: Red sleeves add fragrance

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"You must not just get a bargain for Wang Shichong." Chen Kefu sighed and threw the note in his hand on the table. He remembered that in the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang, the eastern capital, Yang Guang had once, like him, thrown the memorials that Eastern Turkic Shibi Khan, who was eager to take advantage of the situation, to the table. At the beginning, he could not fully experience that heavy feeling, but now, he finally understands this feeling of fatigue.

"Come the map of Hedong." Chen Kefu didn't raise his head and called out to the outer room.

A sound of light footsteps came, and a sheepskin map of Hedong had already spread out on his table. Then, a fragrant wind blew over his face. Chen Kefu looked up slightly and saw the plain hands like mutton fat and jade.

A little surprised, Chen Kefu raised his head and saw Zhang Chuchen smiling slightly, his bright eyes as if he was telling his longing. His two lines of white teeth lightly bit their delicate red lips, but they also had an indescribable teasing.

"Why are you here?" Chen Kefu asked strangely. When he went south, Zhang Chuchen stayed in the Beijing Palace, but he didn't expect that she would appear here again.

"Are you really that surprised?" Zhang Chuchen stretched out his hand and pulled the charcoal basin, which made the house feel very warm again. "Or, your highness doesn't want me to come?"

Chen Kefu smiled and shook his head, his eyes also with gentleness, "It's just that the weather is so cold, you don't stay in Beijing, but you run out here again. Moreover, Hebei is not peaceful now, and you have to go to Jijun to pass through the territory of bandits. You are a woman's house, so brave, you are not afraid of being caught. What should I do then?"

Speaking of the palace, Zhang Chuchen's eyes were a little lonely. At the time in Yuwen Shu's mansion in Luoyang, the eastern capital, she saw at a glance that Chen Kefu would definitely make great achievements in the future. He was unwilling to die in Yuwen Shu's mansion and was only a singer, so he ran to Chen at night. He originally thought that Chen Kefu, who followed the hero, would inevitably have a colorful life. But when he really arrived in Liaodong, he realized that life was not as good as he thought.

The life of the husband Chen Kefu is indeed colorful, but as his woman, especially when he was a concubine, it was not like this. Chen Kefu was busy with military and national affairs all day long, and he didn't have much free time. In the past, even the meals were separated, and even a few children rarely had time to accompany him.

In the palace, in addition to her concubine, Chen Kefu also had his wife, Changsun, Princess Izumo, and Princess Alina of the Khitan, Princess Yulan of the Martin, and Risa of the Japanese concubine. If the lady of the Li family who became a relative but was not together, Chen Pojun had seven wives and concubines. These women were either noble from noble families or had strong support from their parents.

For example, Changsun is the official concubine, his brother and uncle are both prime ministers in the court, and many tribesmen are also officials in the court. They can be said to be both righteous and powerful and favored. Now they are pregnant, and they are even more precious. Although it can be seen that Chen Lang has no feelings for them, they have their fathers support. Khitan and Mohe are both firm allies of Chen Lang. Although they don’t like it very much, they will go there often when they have time. They have also given birth to a lovely daughter, which makes Chen Ke return to the normal.

Even Risa, who was also unborn, was the first to follow Chen Lang, and her superiors treated her well and never neglected her.

When she came and went, she was born as a singer from the Yuwen family and had not produced it. She gradually became a little cold. Although other women such as Changsun did not make any trouble for her, she did not get along with Changsun much, because Changsun was much younger than her, but she always showed very seriousness and dignity everywhere, which was always unnatural when she got along with her.

The three women from foreign tribes did not communicate much with them and rarely interacted with them on weekdays. Princess Izumo did not interact with anyone, and had always been close to Empress Xiao and Princess Nanyang. Now she is pregnant and has fewer people left the palace. These women in the palace either gave birth to children or were pregnant, but she was neither born nor pregnant, and had no friends and sisters. When Chen Ke returned to the battle, she immediately felt extremely bored.

A few days ago, Zhai Wushuang came to the palace to see her. Zhai Wushuang's heart was also placed on Chen Kefu. However, the goddess had feelings for her, and King Xiang was unintentionally staying in the capital, and she became a little embarrassed. Although she was still the name of a general, she was commanding thousands of female soldiers. In fact, most of her female soldiers have been transferred to the medical camps of each army as guards, and she has gradually become a bare general.

As the two were chatting, Zhai Wushuang mentioned going south to find Chen Kefu. First, she was bored in the capital, and second, Zhai Wushuang had left her father for so long, and missed the people in Wagang. The two were extremely brave and hit it off. After leaving a letter to Changsun Wugui, they took Zhai Wushuang's hundreds of female soldiers to the south together. When they arrived in Pingyuan County, they found Qin Qiong and asked him to help transfer several ships from the navy to Ji County from the Yellow River.

Listening to Zhang Chuchen's passing and looking at the expression on her face, Chen Kefu just smiled bitterly. Although he handed over the back room to Changsun for care, how could he not know the situation at home?

Youdao is a play with three women, but there are six women in the back room. These six women have different backgrounds and experiences. Although they don’t usually make things so exaggerated, these women still have some small fights openly and secretly. On weekdays, there are fewer people even when they get together, so it is even more impossible for them to get along like sisters. Fortunately, although Changsun is the least of the people, he has always been generous in dealing with people and things, and the other women are also considered to have good character. Although they are not getting along well, they are not at ease.

However, Chen Kefu also understood that he took Zhang Chuchen away but did not treat her well. She was a young woman who committed herself to him as her concubine, but she had no time to accompany her. Secondly, she had no children. Seeing that others had children, she couldn't help but feel lonely living in the palace.

Chen Kefu, who had long understood these things, has always tried to take time to accompany them and be fair as much as possible. He usually has something to ask for, but as long as it is not an excessive thing, he has never refused. If it weren't for his attitude, Zhang Chuchen wouldn't have come out of the deep palace, which he was heavily guarded and ran all the way to Ji County to see him.

Zhang Chuchen sat gently beside Chen Kefu, reached out to put the messy official documents and memorials on the table into stacks, arranged neatly on the table. Chen Kefu chuckled and then focused on the spread map.

Wang Shichong has seized such a big loophole in Hedong. For a moment, Li Yuan was defeated and only had more than 10,000 remaining soldiers. He could not protect himself and could not stop Wang Shichong. Yang Qing was cut off by Yuwen Chengdu and surrounded Hedong County. I was afraid that Yixin was also reopening the passage between the north and the south, and there was no time to take into account the matter of Taiyuan.

But if we only rely on the troops of the Li family in Taiyuan, we would probably not be able to stop Wang Shichong. Taiyuan City has been besieged by Wang Rengong, Liu Wuzhou, Guo Zihe and others. For a while, relying on Taiyuan's solid city defense, we still have enough self-protection. We will divide our troops to support Huoyi Pass but lack the ability.

Looking at the marked forces on the map, Chen Kefu's mind kept spinning.

The Hebei army is too far away. Even if they are asked to cross the Taihang Mountains immediately, the far water cannot save the nearby fire. Apart from the soldiers and horses in Hebei, it seems that they can only use the soldiers and horses in Hedong to block Wang Shichong in Huoyi.

However, Hedong has limited troops and horses. Although Wang Rengong has 5,000 troops, he is now besieging the prefect and cannot do without it. In addition, although he sent several troops to sneak into Hedong, these people are planning to deal with Liu Wuzhou and the others in the future, so naturally they cannot be used now.

After thinking about it, Chen Kefu's eyes moved and saw Lishi County, which was located west of Taiyuan City.

Lishijun is located in the west of Taiyuan, in the Luliang Mountains. As long as you submerge from Luliang Mountain, it is a narrow passage between Taiyuan Pandi and Linfen Basin. This narrow passage between Linfen and Taiyuan is the Luliang Mountains to the west, the Flame Mountains to the east, the Taiyuan Basin to the north, and the Linfen Basin to the south. This important passage between the eastern part of the river, the southern part of the eastern part of the river has been a military road since ancient times, and has always been a place that military strategists must fight for.

It starts from Jiexiu in the north, passes through Lingshi in the middle, and reaches Huoyi in the south. Among the narrow passage between the two major mountains, the Jushi Valley, which is more than ten miles long, is the most dangerous. Jushi Valley means that the road is steep, and only birds and rats can pass through.

If there are heavy troops stationed in the Queshi Valley and cannot advance, they have to detour and change the nearest mountain road, which is Qianli Xing. If Qianli Xing is not allowed to advance, they can only change the farther mountain road to the military river.

As long as one army and horse is sent to occupy these three routes, Crip Rat Valley, Qianli Xing, and Tongjunchuan, it is difficult to reach north even if thousands of troops are occupied. Whoever can occupy Crip Rat Valley can largely stabilize the central and southwestern parts of the Hebei region.

At present, Jiexiu, Lingshi, and Huoyi are all in the hands of Li Tang, and the Queshi Valley, Qianlixing, and the Military River are also in the hands of the Tang army. However, the east and south sides of the Li Tang River have fallen into the hands of Wang Shichong with Li Yuan's defeat. Although there is still a soldier in the middle, it can only be defended in Taiyuan City. It is very easy to seize this passage at this time.

If he did not block it, then Wang Shichong would be able to easily seize the passage and then head straight to Taiyuan. What made Chen Kefu happy was that Lishi County, west of this passage, is now occupied by Liang Shidu.

Since the beginning of the Western Turkic Civil War, Khan of Shekui died. Although Daluo Khan inherited the Khan throne, he retreated to Shule. The alliance cooperation between the Liang army and the Western Turkic was also forced to be interrupted. Without this strong aid, the Liang army had to lower its attitude towards Chen Pojun, Hebei.

Liang Shidu crossed the Yellow River and entered Hedong, and the plan was also Taiyuan. Looking at Wang Shichong's heading north, Chen Kefu believed that as long as he sent a letter to Liang Shidu, Liang Shidu would definitely send troops to seize this passage first and prevent Wang Shichong from heading north.

Chen Kefu smiled and lifted the pen. Zhang Chuchen immediately grinded the ink with plain hands, adding fragrance to the red sleeves.

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