Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 430 An Eye For An Eye
When Cui Qiniang asked her father Cui Junsu to bring troops, it was already too late.

Luo Cheng and the others were even full of horse broth, "I will have Governor Lao Cui to help restrain the corpses of these traitors."

Luo Cheng did not give him [-] heads, but handed them over to Zhang Xutuo, who asked him to take them back to register and restrain them.In any case, this can be regarded as his first battle since Luo Cheng became the apprehension ambassador, and it is also a considerable achievement.

Cui Junsu was a little embarrassed, "Yidu is far away, so it's late."

"It's not too late, the prefect has arrived very quickly, but these thieves are too useless."

But after all, this ambush took place on the border between Beihai County and Qi County. As the prefect of Beihai, [-] well-equipped unknown rebels appeared in the territory to ambush the newly appointed ambassador of consolation and war. dereliction of duty.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng is now his son-in-law, otherwise he would really worry that he would not be able to step down.

"Luo Shuai, I have some good news for you. The imperial edict just came from Luoyang. Luo Shuai, you have been conferred the title of General You Xiaowei by the emperor. Congratulations, you are a third-rank military officer."

"You Xiaowei? Is there such a guard?"

"It was the original left and right Beishen Mansion, but this time it was renamed Zuo Xiaowei Mansion. The emperor just ordered to recruit one hundred thousand brave young men as soldiers, and gave them the title of Xiaoguo Army. They belonged to the left and right Xiaowei Mansion, and six of them were called Zhonglang. The general and the six Guoyi Zhonglang generals will be divided, and the [-] Xiaoguo army will be the new emperor's imperial guard."

"What about the original left and right Yiwei, and the general of the five mansions?"

"It's still there, but it is said that in the future, the Xiaoguo Army will be directly responsible for the emperor and the palace guards, and the left and right guards will be mainly responsible for the defense of the imperial capital and the accompanying guards."

Cui Junsu couldn't help but proudly said to Luo Chengdao, "There is one more thing. The emperor ordered me to enter Beijing to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Thank you for your help. I have been in different places for more than 15 years, and the prefect has served in both places for [-] years. You were not allowed to be promoted to the capital for a year, and now you are promoted to Shangshu as soon as you make a move, I am so grateful."

Luo Cheng was a little surprised. He had indeed promised Cui Junsu to help him enter the capital, and he also wrote a letter to find his relationship, so that they would have a chance to help, but that was all.Luo Cheng didn't expect that Cui Junsu would really be promoted to such an important position as Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

"Then congratulations to Cui Shangshu."

"Hehe, it's all Luo Shuai's help, I will never forget this matter. When you arrive in the capital, if you need help, just ask. We are all a family, so we don't talk about those two families." Cui Junsu said When he spoke, he couldn't help but feel a little stronger.

Luo Cheng chuckled.

This guy is really lucky, but he doesn't know which friend helped him, and he really owes a big favor.

"There is another piece of news. I also heard from the angel who proclaimed the decree. The emperor is preparing to conquer Liao for the second time. Now it is tentatively decided to send 50 troops to conquer Liao. It is still going by sea and land. The land army will arrive in Huaiyuan in March. , will cross the Liaohe River in April. The land route is divided into three armies. The front army is led by Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen, with 20 troops heading straight to the inner city. The central army is led by Luo Yi, Li Jing, and Li Yuan. Open up the small Liaohe channel from the new city to the domestic city, and the emperor personally commanded a hundred thousand Xiaoguo troops to surround the Liaodong city and prevent the Liaodong city from sending troops to rescue the domestic city."

"In addition, the emperor intends to appoint you as the chief of the navy, and lead a hundred thousand navy to send troops from Donglai, cross the sea to the Yalu River, go up against the river and reach the inner city, cooperate with Yu Wenshu Yang Yichen to attack the inner city, capture Gao Jianwu alive, and destroy the Goguryeo Kingdom."

Luo Cheng frowned.

This first conquest of Liao fell short, losing 40 troops, and the Central Plains is still in turmoil. If you don’t go down to the country first, but you are in a hurry to conquer Liao again, does the emperor think that the world is not chaotic enough?
"Why is Yu Wenshu reinstated?"

"Well, except for Yu Zhongwen, Guo Yan, and Mao Shilong who were beheaded to thank the world, most of the other defeated generals have been reinstated. Yu Wenshu is now the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and Xue Shixiong is the general of You Xiaowei. You, General You Xiaowei, are still under the command of General Xue."

"Grass." Luo Cheng couldn't help cursing.

The emperor killed Yu Zhongwen, who had meritorious service and innocence, but reinstated Yuwen Shuhe, who had led to the defeat of the Eighth Army last time, as the child care officer. This time, he was even more important.

Luo Cheng didn't want to conquer Goguryeo at all, let alone be the commander of the navy.

"I want to ask one thing, is Yang Xuangan responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass?"

"How do you know this? Yang Xuangan has just been promoted to the Minister of Rites. This time, the emperor proposed to conquer Goguryeo again, but all the officials dared not discuss it. However, Yang Xuangan invited Ying to enter Liao as a forward. Food and grass supervision."

Luo Cheng was already thinking quickly in his heart. Although Luo Cheng was a dark horse in the first expedition to Liao, he razed Pyongyang and captured Gao Yuan alive, but in the end it still did not change the result of the failure of the first Eastern Expedition.But now, the inertia of history is still huge, and the emperor still decided to continue the Eastern Expedition as in history.

Even this time, his attitude was more determined. Even if all the officials were unwilling to conscript again, the emperor had already insisted on going his own way, and even set a timetable for the expedition.

The goal of the second expedition to Liao in history has changed. It is no longer targeting Pyongyang. This time it is targeting the domestic city in the middle reaches of the Yalu River.

Then it shows that Yang Xuangan is very likely to rebel in Liyang next year.

Combined with what he was attacked just now, he became more and more sure that the dead soldiers belonged to Yang Xuangan.

Damn, he and Yang Xuangan have no grievances in the past and have no vendettas in the present. If you want to rebel against this bastard, you can do it. Why are you staring at me all the time?
Luo Cheng was really annoyed, he was always the kind of person who wouldn't offend me, but Yang Xuangan came to mess with him a few times, so he couldn't bear it.

What he doesn't know is that as early as a few years ago, he has been destroying Yang Xuangan and Li Mi's layout ambush intentionally or unintentionally. They have all been promoted to Henan to appease and arrest ambassadors, and they have become a thorn in their side.

Luo Cheng called Wei Zheng.

"Old man, you said that if I report to the emperor that Yang Xuangan is plotting to rebel and cause chaos, do you think the emperor will believe it?"

Wei Zheng stroked his beard, "Could it be that you suspect that this group of dead men was sent by Yang Xuangan? Well, with the strength of the Hongnong Yang family, they are capable of producing such a group of dead men, but why did they come to kill you?"

"Because the emperor will go to Goguryeo for the second time next year, Yang Xuangan will supervise the transportation of grain and grass in Liyang, Hebei. When the emperor drives east to conquer the Liaohe River, Yang Xuangan will rebel in Liyang. I am now the ambassador of Henan to appease and arrest. I guess he is I was worried that I would threaten him, so I wanted to get rid of me in advance to clear the way for him to rebel."

"That's what you said in the past, but I heard that Yang Xuangan has been trusted by the emperor in the past two years, and he often participated in the government affairs. Now he has been promoted to the Minister of Rites and has to be admitted to the central government. If you say that he is going to rebel without any evidence, I'm afraid it will happen. If he bites back and says you made a false accusation, if you can't produce evidence then, I'm afraid the situation will be ugly."

"That's right, it's not good to be bright, it seems that it can only be dark."

Wei Zheng chuckled, "You don't want to send someone to assassinate Yang Xuangan, do you?" This old man seems to be a big deal when watching the excitement.

(End of this chapter)