In Baibo Valley, teams of people advanced along the west side of the Fen River.

The man at the front was ragged, without a unified military jacket, and carrying a variety of weapons.

Those with sticks are all good, and some hold stones in their hands, their eyes are distracted, and they follow the large army.

There are cavalry with distinctly armored arms on both sides, holding whips, and whips when they encounter slow-moving pieces.

At the end was a group of large and round Mongolian soldiers. They looked at the Han people in front of them coldly, and looked at them with contempt.

In order to show off in front of the Mongols, the Jiang family cavalry beat more frequently and rode their horses back and forth on both sides.

Jiang Deng came to a Mongolian Hu general and smiled and said, "Sir, the bridge in front of him is Baibo Valley."

The Mongolian general nodded. He was one of the few who could understand Chinese, so Hebule sent him to Hedong to command all the Mongolian troops entering Hedong.

"How many people are there in Baibo Valley?"

"No less than 50,000!" Jiang Deng knew very well about these things. The Yuan family in Baibogu had fought with them for many years, but they had been incompatible with each other.

"However, although the Yuan family has few members, they are very brave and can't beat them in the past. You can't take it lightly."

The person who knows you best is your enemy. If it is a feud, then this is even more so.

Longmen Mountain knows Baibo Valley, and Baibo Valley is also familiar with Longmen Mountain. The soldiers and horses here have just set off, and Baibo Valley has already defended in sequence based on the fortress and passes.

After the Mongolian general came to Hedong, he was afraid of being beaten by Li Xin and nodded as he had just begun. He nodded slightly and said, "We are the vanguards. If we can't fight, we will wait for the follow-up troops. The Khan is summoning the grassland's sons to flatten these small towns sooner or later."

Jiang Deng felt a little uncomfortable, so he forced a smile, and then pulled the horse's reins to continue on the road.

He was originally planning to beat the strong man a few times, but at this time he became anxious. Looking at the gloomy and dizzy sky in the distance, he didn't know why he was a little depressed.

Baibo Valley, a line of gorge.

The soldiers on the top of the mountain were waiting nervously, only the sound of hooves behind them was heard. In the blink of an eye, dozens of iron cavalry swept out from the vast mountains like black clouds.

The horse knights were all strong in shape, all with black armor and red cloaks, long swords and hard bows hanging on the saddle bridge, and all the mounts under their crotch were good horses in Xiliang. They were tall and fast, all with black hair, people were like tigers, and horses were like dragons. Although there were only dozens of riders, they were so powerful, they were like thousands of troops, which was daunting.

The first one is not very old, but has extraordinary temperament and extremely firm eyes. When you look at him, you will feel that no matter how difficult the world is, this person can do it.

Yuan Xiannian's father, Yuan Maocai, immediately looked surprised on his face when he saw this person and quickly met him, "I never thought that the Major General would come in person, Bai Bogu is very grateful!"

Li Xin nodded slightly. He had no fondness for these vassal states. But they now have a common enemy. After Li Xin dismounted, he looked along the canyon and said, "If the enemy went here, their generals would probably not have walked through the battlefield in one battle. Why should we ambush the heavy troops here? A hundred people are enough."

"What does the Major General mean?"

Li Xin pointed at the Fen River in the distance with a horse whip and said in a voice: "You must be wary of the enemy's forced transit."

"It's spring flood and the river is turbulent, how can they force their crossing?"

Li Xin's face was as deep as water, looking into the distance, "When I was in Hengshan, it was also at this time that I led my troops to attack the Jeff Li family. They thought the river was turbulent and there was no defense in the west. I forced the camp to attack at night, and they were defeated. The so-called surprise attack is where you think the enemy would not come, but it appeared, which would be effective."

Yuan Maocai still didn't believe that someone would force his crossing to Fen River, but it was difficult to refute the person's face and said with a smile: "In this way, I will send a few people to patrol along the river bank."

"No need, I have sent out a sentry to attack. You gather your troops and prepare to let half of them come when they cross the river and then break out of the forest. This valley is an excellent ambush battlefield. We will not defeat the enemy's vanguard here, and the subsequent war will be stalemate, and we don't know how much money and food will be wasted by the imperial court."

Li Xin is used to fighting poor wars. Since Chen Shou came to power, every war has been a wealthy war, but he still maintains his original calculations and frugality.

The saved food is used to provide relief to the victims, recruit new recruits, and provide pensions to the dead and injured.

Over the past year, Li Xin often heard the soldiers in the camp in the army, and praised Chen Shou very much, and even expressed his willingness to fight for it.

Every time I hear it, Li Xin's concerns in his heart a little aggravated. Even if this is the case in his camp, what should the people from Kaifeng Prefecture and Daming Prefecture in the capital?

I heard that he had reduced taxes in these two places, suppressed gentry and landlords, and many villages had spontaneously built shrines for him.

Thinking of this, Li Xin sighed again. Yuan Maocai, who was beside him, turned his eyes and thought he was worried about the war, so he said, "Don't worry, Major General, although Baibogu is not as good as Xiliang's 100 or 100, he is confident that he will repel the Jiang family's troops."

"It's just a pioneer. When I cross the river in a few days, I will destroy them." Li Xin said lightly. There was still half a sentence in his heart, and he didn't say it.

"The big thief...is not on the border."

"He is so sure, am I really wrong?" Yuan Maocai said in his heart that Li Xin is too famous and he has begun to doubt himself.

If it were someone else standing here, not the ever-winning general, Yuan Maocai would have sneered at it.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree...

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Jiangnan, Hangzhou City.

In the deep and twilight west of the city, there are mansions everywhere, and a magnificently decorated flower hall. Under the golden plaque with "Fast Wind and Fierce Grass" in the middle is a low couch with purple and green satin pattern on the back. Four exquisitely carved and gilded satin screens are erected behind the couch. There are eight official hat chairs with out-of-four sashes on the ground, all of which are made of rosewood.

A young scholar with elegant appearance and extraordinary appearance was sitting on a chair, looking a little uneasy, and suddenly heard a cough behind him. The scholar stood up in a hurry and stood with his hands behind his back.

Two maids supported an old man and walked out of the blue gauze cabinet of the second room. The old man was in disheveled clothes and sleepy eyes, and obviously had just woken up from his deep sleep.

"What's the matter in such a hurry to wake me up?" The old man looked at the young scholar standing with dissatisfaction.

"It shouldn't have disturbed the prince's nap, but it's really a big deal and I dare not delay it."

"Say something!" the old man sighed heavily.

"The prince, Zhenjiang Navy, met with the Wei family in Lianghuai, and I don't know what to discuss."

The old man was the prince of the Tang Dynasty. He was the uncle of Emperor Yuhui, the king of Jing Li Xiu.

As the emperor's most trusted royal prince, Li Xiu had a prominent position in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and many times his ministers needed him to advise the emperor.

Emperor Yuhui, who has always been very independent, often changed his original intentions because of the old emperor.

"The Zhenjiang Water Master is so bold!" Li Xiu coughed so much that he was angry, and the two maids quickly supported him.

"It's simply lawless."

The young scholar clasped his fists and said, "The prince doesn't know anything. Lianghuai has been rich since ancient times. Zhenjiang Navy has been doing business with them secretly, and both sides have benefited huge profits. Now the Northern Qi Dynasty is in chaos and wars are everywhere. Wei Yunse, the leader of Lianghuai, was stabbed to death by Chen Shou in the imperial city. Everyone knows it. The officials are afraid that they will rush their troops north. If the Jiangnan Navy participates, it will not be very good-looking. Especially for Your Majesty..."

"I understand..." Li Xiu sighed. No one in Jiangnan wanted to fight, except for the arrogant soldiers and generals of the navy.

It is an indisputable fact that the Tang Dynasty's troops were weak, but the navy was exceptional.

The navy of the Tang Dynasty was very good at fighting, so he took the initiative to raise trouble in the previous episode and entered Yangzhou Prefecture, which almost caused a big battle.

Afterwards, a few low-level generals were simply punished. The reason was that the navy was a little too big. Because their warships were too advanced, there were military camps on many islands overseas, and there were too many lands hanging overseas, it was inevitable that they would develop power and rely on their own forces.

The Navy's major families were married and intermarried, and they had a very close relationship with each other. They all prospered and even the emperor did not dare to touch them easily.

"You go back and come to Hangzhou less in the future. If you have any questions, please ask someone who is intimate. If someone knows your identity, I'm afraid there will be danger."

The young man stood up and held his fists, frowned tightly, and left in a hurry.

Seeing the people who were planted in the navy leaving, Old King Jing Li Xiu sighed. The navy was the strongest shield they were guarding against Northern Qi, but this shield wanted to turn into a bow.

It is very difficult for generals of all levels of the Navy to develop this young general if they cannot insert needles or water droplets. It is very difficult for Li Xiu to support him.

"Come here, please change my clothes. I'm going to see Your Majesty in the palace."

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The imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty is different from the Daming Palace that once was in Chang'an.

The Tang Dynasty Palace was once grand and magnificent, and it made people feel awe at a glance. It was a well-deserved symbol of imperial power.

However, after the Tang Dynasty crossed south, it seemed that it felt a little guilty. It was no longer the lord of the world. It abandoned countless people in Jiangbei. They wanted to make up for these faces in the palace.

After exerting too much force, it becomes a magnificent area, with expensive palaces and corridors everywhere, which cost more but seem a bit tacky.

Some small foreign countries in Nanyang were like this. Emperors of the Tang Dynasty tried their best to spend money and add materials, building this palace like a gold and silver nest.

Li Xiu's carriage had the power to enter the palace directly, demonstrating the trust of Emperor Yuhui in him and the addition of his blue eyes. He stepped outside the Daming Palace and looked at the three words "Daming Palace", and Li Xiu was a little lost.

"Prince Jing, why are you here?"

"Eunuch Yu, where is Your Majesty?"

The eunuch Yu Jingde in front of him is the leader of the internal official, the general of the left guard, the minister in charge of the internal eunuch, and the commander of the Shen Ce Army.

When Li Xiu saw him, he was polite and asked in a low voice.

Yu Jingde lowered his hands and smiled: "Your Majesty just invited Yin Cheng, the Minister of Rites, to drink a few more cups, but he has not yet woken up."

Li Xiu and Yu Jingde had a good relationship, and he didn't dare to let the eunuchs call the emperor up, so he sat outside and waited together.

"Yingcheng? I have an impression. He is just a third-rank official. Why did His Majesty invite him alone?"

Yu Jingde smiled and said, "You don't know that although Yin Cheng was in a slight state, he gave birth to two good daughters. Yin Luoying and Yin Luorui sisters are very talented. One is good at writing poetry and the other is proficient in music, and he has a great reputation among the people. A few days ago, His Majesty occasionally read Luoying's poems, which was shocking to the heavens and wanted to bring them into the palace."

"It's just the daughter of two young officials. Just carry an edict into the palace. Is it worth asking for a request?"

Yu Jingde smiled and said nothing. If these two people entered the palace, they would be their master. If they said something they shouldn't say, they would find out that they would not look good in the future.

Li Xiu had no such taboo at all and frowned and asked, "When will you accept a concubine?"

"My sister Luo Rui is only twelve years old. Your Majesty means to let Yin Cheng be well educated. Two years later, when His Majesty's 60th birthday is celebrated, he will be included in the palace at the same time."

Seeing that he was a little abnormal today, Yu Jingde said in a turbulent tone, and the relationship between the two was really good, he asked, "Prince, what's the point of coming from?"

Li Xiu glanced around, Yu Jingde waved his hand, and all the palace maids and eunuchs withdrew.

"Zhenjiang Navy, secretly crossed the river and met the head of the Wei family in Lianghuai, who is preparing for war."

"This is actually happening!" Yu Jingde was also shocked. The court did not order, and the navy actually prepared for the war by itself and prepared to join the war. This was too scary. He didn't take the emperor seriously or the court seriously.

Li Xiu knew that Yu Jingde was also his help, and there was nothing to hide. He sighed and asked, "Brother Yu, you said...ah, what should I do?"
To be continued...