"One is dead, and there are two more."
Under the bright sunshine, Li Xuan stood in front of the gate of the East Crossing Courtyard of the Taohe Road Marching Administration, wearing red clothes and golden armor, looking in high spirits.
He turned his head, looked at Zhou Qian on one side and said, "In five days, the second hidden pile will be completely removed."
"Here!" Zhou Qian immediately bowed and agreed.
In today's Hezhou, although Qianniuwei has not actually occupied every city gate and watchtower, Qianniuwei's tentacles have already reached in.
No matter when, once an abnormal sound is heard, it will be immediately transmitted to Zhou Qian's hands.
Qianniuwei doesn't know what they are doing at home, but as long as they go out on the street, they can avoid falling into Qianniuwei's eyes.
If the road is stuck, then no matter what other means, half of it will be destroyed immediately.
From Wuzhou to Chang'an, and then to Taozhou and Hezhou, Li Xuan's usual methods have been summarized by Qian Niuwei, who is most familiar with him.
"What about the third point?" Zhou Qian couldn't help but ask.
"Leave it and keep an eye on it. Someone will contact him. Anyway, there is only one left, so we can keep an eye on him." Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "You have to understand that our goal has never been these hidden Tibetan lines. But those dead stakes; when the army goes to war, only these dead stakes can obtain fatal information."
A dead end in the hands of the Tibetan high-level officials, hidden in an unknown corner, without contact with the outside world, and deeply hidden, is the most likely to obtain the most deadly news.
But these people also have a fatal flaw, that is, they do not contact the outside world, which prevents the information they obtain from being sent out.
As long as the point of sending letters to the outside world is eliminated, Li Xuan can do whatever he wants.
"Let's go. General Dugu Zhonglang should be arriving in Huangniwan soon. We should go and greet him." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she strode out of the General Manager's Mansion, and the others quickly followed.
Soon, the general manager's office was half empty.
The right guard Zhonglang General Dugu Shan led 3,600 infantry to escort the grain, grass and weapons from behind, walking at the end of the crowd. When he arrived in Hezhou, Li Xuan, Yuan Ming, and even Li Jinxing all went to greet him, because it was also in Hezhou. Today, the right-leading army of Wei will all set off for Bingling Lake, preparing to go up the Yellow River and fight towards Qingdong.
A group of Qianniu Guards followed Li Xuan closely and walked slowly towards the south gate.
Li Xuan took the lead. As soon as he came out of the south gate, Li Xuan saw Yuan Ming, the governor of Hezhou, sitting on a horse, and Yuan Wei beside him.
"Xuan has met Yuan Shijun." Li Xuan sat on the horse and saluted Yuan Ming.
"I have met the prince." Yuan Ming smiled warmly and returned the greeting, then pointed to Yuan Wei beside him and said: "This is my Erlang. He said that he had seen the prince's style when he was in Chang'an."
"Yuanwei has met the prince!" Yuanwei bowed his hands to Li Xuan with excitement and said: "Students had the honor to see the prince write "After Admission" at the Qujiangchi Poetry Club: In the past, it was not enough to be filthy, but now there is no need to indulge in debauchery. Ya. The spring breeze is so good that the horse's hooves are so bad that I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. It's quite inspiring."
"It seems that Brother Yuan Xian also wants to be named on the gold list!" Li Xuan smiled, urged the horse to move forward slowly with Yuan Ming and Yuan Wei and his son, and said at the same time: "I have a guess, whether it is true or false, Yuan Dear brother, just listen."
"Please give me your advice, Your Majesty." Yuan Wei immediately became solemn, and even Yuan Ming on the side listened to Li Xuan's words carefully.
"If my guess is correct, next year's imperial examination, the number of people admitted to the imperial examination will probably be more than this year." Li Xuan turned to look at Yuan Ming, nodded, and said: "Just like this year's imperial examination, the number of people admitted to the imperial examination is also higher than last year. There are several more of the same.”
"Your Majesty, do you mean that the imperial court will increase the number of Jinshi scholars in response to the outcome of the Tubo War, and then send these Jinshi scholars to the northwest states?" Yuan Ming is indeed a sophisticated person. In just one sentence, Li Li understood clearly Brilliant meaning.
Li Xuan nodded seriously and said: "Isn't this the case this year? There are six more places for the imperial examination this year than last year. There are many people who thought they would not be able to pass the exam, but suddenly they are on the list. I started I didn't expect this, but then I realized that the number one scholar was Cheng Xingmou from Longyou, and I knew it."
Cheng Xingmou was born in Zheng County, Shaanxi Province. His father, Cheng Gu, was the magistrate of Longqiu County and came from a poor family.
After Cheng Xingmou won the first prize, the people in Longyou were more joyful than usual.
Although the world's aristocratic families were dissatisfied, fortunately, there were more places for the imperial examination this time than before. After a few complaints, they stopped.
After all, there is a precedent for the Zheng family in Xingyang, so who dares to do anything wrong.
Hearing what Li Xuan said, Yuan Wei's eyes suddenly became eager. Although he was from the Yuan family, his luck in the imperial examination was always a little bit worse. If he could be lucky and get one or two more in the imperial examination next year, he hoped It will be much bigger.
"No matter how you increase the number of places, you have to keep up with your own level." Yuan Ming glared at Yuan Wei and said rudely: "Geniuses are born every year, who knows who they will be next year?"
Li Xuan glanced at Yuan Ming with a half-smile, then made a last move and quickly headed towards Huangniwan Military Camp.
Yuan Ming took a step behind, glanced at Li Xuan, and then looked at his son.
He knew in his heart that he was being manipulated.
It is not so easy to get the Jinshi quota. Even if the selection is expanded next year, there will only be three or two more.
Yuan Ming knew that his son's ability was indeed between these three or two people, but these three or two people never learned it based on talent, but depended on the needs of the court.
Or to put it more directly, it depends on what Yuan Ming can do for the court.
As the governor of Hezhou in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, he was qualified. He had a deep foundation in Hezhou and seriously cooperated with the imperial court in the transportation of grain and equipment, but he was only qualified.
This is not enough, far from it.
The hidden power of the Yuan family was not used in this battle at all. The emperor could see it, and the King of Nanchang could also see it.
The Yuan family needs to put more effort into the war between Tang Dynasty and Tubo.
Yuan Ming wants to stick to his bottom line, but in Hezhou today, he may not have the final say.
"Let's go." Yuan Ming swung the horse rope and followed Li Xuan the next moment. The large group of people rushed towards Huangni Bay at the same time, and countless dust stirred up from the ground.
After everyone left completely, the people around him swarmed towards the city.
It was at this time that three dusty middle-aged men wearing black coarse cloth also entered Hezhou City.
The leader of the group gently twitched his mustache, squinted his eyes, and looked at the city gate.
A Qianniu Guard happened to be standing on the city gate. The two sides looked at each other, and the Qianniu Guard nodded slightly.
The man smiled softly, and in a blink of an eye, he had disappeared into the crowd.
…
Two thousand right-leading army guards and cavalry neatly came out of the military camp and headed southwest in an orderly manner. They were about to head to the southwest of Linxia, taking the mountain road straight to Kuozhou.
They will enter the south bank of the Yellow River midway and join another army.
Li Jinxing, dressed in black clothes and armor, stood solemnly in front of the camp gate.
Looking at the right-back infantry gradually gathering in the southeast, Li Jinxing nodded with satisfaction, turned to look at Li Xuan beside him and said: "I heard that the prince trained in Hangzhou for three months, and finally trained these three thousand Hangzhou Guard, now they can arrive in Hezhou from Chang'an on time without any shortage of people, which is already impressive."
"Although it is a new army, the common people in the south of the Yangtze River have the same belief in serving the country." Li Xuan looked at the golden-armored general at the front of the Right Guards formation and said in a deep voice: "General Dugu Zhonglang is quite capable. There are more than three thousand people." , Carrying weapons and food and arriving in Hezhou on time is also an achievement,"
"Yes!" Li Jinxing nodded and said: "In ten days, the army will march from Kuozhou to Qingdong. The logistics and food must keep up. At the same time, we need to be prepared for the Tubo cavalry raid. Everything depends on the prince."
"Don't worry, General. Xuan will ensure the timely and safe delivery of food and grass to ensure the army's combat needs without delay." Li Xuan's expression became completely solemn.
In their partial division, Li Xuan had 5,000 right guard soldiers under his command, responsible for all logistics matters; Li Jinxing led 7,000 elite right guard guards up the Yellow River, out of Kuozhou, to Qinghai and Hunan; the right leader guard Zhonglang General Hei Ji Changzhi led three thousand troops, left Hezhou in the south, went up to the plateau, and then took a long detour to Qinghai and Hunan.
But opposite them, Tubo claimed that 300,000 people gathered around Wuhai.
The destination of Li Jinxing and Hei Te Changzhi is between Wuhai and Fuqi City, and is more inclined to Wuhai, and may even penetrate directly into the left flank of the Tibetan army.
Although the Tibetan left-wing army does not have as many as 100,000, there are always 40,000 to 50,000. With 10,000 fighting against 40,000 to 50,000 elite Tibetans, one can imagine the pressure.
Fortunately, there are many mountains and rivers in Qingdong and the terrain is narrow, so neither side can exert its military power. As long as we don't break out of the Qingdong mountains, I have the advantage.
But if they don't break out of the Qingdong Mountains, their partial force can only act as a distraction at best, and the effect will be limited.
The emperor sent them, 15,000 men, with a large amount of food, grass and military equipment. They were not just to interfere with Tibet, they had to play a role.
Therefore, they still have to fight out, but by then, if they cannot get in touch with Pei Xingjian who is facing him and fight out at the same time, then the ten thousand of them will be like a meat bun beating a dog, and they will never come back.
There are also logistical supplies of grain, grass, ordnance that must be transported in place. These are all Li Xuan's responsibilities.
The pressure on everyone's shoulders is heavy, and no one takes it lightly.
At this time, if you go out of your way on the front line and kill a few people, no one will say anything.
In an instant, Li Xuan and Li Jinxing looked at Yuan Ming at the same time, and the governor of Hezhou suddenly felt his scalp numb.
…
Li Jinxing led the right guard army to leave the state city and headed to the west of Linxia City. Dugushan led 3,000 right guard troops to the Huangniwan military camp.
The military shape was spread out, but not chaotic at all.
As soon as the three thousand right guards were settled, three hundred fine cavalry suddenly rushed out of the military camp, chased in the direction of the right guard's army, and began to take over the food road.
In the large tent, Li Xuan sat behind the central table, while Dugu Shan, Qiu Zhenmu, Yan Tao, Li Yi, and two right-guard captains stood on both sides.
Yu Ze, He Zhizhang, Zhuge Minghui and others sat on both sides of the table and quickly recorded every word and action Li Xuan said.
"The army came from Chang'an. It was a hard journey, but they rested for five days. After five days, they set off for Bingling Lake one after another. The Hangzhou soldiers went first, and the Yongzhou soldiers went behind." Li Xuan looked at Yan Tao and Li Yi, and they immediately stepped forward and handed over their hands. : "Here!"
"I will also go with you. After I leave, Dugu Zhonglang will be stationed in Hezhou, and Qianniu Guards and Zhou Qian will cooperate. Anyone who interferes with the grain road will be imprisoned immediately, and anyone who destroys the grain road will be killed!" Li Xuan turned to look at Dugu Shan and Zhou Qian stepped forward at the same time and said, "Follow the order."
"After the army breaks out from Kuozhou, Tubo will definitely attack Kuozhou from Qingnan. General Qiu Lang, you will lead a thousand soldiers to help defend the city." Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu.
Qiu Zhenmu stepped forward at the same time and cupped his hands: "General, I will obey the order."
"The king leads a thousand cavalry and a thousand Hangzhou soldiers, following the army of the right leader and guards, to ensure the safety of the food road at any time, and at the same time to provide support and support at any time." After saying that, Li Xuan stood up, looked at the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the Tang Dynasty will win this battle."
"The Tang Dynasty will win, our army is mighty!"
(End of chapter)
