Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

Tang Cheng ignored his argument, turned around after washing up and asked directly: "What news did you hear?".

Seeing that Tang Cheng asked about something serious, Liu Suifeng also told what he had learned seriously.

Tang Cheng sat down next to Liu Suifeng, and while listening to his narration, he analyzed it based on what he saw on the front terrace. In other words, the reason why Li Chengzhong didn't adopt his suggestion was not just because he didn't want to part with the throne and the magnificent Governor's Mansion. This is also related to the right to allocate pastures owned by King Xi.

The boundary concept of the nomadic people is not as clear as that of the farming people in the inland of the Tang Dynasty, and the endless grasslands are not as easy to mark as the mountains and rivers in the inland. Larger, a snowstorm or even a plague can change the power balance among the tribes, and the resulting changes in the pastures are also numerous and complicated.

For the Xi people who live as nomads, the grassland is as important as the land of the Tang people, and they will give everything to defend it. Therefore, the uncertainty and variability of this grassland has become the eternal grassland. The constant source of conflict. No one can tell how many people have died and how much blood has been shed for hundreds of thousands of years.

It wasn't until the Rao and Le five ministries merged into one and respected one master together that Xi talent basically ended the extreme method of using scimitars, bows and arrows to resolve grassland disputes, and this right was naturally collected in the hands of King Xi who was elected by the five ministries. .

Therefore, the first major thing every Xi Wang does after taking office is to solve the pasture problem, change what needs to be changed, and reconfirm what does not change. This matter is not only related to the distribution of benefits, but also related to Rao Le’s future decades. The tranquility of the grassland, even if there are changes in the grassland later, it is also carried out within this framework.

One of the important reasons why Li Chengzhong is unwilling to give up the position of King Xi is this. In any case, he has to finish this matter first, or before he finishes this crucial matter, he must He wanted to abdicate to save himself, and his patriarchs would not agree.

The interests involved are too great!

"Stupid!" Hearing this, Tang Cheng couldn't help cursing, "Li Chengzhong is in name only, so what's the use of allocating grassland if he really does it?".

"Even if it can't be implemented now, it's just a pretext, a foreshadowing for the future." Liu Suifeng shook his head, "Rao Le can't compare to my Tang Dynasty. The change of strength between tribes here is often just a matter of decades. How dare you say that Li Chengzhong's film will not have a strong chance in the future."

It turns out that these people still have the foresight to plan for their children and grandchildren. Tang Cheng sneered after hearing this speechless explanation, "Then what is Li Chengzhong's support?".

"When the previous five tribes were fighting for supremacy, the defeated three tribes formed a blood alliance for self-protection. The content of the covenant was that if any of them were attacked by two powerful forces, the allies would come to their aid. Li Chengzhong's Duomo tribe was also the same. One of them, what he is relying on now is the reinforcements from the other two."

"Back then, the three families were generally down and out, and it was human nature to hug each other to keep warm. Now Li Chengzhong has got a Xi Wang for no reason. The other two red eyes will come to save him before it's too late? Li Chengzhong may not know about this, but he is just grasping for help. It’s all about luck, hey! He forgot that luck is the worst thing when people are unlucky.”

"This is a blood oath after all..." Before Liu Suifeng could finish his sentence, he couldn't believe it, "Then, what should we do now?".

"Someone who worked so hard to come to Rao Le is not to accompany Li Chengzhong to die." Tang Cheng raised his hand and re-patted the "Hanshu" brought by Liu Suifeng. "There are such good examples, we can't say It’s better to be a student and go to school.”

Chapter 276 I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen such shameless people; variables

As time passed, the sky gradually turned towards dusk, and the scent of wheat that had been lingering over Sima Mansion for most of the day also gradually faded away.

Butter lamps had already been lit in the official office of Sima Mansion, seven or eight oil lamps on the lamp tree illuminated the room brightly, and at the same time exuded a slightly strong smell of fishy smell.

Chen Lei, Lieutenant of Tiancheng Military Academy, was sitting next to the lamp tree, with his legs spread apart, his hands flat on his knees, his waist straightened, and he really looked like he was sitting like a bell. He sat very quietly without making any sound, just using From time to time, eager eyes flashed across Tang Cheng who was not far away.

Liu Suifeng was completely different from him. Ever since Zheng San came in, Mr. Liu couldn't sit still anymore. After he got up from the stool, he started pacing non-stop in the office room. He is even more eager and excited than Chen Lei, but at the same time, the hands that are behind him are also clenched together, so tightly that there is no trace of blood between the blue veins, almost a fixed frequency Every time he paced in the room to a straight line, he would turn his head to look at Tang Cheng behind the case.

Tang Cheng didn't look at him or Chen Lei, but just quietly looked at the map of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion on the official case in front of him.

On the map, the gates of the Rao Le Dudu Mansion have been clearly marked, and even the time for the guards to change shifts has been marked. At this time, Tang Cheng looked at the map that he had discussed with Chen Lei several times. Bian asked Zheng San a few words from time to time.

"Yes, not long after noon, four people were sent from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. These people must be at least in their 30s, and they were carrying something bulging on their backs. They were covered by a wind cloak. I don't know," Zheng San replied, wondering what happened to my uncle today, he had asked the same thing three times.

After Zheng San finished speaking, Liu Suifeng stopped suddenly, "Could this be the messenger sent by Li Chengzhong to urge reinforcements?".

Tang Cheng didn't answer Liu Suifeng's words, but turned sideways to look at Zheng San who was standing by the case, "They came out of that door."

"The main entrance", Zheng San nodded with certainty, "The young one is alone, and there are so many gates in the Governor's Mansion that he can't handle it, so after checking all the gates, he has been guarding outside the main gate."

"Noon..." After Tang Cheng asked, he smacked the time in his mouth for a long time, "Chen Xiaowei has been in the frontier army for a long time, so he should know when the northern Tibetans are usually elected if they want to travel long distances." ?”.

"Morning," Chen Lei replied with certainty, "The grasslands are no match for Guanneizhou and counties. As long as you travel along the official roads in Guannei, there must be post stations or guesthouses every [-] miles for resting your horses. The population is sparsely populated, and the distance between resting places is mostly based on a day’s horse journey, so all long-distance journeys must be planned in advance. If you walk in the morning and evening, you can reach the place, and starting at noon is too hasty.”

"Yeah, it's really hasty!" Tang Cheng nodded after listening, and stood up from the case.

He got up together, Liu Suifeng's body tightened suddenly, and Chen Lei stood up from the stool like a spring.

"Do it now?" Liu Suifeng looked at the sky outside the window, "It's not dark yet, it's too early."

"It's really too early to do it now." Tang Cheng picked up the name card on the official case and handed it to the dignified Zheng San with a slight smile: "However, if you invite Li Chengzhong to come to the Sima Mansion for a banquet at this time, it would be considered legitimate." actually".

"Invite Li Chengzhong to the banquet?" Upon hearing this, Liu Suifeng, Chen Lei and the others looked at Tang Cheng in astonishment, not understanding why he suddenly had such an idea.

……

The evening banquet was delivered at dusk. Considering the identity of the other party's prince, this kind of invitation is very rude no matter what, let alone the status of inviting guests is worse than that of the invitee in terms of name. much lower.

But what was strange was that Li Chengzhong, who was quite unfriendly when he summoned Tang Cheng in the morning, did not refuse the extremely impolite invitation, and arrived at Sima Mansion on time half an hour later.

This was destined to be a disrespectful banquet, because when Tang Sima's personal servant Zheng San led the way for Li Chengzhong, he didn't take him to the flower hall where he should go, but took him to the brightly lit office room.

Seeing that there was neither good food nor fine wine in the office room, only Tang Cheng looked at him with a smile after the case, Li Chengzhong's fat face drooped immediately, "Tang Sima, what do you mean?", While asking sharply, out of the corner of his eye, he saw his guards being knocked down one after another outside.

"What do you mean by being an official? The prince doesn't understand?" Since Li Chengzhong wanted to go around, Tang Chengcheng accompanied him in a circle. Feng cloak, this outfit doesn't look like he's here for a banquet, could it be that His Highness still has a habit of hunting horses at night?".

"Rao Lexi has always stood up with a bow and a horse. This king is dressed like this because he does not forget his roots." Li Chengzhong was not moved by Tang Cheng's words at all. What do you mean? Do you want to kidnap the king?".

This old guy really should travel to later generations to act, Tang Cheng cursed secretly in his heart, and said with the same smile on his face, "So what?".

"Bold! The following crimes are the top ten crimes of treason." After Li Chengzhong finished his drink, the fat on his face trembled and he was silent for a while, then said dejectedly: "Forget it, people are knives and I am fish. Talking is useless. Let's do it, Ben." The king is next."

The scene in front of him really made Liu Suifeng look stupid, what's going on?According to the original plan, Tang Cheng should not have waited until after dark to see Li Chengzhong in the name of an urgent official business. After the main gate of the Governor's Mansion was opened, his accompanying Tian Cheng army would immediately seize the main gate, and then other soldiers would follow up and control the gates. With the unexpected launch and the strength of the crossbow in close combat, the elite of the hundred-man Tiancheng Army is [-]% sure to control the entire Dudu Mansion before the arrival of Xi Ren's brigade, and then find Li Chengzhong and control him in his hands, and finally complete the control of his people. Hijacked to the border river to betray the purpose of setting up camp for Yitian's army.

When shooting a man, shoot a horse first, and when capturing a thief, first capture the king.Back then when Bowanghou Zhangqian was on his mission to the Western Regions, he used this tactic of night raids to prevent Hu Fan from forming an alliance with the Xiongnu. Liu Suifeng's previous excitement and restlessness were also for this reason, but...how did the situation suddenly change? Change became this step?Tang Cheng grandly invited Li Chengzhong to come to the banquet, but the person who was supposed to be hijacked came so unpreparedly, and then listen to their conversation now...

Although Liu Suifeng prided himself on being erudite, what happened in front of him was something he had never seen in any book he had read before, and it was something he could never have imagined in his study.

"Your Highness is just joking, how dare you hijack the lord, the banquet is ready, please!" Tang Cheng's words made Zheng San dumbfounded. No matter the main hall or the flower hall in Sima's mansion, it was dusty, and they hadn't even cleaned it. Let alone a banquet?He raised his head and glanced at Tang Cheng, only to see the uncle's relaxed and natural face, he led Li Chengzhong out with a relaxed smile, and said with a smile: "It's very impolite for you to rush to a banquet tonight, but it's also It was absolutely necessary.”

"oh?".

"Although the time since I came here is short, I already have a deep understanding of the urgency of the situation in Rao Le. In view of this, I plan to leave tomorrow and go south to the Governor's Mansion in Youzhou to report the situation here to Governor Zhang." So far, Tang Cheng paused, "Your Highness, what's the matter? Ah, it's good that it's fine! I'm going to travel a long way just after taking office. Although I have to do this for business, I feel ashamed. I hope Your Highness will not blame you."

Less than ten steps away from the office door, Li Chengzhong stopped suddenly, and his eyes, which had been squeezed by the fat before, were completely open and stared at Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng looked puzzled and bewildered, "Your Highness, what's the matter?".

After a long time, Li Chengzhong finally spoke, "The title of this king was personally awarded by Tian Khan and passed on to the Quartet. Now that Tang Sima is gone, he is not afraid of the court...".

"That's why I have to rush to the Governor's Mansion in Youzhou to ask for help, and I must protect His Highness." Tang Cheng nodded solemnly, "Fortunately, His Highness has both the headquarters and two reinforcements to rely on. The official can leave this trip with peace of mind. With Xiaoxing staying overnight and non-stop, even Chang’an’s official department can’t say that he will give the next official a "hardworking king".

"Okay, good you Tang Sima." Li Chengzhong, who had been sullen since he entered Sima's mansion, suddenly laughed, "This king really underestimated you. Tell me, what do you want?".

"I want Your Highness not to treat the subordinate officials as fools." At this time, the smile on Tang Cheng's face was completely wiped away, and he said in a cold voice: "If you want to save your life, then stop being smart from now on." , everything must follow my rules!"

After the cold face finished speaking, Tang Cheng turned around to look at Chen Lei and pointed at the downed guards, "Kill them all, don't make a big fuss, hide the corpses well."

"Wait!" Hearing this, Tang Cheng turned to look at Li Chengzhong, "Can these people be trusted?".

"If I can't believe it, I won't bring them here."

"Okay!", Tang Cheng waved his hand to Chen Lei without turning around, and said with his eyes still looking at Li Chengzhong: "Since you came prepared, it's time to use King Xi's seal."

Li Chengzhong did come prepared, and he was well prepared. Not only did he bring the golden seal of the king Xi with the wolf head in Chang'an, which was appointed by Emperor Taizong, but also the yellow seal bestowed by the imperial court for writing important official documents. I have some satin and silk on my body.

Back in the official room, Li Chengzhong lay down on Tang Cheng's desk and quickly wrote four decrees to voluntarily abdicate the throne of Xi. Therefore, Xiren at that time did not have his own mature characters, so he used the decrees to use Tang Wen's It is written in the form, which is very consistent with Li Chengzhong's proficient Tang language, and his calligraphy in regular script is not bad.

Witnessing Li Chengzhong finishing writing the decree, witnessing him solemnly and solemnly signing the decree and affixing the Golden Wolf seal, when Tang Cheng reached for it, Li Chengzhong, who had been looking normal just now, finally paused for a moment.

After a bit of pulling, Tang Cheng didn't use any more force in his hands, but just said lightly, "I want to be born as I want, and I want to be on the throne. You can't have both at the same time. You have to think clearly about how to choose." .

Li Chengzhong couldn't help letting go of his trembling hands, and then a long and desolate sigh sounded in the office.

Tang Cheng ignored Fatty Li's loneliness, picked up the decree and went straight to Liu Suifeng.

"I'll give you ten people. After leaving the city later, you immediately take these decrees to the Fourth Ministry. No matter what method you use, the sooner the content of the decree is spread on the grassland, the better." After reaching Liu Suifeng's hands, Tang Cheng stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "The boundary river is not enough, and the frontier army is not enough to rely on. Whether we can complete the mission of the court this time depends on whether or not more than a hundred of us will be able to return to the Tang Dynasty." It's on you, be careful, be careful!".

Hearing Tang Cheng's words, not only was Liu Suifeng not nervous, his eyes burst out with brilliance in an instant, and he didn't know what poem or who was in his mind. Holding the order in his hand, Liu Suifeng replied generously: "Don't worry, don't worry. Liu will definitely not disgrace his life."

After everything was settled, Tang Cheng, who had been tense for many days, finally sat down a little more relaxed. Seeing that there was still some time before departure, he even made Zheng San serve some tea.

"The four people who went out from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion at noon sent the grassland distribution plan to the Fourth Department?" Tang Cheng didn't want Li Chengzhong to answer this question at all, and put the teacup in front of him and said directly: " Isn’t this exactly what the four patriarchs want you to do? Since you have done everything they want, it’s not that difficult to leave, right? Why do you still have to come to my little temple?”.

"They wanted me to allocate the pasture, but they never thought that they would let me resign from the throne." Ever since he signed and signed those decrees, Li Chengzhong's expression became extremely complicated, both lonely and relieved Relaxed, these two completely different emotions appeared alternately on his face, and he deliberately sat in the shadow of the lamp tree, which made his whole body more blurred, even his voice, "Even if the throne is finally I want to throw it away, and it should be thrown in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion instead of letting it out. Today, for them and the entire tribe, my final role should be to die on the throne of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, you know In fact, when the news came back that the imperial court decided not to intervene in Rao Le, I was already a dead person in their eyes."

Speaking of this, Li Chengzhong in the shadows suddenly let out two short and weird laughs, which were like the crowing of night owls, which made Zheng San's hair stand on end, "Unfortunately, I don't want to die yet!".

"Since you have done everything they want you to do, why do you have to die? What good will it do them if you die?" Liu Suifeng, who became more and more confused the more he listened to the question, asked, "What's more, you are still Duomo Lord of the tribe, who can let you die?".

Li Chengzhong in the shadows laughed again, but this time the laughter was more ridiculed like in the morning, "King Xi is the master of Rao Le, how can he still be the head of the tribe, I haven't lived in the governor yet The new chief of the tribe had already taken over when he was in the Mansion." Having said this, Li Chengzhong turned his head and looked at Tang Cheng, "Duo Mogao will take over. Tang Sima should be more careful. My nephew has a big heart." Not ordinary small."

"Thank you for reminding me." Tang Cheng smiled coldly, "A certain person's heart is not too big."

Hearing this, Li Chengzhong was stunned and then smiled, and then the leader of the conversation just now continued: "Even if I am the former head of the tribe? Do Feier and others think that the people of the Domo tribe would like to see me voluntarily give up the throne? Since ancient times How many dynasties have changed in your Central Plains, even though you know that the general trend is over, how many last emperors took the initiative to give way to the new emperor? Could it be that they really don’t want to live? Hehe, it’s just that once they have this idea, they don’t even wait for the royal family If other people do it, they may be killed first by the courtiers who think they are loyal. It is never their own business whether to be an emperor, and the same is true for King Rao Lexi."

Li Chengzhong echoed in the office with a strong sarcasm, "As for the benefits? I, King Xi, who was appointed by Tian Khan himself, died on the throne of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. I died so loyally! Even if it was just for face , the imperial court will also give comfort to this tribe and treat it differently; in addition, no matter who is the successor to the throne, if he wants to live in peace and stability in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, how can he not appease the tribe? It is said that the death of this king can still leave a reason for the tribe-the reason for us to seize the throne after the future is strong, and the death of one person can be exchanged for so many benefits, enough, enough!".

All that he heard now was beyond the scope of Liu Suifeng's knowledge, and he would never see these things in books, "Then... you just voluntarily gave up the throne?".

"Why did this king voluntarily give up the throne?" Although Li Chengzhong was talking to Liu Suifeng, his eyes fell on Tang Cheng, "This king came to the banquet but was held hostage, and you even snatched the things you brought with you." Wolf-headed golden seal, as for what you have done with this golden seal, how can this king know?".

I have seen shameless people before, but Liu Suifeng has never seen such shameless people, so he reached out and took out the decree that had just been placed on his chest, "It's so difficult that you forgot this?".

"Handwriting? It's useless. He has calculated it long ago, and I have to accept his calculation for my own purpose." Tang Cheng, who stood up while talking, walked up to Li Chengzhong, and suddenly shook his hand. He swung his fist hard, and then heard a "bang", and Li Chengzhong, who was staring at the stars in front of him, fell to the ground with his stool, "Since he was held hostage, he must be hurt to say it! It's about time." Alright, let's go!"

Rao Le Sima is an absolute idle job, no Xi people will care whether this official will leave or stay, and no one will care what he will do, with the help of the gatekeeper's goodwill towards the Tang people and Liu Suifeng's friendship at noon Taking advantage of Rao Le's urgent need to rush to Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to ask for reinforcements, Tang Cheng and his party got out of Tuweizi smoothly.

After coming out, this group of people was immediately divided into two parts. Liu Suifeng, who led ten Tiancheng troops, was guided by Li Chengzhong's two guards to the east to pass orders, while Tang Cheng took Li Chengzhong, whose left eye socket was black and purple. The starry night went south and rushed towards Jiehe.

At this point, with Tang Cheng's intervention, the already tense Raole Grassland has added a little variable out of thin air. As for what this small variable will eventually develop into, the court does not know, neither does Li Chengzhong, and even Tang Cheng himself does not know. have no idea!

Chapter 277 Thinking About Soldiers

It was foggy last night, but today is a rare fine weather on the grassland. Tang Chengcheng, who got out of the tent, stood in front of the door and started to move. Whether he is used to sleeping in a house in the future or after time travel, he lives in a house now. It's a bit uncomfortable to be in this tent, even if the tent he lives in is the thicker version provided by Tu Yezhuo.It still feels fresh for a day or two, but after a long time, I always feel that the humidity is too heavy, so that every time I get up, I feel that the bones of my body are full of damp earth air. The word "rheumatism" popped up reflexively, even if it was just for self-comfort, the movement of hands and feet every morning is indispensable.

Of course, this kind of activity is just turning his arms and stretching his legs. Although he really wanted to pick up the radio gymnastics in the later middle school and practice it, it was just a thought, it was so eye-catching!

Just after he finished exercising, Zheng San brought over warm wine. Tang Cheng basically never drank tea since he hit the grassland. Warm up and remove moisture.

Sipping his wine, Tang Cheng took a few steps to the side, avoiding the cover of the tent, and looked towards the boundary river. The weather is good and the fog clears quickly. Under the warm sun at the end of autumn, he can clearly see Tian Cheng's army on the opposite side The company camp with Longmenxi is already busy with people coming and going, and looking further away, you can see patches of snow-white sheep dotted on the slightly withered grassland, which is indeed a bit windy. The grass is low to see the meaning of cattle and sheep.

The nomads are such a good idea, cattle and sheep can follow people wherever they go, and it is much more convenient than the Tang army in terms of logistics supplies. Fortunately, the old camp of the Tiancheng army is located in Baiyang Town, and from Baiyang The distance from the town to the Longmen Grassland is not far, otherwise it would be really difficult for the four thousand frontier troops to stay outside for a long time, and the consumption of luggage alone would drag the Tiancheng army to death.

In addition to the flock of sheep in the military camp, you can also see a few caravans on the opposite side that have finished drinking, feeding, and putting on their belly belts. It’s okay, it can be dealt with without clothes or food, but it’s really not enough for ironware. Small-scale ones are okay, but if the amount is large, you have to come in from the pass. Ever since Tang Cheng and Li Chengzhong were chased and kicked out After arriving at Jiehe, Tu Yezhuo, who knew that the situation in Rao Le was about to break out, prepared for a rainy day and added some scimitars and arrows to the reserve, which were sent by these caravans.

The gaze on the opposite side finally landed on the simple pontoon bridge made of sheepskin rafts. After seeing this lifeline, Tang Chengcheng felt a lot more at ease.

After looking away from the opposite side, Tang Cheng turned around with his wine cup in his hand and looked towards the front of the camp. There was also a company camp about a thousand steps ahead, and the people stationed in it were the more than 2000 people who drove him out a few days ago. Mobu cavalry, fortunately they walked all night first, and with few people and fast horses, they managed to reach the boundary river before being overtaken.

On the other side of the river, there are nearly ten thousand imperial courts and the Longmen Xi coalition army, and they have to be cautious about Li Chengzhong's safety, and these people really don't know how to deal with Tang Cheng-although it is said that Tang Cheng robbed someone, he is still the Tang Dynasty after all. The Sima sent by the imperial court may not really be able to kill him?The factors in these several formations are combined together to become what it is now. The more than 2000 cavalrymen of the Mo tribe who were chasing were tightly surrounded outside, neither rushing up to attack nor retreating. The way to come and go is blocked.

That night, I asked Liu Suifeng to take the decree to the four departments to spread the news. At that time, it seemed that the time was too rushed, but it was really wise to take another look at the situation in front of me.Now that this matter has been done, Tang Cheng doesn't care much about the more than 2000 cavalry in front. Anyway, they are not in the way here, and it is equivalent to two thousand more guards who don't care about food and drink. Why not do it?

Looking back and looking ahead, after Tang Cheng sipped the bottle of hot wine in his hand, his whole body was warm and comfortable. After handing the wine bottle to Zheng San, he got into Li Chengzhong's camp guarded by Sergeant Tian Cheng on duty.

In the tent, Li Chengzhong was also sipping wine. When Tang Cheng came in, he didn't raise his head to say hello, and continued to focus on the chess game in front of him.

Tang Cheng walked over to the chess game and looked at it for a while, then smiled and said: "This is a famous game from the previous dynasty. I don't know how many national players I have suffered in the past hundred years. You don't have to pay too much attention to it. It's okay to waste your mind and body for a game." It's worth it."

"It's time for Tang Sima to change his words. There is no prince here." Li Chengzhong looked at the chess game and sighed in vain. Dao is the way of the world, there are many ways in a small game of chess, but we can't just treat it as a child's play, someone really solved this game?".

"Yes, why not!" Tang Cheng smiled when he heard the words, "Let's not talk about it, Wang Jixin, who recently solved this situation, is a figure in this dynasty."

"Wang Jixin", Li Chengzhong said with a silent smile after saying the name twice: "If there is a chance, I really want to meet this person."

After saying this sentence, Li Chengzhong didn't wait for Tang Cheng to say anything else, and said directly: "Shall we continue what we said yesterday?".

Since he settled down by the boundary river, probably because of the more than 2000 cavalrymen on the opposite side, Li Chengzhong seldom went out of the tent, and stayed in it every day to play music. Other than that, he shared his love with Tang Cheng according to Tang Cheng's wishes. The matter of the prairie.

It is because of such a good teacher that Tang Cheng has gradually gained a detailed and in-depth understanding of Wubu Xiren in the past few days. Geographically speaking, Rao Le Wubuxi has two departments near the north and three departments near the south.The two divisions near the north include the Shali division in the northeast and the Suosuo division in the northwest, while the three divisions in the south are the Tuxian, Duomo and Cuoping divisions in order from west to east.The three parts in the south are more deeply influenced by the Tang style in all aspects of life because they are close to the Tang Dynasty, and their living standards are relatively better than the two parts in the north; The tyranny of force surpassed the three southern tribes, which is why the northern two tribes stood out in the battle for King Xi this time.

It was a coincidence that the place where Tang Cheng and the others were now happened to belong to the pastures of the Duomo Department. It was precisely because of this that the more than 2000 cavalry were stationed so smoothly, and no one came to interfere with the camp of Tang Ren and the others. .

Yesterday, the two of them happened to be talking about the Shali Department and the Suo Department. Speaking of which, the MoSuo Department located in the northwest of the Raole Grassland has the worst geographical location among the five departments, but their force has been the most tyrannical for many years.Although the Shali tribe is closer to the north in terms of location, but because it has been close to the Songmo Governor's Mansion for many years, its strength is quite limited under the suppression and harassment of the Khitan people. It was unexpected to be able to emerge suddenly, but it also made people with a discerning eye see the tricks in it—the Shali tribe must have won the support of the Khitan people, and there may be some agreement reached between the two. It is against this background that the statement of its support emerged.

When Li Chengzhong was about to follow up on yesterday's talk and continue to explain the situation of the Shali Department and the Suo Department, Tang Cheng smiled and waved his hands, "Let's not talk about this today, count the days, the prince's order to avoid the throne that day It will soon spread to the fourth part. Once this order comes out, Shali and Zuo Suo will be more scrupulous, and they will raise troops to seize the Dudu Mansion, but what is the intention of Duo Mogao who refuses to let go? Could it be that he really wants to stick to it? Can’t the Governor’s Mansion succeed?”.

"Taking chestnuts from the fire, there is always such a heartless Domogao." When talking about Domogao, Li Chengzhong's tone did not seem to be talking about his nephew at all. Two minds, if Tuxian and Cuoping can make an alliance based on the blood oath, and bring the three together, he might not dare to fight Shali and Zuo Suo, maybe he can stand out in this battle You can also have a bargaining chip to fight for King Xi."

At this point, Li Chengzhong showed a slight mocking smile on his face, "If the two reinforcements do not arrive, although Duo Mogao will die of this luck, he will not retreat easily. Although I leave, But as long as the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion is still there, he still has the capital to ask for the price. No matter which one comes first, Shali or Zuo, who is willing to fight with him and let the other party take advantage of it for nothing?”.

Tang Cheng nodded after listening quietly, "What the lord said is that Duo Mogao would rather take risks for himself, but he is also a character."

"If it weren't for that, he wouldn't be able to take over the position of patriarch. Speaking of which, we should be glad that he was caught by the governor's mansion." Li Chengzhong stretched out his hand and pointed to the place where more than 2000 cavalry camped outside the tent: "Otherwise, if he personally The leader of the army is here, once he learned of my decree to abdicate the throne, he must have rushed over, how could he have waited until now."

"He rushed over and I waited until I returned to Longmen, and it's not just a display to get close to Wantangqi over there."

"The imperial court even gave up on me, the appointed prince, so the four thousand heavenly army can really intervene in Rao Le's affairs?" Li Chengzhong's faint smile became more ridiculed, and he didn't wait for him to finish saying this. What did Tang Cheng say? Gu Zi continued: "For decades, every time there was a famine, Rao Le's cavalry had crossed the boundary river. Although there was no major battle with Tian Cheng's army, there were quite a few small battles. Even with four thousand Tian Cheng The army is capable of fighting, and Domogao is not afraid of them, let alone [-] against [-]."

"Do Mogao really dare to go to war with the imperial court?".

"The situation in Rao Le is like this. Domogao is still afraid of this? If he can drag the court in and send troops, he would like it. Tang Sima, don't forget that I, the prince appointed by the court, was from the Duomo tribe, and it is easy to fish in muddy water."

Thinking of Duo Mogao's hungry wolf-like eyes at the banquet on the terrace of the Dudu Mansion that day, Tang Cheng had actually believed Li Chengzhong's words about Duo Mogao in his heart, so new worries arose spontaneously, "If the prince In this way, it is not safe for me to stay here?"

"Unless you withdraw to Suoyang Pass, even Longmen is not safe, let alone Rao Le."

"Well", when Tang Cheng nodded and was about to say something, Zheng San walked in from outside the tent, glanced at Li Chengzhong and then at Tang Cheng, but said nothing.

Upon seeing this, Tang Cheng greeted him, got up and walked out, but Li Chengzhong didn't send him off, so he turned around and continued to play music.