Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Queen!"

Guo Ye suddenly stopped, turned his head and smiled: "I just said that His Royal Highness Pheasant Nu is still young, and everything can be achieved. I believe that he will be stronger than his two elder brothers in the future. And I also said just now However, since ancient times, the only way to establish a prince is to establish a heir and not a concubine. Therefore, if the humble minister does not support him, who else can he support?"

After the voice fell, Guo Ye's footsteps were like the wind, and he hurried away.

When Empress Changsun came to her surprise, Guo Ye had disappeared from the entrance of the Buddhist hall.Only at the threshold is the string of Buddhist beads that he threw at Guo Ye just now.

The Buddha string made of fine sandalwood lay quietly on the narrow threshold.

When Empress Changsun saw the Buddha string, she remembered her inappropriate behavior before. How could this be the behavior that a dignified queen should do?

Reminiscing about the last phone call Guo Ye left, Empress Changsun suddenly turned from sadness to joy, with a snort and a smile.

With a smile on his face, all the charming beings lost their color, and in the cold and quiet Buddhist hall, a room of spring suddenly appeared.

She gracefully got up from the futon, walked to the threshold, bent down to pick up the string of beads, held them in her hands and twisted them silently, thinking to herself: "Guo Qing, Guo Qing, it seems that you are no longer the one who just came to Chang'an back then. It's hard to get a foothold. In order to plan for the future of Chengqian and Tai'er, I should think of a way to tie you and the pheasant slave together so that you can make good use of my little pheasant slave. Strength is."

"Come here!"

After thinking about it, Empress Changsun suddenly told the maid who had been waiting outside the Buddhist hall: "Go and invite Princess Changle to this Buddhist hall in this palace. As a mother, I worry about those two sons who are not up to date every day. But it's been a long time since I talked to this clever girl for a while."

"Here!"

The palace maid answered from a distance, turned around and left, and hurriedly went to summon Princess Changle——Li Lizhi.

Chapter 1043 Going South, Going South

Two days later, that is, the eighth day of May in the sixth year of Zhenguan.According to the old Huang's calendar, this day is suitable for breaking ground, starting construction, marrying a daughter and asking for heirs. Everything is suitable and there are no taboos.It is a rare auspicious day of the year.

Maybe it's because of the good weather, the weather today is extremely cool, not as muggy as in the past.In the direction of the south gate of Chang'an, the sky was full of gongs and drums, and firecrackers were blasting, making it very lively.Especially on both sides of Nanmen Inner Street, there are huge crowds of people, and there are countless people onlookers, who can't see the end at a glance, and the scene is extremely noisy.

Today is a big day for Guo Ye to lead the Guangnan Road army and Li Jing to lead the Lingnan Road army to go south to suppress the rebellion.

Tens of thousands of troops from the two armies are leaving the south gate one after another. Horses are neighing, spears stand everywhere, flags are fluttering, and order is in good order. What a mighty and majestic team, it is truly worthy of being the Great Master of the Great Tang Empire.

In addition to the crowds of people who came to watch on both sides of the street, civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty were also led by Fang Xuanling, Kong Yingda, and Wei Zheng to see him off.

His Majesty Li Er did not come in person, but he also sent Li Daozong, Qing Jiangxia King of Zongzheng Temple, to send Zhuang Xingjiu to send Guo Ye and Li Jing south to suppress the rebellion.

It can be seen that His Majesty Li Er has high hopes for the two to go south to suppress the rebellion.

Seeing that the two armies left the city, Guo Ye and Li Jing, the two marching chiefs, surrounded by their own soldiers, bid farewell to Kong Yingda, Fang Xuanling and others.

Li Daozong, Minister of Zongzheng Temple, waved his hand and signaled to the servants in charge of imperial wine to fill up three bowls of wine. Come to Yujiu to help me fight against the rebellion army in the south. Your Majesty ordered me to respect the two general managers with a bowl of Zhuangxing wine. I wish my army a great victory in the south, smashing the bandits' lairs, and succeed in suppressing the rebellion! Come, I respect you two The chief manager has a bowl, and drink it full!"

"Done!"

"King Jiangxia, please!"

Guo Ye and Li Jing immediately stopped saying goodbye to their colleagues, and raised their wine bowls to clink bowls with Li Daozong one after another.

when~

when~

The sound of the bowl is clear and crisp, and after that, I drank it dry.

Seeing this, Kong Yingda next to him also walked around to the two jars of imperial wine and asked the eunuch to pour him a bowl, then walked up to Guo Ye, held up the wine bowl and said with a smile: "Boy Guo, the old man is here to borrow flowers to present Buddha, I respect you." Bowl. In addition to wishing you success and success, there is also a heartfelt request."

As he said that, he smiled and nodded at Li Daozong who came to see off on behalf of Li Er Majesty this time.

Li Daozong stretched out his hand, stepped aside, and said please feel free.

Guo Ye waved at the waiter and said, "Man up!"

When the bowl was full of wine, he raised the bowl to touch Kong Yingda, and said with a smile: "My lord, if you have any orders, just ask."

Kong Yingda held up the bowl and continued: "It's still for the old guy Yu Shinan. Except for the last time he was sent to Chang'an, there has been no follow-up news from this old ghost. Now the southern Lingnan and Guangnan areas have fallen into rebellion. I am worried about this old guy. What happened in the south. So, I beg you, this old man must be brought back to Chang'an alive."

As soon as Kong Yingda's words came out, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others showed worried faces, and even Li Daozong sighed: "Kong Shangshu's words are true, not only because there has been no news of Yu Pushe for a long time, but according to my king's hearing from the south. The business travelers who came over mentioned that even the post houses and government offices in Lingnan and Guangnan areas were all occupied and destroyed by cult bandits. Yu Pushe’s trip to the south to preach, I’m afraid it’s..."

The four words "more bad luck and less good luck" were not uttered, but everyone could hear the frustration in the words.

Li Jing hurriedly smiled and said, "My lords, you don't need to worry too much. Brother Yu has his own destiny. Maybe it's because of the traffic jam, that's why Brother Yu hasn't sent any letter to Chang'an for a long time."

"That's right!"

Guo Ye immediately took the conversation over, holding a bowl in both hands, and consoled Kong Yingda, saying, "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if you don't order, Guo Ye will definitely bring the teacher back to Chang'an safely. If anything goes wrong, you Just ask me to settle the score. Come, drink this bowl to the brim, and Guo Ye is about to set off."

"it is good!"

Kong Yingda was so angry that he, who never liked to drink, drank a bowl of spirits to the top, and then praised: "Quick, I trust you boy. We will wait for your good news here in Chang'an. "

"My lords, stay here, we are starting here!"

Li Jing threw the empty bowl away, jumped onto the horse led by his own soldiers, whipped the whip in his hand, and went out of the city first.

Guo Ye cupped his hands at several people again, and said with a smile: "My lords, please stay in Changjing and wait for the good news of my victory in the south. Guo Ye is leaving!"

After saying that, he got on the horse in the same way, raised his whip and urged the horse to gallop away, the scarlet cloak turned into a rainbow light, and left the south gate.

Within two days, the two armies arrived at Cangzhou Mansion day and night.

The Inspector of Cangzhou, who had already received the official document from the Ministry of War, mobilized hundreds of ships along the canal to supply the two armies to sail southward by water.

After resting for a morning on the outskirts of the wharf in Cangzhou Prefecture, the two armies totaled 5 passengers, and [-] war horses began to board the ships one after another. It was late afternoon and evening when hundreds of ships set sail.

Move the sails and paddles, and hundreds of ships began to go south at dusk and twilight. Hundreds of ships on the entire canal were linked together like a fire dragon.

Hundreds of large ships traveled on the Grand Canal for eight days before reaching Hangzhou.

When we got off the boat at Hangzhou and went south, the waterway was already impassable, so we had to walk south on two legs.

Because they were worried about the rebellion in the south, Guo Ye and Li Jing negotiated to travel day and night, except for normal supplies, not to stop in any state capital.

Therefore, it took about 20 days to cross the state and across the government and march south.The road was unimpeded, and after entering the junction of Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian and Guangdong, it was almost June.

As long as you pass this junction and go south, you will officially enter the boundary of Lingnan.

In the same way, Guo Ye wants to part ways with Li Jing after crossing the border of Zeng Gege.

Going further south is the area around Lingnan, while going southeast is the area around Guangnan Road.

These two places are heavily poisoned by the Bailian cult and have fallen into rebellion by bandits.

This day and night.

There was a kettle on the bonfire outside Li Jingshuai's tent, and hot water was boiling in the kettle, making an annoying sound of steaming.