After Li Hongmao came to the Emperor's Mansion and immediately informed him of the whole thing. Huangfu Jixun sighed immediately after hearing this, because Li Hongmao's personality was relatively rigid and timid, and he almost conveyed Li Jing's words word for word, and Huangfu Jixun immediately heard the meaning.

"It seems that Your Majesty is going to give up Weizhou and prepare to return to Huainan. Huangfu Jixun said: "Your Royal Highness doesn't know, the glory of the Tang Dynasty is Your Majesty's code, as long as you say these four words, it is not the meaning of sending troops, but retreating." Maintain the glory of my Datang itself, and do not fight hard with the enemy. ”

"I don't even know what it means. ”

Huangfu Jixun smiled: "Of course, if everyone knows, how can this kind of thing be hidden." Deliberately looking for such seemingly powerful words to confuse the enemy, this is His Majesty's backhand. Hurry up and order troops, let's order 8,000 soldiers by ourselves, but only 5,000 to the outside world, remember to keep this matter secret, in this case, if it is discovered by Murong Yanchao, things will not be easy to do. His Majesty deliberately stayed in Weizhou to wait for us to respond, there is no need to go to Huainan or Huaizhou, it is enough to directly leave all the troops fifty miles away. ”

"Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy. Li Hongmao said with a smile: "Actually, I have long wanted to stop fighting this battle, and my father took into account Li Jing, a troublesome person, and knew that we would not lend him troops, which caused us so much trouble." By the way, wouldn't there be any danger for my father to stay here alone? If we leave, he only has more than 20,000 troops in his hands, and Murong Yanchao's martial arts are so high, he still has nearly 40,000 troops, if he wants to be unfavorable to his father, he is afraid that his father will be in danger. ”

"Your Royal Highness don't worry, Your Majesty must have other plans. At this time, His Majesty is Murong Yanchao's only hope, as long as we don't show our feet, he will never hurt Your Majesty. Huangfu Jixun said: "Your Royal Highness is indeed a loyal and filial son, and after the old minister comes back from Huainan, he will definitely return to His Majesty's side as soon as possible to protect His Majesty's safety." With the old minister's martial arts against Murong Yanchao, he may not be able to occupy the whole family. ”

"Then General Lao bothered, this time it will hurt us a lot. Weizhou City is really a troublesome place, so let's come less in the future. The more Li Hongmao thought about it, the more unhappy he became, it was clear that he was borrowing troops to help Murong Yanchao, and now it would be troublesome to leave.

Huangfu Jixun said: "Anyway, there is no damage to the Tang army this time, it is just that they came here to feel the cold." In fact, southerners rarely feel this kind of icy and snowy beauty, which is not bad. It's just that...... Zongxin is too powerful, and he is my father's killer, I really want to fight him. ”

Li Hongmao said: "General Huangfu, don't worry, one day you will be able to fight with Zongxin." Your martial arts are stronger than his, and you can kill him whenever you have the chance. ”

"That's right, let's get down to business. Remember that 8,000 soldiers will leave, not more, not less, and remember to keep it secret. ”

"I know, I can do this little thing. ”

The two went to find Chen Jue, the privy envoy of the Tang Dynasty. Chen Jue's martial arts are very weak, but his wit is superb, Li Jing has led him to battle all the year round and trusts him very much. So Li Jing asked Li Hongmao to pass the order, if Huangfu Jixun couldn't hear it, Chen Jue would definitely be able to hear it. And analyzing the current situation, even if Chen Jue doesn't speak, he can guess his own thoughts.

Li Jing also often wonders if his son is biological, the eldest is okay, the second is really stupid, and the third is good but too sharp, and he must pretend to be blind to save his life. If it is announced that he has a double pupil, I am afraid that it will become a place for everyone to lose, not to mention those traitors in his own country, and the people of the enemy country will not allow a person with a double pupil to ascend the throne and become the emperor, it is estimated that even Guo Wei will send someone to assassinate him.

Helpless, very helpless. In fact, Li Jing's favorite is his third son Li Congjia, whether it is martial arts or conduct, whether it is wisdom or mentality, he is the best choice to entrust the country, but ...... Now that the court is in turmoil, he, the emperor, can't cover the sky with one hand.

Li Jing could pass the throne to Li Congjia against the will of the people, but if he did so, it would only lead to an infighting. Now Datang can't afford such an infighting, if the fight is too strong, I am afraid that Datang will split, and the final result will be completely defeated by Guo Wei.

Although this idea is a bit selfish and very unfair, now it is only for their brothers to work together, the eldest Hongji ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, and the third Congjia fully assists. As for the second child...... Eat, drink, and be merry all day long, just don't cause trouble, and in today's situation, this is the best ending.

However, Li Jing is still young and did not die so soon. Li Jing can still be in power for many years, and after many years, who knows what the situation is in the court and what the situation in the world is. Anyway, Li Jing hasn't thought about this problem now, he just wants to develop well, and he doesn't care about anything else.

Li Hongmao, Huangfu Jixun, and Chen Jue respectively set out from the east city of Xuzhou with 8,000 soldiers, and the troops went to Huainan, Huaizhou, and Suzhou by three routes. Prior to this, Murong Yanchao had already told the soldiers that these three roads were to move the rescue troops, and whoever dared not to send troops would attack directly. So no one was suspicious at this time, even Murong Yanchao himself was not suspicious, the reason is very simple, since Li Jing gave the order, he has been by Murong Yanchao's side, and the two have studied for a long time, how to defend Xuzhou City, and how to invite Jun into the urn to trap Zong Xin and his party.

The three-way men and horses almost took away the remaining half of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and the strength of Xuzhou decreased a lot in an instant, but at this time there were still sixty or seventy thousand soldiers stationed in Xuzhou, as long as the soldiers were not counted according to the order, no one would be suspicious.

In order to play the show a little more likely, the three people walked in three directions, but they had already discussed it, everyone gathered in Huainan, and then turned back from Huainan. Although this road was a toss, it made Murong Yanchao's spies feel that this was a reinforcement from the Tang Dynasty.

After all, now Emperor Li Jing still has more than 20,000 soldiers still in Xuzhou City, and today's Xuzhou City is a tricky existence for the Tang Dynasty. The emperor and more than 20,000 soldiers were almost hostages of Xuzhou, and they had to bring back the army to keep them safe.

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Li Hongmao was very happy in his heart, and this time he took 8,000 troops to Suzhou. In fact, as long as you enter the border of the Tang Dynasty, you can turn around and go directly to Huainan, Li Hongmao deliberately asked to take a long road, because he wanted to take more troops, in fact, this feeling is very good, a person riding a horse in front, followed by nearly 10,000 troops, take a step by yourself, they have to walk several steps,

It's a great feeling, as if you're the one who controls everyone's life and death, and this group of soldiers will be completely at their disposal, let them kill when they kill, let them do evil, and even let them die, and they will do it.

Li Hongmao was actually leading the troops for the first time, and there was no one around him to assist. The feeling of being a general for the first time is a bit addictive, so Li Hongmao hopes that this feeling can last longer, so he deliberately chooses this farthest road.

Li Hongmao is actually a little weak-hearted, because if it weren't for the deputy general's reminder these days, he really doesn't know when to set up camp and when to start the village. However, this adjutant general has no ability, but he knows more about things in the army, and Li Hongmao, who has known him for several days, has not remembered his name.

There is no need for Li Hongmao to remember his name for a person like this, because Li Hongmao knows that he is not smart in the first place, and remembering the name of a useless person is originally a useless thing, and his brain cells are not many in the first place, so it is not cost-effective to waste on his name.

Finally, after a few days of familiarization, Li Hongmao had a preliminary understanding of what orders should be given during the march. He knew when it was time to set up camp and make a fire to cook, and he also knew what to send people to guard the camp and let people sleep. I feel really bored in the barracks, so I might as well live happily at home.

As soon as the freshness passed, Li Hongmao was uncomfortable and wanted to go to Huainan as soon as possible, but their team had to walk to the road to Suzhou first, and then transfer to Huainan. After resting in Huainan for a period of time, he set off from Huainan and rushed back to Xuzhou.

However, the army must stay in Huainan for a period of time, and it cannot be turned back immediately, otherwise it will seem a little fake. Li Hongmao can only look forward to going to Huainan to relax. There is your own territory, get drunk in Huainan, and find a few little girls to accompany you, that's called life.

This time, Li Hongmao knew how hard it was to fight, but in fact, he had never fought a battle at all, and even walking around with soldiers had already made his body and spirit reach the limit. Li Hongmao has also decided that after this incident is over, he will never go to the front line again, and will stay in Jinling honestly in the future, saying that he will leave anything. Of course, it's okay to visit the scenery and taste the food, but it's just ...... Lead the troops to fight, never go.

On this day, Li Hongmao led his troops to Matou Mountain, which was still three or five days away from Suzhou. Although the main general was useless, the soldiers were still very good, and the speed of the march was not delayed at all, and the adjutant general had already handled the matter properly, just let Li Hongmao nod his head at the right time.

Although Li Hongmao is young, he has too much wine, and his body has long been hollowed out. He didn't know these things himself, and he was always wondering why he was so tired from riding a horse, and those soldiers were not tired when they walked on the ground.

Come to the foot of Matou Mountain, this mountain resembles a horse's head, look a little weird, the road is small and long, and the stream is murmuring. After leaving the range of Xuzhou, the temperature rose a lot, and Li Hongmao once again felt spring and was in a comfortable mood.

"Adjutant General, how far is this place from Suzhou?"

"There are still more than 100 miles to go, and with our current journey, we will reach Suzhou in less than three days. The adjutant general said: "But we don't need to go to Suzhou, as long as we cross Matou Mountain is Kangzhuang Avenue, where there is our official road of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers can speed up their pace and go directly to Huainan." Huainan temperature, you can take a good rest of morale, in recent months we can suffer a lot in Xuzhou, how can the southern soldiers suffer from this kind of freezing, many soldiers have frostbite on their fingers and toes, and they can't hold weapons. ”