Fu Tang

When Li Congjia got the news of the defeat on the front line, he watched the battle report and didn't speak for a long time. Others didn't dare to speak out when they saw him silent. It was Shi Xueting who called softly, "Your Highness."

Li Congjia, who kept his head down, threw the battle report on the table, took several deep breaths and did not say a word. As soon as Shi Xueting saw his lips turned white, he knew that Li Congjia was very angry. To show it, regardless of what he said before that he would not take the initiative to ask about the military situation, he directly picked up the battle report.

After reading it, even Shi Xueting, who was always calm, had no choice but to say with a somber face: "Destroy humanity!"

After Shi Xueting finished speaking, he handed the battle report in his hand to Li Jingda next to him, and then everyone in the Privy Council passed it on to read it. After everyone finished reading it, Li Jingda was the calmest.

Yang Ye's defeat was not the reason for him. The main reason was that the Khitan people were too shameless to use the Han people. After they occupied the city, they drove the Han people out of the city to face the coming army, while their soldiers stood on the city wall I am going to release arrows when Tang Jun comes over.

No matter how many magical weapons Yang Ye had in his hands, it was difficult to make a decision at once. Although these people were all from the enemy country, they were innocent. Of course, Yang Ye was not that soft-hearted, he was just worried.

Of course, he can choose to ignore the lives of these people and directly order the attack, but what if some benevolent and righteous people accuse Datang of being vicious?At that time, what if Li Congjia was forced to throw him out under the pressure of scholar-bureaucrats to appease public anger?

As long as this matter is replaced by other people, maybe their king will go to protect the other party, but Yang Ye has no confidence, so Yang Ye retreated directly, and simply planned to write a note to admit his defeat.

Such a defeat is not a disgrace, anyway, the army on his side did not suffer much loss, and even if he was to be accused, such a crime would not be enough to kill him. able to make such a choice.

In fact, Li Congjia also understood his choice. If Yang Ye really made a move at that time, he would feel cold-hearted and would find a way to suppress Yang Ye. Such a cold-blooded person is really good for others and himself.

But even Yang Ye didn't expect that the Khitan people killed all the common people in order to insult Tang Jun, and then piled up their heads into a Jingguan, claiming that they were the beheaded Tang Jun!

Yang Ye was almost vomiting blood by him at that time, so he wrote a note overnight, telling everyone that the Tang army did not lose a single person, for fear that the court would mistake him for not only losing the battle but also damaging the soldiers.

The beastly behavior of the Khitan people is also the reason why Li Congjia was angry. Of course, he was even more angry with Li Jixun. Li Congjia didn't know exactly how many people there were, but it was definitely not less.

Li Jingda waited until Li Congjia's face softened and said: "The Khitans are planning to attack the Northern Zhou Dynasty. If they kill all the cities they live in like this, all the cities will fall into their hands in the end. Li Jixun...huh, Li Jixun is afraid that he will be powerless to go back to those cities!"

After he finished speaking, Li Congjia became even more angry, and said after a long while: "Since they want to die, let them be fulfilled. Anyway, there are no Han people in that city, so let's send an order to let Yang Ye attack that city with all his strength!"

However, what Li Congjia never expected was that Yelujing actually wrote a letter of credence to Li Congjia, telling him that if you stop the war, then we will live in peace first, and if you insist on fighting, I will kill Lincheng if you lay down a city I'm a barbarian anyway, I don't care what you Han people say, but do you care, King Tang?

Li Congjia: I bought a watch last year!

After reading the letter of credence, Li Congjia raised the case on the spot, but if Yelvjing really did this, he really couldn't help it.

He knew that Yelvjing might just be making an excuse. Even if he didn't attack those cities, Yelvjing wouldn't let there be too many Han people in them. After all, if there were too many Han people, their notification would be unstable. ,

The reason for these years is that the population has dropped sharply due to wars. Strictly speaking, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have spent more time in peace than any other place in the Central Plains. However, the population of Han people there has also dropped sharply. Isn't it because they were slaughtered by Khitan?

But even if he knows, Li Congjia can’t really send troops again, he can’t bear the blame, and even if he wants to, he doesn’t care about the judgment of future generations, the cabinet and the Privy Council will not agree. He set up these two places to limit the monarchy. It is said that he is completely restricted, even if he writes the imperial decree by himself now, it is still useless without the approval of the cabinet and the Privy Council!

Li Congjia couldn't help but said: "Is Li Jixun blind? The reinforcements he invited are killing his people!"

Li Hongji sneered and said: "He doesn't care. Not only does he not care, he may still be helping the Khitan people. According to the news from Yang Yebao, many people in the Northern Zhou Dynasty have resisted these days, but there is no splash. If they were wiped out, there must be Li Jixun's handwriting, otherwise, how much would Yelujing have even if he sent reinforcements? Do they have weapons like ours in their hands? Even if those people can't kill them, they can always escape."

Li Congjia was even angrier after hearing this, he really wished he could kill Li Jixun now.

When he was angry, Shi Shouxin began to reprimand Li Jixun, scolding Li Jixun for being so ugly, but he just scolded him, and never dared to mention Khitan from the beginning to the end, for fear that Yelujing would send Khitan soldiers to fight him if he got angry. he!

For these two people, Li Congjia was desperate. It is estimated that with the two of them, Yelvjing could easily take over their territory and make them bow down!

At this time, Yelvjing sent people to raid the border again, and then you are so cheap that if you kill one of my Liao soldiers, I will kill a Han citizen, is it fair?

Since leaving customs and going to the Western Regions, when has Li Congjia been so aggrieved?Seeing that he was going to lose his mind from anger, Shi Xueting quickly said: "Don't worry, I'll go to Yanzhao land in person, maybe I can contact some people."

Li Congjia turned to look at him and asked, "Do you still know anyone there?"

Shi Xueting hesitated for a moment: "This... really not."

He is limited no matter how against the sky, and the scope of activities is also related to the geographical location of Shaolin Temple, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures...he is really not very familiar with it, but it doesn't matter, if he is not familiar with it, he will be familiar with it when he goes, anyway, he can't be here Sit and wait, otherwise he is afraid that Li Congjia will be mad at him!

Li Congjia didn't say anything about being reluctant this time. In the face of family and country affairs, the love of children is always put aside. In other words, it is impossible for the two of them to watch the Khitans wreak havoc on the land of the Central Plains without being sanctioned. .

He looked at Shi Xueting seriously and asked: "You go, just don't break the connection."

Shi Xueting was originally worried that he would object, but now seeing that he agreed, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Don't worry."

Li Congjia thought about it, and dragged Han Yu out. He believed in Shi Xueting's ability, but left him alone... Well, he was not alone, and he had people from the intelligence department with him, but After all, it was going deep into the enemy's rear, and Li Congjia wanted to give him a layer of double insurance.

Han Yu is another insurance. The two of them may be able to speed up the progress of the plan when they get together, and before they set off, they can only set one goal, such as inciting the rebellion of the people in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and then they will provide support. How to implement it cannot formulate a very detailed plan, because anything can happen.

At this time, it is hard for Han Yu to refuse. After all, it is a big event. Now it is not just Li Congjia who is angry. Datang has a feeling of being mad from top to bottom. When the country is strong, the self-esteem of the people is strong. Threatening with a knife, who can swallow this breath?

After Li Congjia sent Shi Xueting away, he turned to Li Jingda and the others and said, "Get ready, I'm going to patrol the border."

The cabinet and the Privy Council: ? ? ? ? ? ?

Li Congjia said solemnly: "The border side dare not take the initiative to attack now, and can only be passively beaten. After a long time, something will happen. I will go to appease the border guards."

Li Jingda said hastily: "You can just go."

Li Hongji also said: "Chen and Fourth Uncle go together!"

They had also thought about this matter, but they couldn't take the initiative to bring up this kind of matter suspected of buying people's hearts. They were just waiting for an opportunity, but no one thought that Li Congjia would actually go by himself.

Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "None of you will be as useful as me."

Li Jingda only felt that his hair was going to be completely white: "Your Highness's words are reasonable, but... the border is dangerous now, if something happened to you in the past, how can we explain to the world? You are the hope of the world now."

Li Jingda's words are really not an exaggeration. Looking at the whole world now, Li Congjia is the one who can still carry the banner of unifying the world and ending the war. The others... Li Jixun and Shi Shouxin have lost their courage, especially It's Li Jixun, he is about to be scolded to death by the world!

Li Congjia smiled and said: "I know this, I will pay attention to safety, and if there are Khitan soldiers coming, I will not go there in person. Don't worry, everyone, I have always been very lucky."

Yes, everyone knows that you are lucky. If you are unlucky, it is impossible for you to be a prawn with bare hands when you are not yet [-] years old, but even if he said something, everyone would not How dare you let him out.

Li Congjia said calmly: "Whether you prepare for me, or I go by myself, you choose."

go alone?How else can I go by myself?Of course he ran away!

At this time, both the cabinet ministers and the Privy Council members regretted letting Shi Xueting leave so early, otherwise he could have persuaded Li Congjia. I could still listen to it, but they left!

Li Congjia looked at their expressions and said: "Don't try to get the national teacher's idea, I was going to wait for him to leave before starting."

Yo, it was already planned!

Everyone was helpless, but they didn't let go. After discussing with each other, they simply turned around and ran to Bailu Academy to ask the old gentleman there to persuade Li Congjia. Very respectful, maybe Li Congjia is willing to listen to what they say?

When Shixing and the others heard the news, they were gathering together to analyze the situation. All three of them felt that Datang could no longer be passive like this. The mission of Xue Ting and Han Yu is to wait and see whether these two people can make the trip.

The teacher said: "If it doesn't work, I can only go there in person. I have taught and educated people these years. I dare not say anything else. There are quite a few students, and some students are in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures."

Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu nodded together and said, "If it doesn't work, let's go too, we can't let Khitan go on like this."

They are the ones who can't stand the Khitan's beastly behavior the most. Although they are gentlemen, they are not so pedantic that they think it is wrong for Li Congjia to let Shi Xueting and Han Yu go to the Khitan to wreak havoc.

At this time, Zhou Zong and the others came together and told these old gentlemen that Li Congjia was going to the border.

After hearing this, Shi Xing and the others looked at each other for a while, and then Fan Zhi sighed and said, "So, why worry about the world's hearts not returning?"

After saying this, Fan Zhi thought of Guo Rong. He thought that Guo Rong was a leader in the past, and he didn't command and hide behind. Before that, he felt that Li Congjia seldom led troops to fight, and he was still trying to limit the military power of generals. This is a hidden danger. , sooner or later someone will be unconvinced and have problems.

Unexpectedly, Li Congjia is not less courageous than Guo Rong, but because Li Congjia is not good at fighting, he rarely goes to the battlefield, and he will come forward when needed.

Now he feels he needs to step up, so he's going.

After a calm and rational analysis, whether it is Shi Xingyi or Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu, they all feel that doing so is beneficial, at least it can stabilize the morale of the army, and it can also attract the attention of Yelvjing and even the entire Khitan to the border, so as to maximize To cover up Shi Xueting and the others' movements.

Shi Xingyi said: "If His Highness wants to go, I will risk my life and follow along."

They may not be of much use in the military, but they can maximize the momentum for Li Congjia. As long as the people of the world believe in Li Congjia, it will save a lot of time for the future unification of the world.

Zhou Zong and the others almost cried when they heard this. They came here to persuade Li Congjia to rescue soldiers, but who knew that the rescue soldiers turned against him directly!

No matter how elegant Fan Zhi was, he couldn't help but want to roll his eyes at this moment. He raised his hand and hit Zhou Zong and the others on the head one by one with the feather fan in his hand. He is old enough, senior enough, and famous enough, so no one would do that Can't say anything, even if Zhou Zong is already an extremely human minister.

Wei Renpu was a real person, and explained beside him: "Your Highness is right to do this, you guys, you might as well see clearly as His Highness."

Li Jingda said: "We know, but... there are too many variables along the way, and the border is too dangerous. What if something happens?"

"Where is there an absolutely safe place in this world?" Fan Zhi asked, "Can you trap him in the palace for the rest of his life and keep him from stepping out of the palace?"

"Of course not." Li Jingda was taken aback. What is the difference between imprisoning the emperor and imprisoning the emperor?Even if he had eight hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to do this. If he dared to do this, the national teacher would be able to arrest them all if he didn't say anything. worthy.

Zhou Zong also explained: "After all, it is still safe here, and the capital will be safer in the future, not to mention that even being around the capital is better than going to the border."

As soon as Shi Xing came over, he said, "So what? A few days ago, didn't His Highness almost get assassinated under your noses?"

Zhou Zong and the others were speechless for a moment. Nima, such a thing... who would have imagined it?It's really hard for a few people to come up with such an example.

Fan Zhi made a final conclusion and said: "Not only can you not stop His Highness from this trip, but you also have to create momentum! Yelujing is an arrogant person. If he knew that His Highness went to the border in person, he might bring people to try to capture His Highness alive, so that they can Invading the Central Plains smoothly, so it is also a good thing to directly decide the outcome at the border."

The more people listened, the more frightened they became. Their interests belonged to Li Congjia, so they didn't want anything to happen to Li Congjia, but Fan Zhi was different. Fan Zhi looked at the overall situation. As long as Li Congjia went, at least Datang would not Will be scolded as a shrinking turtle.

Li Jingda and others left the White Deer Academy with great grief. They originally wanted to come here to ask for advice, but they failed to find out the method.

The next day, Li Congjia started urging again, and they kept urging for several days. They saw that Li Congjia had made up his mind, and his patience was getting less and less. Both armies are directly under the jurisdiction of Li Congjia, and it will be too late for them to cry.

As a result, the entire imperial court was in operation, and the people around Li Congjia had been strictly screened and arranged to ensure Li Congjia's safety to the maximum extent.

This time Li Congjia didn't say that they made a fuss out of a molehill. In order to reassure Zhou Zong and others, he almost agreed to their request, including not going to the city wall when the war came.

In their view, when Li Congjia arrived at the border, it was very likely that Yelvjing would send people to attack the city in order to provoke Li Congjia.

Li Congjia agreed, and then the most important thing: who is he going to take?

Don't even think about the ministers of the cabinet. They have to stay to handle government affairs. If they really can't make decisions, they can be handed over to Li Congjia. Even if Li Congjia leaves, their tasks will be a little heavier.

The Privy Council can go along, but there are still people in charge. Now Yang Ye is still at the front and dare not come back. Although he can't send troops for a while, he still needs to prevent the Khitan from attacking the city!

In the end, Li Congjia asked Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin to follow him, and Li Jingda was left by him to watch the house.

When the people below were in a hurry to prepare for his trip, Li Congjia said: "Prepare more winter clothes."

Zhou Zong and the others were almost scared to death!

"What are you doing?" As the youngest cabinet minister, Xu Xuan couldn't sit still and couldn't help asking.

Li Congjia said: "Don't worry, I'm not going to stay at the border for so long, I'm going out anyway, and take a closer look at how the people of Tang Dynasty are living along the way, so the journey may not be particularly fast, and the journey will cost a lot of money." There is a lot of time, and it might be very cold in Yanzhou by the time we get there, and it's not uncommon for you to know that it's cold early there."

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They wished that Li Congjia would come back after wandering around in the Tang Dynasty. It would be better if he didn't go to the border.It would be better to delay a little longer, and have to come back halfway - after all, Li Congjia will still be here during the Chinese New Year.

Li Congjia didn't know what Zhou Zong and the others were thinking. He was ordering troops. He directly took five hundred soldiers from Tiance Mansion and Firearms Battalion. Almost 2000 people or so.

This number doesn't seem like much, but when people actually stand there, they will know how huge a group of 2000 people is.

Li Congjia can also think about it. Anyway, there are guards on the border, so if he brings too many people, it will easily slow down the progress.

However, even so, their speed was not very fast. Both Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin wondered what the two vehicles guarded by the Firearms Army were.

Regarding this, Li Congjia said calmly: "Oh, some thunder boxes and multi-cannon barrels."

Li Hongji was almost scared to death, and asked, "Your Highness, are you really going to fight?"

Li Congjia waved his hand with a smile and said, "Of course not. It's just that the border guards may not have many such firearms. Anyway, I will go there and send some good things to the border guards."

Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin looked at each other, this... sounds logical, but for some reason, Li Hongji always felt that something was wrong.

Although Li Congjia said that it might take time on the road, it only took about two months for them to reach the border. In the first half month there, Li Congjia was very quiet. There are countless gratitude and admiration for receiving the goods, which makes everyone feel relieved.

However, it turned out that Li Hongji was relieved too early!

On the morning of the second day when they arrived in Xiazhou, when Li Hongji went to find Li Congjia, he found that Wang's account was empty. He turned to find Zhao Kuangyin, only to find that Zhao Kuangyin was gone too!

After searching around without finding any trace of the two of them, Li Hongji stood in the king's tent, his whole body collapsed.

The author has something to say: Yelujing: Hit me if you have the ability, come on, come on.

Li Congjia: I think you are Pikachu's younger brother, the skin is itching, I will wait for you!

Shi Xueting: I heard that some people waited until I was gone before they died, so it's probably itchy.

Li Congjia: ...