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Chapter 689 Proofreading (Second Change)

Luoyang City, the eastern capital.

There was an endless stream of merchant ships sailing on Luoshui.

Shanglinfang on the north bank of Luoshui River, two squares to the north is Luoyang Beishi, and two squares to the east is Shangdongmen.The location of Shanglinfang can be described as very prosperous.

However, there are not many people living in Shanglinfang. The reason is that Luoshui often floods and floods Shanglinfang. Down some common people.

In Shanglinfang, there is an inconspicuous mansion. Two months ago, a signboard of the Luoyang Salt Administration Office was hung on the plaque at the gate, and it became an official office.

There are not many people in the square. After seeing the Luoyang Salt Administration Office, they don't think so. It is obviously not a very important government office to be opened in a place like Shanglinfang. Otherwise, it will be opened in the palace no matter what. City, or Beishi.

After the opening of this yamen, it was also very deserted, and no one seemed to move around. Gradually, the common people also forgot the existence of this Luoyang Salt Commissioner's Office.

As a matter of fact, the Luoyang Salt Administration Office is the headquarters of Zhao Guofeng's Hearing Department in Luoyang, one of the six departments, which is responsible for spying on Li Tang's military situation in Guanzhong.

In the official office of the Luoyang Department, in a room full of books and silks, it was rumored that General Cao Wen was quietly looking at the files in his hand.Originally, Cao Wen just joined the army, but after Li Chongjiu went to Pujiu Temple to meet Li Zhiwan, he was promoted to be a general and in charge of the Luoyang Department, one of the six departments under the Department of Rumors.

Now Cao Biejiang squeezed his forehead from time to time, picked up a bowl of tea from the table and drank it, thinking for a while.Judging from the various materials on hand, Tang Jun seemed to have changed everything.

First of all, Qiao Gongshan, the right commander of the Eastern Palace, led the army. In Zhao Jun's Rumor Department, Qiao Gongshan is the most successful secret spy of Zhao Jun's spy work so far. Confidential characters.Qiao Gongshan also won the trust and respect of Li Jiancheng, the prince of Li Tang.

Judging from the information he sent, Li Tang intended to arrange a big offensive, and it was led by Prince Li Jiancheng, not Li Shimin, who was always regarded as the most brave and skilled among Li Yuan's sons.

Judging from Cao Wen's consistent experience, Qiao Gongshan's news is highly credible.

The second one came from the base camp of the Tang army in Huaizhou. Zhao Jun worked carefully to buy Gui Die, a prostitute who had recently become obsessed with Li Shenfu, the younger brother of Li Shentong, the general of the Tang army.

Gui Die revealed to Cao Wen that the Tang Army in Hanoi will have an attack in the near future, and the direction of the attack is unknown.

Gui Die is not a professional elaboration, and Li Shenfu is also tight-lipped, so it is impossible to know the specific details.But because of this, the reliability of the news is also very high. When Gui Die was serving Li Shenfu with her body, she secretly had a heated fight with a little boy who was a businessman.

This matter was caught by the Department of Rumors and used as a handle to blackmail Gui Die.Gui Die knew in her heart that with Li Shenfu's temper, if she knew that she was on two boats, she would definitely die, and the Department of Rumors made a condition. If Gui Die obtained confidential information from Li Shenfu, not only would she be able to help She redeemed herself in the brothel, and she could also help her elope with her lover, and change her name and surname to a random place in Zhao State to start a new life.

After hearing this, Gui Die agreed to the Rumor Department to act as Zhao Jun's secret spy and spy on this important news.

There is also a third one, that is, Zhao Jun is lurking in Chang'an. Judging from the trend of food prices in Chang'an in the past few months, the price of food in Chang'an has continued to rise.This is very abnormal.

Although the food price in Chang'an has remained high because of Zhao Jun's economic blockade of Chang'an, the autumn harvest has just ended, and the price of food should have fallen, but instead of falling, the price of food has risen.This situation even appeared in Sichuan and Sichuan, which have always been rich.

You must know that Sichuan and Shu are the granary. After autumn, the price of grain not only did not drop, but rose slightly, which is really very strange.Based on this, Cao Wen has reason to believe that this is because the Li and Tang courts were in Guanzhong, and Bashu hoarded food and grass wantonly.

Even from the perspective of the Quechang horse market, the supply of war horses sold to Li Tang by the Turkic people is almost in short supply. Even an ordinary draft horse in the Chang'an market can be sold for [-] yuan a horse, and a war horse is sold for [-] yuan. begging.In addition, the price of pig iron, the price of fabrics for making winter clothes, etc. are also rising.

Food prices, war horses, and pig iron price trends can all be seen that the Tang army in various places seems to be actively preparing for war.

Judging from these various aspects, Cao Wen's comprehensive analysis shows that Li Tang may be preparing for a large-scale battle. Li Tang's three major armies, from Li Chen, Li Shentong's Hedong Army, to the Guanzhong Twelve Daofu Army , Li Xiaogong, and the Bashu army led by Li Jing all participated.

The battle will be launched within one to three months. From the perspective of this trend, it will be a decisive battle with the Zhao army, and the ownership of the world will be determined by the first battle.

When Cao Wen thought of this, he wrote his own views, along with secret reports, on a piece of cloth.Afterwards, put the cloth into an oil canister with wax paint, and immediately called someone from outside, and asked him to send the oil canister to Youjing at an expedited speed of [-] miles through the channel of the Fengwen Department to report to Li Chongjiu .

Guanzhong Chang'an.

The heavy snow was flying, and in the bitter cold wind, in the Chang'an Dongmen University Field, [-] soldiers of the Shangfanfu Army on the Twelve Routes of Guanzhong were reviewing.

In the third year of Wude, Li Yuan divided Chang'an twelve roads, with Wannian Road as the Banner Army, Chang'an Road as the Drum Banner Army, Fuping Road as the Xuange Army, Liquan Road as the Jingyue Army, and Tongzhou Road as the Yulin Army. Huazhou Road is the Cavalry Army, Ningzhou Road is the Zhewei Army, Qizhou Road is the Pingdao Army, Binzhou Road is the Zhaoyao Army, Xilinzhou Road is the Yuanyou Army, Jingzhou Road is the Tianji Army, and Yizhou Road is the Tianji Army. For the Tianjie Army.

There are 250 and eight Zhechong houses in Guanzhong, and each army leads more than ten Zhechong houses.The meaning of Zhechong Mansion is named after Zhechong Yu Zunzu, which means victory without fighting.

The [-] government soldiers on the school grounds are all elite troops. The soldiers of the Tang government choose their spots, they have three items: wealth, material strength, and small mouth. Therefore, the selected government soldiers are all elite.

After entering the government soldiers, they will have the name of the army. They will be selected every three years, become soldiers at the age of twenty, and will be exempted from military service at sixty.Among the government soldiers, those who can ride and shoot are Yueqi, led by the Yueqi school lieutenant, followed by infantry, led by the infantry school lieutenant.There are also martial arts, platoon drills, and infantry.

Now on the school grounds, all the soldiers of the Tang army hold lance flags, and the blade flags are scattered.

Soon after the bugle sounded, Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qi Li Yuanji led a row of generals to the platform.Li Jiancheng glanced down the steps, picked up the command flag in his hand, and swept it forward.

On the school field, the horn blows the big horn, and the [-] government soldiers on the school field return to the team and line up.

The big horn blew the second blow, and the soldiers pressed down the banners and flags in their hands.

The big horn blew for the third time, the lance flag and the blade flag were raised again in the hands of the government soldiers.

Li Jiancheng looked from the point of view of the platform, but saw 2 horses and horses, their movements were uniform, and there was a wind and thunder in every movement of the lance, flag and blade flag, which was obviously well-trained.

Li Jiancheng nodded, raised the order flag, and then swept forward and left.

The left and right captains of Zhechong mansions beat the drums together, and the soldiers of all the ministries heard the sound of the drums and marched together.At this time, as soon as the drum beat stopped, the right school struck the gong, and the government soldiers on the field stopped advancing and retreated slightly.

The left school attacked the gong again, and the [-] government soldiers retreated a little later in order.

This is exactly the way to advance when you hear the drum, and to retreat when you hear the gong.

Seeing that the [-] government soldiers advanced and retreated as one, Li Jiancheng nodded in satisfaction.Qi Wang Li Yuanji and all the generals also nodded together.

Li Jiancheng raised the command flag again, and waved it three times repeatedly.

Now in the school grounds, the horned hand blew the horn and blew again, twenty thousand soldiers of the government took the flags and arrows into their pouches, loosened their horn bows, and put the blades into their sheaths.

The big horn blows the second pass, all the flags are raised, and the [-] government soldiers march forward.

The big horn blows the third pass, the government soldiers retreat to their original places, and the soldiers disperse.

Seeing this scene, Li Jiancheng looked up to the sky and laughed loudly and said to the General of the Twelfth Army, "You are really training an elite army for our Great Tang."

All the generals bowed their heads together and said to each other: "The crown prince does not dare to praise us, this is the job of the last general."

Li Jiancheng nodded in satisfaction and said: "You don't have to be too humble. In the future, I and my father will have to rely more on the generals. Take me a little bit, and I will hold a banquet in the army to entertain the generals later."

All the generals agreed together and stepped back immediately.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode back to the barracks together.

Heavy snow fell on the road, covering the ground in white. The guards of the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion were all dressed in felt hats and costumes, and they drove their horses to follow closely behind Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode side by side.

Li Jiancheng asked, "What is King Qin doing these past few days?"

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "They are all in Shangshu Province, who called him Shangshuling?"

Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "King Qin still doesn't give up. Gu Ben thought that after losing his military power, he would be discouraged."

Li Yuanji said: "His Royal Highness, it's not that you don't understand. This good brother of yours has a temper and a firm will. No matter what situation he is in, he will never give up. Right now he is in the order of the Minister, and he enters Wuji every day. In the palace, he discussed state affairs with his father, and he was flattered in everything, and Xue Jieyu was speaking for him in the harem. To be honest, his father has changed a lot towards him."

Li Jiancheng said: "Father is not a fool. He knows how he treated the third sister back then. What's more, as long as we can keep the military power, King Qin will have no room to stand up. Let him make other troubles."

Li Yuanji said: "Your Highness, the ashes can be revived, not to mention King Qin, according to this, His Highness can always control the military power, but if it is not good to attack Luoyang, then the father will think of the second brother. If the time comes, the second brother will be used again." , Isn’t everything we did before useless?”

After hearing this, Li Jiancheng said: "That's why we can't lose anything in the attack on Luoyang. You have always been very cunning, so what should you do if you talk about Gu?"

Li Yuanji laughed twice and said: "His Royal Highness, I do have a clever plan. Now that King Qin is losing power in the army, we can use money and silk to make friends. If the general in the army who trusted him originally does not follow us, Just squeeze them out, or even try to get rid of them, so that even if the King of Qin has the opportunity to regain military power in the future, he will find that he has already been alone."

(End of this chapter)