Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3584 In the Army
The Tubo people have always been brave and brave, and they don't take the Tang army in their eyes. They dream of swooping down from the plateau, plundering and occupying the warm and humid land of the Tang Dynasty for their own, and even marching straight into Guanzhong to defeat Chang'an, which destroyed the Tang Dynasty. There are endless arguments, and Songtsan Gampo is the most powerful person in the city. His heart and mind is to conquer the Tang Dynasty, let the Tubo cavalry ride all over Guanzhong and Jiangnan, plunder a piece of fertile land for future generations, and enslave the Han people forever .

However, they have not yet arrived in Chang'an. After the two battles, the Tubo cavalry has fully seen how fierce the Tang army's elite combat power is.The two armies that were either recently defeated or improvised have lost their big teeth. It is conceivable how brave the real main force of the Tang army will be.

Not to mention the horrific combat power of this army of prohibitive orders, the heyday of the army, and continuous defeat of the Tuyuhun, Turkic, and cannibal Youtunwei...

What makes Zanpo even more worried is that throughout the ages, when the Central Plains dynasty was in decline, the surrounding barbarians would naturally invade the bandits, burn, kill and plunder. Invincible in strength, he has crushed the surrounding Hu people for hundreds of years.

The Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties were all like this.

Although Tubo has strong soldiers and horses today, Datang is even stronger!If anyone wants to take advantage of the other party, they can only wait for one of them to gradually become chaotic and weak.It's just that I don't know whether Tubo was weak first, or Tang Dynasty was chaotic first...

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Yecheng.

Zhangshui was frozen, and beside the riverside, outside the city of Ye, there were military camps stretching for dozens of miles. Cavalry came and went, flags were unfurled, and the army was at its peak.

The army of the Eastern Expedition failed and returned. They withdrew from outside Pingrang City and returned to Guanzhong. Due to weather, traffic and many other reasons, they stopped and stopped all the way. Until now, they have just arrived outside Yecheng, which is more than a thousand miles away from Chang'an...

At this point of the army, the local officials in Yecheng did not dare to be negligent, and immediately came to see him, but they were all blocked from the barracks. Only the British Duke Li Ji showed up in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty is slightly ill. Rest and recuperate. I don't want to disturb you." In the local area, each department should guard its duties and not waste people’s money.” Then they all sent them back.

Naturally, a group of local officials did not dare to disobey His Majesty Li Er's order, but they also did not dare to send rice, grain, meat, eggs and other things raised by local gentry and wealthy households into the camp to reward the army without saying anything.

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Inside the big tent of the army in the camp, the atmosphere was serious.

Li Ji was sitting in the main seat, holding a teacup and slowly sipping hot tea, but Cheng Yaojin, who was sitting next to him, couldn't hold back any longer, slapped the coffee table beside him with a dark face, and said in a rough voice: " How long will it take to return to Chang'an with stops and stops? The battle report of the Chang'an mutiny has been sent to the army for a long time, but the British prince is sitting on the mountain, watching the prince of the East Palace besieged by the rebels, what are you worried about?"

Yu Chigong, Zhang Liang, Zhang Jian, Cheng Mingzhen, Xue Wanche, Ashina Simo and others sat aside, all looking at Li Ji.

Li Ji was not annoyed, he drank tea slowly, and said calmly: "How can I not be in a hurry? But the so-called haste makes waste, hundreds of thousands of troops are moving, and there are many considerations in all aspects. A little carelessness will lead to unpredictable The consequences must be dealt with carefully. Lu Guogong is also a veteran in the battlefield and has led troops for many years, so he doesn't even understand this truth?"

The march of hundreds of thousands of troops is indeed very troublesome.The list is the astronomical figure for the daily consumption of food and fodder. The army has long been short of food and fodder, and it depends on temporary supplements from local governments. The richer state capitals are better. Where can so many poor state capitals come to supply the army with so much food?What's more, the weather is very cold this winter, with heavy snowfalls one after another, making the road difficult.

Cheng Yaojin didn't give Li Ji any face at all, he stared at the bull's eye and said: "The army is moving slowly, and there is a lack of food and supplies. This is also known to me. But I beg to lead the army first, and the necessary supplies do not need to be supplied by the army. It is just for the early Arriving in Chang'an in one day to put down the rebellion, why did you push back and sternly refuse? If you don't give an explanation to a certain one today, a certain one will never end!"

When the army returned from Pingrang City, they were dragging their feet on the road and were seriously slow. Many generals in the army were dissatisfied with this.When they finally arrived in Zhuojun, the news of the mutiny in Chang'an spread to the army, but Li Ji still ignored it. Every day, the general and the general in the army handled every detail properly, and the necessary food and supplies were mobilized from nearby prefectures. Many people are amazed by their ability to arrange the camping place for the night before they set off in the morning, and there is no difference between the march of hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, this time is already extremely urgent, is it the time to take care of these things?

But Li Ji insisted on going his own way, and strictly ordered all members of the army not to leave the army without authorization, otherwise he would be punished severely for the crime of desertion!

Of course, some people are impatient and want to return to Chang'an as soon as possible, while others are not in a hurry and wish they could delay for a few days... Naturally, everyone understands the reason for this.However, what Cheng Yaojin couldn't understand was that even though others were willing to delay for a few more days to give the Guanlongmen Clan enough time to accomplish things, why did Li Ji support him tepidly?

Our heels are all Shandong aristocratic families, even if you put aside your loyalty to the prince, and only consider your own interests, you shouldn't allow the Guanlongmen Clan to launch a rebellion in Chang'an unscrupulously?
When he arrived in Yecheng yesterday, after setting up the camp tightly without any omissions, Li Ji ordered to rest here for two more days, Cheng Yaojin finally couldn't bear it, and broke out.

Zhang Liang, the Duke of Yun, coughed lightly, and said, "Don't be impatient, Duke Lu. Hundreds of thousands of troops are marching, and every place must be dealt with properly. Otherwise, if a mutiny occurs, who can bear the responsibility? , safety is the priority, it should be."

"Mother!"

Cheng Yaojin jumped up against the table, glared at Zhang Liang, pointed at Zhang Liang, and cursed: "Go to hell! Do you think I don't know what's going on in your heart? Don't dream of your Qingqiu dream! Like you For a person who has no shame and only knows how to get in, changing families is as easy as a prostitute picking up customers, and has no integrity, even if the Guanlong Mutiny succeeds, how can he take care of you, a waste?"

He could endure in front of Li Ji, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he would have some leeway, but what kind of thing is Zhang Liang?A thing that Fang Jun calls around and treats like a dolphin dog dares to do five to six in front of Cheng Yaojin!

Zhang Liang was so angry that his face flushed, and he said angrily: "How can you curse people when you have something to say?"

"Curse people? Why do I still want to kill people!"

Cheng Yaojin raised his foot and walked forward, and rushed towards Zhang Liang, his right hand was already on the handle of the horizontal knife around his waist... Fortunately, Ashina Simo beside him had quick eyesight and quick hands, so he knew when he got up , Hugged him tightly, and persuaded: "Don't be annoyed, Mr. Lu, don't be impatient when you are safe, don't be impatient when you are safe!"

Cheng Yaojin is extremely powerful, but Ashina Simo is also amazingly powerful. He couldn't break free after struggling, but still pointed at Zhang Liang and yelled: "Mother! You are a dirty dog ​​with a belly full of privacy. No matter who tells you to keep one eye open, otherwise I may chop off your head someday!"

Zhang Liang's face was red and white, biting his lips firmly, swallowing all the humiliation and anger in his stomach, without saying a word.

It's not that he is educated, but that he really dare not say anything!It is said that Fang Jun is a stick, but who doesn't know that before Fang Jun, Cheng Yaojin was the most unscrupulous stick?Even His Majesty Li Er sometimes has nothing to do with Cheng Yaojin who is in a fit of tiger... If he is really in a hurry, killing him is unlikely, but breaking his hands and feet is effortless.

Li Ji, who had been silent for a long time, looked as usual, and he didn't even look at Cheng Yaojin, who was squatting. He put down the teacup in his hand, tapped on the coffee table beside him, and said slowly: "Your Majesty is dead, I will restrain you as the deputy commander-in-chief." In the whole army, whoever refuses to obey is like disobeying a military order."

One sentence suppressed the atmosphere in the tent, then raised his head, looked over one by one, finally stayed on Cheng Yaojin's face, and said word by word: "The military order is like a mountain, if Duke Lu dares to lead the army to leave the army and return to Chang'an without permission, then If you treat him as a traitor, you will definitely kill him!"

"... Mother!"

Cheng Yaojin cursed angrily, broke away from Ashina Simo violently, and sat back to the original place with his beard and hair stretched out, sulking, but he never mentioned the topic of speeding back to Chang'an.

Not only was he not a fool, but there was a delicate mind hidden under his rough appearance. Although Li Ji never explained too much, such a tough attitude was enough to make him feel unusual.Moreover, Li Ji seemed to be calm and easy-going all day long, but in fact he was serious and cruel. If he really offended him, it would be difficult to end.

If he didn't figure out what kind of medicine Li Ji was selling in the gourd, he wouldn't act recklessly on his own...

(End of this chapter)