Volume Four, The Year of the Curtain, Chapter 189: Tea and Tang Yan
The slender wooden sticks were painted with red paint and kept moving on the silk-made military map, as if they were like torches. They wanted to ignite this map, and the flames continued to spread across the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
After the Tang Dynasty conquest of the Western Army won a great victory on the plateau, it did not rest on the spot or return to help. Instead, it chose to cross the majestic Palacio and headed straight to Chaoyang City.
The army led by General Shu Cheng went deep into foreign countries alone. If it could eventually conquer Chaoyang City and capture the Yuelun royal family, it would be of great strategic significance to the current tense situation.
Longqing and the two thousand cavalry were destroyed under Chang'an City. The cavalry in the wasteland was shocked and had a lot of jitters. They lacked effective military command, which could no longer pose a great threat to the remnants of the Northeast border army and the volunteer army as the main body.
The situation in Xinjiang has gradually stabilized and has entered the stage of clearing out.
The real threat is still in the north and south. Zhenbei Army has added many fresh troops, which can even free up Gushan County to support the Eastern Xinjiang. However, the Jinzhang Royal Court has been preparing for a large-scale invasion of the south for decades, and its momentum is like fire.
Like thunder, the war was still going on extremely fiercely. The Tang army was always in the passive defense stage. In a short period of time, there was no possibility of annihilation of the main force of the royal cavalry and then launching a large-scale counterattack.
The situation in Qingxia in the south is also tense. The main force of the Xiling Temple Alliance is composed of the Southern Jin army, but its real strength is far more than that. Whether the Temple Alliance attacks Qingxia or detours the eastern border and the northern expedition, it will surely bring great power to Chang'an.
The pressure is even very likely to reverse the direction of this war again.
However, what is extremely puzzling is that the offensive of the Xiling Temple coalition forces is much weaker than imagined. Judging from the trends of food and grass logistics, it seems that there is no plan to detour the Northern Expedition.
The palace was very quiet, and the ministers and generals were confused.
"What exactly are the temple thinking?"
Grand Secretary Zeng Jing said: "Is it possible that the Temple still wants to preserve its strength at this time and wait for both our and the Golden Tent Royal Court to suffer losses before they can truly start the attack?"
"The temple wants to have a peace talk."
The Empress said, pointing to a letter on the desk.
The letter was bright yellow in color, which was a color that was qualified to be used only by the Xiling Temple and the Tang Dynasty royal family.
The words said by the queen shocked the people in the hall, because no one could understand why the Xiling Temple wanted to negotiate peace at this moment.
The hall became quiet again and no one spoke.
Even now, the Tang people are fearless, but the ministers and generals in the hall are not young people with passion. The most precious temperament they have is calmness. As long as they calm down, people can clearly understand.
The gap in strength between the Tang Dynasty and the entire human world.
Regardless of population, materials, number of war horses or territory, the Tang Dynasty is the largest and strongest country in the world, but compared with the entire world, it is undoubtedly at an absolute disadvantage.
Especially with the destruction of the northeastern border army in the capital of Yan State, the blood of the navy officers and soldiers of Qinghe County dyed the marsh red, and the strength of the Tang army suffered extremely heavy losses. Although with the efforts of the academy and the court, the
It alleviated the danger of national destruction, but if we had to continue to fight hard under the north-south attack of the Jinzhang Royal Court and the Xiling Temple coalition forces, no one dared to say whether the Tang Kingdom could hold on and how long it would last.
From a rational perspective, the proposal of peace talks between Xiling Temple is undoubtedly the thing that the Tang Dynasty wants to see most now. However, in this case, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably pay a huge price for negotiations. It can even be guessed that the coalition forces will inevitably be in the face of the alliance.
They will ask Datang to cut land and pay compensation.
Since the founding of the country, the Tang Dynasty will win every battle, and there will never be any surrender, and there will be no alliance under the city. Can we say that these people can no longer hold on to the pride of our ancestors? If we really have no choice but to talk, who will talk? Who dares to take risks
When the Tang people scolded the crime of selling the country and seeking honor, they signed the document?
The silence in the hall comes from this.
The Empress said: "The court officials discussed whether to talk or not, how to talk. In short, we must be able to move out as soon as possible, because one day will lead to one more death."
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In the imperial study, the Queen looked at the books whose ink had not yet been completely dried. She remembered something, was silent for a moment, and then said, "You have heard it all."
Ning Que threw the pen into the clean water jar, pulled a piece of paper and wiped his hands, and said, "Since the temple is going to talk, we will talk with them. No matter how you talk, you can't suffer any loss."
The Empress said: "Since we have the advantage, if we are unwilling to suffer losses, the temple will definitely not agree. Therefore, since we need to discuss, we must prepare for suffering losses."
Ning Que shook his head and said, "First of all, we must understand why the temple suddenly thought about peace talks. We must know that the main force of the Temple coalition has not even fought a serious battle until today."
The Queen asked, "In your opinion, what is the reason why the temple took the initiative to seek peace talks?"
There was a pot of newly brewed rock tea on the desk, and there was a set of exquisite tea sets in the bookshelf. Ning Que took out the tea set, poured two small cups, pushed one of them to the queen, took one cup and drank it all.
Take out all the things in the tea set box and put them in the sea of tea trays with subtle curves.
The tea tray is like the sea, and it can hold countless tea sets.
Ning Que took the largest teapot from the tea tray and said, "What we can confirm now is that the viewer is disabled."
"The headmaster is also ruined."
He took a thin teaspoon from the tea tray, grabbed a few tea cups with one hand, and continued: "The Heavenly Yu God's Seal, Seven Masters, and Ye Su are all ruined."
Finally, he tapped the wooden tube that was filling the tea leaves and said, "Liu Bai slashed the second senior brother's right arm, and the second senior brother also stabbed his chest. In a short period of time, Liu Bai will not take action again."
Looking back at this magnificent war in the past few months, there was a bloody battle between the Tang army and the rise of ordinary people, but the real key was the battle between the strong men between the academy and the Taoist sect.
The elder brother kept the master of the temple for seven days, seriously injured seven masters in front of the Pamir Mountains, seriously injured Tianyu God's throne in front of Qingxia, and the second elder brother fought against the peerless powerful man in front of Qingxia, first defeated Ye Su, and then injured Liu Bai, and
The same sect made the Xiling Temple army unable to enter Qingxia. The third senior sister defeated the head of the Xiling Temple into a useless person. Later, she joined forces with the senior brother in Chang'an City to fight from the ground to the blue sky with the master.
In addition to the shocking formation left by the master and the word Ning Que finally wrote, the eldest brother, second brother and third sister, directly changed the direction of the war.
"The academy is indeed disabled, but the price paid by the Taoist sect is even heavier. They want to negotiate peace and are beyond my expectations. I even think the news is still late."
Ning Que looked at the queen and said, "Now both sides need time to heal their wounds, so the empress doesn't have to care about the attitude of the academy, and talk about whatever she wants."
The Queen said, "Yes, time is good for us."
Ning Que looked at the night outside the window, the somewhat dark moon, and said, "Maybe it may not be."
The imperial study room was silent. The queen and he looked at the moon, and they knew very well. Perhaps the key to the final decision on the victory or defeat of the world was still above the moon in the night sky.
The Queen looked back and looked at him and asked, "What else do the academy have to say?"
"The senior brothers and sisters in the back mountain don't understand the affairs of the court and military affairs, so naturally they have no objection to tell the Empress, but I do have something to remind me of."
"What's up?"
"If there is a way, please send a letter to Panling as soon as possible to let General Shu Cheng return."
The Empress listened to this sentence and raised her eyebrows and said, "Based on time, at most, the Western Army will be able to attack Chaoyang City and destroy Yuelun in another half a month. Let them give up at this time?"
"You must not enter Chaoyang City."
Ning Que thought about the peak underground in the wasteland, the yellow temples among the peaks, and said, "The academy and the Taoist sect both suffered losses. I don't want to preach the first person like him to come to Chang'an City."
The Empress is from the Demon Sect. Although she has lived in the deep palace for a long time, she still knows the legendary figures in the cultivation world. After hearing this, she understands Ning Que's fear and agrees.
She said: "The military headquarters once had a plan to let the Western Army ignore the Yuelun Kingdom and enter the wasteland north outside the Palacio Mountains, so as to try to find the location of the Shanyu when the main force of the Jinguan invades south."
Ning Que thought of the swamp called "Milt Pond" on the wasteland, and said, "This plan is too risky. It is best to give up. Let the Western Army retreat from the Pamirs and then move to the Qichengzhai."
The Empress said, "That's how it is done. But if the court agrees to negotiate with the temple, the temple will definitely ask to negotiate with the academy. Will you or the Grand Master come forward?"
"The academy cannot come forward, at least I cannot come forward."
Ning Que looked at the scattered teacups on the table and said, "If the academy comes in to discuss, it will be difficult to regret it in the future. If I sign it on it, how can I kill people in the future?"
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Chao Xiaoshu kept waiting for Ning Que in the office, and when he left the palace, he walked together.
It suddenly started to snow in the night sky. Soon, the square and surrounding streets were covered with thin layers of snow. The boots were slippery on it and said to the small tree: "It's hard to walk on the road, so drink two drinks first."
Ning Que nodded.
There is a soup shop at the entrance of the alley, and the shop is already full of people. The relief of the battle situation is quickly reflected in the lives of the people, but the diners are not as noisy as they usually do.
When the shop owner saw another customer coming, he moved the table and chairs outside the store and asked if it was OK.
Chao Xiaoshu and Ning Que didn't care about this, so they took the Slightly Snow and started eating hot mutton soup.
Before the wine glass was raised, he suddenly asked Xiaoshu: "What are you going to deal with Li Yu?"
Ning Que was pulling coriander into the bowl of the little tree. He listened to this, his movements froze slightly, and then replied to normal, saying, "That's the matter of the Empress or the court."
He said to Xiaoshu, "I'm asking you."
Ning Que put down his chopsticks, looked at him and said, "I remember your relationship with her is very ordinary."
"She is His Majesty's most beloved daughter after all."
After saying this, he picked up the dipping dish at Xiaoshu and pushed the fermented bean curd into Ningque's bowl.
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