A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Li Tai's words were choked in his throat and he couldn't speak.

The two brothers left the Ganlu Hall in disappointment. Li Tai and Li Chengqian left at the gate of the Ganlu Hall. With anxiety in their hearts, they came to the dungeon of Dali Temple again to find Gu Qing.

"Fatty?!" Gu Qing looked at Li Tai with a smile.

"Gu Qing!" Li Tai said anxiously, "What the hell is Father thinking, is he just waiting to see the Hexi Corridor broken?"

"How would I know?" Gu Qing thought about it, "Your father has so many capable people under his command, what should I do?"

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Seeing Gu Qing's indifferent attitude, Li Tai felt angry, "Gu Qing, are you not in a hurry? Once the Hexi Corridor is broken, Tubo can go south and go straight to Chang'an. Do you think you can still live on your business?"

"Fatty, you are wrong to say that." Gu Qing said, "Of course I am also anxious, but what can I do in this Dali Temple."

"I went to find my father, and I was scolded by my father." Li Tai said as he compromised and wanted to leave, "I'll talk to General Li Jing."

When Li Tai came to Li Jing's house, Li Jing closed the door and saw no visitors.

"What's going on here!" Li Tai yelled angrily on Zhuque Street, and the whole Chang'an was in a hurry, shrouded in a tense atmosphere.

In the Ganlu Hall, Wang Qin whispered to Li Er, "Your Majesty, there has been movement in Chang'an! Someone is spreading rumors, saying that Your Majesty..."

"The Lu family has made a move?" Li Er's face was gloomy.

Wang Qin nodded. Among the aristocratic families, only the Lu family has the toughest attitude, and it is also a threat to the royal family. His Majesty let Lu Yuan sit on the Minister of the Household Department to appease the Lu family. The family began to tear their faces apart, waiting for these days to see if the Lu family would show up.

Another aspect is Gu Qing. With Gu Qing's new firearms, the situation in the Hexi Corridor may be reversed. However, it has been discovered that Gu Qing has done too many things in secret over the years, which made His Majesty start to fear and suspect Gu Qing.

Li Er put down the memorial in front of him again, and said to Wang Qin, "Call Gu Qing."

"Yes!" Wang Qin nodded and said.

"Tell Li Junxian who has been secretly protecting the bookstore." Li Erlang said loudly, "Let him go to Lu's house and bring the evidence of Lu Yuan's corruption of ink to the missing Lu Yuan."

Wang Qin knew that His Majesty did not really want to find someone from the Lu family. Lu Yuan's life and death are unknown. If he fled to the Lu family, there would be news from spies. His Majesty wanted to put pressure on the Lu family. There are too many actions, and the big Tang must be stable when the war is imminent.

Gu Qing was taking a nap, when Wang Qin came to the dungeon of Dali Temple and looked at Zhengxiang who was sleeping, feeling inexplicably annoyed, "Master Gu?"

Seeing Gu Qing sleeping soundly, Wang Qin didn't react but murmured and changed his sleeping position, then called: "Master Hou?"

"Who is it!" Gu Qing opened his eyes irritably, and saw that Wang Qin, an acquaintance, hurriedly stood up from the bed, "Why are you here?"

"Master Hou, Your Majesty summoned you." Wang Qin had a warm smile on his face, "Master Gu, hurry up."

Gu Qing sat up and changed his prison uniform, put on his usual clothes and walked out of Dali Temple and walked on Chang'an Avenue. As soon as Gu Qing walked out of Dali Temple, passers-by looked over. Many people knew Gu Qing, the general of Zhonglang back then.

Stepping forward, Gu Qing came to the palace gate, took a deep breath and followed Wang Qin into the palace gate, all the way to the Ganlu Palace, and met Li Er.

"Gu Qing, is the life in Dali Temple still comfortable?" Li Er looked at him and said.

"Very good." Gu Qing said with a smile.

"Very good?" Li Er sneered, "Then how long do you want to stay inside?"

"If there is nothing to do, who would like to stay inside." Gu Qing replied coyly.

Li Er walked up to Gu Qing step by step and whispered, "Do you know why I sent you into Dali Temple?"

"Your Majesty naturally has His Majesty's intentions in doing this, I dare not speculate." Gu Qing bowed again and replied.

"Stop pretending to me!" Li Er breathed heavily, "You know very well in your heart that I don't like your intelligence very much, and I prefer you to pretend to be confused."

"Your Majesty asked the minister to pretend to be confused, and the minister will pretend to be confused." Gu Qing said with a smile.

"You kid..." Li Er shook his head and said, "Tell me, how sure are you of the battle in the Hexi Corridor?"

"As long as Your Majesty gives me enough manpower and materials, I'm [-]% sure." Gu Qing looked up at Li Er's face, "It's just a herd of animals, so it's not difficult to deal with."

"Can you deal with those war elephants?" Li Er asked again.

Gu Qing nodded.

Li Er continued, "Gu Qing, what would you do if you defeated Tubo?"

"Chen..." Gu Qing thought for a while before opening his mouth, "Chen went back to the village and devoted himself to teaching and building factories."

"Okay!" Li Er nodded, "You go home and prepare. I will give you the title of Hexi Road Marching Counselor. I will give you [-] elite soldiers and [-] civilians to make firearms for you, and wipe out the Tubo army within three months."

"I take orders." Gu Qing replied without hesitation.

Hexi Corridor...

Su Dingfang was covered in blood, stepped over corpses all over the ground, pulled Yu Chigong and shouted loudly, "General! Let's retreat! We can't hold on anymore!"

"Don't withdraw!" Yuchi Gong shook off Su Dingfang's hand, "Hexi Corridor is here, so I, Yuchi Jingde, is here!"

"Continuing the fight will only kill people in vain!" Su Dingfang said loudly, "If we keep the green hills, we won't be afraid of running out of firewood. We will retreat for more than ten miles, and we can respond to General Li Ji in the rear!"

"Are you ordering me?" Yu Chigong scolded angrily, his eyes were red.

The bleak wind blows across the battlefield, and the smoke and flames of war choke people in the chaos.

"Report!" The soldier came to report, "Two generals, the war elephants of Tubo are gathering again!"

Chapter 210

Hearing the sound of horns from the Tubo barracks, Su Dingfang pulled Yu Chigong and shouted, "General, retreat! Instead of confronting him head-on, let's take a detour, retreat to the middle of the Hexi Corridor, and come back to reinforce the army after the court!"

"Don't retreat!" Yu Chigong roared angrily, "If you want to retreat, you should withdraw with your people! This old man has never backed down in battle for so many years."

Su Dingfang looked at Yu Chigong's appearance of going to die, and anxiously glanced at the Tubo army that was constantly integrating in the distance, "General, I'm offended! I can no longer watch so many brothers die in vain, let alone watch the general die."

According to the story, Su Dingfang picked up a stone from the rubble on the ground, knocked him unconscious under Yuchi Gong's inattention, and shouted at the surrounding soldiers, "Get out!"

"Withdraw!" echoed from the army.

The soldiers began to withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner. Su Dingfang carried Yu Chigong on his shoulders and looked at the dark clouded sky, and then at the direction of Chang'an, with unyielding and regretful eyes, "Gu Qing, come quickly, I really can't hold on if you don't come again .”

The cloudy sky did not drop a drop of rain. Tubo first used horses and sheep to clear the mines, and then let the elephants charge towards the Hexi Corridor.

Until the night wind blew up the silent battlefield after the gunpowder smoke, Su Dingfang knelt on one knee in front of Yu Chigong in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, "General! If you want to deal with me, deal with me, don't hurt the soldiers."

"You are so courageous!" Yu Chigong roared angrily, "Do you still have military law in your eyes?"

The armor on Fang Yiai's body was stained with blood. It was the first time he came to the Hexi Corridor to experience the battlefield. He listened to the words of Su Ding, Fang Yuchigong, and leaned on the tent frame to close his eyes. He was so sleepy. He came to the Hexi Corridor. I didn't sleep for two days and two nights.

Su Dingfang knelt on the ground without saying a word, letting Yu Chigong scold him with a sword. All the soldiers in the barracks looked exhausted, and those who could sleep were lying on the ground wearing armor. I'm so exhausted, I can't move anymore.