Capital Datang

The place where Li Zhen and Li Yun hosted the banquet was a large conference room. The huge conference table in the middle was covered with a white tablecloth, serving as a dining table temporarily. There were many dishes on it, but they were a little rough and could not be eaten at all. Compared with the delicacies in Li Minfu. ※※

Li Yin sat at the head, Li Zhen and Li Yun were on the two sides to accompany her. Wu Meiniang had something to deal with in Linyi City, so she didn't follow. , There are several ice basins placed in the meeting room to keep the hot air out.However, these saltpetres for making ice basins were brought by Li Yin and the others. There were five tons in total, all of which were given to Li Zhen and Li Yun to relieve the heat.

"Sixth brother, come, let's toast you first!" Li Zhen and Li Yun stood up at the same time and said, but when the two of them were talking, they kept their eyes on the wine in their hands. Taking responsibility for himself, so the entire barracks couldn't find a single drop of alcohol except for medical alcohol, and today these alcohols were all brought by Li Yin.

"Haha, just drink if you two are hungry, don't use me as an excuse!" Li Yin also picked up the wine glass and said with a smile at the same time.After hearing this, Li Zhen and Li Yun were not polite, and drank the wine in their hands impatiently, and Li Yun also had a drink with them, and then sat down to eat and chat.

Wu Meiniang and Yuan Shi knew that they had something serious to discuss, so they ate a few bites in a hurry, then toasted Li Yin with a glass of wine, and then left the banquet to get busy. After all, they brought a lot of things from Taiwan this time. It is for Li Zhen and Li Yun's personal items, so they need to sort it out.Capital Datang 510

After seeing his wife leave, the impatient Li Zhen immediately said, "Sixth Brother, we have prepared everything. When do you think we can send our troops to Ceylon Island?"

After hearing this, Li Yin didn't rush to answer. He stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish, chewed it in his mouth and said, "It doesn't look good, but it tastes good."

It wasn't until he swallowed the fish in his mouth that Li Yin looked at Li Zhen and Li Yun who looked anxious, and then smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, I have already prepared the transport ship, but the journey is not easy. It's not safe, I still need to send a fleet to protect you, but the fleet on Linyi's side cannot be moved, so I can only transfer one from Waguo and Sanhan, and it will take another three to five days. They will arrive Lin Yi is gone!"

Hearing Li Yin's words, Li Zhen and Li Yun breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. They have been training in Linyi for several months, and they have long wanted to test the results of the past few months, so they impatiently wanted to go to Tianzhu.

"By the way. Your first stop is Ceylon Island. You are familiar with the information there. Have you thought about how to win this first battle?" Li Yin suddenly asked again.Ceylon Island was the reward he asked for from Li Zhen and Li Yun, and it was also a stepping stone for them to invade Tianzhu. All the supplies they needed in the future would be transferred from here, so the strategic location was very important.There must be no mistakes.

After hearing this, Li Zhen and Li Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sixth Brother, we have carefully studied the situation on Ceylon Island. The Sinhalese and Tamils ​​there have been fighting each other for hundreds of years because of religious issues." It can be said that that kind of hatred has gone deep into the bones. Among them, the Sinhalese believe in Buddhism, while the Tamils ​​believe in Brahmanism. Although the Sinhalese on the island now have an advantage in numbers. They are fierce, and they have the support of the Tamils ​​on the Tianzhu continent. So now the Sinhalese are at a disadvantage.”

When Li Zhen said this, Li Yin already understood the plan of the two of them, and said with a smile at the moment: "So, you want to support one side first, attack the other side, and then annex the whole of Ceylon, it really is a good idea! But The Sinhalese are not fools, how can you gain the trust of each other?"

"Hehe, this is easy to handle. The Sinhala Kingdom is founded on Buddhism, and Buddhism prevails throughout the kingdom. It still respects eminent monks with virtue, so I sent people to Tang Dynasty to invite several eminent monks. Introducing them to the Sinhalese king will definitely make them give up their wariness against us. In addition, the Sinhalese have strong enemies like the Tamils, so as long as we help them in the name of religion, the Sinhalese will definitely I will agree!" Li Yun smiled wretchedly.

His method is really wicked. First use religion to gain the favor of the other party, and then unite with them to destroy the Tamils. But after the Tamils ​​are wiped out, it is estimated that the Sinhalese will not do any good. result.

However, Li Yin immediately thought of another question, and asked a little puzzled: "But, although there are many eminent monks in the Tang Dynasty, haven't these people always opposed killing, how could they help you invade Ceylon Island? "

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Li Zhen and Li Yun smiled sinisterly again and said: "This is easy to handle. We didn't tell those eminent monks about our plan. We just said that we would send them to Tianzhu to learn Buddhist scriptures. By the way, we will discuss Buddhism in Ceylon. King Jialuo agrees with their Buddhist practice, then I will build a temple for them in Tianzhu in the future!"

Li Yin couldn't stop laughing when he heard this, Li Zhen and Li Yun, these two boys really have no limit to their wickedness, even if they fight, they even fooled a few eminent monks into their accomplices.The monks in the Central Plains have always wanted to go to Tianzhu, the birthplace of Buddhism, to learn Buddhist scriptures. For example, the most famous master Xuanzang is still traveling around Tianzhu.But now Li Zhen and Li Yun actually use this condition as a bait, naturally many eminent monks flock to it, even if they have doubts in their hearts, but under the huge temptation of seeking the truth, I am afraid they don't have the energy to think about it deep-seated reasons.

After understanding the plan of the two, Li Yin finally felt relieved. In fact, from the very beginning, he was worried that the two would use their strength to attack Ceylon and Tianzhu. Gain a large amount of territory in a very short period of time, but may also suffer huge losses.Now seeing how cautious the two of them are, Li Yin finally felt that the two younger brothers had grown up, and they did not learn in vain in the military academy a few years ago.

After the banquet, Li Yin, accompanied by Li Zhen and Li Yun, visited the 20 cavalry that had been trained. A young man between the ages.After several months of training, they not only retained the flexible and sturdy characteristics of the prairie cavalry, but also became more organized and disciplined. The new armor and saber have greatly improved the combat effectiveness.

In addition, Li Yin also understood that although the main body of this cavalry is prairie people, all the officers are Han Chinese, and the power is all in the hands of Li Zhen and Li Yun, and the families of those prairie people are all in Linyi. He will not go to Tianzhu with the army, which can also provide another insurance for these prairie people, so that they will never dare to betray.

In fact, Li Zhen and Li Yun also did a division of labor. Among them, Li Zhen studied in the cavalry department in the military academy. He has a lot of experience in using soldiers, and most of the officers who are placed in the army are his classmates. , so Li Zhen now holds the military power of this army and is responsible for commanding the army to fight.And Li Yun studied in the General Staff Department, and is better at giving advice and planning, as well as logistics organization and management, so Li Yun is in charge of very complicated things now, and it can even be said that except for the army, all other things have to be handled by him.

After visiting the army, Li Yin returned to Linyi City alone. As for Wu Meiniang and Yuan Shi, the two young couples reunited after a small farewell, so they naturally had to stay for a few more days, especially Wu Meiniang, who was stuck with Li Zhen every day. At the same time, speaking of them, they have just got married, unlike Li Yun and Yuanshi who already have children.Moreover, both Concubine Yan De and Mrs. Yang hope that Wu Meiniang can conceive a child before Li Zhen leaves, so during this period of time, Li Zhen naturally has to hurry up and work hard, otherwise, even if she is overseas, Concubine Yan will also write The letter urged him to hurry up and have a child.

After Li Yin returned to Linyi City, he immediately rushed to the two large mansions on the right side of the Linyi Palace. This was originally the residence of Linyi's power minister Maha Mandagadu, but Fan Zhen'e took advantage of the loophole because of the failure of the rebellion. , Maha Mandaga's family was slaughtered, and Xiao Yu and Wang Kuang emptied Fan Zhen'e, so the two of them divided the mansion into two and became their residence.But now after Li Yin arrives, Cui Yu temporarily vacates his house for Li Yin and Wu Meiniang to live in temporarily.

When Li Yin arrived at the mansion, he asked the servants and found out that Wu Meiniang had been staying in the study in the backyard. When he rushed to the study, he found that Yang Jiu, Yang Shi, and Yang Shi's wife, Liu Shi, were all there. The three of them are reporting information about Linyi and Nanyang to Wu Meiniang.Capital Datang 510

When Li Yin walked outside the study, he didn't let anyone inform him, but walked in by himself, only to hear Yang Jiu in the study reporting, "Madam Qi, now the military and political power of Linyi has been fully controlled by us." , the five chiefs of Linyi had some changes before, but since the last time the military led troops to destroy the power of one of the chiefs, the other four chiefs never dared to make any changes, and the army has been taken over by the military, and now it has It can be said that in the entire Linyi, there is no force that can threaten His Highness's rule!"

Wu Meiniang is in charge of the intelligence system of Prince Qi's Mansion, and her status is only below that of Li Min, and she has given herself the code name of "Madam". All intelligence personnel know that their immediate boss is Madam, but the only one who knows the true identity of this Madam is Yang Jiu and others are just a few people.

"Well, not bad!" Wu Meiniang's satisfied voice came from the room, but then her voice changed, and she said majesticly, "Since all threats have been eliminated, when can we take the last step?"