Late Tang

With the arrival of midsummer, the weather is getting hotter day by day, but the battle on the front line in Hebei is getting smoother day by day. Every day, messengers with red flags on their backs fly into Yanjing, bringing good news one after another. Li Jing received these news every day in the Forbidden Palace, and she was in a good mood.Later, he simply sent an order to move to Wutai Mountain in Daizhou, Shanxi Province.It's called summer escape, but most of the officials from the three offices of the entire military department and the cabinet ministries of the three provinces went with them, leaving only a few to stay behind, and a whole 5 guards were ordered to accompany them.

After dinner that day, Li Jing came to Wan'er's residence. Wan'er's eldest son, Dexiang, was ten years old. According to the rules, he was currently training in the Spartan training camp. The second son, Derry, was also seven years old and had just entered the camp.After the two sons who entered the camp, Wan'er also gave birth to two daughters and a son. The three children are all under seven years old, and they are now studying in the Yuqing Palace Kindergarten in the palace.According to the rules, children over the age of three and under the age of seven go to kindergarten, and they are not allowed to meet their mothers on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year.

This time Li Jing was very happy, and sent a special order to let the old princess in the palace and all the concubines drive to Mount Wutai together, along with the children in the kindergarten. Mother reunion.This is the first time in the Forbidden Palace, it can be said that Wang En is mighty.Wan'er was also very happy. She gave birth to five children for Li Jing. The older two went to the harsh training camp, and the remaining three also entered the palace kindergarten. They were not allowed to meet each other. She Being with the old concubine and concubine Qin all day, sometimes I feel deserted.

At this moment, when the female officer came in to report that the King of Qin had arrived, she hurriedly took De Fu, Niang 39 and Niang 51 who had just taken home to welcome him out of the hall, bowed down and greeted him.

Li Jing stepped forward and pulled up his five-year-old son Li Defu, while stroking the short hair on his head, he patted the hands of the two little daughters one by one, and said to Wan'er: "Get up, during this time I'm too busy, so I haven't even checked your sign. But I've been thinking about you all the time. I still have a lot of things to discuss with the provincial cabinet tonight. I'll take some time to see your mothers. In the morning of the day after tomorrow, all Go to Mount Wutai."

Wan'er hurriedly bowed and replied: "Your Majesty says that there are many opportunities, and you can still think about the concubines. I am so grateful, how dare you have extravagant hopes. I only hope that the Majesty will not be too tired. Keeping your body is the most important thing." , Concubine and Defu are very happy." Wan'er's words were very decent, and even though Li Jing hadn't come to her for a long time, she didn't reveal anything.Li Jing was very satisfied with Wan'er's knowledge and understanding, so she took Wan'er to sit beside her, "It's really difficult to start a business. I don't dare to relax. I know you and are considerate. Gentle and considerate, take care of mothers and adults, educate children on weekdays, but never interfere with other people's affairs. It is commendable, and I always look at it in my heart. Today I will tell you a good news. This time I went to Mount Wutai, called summer vacation. The situation is about to change drastically.”

Wan'er asked worriedly: "Big change? Did something unexpected happen?"

"Well, it's really a bit of a surprise." Li Jing laughed, put Wan'er's green onion-like jade palms in his own, and stroked them gently, "It's just a surprise, originally made by Zhengshitang. It is estimated that the battle of Hebei will not be completely settled until the end of the year, and may even be fought until next year. But now, the situation is gratifying. The war has just started, and the effect is much better than predicted. According to the current situation, the previous plan It is already too conservative. After a re-examination by the provincial government, they all agreed that the external situation is very good, which is very beneficial to us. The second town of Hebei is completely isolated, and they have no reinforcements. The real offensive in autumn was launched ahead of time, and the second town was pacified this summer. The solitary trip to Wutai this time is precisely to suppress the Hedong area and prevent the towns of Hedong and Hezhong from intervening in Hebei at this time. There are [-] elites sitting in the town Once Daizhou and Hedong dare to move, if they are isolated, they will send troops south and attack Hedong directly. And if the war in Hebei goes well, and we can capture the whole of Hebei in summer and put down the two vassals, then Hedong will be our next goal."

"Ah, is it true that the Second Feudal Domain in Hebei will be pacified soon?"

Li Jing duanxiang looked at Wan'er's surprised, joyful and gentle face, and couldn't help but smile slightly, "Why, can Gu still lie to you? As early as five years ago, Gu was planning to pacify Hebei. But at that time, although We have controlled Lulong and Cangjing, but we have Li Keyong to the west, and Khitan and Xi to the north. The backyard is restless. How can we clear the front yard? This time, the time is finally ripe. After several years of hard work, we have conquered the outside of the pass. In the north, Daibei and Yiwu have been occupied again, the soldiers and horses are more sophisticated, and the grain and grass warehouses have become more abundant again. Especially the second town of Hebei has been completely isolated by us. Now the Central Plains has started fighting again, and we can't take care of ourselves. Timing. Three months, three months at most, the second town of Hebei will be completely pacified. Once Hebei is pacified, the next one will be Hedong, and then go south to the Central Plains, send troops west to Guanzhong, and the world can be settled."

Competing in the Central Plains is actually like rolling a snowball. At the beginning, it was the most difficult time. First, the loose snow should be squeezed into a tight ball, and then the snow should be rolled.At the beginning, the snowball was still loose, and if it hit a rock or stump, it would fall apart, so you need to be careful.But if the snowball rolls up, it will already be formed and difficult to destroy. The snow on the ground will only be stuck together by the snowball and become a part of the bigger and bigger snowball.

Wan'er was also excited when she heard this.Although he usually stays in the deep palace, he never interferes with affairs outside the palace.But she is still very clear about the external situation. She knows that with the current strength of the Qin Fan, after taking down the second town in Hebei, the entire east of the Tang Dynasty will truly be the land of the Qin Fan. The Jianghuai River in Shandong is connected in a line, starting from the Hetao in the northwest, going to Yanliugouzhu Mountain, Wutai Mountain, and finally to the majestic Taihang Mountains, then to the canal in Henan, and then crossing the Huaihe River, connecting the Dabie Mountains, and facing the vast sea in the east. The territory of the Qin Kingdom.It can be said that the strategic situation of the entire Qin Fan is in a good situation of peace of mind. Controlling Hebei, relying on Shandong, Lianhe, and relying on the outside of the customs, the foundation of Qin Fan's hegemony has been established.She is proud of her husband from the bottom of her heart, this man will become the king of kings, the proud son of heaven.

"From now on, no one can stop Gu Gu from taking over the world. Wan'er, you have given birth to three sons and two daughters for Gu Gu. They will become the king and princess of the new empire in the future. You used to eat with me." After a lot of suffering, let’s enjoy happiness in peace of mind.”

Wan'er was a little shocked when she heard Li Jing say that their children would become the king and princess of the new empire in the future, she was a little confused.If the husband becomes the emperor, his daughter will naturally be a princess, but can his son also become a king?But she suppressed the excitement in her heart and didn't ask Li Jing.

Li Jing chatted with Wan'er again, and had some dinner with Wan'er's mother, and asked Wan'er to take care of her mother Han before leaving.Originally, Li Jing didn't intend to let Mrs. Han go, but Mount Wutai is known as the four holy places of Buddhism in China, and there are even sayings of "Golden Wutai, Silver Emei, Bronze Putuo, and Tie Jiuhua". Han, who has always worshiped Buddhism, insisted on Going to Wutai Mountain to burn incense and worship Buddha, Li Jing thought about it, and this time going to Wutai Mountain was not a march to fight, so he agreed.

After another meeting, after praising Wan'er, Li Jing left.

The imperial meeting in the evening was the last meeting before going to Wutai Mountain. Although some ministers advised Li Jing that he should not go to Wutai Mountain, which is next to Taiyuan in Hedong at this time. Tang, some people also said that the most important thing right now is to pacify the second town of Hebei. To contain Hedong, one only needs to send a general to Yanmen.Qin Wang personally led the army to go, and the Chang'an court was worried that if it didn't work out, it would be bad if it overreacted.However, Li Jing had already made a decision in his heart. This time, going to Wutai Mountain was neither worshiping Buddha nor escaping the summer heat. Hebei was about to be pacified, and the Central Plains was still in chaos. When the river is empty.Li Jing didn't fight Hedong before, it was because Hebei was not flat.Now that the pacification of Hebei is imminent, Li Jing naturally shifted his attention to Hedong Township, and moved to Wutai Mountain in the north of Taiyuan. , to make the latest decision.The [-] guards are an assault force. Once the time is right, Li Jing can use this accompanying force as an assault group at any time, and go directly south to attack Taiyuan.

As for the issue of food supply, after the Daibei was pacified, Li Jing never transported grain from Shanxi. , 400 million shi of military rations have already been stored. In addition, there are still 1000 million shi of grain in the three passes of Yizhou and Mozhou in Hebei, which are separated by a mountain, and between the Yingzhou River, which is enough.

Whether it is the external surrounding situation or Qin Fan's own preparations, everything is ready.The opportunity must not be missed, the time never comes, Li Jing saw the opportunity, and would not miss it.

During the discussion, a loud report suddenly came from outside, the guards in front of the palace reported, and Hebei urgently reported.

Li Jing took the urgent report, opened it and read it quickly. .

After a while, Li Jing read the urgent report and put the letter on the case.All the officials in the palace looked at Li Jing, but they couldn't see anything from his face. They didn't know whether the urgent report just delivered was good or bad.

While guessing, Li Jing, who was at the top, suddenly burst into laughter, "Everyone, the good news I just received is that Weibo Town has been pacified!"

It was like a pebble thrown into a calm pond, causing ripples, more like a thunderbolt, falling on the hearts of the people in the hall. They were all stunned, unbelievable, Weibo Town, is it calmed down? (To be continued.)