Tibet

Li Lin laughed dryly and said, "An Lushan is a robber. The stolen goods taken back from the robbers should be returned to their original owners. I think it is more reasonable."

Li Ye also smiled and said: "Not a penny of the money from the sale will fall into my personal pocket, Li Ye. It will all be used to support the army. It is also the army of the Tang Dynasty. It is not the same to use the emperor's money to support the emperor's army." Is it reasonable?”

"That's true!"

Li Lin took a sip of tea and said: "The Supreme Emperor once said that Jingxiang is the gate to the south. If you capture Jingxiang, you can go eastward along the Yangtze River and sweep across the south of the Yangtze River. It is also the neck of Guanzhong. If you hold Jingxiang, the money and food of the south will be lost." It cannot be transported to Guanzhong. Jingxiang is indeed a good place.

But I also want to remind you that occupying such a strategic location will make it difficult for the emperor to sleep and eat well. He will definitely do everything possible to get Jingxiang back. It would be unwise for Your Highness to confront the entire court! "

Li Ye laughed and said, "His Royal Highness King Yong said that I was like a separatist regime in Jingxiang. I am stationed in Jingxiang according to the order of the Supreme Emperor to prevent Anlu Mountain from moving south. I am a minister of the Tang Dynasty. If the emperor wants to transfer me to another place , I shall obey your orders, His Highness Yong Wang said seriously."

Li Lin secretly scolded this bastard for being treacherous and slippery. He had the same virtues as his grandfather, but he always hid his sword behind his smile.

At this time, Li Taiqing came out and handed a memorandum of proceedings to Li Lin. This was actually a plan prepared by Li Ye in advance, and could only be adjusted in details. In principle, there was basically no room for bargaining.

There are three main ones.

1. It is allowed to take the road to the west, but only by water, not by land.

2. The Jianghan Army can provide five thousand shi of military rations for a fee.

3. The Jianghan Army can provide up to 150 large ships, and the ships will be delivered at Hukou, Jiangzhou. The upper limit for each ship cannot exceed 5,000 dan, and each ship needs to pay 200 taels of gold as collateral.

Li Lin's face suddenly became ugly. He happened to have a sum of 30,000 taels of gold in his hand, and Li Ye was obviously eyeing this gold.

At this time, Li Ye said unhurriedly: "As soon as I arrived in Jiangnan, Gao Shi came to visit me. I also promised not to interfere in the civil war in Jiangnan. Gao Shi also promised that during my stay in Jiangnan, I would receive 150,000 yuan from the three military envoys." The army will maintain restraint, I will leave Jiangnan today, I am afraid that your Highness does not have much time."

Li Lin sighed in his heart, how could Li Ye lend the warship to him for nothing? They all knew that if they said it was a loan, they would not actually return it, but in fact they would sell it.

Forget it, if you become the king of Shu, you will also need warships. It is equivalent to buying warships from Li Ye!

Li Lin pointed to the second item and said: "I still have ten thousand shi of food, so I don't need it. You can sign for the rest."

The two sides immediately finalized a plan. Li Ye lent Li Lin 150 5,000-stone warships with a mortgage of 200 gold per ship. If they did not repay within three months, the two parties would automatically sell them and the ships would be sold. The delivery was at Hukou, Xunyang County, Jiangzhou. During the borrowing period, the Yongwang troops were not allowed to disembark.

The two sides signed an agreement to borrow ships and roads, and Yong Wang Li Lin immediately returned to Xuancheng. He reorganized and all soldiers and officials who did not want to go west with him could leave.

Three days later, Yongwang Li Lin led an army of 30,000 people and a thousand carts and set off toward Jiangzhou, which was 500 miles away.

On the day of signing, Li Ye led hundreds of warships and 5,000 escort troops to return to Xiangyang.

In Zhangye, Hexi Province, Li Gong, the Great Protector of Anxi and the Jiedu Envoy of Anxi Beiting and Prince of Feng, led 30,000 Anbeiting troops to advance eastward again, killing the Tibetan army by surprise.

At this time, the 80,000 Tubo troops in the Hexi Corridor were divided into 50,000 troops to capture Shuofang. Currently, there are only 10,000 Tubo troops in Liangzhou, Ganzhou and Suzhou each.

The Tibetan army in Jiuquan, Suzhou was defeated by the Northwest Army, and the defeated army retreated to Ganzhou. Knowing that they were defeated, the Ganzhou Tibetan army retreated into Dadou Bagou, and the Liangzhou Tibetan army also temporarily retreated to Longyou.

The Northwest Army immediately passed through Ganzhou and Liangzhou, and 30,000 camels followed them, including 1,000 soldiers and 10,000 camels led by Li Ye's subordinate Yu Chiguang.

Yu Chiguang led the army and camels to Chengzhou and walked the Lianyun Ancient Road to Hanzhong, while the 30,000 Northwest Army entered Guanzhong from Weizhou in Longxi. The arrival of the 30,000 Northwest Army greatly enriched the strength of the Tang Army.

In late February, Guo Ziyi led an 80,000-strong army to fight against Li Guiren's 100,000 elite troops in Yanshi. The famous general Li Siye led 30,000 northwest troops and wiped out 30,000 Luohe cavalry. He became famous in the first battle. Li Guiren was defeated and the 100,000-strong army was defeated. Only a few thousand people were left and fled back to Luoyang.

The entire Yan army in Luoyang fell into extreme panic. Faced with the aggressive offensive of the Tang army, the new emperor An Qingxu ordered to move the capital to Xiangzhou Anyang in an attempt to prevent Hebei from fighting the Tang army.

In early March, Guo Ziyi led an army of 80,000 people into Luoyang. Hundreds of thousands of Luoyang people sang and danced to welcome the Tang army's restoration of the eastern capital.

Luoyang recovered and the Yan army retreated north, and the situation in the entire Central Plains took on a completely new look.

The situation in the Central Plains affected Jingxiang, and a large number of people who had taken refuge began to return home in a hurry, thinking of going back to plant a season of food in the spring.

On the official road of Dengzhou, there was an endless stream of people returning from the north.

Many low-level civil servants in Jiedu Mansion also resigned and returned to their hometowns. A large number of people left, making the city of Xiangyang become slightly deserted.

A big event also happened in Li Ye's house. The princess successfully gave birth to a child. As Pei Sanniang expected, it was another daughter.

Pei Sanniang's neck was sore in looking forward to her grandson. It turned out to be another granddaughter. Pei Sanniang felt as if she had been hit in the face, and she suddenly withered.

Of course, he still forced a smile in front of his daughter-in-law Dugu Xinyue, and showed his grandmother's love to his new granddaughter, but no one told her the pain in her heart.

That afternoon, Pei Sanniang came to the Taiqing Palace next door and found Li Tengkong. Li Tengkong was Pei Sanniang's eldest sister. Although she didn't have much contact with her, they were a family after all, and she and her husband were biological siblings. Their mother gave birth to two children. There are two children, one is Li Tengkong and the other is Li Dai.

Li Tengkong invited Pei Sanniang to sit down in his Taoist room. Seeing that Pei Sanniang was listless, she smiled and said, "Ye'er is still young and has many chances of giving birth to a son. Why are you so worried?"

"Can I not worry?"

Pei Sanniang let out a long sigh and said, "How many children can a woman have? Xinyue has already given birth to two daughters. She will have one more at most. If she is lucky, it will be a grandson. Then I will only have one grandson! His father has few heirs. If Ye'er Likewise, if you’re not careful, the roots will be broken.”

"Doesn't he still have a concubine?"

"Forget it about that concubine! She has a way of charming men. She can't give birth to a child, and it doesn't look like she can."

"Then let's marry another concubine. Ye'er is a prince. According to the provisions of the Six Codes of the Tang Dynasty, he can have one princess, two concubines, and ten concubines. That's all. Are you afraid that your family won't be able to support her?"

"I'm afraid Ye'er won't want to, he has his own ideas."

"Ye'er shouldn't make the decision on this, but the princess. You go and discuss it with Xinyue."

Pei Sanniang gave a wry smile. As soon as Xinyue gave birth to a daughter, she ran to discuss the matter of taking a concubine. She was obviously dissatisfied with her!

At this time, the little Taoist nun Qingyu brought tea. When Pei Sanniang saw Qingyu, her eyes suddenly lit up. This Taoist nun is so beautiful! Just like a fairy.

She quickly grabbed Qing Yu and said with a smile: "Turn around and let me take a look?"

Qingyu didn't know why, so he turned around. Pei Sanniang secretly rejoiced that this one was round in the back and quite big, and could definitely give birth to a son.

"What's your name? How old are you?"

Qing Yu bowed and said: "Reporting to Madam, little Taoist nun Qing Yu, sixteen years old."

He is only twenty-eight years old, which is just the right age!

Li Tengkong's heart is as clear as a mirror. His sister-in-law has taken a liking to Qingyu. Of course, Li Tengkong also likes his nephew. Li Tengkong also knows that his young apprentice Qingyu is not destined to be a Taoist nun. He made an agreement with her father back then that she will not be a Taoist nun until she is eighteen years old. Return to secular life.

What's more important is that she was so beautiful that she would be targeted wherever she went. She was targeted by the son of King Yong Li Lin in Lushan, and three thousand troops were sent to rob her, so they were so frightened that they fled to Xiangyang.

Anyway, Qingyu will get married sooner or later, so he might as well marry his nephew. Of course, the key is that Qingyu has to be willing.

Pei Sanniang asked with a smile: "Qingyu, do you know my Aye?"

Qingyu was confused, "Madam means Your Highness, of course I know him!"

"Then what do you think of him? Please evaluate him."

Qingyu thought for a while and said: "The people in the city think highly of him, and I think it's good too. I think it's good to take care of the elderly and orphans."

"I'm asking, do you have any personal dissatisfaction with him?"

Qing Yu pouted, "He lied to me!"

Pei Sanniang was stunned for a moment, "When did he lie to you?"

"Five years ago! He was obviously not injured, but he lied to me and told me that he was injured and asked me to take care of her. I remember that!"

Pei Sanniang laughed, "Do you still remember so clearly what happened five years ago?"

Qingyu's pretty face suddenly turned red, she bowed quickly and left in a panic.

Pei Sanniang really liked this little girl. She hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, please give me Qingyu as your daughter-in-law!"

Li Tengkong also found it interesting that Qingyu still remembered that incident five years ago, so she smiled slightly and said: "As long as she is willing, I am willing to make it happen, but it will be a little troublesome."