Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 133 How Many Books Are Referenced?

Seeing the helplessness on Li Zhiyun's face, Zhao Cijing had no choice but to comfort him: "Your Highness, the court is in danger right now, so you should take care of it."

Li Zhiyun smiled wryly and said: "I can bear it, but the battlefield is dangerous, I can't guarantee that Zhu Can will also bear it."

Speaking of Zhu Can, Zhao Cijing pondered for a while, and reminded: "Your Highness, the entrapment of King Changping is the biggest difficulty of your trip. In any case, as long as you rescue King Changping, Your Highness will not be considered a failure. The saint is worried about King Changping, You understand this."

"What my brother-in-law said, my younger brother will remember."

After chatting with Zhao Cijing for a while, Li Zhiyun thought of something and said, "Brother-in-law, what is Zhao Cihao's job now?"

"Not out yet."

"Well, there is still a lack of a good general in our army. If my brother-in-law can trust my younger brother, let him come to my subordinates to seek an official position."

Hearing this, Zhao Cijing was overjoyed, this was obviously an opportunity to gild the younger brother, only a fool would refuse.

"So, I would like to thank Your Highness for being here." He stood up and cupped his hands.

Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "You and I are relatives, this is just a trivial matter, not worth taking it to heart. Don't worry brother-in-law, younger brother will protect Cihao well."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Cijing murmured: "Zhiyun, if you really lack bows and arrows, you can go to the prisoner to have a look."

"Will be a prisoner?"

"Well." Zhao Cijing explained: "The general supervisor is responsible for the civil construction of the palace, ancestral temple, and mausoleum. They should have a lot of wood. If you can speak eloquently, I can make arrows for you with Yang Shilang from the Ministry of Industry. .”

The truth is this is true, Yang Shilang of the Ministry of Industry is Yang Shigui, his grandfather-in-law, he will definitely help if he says hello.

It's just that he really doesn't know who is in charge of the general supervisor.

"Who is the current master craftsman?"

"Chen Guogong."

Chen Guogong is Dou Kang.

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun's heart turned cold.

In terms of seniority, Dou Kang is actually Li Zhiyun's uncle, but he is not relative.

In fact, Dou Kang and Li Jiancheng are not relatives.

There are mainly three branches of the Guanlong Dou family, known as the three ancestral houses.They have a common ancestor named Dou Lue.

Dou Lue was the general who conquered the North in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He had five sons, the first two were not famous, and the last three were more powerful.

They are the third son Dou Yue, the fourth son Dou Shan, and the fifth son Dou Chi.

Among them, Dou Wei came out of Dou Chi's room, and he was Dou Chi's son.

Dou Kang was born in Dou Shanfang, and he is the grandson of Dou Shan.

The Taimu Empress Dou was born in Dou Yuefang, and she is Dou Yue's granddaughter.

Therefore, Dou Wei's seniority is relatively high, and he is also the leading figure in Guanlong, so he often trains "Dou's son-in-law Li Yuan" as his grandson.

Li Jiancheng and Dou Kang are separated by some distance, let alone Li Zhiyun, a bastard?
It would be no problem if it was replaced by the second brother Li Shimin. Dou's family was already friendly with Li Shimin. As for himself, Li Zhiyun thought about it and let it go.

Back at the palace, Du Ruhui was counting the supplies and weapons for this trip. Seeing Li Zhiyun's return, he hurriedly asked about the bows, crossbows and arrows, and Li Zhiyun had to tell the truth.

"Barely enough." Du Ruhui comforted: "Don't worry, Your Highness. Most of Zhu Can's troops are made up of refugees. In terms of bow and arrow skills alone, their combat power is definitely not as good as ours."

Li Zhiyun nodded and said: "I know this, but Zhu Can defeated Lu Zizang and Ma Yuangui first, and then defeated King Changping. I am afraid that his morale is high. You and I should not underestimate him, so as not to repeat the same mistakes."

When fighting a war, one must be fully prepared. Even if the opponent is Zhu Can, who is not popular, Li Zhiyun will not underestimate him.The black spots of so many famous generals in history were wiped out due to carelessness, but Guan Erye was a wise man, but he was defeated and left Maicheng. This is vigilance.

"Your Highness said so." Du Ruhui pondered for a moment, and said: "The idea of ​​this subordinate is, if you can't arm an army of [-], can you form an elite army and attack Zhu Can with a surprise army?"

Raiders?

"Can consider it."

Li Zhiyun thinks that the ordnance and supplies are not enough, only compared to the Yunyang Army before him.If the comparison object is Zhu Can, then Li Zhiyun's soldiers and horses are a luxurious lineup of krypton gold.

At the end of March in the second year of Wude, Chu Wang Li Zhiyun led an army of [-], starting from Chang'an and heading for Shangzhou.

At the same time, Zhu Can had surrounded Nanyang for more than ten days.

Li Shuliang has never felt so aggrieved, and he was not so embarrassed when he couldn't beat Xue Ju.

At that time, he led [-] soldiers and horses to raid Nanyang, but he didn't bring much food and grass. Now the food and grass are gradually eaten up, and there are not many soldiers left under his command.Under Zhu Can's fierce attack, there were still about three thousand Tang troops in Nanyang.

This is the result of Duan Zhixuan and Xue Shou surrounding Zhu Can.Otherwise, Nanyang would have been captured by Zhu Can long ago.

"Only Duan Zhixuan and Xue received it?"

Li Shuliang stared wide-eyed, his eyeballs were bloodshot.For the past few days, in order to save food and grass, Li Shuliang was full and hungry, planning and saving.As a result, he looked a little weak and his complexion became sallow.

"Back to Your Majesty, the King of Lujiang guards Wuguan, so he didn't come here."

Those who spoke were soldiers of the Yunyang Army who desperately broke through and entered Nanyang.

"Mother, he's scared!" Li Shuliang yelled, "Damn, I asked him to cooperate with the attack. What kind of thing did he fight? If I can go back alive this time, I must read him in front of the saint. No, Participate in his two books no, participate in his dismissal!"

He was dripping with hatred in his heart, and he simply thought that it was because Li Yuan didn't cooperate well that he was trapped in Nanyang now.

Zhou Chao on the side was thinking to himself, how many books does King Changping want to participate in?

Immediately afterwards, Li Shuliang looked at the Yunyang soldiers, "Can Duan Zhixuan repel Zhu Can?"

The soldier shook his head hesitantly.

"Why? He's scared too!" Li Shuliang was furious.

"No, Your Majesty, General Duan said that he would try his best to rescue His Majesty. It's just that His Majesty didn't know that Lujiang King wanted to guard Wuguan, so he only gave General Duan five thousand troops. Your Majesty, you also know how many troops Zhu Can has. General Duan's [-] troops can only contain Zhu Can's attack on Nanyang from the outside, if you want to repel Zhu Can's [-] troops, relying on [-] men is really too difficult."

Hearing this, Li Shuliang paused, and immediately kicked to overturn the case.

"Li Yuan, this old man must read a book for you!"

He roared like crazy.

From Li Shuliang's point of view, Li Yuan is giving up on saving him.Li Yuan wanted to watch him being eaten alive by Zhu Can!

Zhou Chao pursed his lips, and now he has become a reference again?

Twenty miles outside Nanyang City.

Duan Zhixuan commanded the soldiers to build a strong camp, and the human road and the horse road in the camp were clearly separated.

"General Duan, good news!"

Xue Shou came in a hurry.

"What good news?" Duan Zhixuan looked back at him.

Xue Shou smiled and said: "The court has sent a letter saying that the king of Chu led an army of [-] to support Shangzhou."

"it is good!"

Duan Zhixuan slapped the log hard, and the solemn look on his face for many days disappeared in an instant.

"The king has really come."

Xue Shou handed the letter to Duan Zhixuan to read, and said: "After many days of planning, I will finally live up to you and me."

After reading the letter, Duan Zhixuan put it away, and said, "After a few days of attacking, I see that Zhu Can has the intention of retreating. Tell me, should we let Zhu Can go?"

"No." Xue Shou said: "With such a credit, how can we just sit back and let him slip away. I suggest that the general continue to delay Zhu Can and make sure he stays in Nanyang."

"Okay, I understand." After finishing speaking, Duan Zhixuan said again: "The only thing I am worried about now is that King Changping will not be able to hold on."

Xue Shou said: "It doesn't matter. As long as Zhu Can dares to attack Nanyang with all his strength, the general can attack his rear and make him difficult to look at."

After a pause, he reminded: "But the general must be careful about Zhu Can's division of troops, and deal with us and King Changping at the same time."

Duan Zhixuan nodded, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)