President of Datang [Transmigration Book]
Chapter 145
After the initial surprise, everyone felt that Li Tan's expedition was a very natural thing.
After all, Tian Shengong had already lost a game and was seriously injured. He would definitely not be able to continue leading the army in a short time. Although Yuan Zhe was older and more experienced than Tian Shengong, because of Tian Shengong's defeat, he would also suffer. Suspect.
And Yuan Zhe's experience over the years also tells everyone that he is not an invincible general.
The reason why he was reused by Li Tan is that it is hard to say that he is pulling out generals. After all, in Shanzhou, it is difficult to find a general who can see the past.
If it were put a year ago, Tian Shengong's defeat would actually be nothing, at most it would affect personal promotion, and the common people would live their lives the same way as they regretted the sacrificed soldiers.
It's a pity that it can't do it now, people are tempted, and the consequences of defeat are far more unbearable than before. Now the people of Chang'an can be said to be panicked if they are a little troubled.
So at this time, someone needs to stand up and give everyone firm confidence. Of course, this person will be under great pressure, because he is only allowed to win and not to lose. Once he loses, the panic caused will be even more terrifying than it is now.
Li Tan is indeed a good candidate. Although he is young and inexperienced, if you count it carefully, you will find that he has never lost a battle.
But the more this happened, the more worried everyone was, because the enemies Li Tan faced before were not considered to be very powerful generals.
The only one who can barely compare with Li Guiren is He Zhe, but when He Zhe was talking to Li Guiren about the enemy, he somewhat underestimated him.
So it was very easy for Li Tan to succeed, so the current Li Guiren might not be like him.
Everyone was worried in their hearts, but they still wanted to let out a sigh of relief after being surprised. They didn't want to affect Li Tan's mood.
If Li Tan himself is not sure of winning, or if he is afraid of Li Guiren, then this battle will really be impossible.
Li Tan couldn't help laughing at everyone's appearance and said: "Okay, don't force yourself to smile. After I leave and before King Guangping comes over, I will leave the affairs of Chang'an to you."
After Li Tan finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to the ground, and everyone quickly stood up and returned the salute.
When they raised their heads, they saw Li Tan's serious face and said: "The Tang Dynasty is in danger now, and it is very difficult for you to share the difficulties with me. Although I don't want to say something depressing, I will say defeat before I win. If I can't fight, Li Guiren is unstoppable, please protect King Guangping all the way to Shu, although dying in the city is heroic, it is not the best choice, I hope you can live on."
Everyone didn't expect Li Tan to say such words suddenly, and they were a little flustered for a while.
Ji He said in a deep voice: "Why did Your Highness say that? We must wait..."
Li Tan interrupted him and said, "I said don't say anything about martyrdom. If you are all dead, won't you give up the world? You can't say these words when you go to war, and you can't even let others hear them. I can only tell you this, and... No matter what, those students in the academy are the future, so we must protect them."
Li Tan's tone was very calm, but everyone heard it as if he was telling his last words.
Rao Zou Shi, who has stayed in Dali Temple for a long time and has a hard heart, can't help but have red eyes.
When he left the palace, Ji Heyi's straight back was slightly bent.
Seeing the worry in his eyes, Zou Shi said: "Lao Ji, don't worry too much. His Highness also said that he is just planning for a rainy day."
Ji He smiled bitterly: "But it cannot be denied that this kind of situation is really possible. You and I have lived such an old age in vain, but the rise and fall of the world depends on a child."
Zou Shi was also silent after hearing this. Indeed, compared to the age of the two of them, it is not too much to call Li Tan a child.
He sighed and said, "If you have the ability, you have the corresponding responsibility. If you and I don't have that ability, we can't say it. The only thing we can do now is to guard the rear for him, and don't hold him back."
After hearing this, Ji He straightened his back and said, "That's true."
What Zou Shi and Ji He said was heard by Jin Jin. After he reported everyone's reaction, Li Tan looked up at him and asked, "Do you know what's wrong with you?"
Qin Jin was taken aback for a moment, then immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, please punish me."
Although he didn't understand what was wrong, since Li Tan said he was wrong, there must be something wrong, so don't argue, just admit your mistake first.
Li Tan laughed angrily at his enthusiasm, shook his head and said, "You don't understand at all."
Qi Jin smiled embarrassedly and said, "Please give me your advice, Your Highness."
Li Tan said: "I asked you to pay attention to the changes in public opinion in Chang'an City. Did I say that I would monitor the ministers of the DPRK and China?"
When Jin Jin's face changed, he immediately understood where he was wrong, and said quickly: "This subordinate knows his mistake, but this subordinate just... just listened to it by the way."
Li Tan was expressionless: "This is even more terrifying. You are going to a dead end. Once those ministers feel that you have violated their interests, then... even I can't keep you, you know? Your position You are already sensitive, and you have to be careful about what you do or don’t do, and I will not be in Chang’an City for the next few days, so please be careful."
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Qin Jin's back, and he did not doubt that Li Tan valued him.
However, he also knew that when Li Tan wanted to establish a public opinion department, those people did not agree. It was because He Kuan and those gangsters were too noisy, and the current situation was special, so he took a step back from Li Tan.
Those people are just turning a blind eye to the Ministry of Public Opinion now. If they really feel that the existence of the Ministry of Public Opinion threatens them, they will definitely not be merciful.
Li Tan watched Jin Jin leave with a pale face, but he didn't comfort him. In fact, he knew from the very first day that the Public Opinion Department was established that it was a double-edged sword.
However, he needs to have his own news channel, which can be regarded as an extraordinary means in an extraordinary period, but in this way he must impose more constraints on the Public Opinion Department.
Without restraint, the Public Opinion Department will get carried away sooner or later.
However, the reactions of those ministers were more or less within his expectations.
Originally, he didn't need to be so sensational, after all, he never thought he would lose.
But he is not sure that he can win easily against Li Guiren, so in this case, logistics is the most important thing.
Li Tan didn't doubt Ji He and Zou Shi, but the two of them had so many things to deal with every day, they might not have so much time to stare at their subordinates.
It just so happened that today was the meeting, so Li Tan just wanted to get emotional with these people. Although the officials may not be emotional, those who are still willing to stay in Chang'an under the current circumstances are either speculators or lunatics, or people who really serve the country with passion. .
What he has to do is to strengthen the belief of these people.
Although Li Guiren was using tricks before, it is true that he and Yin Ziqi did not get along, and now his military supplies are also a little tight. If Tian Shengong hadn't been tricked into sending him some military supplies, I am afraid that he really has to insist now. go down.
Li Tan didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.
While thinking about this, he wrote a letter to Li Chu, saying that the prince could not be counted on, so he could only let him stabilize people's hearts.
As a result, he had just finished writing the letter at night, and when he was about to send it out the next day, he rushed over and said, "Your Majesty, King Guangping has returned to Beijing."
Li Tan was startled when he heard that, and asked, "Where is he? I'll pick him up."
Qing Kong said: "We have already entered the flower hall."
Li Tan was shocked: "Why is there no news at all?"
Although he asked such a question, he didn't expect Qing Kong to give him an answer, so he walked quickly to the flower hall while talking.
When they arrived at the flower hall, Li Chu was sitting there drinking tea.
Li Tan walked over and called out, "Da Lang." After a pause, he said in surprise, "Why are you so thin?"
Isn't that right? Although Li Chu was not very fat in the past, he was not considered thin in the aesthetics of later generations, but now his cheeks have sunken.
If it weren't for those eyes that were still bright, he would even suspect that Li Chu had some serious illness.
Li Chu was also very excited when he saw Li Tan, he got up and saluted, "31..."
Li Tan waved his hand before he finished speaking: "Now it's just you and me, so don't pay attention to those vain etiquettes. I was just about to write you a letter to invite you to return to Beijing, but I didn't expect you to come here like this. Why? You just Bring this little guy?"
Li Chu did not greet him politely, sat down and said: "I got the news of General Tian's defeat two days ago, and I think you must go to the battle, and if you go to Chang'an, you can't do it without anyone in charge. People would be panicked, so I just drove over from Jane immediately."
Li Tan showed a rare and comfortable smile these two days and said: "I knew that Da Lang would not let me down, just take a rest, and tomorrow I will tell you about the current situation in Chang'an in detail."
Li Chu shook his head and said, "What time is it now? The battle is urgent. When I came, I saw the military barracks outside the city being dismantled little by little. You must be going out in two days, right?"
Li Tan nodded and said, "I originally planned to leave in three days. Even if you don't come back in time, I won't wait. Anyway, Ji He and the others can't make any trouble in just a few days."
After hearing this, Li Chu said, "Ji He is a real gentleman."
Li Tan curled his lips and said, "A true gentleman in this world is always the one who suffers."
Li Chu said with a smile: "Isn't it because of you? Well, let's not talk about this, the situation is urgent, let's get down to business."
Li Chu emphasized the urgency of the situation several times in a row because he was worried that Li Tan would suspect that he came here in such a hurry to seize power.
No matter what he thinks about Li Tan's entry into Chang'an, in this situation, internal strife is the most undesirable thing, and he doesn't want Li Tan to doubt him because of this.
In fact, Li Tan has no grudges at all. The power in Chang'an is actually a hot potato, especially now that Li Longji has gradually become weaker, and Li Heng may have started plotting to usurp the throne—oh, that's not called usurping the throne, that's called asking the sage to abdicate .
Anyway, after Li Heng ascended the throne and returned to Chang'an, he who once controlled the entire Chang'an city would become very embarrassed.
Even if he is Li Heng's own son, it doesn't work, after all, he is Li Heng's younger brother in name, and many people even don't know the origin of the two of them at all, thinking that he is really Li Longji's own son!
Now it's just right to hand it over to Li Chu, Li Chu can be regarded as one of his own, with him sitting in the rear, Li Tan can rest assured.
So he described the current situation in Chang'an in detail, and this talk came to the time when the lanterns were held. Even the two of them didn't pay attention to eating, talking and sleeping, and talked while eating.
After Li Chu confirmed that Li Tan didn't have any grudges against his sudden arrival during the exchange, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: You are also a gentleman.
If Li Tan knew what he was thinking, he might really be dumbfounded.
Li Tan and Li Chu kept talking late at night, and after explaining their previous thoughts, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Chang'an is considered stable now, and you don't need to worry about armaments, I'm ready."
After hearing this, Li Chu smiled wryly and said, "There seems to be nothing here that needs my help."
Isn't that right, Jing Zhaoyin is enough to manage Chang'an, and originally he wanted to sit in the back and be a good logistics officer for Li Tan, but it turned out that even Li Tan had arranged the logistics!
Li Tan looked at him seriously and said, "You have done the greatest favor by returning to Beijing."
Li Chu thought about it, so he said: "Then it looks like I have to show up more."
Tell the people that the royal family is still there and has not run away.
Thinking of this, Li Chu couldn't help but blame his grandfather a little bit. If his grandfather hadn't abandoned the city and fled, the royal family's reputation might not have fallen to this level, and Li Tan didn't have to think so hard.
After explaining everything, Li Tan asked, "Who did you hand over to Mawei Station? Is it reliable?"
Li Chu said: "Leave it to Saburo."
Li Tan was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that San Lang was talking about King Jianning.
He asked: "Can Sanlang do it? Now that the captain of Jinzhou Zhechong is here, I'm afraid it's not easy to manage?"
Li Chu said lightly: "If you can't do it, you have to do it. He asked to stay at the beginning, so he must take responsibility."
Of course, what Li Chu didn't say was that Li Tan, who was as old as him, shouldered heavier responsibilities. If Sanlang wanted to be on par with King Ning in every way, he naturally had to show corresponding skills.
In fact, Li Chu also understands Saburo better, after all, no matter who lives in the shadow of his fellow brothers, he will not be happy.
In particular, his title is Li Tan's previous title, and his ranking is Li Tan's previous ranking. It seems that everything that Li Tan used and didn't use was given to him.
No matter how big-hearted King Jianning was, he couldn't stand this situation. The most frightening thing was that Li Tan left him with only a tall back, and it was not easy for him to catch up.
Now he can only do a little calculation, as long as he can guard Mawei post, he will no longer be a brother of King Ning when he is mentioned.
Although Li Tan didn't know about his mental activities, but since Li Chu said so, he thought it was the same reason, he couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "How many people in the imperial court are now reduced to the three of us at the front line."
Li Chu said: "In fact, there are still many loyal people who are guarding the land and the people, but now the situation has been torn apart. They can't contact the court if they want to, so they can only defend themselves. If you can defeat this time Li Guiren can start to contact Li Siye, and now he is defending the city of Fenzhou, and he has persisted for a long time."
After Li Chu said this sentence, he felt a little inappropriate, worried that it would bring pressure to Li Tan, after all, Li Guiren could not be defeated casually.
So he quickly changed his words and said: "You can also join hands with him, but there is a Xizhou between you, and now Xizhou is also in the hands of Li Guiren, it is not easy for you to contact."
Li Tan nodded. He opened his mouth and wanted to say that if Jinzhou was defended, Li Heng would have to come back to take back Luoyang no matter what.
It's just that he swears so firmly that he can win, and those who don't know about it may feel that he is too arrogant and worry.
So Li Tan swallowed this sentence back and asked, "What does the prince mean?"
After hearing this, Li Chu looked at him rather speechlessly for a long while before reluctantly said: "Grandpa is not in good health now..."
He couldn't continue talking halfway through, and everyone knew it was just an excuse.
To put it bluntly, Li Heng has not been forced to the point where he needs to explode the small universe, so he does not have the courage of Li Tan yet.
Even he is not as good as his own son.
This situation may be caused by Li Longji's fear and guard against his son, but Li Heng's own personality flaws are also obvious.
When Li Tan thought that he might still listen to the concubine's slander in the future, he was exactly the same as Li Longji, and for a while he didn't want to help Li Heng increase his prestige.
So he patted Li Chu's shoulder and said heavily, "In this case, you have to be mentally prepared."
Li Chu didn't understand what his mental preparation meant, and it took him a while to realize that Li Tan probably wanted him to keep Chang'an, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry."
Three days later, Li Tan was wearing a red tasseled helmet and black armour, riding on the Zhaoye White Dragon, forming a very sharp color contrast between the man and the horse.
Just like what he said to Ji He and others before, he would not say anything depressing before the actual expedition.
No matter how you look at it, you have to show more confidence in the future. If even he doesn't have confidence and looks sad, then... Datang is hard to say, Chang'an will probably really end.
Because of this, this time the luggage delivery talk did not even stop the people from watching.
It is not the same now, some things should not be concealed, and these people should know that the good men behind him are fighting bravely to protect this country and protect them.
By the way, let these people feel the atmosphere before the war.
Of course, the most important thing is to let Li Chu appear in front of everyone.
Originally, Li Tan had already planned to tell Ji He that when they waited for Li Chu to come, they must welcome them with great fanfare, and let everyone know that the Li royal family would not abandon their people.
As a result, Li Chu sneaked over by himself and directly disrupted Li Tan's plan. In desperation, Li Tan had no choice but to use the opportunity of this army's expedition to see him off to let Li Chu make a strong appearance.
And Li Chu's performance is naturally remarkable. Although he was capable before, he was a bit weaker. I don't know if it was because he saw the cruelty of war on the way to escape, or because he grew up when he stuck to Mawei Post.
Now Li Chu looks more stylish than Prince Li Heng.
After Li Tan finished talking to him, he got on his horse and waved to him and said, "Let's go."
He said this as if he was going out to play, Li Chu looked at him helplessly, everything was fine in front of him, why did he have to be nervous when it was time to leave.
However, he looked at the back of Li Tan leading the army, and he was in a daze for a while.
He stood there for a long time, until he couldn't see Li Tan's back clearly and didn't plan to go back.
Ji He on the side said in a low voice: "Jun Wang, go back."
Li Chu nodded, and suddenly said: "This army...was His Royal Highness Prince Ning brought it out?"
Ji He was slightly taken aback, nodded and said, "It should be, some of them were even transferred from Liangzhou."
Li Chu said with emotion: "It really is different."
Those soldiers in Xuanjia looked really majestic and reassuring.
Moreover, Li Chu noticed that during the process of seeing them off just now, these soldiers were standing neatly and straight, not to mention moving around, not even making small movements, each of them seemed like a wooden man, which made people feel cold on the soles of their feet.
If Li Tan knew his doubts, he would probably be very proud. This is the result of training these days.
It's hard to say about the combat power, but these soldiers have been able to execute orders and prohibitions very well.
Although Li Chu didn't know, he could still imagine how invincible such a soldier would be on the battlefield, but... In the end, he didn't understand why Li Tan acted so dishonestly before he left.
Of course, Li Tan had his own considerations, and the farewell ceremony should be more formal, after all, this year pays attention to this.
But it can't be too formal or depressing, which will make the people worry, so he must make a relaxed gesture.
Of course, his mentality is actually very relaxed, so relaxed that on the way to Puzhou, he never held a meeting with his subordinates from the beginning to the end, nor did he look at the map, nor did he give any orders.
It made the whole army... Well, the soldiers didn't notice anything, but the generals felt a little uneasy.
What they are going to face now is Li Guiren, and Li Guiren may have gotten the news that their army is coming, and he may even know from the beginning that Chang'an will send reinforcements.
So under such circumstances, it is very likely that someone will be sent to intercept and kill them. Even if they dare not confront them directly, they may sneak attack their food road.
Generally, at this time, as a general, you should arrange protection measures along the way.
The generals waited and waited until they were about to enter Puzhou, but they didn't wait for Li Tan's order, and finally couldn't help but want to ask.
However, they were a little timid. After all, Li Tan wrote a whole set of training manuals before, and the physical training was so strict that it was frightening.
Therefore, in the impression of the people in Chang'an, King Ning is probably the kind-hearted young man who would secretly go to the streets to inquire about grain prices and eavesdrop on others' evaluations of him.
But in the eyes of these soldiers, Li Tan, who can think of so many inhuman training methods, is like a demon king.
So after much deliberation, they finally approached Yuan Zhe.
After all, they were all promoted later, and they had never fought with Li Tan, so they didn't understand Li Tan's temper when he was marching.
However, Yuan Zhe followed him from Shanzhou to Chang'an. If Yuan Zhe went, even if His Royal Highness Ning Wang was offended, he should not be punished too severely... right?
Yuan Zhe looked at them dumbfounded and said, "Your Majesty knows what's going on, why are you so worried?"
Someone asked: "Do you know His Highness's arrangement?"
Yuan Zhe was very calm: "I don't know."
Everyone got angry for a while: "Don't you know that you can still sit still like this?"
Yuan Zhe scratched his head and said, "I only know that the king will not let us die, isn't that enough?"
Crowd: ...
It's good to think so, but...what if I really want to beat him up?
Yuan Zhe looked at the murderous looks of the crowd, and said helplessly, "If you want to know, you can ask yourself."
Then he saw a few people who were still murderous looking frightened for a moment, one by one dodging their eyes and faltering, and finally someone said: "How about...you go...?"
Yuan Zhe was a little puzzled: "Why are you so afraid of the king? The king is very kind."
People say that only you think he is kind.
These people were either tortured by the training method written by Li Tanxin, or they were tortured by the advanced training class he created. Whether it is training or studying, it is painful. Can you not be afraid?
Seeing their cowardice, Yuan Zhe said, "Okay, I'll ask."
One of them grabbed him and asked, "Can we listen? Don't get too close, just listen secretly."
Yuan Zhexin said that you are really not afraid of death, but he didn't remind him, it's really useless for this group of people to come together and force him to ask.
So he really went to Li Tan's middle tent while camping.
Li Tan was reading the letter at first, and there were letters from Concubine Yang Gui, Li Bai, Gongsun Chui, and even Yang Bing.
Li Bai complained that Li Tan refused to take him to the battlefield. Concubine Yang Guifei wrote to tell Li Tan that she would not go to Li Longji. Maweiyi, after half of it was cut alive by Li Tanhuo, finally grew up.
This time he wrote to ask Li Tan if he could go to the battlefield.
Li Tan thinks that for Yang Bing's sake, it's best for him to be a mediocre rich man all his life, and don't think about doing meritorious service or touching power.
Although this is cruel, only such Yang Bing will not make those who launched the coup d'etat fearful and can save his life.
As for whether Yang Bing will go into hibernation, find a way to grow the Yang family and wait for revenge after many years, Li Tan doesn't care, anyway, those who launched the coup may not all be good people.
In today's world, good people don't live long.
Just when Li Tan was thinking about this, Yuan Zhe came in.
He saw Yuan Zhe was a little strange and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuan Zhe coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, do you think Li Guiren will rob our grain road?"
Li Tan nodded and said, "I should. Anyway, if I were him, I would."
After all, he started as a sneak attacker, and he is best at things like robbing food teams.
Yuan Zhe took a sneak peek outside, took advantage of the wind blowing up the curtain of the camp tent, and saw that group of people were really lying outside and eavesdropping, so he had no choice but to continue to ask: "Then... don't we want to protect the grain road?" ?”
Li Tan lowered his head to open the letter and said, "There is no need for protection, because there is no food team."
"what?"
Yuan Zhe was very surprised. Like him, there were a few people outside. Li Tan didn't look up so he didn't see them, but they made their own noises and exposed themselves.
As soon as Li Tan looked up and saw a series of figures outside, he couldn't help crying or laughing: "Get out of here, what is it like to be sneaky, don't you remember military discipline? Go back and copy it three times for me!"
Immediately there was wailing outside the camp, and a few people who said they were dignified officers walked in dejectedly, as if they were recruits who had been bullied by veterans.
Probably for these people, it is more difficult for them to hold a pen than a knife.
In the past, they were punished physically for violating military discipline, either with military sticks or running circles.
Later, when Li Tan rectified the army, when he saw them, he smiled kindly and said, "Let's change the way of punishment in the future. Everyone should be gentle. It's not good to see too much blood."
At that time, they thought that a fairy prince came, until they saw the power of punishing copying and shutting down a small black room-it would be better to beat them up!
Li Tan looked at their pitiful faces, smiled slightly and said: "I know what you are worried about, but this time we are not going to a remote mountainous area. Both Puzhou and Jinzhou have granaries. It’s hard to say in Puzhou, but you won’t be able to go hungry in Puzhou, so what food are you worried about!”
Of course, what Li Tan didn't say was that he planned to make a quick decision this time, and use war to support war.
It is conceivable that he will definitely not take down Jinju and retreat when he comes out this time, so that someone from the opposite side will fight Jinzhou again, is it meaningful for him to fight back?
He wants to be stationed in Jinzhou and move forward steadily, especially when he knows that there are still many benevolent and righteous people in Hebei who are resisting and defending the city, he wants to meet those people.
In this way, if supplies are still supplied from Chang'an, the battle line will be too long. Such a weakness will be targeted sooner or later. Once the back route is cut off, there will really be nothing left.
So from the very beginning, his plan was to rob Anlu Mountain in addition to eating local food from the beginning!
Anyway, it's not the first time he's done this kind of thing.
But seeing how incapable these goods were, Li Tan didn't intend to tell them this, but just told them that there was food in Puzhou.
Tell them after these people have actually played one or many games with the people from An Lushan, and they should be very happy at that time.
After Yuan Zhe expressed his reassurance, he held back a smile and left with the punished person, leaving Li Tan alone to continue opening the letter.
As a result, he opened it and found a letter without any signature on it. On the envelope, there was only a picture of a civet cat staring at the mouse and preparing to kill it.
The civet cat's painting was so vivid that Li Tan even saw the face of the person he missed day and night through the cat.
After he opened it happily, he found that there was only one sentence on the letter, two words to be exact: wait for me.
Li Tan's smile gradually disappeared, and after searching for a long time, he found that there was no third word, and he couldn't believe it for a while.
Zhi Yi crouched beside him watching his expression gradually ferocious, shrank his body, and glanced around with his round eyes, preparing to run away.
But before it escaped, Li Tan angrily pulled it over and licked it twice, saying, "It's too much to send a letter and only write two words!"
Although Li Tan didn't know how Zhu Xieli sent his letter, it shouldn't be easy to think about it.
In the end, there were only these two words, and Li Tan felt that he was simply baffled.
Zhi Yi, who didn't run away, sighed, found a more comfortable position in his arms and lay down, with a look of lovelessness on his face.
Li Tan stared at the letter for a long time, and at the end he had no choice but to bend the corner of his mouth and said, "Wait for him, does he know where I am, just wait for him."
If Zhu Xieli's news is not very well-informed, then it may be that Li Tan is waiting for him in Chang'an.
If that is the case, it is likely that Li Chu will be waiting for him.
However, what happened to Zhu Xieli at Anlu Mountain?Can he get away?
Thinking of this, Li Tan couldn't help pinching Zhiyi's ear and said, "Last time you said that Zhu Xieli is okay over there?"
Zhiyi opened his mouth and yawned, turned over with his belly up and said slowly, "Of course, he's better than you."
Li Tan sneered, feeling that Zhi Yi was talking nonsense.
Anyway, he is in power now, how long has it been since Zhu Xieli took refuge in Anlu Mountain?Even if An Lushan had no doubts about him, it was impossible to give him too much power.
Zhi Yi looked up at him seriously and said, "Don't believe me, you have to know that the hero always has a halo."
Li Tan said: "Is it the halo of Jiangzhi? If it wasn't for this, it would be pretty good for him to be able to gain the trust of An Lushan now."
Zhi Yi calmly scratched his ear with his back paw and said, "Just wait and see."
Li Tan didn't continue to discuss this matter with it, because he came over and told him that he had arrived in Puzhou, and the governor of Puzhou was leading his people to welcome him.
Li Tan had no choice but to put Zhiyi aside, put on the armor again and go to the show.
Yes, play.
Anyone who is familiar with him knows that he does not know how to wear armor in real war.
It's just that before, in order to reduce casualties and to establish a handsome and strong image for the common people, he made such a batch of black armors. Now all his subordinates are majestic and dressed in black armors, and it turned out that he was wearing ordinary clothes in front... It's not ridiculous. .
So he came up with a set of armor specially used for performance.
He didn't try to be very mighty, but Li Tan has experienced killing battles after all. After putting on the armor, his age disadvantage will be unconsciously ignored.
At least the governor of Puzhou is like this.
When Puzhou Inspector saw Li Tan, tears welled up in his eyes.
A reception banquet is indispensable, but in Li Tan's opinion, this reception banquet is a bit crude.
Li Tan raised his vigilance when he entered Puzhou. Although he didn't want to doubt his own people, since the Anshi Rebellion, there were too many assassins who had problems, so he had to be on guard.
The governor of Puzhou glanced at the dishes on the food table after Li Tan entered the table, and said with some embarrassment: "His Royal Highness, most of the supplies in Puzhou are now supplied to the front line, so...the dishes are poor, please forgive me, Your Highness."
Although the governor of Puzhou was embarrassed, he was not afraid. He didn't know much about Li Tan, but he felt that the person who could run back to Chang'an in the most critical time would not be a person who indulged in pleasure.
Moreover, he had vaguely heard that King Ning had started to eat wild vegetables in order to maintain the salaries of officials in Chang'an and the expenses of the army.
If the rumors are true, then it is even more impossible for Li Tan to have any opinion on him because of this matter.
Li Tan glanced at the Governor of Puzhou, seeing his sincerity, and felt that as long as this was not a show, then this person was worthy of trust.
He asked, "What's Li Guiren doing lately?"
The governor of Puzhou sighed and said: "The attack on Jiyu City and Qiping City has already begun. Jiyu City has been defended, but it is a bit difficult. Qiping... I am incompetent, I... I don't know how to lead troops..."
Puzhou Inspector's eyes were red as he spoke. He is a civil servant and did not witness the situation after the occupation of Qiping City, but he heard that the city had been massacred there.
Li Tan's face turned cold, and he got up suddenly and said, "I'll make a note of today's drink. Since the front line is critical, I don't want to delay any longer. Let's leave it alone. I will ask the governor to take care of you later."
The governor of Puzhou did not expect him to be so straightforward. He thought that Li Tan must take a rest after marching for many days in Puzhou.
After all, traveling from Chang'an to Puzhou in just a few days can almost be said to be a day and night journey. Such a long journey may be too much for both the general and the soldiers.
However, Li Tan didn't expect that Li Tan would leave immediately after hearing that the front line was in danger.
The governor of Puzhou was conflicted. He hoped that Li Tan would come to support him as soon as possible, so that the frontline soldiers might die less, but he was also worried that Li Tan was not in good condition.
However, Li Tan didn't care what he was thinking, and went straight out of the governor's mansion, got on his horse and left. What he really wanted to see now was Tian Shengong.
Now Tian Shengong is guarding Jiyu City, even though his injuries are still serious, he has not retreated any more.
Li Tan needs to replace Tian Shengong so that he can recover from his injuries.
So even if it is already dark at this time, the curfew must give way when necessary.
It's just that after leaving the city in the dark, Li Tan felt a little ready to move, and he couldn't help turning his head to ask Zhiyi: "Do you think there are people from Li Guiren sneaking around here?"
After all, Tian Shengong had already lost a game and was seriously injured. He would definitely not be able to continue leading the army in a short time. Although Yuan Zhe was older and more experienced than Tian Shengong, because of Tian Shengong's defeat, he would also suffer. Suspect.
And Yuan Zhe's experience over the years also tells everyone that he is not an invincible general.
The reason why he was reused by Li Tan is that it is hard to say that he is pulling out generals. After all, in Shanzhou, it is difficult to find a general who can see the past.
If it were put a year ago, Tian Shengong's defeat would actually be nothing, at most it would affect personal promotion, and the common people would live their lives the same way as they regretted the sacrificed soldiers.
It's a pity that it can't do it now, people are tempted, and the consequences of defeat are far more unbearable than before. Now the people of Chang'an can be said to be panicked if they are a little troubled.
So at this time, someone needs to stand up and give everyone firm confidence. Of course, this person will be under great pressure, because he is only allowed to win and not to lose. Once he loses, the panic caused will be even more terrifying than it is now.
Li Tan is indeed a good candidate. Although he is young and inexperienced, if you count it carefully, you will find that he has never lost a battle.
But the more this happened, the more worried everyone was, because the enemies Li Tan faced before were not considered to be very powerful generals.
The only one who can barely compare with Li Guiren is He Zhe, but when He Zhe was talking to Li Guiren about the enemy, he somewhat underestimated him.
So it was very easy for Li Tan to succeed, so the current Li Guiren might not be like him.
Everyone was worried in their hearts, but they still wanted to let out a sigh of relief after being surprised. They didn't want to affect Li Tan's mood.
If Li Tan himself is not sure of winning, or if he is afraid of Li Guiren, then this battle will really be impossible.
Li Tan couldn't help laughing at everyone's appearance and said: "Okay, don't force yourself to smile. After I leave and before King Guangping comes over, I will leave the affairs of Chang'an to you."
After Li Tan finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to the ground, and everyone quickly stood up and returned the salute.
When they raised their heads, they saw Li Tan's serious face and said: "The Tang Dynasty is in danger now, and it is very difficult for you to share the difficulties with me. Although I don't want to say something depressing, I will say defeat before I win. If I can't fight, Li Guiren is unstoppable, please protect King Guangping all the way to Shu, although dying in the city is heroic, it is not the best choice, I hope you can live on."
Everyone didn't expect Li Tan to say such words suddenly, and they were a little flustered for a while.
Ji He said in a deep voice: "Why did Your Highness say that? We must wait..."
Li Tan interrupted him and said, "I said don't say anything about martyrdom. If you are all dead, won't you give up the world? You can't say these words when you go to war, and you can't even let others hear them. I can only tell you this, and... No matter what, those students in the academy are the future, so we must protect them."
Li Tan's tone was very calm, but everyone heard it as if he was telling his last words.
Rao Zou Shi, who has stayed in Dali Temple for a long time and has a hard heart, can't help but have red eyes.
When he left the palace, Ji Heyi's straight back was slightly bent.
Seeing the worry in his eyes, Zou Shi said: "Lao Ji, don't worry too much. His Highness also said that he is just planning for a rainy day."
Ji He smiled bitterly: "But it cannot be denied that this kind of situation is really possible. You and I have lived such an old age in vain, but the rise and fall of the world depends on a child."
Zou Shi was also silent after hearing this. Indeed, compared to the age of the two of them, it is not too much to call Li Tan a child.
He sighed and said, "If you have the ability, you have the corresponding responsibility. If you and I don't have that ability, we can't say it. The only thing we can do now is to guard the rear for him, and don't hold him back."
After hearing this, Ji He straightened his back and said, "That's true."
What Zou Shi and Ji He said was heard by Jin Jin. After he reported everyone's reaction, Li Tan looked up at him and asked, "Do you know what's wrong with you?"
Qin Jin was taken aback for a moment, then immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, please punish me."
Although he didn't understand what was wrong, since Li Tan said he was wrong, there must be something wrong, so don't argue, just admit your mistake first.
Li Tan laughed angrily at his enthusiasm, shook his head and said, "You don't understand at all."
Qi Jin smiled embarrassedly and said, "Please give me your advice, Your Highness."
Li Tan said: "I asked you to pay attention to the changes in public opinion in Chang'an City. Did I say that I would monitor the ministers of the DPRK and China?"
When Jin Jin's face changed, he immediately understood where he was wrong, and said quickly: "This subordinate knows his mistake, but this subordinate just... just listened to it by the way."
Li Tan was expressionless: "This is even more terrifying. You are going to a dead end. Once those ministers feel that you have violated their interests, then... even I can't keep you, you know? Your position You are already sensitive, and you have to be careful about what you do or don’t do, and I will not be in Chang’an City for the next few days, so please be careful."
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Qin Jin's back, and he did not doubt that Li Tan valued him.
However, he also knew that when Li Tan wanted to establish a public opinion department, those people did not agree. It was because He Kuan and those gangsters were too noisy, and the current situation was special, so he took a step back from Li Tan.
Those people are just turning a blind eye to the Ministry of Public Opinion now. If they really feel that the existence of the Ministry of Public Opinion threatens them, they will definitely not be merciful.
Li Tan watched Jin Jin leave with a pale face, but he didn't comfort him. In fact, he knew from the very first day that the Public Opinion Department was established that it was a double-edged sword.
However, he needs to have his own news channel, which can be regarded as an extraordinary means in an extraordinary period, but in this way he must impose more constraints on the Public Opinion Department.
Without restraint, the Public Opinion Department will get carried away sooner or later.
However, the reactions of those ministers were more or less within his expectations.
Originally, he didn't need to be so sensational, after all, he never thought he would lose.
But he is not sure that he can win easily against Li Guiren, so in this case, logistics is the most important thing.
Li Tan didn't doubt Ji He and Zou Shi, but the two of them had so many things to deal with every day, they might not have so much time to stare at their subordinates.
It just so happened that today was the meeting, so Li Tan just wanted to get emotional with these people. Although the officials may not be emotional, those who are still willing to stay in Chang'an under the current circumstances are either speculators or lunatics, or people who really serve the country with passion. .
What he has to do is to strengthen the belief of these people.
Although Li Guiren was using tricks before, it is true that he and Yin Ziqi did not get along, and now his military supplies are also a little tight. If Tian Shengong hadn't been tricked into sending him some military supplies, I am afraid that he really has to insist now. go down.
Li Tan didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.
While thinking about this, he wrote a letter to Li Chu, saying that the prince could not be counted on, so he could only let him stabilize people's hearts.
As a result, he had just finished writing the letter at night, and when he was about to send it out the next day, he rushed over and said, "Your Majesty, King Guangping has returned to Beijing."
Li Tan was startled when he heard that, and asked, "Where is he? I'll pick him up."
Qing Kong said: "We have already entered the flower hall."
Li Tan was shocked: "Why is there no news at all?"
Although he asked such a question, he didn't expect Qing Kong to give him an answer, so he walked quickly to the flower hall while talking.
When they arrived at the flower hall, Li Chu was sitting there drinking tea.
Li Tan walked over and called out, "Da Lang." After a pause, he said in surprise, "Why are you so thin?"
Isn't that right? Although Li Chu was not very fat in the past, he was not considered thin in the aesthetics of later generations, but now his cheeks have sunken.
If it weren't for those eyes that were still bright, he would even suspect that Li Chu had some serious illness.
Li Chu was also very excited when he saw Li Tan, he got up and saluted, "31..."
Li Tan waved his hand before he finished speaking: "Now it's just you and me, so don't pay attention to those vain etiquettes. I was just about to write you a letter to invite you to return to Beijing, but I didn't expect you to come here like this. Why? You just Bring this little guy?"
Li Chu did not greet him politely, sat down and said: "I got the news of General Tian's defeat two days ago, and I think you must go to the battle, and if you go to Chang'an, you can't do it without anyone in charge. People would be panicked, so I just drove over from Jane immediately."
Li Tan showed a rare and comfortable smile these two days and said: "I knew that Da Lang would not let me down, just take a rest, and tomorrow I will tell you about the current situation in Chang'an in detail."
Li Chu shook his head and said, "What time is it now? The battle is urgent. When I came, I saw the military barracks outside the city being dismantled little by little. You must be going out in two days, right?"
Li Tan nodded and said, "I originally planned to leave in three days. Even if you don't come back in time, I won't wait. Anyway, Ji He and the others can't make any trouble in just a few days."
After hearing this, Li Chu said, "Ji He is a real gentleman."
Li Tan curled his lips and said, "A true gentleman in this world is always the one who suffers."
Li Chu said with a smile: "Isn't it because of you? Well, let's not talk about this, the situation is urgent, let's get down to business."
Li Chu emphasized the urgency of the situation several times in a row because he was worried that Li Tan would suspect that he came here in such a hurry to seize power.
No matter what he thinks about Li Tan's entry into Chang'an, in this situation, internal strife is the most undesirable thing, and he doesn't want Li Tan to doubt him because of this.
In fact, Li Tan has no grudges at all. The power in Chang'an is actually a hot potato, especially now that Li Longji has gradually become weaker, and Li Heng may have started plotting to usurp the throne—oh, that's not called usurping the throne, that's called asking the sage to abdicate .
Anyway, after Li Heng ascended the throne and returned to Chang'an, he who once controlled the entire Chang'an city would become very embarrassed.
Even if he is Li Heng's own son, it doesn't work, after all, he is Li Heng's younger brother in name, and many people even don't know the origin of the two of them at all, thinking that he is really Li Longji's own son!
Now it's just right to hand it over to Li Chu, Li Chu can be regarded as one of his own, with him sitting in the rear, Li Tan can rest assured.
So he described the current situation in Chang'an in detail, and this talk came to the time when the lanterns were held. Even the two of them didn't pay attention to eating, talking and sleeping, and talked while eating.
After Li Chu confirmed that Li Tan didn't have any grudges against his sudden arrival during the exchange, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: You are also a gentleman.
If Li Tan knew what he was thinking, he might really be dumbfounded.
Li Tan and Li Chu kept talking late at night, and after explaining their previous thoughts, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Chang'an is considered stable now, and you don't need to worry about armaments, I'm ready."
After hearing this, Li Chu smiled wryly and said, "There seems to be nothing here that needs my help."
Isn't that right, Jing Zhaoyin is enough to manage Chang'an, and originally he wanted to sit in the back and be a good logistics officer for Li Tan, but it turned out that even Li Tan had arranged the logistics!
Li Tan looked at him seriously and said, "You have done the greatest favor by returning to Beijing."
Li Chu thought about it, so he said: "Then it looks like I have to show up more."
Tell the people that the royal family is still there and has not run away.
Thinking of this, Li Chu couldn't help but blame his grandfather a little bit. If his grandfather hadn't abandoned the city and fled, the royal family's reputation might not have fallen to this level, and Li Tan didn't have to think so hard.
After explaining everything, Li Tan asked, "Who did you hand over to Mawei Station? Is it reliable?"
Li Chu said: "Leave it to Saburo."
Li Tan was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that San Lang was talking about King Jianning.
He asked: "Can Sanlang do it? Now that the captain of Jinzhou Zhechong is here, I'm afraid it's not easy to manage?"
Li Chu said lightly: "If you can't do it, you have to do it. He asked to stay at the beginning, so he must take responsibility."
Of course, what Li Chu didn't say was that Li Tan, who was as old as him, shouldered heavier responsibilities. If Sanlang wanted to be on par with King Ning in every way, he naturally had to show corresponding skills.
In fact, Li Chu also understands Saburo better, after all, no matter who lives in the shadow of his fellow brothers, he will not be happy.
In particular, his title is Li Tan's previous title, and his ranking is Li Tan's previous ranking. It seems that everything that Li Tan used and didn't use was given to him.
No matter how big-hearted King Jianning was, he couldn't stand this situation. The most frightening thing was that Li Tan left him with only a tall back, and it was not easy for him to catch up.
Now he can only do a little calculation, as long as he can guard Mawei post, he will no longer be a brother of King Ning when he is mentioned.
Although Li Tan didn't know about his mental activities, but since Li Chu said so, he thought it was the same reason, he couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "How many people in the imperial court are now reduced to the three of us at the front line."
Li Chu said: "In fact, there are still many loyal people who are guarding the land and the people, but now the situation has been torn apart. They can't contact the court if they want to, so they can only defend themselves. If you can defeat this time Li Guiren can start to contact Li Siye, and now he is defending the city of Fenzhou, and he has persisted for a long time."
After Li Chu said this sentence, he felt a little inappropriate, worried that it would bring pressure to Li Tan, after all, Li Guiren could not be defeated casually.
So he quickly changed his words and said: "You can also join hands with him, but there is a Xizhou between you, and now Xizhou is also in the hands of Li Guiren, it is not easy for you to contact."
Li Tan nodded. He opened his mouth and wanted to say that if Jinzhou was defended, Li Heng would have to come back to take back Luoyang no matter what.
It's just that he swears so firmly that he can win, and those who don't know about it may feel that he is too arrogant and worry.
So Li Tan swallowed this sentence back and asked, "What does the prince mean?"
After hearing this, Li Chu looked at him rather speechlessly for a long while before reluctantly said: "Grandpa is not in good health now..."
He couldn't continue talking halfway through, and everyone knew it was just an excuse.
To put it bluntly, Li Heng has not been forced to the point where he needs to explode the small universe, so he does not have the courage of Li Tan yet.
Even he is not as good as his own son.
This situation may be caused by Li Longji's fear and guard against his son, but Li Heng's own personality flaws are also obvious.
When Li Tan thought that he might still listen to the concubine's slander in the future, he was exactly the same as Li Longji, and for a while he didn't want to help Li Heng increase his prestige.
So he patted Li Chu's shoulder and said heavily, "In this case, you have to be mentally prepared."
Li Chu didn't understand what his mental preparation meant, and it took him a while to realize that Li Tan probably wanted him to keep Chang'an, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry."
Three days later, Li Tan was wearing a red tasseled helmet and black armour, riding on the Zhaoye White Dragon, forming a very sharp color contrast between the man and the horse.
Just like what he said to Ji He and others before, he would not say anything depressing before the actual expedition.
No matter how you look at it, you have to show more confidence in the future. If even he doesn't have confidence and looks sad, then... Datang is hard to say, Chang'an will probably really end.
Because of this, this time the luggage delivery talk did not even stop the people from watching.
It is not the same now, some things should not be concealed, and these people should know that the good men behind him are fighting bravely to protect this country and protect them.
By the way, let these people feel the atmosphere before the war.
Of course, the most important thing is to let Li Chu appear in front of everyone.
Originally, Li Tan had already planned to tell Ji He that when they waited for Li Chu to come, they must welcome them with great fanfare, and let everyone know that the Li royal family would not abandon their people.
As a result, Li Chu sneaked over by himself and directly disrupted Li Tan's plan. In desperation, Li Tan had no choice but to use the opportunity of this army's expedition to see him off to let Li Chu make a strong appearance.
And Li Chu's performance is naturally remarkable. Although he was capable before, he was a bit weaker. I don't know if it was because he saw the cruelty of war on the way to escape, or because he grew up when he stuck to Mawei Post.
Now Li Chu looks more stylish than Prince Li Heng.
After Li Tan finished talking to him, he got on his horse and waved to him and said, "Let's go."
He said this as if he was going out to play, Li Chu looked at him helplessly, everything was fine in front of him, why did he have to be nervous when it was time to leave.
However, he looked at the back of Li Tan leading the army, and he was in a daze for a while.
He stood there for a long time, until he couldn't see Li Tan's back clearly and didn't plan to go back.
Ji He on the side said in a low voice: "Jun Wang, go back."
Li Chu nodded, and suddenly said: "This army...was His Royal Highness Prince Ning brought it out?"
Ji He was slightly taken aback, nodded and said, "It should be, some of them were even transferred from Liangzhou."
Li Chu said with emotion: "It really is different."
Those soldiers in Xuanjia looked really majestic and reassuring.
Moreover, Li Chu noticed that during the process of seeing them off just now, these soldiers were standing neatly and straight, not to mention moving around, not even making small movements, each of them seemed like a wooden man, which made people feel cold on the soles of their feet.
If Li Tan knew his doubts, he would probably be very proud. This is the result of training these days.
It's hard to say about the combat power, but these soldiers have been able to execute orders and prohibitions very well.
Although Li Chu didn't know, he could still imagine how invincible such a soldier would be on the battlefield, but... In the end, he didn't understand why Li Tan acted so dishonestly before he left.
Of course, Li Tan had his own considerations, and the farewell ceremony should be more formal, after all, this year pays attention to this.
But it can't be too formal or depressing, which will make the people worry, so he must make a relaxed gesture.
Of course, his mentality is actually very relaxed, so relaxed that on the way to Puzhou, he never held a meeting with his subordinates from the beginning to the end, nor did he look at the map, nor did he give any orders.
It made the whole army... Well, the soldiers didn't notice anything, but the generals felt a little uneasy.
What they are going to face now is Li Guiren, and Li Guiren may have gotten the news that their army is coming, and he may even know from the beginning that Chang'an will send reinforcements.
So under such circumstances, it is very likely that someone will be sent to intercept and kill them. Even if they dare not confront them directly, they may sneak attack their food road.
Generally, at this time, as a general, you should arrange protection measures along the way.
The generals waited and waited until they were about to enter Puzhou, but they didn't wait for Li Tan's order, and finally couldn't help but want to ask.
However, they were a little timid. After all, Li Tan wrote a whole set of training manuals before, and the physical training was so strict that it was frightening.
Therefore, in the impression of the people in Chang'an, King Ning is probably the kind-hearted young man who would secretly go to the streets to inquire about grain prices and eavesdrop on others' evaluations of him.
But in the eyes of these soldiers, Li Tan, who can think of so many inhuman training methods, is like a demon king.
So after much deliberation, they finally approached Yuan Zhe.
After all, they were all promoted later, and they had never fought with Li Tan, so they didn't understand Li Tan's temper when he was marching.
However, Yuan Zhe followed him from Shanzhou to Chang'an. If Yuan Zhe went, even if His Royal Highness Ning Wang was offended, he should not be punished too severely... right?
Yuan Zhe looked at them dumbfounded and said, "Your Majesty knows what's going on, why are you so worried?"
Someone asked: "Do you know His Highness's arrangement?"
Yuan Zhe was very calm: "I don't know."
Everyone got angry for a while: "Don't you know that you can still sit still like this?"
Yuan Zhe scratched his head and said, "I only know that the king will not let us die, isn't that enough?"
Crowd: ...
It's good to think so, but...what if I really want to beat him up?
Yuan Zhe looked at the murderous looks of the crowd, and said helplessly, "If you want to know, you can ask yourself."
Then he saw a few people who were still murderous looking frightened for a moment, one by one dodging their eyes and faltering, and finally someone said: "How about...you go...?"
Yuan Zhe was a little puzzled: "Why are you so afraid of the king? The king is very kind."
People say that only you think he is kind.
These people were either tortured by the training method written by Li Tanxin, or they were tortured by the advanced training class he created. Whether it is training or studying, it is painful. Can you not be afraid?
Seeing their cowardice, Yuan Zhe said, "Okay, I'll ask."
One of them grabbed him and asked, "Can we listen? Don't get too close, just listen secretly."
Yuan Zhexin said that you are really not afraid of death, but he didn't remind him, it's really useless for this group of people to come together and force him to ask.
So he really went to Li Tan's middle tent while camping.
Li Tan was reading the letter at first, and there were letters from Concubine Yang Gui, Li Bai, Gongsun Chui, and even Yang Bing.
Li Bai complained that Li Tan refused to take him to the battlefield. Concubine Yang Guifei wrote to tell Li Tan that she would not go to Li Longji. Maweiyi, after half of it was cut alive by Li Tanhuo, finally grew up.
This time he wrote to ask Li Tan if he could go to the battlefield.
Li Tan thinks that for Yang Bing's sake, it's best for him to be a mediocre rich man all his life, and don't think about doing meritorious service or touching power.
Although this is cruel, only such Yang Bing will not make those who launched the coup d'etat fearful and can save his life.
As for whether Yang Bing will go into hibernation, find a way to grow the Yang family and wait for revenge after many years, Li Tan doesn't care, anyway, those who launched the coup may not all be good people.
In today's world, good people don't live long.
Just when Li Tan was thinking about this, Yuan Zhe came in.
He saw Yuan Zhe was a little strange and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuan Zhe coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, do you think Li Guiren will rob our grain road?"
Li Tan nodded and said, "I should. Anyway, if I were him, I would."
After all, he started as a sneak attacker, and he is best at things like robbing food teams.
Yuan Zhe took a sneak peek outside, took advantage of the wind blowing up the curtain of the camp tent, and saw that group of people were really lying outside and eavesdropping, so he had no choice but to continue to ask: "Then... don't we want to protect the grain road?" ?”
Li Tan lowered his head to open the letter and said, "There is no need for protection, because there is no food team."
"what?"
Yuan Zhe was very surprised. Like him, there were a few people outside. Li Tan didn't look up so he didn't see them, but they made their own noises and exposed themselves.
As soon as Li Tan looked up and saw a series of figures outside, he couldn't help crying or laughing: "Get out of here, what is it like to be sneaky, don't you remember military discipline? Go back and copy it three times for me!"
Immediately there was wailing outside the camp, and a few people who said they were dignified officers walked in dejectedly, as if they were recruits who had been bullied by veterans.
Probably for these people, it is more difficult for them to hold a pen than a knife.
In the past, they were punished physically for violating military discipline, either with military sticks or running circles.
Later, when Li Tan rectified the army, when he saw them, he smiled kindly and said, "Let's change the way of punishment in the future. Everyone should be gentle. It's not good to see too much blood."
At that time, they thought that a fairy prince came, until they saw the power of punishing copying and shutting down a small black room-it would be better to beat them up!
Li Tan looked at their pitiful faces, smiled slightly and said: "I know what you are worried about, but this time we are not going to a remote mountainous area. Both Puzhou and Jinzhou have granaries. It’s hard to say in Puzhou, but you won’t be able to go hungry in Puzhou, so what food are you worried about!”
Of course, what Li Tan didn't say was that he planned to make a quick decision this time, and use war to support war.
It is conceivable that he will definitely not take down Jinju and retreat when he comes out this time, so that someone from the opposite side will fight Jinzhou again, is it meaningful for him to fight back?
He wants to be stationed in Jinzhou and move forward steadily, especially when he knows that there are still many benevolent and righteous people in Hebei who are resisting and defending the city, he wants to meet those people.
In this way, if supplies are still supplied from Chang'an, the battle line will be too long. Such a weakness will be targeted sooner or later. Once the back route is cut off, there will really be nothing left.
So from the very beginning, his plan was to rob Anlu Mountain in addition to eating local food from the beginning!
Anyway, it's not the first time he's done this kind of thing.
But seeing how incapable these goods were, Li Tan didn't intend to tell them this, but just told them that there was food in Puzhou.
Tell them after these people have actually played one or many games with the people from An Lushan, and they should be very happy at that time.
After Yuan Zhe expressed his reassurance, he held back a smile and left with the punished person, leaving Li Tan alone to continue opening the letter.
As a result, he opened it and found a letter without any signature on it. On the envelope, there was only a picture of a civet cat staring at the mouse and preparing to kill it.
The civet cat's painting was so vivid that Li Tan even saw the face of the person he missed day and night through the cat.
After he opened it happily, he found that there was only one sentence on the letter, two words to be exact: wait for me.
Li Tan's smile gradually disappeared, and after searching for a long time, he found that there was no third word, and he couldn't believe it for a while.
Zhi Yi crouched beside him watching his expression gradually ferocious, shrank his body, and glanced around with his round eyes, preparing to run away.
But before it escaped, Li Tan angrily pulled it over and licked it twice, saying, "It's too much to send a letter and only write two words!"
Although Li Tan didn't know how Zhu Xieli sent his letter, it shouldn't be easy to think about it.
In the end, there were only these two words, and Li Tan felt that he was simply baffled.
Zhi Yi, who didn't run away, sighed, found a more comfortable position in his arms and lay down, with a look of lovelessness on his face.
Li Tan stared at the letter for a long time, and at the end he had no choice but to bend the corner of his mouth and said, "Wait for him, does he know where I am, just wait for him."
If Zhu Xieli's news is not very well-informed, then it may be that Li Tan is waiting for him in Chang'an.
If that is the case, it is likely that Li Chu will be waiting for him.
However, what happened to Zhu Xieli at Anlu Mountain?Can he get away?
Thinking of this, Li Tan couldn't help pinching Zhiyi's ear and said, "Last time you said that Zhu Xieli is okay over there?"
Zhiyi opened his mouth and yawned, turned over with his belly up and said slowly, "Of course, he's better than you."
Li Tan sneered, feeling that Zhi Yi was talking nonsense.
Anyway, he is in power now, how long has it been since Zhu Xieli took refuge in Anlu Mountain?Even if An Lushan had no doubts about him, it was impossible to give him too much power.
Zhi Yi looked up at him seriously and said, "Don't believe me, you have to know that the hero always has a halo."
Li Tan said: "Is it the halo of Jiangzhi? If it wasn't for this, it would be pretty good for him to be able to gain the trust of An Lushan now."
Zhi Yi calmly scratched his ear with his back paw and said, "Just wait and see."
Li Tan didn't continue to discuss this matter with it, because he came over and told him that he had arrived in Puzhou, and the governor of Puzhou was leading his people to welcome him.
Li Tan had no choice but to put Zhiyi aside, put on the armor again and go to the show.
Yes, play.
Anyone who is familiar with him knows that he does not know how to wear armor in real war.
It's just that before, in order to reduce casualties and to establish a handsome and strong image for the common people, he made such a batch of black armors. Now all his subordinates are majestic and dressed in black armors, and it turned out that he was wearing ordinary clothes in front... It's not ridiculous. .
So he came up with a set of armor specially used for performance.
He didn't try to be very mighty, but Li Tan has experienced killing battles after all. After putting on the armor, his age disadvantage will be unconsciously ignored.
At least the governor of Puzhou is like this.
When Puzhou Inspector saw Li Tan, tears welled up in his eyes.
A reception banquet is indispensable, but in Li Tan's opinion, this reception banquet is a bit crude.
Li Tan raised his vigilance when he entered Puzhou. Although he didn't want to doubt his own people, since the Anshi Rebellion, there were too many assassins who had problems, so he had to be on guard.
The governor of Puzhou glanced at the dishes on the food table after Li Tan entered the table, and said with some embarrassment: "His Royal Highness, most of the supplies in Puzhou are now supplied to the front line, so...the dishes are poor, please forgive me, Your Highness."
Although the governor of Puzhou was embarrassed, he was not afraid. He didn't know much about Li Tan, but he felt that the person who could run back to Chang'an in the most critical time would not be a person who indulged in pleasure.
Moreover, he had vaguely heard that King Ning had started to eat wild vegetables in order to maintain the salaries of officials in Chang'an and the expenses of the army.
If the rumors are true, then it is even more impossible for Li Tan to have any opinion on him because of this matter.
Li Tan glanced at the Governor of Puzhou, seeing his sincerity, and felt that as long as this was not a show, then this person was worthy of trust.
He asked, "What's Li Guiren doing lately?"
The governor of Puzhou sighed and said: "The attack on Jiyu City and Qiping City has already begun. Jiyu City has been defended, but it is a bit difficult. Qiping... I am incompetent, I... I don't know how to lead troops..."
Puzhou Inspector's eyes were red as he spoke. He is a civil servant and did not witness the situation after the occupation of Qiping City, but he heard that the city had been massacred there.
Li Tan's face turned cold, and he got up suddenly and said, "I'll make a note of today's drink. Since the front line is critical, I don't want to delay any longer. Let's leave it alone. I will ask the governor to take care of you later."
The governor of Puzhou did not expect him to be so straightforward. He thought that Li Tan must take a rest after marching for many days in Puzhou.
After all, traveling from Chang'an to Puzhou in just a few days can almost be said to be a day and night journey. Such a long journey may be too much for both the general and the soldiers.
However, Li Tan didn't expect that Li Tan would leave immediately after hearing that the front line was in danger.
The governor of Puzhou was conflicted. He hoped that Li Tan would come to support him as soon as possible, so that the frontline soldiers might die less, but he was also worried that Li Tan was not in good condition.
However, Li Tan didn't care what he was thinking, and went straight out of the governor's mansion, got on his horse and left. What he really wanted to see now was Tian Shengong.
Now Tian Shengong is guarding Jiyu City, even though his injuries are still serious, he has not retreated any more.
Li Tan needs to replace Tian Shengong so that he can recover from his injuries.
So even if it is already dark at this time, the curfew must give way when necessary.
It's just that after leaving the city in the dark, Li Tan felt a little ready to move, and he couldn't help turning his head to ask Zhiyi: "Do you think there are people from Li Guiren sneaking around here?"
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