Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye's first words when he saw Cao Luxun were to strictly order him to attack the opponent rashly, and to let the ship dock completely.

Cao Luxun immediately sent an order to go down, and while waiting for the enemy ship to dock to see what happened, he also told Guo Ye about his doubts.

Like Guo Ye, he couldn't guess the other party's intention.

Guo Ye just waved his hand, shook his head and said: "I don't know why the enemy boat is crossing the river alone in the middle of the night. Wait, wait until the enemy boat docks and you will know."

Cao Luxun let out a groan, and followed Guo Ye into a state of waiting.

The long midsummer night is long, and the river breeze blows on the face, which makes people feel cool and not sleepy at all.

After about half a cup of tea, the river boat landed at the ferry.

Cao Luxun immediately sent people to surround the upper pier to block the way to disembark, and Guo Ye followed.

Soon, an old man in coarse gray clothes strolled down from the deck of the riverboat. Guo Ye took a look under the silver moonlight at night—it was an old man!

The person who came across the river in the middle of the night with the shadow of a lonely lantern and boat was Yuan Tiangang!

Guo Ye called out in surprise: "Old Taoist Yuan, you don't sleep well in the middle of the night, what are you doing here? You are not afraid that my side will not distinguish between friends and foes, so I will bring you a bed crossbow and fire a hundred guns directly. Your ship was shot through and sank?"

Grandma, when Guo Ye saw that Yuan Tiangang was the culprit who disturbed his clear dreams and made him restless at night, even his tone of voice became a little unhappy.

It was rare for Yuan Tiangang not to chat with him this time, but waved his hands with a serious face, and said in a deep voice: "The old man has no time to talk to you."

Then he looked around Guo Ye, there were soldiers everywhere, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "This is not a place to talk, go, find a secluded place, the old man has something to tell you."

Seeing that Yuan Tiangang was unusually rare today, Guo Ye put away the frivolity in his heart, nodded his head and said to Cao Luxun, "You wait here with someone, and no one is allowed to act rashly without my order."

Then he pointed behind Yuan Tiangang and said, "Old Taoist Yuan, let's go to your boat and talk."

Yuan Tiangang stopped answering, turned around and boarded the boat again, Guo Ye followed closely.

The two got on the boat, and Yuan Tiangang directly led Guo Ye into the cabin.

As soon as he entered the cabin, without waiting for Guo Ye to inquire, Yuan Tiangang couldn't wait to tell the story of exchanging Yu Shinan for the immeasurably valuable gold bricks in Lingnan City.

After listening to Guo Ye, he also had mixed feelings in his heart.Fortunately, his principal Yu, at least for now, is safe from life.But casually handing over the gold bricks that the traitors have been thinking about day and night, so easily, I feel really unwilling.

However, he didn't understand why Yuan Tiangang wanted to provoke this exchange.

Immediately, he asked: "Old Taoist Yuan, to save my teacher from danger, I, Guo Ye, as a student, naturally have a duty to do so. But can you tell me, why did you pick this up? Your purpose is really to help me save my teacher? I'm afraid It's not as simple as it looks, is it?"

"Hiss... the old man really wants to take a hammer and knock your kid's head off."

Yuan Tiangang pretended to be angry and started laughing, shaking his fists as if to joke, "Why is your brain so easy to use? Let me tell you the truth, this time the old man wants to use Yu Shinan to exchange for the gold bricks. Tie the Dugu family and Hu Bilie's family together so that the Yu family in Wuzhou can be completely squeezed out. At that time, the Dugu family will definitely break with the Yu family in order not to let the BRIC get a share of the pie. When the time is right, almost You can destroy it with your hands..."

"Isn't it just to let them fight among themselves in order to pursue their interests?"

Guo Ye again hit the nail on the head and asserted: "Old Taoist Yuan, I understand what you think, you just want them to kill each other."

Yuan Tiangang said happily: "Of course!"

"no!"

Unexpectedly, Guo Ye rejected Yuan Tiangang's proposal bluntly, shaking his head and said: "The quantity and value of this gold brick is beyond our imagination. If it falls into the hands of Duguyu and others, they will definitely recruit troops. Now they are When the gold bricks are used as financial resources, there are already hundreds of thousands of troops. Once the gold bricks fall into their hands, the consequences will be disastrous. No, no, absolutely no! This gold brick must never be handed over to them. Yuan Laodao, you do this Too risky!"

"Okay, you brat, how can you grow up?"

Yuan Tiangang blew his beard angrily and shouted: "There are risks, but if you can use this gold brick to make them fight among themselves, and finally cut off the arm of the Wuzhou Yu family, no matter how big the risk is, it is worth taking. Taking advantage of this opportunity to rescue your precarious teacher Yu Shinan is the best of both worlds. Don't you really want to save Yu Shinan from the bottom of your heart?"

"Who said that? In my dreams, I want to save my teacher. If something happens to my teacher, I want all these bastards to be buried with me. But—"

Guo Ye changed the topic, and said again: "But now the Bailian army on the other side has lost 40 soldiers and horses by forcefully crossing the Heishui River. If my estimate is correct, there are only [-] to [-] rebels in Qianzhou City. Looking at the situation, as long as I hold on for another two or three days, and wait for the army of Wei Guogong Li Jing to recover the state capital along Lingnan Road and return to my aid, our two forces will attack back and forth, and I will be able to completely defeat these mobs. , I can still quell the rebellion and rescue my mentor. Instead of doing this, why should I take such a big risk and take this gold brick to help the tyrant to strengthen his rebel army?"

"Wei Guogong Li Jing?"

Yuan Tiangang's expression suddenly became strange, and he looked at Guo Ye suspiciously, and asked in surprise: "Now that the Bailian Dharma Guards along Lingnan Road have been conscripted to Qianzhou City, they have long been empty and there is no obstacle. It stands to reason that Li Jing It is time to recover these lost grounds, and it is time to return to aid and reconcile with you a few days ago. But how many days have passed now, why is there no news from Li Jing for so long?"

Guo Ye's heart skipped a beat, and Yuan Tiangang just spoke of his heart, which was actually what he was most worried about these two days.

It stands to reason that Li Jing's Lingnan Road army should have returned as scheduled, but it has been several days now, but so far there has been no news.

However, he was still full of confidence in Li Jing, and he replied casually: "It should be delayed on the road, maybe in another three or two days, Li Weigong's Lingnan Road army should return to the division and arrive."

"I can return to the teacher and arrive in three or two days? Are you dreaming, kid?"

Yuan Tiangang glanced at him jokingly, and snorted, "Don't say three or two days, even in ten three or two days, I'm afraid Li Jing's army will not be able to return to reinforce you. It seems that your news has been blocked for a long time. I really don’t know how you do intelligence gathering!”

Guo Ye's complexion changed suddenly, his eyebrows raised sharply, and he exclaimed: "What's going on? Could it be that something happened to Li Weigong on the way to regain the lost land? Huh? Old Taoist Yuan, it seems that you know everything about it, tell me, tell me quickly! !!"

Chapter 1101

Yuan Tiangang aroused Guo Ye's appetite, and asked again jokingly: "Aren't you capable, kid? I really don't know?"

It is said that things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, so whether the intelligence is well-informed or not will often become the key to determining the victory of the war.

Guo Ye looked at Yuan Tiangang's dick, and scolded Dongchang Anye, the No. [-] intelligence leader under him, what did this kid do?He even neglected such important information. Doesn't it mean that people already know the battle situation in the south in Chang'an?Grandma, I saw that this guy was slack and negligent recently.I have to write a letter to him when I turn back, just tap and tap.

"Stop thinking about it!"

Looking at Guo Ye's uncertain face, Yuan Tiangang mistakenly thought that the boy was angry, and worried too much, and immediately said kindly: "Don't worry, Li Weigong's army successfully recovered the fifteen prefectures on Lingnan Road a few days ago. Speaking of which It's still your kid's credit that captured Qianzhou City and took the batch of gold bricks in the city as his own. The head of Zhao Chongnian was taken off. My good fellow, these people mobilized troops from all over the place like crazy, and swarmed straight to Qianzhou City, and you dragged it for such a long time. Fifteen prefectures along Yulingnan Road were empty of troops, and they were successfully recaptured by Li Jing's army."

"Since Wei Gong's army has been successfully recovered, then you told me that there is something wrong with him?"

Now, Guo Ye was even more perplexed. For a while, he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Yuan Tiangang was selling in this gourd.

Yuan Tiangang waved his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Li Jing succeeded in recovering the lost ground, but his army did not return to reinforce you in time."

"Damn, I have regained the lost ground, why don't you go back to the division to reinforce me?"

Guo Ye yelled loudly: "My ass is on fire here, why not worry? Li Weigong, what is he doing with his leisurely waste of time?"

"Are you burning your ass? Tsk... In my opinion, Li Jing is not much better than you now."

Yuan Tiangang couldn't help smiling and said happily: "Let me tell you, Li Jing is not only unable to return to the teacher in time to reinforce you, but also unable to lead the teacher back to Chang'an for a while. Guess where he is now?"

When Guo Ye heard something strange, he asked back, "Isn't it in the Lingnan Road area?"

Yuan Tiangang shook his head, and said with a mysterious smile: "No, no, the fifteen state capitals on Lingnan Road have been recovered, and the government offices of each state have been reset one after another. In a few days, Chang'an will send corresponding officials to act on their behalf. And Li Jing, Not only is he not in the area of ​​Lingnan Road now, he may have already sent his troops into An Nanguo, which is adjacent to Lingnan Road."

An Nanguo?

Isn't this a vassal state in the south of the Tang Dynasty, a part of Vietnam in later generations?

Why did Li Jing lead his army out of the Tang Dynasty without authorization, and went to An Nan'er?This thing is new.

Immediately, he was puzzled and asked, "Why did he send his troops into Annan?"