The rain was pouring down, and strings of rain curtains dripped from the eaves.
In the courtyard, the rainwater has spread into a thick layer, but it is still rising.
In the central hall, Li Xuan was wearing a black brocade suit, sitting behind the desk with an eight-sided Han sword beside him, with a solemn look on his face.
Qiu Zhenmu, Yan Tao, and Zhou Shen were sitting on one side, while Wang Qin, Feng Hua, and Qi Guang were sitting on the other side.
His face was respectful.
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Qin stood up.
Holding a booklet in his hand, Wang Qin said with a serious face: "This time, a total of more than 2,700 people from the Tianyin Sect came to attack, including Qianniu Guards, Kuaiji Prefecture Guards, Wuzhou Soldiers, and Lanxi Soldiers. , worked together to defeat the enemy... a total of 876 people were beheaded, forcing them to trample on each other and fight, killing more than 300 people, burning half of the camp, destroying four wells, four catapults, including a thousand oxen guard……"
Listening to Wang Qin recounting the merits of each party one by one, no one present said a word.
These figures are not their completely real gains. The Tianyin Sect's losses are far greater than this.
But these figures are the most accurate figures that Gong Cao can calculate.
Every number is a real military achievement.
The court should allocate rewards according to military merit.
After Wang Qin finished speaking, Li Xuan gently nodded and said in approval: "The seizure of meritorious deeds must be recorded in detail for everyone. In addition, our own casualties and subsequent pensions must also be clearly counted and then paid in place."
"I obey the order!" Wang Qin immediately bowed and obeyed the order.
Wang Qin sat down and Feng Hua immediately stood up again.
Facing Li Xuan, Feng Hua said in a deep voice: "Reporting to the prince, the water in the city has been discharged smoothly, and the walls have not been affected."
It has been raining heavily for two days and two nights and is still continuing.
Meiling Pass itself has a terrain that is high in the south and low in the north. When it rains heavily, the rainwater immediately pours towards the north gate.
Fortunately, all the measures in the city were taken properly, and there was still a soldier like Feng Hua who joined the army, so everything went smoothly.
"Don't be careless. No one knows when the rain will stop, and no one knows when the rain will start again. It's not a bad thing to be more prepared." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she motioned for Feng Hua to sit down.
When Feng Hua lowered his head, he made eye contact with everyone present, and there was something strange in their eyes.
No one expected it?
If no one could have predicted it, then was the scene two days ago all a ghost?
There was a bloody fight that day. In the excitement, everyone had no time to think about it, but after the incident, everyone looked strange and abnormal.
No one could have predicted it, but their King of Nanchang had predicted it.
Predicting wind and rain is nothing, but predicting strong winds and when they will blow, and heavy rain and when they will rain well in advance.
It's almost eerie to the exact moment.
There is even an unpredictable smell in the air.
Not only that, Li Xuan also predicted in advance that the rain would be heavy. Look at the bluestone strips in the North Gate Cave.
With such a heavy rain, the city gate is soaked in, so when the enemy attacks the city next time, they may be able to break through the city gate at once, but now the bluestone strips have been covered in advance, so that the enemy will never have any chance.
This delicate calculation will shock anyone.
And this was still them, even inside the Meiling Pass, the Tianyin Cult bandits outside the pass, and the terrain of high in the south and low in the north caused all the rainwater to rush towards them.
After this incident, the Tianyin Sect did not know how many people and materials it would lose.
It's a pity that these things can only be regarded as natural disasters and cannot be regarded as man-made military merits.
"Prince Qi!" Qi Guang stood up immediately, looked at Li Xuan, cupped his hands and said: "The doctors, medicinal materials, and grain and grass collected from Lanxi and Longyou have all been shipped up, which is enough for me to come back later. We have been here for more than a month."
"Be careful to save it and don't let it get soaked by the rain. There may be more heavy rains like this this autumn." As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, Yan Tao couldn't help but said: "What the prince means is that from today on, There's going to be more rain coming."
For a moment, everyone present looked at Li Xuan in surprise and curiosity.
"Autumn is coming soon, with continuous autumn rain. I'm afraid this weather will last for a long time." Li Xuan turned to look at Yan Tao and solemnly said: "Yan Canjun, my brothers who have been here these few days must be in good spirits. Is there some?"
"Reporting to the prince, we have already started training again. If there is a battle, we will not delay." Yan Tao handed over his hand seriously.
"That's good!" Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction. He then looked at Zhou Shen: "Brother Zhou, what's the situation outside now?"
At this moment, everyone present became solemn.
Zhou Shen immediately stood up: "Reporting to the prince, the sudden heavy rain that day extinguished the fire in the Tianyin Sect camp, allowing them to escape the disaster. However, the place was no longer suitable for living. The food and grass were burned and everywhere They were all corpses, so they just made do with it. After one night, all their men immediately withdrew to ten miles away. Although many messengers came to and from the camp and Huzhou in the past two days, no reinforcements arrived, and there was no food support. .”
Li Xuan nodded and said: "The same thing I said, don't be careless. Muzhou can't leave us alone. If they really dare to do this, then when the rain stops, I will dare to go out directly. , go to Muzhou..."
Hearing what Li Xuan said, Qiu Zhenmu immediately couldn't help but stood up: "Your Highness, do we really want to go to Muzhou?"
"I have to go. The key depends on when. If someone uses it as a murder knife and throws it aside after using it, it will be meaningless." Li Xuan's words seemed to mean something secretly, Everyone present immediately looked at each other.
None of them are novices. Even if they are under Li Xuan now, if anyone is really thinking about something...
A rush of footsteps interrupted the peace in the nave.
Li Zhu walked in quickly holding a dark crimson name card in his hand, and then placed the name card on Li Xuan's desk.
Li Xuan raised her brows slightly, then reached out and opened the famous thorn: "Yao Zhi, Sima of Yuezhou Governor's Office."
When Li Xuan saw this name, she suddenly looked surprised: "Why is he here?"
"He?" Qiu Zhenmu, Wang Qin, Feng Hua and others looked at each other.
Under such a heavy downpour, there are still people coming.
"To be honest with you, this is Yao Sima, the governor of Yuezhou. I had some contact with him when I was in Hangzhou, but..." At this point, Li Xuan couldn't help but frown: "It's just that at this time, Yao Sima should It's better to be in Yuezhou, or at worst, it should be in Hangzhou. What is he doing here now?"
The Yuezhou Governor's Mansion is the Central Governor's Mansion, and Yao Zhi is the Sima of the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, and he has the same official rank of the fifth rank as Li Xuan's Wuzhou Biejia.
Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Qiu Zhenmu, Wang Qin, Feng Hua and others. He waved his hands and said directly: "Please stay away for a moment. I want to meet this Yao Sima first. This person is not allowed to do anything." From the Three Treasures Hall."
"Wei!" Qiu Zhenmu, Wang Qin, Feng Hua and others did not hesitate at all and immediately turned around and walked towards the back hall.
Li Xuan looked at the famous assassins on the table, her eyes becoming cold in silence.
Yao Zhi, the core disciple of the Wuxing clan, what is he doing here now?
Li Xuan is not a confused boy who has just come to the southeast and is confused about everything.
At least Li Xuan has completely figured out the relationship between the Tianyin Sect and the major families in the southeast during this period.
Although Chen Shuozhen is from Muzhou, he is from the Chen family in Wuxing.
Even in the early years, Muzhou was originally under the rule of Wuxing.
When Chen Baxian established the Chen Dynasty, his mother's family was the Shen family, and his wife's family was the Zhang family.
Descendants of the Chen family intermarried with other families in the south of the Yangtze River. Some of the Shen family, Liu family, and Zhang family had served as queens of the Chen Dynasty.
Even the Yao family had some people who were concubines of the Chen Dynasty, and there were countless subordinates of the Chen Dynasty.
Of course, after the change of dynasties, some may still maintain weak connections, and some may even have turned against each other long ago.
It’s hard for outsiders to know exactly how.
When Chen Zhong told Li Xuan the truth, he might not have had good intentions from the beginning.
Thinking of this, Li Xuan stood up from behind the desk, brushed off the non-existent dust on his body, packed up his clothes, and walked quickly out the door.
He wanted to greet Yao Sima personally.
A moment later, Li Xuan walked into the garrison captain's mansion side by side with someone else, and at the same time exchanged some pleasantries: "How is Sima doing these days?"
"No, not good at all." Yao Zhi sat down at the side table with a bitter look on his face, and then looked at Li Xuan and said: "I don't know why, the official tried his best, but still couldn't hide it in Yue. The Tianyin traitor in Wuzhou found out and heard that the prince had gained a lot in Wuzhou, so he hurriedly came to ask for advice. But I never thought that in just a few days, the prince would actually achieve another great achievement, a miraculous achievement. "
"Everything depends on the soldiers' lives. It has little to do with me." Li Xuan waved her hand directly, and then looked at Yao Zhi with a hint of surprise: "It's just Sima, how can it be possible that the traces of the Tianyin bandits have not been found?"
Li Xuan's eyes were full of surprise.
He has done so much in Wuzhou. As long as he is smart, Li Xuan's methods in Wuzhou can be copied.
Not to mention completely finding the Tianyin Sect's home base, at least we can follow the clues and find all the Tianyin Sects within the state government office.
But now, Yao Zhi told Li Xuan that he found nothing.
Is it because he is incompetent, or is Tianyinjiao really hidden deep inside.
Or should I say that I have no other intentions...
Li Xuan keenly captured the possible deep meaning in this, but his face was still full of doubts, with no intention of thinking in a certain direction.
"It's not Xiao Wang's request. There are definitely not a few bureaucrats and subordinates at all levels of the Yuezhou Governor's Office who are involved in this or who sympathize with the Tianyin Sect's rebel bandits. If you are willing to investigate carefully, you can always find out something. You can always find the person by following the clues and clues." Li Xuan looked at Yao Zhi with a puzzled face.
"I've tried and found quite a few, but none of them know where Tianyin Heizu is hiding?" Yao Zhi looked a little embarrassed.
It was impossible for Li Xuan to blurt out a sentence subconsciously, but the moment he said it, he swallowed it back.
You must know that once this sentence is said, it will spread to countless lives. This cannot be said.
"Since none of you have been able to find it, the only possibility is that the opponent is not hiding in Yuezhou at all." After a slight pause, Li Xuan suddenly pointed out another key point: "The summer harvest in Wuzhou is coming to an end. What about Yuezhou? How is the autumn harvest in Yuezhou? If it’s all ready, if it doesn’t work, let’s start shipping in advance.”
When the Tianyin Sect is in trouble, food and grass are the top priority.
If the food can be transported to Yangzhou or even the divine capital in advance, then even if the Tianyin Sect succeeds in their conspiracy for a while, they will definitely face failure in the end.
"Can't leave."
Li Xuan's proposal was immediately rejected by Yao Zhi.
Yao Zhi looked at Li Xuan and said helplessly: "It is not safe to leave now, because no matter it is on the sea or in the canal, there are people watching this batch of grain and grass all the time. If you rush to transport it, you will only fall into more traps." .”
A flash of inspiration flashed in Li Xuan's mind, and he subconsciously said: "Sima is talking about the Zhoushan pirates. What, they have made some moves now?"
(End of chapter)
