Man Tanghong

Chapter 270 Li Xiuning Returns to Beijing

It's not that Su Dingfang ran out without saying hello and took credit for Li Jing and Li Daliang.

Instead, Su Dingfang greeted Li Jing and Li Daliang.

It's just that Li Daliang's words were harsh, and Su Dingfang lost his temper for a while, so he led his soldiers into the battlefield brazenly, and finally captured Fu Gongyou under the watchful eyes of Li Jing and Li Daliang.

The specific process is roughly that after Su Dingfang and Kan Leng received Li Xiuning's military order, they sat together and discussed it. Su Dingfang proposed to divide the troops into two groups, one from the south of Hebei Road, and directly attack Danyang, all the way down the coast, and break in from the side. Forming a two-sided attack, he took down Danyang in one fell swoop, cut off Fu Gongyou's back, and then slowly plotted it.

Kan Leng and Fu Gongyou had a vendetta for killing their brothers, so they took up the combat mission to directly attack Danyang without hesitation.

Taking advantage of the situation, Su Dingfang also undertook the combat mission of going down the coast and breaking in from the side.

After discussing the strategy and assigning combat tasks, the two immediately led the army to move.

Because Fu Gongyou did not deploy many troops in the north, and because Kan Leng was eager to avenge his brother, Kan Leng attacked Danyang before Su Dingfang could reach Danyang, completing the combat mission ahead of schedule.

Seeing this, Su Dingfang moved to the south, preparing to form a triangle with Li Jing and Li Daliang, encircling Fu Gongyou.

Before Fu Gongyou retreated to Xuancheng, Su Dingfang rushed to Xuancheng ahead of schedule and set up an ambush, waiting for Fu Gongyou to throw himself into the trap.

After Li Jing and Li Daliang forced Fu Gongyou to Xuancheng, Fu Gongyou did not retreat to Xuancheng, but retreated into the mountains near Xuancheng.

Seeing this, Su Dingfang knew that Fu Gongyou had made a bad move, and also knew that Fu Gongyou's general situation was over, and he would become Li Jing and Li Daliang's pocket, so he had no desire to continue fighting, so he immediately ordered the soldiers under his command to take off their disguises , Occupied Xuancheng generously, and waited quietly for the end of the war.

However, Li Jing and Li Daliang blocked Fu Gongyou in the deep mountains and attacked for several days without taking Fu Gongyou.

Although Fu Gongyou's situation is over, there are still half of the long sword army taken from Wang Xiongdan, and a group of dead soldiers whose family members were massacred by Kan Leng, and they had to go all the way to the dark with Fu Gongyou.

Fu Gongyou occupied a favorable terrain, and with the assistance of a group of long-sword soldiers and dead soldiers, he withstood the attacks of Li Jing and Li Daliang round after round.

Su Dingfang saw that Li Jing and Li Daliang's battle damage was getting bigger and bigger, and if the damage continued, the gain would not be worth the loss, so he took the initiative to send someone to contact Li Jing and Li Daliang, and offered to help.

Li Jing just declined Su Dingfang's kindness, but Li Daliang felt that Su Dingfang took the opportunity to grab their credit, not only rejected Su Dingfang's kindness, but also told Su Dingfang to stay away, don't wait to take advantage of them.

Due to Su Dingfang's kindness, he was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and was even humiliated.

In a rage, Su Dingfang led his men to join the battlefield brazenly. Under the noses of Li Jing and Li Daliang, relying on the advantage of iron armor, he fought against the arrows, stones and other objects of the bandit army, entered the deep mountain, and captured him alive. Fu Gongyou.

Then he quickly withdrew from the battlefield with his people, returned to Xuancheng, and stayed behind closed doors.

According to Su Dingfang's letter, Li Daliang sent people outside Xuancheng three times to denounce him and asked him to hand over Fu Gongyou, but he ignored him.

"You mean I'm wronging Su Dingfang?"

Li Xiaogong stared and asked.

After finishing the question, he tapped the teacup in front of him with his fingers, signaling Ling Jing to refill it for him.

Ling Jing smiled wryly and poured another cup of tea for him.

Li Yuanji looked at Li Xiaogong's appearance of provoking his teacher's guilt, and was not in a hurry to explain the truth to Li Xiaogong, but questioned: "Cousin, are you here to help Li Jing Xing Xing, or Li Daliang Xing Xing?"

This question is very important, related to the issue of character.

have to figure it out.

Li Xiaogong snorted, picked up the teacup, it was a little hot, put it down again, and said dissatisfied: "Of course it's Li Jing."

Li Yuanji frowned slightly, and asked again: "Is it Li Jing who asked you to help him out?"

In this matter, although Li Jing and Li Daliang had some reasons, Su Dingfang also had reasons.

Su Dingfang did not seize the credit for what Li Jing and Li Daliang had already obtained, but took the credit for what Li Jing and Li Daliang were about to obtain.

There is no difference between getting it soon and not getting it.

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and there is absolutely no such thing as 'you are sure of victory, others have to wait'.

As long as you don't crush the enemy, there is room for others to intervene.

Li Jing and Li Daliang can complain that Su Dingfang is not authentic, or they can write a letter to impeach Su Dingfang for maliciously seeking merit.

But they couldn't say that what Su Dingfang did was wrong, and they couldn't say that the credit for what Su Dingfang had already obtained was theirs.

As a veteran on the battlefield, Li Jing is also a figure who shines in the annals of history, so he must know this.

Now that he knew, he asked Li Xiaogong to help him out.

That's a bit...a bit of a worrisome character.

Li Yuanji intends to bring Li Jing under his command. If Li Jing's character is in doubt, it will not be a good thing for him.

Li Xiaogong snorted and said: "He has an arrogant personality, so he wouldn't ask me to help him out, otherwise he wouldn't be a young general commanding [-] troops."

Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows, it would have been better if it hadn't been Li Jing, otherwise he would have to reconsider how to arrange Li Jing.

"Since it's not Li Jing, who is it? Who would be so kind as to complain for Li Jing?"

Li Yuanji questioned.

He actually already had the answer in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud.

Li Xiaogong didn't hide it either, he said openly, "Li Daliang."

Li Yuanji nodded, his face didn't change much, because the answer was within his expectation.

Li Yuanji immediately told Li Xiaogong the truth.

After Li Xiaogong finished listening, his face became very ugly.

"Is what you said true?"

Li Xiaogong asked in a deep voice.

Li Yuanji took out the letters from Su Dingfang and Li Xiuning from the pile of documents beside him, and handed them to Li Xiaogong.

It only contains content about the Battle of Xuancheng.

Li Xiaogong took the letter and read it carefully, his face became even more ugly.

He could not believe what Su Dingfang said, but he had to believe what Li Xiuning said.

Li Xiuning, as the coach of the campaign against Dongnan Dao, cannot refute this kind of matter, otherwise it will affect her prestige.

"Li Daliang is trying to use me as a knife?"

Li Xiaogong gritted his teeth and asked.

Li Yuanji did not express any opinions.

In this kind of matter, Li Xiaogong will inevitably make some wrong judgments due to partial listening, but after understanding the whole story clearly, he will definitely make a correct judgment, so there is no need for him to say anything.

Li Xiaogong put down the letter, raised his head and said, "I will give you an explanation for this matter."

Li Yuanji shook his head and said, "I don't need any explanation from my cousin, my cousin only needs to give me an explanation."

This matter did not cause him any harm, and he did not need to explain anything.

On the contrary, it was Li Xiaogong who was almost deceived, almost used as a gun.

Li Xiaogong should give himself an explanation.

Li Xiaogong's face was gloomy, he had no face to stay here anymore, he stood up and cupped his hands, then left in a hurry.

Ling Jing looked at the back of Li Xiaogong going away, and sighed: "What on earth is Li Daliang thinking, that he dares to use the King of Hejian as a spearman?"

Li Yuanji glanced at Ling Jing, then sighed: "If you live in a different place, you will do the same."

Ling Jing looked at Li Yuanji in astonishment, "I'm not so stupid, I will never use someone I can't afford to provoke as a weapon."

Li Yuanji shook his head and didn't say much.

From their point of view, what Li Daliang did was a bit stupid, but from the point of view of others, it might not be so.

After all, he was able to quickly explain this matter to Li Xiaogong, based on the good relationship between him, Li Xiaogong, and Li Xiuning.

If he didn't make friends with Li Xiaogong and Li Xiuning, if he wants to explain this matter clearly, he has to wait until he has done it with Li Xiaogong.

Li Daliang obviously didn't know that he was on good terms with Li Xiaogong and Li Xiuning, and he didn't know that Li Xiuning would write this matter in a private letter and tell him the truth, and even more didn't know that Li Xiaogong would take the initiative to come to the door after learning about this matter, and asked straight to the point That's why I seem a little stupid.

If it was someone else, I am afraid that the memorial to impeach Su Dingfang has already been handed over to Li Yuan's desk.

"Should we think of a way to teach Li Daliang a lesson?"

Ling Jing questioned.

Li Yuanji still shook his head, "My cousin's move is enough for Li Daliang to drink a pot. We don't need to make another move."

Speaking of this, Li Yuanji had a headache again, "Compared with Li Daliang, I care more about how to make my sister calm down."

Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing and urged, "Hurry up and help me find a way."

Ling Jing's face turned bitter, "You can't even think of a way, and the minister can't even think of a way."

Li Yuanji asked, "Could it be that you just quietly waited for my elder sister to come back to ask the teacher?"

Ling Jing smiled wryly, not knowing what to say.

The two of them sat in the pavilion with depressed faces and thought about countermeasures, but they didn't think of a proper solution until Li Xiuning's class teacher returned to court.

Li Xiuning returned to court on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Li Yuanji put on the official robe, took a group of his subjects in Beijing, and rushed to the Shili Pavilion outside Chang'an City to meet him.

Li Yuanji originally wanted to go a little further and rush to the Ershili Pavilion or the Thirty Li Pavilion to meet him, but the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Rites did not allow it, saying that it was not suitable for etiquette.

Li Yuanji could only bring a group of subordinate officials to stand with Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and others.

Li Jiancheng was looming in front of him, but instead of wearing his crown prince's royal uniform, he was wearing a black ordinary uniform.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were still talking about it, saying that the prince, as the heir apparent, was not suitable to welcome Li Xiuning and so on.

Li Yuanji's ear was harsh, and Li Shimin's ear was also ear-piercing.

(End of this chapter)