Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 121 Preparations before the Eastern Expedition (1)

In the autumn of the 18th year of Zhenguan, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty made final adjustments for the Eastern Expedition.

First, Zhang Liang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, was appointed as the general manager of the Pyongyang Road March, leading 4 soldiers and horses from the four prefectures of Jiang, Huai, Ling, and Xia.

He also issued an edict to recruit 3000 soldiers and [-] warships in Chang'an and Luoyang, and hand them over to Zhang Liang to command them to cross the sea from Laizhou port and approach Pyongyang by water.

Then he appointed Prince Zhan Shi and Donggong Zuowei to lead Li Ji as the general manager of the Liaodong Road March. He led 6 infantry and cavalry and the surrendered Hu troops from Lanzhou and Hezhou to attack Liaodong, encircling Zhang Liang's troops.

The armies from all walks of life gathered in Youzhou. Li Er once again sent Jiang Xingben, the chief of the army, and Qiu Xingyan, the young supervisor of the Shaofu, to supervise the craftsmen in Anluo Mountain to make ladders for practicing climbing and charging.

Warriors from far and near heard that Li Er was going to crusade against Goguryeo, so they were called up to serve as soldiers and donated countless siege equipment. Li Er personally selected and eliminated them, choosing the most convenient and simple equipment.

Immediately afterwards, he wrote an imperial edict to the world, condemning Quangai Suwen's infidelity and inhumanity, and claimed that he would act on behalf of the heavens and personally sent troops to attack Goguryeo.

At the same time, he also warned the people below that when he questioned Xingshi in Liaodong and Jieshi, the barracks in the places he passed should not be too laborious for the people.

He also boasted that he had five ways to win this expedition to Goguryeo.

Soon, Li Er issued an edict again and ordered the various armies, as well as Silla, Baekje, Xi, and Khitan to divide their troops to attack Goguryeo.

Everything was ready, and Li Er decided to launch a full-scale just battle against Goguryeo in half a month.

"Everyone! The Crown Prince and the King of Jin have arrived, and they are waiting outside the palace to be summoned!" Wang Yuan moved to Li Er's side, and whispered to Li Er who was discussing the final matters of the expedition with Chu Suiliang and others.

Li Er raised his head and said, "Let them in!"

"No!" Wang Yuan took the order to retreat, and led Li Chengqian and Li Zhi in after a while.

"My sons and ministers see my father!" Li Chengqian and Li Zhi saluted Li Er who was sitting on the throne.

"Exemption!" Li Er said.

"Thank you, father!" Li Chengqian and Li Zhi got up, Chu Suiliang and others saluted Li Chengqian, and they came to the side and sat down.

After they sat down, Li Er said: "The crown prince has been in Luoyang for a while, it's time to return to Chang'an, and the crown prince will leave for Chang'an to supervise the country tomorrow."

As the prince of Jian Guo, his accusation is Jian Guo. After he came to Luoyang, all affairs fell on Fang Xuanling's head.

This time Li Er has already set the time for the expedition, the prince should also go back to fulfill his duties of supervising the country, instead of staying in Luoyang to live a leisurely life.

"My son obeys the order!" Li Chengqian saluted, he knew that his leisure time was over!Going to work again!

Li Chengqian originally planned to encourage Li Zhi to run out of the palace together and experience a different life in the romantic place in Luoyang City.

Now it seems that there is no chance!

You said that you are a prince of the prison country, and you don’t want to go back to Chang’an to go to work for the well-being of the people, but you are full of thoughts about visiting romantic places. Is this what a prince should do?
Let Li Er find out, and he won't die of anger.

"Prince Jin! This time you will return to Chang'an with the prince. I hope you two will unite sincerely!" Li Er looked at Li Zhi with soft eyes.

Li Zhi was taken aback for a while, but he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He had never left Li Er's side, and now he was asked to go back to Chang'an, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Why is Li Er willing to let his beloved son leave his side? After all, marching and fighting are dangerous, and it is really inconvenient to take him with him. For his safety, he had to bear the pain and let him go back to Chang'an with the crown prince.

Li Chengqian stabbed Li Zhi, and Li Zhi finally realized, saluted and said: "Your servant obeys the order!"

Li Er turned his head and nodded towards Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan immediately took out an imperial edict and read it in public.

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ordered that Li Zhi, King of Jin, be worshiped as the prince's right concubine!"

Li Zhi was taken aback!Unexpectedly, Li Er would appoint him as the right concubine of the East Palace, it was too sudden!He wasn't even ready.

The crown prince, You Shuzi, is one of the officials of the East Palace, under the fourth grade, in charge of attendants, gifts, and performances. You Shuzi's deputy is Zhongsheren.

The crown prince supervised the country, and when he ordered the calligraphy, he would paint the sun, and when it was passed on to Chunfang, it was propagated by the concubine, and the Zhongsheren followed it.

You Shuzi's office is located in Youchunfang on the right side of Jiade Hall. Starting from Xiande Hall, you will pass through Fengyi Gate or Youjiashan Gate, and you will find Youchunfang.

"Jin Wang, Jin Wang quickly accept the order!" Seeing that Li Zhi didn't understand, Wang Yuan hurriedly reminded him.

Only then did Li Zhi come to his senses, he hurriedly got up and took the edict and said: "Your minister leads the edict!"

Li Er has his own intentions in making such arrangements. He hopes that Li Zhi can assist Li Chengqian in governing the country well, and that their brothers can be harmonious, friendly and support each other.

Only in this way can he go out to attack Goguryeo with peace of mind, without any worries.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with Li Er's arrangement. In this way, Li Zhi was placed directly under his nose, and he could control Li Zhi's movements at any time.

At this time, a servant trotted into the hall, saluted and said: "Report to Your Majesty! The Xiazhou Governor's Mansion came out to report urgently!"

"Submit it!" Li Er frowned and said in a deep voice. The Xiazhou Governor's Mansion mainly monitors the Turkic people in Mobei.

Now that Xiazhou Dudu's Mansion has sent an urgent report, could it be that something happened to Mobei?
The servant didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly submitted the urgent report from the Xiazhou Dudufu. Wang Yuan stepped forward to accept the urgent report, and turned around to hand it to Li Er.

Li Er immediately opened the mud seal, poured out the letter inside, and after some inspection, his frowning brows could not help but relax.

Li Er let out a sigh of relief, and thought to himself: So it was a false alarm!
"Your Majesty! Did the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion send an emergency military situation?" A minister asked.

If it was really Mobei's military intelligence, they might still take this opportunity to persuade Li Er to give up the Eastern Expedition. No matter how bad it was, they could make Li Er give up personally leading the army and let the general lead the Eastern Expedition instead.

At this moment, a group of ministers here still do not agree with Li Er's crusade against Goguryeo. After all, the lessons learned by Emperor Sui Yang of the Sui Dynasty are still vivid.

They don't want to cause turmoil in the court because of the crusade against Goguryeo.

As long as they can prevent Li Er from personally conquering Goguryeo, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, they will never give up.

Of course, if Li Er still insisted on going his own way, they had prepared for the worst. If something happened to Li Er, they would immediately support Prince Li Chengqian as the throne.

In order to stabilize the situation, it will not cause any turmoil in the court. Supporting the new monarch can easily tide over such a dangerous situation.

Then the giant ship of Datang can continue to move forward steadily.

This is their second plan for dealing with emergencies.

(End of this chapter)