At the end of the ninth year of Taichu, when countless people in the Chinese world were preparing to celebrate the New Year, the Tang Army, the Cao Army, and the Ran Wei Army formed a coalition and launched a fierce attack on the Hanoi Camp of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The Han army commanders Wu Han and Geng Yan had expected this, but they still disappointed the Tang army commander Li Jing. The Liuhua formation deployed by Li Jing was so sharp that it tore through the defense of the Han army's camp like a meat grinder. Several historical generals, Xu Chudianwei and Xue Rengui, broke into the formation and defeated the Han army's camp.
The Han army generals Wu Han and Geng Yan led a small number of elite troops to break through the encirclement. More than 30 generals and majors were killed in the battle. The Han army was defeated and retreated to the south bank of the Yellow River.
This forced the Han Army's Eastern Route Army, which had just captured Bianliang and was preparing to continue its attack eastward, to stop in order to avoid being intercepted by the enemy forces from the north during the attack.
A major defeat brought the momentum of the Han army, which had been victorious, to a halt.
The most important thing is that Li Tang finally captured Hanoi and had a bridgehead whether going south or east. at the same time,
After Zhu Di from Hebei Province had accumulated enough strength, he personally supervised the troops going south. The famous generals Li Mu and Lian Po joined forces to attack Ran Wei, pushing all the way to seize Zhending. Ran Min went into battle in person, but was also beaten to a miserable state.
Ran Min's personal strength is very strong, but it is far from being able to fight against the two famous generals of the Warring States Period on his own.
Historically, when Li Mu was alive, Wang Jian personally led an army to conquer and was no match for him. The weak Zhao State seemed to be able to remain undefeated under the siege of the Qin army.
Li Mu relied solely on one person to keep the country alive. When Li Mu died, the Zhao Kingdom was immediately destroyed.
Among the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, Li Mu was not as outstanding as Bai Qi's record, but his ability was unquestionable. In horizontal comparison, he was on par with Wang Jian.
With this kind of famous general commanding troops, Ran Min's ability to command troops was firmly suppressed. He could only rely on his personal strength to charge for a while at certain times, barely saving some face and morale, but it did not help the overall situation.
Li Tang did not want to see the Ming army capture Hebei, so he immediately sent famous generals and troops to support Ran Wei to maintain the front line in Luancheng. When Li Tang was preparing to send additional troops to Hanoi as a backup,
The Western Han army on the west side made some changes. Huo Qubing only made a slight gesture, but the Tang army did not dare to move rashly, and the support for Li Jing was directly reduced by most... Obviously, after Liu Xiu was lost in Hanoi, he sent someone to contact the Western Han Dynasty and asked the Western Han Dynasty to The men and horses contained Li Tang in Hexi to reduce pressure on themselves. Without enough troops, Li Jing could not defeat Zhu Di in the north and suppress Liu Xiu in the south with her existing strength.
With regard to the situation in the Central Plains and the North, several forces once again fell into containment and Confucianism.
At the beginning of the tenth year of Taichu, the major dynasties that had just stopped fighting on a large scale began to send envoys to win over their allies. Li Tang's envoy Tang Jian also came to Jinling again at this time.
Jinling City, which has just passed the New Year, still retains the festive bustle of the New Year. The shops on both sides of the street open their doors to entertain guests, and many people pass by on the road.
No matter men, women, old or young, they all had new clothes on their bodies. They were full of energy and had rosy faces. It was obvious that they had spent a good year. In Tang Jian's eyes, Jinling has not changed much from before. It is still so prosperous and lively that people can't help but immerse themselves in it. Li Tang's envoy entered the post house to settle down.
Tang Jian came outside with two followers and met a pretty woman who was a confidant who had followed the eldest princess to Jinling.
Settled down outside the palace, responsible for inquiring about some information, and managing relations outside the palace for Li Lizhi. "Lvli, how are you doing, Princess?"
Tang Jian smiled and exchanged greetings, his posture was relatively low, and he didn't have the arrogance of a prince at all, but still, as an envoy, why do you need so much arrogance?
"Thank you, Mr. Tang, for your concern. Your Majesty is doing well. What important business do you have for me to find a slave?" Luli replied cautiously.
As a close confidant of Li Lizhi, she was able to stay outside the palace to help the princess handle matters, which was the result of extra kindness. Therefore, she was very cautious and did not dare to leak any information related to the inner courtyard of the palace.
There is a crime called leaking forbidden whispers. This kind of behavior is very bad in nature. If you are not careful, you will be cut in half. Luli is not worried about himself, but is afraid of implicating the princess in the palace.
Tang Jian smiled and was cautious about Lv Li.
Expressing his understanding, he took out a letter from his sleeve and said: "This is your majesty's personal letter. Please send it to the princess..."
Luli took the letter and nodded in agreement.
At this time, there was a loud noise from the street outside.
Tang Jian got up and took a few steps forward. He saw a group of cavalry appearing on the street in the distance. These cavalry were all very impressive. When they saw the people on both sides of the street watching, some even raised their hands to signal.
"Who are they?" Tang Jian looked at Lvli.
"These people... seem to be the noble sons of Jinling City. They took part in martial arts examinations and joined the army and went to Jingnan some time ago. I didn't expect to come back now!"
Lvli recognized the knight in the distance and replied softly. Honorable son?
Tang Jian couldn't help but cast his gaze into the distance again, and scanned these people carefully. The noble disciples of Daxia seemed to be average in strength, far inferior to the second generation generals of the Tang Dynasty.
It was rare to find an advantage of Datang, which made Tang Jian feel a little relieved.
"Come here, go and inquire about General Yue Fei and see if his squadron has returned to court..." Tang Jian called for him to follow him and ordered.
Yue Fei is the commander-in-chief of Jingnan battlefield. After defeating the enemy, he should return to Jinling under normal circumstances. If Yue Fei is still in charge of Jingnan... Putting such a world-famous general in Jingchu shows that the Daxia Dynasty has something tendency.
Tang Jian needs more information to confirm his inference. It also paved the way for meeting the Emperor of Daxia and proposing an alliance.
Inside the Jinling Palace.
Wang Jing was holding an imperial pen and was drawing on the white rice paper. Not far in front of him, stood a woman wearing a plain white gauze dress. The woman's appearance was like a flower, a tree and snow, the bright moon was shining, and her temperament was refined and unconventional. In the same row as Qunfang.
The ink is vertical and horizontal, and with just a few strokes, the outline of the woman is outlined on the rice paper.
His strength has reached Wang Jing's level, he can completely control any bit of power in his body, his soul is powerful, he can master the laws of heaven and earth... He is almost as powerful as an immortal, allowing him to learn any skill he wants to learn in a very short time. , and quickly comprehended it.
You can master the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting with just a few clicks.
Wang Jing successfully transformed into a versatile person without spending too much experience. far away.
Wang Zhong, the chief eunuch, came quietly and saw Wang Jing painting. He did not dare to disturb him and stood quietly in the distance waiting. The steward looked at the woman in white.
The other party was Xie Daoyun, a talented woman of the generation who was born in the Xie family of Chen County and was famous in history. She has been in the palace for a long time, maybe because of her personality, which is a bit aloof.
Now in order to gain His Majesty's favor, I have to show off...
