Tang Dynasty Never Night

Zheng Qi led soldiers and horses to fight outside, and Li Xian led people to conduct scientific research in the deep mountains and old forests. These two people were unexpectedly busy all of a sudden.

As a result, at this time, the Taishi Bureau, which is basically the Qingshui Yamen, suddenly jumped out to bring everyone a message: Guimao in April, Yue committed Dongjing.

Although Li Xian had barely integrated in this era, his study courses did not include astrology, so he didn't know what it meant to commit crimes against Dongjing.

Of course, the Taishi Bureau also gave an answer: the owner is worried.

To put it simply, something that would make the emperor sad is about to happen. After getting this result, the whole court was a little cautious for a while, for fear that something would happen on their side and make the saint unhappy. If the saint is unhappy, then their whole family It is estimated that they will all be unhappy.

In the end, no one expected that the thing that worried Li Zhi would come from the front line of the Western Turks. Lou Shide sent an urgent report: I can't stand it!

When Li Xian heard the news, he was shocked. The situation written in Zheng Qi's booklet was not so urgent. There are only 2000 people, and after the war damage, there are only more than 1000 people left. Why can Lou Shide not be able to carry it after he went to support it?

This unscientific!

Li Xian felt relieved on the front foot, thinking that his family's Wang Fu should be fine, but then another bomb came on the back foot, can you stop being so tricky? !

So Li Xian started to inquire about the news again, and later he found out that Zheng Qi's ability to support him for so long had something to do with his proper strategy, but what was more important was that Tubo didn't take this person seriously at all!

Because of frequent frictions, Tubo and Datang have a concept of each other's strength, and they are very clear about the strength of Datang's cavalry.

Originally, the cavalry was not very strong, and then there were only 2000 people, and the main general was still dead. What is there to be afraid of such a team?Although the team led by Zheng Qi later caused Tubo to suffer one after another, it does not mean that Tubo's overall strength is weak. If they were really weak, how dare they secretly gather troops to challenge Datang?

So after Lou Shide passed, Tubo began to attach great importance to it. In almost a few days, Tubo's soldiers and horses more than doubled. After Zheng Qi returned to the team, he found that the pressure was even greater. He analyzed it himself. Then report the results of the analysis to Lou Shide.

He didn't directly give advice on the past. After all, Lou Shide has his own judgment, and he only needs to tell the other party what he knows.Lou Shide didn't let him down either. After comparing the strength of the enemy and ourselves, he didn't even want to bring more than 1 soldiers and horses to be a hero, but he quickly asked the court for help.

So on Li Zhi's desk are the notes of Lou Shide and Zheng Qi. The two people have different starting points, but they both illustrate Tubo's determination this time.

Among them, Zheng Qi's writing was a little more serious, and his views were also more advanced. He felt that according to Tubo's marching route, their goal should be the Western Regions, and more specifically, Kucha, Shule, Khotan, and Yanqi. Town, the sword points to Anxi Dufu.

Li Xian, who was just named the Chief Protector of Anxi Protectorate Mansion: ...

There is probably nothing more irritating than hearing that someone is coming to grab your territory. Li Xian was very angry when he found out. Everyone said that Zheng Qi was very talented in military affairs. His analysis was very reliable. Only Li Xian knew. Well, since Zheng Qi dared to say that, it means that he has probably experienced this before, that is, Tubo... really came to grab his territory.

It's unbearable!Li Xian wished he could turn around and toss out the gunpowder directly to Zheng Qi to blast those Tubo people back.

Li Zhi convened an emergency military meeting and quickly discussed the latest plan. Xue Rengui, the general of the right guard, was the general manager of the Luosuo road march, the left guard, the general Ashina Daozhen, was the deputy, and Lou Shide was promoted to the general of the left guard. As a deputy, he led an army of [-] to fight against Tubo and protect Tuyuhun to return to the country.

After this order was issued, the whole country began to prepare nervously again. Li Xian... Li Xian felt a little worried. Xue Rengui, as the highest general in the crusade against Tubo, was no longer young in the first year of Xianheng, and he was 56 years old. , although it doesn't look very big, but if you calculate the average age in modern society, you will know that it is not easy to live to this age.

But compared to Jiang Ke...he is still much younger, Jiang Ke is a bit regretful that he was not able to lead troops this time, and Li Xian thinks...Jiang Ke should not go out, his hair and beard are white, let him He felt very sorry that such an old man went out to fight.

So when he was free, Li Xian began to learn the art of war from Jiang Ke.It can be said that after experiencing what happened to Zheng Qi, his thinking now is different from before.

In the past, he thought that if he couldn't do it, he wouldn't. Anyway, he wouldn't need anything, not to mention that he wouldn't be able to make people feel threatened. He just wanted to be a idle prince and spend his life in peace and wealth.

But not now, Zheng Qi is trying to climb up, he is going further and further away, but Li Xian has been staying at the same place, now Zheng Qi will teach him because he is young and doesn't know much, when they get older In the long run, the gap between Li Xian and him will become more and more obvious. By that time, no matter how close the two of them used to be, they will probably only care about each other and say nothing.

Li Xian felt sad when he thought about that scene. Of course, the most important thing was that he felt that Zheng Qi was working too hard. He wanted to help Zheng Qi. His identity gave him great convenience, but if he wanted to go deeper, he would More voices are needed.

Li Xian thought for a long time to determine his goal - Empress Wu can still live for many years, as long as he can guarantee that Empress Wu will not get bored with him, as long as he can follow in Empress Wu's footsteps, then what prince or King Pei, whether they are close or not It's all unimportant.

So during the recent period, apart from occasionally going there to see how the experiment was going, Li Xian was desperately absorbing all kinds of knowledge.

And Zheng Qi, who didn't know how hard he worked for Li Xian, was relieved and slightly worried when he saw the appointment of the court.

In the last life, the war with Tubo was not so early. No one thought that Tubo would suddenly attack Datang and occupy Anxi Dufu Mansion in one go. The four towns of Qiuci, Shule, Khotan and Yanqi They fell one after another. At that time, Xue Rengui was the general manager of the Posuo Dao army in the Tang Dynasty, and the general Ashina Daozhen, the left guard, and Guo Daifeng, the general of Zuo Bao Taowei, were the deputy.

Guo Daifeng is the second son of Guo Xiaoke, and he was born as a general, but his skills are very limited, and he still doesn't listen to orders. Although Xue Rengui is also from a noble family, his family is the Xue family in Hedong, and his ancestors were very famous during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. , but by the time of his generation, the Xue family had already declined, and Guo Daifeng's family was in a good position, so he obviously didn't respect the general enough. In addition, Xue Rengui arranged for Guo Daifeng to protect the food, grass, and supplies, which was very important for him who was eager to go to the battlefield. For the meritorious Guo Daifeng, it feels like Xue Rengui is squeezing him out.

So Xue Rengui originally set the time for the logistics and supplies to arrive in Wuhai City, but Guo Daifeng deliberately marched slowly, causing the logistics troops he led to be surrounded by the Tubo army. The battles that could be won were lost.

In this life, under Zheng Qi's interference, Ashina Daozhen and Xue Rengui still went out to fight, but the position of Guo Daifeng was taken by Lou Shide.

To be honest, at the beginning, Zheng Qi couldn't tell which step he could take. There are too few places he can influence now. The only thing he can do is to make Datang not be so passive, and the Tubo guide can be said to have given him a chance.

Zheng Qi felt very guilty about the hundreds of soldiers who died in the battle. In fact, he had already discovered the Tubo spy, but after secretly investigating the scope of the spy's activities, he came to a conclusion that he would definitely do something wrong. Conclusion, and then... He continued to stand still and prepared to use this Tubo spy to lure the ambitious Tubo out.

It's just that if you want to change history, you always have to pay a price. It doesn't matter what price he pays according to Zheng Qi's own words, but the price he pays now is the lives of those hundreds of soldiers.Zheng Qi firmly wrote down the names of these people, and planned to take good care of their families after returning home.

Although I feel guilty, if I do it again, Zheng Qi will still make this choice. After all, the concept of hundreds of soldiers and tens of thousands of troops is not the same. If Tubo is allowed to attack the Western Regions, the number of civilians who died will be very terrible. Yes, even if there are not many people there.

This is a multiple-choice question, the minority and the majority, Zheng Qi chooses to sacrifice the minority to preserve the majority.

Although Zheng Qi felt guilty, he still insisted on walking his own path. He is a very firm person, and he will not change easily after setting a goal.He first went to Lou Shide and suggested that Lou Shide temporarily withdraw his troops to join the army.

To be honest, Zheng Qi had been doing his logistical work peacefully when he was on the expedition, so Lou Shide didn't have a deep impression of him before, but now... Lou Shide feels that he has really gone astray.

But he has an advantage, that is, he heard the words, and he and Zheng Qi also have a common language - Lou Shide was also a Jinshi back then, and later he was recruited as a civil servant to join the army. His experience is very similar to that of Zheng Qi, the only difference The only thing is that Zheng Qi didn't suffer so much from him.

Of course, what he doesn't know is that Zheng Qi has suffered through those hardships in his previous life, if he eats them again in this life...he might just go home and face the wall and think about it, why bother?

The reason why Zheng Qi asked Lou Shide to temporarily withdraw his troops was very simple, that is, these soldiers and horses were already exhausted. They had fought against Ge Luolu before, and now they were confronting Tubo again. Physical exhaustion is impossible to ignore.

Lou Shide analyzed it and felt that what Zheng Qi said made sense, but they had the final say on this army before, but now that there is a marching chief, the two of them have made a decision to report to Xue Rengui, and then wait for Xue Rengui ordered.

Of course, Xue Rengui also hoped that Lou Shide would lead his troops to rendezvous with the big army first. As for the fact that Tubo would occupy the land of the Tang Dynasty after the withdrawal of troops, they didn't care too much. One was that Zheng Qi had done a good job before. Tubo's soldiers and horses were restricted. After Lou Shide came, although the two of them did not directly beat the Tubo people back, they maintained the integrity of the border. It can be said that Lou Shide and Zheng Qi brought 1 Many horses guarded the land of Datang.

But that place is actually a very desolate place, even if it is occupied by Tubo first, Xue Rengui calculated the marching speed, and felt that it would be good to beat the Tubo people back after reuniting with Lou Shide.

The only thing that is not easy to coordinate is - how to allocate these people?As a strong general, Ashina Daozhen felt inappropriate not to let him go to the battlefield, but Xue Rengui felt inappropriate, but logistics and supplies were also very important, and he needed to send someone who could hold the line, and the best candidate for this was Lou Shide.

But... the front line can win the battle, but the logistics department's credit is not so obvious. When people come from the front line, they just leave it to take care of the logistics. This... feels like crowding out others.

Xue Rengui felt a bit of a headache, but what he didn't expect was that after the rendezvous, Lou Shide reported the situation in Tubo to Xue Rengui, and then asked to go to the logistics department.

Lou Shide saw it very clearly when he came here. Xue Rengui is the commander of the army and must be in charge of the overall situation. Ashina Daozhen... Although he is not convinced, the Turkic people are really good fighters, Ashina Daozhen also has a family background, and in terms of seniority, the other party is much higher than himself, if he has to arrange someone to supervise the logistics, there is no one else but him.

Lou Shide doesn't think it's worthless for not being able to go to the front line. Datang's rewards and punishments are quite scientific, and the logistics will not be buried. What's more, Lou Shide's ability to keep Tubo from going further is already meritorious.

Unlike Guo Daifeng, Lou Shide has a very big picture, so this one happily went to the logistics force. Originally, Zheng Qi also wanted to follow. In front of Shi Nadaozhen, it is really not enough to look at.

What he didn't expect was that Lou Shide asked Xue Rengui to keep him and attack with Xue Rengui.Zheng Qi was a little surprised, but soon he also understood what Lou Shide meant, and Xue Rengui and Ashina Daozhen also understood.

Lou Shide is cultivating the next generation. Although these days the art of war is learned from his family, but most of the time it depends on talent. People who come out can also shine on the battlefield.

Both Xue Rengui and Lou Shide are in the latter category, but Ashina Daozhen...that's a racial talent, incomparable.Xue Rengui and Lou Shide have achieved a lot, but their children are talented in this area, but there are very few. Xue Rengui still has an eldest son, Xue Na, who supports the family, and Lou Shide... doesn't even have a family.

Under such circumstances, Lou Shide wants a talented student, but such a person is hard to find. Now he is optimistic about Zheng Qi. Although the two of them are not commensurate with each other as teachers and students, Zheng Qi's attitude towards him is already very obvious, just like treating him as a teacher.

Well, there is such a person, at least he can protect his Lou family from defeat in the future. As for Zheng Qi's character, he has no doubts. He still gritted his teeth and survived under such a difficult situation. If you have great perseverance, and Zheng Qi was born in a family with a close relationship with King Zhou, this investment in Lou Shide is not a loss.

The reason why Xue Rengui agreed to let Zheng Qi stay is that this person is considered to be a great hero. Although he is only a captain of Zhechong now, everyone knows that if he wins this battle, Zheng Qi will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. The credit of Xue Rengui is absolutely insignificant, and it is good to sell personal favors at this time, not to mention that Xue Rengui is also giving Lou Shide face, after all, the other party is very knowledgeable.

In this case, Zheng Qi stayed in the vanguard, but the cavalry he originally led were dispersed. Datang's formation method was accustomed to the combination of infantry and cavalry, and he would not deliberately combine these cavalry. The two arms are separated, so Zheng Qi still has about 500 people under his command now, but the distribution of these 500 people is much more balanced, and there are everything from infantry to crossbowmen to cavalry.

While Zheng Qi was continuing his disharmonious killing business on the front line, Li Xian's development of explosives had begun to bear fruit.

In fact, the formula has been researched a long time ago, and later everyone is studying how to keep this thing stable.

Yes, explosives are flammable and explosive items, and the best way to keep it stable is to use suitable materials to hold it, but this material...is not very easy to handle.

There are many ideas in Li Xian's mind, but in the end they were all defeated by backward science and technology. Later, Li Xian wanted to simply use kraft paper. Aren't those simple explosive packs made of kraft paper at the beginning?

It's just... there is no kraft paper in this era!Li Xian's whole body is a bit unwell. It feels like... If you want to invent something, you need to toss a lot of things.

So... the time to develop explosives is not as long as his time to study kraft paper.And in the process of studying kraft paper, Li Xian felt that he had revisited chemistry again—Nimma, the kraft paper is made by the sulfate method, and the main thing used is sodium sulfate, and in this era... What exactly is sodium sulfate? What is estimated that everyone does not know.

Li Xian could only ask people to find similar things based on the characteristics of sodium sulfate. Finally, he found coniferous wood as a raw material, and finally started working. However... kraft paper has certain requirements on the pH value. There was no tool to measure the pH value in the era, and Li Xian could only estimate it by himself, because he and no one could describe what the pH value was.

If he really wanted to explain, Li Xian felt that he needed to put everything about chemistry in his mind, but he didn't have it in his mind, so he had to work hard to let the craftsmen in the workshop try a little bit, a little bit. For the record, after getting a similar finished product, Li Xian made a decision, that's it.

After this process, Li Xian felt...he still wanted to go back to being an otaku qaq, and the life of a researcher was simply too difficult.

Come on, His Royal Highness Zhou Wang, you are just talking, but the people under you have run away.Those science tyrants in the Ministry of Industry think that His Royal Highness Zhou Wang is too much toss, but he can really toss and produce results.

After two or three tests, the explosive package was preliminarily determined to be relatively stable, and because the kraft paper is waterproof, it is not easy for the explosive to get wet. After handing over the report, let them and most of the generals of the Sixteenth Guards watch the explosive package. After gaining the power of the explosives, the Ministry of Industry began to work quickly to produce as many explosive kits as possible.

There are too many things involved in the explosive package, and the production of kraft paper has to keep up. Li Xian even asked people to replant as many trees as they fell down in his busy schedule.

Yes, in this era with a small population and few industries, the problem of soil erosion is not very serious, but it will take a lot of effort to deal with environmental problems when they become serious, which is much more difficult than starting maintenance now.

Although everyone didn't understand what King Zhou meant, they still did it obediently. Although Li Xian didn't feel it himself, his personal prestige in the Ministry of Industry had already been established—a person who could make explosives such as explosives. , does the beauty want to fight against him?Especially when that person is still noble.

So Xue Rengui, who was fighting on the front line, received the explosive packs from the imperial court, and because of these explosive packs, they saved a lot of worry when cleaning up Tubo. If Xue Rengui hadn't used it in strict accordance with the user guide sent by the Ministry of Industry, I'm afraid that the people on his side would also be lost.

Zheng Qi was also shocked by the power of explosives at the beginning, but when he knew that it was researched by Li Xian, he didn't feel any strange feeling at all, because he remembered the extremely lethal explosives that Li Xian had told him. Weapon, suddenly, he was also full of expectations for Li Xian - what kind of changes will that young man bring to Datang?

With the help of explosives, Xue Rengui led the army to beat Tubo back in one go. Not only did he beat back, he even beat all the way to Tubo's territory, once the army was only a hundred miles away.

Logic is the capital of Tubo, and its location is probably Lhasa in later generations. That is to say, if Xue Rengui was more cruel, he would probably be able to destroy Tubo.

It's just that Xue Rengui didn't do this. If he really wanted to destroy Tubo, Datang would suffer more losses and need to consume more food, grass and soldiers. After Tubo Zanpumangsongmanzan handed over the surrender letter, Xue Rengui stayed in Ashina Daozhen and stayed here, and he brought his teachers back to the dynasty.

Zheng Qi is also among the candidates for the class teacher to return to the imperial court. He didn't feel it when he was busy before, but now when he thinks about going back, Zheng Qi realizes that he is also a little homesick, misses his parents, and misses the sometimes stupid and shrewd King Zhou.

When Li Xian knew that Zheng Qi would come back, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He kept thinking about how Zheng Qi was doing now?The wind and sand in the Western Regions and the sun are poisonous, will Zheng Qi turn black and thin?But even if Zheng Qi turns black, she is still a black beauty, after all, the facial features are there.

But he never expected that what he greeted was a disfigured Zheng Qi.