Le Yuanyou asked about his mother Zhang's situation, and Lin Hanyan replied: "Since the holy decree came down, my mother has not thought about tea and dinner. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Le Yuan said: "In a few days, we will leave Luzhou, Han Yan, this is more than auspicious, have you thought about it?" Le Yuan and Lin Hanyan looked at each other for a while, hugging each other, what happened later, they could not predict, but they knew that if anything happened, the two of them would not be separated.

The two took the child to Zhang's room to say goodbye, and Zhang wiped away the tears in his eyes and said, "Aid the child, the matter of the holy decree, the mother already knows." A good man should really aim in all directions. I heard that Han Yan and Yang'er are going to Daizhou with you, and you have to use more snacks on their mother and son. Le Yuan said: "The child should follow his mother's teachings. Lin Hanyan was moved in his heart and said, "Mother rest assured, I will take good care of Le Xun in Daizhou." Zhang said loudly: "Seeing that your husband and wife are so affectionate, my wife is relieved." Yuan'er, you go to Daizhou to teach me a good lesson for those Tartars, and I am waiting for you to triumph as soon as possible in Luzhou. Le Yuan promised again and again, but his heart was extremely sad.

After a few days, the army was ready to go. The night before leaving, Lin Hanyan first put Le Yiyang to sleep, and then was busy packing up the things to bring on the road. Le Yuan looked at his wife's busy figure and suddenly felt tears in his eyes. He hugged Lin Hanyan from behind, Lin Hanyan turned his head, looked at him affectionately and said, "Lelang, there are still a lot of things that haven't been cleaned up." Le Yuan held her hands, saw that she had extra calluses on her hands, and said distressedly: "There are some things that can be left to the people in the house." Lin Hanyan smiled: "There are some things that are better done by yourself." Le Yuan said softly, "When the battle is over, I will definitely accompany you." ”

This night, Lin Hanrou was busy until he went to sleep. The next morning, she got up very early and arranged the affairs of the house. After Le Yuan got up, he hurriedly ate breakfast, and went to the barracks with Lin Hanyan's mother and son in a carriage. When the soldiers saw the general's wife, they were very excited, and they said: "With the wife and the little general seeing us off, we will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy on the frontier." Lin Hanyan said with a smile: "I came here today, not to say goodbye, but to get together with everyone." I have already discussed with the general, although your wife and children cannot go to Daizhou with you, Yang'er and I will rush to the front with you. ”

All the soldiers were greatly touched when they heard this. After the three armies were assembled, Le Yuan stood on the general platform and said loudly: "Soldiers, the Central Plains has been in chaos at present, and the Khitan is taking advantage of the danger of people and intends to attack my great rivers and mountains." The enemy army on the front road has forced the modern state city, and Taiyuan is in danger. This time, we must break the cauldron and sink the boat, repel the enemy army, and defend the land of Datang!"

When the soldiers listened to the heartfelt words of the soldiers, their whole bodies felt their blood boiling, and they couldn't go to Daizhou immediately. After the swearing-in ceremony, the three armed forces set off for the front line together. Le Yuan, Lin Hanyan and Le Yiyang sat in the carriage and reluctantly looked at the houses, fertile fields, mountains and rivers in Luzhou. From time to time, there are family members of soldiers who come to see off on the roadside. Le Yiyang leaned on the window of the car, his eyes full of curiosity.

The 50,000 Anxi army traveled on the road for half a month and arrived in Daizhou City on the day of the winter solstice. Le Yuan governed the army strictly, and the army did not commit any offences to the people along the way.

When the Khitan commander Yelu Li Hu saw the Tang reinforcements coming, he immediately retreated thirty miles, and the two armies formed a confrontation. Daizhou City has been besieged for nearly a month, and now it is finally as calm as ever, and the officers and soldiers who were still rumored yesterday and are all soldiers can finally rest a little tonight. The former military yamen in the west of the city has been changed to the Anxi General's Mansion at this time. After more than ten days of hard work, Le Yuan and Lin Hanrou finally put down their tense nerves and slept peacefully.

In the Daizhou Thorn Mansion in the south of the city, Du Chongwei was like an ant on a hot pot, tossing and turning back and forth in the hall of the mansion, sometimes glancing out of the door, as if waiting for something. He regretted that when he took office, he disliked the remoteness of Daizhou and did not take his wife, children and mother from Luoyang. He just received the news that Luoyang was besieged by the rebels today, and now he doesn't know the life and death of his family. But that's not all. At the same time as receiving the news that Luoyang was trapped, he also received a holy decree from the emperor. He trembled and took the holy decree, and respectfully bid farewell to the envoy eunuch who announced the decree. Before leaving, the lieutenant envoy threw down a sentence: "Lord Du, the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty is in your hands." ”

After Du Chongwei waited for the envoy to leave, he retreated left and right, closed the door, sat on the desk, took out the holy decree, and read the contents of it repeatedly. The last few words of the decree made him feel heavy, as if there was a thousand joys in his chest, and he was overwhelmed. "Don't live up to my expectations. "Yes, he has a great responsibility for the successive defeats in the previous battles in Daizhou. But as the highest military and political official of Daizhou, he can still sit in the mansion unharmed, which is already commendable.

When Du Chongwei was in office in Fangzhou at this time, he offended the prime minister because he bluntly spoke out about the rebellion, so he was transferred to Daizhou by the imperial court. Now the prime minister has changed several times, but he is still forgotten in Daizhou. It wasn't until this Khitan border that the imperial court remembered him. However, the military discipline of Daizhou was lax, and there was not much left of the military salary issued by the imperial court in his hands. Du Chongwei did not covet this little bit of military salary anymore, but added his own money to the military salary to make up the amount. The soldiers of Daizhou saw that Lord Du was so honest and honest, so they stepped up their training day and night.

The so-called "raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while". Finally, the time has come. The Khitan in the north saw that the Central Plains had been in turmoil for a long time and its vitality was greatly damaged, thinking that it could destroy the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop like the Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms period, so they attacked Daizhou on a large scale, using more than 100,000 troops before and after. Although the Daizhou defense line was impregnable, it was outnumbered after all, and after holding on for half a month, it retreated to the state city to hold on. If he had listened to the advice of his brother-in-law Shi Jingjiao and put a little embankment on the Khitan army, the current battle situation would not have been so embarrassing. Although the imperial court was disappointed in him, but now that he was fighting on both sides, he had to weigh the pros and cons and try to buy time for quelling the chaos. That's why the imperial court made this decision and made peace with the Khitan.

Du Chongwei read the decree again, and even wrote: "The matter of peace talks with the Khitan is entrusted to Du Chongwei, the assassin of Daizhou, who is solely responsible, and everything that is beneficial to the two countries can be discussed; ”

Du Chongwei repeatedly comprehended the meaning of this sentence, could it be that he wanted to cede land and seek peace? He also felt that this matter was unacceptable, and it was not written in the holy decree that if he had not brought about peace talks between the two countries and undermined the strategy of the imperial court, would he not have been within the scope of killing without mercy? But if he really ceded land and sued for peace and satisfied the Khitan's demands, would the people of Daizhou let him go? How will people view it thousands of years later? Will they say that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and has betrayed the country to seek glory. Imperial court, imperial court, what do you want me to do with Du Chongwei? He thought in his heart. Because the matter was more urgent, he invited General Anxi to come over, he is now a celebrity in the imperial court, the savior of Daizhou, if he agrees, the possibility of success in the peace talks will be much greater.

At that time, Le Yuan was on the city wall, looking at the black and oppressive enemy army outside the city, racking his brains to think about how to resist the enemy. In the morning, he also received a secret order from the emperor, telling him to defend Daizhou City no matter what. He saw that Du Jianshi sent someone to invite him to the mansion for a gathering, explained a few words to the deputy general, and then left with the people. When Du Chongwei saw Le Yuan, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother Le Xian, you are finally here." ”

Although Le Yuan is in the position of General Anxi, he is only a third-rank official, and the establishment of the army is still under the control of assassination. He saw that Du Chongwei was so polite, and knew that he had something to ask for, so he replied respectfully: "Lord Du, I don't know what is the matter with recruiting lowly positions?" Du Chongwei said: "Brother Le Xian, at this time, we are all a family, so don't be restrained by these red tapes, just call me eldest brother." Seeing Du Chongwei's anxious appearance, Le Yuan replied casually: "Obey orders." ”

Du Chongwei said: "Brother Xian, I received a holy decree from the imperial court today. Guess what the content is?" Le Yuan was puzzled, and asked casually: "Is it related to the Khitan?" Du Chongwei replied worriedly: "Brother Xian guessed right, this is exactly what happened." Le Yuan replied: "Big brother, rest assured, the 50,000 soldiers of my Anxi Army will definitely rise up to kill the enemy and ensure that people are in the city." Du Chongwei said: "What the virtuous brother said is serious. The emperor's holy decree to me said that now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, we are mainly trying to find a way to negotiate peace with the Khitan to ensure that the Western Front is worry-free, so that the imperial court can concentrate on fighting the rebellious army. ”

Le Yuan was stunned after hearing this. Now the Khitan is very strong, and if the terms of the peace negotiations are not satisfied, they can attack again at any time. If the land is ceded and the money is compensated, it will inevitably arouse public resentment, and the situation will be even more uncontrollable. Turned to Du Chongwei and said, "I don't know if the eldest brother has an idea?" Du Chongwei pretended to be worried and said: "I haven't thought of it for the time being, so please come over to discuss." Le Yuan sighed and said: "Fang Jin's plan is only to talk about this road, but I don't know what conditions the Khitan will propose." ”

Du Chongwei saw that Le Yuan agreed to negotiate peace, and he was overjoyed, and said: "Brother Xian, I will first show the sincerity of talking about peace, as for the conditions, you can talk slowly, if you can't talk about it for twenty days, you can talk about it for three months, if it doesn't work in March, you can talk about it for a year." Anyway, it is a delaying strategy, if the imperial court annihilates the rebellious army in the Central Plains, it will naturally increase the number of troops in Daizhou. At that time, there is no fear that the Khitan will not retreat. Du Chongwei's eyebrows danced. After that, he took out the letter of request for peace that had already been written and handed it to Leyuan.

Le Yuan saw that this Lord Du was indeed not a simple person, and with such careful thinking, it was no wonder that he could sit in the position of assassin of the military department. Le Yuan took the letter and said, "Big brother is wise, I'll send someone to do it." ”

Le Yuan returned to the army and immediately said the purpose of the trip, only to see a young soldier in his twenties Mao Sui recommended himself and went to the enemy army with Du Chongwei's letter. Although the Khitan army is strong and strong, since the army was raised, it has made the people in the country complain. Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang was only thirty-two years old, but he had been on the throne for eight years, and this time he used troops against the Tang Dynasty, and he deliberately let his brother Yelu Li Hu personally command the army, trying to attack the Central Plains in one fell swoop.