Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 807
Chapter Two Twenty

After leaving Dashan Pass, it is no longer considered the border of Guanzhong, thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow drifting.Li Jing wasn't tired from the journey at all, instead he lifted the curtain of the car with great interest, squinting at the snow outside the car.

The water in Chang'an City is getting more and more muddy.Li Jing was also happy to be ordered to hold the town of Liangzhou.As the head of Liangzhou's general manager's office, he was in charge of fourteen military prefectures. Although his official position was not as good as that of the original Lingnan general manager, Li Jing was also happy with it.He looked at the sky and asked the driver in front, "Where is this?"

"Gulang County is ahead, and there are more than 140 miles to Liangzhou City..." The coachman replied respectfully.

If there is no such heavy snow, it is estimated that Liangzhou can be reached in one day.In the current situation, Li Jing was not sure whether he could reach Liangzhou, so he tried to ask, "Can we reach Liangzhou before it gets dark tomorrow?"

"This weather..." The handlebar showed a embarrassed look.

Li Jing poked his head out of the carriage, looked back, more than [-] riders were leading the horses, it was very hard work.Most of his personal guards are from Bashu, Jiannan and Lingnan, but there are relatively few soldiers from Guanzhong.These southern soldiers and cavalry are not only inferior to northern soldiers, but also afraid of the cold.Despite adequate preparations, many soldiers still suffered from chilblains, oozing yellow pus, which was very disgusting.

This time, Li Jing received an order to succeed Li Yuanji as the head of Liangzhou, and rectified the military defense of Yumen Pass and Yang Pass. In name, it was to prevent the Tubo people from attacking, but in fact it was to prevent Chen Ying, the governor of the Western Regions, from being destroyed at any time. Close and enter.

Li Jing couldn't figure it out, did the court lose the trust of basically all the generals?I was in charge of more than 100 prefectures in Lingnan back then, and my power was even greater than that of Chen Ying now. If Zhao County King Li Xiaogong hadn't stood in front of him, I'm afraid he would also be suspected by Li Yuan. Thinking of this, Li Jing felt a little bit sad.

Chen Ying is the captain's son-in-law, with three generations of ancestors and grandchildren. He has always been loyal and good, but because of his outstanding ability and ability to fight well, he has been suspected by successive emperors. Tortured, Li Jing was a little depressed.

Is there no room for warriors in this world?

Before he left Beijing, Li Yi (also known as Luo Yi) was impeached by the censor, claiming that he had embezzled a huge amount of military funds in Mexico and that he was to be convicted.This made Li Jing feel a little wry. Luo Yi, the king of Yan County and the chief executive of Youzhou, was forced to surrender to Tang Dynasty because he lost to Dou Jiande. In name, Youzhou belonged to Datang, but in fact, Luo Yi had never taken the title of Great Tang in these years. Tang's food and fodder, his soldiers and horses are all supported by him himself.

This is a bit funny. The private army that I paid for was impeached for corrupting ink, which is really a joke in the world.However, Li Yi was imprisoned, and Li Jiancheng tried his best to rescue him, but he didn't know if he could save his life.Behind Li Jing was a luxurious carriage, in which Zhang Zongsheng, the army observer from Liangzhou, was sitting. Zhang Zongsheng, who was nearly 50 years old, was a close friend of Li Yuanchao, and he was also used to monitor him.

Li Jing was very uncomfortable with the feeling of being watched, but unfortunately, he was also helpless about some things.

Li Jing, who was half asleep and half awake, felt that the carriage had stopped, opened the curtain and saw Zhang Zongsheng sticking his head out to look over here.After sitting in the car for a long time, I also felt my hands and feet were stiff, so I jumped out of the carriage and said to Li Jing, "General Li, let's get down and stretch our legs, it's not good to be in a car all day..."

"Does Zhang Neishi think that Chen Shuai will send troops?" Li Jing really couldn't figure it out.Li Xiuning was by Chen Ying's side, how could Chen Ying continue to make trouble, Li Xiuning alone was enough to be worth [-] troops.At least Lieutenant General of the Datang Army, how many people disagree with Li Xiuning?Li Jing got out of the car, stretched his arms, and asked a question calmly.

Zhang Zongsheng twisted his orchid fingers, and said in a sharp voice: "Our family doesn't care about this. General Li came to Liangzhou to prevent the Tibetans from attacking Liangzhou. Liangzhou is fine. We will complete the task His Majesty ordered. As for the rest..."

Li Jing's gaze fell involuntarily on the brocade package on Zhang Zongsheng's back. It seemed that there was more than one imperial decree in it. Li Jing originally thought that leaving Chang'an could bypass the vortex of right and wrong, but he didn't expect that when he came to the northwest, he still couldn't escape. .

Li Jing vaguely heard how many soldiers and horses Chen Ying had under his command. There were no fewer than one hundred thousand elite soldiers, and there were many cavalry.In Liangzhou, there are only fourteen Zhechong mansions, plus the Dingyuan army, with less than [-] troops.

Let Li Jing take the initiative to attack with 3 soldiers and take advantage of Chen Ying by taking advantage of his unpreparedness. Li Jing has this confidence, but let him lead less than [-] troops to defend Chen Ying, Li Jing actually has no idea at all.

Li Jing looked at the endless snow and ice at this time, except for a wry smile.

Even if he puts himself in another place, if he is treated so unfairly by Chen Ying, he probably won't be reconciled, right?
Seeing Li Jing's worried face, Zhang Zongsheng smiled disdainfully and said, "General Li, you didn't think about Tibetans, are you afraid?"

Li Jing had no way to communicate with the eunuch Zhang Zongsheng at this time, even if the Tubo people sent troops in such a world of ice and snow, how many troops could they send?Covered with ice and snow, people eat horses and chew everything that needs to be transported. With the transportation capacity of the Tubo people, they can draw an army of 5000 people, which is already high on them.

There are 5000 people, even if there are 5 people, Li Jing is not afraid at all, and he can teach them how to behave in minutes.

It's just that this dead eunuch is pretending to be confused at all. Doesn't he really know that Chen Ying is what he wants to guard against?

Doesn't he know what Chen Ying represents in the Tang army?

The god of war can also be said to be the god in the hearts of the new generation of soldiers of the Tang army.

The belief of hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers.

Even if Li Yuan ordered Chen Ying to be arrested, few people would dare to attack Chen Ying.

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After Chen Ying was slapped in the face by Li Xiuning, the sorrow in his heart was swept away.With his personal guards, he patrolled around in the snow, supervised the disaster situation in the local area, and also supervised the acceptance of savages from the Western Regions in each city, and strictly ordered each city not to refuse to accept savages or refugees.

In this place of the Western Regions, the vast grasslands have provided space for countless small troops and small villages to inhabit. In fact, the Western Regions are plagued by wars and snowstorms every year, but the population of the Western Regions will never decrease. This is because the cities of the Western Regions In addition, there are countless unknown small tribes or savage villages. They refused to accept Wanghua and were unwilling to be exploited by the government, so they hid themselves to live by themselves.

But now that there is a storm and snowstorm, and the weather is freezing, they can persist if they have enough savings, but if they don't have enough food or fuel, there is only a dead end waiting for them.

In this case, in order to survive.They will automatically go out to hidden villages or valleys, and seek help from cities or populated places.

Chen Ying's management model in the Western Regions is actually similar to the original Lingzhou model. The state governs several counties, counties govern several towns, and towns govern several forts.

At this time, Chen Ying is not focusing on inspecting the counties, but focusing on remote towns and castles, to check whether they have any difficulties.Do you need help? After all, news is transmitted very slowly in this era. It is not a message for future generations, and the whole world can receive it immediately.

Although it was a world of ice and snow, Chen Ying and Anxi's army didn't have to suffer too much at all. More than 700 carriages transported food or fuel, as well as soldiers' four-wheeled carriages. The speed is faster than usual.

At the Bogula Pass, the sky and the snow became one piece, and Chen Ying's fleet of more than 700 vehicles was slowly advancing on the snow.

Li Xiuning accompanied Chen Ying to sit in the carriage. At this time, the walls of Chen Ying's carriage were covered with cowhide, which not only could insulate the cold, but even arrows couldn't get in.Although the carriage was as warm as spring, Li Xiuning, who was pregnant, felt uncomfortably cold, her hands and feet were cold, so she just covered her legs and feet with a thin brocade quilt, and sat on the soft couch to watch Chen Ying study the map.

On Chen Ying's map, Chen Ying took a quill and drew a black line along the line of Ningjin Town, Hongkou Town, and Songshan County in the Bogula Valley.Chen Ying pointed to the road and said, "It still needs to build a road. Along this road, you can reach Kashmir, and you can also reach Shendu!"

Li Xiuning has heard unfamiliar words from Chen Ying more than once, and she is no longer surprised by this. Li Xiuning frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "The body is poisonous!"

"Shendu used to be a huge empire, but more than 100 years ago, they encountered an unprecedented economic crisis!" Chen Ying's gaze seemed to travel through time and space, and he saw ancient India in the south.

To talk about ancient India is actually a joke.

They have encountered more than 300 invasions in history. Except during the Maurya Dynasty, they successfully resisted the invasion of Alexander (actually because of Alexander's sudden death of illness), and at other times, they were all invaded at once.During more than 300 invasions, ancient India gradually formed more than 180 ethnic groups.

Now is the chaotic period in Indian history. The king of Jieri, who was praised by the Indians, is actually just a powerful prince in northern India. His influence is no more than Deccan in the east, Zhalouqi in the north, and Dalaki in the south. putt.It is roughly equivalent to slightly more than one-third of India's territory of more than 300 million square kilometers, but definitely less than half.

Otherwise, Wang Xuance of the Tang Taizong Dynasty would not have been able to stage the myth of one person destroying a country.

As Datang's influence in the Western Regions grew, Chen Ying gradually became concerned about the piece of fat on his lips.

Li Xiuning looked at the map and found that Chen Ying's eyes were getting farther and farther away from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. He reached out and grabbed Chen Ying's hand and said, "Chen Lang, we can't shrink back, we are our roots in the Central Plains!"

"Otherwise, what should we do?" Chen Ying sneered: "A bunch of short-sighted fools, they don't know that this is the real heaven-sent land, the fertile Ganges River Plain, the harvest of one year is enough for the entire Tang Dynasty Everyone will eat it for decades. If no one wants it here, I want it!"

Li Xiuning leaned her elbows on the small table on the couch, put her delicate face in her hands, looked at Chen Ying a few steps away, and said, "I want to go back to Chang'an!"

"Going back to Chang'an at this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out alive!" Chen Ying said with a wry smile: "My existence threatens the stability of the empire, and many people want me to die!"

"I see who dares!" Li Xiuning said domineeringly: "If they really want us to die..."

Having said this, a murderous look appeared on Li Xiuning's face: "Then let's poke a hole in the sky!"

"Have you thought it through?" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Many people will die if you do this!"

"No amount of people can compare to one of your fingers!" Li Xiuning leaned into Chen Ying's arms, and said with a firmer gaze: "Gods block and kill gods and Buddhas block and destroy Buddhas!"

(End of this chapter)