Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 637 Su Dingfang I Like You (Part [-])
Chapter 50 Su Dingfang, I am optimistic about you (one more)
Li Yuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he didn't directly express his opinion, he thought carefully.The Xiaoqi Army, the Modao Army, and the Shesheng Army were the three new armies formed by Chen Ying when he was in Henan Mansion.

Although Chen Ying informed the imperial court of the dazzling achievements of the three new armies, in Li Yuan's view, the three new armies had no more than [-] troops, and even if they were elite troops, they were nothing more than following the left and right guards of the Eastern Palace and the left and right Si Yu. Chen Ying must have deliberately pushed his military achievements to the Modao Army, the Shesheng Army, and the Xiaocai Army in order to promote his confidant general.Of course, Li Yuan has a lot of considerations. Chen Ying is willing to lead more than [-] new troops, plus more than [-] soldiers. He dares to support Liangzhou and confront the tens of thousands of elites of the Western Turks. and.

When Li Xiuning heard this, she became anxious: "It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. You don't want to lead the four guards of the East Palace. No matter how bad you are, you should lead the Dingyuan Army and the Six Mansions. Hebei soldiers are a bunch of mobs. You can go to Liangzhou now. Have you considered my feelings?"

"Who is a hero without a bit of bravado and courage?" Chen Yingyan smiled, not worried about the fate of this trip to the north.

Although Li Yuan is an emperor, he is not really hard-hearted.He is also a human being, and every human being is a complex complex of contradictions.Just like in later generations, when men look at beauties, they wish that all the beauties on the street are sluts, so they can hook up as soon as they hook up.But once it comes to your relatives, you will immediately change to another set of codes of conduct, wishing for your relatives, the more conservative the better.

Li Yuan is exactly like this. For the sake of the country of the Tang Dynasty and the true return of Hebei, Li Yuan did not hesitate to set the blame on early stealing. He also wanted to kill Dou Jiande's mastermind, Ling Jing, and Dou Jiande. , he hesitated a little.If Chen Ying unfortunately died in battle this time going north, he knew that Li Xiuning might not forgive him.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan raised his head, looked at Chen Ying with burning eyes, and said, "What else do you want, as long as I can do it, I will agree to it!"

Chen Ying stretched out his hand and patted Li Xiuning's back, comforted Li Xiuning softly, and said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, just as the princess said, a clever woman can't cook without rice. I don't need to adjust the rate of the left and right guards of the East Palace, and the rate of the left and right royals." Elite, but I would like to ask Your Majesty to transfer Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, Zhang Huaiwei, Duan Zhigan and Wei Wenzhong to my ministers, these five generals, I will use them at my fingertips!"

The reason why Chen Ying chose these five people to accompany him was not because he really wanted to.In fact, with Chen Ying's current prestige and status in the army, no general would dare to trip Chen Ying.The army is not like the court, it is a place that is very particular about strength, whether it is a general or a soldier, they all hope to follow a general who can bring them victory.

However, since Chen Ying's debut, he has fought a lot of big and small battles, and he really hasn't suffered any losses.Of course, this is not the most important reason. The most important reason is that once the situation in Liangzhou stabilizes, Datang will have no foreign aggression for a long time, and the main struggle will also turn from outside to inside.The struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin will become more intense.

Chen Ying did not want to get involved in the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.In fact, if you get involved in this kind of struggle, there is no way out. It is good to succeed, but once you fail, you will lose everything.The current history has been changed beyond recognition by Chen Ying, and Chen Ying is also not sure whether Li Shimin will establish Qian Kun in one fell swoop as in history, and successfully ascend to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

Moreover, since Chen Ying is Li Jiancheng's own brother-in-law, and he is also Li Shimin's third brother-in-law, no matter who wins and who loses, in fact, Chen Ying's position is unshakable.Chen Ying is different from Changsun Wuji. If Li Shimin fails, Changsun Wuji will fall into the mortal world. If Li Shimin wins, he will go up.

It was obvious that Chen Ying was already invincible, so there was no need for Chen Ying to wade into this muddy water.

Of course, Chen Ying took Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, Zhang Huaiwei, Duan Zhigan, and Wei Wenzhong to Liangzhou, mainly because he did not want them to get involved in the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.Especially Luo Shixin and Zhang Huaiwei, they are both straightforward and upright people. If the conflict between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng intensifies, they will be the most vulnerable people.Because they are sincere and will not be vigilant.

To deal with people like Luo Shixin and Zhang Huaiwei, it would be the best result to set up a trap to lure them in and leave Chang'an.

In addition to their talents, those outstanding figures who have shined brightly in the long river of history must have a bit of luck. Luo Shixin's luck is actually not very good, otherwise he would not have ended the internal struggle in the Tang Dynasty and completed the world. When unified, die in battle.

Although Li Yuan didn't know the twists and turns in Chen Ying's head, but after thinking about it, he felt that it didn't matter much.After all, every general hopes to bring his confidants with him when he fights. Discord between generals is the real taboo of military strategists.

Li Yuan said: "I'm sure!"

Chen Ying said again: "I would like to ask for an order, please allow your Majesty to grant you the right to be independent on the battlefield, including the military affairs of the nineteen states under the jurisdiction of the Liangzhou General Administration, and if there are rumors from the front that the humble minister is not good, please don't believe it. Including the news that Weichen has died in battle!"

When Chen Ying said this, he was actually giving Li Yuan a vaccination.Chen Ying believes that the Turks will also resort to political means once they suffer military setbacks.For example, Li Ling during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In fact, Li Ling was just surrendering at that time. If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hadn't heard the rumors, Li Ling would have taken the opportunity to escape.

Li Yuan didn't think about it either, and agreed to all of them.

When it comes to national wars, it's not that simple.

Li Xiuning discussed with Li Yuan and Chen Ying all night in Furong.When it was dawn, Li Yuan dragged his exhausted body back to Tai Chi Palace.

However, Chen Ying also did not rest.He just washed his face hastily, and then received Sun Jingchu.

Seeing Chen Ying, Sun Jingchu immediately went to the door and knelt down to salute: "I don't know what orders the lord is looking for Jingchu!"

Chen Ying handed a red slip to Sun Jingchu, Sun Jingchu opened it, and saw that it read "Appoint Sun Jingchu as the Marshal of Longyou Dao Bing Madu and Cao Shenjun." The Longyou Dao was also covered underneath. The seals of Marshal Marshal of Marching Bing Madu, Shangshu Zuo Pushe of Longyou Dao Xingtai, General Zhenjun, Captain Consort of the Horse, Duke Chen of Liang Guo, the ink pads on them are not dry yet.

Sun Jingchu only had a little understanding of the official system of the Tang Dynasty. Chen Ying, the Marshal of the Longyou Dao Army and Horse Capital, was actually on the same level as the later Dadu Governor's Mansion, and Sun Jingchu, the Cao Shenjun, was actually an official in charge of armor in a local area, ranking among the governors. Below, but due to the rank of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, his Cao Shen military is one level higher than that of ordinary state Cao Shen military, and belongs to the fifth-rank official.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first.More than [-] troops marched for [-] li. In ancient times, the transportation of grain and grass would be a very difficult problem at this distance.Chen Ying knew that if the [-] army relied on land transportation, it might cause a lot of damage to the Tang Dynasty's treasury.

Of course, water transport is different.Once it goes up north along the Yellow River, it goes upstream to Shuozhou, Shengzhou, Fengzhou, and Lingzhou.Turning from Lingzhou to the west, it will only take more than a thousand miles to reach Liangzhou. Although it only reduces the distance by two-thirds, it can at least reduce the journey consumption by more than half.

Sun Jingchu was overjoyed to see Chen Ying appointed as the fifth-rank official.

Chen Ying pointed to this red book and said, "It's inconvenient to disclose the specific deployment to you. It is impossible to carry all the supplies from Chang'an, so now I hope you will dispatch water transport ships, first from the vicinity of Mingzhou, to transport the young and strong from Hebei , transported to Tongguan, where we will meet up with General Ben!"

Sun Jingchu patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, my lord, I will hand it over to the humble officer, and I promise to complete the task."

If more than 20 people traveled more than [-] miles on foot, it would take at least [-] days to reach Liangzhou according to the speed of the elites of this era.But if you take a boat, no matter how slow the tank boat is, you can reach Liangzhou in at most half a month and at most [-] days.

Chen Ying didn't consider the four rates of the East Palace, the reason was because most of the soldiers in Guanzhong were landlubbers, but Hebei Qingzhuang near Mingzhou, because it is located in a swampy land, the metropolis is water-based.Even if you are not water-based, traveling by boat will not cause seasickness.

People who are not seasick will definitely not feel it. Once seasick for a long time, it is likely to make people dehydrated and lose strength.

In order to deceive the world, Chen Ying asked Guo Luo to put on her own clothes and drove with Li Xiuning in the same car, wandering back and forth between Qinglinli and Chang'an from time to time, but because Princess Pingyang is the same as the prince, so within a hundred steps, there is no way In this way, Chen Ying still gives people the illusion that he is still in Chang'an.

Of course, the most important thing is that when Chen Ying sent troops, he didn't transfer much supplies and food from Chang'an at all.Almost all of these supplies are replenished in Lingzhou.

Chen Ying had already received the news that Li Daozhen had stockpiled weapons and equipment in Lingzhou capable of arming 10 horses, as well as food for all the more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Lingzhou for a year.

This saves Chen Ying's trouble, and Chen Ying can also visit his son by the way, which kills two birds with one stone.

On September [-]th of the third year of Wude, Chen Ying took Ashina Simo and Zhou Qing, dressed lightly, and took Chen Ying's boat quietly along the Jieyu River and into the Weishui River.

After three and a half hours of sailing, at the mouth of the Weihe River and the Yellow River outside Tongguan, we boarded boats with the troops of Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, and Zhang Huaiwei respectively. The more than [-] large tank ships that Sun Jingchu transferred will transport more than [-] war horses. More than [-] soldiers quietly went north.

The "Wan'an" sailed upstream along the Yellow River. Standing on the deck, Chen Ying breathed the damp and cold air on the river. Chen Ying felt an indescribable comfort in every pore on his body.

Su Dingfang stood behind Chen Ying, he couldn't figure out why Chen Ying was so happy, he just didn't know what it meant.

From Su Dingfang's point of view, Chen Ying led more than [-] cavalry to Liangzhou, which was simply sending him to death.

However, Chen Ying not only did not have the consciousness to die, but instead patted Su Dingfang on the shoulder and said: "Su Dingfang, this general is optimistic about you. After this battle, you will be famous all over the world!"

Su Dingfang didn't know where Chen Ying's confidence came from, so he could only smile slightly and deal with it.

(End of this chapter)