Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 523 The Tang Dynasty's Journey Begins
The news of Li Yuan's enthronement swept across the entire Chinese territory in a short period of time. After 277 years of unification, the land was once again divided.

At this moment, the Tang Dynasty and the Wei Dynasty formed a situation of dividing the country by the river horizontally, and vertically they divided the country from Longcheng. The whole court was in an uproar and the people were excited.

The current pro-war faction is the core force, and they demand an immediate expedition to attack Li Yuan. However, all requests for war have been suppressed, which has directly led to the current court atmosphere becoming very strange.

"Fight! We must fight! If we don't attack the ministers who are plotting rebellion, we won't be able to correct people's hearts."

This was a bloody remonstrance by the pro-war Xue family in the court to Emperor Jingtai, and they had many followers. Emperor Jingtai was already bedridden, and now he was provoked by these people, which made the situation even worse. If this continued, the prince would probably succeed to the throne ahead of time.

Just when the court was arguing over whether to fight or not, Guo Da, the only remaining military god in the world, came back. He also rushed back after hearing the news that Li Yuan had proclaimed himself emperor. He never expected that this old dog Li Yuan would not even let him have a good new year.

"What do you think?"

It was already late at night when Guo Da arrived on the first day. He didn't care whether Xia Lin was asleep or not, he just knocked on the door.

Xia Lin rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned as he sat opposite Lao Guo, his expression dazed, but Lao Guo kept asking, "I'm asking you, you bastard!"

How does the saying go? To judge whether a parent is old or not, it is not his age but whether he starts to ask for his children's opinions. Especially when a person who has been strong all his life asks his children about their attitudes and opinions in an urgent, solemn and even somewhat humble manner, it means that he is old and he has accepted his age.

"beat……"

"Then fight! Tomorrow you must gather the new troops and form a two-step encirclement to join the forces of Yanmen. Encircle Longcheng and attack from high ground to take Chang'an!"

"Fuck..."

"You!" Lao Guo slammed the table and said, "How dare you, little brat, tease your father?"

"I'm really not trying to amuse you, Father Guo."

Xia Lin now knew what he should say. He stood up and went back into the house, took out the military defense map that he and Lao Zhang had carefully drawn these days, and spread it out on the table.

"Fighting is easy. But fighting is risky. You start the war, but the enemy ends it. Once it starts, how do you end it? Do you want to end it until both sides lose all their money and lives, or just compete with each other in numbers? Father Guo, to be fair, you are indeed stronger than Li Yuan, but can you control the rhythm of the war right now?"

Lao Guo pursed his lips and said nothing. Xia Lin smiled and sighed, "Don't forget, China is surrounded by wolves, including Tubo, Uighurs, Turks, and even Arabs and Persians. Who wouldn't want to tear a piece of meat from China? In the fight against Li Yuan, I think the Turks will be the winner in the end. They have the best time, place, and people."

Xia Lin pointed his finger at the location of the Turkic royal court, and then swiped his hand to the location of the Western Regions: "This is the Western Turks. The remnants of the Western Turks have conquered a large territory in the Western Regions. But now they are fighting to the death with the Turkic royal court. But guess what, if China is weak, will these two Turks fight for that shitty place or will they go all the way south to eat up my fat Central Plains?"

"And here." Xia Lin pointed to the southwest. "The Baiyue have always relied on their geographical advantages to fight against the imperial court. If the southern army goes north, their jungle wolves will come out in full force. How can we defend ourselves?"

"Oh, look here." Xia Lin pointed to the narrow island country in the east and said, "Father Guo, don't forget this place. These bastards eat our food, use our things, and learn from us. They are eager to replace us. Do you think they will take advantage of this opportunity?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Dad, you see, in your eyes, this vast land of Northeast China is full of savages, but have you ever thought about it? They are all brave and good fighters who grew up in a land of wind and snow. For them, no matter how bad the battlefield in the Central Plains is, can it be worse than a snowstorm in the bitter cold land of the Far North?"

Xia Lin leaned over and said, "Dad, how long ago was the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China? Have you forgotten?"

Old Guo lowered his eyelids and stopped being excited. He was like an eggplant hit by frost. He knew that Li Yuan had the best of both worlds. Since ancient times, the West was strong and the East was weak when the East and the South were strong when the South was weak. Now, Li Yuan was both the West and the North...

"To seek benefits, one must first know the harms. A war should be fought when the benefits outweigh the harms, and stopped when the harms outweigh the benefits. The Qin Dynasty used 163 years as a boundary, and it took years to destroy the six kingdoms and unify China. Didn't he want to fight in the first years?"

"As the saying goes, the best strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, the next best is to attack their alliances, the next best is to attack their troops, and the worst is to attack their cities. Whether it's Longcheng or Chang'an, it's a losing deal for us. Don't forget that Li Yuan's son Li Shimin occupied Jiannan Pass long ago. Whoever controls Jiannan will control Bashu. Dad, are you still going to fight?"

Lao Guo stroked his beard and said, "I can't stand this."

"Even if he can't eat, he has to eat. Do you think Li Yuan dares to lead his troops south? He is afraid. He only dares to occupy one side. He doesn't know if he can conquer it, but he must know that there are wolves surrounding him."

"So what do you think of doing now?"

"Let's have a fight." Xia Lin raised his head and smiled, "We have to have a fight."

"But what you just said..."

"Alas, I can't give an explanation without a fight, so we have to fight this one. But how to fight is a science."

Xia Lin pointed to Hongnong County, north of Luoyang: "Fight here, three advances and three retreats, three wins and three losses. It's a seesaw battle with Li Yuan. Li Yuan advances, we retreat, Li Yuan retreats, we advance. They attack one, three, and five, and we attack two, four, and six. After the fight, we retreat thirty miles."

"Dancing Yangge."

"Yes! I believe that with the abilities of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, they should know why this happened. They also have to give an explanation to their subordinates. Sending 10,000 people over there will be like an attack and defense exercise with Li Yuan. As for the selection of generals, let's just ask Brother Guo to go."

"Your eldest brother? That piece of shit?"

"No, no, no, Father Guo...don't belittle your own son like this."

"He's a complete loser!" Old Guo slapped his thigh in anger when he mentioned his own son. "He's a general, but he can't even manage a barracks of 300 people. How can you let him lead 10,000 people? You might as well ask him to go back and feed the pigs."

"Ah! Big Brother is the most suitable candidate." Xia Lin smacked his lips and said, "Now it depends on whether Li Yuan will cooperate with us."

"What if he doesn't cooperate?"

"However many people he sends forward, we will use Luoyang's throat to eat up as many of his people as possible. Do you really think that my 400,000 people are all pure farmers?"

Old Guo's eyes rolled: "Tell me the truth, how many of your 400,000 peasant soldiers are capable of fighting?"

Xia Lin held up four fingers: "This number."

"That's not enough..."

"Not enough?" Xia Lin laughed. "With this number, as long as we don't attack Taiyuan or Chang'an, and fight a positional war, Li Yuan will have to use ten times as many people to fill the gap! We don't know whether he is willing to do so, but does he dare to do so?"

"Really ten times?"

"It's fake." Xia Lin smacked his lips. "My rough estimate is that it might be twenty times more."

Old Guo's face instantly lit up: "Good son, don't lie to your father. I'm old and can't stand being lied to."

After thinking for a while, Xia Lin leaned over to Guo's ear and said, "Dad, have you heard of rotation training?"

"What do you mean?"

"The Green Forest Army is just a disguise. They have been selecting suitable soldiers to go to Fuliang for training, and then replace them with mature soldiers. Of the 400,000, about 350,000 people will return to farming by next spring. This is what I promised them at the beginning. But there will still be 50,000 well-trained and selected soldiers left. Hehe... Is there any more effective way to select soldiers than this?" Lao Guo pondered for a moment, and suddenly it was clear: "You kid knew that Li Yuan was going to rebel a long time ago!?"

"Know a little bit."

On the second day, Lao Guo came to court. As the military god of Wei, he was the one who had the final say among the generals. With his arrival, Emperor Jingtai naturally breathed a sigh of relief. If the military god said to fight him, he would give him a gold medal. If the military god said not to fight, he would suppress the memorial...

Under the excitement of the crowd, Lao Guo volunteered to lead the troops and start the film.

But at this moment, the other generals all thought that Lao Guo was too old. He was almost seventy years old and could not die in battle. The Wei Dynasty had already lost one Li Jing. If another Guo Da died, the sky would fall...

So after some debate, Guo Da finally gave in, but he also said that dying for the country should start with the Guo family, so he strongly recommended his eldest son to lead the troops to the battlefield.

We have all been colleagues for decades. Who doesn't know the character of Guo Da's eldest son? But since people have said this, naturally there is nothing we can say. We just silently feel sorry for Guo Da's silly son.

But Guo Da was not panicking. Yesterday, Xia Lin's words gave him an epiphany - battle reports can be faked, but the battle lines cannot be faked. Anyone who can fight against the Tang army three times and go in and out three times will become a famous general.

Even if this matter was finalized, it was said that he would lead an army of 70,000 to fight the rebels, but in fact it was only 10,000 people, and then he would lead another 60,000 Green Forest Army to provide support when he got there.

As for why the imperial court did not directly give 70,000 people.

poverty……

Didn't all the money go to Li Yuan? Nanjing has been squeezed dry and there is no money left at all.

The eldest son of the Guo family, who was still studying "Postpartum Care for Sows" behind the big tent in the military camp the day before, set out on an expedition the next day with a dazed look on his face and wearing animal mask armor amid the cheers of the people.

"My pig..."

Before leaving the city gate, he turned around and said to Lao Guo: "Dad, my pig..."

"Don't think about your pig, you bastard. I'm going to kill it."

"That's the sow that gave birth! The hero sow!"

"Get lost." Lao Guo raised his whip and hit his son's horse's buttocks: "Follow the plan carefully!"

At this moment in Chang'an City, in the Tang Imperial Palace, Princess Pingyang was holding a child in one hand and feeding her, while her "husband" Dugu Han was sitting on the door frame, eating a handful of snacks fried with rice paste.

The princess was originally a commander in the Green Forest Army. After she gave birth to a child, she temporarily went to the rear. Then Li Yuan became emperor, and it would not be appropriate for her to stay in the Green Forest Army, so he asked Shan Xiongxin to send them back to Chang'an.

"Your father is quite unkind."

Dugu Han turned around and said, "We were still in his army when he ascended the throne. It's a good thing that it was your men's team, otherwise we would have been skinned and hung on the flagpole as a soul-calling banner."

"When did my father ever tell the truth?"

The princess lowered her head to coax her two children, and said rather dissatisfiedly: "Come over and feed them too."

"I?"

Dugu Han patted his chest, making a thumping sound: "If you want to starve them to death, just say so."

Seeing this guy becoming more and more like that bastard, the princess was furious: "You don't have a share, do you? I hold you and coax you every day."

"You ask the nanny to take care of it."

"Do I dare?" The princess said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Look at their appearance, especially the older one, with fox eyes and willow-shaped eyebrows. Those who are good at face reading and bone scanning can tell whose child it is just by looking at it."

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll hold you." Dugu Han walked over to pick up one of the sleeping children and sat at the door to continue eating her fried rice cakes: "Hey, my lady."

"Call me sister, the way you call me wife is disgusting."

"Oh. Sister Madam." Dugu Han tilted his head and asked, "Do you think there will be a war on the front line?"

"We can't fight." The princess, a professional soldier, said, "We all came back from the Green Forest Army. Although the Green Forest Army is not good at attacking, if they insist on defending, they can also make the Tang Army unable to start. What's more, there is also the Shenji Camp inside."

"So, what do you think? Chang'an City is in financial trouble right now. Should I try to make some money?"

"what ever."

"Well, it's time to do it. My branches have been restless lately. It's true that when there's no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king."

After saying that, Dugu Han's eyes rolled around, and he turned his head to look at the princess: "Hey! Sister, are you a princess of Tang or Wei? You can't be both, right?"

"do not know."

"What if you become the empress in the future? What would I be then?"

"Queen."

"That's not right!" Dugu Han turned his head and said, "It seems that this official system doesn't exist. Think about it carefully, or you won't be able to find an official position for me when the time comes."

The princess was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "So, can I have a harem too?"

"Yes, you can. But your harem was opened in the morning, and Chang'an City was conquered in the afternoon. Your man's mind is not much bigger than a needle tip. Unless you are stronger than him, your good days as an empress will be over."

Xiao Douya's tongue is not weak at all, especially her half-smile, which makes her look more and more like Xia Daosheng.

"Shut up," the princess scolded, "You woke up the children."

"Oh, you always bring up the child." Dugu Han looked down at his son who was sleeping soundly in his arms: "Hey, you took the wrong one. Mine is in your arms."

"Do you have to make it so clear?"

"That's not what I meant. It's just that this little bastard's eyebrows are too much like his father's. It makes my head hurt just looking at him."

(End of this chapter)