Du Qi led an army of more than 100,000 troops, marching forward in a mighty manner.
Along the way, no obstacles were encountered.
All over the territory of Shazhou, the army has already withdrawn. As for the people of Shazhou, many people lined up to welcome Du Qi's army. Because the people living on the border these years have deeply experienced the richness of the Xia Kingdom and the preferential treatment of the Xia Kingdom. Merchants of the Xia Kingdom do business in Guazhou and do not need to pay taxes.
Even saying that it belongs to Xia Guo, it seems to be superior to others, which is different from ordinary people. The people of the Xia Kingdom were exempted from the agricultural tax for the first few years. Although the agricultural tax has been restored now, the corvee has long been abolished.
Although the common people of the Xia Kingdom were all enlisted in the army, there was no government military system, and there was no such thing as asking the common people to prepare their own food and participate in the war. In particular, the people of the Xia Kingdom live a prosperous life. Even if they don't farm, they just work in the factory and can support a family.
Under such a premise, many people in Shazhou have admired Xia Guo for a long time. In addition, it was also because Du Qiben was the person who went out of Datang. Moreover, when Du Qi was in Suzhou in the early years, he was also in charge of Suzhou, eliminating evil and promoting good, and punishing corrupt officials.
Because of this incident, the people in Shazhou never regarded Du Qi as a heinous person, and never boycotted Du Qi. On the contrary, they were quite close to Du Qi and trusted Du Qi even more. People can live a good life.
The common people lined the road to greet each other.
This scene made Xue Rengui, Ma Yuan and others extremely proud.
Li Jing, Su Dingfang and others were astonished.
Feel incredible.
Su Dingfang used to govern Guazhou. He asked himself that during his stay in Guazhou, because he took care of the military affairs of Shazhou, he knew the situation of Shazhou. He asked himself that during his stay in Shazhou, he kept besieging bandits and did a lot for the people things.
Wei Shuyu, the governor of Shazhou, has always been working for the benefit of the people, benefiting the people, reducing the taxes and corvees of the people, and constantly opening up business routes, enabling the people to grow cotton and vegetables on a large scale so that the people can make money. It can be said that whether it is Guazhou or Shazhou, a lot of effort has been spent.
Even so, the common people lined up to greet Du Qi, which was surprising, but a little sad.
However, Li Jing felt emotional.
The trend of the times!
Du Qi has such influence and has a very high prestige in the hearts of the people. It is extremely simple for Du Qi to win Shazhou and Suzhou, and it is impossible to be blocked.
The team continued on their way in a mighty way, getting closer and closer to Shazhou City. It's just that when it was about to arrive at Shazhou City, it was already getting late. Because the soldiers in the army were galloping all the way, they were quite exhausted, so Du Qi ordered to camp and rest overnight, and went straight to Shazhou City tomorrow.
The lieutenant soldiers began to bury the pot and cook.
The smell of food lingers in the camp.
Du Qi walked around the camp, looked at the situation of the soldiers, and then returned to the main tent of the Chinese army. But not long after he sat down, news of bad people came in.
This is a letter from Chang'an.
Du Qi opened the letter and checked it. When he saw the contents of the letter, his expression changed slightly. Because the content of the letter is very simple, it is the news of Li Xiaogong's illness.
Li Xiaogong was ill and was in a trance.
Du Qi became worried.
Du Qi also respects Li Xiaogong very much, not only because Li Xiaogong is his father-in-law, but also because Li Xiaogong protects and helps him everywhere. In the early years, Li Shimin appointed the governor of the Anxi Protectorate. At that time, Li Shimin considered Li Xiaogong as the governor of the Protectorate of Anxi, but Li Xiaogong refused because of illness.
Now, Li Xiaogong is really sick.
In Du Qi's heart, he was thinking about Li Xiaogong's illness. After thinking about it for a while, Du Qi ordered someone to call Shangguanyi to discuss matters concerning Li Xiaogong.
After Shangguanyi entered, Du Qi handed the letter to Shangguanyi and waited for Shangguanyi to read it. After Shangguanyi finished browsing, Du Qi said, "What do you think about the King of Hejian County?"
Shangguanyi thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I think there may be two possibilities for the illness of King Hejian County."
Du Qidao: "Let's hear it."
Shangguanyi said: "The first possibility is that the king of Hejian is really ill. However, I think that the king of Hejian is in good health and in the prime of his life, so it is unlikely that he is ill. Suddenly he is mentally ill. In a trance, there is a certain trickiness."
"So, there is a second possibility."
"The Prince of Hejian is pretending to be sick."
Shangguanyi continued: "Why does HeThe reason why the king of the county wants to pretend to be sick is very simple, it is to avoid disputes. Right now Xia Guo and Datang are at war, especially when Datang is suddenly defeated, losing troops and generals, countless losses. For Datang, an influential person is needed to preside over the overall situation, and King Hejian is the most suitable candidate. The Duke of Hejian himself is a relative of His Majesty. Once you let Hejian County King lead the army, he will be able to restrain you. The Prince of Hejian should have deduced this possibility, so he took the initiative to avoid it. "
Du Qidao: "It is possible."
Shangguanyi said: "Furthermore, in this letter, the most important point is mentioned. It is that the king of Hejian County has been closing the door to thank guests before, and has never had any illness. It is now that he suddenly fell ill."
After a pause, Shangguan Yi said: "I conclude that the King of Hejian is probably pretending to be sick."
Du Qi nodded.
In fact, he also made the same judgment, and just called Shangguanyi to discuss the matter together.
Shangguanyi said: "However, Your Majesty, it is not appropriate for the Prince of Hejian to be in Chang'an all the time. Once it is time for a decisive battle with Datang, the existence of the Prince of Hejian may affect the situation. The best arrangement is to let The King of Hejian County is coming to Xia Kingdom. Only in this way can we completely cut off possible risks."
Du Qi nodded and said: "You arrange bad people in Chang'an to contact your father-in-law and ask his opinion. However, you must be cautious in this contact, because there are likely to be countless people staring at the Hejian County Palace today. If you don't pay attention , there may be problems."
Shangguanyi said: "I understand."
Huh! !
The curtain of the camp tent was raised, but it was Laiji who entered.
Laiji bowed to Du Qiyi and said, "Your Majesty, I have figured out everything about Shazhou City."
Du Qidao: "Say!"
Lai Ji Zhengse said: "Today's Shazhou City has about 200,000 troops. Li Shimin has already left Shazhou and returned to Chang'an, but Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng stayed behind. Now the person in charge of the overall situation is Li Ji, He is the coach of Tang Jun."
Li Shimin's departure was kept secret.
? No information was leaked.
That is to say, Li Shimin's whereabouts were only leaked when he returned to Chang'an, so Du Qi actually never found out about Li Shimin's whereabouts during this period of time, and only thought that Li Shimin had not gone out for the time being. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin slipped away quietly.
After hearing this, Du Qi said: "Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, obviously because he wanted to sit in the rear and stabilize the overall situation. It's just that it's not so easy for Li Shimin to stabilize the rear. Moreover, the army led by Li Ji can't stop our soldiers. "
Du Qi is now full of self-confidence.
Because his soldiers are invincible.
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