"Your Majesty, just now Marquis Yong'an came to the palace and borrowed a telegraph machine!"
In the afternoon, Zhao Song came to the Ganlu Hall and bowed to Li Er.
The telegraph machine was kept by Zhao Song in the palace. It was not commonly used on weekdays. It was placed in a small room in Tai Chi Palace. It was basically a special telegraph machine for the royal family and was generally not "open to the public". However, Li Zexuan was a Exception, because he invented the telegraph!
So when Zhao Song heard that Li Zexuan wanted to borrow the telegraph machine, he thought about it for a moment and did not refuse!
Li Er frowned when he heard this and asked: "Telegraph machine? What is he using the telegraph machine for? Who is he trying to send a telegram to?"
Zhao Song replied: "Your Majesty, Marquis Yong'an is sending a telegram to General Qin and General Cheng, asking where the army is now and whether it can reach outside Chang'an before tomorrow."
After all, Li Er was experienced in battles. After hearing this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but said: "Does this guy want to use Shu Bao's army to attack the Tianlong Sect from both inside and outside tomorrow? Okay! I will Sure enough, I saw him right! This guy’s talent in military formation is no worse than his talent in engineering! He is a talent that can be made!”
His words revealed his unabashed admiration for Li Zexuan, and Zhao Song couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart about Li Zexuan's Holy Familiar Dragon, there is really no one else!
"Thanks to Your Majesty's discernment, otherwise a young hero like Marquis Yong'an would probably be buried in the marketplace!"
Zhao Song cupped his hands and smiled, and gave him a flattery that was neither salty nor light.
Li Er shook his head. After a moment of silence, he asked:
"How did Shubao respond?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the Marquis of Yong'an said that General Qin and the others have marched to Tongzhou. If they march day and night, they will be able to reach the outside of Chang'an City at midnight tonight!"
Zhao Song didn't understand the telegraph machine, so he could only repeat to Li Er what Li Zexuan said before.
Hearing this, Li Er couldn't help but nodded and said: "Okay! Did Li Zexuan ask Shu Bao and the others to ambush secretly after they arrived outside Chang'an City, waiting for the Tianlong Sect to attack Chang'an City tomorrow and cooperate with the defenders in the city to attack from inside and outside?"
Zhao Song shook his head and said: "No! Marquis Yong'an left after asking about the location of the frontline troops!"
Li Er was startled, then suddenly realized, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Good boy! Do you know how to abide by the rules now?"
Li Er knew in his heart that Li Zexuan's move was just to avoid overstepping his authority and avoiding suspicion. Today, in order to trace the Tianlong Sect's conspiracy, he did give Li Zexuan the power to mobilize the army, but that was only the army in Chang'an City, and did not include the army led by Qin Qiong. That army just returned from the front line!
If Li Zexuan rashly ordered Qin Qiong's army to ambush him, even if Li Er couldn't punish Li Zexuan, he would feel uncomfortable and alienated. Therefore, Li Zexuan only asked where Qin Qiong's army was and left. He believed that the old man After Li learns of the situation, he will definitely send an order to Qin Qiong directly through the telegraph machine to ambush him outside Chang'an City! He doesn't have to worry about it at all!
This is where Li Zexuan is smart! Know how to measure, know how to advance and retreat!
After a moment of pause, Li Er finally opened his mouth and commanded:
"Zhao Song, please go down immediately and ask the Marquis of Yong'an to send a telegram to Shu Bao, ordering the army to march day and night, set up camp twenty miles outside Chang'an City, and hide it carefully. After receiving my order tomorrow, immediately send troops to annihilate outside Chang'an City. The rebels!”
With the joint efforts of all the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy, the communication technology of telegraph machines has become more and more mature. The palace is indeed equipped with a telegraph machine, but there is a lack of professional talents to use the telegraph machine.
Not long ago, Li Er specially selected a few young eunuchs who were innocent, smart, and loyal, and sent them to Yanhuang Academy to learn how to use the telegraph machine. However, those young eunuchs have not yet "returned from their studies," so In order to know the news from Longmen Pass, he specially recalled Li Tai from Yanhuang Academy to help send telegrams and translate messages.
Now that Li Tai is taking the final exam at Yanhuang Academy, he will definitely not be able to pass it, so Li Er has no choice but to assign the work to Li Zexuan again!
"Old slave obeys the order!"
Zhao Song first bowed and agreed, and then continued: "The Marquis of Yong'an should be at the Youwuwei Yamen at the moment. The old slave is going to find the Marquis of Yong'an with his depreciation watch and telegraph machine!"
"Wait!"
Li Er's expression changed, he stopped Zhao Song, and then asked: "You just said that Li Zexuan is at Youwuwei Yamen, what is he doing there?"
Zhao Song replied cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, I heard from Marquis Yong'an before that he was going to Youwuwei to mobilize troops to investigate the possible remnants of the Tianlong Sect in Chang'an City!"
"Are there any remnants of the Tianlong Sect that may exist in Chang'an City?"
Li Er seemed to understand something when he heard this. His eyes flashed and he said in a faint tone: "Tell Li Zexuan to let him go and investigate. No matter who is involved, he will be dealt with strictly in accordance with the law. Let him not have any fear, because I am his backer! "
What he said was categorical, but you can also hear Li Er's determination to "cut off the wrists of a strong man"!
Zhao Song's heart trembled, and he bowed and said: "I obey the order!"
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"Haha! I haven't seen you in a few months, Rengui, have you been promoted?"
At the Youwu Guard Yamen in the Outer Imperial City, Li Zexuan took out the imperial edict and Li Jing's troop deployment order, and expressed his intention to mobilize troops. The general who had received him before immediately turned around and went out. After a while, An "old acquaintance" walked in. It was Liu Rengui who had made outstanding contributions in the suppression of rebellions in Guancheng and was later promoted by Li Er to Youlang General of the Youwu Guard. So, Li Zexuan stood up and couldn't help laughing.
Liu Rengui quickly waved his hand and said: "Master Marquis, please don't make fun of me. Now that General Cheng is not in the capital, the general is only temporarily taking over military affairs for General Cheng!"
The reason why Liu Rengui was able to join the Youwu Guard before was not only because of his contribution, but also because of Cheng Yaojin's secret push! During the Battle of Guancheng, Cheng Yaojin admired Liu Rengui's ability very much, so Lao Cheng asked Li Er to transfer Liu Rengui to his command!
Of course, Liu Rengui did not disappoint Lao Cheng. After joining Youwuwei, Liu Rengui not only worked extremely hard in training, but also was rarely matched by others in terms of military strategy and ability to get along with others. So gradually Cheng Yaojin began to Give Liu Rengui more tasks!
"Haha! Rengui, you are so humble! I feel a little regretful now. I regret that I didn't go to the battlefield in person when I was in charge of the city to suppress the rebellion, so that I couldn't see Rengui fighting wits and courage with the Cui and Zheng families!"
Li Zexuan chuckled and said.
"Master Hou, you have defeated Liu!"
Liu Rengui was a little embarrassed by Li Zexuan's fierce compliment, but thinking of Li Zexuan's purpose, he quickly said seriously: "The last general just heard that the Marquis came to Youwuwei to mobilize troops. I dare to ask the Marquis how many troops he will mobilize." ? Where will these soldiers and horses be used?"
This is not because he suspects Li Zexuan of having any evil intentions, but now that he is taking care of the affairs of Youwuwei for Cheng Yaojin, he still needs to ask clearly about important matters like troop deployment!
"I plan to mobilize five thousand elite troops from Youwuwei to track down the remnants of the Tianlong Sect in Chang'an City! These people must be trained hard and be good at hiding!"
Li Zexuan replied calmly.
"The remnants of the Tianlong Sect?"
Liu Rengui frowned. He was in the army, so it was naturally impossible for him to know that the mastermind who kidnapped Li Chengqian and Changle today was probably related to the Tianlong Sect. But although he didn't know, he didn't ask too much, but stood up directly and said: "Okay! The general will go and purge out a force of five thousand people, and then go with Yong'an Hou to investigate the Tianlong Sect. The remnants!”
Not long after, 5,000 soldiers in regular uniforms rushed out from the Youwuwei Camp. Li Zexuan specifically requested these soldiers to wear regular uniforms. Later, under Li Zexuan's arrangement, these 5,000 soldiers would be treated as ordinary soldiers. The identity of the common people was hanging around the residences of certain officials, secretly inquiring about the actions of those officials in the past few days. Based on the results of their feedback, Li Zexuan arranged for people to focus on monitoring certain officials.
Most of the 5,000 soldiers selected by Liu Rengui were scouts. Some of them had even gone deep into the Turks and worked as spies on the grasslands. They had quite a lot of lurking experience.
An invisible big net began to slowly unfold in Chang'an City. Those officials who "can't bear the loneliness" and can't help but come out to cause trouble will eventually become the fish in the trap!
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"Your Majesty, the patrol force in Chang'an City has not relaxed at all, and the city gates in all directions are still closed. It seems that the imperial court will not give up easily!"
In the south of Chang'an City, in Guiyifang, one by one entered the house, and a lean man bowed and said.
Standing opposite him was Du'e.
At this time, Du E had already taken off his large bamboo hat, revealing his bald but shiny forehead. Hearing this, he frowned and said coldly: "Humph! Li Shimin's son and daughter almost fell into the trap. In our hands, Li Shimin will certainly not give up! And wait patiently. When the Imperial Ancestral Temple is destroyed by thunder and fire tomorrow, I will lead you to rush out and call on all the people in Chang'an City to resist the tyranny of Li Tang!
At that time, the army led by Dragon Head will also arrive outside Chang'an City. We will lead the fierce people in the city and directly attack the city gate. If we cooperate with Dragon Head inside and outside, Chang'an City will definitely be broken by us! Hahaha! "
At the end of the sentence, Du'e couldn't help but laugh proudly because of his beautiful vision.
The lean man standing next to him also said with excitement: "Your Majesty is wise! It turns out that Your Majesty has already thought of a strategy to cooperate with foreigners here, so he deliberately lost the defense when he kidnapped the prince. His Majesty is far-sighted, I admire you!"
Hearing this, Sakyamuni couldn't help but blush, and asked himself, when he kidnapped Li Chengqian and Changle, he really didn't fail on purpose. He wanted to capture Li Er's children more than anyone else, but he was not strong enough. Allowed! Facing the presence of both Li Zexuan and Xuan Qing, he had no chance of winning and had no choice but to flee!
He didn't expect that his subordinate was so "smart" that he even thought up the reasons for his failure, saving him the trouble of making them up!
"What are the movements of the Imperial City Imperial Army and the troops of Dali Temple?"
Facing the "praise" from his subordinates, Du'e remained calm and reserved. He glanced at the lean man lightly and then asked.
"Returning to Your Majesty, the Imperial City Imperial Guard and the officials from Dali Temple are searching for members of our Tianlong Sect from village to village. Many of our members have already been arrested and taken to Dali Temple! But don't worry, Your Majesty, this place is very safe. Even if The people from the imperial court dug deep and couldn't find us! Moreover, the owner of this house has a very good relationship with Fang Zheng of Guiyifang. Even if they search this place soon, they won't take it too seriously!"
The lean man leaned forward slightly and cupped his fists.
Du'e couldn't help but nodded and said: "That's it, very good! In addition, please inform others so that other people in the sect can stay dormant and don't cause trouble. When the limelight is over, we can join in the righteous deeds together!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
The lean man responded, then tugged on the rope beside him. Soon, someone above turned the wooden pulley on the well and pulled him up from the bottom of the well.
It turned out that Du'e was hiding under a dry well. No wonder the lean man said earlier that this place was very safe and he was not afraid of the court's search.
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"Hey, boss, Hao'er went to the northern front line without saying a word, and didn't even send a message back home. Do you think he is safe now? Has he been bullied in the army?"
On the street of Guiyifang, a couple was walking side by side. In order to show respect to the man, the woman deliberately stayed half a step behind. At this time, the woman was heard saying worriedly.
This couple is Meng Wenhao's parents.
Meng's father had previously been awarded the rank of eighth-rank Xuanjie captain for his contribution to the imperial court's organization of sea trade to the south. Now that he had a formal official status, he could also receive a salary from the imperial court. The living conditions of the Meng family A big improvement was made at once!
But even so, the Meng family has no plans to move out of Guiyifang (the layout of the 108th area of Chang'an City is roughly rich in the east, noble in the west, poor in the south and humble in the north. Guiyifang is at the southernmost part of Chang'an City, and the people living here , almost all the people at the lowest level), they just slightly repaired the original dilapidated houses.
"Hey! Damn it, kid, how many times have you asked these questions?"
Meng Youliang said impatiently: "At noon, you told me that Marquis Yong'an has entered the city. Let's go to Yonglefang in the afternoon. If we can meet Marquis Yong'an, we can ask about Wen Hao's situation. But haven't we not met Marquis Yong'an? You should think so. Don’t I want to know about Hao’er’s situation? But what’s the use of being anxious here? Just wait patiently, since Hao’er is a student of Yong’an Marquis, he will definitely not be bullied in the military!”
After saying that, Meng Youliang patted his wife on the shoulder to express her relief.
"... I can only wait patiently!"
Mother Meng sighed. Suddenly, she pointed forward and said doubtfully: "Hey! Boss, look! Isn't that Boss Zhang? It's not a holiday. He brings so many chickens, ducks, and fish to the house to cook. What?"
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