Man Tanghong

Chapter 913 Gourd Hill

When Su Dingfang and the others heard this, their brows finally relaxed.

Li Yuanji was not dazzled by Liang Luoren's temptation, and he didn't go to meet Liang Shidu for Liang Luoren, which showed that Li Yuanji still had a sense of proportion.

This way they can relax a little bit.

They were really afraid that Li Yuanji's head would get hot, and they ran to Liang Shidu's field to meet Liang Luoren.

In that case, once Liang Luoren set up an ambush, they would have no way to save them, they could only bring people over to snatch the corpse afterwards.

However, no matter whether they can get back the body or not, they have to be buried afterwards.

So even if they didn't think about Li Yuanji, but for their own sake, they still had to prevent Li Yuanji from going to Liang Shidu's land.

After Su Dingfang's brows relaxed, he muttered: "It is feasible for Your Highness to meet Liang Luoren in Xianren Ridge now. I can protect His Highness's comprehensiveness, but Liang Luoren may not agree."

This is a very risky matter. It doesn't mean that Datang will decide where to go, and he has to discuss it with Liang Luoren.

Only if Liang Luoren agreed, that would count.

After all, Datang was worried that Liang Luoren would set up an ambush, and Liang Luoren was also worried that Datang would set up an ambush.

So usually in this situation, the two parties agree on the place together, and finally find a place that everyone can accept to meet.

"Whether Liang Luoren agrees or not, you will know if you send someone to ask?"

Li Yuanji said with a smile.

Su Dingfang nodded his head and said: "The minister sent someone to contact Liang Luoren."

Immediately, Su Dingfang muttered a few words to the cronies beside him, and the cronies ran out of the lobby.

After Su Dingfang's cronies left, Li Yuanji asked Su Dingfang and others about the current situation in Daizhou. When the conversation was almost over, the banquet officially started.

In a pure wine and meat place, there are no beauties to accompany, so everyone eats and drinks openly, talking and laughing, and making a lot of noise until midnight.

……

The next day.

Li Yuanji came out of a strange room, and after looking at the strange environment outside the room, he stretched his muscles.

Zhao Chengyong, who had been guarding the door all the time, approached slowly, bowed and said, "Your Highness, do you want to prepare a weapon for you?"

Li Yuanji waved his hands and said, "No need, I won't practice today."

Zhao Chengyong agreed and stepped aside.

Li Yuanji walked around the courtyard and walked to the lobby of the yamen.

In the lobby, Su Dingfang was inspecting the soldiers and horses of each battalion, and selected elites from them.

After the generals and schools reported the elite list of each battalion, Su Dingfang picked and picked the right ones, and asked the generals and schools to bring them to the school grounds in the east of the city.

Li Yuanji didn't bother him, just watched from the side.

He waited for Su Dingfang to finish his work before entering the lobby.

Su Dingfang immediately left the table, caught up with him and saluted, "I see Your Highness..."

Li Yuanji nodded, and asked, "Are you choosing who will follow me to Xianrenling?"

Su Dingfang said solemnly: "Your Highness's safety cannot be compromised."

Li Yuanji questioned: "Did the Taixing master mobilize the crowd?"

Last night, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and the others discussed and planned to use their respective trilogy as guards. In addition to Zhao Chengyong's 1000 troops, there are a total of 2000 people, which can block the Wanliang army. attack.

It seems that Su Dingfang is still worried, and wants to increase the size.

If you add more, the number of people may run to four or five thousand.

It was just a secret meeting, bringing four to five thousand people there, like fighting a small battle, Liang Luoren couldn't be scared to death if he saw it.

Su Dingfang clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness's safety cannot be compromised."

Li Yuanji couldn't help but said: "Then there is no need to mobilize the troops so much, right? A thousand of your respective trilogy, a thousand of the personal guards led by Zhao Chengyong, and 500 of them are cavalry, who can fight and run, even if they are Faced with Liang Jun, who has tens of thousands, he can also break out.

If it was added, then instead of going to see Liang Luoren, he rushed to kill Liang Luoren. "

Based on the trilogy of Su Dingfang and others, as well as the strength of the personal guards led by Zhao Chengyong, plus some elite soldiers, a small battle is definitely enough.

And can win the battle.

After all, it was the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. Whether it was the trilogy under the command of Su Dingfang and others, or the personal guards under the command of Zhao Chengyong, they were all the best soldiers among the best soldiers, the best soldiers among the best soldiers, and they were equipped with some elite soldiers.

It's easy to fight with three or four thousand against eight or nine thousand, or even over ten thousand.

Unless Liang Luoren pulls out a large-scale army of 3 or [-] people, it is impossible to claim victory.

And the army marching with 3 to [-] people can easily be detected by scouts.

Everyone can calmly retreat from Xianren Ridge, Master Liang has no chance at all.

So Su Dingfang was really a bit motivating.

But Su Ding gave his own explanation to the doubt, "His Royal Highness, I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. If you have something good or bad, I will become a sinner of Datang.

So please don't embarrass me. "

Li Yuanji heaved a long sigh when he heard this, and didn't say anything more on this issue.

Everyone has talked about this, so what else can he say.

Let's bring three to four thousand people. I hope that Liang Luoren will not be scared away by then.

"By the way, where are Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, and Xue taking them?"

Li Yuanji didn't see these three people, so he couldn't help but wonder.

Su Dingfang cupped his hands and said: "Inspector Xue has returned to the Inspector's Mansion, General Cheng and General Yuchi are sitting in the barracks."

Li Yuanji nodded, and asked again: "Is there any news from Liang Luoren?"

Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "Not yet, the fastest will be three days later."

The place where Liang Luoren is currently stationed is quite close to Daizhou, but even so, it takes several days for the messengers to go back and forth.

Because the person who went to deliver the letter could only connect with Liang Luoren secretly, and could not meet Liang Luoren openly.

……

In a flash, three days later.

There was no news from Liang Luoren, but there was new news from Chang'an City.

Looking at the letter mentioned that Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and Ren Gui successively invited Li Gang and Li Xiuning to come forward, successfully persuaded Li Yuan, and dismissed the idea of ​​asking Li Jiancheng to come out to supervise the country, Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

If he had so many people supporting him back then, he would have won the Ninth Five-Year Plan long ago, so what is the use of Xuanwumen?

Li Yuanji was not in the mood to worry about this, he didn't care whether Li Yuan asked Li Jiancheng to come out to supervise the country.

Inviting Li Jiancheng to come out, he was nothing more than going through a lot of trouble.

If Li Jiancheng is not invited to come out, he is nothing more than saving a lot of trouble, other than that, it will not have much impact.

His attention is now focused on the letter Li Gang sent him.

Li Gang criticized him sharply in the letter, and used all kinds of righteousness to force him to take over the position of the patriarch of the Li clan.

It looked very rude.

In fact, he could tell at a glance that Li Yuan forced Li Gang to learn.

After all, Li Gang is not in the mood or qualified to care whether he is the patriarch of the Li clan or not.

Only Li Yuan cares about this and is qualified to take care of it.

So when Li Gang wanted to write these things, he had to get Li Yuan's nod.

And if Li Yuan didn't force Li Gang, Li Gang would never write something that would offend him.

Li Gang is upright, but he is not a fool, nor is he a fool, it is impossible for him to be reckless in everything, he should not be in charge, or he is not qualified to be in charge of his affairs, he will not rush forward indomitably.

So what Li Gang wrote was not his original intention at all, but Li Yuan's meaning.

But this does not prevent him from taking advantage of Li Gang.

"Go to the pen and ink."

After giving Zhao Chengyong an order, Li Yuanji took out a piece of paper, flattened it with a paperweight, and began to deliberate.

After Zhao Chengyong brought the pen and ink, he began to brush and brush.

A quarter of an hour later a letter was written.

The content of the letter is very simple, that is to ask Li Gang to connect all the elementary schools inside and outside Chang'an City with the two literary halls in Jiulongtan Mountain, and to organize an education for Meng Xue to be promoted to the county school, and the county school to be promoted to the Tanshan Wenguan and Tanshan Academy Systematic, systematic training of scholars.

This matter is simple to do, but the influence it produces is great, and the consequences are also serious.

Maybe no one will trouble Li Gang within two or three years, but after two or three years, when this system is thoroughly promoted in the Tang Dynasty, and the Mongolian schools and county schools in all parts of the Tang Dynasty follow this system, Li Gang may be To be attacked by all the families.

After all, this can be regarded as digging the foundation of the family.

Whether he can stand it at that time is up to him.

"Send someone to send it to Duke Li. If he refuses to agree, he will recruit the children of other clans to serve in the army."

Li Yuanji packed the letter and handed it to Zhao Chengyong, who asked Zhao Chengyong to send someone to deliver it.

Seeing this, Li Shimin said in an indifferent way: "Are you trying to force Li Gang to come forward to help you do bad things?"

Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and said indifferently: "What do you mean I want to force Li Gang to help me do bad things? Isn't everything I do for the sake of Tang Dynasty, and for your children and grandchildren to be peaceful and rich?"

Li Shimin refused to admit defeat and said, "I think you are doing it for yourself."

Li Yuanji said indifferently: "If you have to think so, then so be it."

Li Shimin hit a soft nail, and stared with a little embarrassment.

Li Yuanji ignored him, but sent someone to ask Liang Luoren if he had replied.

Not long after, Su Dingfang came and brought news that was neither good nor bad.

"Your Highness, Liang Luoren is unwilling to meet you at Xianren Ridge, he wishes to meet you at Calabash Hill, thirty miles away from Xianren Ridge."

"Gourd hill?"

Li Yuanji tore open the map, searched carefully on it, and found the location of Calabash Hill.

Gourd Hill sounds like a hill, but in fact it is a hilltop on a basin. When you go down the Gourd Hill, it is a basin about the size of a city. When you go up the Gourd Hill, it is a flat grassland.

It is said that there used to be a gourd lake under the gourd hill, but it dried up for unknown reasons hundreds of years ago, and now there is only a stream and a few springs left.

But there is nothing wrong with looking at the gourd hill itself, but it is a dangerous place under the gourd hill.

If the people and horses are driven in, it will really become an ambush on all sides.

"He's at the bottom of the hill and I'm at the top?"

(End of this chapter)