Fu Tang

Shi Xueting's face was solemn, Li Congjia's heart skipped a beat when he saw his expression, and he began to think about various possibilities, even thinking of Zhao Kuangyin's sudden illness before the battle.

However, things are always so unexpected.

Shi Xueting said: "The crown prince has lost contact with the main force with the ten rate of the East Palace."

Li Congjia immediately said: "What? What's going on?"

Before Li Zhongyu left, Li Congjia had repeatedly told him that he was just a recruit on the battlefield, so don’t rely on your own status to do whatever you want. Anyway, your father-in-law is leading the army this time, and I have given him temporary powers. If you are not obedient He can really beat you.

At that time, Li Zhongyu also promised well. According to the follow-up feedback from the intelligence department, he did well, and Zhao Kuangyin was also very optimistic about him.

Moreover, unlike Li Congjia, Li Zhongyu actually had some talent for leading the army. He was better than his uncle Li Hongji in fighting, which made Zhao Kuangyin write letters to Li Congjia to make fun of him—he taught another hero.

Then he felt a little bit emotional, Li Zhongyu was born at an untimely time, if he was born a few years earlier and could catch up with the time when the Tang Dynasty was fighting the world, he would surely be able to shine.

In fact, it doesn't matter if he was born late, but it's a pity that he is a prince, and he probably only had such an opportunity in his life to come out to practice. It was because Li Congjia felt that he should know about military affairs and Zhao Kuangyin's endorsement, so he let him out.

Therefore, Li Zhongyu is destined to have a talent but cannot display it.

At that time, Li Congjia shuddered when he read the letter, worried that Li Zhongyu would feel that he could not use his skills and made a decision without authorization, and also worried that Zhao Kuangyin would indulge Li Zhongyu because he was happy to see Lie Xin.

At that time, he even told Shi Xueting about it, and it turned out that things like Jinkou Yuyan were very mysterious, and something happened to Li Zhongyu.

Shi Xueting doesn't know what's going on, there is only one piece of news now, this is a major feature of the intelligence department, if something important happens, then use the pigeon or the eagle to report the brief news first, let Shi Xueting I have a number in my heart, and the specific situation will wait for the follow-up.

After hearing this, Li Congjia calmed down and said, "Wait."

This waiting is naturally waiting for follow-up news, after all, I don't know anything now.

Of course, the most important reason why Li Congjia was able to stay stable was that Li Zhongyu had Donggong Ten Rate by his side.

Donggong Ten Rate may not be as fierce as Tiance Mansion, and the firearms in their hands are not as many as the Firearms Battalion, but they are still stronger than other teams. Li Zhongyu has Donggong Ten Rate by his side, at least it can guarantee his safety, and at worst he can support him Go to Zhao Kuangyin to find him.

It is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin is also very anxious at this time.

Zhao Kuangyin was indeed in a hurry, not only was he in a hurry, he was going crazy!

At this moment, he was tugging at the guide's collar and shouting, "Didn't you say that the guide is reliable? Where is he now?"

The guide wanted to die, and he was indeed about to be strangled to death, so he could only point to the collar to signal Zhao Kuangyin to let go.

Although Zhao Kuangyin was in a rage, he still let go of the guide and stared at him steadfastly, with the intention of killing the guide without saying anything.

The guide struggled to catch his breath before saying, "Ai Peng has been a guide for many years, so there will be no problem."

Zhao Kuangyin roared angrily: "No problem? No problem, now the army along the way has lost contact!"

The guide was puzzled, he didn't understand that the army along the way was temporarily out of contact, why the general was so excited, not to mention how long it had been out of contact?It only took two days, and the army was not always in contact when they were fighting outside. What's the problem with two days?

The guide didn't feel that this was an important matter, but he thought it over and said, "Maybe they were in a hurry to march and didn't have time to send messengers to contact them?"

Zhao Kuangyin sneered: "I told the responders over there that they hadn't seen them either. If it was an urgent march, they should have arrived long ago!"

The guide was even more surprised. This... the army sent someone to support it?He has been an army guide here for many years, and he has never seen such a way of fighting. This... This is not fighting, it seems to be protecting something.

Thinking about this, the guide couldn't help asking: "May I ask the general manager, which general is leading this journey?"

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at the guide, and said with a sneer, "You'd better pray that nothing happened to them, otherwise you won't be able to compensate for killing your whole family!"

The guide's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a terrible guess: "No...it can't be...too...His Royal Highness, right?"

He trembled when he said it, and looked at Zhao Kuangyin with a little fear and expectation in his eyes. The fear was because he was worried that what he said was right, and the expectation was that he hoped that what he said was wrong.

Zhao Kuangyin said directly: "If it's someone else, is it worth my trouble? Hey, you..."

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin finished saying this, the guide fell down with a thump, and the guards around Zhao Kuangyin stepped forward to help him up, checked briefly and raised his head and said, "I fainted from fright."

Zhao Kuangyin sneered, he also wanted to faint, and it was over once and for all.

At the beginning, he proposed to the emperor to bring the prince out to practice. This matter was originally impossible. After all, Li Zhongyu was an only seedling, and no one could bear the responsibility if something happened. The prince came out with troops.

Even if Li Congjia was the emperor at that time, he had to bear a lot of pressure. The entire civil service system was trying to persuade him to change his mind.

But Li Congjia did not change his mind. On the surface, the emperor was unwilling to compromise with the civil servants. In fact, another point was that the emperor trusted him. If he didn't trust him, how could he let him lead the army, how could he let the prince under him To be a general?

However, he still failed the emperor's trust, and the prince was lost!

Zhao Kuangyin sent many people to investigate secretly, but he still didn't dare to send people to look for it blatantly. After all, neither the other side nor his own side could know about this matter.

If the other party knew, they would definitely make great efforts to send troops to look for Li Zhongyu. At that time, Li Zhongyu was the real narrow escape!

As for our own side, it is easier, because Vladimir was beaten away, and the soldiers of the Kara Khanate were left to face, and the previous battle had made the soldiers confident and imposing. If the crown prince is lost, even if the law does not blame the public, they will still be worried, will their credit be lost because of this matter?

And many officers from top to bottom will be even more worried, because they will be asked about their crimes. Isn't this looking for trouble?

The thought of fainting just now is also because of this. More importantly, what Zhao Kuangyin said was very gentle. Ai Peng is his nephew. If he really loses the prince, let alone kill his whole family. Wrong!

It's a pity that the scouts sent by Zhao Kuangyin did not bring back any news, and the border town of Kara Khanate, which should have been attacked by Li Congjia recently, was still safe and sound.

Zhao Kuangyin became more and more anxious. He wanted to write memorials, but he was unwilling.

Writing a memorial at this time will directly get the handle on Wenchen, and if it is serious, he may be transferred back to the capital.

How could Zhao Kuangyin be reconciled?He had just beaten Vladimir away, and the biggest goal of leading troops on this trip has not been achieved. He has not yet broken through the royal city of the Kara Khanate, so how could he be willing to go back?

What's more, after going back this time, the next person to be sent can only be Li Hongji, after all, the only person who is higher and more capable than him in the Tang Dynasty is His Highness the King of Shu.

And when the king of Shu came, the son of the king of Shu had to go back. The father and the eldest son could not both be in the army, at least in the Tang Dynasty.

In order to pave the way for the child, Li Hongji had given up his right to lead the army a long time ago. Now that Li Sheng has been reborn a little bit and is on the right track, neither father nor son would be willing to let him go back.

It can be said that this memorial involves too much, even if Zhao Kuangyin is asked to write it, he doesn't know how to write it.

Sitting in front of the table, he was unable to write for a long time, only feeling that the pen seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

At this time, the guards are in Tongchuan, and Pan Mei asks to see him.

This time Pan Mei also followed, which showed that Li Congjia attached great importance to this war.

Seeing him coming in, Zhao Kuangyin put down his pen, still looking sad. Pan Mei is considered the number two person in this army, and many things cannot be kept from him, not to mention that Zhao Kuangyin and him are also old partners, and they used to be master and servant. , and have been colleagues for many years, and know each other very well.

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin like this, Pan Mei knew what Zhao Kuangyin was worried about, but he didn't continue to talk about this topic. Anyway, even if the prince disappeared, for them, they had to see people and dead bodies, and it was impossible to just go back like this.

So he didn't intend to talk about this topic at all, but just said: "I can't wait."

Zhao Kuangyin looked up and saw that Pan Mei did not speak. Pan Mei continued: "I have been waiting for several days. If this continues, the Kara Khanate may see that there is a problem here. It would be bad if he was allowed to seize the opportunity." , Of course, this is not the worst, what's worse is that if you drag it on, everyone will probably guess that something went wrong, and there will always be a smart person who can think of it, and then your painstaking efforts to conceal it will be in vain."

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a while and asked, "So you think we should send troops?"

Pan Mei nodded her head heavily: "Of course, even if the prince gets lost, we have held back the main force of the Kara Khanate here, and we have saved him."

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he stood up and stood up: "Okay, send troops!"

Pan Mei breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most worried about was the disappearance of the prince, and Zhao Kuangyin was restless, looking forward and backward.

After all, he is the prince, but he is also Zhao Kuangyin's son-in-law. The princess is childless now. If there is a problem with the prince, if there is another prince in the future, the prince's concubine may not be named Zhao again!

In fact, Zhao Kuangyin had weighed everything Pan Mei said in his heart, but it was rare for him to hesitate for a while when he grew up so big, or he had some caution in it.

After all, the prince is missing. If he doesn’t do anything and goes directly to attack the Kara Khanate, even if he has 1 reasons, it will make people feel that he doesn’t take the prince seriously, especially if the missing prince comes back. situation, do you have any ideas?

But now Zhao Kuangyin has a way out, and when the time comes, it will be said that it was done under Pan Mei's persuasion, then there will be no harm to Zhao Kuangyin.

This seems to have cheated Pan Mei, but in fact it is nothing to Pan Mei, after all, loyalty is harsh, not to mention that Pan Mei and the prince are in an ordinary relationship between a monarch and a minister. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising for him to think of these things.

Zhao Kuangyin was limited by his identity before, and neither of the two made the right choice.

Pan Mei knew it well, so he directly asked Zhao Kuangyin to send troops, and he was not worried that he would be counted.

The entire army has been preparing for this battle for a long time. Even if it was delayed for two days, everyone still strictly followed the previously set plan. Zhao Kuangyin sent troops as soon as he said they would, and there would be no delay.

Before leaving, Pan Mei asked, "Do you need to send more troops?"

What he asked was whether it was necessary to send someone else to continue to go to the border town that was directly allocated to Li Zhongyu.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head: "If you send people there now, you don't need them to guess. It's equivalent to telling them that there is something wrong with the crown prince and the ten rate of the East Palace. What else should I hide? Don't worry, that border city is optional."

No matter how talented Li Zhongyu is, after all, his experience is still inexperienced. Zhao Kuangyin found him a border town and let him attack it. He felt that he was unreliable.

It can't be too good because the border towns of the Kara Khanate have a lot of soldiers, and the ten rate of the East Palace may not be the opponent's opponent.

It was hard to find such a city, but this city is destined to be of little use. With this city, the army may attack more smoothly, and it will not affect anything if it is not there.

Zhao Kuangyin worked hard to hone Li Zhongyu.

Pan Mei hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then...the Prince of Shu..."

Zhao Kuangyin was also a little hesitant, and Li Sheng was also sent here to hone his skills, but he and Li Zhongyu had similar temperaments, and the two would not back down even if they were suffering, and they did not use their identities to do anything out of the ordinary.

So Zhao Kuangyin took good care of him and asked him to lead an army to attack a small town.

How worried Zhao Kuangyin was about them before, how worried he is now, and suddenly he didn't want Li Sheng to go.

It's also thanks to Zhao Kuangyin who separated the two of them and didn't join the army, otherwise the crown prince and the prince of Shu would disappear together, and even Zhao Kuangyin would have to be buried with his family.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Pan Mei sighed, and began to think about which army Li Sheng should follow.

Before he could think it over, Zhao Kuangyin said decisively, "Let him go!"

Pan Mei looked at Zhao Kuangyin in surprise: "The chief executive has decided?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and the same sentence, if something goes wrong, it is a monster. It has been arranged before, and several battle meetings have been held. The whole army and all the officers did not feel that Li Sheng was incompetent, so they all agreed with Zhao Kuangyin. This decision has been changed suddenly without discussing it with others. Anyone can see that there is a problem.

So even if he is worried, Zhao Kuangyin must proceed according to the original plan.

What's more, Li Sheng's safety is actually not a problem. After all, he can be regarded as marching with the army, but the direction is different. Unlike the prince, he needs to leave early, and he is not far from Zhao Kuangyin's army, so he can always take care of each other.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help regretting that he should have let the crown prince go with him in the first place, and chose someone closer so that they could take care of each other!

Li Sheng didn't know that his cousin had disappeared, so he was very excited to lead the troops away, but Pan Mei came over and told him many precautions, which made Li Sheng a little puzzled—he had heard these things before he came. It's been a long time, even Zhao Kuangyin wouldn't talk to him before, what happened today?

He didn't know anything, and naturally he didn't know what Zhao Kuangyin and Pan Mei were struggling with now.

None of them knew whether it was right or wrong to let Li Sheng do this, but they had no other choice.

Li Sheng left with a little confusion. Before he left, he didn't see any problems with Pan Mei or Zhao Kuangyin. The two concealed it perfectly.

Or at this moment, both Zhao Kuangyin and Pan Mei have changed, they are no longer the generals who only want to be responsible to the prince and the emperor, now they have to bear a whole hundred thousand troops, and what they have to be worthy of is the world.

Zhao Kuangyin took a look at the direction the prince was going, closed his eyes and opened them again, this matter was left behind by him, if he was destined to be questioned after this battle, he didn't want to return without success!

When the black torrent of Datang rushed over, the general sent by Musa to defend the city was relieved. He had been worrying about when the opponent would attack and how he would defend. He had been eating and sleeping for many days because of this. Okay, I'm worried that the other party will call me when I'm eating or sleeping.

This is not new. When Vladimir fought Datang before, Datang fought with no demeanor. It was simply how to win and how to fight. There was no need to estimate the status and face of the strong bullying the weak.

Now that Datang has made a move, he is at ease. He knows that he may not be the opponent on the other side, and all he can do is delay. When he can't delay the opponent, he will die in the city.

He will not surrender because the opponent is a heretic.

Before starting the fight, the general of Kara Khan shouted hoarsely: "All infidels should be burned to death!"

It's a pity that he used his own language, and Zhao Kuangyin... couldn't understand it. Of course, even if he understood it at most, he would fight more fiercely.

There was no need for Zhao Kuangyin to come to this battle. The Kara Khanate is different from the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is generally tight on the outside and loose on the inside. The border guards are all important towns, and each is stronger than the other. There will definitely be back and forth.

However, the management of the border town by the Kara Khanate is not very good. The land here is not suitable, because of the existence of the Gobi, hoarding troops here is a very expensive thing, not to mention that this piece of Gobi itself is also a natural line of defense.

Such a small town is not worthy of Zhao Kuangyin's personal action, but now he is suffocating in his heart and doesn't know who to attack, so he just raises his troops and fights. There is no need to stand in front of him to persuade the opponent to surrender. Anyway, the language is barrier, so let's fight.

So three days later, Li Congjia didn't know the news about Li Zhongyu, but learned that Zhao Kuangyin had torn the Kara Khanate into pieces like a rotten one, and there was no grass growing where the army passed-of course this is a bit exaggerated, but it is also true. .

Before Zhao Kuangyin set off, Li Congjia specially called Zhao Kuangyin over and told him: "If you can take prisoners, don't take them. If you catch them, you will waste food. You can do whatever you want."

It is dangerous for Islamic believers to get it back and treat it as hard work. What if the owner is brainwashed?This kind of thing is not impossible.

Zhao Kuangyin carried out Li Congjia's instructions very well, fighting all the way and slaughtering all the way, the enemies he beat were terrified, and his own side was terrified.

After reading the news, Li Congjia couldn't help taking a deep breath: "Zhao Kuangyin is so crazy, could it be that Da Lang..."

Li Congjia's face was pale. After so many years, he has long regarded Li Zhongyu as his own son. He has spent countless efforts to teach him, and the prince who has been placed in high hopes by the subjects of the world is so...

Shi Xueting comforted him and said: "Don't worry too much, Tao Yun has followed His Highness down, if His Highness is really in danger, he will find a way to contact the intelligence department, and they haven't contacted yet, which proves that they can still support them, but they don't know what to do if they are called It's just a delay."

Li Congjia was relieved after hearing this, and said involuntarily, "We can't let him out in the future."

Shi Xueting smiled and said nothing. Although he comforted Li Congjia, he was still a little worried. After all, so what if Tao Yun followed?In case of danger, I can occasionally send a summons, but until now there has been no summons, or maybe there is no way to send a summons.

However, there are too many possibilities that there is no way to subpoena, Shi Xueting is unwilling to think about it. At this point, it is useless to think too much. It is better to pray that Zhao Kuangyin finds Li Zhongyu as soon as possible, otherwise if something happens to Li Zhongyu, I don't know why Li Congjia is going crazy.

In fact, there were quite a few people who were angered by Li Congjia in the past two days. After all, the emperor is also a human being, so how could he not show his emotions and anger? Even if he could, Shi Xueting would not want Li Congjia to hurt his body like this.

Li Congjia was always worried after venting his anger, but Shi Xueting didn't do anything these two days, so he stayed by his side to appease him. What he said was not without flaws, but Li Congjia didn't question it because he believed in Shi Xueting .

But the more this happened, the greater the pressure on Shi Xueting.

Now even if Zhao Kuangyin sent good news, it could not reduce his pressure, because many people began to wonder why there was no prince in the recent good news?

You must know that in the past, whenever there was a good news, whether it was to compliment the prince or build momentum for the prince, there was always it, why didn't it happen these few times?

Just when everyone in the court was suspicious, Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to station in Xia Artush. As a result, he had just set up camp, and before he had time to call his officers over to sort out today's battle situation, the scouts over there ran over very nervously and shouted: "Report , an unknown large number of people are approaching from the south!"

Zhao Kuangyin was really surprised. He had already killed or repelled all the Karakhan soldiers and horses around here just now, why did some people make a comeback?

No, in the south... Zhao Kuangyin's first reaction was: "Are those soldiers wearing black armor?"

The black armor is the attire of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, and the prince's East Palace Six Rates are the same. Zhao Kuangyin thinks it may be the prince who has returned, or he hopes it is the prince.

However, the scout replied: "It's a Turkic."

Turks?