Fu Tang

Li Congjia couldn't sit still when he heard that Khotan was hoarding troops. He planned to clean up Ganzhou, but he never thought of getting another Khotan.

What kind of wind is this in Khotan?Wasn't it fine before?

This kind of thing can't be sloppy, Li Congjia doesn't want to be stabbed in the back when beating others.

When he got the news, Li Congjia had many plans in his mind. If it really didn't work in the end and he had to compete with Yutian, then he could only let Li Hongji and Shi Xueting pass.

As for the shortage of manpower... Half of the firearms army has not moved. At the beginning, he thought that if the firearms army were all mobilized, how would others get military merit if they bombarded the sky all the way?Without military merits, everyone will lose their heads, and it is easy to make people feel dissatisfied. Therefore, the firearms army followed in the past just to ensure that their side can win and reduce battle losses. Hand-to-hand combat is still needed.

I never expected that the remaining firearms army would come in handy!

While Li Congjia sent someone to communicate with Khotan, Shi Xueting saw that he was so busy, he couldn't help asking: "Are you planning...to call without asking?"

Why has this child's temper become so simple and rude?

Seeing Shi Xueting's strange expression, Li Congjia put down the Chinese book in his hand and said, "It's just to be prepared. Khotan has stationed troops on the border. If we don't make any movement, what if they really come in?"

"Are you worried about that too?" Shi Xueting laughed, "Don't you even have confidence in the border defense you set up yourself?"

Yes, Li Congjia attaches great importance to border defense. It can be said that all the sites in the entire Tang Dynasty are tight on the outside and loose on the inside.

Shi Xueting's words woke up Li Congjia, and Li Congjia let out a long breath. Khotan's sudden move really disrupted his steps and made him lose his sense of proportion. It was indeed...the reaction was too intense, however, The fierce reaction also shows one thing. The foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not yet solid. If it is really strong, why worry about Khotan?In other words, how dare Khotan do this?

Li Congjia couldn't figure out Khotan's motives, and was soon sent by his "ambassador" who had been stationed in Khotan for a long time to send back the news that Khotan made this move because Ganzhou asked Khotan for help.

Of course it was not an ordinary request for help, but real gold and silver, the amount was so large that Li Shengtian couldn't refuse, and Li Shengtian also knew about Datang, but in his heart this Tang country was also a copycat, and had experienced continuous wars, It should be relatively weak now, and it is not impossible to send troops to help a group, maybe we can get a little more territory-who said that a country that believes in Buddhism must be benevolent?

So Li Shengxia issued an order and accepted Ganzhou's request for help, but all of this was before the news of Tang's three cities under three days came.

Jing Qiong is not stupid either. If Li Shengtian knew about Tang Guo's attack speed, then Li Shengtian would definitely not accept his request for help, so he concealed the news. Ganzhou is in such a mess now, what news would he like to pass on to Yu? It will take a while, as long as Li Shengtian accepts and deploys troops within this time period, and let Li Yu know, then he will never let it go.

Yes, in Jing Qiong's eyes, Li Congjia is such a domineering character who doesn't suffer any disadvantages. I can mess with you, but you can't mess with me.

By the time the news reached Li Shengtian, the army had already gathered at the border, and it was almost time to order the fight.After Li Shengtian heard the news, he hurriedly discussed with the ministers. The first thing he had to confirm was the authenticity - no one would believe it. Three cities in three days, is this a war or a game?

However, facts speak louder than words, and Tang Guo really did it.

For a while, Li Shengtian was a little bit hard to get off. If he followed the idea of ​​how to allow others to snore beside his couch, the Tang Kingdom could not stay, but the problem was that there was a stronger Kara Khanate beside him!

Li Shengtian is more defensive against the Kara Khanate than the Tang Kingdom. At least the Tang Kingdom has shown a corresponding friendliness. It seems that it does not want to fight in a short time, but the Kara Khanate is not. This country has always been very aggressive. Li Shengtian has I have a hunch that sooner or later we will have to fight them.

So before that, Li Shengtian had to start accumulating slowly.

What?You asked him why he still agreed to send troops to Ganzhou?

Didn't he think that Tang Guo was just paper?Who would have thought that this product looks like paper, but it turns out to be all steel?

Li Shengtian was in a dilemma for a while, but to be able to sit on the throne of a country, he must be able to take it up and let it go, and he must be able to bend and stretch, so he sent an envoy from the Tang Dynasty to communicate, and directly pushed all the faults on Ganzhou Because Ganzhou said that Tang State attacked them for no reason, Khotan was very frightened, so he dispatched troops to guard against Tang State's sudden attack, and asked Tang State the reason for the attack.

Li Congjia's reason for attacking Ganzhou is of course very sufficient-the envoy he sent to the Central Plains was killed by Ganzhou.

After Li Shengtian heard it, he just thought it was very nonsense, but just started fighting when a few envoys died?Are those envoys made of gold?Even if it is made of gold, it is not so violent.

However, he also saw that Tang Guo probably wanted to attack Ganzhou for a long time. He just found such a reason, and after analyzing it and found that the king of Tang Guo was an out-and-out Han Chinese, Li Shengtian saw that this target might be the Central Plains instead Not the Western Regions.

Thinking of this, Li Shengtian was relieved, and then began to accuse Ganzhou of provoking international disputes.

Jing Qiong was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Li Shengtian to be cowarded so soon. The most important thing is that you coaxed him, and you still blame me?Receive money and do nothing?So he also began to accuse Khotan of harboring evil intentions, and reminded Li Congjia not to be confused by him, and to be careful of praying mantises, cicadas and orioles.

It's hard for Jing Qiong to use idioms so accurately, but Li Congjia didn't pay attention to them at all. He was happy to watch the two families quarrel, anyway, as long as it didn't affect his established goals.

The matter of stationing troops on the border in Khotan started in a very tense way, and then ended in a very oolong way.

Li Congjia was a bit dumbfounded about this, Shi Xueting said: "Just say that there may not be a fight, your reaction is too excited."

Li Congjia wrinkled his nose and said, "Who knows, what if? He's already pretending to be attacking. Could it be that we didn't react at all? That's too soft."

After hearing this, Shi Xueting chuckled and said, "So angry? I think it's time for you to vent your anger."

Li Congjia rolled his eyes and didn't answer, but suddenly said: "Well, Li Shengtian seems to want to increase the types of trade, oops, I should call Han Yu over and ask him how the discussion is going on next .”

Shi Xueting was slightly taken aback, looked around, then narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Now?"

The two of them are soaking in hot springs now, and Li Congjia nodded and said, "Yes, this matter cannot be delayed. Taking advantage of Li Shengtian's guilty conscience, try to get as much benefit as possible, and it will also support us to fight for a while. I think Zhao Kuangyin may not want to delete the pill, he doesn't care about it, but once we win the deleted pill, then Datang will meet him hand-to-hand, maybe there is still a tough battle to fight."

Seeing Li Congjia thinking seriously, Shi Xueting found that he didn't understand the meaning of Shi Xueting's words at all.

Shi Xueting knew about such things as bath hall summons, and generally this kind of thing represented the emperor's favor for his courtiers, but it didn't have any romantic meaning.

However, in Shi Xueting's eyes, it's wrong, Li Congjia is not wearing any clothes now, if he really called Han Yu over, at most he would wear a bath towel underneath.

Shi Xueting's gaze was inspecting Li Congjia's neck all the way, beautiful and delicate clavicle, pectoral muscles that feel good to the touch, thin and flexible waist and abdomen, how can such a beautiful scenery be seen by others?

So when Li Congjia was thinking about how to get benefits from Khotan, Shi Xueting stretched out his hand and hugged him into his arms, and bit him on the shoulder.

Li Congjia was so hurt by his bite, he couldn't help but pushed his bald head and grinned, "What are you doing? Dog? Why bite someone properly?"

Shi Xueting let go after being pushed by him, looked down and found the neat tooth marks on it, and licked it again.

Li Congjia's adrenal hormones were slightly increased when he licked him. There was a bit of itching in the pain, and he was always a little bit overwhelmed.

Shi Xueting originally wanted to leave a mark on him, so that he would be embarrassed to summon foreign ministers, but he did not expect Li Congjia to be so worthless, but thinking about it, the skin is more sensitive when soaking in hot springs, so he even gave him a stimulating .

The two of them were not wearing anything at this time, and the step of undressing was saved. As for summoning Han Yu... Naturally, they were thrown aside. Not only that, even Chunsheng and Taofu, who were waiting beside him, retreated with winks .

Chunsheng and Taofu are not surprised by this. The only thing that is not harmonious is that the two of them are half-grown boys, and they often hear the voices inside, so they can't find a place to vent. He still has to wait on him, not an ordinary tester, Chunsheng has already started to think about when he will marry a wife - if he keeps going like this, something will go wrong.

In the end, Li Congjia was carried back to Zichen Hall by Shi Xueting from the bathing hall. The exhaustion from soaking in the hot spring still consumed so much energy later, so he had time to discuss this matter with Han Yu on the third day.

After Han Chou heard this, he said he would go to Khotan in person, and Li Congjia resolutely gave him the status of a special envoy, asking the foreign ministers in Khotan to fully cooperate with him.

At the same time, Tang State has swept away one-third of Ganzhou's cities.

This speed is terrifying. Li Congjia thinks...it's not scary. He used to always feel that he didn't have enough talents under his command. He sighed that the good ones were all in the Central Plains. Now he realized... Damn, it was because his eyes were not poisonous enough before.

Gunpowder, apart from the thunderbox and multi-barreled gun at the beginning, Li Congjia is really at a loss for some things behind. He knows that there are many, but many things are not stable. The instability means that after using it, your own side may also use it. There were casualties, and Li Congjia felt sorry for the soldiers in his hands, and didn't want to use such immature things, but those R&D personnel under him... actually researched the musket little by little!

Of course, the current muskets are still very ugly, they look similar to fire sticks, and the gunpowder is also filled in the front, but this is a little bit of their own invention, and Li Congjia didn't give them any instructions!

Sure enough, as long as there is a fulcrum for science and technology, it is easy to enter the stage of rapid development. For this, Li Congjia had to strictly order them to be cautious when doing experiments. As for the use... Li Congjia only selected a few stable and new ones. , for example... grenades, and bombs that cooperate with trebuchets.

It is also because of these two things that Datang's attack appeared to be smoother. The small towns in the Western Regions were not so strong because of the limitations of materials and prices. Maybe Zendan can resist such an attack. Other small towns ...Forget it.

Li Congjia stared at the snowflake-like battle report, and after posting it for a long time, he turned to Shi Xueting and said, "The credit for capturing Zendan...may not be in your hands."

Shi Xueting put down the book in his hand and said with a smile: "It shouldn't be mine in the first place."

Li Congjia shook his head: "I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Well, Dangxiang sent troops. Before that, he and Ganzhou jointly sent troops to fight against Zhao Kuangyin. Now they are taking a bite out of Ganzhou again. Jing Qiongzheng's responsibility for being frustrated is nothing."

Shi Xueting didn't think there was anything: "The survival wisdom of a small country."

This is indeed the case, whoever is strong can hang out with anyone, this is the survival wisdom of a small country, and even if he hangs out with one side, he will not completely offend the other side, oh, Ganzhou is an exception this time, anyone can see that Li Congjia is a Playing for real, and wanting to attack the Uighurs in one fell swoop.

Even if Li Yiyin had promised Li Congjia to be an alliance with each other at the beginning, it didn't mean that he was optimistic about Li Congjia. He joined forces with Ganzhou to fight Zhao Kuangyin because Li Yiyin didn't want to completely offend Ganzhou.

As a result, he never expected that the war would be one-sided as soon as the war started. Li Yiyin didn't realize it at first, but after he realized it, he realized that if Nima didn't make a move, Tang Guo would take care of it by himself!

So in a hurry, they also sent troops to fight Ganzhou, in order to show that their ally was helping, and of course they wanted to get a share of the action.

Li Congjia didn't feel betrayed at all, the party must be on good terms, and he wasn't so muddled, he would beat anyone, and in his mind there were two types: one was to be beaten, the other was to be beaten or not, As long as the other party is obedient.

Obviously, Dangxiang is the kind that can be fought or not, but among those that must be fought, Zhao Kuangyin counts as one, Ganzhou Uighurs counts as one, and Zhou Guo counts as one.

Li Congjia suddenly said with emotion: "I don't know if I will be able to rule the Central Plains within ten years."

Shi Xueting was a little surprised: "It's no problem to win Ganzhou within a year, why are you still worried about the Central Plains?"

Li Congjia shook his head: "It's easy to win, but it's not so easy to secure this piece of money. Hey, this poor place is still too poor."

He is so poor that he can't even divide the land from local tyrants, but this is because Li Congjia's focus is not here, otherwise he can always create a paradise here.

Jing Qiong finally couldn't sit still anymore. All the pressure Zhao Kuangyin had suffered before was passed on to him. Zhao Kuangyin was beaten by three parties, and now he is also beaten by three parties. It's really a turn of events.

However, he was a little more unfortunate than Zhao Kuangyin. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin's opponent didn't have so many big killers.

In fact, at this time, Jing Qiong said that he was under the pressure of the three parties, but Dang Xiang and Zhao Kuangyin did not bring much pressure, especially Zhao Kuangyin. So he continued to fight Zhou Guo to death.

Because he has no other way to go, as a traitor, he either succeeds or fails, not to mention his whole family, and those who work with him don't even think about it.

Zhao Kuangyin also had no choice but to attack, but the speed at which Li Congjia hit Ganzhou made him feel a little frightened.

He had never seen such a fight, nor had he seen the weapons Li Congjia used.At the beginning, he thought it was incredible that Li Congjia ran to this broken place, went from nothing to taking control of Suzhou, and then won Guazhou and Shazhou in a short period of time. Now... he found out why the opponent has such a fast speed.

What if Li Congjia wanted to beat him after he captured Ganzhou?

Zhao Kuangyin knows very well that the peace between him and Li Congjia is actually because there is a window paper like Ganzhou in the middle, but even if there is Ganzhou, it does not stop Li Congjia from digging holes for him. When Ganzhou starts to be named Li...

Although he took Binzhou again, Zhao Kuangyin was not happy at all. He felt as if there was a hungry wolf chasing after him. The most terrifying thing was that if Zhou Guo and Li Congjia joined hands, they decided to kill him first...

The more Zhao Kuangyin thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still, and couldn't help calling Zhao Pu and others to start a discussion.

Just when Zhao Kuangyin and the others were discussing where to go, Jing Qiong's letter of appeal for peace was placed on Li Congjia's imperial case.

Although it is said to be a letter of credence, the attitude of the above has been very low, and it is almost a promise to bow down.

It doesn’t work otherwise. In this critical period, it is reasonable to say that Ganzhou should work hand in hand with the outside world. However, the integration of multi-ethnic groups makes this idea untenable. Jing Qiong can no longer suppress the people under his command. He wants to deal with these people. First of all, let Li Congjia stop the pace of attack.

So Jing Qiong went all out. He had a lot of money. The ordinary people in Ganzhou lived in poverty, but the Khan family wanted extravagance. Their palace was magnificent. Heart-beating, compared with there, the palace in Suzhou is just at the level of a palace.

Because of this, Li Congjia didn't want to accept the summation in his heart, but he still wanted to open a court for everyone to discuss, after all, he couldn't let the people below think that he was too authoritarian.

But he never expected that the attitude of the cabinet ministers was even tougher than him, they disagreed, and they disagreed with everything.

Everyone's thinking is very simple, anyway, sooner or later those are ours, why should we agree?Who would dislike their own territory?

Li Congjia looked at these menacing veterans, and was a little stunned for a moment. After the court meeting was over, Li Congjia turned to look at Shi Xueting and asked, "Do you feel... the chief assistant and the others seem to have rejuvenated?" .”

One by one, their faces were all red, and they looked nothing like the gray and shriveled people they were when they first arrived in the Western Regions!

Oh, Zhou Zong is better here, the change is not so obvious, but he is the head of the cabinet, so Li Congjia mentioned him.

Shi Xueting was also very emotional: "No matter when and where, there is always hope."

Li Congjia also felt a little emotional. When these ministers first came to the Western Regions, they experienced subjugation and escape. Maybe they were really sad and died, but now they seem to be alive again.

Just when the two of them were sighing with emotion, the Zhou State, which had always been very powerful, experienced quite a shock—the Zhou State split!

Did the little emperor Chai Zongxun survive? After all, he was only ten years old, and it was the time when he was most likely to die young. It is normal for him to be unable to survive after being assassinated, injured and frightened.

Zhou Guochaotang hastily discussed the posthumous title for the little emperor, and then the court ministers began to fight for the throne, yes, for the throne.

Originally, when Chai Zongxun died, his younger brother Chai Xirang should be the successor, but Chai Rong had only a few sons left, Chai Xirang, Chai Xijin, and Chai Xijiao were not legitimate sons, and no one had an absolute advantage. He is not considered the eldest son, so there are people who support everyone. Of course, this battle revolves around the mother clan of the three princes.

But no one was convinced, and in the end they didn't come up with a plan. In the process, Chai Xihui was poisoned to death!If something like this happened, the state of Zhou would simply be divided into two, and Chai Xirang and Chai Xijin would be appointed emperors respectively.

Of course, Li Congjia knew that in the future these two people might be no different from Zhou Gongdi Chai Zongxun in history. When the power of his subordinates matured, it would be a rhythm of abdicating the throne and letting the virtuous.

Li Congjia was shocked. This is the consequence of not having a strong heir. How powerful is Guo Rong?It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that a huge country was conquered, and it was torn apart in the end, but it is also true that Zhou's vitality was severely injured after the split.

As a result, Li Congjia paid more attention to Li Zhongyu's education, but he also knew that Chai Zongxun could not be blamed for Zhou Guo's current state. He was just ten years old, what could he do?

It was Guo Rong's bad luck, and it was also his bad luck.

However, this is a good thing for Li Congjia. A divided state of Zhou is easier to deal with than one that works together.

Li Congjia smiled and said to Shi Xueting: "Inadvertently stabbing Liu Liu Chengyin, this assassination gave us a chance, but before that, it was easier for Zhao Kuangyin to seize this opportunity, and... the Central Plains has only been stable for two years , will fall into the flames of war again.”

Shi Xueting didn't answer the question, but just repeated the inadvertent indifference, looked up at Li Congjia and said, "Chongguang's new poem? Why is it just this sentence?"

Li Congjia just remembered that this sentence would not appear until the Qing Dynasty, and said without changing his face and heartbeat: "Just say it casually, how busy are you every day now, how can you have time to write poems? If you are willing to go to Qingxiu, I will There might be time to write."

Shi Xueting pursed his lips and smiled, his brows and eyes were quite coquettish.Seeing him like this, Li Congjia felt a little guilty, if Shi Xueting really went to clean up, maybe he would be the one who couldn't help it.

While the two were discussing the issue of Zhou Guo, Zhao Kuangyin wrote a letter to Li Congjia.

After reading it, Li Congjia suddenly looked strange.

The author has something to say: Li Congjia: You go to Qingxiu, and I will write poems.

Shi Xueting: Then the poor monk let His Highness get wet first.