The city of Xizhou was bustling with excitement. The officials and people of the various tribes in Dongxi, not to mention the barbarians, all saw the figures of Peng Qingying and Li Yuan riding on the street together. They were shocked at first, and then rushed to tell each other.
The news soon spread throughout the city. Everyone in Dongxi felt sorry for Peng Qingying's plight. Not to mention how many young talents were wiping tears behind their backs and cursing the governor of Langzhou, Li Yuan, for bullying others and being shameless. The spirit of the river can open up Peng Qingying's net, wash away the unknown meaning, and prevent her good years from wasting in vain...
But now, Peng Qingying was brought back to the city by Li Yuan, and the two of them rode together. It was obvious that they had reconciled and reunited.
Although I have no favorable impression of this son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty who once brought disaster to Xizhou, after all, this is a family matter of the Peng family. As long as Peng Qingying is happy, the officials and the people will not dare to have any objections. Moreover, more importantly, this move Let Peng Qingying no longer be humiliated, that is what everyone wants to see.
The good news spread throughout the city, and Peng Shiyu quickly got the news. He was naturally happy to see this happen. In fact, when he received the report and was told that Li Yuan went up the mountain to visit Peng Qingying in the middle of the night, he hoped that his little sister would be able to open her heart. When entertaining Li Yuan that night, Peng Shiyu deliberately Peng Qingying's recent situation was informed to Li Yuan, and this was the intention.
For Peng Shiyu, this result is the best.
Peng Shiyu naturally hopes that Peng Qingying will find a good home, but he is forced to hide in the mountains and forests at his youthful age. As an elder brother, he feels very distressed. If there was any way to free Peng Qingying from the confinement of customs, Peng Shiyu would have done it long ago, but it was a pity that he was powerless.
It just so happened that Li Yuan's arrival was the key to solving the matter, and Peng Shiyu didn't believe that Li Yuan would not be tempted by the girl's beauty. So when the news came that Li Yuan and Peng Qingying had returned to the city, Peng Shiyu was very proud.
As expected, the hero still has a hard time being a beauty, and Peng Qingying no longer has to live in the mountains and forests for the rest of her life.
Secondly, after the land of Dongxi belonged to the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was difficult to rely on people for the first time. What they needed most was to be able to contact high-ranking and powerful people in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
After all, the so-called heavenly oath between Li Yuan and Peng Shiyu, this kind of private agreement is actually more of a symbol, and has a lot to do with people's character. Taking a step back, if someone really has different intentions, Is it really possible to ask gods to come down to earth in time to deliver justice on our behalf?
But if the most popular governor and immediate boss of Langzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty really became his brother-in-law, it would be a completely different story. Everything will be much easier to handle. Even if I can't speak to Li Yuan in the future, I can still use Peng Qingying's mouth to blow the pillow...
Peng Shiyu immediately issued a notice to Dongxi, announcing that Li Yuan was here to take Peng Qingying back to Langzhou. The marriage between the two was still valid, and ordered the whole city of Xizhou to celebrate for a day to see Peng Qingying off.
On that day, Xizhou City was decorated with lights and colorful and bustling with activity.
In the afternoon, people of all ethnic groups spontaneously organized and paraded in the streets wearing various weird headdresses and masks, danced all kinds of strange dances, and lit torches of all sizes.
In the evening, Peng Shiyu ordered his guards to distribute fine wine along the streets, so that the officials and the people were happy and caroused all night long. Everyone was drunk and noisy.
That night Li Yuan and Peng Qingying also attended the grand celebration parade. Peng Qingying had been good at riding since she was a child, but she insisted on riding the dark horse with Li Yuan. Under the careful protection of Wu Ping's soldiers in bright armor, and enthusiastically surrounded by thousands of Xizhou soldiers, Li Yuan and Peng Qingying traveled throughout the city to receive blessings from people of all ethnic groups.
After witnessing the grand scene where the whole city spontaneously mourned Peng Shichou last time, Li Yuan once again realized the influence of Peng Qingying and the Peng family in Dongxi. Wherever he went, officials and people bowed their heads reverently on the streets. , the scene of people filling the streets following Peng Qingying and his bodyguards surged like a tide, and the scene of everyone cheering shocked Li Yuan.
But Li Yuan was also very proud. The only girl of the Lord of Dongxi, the princess in the hearts of the people of Dongxi, was finally taken into his private house, which greatly satisfied Li Yuan's possessive desire. For a man, this is certainly something to show off.
After a night of partying, Li Yuan and Peng Qingying, together with Han Xizai, who had been hungover for several days, left Xizhou City on their way home early the next morning under the escort of a mighty personal army. Peng Shiyu also wanted to go to Jinling to accept Emperor Li Jing's summons, so we go together.
The road from Xizhou to Jinling is very long, so Li Yuan and Peng Shiyu parted ways after passing Yiyang. Li Yuan went north to Langzhou, while Peng Shiyu continued east to Yuezhou and went to Jiangnan by water. Taking the water route would avoid Driving some difficult mountain roads made the journey much faster.
However, Peng Shiyu and Li Yuan made an agreement that when they return to Xizhou, they will pass through Langzhou and stay for a few days to discuss some family matters. The two teams went their separate ways outside Yiyang City, and Peng Qingying said goodbye to her brother with tears in her eyes.
Li Yuan understood why she was crying. After all, from this moment on, she had only herself and no relatives around her. Except for the personal barbarian maidservant who accompanied her, she was about to truly integrate into the world of the Tang Dynasty. She was somewhat panicked and sad in her heart. .
As soon as he entered Yiyang City, Li Yuan immediately called the guard general and ordered the Wuping Army stationed here to return to Langzhou immediately from today on. Although the war between Han and Tang Dynasties had come to an end at this time, the relationship between the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Southern Han Dynasty had dropped to a freezing point due to the previous war. It was urgent to regain Guiguan and go south to destroy the Han Dynasty.
All registered regular troops in Wuping must return to Langzhou to assemble and reorganize after the army expansion to prepare for a new offensive that may be launched at any time. In addition to Langzhou City, where the government was governed, the garrison tasks in other prefectures and counties under Wuping's rule, including Yiyang City, were temporarily maintained by newly recruited local regiment training troops during the period of army reorganization.
South of Yiyang is the town of Wu'an. Since the Han army has been severely weakened and returned to Guiguan, the threat from the border city is not too great. After all, Wu'an Jiedushi Li Jianqi still has nearly 20,000 troops to call upon, and has recently been mobilized. The originally tall and strong Tanzhou city wall has been reinforced again, and the city has been equipped with Fuyuan crossbows and trebuchets delivered by the Langzhou Ordnance Supervision. In case of emergency, it will be enough to support Li Yuan and his army to come for reinforcements.
But on the Chenzhou front line, the situation is completely different. The reason why Li Yuan of the three Dongxi states insists on occupying Chenzhou is because of its strategic position. Once Chenzhou is lost, you can attack Langzhou to the north, Tanzhou to the east, and Dongxi to the west. This is the most difficult thing.
Therefore, the 10,000 Wuping troops who stayed in Chenzhou City were the only troops that Li Yuan did not order to be transferred back to Langzhou. The commander of Chenzhou would be veteran general Wang Changgeng. Li Yuan only asked him to firmly hold Chenzhou and never allow it. If there is a mistake, no one can be sure whether the Han army will make another surprise attack, thus threatening the safety of the Langzhou base camp.
But these are just preparations for a rainy day. After all, the direct border between Chenzhou City and Guiguan is a steep and difficult mountain forest. At this time, all the prefectures and counties in Wu'an Town have been recovered. The last time Pan Chongche was able to lead his army here, that was Because except for Tanzhou City, the whole town of Wu'an fell into the hands of the Han.
If they want to repeat their old tricks this time, I'm afraid it won't be that easy. No matter how stupid the Han army is, they won't be stupid enough to attack the joint area under the jurisdiction of the two Jiedushi, otherwise they will be attacked from above and below.
