is inconvenient along the way, why don't you send a large army to escort and exterminate the thieves at the same time?" ”

Li Xuan suddenly raised his eyebrows, what are these words.

Li Xuan looked at Deng Liang cautiously, and said at the same time: "Brother Deng doesn't know, whether it's Yangzhou, or Wuyue Prefecture, unless the imperial court has a will, and the soldiers and soldiers are transferred across states, and there needs to be a central or palace will, otherwise they will be complicit in rebellion, and the number of rebels is never in the minority." ”

Deng Liang's father, Deng Jiuguang, was the governor of Dengzhou, in the early years, the DPRK conquered New Baekje, Goryeo and Silla, and the Dengzhou sailors were dispatched on a large scale, in fact, the Dengju sailors were the first sailors of the Tang Dynasty.

Several nearby states are all within the jurisdiction of the Dengzhou Governor's Office, and the importance of rights far exceeds that of Wuzhou and Yuezhou.

It is impossible for Deng Liang not to know the rules for the transfer of soldiers and soldiers, but for many years, he has acted unscrupulously between Dengzhou and the nearby states, and the nearby states do not care, so he has intentionally or unintentionally ignored this rule.

But in other states in the interior, there is no such habit.

If he really wants to mess around, someone will immediately have a rebellious hat on his head.

Seeing Deng Liang silent, although a hint of amusement flashed in Li Xuan's heart, a trace of vigilance also flashed.

Deng Liang was able to say such things, and his unscrupulousness in Dengzhou had already left a faint impression in Li Xuan's heart.

Li Xuan gathered his thoughts, looked at Dou Xuande, and asked in a deep voice: "Dou Weng, what is the situation in the East Island now, when will the army all withdraw to Middle-earth?" ”

"Before the end of March next year, except for the army left behind in Liaodong Road, the rest of the army, about 20,000 people, will all be withdrawn to the vicinity of Dengzhou and Yangzhou for rest." When Dou Xuande said this, his words immediately stopped, but Li Xuan had completely understood.

After Anton's 20,000 troops take a short rest, some of them will be transferred to the Western Front, but how many people will be transferred and when they will be transferred, these are the top secrets among top secrets, and even Li Xuan will not hear about them easily.

"As for the details of the East Island." Dou Xuande turned his head to look at Deng Liang.

Deng Liang immediately said: "At the beginning of October, the army set out from Dengju, rushed to the west bank of Baekje at the end of the month, captured Incheon City, marched east along the Han River, turned to the North Han River, and arrived at Maixiao City. At that time, the news of the arrival of our army in Inchon had been obtained by Silla, and they wanted to transfer troops to block it, but they were seized by Governor Lee, and when he transferred his army, he killed 10,000 enemies and killed 3,000 thieves. ”

Li Xuan listened very seriously, buying Xiaocheng in three battles and three victories was the information obtained by the government and the opposition, but the details were the first time that Deng Liang said.

"In the middle of November, the army rested for half a month, digested the backup, Silla also transferred the army of 30,000 main forces to attack the city, at that time, the sailors had left the Han River, westward to the sea, and then south, the Silla army was uneasy, and once again attacked the city of Xiaocheng, the siege was very urgent, but there was no result in a few days, when it retreated, Li Du sent the army to travel, under the first battle, broke the enemy again, and beheaded 5,000."

Hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slightly.

The Silla people were in a hurry.

If they only trapped the city and did not attack, then they could still have some opportunities, but once they attacked the city, the Tang army defending the city occupied the advantage of the city, and the weather was cold, and it was strange to forcibly attack the city.

"In late November, the Silla people attacked Mai Xiao City directly at night without any warning, but fortunately, the city has been vigilant, and more than 10,000 Silla people raided and attacked the city, and finally retreated, leaving thousands of corpses overnight." Deng Liang's expression became serious.

Li Xuan and Dou Xuande glanced at each other, and there was a hint of nervousness in their eyes.

How could they not hear how much murderous intent was contained in Deng Liang's understatement.

"After that, the Silla people sent a letter of request for sin, and the envoys of the Japanese state also joined our army later, and the war was decided." After Deng Liang finished speaking, he took a long breath.

Except for the first battle, the sailor did not participate much.

Most of the time, they were wandering between Cheongju, Jeonju and Canton along the former Baekje hometown, and although it caused great pressure on Silla, it was not enough to attack and fight in the end.

"In this way, Brother Deng has worked hard." Li Xuan stood up and bowed seriously to Deng Liang.

Deng Liang hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Don't dare!" ”

Sitting down again, Li Xuan looked up at Deng Liang: "Brother Deng, I don't know how the situation of the two of them in Dongdao is the Hangzhou Navy Commander Ji Huan and Yangzhou Xinlin Mansion is the Commander Shi Jin?" ”

Deng Liang was slightly surprised, and then said: "Ji Duwei traveled with the sailor, and he made a lot of contributions when he attacked Incheon, but Shi Duwei? ”

"Let's talk about it." Dou Xuande suddenly saw the topic, and then said: "Shi Duwei actually did not arrive at Dongdao, he landed in Sinanju, Pyongyang Province, and then crossed the mountains and mountains to reach Shenzhou. ”

"Shenzhou? Over the mountain? Li Xuan was a little confused, what was going on, didn't he say that he went to Dongdao to support, why did he go to Shenzhou.

Dou Xuande breathed a sigh of relief, and then glanced at Chang Yu on the side, and Chang Yu immediately bowed down and retreated.

At the same time, he also kept people outside the lobby to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

At this time, Dou Xuande continued: "The two virtuous nephews are not outsiders, and the old man will also tell the truth to the two. ”

Li Xuan and Deng Liang immediately stood up with flattered expressions, and arched their hands: "Dou Weng, please speak." ”

"This time the East Island withdrew the army, one is to withdraw the army and reduce the consumption of grain and grass, and the other is to transfer the East Island army to the Western Front War, so this is because the weather in Tubo is somewhat similar to the East Island, the cold is difficult to travel, and the Central Plains soldiers are very uncomfortable, so the East Island army is transferred to it."

Speaking of this, Dou Xuande looked at Li Xuan and said in a deep voice: "As for Captain Shi, Pei Shangshu of the Ministry of War said that if there is a cold and highland environment for training, then the trained soldiers will definitely be able to run through Tubo without hindrance, which is why Captain Shi Duwei has made this trip." ”

Li Xuan's face was stunned for a moment, overcoming altitude sickness, landing in Tubo and climbing a high mountain are indeed very similar, but Pei Xingjian has figured this out so early, if so, why go to Liaodong, just let people climb Huashan is over?

Maybe it's a little too complete?

(End of chapter)