Late Tang

Gai Yu was a little restless, he was just about to get up and leave, but when he heard Li Jing asked him to stay to discuss matters, Gai Yu sat back on the chair, feeling uneasy.

Li Jing poured Gai Yu a glass of wine, handed it to him, and sat down. "About Li Keyong's proposal over there, what you said just now is correct. If Li Keyong proposes other exchange conditions, maybe I will consider it, but Li Keyong intends to use Murong Xue as a bargaining chip to exchange Gai Tianguan back. , and made it clear that he wants to take revenge on Jizhi, and this king will never agree." His hands clenched into fists, "I want to save my woman, but I won't exchange my left and right arms."

Gai Yu was very moved in his heart, the words "left hand and right arm" made him feel like drinking sweet spring in his heart.

"Maybe we can find a way to tie up Li Keyong's woman." Gongsun Lan suggested: "I heard that Li Keyong's wife Liu Shi is very fond of him, if we can tie up Liu Shi, then Li Keyong will be obedient Exchange hostages with us."

This proposal is indeed full of temptation, but Li Keyong was assassinated by Murong Xue just now, so he must be full of vigilance right now.It is not easy to send someone to Yanmen to kidnap Li Keyong's wife Liu Shi.What's more, Li Jing had heard about Mrs. Liu for a long time, and knew that this was an extraordinary woman.She is a horse heroine who commands five thousand female soldiers.

Li Jing shook his head lightly, sighed and said: "The current situation is getting worse and worse. You don't know yet. This king just received the news that Guanzhong has undergone drastic changes. A few days ago, Huang Chao had already breached Tongguan. Qi Kerang, Zhang Chengfan, Wang Shihui and other generals descended, but Cui Anqian, Du Wei, and Zhang Zimian were defeated and disappeared without a trace. Huang Chao personally led an army of 30 troops and captured Chang'an City three days ago without bloodshed."

The Staff Council envoy Jing Xiang was shocked. "Huang Chao has captured Tongguan and occupied Chang'an? How is this possible, what about the army in Guanzhong, and the army in Chang'an?"

A trace of disgust brushed the corner of Qin Wang Li Jing's lips. "In addition to the Shence Army, there were also eight towns in Guanzhong, but in fact, as early as when the emperor and Tian Lingzi fled Chang'an, the towns had already started to mess up. In the past few months, Cui Anqian's generals have stood firm in Tongguan, Chang'an On the other hand, no one gave food and grass. The defeat at Tongguan was not a crime of war, because Cui Anqian and his generals had already run out of food. All the towns retreated to their own towns and waited and watched. Everyone in Chang'an City who could run ran away. Zhang Zhifang, the governor of the Lu Long Army, led nearly a hundred officials who had not yet left to welcome Huang Chao into Chang'an at Bashang outside Chang'an City. Huang Chao now occupies the two capitals, but he is arrogant."

"This is really bad news." Jing Xiang, the envoy of the Staff Council, frowned, and a deep "Chuan" was squeezed between his brows.

"At present, Huang Chao has broken through Guanzhong and has occupied Tongguan, the east gate, Tongzhou, Huazhou, and Chang'an in the pass, and captured Wuguan, Shangzhou, and Dengzhou, the southwest gateways of Chang'an. In addition to the previously occupied Shanzhou, Guozhou, Luoyang, Ruzhou, Zhengzhou, Bianzhou, Haozhou, Yingzhou, and Xuzhou all directly control the two capitals and twelve prefectures. Moreover, Chen, Xu, and Cai in the original Zhongwu Township, plus Hezhongfu, Jinzhou, and Hezhong in Hezhong Town The four prefectures of Jiangzhou, Cizhou, and Xizhou also descended to Huangchao and Puppet Qi. Huangchao's influence has now involved more than [-] prefectures in Henan, Guanzhong, Hedong, and Shannan." Li Jing pursed his lips, "Son of Heaven Fortunately for Xi, the two capitals fell, and it is conceivable that more feudal towns will fall to Huangchao in the future."

"What's the emperor's reaction?" Jing Xiang had a good impression of the young emperor, but now, he felt that he was just another idiot who couldn't help him.

"When the emperor passed by Fengxiang Town before, Zheng Tian, ​​the former prime minister and now Fengxiang Jiedu envoy, asked the emperor to stay in Fengxiang, and summoned soldiers and horses from all towns in the world to serve the king and encircle Huangchao. Unfortunately, the emperor still did not stay in the end, but authorized Give Zheng Shuai full authority to coordinate and command all the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong." Li Jing said.

"Even the Son of Heaven and Tian Lingzi have gone to Xichuan. Zheng Tian, ​​a scholar, how can he control the towns in Guanzhong and deal with grass thieves together?" Jing Xiang has no hope for Zheng Tian. "Maybe, the soldiers and horses of the towns in Guanzhong are already writing surrender forms to Huang Chao."

"Well, what Zizhen said is correct. The king has received the news that Fengxiang Town's commander-in-chief Zheng Tian has fallen ill and is unable to manage affairs. Now Fengxiang Town has been led by the military supervisor Yuan Jingrou, and the officers and soldiers of the town have received Huang Chao's reward. The imperial edict decided not to submit to the Puppet Qi. The other five towns in Guanzhong, namely Binning Jiedushi, Baoda Jiedushi, Jingyuan Jiedushi, Xiasui Jiedushi, and Shuofang Jiedushi, are already on the sidelines. The towns have been secretly contacting the envoy of Huangchao in private."

Huang Chao broke Tongguan and seized Chang'an after breaking through, and the attitude of the towns in Guanzhong also surprised Li Jing and others.Originally, there were 15 forbidden troops in Guanzhong, but the other eight towns were not strong.Now that the Shence Army has left, the towns in Guanzhong, such as Ruzhen[***], and the Tianxiong Army have long since existed in name only, and the rest of the towns, seeing that the emperor has fled and that Huangchao is powerful, all began to make small plans.As a result, Huang Chao's entry into Guanzhong was extremely smooth.

Today, in terms of territory, Li Jing should control the largest territory in the world, and Huang Chao is still under Li Jing.But in terms of influence, Huang Chao, who captured the two capitals and occupied the Guanzhong area of ​​the Central Plains, was much more powerful than Li Jing.

Li Jing frowned and said: "Huang Chao occupied two capitals in a row, entered Guanzhong, and the momentum is not small." He clenched his fists a little annoyed. "Alan, get the map."

Gongsun Lan immediately complied.

Li Jing spread out the cowhide map, "Huang Chao's current strategic intentions are very obvious. He has entered the pass in one fell swoop. It seems that he has a deep understanding of us in the last round of competition. Now it is obvious that he intends to occupy the east. The west bank of the canal is to defend, with Luoyang as the center. Then we will fully manage Guanzhong and expand westward. It seems that it does not matter that we do not want to continue to fight with Huang Chao in the Central Plains. Huang Chao is not in the mood to spend with us in the Central Plains. It can be said that Huang Chao Although it seems to be our strongest enemy right now, from an actual analysis, in Henan, our two families may have the most peaceful break in the future."

"On the other hand, Gao Pian in Huainan in the south is also newly defeated by us. Now we have seized the defense of Huaisi, an important town on the front line, and joined Zhou Bao to support Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu. It can be said that the south will also be defeated in a short period of time. Very peaceful."

Jing Xiang stared at the map seriously, and said solemnly: "Your Highness believes that in the future, our focus in the next stage will be in the north, and our biggest opponent will be Li Keyong?"

"What Zizhen said is exactly what I meant. Gao Pian is completely at a disadvantage against us now, and he has fallen into the quagmire for a while and cannot extricate himself from it. Huang Chao has been caught in a trap, but he immediately gained wisdom. He doesn't plan to die with us in Henan. Fighting, but aiming at Guanzhong. Now Li Tang has completely collapsed, and the next step will be the annexation and mutual attack between the towns, which is a stage of melee. The south will enter a slightly stable environment, and our next The center of gravity will be in Hebei. The first step will be to seize Youzhou Town, but now that Li Keyong has taken in Liu Rengong, it is obvious that he also wants to intervene in the situation in Hebei. Therefore, it can be said that our apparent enemies will be Lu Long, Yi Li Quanzhong is the Jiedu envoy of Wuer Township, but our real opponent will be Li Keyong from Daibei."

Gai Yu looked at the map and frowned, his forehead squeezed into deep grooves. "I agree with the strategy of defending the south and fighting the north. But if we don't take Xuzhou, we will go north without worry. In the north, the combined forces of the towns in Hebei, Li Keyong, and Khitan are not weaker than us. And What I am worried about is that we have such a long north-south front, even if we defend the south and fight the north, we still have to leave a large army in the south, otherwise, we may be taken advantage of by Gao Pian and Huang Chao at any time."

"I'm not worried about Xuzhou. Huang Chao's center of gravity is now shifting to Guanzhong. There are less than 20 soldiers in Henan, and there are not many elite soldiers. They lost Suzhou, and Xuzhou is surrounded by us. I believe that if Huo Cun is smart, he will not stick to it." Here, we are looking for an opportunity to break through. Now the most critical thing is the north, which is Hebei. Now that Liu Yue has died, Lulong Town has experienced a civil strife, and the situation in Hebei has changed drastically. It turns out that the alliance of the towns has cracked. Therefore, tomorrow morning I will lead my troops to go north first. In the south, I will control the military forces of Shou, Hao, and Chu states in Huainan with Zhao Ji, and control Hai, Si, Su, Xu, Yan, and Yi with Zeng Yuanyu. The military forces of the six prefectures. Let Zhao Ji defend against Gao Pian, and Zeng Yuanyu defend against Huang Chao. Send another army to Zhao Ji, let him administer [-] soldiers and horses to guard Huainan, and send Zeng Yuanyu an additional army of [-] soldiers Horse guard Huaibei."

"Follow your orders, Your Highness." Jing Xiang immediately wrote down Li Jing's order.Li Jing said again: "Tell Zeng Yuanyu and Zhao Ji not to blindly defend passively. While defending, send troops to reduce the total to zero, enter enemy counties and counties, conduct guerrilla warfare, and attack their defense lines and security villages. Attack their logistics transportation lines, plunder their supplies, and take back all the people, cattle and sheep that can be robbed, and send them back to the counties and counties of Huaisi. In short, don’t give them a chance to breathe, and I hope that our defense line The former [-]-mile area has been completely turned into scorched earth, and a no-man's land has been established, and we will continue to attack them and strengthen our defense line security."

This is a very ruthless order, but war is always so cruel, to weaken the enemy is to strengthen oneself.

"Understood, please wait and see." After saying that, Jing Xiang got up, "I will go to draw up the order right now." He bowed and left.

Li Jing glanced at Gongsun Lan, "Alan, you also send an order to the Supervision Office, so that the Supervision Office can fully operate. Inform them, let them dispatch, and launch special operations behind the enemy's rear in the Eastern Hebei area, harassing, sabotaging, assassinating, in short killing Set it on fire, and do as much damage as you can."

"The Military Intelligence Bureau has a special brigade of 5000 people. This newly expanded force has just completed the first phase of training and can be put into missions immediately. Your Highness, do you want to choose an elite team to sneak into Hedong and rescue Murong Xue?" Gongsun Lan asked.

Li Jing thought for a moment, then nodded, "Then you guys draw up a detailed mission plan, send an elite team to sneak into Hedong, and rescue her if there is a chance. If there is still a chance, let Li Ke use some color to see, If Li Keyong's wife can be tied back, I will promote them to first-class collective merit and award them the title of lord."

"It must live up to expectations."

"Form another special combat team, send them to Chang'an, find a way to bring back the mother-in-law of the Song family, and also find a way to bring back people from the Yu family and Cui family in Beijing. Send some more people to find Cui Anqian , Du Ke, and Zhang Zimian. If you can find them, bring them back."

Gongsun Lan nodded. The expansion of the Special Warfare Brigade was originally established specifically for these tasks.

"Do you want to send another group of people to carry out the assassination mission?" Gongsun Lan asked. Although Murong Xue said that she missed and fell into the hands of Li Keyong this time, she killed Liu Yue, and the chain reaction triggered had a great impact on Qin Jun. big help.

"Forget it, assassins and killers are not successful every time. With Liu Yue's lessons learned from the past, I am afraid that all parties have taken precautions, and it will be difficult to succeed."

Gongsun Lan also left, leaving only Li Jing and Gai Yu in the room.

"We will go back to Dengzhou tomorrow morning, and then go out to sea by boat, and go directly to Youzhou to land. This time, we will take Youzhou before Li Keyong. You go ahead and go to Hejian to prepare Work, I'll be there soon."

Gai Yu became excited, and finally it was time for the decisive battle. The Huai-Si battle was just a small battle to contain Gao Pianhuang's nest and seize the Huanghuai territory.What really determines the fate of the most powerful Qin army in the world today will be the upcoming battle of Hebei.As long as this battle can be won again, the foundation of the Qin army will be completely stable.Even if Huang Chao seems to occupy the East and West capitals in a seemingly incomparable way, so what?

Li Jing walked across the room, "The last thing," he said when he walked to the door, "I will capture Li Keyong in the future, and you can do whatever you want."

After leaving the meeting room, Li Jing went back to the bedroom and sat alone in the room for a long time, finally he turned around and left the yard, and entered the side yard next to him.The decoration of the room is very unique, which made Li Jing feel fond of it.Looking out of the window, he saw that the guards outside had received the latest military orders, the breeze was blowing, and the guards were starting to pack their bags and get ready to go.

He sat down by the bed, and Gongsun Lan was packing some clothes.Li Jing hugged her from behind, reached under her thin shirt, and held the soft breasts under her tube top.She stopped the movements of her hands, leaned her head back on Li Jing's shoulder, and rubbed her face against Li Jing's with affection.

"Sanlang." She said lazily and lightly parted her lips with a touch of spring.

Her breasts gradually hardened, but her whole body began to soften. Li Jing turned her head and kissed her lips. "Baby, I told you to give me a baby. There is no movement yet, we must hurry up and we must not waste it."

Gongsun Lan's winking eyes are like silk, this sentence has already caused her valley to be flooded with spring tide, covered with mud, and her whole body became hot.

"Sanlang, do you think we should have a son or a daughter?"

Li Jing picked up Gongsun Lan and threw her on the bed, and then jumped on her like a hungry tiger. While tearing off her belt, she said with a smile: "I like both boys and girls. As long as you want, we will give birth to you." Just give birth to ten or eight of them..." (To be continued.)