Late at night, the entire city of Chang'an was asleep, but the lights in Tai Chi Palace were brightly lit.
Li Er had his hands behind his hands and was looking thoughtfully at the sand table in front of him, silent.
Yes, it is a sand table. After Li Zexuan made the sand table of Yanhuang Academy last year, the sand table was finally used in a war for the first time.
"Report~!"
"Your Majesty, His Majesty the King of Wei has something urgent to report!"
At this moment, a chamberlain hurriedly ran in and bowed.
A gleam flashed in Li Erhu's eyes, and he turned around and said: "Let him come in quickly! There is no need to communicate with Qingque when he comes to Ganlu Hall in the future!"
"Here!"
The chamberlain resigned, and after a while, Li Tai walked in with a piece of letter paper. He raised the letter paper above his head and said: "Father, the army at the front has sent an urgent report. Please take a look at it!"
"Oh! Come and have a look with me!"
Li Er walked to Li Tai impatiently, took the information, and began to read it carefully.
"There are actually 300,000 troops in Zhengzhou? I'm afraid this old guy Cui Junchuo has mobilized all the young men in Zhengzhou? Fortunately, Duan Zhixuan, Ren Can, and Wang Yu arrived in time with their troops, otherwise Luoyang would be in danger!"
After a while, Li Er put down the information and whispered to himself.
Li Tai stood aside, silent. This telegram was translated by him personally, so of course he knew the contents.
"Qingque, what do you think?"
Li Er caught a glimpse of Li Tai next to him, and with a thought in his mind, he asked aloud.
His son used to like to hang around him. Li Er knew why. It was just to compete for favor. But ever since Li Tai went to Yanhuang Academy, the child has been obsessed with strange things all day long. He heard that the Prince of Wei had built a "laboratory" to tinker with strange things. The little fat man beside him shouting "Father, Father" is no longer there!
Every time he thinks of this, Li Er will inevitably feel a little lonely while feeling happy!
"Father, I don't dare to have any opinions on important military and national affairs! And I believe that with my father's wisdom and martial prowess, the rebels are like grasshoppers in the autumn, they can only jump around for a few days! If my father is fine, where will I be?" I will retire first. If there is another urgent report from the front, I will come back to report to my father!"
Li Tai cupped his hands and said.
From the day the army left Beijing, he was "requested" to take leave. He was "requested" by Li Er to return to Chang'an from Yanhuang Academy, specifically responsible for communicating with the front line. He was also quite interested in this, so he came back half-heartedly. !
But what he was interested in was the first actual combat application of the emerging technology of the telegraph machine, not the war situation on the front line!
To put it bluntly, he is now a technical geek!
"Okay then! You've worked hard these days, Qingque~!"
Li Er saw that Li Tai's heart was not here, so he had no choice but to say.
"My dear sir, please don't work hard. Father, please rest early. My dear sir, please retire!"
Li Tai bowed his hands, said goodbye and left!
"Three armies were combined into one, and they surrounded the point to provide reinforcements. What the pharmacist did was very agreeable to me! I want to see how much power is hidden behind your Cui family!"
After Li Tai left, Li Er looked down at the information on the Long Case and murmured to himself.
He had indeed noticed the Cui family's disobedience and made preparations secretly. The reason why he did not nip the rebellion in the bud was mainly because Li Er wanted to see how much power the Cui family had hidden secretly, or whether they had any How many people are willing to join the Cui family in rebellion? He wants to take a long-term approach to fishing for big fish. He wants to take this opportunity to catch all the remnants of these aristocratic families!
Li Jing's strategy of encirclement and reinforcements was exactly what he wanted.
"However, after this battle, Zhengzhou is bound to lose a large number of young and strong laborers, and people's livelihood will decline. I am afraid that it will be difficult to fully recover in the next ten years. What should we do?"
After a while, a look of worry appeared on Li Er's face, and he sighed softly.
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"Report~!"
"General, the General Manager has ordered that the Xuanjia Army and 150,000 state troops should guard the city. Beware of the reinforcements from the Zheng family and the Boling Cui family from other states and counties. The three-pronged army led by the General Manager will starry night It’s a long journey and we’ll arrive before dark~!”
The next day, a messenger rode a fast horse and rushed to the main tent of the Xuanjia Army in the south of Guancheng County and hugged Duan Zhixuan.
When Duan Zhixuan heard this, he stood up suddenly and said, "You said that the rebels in the city still have reinforcements near Zhengzhou? Is the information accurate?"
Obviously, he also realized that if the Cui family rebels formed a pincer attack on them from both inside and outside, it would be extremely detrimental to them!
"Qi... report to the general. The general manager also obtained the information from within Guancheng County. The credibility is extremely high. I hope the general can deal with it carefully..."
The messenger replied, and then fainted!
He was so tired after running so fast all the way!
"Quick! Someone help him to a tent to rest!"
Duan Zhixuan quickly shouted outside the tent, and then two sergeants came in and carried the messenger away!
And he ordered to the left and right: "Wu Feng and Zheng Shu, immediately send scouts to explore along the southern part of Zhengzhou. If enemy troops are detected, come back and report to the general immediately!"
"Your Majesty~!"
The two generals cupped their hands and left immediately.
Duan Zhixuan thought for a while and then walked out of the tent, "Come, prepare your horses and follow me to the East City Gate Camp!"
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"Drive~! Drive~!"
"Hurry, hurry! Follow us! Follow everyone behind us! We must reach Guancheng County before dark~!"
On the official road to the north of Xuzhou, an army of tens of thousands of people was galloping. The generals in front were galloping on horses, while the soldiers on foot behind them were chasing after them.
"Hey! I heard that the 300,000 troops in Guancheng County were surrounded by the 150,000 troops outside the city. If you ask me, Cui Quan is really useless. If I were to lead the army, I would definitely kill the imperial army. ~! Hehe!"
Next to the army, there is a small group of people without military uniforms. Each of them is holding a strange weapon, and they are even more bohemian in appearance. They are dressed quite casually, as if they are not going to the battlefield, but to attend some grand event. !
They are the martial arts masters that the Cui and Zheng families have supported over the years!
The rest are the secret guards of the Cui and Zheng families!
Who would have thought that these two families would hide their troops in Xuzhou, south of Zhengzhou in advance?
"Hey! Wang Tieshou, you are really arrogant. It is said that the imperial court has sent the Xuanjia Army this time. With your three-legged cat skills, you may not be able to get through three rounds in the Xuanjia Army~?"
Another man with sinister eyebrows chuckled when he heard this.
"Bah! Hua Xia Jian, you kid, say something again. Believe it or not, I will cut off your lifeblood and let you harm other people's yellow flowers~!"
"Hey! You're kidding! You're kidding! Don't mind, Brother Iron Hand!"
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In Guancheng County.
Ever since the people learned yesterday that soldiers outside the city were approaching, there have been more and more private discussions about the Cui family and voices of dissatisfaction with the Cui family!
However, because the soldiers and horses of the governor's office not only strengthened the city defense, but also strengthened the patrols inside the city, and arrested several groups of people who "spread rumors and cause trouble", the people did not dare to talk nonsense outside!
As the saying goes, if you don’t break out in silence, you will perish in silence.
The more oppressive something is, the more it will rebound. The longer it is silent, the more violent it will rebound in the end!
For example, public opinion!
An invisible anger is brewing in Guancheng County, but those dreamers who are still immersed in fighting out of Guancheng and dominating other places do not feel this anger!
"Hey! Now the imperial army has surrounded Guancheng, but the Cui family still has a sweet dream of dominating one side. It's not a big deal for them to have a sweet dream, but they are causing harm to us common people! In a few days, the imperial reinforcements will arrive As soon as they come here, they will attack the city, and we new soldiers guarding the city gate will definitely be dead!"
On the east wall of Guancheng County, Liu Rengui looked at the dense military tents under the city and sighed deeply.
Behind him on the right stood a guard with a rifle in his hand.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. After hearing this, the guard's cheek twitched slightly, but out of fear of the generals in the camp, he did not say anything. It can be seen that Liu Rengui shook his head and turned around. After leaving, he finally couldn't help but said: "Brother let me stay!"
"Oh! It's Commander Wang of the Sixth Battalion! Just now... didn't you hear anything just now?"
A trace of "surprise" flashed across Liu Rengui's face, followed by "fear", and he tried "cautiously".
The guard shook his head knowingly and said, "It was so windy just now that Wang didn't hear anything!"
Liu Rengui breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Oh! That's good! That's good! Eh? What's the matter with Team Wang calling Ren?"
In fact, he just said those words in front of this person on purpose, and he also found out the background of this Wang Captain. His name is Wang Lang, and he is the son of Li Zheng in Wangjiazhuang outside the city. He was arrested a month ago. He got a strong man and somehow managed to become the captain of the sixth team of the 9th Battalion. He was quite popular among his subordinates!
More importantly, Wangjiazhuang outside the city has been bullied by the Cui family children over the years. This is also an important reason why Liu Rengui dared to say those taboo words in front of Wang Lang!
"Come on, come on! Brother Ren, talk this way!"
Wang Lang carefully pulled Liu Rengui to the corner of the city wall, and then asked in a low voice: "Brother Ren, we Ming people don't tell secrets. You just said that there will be reinforcements behind the imperial court, and that they will attack the city when they arrive. Is it true?" You, don’t worry, I will never tell others what you said to me, I, Wang Lang, dare to swear to God!"
Liu Rengui originally wanted to say "humility" a few more words to avoid this kid's suspicion, but when he heard that Wang Lang was so sincere, he simply said directly: "Brother Wang, since you have said so, I won't hide it from you, brother. I just said What he said was actually what we overheard from our Huang Shenjun. He also said that when the imperial army attacks the city, we new recruits should go to the front to die..."
A quarter of an hour later, Liu Rengui returned to his position solemnly and continued to stand guard.
"How about it? Join the army? Have you done it?"
Old Feng asked thiefly.
"Hey! Need I say more? This should be the twelfth one, right? That's almost enough!"
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