The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 331 The Brand New Yonglong
Outside the noisy and bustling Chang'an, the fast horse carrying official documents has passed three miles, the robes are flying, the yellow silk-wrapped briefcase is tied behind the back, the whip is cracked, and the caravans passing by are shouting loudly to the caravan along the official road. Feng Xiang hurried on.

At the end of October, the busy caravans gradually moved to the rear, and what came into view was the stretch of brown and yellow mountains, the smoke from the villages, and the suburbs around Chang'an gradually formed a real government with concentrated residences, with four fans from the four corners of the city. Radiating outward, the vacated land was leveled to reclaim fields or set up workshops.

Walking along the official road, you can hear the sound of ping-pong-pong operations in the workshops from a distance. For the people of Chang'an, the changes have been too great. Maybe in a few years, the locals may not remember Chang'an after several wars.

More than 200 miles to the northwest is Fengxiang, one of the closest cities to Chang'an. It has been continuously expanding to Chang'an in the past ten years, with Chang'an as the center, and then connected to Huazhou in the east, forming an inverted triangle. The area is the center of administration as the trading center of the three cities. The goods coming from east to west, after being inspected and checked by Fengxiang and Huazhou, enter the mutual market area by traders, and list them for sale in the lot leased by themselves.

On the waterway, thousands of sails passed by on the sparkling water, and the fleet docked to load and unload goods. The commoner boatmen supported the scull and sang loudly towards the passing merchant ships. Take a bite of a herring rewarded by the host, swallow carefully, and half-close your eyes comfortably, enjoying the moment of tranquility in the afternoon.

The setting sun sets, darkness comes, and then there is a faint light in the east. The sun breaks through the clouds and spreads to the earth. The fast horse carrying King Yong's official documents changes horses and leaves at Fengxiang, and continues to gallop westward along the river.

In the field of vision, the towering and steep mountains are gradually getting lower, turning into hills and exposing barren soil. Due to the haze of the weather, it is at the end of autumn, and there is a misty autumn rain in the border of Longzhou. In the field, in the leaden blue color in the distance, the outline of the village is soaked in patches of water vapor, like a scroll slowly unfolding in Ling Qi's eyes.

Another day passed, and the rain stopped for the time being. As the center of Gyeonggi and the northwest, Longzhou, the rolling hills are full of cattle and sheep, and the grass covered with water droplets. In the entrance.

In the singing of the shepherd of the party, the cavalry galloping from Yanguan Road waved their flags and signaled to a cavalry team running past in the distance.

"King Yong urgently orders!"

Soon, the cavalry escorted the envoy into Longzhou.

Longzhou.

Water drops were still hanging from the high and low eaves. On the wet street, a cavalry team who received the news hurried back to the city and walked through the bustling long street. The leading knights bowed their heads one by one, or waved and shouted happily.

"Hello, Commander!" "Today, I went out to patrol the city, what kind of thief was arrested?!"

"Great Governor, would you like to try the naan cakes made by my wife?"

A lot of miscellaneous words came, the man on the black horse smiled at them, and led the team to pass between them. After a while, the hustle and bustle went away, and the horse team stopped in front of the government yamen, and the guards on both sides clattered. Standing upright, he stared straight ahead, and immediately, the man who dismounted came with only a few people, and strode across the threshold.

The cloak was trailing behind him, the man was wearing black and shiny armor, and the animal heads on both sides of the shoulders trembled slightly with each step, which was rather heavy. In the distance, several people were already sitting in the middle hall of the front yard meeting, and the maid was just going out to add tea. Several people saw the tall figure approaching, and got up one after another.

"Meet the governor!"

"Sit down, but someone is late." Stepping through the threshold, Li Cunxiao, who had a beard, raised his hands and fists to Zhao Zhouyi, who was the first to smile.

"The governor is not late, I was waiting for a few old brothers to come early, haha. The governor, take your seat soon."

"I'm joking." Li Cunxiao took off his cloak and handed it to the guards. He walked to the first place on the right. He looked around and saw Fu Daozhao, the defense envoy of Longzhou, and several generals who had been promoted in recent years. He waved his hands to them After a while, he looked at Zhao Zhouyi, "Jiedu envoy called a certain family, but what's the matter?"

Over there, Zhao Zhouyi is now over 40 years old, has been pampered for many years, and her belly has grown up. She smiled and invited Li Cunxiao to sit down and exchanged greetings, and then talked about the reason why she was so anxious to invite him back to Longzhou.

"The governor didn't know something. Half a day ago, he received a messenger from King Yong, saying that Chang'an was going to use troops."

Li Cunxiao put down his teacup and frowned.

He is the governor of Longyou, a member of the second rank, and has great power to exercise the military power of Longyou. Hearing this, doubts arose.

"My brother is going to send troops from Longzhou? Where are they going?"

In the first reaction, Li Cunxiao thought of Li Cunxu from the north, the milk baby in the past ten years, after his father died of illness, he took up the burden of Jindi, and he had a fierce fight with Zhu Youzhen a few years ago.

With Chang'an's current power, there is no need for Longzhou to send troops to deal with Li Cunxu, who is only in the three states.

Before he could think about it, Fu Daozhao on the opposite side was unspeakably excited. He smacked his fists on the table, "Don't make wild guesses, the governor. King Yong wanted to use troops against Wang Jian of the Shu region. It was written very clearly in the letter." Clearly, it has already been printed."

As he said that, Zhao Zhouyi handed over the letter he had just entered the city to Li Cunxiao. The content on it was simple and clear, without the slightest sloppiness.

As for how to fight, the letter also explained that Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang from Chang'an were recruiting envoys, one principal and one deputy, leading an army of [-], Xia Luqi was the vanguard, and the barracks had been led to the border of Yangzhou.

As for Longzhou, the deputy army went south to the south of the mountain, passed through Fengzhou, and rushed to Xingyuan Mansion to control Xingzhou and look out to the west of Sichuan.

"Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang? These two are surrendered generals, how can He De be the commander-in-chief of an army?"

Seeing the names of the two, Li Cunxiao pressed down the letter, slapped his palms on his knees and snorted coldly, "I'll ask my brother about this matter. Besides, being so anxious is not good for the war. Although Wang Jian is old, he is still experienced in using soldiers. His generals and adopted sons are not incompetent either."

He glanced at Fu Daozhao, Zhao Zhouyi, and the rest of the generals, "What do you think?"

"King Yong is good at planning, how could he be so reckless? He must have thought in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a hurry. Using Li Siyuan's stone to respect Tang and Tang, I guess it means to train soldiers."

"I also agree with what Brother Zhao said." Fu Daozhao nodded.

Well.
Over there, Li Cunxiao leaned back in his chair and pondered for a long time. He has been in charge of Longyou military affairs for many years, and he knows a lot about the surrounding towns and the generals below. If you really led troops to fight alone, if you really want to face the military strength of Shangshu, you may suffer a disadvantage.

But since his brother wanted to train soldiers, he couldn't dissuade him. After closing his eyes and thinking about it, Zhao Zhouyi continued to say, "Chang'an has asked for a lot of iron over the years. King Yong has built elite firearms, which will probably come in handy."

Li Cunxiao opened his eyes and nodded.

"Since the elder brother has made a decision, we will fully cooperate here. The Jiedu envoy will stay in Longzhou, and a certain family and talisman defense envoy will lead troops south to Xingyuan Mansion."

He stood up, and the armor rattled.

"Everyone, prepare to go south to Shu -"

Everyone in the middle hall stood up together, clasped their fists together and said, "Listen to the command of the governor!"

Not long after, Zhao Zhouyi issued an order, and all parts of Longzhou began to move gradually. The iron locks of the closed granary were broken, and the sacks of grain were recorded by the secretary, one by one, carried on the truck, and transported to the military camp outside the city.

The army that had been silent for a long time had a faint atmosphere of war.

at the same time.

In Chang'an, the autumn sun shone softly on Yongwang's mansion, and the fallen dead leaves stepped on people's feet. Geng Qing walked through the bleak flower garden path with his hands behind his back. The young man behind him, about sixteen, lowered his head, Some are downcast.

"Your aunt is good at hitting. If you use the seal indiscriminately and put it on other people, you will lose your head."

Geng Qing looked at his son who was already taller than his shoulders, with a stubborn face on his delicate face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that time had passed so quickly, the little guy who was in front of him back then had grown a lot taller.

And it's fucking rebellious.

This is not easy to teach, I have no experience.
(End of this chapter)