I am a madman of Chu, and Feng Ge laughs at Confucius.
Holding a green jade staff, he bids farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower.
Traveling to the Five Mountains to find immortals is a journey you will enjoy in your lifetime.
——Excerpt from "A Ballad from Mount Lu to Lu Shi Yuxuzhou" by Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
…
Princess Changle's birthday banquet was not dampened by the departure of the prince Li Chu. After all, it was the prince who provoked him first. Bai Fu responded appropriately and had the style of a general. In comparison, as the prince of the empire, Li Chu seemed too narrow-minded.
Already.
Not to mention the disdain shown by King Li Xi of Yue, even Princess Changle, who usually cared so much about Li Chu, secretly shook her head. Princess Qingluan was even more unhappy because of the behavior of Prince Li Chu.
King Li Xi of Yue, along with his princes such as Peng King Li Ji and Jing King Li Qian, frequently toasted to Bai Fu and took the opportunity to ask for advice on how to fight on the battlefield.
Princess Ning Guo was weathered and saw it, and thought to herself: "The war is raging and the country is in such danger. Bai Fu has made great achievements in battle and is clearly a pillar of the imperial military. No one dares to despise him.
Li Chu was originally Qingluan's brother, so he naturally had the advantage of winning over Bai Fu. But Li Chu repeatedly turned against Bai Fu. What was his purpose?
Prince Li Chu has always been on good terms with Li Lin, the uncle of the Sixteenth Emperor, King Yong. Is it because Bai Fu participated in putting down King Yong's rebellion?
Or maybe Li Chu doesn’t approve of Qingluan and Bai Fu’s marriage?”
…
Bai Fu soon became aware of the subtle relationship between the princes and the crown prince. Bai Fu secretly said: "The king of Jianning, Li Tan, is a wise and powerful man. If he is still alive, Li Chu's position as crown prince will not be guaranteed."
King Li Xi of Yue has shown some intention to fight for the throne. It is a pity that he is not King Jianning, otherwise I would give my full support to him to take over the East Palace."
Everyone ate this meal with their own thoughts, which dampened the festive atmosphere of the birthday banquet.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Princess Changle's consort Lu Zhan came up with a plan. He called out his three precious daughters to celebrate Princess Changle's birthday.
These three daughters are triplets. They are pretty, cute, and smart. They are the darlings of Princess Changle.
Sure enough, the three little princesses appeared in costumes and performed a Hu Xuan dance, which immediately turned the birthday banquet into a sea of joy.
All the princes took out their treasures and gave them to their three nieces.
The princesses even praised her, making Princess Changle smile from ear to ear.
Princess Qingluan hugged the three little princesses and couldn't let go, her affection was beyond words. She smiled at Princess Changle and said: "Three beautiful embryos, they will definitely look like you, the emperor sister, when they grow up."
Princess Changle secretly said: "General Bai is so handsome and elegant. The children you two will have in the future will definitely be extraordinarily handsome, surpassing the fairies in the sky."
Princess Qingluan was very disgusted when she heard this. She raised her head and looked at Bai Fu. She happened to see Bai Fu looking back at her with a bright smile.
Princess Qingluan blushed with embarrassment, pursed her lips, and said coquettishly to Bai Fu: "My three nieces are called Doulu Qingxue, Qingzhi, and Qingxi. Today is the first time you meet them, so you must give them a meeting gift!"
This is the first time Bai Fu has come to Princess Changle's Mansion as a guest. When he came today, he specially prepared a birthday gift for Princess Changle. The birthday gift is a thousand-year-old Goguryeo wild ginseng. This ginseng is in human form, which is extremely rare. It belongs to the Silla royal family.
The treasure. After the Battle of Tsushima, it fell into the hands of Bai Fu from the trophies captured by the Japanese navy.
Princess Changle was a knowledgeable person, so of course she knew how valuable this treasure was. Seeing how much Bai Fu respected her, the princess was full of praise.
At this time, Princess Qingluan suddenly made a suggestion, and Bai Fu was also stunned. Seeing this, Princess Changle hurriedly came to the rescue, fearing that Bai Fu would not be able to bring out the gift and would be too embarrassed.
Bai Fu was wearing a military uniform, unlike when he was wearing scholar's clothes. He could also carry some jade pendants, bracelets and other items on his body, which he could give away casually.
Princess Qingluan blinked and smiled slyly, Bai Fu suddenly understood and understood.
He took out a silk scroll from his arms, handed it to Doulu Qingxue's little hand, and said with a smile: "This is Shaolin's secret book "Yi Jin Jing". In addition to the original text of the scripture, there are also annotations made by me.
I give it to you sisters.
I will personally teach you the basic internal skills and mental methods at the beginning. In the future, when you grow up, you can practice on your own based on this secret book."
Bai Fu's few words shocked everyone in the audience.
Everyone knows that the "Yi Jin Jing" is an undisclosed secret of Shaolin. At that time, Xuanzong sent Elder Kongjing to supervise the Shaolin temple, and one of his tasks was to obtain the secret book "Yi Jin Jing".
Bai Fu wrote this secret book lightly and gave it to the little princess as a gift. It can be seen that the treasures in Bai Fu's hands are far more than this.
More importantly, the "Yi Jin Jing" is so extensive and profound that it cannot be practiced without the guidance of an expert. Bai Fu's martial arts skills are unparalleled, and his annotations will surely make this book simple and complex, and benefit practitioners a lot.
Everyone looked enviously and said to themselves: "We must have a good relationship with Bai Fu. It will be of great benefit to both public and private parties."
After this, the atmosphere of the banquet reached a climax again, and both the guests and host were happy.
On the way back, Princess Qingluan's heart was warmed up. Today at the banquet, everyone praised Bai Fu for a while. This was more satisfying than praising oneself.
Princess Qingluan was like a spring bird, humming cheerful songs. From time to time she would open the bamboo curtain of the carriage and peek at Bai Fu's angular profile.
…
After sending Princess Qingluan to the palace, Bai Fu returned to the Bashu Guild Hall, and Huang Zhen sent an urgent military intelligence report:
A rebel navy sailed south from Duli Town on the Liaodong Peninsula (today's Lushun area), crossed the Bohai Strait, and made a surprise attack on the Dengzhou military port. The Jianghuai naval camp was breached, and nearly 100,000 Tang army soldiers perished in a sea of fire.
Nearly 80,000 Silla prisoners held in Dengju military port were rescued.
The rebels captured a large number of Tang navy warships and joined forces with the released Silla prisoners to form a huge naval fleet, which entered the Bohai Bay and stationed in the Tanggu area.
Bai Fu was silent for a long time after reading the military report. Huang Zhen did not dare to disturb him and stayed by his side quietly.
Half an hour later, Bai Fu said to Huang Zhen: "The navy stationed by the rebels in Duli Town is a logistics force. They are all old, young, sick and disabled. They are responsible for guarding the materials for the Tang Army's cross-sea operations. How could they have the strength to sneak attack and board the troops?"
Prefecture Military Port, annihilate the Jianghuai Navy?
There is fraud in this!
But no matter where this mysterious force comes from, plus 80,000 Silla prisoners, its combat power cannot be underestimated.
During the Peng Lai naval battle, I advised my third brother not to take in Silla prisoners of war, but to take advantage of the naval battle to kill them, to eliminate Silla's military strength once and for all, and to gain ten years for the Tang Dynasty to quell the rebellion.
It's a pity that General Honghu didn't listen to me.
Now the balance in the war zone has been broken again.
The 5,000 Anbeiting Army stationed in Jizhou lost the support of the Jianghuai Navy in crossing the sea and would face the rebels from the three counties of Youzhou (southwest of Jizhou), Yingzhou and Hepingzhou (the two states are northeast of Jizhou).
Pincer attack.
The pincer attack by the rebels from the three counties not only failed the Tang army's plan to encircle Fan Yang, but also put the Anbeiting army in danger.
If the rebels and the Silla Navy join forces, advance by land and water, and encircle Tanzhou (northwest of Jizhou), Anbeiting's camp will be in danger!"
"What should we do?" Huang Zhen realized that the seriousness of the situation was far beyond his imagination and asked anxiously.
At the critical moment, Bai Fu was unusually calm and said: "Brother Zhen, please send a message immediately, asking Lone Wolf to lead the Khitan and Xi tribes. They must defend Tanzhou and protect the passage for Anbei's Beiting Army to withdraw to the Saibei Grassland.
At the same time, through Huyan Tieyi, I passed on my handwriting and mobilized the navy of Bohai County to go south from the mouth of Tumen River to make another invasion of Jincheng, the capital of Silla.
Tell Da Qinmao, the king of Bohai County, that if he is willing to assist me this time and transfer the Silla Navy back to Xiongjin City, I will release the Tang army prisoner of war, his eldest son Da Honglin, back to the country!"