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Chapter 484 Personal expedition
Yongnian City in Mingzhou was an abnormally calm scene before the storm.

The ditches outside the city, the anti-horseposts, are dotted into a network, and the newly repaired horse-faced walls, sheep-horse walls, and hanging buildings stand quietly. It can be seen how much effort Xia Jun has spent in Mingzhou in the past few months. It is good to have a decisive battle with Zhao Jun under the city of Mingzhou.

The Great General's Mansion in the city.

Liu Heikai was by the door frame, looking up at the sky covered with lead clouds over Mingzhou outside the mansion.Stratus clouds rolled, and it seemed that the thick and low-hanging clouds were about to overwhelm the treetops, and a suffocating solemnity permeated the Grand General's Mansion.

Ling Jing, Cui Junsu, and Kong Deshao, the masterminds of the Xia army in the hall, stood behind Liu Heita. This is Liu Heita's current team of advisers.As Dou Jiande's mastermind, Ling Jing felt a little unconfident and anxious in his heart, because in the past when Dou Jiande was under his command, there were many advisers in the team, including Song Zhengben, who was resourceful and knowledgeable, and Zhang Xuan, who claimed to be exhaustive and secretive. white.

Ling Jing is ranked third at most, but right now Liu Heita has no advisors under his command, so he can only be entrusted with important tasks.

Except for Ling Jing, among the other two, Kong Deshao, the minister of internal history, is the 34th grandson of Confucius, but he has no other talents except poetry.As for Cui Junsu, he was from Xinzheng, and he came from the Qinghe Cui family, one of the famous families in the world.In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he served as the prefect of Yingzhou. During the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he served as the Minister of the Ministry of War. He was captured by Dou Jiande last year and served as a servant.Cui Junsu is old and slow to judge things. Back then, Dou Jiande only thought that he was a son of a famous family, so he recruited him to entrust him with important tasks, so as to attract talents.

Now that Mingzhou is facing a big battle, how can Ling Jing count on Kong Deshao and Cui Junsu.

Cui Junsu said: "A few days ago, Li Shentong revealed the news to us, saying that Li Tang's secret agent in Taiyuan County had detected the news that all the troops of the Taiyuan County government had been mobilized, and the township soldiers were also conducting large-scale drills. General Yu Chigong has not been seen for many days, Li Tang Xizuo said that he seems to have seen Yu Chigong's handsome flag at the border of Hengshan Mountain in Taiyuan."

"Is Li Tang's detailed work reliable?" Liu Heita asked.

Kong Deshao stepped forward and said: "General, Li Tang now intends to attack Yuhuaji and monopolize the land of Hanoi. Maybe he wants to spread the news of Zhao's massive attack and let us retreat from Hanoi to defend ourselves. And these few days Rumors of Zhao Jun's attack spread in Riming Prefecture, and it seems that Li Tang's people did it on purpose."

Liu Heita nodded and said, "Kong Shilang is right."

Ling Jing said: "It's not just Li Tang who said that. Our army's detailed operations in Youjing, Hengshan, and Hejian all reported that the Zhao army, regardless of whether they were government soldiers or rural soldiers, had stepped up their drills in the past month."

"Practice what?" Liu Heitai asked with a frown.

Ling Jing said: "It was a practice of filling trenches, digging walls and breaking the city. The various ministries also added soldiers. The detailed work also found that when there was no one at night, countless horse-drawn carriages came out of the granary in Youjing in an endless stream. Grain and grass are gone without knowing where to go.”

Liu Heitai knocked down the door frame with a heavy hammer, and said: "It seems that Li Chongjiu is really going to attack my country of Xia, do you really have the confidence?"

Ling Jing said: "General, there is one more thing. We also heard the news from Yuwenhuaji's secret work. It said that not long ago, Yuwenhuaji sent a secret envoy to Youjing. In exchange for his younger brother Yuwen Zhiji and Empress Xiao, And promised to use Liyang Warehouse as the supply of military rations to support Li Chongjiu's campaign against Xia."

Ling Jing said seriously: "Liyang warehouse is less than [-] miles south of Mingzhou, and it is also located on the Yongji Canal. The grain boat can reach Mingzhou in half a day by waterway. We have always calculated that Li Chongjiu has grain and grass in hand, but it can only supply [-] troops. It will take two months, so if the battle fails, Ming Prefecture can be used to hold on, but if Li Chongjiu can obtain military ration support from Liyang Cang, wouldn't he be able to worry about military rations?"

Cui Junsu said: "It's really difficult. The world was in turmoil back then. Some people said that Li Yang received and Gu Jiuzhou. When Li Mi first occupied the Liyang warehouse, he opened the warehouse to let the people eat and raised 20 brave men. Yu Wenhuaji was also extravagant. It has never been exhausted, Liyang Cang has the Yellow River, the Yongji Canal, Ruoyu Wenhua and Ken fully support, Li Chongjiu's army can besiege Mingzhou for a long time, don't worry about the consumption of military supplies."

"Where is it so easy? Yu Wenhuaji is not a person without schemes. How could he let Li Chongjiu be the Marquis of Mingzhou and Liyang? Isn't this a way to lure wolves into the house?" Liu Heitai looked at the counselors and said, "Even if Li Chongjiu has a granary in Liyang, it is impossible There is nothing to be afraid of, Li Tang, do the Turks eat dry food? Li Chongjiu attacked me with all his troops, if he is trapped in a fortified city for several months and fails, he will be exhausted. Li Tang, the Turks will never let this go Great opportunity."

Hearing what Liu Heita said, everyone's hearts were a little relieved.

Ling Jing said: "A few days ago, one of Gao Yaxian's accountants joined the army and reported to us that suspicious people have been entering and leaving Gao's mansion. He has been monitoring for several days and found that Gao Yaxian's soldiers received a military order the day before yesterday, ordering Take out the swords and guns from the arsenal, as if to equip the whole army for a big battle."

Kong Deshao said to himself: "Now King Xia is threatened by Li Chongjiu and Zhang Xuansu, writing a letter to recruit the old troops of our army. Gao Yaxian is King Xia's sworn brother. If this person is recruited by Li Chongjiu, a group of King Xia's old troops will turn against him." .”

Cui Junsu listened to Kong Deshao and said with a deep look of agreement: "General, I would rather kill by mistake than let it go. Do you want someone to take down Gao Yaxian immediately!"

Liu Heitai stood still, obviously hesitating for a while.

Ling Jing said in the foreword: "Gao Yaxian is stationed in Gaoyang City. If our army's gate is there, if Li Chongjiu plots against Gao Yaxian, then the gate of Gaoyang City will be destroyed without attack."

Liu Heikai sighed, and said: "Although Gao Yaxian and I have little friendship, he is very loyal and loyal, so I am willing to entrust Gaoyang City to him to guard. Brother Gao is definitely not someone who is moved by profit. , I can trust him."

The ministers wanted to say more, but Liu Heitai said: "The army that attacked Yu Wenhuaji should immediately withdraw from Liaocheng, and send a letter to Li Shentong about this matter. In case Li Chongjiu really sent troops south, I implore him to speak out in the Tang Dynasty and send troops to help." I, Li Shentong, is a licentious person, so I just do what I like to win him over, and the rest of the matter will be settled in this way."

After hearing this, all the ministers took orders together.
Speaking of this, Liu Heita looked at the condensed heavy clouds in the northern sky, and at this moment, they were rolling towards the head of Mingzhou City.It is the scene of a group of dark clouds overwhelming the city.

The gust of wind blew, and the sky and the earth seemed to turn pale in an instant.

Facing such a difficult and dangerous environment, Liu Heitai aroused the bloody courage in his heart.

choke!Liu Heitai drew his sword and shouted loudly to the north, "Come on!"

boom!
A bolt of lightning split the sky in two, and there was a sudden thunder.

Then the rain fell.

Thousands of miles away, Youjing's war drums resounded.

At dawn on this day, on the streets of Youjing, a boy of twelve or thirteen years old was running with bare feet.

After arriving at the market, he yelled to everyone he met, "It's time to fight!"

"We're going to fight!"

"Po Hou," said one person, grabbing him by the lapel, "what are you yelling about so early in the morning?"

The young man broke away and said: "Where am I talking nonsense, it's really a war, and it's King Zhao who wants to drive himself to conquer!"

"real or fake?"

All the people gathered around.

One person said: "Since King Zhao got married last year after conquering Dou Jiande, he hasn't left Youjing for a year."

"That's right, Khitan has just been pacified, besides Li Tang and the Turks, which other country is my opponent. Where is this dispatch going?"

Everyone asked the young man in a hurry.

The young man was stunned by the question at the moment, and said anxiously: "I don't have many mouths, and I can answer so well by myself. If you don't believe me, go to the school grounds in the north of the city. The school grounds are full of soldiers in iron armor. It’s hard to keep your eyes open.”

While speaking, suddenly the direction of the school field in the north of the city suddenly erupted like a mountain roaring and a tsunami sound.

"King Zhao is a thousand years old!"

"King Zhao is a thousand years old!"

After hearing this, all the people rushed to the street, only to see that the street was full of troops soon after.

There was the sound of cars rattling, the sound of horses rustling, and the clang and clang of iron armor. Zhao Jun's soldiers strode forward with majestic steps, carrying bows and crossbows on their backs, with quiver on their waists and hips.

The fiery red Zhao character flag is leading the way, and the army is rolling across the entire street.

Many of the Zhao army were soldiers from the land of Youyan, so when they heard that the army was going to march, all the common people came out to see him off.

The scene of father calling son, brother calling brother, wife recognizing husband is everywhere.Whether they are familiar with each other or not, the women in the village will put the steamed buns and eggs in the basket into the soldiers' hands.

The people on both sides of the street were crowded, and many people followed the army.

King Zhao's car was behind, surrounded by hundreds of cavalry, walking slowly on the street.

There is a lot of room for activities while driving.

There are more than a dozen small grids on the wall inside the car, and the grids are full of books. Li Chongjiu can take books from the bookshelf to browse in the car at any time.

Now Li Chongjiu seems to be recuperating with his eyes closed, while Zhang Xuansu is reporting to Li Chongjiu in detail.

"So Liu Heitai didn't catch the trick?" Li Chongjiu opened his eyes when he heard Zhang Xuansu's report.
Zhang Xuansu nodded, and said: "I'm just casting nets everywhere. Liu Heitai is not someone who is easy to trust others. Although Kong Deshao secretly joined us, Liu Heitai didn't believe him at all and couldn't grasp important military opportunities. As for Liu Heitai did not believe Gao Yaxian's confession that he was hired by us to join the army."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuansu paused and said: "I think since Dou Jiande is not in the middle of the countermeasures, Gao Yaxian is stationed in Gaoyang City, our army can only attack by force!"

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Conspiracy is just a means, if you can't achieve it, you can't succeed. There is no general trend, so what's the use of someone's scheme? How long can Gao Yaxian occupy my army for a few days with an isolated city?"

Zhang Xuansu pinched his beard and said with a slight smile: "The king is good at moving the world, as long as he can be good at the momentum of several ways to attack and attack, Liu Heitai will definitely be unable to resist the general trend of the king."

"You're wrong," Li Chongjiu raised the curtain of the car, looked out the window at the people cheering to see them off, and said, "My general trend is here."

(End of this chapter)