Chapter 16: Li Bai's return
"Haha, Brother Xian, I can't imagine that I haven't seen you for a few years, you actually seem to be reborn as a whole person, your martial arts, it seems that even I am not your opponent?"
Li Bai laughed and was very excited, his righteous brother could have today's achievements, and he was also happy on behalf of the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Chao hurriedly shook his hand: "Big brother, where do you speak, even though my martial arts have improved rapidly, but where can I compare with my eldest brother, in the past few years, the martial arts taught by my eldest brother have helped me a lot, but I just can't master the changes, and I can't really achieve the unity of body and sword, and I think of it worthy of the teachings of my eldest brother." ”
Tang Dynasty's words, said very sincerely, after having the Xuantie heavy sword, he thought that he was invincible in the world, but as soon as he saw the face of Tang Dynasty, he knew that just talking about martial arts, he may not be able to win against the righteous brother in front of him, if he relies on his deep and unparalleled internal strength, there is no opponent in the world, but this is not a victory, it is not that martial arts are really higher than others, but because of his own talent.
If he is not a traverser, if he was not damaged when he fell into Dianchi Lake, he is likely to have future adventures and learn the best internal skills from Sun Simiao.
The Tang Dynasty even knew that Brother Li Bai had been wandering the world in the past few years, maneuvering between various big forces, and he was still as famous as ever, and he had extraordinary abilities, not just because he could write good poems.
He still remembered that the Longquan Sword on his body was probably equal to his own Xuantie Sword, but even if he could defeat this sworn brother, he might not be able to keep him.
A master at the Transformation Realm level is extremely difficult to kill.
When the two brothers saw each other, they were overjoyed, laughing and crying into the military tent, and ordered a feast to be set up.
Today is dusk, and you can't enter the army, so you just have a heartfelt conversation with your righteous brother.
Li Bai's temperament has not changed, but he has landed silently, and his light skills are a few points more powerful than before, but his skills do not seem to have improved. Why do you say, it turns out that Li Bai traveled around the world a few years ago, trying to find a place where he can display his talents, but unfortunately there is no place for heroes, the world is dim, people like Feng Changqing and Ge Shuhan dare not use him, Gao Xianzhi originally wanted to recruit Li Bai, but he was immediately transferred to the Beijing Division and made a household department Shangshu, so he gave up the intention of soliciting, after all, as soon as a person like Li Bai entered the Beijing Division, under a little talent, I am afraid that he will be reused by Li Longji again, and he will marry for other people's evidence.
"Big brother, you will have to drink three hundred cups, come, I respect you!"
Li Bai was also in a happy mood, the wine was dry, and he talked about some things on the rivers and lakes with the Tang Dynasty, and said goodbye to each other, and his mood was very happy.
Laughing at the table, Li Bai drew his sword and danced, singing again and again
"The gold bottle and green wine are ten thousand, the jade plate is worth ten thousand dollars, and the food is not eaten when it is stopped, and the sword is drawn and looked around. If you want to spend the Yellow River ice and Sichuan, you will climb the snow-filled mountains of Taihang, come to fish on the Bixi, and suddenly take a boat to dream of the sun. Difficult to walk, difficult to walk, divergent road, where are you today? There will be times when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea! ”
Singing to show the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Dynasty understood, pointed to the throne of the handsome position above the military tent and said: "Big brother, you have had a rough life, although I am not talented today, but I also have tens of thousands of troops, so please sit on this handsome position and show your ambitions?" ”
Indeed, when the Tang Dynasty said this, he was sincere, thinking that back then, Li Bai had saved his life at the hands of Wolf Hu.
In fact, even if there is no life-saving grace, with the Tang Dynasty's admiration for Li Bai, he will still abdicate and give way to Xian.
But Li Bai hurriedly shook his hand: "Brother Xian, do you want to put your brother in injustice?" After speaking, there was already anger on his face, and he taught Tang Chao Dao, "Since ancient times: strong guests do not suppress the master, I Li Bai is a husband, I can be loved by my virtuous brother, and I am already very grateful for my good words in front of the emperor, how dare I still have his hope, you can rest assured, I know what you think, what you do, my brother will help you until you become the original emperor." ”
"Big brother ......" Tang Dynasty looked at Li Bai gratefully, and admired it so much, the eldest brother is so smart, he actually knows everything, but unfortunately, his fate in his life has been bumpy, and he can't really grasp the power, if he can become the envoy of Jiannan Festival, maybe the whole world is his.
At this time, the heart of the Tang Dynasty actually had a faint jealousy, Li Bai's talent has indeed reached the point of shaking the past and the present, and it is no wonder that even a genius like Li Longji is jealous of him and will not be reused.
Since ancient times, most of the officials are not smart people, especially those who are high-ranking officials, so the world is dark. It is true that some wise and foolish people can also become high-ranking officials, but on the whole, most of the high-ranking officials are confused, after all, under the layers of subordination, many superiors want their subordinates to be easy to control, so those promoted are generally mediocre people.
Of course, there is one place with a slight exception, and that is the military. After all, on the battlefield, if you are not good at martial arts, you will die, so most of the army is still evaluated by martial arts and merit.
This is what all dynasties and dynasties have been able to overthrow the regime, basically relying on the army, and some want to engage in some movement, or show some doctrine, such as what doctrine was learned before the time, that will not play much role, and the most fundamental thing is to form an army and use the big stick as the backing for domestic and foreign affairs.
Li Bai is undoubtedly a top character, he is a smart person at a glance, and he is excluded and suppressed everywhere, which is reasonable.
"Big brother, I'm sincere, you don't have to excuse yourself!"
Li Bai changed color: "Brother Xian, don't be like this, otherwise, the elder brother will leave you and can't help you?" ”
Tang Chao smiled bitterly, since the eldest brother had already talked about this, he had no choice but to stop, and said: "Big brother, according to you, but you have to help me, you have to learn from your chest, and it is worth 100,000 troops, but you must not let you go!" ”
Li Bai sat down, continued to drink, and said: "I received an edict from Li Longji, saying that he wanted me to go back to the capital to meet him, and he would give me an official position. The official who came to summon him also said that it was your recommendation. When I returned to Luoyang, I happened to see An Lushan rebelling, along the way were his soldiers, the thieves were huge, because I thought that it was a trivial matter to ask for an official, but my family members were all in Shu, so I took a small road to see the virtuous brother, and I didn't want to meet in this Yangping Pass. ”
"Hehe, eldest brother, I have been in the court and frontier for several years, you should have heard my reputation, and I have sent countless people to find you, but why didn't you come to see me?"
He held back this sentence for several years, but he couldn't understand it.
"Brother Xian, Li Bai's ominous body is disliked by Li Longji, and he offends the officials of the world because of it, once I enter your mansion, in your career, it will be very harmful, when the time comes, these people say that you are sheltering me, and the future will be ruined, although Bai wants to show his ambitions in the world, but he must not ruin your good future for your brother, as long as you know, you have become famous and famous, this is enough!"
Tang Chao was very moved and shook Li Bai's hand, "Big brother, you are really my good big brother!" In my life in the Tang Dynasty, I can get to know a hero like you, although I have no regrets about death, come, I will give my eldest brother another drink! ”
Li Bai drank a glass of wine, but suddenly his face was serious: "Brother Xian, if I didn't guess wrong, are you going to rebel?" ”
At that time, there was no one else in the army, and even Rondo was waiting outside the tent.
"Definitely! Big brother, I call it a rebellion. ”
Li Bai nodded: "Yes, yes, big brother, I used the wrong words." You are the Shangzhu State of Nanzhao, the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and the horse of Nanzhao, representing the Nanzhao, and the purpose of infiltrating the Tang Dynasty is to spy on the truth, not a rebellion, but to raise troops to attack the Tang Dynasty. I still don't believe it, after you say it, the eldest brother really admires you, think about it, you 'retreated' from Chengdu to Yangping Pass this time, and you did it intentionally? ”
"Big brother's eyes are like lightning, and it's really the same as I thought, big brother, since you know everything, now, give me an idea?"
"What's the idea?" Li Bai finished drinking a glass of wine.
"I now pretend to be defeated by Li Gesang, the king of Nanzhao, and lose the land of Jiannan, and now I retreat to Yangping Pass, all the way is smooth, but I don't know why, when I arrived at this Yangping Pass, Li Longji sent his powerful Shence army leader Ma Zhengzhang to personally summon the message, asking me to camp ten miles away from Yangping Pass, I can't make up my mind whether I should capture Yangping Pass immediately, and I want to ask my eldest brother to help me plan?"
When Li Bai heard this, a solemn look appeared on his face, and after a while, Fang knocked on the table with chopsticks and said: "Although the Li family is in decline, all kinds of families have sophisticated private armies, and moreover, if you officially attack Tang now, it will reduce the pressure on An Lushan, because Chang'an is obviously more important than Luoyang, and once you can't take Yangping Pass in a hurry, then once Li Longji's rescue arrives, we will fall into the situation of being attacked on our backs, even if we want to return to Jiannan, it is not an easy thing." ”
"Then according to the big brother, what should we do?"
"I think that the top priority should be to take Yangping Pass first, but it is not appropriate to come hard, only to outwit. After all, Yangping Pass is known as the barrier of Chang'an, it is certain that it is strong, once it is hard to fight, it is impossible to capture it in a hurry, I have a plan, I can capture Yangping Pass. ”
"I want to hear it in detail." Tang Chao hurriedly leaned over and leaned over to please.
"It seems that Li Longji has become suspicious of you, you must do it immediately, it will change later, when I came all the way, I observed the terrain of Yangping Pass, and sure enough, it was a one-man pass, and ten thousand people could not be opened, so I could only outwit. In the past few days, Ma Zhengzhang heard that you had brought troops to come, and he actually closed the city gate, but allowed the people of the city to come out to fetch water and firewood."
"Big brother, you know it as soon as you mention it, did you tell me to be like this at night?" At that moment, he said something in Li Bai's ear, Li Bai nodded, and the two clapped their hands and laughed.
That night, the Tang Dynasty sent its capable subordinates to Chengdu to settle Li Bai's family, and Li Bai has been in the Tang Dynasty army since then, participating in many major events.