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Text Chapter 12 (30) Predictions about the Southern Expedition

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    According to "Pingyuan Prefecture" citing records in a wild history book called "Yiyang Huachao", the Yellow Lantern View began in the sixth year of Wude, Emperor Taizu of the Tang Dynasty.  At that time, Li Yuan transferred one of his uncles and brothers to Shouan. This King of Shouan believed in Taoism and did not become a monk, so he built a Taoist temple at home. This is the original origin of Huangdeng Temple.  Sixty-seven years later, Wu Zhou usurped the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian drastically reduced and deprived the Li clan of titles and salaries, and persecuted the Li clan's children. King Shouan's family could not escape this disaster, and was taken to Chang'an by the ruthless official Lai Junchen on fabricated charges; Li Tang  The branch of the clan in Shouan has since disappeared into the vast pile of old papers.  After Tang Xuanzong came to the throne, he once wanted to restore the title of King Shou'an, but after several searches, he could not find the descendants of the Shou'an Li family, so he had to give up. However, this famous emperor who was wise in his early years and dim in his later years still made people think.  The Huangdeng Temple was greatly renovated and reorganized as a memory, and 385 households around the Taoist temple were designated as temple properties of the Huangdeng Temple.  As a result, the Yellow Lantern Temple became famous. In the Tang Dynasty, the incense here has always been prosperous. Not only the believers gathered, but the cigarettes are lingering all year round. In addition, the red walls, green tiles and green shade surround the ground, and the morning bells and evening drums are heard.  Jackdaws circled the temple, which was like a fairyland on earth.  To this day, the place is still full of incense. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, or the birthday of an immortal, I don¡¯t know how many people come with their families to pray for peace

    Mid-Autumn Festival is a major festival in the middle of the year, and admiring the moon under yellow lanterns is one of the eight scenic spots in Beijing. It happens that next year there will be an examination for the Ministry of Etiquette. Scholars from all over the country gather in the capital around this date, thinking of the scholars who leaped over the dragon gate in order to achieve their goals.  What a blessing. I almost always go to the temple and worship the Bodhisattva. The Yellow Lantern Temple is so famous, how could I not light an incense stick?  So, starting from the early morning of this day, there were already crowds of cars and horses gathering at the foot of Shoushan Mountain.  The stone road going up the mountain is even more crowded with pilgrims and tourists. People are crowded together and slowly move up the mountain road

    When it was almost noon, Shang Cheng and Ran Linde arrived at the foot of the mountain.

    Now, they were sitting on horseback, looking up at the black lines that stretched like snakes from the foot of the mountain to the Taoist temple gate on the top of the mountain, and they all felt a little grinning.

    Shang Cheng frowned and looked at it for a long time, then said helplessly: "How about we change places?"

    Ran Linde smiled bitterly and said: "Change? Where to change? There is no village or shop in front of me. There is no place to go if you want to change." He turned over and got off the horse, took the reins and whip and said, "Forget it, this is it.  ! In my opinion, maybe people should head back after noon, and it wouldn¡¯t be too late for us to go up the mountain at that time.¡±

    Shang Cheng also dismounted.

    The two of them found a herbal tea stall on the side of the road, drinking water and taking a rest while carrying homely things.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????As  By the end of the day, basically not many people were still walking up the mountain.

    The two of them had a haphazard lunch at a herbal tea shop, and then slowly walked up the mountain.

    When we were going up the mountain, for some reason, the topic turned to Xiao Jian and the war in Southwest China.  This topic is relatively sensitive.  But there was no way. Both of them were eating military rations, or had eaten military rations before, and the element of war had penetrated into their bones.  Moreover, as relatively pure soldiers, their sensitivity to war and their persistence in winning or losing have become part of their lives.  When Shang Cheng heard Gao Xiaosan talking about the entanglement between Zhenla and Angkor, the first thought in his mind was to take advantage of the situation. In fact, it was this almost instinctive habit - to control him one by one and see what he could do first.  We cannot take advantage of the military and then slowly consider other factors

    Ran Linde is also a veteran of the army. He became a military commander in Bohai Guards more than ten years ago. He is very sophisticated in his vision, means and scheming. If he hadn't been so unlucky, he would definitely not have stopped in the position of military commander.  You know, when he became a military commander, Xiao Jian and Yang Dudu were still only Zhuguo, and had not entered the Duke of the country; and Shangguan Rui, who was about the same age as him, was just an insignificant person in the Liyuan camp at that time.  An eye-catching little brigade commander.

    After walking for a while on the mountain road, he suddenly asked Shang Cheng: "Do you think that Jiazhou sent three notices in a row in one day, this matter is worth pondering?"

    The Ministry of War did receive three military intelligence notifications the day before yesterday, but they were not sent out on the same day. There was an interval of four days from the first notification to the third notification. They were only sent out one after another when delivering the news at the post station from Jiazhou to Shangjing.  The situation turned into three contradictory messages in one day.

    Without waiting for Shang Cheng to speak, Ran Linde added: "The first letter is a false alarm, the second letter is a clarification, and the third letter is that the Jiazhou camp has made some military arrangements for Tibet. One by one, I have been going back and forth over the past two days.  No matter how much I think about it, I feel that there is something wrong with the atmosphere in these three notifications."

    Shang Cheng nodded silently without saying anything.  Doesn¡¯t taste right?  Definitely!  What doesn't feel right?  Of course it isThe feeling of camping in Xzhou is not right!  Even though Shangjing was more than 2,000 miles away from Jiazhou, he could still smell the unpleasant smell of defeat from the copy of the notice transferred from the three military departments!

    Ran Linde saw that he kept walking with his head lowered and didn't say a word. After a moment of silence, he said again: "I think Xiao Jian is really old!"

    Shang Cheng smacked his lips, but remained silent.

    "Xiao Jian's first rule when leading troops in war is to be cautious and prudent. What matters is to remain calm in the face of danger. But when the Tubo people make trouble, he can't sit still. When did he become so anxious? Listening to the wind is like rain, this is  A big taboo in the army and before the battle!"

    ¡°If you want to win, be afraid of losing.¡± Shang Cheng finally said.  In fact, what he wanted to say was something else.  But he couldn't say this; he always had to show some mercy to General Xiao.

    Ran Linde bluntly said what he wanted to say but said it was not good: "I think Xiao Jian is too afraid of losing this battle, so he can't sit still. Maybe the Tubo troops are increasing because he is preparing for the future."  This was an excuse for him to be defeated, so as soon as there was any movement in Tubo, he immediately reported the news back in a hurry. When the news was sent out, he came to his senses again, and he felt that the Tubo people would be killed by tens of thousands of troops if they moved.  No one could believe the news - he regretted it! This was the second 'false alarm' news. As for the third notification, it was said that two thousand Tibetan soldiers had arrived in Gondo, threatening the people on the south bank of the river.  Jinjiang City, I think, is the foreshadowing he laid in advance. Whether these two thousand Tibetan soldiers are real, I think it is difficult to say"

    Shang Cheng stared blankly at the mountain road at his feet, walking slowly.  It wasn't until he was almost at the mountain gate that he spoke: "Even if the Tubo people are determined to take action in the southwest and take advantage of the situation, they can't find us! You have to pick the softest persimmons. The Tubo people don't understand this. They  They only want to rob Nanzhao!"

    These words are actually affirming Ran Linde¡¯s views!  Xiao Jian is afraid of losing and has already begun to pave the way for his future!

    Ran Linde sighed and said: "This battle has been fought."

    "Yes. That place is a quagmire. It's hard to climb out if you get stuck in it. Even if you can climb out, you'll have to get covered in mud." Shang Cheng said with a gloomy face, "I told Zhang Pu earlier that to deal with chaos  There is no need for the officials to come with such a big fanfare. If they want Nanzhao to suffer a loss, they do not necessarily have to use swords and guns. The war is a continuation of politics. Our political and diplomatic methods have not yet been used, and it may not be without results.  Why bother to dispatch troops and generals in such a hurry? But Zhang Xiangguo's character is like a string bean, and he can't get enough of oil and salt! He only wants to use Nanzhao to establish his prestige, no matter if he says good or bad things, he won't listen to anything.  There¡¯s nothing I can do if I go in.¡±

    Ran Linde laughed and asked him: "Do you think, if Xiao Jian cannot defeat Nanzhao, who will be next? Will it be you?"

    "It's definitely not me! I can't take my turn yet." Shang Cheng said, "If I go, what will happen? If I fall in, the court will lose its luster - the big-ass Nanzhao Kingdom will kill both of them.  The Shangzhu Kingdom has all been pulled off their horses. It would be strange for the government and the public to drown the prime minister and his wife without spitting. If I win by chance, what will happen to General Xiao¡¯s face? And those people who are counting on him, what will they be?  Situation? So one day, the person who goes there must be one of the group of people who followed General Xiao. I think that if the battle in the southwest is not fought well, Shangguan Rui is most likely to go to Jiazhou. "

    Ran Linde said in surprise: "No way, the imperial court allows Shangguan Rui to fight against Nanzhao? With his short time, can he also preside over such a war?"

    "Eighty percent will be him. Again, the face of the court, and the face of General Xiao and the others"

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