President of Datang [Transmigration Book]
Chapter 133
Li Tan finally waited for the governor of Lanzhou to ask for help, but it was much later than he planned. He turned his head and asked Gongsun Chui: "What did the messenger say?"
Gongsun Chui was a little puzzled and said: "The envoy said that Lanzhou is now facing two groups of enemies, and it is in danger. Please lend a helping hand to the king. The governor of Lanzhou is willing to plead guilty to the king."
After hearing this, Li Tan asked, "Two dials? Where..." Before he finished speaking, his expression changed: "It's broken! Tubo!"
Gongsun Chui was also a little surprised: "Tuban? How come? Yuan Zhe didn't send an emergency police."
Li Tan shook his head and said: "The border between Tubo and Datang is not just Shanzhou. Lanzhou also borders them. Shanzhou's defense line is solid. Doesn't Tubo look for places where the defense line is not stable? Lanzhou is also with them. I don’t know the ability of the governor of Lanzhou as it borders Tubo, but it seems obvious now that he won’t do it.”
After hearing this, Gongsun frowned: "But...why didn't Prince Zhu Xie remind me?"
He originally wanted to directly say whether Zhu Xieli had plans of his own, or whether he had any dealings with Tubo.
But after thinking about the relationship between Li Tan and Zhu Xieli, he decided not to say it so bluntly, so he asked this question tactfully.
However, Li Tan didn't think in that direction. Among other things, Zhu Xieli had a deep hatred with Tubo, and it was impossible for him to cooperate with Tubo.
Li Tan thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Zhu Xieli later when I see him."
Gongsun Chui asked, "Is Your Majesty going to fight?"
Li Tan sneered and smiled: "Everyone is asking for help, of course I'm going, but you go tell the messenger, I don't need the governor of Lanzhou to plead guilty, I just need him to get out!"
Gongsun Chui asked, "What if he refuses?"
Li Tan waved his hand: "This is no longer something he can decide. If I send troops, it means that he will step down. He will know it in his heart."
Gongsun Chui didn't continue to ask, but wondered who the governor of Lanzhou would fall to.
After digging through the entire state capital, he found that they were still quite short of people. At least one more Lanzhou governor would be produced, so there would be one less.
As for the candidate for the governor of Lanzhou who was missed by Gongsun Chui, Li Tan had already had an idea.
He went directly to visit Yan Zhenqing.
Yan Zhenqing was arranged in Weiyangfang. On the first day he came, he didn't see Li Tan, and he didn't see Li Tan on the second day. For half a month, every time he visited Li Tan, he was neither in the palace nor in the state capital. .
If it weren't for the fact that the neighbors are all important members of the state government, he would have wondered if Li Tan had any objections to him.
Now that Li Tan came to visit in person, Yan Zhenqing was really flattered.
In fact, Li Tan didn't mean to put Yan Zhenqing out on purpose, but he was too busy before. School had just started, and he left early and returned late every day, so he had enough time to deal with the affairs of the state capital.
Under such circumstances, he almost forgot about the fact that Yan Zhenqing was here, and even when Zhu Xieli's mother came over, Li Tan just met him in a hurry.
Yan Zhenqing invited Li Tan into the main hall. After Li Tan entered, he found that except for the standard decorations provided by the state government, the whole house basically had no other things added, and the life traces of Yan Zhenqing's family could not be less.
Li Tan sighed in his heart, Yan Zhenqing didn't have a sense of belonging to Liangzhou yet.
He originally thought that after half a month, Yan Zhenqing should have seen that Liangzhou is now considered a paradise.
After all, there are very few places where people can live and work in peace and contentment.
After Li Tan and Yan Zhenqing greeted each other, Li Tan asked directly: "I heard that Yan Xin is now fighting against the enemy in Fan Yang?"
What Li Tan was talking about was Yan Gaoqing, whose name was Xin. Yan Gaoqing is now in her 40s, an age who can be Li Tan's father. Li Tan felt that it was not good to call people by their names directly, so he called them by their names.
Yan Zhenqing probably didn't expect Li Tan to go straight to this topic, and nodded after a moment of surprise: "Yes."
Li Tan didn't continue to ask, but said: "I intend to send troops to rescue Chang'an. If I can save Chang'an, I will go to Luoyang again. If there is a chance, I will definitely rescue Yan Xin."
Unexpectedly, Yan Zhenqing said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive. An's bandits are powerful, and there are a few capable generals under his command. Dongdu... I'm afraid it won't be easy to take it."
Li Tan nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem, but the biggest problem now is not this. If you want to get Luoyang back, you have to wait until you save Chang'an, but unfortunately I can't save Chang'an now."
Yan Zhenqing asked: "But the problem of soldiers, horses, food and grass?"
Li Tan smiled wryly: "If it's just this problem, it's easy to talk about. Recruiting soldiers and buying horses can always be solved as long as you have money. It's the governors of Lanzhou and other three states. They don't agree to let me lead the troops through."
Yan Zhenqing didn't expect this to be the reason, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry after hearing this: "It's unreasonable, what are they going to do?"
Yan Zhenqing didn't think that Li Tan's army would be of much use, and perhaps it couldn't really save Chang'an.
But this kind of behavior itself is worth encouraging. If all the governors in the world stay behind closed doors, wouldn't the world be over?Who will save the saint?Who will save the prince?
Li Tan sighed and said: "They made an excuse that there is no imperial decree. In fact, everyone knows. Where can I get the imperial decree now? This is the reply they gave me before. Although I was annoyed at the time, there was nothing I could do. Did you fight yourself?"
Yan Zhenqing immediately said: "I will be a lobbyist for the king, go and talk to those governors!"
Li Tan stopped him and said, "Qing ministers, don't get excited. This happened half a month ago. Today, the governor of Lanzhou sent envoys. He said that An Lushan's army was approaching. At the same time, Tubo also sent troops to point directly at Lanzhou. He told me Call for help."
Yan Zhenqing was taken aback by this turn of events, and didn't know what to say for a while, carefully observed Li Tan's face, and finally said: "Save, we still have to save."
According to Yan Zhenqing's thinking, a young and ambitious prince like Li Tan must be arrogant.
It was normal for Li Tan to be dissatisfied with them in his heart. Now that the governor of Lanzhou came to ask for help, Li Tan was angry and didn't want to pay attention...it was normal.
However, Yan Zhenqing couldn't see Li Tan not going to save him, even if it was unfair to Li Tan, he couldn't trap the common people.
So Yan Zhenqing added: "Not for the governor, but for the common people."
Li Tan patted the table and said, "I think so too, but there is one more difficulty."
Yan Zhenqing had a premonition that Li Tan might be about to reveal his purpose now.
He said: "I am willing to share the worries and solve the problems for the king."
Li Tan immediately grabbed his hand and said, "That's very good. After thinking about it, only Qingchen is suitable for the position of governor of Lanzhou."
Yan Zhenqing:? ? ? ? ?
He was really dazed at this moment, and somehow he was abducted to the appointment of the governor of Lanzhou. He really couldn't keep up with Li Tan's train of thought.
Seeing that he was puzzled, Li Tan explained: "Isn't it that I judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? The main reason is that the governor of Lanzhou does not seem to have a big picture. It is impossible for me to only attack the Tubo army in Lanzhou in the future. It's enough to drive away with the rebels. We must follow the trend and go south. With the prestige of victory, the governor of Lanzhou will definitely not stop me, but I am worried that once I leave, he will continue to stay behind closed doors. If so, the army will It's very dangerous to be out alone."
Only then did Yan Zhenqing understand Li Tan's concerns, but he wondered why Li Tan was so sure that he could win?
Shouldn't it be the victory before the victory?
However, he is not good at pouring cold water on him now. If this pot of cold water is poured over, Li Tan loses his temper and doesn't plan to send troops. Wouldn't he be a sinner through the ages?
Thinking of this, Yan Zhenqing was a little embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty has sent you, I will take the lead, but... if someone says that this is a random fate..."
Li Tan said with a straight expression: "Don't worry, Qingchen, I will take on this matter with all my strength, and you don't want to refuse me. The most I can take on this matter is to go back to be a rich and idle king. At that time, the world is settled, and I have no regrets, if you are afraid that someone will not let you go."
Yan Zhenqing saw that Li Tan spoke freely, he didn't seem to care about the rights in his hands, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't get along with Li Tan very much, but he had met many high-ranking officials and nobles. It looks like it can be done.
After all, for many people, the word "responsibility" has never appeared in their lives!
Yan Zhenqing suppressed the excitement in her heart and cupped her hands and said: "Your Majesty obeys orders!"
If Li Tan can go all out, what worries does he have?Moreover, he was not familiar with Li Tan, and Li Tan actually dared to entrust Lanzhou to him. With such a heart and such trust, how could he refuse?
Li Tan got up immediately and said, "That's very good, I'll go to prepare right away, and after I've driven the enemy away, I'll send someone to pick up Qing Chen!"
But Yan Zhenqing said: "I would like to go out with the king!"
Li Tan was a little hesitant. Yan Zhenqing was a man of military literacy, but he was actually not top-notch. Although he had recruited troops and recruited a lot of people in history, he was mostly on the defensive. He had always been on the defensive. zero.
Of course, it can also be said that Yan Zhenqing has self-knowledge, but if this is the case, Yan Zhenqing followed the army, it can only be...seeing blood.
But seeing Yan Zhenqing's determined face, he still nodded and said: "That's fine, please Qingchen to make preparations early."
Li Tan told Yan Zhenqing some more about Lanzhou. In fact, Li Tan didn't know much about Lanzhou, so he could only give a rough idea.
And many of them are based on the books, but Yan Zhenqing is also familiar with those books describing geography, so Li Tan felt that he didn't need to tell him anything more.
After Li Tan left the Yan family, he turned around and told Gongsun Chui: He has found a candidate for the new governor of Lanzhou.
After hearing this, Gongsun was very curious. After asking around, he found that none of the people around him had been appointed by Li Tan. So out of curiosity, everyone came to him in groups and asked him who the governor of Lanzhou was.
Li Tan looked at the circle of people in front of him, and he was a little confused: "Aren't you going to work? What are you all running here for?"
He was looking at the map of Lanzhou, and was going to communicate with Zhu Xieli at that time, and find the best city gate to "fight". It would be even better if he entered the city gate by the way during the "war".
As a result, these people all ran over before the map was researched and understood.
Li Bai said very freely: "I won't delay anything for a while, the main thing is... who did the king promise to be the governor of Lanzhou?"
Li Tan glanced at Li Bai, and suddenly sympathized with Gongsun Chui.
In addition to the governor's handling of government affairs for a week, the rest is handled by Chang Shi and Sima.
As a result, in Liangzhou, Li Tan, as the governor, was busy with this and that every day, and had very little time to deal with government affairs, while Li Bai, as a Sima...basically did whatever he wanted, either he didn't do things, he just did things Not that important.
So all the burdens were placed on Gongsun Chui. Li Tan reckoned that if Gongsun Chui hadn't been produced by the system, he might have started to be bald by this time.
Gongsun Chui received Li Tan's sympathetic gaze, and looked back with some doubts.
Li Tan sympathizes with him, but Gongsun Chui himself is like a fish in water, he is not afraid of being busy, but he is afraid that no one will use him, leaving him with nowhere to display his abilities, and he is doing well now.
Li Tan withdrew his gaze and said, "I prefer Yan Qingchen."
Yan Qingchen?
Everyone was stunned for a moment, feeling that the name was a little strange, and then realized later that this was Yan Zhenqing?
So everyone began to study Yan Zhenqing's resume, which Gongsun Chui remembered more clearly.
After all, Gongsun Chui always thought that Li Tan would let Yan Zhenqing enter the state capital, but he didn't expect that he would directly let Yan Zhenqing be the governor of Lanzhou.
After Gongsun Chui talked about Yan Zhenqing's resume, Li Bai commented pertinently: "Yan Qingchen has the experience of serving in a local area, but he has never been a governor. Now it may be difficult for him to manage a state at the beginning, but it will not be too difficult. .”
Yes, Li Tan thought the same way, what he valued was Yan Zhenqing's advantage of having a place to work.
The people under him, except for Gongsun Chui, basically have no experience in serving the local area. If they really want to manage a local area independently, the best thing is to become a county magistrate first.
In this way, it will be easier to become the governor in the future. As for Gongsun Chui, although he has no experience, his role as a long history is no different from that of the governor, and he has to solve the problems left by the governor every day.
So it should be no problem to let Gongsunchui go to be the governor of Lanzhou, but how could Li Tan let Gongsunchui go?
What if Gongsun Chui left Liangzhou?
After choosing and choosing, there is only Yan Zhenqing.
Of course, he also had a more secret idea that he kept Yan Zhenqing in Lanzhou, so that Yan Zhenqing should not form an alliance with others in order to resist Anlu Mountain as in history, and then send his son out as a hostage.
Although this is a very normal thing in the eyes of both parties, it is too miserable for the person who was taken as a hostage, not to mention that the hostage is only ten years old now.
Seeing that Li Tan didn't change his mind, everyone in the state government left after gossiping, but everyone began to think about it.
Li Bai is a little entangled with this. He also has the heart to manage a state, but he also knows his own shortcomings and is not suitable.
Du Fu, on the other hand, was thinking about whether to ask for a foreign appointment. He had a premonition that with the start of Li Tan's army, there would definitely be more places lacking officials in the future.
The most important thing is that in the current situation, there are not many people who can trust Li Tan.
However, Li Tan didn't have this concern. He thought very simply, and if it didn't work out, he just...continue to draw friends.
Although it may not be possible to extract anything, this kind of troubled times will always be useful.
After solving his worries, Li Tan handed over the affairs of the academy to He Zhizhang. In fact, He Zhizhang had already expected such a day, so when Li Tan was preparing, he said to Li Tan: "In any case, protect yourself."
He wasn't worried about winning or losing this battle. After all, with Li Tan's ability, it might not be easy to lose this battle. The only thing he was worried about was that Li Tan would take the lead as before.
Although everyone thinks that Li Tan can protect himself, He Zhizhang is still worried that he will miss.
So he repeatedly told Li Tan to pay attention to safety, and even said very bluntly: "If Lanzhou can't be saved, don't be in a hurry. Liangzhou can't live without you."
Li Tan smiled and nodded. He Zhizhang felt helpless seeing him like this. If there was no Tubo army, he would not have to worry. The plan did not change quickly.
After Li Tan settled everything, he asked Chen Chong to gather his troops.
As a result, Princess Yuan'an probably got the news, so she came to Li Tan and asked, "Uncle 31, can you take me with you this time?"
Li Tan was a little surprised: "What did you do in the past?"
Princess Yuan'an quickly said: "It's not me, no, it's not just me, my people are also brought there, you can use it as you like."
After hearing this, Li Tan said with a serious face: "Do you know what you are talking about? You don't have many people in the first place. Although we used tricks before, but now there are Tibetans obstructing it, it will become very dangerous. The battlefield Casualties are inevitable, and I can't take care of everyone."
Princess Yuan'an said: "I know, but these people will go back to fight in the future, but recently they lived in Liangzhou very comfortably, so it's not good for them to be so comfortable, what should we do in the future? I heard that there are not many Tubo people this time, and it just happened to let them see the blood to practice their hands, even if there are casualties, they can be tolerated."
And Princess Yuan'an followed in the past, because she wanted to learn.
Although she has also read a lot of military books, it is not a good thing to talk about warfare on paper, so she needs to experience it up close.
If she can do it by herself, she plans to do it by herself, if she is really not that material...she decides to leave it to her son.
Li Tan repeatedly confirmed Princess Yuan'an's intention, and finally agreed after thinking about it.
In fact, if it were another person, Li Tan might break up these people and join the army.
After all, such an army, say it is the Tang army, or say it is not, no one knows whether they will listen or not.
However, when he thought that these were the last reliance of Princess Yuan'an, he couldn't bear it, so he acquiesced to this situation.
Princess Yuan'an seemed to be sure that Li Tan would not reject her, so she asked her subordinates to pack up their things and prepare to leave before coming to him.
But Li Tan didn't bring many people this time. Counting Princess Yuan'an's people, there were a total of 2000 people, and his own people were just over [-].
Yan Zhenqing, who accompanied the team, felt a little worried, three thousand against 15... Well, An Lushan may not transfer all the 15 troops here.
But Chang'an is such an important place, even if it is easily defeated, he will send heavy troops to guard it.
Li Tan has so few people...not enough.
Thinking of this, Yan Zhenqing asked: "Since your majesty is short of people, why don't you recruit righteous people from all over the world?"
Li Tan sighed in his heart, although Yan Zhenqing's trajectory had changed, but his idea of recruiting people when he lacked them remained unchanged.
Of course, this is not wrong. Li Tan did want to recruit soldiers, but what he wanted were obedient soldiers, unlike Yan Zhenqing who recruited passionate and righteous soldiers.
To put it more simply, most of those people are rangers.
Of course, in the face of national calamity, Rangers are not incapable of doing things, but the problem is that these people are uncontrollable, they do things with enthusiasm, and want them to become well-trained soldiers... That's embarrassing for them, and it's also embarrassing Li Tan!
As for why Li Tan is so clear... Just kidding, when they were playing games, these so-called knights of the rivers and lakes were actually... Aren't they high-level rangers?
When Li Tan was a player back then, if it wasn't for the missions that stipulated what to do, he would definitely do whatever he wanted, so he still picked up the missions to do it.
In reality, there are definitely not a few people who rely on their own abilities.
He thought for a while and said, "There are many capable people and strange men in the world, but not all of them can be used. At least for me, those people may not be more useful than these ordinary soldiers."
Yan Zhenqing didn't know whether to listen or not, so she nodded and said nothing.
But Li Tan started to worry a bit, don't look back, Yan Zhenqing "recruited soldiers" for him in Lanzhou and sent a bunch of rangers back, he will have to bother to train him when the time comes.
As they approached Lanzhou, the scouts sent by Li Tan were gradually able to find traces of the Tubo army.
Judging from the traces of these marches, the number of Tubo troops should not be very large.
Li Tan stroked his chin and said, "Well, who is leading the army?"
Tian Shengong, who had been with him since he was transferred back, had a premonition when he heard Li Tan's question: this Tubo general might not be able to go back.
Either be beaten to death here by Li Tan, or be captured by him. Judging from the previous situation, the possibility of being captured is higher.
But they had never heard of the name of the Tubo general sent this time, and Li Tan didn't even find the name of the other party in the system.
Thinking about it, this general is not an outstanding general. After all, no matter how powerful the system is, it won't record even a little ordinary person.
At least this general can find a name in the system, but most people in the world don't even have a name left.
After Li Tan finished feeling, he didn't want to pay any more attention to this person.
However, the news brought by the scouts made it difficult for him not to pay attention - the direction of the Tubo army was almost the same as their destination.
Li Tan took out the map and took a look. After confirming with the scouts, he couldn't help squinting his eyes and said, "Hu Yanlie got the defense map of Lanzhou?"
Hu Yanlie is the general of Tubo, he should be from Xianbei according to his surname, but he ran to Tubo for some reason.
And the reason why he judged that Hu Yanlie had obtained Lanzhou's defense map was because the opponent's destination was also the west gate of Lanzhou.
The West Gate is the weakest defense in Lanzhou, but Li Tan only knew this when he had the defense map of Lanzhou in his hand.
Even Zhu Xieli knew that Li Tan secretly told him the result, and now Hu Yanlie also knows, could it be that he was blind?
Li Tan would rather believe that he got the Lanzhou defense map than attribute it to ridiculous luck.
No one could answer his question. Li Tan thought for a while and said directly: "Order, set up camp."
Their destination today was originally to go directly to Lanzhou. When the Lanzhou army was stationed outside the city, Li Tan went in to meet the governor of Lanzhou.
It's just that now Li Tan always felt a little uneasy, so he decided to set up camp in advance and observe the situation first.
No one objected to his decision—there was no way to object, the combined experience of all the people here was not as good as Li Tan, so how could they not listen?
After Li Tan ordered the camp to be set up, he sent many scouts to inquire about the news. Of course, the most important thing was to see if the surrounding villages and towns were under threat.
If Hu Yanlie wants to fortify the wall and clear the country, Li Tan has no choice but to teach him to be a man first.
Seeing this, Princess Yuan'an quickly assumed the responsibility and sent her own people to spread all over the mountains and plains, then turned to Li Tan and said: "These people grew up on the grassland since childhood, although the situation in Lanzhou is different from the grassland, But at the end of the day there are similarities and it's better to let them go."
Li Tan laughed: "If you want them to go, let them go, you don't need to explain to me."
Princess Yuan'an had made her purpose very clear before she came, and Li Tan naturally understood him.
Princess Yuan'an smiled embarrassedly at him, Yan Zhenqing at the side just felt very strange, why King Ning could accept even female soldiers, but not those righteous men?
Li Tan didn't care about his questions. After the camp was set up, he drove everyone out, leaving only Qing Kong to serve by his side.
He has to wait for someone—Zhu Xieli.
Zhu Xieli didn't disappoint him either, and sneaked in in the middle of the night.
Li Tan looked up at him dressed in black, the standard nocturnal attire, and couldn't help but smile: "You look like a skilled stealer."
After hearing this, Zhu Xieli swept his eyes down, skipped between his legs and said: "Whether you can steal the chicken depends on whether you are willing."
Li Tan: ...
He speaks a yellow accent as soon as they meet, can this person get better?
Why do you feel that Zhu Xieli is letting himself go more and more?What about that gentle little handsome boy back then?Was it stolen by the years?
As if feeling Li Tan's speechlessness, Zhu Xieli leaned over to kiss him with a smile, and then whispered, "Would you like to?"
Li Tan pushed him angrily: "Don't make trouble!"
This is a tent, even if he is the most luxurious tent as the coach, there is not much sex to speak of, and anyone might notice any movement, how could he agree?
Zhu Xieli also knew about this situation, and just now he was just teasing Li Tan, but now seeing that he was a little angry, he sat up straight and said, "Why did you stop all of a sudden?"
He was so unprincipled just now, but in a blink of an eye he started discussing serious matters, Li Tan was about to lose his temper by Zhu Xieli.
He said helplessly: "My people traced the traces of Tubo, something is wrong."
After hearing this, Zhu Xieli also nodded and said: "I also feel that something is wrong here, as if someone is colluding with Tubo."
Li Tan was slightly surprised: "Collusion with Tubo?"
He really hadn't thought about this possibility before. What he had always thought was that Tubo might have obtained Lanzhou's defense map through some special means.
However, if someone in Lanzhou City has defected to Tubo, or if they are from Tubo... then this is not surprising at all.
Seeing Li Tan's solemn expression, Zhu Xieli said: "This is my guess, but it's too coincidental. The Tubo army moved a little later than me, but they came quickly. I think they have been waiting at the border for a long time. This makes me wonder if they have planned for a long time and have something ulterior motives."
Li Tan reached out and knocked on the book case in front of him and said, "This matter...is not easy to investigate."
In the past, he could send anyone to Lanzhou to check it out, but now Lanzhou basically cannot enter or exit, it is too difficult to let his own people enter, not to mention that even if he enters, it is difficult to pass the news out.
Zhu Xieli said in a low voice: "So this time the two of us may not only be as simple as acting, but maybe we need to cooperate."
Li Tan turned to look at him and asked, "You mean feint?"
Zhu Xieli nodded: "Yes, pretending to be you and I met halfway by accident, presumably Tubo is also sending scouts to watch you, and when we meet, he will definitely be attracted."
Li Tan frowned and said, "This is a bit...difficult."
In Li Tan's original plan, he and Zhu Xieli did not face each other.
After all, this is not a fight between the two of them, but a war. Even if it is acting, if the acting is not realistic enough, the other party can tell it at a glance.
And if we strive to be realistic, there may be casualties by then.
Is it wrong to die at the hands of one's own people?
Zhu Xieli said: "We can procrastinate, anyway, there are not no yelling and scolding before the battle."
Yes, sometimes wars these days are not just about hard power, but also about words.
If both parties are unsure and don't want to contact, but they don't want to lose, then they can send people out to scold them.
After hearing this, Li Tan couldn't help but have black lines all over his head. Since he led the army, he has never talked nonsense when beating people, and he has never played lip service when he said he would hit someone.
This has led to the fact that his soldiers are all in this style - if they can do it, they will never beep.
Both sides are not very good at scolding, what if Jiyan really fights?
However, I have to say that Zhu Xieli's method is quite good, they need to introduce Hu Yanlie to the station.
So after Zhu Xieli made an agreement with Li Tan, he led people to meet him by chance on Li Tan's only way to the west gate the next day.
Immediately after the two sides met, swords were on the verge of breaking out. After all the formations were arranged, the two sides began... to scold their mothers.
As the leader of the army, Li Tan is still a prince, and he still has to maintain the dignity of the royal family, so naturally he won't go out and scold him.
And if he didn't go as the supreme general, Zhu Xieli, as a general who was on an equal footing with him in this battle, naturally wouldn't come out either.
The two people in the back listened to the scolding in different ways in front, and they almost laughed like crazy.
Li Tanxin said that next time he should stop doing this kind of scolding thing, his army is not suitable for this style, so it's better to be simple and rough, just beat him up.
Otherwise, if he leads people to slap and yell and remember the situation of yelling and scolding just now, and accidentally laughs, where is he going to save face?
Although the yelling and cursing on both sides were very fierce, there was no intention of fighting at all.
After scolding for an hour, the scout sent by Li Tan finally came to report: "Your Majesty, the Tubo army seems to be marching this way again."
Li Tan sneered: "As expected."
He also understands Hu Yanlie's thoughts, doesn't he just want to have a fight between the snipe and the clam for the fisherman's profit?
However, Hu Yanlie probably didn't expect that this is actually a bureau, a bureau just for him.
Hu Yanlie was also cautious, he didn't get too close, and stopped at a far place. If Li Tan or Zhu Xieli made any changes at this distance, he could quickly command a counterattack, and if the counterattack failed, he would run away .
It is suitable for both in and out.
After stopping, he sent out scouts.
However, his scouts ran out for a long time without any news, let alone no news, even the people disappeared!
Hu Yanlie suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think about the trap, so he sent another team of scouts to investigate.
As a result, the team of scouts still disappeared without a trace.
By this time, if Huyanlie can no longer find any problems, then Tubo will probably perish.
Fortunately, he reacted in time and immediately ordered the camp to be withdrawn, but he hadn't decided whether to blend in with the previous war or retreat, and wait until the opponent was almost finished fighting.
Just when he was hesitating, he suddenly heard someone report: "General Qi, there are Tang troops coming from the left and right flanks of our army!"
Hu Yanlie was stunned for a moment: "Outflank? Impossible!"
These days, it is not called outflanking if two people come from the left and right. At least half of his army can be called outflanking.
He had sent scouts to observe before, and Li Tan didn't have many people under his command. Even if he could set up an ambush, but now he was fighting against the rebels, where did people come to trouble him?
While Hu Yanlie asked people to organize to defend against the attack, he sent scouts to see how many people there were.
And the number brought back by the scouts made him doubt his life.
Where did so many people come from?
Where else could it be, of course it's the people from Zhu Xieli's side.
The shouting and scolding before the battle was just for show, as long as there were a lot of people, it was fine, but in fact they each sent half of them to greet Yanlie.
In this regard, Hu Yanlie probably has more experience than all his seniors. After all, his seniors were all beaten by Li Tan alone, but he... was beaten by Zhu Xieli and Li Tan in a men's doubles.
The two people are on the left and the right, and the styles are in sharp contrast.
The one who looks refined and elegant, has a simple and rough fighting style, and rushes in with people directly, and the opponent is thrown off his feet.
But the one who looked fierce and ferocious was so flexible and changeable that people couldn't figure out which direction his people would go in the next moment.
Strictly speaking, Hu Yanlie is indeed a qualified general, but the problem is that he met Li Tan.
After Li Tan used the piano to boost everyone's status, he took out the insect flute, and directed a series of skills to Hu Yanlie.
Hu Yanlie's order had just been given halfway, and the whole person froze there in an instant, unable to move at all!
He was so anxious that his eyes rolled around, but he could only watch helplessly as his army was beaten to pieces because he didn't have a timely and effective command.
It can be said that the process of Hu Yanlie's arrest was actually simpler - they were not reduced to the point where they stood still and let Li Tan arrest them casually.
After the dust settled, Li Tan asked someone to clean up the battlefield. Just as he was about to discuss with Zhu Xieli what to do next, Zhu Xieli came over with a strange expression and said, "An Lushan sent someone to deliver a letter to me."
Li Tan was full of question marks, and then Zhu Xieli added: "He wants to recruit me."
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Gongsun Chui was a little puzzled and said: "The envoy said that Lanzhou is now facing two groups of enemies, and it is in danger. Please lend a helping hand to the king. The governor of Lanzhou is willing to plead guilty to the king."
After hearing this, Li Tan asked, "Two dials? Where..." Before he finished speaking, his expression changed: "It's broken! Tubo!"
Gongsun Chui was also a little surprised: "Tuban? How come? Yuan Zhe didn't send an emergency police."
Li Tan shook his head and said: "The border between Tubo and Datang is not just Shanzhou. Lanzhou also borders them. Shanzhou's defense line is solid. Doesn't Tubo look for places where the defense line is not stable? Lanzhou is also with them. I don’t know the ability of the governor of Lanzhou as it borders Tubo, but it seems obvious now that he won’t do it.”
After hearing this, Gongsun frowned: "But...why didn't Prince Zhu Xie remind me?"
He originally wanted to directly say whether Zhu Xieli had plans of his own, or whether he had any dealings with Tubo.
But after thinking about the relationship between Li Tan and Zhu Xieli, he decided not to say it so bluntly, so he asked this question tactfully.
However, Li Tan didn't think in that direction. Among other things, Zhu Xieli had a deep hatred with Tubo, and it was impossible for him to cooperate with Tubo.
Li Tan thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Zhu Xieli later when I see him."
Gongsun Chui asked, "Is Your Majesty going to fight?"
Li Tan sneered and smiled: "Everyone is asking for help, of course I'm going, but you go tell the messenger, I don't need the governor of Lanzhou to plead guilty, I just need him to get out!"
Gongsun Chui asked, "What if he refuses?"
Li Tan waved his hand: "This is no longer something he can decide. If I send troops, it means that he will step down. He will know it in his heart."
Gongsun Chui didn't continue to ask, but wondered who the governor of Lanzhou would fall to.
After digging through the entire state capital, he found that they were still quite short of people. At least one more Lanzhou governor would be produced, so there would be one less.
As for the candidate for the governor of Lanzhou who was missed by Gongsun Chui, Li Tan had already had an idea.
He went directly to visit Yan Zhenqing.
Yan Zhenqing was arranged in Weiyangfang. On the first day he came, he didn't see Li Tan, and he didn't see Li Tan on the second day. For half a month, every time he visited Li Tan, he was neither in the palace nor in the state capital. .
If it weren't for the fact that the neighbors are all important members of the state government, he would have wondered if Li Tan had any objections to him.
Now that Li Tan came to visit in person, Yan Zhenqing was really flattered.
In fact, Li Tan didn't mean to put Yan Zhenqing out on purpose, but he was too busy before. School had just started, and he left early and returned late every day, so he had enough time to deal with the affairs of the state capital.
Under such circumstances, he almost forgot about the fact that Yan Zhenqing was here, and even when Zhu Xieli's mother came over, Li Tan just met him in a hurry.
Yan Zhenqing invited Li Tan into the main hall. After Li Tan entered, he found that except for the standard decorations provided by the state government, the whole house basically had no other things added, and the life traces of Yan Zhenqing's family could not be less.
Li Tan sighed in his heart, Yan Zhenqing didn't have a sense of belonging to Liangzhou yet.
He originally thought that after half a month, Yan Zhenqing should have seen that Liangzhou is now considered a paradise.
After all, there are very few places where people can live and work in peace and contentment.
After Li Tan and Yan Zhenqing greeted each other, Li Tan asked directly: "I heard that Yan Xin is now fighting against the enemy in Fan Yang?"
What Li Tan was talking about was Yan Gaoqing, whose name was Xin. Yan Gaoqing is now in her 40s, an age who can be Li Tan's father. Li Tan felt that it was not good to call people by their names directly, so he called them by their names.
Yan Zhenqing probably didn't expect Li Tan to go straight to this topic, and nodded after a moment of surprise: "Yes."
Li Tan didn't continue to ask, but said: "I intend to send troops to rescue Chang'an. If I can save Chang'an, I will go to Luoyang again. If there is a chance, I will definitely rescue Yan Xin."
Unexpectedly, Yan Zhenqing said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive. An's bandits are powerful, and there are a few capable generals under his command. Dongdu... I'm afraid it won't be easy to take it."
Li Tan nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem, but the biggest problem now is not this. If you want to get Luoyang back, you have to wait until you save Chang'an, but unfortunately I can't save Chang'an now."
Yan Zhenqing asked: "But the problem of soldiers, horses, food and grass?"
Li Tan smiled wryly: "If it's just this problem, it's easy to talk about. Recruiting soldiers and buying horses can always be solved as long as you have money. It's the governors of Lanzhou and other three states. They don't agree to let me lead the troops through."
Yan Zhenqing didn't expect this to be the reason, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry after hearing this: "It's unreasonable, what are they going to do?"
Yan Zhenqing didn't think that Li Tan's army would be of much use, and perhaps it couldn't really save Chang'an.
But this kind of behavior itself is worth encouraging. If all the governors in the world stay behind closed doors, wouldn't the world be over?Who will save the saint?Who will save the prince?
Li Tan sighed and said: "They made an excuse that there is no imperial decree. In fact, everyone knows. Where can I get the imperial decree now? This is the reply they gave me before. Although I was annoyed at the time, there was nothing I could do. Did you fight yourself?"
Yan Zhenqing immediately said: "I will be a lobbyist for the king, go and talk to those governors!"
Li Tan stopped him and said, "Qing ministers, don't get excited. This happened half a month ago. Today, the governor of Lanzhou sent envoys. He said that An Lushan's army was approaching. At the same time, Tubo also sent troops to point directly at Lanzhou. He told me Call for help."
Yan Zhenqing was taken aback by this turn of events, and didn't know what to say for a while, carefully observed Li Tan's face, and finally said: "Save, we still have to save."
According to Yan Zhenqing's thinking, a young and ambitious prince like Li Tan must be arrogant.
It was normal for Li Tan to be dissatisfied with them in his heart. Now that the governor of Lanzhou came to ask for help, Li Tan was angry and didn't want to pay attention...it was normal.
However, Yan Zhenqing couldn't see Li Tan not going to save him, even if it was unfair to Li Tan, he couldn't trap the common people.
So Yan Zhenqing added: "Not for the governor, but for the common people."
Li Tan patted the table and said, "I think so too, but there is one more difficulty."
Yan Zhenqing had a premonition that Li Tan might be about to reveal his purpose now.
He said: "I am willing to share the worries and solve the problems for the king."
Li Tan immediately grabbed his hand and said, "That's very good. After thinking about it, only Qingchen is suitable for the position of governor of Lanzhou."
Yan Zhenqing:? ? ? ? ?
He was really dazed at this moment, and somehow he was abducted to the appointment of the governor of Lanzhou. He really couldn't keep up with Li Tan's train of thought.
Seeing that he was puzzled, Li Tan explained: "Isn't it that I judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? The main reason is that the governor of Lanzhou does not seem to have a big picture. It is impossible for me to only attack the Tubo army in Lanzhou in the future. It's enough to drive away with the rebels. We must follow the trend and go south. With the prestige of victory, the governor of Lanzhou will definitely not stop me, but I am worried that once I leave, he will continue to stay behind closed doors. If so, the army will It's very dangerous to be out alone."
Only then did Yan Zhenqing understand Li Tan's concerns, but he wondered why Li Tan was so sure that he could win?
Shouldn't it be the victory before the victory?
However, he is not good at pouring cold water on him now. If this pot of cold water is poured over, Li Tan loses his temper and doesn't plan to send troops. Wouldn't he be a sinner through the ages?
Thinking of this, Yan Zhenqing was a little embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty has sent you, I will take the lead, but... if someone says that this is a random fate..."
Li Tan said with a straight expression: "Don't worry, Qingchen, I will take on this matter with all my strength, and you don't want to refuse me. The most I can take on this matter is to go back to be a rich and idle king. At that time, the world is settled, and I have no regrets, if you are afraid that someone will not let you go."
Yan Zhenqing saw that Li Tan spoke freely, he didn't seem to care about the rights in his hands, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't get along with Li Tan very much, but he had met many high-ranking officials and nobles. It looks like it can be done.
After all, for many people, the word "responsibility" has never appeared in their lives!
Yan Zhenqing suppressed the excitement in her heart and cupped her hands and said: "Your Majesty obeys orders!"
If Li Tan can go all out, what worries does he have?Moreover, he was not familiar with Li Tan, and Li Tan actually dared to entrust Lanzhou to him. With such a heart and such trust, how could he refuse?
Li Tan got up immediately and said, "That's very good, I'll go to prepare right away, and after I've driven the enemy away, I'll send someone to pick up Qing Chen!"
But Yan Zhenqing said: "I would like to go out with the king!"
Li Tan was a little hesitant. Yan Zhenqing was a man of military literacy, but he was actually not top-notch. Although he had recruited troops and recruited a lot of people in history, he was mostly on the defensive. He had always been on the defensive. zero.
Of course, it can also be said that Yan Zhenqing has self-knowledge, but if this is the case, Yan Zhenqing followed the army, it can only be...seeing blood.
But seeing Yan Zhenqing's determined face, he still nodded and said: "That's fine, please Qingchen to make preparations early."
Li Tan told Yan Zhenqing some more about Lanzhou. In fact, Li Tan didn't know much about Lanzhou, so he could only give a rough idea.
And many of them are based on the books, but Yan Zhenqing is also familiar with those books describing geography, so Li Tan felt that he didn't need to tell him anything more.
After Li Tan left the Yan family, he turned around and told Gongsun Chui: He has found a candidate for the new governor of Lanzhou.
After hearing this, Gongsun was very curious. After asking around, he found that none of the people around him had been appointed by Li Tan. So out of curiosity, everyone came to him in groups and asked him who the governor of Lanzhou was.
Li Tan looked at the circle of people in front of him, and he was a little confused: "Aren't you going to work? What are you all running here for?"
He was looking at the map of Lanzhou, and was going to communicate with Zhu Xieli at that time, and find the best city gate to "fight". It would be even better if he entered the city gate by the way during the "war".
As a result, these people all ran over before the map was researched and understood.
Li Bai said very freely: "I won't delay anything for a while, the main thing is... who did the king promise to be the governor of Lanzhou?"
Li Tan glanced at Li Bai, and suddenly sympathized with Gongsun Chui.
In addition to the governor's handling of government affairs for a week, the rest is handled by Chang Shi and Sima.
As a result, in Liangzhou, Li Tan, as the governor, was busy with this and that every day, and had very little time to deal with government affairs, while Li Bai, as a Sima...basically did whatever he wanted, either he didn't do things, he just did things Not that important.
So all the burdens were placed on Gongsun Chui. Li Tan reckoned that if Gongsun Chui hadn't been produced by the system, he might have started to be bald by this time.
Gongsun Chui received Li Tan's sympathetic gaze, and looked back with some doubts.
Li Tan sympathizes with him, but Gongsun Chui himself is like a fish in water, he is not afraid of being busy, but he is afraid that no one will use him, leaving him with nowhere to display his abilities, and he is doing well now.
Li Tan withdrew his gaze and said, "I prefer Yan Qingchen."
Yan Qingchen?
Everyone was stunned for a moment, feeling that the name was a little strange, and then realized later that this was Yan Zhenqing?
So everyone began to study Yan Zhenqing's resume, which Gongsun Chui remembered more clearly.
After all, Gongsun Chui always thought that Li Tan would let Yan Zhenqing enter the state capital, but he didn't expect that he would directly let Yan Zhenqing be the governor of Lanzhou.
After Gongsun Chui talked about Yan Zhenqing's resume, Li Bai commented pertinently: "Yan Qingchen has the experience of serving in a local area, but he has never been a governor. Now it may be difficult for him to manage a state at the beginning, but it will not be too difficult. .”
Yes, Li Tan thought the same way, what he valued was Yan Zhenqing's advantage of having a place to work.
The people under him, except for Gongsun Chui, basically have no experience in serving the local area. If they really want to manage a local area independently, the best thing is to become a county magistrate first.
In this way, it will be easier to become the governor in the future. As for Gongsun Chui, although he has no experience, his role as a long history is no different from that of the governor, and he has to solve the problems left by the governor every day.
So it should be no problem to let Gongsunchui go to be the governor of Lanzhou, but how could Li Tan let Gongsunchui go?
What if Gongsun Chui left Liangzhou?
After choosing and choosing, there is only Yan Zhenqing.
Of course, he also had a more secret idea that he kept Yan Zhenqing in Lanzhou, so that Yan Zhenqing should not form an alliance with others in order to resist Anlu Mountain as in history, and then send his son out as a hostage.
Although this is a very normal thing in the eyes of both parties, it is too miserable for the person who was taken as a hostage, not to mention that the hostage is only ten years old now.
Seeing that Li Tan didn't change his mind, everyone in the state government left after gossiping, but everyone began to think about it.
Li Bai is a little entangled with this. He also has the heart to manage a state, but he also knows his own shortcomings and is not suitable.
Du Fu, on the other hand, was thinking about whether to ask for a foreign appointment. He had a premonition that with the start of Li Tan's army, there would definitely be more places lacking officials in the future.
The most important thing is that in the current situation, there are not many people who can trust Li Tan.
However, Li Tan didn't have this concern. He thought very simply, and if it didn't work out, he just...continue to draw friends.
Although it may not be possible to extract anything, this kind of troubled times will always be useful.
After solving his worries, Li Tan handed over the affairs of the academy to He Zhizhang. In fact, He Zhizhang had already expected such a day, so when Li Tan was preparing, he said to Li Tan: "In any case, protect yourself."
He wasn't worried about winning or losing this battle. After all, with Li Tan's ability, it might not be easy to lose this battle. The only thing he was worried about was that Li Tan would take the lead as before.
Although everyone thinks that Li Tan can protect himself, He Zhizhang is still worried that he will miss.
So he repeatedly told Li Tan to pay attention to safety, and even said very bluntly: "If Lanzhou can't be saved, don't be in a hurry. Liangzhou can't live without you."
Li Tan smiled and nodded. He Zhizhang felt helpless seeing him like this. If there was no Tubo army, he would not have to worry. The plan did not change quickly.
After Li Tan settled everything, he asked Chen Chong to gather his troops.
As a result, Princess Yuan'an probably got the news, so she came to Li Tan and asked, "Uncle 31, can you take me with you this time?"
Li Tan was a little surprised: "What did you do in the past?"
Princess Yuan'an quickly said: "It's not me, no, it's not just me, my people are also brought there, you can use it as you like."
After hearing this, Li Tan said with a serious face: "Do you know what you are talking about? You don't have many people in the first place. Although we used tricks before, but now there are Tibetans obstructing it, it will become very dangerous. The battlefield Casualties are inevitable, and I can't take care of everyone."
Princess Yuan'an said: "I know, but these people will go back to fight in the future, but recently they lived in Liangzhou very comfortably, so it's not good for them to be so comfortable, what should we do in the future? I heard that there are not many Tubo people this time, and it just happened to let them see the blood to practice their hands, even if there are casualties, they can be tolerated."
And Princess Yuan'an followed in the past, because she wanted to learn.
Although she has also read a lot of military books, it is not a good thing to talk about warfare on paper, so she needs to experience it up close.
If she can do it by herself, she plans to do it by herself, if she is really not that material...she decides to leave it to her son.
Li Tan repeatedly confirmed Princess Yuan'an's intention, and finally agreed after thinking about it.
In fact, if it were another person, Li Tan might break up these people and join the army.
After all, such an army, say it is the Tang army, or say it is not, no one knows whether they will listen or not.
However, when he thought that these were the last reliance of Princess Yuan'an, he couldn't bear it, so he acquiesced to this situation.
Princess Yuan'an seemed to be sure that Li Tan would not reject her, so she asked her subordinates to pack up their things and prepare to leave before coming to him.
But Li Tan didn't bring many people this time. Counting Princess Yuan'an's people, there were a total of 2000 people, and his own people were just over [-].
Yan Zhenqing, who accompanied the team, felt a little worried, three thousand against 15... Well, An Lushan may not transfer all the 15 troops here.
But Chang'an is such an important place, even if it is easily defeated, he will send heavy troops to guard it.
Li Tan has so few people...not enough.
Thinking of this, Yan Zhenqing asked: "Since your majesty is short of people, why don't you recruit righteous people from all over the world?"
Li Tan sighed in his heart, although Yan Zhenqing's trajectory had changed, but his idea of recruiting people when he lacked them remained unchanged.
Of course, this is not wrong. Li Tan did want to recruit soldiers, but what he wanted were obedient soldiers, unlike Yan Zhenqing who recruited passionate and righteous soldiers.
To put it more simply, most of those people are rangers.
Of course, in the face of national calamity, Rangers are not incapable of doing things, but the problem is that these people are uncontrollable, they do things with enthusiasm, and want them to become well-trained soldiers... That's embarrassing for them, and it's also embarrassing Li Tan!
As for why Li Tan is so clear... Just kidding, when they were playing games, these so-called knights of the rivers and lakes were actually... Aren't they high-level rangers?
When Li Tan was a player back then, if it wasn't for the missions that stipulated what to do, he would definitely do whatever he wanted, so he still picked up the missions to do it.
In reality, there are definitely not a few people who rely on their own abilities.
He thought for a while and said, "There are many capable people and strange men in the world, but not all of them can be used. At least for me, those people may not be more useful than these ordinary soldiers."
Yan Zhenqing didn't know whether to listen or not, so she nodded and said nothing.
But Li Tan started to worry a bit, don't look back, Yan Zhenqing "recruited soldiers" for him in Lanzhou and sent a bunch of rangers back, he will have to bother to train him when the time comes.
As they approached Lanzhou, the scouts sent by Li Tan were gradually able to find traces of the Tubo army.
Judging from the traces of these marches, the number of Tubo troops should not be very large.
Li Tan stroked his chin and said, "Well, who is leading the army?"
Tian Shengong, who had been with him since he was transferred back, had a premonition when he heard Li Tan's question: this Tubo general might not be able to go back.
Either be beaten to death here by Li Tan, or be captured by him. Judging from the previous situation, the possibility of being captured is higher.
But they had never heard of the name of the Tubo general sent this time, and Li Tan didn't even find the name of the other party in the system.
Thinking about it, this general is not an outstanding general. After all, no matter how powerful the system is, it won't record even a little ordinary person.
At least this general can find a name in the system, but most people in the world don't even have a name left.
After Li Tan finished feeling, he didn't want to pay any more attention to this person.
However, the news brought by the scouts made it difficult for him not to pay attention - the direction of the Tubo army was almost the same as their destination.
Li Tan took out the map and took a look. After confirming with the scouts, he couldn't help squinting his eyes and said, "Hu Yanlie got the defense map of Lanzhou?"
Hu Yanlie is the general of Tubo, he should be from Xianbei according to his surname, but he ran to Tubo for some reason.
And the reason why he judged that Hu Yanlie had obtained Lanzhou's defense map was because the opponent's destination was also the west gate of Lanzhou.
The West Gate is the weakest defense in Lanzhou, but Li Tan only knew this when he had the defense map of Lanzhou in his hand.
Even Zhu Xieli knew that Li Tan secretly told him the result, and now Hu Yanlie also knows, could it be that he was blind?
Li Tan would rather believe that he got the Lanzhou defense map than attribute it to ridiculous luck.
No one could answer his question. Li Tan thought for a while and said directly: "Order, set up camp."
Their destination today was originally to go directly to Lanzhou. When the Lanzhou army was stationed outside the city, Li Tan went in to meet the governor of Lanzhou.
It's just that now Li Tan always felt a little uneasy, so he decided to set up camp in advance and observe the situation first.
No one objected to his decision—there was no way to object, the combined experience of all the people here was not as good as Li Tan, so how could they not listen?
After Li Tan ordered the camp to be set up, he sent many scouts to inquire about the news. Of course, the most important thing was to see if the surrounding villages and towns were under threat.
If Hu Yanlie wants to fortify the wall and clear the country, Li Tan has no choice but to teach him to be a man first.
Seeing this, Princess Yuan'an quickly assumed the responsibility and sent her own people to spread all over the mountains and plains, then turned to Li Tan and said: "These people grew up on the grassland since childhood, although the situation in Lanzhou is different from the grassland, But at the end of the day there are similarities and it's better to let them go."
Li Tan laughed: "If you want them to go, let them go, you don't need to explain to me."
Princess Yuan'an had made her purpose very clear before she came, and Li Tan naturally understood him.
Princess Yuan'an smiled embarrassedly at him, Yan Zhenqing at the side just felt very strange, why King Ning could accept even female soldiers, but not those righteous men?
Li Tan didn't care about his questions. After the camp was set up, he drove everyone out, leaving only Qing Kong to serve by his side.
He has to wait for someone—Zhu Xieli.
Zhu Xieli didn't disappoint him either, and sneaked in in the middle of the night.
Li Tan looked up at him dressed in black, the standard nocturnal attire, and couldn't help but smile: "You look like a skilled stealer."
After hearing this, Zhu Xieli swept his eyes down, skipped between his legs and said: "Whether you can steal the chicken depends on whether you are willing."
Li Tan: ...
He speaks a yellow accent as soon as they meet, can this person get better?
Why do you feel that Zhu Xieli is letting himself go more and more?What about that gentle little handsome boy back then?Was it stolen by the years?
As if feeling Li Tan's speechlessness, Zhu Xieli leaned over to kiss him with a smile, and then whispered, "Would you like to?"
Li Tan pushed him angrily: "Don't make trouble!"
This is a tent, even if he is the most luxurious tent as the coach, there is not much sex to speak of, and anyone might notice any movement, how could he agree?
Zhu Xieli also knew about this situation, and just now he was just teasing Li Tan, but now seeing that he was a little angry, he sat up straight and said, "Why did you stop all of a sudden?"
He was so unprincipled just now, but in a blink of an eye he started discussing serious matters, Li Tan was about to lose his temper by Zhu Xieli.
He said helplessly: "My people traced the traces of Tubo, something is wrong."
After hearing this, Zhu Xieli also nodded and said: "I also feel that something is wrong here, as if someone is colluding with Tubo."
Li Tan was slightly surprised: "Collusion with Tubo?"
He really hadn't thought about this possibility before. What he had always thought was that Tubo might have obtained Lanzhou's defense map through some special means.
However, if someone in Lanzhou City has defected to Tubo, or if they are from Tubo... then this is not surprising at all.
Seeing Li Tan's solemn expression, Zhu Xieli said: "This is my guess, but it's too coincidental. The Tubo army moved a little later than me, but they came quickly. I think they have been waiting at the border for a long time. This makes me wonder if they have planned for a long time and have something ulterior motives."
Li Tan reached out and knocked on the book case in front of him and said, "This matter...is not easy to investigate."
In the past, he could send anyone to Lanzhou to check it out, but now Lanzhou basically cannot enter or exit, it is too difficult to let his own people enter, not to mention that even if he enters, it is difficult to pass the news out.
Zhu Xieli said in a low voice: "So this time the two of us may not only be as simple as acting, but maybe we need to cooperate."
Li Tan turned to look at him and asked, "You mean feint?"
Zhu Xieli nodded: "Yes, pretending to be you and I met halfway by accident, presumably Tubo is also sending scouts to watch you, and when we meet, he will definitely be attracted."
Li Tan frowned and said, "This is a bit...difficult."
In Li Tan's original plan, he and Zhu Xieli did not face each other.
After all, this is not a fight between the two of them, but a war. Even if it is acting, if the acting is not realistic enough, the other party can tell it at a glance.
And if we strive to be realistic, there may be casualties by then.
Is it wrong to die at the hands of one's own people?
Zhu Xieli said: "We can procrastinate, anyway, there are not no yelling and scolding before the battle."
Yes, sometimes wars these days are not just about hard power, but also about words.
If both parties are unsure and don't want to contact, but they don't want to lose, then they can send people out to scold them.
After hearing this, Li Tan couldn't help but have black lines all over his head. Since he led the army, he has never talked nonsense when beating people, and he has never played lip service when he said he would hit someone.
This has led to the fact that his soldiers are all in this style - if they can do it, they will never beep.
Both sides are not very good at scolding, what if Jiyan really fights?
However, I have to say that Zhu Xieli's method is quite good, they need to introduce Hu Yanlie to the station.
So after Zhu Xieli made an agreement with Li Tan, he led people to meet him by chance on Li Tan's only way to the west gate the next day.
Immediately after the two sides met, swords were on the verge of breaking out. After all the formations were arranged, the two sides began... to scold their mothers.
As the leader of the army, Li Tan is still a prince, and he still has to maintain the dignity of the royal family, so naturally he won't go out and scold him.
And if he didn't go as the supreme general, Zhu Xieli, as a general who was on an equal footing with him in this battle, naturally wouldn't come out either.
The two people in the back listened to the scolding in different ways in front, and they almost laughed like crazy.
Li Tanxin said that next time he should stop doing this kind of scolding thing, his army is not suitable for this style, so it's better to be simple and rough, just beat him up.
Otherwise, if he leads people to slap and yell and remember the situation of yelling and scolding just now, and accidentally laughs, where is he going to save face?
Although the yelling and cursing on both sides were very fierce, there was no intention of fighting at all.
After scolding for an hour, the scout sent by Li Tan finally came to report: "Your Majesty, the Tubo army seems to be marching this way again."
Li Tan sneered: "As expected."
He also understands Hu Yanlie's thoughts, doesn't he just want to have a fight between the snipe and the clam for the fisherman's profit?
However, Hu Yanlie probably didn't expect that this is actually a bureau, a bureau just for him.
Hu Yanlie was also cautious, he didn't get too close, and stopped at a far place. If Li Tan or Zhu Xieli made any changes at this distance, he could quickly command a counterattack, and if the counterattack failed, he would run away .
It is suitable for both in and out.
After stopping, he sent out scouts.
However, his scouts ran out for a long time without any news, let alone no news, even the people disappeared!
Hu Yanlie suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think about the trap, so he sent another team of scouts to investigate.
As a result, the team of scouts still disappeared without a trace.
By this time, if Huyanlie can no longer find any problems, then Tubo will probably perish.
Fortunately, he reacted in time and immediately ordered the camp to be withdrawn, but he hadn't decided whether to blend in with the previous war or retreat, and wait until the opponent was almost finished fighting.
Just when he was hesitating, he suddenly heard someone report: "General Qi, there are Tang troops coming from the left and right flanks of our army!"
Hu Yanlie was stunned for a moment: "Outflank? Impossible!"
These days, it is not called outflanking if two people come from the left and right. At least half of his army can be called outflanking.
He had sent scouts to observe before, and Li Tan didn't have many people under his command. Even if he could set up an ambush, but now he was fighting against the rebels, where did people come to trouble him?
While Hu Yanlie asked people to organize to defend against the attack, he sent scouts to see how many people there were.
And the number brought back by the scouts made him doubt his life.
Where did so many people come from?
Where else could it be, of course it's the people from Zhu Xieli's side.
The shouting and scolding before the battle was just for show, as long as there were a lot of people, it was fine, but in fact they each sent half of them to greet Yanlie.
In this regard, Hu Yanlie probably has more experience than all his seniors. After all, his seniors were all beaten by Li Tan alone, but he... was beaten by Zhu Xieli and Li Tan in a men's doubles.
The two people are on the left and the right, and the styles are in sharp contrast.
The one who looks refined and elegant, has a simple and rough fighting style, and rushes in with people directly, and the opponent is thrown off his feet.
But the one who looked fierce and ferocious was so flexible and changeable that people couldn't figure out which direction his people would go in the next moment.
Strictly speaking, Hu Yanlie is indeed a qualified general, but the problem is that he met Li Tan.
After Li Tan used the piano to boost everyone's status, he took out the insect flute, and directed a series of skills to Hu Yanlie.
Hu Yanlie's order had just been given halfway, and the whole person froze there in an instant, unable to move at all!
He was so anxious that his eyes rolled around, but he could only watch helplessly as his army was beaten to pieces because he didn't have a timely and effective command.
It can be said that the process of Hu Yanlie's arrest was actually simpler - they were not reduced to the point where they stood still and let Li Tan arrest them casually.
After the dust settled, Li Tan asked someone to clean up the battlefield. Just as he was about to discuss with Zhu Xieli what to do next, Zhu Xieli came over with a strange expression and said, "An Lushan sent someone to deliver a letter to me."
Li Tan was full of question marks, and then Zhu Xieli added: "He wants to recruit me."
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