People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 411: Be cautious about merits and demerits, burn the cottage

Inside Meiling Pass, Li Xuan, who was wearing a black brocade robe and a black uncut hat, walked slowly out of a courtyard.

Although the hands were washed very clean, the smell of blood could be smelled from far and near.

In the courtyard behind him, low-pitched groans and shouts could be heard continuously.

Li Xuan looked at Li Zhu, who was guarding him, and said in a low voice: "Tell Lanxi County to send the necessary hemostatic medicinal materials as soon as possible. We are only fighting against six or seven hundred Tianyin thieves, so The damage can be controlled for the time being, once you fight against thousands of powerful enemies from the Tianyin Sect, if you don't pay attention, even you and I will be injured and die, at this time, healers and medicinal materials are very important."

Li Zhu clasped his hands and nodded, just about to say something, at this moment, a soldier in front walked quickly.

"Reporting to the King, Lanxi's new director has come from Lanxi."

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Go and have a look."

Although he is a disciple of the medicine king Wei Xuanzang, he is a little proficient in medicine, but for the wounded in the battlefield, besides suturing, he is more about medicine.

As if remembering something, Li Xuan turned to look at Li Zhu: "Tell the injured brothers, don't tell the outside world about the process of my king's diagnosis and treatment for them."

Li Zhu was slightly taken aback, quickly cupped his hands, then turned around and went back quickly.

Some things, if put on ordinary people, are great achievements, but if put on Li Xuan, it is not necessarily a good thing.

So for these things, be cautious if you can.

Concentrating her thoughts a little, Li Xuan immediately walked forward quickly.

Not far away is the Wei's Mansion of the Military Academy of Meiling Pass.

A middle-aged official in a blue official robe was standing at the gate of the mansion, with carts behind him.

Food, medicinal materials, ordnance, and many important supplies were brought over.

"Lanxi's new director, Wang Ji, has met the county king Qianqiu!"

"Thank you, Master Wang." Li Xuan bowed his hands to Wang Ji sincerely, and said, "With these things, quite a few people should be able to survive."

This battle, under Li Xuan's strategizing, although it was won very smoothly, more than a dozen people were killed in battle, and dozens of people were injured in varying severity.

"Don't dare, my lord, but if I need it, Lanxi will do everything in my power to send it." Wang Wangji hurriedly bowed his hand to Li Xuan and returned the salute in fear.

"It's okay, please come inside." Li Xuan walked quickly towards the mansion.

In the official quarters on both sides of the mansion, Feng Hua was leading men to repair the damaged crossbows and catapults, while Wang Qin was counting the battle damage and military exploits.

Li Xuan passed by the small road in the mansion, the two of them didn't even look up at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan looked at Wang Ji with a slightly wry smile.

Wang Ji stopped slightly, and slightly cupped his hands to the Shangguan in the official residence on both sides, and then entered the middle hall with Li Xuan.

Immediately, a Nanchang government guard brought the tea.

"The environment is poor, Master forgive me." Li Xuan stretched out his hand to signal Wang Ji to drink tea, while he himself walked aside and washed his hands again in the copper basin.

"Don't dare, my lord has worked so hard to recapture Meiling Pass in one day and night, and stabilize the foundation of Lanxi. After hearing this, the lower officials and county magistrate Xu are infinitely delighted, and they also have infinite admiration and gratitude to the king." Wang Ji said to Li again. Blessings.

Whether Meiling Pass is in hand is very important to Lanxi County.

The fall of Meiling Pass means that Lanxi will face the attacks of countless Tianyin Sect troops at any time.

The sharp sword of threat hangs above his head at all times.

But when Meiling Pass is taken back, this danger immediately disappears.

Even if the Muzhou Tianyin Sect army goes south again in the future, with Meiling Pass at hand, Lanxi will at least have a chance to breathe.

Moreover, they had great confidence in Li Xuan, and even hoped that Li Xuan could hold the Meiling Pass steadily after the Tianyin Sect attacked.

"Taxes and grains should be harvested as soon as possible. Remember not to exploit the people. In addition, recruit some landless local tenants to act as husbands. The king does not need them to go to the city gate to fight, but to carry arrows and other things, there are more people. .” Li Xuan wiped her hands with a silk handkerchief, and then sat back behind the table.

"The next official obeys the order!" Master Wang immediately bowed his hand and agreed.

"A farmer is a farmer. This king still hopes that Lanxi can recruit a group of soldiers who are physically fit and proficient in martial arts to supplement the battle. In today's battle, each guard has a different number of attrition, and we need to try our best to supplement it." After a slight pause, Li Xuan picked up the tea cup and said seriously: "If you are willing to join the army, now is a good time to tell the people in the county that Qianniuwei will first select soldiers from among the best soldiers and soldiers in the army to join Qianniuwei."

"Qianniuwei?" Master Wang's face was full of surprise.

Qianniuwei has always been a good choice for the officials and military officials in the court, and the children of the clan and aristocratic families, and even asked the young to be handsome and beautiful.

Once you become Qianniuwei, your official career will immediately be on the fast track.

At the age of 40, it is definitely not a delusion to become the captain of a prefecture and the governor of a state.

Now, Li Xuan said that Qianniuwei wanted to recruit new recruits from well-behaved soldiers and soldiers, which was unprecedented in Wuzhou.

However, Wang Ji did not doubt the truth of Li's words at all.

Because Li Xuan himself was the inspector Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang, his position was not relieved by the emperor, he had the right to do so.

Besides, even if you can't become Qianniuwei, you can become Zhechong Fubing, which is good.

Or the guard of Nanchang Palace.

"Military achievements, as long as there are military achievements, everything is easy to talk about." Li Xuan's words pointed out the core of this matter.

War exploits, the Tang Dynasty has always given priority to military exploits.

The reason why Li Xuan's father-in-law Liu Rengui was able to quickly become the prime minister was because of his amazing military exploits against the Japanese nation during the battle at Baijiangkou.

Now that Li Xuan is using his military exploits as the key to knock on Qianniuwei's door, even if it is put in the center, few people will object to it.

Of course, the Qianniuwei who came from the folk and the Qianniuwei who came from the noble family will naturally not be in harmony. At that time, these people will definitely have difficulties in the Qianniuwei.

But it depends on the ability and circumstances of the individual.

……

After finishing the official business, Wang Ji bowed deeply to Li Xuan, then turned around and walked away quickly.

Although he himself has no hope of becoming Qianniuwei, but among his family's children, there are quite a few who have the hope of becoming Qianniuwei.

Wang Ji was born in the Wang family of Taizhou. The ancestor of the Wang family in Taizhou was a branch of the Langya Wang family, and the Langya Wang family was the lineage of Wang Dun and Wang Dao.

In the old days, Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Wang family of Langya mostly served as high-ranking officials in the Southern Dynasties Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen, but they did not have much foundation in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Therefore, after the founding of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, several branches of the Wang clan of Langya moved to the north, and gradually they had some foundations.

The Taizhou Wang family is only a branch of the Langya Wang family, and its political foundation is even weaker.

Which of the real aristocratic families doesn't want to be politically successful, and now there is a good opportunity without hesitation, Wang Ji doesn't want to miss it.

Li Xuan watched Wang Ji leave calmly.

He knew that after the other party returned, he would definitely do his best to help him collect all the supplies he needed to defend the city.

In addition, many aristocratic families in Southeast, Taizhou, and Yuezhou will also cast more attention on him because of this matter at this time.

Although Li Xuan only worked in Wuzhou, his eyes were not limited to Wuzhou.

"Let's go, look around." Li Xuan glanced sideways at Li Zhu, picked up the Eight-faced Han Sword on the table, and walked around the city first.

At this time, the sound of killing and cutting in the city had long since disappeared, and it was more of the cry of labor.

Li Xuan walked through the city.

Scattered boulders can be seen everywhere. Under the command of the servants, the peasants from Shangxi are pulling the bullock carts to transport the boulders to the north gate of the city gate.

There are also many people who are demolishing the smashed houses.

If the original building materials can be transported to the north gate, they will be sent to the north gate, and if they cannot be delivered, they will be pulled out from the south gate.

Stack all kinds of materials for defending the city as much as possible in the open space.

"Your Majesty!" Feng Hua saw Li Xuan, and hurried forward to cup his hands.

"Feng joined the army for your hard work!" Li Xuan bowed his hands solemnly to Feng Hua.

During this period of time, Feng Hua presided over the logistics assistance affairs, which was of great help to Li Xuan.

Especially for ordnance such as catapults, bows and crossbows, a large amount of supplies must be prepared every day.

In the subsequent Battle of the North Gate, there were not many opportunities for the cavalry to play a role, so at this time, they had to rely more on ordnance and equipment. This was Li Xuan's biggest advantage over Tianyin Sect.

"The battle is imminent, and the lower officials dare not slack off at all." Feng Hua bowed his hands to Li Xuan earnestly.

"Yes, the battle is imminent." Li Xuan turned and looked to the north. Once the Tianyin Sect army came to Meiling Pass, it would definitely be an extremely tragic battle.

Any smart person has already smelled the breath of war at this time.

"I'll entrust this to the army. My king will go to the north gate to have a look." Li Xuan cupped his hands to Feng Hua, and then led Li Zhu to the north gate.

Although there are lofty mountains in the north of Meiling Pass, the ground of the mountain road is lower than that in the south.

It is a mountain that is high in the south and low in the north.

A gently downward slope extends from the mountain road in front of Meiling Pass to the end of the line of sight.

"This commercial road has been completely closed since a few days ago." Wang Qin stood on the city gate, pointed to the mountain road below, and said solemnly: "Actually, two months ago, people who took this road The business travel on the mountain road has gradually decreased, and even if it is open now, there will not be many people."

Li Xuan nodded, and said softly: "Behind the business trip, there is always the shadow of the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family has the most keen sense of smell in the whole world. Although Tianyin Sect does things secretly, but the real aristocratic family, they It cannot be concealed."

"I'm afraid everything will not recover until the chaos of the Tianyin Sect is completely subsided."

"That's true." Li Xuan nodded approvingly, and then said: "If the disaster of Tianyin Sect continues, the merchant family will not go this way, especially this king just sealed off Sanhe Pass."

A trace of thought appeared on Li Xuan's face. From this time on, the road from Hangzhou to Wuzhou via Wujiang River was completely cut off.

"This is necessary, otherwise, once those merchant ships are used by the Tianyin Sect, the price we will have to pay will be even greater."

Wang Qin had no objection to this matter, he sighed lightly, pointed to the mountain road in front of him and said, "We'll see when the Tianyin Sect will kill us now."

"It will take two days to get to Jiande along this mountain road. On the way, there is a small village for transit. By tomorrow morning, Captain Yan should have captured that small village."

"I heard that the prince has ordered the place to be burned."

(End of this chapter)