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

Chapter 626 Tang Dynasty wins three battles and Silla loses three battles

"Da da da", the rapid sound of horseshoes sounded outside Yangzhou City, and the remaining snow on the road was quickly trampled away.

A group of cavalry rushed into Yangzhou City with the wind blowing, hurried along the central road, and finally arrived at the gate of the Governor's Mansion in Yangzhou.

Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, the red cloak behind her was raised directly, and the golden armor collided with a clear sound.

The left and right teams, dozens of Qianniuwei and Jinwuwei got off their horses at the same time.

Li Xuan stood in front of the door, looked sideways at Zhou Qian and Cui Ding, and said: "You two take all the brothers, go in and resettle first, and Bao will accompany me to see Weng Dou."

"Here!" Zhou Gan and Cui Ding immediately bowed and agreed.

Li Xuan tidied up her luggage a bit, then walked quickly towards the Dudu's Mansion, followed by Su Baotong.

As soon as Li Xuan stepped into the door, he saw Sima Changyu of the Governor's Mansion has already walked out quickly, with a hurried look on his face.

Seeing Li Xuan, Chang Yu hurriedly stepped forward with a wry smile: "Why did the prince come so quickly, I originally thought that the prince would arrive tomorrow?"

"Weng Dou has a call, so why would Xuan dare to delay." Li Xuan bowed his hands to Chang Yu and said with a bright smile: "I have seen you for a long time, and seeing Sima in high spirits today, Xuan knows that this Eastern Expedition will surely win the army." return."

"My lord is joking. The victory of the Eastern Expedition depends on the hard work of the soldiers, the unity of the generals, and three points of luck. The army has defeated Silla three times and returned safely." Said: "It's a coincidence that the lord came. The governor has a guest at the moment, and he can't meet the lord in person. This is why I asked the lower officials to do it for me..."

Li Xuan waved his hand readily, and said, "Sima doesn't have to be so polite, you and I have a few times of comradeship, and the Governor's Mansion is no stranger to Xuan Laiyan... I just don't know who this guest is today?"

Chang Yu laughed very frankly, approached Li Xuan, and said in a low voice: "He is the son of Deng Jiuguang, the governor of Dengzhou. I just settled down, so I just came to visit Dou Weng."

"But there is a letter from Governor Deng?" Li Xuan's footsteps paused slightly, and his words were slightly guessing.

Deng Jiuguang was the head of the reinforcements on the eastward journey, and Dou Xuande must pay attention to his letters.

"It's the time for the follow-up troops to return to the Tang Dynasty." Chang Yu explained a few words, then raised his head and said, "Please, my lord."

"En!" Li Xuan nodded, followed behind Chang Yu, and entered the lobby of the Dudu Mansion.

"The King of Nanchang has arrived." Seeing Li Xuan appearing at the door, Dou Xuande immediately stood up.

A young man with a white face and a scholarly appearance, wearing a blue round neck robe, also quickly stood up.

Li Xuan took two quick steps, walked to the bottom of the middle hall, and solemnly bowed to Dou Xuande: "My subordinate Li Xuan, pay my respects to Dou Weng!"

"Nephew, you are welcome, please sit down!" Dou Xuande greeted Li Xuan to sit down, and then introduced to Li Xuan: "This is Deng Liang, the son of Deng Jiuguang, the governor of Dengzhou. Please return the criminal envoys and Japanese envoys to Yangzhou."

Deng Liang's 24-year-old appearance, although he is a lieutenant of the navy, looks like a scholar. His complexion is fair, and he does not have the color of the wind and frost at sea all year round. His face is respectful, but deep in his eyes, there is always a disturbing glint. shine.

"Student Deng Liang, I have met the lord!" Deng Liang cupped his hands very solemnly and said, "I have heard that the lord is very talented in writing and poetic. I wonder if the student is lucky enough to ask the lord for help?"

student?

Li Xuan stood up, cupped his hands, and then said politely: "Xuan only gets something once in a while. Brother Deng said, just ask for benefits. If you have time, you and I can learn from each other."

"Thank you so much, my lord." Deng Liang bowed deeply to Li Xuan again, and then sat down with Li Xuan.

Only then did Dou Xuande look at Li Xuan, and said, "How did my nephew come so fast, traveling more than five hundred miles in one day?"

"Weng Dou has a call, how dare you be unhappy." Li Xuan smiled sincerely, and then said helplessly: "Good morning, good morning, good morning, early good morning, if you are late, who knows what will happen."

Deng Liang, who was at the side, was very surprised and couldn't help asking: "What does the lord mean, if you walk slowly, you will be in danger if you are delayed on the road? The land of Wuyue, the treasures of nature, why is this so?"

Li Xuan looked at Deng Liang in surprise. He always felt that Deng Liang had something to say, but he couldn't hear anything. His eyes flashed, and he said solemnly: "Xiao Wang returned to Chang'an from Wuzhou a few months ago. , We were attacked several times along the way, and only stopped in Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Shendu, a few big cities, and went west immediately after a little supply."

Deng Liang still frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Since it's inconvenient along the way, why didn't you send a large army to escort and wipe out the bandits at the same time?"

Li Xuan frowned suddenly, what did he say?

Li Xuan looked at Deng Liang cautiously, and said at the same time: "Brother Deng doesn't know something, whether Yangzhou or Wuyue states, unless there is an order from the imperial court, there must be a central or palace order for soldiers to be transferred across states, otherwise it will be an accomplice. Rebellion, and the number of rebels is never small."

Deng Liang's father, Deng Jiuguang, was the governor of Dengzhou. In the early years, when the imperial court conquered New Baekje, Koryo and Silla, the Dengzhou navy was dispatched on a large scale. In fact, the Dengzhou navy was the number one navy in the Tang Dynasty.

The nearby states are all under the jurisdiction of the Dengzhou Dudufu, and the rights are far more important than Wuzhou and Yuezhou.

It is impossible for Deng Liang to be ignorant of the rules for the transfer of soldiers, but for many years, he has acted unscrupulously between Dengzhou and the nearby states, and the nearby states don't care, so he ignored this rule intentionally or unintentionally.

But in other states in the interior, there is no such habit.

If he really wanted to act recklessly, someone would immediately put a hat of treason on his head.

Seeing Deng Liang's silence, Li Xuan felt amused, but also wary.

Deng Liang was able to say such words, his unscrupulousness in Dengzhou had already faintly left an impression in Li Xuan's heart.

Li Xuan restrained her thoughts, looked at Dou Xuande, and asked in a deep voice: "Dou Weng, what's the situation on the East Island now, when will the army be able to withdraw to Central Earth?"

"Before the end of March next year, except for the army staying on the Liaodong Road, the rest of the army, about 2 people, will all withdraw to the vicinity of Dengzhou and Yangzhou for rest." Dou Xuande stopped talking immediately when he said this, but Li Xuan has fully understood.

After Anton's [-] troops rest for a while, some of them will be transferred to the western front, but how many people will be transferred and when they will be transferred, these are top secrets among top secrets, even Li Xuan can't easily hear about them.

"As for the details of the East Island." Dou Xuande turned to look at Deng Liang.

Deng Liang immediately cupped his hands and said: "At the beginning of October, the army set out from Dengzhou, and rushed to the west bank of Baekje at the end of the month, captured Incheon City, moved eastward along the Han River, turned to the North Han River, and arrived at Maixiao City. At that time, our army arrived in Incheon. It has been captured by Silla, and the other generation wanted to transfer the army to stop it, but Li Dudu seized the opportunity. When he transferred the army, he broke out from Maixiao City, defeated [-] enemies, and killed [-] thieves. This victory also."

Li Xuan listened very seriously, buying Xiaocheng's three battles and three victories was the information obtained by the government and the opposition, but it was the first time that Deng Liang mentioned the details.

"In mid-November, the army rested for half a month to digest the backup. Silla also dispatched [-] main troops to attack the city. At that time, the navy had left the Han River, sailed westward, and then went south. The Silla army felt uneasy and attacked Xiao again. The siege of the city was very urgent, but there were no results for a few days, and when they retreated, Li Dudu sent troops out, and after the first battle, he defeated the enemy again and beheaded five thousand people."

Hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slightly.

Silla people are in a hurry.

If they just besieged the city and did not attack, then they still had some chances, but once they attacked the city, the Tang army defending the city would take advantage of the city.

"In late November, the Silla people directly attacked Maixiao City at night without any warning, but fortunately the city was always vigilant. The raid of more than [-] Silla people failed to attack the city, and finally retreated in defeat, leaving behind several A thousand corpses." Deng Liang's expression became serious.

Li Xuan and Dou Xuande looked at each other with a hint of nervousness in their eyes.

How could they fail to understand how much fierce murderous intent was contained in Deng Liang's understatement.

"Afterwards, the people of Silla sent a letter of apology, and the Japanese envoys joined our army after that, and the battle was decided." After Deng Liang finished speaking, he took a long breath.

Except for the first battle at the beginning, the navy did not participate much.

Most of the time, they wandered along the coast of the former Baekje, Cheongju, Jeonju and Guangzhou. Although it put great pressure on Silla, they did not attack and fight more, and their military achievements were insufficient.

"So, brother Deng has worked hard." Li Xuan stood up and bowed seriously to Deng Liang.

Deng Liang got up quickly, cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare!"

After sitting down again, Li Xuan raised her head and looked at Deng Liang: "Brother Deng, I don't know how the captain of the Hangzhou Navy Ji Xiao and the captain of Yangzhou Xinlinfu Zhechong Shi Jin are doing in the East Island?"

Deng Liang was a little surprised, and then said: "Lieutenant Ji Du accompanied the navy and made great achievements in attacking Incheon. Is it just Lieutenant Shi?"

"Let me tell you." Dou Xuande suddenly saw the topic, and then said: "Lieutenant Shi actually didn't arrive at Dongdao, he landed in Pyongyang and Sinanju, and then went over mountains and ridges to Shenzhou."

"Shenzhou? Over the mountain?" Li Xuan was a little confused. What's going on? Didn't he say he was going to the East Island to support him? Why did he go to Shenzhou?

Dou Xuande breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced at Chang Yu who was at the side, and Chang Yu immediately bowed and retreated.

At the same time, he also had people guard the lobby closely to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

At this time, Dou Xuande continued: "The two virtuous nephews are not outsiders, and the old man will tell you the truth."

Li Xuan and Deng Liang immediately stood up with flattered faces, cupped their hands and said, "Please speak, Weng Dou."

"The withdrawal of troops from the East Island this time is to withdraw troops to reduce the consumption of food and grass. The second is to transfer the army of the East Island to the Western Front. The reason for this is that the weather in Tubo is similar to that of the East Island. It is extremely cold and difficult to travel. There are many soldiers in the Central Plains I feel unwell, so I dispatched the East Island army to go."

Speaking of this, Dou Xuande looked at Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "As for Lieutenant Shi, Pei Shangshu of the Ministry of War has a saying that if there is a severe cold and highland environment for training soldiers, then the trained soldiers will definitely be able to fight freely in Tubo. , That’s why Captain Stewart made this trip.”

Li Xuan's face was stunned. After overcoming the altitude sickness, landing in Tubo and climbing a mountain were indeed very similar, but did Pei Xingjian figure this out so early on? If so, why bother to go to Liaodong and let people climb Huashan directly?

Maybe it's a little too exacting?
(End of this chapter)