Fu Tang

Hearing that he lost contact with Tian Dalang and the others, Li Congjia's first reaction was that Zhao Kuangyin cheated him, but on second thought, something was wrong.

Even if Zhao Kuangyin pretended to bargain with him in order to confuse him, but he sent two more people over, what's the use of killing them all?Do you think these people are useless without Li Congjia?

Li Congjia quickly rejected this idea. If it weren't for Zhao Kuangyin, he couldn't think of anyone else who would attack except the Ganzhou Uighurs.

Shi Xueting asked: "You really don't need me to go?"

Li Congjia rolled his eyes: "It's useless for anyone to go, and I don't want you to run back and forth. I guess Jing Qiong is worried."

A rare mocking expression appeared on Shi Xueting's face: "The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry."

Hearing what he said, Li Congjia couldn't help but burst out laughing: "You are really hurtful, but... that's what you mean."

It's not that the dog jumped the wall in a hurry, Jing Qiong couldn't use such a simple and rude method to cut off his connection with Zhao Kuangyin.

Of course, it is also possible that people in Ganzhou Uighur who dislike Jing Qiong did this, or it may be that the people below made the decision without telling Jing Qiong. On Jing Qiong's head.

"You said, Jing Qiong did this because he was worried that I would join forces with Zhao Kuangyin?"

Shi Xueting nodded: "Very likely, we are all from the Central Plains after all."

Indeed, fellow countryman is a very meaningful word these days, as long as there is no blood feud, you will always be closer than others when you go outside.

In the Western Regions, Li Congjia and Zhao Kuangyin can indeed be said to be fellow countrymen.

Li Congjia chuckled: "It seems that even if Zhao Kuangyin agrees to let our caravan go, Jing Qiong will find a way to get in the way. It seems that we need to get through this business."

If there is no business way, then create a business way. This idea sounds very passionate, but in fact it is impulsive, violent, and slightly irresponsible. After all, it is better to avoid such things as wars.

But Li Congjia is not afraid of fighting. Why does he keep so many soldiers?And he had to call back sooner or later, so hurry up sooner rather than later, he was also afraid that in the future he would get used to the ease of living here and lose that kind of aggressiveness, so would he really be living here in the Western Regions for the rest of his life?

Think about Li Jing's subjugation in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his son ran to the Western Regions for his whole life, how he felt aggrieved.

What Li Congjia can think of, Zhao Kuangyin can naturally think of, but this does not mean that he is not in a hurry to get angry.

Bargaining is a necessary process. Even if you are doing business, you can't just say what the other party says, right?The bottom line is too low, but this does not mean that Zhao Kuangyin is insincere. In fact, he has already kicked these people out if he was insincere.

However, the communication channel was cut off, and Zhao Kuangyin was really worried that Li Congjia felt that he was playing tricks behind his back, and then dug holes for him.

Zhou Guo, Ganzhou Uyghur, Dangxiang... No matter how capable Zhao Kuangyin is, he can't withstand the simultaneous attack of so many enemies. He needs an ally.

Li Congjia is not the most suitable, but he is also the most suitable. It is not suitable because Zhao Kuangyin always feels that he is seeking skin from a tiger, but suitable because, damn, there is only one Li Congjia who can save him near him. Yes, the regime of the Northern Han Dynasty is still there, but they are just lingering, and they must not dare to provoke Zhou Guo now.

But Li Congjia is not afraid, this feeling is very strange, logically speaking Li Congjia is not very strong, but Zhao Kuangyin just feels that he is not afraid.

So Zhao Kuangyin was more anxious than Li Congjia to restore the communication, so he sent someone over without hesitation.

Yes, he didn’t let Tian Dalang and the others come back, but sent someone over to bring back the results of Tian Dalang’s negotiation, because Zhao Kuangyin was worried that if Tian Dalang and the others were allowed to come back like this, the envoy group would be attacked halfway and the entire army would be wiped out. Whose is it?Zhao Kuangyin couldn't send troops to escort them, because the target would be more obvious, so he should send someone there.

After these people arrived in Suzhou, they did not see Li Congjia, but were received by people from Honglu Temple.

Those envoys looked at the city of Suzhou, and then looked at these people. Although the city is not very tall, life in the city is orderly, and it looks like it is about to prosper. A city where the people live in peace is a paradise. As long as the people can be safe, it is equivalent to a safe rear.

These people sent by Zhao Kuangyin also shouldered the responsibility of observing the current situation of Datang.

Li Congjia knew that these people were wandering around, so he went with them. Anyway, the things that need to be kept secret are all in Kunlun Mountains. The military factory was kept there by Li Congjia and has never been moved out. It may be inconvenient, but it is safe enough. After all, there is only one way to get there. Just go in and guard the road, unless someone can go over the mountains, but... not everyone can go up to the peak of 2000 meters above sea level. Unless they get definite information, no one will take the risk.

However, he still underestimated these people. After these people went back, they said a word to Zhao Kuangyin: "The king of Tang has a lot of ambition."

Zhao Kuangyin asked in a heartbeat, "How did you see it?"

Zhao Pu, the leader, said a word: "The royal city was not rebuilt, and the royal palace was not extensively repaired."

Zhao Kuangyin understood Zhao Pu's meaning as soon as he heard it. No matter what, Li Congjia's throne was not so honorable. Most people would want to erase the traces left by his predecessor, and the palace... To be honest, it's okay for Zhao Pu to see it. I feel a little shabby.

But they heard that after Li Congjia repaired a temple and took a small break to renovate the Penglai Hall, he did nothing.

The Penglai Hall is the residence of the Empress Dowager Zhong, no one can tell, except for this other palaces that have not been repaired.

If he would do this, he either had no money in hand, or... Li Congjia didn't regard this place as a real royal city at all.

Will Li Congjia have no money?As soon as he thought of Li Congjia's promise, Zhao Kuangyin directly denied this idea. Li Congjia dared to send troops to Ganzhou, saying that he had no money?

Then it can only be another possibility mentioned by Zhao Pu. Li Congjia didn't regard this place as a royal city at all. He has greater ambitions. Where is this ambition?Zendan is still...

Zhao Kuangyin threw out another name in his mind, how could it be possible, no matter how he looked at it now, there was no place for Datang to talk about in the Central Plains.

So, Li Congjia wants to delete Dan?

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while and felt that it doesn't matter if Li Congjia wants it, he also needs an ally to help. If Jing Qiong and Li Congjia stand together, Zhao Kuangyin is still more willing to trust Li Congjia.

In fact, Li Congjia didn't care that Zhao Kuangyin knew about his ambitions. After the agreement was reached, he began to arrange people to take action against Ganzhou.

The first thing to be determined is the list of the first batch of expeditions. Yes, fighting Ganzhou is not something that can be done in a day or two, so it is not a big fanfare from the beginning. Li Congjia means to let Li Jingda go.

The reason is also very good. At the beginning of the battle, they had mental calculations or no intentions. They must have the advantage. In this case, it is very suitable for Li Jingda's recruits to see blood and get used to it. The most important thing is that Li Jingda's soldiers are very new, but He himself is very old-fashioned, and Li Congjia is not at all worried that he will faint when he goes to the battlefield.

Li Jingda himself was also very excited, not because of meritorious deeds, but because he had not been on the battlefield for a long time, and finally had the opportunity to fight as a general again, so he couldn't help being excited.

Li Congjia was at ease with Li Jingda at first, but when he saw Li Jingda was so excited that he couldn't hide it, he couldn't help being a little worried, but he had already made a decision, and he couldn't say it face to face, for fear of affecting morale, he had to tell Shi Xueting privately: "Bai Guogong's appearance doesn't look like a battle-hardened person."

Shi Xueting hugged him and said: "You don't understand, he already has no hope, but you gave him hope, the suppressed enthusiasm burst out, it will always behave differently, but don't worry, he is a veteran , I will soon be able to adjust my state of mind."

Li Congjia turned to look at him and asked, "I didn't arrange for you to go out this time, are you unhappy?"

Shi Xueting smiled and shook his head: "Why are you unhappy? I wish I could stay." As he spoke, his hands deftly unbuttoned Li Congjia's clothes, reaching in to touch the familiar ones.

Li Congjia's breath was unsteady when he teased him, but he still said: "I just think that if you want to go to war, it must be the battle we want to fight Zen Dan."

Shi Xueting gave Li Congjia a chance to catch his breath. He looked at Li Congjia and said, "If that day comes, I'm afraid many people will ask for their lives."

Not everyone can resist the feat of winning the king's city. Whether it is for the sake of being famous in history or for a higher level, they will desperately win this position.

If it was given to Shi Xueting who did not contribute much in the early stage... Li Congjia would have to bear a lot of pressure. Shi Xueting knew what Li Congjia meant. This protector of the country is justified in his name, and maybe... there are some ideas about leaving the two names together in the history books in the future.

However, Shi Xueting didn't want him to work so hard, so what does the world think it has nothing to do with him?Shi Xueting has seen through this life, and gave away all the wealth at his fingertips. If it wasn't for Li Congjia, he would have no idea where to live in seclusion.

Li Congjia touched Shi Xueting's face and said, "Don't refuse this, actually it's too early to say anything now."

Shi Xueting thought about it too, if no one in the court supports Li Congjia, Li Congjia probably won't be too impulsive.

Shi Xueting didn't want to think about such a faraway matter now, he might as well think about how to get Li Congjia to agree to change to the position he had wanted to try for a long time.

Li Congjia was also tossed and lost his temper. He always thought that after the two of them talked, he should take the initiative in sexual matters, but he never expected that Shi Xueting really... knows more about sex than him.

The two people who were talking about business and going to bed didn't expect that Li Jingda's progress would be so smooth.

Not only him, even Jing Qiong and Zhao Kuangyin didn't expect it.

The Uighurs in Ganzhou had just received the news that the Tang State had invaded, and the murderous sneer on his face hadn't come down yet, and then came the latest news——Tang State went down to three cities in a row.

Jing Qiong was stunned for a moment. The news had been on the road for three days, that is to say, in three days, Tang Guo captured three cities?

It's too late to run away, right?

Could it be that someone is cooperating with others?Jing Qiong held the piece of paper and fell into deep thought for a while.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Pu and asked, "What did you say?"

Zhao Pu was already shocked and said expressionlessly: "Tang Kingdom, within three days, three cities in a row."

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't sit still: "Which three cities?"

Zhao Pu clicked three times on the map, Zhao Kuangyin looked down, and found that the three cities happened to be in the shape of a character, and after a closer look, he couldn't help asking: "These three cities... are not close to each other. Ah, three days is not enough to run around."

Zhao Pu nodded slowly: "So there is only one possibility, and that is to attack the city at the same time."

This coincides with Zhao Kuangyin's idea, but Zhao Kuangyin still doesn't believe it, and the speed of attacking the city is too fast. A city is built in three days. Could it be that this city is just paper?

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while and asked: "Do you think it is possible that those three cities have already taken refuge in Li Yu?"

This... is really possible, otherwise how could it be taken down so quickly?This speed is difficult for Zhao Kuangyin's people to accept.

Zhao Pu said: "Even if there are three cities that have defected to the Tang Kingdom secretly, there will be tough battles in the future. If they are not sure, they will not draw such a long battle."

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the map for a long while and suddenly asked: "Who is leading the Tang army this time?"

Zhao Pu said: "Bai Guogong Li Jingda."

Zhao Kuangyin frowned. He had heard of Li Jingda before, and he had fought against him, but he knew that Li Jingda was so jealous by Li Jing back then that no matter how many tricks he had, he couldn't use it.

But today's Li Jingda is afraid that he no longer has the constraints of the past. After all, Li Yu is not Li Jing, he is more tolerant than Li Jing.

Zhao Kuangyin took a long breath and said, "I also don't know what Li Jingda is going to do. Let's wait for the news and see if they can really contain Ganzhou. If they can, we can continue to send troops."

Zhao Pu asked, "Who did you hit?"

A gleam of light flashed in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes: "Dang Xiang!"

Zhao Pu hesitated for a moment and said, "This... I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Zhao Kuangyin asked, "Why?"

Only then did Zhao Pu say: "Dangxiang Li Yiyin married his daughter to Su Guogong Li Hongji."

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a moment, he really hadn't paid attention to this before, and he didn't expect that Dang Xiang would marry Tang Guo.

He thought for a while and asked: "Li Yiyin originally wanted to marry his daughter to Li Yu?"

Zhao Pu looked at Zhao Kuangyin and didn't understand why he suddenly asked such a sentence, but if Zhao Pu sat in Li Yiyin's position, he would definitely be more willing to marry his daughter to Li Yu, even if it was to be a concubine.

Of course, what Zhao Pu didn't know was that Zhao Kuangyin suddenly thought that he wanted to marry his daughter to Li Yu back then, but he didn't expect that the two of them had been going around for so long. But does this also mean that Zhao Kuangyin has a good vision?Otherwise, why did you pick Li Yu who had nothing at the time?

Zhao Pu tried his best to keep up with the boss's thinking, and said: "Li Yu didn't marry Princess Dangxiang, could it be that they are not so close to Dangxiang? But even so, if Dangxiang asks him, I'm afraid Li Yu won't ignore it. .”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "Then don't move the party item temporarily, take our things back, and then send troops to Binzhou."

Everyone naturally responded, but they had to wait and see what Tang would do next. If Tang was soon beaten back by the Uighurs from Ganzhou, then they could not raise troops without authorization.

But thinking about the previous assassin time, Zhao Kuangyin felt a little overwhelmed for a while, and even if he didn't want to send troops, Zhou Guo would not let him go.

And today, Zhao Kuangyin realized that it is not easy to pull a team and go it alone. He can no longer hold the title of anti-thief. Counting the past and present, there are almost no anti-thieves who can make their career bigger. What?The founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a traitor?

But the problem is that at that time, the world was full of wars and wars, and the heroes were vying for the throne. Li Yuan's banner was not against the Sui Dynasty. Instead, he fought against a few separatist forces who rebelled. The path after that is exactly the same.

Now, if Zhao Kuangyin regrets the most, it is probably that he was so hot-headed that he dragged the team to do it alone. In fact, this is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that he, a traitor... can't recruit people.

Li Congjia's foothold in the Western Regions was able to attract talents from the Southern Tang Dynasty, but it was difficult for Zhao Kuangyin to attract talents he wanted except for those who had followed him before. Scholars always have integrity. Just throw up your sleeves and leave, of course there are some left behind, but the behaviors left behind... Zhao Kuangyin doesn't trust them.

There is no talent, no one wants to be big, and no one divides the cake. How can this continue?

Li Yu... how did he do it?Zhao Kuangyin thought for a long time and recalled that Li Jing brought people here directly, and... Li Yu is rich!How did Li Yu get so rich?Zhao Kuangyin couldn't understand it.

Li Congjia, who was studied desperately by him, was not particularly excited at this time. In fact, everyone had prepared for this speed of advancement from the beginning, because Li Congjia sent a part of the firearms army to follow. If there is no such speed, Li Congjia will not be satisfied.

But I have to say that Shi Xueting's vision is accurate, and Li Jingda adjusted quickly. He didn't even know how to use the things of the Firearms Army before. Li Congjia only asked Shi Xueting to talk to him for a day. After making full use of the advanced weapons, Ganzhou was caught off guard.

It's just a long-term battle... Li Congjia looked at the map, and he could see right away that Li Jingda probably wanted to advance steadily and slowly, forming a fan shape to go to Zendan. But in this case, the terrain of the Western Regions is special, and the cities are all built on oases. As a result, the distance between the city and the city is not close. Li Jingda may be able to command alone, but communication is very problematic.

Li Congjia began to miss the phone, but this thing is no less difficult than letting him go to the moon now, so he can only miss it for a while, and then send Zhu Yuan out.

Zhu Yuan led the soldiers away, which meant that the war had entered the previously predetermined rhythm, and Li Hongji also started to make preparations. If it went well, he should also lead the soldiers away.

After Li Hongji, came the cabinet. The cabinet had already prepared the new city lord and his subordinates for the captured city. Of course, not all the subordinates were ready. After all, some broth had to be left for the local nobles to drink.

Before they went out, Li Congjia repeatedly emphasized that they should not massacre the city, burn, kill and loot. If anyone did this, they must be severely punished. In this way, the people inside the city might not suffer any losses if the city was breached.

Regarding Li Congjia's request, none of the scholars felt that there was something wrong with it. Burning, killing and looting after breaking down the city would only be done by an unfounded rebel army, because the superiors need to use this method to retain the soldiers under their hands. What if there is no money?I can only let my subordinates grab it.

Does Li Congjia have no money?Of course not, he also put in all his efforts, and some of the treasures in his private treasury were subsidized to the army, so this army became more and more like the army of later generations in Li Congjia's impression.

If a soldier doesn't have to worry about not having enough to eat during the war, and doesn't have to worry about his family members starving and freezing, then even if he is illiterate, he will have a corresponding moral bottom line.

It's just that once there is a war, there will always be casualties. Although the pension has been prepared, it's okay for the dead. What about the disabled?No one can control them forever.

Seeing that Li Congjia was in a daze again, Shi Xueting knew that he was thinking. Whenever he came to his senses from a daze like this, he would always drop a time bomb, turning the cabinet bombers on their backs. Even if they disagreed at first, they would eventually Do what he thinks.

Thinking about the age of those veterans in the cabinet, Shi Xueting could not help but secretly sighed that he had committed a crime, and then decided to ask.

Li Congjia was very surprised. Shi Xueting seldom asked him such things. Usually, he had to discuss it with Shi Xueting, and Shi Xueting would speak up. If he didn't discuss Shi Xueting, he would never touch him. He knew that Xue Ting is avoiding suspicion - if he really doesn't pay attention at all, Li Congjia won't be able to discuss with him.

Li Congjia said casually that he was thinking about the follow-up arrangements for the disabled soldiers, and then asked, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Shi Xueting was helpless: "The chief assistant and the others all came to my door. They wanted to ask you what you are doing recently. You are going to scare everyone."

Li Congjia couldn't help laughing: "Why did they come to you?"

Shi Xueting said: "You come to Chan meditation every day and at night, and everyone in Suzhou knows about it. They probably think that you will be more honest and reveal your thoughts in front of the Buddha."

Li Congjia pressed Shi Xueting's hand and said: "I am honest in front of the Buddha, but you are not very honest in front of the Buddha. Think about it, how much time do we have to talk every time I come here?"

Shi Xueting tilted his head and looked at him: "Is this... you dislike me for working too hard? You didn't say it yourself. There are only exhausted cows and no plowed land? I try my best to satisfy you, but you are not happy?"

Li Congjia looked at him speechlessly. Ever since the two of them had sex in the meditation room, Shi Xueting had no resistance at all to having sex in the temple. Li Congjia regretted it. I should have called Shi Xueting to the palace if he had known To solve it again, the monk's integrity was lost too quickly.

Just when Shi Xueting was about to go further, he heard slight footsteps and stopped at the door.

Shi Xueting could hear that it was Chunsheng's footsteps, and felt a little helpless in his heart, most of the good things between him and Li Congjia were interrupted by Chunsheng.

And every time Chunsheng came to report the news so "desperately", half of it was not good news.

Sure enough, it was the same this time. Chunsheng brought news that even Li Congjia did not expect: Khotan began to station troops on the border.

The author has something to say: Li Congjia: Dear, what about morals?

Shi Xueting: To satisfy you, I no longer want it.