Don't be a prince

Li Jing nodded: "There is something important. Does your Highness know what happened in Chang'an?"

Hearing what Li Jing said, Li Chengqian knew that the matter of enfeoffment was no longer a secret, and it had been spread all over the place.

Knowing that, Li Chengqian still shook his head and said: "I don't know what happened in Chang'an, so Duke Wei should stop playing charades, how about being frank?"

Li Jing sighed and said: "Since Your Highness doesn't know, the old minister should tell His Highness. Your Majesty asked Xiao Yu how to protect the country forever...

After adopting Xiao Yu's suggestion, His Majesty decided to enfeoff, but not enfeoff the feudal princes, but enfeoff the governor, and assign the first-class dukes of the state as "vassal princes" and assign them to the jurisdiction to serve as the governor.What does His Highness think? "

how?No matter what, just punch the emperor and scold him for being a sand sculpture.But, this can only be thought in the heart.

Trying to maintain his expression, Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Imperial father's decision is not something that a single minister can comment on. Wei Gong, now that we are all at the border, it's better not to worry about Chang'an's affairs, what do you think?"

"That's right, I'd better not make wild guesses. Your Highness is a son, and you can't speak of your father's faults. It's the old minister's rudeness."

With hands clasped, Li Jing pushed the wheelchair out of the lobby.

Holding the warm teacup, Li Chengqian was not at all calm.The son doesn't say anything about the father's fault. This sentence alone shows that Li Jing also feels that the emperor is wrong.People like Li Jing seldom get involved in the affairs of the court. Now that they have made such a clear statement of their position, it can only show that the emperor's father's actions are against the entire honorable group.

But think about it, what is the purpose of being an official?Isn't it just to seek a position of real power in the court and bring prestige benefits to oneself?If possible, everyone wants future generations to occupy a place at the top forever.If you become a governor, you're still a fart. It's high-sounding, as if it's an honor to be trusted by the emperor and become a barrier. But what's the difference between such an act and demotion?

It's very dangerous, even if the emperor has been mighty since he ascended the throne and overwhelmed all the ministers, it's no wonder that this kind of thing that harms the overall interests of the nobles is not opposed!

After thinking about Chang'an, especially the current situation of the court, Li Chengqian shuddered. Damn, after the war, the East Palace must be closed to thank guests. If possible, it is best to move to the academy, far away. avoid.The confrontation between the emperor and the ministers, or the whole of the nobles, is simply like a confrontation between the gods of water and fire.The dignified prince is no better than the land father in such a situation.

Supporting the emperor will inevitably arouse the resentment of the courtiers, and helping the courtiers will be considered by the emperor as forcing the palace.

The enfeoffment of governors has nothing to do with ordinary soldiers.The end of the war, although full of depression, but after knowing that there will be another war after the next year, no one is unhappy.In particular, His Royal Highness did not return to Chang'an, but chose to stay in Liangzhou, and rewarded a lot of good things, which made people even happier.

Now in Liangzhou City, the most talked about topic among the soldiers is who got the crown prince's reward.No matter who gets it, it shows that this one is a good man.

This is not the first time that Li Jing and Qin Qiong have no time due to illness, Xue Wanjun and others dare not, so helpless Li Chengqian can only take over Li Jing's title and organize the army to prepare for the New Year.

Liangzhou's army can still celebrate the new year, but the prince who is stationed in Dafeichuan has no such enthusiasm.

Two months was like 200 years to them. Several times the supply of the whole army had reached a dangerous level, but Zhan Tianhou still gritted his teeth and survived.Knowing that it was not easy to deliver supplies to Dafeichuan, they would rather send a small team across the snow-capped mountains to the Tibetan pastures to "give food to the enemy" than send a request for help to the Chinese army.

They thought they would live like this, but they didn't expect the prince to still care about them and send them a lot of supplies.

Scratching the back of his frozen and festering hands, Li Yongsheng took out the invoice and handed it to Chang Tianhou, and said, "Your Highness ordered me to send you enough supplies if you want me to risk my life, and I want to tell you, don't relax. Be wary of the Tubo people, and don't take the initiative to attack, as long as you can defend until the end of the war, no matter what you lead, you can get away with it!"

I grabbed a handful of dried fruit and stuffed it into my mouth, even though my saliva was sour, I still couldn't bear to spit it out.Chuan Tianhou gritted his teeth and said: "Go back and tell His Highness that we don't need to worry here, and the humble official will definitely fulfill His Highness's order!"

After unloading the goods, Li Yongshu went down the mountain with the delivery man.There is no so-called road here in Dafeichuan, and the carriage can't get up at all. All the supplies are brought up by him, and not one or two fell to death along the way.Of course, apart from him, there was not a Tang person in the whole team. They were all Dangxiang and Qiang people hired by him with a lot of money.

Just sent off the delivery team, and before he could swallow the dried fruit in his mouth, the Tiantian Monkey heard Fang Shuo's anxious voice: "Monkey, the Tubo army has appeared again!"

Spit out the dried fruit in his mouth, and the monkey in the sky said violently: "Damn the Tubo people, they agreed to withdraw their troops from each other, and it's nothing more than going back and forth again, but they dared to come back, order the teams to hide, and let the Tubo people go. When people enter the canyon, Lu Dongzan is shameless, and we don't need to give him face, if we don't give him a hard time, he won't have a long memory!"

Finally waiting for these words, Fang Shuo scratched the frostbite on his face, and went down to deliver the order.

Garrisoning troops in Dafeichuan is simply risking their lives.The soldiers who have been suffering for so long all have deep grievances against Tubo, and finally got a chance to vent, and couldn't help but get excited.

A ditch between two mountains is simply the most suitable terrain for gunpowder weapons.There is no need to send people on the cliffs on both sides to use thunder arrows or anything, as long as the emperor orders thunder, all grievances can be wiped out.

In order to clean up the Tubo people, Zhan Tianhou ordered the demolition of the camp that had been built a few days ago, and changed the place. The original preparations on both sides of the cliff were abandoned.

Lu Dongzan, who went back and forth again, heaved a sigh of relief when he learned from the scouts that the Tang Army garrison had disappeared.

The envoys sent by Tuyuhun to Tubo never paused. After all, they were partners in the "Alliance against Tang Dynasty".Although Murong Fuyun escaped unharmed, it is very likely that Tang Jun will go and return, and it is still necessary to help Tuyuhun stand on the platform.

Chapter 323 Another Sentence

One hundred thousand troops, this is the force that Lu Dongzan used to stand on the platform.The [-] Tubo army is different from the group of wimps in Tuyuhun. In Lu Dongzan's view, the [-] Tubo soldiers alone can form an effective coercion against Tang.

Of course, the premise is that they can pass through Dafeichuan safely and enter the area of ​​the Tuyuhun people.

Looking at the dangerous terrain between two mountains and a ditch in front of him, even though the scouts had ruled out the danger, Lu Dongzan couldn't help but be on guard.

"Pick out 1000 people to go there first, and after they have completely passed through the canyon, they will go through another thousand, one thousand and one thousand!"

After the order was given, the soldiers of Tubo began to pass through the canyon one thousand and one thousand, so that even if they encountered an ambush, the losses could be minimized.I don't know why, whenever he meets someone related to the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Dongzan will unconsciously be wary.

One thousand troops passed, two thousand troops passed, and after five thousand troops passed, there was no ambush.

Glancing at the canyon in front of him, Lu Dongzan finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the whole army to move forward.Just as he was also striding forward, a few soldiers came running frantically from behind, waving the flags in their hands and asking the army to stop.The pattern on the flag obviously represents Zanpu.

"Keep going."

After giving the order, Lu Dongzan turned his head to meet the messenger.If the expectations are good, Zanpu should not approve of this troop dispatch.

Sure enough, the messenger took a breath and said, "Great Minister, Zanpu ordered you to lead the troops back. Datang is now extremely powerful. We can only respect it and not easily resist it. Now Tuyuhun is like an old yak. It takes a lot of effort to eat grass, so why should we help it guard its pasture? If it attracts the malice of Datang, it will not be a good thing for us. As you have seen, the people of Datang somehow cracked the law that our ancestors gave us. The air epidemic, even here, can maintain combat power, annoy Datang, and it may bring disaster to us!"

Frowning, Lu Dong praised: "Didn't Zanpu agree to my sending troops before? Why are you changing your mind now? You go back and tell Zanpu that the army of the Tang people has left Dafeichuan now, and it is we who entered Tuyuhun If you miss this opportunity, I am afraid there will be no next time. People from the Central Plains are powerful in today’s Tang Dynasty, but no matter how powerful they are, they will not be able to fight against so many countries at the same time. The East Turks have been destroyed, and Gaochang has also been destroyed. , Tuyuhun is coming soon. If this continues, we don’t know when it will be our turn. There is a saying in the Central Plains that "the general will not accept the fate of the king outside." You go back and tell Zanpu, and say that Gar Dongzan will die after returning. I will plead guilty to him and let him deal with it, but it is impossible to withdraw troops at this time!"

The courier looked at the prime minister in bewilderment. On weekdays, the prime minister had a very good relationship with Zanpu, even surpassing the relationship between monarchs and ministers.Now, why did the Prime Minister openly violate Zanpu's orders?If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would have drawn his sword to kill someone at this time, but for the Prime Minister, he could only nod his head.

"Prime Minister, if this is the case, please give your subordinate a certificate so that you can use it to respond to Zanpu."

Lu Dongzan nodded, and started looking for tokens in the package he was carrying...

At this time, on the top of the cliff, the two people, Changtianhou and Tiehammer, were secretly showing half of their heads, looking at the Tubo army passing below.

The previous 5000 people were simply small fish. Small fish have no taste, and big fish are worth stewing in a pot.

The fuze was pinched in his hand, and because of his nervousness, even though he was in the cold wind, the hand of the Sky-Changing Monkey was still full of sweat.

"Monkey, how many people do you think can be killed by this imperial lightning?"

"I don't know how many people were killed, but it's okay for most of the 10 people to lose their combat power. Good guy, it's fortunate that we installed the Huangming Thunder in advance, otherwise we wouldn't have waited for such a good opportunity."

Stretching out his hand and tugging at the rope around him, Sky-Changing Monkey heaved a sigh of relief. Whether he can escape later depends on whether the rope is strong enough.

Since Huang Minglei's battle plan was formulated by himself, he is responsible for lighting the fire.Of course, Changtian Monkey will not tell others about his initial thoughts, but he simply wants to have a good time.

The canyon was long and narrow, and seeing that the army at the front was about to join up with the 5000 people who had already passed by, the Sky-Changing Monkey hurriedly blew on the torch in his hand, and lit the fuse against the windward position.

Seeing the sparks sizzling downward, Sky-Changing Monkey and Iron Hammer glanced at each other, and immediately tightened the rope, grabbing the rope and rushing down the mountain.This is a trick they discovered when they were in contact with rock climbing. As long as the slope is not particularly trembling, if there is a rope, they can run all the way without worrying about losing their balance.

They had witnessed the power of Emperor Ming Lei with their own eyes, and they trembled nervously after the fuze was ignited.People make mistakes when they're nervous, even the most trained ones.

Just when he was about to reach the safe range, Sky-Changing Monkey slipped and fell to the ground, his face covered in blood.The whole person was immediately dumbfounded.

Iron Hammer, who had successfully decelerated, didn't care about the injury of the sky-swapping monkey, and jumped into the pit prepared earlier in the morning with him in his arms, and moved the protection made of wooden boards to cover the top of the pit.

After finishing all this, a violent vibration made their buttocks lift off the ground.

"It exploded..."

On the other side, Lu Dongzan, who had just dug out the token and hadn't handed it over to the messenger, suddenly felt that his feet were floating, and the roar made his ears ring.Looking behind him in shock, he saw a puff of smoke mixed with snow foam rising into the sky, and countless gravels passed through the smoke, dust and snow foam and flew into the sky.

"Landslide? No, it's..."

"Gunpowder weapons!"

After confirming this point, Lu Dongzan suddenly felt dizzy all over.Damn it, Tang Jun didn't withdraw!

Before Lu Dongzan could curse, the Tubo soldiers closest to the mountain pass ran back crying.They didn't know what happened, they just thought that the mountain god was furious.Even if they didn't enter the range of the valley, they still received the impact, and their ears were bleeding, obviously because their eardrums were shattered by the loud noise.The long and narrow canyon has become the best radio.

awful!It was indescribably miserable, and it was hard to organize the team. After counting the number of people, Lu Dongzan couldn't help kneeling on the ground, crying bitterly. Of the 6 troops, only [-] did not enter the valley, and only a few thousand escaped from the valley. More than [-] under, I'm afraid...

As for the first 5000 people who passed through the canyon, Lu Dongzan naturally knew what would happen.

There are more than 6 troops!At this time, Lu Dongzan wished to cut himself here. If he obeyed Zanpu's withdrawal, even if he would still be attacked, he might be able to retain more troops.

"The prince's commander, the old man is at odds with you!"

After a hoarse roar, Lu Dongzan fell straight on the ground, and everyone rushed over in fright, and the prime minister was fine no matter what.

...

On the other side of the canyon, the smoke and dust cleared, and after the gravel fell, Fang Shuo, who temporarily took over the responsibility of leading the general, wiped his horizontal knife. Seeing that the blood had frozen into ice and could not be wiped off, he simply knocked it on the stone. Knock, smash the blood ice.

Liu Mang did the same thing. Behind them, none of Tubo's [-] troops survived.

Looking at the miserable conditions of the Tubo people in the canyon, Dongfangsu couldn't help but said: "Damn, when I watched the experiment, I knew that the Emperor Minglei was powerful, but who would have thought that it would be so powerful."

Zhao Xingdao: "His Royal Highness once said that besides fragment damage, gunpowder weapons also have shock wave damage. Although I don't know what a shock wave is, it is clear that the terrain here has brought this item to the extreme. Lao Fang, I don't know if the monkey is unlucky or not." , you are now personally leading the general, tell me, do we want to kill? Even if Lu Dongzan still has remaining troops, we rely on the natural danger of the canyon, and we can still retreat if we can't fight."

After knocking the horizontal knife clean, Fang Shuo shook his head and said to the three of them: "No, although I can't see it, the place where the explosion in the middle of the canyon exploded must be blocked by boulders. Not to mention the danger of crossing the boulder area, you can't beat it when you retreat. That place is an obstacle for us instead. Tell the brothers to kill the Tubo people on the side of the gravel area, pile up the corpses, and let the Tubo people see the consequences of breaking the contract!"

Dongfang Su nodded, and led his soldiers into the canyon.Although Hammer was not there, the soldiers under his command quickly began to count the number of people and treat the wounded.The Tubo people are so fierce in fighting, and sometimes there is no way to do it. In the face of the crazy attack of 20 Tubo people, although they were all wiped out at the end, more than [-] people died in battle. , I don’t know how many were injured.

If you temporarily take over the leadership, you must do what a leader should do.So, under Fang Shuo's order, some soldiers went up to the relatively safe cliffs on both sides, waiting and watching the other side, and at the same time getting ready to fight.When fighting the five thousand Tubo people, they did not use gunpowder weapons, which is why Zhao Xing dared to challenge the Tubo people again.

After clearing the battlefield, the number of kills made everyone shut up.There are nearly [-] people on the side of the gravel area alone, and there are not many on the other side, but it is estimated that they are indispensable.In any case, the figure of [-] should still be able to come together.

With 2000 people, 5 people were killed. With such a record, I am afraid that people will be treated as fools if they say it.

Iron Hammer and Sky-Changing Monkey returned to the camp safely. Except that Sky-Changing Monkey almost broke his face because of that fall, they were not injured.

After learning that he had killed [-] Tubo people at his own pace, Zhan Tianhou broke away the wounds on his face in surprise.

"Damn, [-]? How do you report this record? Who will believe it?"

Fang Shuo said helplessly: "Then don't report the 2 yuan. I commanded the soldiers to cut off the left ear of the Turkic people as evidence, and collected more than [-] yuan. It's better for us to admit these."

"I can't help it, that's all, old Fang, do you think the Tibetans are impatient?"

"Quick eyes? What are they using for quick eyes? I don't know how many wounded people are on the other side of the gravel. If the Tibetans continue to attack us, those people will be finished. They can only go back honestly with the wounded."

Zhan Tianhou nodded, turned over and got up and began to write a battle report for the Chinese army.If possible, it is best for His Royal Highness to reprimand the Tubo people.After all, this time it was Tubo who broke his promise and went back again, and Datang had the reason.I don't know how Lu Dongzan will explain it?Could it be that he brought a hundred thousand troops to Dafeichuan to play here?

When the battle report written years ago was sent to Liangzhou, it was already a year later.

Even Li Jing was taken aback when he saw the battle report of the pro-leader: "It has been confirmed that the starting price is [-]?"

Li Chengqian shook his head: "2 is just a personal guess. The real number is only more than [-] and close to [-]. Now that these ears have been sent over, the Military Affairs Sima is leading the number. As for the other side of the gravel area, the personal number I didn’t dare to go there, for fear that the Tubo people would be impatient.”

Looking at the analysis map of the battlefield drawn by Changtian Monkey, Li Jing nodded and praised: "If this is the case, it is still possible to kill more than 5 enemies personally. However, the record that I can recognize is still more than 2. Even if it is [-], it is estimated that when the military merit booklet is sent to the court, it will still attract doubts!"

"More than 2 yuan is enough, and they also know that they have done too hard this time. When the time comes, I will reward them in private."

Li Jing nodded, this might be the most suitable arrangement.

Putting away the battle report, he let out a long sigh, and Li Jing 1 said depressedly: "Seeing the record of the pro-leader today, the old man is shocked, but also can't help worrying. Now the power of gunpowder weapons is super powerful, and 2000 people can use it properly. It can even fight 10 people." People, I heard that those people in the gunpowder workshop are still refining gunpowder, and in the future, once the power of weapons can replace personal bravery, I don't know what it will be like!"

Li Chengqian knew that Li Jing's emotion was a sign of powerlessness.A traditional military general like him had over 2000 troops under his command and plotted for a long time before he captured 5 troops from Tuyuhun.But now, more than [-] people have been killed with a pro rate of less than [-]. Compared with the two, the impact is really too great.

"Wei Gong, you don't need to worry about this. I've said it many times. Gunpowder weapons have their limitations. They're just weapons. In the end, it's people who use weapons. Even if weapons are sharp, people can't There is such a thing as combat power. After all, you still worry too much, and your tactical thinking is still the mainstream of warfare, at least it will not change for a long time."

After comforting Li Jing for a while, Li Chengqian scratched his head.Li Jing's art of war is still very powerful. However, when electromagnetism develops, especially when the means of long-distance communication appears, real-time communication will be possible on the battlefield. At that time, real-time tactics will replace the old tactics.

Of course, old-fashioned tactics are not all useless, and there are still many ideas that will be passed down.

Li Jing's leg has gradually subsided. Although it is still difficult to move, it does not affect his handling of official duties.

After sorting out the official affairs during the period of recuperation, Li Jing nodded, and said to Li Chengqian who was sitting and waiting for inquiries: "Your Highness can be said to be handy in handling official affairs, even if it is the arrangement made by the old man, it is nothing more than that. It's just that The old man is very confused, why did you not block the news, but instead allowed the business to continue to flow? You should be very clear that many businessmen are actually spies from Tuyuhun pretending to be!"

Li Chengqian replied with a smile: "Mr. Wei, in fact, I have thought about making such an arrangement. We have more than 3 troops hoarded in Liangzhou. Even if we block the news, it is difficult to completely conceal it. Instead of risking the news to reveal It is better to tell Tuyuhun plainly that we are here, and maybe we will punish them.

The terrain in Tuyuhun is complicated, and the truly lush pastures are all close to the border of our Tang Dynasty.After the first battle last year, although Murong Fuyun retained his vitality, he brought a large number of herdsmen from Tuyuhun to the west.However, most of the west of Tuyuhun is the Gobi desert, so there are so many livestock, they have no pasture for grazing.As long as we are here for a day, he will not dare to return to the east for a day, so he can only stick to it.Even if he knew that this would deplete his own strength, he could only bear it in fear.

And if the news is blocked, in order to prevent Tuyuhun from having a hard time, we probably have to follow his example and burn the pastures.Although this is the most effective way to weaken the enemy's combat power, in my opinion, burning the pasture with a torch is a prodigal act.The grass in these pastures is also our property! "

Hearing this answer, Li Jing smiled and nodded.According to his plan, it would be fine even if the information was exposed, rather, he also hoped that Murong Fuyun would know the situation in Liangzhou.

I don't know if it's a psychological reason, but it seems that the weather is not so cold after the new year.The [-] troops were not idle in Liangzhou, and daily drills were necessary.In particular, the recruits brought by the Xue Wanjun brothers are all newly recruited government soldiers, and their combat strength is not very obvious.

If the army is dispatched, it will consume food and grass. If there is no war, at least for the court, the army on the border will be a loser.Li Jing chose to relax for a while, but during this time, the army's food and grass were still being consumed all the time.However, the court did not respond to Li Jing's behavior at all, and even if there was, it was directly suppressed by the emperor.After being selected, there will be no doubts, which is a rare advantage of the emperor.

January passed, February passed, March passed again.Just when Spring was eagerly preparing to return to the land, Li Jing, who had been silent all this time, finally made an action plan.The documents sent to the imperial court were approved by the emperor. Li Daozong jumped from the chief of the Shanshan Road to the deputy chief of the army, and Li Jing reorganized the armies from all walks of life.Li Jing himself, Xue Wanjun, and Li Daliang will attack the northwest, detour Gaochang and go deep into the enemy's rear, while Li Daozong and Hou Junji will attack the southwest, first destroy the tribes betrayed by the Dangxiang Qiang, and then attack north and south with Li Jing and others' troops.

As for the recruits from Liangzhou, as well as the remnants of Li Daoyan and others, they stayed put. In other words, they needed to show their presence to attract Murong Fuyun's attention.

At the end of March, Li Jing pretended to lead the army back to the court, but actually joined Li Daliang's army and entered the vast grassland by way of Gaochang.This time, even the governor of Liangzhou didn't know Li Jing's real intention.

Chapter 324 Murong Fuyun

Because it is a rapid march, things like carriages are simply things that delay the speed, and it is impossible to use them.Whether it was Li Chengqian or Qin Qiong, who had just recovered from a serious illness, they could only follow the army on horseback.

Going southwest across the Gaochang area is the Gobi area. The grass is already green, but walking in the Gobi area still feels the bone-chilling cold.

The army stopped and stopped. After entering the Gobi area, Li Jing sent out most of the scouts. The Gobi area has a complex terrain. No matter who is ambushed, the end will not be very good. Only by spying on the news first can we remain invincible place.

Just after sunset, Li Jing ordered the army to find a place with water to station.However, the scouts searched all over the Gobi Desert, but only found one source of water.

It is common sense to choose a place with water when the army is stationed, but when Li Jing saw the small pool of dead animals floating up and down, he could only order to stay away.And Li Chengqian called the quartermaster who was in charge of gunpowder and gasoline, and ordered the place to be completely burned with gasoline.

After the camp was set up, among the five people gathered together, four of them looked unhappy.