The Poor Son-in-Law of the Tang Dynasty

If I want to use this trick to trick Li Er again today, I'm afraid it will be too much.

Today's Li Er is much smarter, he only eats vegetables and doesn't drink alcohol, so he probably came to him for something.

"I didn't hear that your troops are going to go out soon, so I came here to see you."

Li Shimin said naturally, as if he had already prepared his speech.

"That's right, the whole army will go to war in five days, brother is really well informed!"

Ye Chen hinted quietly.

Li Shimin also pretended that he didn't understand, and continued: "It's not that big brother is telling you, as your big brother and I, I will know even if there is any disturbance in Chang'an City!"

"Oh? Brother is so powerful, I don't know which powerful family you are, brother?"

"You'll find out later."

Li Shimin patted Ye Chen's shoulder, then raised his glass: "Come on, have a toast with me first!"

So make a fool of yourself.

Ye Chen muttered something in his heart, and didn't bother to think about it, he directly picked up the wine glass and touched Li Shimin, and then drank a glass of wine.

After drinking a glass of wine, Li Shimin didn't drink any more.

"Second brother, brother, I want to ask you a question. What do you think the odds are for you to win this expedition?"

Li Shimin suddenly changed the subject and talked about the issue of the expedition.

"Odds?"

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback, then smiled and shook his head: "It's hard to say."

"Oh? Why is it hard to say?"

Li Shimin was suddenly puzzled, and asked curiously: "As an officer of the regiment guard, you should know the strength of the regiment guard best!"

"Brother, you have to know one thing. The factors that affect combat are not just combat power!"

Ye Chen said solemnly: "There is a drought in the vicinity of Diezhou. There are hundreds of miles of barren land. The people have nothing to harvest, and even the wild fruits don't grow."

"Diezhou's geographical location is relatively special. If a large army advances aggressively and starts a war with the remnants of the Dangxiang clan and Tuyuhun, then logistics supplies will become the biggest problem!"

Under normal circumstances, the army will only bring food and grass on the road for short-term labor expeditions. After arriving at the place, they will collect food and grass from the local area.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but said strangely: "That's not right. I heard that the crops near Diezhou are growing very well, and they should be harvested in two months! Where did you get the news about the drought? "

amount.

Ye Chen couldn't answer for a moment.

The severe drought in Diezhou seems to have happened after the army went out.

I said this in advance, it's a bit awkward!

Ye Chen can't say that he knows history, can he?
There was no other way, Ye Chen had no choice but to turn on the bluffing mode, pretending to say: "This, this is calculated by me using Yin-Yang gossip..."

Immediately afterwards, Ye Chen talked about a bunch of gossip that Li Shimin couldn't understand at all.

What gold, wood, water, fire, earth, what Gan, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui.

Li Shimin listened in a daze for a moment.

Fortunately, Ye Chen has studied [-] elements and gossip before, so it seems like that to be fooled.

After listening to Ye Chen's explanation, Li Shimin nodded half-understanding: "That's not right, even if there is an imminent drought and there will be no harvest this year, the common people still have food, and the local treasury in Diezhou can't afford it. There should be official rations and logistical supplies, so it shouldn’t be a big problem, right?”

"My good big brother!"

Ye Chen shook his head, and said: "You don't even look at where Diezhou is, and what kind of people are around Diezhou, and don't talk about anything else, just talk about the remnants of Tuyuhun, if you don't have anything to eat , what will they do?"

After listening to Ye Chen's words, Li Shimin was slightly taken aback, and said a little hesitantly: "I guess, I guess I will go to grab it..."

"Isn't this over?"

Ye Chen clapped his hands and said: "With such a long distance, the drought will start before the army reaches the place. Once the drought starts, all the food will wither and rot in the ground before it is ripe."

"When the time comes, the remnants of Tuyuhun will directly rob Diezhou of food, and our army will go there, and our hungry chest will stick to our backs, and our hands will be weak and our eyes will be dizzy."

At this moment, Li Shimin's face immediately became serious.

"Second brother, you really are a visionary!"

Li Shimin couldn't help but secretly sighed.

"Hey, what can I do if I have foresight? The current emperor can't hear these things. Even if I am anxious, I can't report to him face to face..."

Ye Chen pretended to shake his head and sighed.

Li Shimin saw that Ye Chen looked so similar, and thought he really didn't recognize him, so he was overjoyed and patted Ye Chen on the shoulder to comfort him, "Second brother, don't worry, the emperor can hear you!"

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin secretly laughed in his heart.

Ye Chen, Ye Chen, I really want to see what expression you would have if you knew that the Holy Majesty is right in front of you.

"Oh? Brother, why did you say that?"

Ye Chen laughed much more happily than Li Shimin.

Li Er, Li Er, I really want to see what expression you will have when you know that I already know that you are the current Holy Master.

"Your elder brother, I know a lot of high officials. When the time comes, I will ask them to report to the emperor. The emperor will definitely take it. Don't worry! Come, drink!"

Li Shimin lost his scruples and immediately raised his glass.

"Then I would like to thank you, brother!"

Ye Chen pretended to be very happy, picked up the wine glass and started to confront Li Er again.

Li Shimin learned a lesson this time, he didn't drink too much, but left Ye Chen's mansion with a fairly clear consciousness after drinking too much.

Ye Chen originally planned to send him home, how could Li Shimin agree?

Even Li Shimin refused to let Ye Chen send him out of the house.

As soon as he left the mansion, seeing that Ye Chen really didn't follow, Li Shimin waved to the plainclothes guards hiding in the dark.

In an instant, a group of people flocked to him, surrounded Li Shimin, and supported him all the way back to the palace.

……

Five days passed in a flash.

The day of the expedition is today.

Everyone is ready to be inspected by the general, and they will set off after taking the oath.

During this period of time, the regiment guards have gone through many adjustments and preparations, and have raised a large amount of food and grass. Originally, there were no such cumbersome things. Later, I don’t know where the Holy One heard some gossip, saying that Diezhou will be drought.

A temporary logistics force of 5000 people was formed to escort a [-]-strong army to eat food and grass for the first half of the year, and marched towards Diezhou first.

On the long slope ten miles outside Chang'an City, the [-] regiment guards are well-organized.

There are almost all heavy armored soldiers, cavalry, light armored infantry, archers, and siege soldiers.

Ye Chen's fifth regiment is light armored infantry with horizontal knives.

During the review, because Ye Chen's third team was incomplete and seemed to be out of gregarious, they were arranged to stand at the back so as not to affect the military appearance.

Ye Chen didn't care about these at all, and he was happy and quiet at the end.