The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 67 Rear Arrangements
Li Heng decided to take charge of the central army and told Yang Yuhuan the news.

When Yang Yuhuan heard this, her expression froze.

After a while, Yang Yuhuan said with a little disappointment: "My dear, can I go with you?"

Yang Yuhuan's tone was obviously tentative, because she knew that if the commander-in-chief took his family with him to the battle, it would be detrimental to the morale of the army.

Previously, when Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, he brought countless concubines and palace maids with him, but ended up in defeat.

Of course, bringing concubines with him was not the reason for Yang Guang's failure, but no one else would care about these things. As long as he lost, it would be a serious crime.

Yang Yuhuan knew all this because her great-grandfather, Yang Wang, was a royal general of the Sui Dynasty.

Li Ying shook his head and smiled: "What do you think?"

Yang Yuhuan said: "But, my lord, I need your personal care. If I don't take care of you, what if someone finds out about your pulse tying?"

Li Heng said, "There will be a medical officer in the barracks. If I take you with me, it will be inconvenient to explain to the soldiers. Please leave more of the pills for me, so that everyone will know that I rely on these pills to support myself."

"If I had known, I wouldn't have done it for you." Yang Yuhuan felt a little sad and walked to the window.

Li Heng followed and hugged Yang Yuhuan from behind, saying, "I am in charge of the central army, not on the battlefield in person. Don't worry, I will definitely come back safely."

Yang Yuhuan grabbed Li Heng's hand and said, "I miss you all day long but I can't see you."

Li Ying smiled and said, "I haven't left yet."

Yang Yuhuan turned around, looked at Li Heng, and said aggrievedly: "But I have begun to miss you."

Li Heng looked at Yang Yuhuan and felt touched. He touched Yang Yuhuan's head and said lovingly, "It will take at least three or four months to go to Xiaoboluo, and not even a year at most. You just wait for me in Qiuci. When I come back, we will open a government office in Qiuci and have a bunch of children. Okay?"

"Who wants to have a bunch of kids with you?" Yang Yuhuan laughed.

Yang Yuhuan took a long while to recover from the emotion of separation. Her eyes became sharp and she said firmly, "My dear, don't worry. I will wait for you in Qiuci and take good care of Anxi for you."

Li Ying had an illusion that at this moment, Yang Yuhuan seemed to have transformed from the darling girl in his arms into a capable mistress of the house.

"Yeah." Li Ying hugged Yang Yuhuan tightly and remained silent for a long time.

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After pacifying Yang Yuhuan, Li Heng made arrangements for other matters in the rear.

In addition to the more than 10,000 troops left in Anxi, Li Heng also left the guards he brought from Chang'an and Xin Yunjing to protect Yang Yuhuan.

Xin Yunjing was a descendant of a military family. He was upright and had great ambitions. In history, he had served as a military governor, so naturally he wanted to go to war with the army.

When he heard Li Heng ask him to stay, he said, "Your Highness, I will be your personal guard and cannot leave you even a step."

Li Heng said, "That day when we were outside Ershan Village, I didn't know it was General Gao who was welcoming the emperor, and General Xin led the troops to escort him. I saw that the speed and formation of the guards were much more orderly than when we left Chang'an. This shows that General Xin is also very talented."

During this period of time, Li Heng had not mentioned this matter. Xin Yunjing thought that Li Heng did not care. Now when he heard Li Heng suddenly mention it, he felt happy and proud. He said, "I was born in Jincheng. Before I was appointed as the General of the Central Army, I was stationed in the four towns of Longyou Road. I have some experience in organizing the army."

"That's why I asked you to stay in Anxi." Li Heng explained seriously, "General Xin stays in Anxi to first defend Anxi from the harassment of the Western Regions, and second, to ensure that the front army has sufficient food and grass supply. If the Anxi army does not have enough food, we will go to Hexi to transfer it. The current Hexi Jiedushi General Wang is your old friend. You can take my order to let him transfer food, and there will be fewer twists and turns in the process. In addition, the princess will stay in Qiuci. We have just arrived in Qiuci not long ago. If General Xin is not here, how can I rest assured? Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty entrusted Jingzhou to General Guan, and now I entrust Anxi to General Xin. I hope General Xin can defend Anxi."

When Xin Yunjing heard Li Heng compare him to Guan Yu and entrusted him with an important task, his blood boiled and tears welled up in his eyes. He immediately knelt down and said, "I will definitely live up to your trust. If Anxi loses an inch and the princess suffers a little injustice, I will chop off this head myself."

"Okay, thank you General Xin." Li Heng helped Xin Yunjing up.

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Li Heng had just finished talking with Xin Yunjing and came to the courtyard when he met Aqisi. Aqisi smiled and said, "I originally wanted to spend the New Year's Day with His Highness, but now it seems that there is no chance."

Li Ying asked curiously, "Princess, where did you get this from?"

Aqisi said: "I see that Anxi has a large number of troops these past two days, so there must be a war."

"Oh?" Li Heng didn't expect that Aqisi had already seen it, and smiled: "In this case, I won't hide it from you. Tubo invaded the Little Bolor Kingdom. The Little Bolor Kingdom, like your Bukhanna Kingdom, is a friend of the Tang Dynasty. I can't just sit back and watch."

"Yes." Aqisi nodded. "The Tang Dynasty protects all nations. Bactria is honored to be a friend of the Tang Dynasty. I came here today to say goodbye to Your Highness."

"Are you leaving?" Li Ying asked.

"Yes." Aqisi sighed and said, "If Your Highness is not here, there is no point for me to be here. We plan to set off today."

"All good things must come to an end." Li Ying clasped his fists, "We will part today, but we will be together forever. We will meet again in the future."

"See you later." Aqisi bowed to Li Ying and slowly retreated.

After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Your Highness, can you hug me?"

"What?" Li Ying didn't hear clearly because he was too far away and because of the wind, snow and Aqisi's accent.

Aqisi smiled, walked a little closer, and said, "Nothing, I just said that our country of Bukhara will guard the western gate of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Ying smiled and said, "Great, Datang is also very lucky to have friends like you."

Aqisi said: "Our vows still count. In order to prevent you from forgetting, let's high-five again."

As he said this, he raised his hand.

Li Ying didn't know where Aqisi heard the idea of ​​high-fiving again, but he didn't care. He stretched out his hand and high-fived Aqisi.

After high-fiving, Aqisi withdrew her hand reluctantly and said with a smile, "Goodbye."

"Well, goodbye." Li Ying replied.

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Just as Li Heng and his men were getting ready, the envoy from the Kingdom of Xiaoboluo and Gao Shi arrived one after another.

This time, the envoy sent by the Kingdom of Little Bolor was Ma Xilai, the elder brother of King Ninan of Little Bolor.

The current King Ninnan of Xiaobolü is the son of Mojin, who went to pay tribute to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in the early Kaiyuan period as mentioned by Gao Xianzhi.

A few years later, after Ninan died, his elder brother Ma Xi became the King of Xiaoboluo.

These guys were all pro-Tang, but unfortunately they all died young.

Ma Xi came to Anxi and went straight to the Governor's Mansion, wanting to meet Gai Jiayun, but she heard that Gai Jiayun had been imprisoned and the one who controlled Anxi now was Prince Shou Li Heng.

So Ma Xilai came to the inn again and asked to see Li Ying.

Li Heng summoned him directly.

When Ma Xi came to see Li Heng, he first paid his respects, then told Li Heng about the Tubo invasion of Xiaoboluo and asked for support.

Li Heng pondered for a moment and said, "My Great Tang can send troops, but there are two things you, Little Bolü, must obey."

"Which two? Please tell me, Your Highness." Ma Xilai said hurriedly.

(End of this chapter)