Tibet

After Bai Xiaode captured Jianzhou, tens of thousands of camels loaded with large amounts of grain, grass and supplies entered Jianzhou. Bai Xiaode immediately ordered the news to be blocked.

Li Lin received a report from Ni Wenzhong that the imperial army had captured Jianmen Pass, which shocked him. He immediately ordered General Pan Yue to lead an army of 30,000 to Zitong County, but as soon as the 30,000 army arrived in Mianzhou, he was He received the news that Zitong County had been occupied by imperial troops.

Pan Yue had to station his troops in Wei County, about a hundred miles away from Zitong, to confront the imperial army. They always thought that the army that captured Dajianmen was the imperial army, and never thought that it was the Helong Army.

There is an alley next to Xinxiang Temple in Chengdu. At the end of the alley is a small house covering an area of ​​about three acres. This is the house of Chen Zainian, the deputy commander of the Meihua Guard. The Meihua Guard was established two years ago by Li Lin following the example of the Helong Neiwei. Its name is The purpose is to capture enemy intelligence spies, but in fact they are to monitor officials in Chengdu.

At noon, Chen Zainian returned to his house to rest, and the housekeeper ran forward and handed him a cloth bag, "This is something someone outside threw into the yard for the master."

"Who threw it?" Chen Zainian asked after taking the bag.

"I don't know. I opened the door and went out, but I didn't see anyone."

Chen Zainian opened the cloth bag in confusion. There was a box inside. There was a line of words on the box, 'Secret, Chen Zainian opens it! ’ This is to prevent the housekeeper from opening the box without permission.

Chen Zainian shook the box. It was very light and seemed to contain nothing. He opened the box and found a note inside.

Chen Zainian unfolded the note, his eyes widened suddenly, he suddenly shouted, turned around and ran outside.

The current commander-in-chief of the Plum Blossom Guard is Li Zhen. Although he has lost his military power, his position as the commander-in-chief of the Plum Blossom Guard is still retained.

Li Zhen was unhappy and drinking at home. He was dismissed from the post of generalissimo due to the defeat of the Three Gorges Road. In fact, he also knew that the real reason for being dismissed was that he was captured and then released, which made his father unhappy.

Li Zhen also heard that Jianmen Pass had been lost, but he was unable to lead troops to conquer it, which really made him depressed. The only way was to make more contributions so that his father could reuse him.

At this moment, the guard reported in the hall: "Your Highness, Deputy Commander Chen has something urgent to see you!"

Li Zhen nodded, "Let him come in!"

Not long after, Chen Zainian walked quickly into the courtyard, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"

"What's the emergency?"

"Your Highness, I have discovered the imperial intelligence station in Chengdu!"

"What?"

Li Zhen sat up and asked: "When did you find out?"

"As for what I discovered today, I found a suspicious homing pigeon. I kept following it and found that it fell into the backyard of an inn. There was something on the pigeon's leg!"

Chen Zainian wanted to take the credit for himself and did not want to say that the source of the information was unknown, which would cause unnecessary trouble. He just went to observe for a while and indeed found a carrier pigeon falling into the backyard of Dongsheng Inn.

"Has it been surrounded?"

"We are surrounded, just waiting for His Highness's order!"

Li Zhen was excited. He finally made a contribution. He immediately stood up and said, "Take me to see it!"

In fact, Dongsheng Inn had been destroyed by the Plum Blossom Guards. When Li Zhan arrived, he happened to encounter the Plum Blossom Guards pushing out several intelligence station managers and subordinates with their hands tied behind their backs.

Dongsheng Inn is an intelligence point under the jurisdiction of Li Fuguo. It was only established the year before last. The progress is not very high. It has only attracted a few ordinary officials from states and counties, and has not yet penetrated the core of the top management.

Despite this, the intelligence manager is also quite capable and has collected a large amount of important information. This important information is basically an open secret in Chengdu, such as the fight between the Supreme Emperor and Li Lin, the Supreme Emperor being transferred to Tongtian Temple, and the recent visit of the Supreme Emperor to Tongtian Temple. Beng, etc., this is very important information to Chang'an, and the stewards sent it to Chang'an via carrier pigeon.

Today, Intelligence Manager Yu got the news about Li Lin's emergency troop deployment. He estimated that something had happened. Before he could investigate further, the Plum Blossom Guards surrounded the inn and arrested him and the waiter.

Immediately afterwards, the Plum Blossom Guard soldiers searched out a large amount of information. Li Zhen threw his head up and laughed with joy. This time he could finally claim credit from his father.

On the second floor of a restaurant not far away, Miao Qi was sitting in front of the window drinking, watching coldly as the Plum Blossom Guard soldiers escorted the captured intelligence spies into the carriage.

He had long known that Dongsheng Inn was an intelligence point for the imperial court. The reason why he took action at this time was to carry out His Highness King Qi's order to cut off all connections between Chengdu and the imperial court.

The court cannot be allowed to know that the Helong Army has captured Jianmen Pass.

At this time, Li Ye had quietly arrived in Xingzhou with an army of 80,000 people. He was not in a hurry to go south. He was patiently waiting for news from the court. Li Ye believed that once the emperor finished mourning the emperor, he would be eager to take action against Li Lin.

Li Ye was waiting for the emperor's edict to inform the world, so that he could justifiably capture Bashu.

This time Li Ye plans to demote Jiannan Jiedu Mansion to Jiannan Governor's Mansion. He will serve as the governor himself, Duan Xiushi will serve as deputy governor, and Chen Huan will serve as chief historian. In addition, Li Ye will also serve as the observer of Shannan West Road, and Chen Huan will concurrently serve as deputy governor. make.

In this way, the entire Dongchuan and Xichuan were placed under the jurisdiction of Helong Jiedu Prefecture.

Of course, it was just a temporary arrangement. Li Ye was already planning to build Prince Qi's Mansion, which was the same as Tiance Mansion in the early Tang Dynasty. Once Prince Qi's Mansion was established, Helong Jiedushi was canceled and replaced by Longyou Road, Hexi Road, Shuofang Road and On Jiannan Road and Dongchuan Road, he became completely powerful.

On the top of the city, Li Ye held the city wall and looked at the distant mountains. He sighed and smiled at Chen Huan beside him: "I am used to looking at the sand table, and I always feel that the world is not very big, but at this moment I suddenly discovered that the world is not very big. It’s so big that the bottomless end that I can see in front of my eyes is just one state.”

Chen Huan smiled slightly and said: "Others can sigh at the greatness of the world, but His Highness cannot!"

"Why?"

"Your Highness is someone who has seen the sea in the west. Do you still need to lament how big the world is?"

Li Ye chuckled, "If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot about it. Looking back, it seems like a long time ago."

"Your Highness, will our army still advance westward?"

"Will!"

Li Ye nodded slowly, "There is something that Chen Shijun may not know yet. Juzhanti still has 500 garrison troops of mine, and Suiye has 1,000 garrison troops. They are still loyal to me. As long as the army is there, that land will be It still belongs to me, how can I not go back?"

At this time, several knights ran from a distance and quickly rushed to the city. Li Ye recognized the leader at a glance as Dugu Ming's confidant. He immediately said to the soldiers: "Bring up all the people on horseback!"

The soldier turned and ran away. Chen Huan asked in a low voice: "Is there any news from the court?"

Li Ye nodded, "Probably!"

Not long after, a group of cavalry was brought up. The leading knight knelt down on one knee, saluted, and presented a letter to Li Ye.

Sure enough, it was a letter written by Dugu Ming. Li Ye opened the letter and read it again, then asked: "Does your master have any other messages?"

The leading knight said solemnly: "My master said that all the relatives and friends in Chang'an are well. Please don't worry, Your Highness. There is nothing else."

Li Ye nodded, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Li Ye asked his soldiers to take them down to rest, and then he said to Chen Huan: "The Emperor issued an edict five days ago and determined that Li Lin had manipulated the Supreme Emperor and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. Li Lin was officially deposed as the Crown Prince's younger brother. We can go south."

That afternoon, Li Ye led an army of 80,000 men and 30,000 camels to Lizhou.

At this time, Lizhou had been occupied by the Helong Army, and Li Fei Shouyu led 8,000 troops to guard Lizhou and Jianmen Pass.

In this competition to seize strategic opportunities, the Helong Army has firmly gained the upper hand.

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[I went to a relative’s house today to pay New Year greetings, and I only coded two chapters]