After sorting out the troops and counting the casualties, there were many more large and small tents in the open space to the south of Guancheng County. The 60,000 elite capital troops brought by Li Jing were able to set up camp. The army generals outside the city to the east and west, Naturally, I have to come over to meet Li Jing, the general manager of the Henan Road March, and report on the battle situation in the past two days!
After meeting with the generals of the army, Tiedan walked in and bowed: "General Manager, I was just on the fairy lamp, using a telescope to observe the situation in the city, and found that the gates on three sides were heavily guarded, and there were still some garrison troops in the south of the city. The old people and children were all captured by the Cui family to defend the city!"
Li Jing frowned and said angrily: "Old guy Cui Junchuo! Does he want the entire city to be buried with his Cui family? It's really unreasonable!"
At this time, he couldn't help but recall what Cui Junchuo said to Niu Jinda on the city tower in the afternoon: "Niu Jinda, it is impossible for me, Cui Junchuo, to surrender! There are still more than 200,000 troops in the city. If you and Manager Li want to Attack the city, let’s do it!”
Now it seems that Cui Junchuo not only wants these hundreds of thousands of new troops to be buried with him, but also wants all the people in the city to be cannon fodder for him. This is simply crazy!
"Yes! I know all this! Tiedan, you have been traveling day and night all the way, so rest early!"
Tiedan's grandfather and Li Jing are cousins, so strictly speaking, Tiedan has to call Li Jing his uncle. With this kind of relationship, Li Jing is quite kind to Tiedan.
"yes!"
Tiedan hugged his fists and left.
In the big tent, Li Jing closed his eyes and concentrated. After a while, he opened his eyes and wrote a memorial about the situation here. Then he summoned Meng Wenhao and said, "Meng Wenhao, send this letter or telegram to Chang'an." City~!”
Now Meng Wenhao and Tiedan have become crucial core figures in the entire army. They are in charge of the communication between the army and the outside world. This rescue of the city depends on the unparalleled information transmission speed of the telegraph machine!
Li Jing has fought in battles all his life, but he has never been as smooth as this time. He grasped first-hand information at the first time, allowing him to make various tactical arrangements calmly to deal with changes in the battlefield situation. This was a comparison. Strategies are more efficient and more useful!
He had secretly made up his mind that after his master returned to the court this time, he would definitely advise Li Er to vigorously build a telegraph machine. With this thing, it would not be too convenient to fight in the future!
Just imagine, if a large army has a telegraph machine in each battalion, and can send their respective locations and enemy troop deployments to the Chinese army's main tent in a timely manner, then he can receive the news as soon as possible. , formulate strategies and send combat orders to the front line!
Li Jing felt that it was impossible to lose such a war!
Intelligence is so crucial to the direction of the war!
"Yes! Chief Steward!"
Meng Wenhao clasped his fists and was about to turn around and leave when Li Jing stopped him again and said, "Wenhao, by the way, please contact Xiao Yuer again and ask her how the situation is in the city?"
"Here!"
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"Didi~didi~!"
A series of long telegrams were transmitted to Chang'an City. The fat boy Li Tai was busy recording the telegrams. He was very busy!
In the same situation as him, there was also a person outside Chang'an City who was busy collecting telegrams, Li Zexuan from Yunshan Villa.
Since that day when the army went out and Li Zexuan handed over all the two remaining telegraph machines, he made several more telegraph machines. Because now he knew all the telegraph codes used by the court, so during the following period, Meng Wenhao gave the court Li Zexuan also received a copy of all the telegrams sent!
Based on this, although Li Zexuan has never been to Yunshan in the past few days, he knows the situation on the front line very well!
But whether what he did is considered stealing the military secrets of the imperial court, only God knows!
"Madam, go and tell your grandmother and grandfather that the imperial court has won a great victory in Guancheng. Fashan is not in any danger for the time being. Tell them not to worry~!"
After copying the code, Li Zexuan quickly translated it. After reading the information, he found Han Yuxi and spoke softly.
"Uh-huh!"
Han Yuxi nodded, then she hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Tiedan, are you okay over there?"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, madam, Tiedan is following Uncle Li and is safe. Moreover, he and Meng Wenhao have made a lot of achievements this time. Your Majesty will definitely reward you when they come back!"
Han Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's okay! Then husband, I'm going to find my grandfather and grandmother!"
"Yeah! Go ahead!"
Watching Han Yuxi go out, the smile on Li Zexuan's lips disappeared completely, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. He murmured to himself: "Cui Junchuo, I didn't expect you, an old guy, to be so vicious. You know you will lose, but you still use Zhengzhou." Hundreds of thousands of young lives have come to delay time for me! Unfortunately, this time, it may not be as you wish~!"
royal palace.
Li Tai sent the received information to Li Er. After Li Er read it, he frowned and snorted:
"The old man from the Cui family is really vicious!"
The thing that worried him the most happened. When he learned that the Cui family had an army of 300,000, he was worried that after this battle, the people's livelihood in Zhengzhou would decline as a result. Now he didn't expect that the Cui family would do more ruthlessly. They even wanted the old, weak, women and children in the city to help defend the city. Taking two quick breaths, Li Er suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Li Tai and said:
"Qingque, send a telegram to Li Jing and ask him to send two groups of troops to go directly to Xingyang and Boling to arrest all the clan members of the Zheng family and Boling Cui clan in Xingyang. The collateral clan members will be exiled to Qiongzhou directly, and all the direct clan members will be imprisoned. Go back to Chang'an~! In addition, let him handle all military affairs in Guancheng County as appropriate, so as to reduce the casualties of civilians as much as possible while wiping out the rebels~!"
While Li Er was talking, Li Tai asked the chamberlain below for a pen and paper to write down. At the end, Li Tai cupped his hands and said, "I obey! Tomorrow, I will go to the pagoda of Xingshan Temple and give it to Manager Li." Send information!”
Daxingshan Temple was built during the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Chang'an. There are many pagodas in the temple. Although it is not as tall as the towers of Songyue Temple, it can be regarded as the tallest building in Chang'an City!
Anyway, it’s already late at night, so there’s no need to send out the information in a hurry. Li Er nodded and said, “Yes! Okay! Then Qingque, you should go back and rest early!”
"My son, please retire~!"
Li Tai bowed his hands and resigned, while Li Er sat on the dragon couch and fell into deep thought.
Although the victory of the Zhengzhou battle has been decided, Cui Junchuo's retaliation before death made Lao Li very uncomfortable!
"Your Majesty, Li Junxian wants to see you!"
After an unknown amount of time, a chamberlain came in and reported carefully.
"Oh! Let him in!"
Li Er came back to his senses and said hurriedly.
A moment later, Li Junxian walked in. Just as he was about to salute, Li Er waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, why are you coming to me so late~?"
Li Junxian clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, since the army went south to Zhengzhou, a total of forty-two of the officials sent to supervise me have wanted to send letters to the Cui family and the Zheng family. All the letters have been destroyed by hundreds of people. The cavalry intercepted them, and my subordinates came here today to ask Your Majesty what to do with these officials~"
Mr. Li Er's face darkened, and he said expressionlessly: "Do you have a list? Show it to me!"
Li Junxian took out a piece of rice paper from his arms, handed it over, and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look~!"
"Cui Liang, Cui Cheng, and Zheng Shanguang are bastards! A bunch of bastards! They eat the emperor's salary, but do not worry about the emperor. Instead, they do things like collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. These people have deceived me too much! Tonight, arrest them all and hand them over to Dali Temple, jointly with the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai to conduct a public trial!"
Looking at the familiar names on the rice paper, Li Er's anger grew stronger and stronger, and finally he took a picture of the dragon case and exploded.
Li Junxian was shocked and said solemnly: "The general will obey the order~!"
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Li Erqing's fleeting words caused a bloody storm in Chang'an City.
That night, the gates of dozens of private houses were opened under the orders of Baiqisi. The owners of forty-two mansions were arrested almost at the same time. The screams, begging for mercy, and shouts made everyone startled. There were many people sleeping soundly, but no one dared to go out and find out!
Because at this point in time, there are only two possibilities for causing such a big commotion, one is that it was robbed, and the other is that the court is arresting important criminals. No matter what the situation is, ordinary people cannot afford to provoke it.
Most of the courtiers who heard the news could no longer sleep!
Everyone has a premonition that something big is going to happen in Chang'an City~!
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Guancheng County, Dongchengmen.
On the city wall, a group of new soldiers were still guarding.
"Brother Ren, I wonder if you are free? Brother, I have something to tell you!"
Liu Rengui was leaning against the city wall and taking a nap. Speaking of which, this guy was not afraid of falling off the city wall if he fell asleep. At this moment, someone tapped him on the shoulder and said.
"Huh? Who? Oh, it turns out to be brother Wang Lang! Do you have anything to do with me?"
Liu Rengui woke up from his dream and saw clearly that the person coming was none other than Wang Lang, the captain of the sixth team that he wanted to join a few days ago. He quickly cheered up and said hello.
"Um!"
Wang Lang nodded and whispered: "Brother Ren, can you take a step to speak!"
Seeing his mysterious face, Liu Rengui rolled his eyes, there was no reason to disagree, "Of course, of course! Brother Wang Lang is here~!"
After a while, Liu Rengui took Wang Lang to the corner of the city wall. It was relatively remote and no one would come here under normal circumstances.
"Brother Wang Lang, what's the matter with you? Tell me!"
Liu Rengui asked, leaning against the city wall.
Wang Lang looked around and then whispered: "Brother Ren, do you feel that Governor Pan and Captain Cui are going too far now~?"
Liu Rengui said "curiously": "Brother Wang Lang, how do you say this?"
Wang Lang said angrily: "Brother Ren, don't you know about the battle in the south of the city today? Captain Cui's army did have the upper hand at first, but later Wei Guogong Li Jing and Langya County Niu Jinda led 50,000 to 60,000 When the army came, Captain Cui was so frightened that he ran away! He ran away, but he actually asked the brothers from the 13th and 14th Battalions to stay behind to cut off his rear. After the army withdrew from the city, he directly ordered People close the city gates!
And thousands of brothers in the 13th and 14th camps were all locked outside the city gate! Do you think Cui Quan is still a human being? In my opinion, he just thinks that the people in the 13th and 14th Battalions are recruits just like us, and he doesn’t take us recruits seriously!
What's even more outrageous is that, as far as I know, Cui Quan's people are now arresting some old and weak women and children to guard the South City Gate. Because in today's battle, most of the new soldiers who originally guarded the South City Gate were killed or injured, and he lacks manpower! What a beast!
Let me see, if the army outside the city attacks the city later, we new soldiers will definitely be the first to die. If we are all dead, Cui Quan will definitely capture the people in the city and put them on the wall to defend the city! Pooh! This turtle grandson is really not a thing~! "
"Hey, hey! Brother Wang Lang, please keep your voice down. If anyone hears it, you will be in big trouble~!"
Liu Rengui felt happy in his heart when he heard this, but he gave a "kindhearted" advice.
Wang Lang talked for a long time, and he was already very angry in his heart, and he wanted to break the pot, "Huh! Just listen to it! The worst is to die, anyway, if it continues like this, you will die sooner or later! Although my family does not live in I am in charge of the city, but many of my relatives are in charge of the city. If one day Cui Quan captures my relatives and puts them on the city wall to defend the city, how do you think I should face them? How much should they hate me~? "
Liu Rengui glanced at him sympathetically and said: "Brother Wang Lang, calm down first, anger will not solve the problem. In fact, Cui Quan is just a lackey of the Cui family. The reason why he did this is not Did the Cui family order him? The Cui family now dominates the sky in Guancheng County. Although they cannot defeat the army outside the city, it is still easy to deal with the common people below! "
Wang Lang said angrily: "Huh! My father told me when I was a child that I should study hard. If I can become a disciple of the Cui family in the future, it will be a great honor for my ancestors. Now it seems that I didn't study hard at the beginning. Otherwise, if you seek refuge in a dirty place like the Cui family, you might as well just wipe your neck with a knife!"
When Liu Rengui heard this, he suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and thought to himself: Is the Cui family's rudeness the reason why you don't study hard?
"Brother Wang Lang, now we are all pawns of the Cui family. They want us dead, what else can we do?"
Liu Rengui sighed pretending to be helpless and said.
"Shit! Brother Daniu, I, Wang Langjing, am a man. Today I will tell you some heart-wrenching words. If you go to report me after listening to it, then I will admit it! We are all dead now, so instead of He died inexplicably at the hands of the imperial army, and ended up with the reputation of a "rebel", which made future generations unable to hold their heads high. It would be better to rebel against the Cui family together. Even if he died, he would die like a man. How about it? Brother Daniel, do you dare to rebel with me?"
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