Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 693

Chapter [-]: Born to be rich and honored
On the banks of the Shule River, the Tang army camp.Chen Ying ordered the three armies to be rewarded, but he was happy in his heart.Even the wine was served openly, Chen Ying walked to Ashina Simo, picked up a jar of wine, raised his head and poured it vigorously.

Seeing everyone's happy faces, Chen Ying couldn't help laughing: "Why are you all so happy when I have a son?"

"Of course I'm happy!" Ashina Simo said: "Most of them protect him as a son, and he is a legitimate son recognized by the court. As long as he is a hundred years old (that is, a hundred days), the court's Ministry of Rites will definitely canonize him as the son of Liang Guogong. The soldiers, including I can feel at ease too!"

"Anxin..." Chen Ying heard this, and then remembered that this time is not a later generation, and in the feudal era, hereditary was emphasized, one day was the rule, and the life was the rule, even if the master died, their descendants were also Chen Ying. The son's servants, just like Guo Luo, Zhou Chengdong, Sun Jingchu, and Yu Qing, their fathers were loyal to the Hou Mochen family, and they will also be loyal to the Hou Mochen family, and their descendants will do the same in the future.

A family, as long as there is inheritance, then it is considered to have really begun to rise.

Luo Shixin came to Chen Ying drunk and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, it seems that we have no plans to go back to Jinman for the time being?"

With that said, Luo Shixin pointed to the camp wall made of rammed earth on the banks of the Shule River. It can be completed in one and a half hours or two hours, but a permanent military camp may not be completed in a month.

Chen Ying picked up a branch from the ground and drew a map on the ground. Today, Chen Ying is located in Ganzhou. This place is in a triangular area, more than [-] miles away from Dafeichuan, and more than [-] miles away from Yiwu. , it is more than [-] miles away from Jinman, and more than [-] miles away from Liangzhou.

While drawing the map, Chen Ying explained: "The Western Regions are about to usher in a terrible bloody storm, and our army is very important. Once we return to the Western Regions, the Tubo people will definitely attack Liangzhou, but Liangzhou At present, we don't have enough strength to protect ourselves. Of course, more importantly, the layout of the Western Regions is still on fire!"

Luo Shixin nodded half understanding.

In fact, he was not very clear about Chen Ying's layout.

It is not difficult to take down the Western Regions, because all the tribes in the Western Regions are a group of scumbags, but it is very difficult to govern the Western Regions, because these tribes have one characteristic, that is, they are rebellious and unwilling to be restrained by the law.If these hidden dangers are not eradicated, Chen Ying will have no way to continue to attack the Western Regions.

Therefore, Chen Ying wants to use Murong Fuyun's hand to wipe out all the hostile forces in the Western Regions.Only by eliminating these hostile forces can Chen Ying boldly manage the Western Regions and make the Western Regions a springboard for his Western Expedition.

As long as they are people of later generations, they will definitely find that the Western Regions are actually a treasure land.Whether it is farming or natural resources, the grain output in Changji, Yili, and Urumqi alone in Xinjiang in later generations exceeded 1000 million tons.

Even if the food in this era is only one-fifth of that in the later generations, if the land in the later generations with severe desertification is reclaimed, Chen should be able to harvest at least 3000 million shi of grain in a corner of the Western Regions, which is more than enough to supply an army of 50.

Instead, the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions and the Han people in the Western Regions dancing on the tip of their knives were the first to feel the bloody storm coming.The Han people in the Western Regions are actually a minority, of course only in relative terms.These common people, who are very sensitive to war, soon smelled something abnormal.

Duan Zhigan issued an order that the whole army rush to collect food.As a result, more than [-] Hebei new troops all joined the ranks of grabbing grain.

The Western Regions are characterized by large, endless grain fields, which are rare in the Central Plains.Countless men, women and children joined hands.The wheat is harvested and placed directly into a massive wooden barrel.The tall wooden roller device is connected to a rotating shaft through a strange mechanism. Two or three donkeys pull the rotating shaft to rotate continuously, and the roller rotates accordingly. There are bursts of metal scraping against the inner wall inside. The rotating shaft of the barrel is a wooden stick wrapped with an iron leaf at a key part. When the drum rotates, the shaft does not rotate with it.

This is a threshing machine developed from Xiuli's animal-powered mixer.In this way, the harvested grain can be directly threshed in the field, instead of being repeatedly rolled and threshed by stone rollers as in the past.Even if it is a horse that does not stop for a day, in fact it can only thresh one or two thousand catties of grain, but with a thresher, three animals can thresh tens of thousands of catties a day.

For labor, each nation may have different endurance, but for harvest, all nations work equally hard.

Chen Ying's orders to Duan Zhigan were very strict. If a grain of wheat was left in the field, or was snatched away by the Tuyuhun people, he would just wait for the fertile land!
The mixer used in road construction has been modified and turned into a grain de-stressing machine. Instead, what Duan Zhigan needs most is war horses or mules, donkeys and cattle. Looking at a field, a field has been harvested cleanly, Duan Zhigan feels in his heart relieved.

Apart from Duan Zhigan's expectations, the Tuyuhun people did not make trouble, nor did the remnants of Gaochang Kingdom, which surprised Duan Zhigan.

The entire Western Region is on the crater, and it is unknown when it will erupt.

However, it was not the Western Regions that erupted first, but Hedong.

Li Shimin's soldiers divided into three groups, and went to the outside of the Great Wall respectively.

However, after leaving the Great Wall, Li Shimin felt something was wrong.He didn't even see a Turkic tribe, except for a few Turkic scouts, he didn't encounter any enemies at all.

"Wuji, why do you think the Turkic people suddenly disappeared?" Li Shimin's eyes were fixed on the map, and his brows were frowned.

Changsun Wuji smiled, his eyes nearly narrowed: "Our army is full of vigor and armor, these are not secrets, and the Turkic people are not stupid, they will definitely not meet the enemy head-on."

Hou Junji said: "If I were to command, I would definitely hide the main force in the mountains of Yeyin Mountain, wait for you to attack from afar, and at the same time send a large number of elite rangers to harass and tire you out, and wait until your physical strength and supplies are almost exhausted. Let's move out and surround you all!"

Li Shimin nodded, smacked his lips, and said: "Strengthen the walls to clear the fields, roam about to harass, and wait for work with leisure, these routines are very familiar to the Turkic people. I don't know how many generals fell on these three axes."

At this moment, Fang Xuanling was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "You are not unreasonable, but I don't think it will be that simple. I always have a feeling that the Turkic people seem to have known that we are going to conquer them. They were already prepared!"

Changsun Wuji was taken aback, and exclaimed, "Xuanling, you can't joke about this, it will kill you!"

Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "Xuan Ling is really not joking. There is a huge crisis hidden ahead. If we are not careful, our entire army will be wiped out and our bodies will be smashed to pieces!"

Li Shimin recalled all the situations he had encountered since leaving the fortress, and had to admit that what Fang Xuanling said made sense.He gritted his teeth with hatred, and said: "Which bastard is so mad that he leaked such secrets to the Turkic people? I hacked him!"

Changsun Wuji sneered, "Who else could there be besides those people?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Wuji, you can't speak nonsense, there is no evidence and no evidence, and you have to bear the responsibility for saying this."

Fang Xuanling said: "Wuji is wrong, it can't be them. You must know that this battle is not only our Qin Palace, but also the four guards of the East Palace. These four guards are the direct descendants of His Royal Highness. Even if they can’t beat them, they can still run. Most of the four guards are pawns. If they are surrounded, they won’t even have a chance to run. Leaking this information is not good for them.”

Li Shimin frowned: "Then who is it?"

Fang Xuanling suddenly showed a look of enlightenment, but shook his head again.

Seeing Fang Xuanling's expression, Li Shimin guessed what he was thinking of.Li Shimin asked: "Who is it?"

Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile: "The final layout and troop mobilization of His Royal Highness King Qin are very limited. Even General Qin and General Cheng only knew the news before they dispatched their troops. But now the Turkic people have retreated very cleanly. Already knew the news."

Changsun Wuji stared wide-eyed: "You mean there are traitors among us?"

Hou Junji pulled out the knife in an instant: "Who is it?"

Fang Xuanling said: "His Royal Highness Qin Wang, do you still remember that a month ago, Wang Renbiao came to His Highness Qin Wang to plead for the matter of Princess Tongan?"

Li Shimin vaguely remembered that the sand table in his room was not covered at that time, and Li Shimin did not cover it until Wang Renbiao entered the room.If the memory is good, one glance is enough to have a panoramic view of all the arrangements.

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said: "No matter who it is, this king will never let them go!"

Du Ruhui frowned slightly, and said: "The debt must be settled, but what should we do now? We have already fallen into the quagmire, and as time goes by, we will only sink deeper and deeper, and we can't find a way to deal with it If so, this grassland is our grave!"

Hou Junji scratched his head and said, "I really can't think of any way... The tactics of the Turkic people are too rogue!"

Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Rogue? To deal with this kind of rogue's tactics, we can only use even more rogue tactics!"

Fang Xuanling stretched out his hand, gesturing quickly on the map with his fingers, and muttered to himself: "The temperature has dropped rapidly before the Mid-Autumn Festival. This winter must be more difficult than last year. Those Turkic people also saw it. It was only at this point that the army was assembled, trying to break in and grab enough food to survive the winter... Yes, their purpose is to grab food! But our army went out aggressively, disrupting their plan, and they had to change their original plan The troops used to break through the borders and grab food are used against us! They are strong and clear, so that we can't find them, and we can only waste supplies on the grassland. It is annoying, but they also let us hold us back. We never dared to attack the frontier fortress lightly before, because once they attack the frontier fortress, it is equivalent to giving us a clear target, and we can bite them!"

Li Shimin sighed helplessly and said, "So what? These bastard rascals can stay in hiding all the time, don't attack the frontier, and continue to consume us!"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Your Highness, are you still afraid that you can't afford to consume the Turks? Don't forget that this year's grain in Hedong is more than three times that of last year. Let's consume it with the Turks and see who can't consume it first. "

Li Shimin nodded emphatically and said: "That's exhausting, tell Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie, let them shrink their troops, rely on the Great Wall, and exhaust them to the end!"

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When Li Xiuning received Chen Ying's letter, it was already the middle of September in the fourth year of Wude.Of course, in the end, Chen Ying did not plagiarize four lines of poems to replace the family letter.He knew the reason why the letter from home was worth ten thousand gold in three months, so he wrote a long letter of [-] words to Li Xiuning in plain Chinese.

Thank you so much throughout, with so much love.This made Li Xiuning read it more than ten times. From Chen Ying's letter, Li Xiuning felt Chen Ying's love.And Chen Ying's sense of guilt.

In order to express his guilt towards Li Xiuning, Chen Ying decided to give Li Xiuning the right to name his son.Li Xiuning put down the letter, hugged her son, and said affectionately: "Your father wrote a letter, asking me to give you a name, what should I call you?"

The little fat boy looked at Li Xiuning and could only giggle.

While teasing her son, Li Xiuning was thinking about what name he should choose.Li Xiuning patted herself on the forehead and said, "You will be called Weiwu from now on, right?"

At this moment, Li Jiancheng came from outside the door and asked curiously, "What might?"

Naturally, Li Jiancheng didn't need to communicate when he entered Chenjiabao. They had a good relationship with brother and sister, so they came in directly.

Li Xiuning raised her head and said with a smile, "How about my son's name, Wei Wu?"

Li Jiancheng said dumbfoundedly: "This name is too vulgar!"

Li Xiuning patted her forehead, wondering: "What should I call it?"

Li Jiancheng thought for a while, and reached out to take the little fat baby.

Nephew to uncle, that's right.When Li Jiancheng was hugging Li Xiuning's son, the chubby baby looked at Li Jiancheng and giggled, and even reached out to pull Li Jiancheng's beard.

Xiaopang's strength is not small, and Li Jiancheng grinned in pain, but Li Jiancheng still didn't show any anger. He looked at Li Xiuning with a smile and said, "He has great strength, and he will be a good man in the future!"

"Of course, this is my son, he must be a good man!" Li Xiuning smiled very proudly: "His father is a general of Zhen Guo, and his mother is a princess of the Tang Dynasty. How is his son Rong?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "Not good, not good!"

Li Xiuning said: "This is not good, and that is not good, so what name should I choose?"

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said: "Gentlemen of Qianqian, if you use She Dachuan, it is better to take a name. Qian, the humble is humble, and the humble is also respectful to preserve his position. Also, modest, the handle of virtue... ..."

While teasing the little fat baby, Li Xiuning smiled and said, "Did you hear that? Your uncle gave you a name, Qian'er, Qian'er, and you will be called Hou Mo Chen Qian from now on!"

Speaking of this, Li Xiuning turned around suddenly, looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "Brother, let's make it clear, my son must be the Duke of the Great Tang's hereditary succession, and he will retire with the country!"

According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, below the Duke of the state, the title of title decreases from generation to generation.The son inherits as the Duke of the County, the grandson inherits as the Duke of the County, and later will be reduced to the Marquis.

Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "It's natural, I can still treat my nephew badly, don't worry, I will leave him the position of General Zhen Guo in the future. This is your credit, and it is also his fate!"

Li Xiuning raised her head proudly: "Since it's fate, a mother must fight for him."

In the past, Li Xiuning never considered her own interests, such as salary and Yongyetian.According to Chen Ying's title, he is the first-class Liang Guogong, and should have [-] acres of Yongye, while Li Xiuning enjoys the first-rank prince, with [-] acres of Yongye land.In fact, these rewards are just a blank promise.

In fact, being born well is more important than working hard.When Chen Qian was born, he was the son of a first-class duke, and he enjoyed the favor of his parents alone. There are as many as [-] mu of fields and lanes alone.

(End of this chapter)