Chapter 265 Children's play

In the edict, Linghu Zhitong (note) first sent troops from Fengxing to defend. The beginning of this order was not strange. Linghu Zhitong followed Liang Jishou and Li Wei and made more military achievements in the battle of Nanzhao. He had certain combat experience, and was not considered a famous general, and his command ability could not be considered mediocre.

Then Li Xian was asked to take charge of the governor of Luozhou, and then the marshal of Taozhou Road. Liu Shenli and others were the twelve generals, Li Xulun was the marshal of Liangzhou Road, and he led the left guard general Qi Bi He Li and others to fight against Tubo. The rank of ministers of the twelve generals was slightly lower than that of Li Wei, but there were some highlights, including Xiao Siye, the Minister of the Honglu who was fighting against Goguryeo and preparing to attack the Gongyue Division, and Pei Xingjian was also the chief manager of the second left army of Taozhou Road, and was under the jurisdiction of Li Xian.

It cannot be said that those who have no famous generals, whether they are Pei Xingjian or Qi Zhu Heli, are the top generals of the Tang Dynasty now. But these two marching marshals... Li Xian is better, what can Lao Si do when he goes to? In the future, should he go to junior high school or elementary school?

After hearing this, Li Wei sat in the East Palace and was in a daze. He made me stupid for this imperial edict.

He didn't need to ask, the third brother Li Xian and the fourth brother Li Xulun had already arrived at the East Palace.

Li Xian asked excitedly: "Brother, can I go?"

It seemed very happy, thinking that as soon as the troops were sent, they would be like Li Wei, and they would win the flag, and then lead the three armies back, and the people would greet each other in the road, and long live the mountain.

“Where to go?”

“Go to Shanzhou.”

"You can go, I ask you, Tubo is mostly cavalry, and I, the Tang Dynasty, were mostly infantry. How can I deal with the Tubo army attacks during the march?"

"First use Modao's hand to surround the outside, then place the archers in the second row, Modao cuts down the enemy's horse's legs, and shoots the bow and arrows behind."

"But Modao is very heavy and not many soldiers can use it. Even if there are, it can't be lifted for long. The Tubo people are just guerrillas, not attacking directly, and keep going around in circles outside, shooting arrows while circling. After a long time, what should I do if Modao can't lift his hand?"

"Brother, either bring a lot of catapults and gunpowder, use a sword and a bow and arrow outside to defend, and use a catapult inside to attack from a long time, how about?"

"Even if there are a large number of zombies and catapults, I'll ask you again, if the enemy is riding on horseback, will they quickly avoid it when you see you throw them?"

"But the sound will scare the war horses."

"Even if you scare the war horses, they will not fight with you for the first time, they will just harass you. If you are prepared, they will only harass you. Even if you scare the war horses, the speed of the cavalry is far beyond that of the soldiers and infantry, and you can still leave safely. If you are not prepared, immediately jump in and attack. Or if you do not relax your vigilance and keep defending, will there be a time to cast light? Then what should you do?"

“…”

"This is just an example. Let me ask you again. Once the imperial court attacks heavily, they are all soldiers from Hebei, Guanzhong, Hebei, and when they arrive at the high ground, they will be affected by the qi epidemic. I have also said this before, and the Ministry of War has sent people to prove the existence of the qi epidemic. What should you do?"

“…”

"Once the troops are sent, it is not a battle in the southwest, but it may be more than 100,000 troops. These troops cannot be placed in one place. Even in the southwest, I often divide the troops into several groups. How do you plan to divide the troops into action?"

“…”

"Third brother, you will still harm the little rabbit in Zhongnan Mountain or the little sparrow in Mount Li, don't harm the lives of nearly 100,000 soldiers."

“…”

"Third brother, not only you, but the troops were sent to the southwest, but they were just a group of barbarians. There were very few people and horses sent by Tubo, and my dynasty was ready. I didn't have any idea, so I followed Pei Xingjian's advice and moved forward."

"Then I might follow his advice, too."

"It's not that simple, you must be able to listen even if you listen. If you move forward, Liu Shangshu has the idea of ​​Liu Shangshu, Xiao Luqing has the idea of ​​Xiao Luqing, and Pei Shilang has the idea of ​​Pei Shilang. Besides, the court's name is the 12th General Manager, and it may not be possible to go all of them. How do you decide?"

“…”

It’s not that he underestimated the third brother, he was too young and didn’t understand. He didn’t understand either, but he remembered some knowledge from later generations. He did not use it because Pei Xingjian had no major battles before, nor did he look down on Xue Rengui because he failed, nor did he look down on him because Heiqi Changzhi was a Baekjean, and even had tolerate Liang Jishou. Moreover, he read some historical books and remembered some examples of war. Although he was talking about war on paper, he was definitely better than the third brother.

Seeing that the third brother had nothing to say, Li Wei turned his head and looked at Li Xulun, who was so big that he shook his head and said, "Brother, I don't have the idea of ​​going."

"You'd better take out sparrow eggs or fight crickets."

Li Xulun flattened his mouth unconvincedly, while Li Xian grinned and laughed loudly.

In fact, Li Wei couldn't figure out Li Zhi's idea. Is this a statement or another intention? But no matter how I don't understand it, I won't let the third and fourth brothers lead the army to fight. But my father didn't know much about military affairs. He fought many times and used civil officials to fight, but it was not that civil officials could not fight. For example, Pei Xingjian was a famous Confucian general, but he had special skills, and civil officials were definitely not as good as military generals who had been on the battlefield for a long time. My father did this better. Every time he went to the expedition, military generals led their troops and let civil officials govern the country.

Both civil and military have both thought, but how many people can do it!

No matter what the intention is, this imperial edict is like a joke.

...

Of course, Li Wei didn't say whether it could be done. His father was determined to think that the third and fourth brothers were geniuses and insisted on going to war. The third and fourth brothers did not dare to refuse.

Then Wu Chengsi asked Li Wei to visit the house.

Wu Zetian rewarded the original mansion of Mrs. Rongguo and Helan Minzhi to Wu Chengsi, but it was abandoned for a long time, so he allocated 5,000 yuan and renovated it. This made Li Wei smiled bitterly. The court's economy was not good. After working hard, he brought a lot of income to the court. For example, Pei Yan managed the tax on salt and sugar, and received more than 600,000 yuan last year. Or there were some income from tariffs, and there were others. From last autumn to now, it increased the income of at least one million yuan to the court.

But he had to prepare to use troops to the *** and Tubo. Before he could fight, he spent a lot of money to mobilize his troops. More than one million yuan was a huge wealth for individuals, but for the country, it was still very fast to use it. Poor Wei Hongji was very careful when he was building the Guangtong channel in order to save money, but he was not skilled in abacus, so he knocked his fingers and swollen.

Just decorating it will cost 5,000 yuan...

It also shows the father's mentality towards his mother.

But I didn't say anything, my cousin, so I came to Duke Zhou's mansion as an appointment. Wu Chengsi greeted him diligently and said repeatedly: "Your Highness arrives, and I feel that the glory is shining."

Li Wei just smiled and thought to himself, you are not Penghu. Apart from the imperial palace, there is almost no luxury in Chang'an City than your mansion.

However, when Wu Chengsi came to Chang'an for a while, the ministers had no favor or evil, not like Helan Minzhi's crazy, nor did he have the talent of Helan Minzhi. So he was low-key and very attentive to everyone, and he did not hit people with a smile. Since that was the case, the ministers couldn't say anything else. But because of the low-key, they came to Chang'an, and many people paid attention to him, and gradually neglected him.

However, Li Wei didn't think so. He vaguely felt that Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi in the future might be trouble for him in the future.

Wu Chengsi welcomed Li Wei into the mansion, and some guests had already arrived. He started to hold a banquet, clapped his hands and asked a group of servants to come in to perform the dance. It was not that he forced him to snatch it from the people, nor that he bought it. It was all drawn from Wu Zetian from the internal and external teachers' workshop and rewarded it.

Wu Chengsi respected Li Wei's wine with great sincerity and politeness. At least he seemed to be very polite. After drinking and eating, Li Wei said goodbye and returned to the East Palace. He was about to take a shower, and Pei Yuhe stopped in front of him.

Li Wei asked strangely: "Miss Pei, what are you going to do?"

"I, I am..." Pei Yuhe blushed and finally said: "Jiang Liangyuan has been pregnant for several months and can no longer serve His Highness to bathe. Let me serve His Highness."

"You are the Crown Princess."

Pei Yuhe was quiet when she arrived at the East Palace and did not scream, but tears appeared in her eyes with a word from the princess. But Li Wei was a little moved. As a human being, no matter what, her conscience should not be too bad. Her eyes softened, and she looked at Bier again, and her belly gradually grew bigger. In fact, Li Wei said several times, Bier disagreed and retorted: "Your Highness, I am pregnant for ten months, and I am only five or six months old, so it's not a big deal. When I was at home, I saw pregnant women who were pregnant for the first month and still went to the ground to work. And I bathed for Your Highness, and I felt at ease."

I got used to it, and there were no other candidates. I let other palace maids bathe for me, and Li Wei couldn't let go. Wan'er and Wei Yue were a little younger, and they couldn't let go. Pei Yuhe was so upset that she never thought about it.

Bier didn't say anything. If Li Wei said it, she could still say that I could move. But the princess wanted to bathe in the prince and dared not argue.

Li Wei finally said, "Bi'er, try to minimize your hard work in the future. Don't think about yourself, but also for the children in your belly. As for bathing, let's do it alone."

"How can this be done?" Bier and Pei Yuhe said in unison.

"Luxury can easily lead to depravity, and one's own will not want to depravity."

But you were the crown prince in the end, but Li Wei ignored them, walked in by himself, and started taking a shower. But after a while, Bier quietly came in, and Li Wei said, "Didn't Gu say that you don't need to bathe for Gu anymore."

"But, but..."

"No need, go out."

"I have another word to say."

"Tell me."

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is actually a good person."

"Well, I know."

"But you..."

"Are you treating her too thin? A silly girl is not as simple as you think. Behind her is not your family. If that family is unrest, even if Pei Yuhe is virtuous, there will be no peace in the East Palace."

Bier finally couldn't speak. Gradually, she grew up and knew more. The Crown Princess not only related to the Eastern Palace, but also to the future harem. For example, Empress Wang, Empress Wang's father Wang Renyou died early, but a famous uncle, the Secretary of the Secretariat, Liu Shi, once forced Li Zhi to make Li Zhong the crown prince. If her family was content with her and did not anger the emperor, how could the emperor sit by and watch her be killed by the current queen?

This is part of the reason, and Pei Yan will probably be restless. In fact, after all, it was forced by his parents, and it was not as Li Wei wished. Li Wei felt confused in his heart, and he always seemed like a forced melon.

...

Li Zhi issued a ridiculous imperial edict, but he did not stop. In August, he posthumously conferred the title of ancestors and then appointed himself as Emperor and Wu Zetian as Queen of Heaven. But not long after, he was regained the official title of Changsun Wuji, and his great-grandson Changsun Yi was appointed Duke of Zhao, and Xu Changsun Wuji was buried in Zhaoling.

Li Wei was not surprised by the previous decree. His father wanted to deal with political affairs, but his eyes couldn't see clearly and his health was not good. He could only rely on his mother and was named the Second Saint very early. However, when he heard the decree shortly afterwards, he was so shocked that he dropped the teacup on the ground.

Then murmured, "Did my father get sick often and gets confused because of his poor health?"
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