Fu Tang

Li Congjia looked at Zhao Kuangyin in astonishment, and asked late, "The customs of Khitan...should be similar to that of the Central Plains, right? Wearing filial piety for the whole city...shouldn't it be possible to recruit envoys to die?"

Zhao Kuangyin said calmly: "Unless recruiting makes the whole family not want to live."

Of course, there is another case where the military and civilians spontaneously wear mourning for their parents and officials. However, looking at the scale, it must be a unified rather than an individual behavior, so that means... the emperor died?

Yelvjing is dead?

Li Congjia counted with his fingers and said to himself, "No, Yelujing should live for at least three years."

Zhao Kuangyin was at a loss, is this... telling Yelvjing's fortune?Could it be that the national teacher even taught Li Congjia the ability to take care of the house?

Li Congjia hesitated for a while and asked, "Now Khitan...doesn't have a queen dowager?"

He remembered that Yelvjing's mother seemed to have died 20 years ago, so this time it should not be mourning for Empress Jing'an.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at him with a complex expression, and said in his heart: Fortunately, I was quick to play by ear, otherwise, the grass on the grave would probably be very high now.

Think about the enemies like Li Congjia, when they fought against the Long family in Suzhou in the Western Regions, the old dragon king died; later they fought against the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and Luo Gerenyu, the Uighur Khan, died; Rong died; when he wanted to fight the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the two little emperors died together; now he is going to deal with Khitan, so Yelujing also...

Nima, whoever makes him an enemy, he will set the death state on them!

It's terrible, is this the fate of the legend?

After Zhao Kuangyin's thoughts diverged for a while, he realized that Li Congjia was looking at him strangely.

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin come back to his senses, Li Congjia said quietly, "Old Zhao, do you have such affection for Yelujing?"

Zhao Kuangyin:? ? ? ? ?

Li Congjia sighed: "When you heard that Yelvjing died, you were so sad that you couldn't speak."

Zhao Kuangyin... Zhao Kuangyin began to think about the possibility of regicide.

When Li Congjia saw Zhao Kuangyin began to grind his teeth, he couldn't help being startled: "You look like you want to eat people?"

Zhao Kuangyin gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, is it time to joke now?"

Li Congjia then said: "Okay, no kidding, Yelujing is really my nobleman, he died at the right time, although he was a fool when he was in power, but his death will still have a certain impact, other Needless to say, the Khitan officials must be in panic now, not knowing who will be in power, and this is also a good time for us to sneak attack."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and admitted that what Li Congjia said was correct, and asked, "Then... to attack the city tonight?"

Li Congjia looked up at the sky and said: "Don't wait, the sky is so cloudy, maybe it will rain, and our weapons won't be easy to use by then, I don't want so few people to fight hand-to-hand with each other, prepare now Let's attack the city."

Zhao Kuangyin also looked at the sky and was a little hesitant. It is not a good choice to attack the city now. After all, they have traveled a long distance. Rain, that would be very bad for them.

Seeing his hesitation, Li Congjia knew what he was thinking. After thinking for a while, he said, "If it's really impossible, we should find a way to harass the other party so that they can't have a good rest. Our soldiers take turns to rest."

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said: "We are few people, if the other party chases us, we will be in a disadvantageous situation."

Li Congjia looked at him sideways: "Then you can find a way."

Zhao Kuangyin simply said: "Then attack the city."

Li Congjia glared at him angrily, didn't he want to follow what he said in the end?What the hell was that nonsense just now?

What else could it be?Isn't it because Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to refute Li Congjia?And he also knew Li Congjia's idea was to take down Yunnei City as soon as possible, and then go to the city to rest.

In fact, Zhao Kuangyin doesn't want to camp outside anymore, but if they attack the city now, there is no divination yet.

Yes, although Li Congjia never mentioned it before, every time Zhao Kuangyin attacked the city, he would find a way to do divination. If the result was good, then continue. If it was not good, Zhao Kuangyin might choose to dissuade Li Congjia.

However, from the beginning to now, the results of divination are not bad, so he has no reason to persuade Li Congjia.

Zhao Kuangyin gave the order to prepare for the siege, and then found a pair of divination tools to start divination. However, the result this time made him a little hesitant.

The hexagram image shows that the final result is good, but the process is somewhat difficult to judge. There is no way to directly say whether it is good or bad, and it is quite different from the previous divination results.

Zhao Kuangyin was a little puzzled. If the process is good but the result is uncertain, he can understand it better. Maybe there will be some variables in the middle, but the process can't be seen, so what does the result mean?

Is it to tell them that no matter what happens in the middle, as long as they persist, they will definitely get the results they want?

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't make up his mind, maybe it wasn't that he couldn't make up his mind, but that he couldn't make up his own mind, if it was him, he might be more cautious, but now the conductor is Li Congjia, he has to tell Li Congjia that what may happen Tell Li Congjia about the matter, and also prevent Li Congjia from venting his anger if something goes wrong.

Of course, this possibility is not high.

After hearing what Zhao Kuangyin said, Li Congjia looked at him in amazement: "Okay, Zhao, are you still so superstitious?"

Zhao Kuangyin immediately stared: "Your Highness should be in awe!"

Li Congjia immediately shut up and said nothing about feudal superstition. It is not good to argue with the natives. After all, the two sides have different views. Anyway, we can still be friends happily without these things, so don’t talk about it. Let them believe it. They write, as long as it does not affect their judgment.

Li Congjia said: "Okay, don't worry, didn't you say that the final result is good? Then don't worry, the process will be a bit bumpy at most."

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while and said, "This place seems to have a name called Luofengpo, which has a bad meaning. Let's camp in another place, and then do the divination again."

You can really make a fuss, Li Congjia is too lazy to move, but everyone around him agrees with Zhao Kuangyin's statement, no matter how Li Congjia can't be too out of place, he can only hold his nose and agree.

As a result, after changing the place, Zhao Kuangyin breathed a sigh of relief. Although the hexagrams showed some confusion this time, the overall situation was much better than before.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Sure enough, the name of that place is unlucky."

Li Congjia couldn't laugh or cry, he suddenly remembered that many generals in history would have such a habit, if they encountered a place name with a bad meaning, they would choose to leave, let's... regard it as a characteristic of the times.

Li Congjia saw that the people below were all ready, and the lead cloud in the sky was getting thicker and thicker, so he said, "Let's attack the city now, don't wait."

It just so happened that the other party did not close the city gate tightly at this time. If they were able to catch the other party by surprise in the past, they would not have to think of a way to blow up the city gate. It saves time and effort to use lumber to hit the city gate, and the transportation of lumber is not easy, so I just don't bring it.

Regarding this, Li Congjia said in his heart that only the Tang Dynasty could withstand such a waste by you. If you change the country, you don't even have this thing. It depends on what you don't use the wood for.

Because he was the last one in the three states in the southwest, Li Congjia decided to have an addiction to going to the battlefield. This time, Zhao Kuangyin didn't stop him, but arranged more than ten people around him, and asked those people to surround him directly, so that the other party would not see him. After he arrived, all the firepower was directed at him.

Li Congjia looked at the people on the front, back, left, and right, and looked confused. Why would he go to the battlefield like this?

It's just that you are not allowed to go to the battlefield. In such a dangerous place, is a person who is not good at riding and martial arts used to give away his head?

Li Congjia was surrounded to go up a small hill to see the battle situation below, he could only ride his horse and stretch his neck to look down.

I have to say that Zhao Kuangyin really dared to fight. He is almost forty now, and he is still leading the team to fight on the front line. Li Congjia was also quite moved when he saw it.

When Zhao Kuangyin led people to kill, Yunneizhou began to rush down the city gate, but they were a little bit behind, the area where Yunneizhou is located is somewhat mountainous, Zhao Kuangyin led people to hide and killed them by surprise, When Zhao Kuangyin was almost at the bottom of the city, their city gate had just been half closed!

Li Congjia sat on the mount, and the big stone in his heart basically fell to the ground: it is stable.

As long as there are no accidents, Li Congjia felt that Murphy's law was also applicable in ancient times. Just when he was praying that there would be no accidents, a thunderstorm suddenly fell from the sky, followed by heavy raindrops.

Li Congjia's heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head and told the messenger beside him, "Hurry up and tell Zi Tinghou to give up attacking the city and bring people back first."

The messenger led the order, and Li Congjia looked down a little nervously. He knew that although the city should be able to be taken down if there was a hard attack, the number of reduced personnel might not satisfy him.

He gave this order partly to save some soldiers from dying, and also for those weapons. If the gunpowder gets wet by the fire, they will never want to attack the city again. Now come back and take waterproof measures to avoid this It is the same when it is raining heavily, and it is the same to fight after the rain stops.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Yunnei Prefecture had already sent a distress signal to Khitan at that time, and Khitan sent troops quickly.

However, Li Congjia can also take it seriously. If that is the case, at worst he will take someone back. Anyway, his loss is not very big when they go this way, and he has completely achieved his goal. There is nothing unwilling .

After Zhao Kuangyin listened to Li Congjia's order, he led his people back decisively. They even changed another place to camp, and then huddled in the tent to warm up and wait for the rain to stop.

To be honest, although it was still raining in late autumn, the temperature was already uncomfortably low. Wrapped in fur, Li Congjia listened to the sound of the rain outside and said, "I'm afraid I really have to give up Yunnei Prefecture." gone."

Zhao Kuangyin was very surprised: "You want to give up?"

Li Congjia nodded: "There is nothing we can do about it. The current situation is not suitable for continuing to attack the city. After this heavy rain, it is estimated that the weather will turn cold. Our soldiers don't bring many thick clothes, so they are easy to get sick. , go back and go back."

However, this time it was Zhao Kuangyin who was not reconciled. He thought for a while and said, "I'm here. I'm afraid the soldiers will not be reconciled if we don't fight again. It's better to wait for the rain to stop and try again. If it doesn't work, let it go."

Li Congjia persuaded: "You have to think about it, maybe Khitan has already sent troops over."

Zhao Kuangyin laughed: "I really didn't expect that there would be a day when His Highness advised me not to be impulsive."

Li Congjia rolled his eyes: "I've always been calm and rational, okay?"

Zhao Kuangyin complained indifferently: "If you are really calm and rational, you should be handling government affairs in Jiucheng Palace now, instead of discussing with me how we can escape back here."

Li Congjia emphasized: "It's the class teacher returning to the court, the class teacher returning to the court! Then why run away! We have won so many battles, why did we escape?"

Zhao Kuangyin ignored him, and continued to look at the map with his head down. Finally, Li Congjia couldn't help but said, "I don't know what's going on with the National Teacher."

Suddenly, Zhao Kuangyin felt blessed: His Highness's psychic toss is not for the sake of the national teacher, is it?

However, he didn't know that he was very close to the truth, but he quickly denied this idea. After all, what they are doing now is probably a thousand miles away from what the national teacher is doing, but... Zhao Kuangyin seems to be I also don't know what the national teacher is doing.

The heavy rain lasted for a day and a night. After the weather cleared, Li Congjia immediately sent people to check the gunpowder they had brought out. Fortunately, they came back in time and the gunpowder was not damp.

Li Congjia turned to look at Zhao Kuangyin and asked, "What? Do you really want to try again?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and Li Congjia said very simply: "Then take all the supplies and go fight. Anyway, it's almost the last time, just leave some enough for us to go back."

Zhao Kuangyin bowed to Li Congjia. Although their king's waywardness is a headache, as long as you gain his trust, you can get the highest rights you can get without being jealous, and don't worry about it. Zhao Kuangyin was especially grateful for being killed by the superior, and because of this, even if Li Congjia was so capricious, he endured it.

Li Congjia didn't follow this time, even if he did, he would be surrounded by people arranged by Zhao Kuangyin to watch the battle, what difference does it make if he follows or not?It's better to warm up here and wait for the result!

Just when Li Congjia was thinking about whether the soldiers were fighting outside and whether he was not righteous here, he got news that Zhao Kuangyin had returned, and he brought back another person.

Li Congjia was very surprised, what happened?How long has he been gone?If the footsteps are slow, this time is enough to make a round trip from the camp to Yunnei Prefecture.

Sitting in the tent, Li Congjia watched Zhao Kuangyin bring in a man in Khitan costume with a strange expression on his face. As soon as Li Congjia saw that person, he judged that this person's position in Khitan should not be very low.

And that person's self-introduction also confirmed his idea, that person is the new recruitment envoy of the Southwest Recruitment Department.

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean by recruiting envoys?"

The recruiter bowed his knees and said: "I would like to offer Yunnei Prefecture, and I only ask the Khan to spare the lives of me and my son-in-law, and I also ask the Khan to spare the people in the city."

Is this... an outright surrender?

Li Congjia was a little uncertain, glanced at Zhao Kuangyin, and found that Zhao Kuangyin's expression was still very complicated, but he nodded and said: "The emissary really wants to surrender."

Li Congjia was quite interested: "The envoys surrendered without fighting, aren't you afraid that the Khitan emperor will punish you?"

The envoy smiled wryly: "Your Majesty has passed away, the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, the court is completely unable to manage the Southwest military affairs, and the Khan has swept the towns and cities in the Southwest all the way. I...it is useless even if I continue to persevere."

Li Congjia asked again: "You call me Khan, do you know who I am?"

The envoy bowed his head and said, "I don't know who you are, but with such a great talent, you must be the leader of the party. Even if you are not the leader, you should be the future leader. It is not an exaggeration to call you a Khan."

With scheming, Li Congjia smiled slightly. If the person who came was really a member of the party, whether it was Li Yiyin or Li Guangrui, there would be nothing wrong with what he said. If it was Li Yiyin's other sons, the recruiter's words might have buried the future of the party. Seeds of contention.

Of course, his words can only play this role, nothing else is possible.

Li Congjia stood up and said, "Well, I'll let you off for now, let's advance to the city, and you can tell me about the current situation in Khitan by the way."

The envoy was relieved, he was really worried that this party member was a devil, after all, they had killed quite a few people along the way before, even if they massacred the city, they burned the city, all kinds of evil deeds are simply appalling.

If it weren't for Li Congjia and the others to make such a big battle, the recruiter really might not have surrendered, but he felt that if he didn't surrender, he wouldn't necessarily be able to defend the city. Surrender might still be his way out, at least he would have a way out. As for the others, he would It's just that he wants to package himself as an image of bearing humiliation for the people, so that if Shangjing sends people to take back Yunnei Prefecture, even if he is punished for offending him, he will be punished lightly at that time.

The recruitment envoy calculated the matter well, but what he needs to do at this time is to try his best to appease Li Congjia. He is afraid that after Li Congjia is offended, Li Congjia will order the massacre of the city directly, and there will be nothing left.

So he gave up his mansion, let Li Congjia's soldiers take over the city defense, and let the Khitan soldiers lay down their weapons.

Of course, this process was not very smooth. The Khitan soldiers were naturally stubborn, and some who didn't want to surrender brought their own people into conflict with Li Congjia's soldiers. However, under such circumstances, how could Li Congjia and the others suffer?

Especially after the firecrackers were used, Li Congjia was very satisfied with the unbearable expressions of fear on the faces of the envoy and his subordinates. He took the opportunity to ask, "What is the situation in Khitan now? Is Yelvjing really dead?"

The envoy said: "That's true. Now Khitan...is not very good. Now there are Khans in the southwest, and there are rebels all the way in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. In addition, His Majesty passed away. The country is now in chaos."

Li Congjia's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Is someone in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures rebelling?"

The envoy bowed his head and said, "Yes."

Li Congjia smiled reservedly and didn't say anything, but he knew in his heart that it must be Shi Xueting.

Seeing his expression, Zhao Kuangyin knew something in his heart. After Li Congjia asked about the situation of Khitan, he came to Li Congjia and said, "Your Highness, we are not far from Yanyun sixteen prefectures. Why don't we merge with the national division?" Bar."

Li Congjia pondered for a while and said: "Don't be busy, stabilize Yunnei Prefecture, now you can send a message to the country, let them prepare to take over Yunnei Prefecture, well, just send someone to call all the way, I believe they can choose a good candidate of."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't object this time, he just thought... maybe they could really take over the Khitan's territory this time, but if they did, would they fight Khitan or turn around and fight Northern Zhou?

If it was Zhao Kuangyin, he would probably choose to fight the Northern Zhou, because if they were fighting the Khitan now, if the Northern Zhou still planned to rely on the Khitan, then maybe they would have a back and forth attack with the Khitan, which would be very unfavorable to them.

But all of this has to wait for the Privy Council to send someone to talk about it. In any case, Zhao Kuangyin is more or less relieved.

Li Congjia told him to be wary of the Khitan army and to lock up everyone, but Zhao Kuangyin hesitated and said, "Isn't it good for surrendering soldiers and generals?"

Li Congjia said happily: "What are you worried about? Anyway, we are party members now."

Zhao Kuangyin... Zhao Kuangyin suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the party members. When they agreed to Li Congjia's request, they probably did not expect to bear so many blames.

After Zhao Kuangyin finished what Li Congjia said, Li Congjia was relieved, thinking that he would probably be able to sleep well again tonight.

Just when he was thinking about whether to go back to the country first or wait here for the Privy Council to send someone, a soldier came in and said: "Report to the general, there are people outside the palace asking to see."

Someone ask to see?meet him?

Li Congjia was surprised: "Who is it?"

The soldier said: "No, he just asked me to show this string of beads to the general."

Li Congjia saw the prayer beads presented by the soldiers and immediately said: "Hurry up, please come in!"

That string of Buddhist beads was the glazed beads that Li Congjia gave to Shi Xueting back then, and the person who came was either Shi Xueting or someone related to him!

In fact, the person who came was indeed Shi Xueting himself. He was still wearing a plain white monk robe and a black cloak. When he took off his hat, Li Congjia resisted the urge to rush over and hug him, smiling. Asked: "You...how did you come here?"

Shi Xueting asked with a smile: "Your Highness, are you having a good time?"

Li Congjia: ...

The author has something to say: Shi Xueting: Chongguang, I traveled thousands of miles to see you, are you moved?

Li Congjia: Don't dare to move.