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Chapter 68 Shuanglongshan Showdown (1)

In mid-October, the royal imperial guards trained troops in the Qinling Mountains in mid-October. This ten-day confrontation officially kicked off.

The Imperial Army's golden dragon flag was fluttering and colorful ribbons were flying. Under the flag was the most elite tiger and wolf army of the Imperial Army. The team entered the Dragon City at the foot of Shuanglong Mountain. A carriage pulled by nine horses in the team was the dragon carriage of Zhongzong Li Min.

The middle-aged general who personally drove for Zhongzong Li Min, had a sword-browed and Danfeng, and although he had a three-hu face, he was pretty. He wore a first-rate general-level Mingguang armor on his body, which added a bit of heroic aura.

This general is Li Jie, and this army is the city guards guarding the imperial city, and they are Yinglong Guards. Although there are only a thousand people, they are all ten. After Yinglong Guards stationed in the Longcheng Palace, Li Min lived in the Huaqing Palace of the Palace.

The Huaqing Palace in Longcheng is built between Shuanglong Mountain, like a pair of dragons playing with pearls. The Huaqing Palace occupies the highest point here, and a view of the entire Longcheng city. Except for the Huaqing Palace, most of the buildings in Longcheng are built for training and there are not too many decorations in the building. The only one with the most decorations are the cooking tools in the kitchen and the sleeper berths in the wing room.

Li Xuansheng and others had already arrived at Longcheng before Yinglongwei. Li Xuansheng himself had to admit that this Longcheng was really simple and unique. Fortunately, Li Xuansheng didn't care about this, so who told him to live in the Snow Field Ice Cave.

As night fell, stars dotted the endless galaxy. Zhongzong Li Min stood outside the Huaqing Palace, Li Jie and Wang An stood behind him respectively.

This time, Zhongzong Li Min did not bring the female relatives in the harem, but instead brought King Jin Li Hui and King Chu Li Yi. These two princes are now resting in the Huaqing Palace. Seeing their two sons' poor health, Zhongzong Li Min couldn't help feeling helpless.

Tomorrow is the first day of training in the army. I hope my second son will not let him down. Among his three sons, he is very optimistic about Li Ao, who looks very much like Emperor Gaozong when he was young.

Zhongzong Li Min asked, "Li Qing, who do you think has a better chance of winning?"

Li Jie said respectfully, "Go back to Your Majesty, the Left Lin Guard of the Qinglin Army has always been an elite of infantry. They fight bravely, and ordinary cavalry can't deal with them at all. The Rangers have been trained for more than a few years, but have not fought in actual combat. Therefore, I am not optimistic about the Rangers."

"Oh! In this way, Li Qing supports Zuo Linwei's chat!"

"Yes, your majesty!"

"Who are you, Wang An?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know how to fight, so how can I argue? But who will win the bet? Since Governor Li is optimistic about Zuo Linwei, I will support the Rangers."

"You! You old fox! If you look at my face, then I should give you some good rewards! Haha!"

Wang An smiled embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, it's not that the old slave gave him the pretext, but according to the palace guards, the King of Qi has doubled the training of the Rangers for these days, and even practiced the formation for this. Therefore, the old slave will be optimistic about the King of Qi."

Zhongzong Li Min turned around and pointed at Wang An, chuckled, "Yes! If Ao'er was like this on weekdays, I think I would be optimistic about him. But how could he be familiar with the training of this army just by cramming Buddha's feet? But then again, if you can fight with Zuo Linwei without hurting one person, then do you need to do more training for the time being? Right, Li Qing!"

When Zhongzong Li Min asked Li Jie this, he naturally wanted to hear what he meant. He had read Dou Dong's memorial, but Li Jie did not review it.

Li Jie bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is a dereliction of duty. Please punish me."

"Li Aiqing, I don't mean to blame you. I just hope that my subordinates will pay more attention to the memorials in the future. I don't want some rumors to spread to my ears.

Also, the prince of the Ashin tribe is really a bit presumptuous in Anjing. Please treat him well for me and don’t lose the face of the Han and Tang Dynasties. In the Kucha, if Hu Yanjue really wants to eat Kucha, I wonder if your Imperial Guard should go out for a walk?"

"I would like to think twice. The forces in the Western Regions are complex, and there are still Tubos in the southwest, and the southeast has not completely surrendered. If our army is rashly dispatched, will it cause unnecessary trouble!"

Zhongzong Li Min narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Jie, "Li Aiqing, I admire your cultivation more and more. You used to be like this. Could it be that you are old and your boiling blood has cooled down!"

Li Jie knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am just making my own judgment based on the current surrounding situation, and you know your current situation better than you. There is no problem with an enemy, but if all four sides attack it together, the price we will pay is too high."

"Li Aiqing, sometimes I really don't like to listen to you to tell the truth! After this big training, I will give you a task."

"Please make it clear to you!"

"In recent years, the Nanzhao Man Miao has harassed Bashu many times, and I didn't want to attack Nanzhao. But the Nanzhao King actually stretched his hand to Lingnan. Since he stretched out his hand, I should let him understand that the country of Han and Tang dynasties cannot be touched by any barbarian dog at will. Therefore, I will send the Imperial Guards to Lingnan, and you can order the number of troops dispatched this time.

But these people can only select new recruits from the Qinglin Army that were training this time and send them to Bashu. You should understand what I mean."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements. I will definitely not let Nanzhao suspect."

"Get up, Li Aiqing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Wang An!"

"The slave is here!"

"Transfer my order to send 800 Shanyue Prefecture soldiers to Wuzhou, and 10,000 Jingzhou Prefecture soldiers to Yongzhou. As for Teng Yunlong, he asked me to take good care of Tubo, as long as a Tubo army appears in Nanzhao, he will be killed without any hesitation."

"Yes, the slave obeys the order."

Li Jie returned to his residence and lighted the lights, and a man in black appeared behind him.

Li Jie sat on the cushion and said coldly, "How is it checked?"

"Returning to the governor, Nanzhao has not been calm recently. There has been another conflict between the King of Nanzhao and the Great Envoy. The army of the Great Envoy now controls the Yuzhou, Kunzhou, Nanzhao."

Li Jie smiled faintly and said, "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. I just don't know who this great worshiper is?"

"When I go back to the governor, this great worship is a descendant of the Nanzhao Renhuang Man Miao. The Nanzhao King was also a believer in the great worship. Now that the Nanzhao King unified the Six Divines, his strength has increased greatly, he will not take the great worship seriously. Later, a strange thing aroused the conflict between the two.

But after that, although the two had conflicts, they were incompatible. Who knew that the most favored sacrifice of the great worship was assassinated by the King of Nanzhao recently, and the two of them were finally at the point of fighting each other."

"Then there is any other news?"

"Who is the person who was looking for a spy who was put in the great worshippers? It is rumored that the person who was looking for was the destiny of the Nanzhao King! As long as you find him, you can make the Nanzhao King die in this disaster."

Li Jie waved his hand and said, "Go down and tell them by the way. I will send troops to Wuzhou after the New Year. At that time, the person who owns my order will be your boss. You can obey his command for all dispatches."

"Yes, Governor!"
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