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But now it seems that [-] troops have pressed into the palace, and I heard that most of the forbidden army has also rebelled... It shouldn't be defeated, right?

"Come on. It's probably because I'm old and I can't hold on anymore. Help me stand for a while. I'll go in to avoid the wind and squint for a while." Old Zhangtou glanced outside the city again, shook his head and walked down the city.

He has served as a soldier for more than [-] years, but now he is only a trivial school lieutenant. He is not an iron soldier who charges into the battle, but more of physical labor such as escorting food, grass and military equipment. It is difficult to earn some military merit.

Even so, he has gone through conquests all his life, but many things have been deeply engraved in their bones, such as... vigilance.

The captain who once led him said this: "To be a grain carrier, you must first be able to listen and secondly, you must be able to see. You have sharp ears and clear eyes. You must know faster than anyone else."

At that time, he was still a novice, and he asked stupidly: "What's the use of knowing quickly, and the troops transporting food are not protected by a large army. Could it be possible to draw the sword earlier and kill the enemy?"

But the lieutenant looked at him like a fool: "You bastard, who told you to fight? You were told to escape! If you can't escape, just pretend to be dead! The first thing a soldier eats is to fight him." Know how to live, not how to die!"

He was still young at that time, and from that day on, he despised the captain very much in his heart, thinking that you, who have become officers, keep your mouth shut just to run for your life, how is this like an officer?It's like a gangster running around to bully the weak and fear the hard.

It's just that when he was getting old, he finally realized how important what the school lieutenant taught him back then was so important.

In troubled times, human life is worthless, even if killing the enemy can make meritorious service, so what?It's just three meals a day. When the life expectancy is about to expire, wouldn't those who eat steamed buns and delicacies from mountains and seas inevitably die...

Being able to live is the blessing of ordinary people like them.

How many hot-blooded young men shrouded in horse leather were carried away from him. At first he still counted and cried, and later he didn’t even bother to look at it again, just living like this year after year, until now.

Even, more than ten years ago, she married an ugly aunt who lost her husband. Although she couldn't see her every day, she still had a family.

Maybe one day, when those little bastards understand what I taught them, I should quit the army and go home to live a good life with my ugly aunt.

After walking into the tower, he thought about it, and didn't rush to rest. Instead, he took out his own pipe, stuffed it into his mouth, and took a jug of wine from the side at the same time.

He walked into the room, and there were more than [-] sergeants tied up with straw ropes. Because of the previous noise, cloth strips were stuffed in their mouths, and their voices were sobbing unpleasantly.

"I'm sorry, brothers." Old Zhangtou bit his pipe and said: "We are also obeying orders, don't worry, I have never killed a few people in my old Zhangtou's life, and the order I got this time is just to watch the city gate. When it's over, the general will definitely let you go."

"This jar of wine, just treat it as my old Zhangtou to make amends to everyone. Just one jar, one mouthful per person, don't think it's too little." As he said, Lao Zhangtou reached out to pull out the cloth strip from a sergeant's mouth, and it didn't stop. By the time the man scolded his mother, he had already stuffed the wine jar into his mouth.

At first the sergeant wanted to curse angrily, but he soon relented and gulped down the hot wine.

It has been tied up for more than an hour, and the cloth strips are stuffed in his mouth again, his mouth is dry, and it is always good to have a drink.

It's just that before he had a good drink, the old Zhangtou's wine jar was taken away, and he even stuffed the cloth back, which made him very depressed.

Old Zhangtou walked up to the second person, looked at the expectant gaze under his helmet, smiled, put the wine jar on the ground first, lit the tobacco in the pipe with a torch, and then stretched out his hand to pull the cloth strip.

At this moment, his eyes really changed, and he couldn't even bite the pipe that was just lit, and fell to the ground.

The wooden pipe bounced a few times on the ground, and the shredded tobacco was scattered all over the floor, but this is not the jade pipe pipe held by those officials, and it will not be damaged because of this fall. I couldn't care less about it, and ran upstairs.

It was that vibration!He heard it right!

As soon as he ran to the stairs, he bumped into someone head-on, he took a closer look, and found that it was the sergeant with the spear just now, and before he could speak, he yelled furiously, "You bastard! What are you running around? I don’t know how to put the spearhead back, aren’t you afraid of hurting your own people!”

The sergeant holding the spear was taken aback by his scolding, and then he noticed that because he was too flustered, the spear was facing forward, almost hurting Lao Zhang's head.

And old Zhang's face was ashen, and he ignored him and hurried up the stairs: "Stop talking, I heard everything, how many people are there?"

"It's... not clear yet, but it's innumerable..."

That vibrating sound was like continuous thunder. If it wasn't for a huge cavalry army coming in this direction, then there was something wrong with his ears.

But had he ever had any trouble with his ears?

It seems that in this life... never once.

When he reached the top of the city, even though he was prepared in his heart, seeing the billowing smoke and the cavalry who joined together like a giant beast, his legs gave way and he almost fell off the top of the city.

The sergeant beside him hurriedly supported him, but he vigorously shook off the supporting hand, and said in a trembling voice, "What are you waiting for? Why don't you go to light the fire?"

"Light it up!" Amidst his roar, the hurried sergeants finally lit the flames on the tower. Immediately afterwards, the nearby towers quickly responded and also lit up the flames. Countless groups of huge flames rose into the sky. , Even the night sky is a little red.

Ding'an City is located in the hinterland of the Tang Kingdom. It has been operated by the previous monarchs of the Tang Kingdom for many years, making it a complete set of defensive measures with several surrounding cities. Even Gao Changgong's eight thousand Qingzhou Ghost Riders were unable to break through.

Although there was a certain reason because he still had too few cavalry in his hands, to a certain extent, it also showed that the location of Ding'an City was safe.

However, this capital of the Tang Kingdom, known as "peace and stability", has been peaceful for many years, but it was still destroyed by the spirit of war.

The ones rushing here... were actually Tang's own cavalry!

Chapter 297 Wipe out the "Rebel Party"!

"One thousand...three thousand...five thousand..." Old Zhang looked at the entire cavalry army marching side by side, his jaw trembling.

Tang country's cavalry army is not listed as one of the three major cavalry armies in the world, but this does not mean that Tang country's cavalry army is full of food.

The army and horses are strictly regulated, even though thousands of horses trample on the muddy ground and rush, they have their own formation and there is no disorder.Thanks to such neat regulations, the old man who is a veteran soldier can roughly estimate the number of cavalry according to the queue.

But the more he counted, the more frightened he became - the number of this cavalry had far exceeded his imagination.

There are a total of [-]!

"Is it the southern cavalry from Jiuyuan City?" Old Zhangtou was shocked to see the flag flying high, shook his head and said to himself: "But... but Jiuyuan City is hundreds of miles away from Ding'an, they... are When did you leave? How could you arrive tonight?"

Thinking of this, he tugged at the pawn beside him in a panic, and scolded: "Damn...does there have any intentions to recall the southern cavalry recently?"

The little pawn was already overwhelmed with horror, and when Lao Zhang pulled his head, he was even more incoherent: "I...I...don't know..."

"It's useless." Old Zhang shook his hands vigorously. In fact, he also knew that his scolding was a little unreasonable. Even he, a veteran, had no way of knowing the news. How could such a new recruit know?

He bit his lip, knowing that there was nothing he could do now, he could only quietly stare wide-eyed, watching the cavalry rush all the way to the foot of the city wall.

A quarter of an hour later, the mighty cavalry reined in the horses one after another. Suddenly, the shocking sound of horseshoes stopped abruptly. A cavalry general sat on a tall horse from the northern barbarians. It was a little dark from the soaking, and the horse's mane was drooping, but the aggressive aura on his body did not diminish at all.

Under the silent gaze of [-] cavalry, he clamped his horse's belly and drove the horse all the way to the edge of the moat. Looking at the high suspension bridge pointing to the sky, he remained silent.

The old Zhangtou quickly turned his gaze away, pulled himself together, showed a somewhat embarrassed smile, and shouted: "Is... is it General Xiang from the Southern Cavalry Army?"

The general under the city raised his head and smiled at this moment, the original coldness melted like ice and snow at this moment, but turned into a lazy feeling: "General Xiang has other things, I am his deputy general, surnamed Liu, His name is Peigong."

"Oh oh oh! So it's General Liu!" As a veteran soldier, of course he is very sensitive to the names of those powerful people in the army, "I've heard it before, I've heard it before! General Liu is a wise general under General Xiang's command. It's weird, it's really..."

"Okay, okay." Liu Peigong interrupted the old man with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile: "No need to compliment me, I'm just a lieutenant general, how can I deserve those titles? You might as well stay in your stomach and see you soon." Let’s talk about it after General Xiang.”

"This... is it possible that General Xiang is also coming?" Old Zhang was startled, and even more horrified in his heart. General Xiang, who was known as the "Overlord", would also come. Didn't it mean that the whole army of the Southern Conquest Cavalry was dispatched, Not even a general who guards the camp stays at the station?

He carefully scanned the black cavalry army below the city, and cold sweat broke out layer after layer on his back.

"Don't look at it." Liu Peigong said with a smile: "General Xiang has also arrived in Ding'an now. We have agreed to bring [-] cavalry each. I will enter from the north gate, and he will enter from the east. Look, is the beacon fire on the east? Are you up already?"

"This..." Old Zhang turned his head subconsciously to look east.

"Oh... that's not right." Liu Peigong thought for a while, then suddenly slapped himself on the forehead and said, "There should be [-] cavalry at the South Gate, but we didn't recruit the Southern Army. From this point of view, there are beacons everywhere..."

"What?" Old Zhang gasped.And cavalry?And the two sides add up to [-]?

Then add here...

He found that his brain was not enough.

Of course, it wasn't because he couldn't figure out the math problem of two plus two plus three, but that the situation at this time was beyond his expectation.

He has never heard of any decree issued by the lord or the military department to recall the troops stationed abroad on a large scale...

How strong are [-] cavalry?If they all go to the city, all the big camps in Ding'an will be empty and they won't be able to accommodate them!

In fact, the number of cavalry in the Tang State is not exaggerated. It can be tens of thousands or tens of thousands. As far as he knows, the total number of cavalry in the country is about [-]. Now, except for the defenders scattered on the border... it can be said that all the cavalry in the Tang State All the cavalry have come to Ding'an City?

Liu Peigong laughed loudly on the horse and said, "What are you waiting for? Why don't you put down the suspension bridge and open the door to let us enter the city?"

Old Zhangtou smiled wryly, and could only ask in a routine way: "I don't know... General Liu entered the city late at night, why?"

"What's the matter?" Liu Peigong raised his horsewhip, still smiling, "You don't know? It's rare for our [-] troops to gather in Ding'an City. It's definitely not for a picnic."

After finishing speaking, his face became serious, his lazy expression gradually disappeared, and he shouted like a thunderclap: "I am hereby ordered, the rebels are rebelling, and their hearts should be punished! Order me to move the troops back to King Duqin within three days, and wipe out the rebels." Rebel against the party to protect the future of our Tang country!"

When Li Qiuhuang walked out of the imperial study room, the sun appeared slightly in the distance, but it had already lit up the distant sky, like a scorching flame, covering the clouds with a layer of bright colors.

The flat stone road was still wet, but the coldness caused by the torrential rain overnight has dissipated a lot, and the breeze has become gentler, no longer cutting people like last night.

"How is the arrangement of the Qunfang Mission?" Li Qiuhuang looked at the jade chariot behind him, shaking his head and impatiently waving his hands. He always hated these complicated things.

Naturally, the eunuchs did not dare to disobey, and after saluting respectfully, they left with the jade chariot on their shoulders.

The right servant shot Wang Yun two steps forward, and said softly: "A mansion has been reopened for them to rest temporarily. Although there were some casualties, but fortunately not serious. And the female officer who was detained by the patrol battalion has also died. I sent it back, and sent the imperial doctor in the palace to treat it..."

"That's good." Li Qiuhuang nodded slightly, and said: "My family's affairs have affected Qunfang's mission, and Gu is also a little sorry. You can ask Honglu Temple Minister to arrange to write a letter of credence and send it to Qunfang. Give them the lord as a token of relief."

"Yes." Wang Yun saluted respectfully, but he didn't stop talking, "But my lord, do you need to mention something else in this letter of credence?"

Li Qiuhuang stopped and said calmly, "What do you want to say?"

"Although the rebel army damaged Qunfang's mission last night, it was not your intention after all. Even if Qunfang complained, at most it was just a few complaints from the people. The lord of Qunfang is a person who understands the general situation, so he wouldn't be involved in this matter. Things are entangled with our country..."

Li Qiuhuang smiled, and said: "You can't say that, but you really dare not?"

Wang Yun's voice paused slightly, and continued: "I didn't say that."

"That's all. Since I think so in my heart, it doesn't make any difference whether I say it or not." Li Qiuhuang said: "What else? You haven't finished talking yet, go on."

"Yes." Wang Yun's voice was calm, but subtly carried a bit of majesty, "Qunfang and our country are friendly only because our Tang Dynasty is strong, so we have no choice but to attach. The rebels attacked the embassy last night, and the reason why Qunfang and everyone were able to survive In itself, it was because the rebels never expected that Qunfang would have spies in Ding'an City."

"Although the number of these spies is not many, they are all very skilled. They hide in the market, and they obviously have ulterior motives. The king...you should pay more attention. I suggest that you also mention this matter in the letter of credence, don't question it. , as long as Qunfang understands the situation clearly and knows that Ding'an is the capital of our country of Tang. .”

Li Qiuhuang heard it interesting, turned his head suddenly, and shouted with a smile: "Wang Yun."

"The minister is here."

"Li Qi said that you are a traitor and that you belong to Concubine Yang's party, but now in Gu's view, you have never favored Taizhen in anything?" Li Qiuhuang smiled meaningfully, "Why?"

Wang Yun raised his eyes, and Li Qiuhuang went on to say: "If you want to pretend to be stern and selfless in front of Gu, then you don't have to. Gu is not so small-minded. You have the position you have today, and you are recommended by Taizhen with all your strength. You have feelings for her." A little bit of kindness is actually nothing. Qunfang is Taizhen's mother country, so if you do this, won't you be afraid of wronging her?"

Wang Yun replied respectfully: "The imperial concubine does have the kindness to recommend the minister, but all the orders to promote the minister come from the hand of the king. I have been an official for many years, but I have not made any great achievements. If I can’t be promoted, I think it’s because I’m really not capable. The kindness of the king?"

It's just that these generous words did not move Li Qiuhuang.

Chapter 298 The Position of the Grand Tutor

The autumn sky was high and far away. Li Qiuhuang stood in the wind like a majestic statue. He looked up at the sky before sunrise and chuckled. He didn't want to comment on Wang Yun's words, let alone to refute.

After a long time, he said indifferently: "Go down, I still have some things to do, I'll let you go back to rest if I keep you overnight. As for the matter of the credential, I'll tell Secretary Honglusi according to your wishes, let They do it."

"Yes." Wang Yun stopped, bowed in place, and acted respectfully.

However, just as he was halfway back and hunched back, he heard Li Qiuhuang's voice again.

"As for Cai Yong's treatment... do you have any objections?"

Wang Yun turned around again and stared at Li Qiuhuang. For some reason, he suddenly felt a sharp aura around Li Qiuhuang, as if a hidden sword had been unsheathed for three points. Just waiting for the next moment to reveal the cold light he had hidden for a long time.

The red sun finally climbed up to the top of the clouds, illuminating the sky and the earth, and dispelling the shadows. Li Qiuhuang stood against the light, his robes fluttering.

After last night, he didn't continue to wear the king's robe, but only wore a thin garment, but he still looked like a giant.

He is still a giant in the Tang country, and for so many years, he has never really fallen.

Li Qiuhuang said again: "I just want to hear what's on your mind."

The chill in Wang Yun's chest was overwhelming, he didn't dare to look any more, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Cai Zhuguo has worked for the country and the people for many years, and he has made great achievements. It is really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty to be conferred the title of Grand Tutor."

Li Qiuhuang nodded, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but the smile was cold: "It's also your luck. The right servant shoots Wang Yun. He is capable in handling affairs and loyal to the emperor. From now on, he will serve as the left servant shoot and lead all officials in government affairs!"

After finishing his sentence, he started walking again, turned around, and quickly disappeared around the corner of the palace wall.

The red walls and blue tiles are still cold, only a ray of breeze blows the fallen leaves on the ground, gently covering the footprints he stepped on.

However, Wang Yun, who was standing there, felt that his vest was completely soaked at this moment!It's been a long time but I can't come back to my senses.

Heaven Prison.

Li Qi looked at the wine and meat on the table, feeling a little absent-minded for a moment.

This place is not a street wine shop, nor is it his military tent, he knows it very well.

But when he was escorted into this overly clean and tidy cell by several people, the first thing he saw on the table were beef, spinach, bread, and even a jar of sorghum wine warmed on a small red clay stove. It made him a little confused.

When did the prison treatment become so good?Is it because the Tang Kingdom is too rich, or is it that the Tang Kingdom Heavenly Prison no longer detains prisoners and has changed jobs to become an inn?

He smiled wryly, and said to himself: "What do you think so much about? As a death row prisoner, is it possible that you are afraid that they will poison their food? If you can die from taking poison, you don't have to go to the guillotine to be stared at by those common people..."

He is not afraid of death, but only afraid of the humiliation of death.

"Drink!" He laughed three times heroically. For so many years, it is rare for him to have such a time to relax his whole body and mind. relationship.

Only life and death remain.

Isn't it life and death?