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Chapter 660 Three Fang Xuanling's Strategies

In June, the weather was already hot enough to make people a little irritated, especially when they had to wear a thick layer of leather armor, this irritability would be infinitely enlarged, but whether it was the Tang army in the city or the city The Yan Yun army outside the country has long been accustomed to this kind of life. Although it is in wartime, the daily drills are still continuous, and after sweating profusely, there is a different kind of heartiness.

After inspecting the camp, Li Xian returned to his big tent. Although there was still no news from the city after waiting for a few days, Li Xian seemed in no hurry.Now he doesn't have much to do, the most important thing is to concentrate on winning Chang'an City.In Dou Jiande, Hebei, there are Yuwen scholars and leading soldiers watching, and in Jianghuai, there is Zhang Liang leading the army to guard. As for Wang Shichong, the eastern capital, it is steamed steamed buns, which can be swallowed at any time.

Lie down on the recliner, picked up a book and flipped through it casually.

After only a few glances, Xie Yingdeng called out from outside, bowed and saluted after coming in: "According to my lord's order, Du Ruhui and others have already set off from Juyeze. It will take about a month to reach the camp."

"Um"

Li Xian nodded and said: "After Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji arrive, I can relax a little bit. I will leave those trivial matters to Lao Du... Gu has forgotten that there is still a capable person idle in the camp. Bringing Fang Xuanling here, Gu can't keep a few idlers in vain. Qu Tutong is an expert at leading the army. Gu has already asked him to lead 5000 troops to work under Chengxi Shubao. After watching him for a few days, if he really makes up his mind Follow Gu with all your heart, and just give him another team to lead him."

"I just came here, is it a little wrong for the Lord to let him lead the army?"

Xie Yingdeng reminded cautiously.

"It doesn't matter, he has other choices now? Fang Xuanling and he are not stupid. Now that they have entered the lonely camp, their retreat is almost cut off. They can only give up on Li Yuan. Even if Li Shimin comes back Dare to use them? And now they can see the position of the lonely station very clearly, whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin, it is better to follow the lonely station."

"You should still be careful."

Xie Yingdeng said: "Fang Xuanling is easy to talk about. I talked with him a few times a few days ago. Although this person is not very open-minded, he has real talents and learning in his chest. If he is sincere in serving the Lord, he is a talent for governing the world. Many opinions, even the ministers are quite convinced. Qu Tutong... this person has led the army all the year round, and his heart is hard and ruthless. If the lord wants to use this person as a title, you should think twice."

"Ok!"

Li Xian nodded and smiled and said, "Let's not talk about that. If there is still a signal from the secret spies in the city the next morning, then we can't wait any longer. It's the end of June now, and the weather will be worse after September." It's about to get colder, Gu still thinks that the Dongdu matter will be resolved a year ago. If there is enough time, it will be time for Dou Jiande to settle accounts. Of course, these matters cannot be resolved together a year ago, but we still have to hurry up Let’s do it, when the situation on the ground in Hebei is calm, we will use troops in Sichuan and Sichuan alone against Jingxiang.”

"Dou Jiande is a matter that must be resolved in the future. As long as he is eliminated, the territory of my Yanyun Village will be connected. And as long as Hebei is pacified, the passage to Yuyang Zhuojun and other places will be opened. Goguryeo has been a bit rampant recently. After Ulji Mundeok's death, Goguryeo seems to be not at peace. It's hard to say who is the king now... But their ambitions are all the same. Yang Guang failed to suppress them at the beginning, but it also hurt the vitality of Goguryeo. After recovering for a few years, they dared to attack the counties in Hexi, and if they were allowed to make trouble, who knows what disgusting things they would do."

"How about Wang Fubao?"

Li Xian suddenly changed the subject. He is a very fast thinking person. If the person talking to him is not familiar with his personality, he may be very uncomfortable.

"Wang Qinian is back, Wu Bushan was also exposed in Hebei, who is watching this now?"

"Cold also."

Xie Yingdeng said: "A secret report is sent every half a month, but recently Dou Jiande mobilized troops and had to reactivate Wang Fubao. Leng Yi's news is not as timely as before. After all, it is much more inconvenient to pass news in the army."

"Wang Fubao hasn't given up on Dou Jiande yet, either because Dou Jiande is kind to him, or because Dou Hongxian is too cold to persuade him directly, and he hasn't found a chance to force him back yet."

"If you can't find it, create it yourself!"

Li Xian waved his hand and said, "Leng Yi is good at assassination and ambushes. It's really not suitable for him to think of ways to instigate Wang Fubao. You think about it. If you can't, choose the right person from the spies to help him."

Li Xian went to the map and looked at it, pointed to a certain place and said: "Wang Fubao led the army to confront General Daxi here. Although this man is also from a reckless background, he is very skilled in using troops and should not be underestimated. Dou Jiande Going south, you can’t ruin Chang’an’s affairs because of him. You send someone to Jiangdu as quickly as possible, transfer Zhang Liang to the north to support Yuwen Shiji, retreat Dou Jiande’s soldiers, and take Li Daozong’s 10,000+ Tang army Also solved."

"The minister will let someone do it."

Xie Yingdeng thought for a while and asked again: "If you can't instigate Wang Fubao..."

Li Xian looked away from the map, thought for a while and said, "Then Dou Jiande can't use him either. Now there are few people around Dou Jiande who really know how to lead the army. If Wang Fubao can control the military power again...it's not good."

"I understand!"

Xie Yingdeng nodded, knowing it in his heart.

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After Xie Yingdeng left, he found Fang Xuanling. This person who was supposed to be the upstart of the Tang court suffered a series of setbacks, but his temperament became more restrained, and he seemed more stable.To tell the truth, even he himself felt that the circumstances in his life were really wonderful. When he rebelled with Li Shimin back then, speaking of it, if Li Shimin followed his plan completely, he might not be able to achieve great things.

But Li Shimin was too conceited. Speaking of which, he didn't trust anyone at all in his bones.At the beginning, he proposed to wait until the matter of Dongdu was resolved before attempting to seize the throne, but Li Shimin didn't want to wait at all.According to Fang Xuanling's idea, after the Eastern Capital City is broken, officials under Wang Shichong, as well as the concubines and concubines in the Dazheng Palace, will be captured alive. The offering of prisoners in Chang'an City is justifiable for the army to return to Chang'an, and if there is a sudden attack, it will definitely become a major event.

But Li Shimin couldn't listen to it at all, so he had to retreat and offer a plan to kill Li Yuanji and send him back to Chang'an, but he didn't bring soldiers and horses, only hundreds of loyal soldiers.After entering Chang'an City, the prince must come to pick him up, so he suddenly attacked and killed the prince at the gate of the city, detained the generals of the Yamen of the Bingbei Mansion, and then entered the Taiji Palace to force the emperor to abdicate.

But Li Shimin still didn't listen, and only said how could it be possible to go back without bringing soldiers and horses.He made suggestions, but Li Shimin often only listened to half of them.This made Fang Xuanling so dissatisfied that after the defeat of the army, he and Qu Tutong did not go looking for Li Shimin immediately after they escaped.

After the defeat, he once thought that his official career in this life had come to an end.With his current reputation, no matter if he voted for Xiao Xian or Dou Jiande, he would not be reused. King Qin fled to the mountains, so he had no choice but to persuade Qu Tutong to find another way to find Li Shimin.

Qu Tutong's reputation is much greater than him. With Qu Tutong's ability to lead the army, no matter where he goes, his future is much brighter than him. But how could Fang Xuanling let go of this last life-saving weapon? straw?If Qu Tutong abandoned him, he would really have nowhere to go.After finally persuading Qu Tutong to go to Li Shimin, he was killed by the black-faced general Luo Shixin on the way, and he and Qu Tutong were also taken prisoner.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Xian valued him quite a lot.This made Fang Xuanling see hope again. After King Yan raised his troops to besiege Chang'an, he felt that his hope of retaliation was even greater.

The king of Yan who did not rebel was only the king of Yan after all, and the king of Yan who rebelled...

Whenever thinking of this, Fang Xuanling couldn't help feeling agitated.

After entering Li Xian's big tent, Fang Xuanling saluted respectfully: "My minister, Fang Xuanling, pay my respects to my lord."

While marking the movement of Dou Jiande's Xia army on the map, Li Xian pointed casually without raising his head and said, "Find a chair and sit down first, and then I can talk to you after I have smoothed out the route of Xia's army on the map." There is tea, there is wine on the low table, do it yourself without restraint."

"Thank you, my lord."

Fang Xuanling did not sit down, but walked slowly to Li Xian, carefully watched the young but absolutely convincing His Royal Highness Yan Wang draw on the map with charcoal, connected several places with a ruler, and then After calculating the distance and marking the Xia army's strength, the deployment of Xia's troops on the map was clear and smooth in a short time.

Fang Xuanling felt a burst of admiration, he had never seen such a method before, so it felt very novel.I wanted to ask King Yan for advice, but I was afraid that I would appear rude.

"This is a labeling method I came up with alone, and it is more intuitive and clear when looking at the map."

Li Xian saw Fang Xuanling's curiosity but had to lie, because he couldn't say that drawing is the basic homework of staff officers in modern warfare.

"Master is talented!"

Fang Xuanling said sincerely: "I heard that the long-range catapult used in the army, the heavy crossbow with a range increased by nearly [-]%, the thunderbolt, and the ram device on the warship are all conceived by the Lord himself. The minister admires."

"Manpower is infinite, the most important thing is to dare to think. I just think more than others. And most of the things I just have an idea, and I hand it over to the people below to implement. In fact, I don't have much effort .”

"Infinite manpower..."

Fang Xuanling reflected on these four words, thoughtfully.

"I came here to ask you a question."

After Li Xian sat down on the chair, his tone was calm.