I'm a marquis in Datang

In the Tang army, some generals shouted.

"General Xiao is wise!"

"General Xiao is wise!"

...

One by one, the soldiers shouted, with joyful expressions on their faces.Because Xiao Yuanqi's words never regarded them as outsiders, they were heart-to-heart words, so everyone agreed.

Everyone recognized Xiao Yuanqi in their hearts.

That's why it's like this.

A smile appeared on Xiao Yuanqi's face. He directly gave instructions to have all the soldiers of the Tang army brought into the camp, and then arranged for someone to bring dry food for all the soldiers of the Tang army.

Chapter 1290

犒劳

Xiao Yuanqi patiently waited for the news in the army. At the same time, he was not idle. He arranged for someone to call the main generals of this group of soldiers of the Tang Army to him to understand Li Chengqian's current situation again.After all, Chen Taiping's words are just Chen Taiping's explanation, and he understands it from various aspects, so it is more detailed.

Xiao Yuanqi knew about Li Chengqian's situation, especially when he knew that Li Chengqian was really retreating towards Pu'an County, he was completely at ease in his heart.As for Pu'an County, there was Ma Zhou sitting in town, especially the Yang family of Pu'an County's head snake had surrendered to Xia Kingdom, and Li Chengqian evacuated to Pu'an County, which was a self-inflicted trap.

Xiao Yuanqi didn't wait long before a soldier returned to the army and reported that Sima Benteng had entered the Lord's Jianmen Pass, and that the Jianmen Pass was already open.

Under Sima Benteng's control, there was no ambush.

Upon hearing this news, Xiao Yuanqi immediately ordered to break out of camp and set off, heading straight for Jianmen Pass.

The location of the barracks is not far from Jianmen Pass. In a short time, the army arrived at Jianmen Pass, and then the army stationed again to control this important pass in the middle of Shu.

Because after entering Jianmen Pass, the road is narrow and rugged, so the cavalry traveled very slowly at this time.

Marching is not easy.

Even so, Xiao Yuanqi arranged for a 3000-strong infantry and 3000 cavalry, as the vanguard, to leave Jianmen Pass first, and go to chase after Li Chengqian who retreated first.It doesn't matter whether you can catch up or not, just chase first.And this time the chasing general was Sima Pentium.

He took the initiative to ask for a fight.

After Sima Benteng left first, Xiao Yuanqi immediately arranged for someone to send the news to Chang'an at an expedited speed of [-] miles.

Send back the news of Jianmen Pass.

Here Xiao Yuanqi is already one step behind Su Dingfang, Ma Yuan and others, and the results he has achieved are not as good as Su Dingfang and Ma Yuan. Now that he has captured Jianmen Pass, he hastily arranged for people to pass the message.From Jianmenguan to Chang'an, the distance is actually not far, especially the soldiers who sent the message ran continuously at the fastest speed. In less than two days, they sent the news back to Chang'an and sent it to Du Qi's hands.

Du Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief after reading the news reported by Xiao Yuanqi.

Before Xiao Yuanqi was blocked at Jianmen Pass, Du Qi never interfered, but he was still concerned about it.After all, the army has been unable to capture Jianmen Pass, which affects the

will be big.Now that it was finally time to enter the customs, there was nothing in Sichuan to stop Xiao Yuanqi.

Du Qi immediately arranged for someone to invite Shangguanyi, and said that Xiao Yuanqi broke through the Jianmen Gate and started chasing Li Chengqian, and that Li Chengqian was likely to fall into the trap of Pu'an County.

After listening, Shangguanyi said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, it's double happiness now."

Du Qidao: "What is Double Happiness?"

Shangguanyi replied: "The first joy is that Xiao Yuanqi broke through the Jianmen Gate and took the last difficulty in capturing the middle of Sichuan. Now it is very easy to attack again. Even if Li Chengqian escaped in Pu'an County, then It is also impossible to evade Xiao Yuanqi's attack, because Li Chengqian has no defense measures at all. Up to this point, Li Chengqian will undoubtedly be defeated."

"The second joy is that Tang Zhongsheng and others expedited the manufacturing according to the blueprint, and have already built the first warship. This warship, I went to the water village to see it. The warship collided with an ordinary warship on the water. , Ordinary warships fell apart and collapsed directly, but our warships were intact without any impact."

Shangguanyi was very excited, and said: "Once the autumn harvest is over, when we go south, we can predict that we will attack by water, and Li Shimin will most likely send troops to intercept them, and then we will give them a head-on blow."

Du Qi also smiled when he heard it, and said: "I have also read the blueprint of our warship, and the keel is reinforced on the warship, and the keel is made of fine steel, so the degree of firmness is naturally different. Compared with ordinary warships, whether it is load-bearing or firmness, it has been greatly improved."

Shangguan Yi said: "It all depends on His Majesty's guidance. Without His Majesty's guidance, and without the books His Majesty gave to the University of Science and Technology, it would be impossible for the teachers in the University of Science and Technology to make it."

For Du Qi, Shangguanyi admired him from the bottom of his heart.

I am even more amazed.

Countless items that have been handed down from the University of Science and Technology, whether it is various secret weapons in the army, or today's warships, or even other aspects, are all Du Qi's pointers.However, Du Qi's age is younger than him, but Du Qi seems to know it from birth, and has written too many books, writing books and talking about it.

Du Qi knew too much knowledge, making it seem like he could never see the bottom line.

Just like a prophet.

Du Qi smiled, changed the subject, and said directly: "Shangguan

Yi, I don't worry or worry about the battleship.Now that Xiao Yuanqi is here, since he has won, he should be rewarded.Whether it is Ziwu Valley or Jianmen Pass, it is not easy to break through, but Xiao Yuanqi has made a breakthrough.No matter how he broke through, he succeeded in the end.How do you think rewarding them should be rewarded? "

Shangguanyi thought for a while, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, in fact, the simplest reward is to reward them with a batch of wine. There is no need to talk about meat and the like, because the supply in the army is sufficient. In addition, they have made great achievements. , it will be reflected in the merit book, and it will naturally be rewarded. Therefore, there is no need for additional rewards. Therefore, at the moment, I think that only a batch of wine is needed."

After a pause, Shangguanyi said again: "Besides, our Xia country's drinks are extremely expensive in the market. Rewarding a batch of drinks shows that he attaches great importance to it. The soldiers in the army must be greatly encouraged and can lift their spirits.

Make persistent efforts to build meritorious service for His Majesty. "

Du Qi nodded and said: "That's right, that's the reason. You can make some arrangements and send five thousand altars of wine down."

A jar of wine is about three catties of wine.

Five thousand altars of wine are a total of [-] jin. If you want to exchange it for money, it will be at least hundreds of thousands, or even more.After all, Xia Guo's purified wine is not in full supply on the market, but in limited supply, and the price is extremely expensive.However, this price is expensive in the market, but it has no effect on Du Qi. The price is not expensive, but it will consume a lot of ordinary drinks.

Shangguan Yi said: "Your Majesty is wise, I will arrange it immediately."

Du Qi nodded.

Shangguanyi got up and left, but when Shangguanyi turned and walked to the door of the tent, Du Qi suddenly said: "Wait a minute, Tang Zhongsheng

Waiting for someone to send a hundred altars of wine.They built the first warship and it was very hard. "

Shangguan Yi said: "I obey the order!"

After finishing speaking, Shangguanyi turned around and left, and Du Qi also had a smile on his face at this time.He stood up, turned around and looked at the map hanging behind him, picked up a brush, and crossed the Jianmen Gate in Shuzhong.

Now on the map, from Shannan Dongdao to Jianmen Pass in Central Shu, they are all crossed, and they already belong to Xia Kingdom. Don’t worry, the marches of Su Dingfang and Ma Yuan are also crossed in many places. The place has been seized and incorporated into the territory of Xia State.

Although Li Shimin is entrenched in Jiangdu, the situation in the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty is more and more favorable to the Xia Kingdom.Datang's living space is shrinking sharply.

The general situation is already in Du Qi's hands.

Chapter 1291 The Dragon

Jiaolong

Chang'an City, southeast.

On the water village at the pier.