Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Wei Zheng smiled slightly and said, "If that's the case, then we have to reveal the cards in advance!"

"The hole card?" Li Jiancheng was slightly taken aback, and asked in confusion, "What hole card?"

Wei Zheng blinked at Li Jiancheng, and his smile grew stronger: "His Royal Highness, General Chen led his troops to help!"

Li Jiancheng's doubts were even worse: "General Chen?"

Wei Zheng's words were particularly heavy: "The champion general, General Chen, is coming to Zezhou to lead the left and right guards of the Eastern Palace and the most elite cavalry army under his command!"

Although Li Jiancheng's thinking is a little naive, but this is just Li Jiancheng's view of family affection. He believes that family affection is better than everything.The first time Wei Zheng said something inexplicable, Li Jiancheng really didn't understand it. He knew that Chen Ying and Li Xiuning's wedding was coming soon. With Chen Ying's character, he might have already returned to Chang'an, and at worst he should have entered Guanzhong by now. up.But Wei Zheng said that Chen Ying was coming, and Li Jiancheng understood.

Wei Zheng is pulling the tiger's skin to pull the banner.

In this era, there is neither a telescope nor a sky-clear camera. Even if Dou Jiande and Chen Ying have faced each other head-on, there are definitely not many people in the Xia Kingdom who can really recognize Chen Ying.When the two armies are facing each other, what you look at is the general idea, and what you look at is the banner. As long as Chen Ying's Da Tao is shown, the generals of the Xia army in Zezhou will definitely think that Chen Ying is coming!

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng pondered: "Then...is it too early?"

Seeing Li Jiancheng's cooperation, Wei Zheng was overjoyed and said, "Perhaps His Royal Highness has other plans, but the Battle of Hedong has lasted for too long. Tens of thousands of soldiers are eating horses, which is also a big pressure for Datang. If we do not act for a long time, Dou Jiande will definitely think that we have no offensive power for the time being. If Dou Jiande does not surrender in a deadly battle, or if he lures the Turks into the customs, once Shuofang falls, I am afraid... Lingzhou will also be overthrown danger!"

Li Jiancheng said: "This time, our Tang Dynasty can't afford to lose. Hedong is the root of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no room for loss...forget it!"

Xue Wanche was in a daze, and vaguely felt: "General Chen is here?"

Li Jiancheng put on a face and said, "Command General Chen to show up!"

After receiving the order, the messenger turned around and walked out of the tent. It took less than half an hour. All the soldiers in the Tang Army camp outside Zezhou City knew the news. They had just defeated Liu Heita and conquered Mingzhou. General Chen, who surrendered in battle, came.

This news made the generals of the Tang army as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

An hour later, on the official road from Luzhou to Zezhou, an army appeared in three columns, and thousands of soldiers marched forward mightily.All these sergeants held their heads high and kept their eyes straight. Thousands of shoes were raised and lowered at the same time, making a strange rhythm. The whole army was as neat as marching between two straight ropes.

On the one hand, the big tao was hunting in the wind.

Da Tao, who was one foot eight long and three feet wide, wrote a letter to the champion general Chen.

Xue Wanche rubbed his eyes and stared fixedly at a young general who was walking at the front of the team. This young man was slender, with delicate features, and he was really handsome.

However, Xue Wanche can swear that this will definitely not be Chen Ying.

Chen Ying and Xue Wanche fought side by side in Jingyang City. Although he would recognize Chen Ying turned into ashes, he must be bragging, but he can be sure that the Tang soldier in front of him is definitely not Chen Ying.

This troop continued to advance along the official road, ignoring the Tang army camp beside the official road, but drove straight to Zezhou City.

This kind of army that raises its legs neatly and settles down neatly is simply Chen Ying's signature. Although the Da Tao flag can be faked, the army cannot.

"Chen Ying is here, run!"

Countless Zezhou Xia Army defenders shouted in their hearts, with panicked faces.

Although Dou Jiande couldn't see Chen's face clearly, he felt something was wrong.Chen Ying's troops move so fast?

Those generals of the Xia army who were lucky in the first place were also sweating coldly at this moment.

If it was said that Chen Ying was a taboo in the Hebei army before, however, as the news spread that Chen Ying had completely defeated Liu Heikai, no one dared to underestimate Chen Ying anymore.

Chen Ying came, even if he was a vanguard, even if there were only a few thousand troops, it caused great panic to the generals of the Xia army.

Ling Jing's tongue was a little stiff, and he looked at Dou Jiande with difficulty and said, "What should your Majesty do?"

Dou Jiande looked at the soldiers of the Tang Army who were getting closer and closer, and his doubts grew, but the soldiers of the Xia Army around him were anxious.

"Break the Yanmen Pass one day and one night!"

"Break Hangu Pass in one hour!"

"Broken Mingzhou in half an hour."

If Li Jiancheng attacked Zezhou, they still had the confidence to hold on for a few days. However, Chen Ying's record was too scary. Under his attack, the generals of the Xia army would probably be wiped out.

Dou Jiande saw the reactions of the soldiers around him. They were already scared, and they were timid before fighting, which is a big taboo for military strategists. Now he has made the final decision.

"Break the city gate, offer the city to surrender?!

PS: I still owe the second update.

Chapter 3 Is this still a house? (one more)

Chapter 3 Is this still a house?

Chen Yinggui was eager to catch up. In order to catch up with the speed, he didn't even take the "Wan'an" steamer, but took the small-wing steamer. After a night and a day of full-speed sailing, the steamer finally sailed smoothly with eight waves of crewmen. Drive into the Weihe River.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Chen Ying's imagination was running wild.

He is about to achieve a positive result with Li Xiuning, but Chen Ying's mind is full of Li Daozhen instead.He hasn't seen Li Daozhen for almost a year, and his son, Li Siye, is now a hundred days old.There is no photographic technology in this era, and there is nothing to be seen by just relying on portraits.

As Chang'an got closer, Chen Ying didn't know how Li Xiuning thought of Li Daozhen.The position of main wife belongs to Li Xiuning, and there is no way for Li Daozhen to continue to be so confused without a name or a role.

Chen Ying felt a little impetuous, but Fukada Kanon was very panicked.At the intersection of the Weihe River and the Jieyu River, the water surface became wider. At this time, there were more boats on the river.Especially when he came to the ferry of Chenjiabao, Chen Ying felt unbelievable, the pier was crowded with boats and boats, Chen Ying didn't sound his flag, and the little wing wheeler managed to find a space to squeeze in and dock.

The wharf yard used to be a row of shops with black bricks and black tiles. The shop street was three to four hundred steps long. Behind the shops were rows of roof ridges. I don’t know how many houses were hidden in the courtyard. At the end of the stone street, a road paved with blue bricks extended. It extends to the direction of Chenjiabao in Qinglinli.

Originally, there was no pier here, and there was no grass market here.But in just over half a year, not only a pier has been built here, but also a grass market has been formed.At this time, it was time to light up the lanterns, but the grass market was still bustling. Wine shops, restaurants, medical clinics, cooking cakes, soup cakes, cooked meat shops, herbal medicine shops, gold and silver shops, pawn shops, tea shops, warehouses, inns, and so on. There are more than 300 half-covered doors (that is, private prostitutes in ancient times) in detail.In addition to the shop street in front of you, you can also see an alley extending deep in, and the street is full of various sales stalls.There are bustling people everywhere in the shop street and in front of the pier. There are also porters who are sailing merchants or doing coolies on the pier, there are craftsmen in workshops, and there are villagers from ten miles and eight villages looking for work here.There are also women in red and green, shouting and the calls of pack horses, mules and donkeys one after another, very lively.

Fukada Kanon has never seen such a prosperous place. Looking at the passing crowd, Lin was stunned and said, "Master, is this Chang'an City? It's so prosperous, much more prosperous than our Fukada City. !"

Chen Ying burst out laughing when he heard the words, and all the worries in his heart were wiped away: "This is not Chang'an, it's still far away from Chang'an, if we leave, it will take almost a day."

Not to mention Fukada Kanon was surprised, in fact Chen Ying was also surprised.He fought from Qinglin, from Shanzhou to Henan, from Luoyang to Mingzhou, and almost traveled all over the Central Plains. However, except for those prefectural capitals, he has never seen any county that is so prosperous, even Liyang City. The state government (equivalent to a prefecture-level city in later generations) is not as prosperous as the wharf in Qinglinli.

As soon as he walked to the official road, he saw Hou Mo and Chen Xu looking forward to it.

"Fifth brother!" Hou Mo and Chen Xu cupped their hands towards Chen Yinggong, reaching out as a gesture of invitation.Hou Mo and Chen Xu stepped aside, and a large four-wheeled carriage slowly stepped forward.

At this time, Chen Ying was not in a hurry.He smiled at Hou Mo and Chen Xu: "In the past six months, the changes have been really great. My home is almost unrecognizable!"

Hou Mo and Chen Xu smiled and said: "That's not the fifth brother's discerning eyes. The Ma Zhou under your family is really a rare talent. During the period when you were not in Qinglin, this place was run by him on such a scale. , I am afraid that Qinglin is more prosperous than Wannian County!"

At this moment, an inexplicable group of more than a dozen men holding water and fire sticks, wearing black strong suits and round caps, lined up neatly and patrolled along the street.There are actually tax collectors, carrying big baskets, collecting taxes from house to house.Seeing Chen Ying frowned slightly, Hou Mo and Chen Xu explained with a smile: "According to this dynasty, the city tax for merchants is [-] in [-], and the city tax for officials and cities is [-] in [-]. Let's clear the forest. It is also taxed at the rate of one out of thirty."

Thirty to one, or [-]%, this tax law looks at the whole world, and it definitely belongs to the tax law of conscience.Of course, this is only in name, and in addition to the exploitation of tax collectors and the government’s additional distribution of purchases to merchants, the actual tax borne by merchants in the government market is far higher than the ratio of [-] in [-].

The grass market in Qinglinli is not recognized by the government and belongs to the private market.The business tax in Qinglinli can naturally fall into Chen Ying's pocket. However, long before Chen Ying's arrival, the planning of Qinglinli not only has the function of a market for later generations, but also has sanitation workers responsible for cleaning the market. .

Although the streets in Qinglinli cannot be said to be spotless, at least they look free of stains and rubbish. The reason why the grass market in Qinglinli can rise is that it is located in a place with convenient transportation, which is convenient for collecting and circulating products from all over the world. On the one hand, the tax payable by Chen who controls the grass market is mainly used to clear the income of the grass market in Linli.

In Qinglin, there are not only sanitation workers cleaning the road, pruning the branches and flowers on both sides of the official road, but also responsible for the expenditure of all street lights along the street.

There are two lanterns hanging every [-] steps on a street. There are hundreds of these outdoor lanterns. It is unknown how much money will be burned in one night.