"Drink!"

In the mansion of Mei Jiu, the governor of Yangzhou, a banquet was held to celebrate the Tang army's defeat of Wuning's invading enemy in Lianshui. This time, the one who defeated this time was not the unknown person who borrowed the name, but the famous Cao Bin.

A large army of ten thousand lost and lost. Cao Bin, who fled back in a panic, wanted to organize a rebellion and attack again for a while.

You should know that Zhu Youzhen's main force is still consolidating the rule of Liang in the Eyue area, and suppressing the rebellion has become the theme song. Liu Xinda's troops were dragged to Yueyang and could not be captured repeatedly. Instead, under the attack of Yueyang Qian Biao and Dongting Zheng Wenchang, they suffered repeated losses. For a moment, they were unable to launch an offensive, forcing Zhu Youzhen to send Tian Guofeng's troops to support. As soon as Tian Guofeng left, Zhu Youzhen's troops wanted to completely suppress E Yue's resistance, and became increasingly unable to meet.

It is the autumn harvest season now, and Zhu Youzhen, who is eager to ask for food, has no intention of coming to Yangzhou again. Because Yangzhou has no food, it cannot solve his current urgent needs.

In other words, at least this year, Yangzhou has been resting on its own.

Now, the Liang army has retreated back to Huai'an, and Lianshui has completely fallen within the control of the Tang army. For the Liang army, it is equivalent to losing a huge salt profit income such as the Lianshui Salt Field, which is a step further.

Li Hao raised his glass with a smile in front of Ren Xiaonian, Ge Cai, Liu Yuan and other generals, and raised his glass and said, "Everyone, this battle has brought our majesty and morale, and has also made the guys who are eyeing each other around Yangzhou frightened. But it has not only defeated Cao Bin, come and have a drink!"

"Thank you General Li!" The four of them stood up suddenly. Li Hao was the supreme commander of the Tang army in Yangzhou and their direct superior, so naturally he did not dare to neglect the slightest.

"If it weren't for General Li's guidance, this battle would never have been fought so neatly. At the beginning, I was going to defend the city and get entangled with my opponent!" Ren Xiaonian said sincerely. "I never expected that Liang Jun would be so indifferent."

Li Hao laughed, drank the glass of wine in one sip, and patted Ren Xiaonian on the shoulder.

"Xuanwu's army is indeed difficult to fight, but Cao Bin led a good person. If such an army cannot win in one battle, wouldn't it be a loss of Li Xiang's majesty!"

Ren Xiaonian nodded repeatedly and said yes.

Li Hao returned to his seat with a smile. Ren Xiaonian had never commanded such a large-scale legion battle before. It is not surprising that he did not have an accurate grasp of the strength comparison between the two sides. After this battle, I believe this person has definitely taken a new step.

When Li Hao returned to his seat, Su Bao also came with a cup. He could not say that he could drink it all in one go.

"Drink less." After sitting down, Liu Yuan lowered his voice and said to Ge Cai: "The injury has not healed yet. The military doctor said that you should not drink too much, it is best not to drink."

"A little injury, can you help me... what can you do to me?" Ge Cai glared at her, but when he saw Liu Yuan staring at her without blinking, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. He pushed the cup: "If you don't drink, don't drink!"

"Well, that's right!" Liu Yuan nodded repeatedly.

With a puff, Qin Chuangzi couldn't help laughing next to her. Ge Cai was originally a mighty girl with a strong and arrogant look. In front of Liu Yuan, a look of coquettishness that only a little girl had suddenly appeared. Qin Chuangzi couldn't stand it.

Ge Cai turned his head, his eyebrows were raised, and Qin Chuangzi immediately sat upright and restrained his smile. Seeing that the fat on Ge Cai's face was already trembling, his heart couldn't help but tremble. He made a quick decision, picked up a glass of wine, and left the seat.

But by taking advantage of the opportunity to toast, the wine escaped.

In this battle, they suffered little losses and gained a lot. They defeated Cao Bin with about 10% of the casualties, killed and injured nearly 2,000 Liang troops on the spot, captured almost 3,000. Even the 1,000 cavalry in Cao Bin's headquarters were left half of them. It was a brilliant victory.

Of course, Mei Jiu was also very generous. After giving a lot of silver rewards, each soldier received a reward of five jin of money, doubled his injuries and doubled his death.

Yangzhou has never been short of money.

Of course, Mei Jiu took out this money from the treasury. He raised his arms and shouted that the major merchants in Yangzhou had collected all the money in a blink of an eye.

And this is just a reward from Yangzhou. For disabled or dead soldiers, in the north, the reward from their homes is the real big deal.

The banquet dispersed, and most of the birds and beasts dispersed. In a prosperous place like Yangzhou, after another big victory, there are naturally more programs to continue.

For example, Qin Chaizi had already run away without a trace.

"Are you scarred?" Liu Yuan and Ge Cai walked side by side.

"The military doctor said that his golden sore medicine is a secret recipe for family tradition and will not leave scars!" Ge Cai whispered.

Liu Yuan glanced at it: "Can you stop talking with your throat? I'm not used to it. How good was it before? Why did you get stabbed and get so sharp that you're so squeamish?"

"You really like the way I used to be?"

"Of course, it was so exciting before!"

"Ha, I'll just say it, but I'm suffocating to death. Qin Chaizi turned around and I'll beat him into a pig's head." Ge Cai laughed.

"What's the matter with Qin Crazi?"

"It's okay, it's okay. What's next?"

"I want to eat the mixed noodles cakes you have in your stall. I haven't eaten enough and I'm just drinking!" Liu Yuan touched his belly.

"Let's go where I'll give you a stall!"

"You're hurting, right?"

"It's okay to slash people with a knife, it's also a hindrance to the pancakes!"

The two of them walked side by side and gradually moved away.

In Mei Jiu's small study, Qin Xinming and Li Hao stayed.

"If we win this battle, our future will be bright." Qin Xinming said with a smile.

"Although Cao Bin is unlikely to gather troops to attack again this year, it is impossible to say after the Chinese New Year." Mei Jiu said: "In Wuning, they still have no worries about the source of troops."

"They have no chance!" Qin Xinming shook his head: "Master Mei, I just received the latest news from the north today, but this news is not yet available for the time being."

"What's the matter?" Mei Jiu asked.

"We will soon have reinforcements coming. From the north, there are 5,000 elite Tang troops. They will be transported by Jin Mantang's fleet of Jin Gong and Pan Motang's navy."

"Five thousand!" Mei Jiu was overjoyed. Ren Xinming only brought five thousand soldiers and horses, and then beat Cao Bin to a loss. If five thousand more came, who would dare to look at Yangzhou in front of it?

"Do you know who is the general who led the reinforcements this time?" Qin Xinming picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Don't keep it in hiding, I want to know too!" Li Hao, who was on the side, cursed with a smile.

"It's General Liu!" Qin Xinming put down his teacup and said.

"It's impossible. General Liu is in Laiyang, so he has to be prepared to deal with the Tianping Army." Li Hao was half-believing and half-doubted.

Qin Xinken looked at Li Hao, but just smiled but didn't say anything.

Li Hao was a little puzzled, and suddenly reacted for a while, but jumped up in shock: "No, it's not a wife, right?"

There were two generals in the court, one was Liu Chenglin and the other was the princess Liu Ruyan.

"It's the wife." Qin Xinming said: "My wife personally led five thousand right thousand niu guards to help."

Mei Jiu was also shocked.

"How is it possible? How is it possible?"

"We need a person with enough weight to come to the market in the south." Qin Xinming said: "It is not only to stabilize Yangzhou, Yueyang, and Jingnan, but more importantly, we need to compete with Xiang Xunxiang. Otherwise, we will be able to fight to death on the Yangtze River, but Xiang Xun will be cheaper behind us. When the princess arrived here, she gave those forces a chance to choose. With just a few of us, we would not miss us."

Mei Jiu and Li Hao slowly made it. Qin Xinming said this correctly. For a long time, Mei Jiu wanted to attract his own camp in western Zhejiang, Xuanzhou and other places, but their business was very busy with him, but when they talked about this, they immediately followed him.

When Liu Ruyan arrives here, it will inevitably be very different.

"Next, I'm going to go to Huainan and have a good talk with Gong Yunda." Qin Xinming said.

"Brother Qin doesn't have to take risks. Just send someone to go. It's not good if you want to go and he detains it. You have to know that his son is still a guest here!" Mei Jiu shook his head and said.

"This time is also the time." Qin Xinming smiled and said, "This person has already been shaken. This time Ren Xiaonian hit Cao Bin hard in Lianshui, which is probably even more possible for him to see through the reality of the pseudo-liang who is strong and strong. The princess came here to preside over the overall situation, and gave him the best excuse to join us. He was very cheap, but if he joined the princess, it would be completely different."

"If Gong Yunda really surrenders to us, Zhu Youzhen will be restless." Li Hao said.

"That's true, so this time I'm going to take Gong Bin back." Qin Xinming smiled and said, "If you want to get it, you must give it first. Let's give him some sweetness first so that he can see our sincerity."

"If Gong Bin is put back, we will not have the biggest bargaining chips to deal with Gong Yunda." Mei Jiu was a little worried: "What if this person does not repent and has no scruples, but instead hugs Zhu Youzhen even tighter?"

"If Gong Yunda is such a person, will he come here too if Gong Bin is here?" Qin Xinming shook his head and said, "He is not the only son of Gong Bin!"
Chapter completed!