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

Chapter 524: The world is a huge makeshift team. The value of this sentence is still increasing.
"Your Majesty, urgent news from the front line: 70,000 Wei troops are heading towards Hongnong."

When Li Yuan got the news, he was stunned at first and took a step back unconsciously. He didn't expect that he had just become emperor and the domestic economic problems had not been solved yet, but the Wei Dynasty had already begun to attack.

He is not afraid of fighting, but what he is afraid of is that after the war, the front line will not be affected but the country will collapse first.

"Who is the leader?"

Li Yuan asked hurriedly, silently repeating in his heart, "Don't be Guo Da, don't be Guo Da, don't be Guo Da." Then he added in his heart, "Don't be Xia Lin either."

"It's Guo... Guo..."

Hearing this, Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that what is coming cannot be avoided.

But just when he was about to order the Black Armor Army to prepare for battle, the messenger finally remembered: "It seems to be a man named Guo Changchun."

"Fuck your mother!"

Li Yuan kicked him to the ground, and the cold sweat on his body instantly disappeared. The messenger didn't know why he had angered His Majesty, so he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please spare my life... Your Majesty, please spare my life."

At this moment, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand impatiently and told him to go away. But after the visitor left, he started to think about something.

Du Ruhui happened to come at this moment. Before Li Yuan could speak, Du Ruhui spoke up: "Your Majesty, the Wei army is going to send troops this time... Your Majesty, you don't look well, do you need to call the imperial physician?"

Li Yuan raised his hand and said, "Forget it. I have heard about this matter. The person leading the troops is Guo Changchun."

"That's right. He is Guo Da's eldest son, nearly fifty years old. He has no outstanding achievements..."

Before Du Ruhui finished speaking, Li Yuan laughed: "I don't recognize other people's children, but I recognize him? I once let that kid sit on my shoulders and swim through Longcheng. But why is it him?"

This Guo Changchun was cute since he was young, but that was just cute. He neither concentrated on studying nor researching the art of war. He just spent the whole day toying with his chickens, ducks, geese and pigs.

Leading troops? He was more useful leading 300 pigs than 300 men, so how could he lead 70,000 men to attack Hongnong?
Are you sick? Are you sick? Guo Da is crazy, is he sending his son away?
"Come on, follow me to the sand table."

The two of them acted out this on the sand table. Although Li Yuan had character flaws, his abilities were not weak either, and he quickly saw where the problem lay.

Hongnong, their target is Hongnong, so what is the strategic intention? Hongnong is not the best route to attack Chang'an. It is better to break Longcheng from top to bottom and then enter Chang'an. How crazy is it to use such a strategy to attack Hongnong directly by bypassing Weishui?
If an ordinary person came up with such a stupid move, Li Yuan would not be surprised, after all, useless people are the majority everywhere. But there are Guo Da and Xia Daosheng on the other side. Li Yuan has also carefully deduced Xia Daosheng's classic battles several times. Although the battles were not large in scale, he was chosen by Guo Da as his successor, which actually meant he had some talent. He would definitely not use such a stupid move.

Since no one would use such a stupid move, but it actually happened, then there is only one possibility.

"Your Majesty, how about we eat these 70,000 people first?"

"Eat it?" Li Yuan patted Luoyang and said, "Who eats who?"

At this moment, Li Yuan seemed to have seen the scene where his own soldiers fell into the enemy's trap while chasing the invading deserters, and were surrounded and annihilated by the enemy coming out of Luoyang.

And this was probably the reason why they attacked Hongnong.

They couldn't get in, and the Tang army couldn't attack out, and both sides were stuck on that line.

Li Yuan and Du Ruhui looked at each other, and suddenly an unprecedented sense of pleasure came out unconsciously, the pleasure of meeting a worthy opponent.

Everyone knows that now is not the time to fight, and Li Yuan doesn't even want to become emperor so soon, but the situation is like this, and he has no choice but to go down this path.

But when he put himself in the shoes of the current Wei Dynasty, he discovered that they actually couldn't afford a major war. The treasury was empty, there was infighting in the capital, and factional disputes. They didn't even know what to do with water conservancy projects, disaster prevention and relief, and even the salaries of officials next year. They had to rely on the Tang for transfusions.

If we fight now, two people will be killed in one fight.

However, this move is good, too good. Finding a mediocre person to lead the army in battle, someone who knows nothing is the best use at this moment. He only needs to strictly follow orders, and then have a fake fight with the Tang army in Hongnong.

By wasting time there, neither side can move forward or backward. This can both silence the world's gossips and...

Trade! ! !

Li Yuan's mind suddenly lit up, and he slapped the sandbox: "Oh my! I regret it!"

"What does your majesty say?"

"If I had asked Sanniang to get to know Xia Daosheng a few years earlier, he would have been my son-in-law! I regret it so much!"

Li Yuan's words, shouted out through his back teeth, were truly heartbreaking. He now understood the value of the Taoist saying "In literature, there is Xia Daosheng, in martial arts, there is Li Shimin. If you get one of them, you can get the world."

More importantly, for Li Yuan, Xia Daosheng was actually more useful than Er Feng, because Li Shimin was competing for the position of emperor, and Xia Daosheng was only a son-in-law after all.

Now he feels like the poor Liu Da'er. He clearly has the opportunity to possess both Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick, but now he can only watch Crouching Dragon being with someone else and Phoenix Chick almost becoming alienated from him.

"Your Majesty... these three princesses and Xia Daosheng, um, what, Your Majesty, what does this have to do with the Battle of Hongnong?"

"This plan must have been set up by Xia Daosheng. Do we have to buy a large amount of materials from there?"

"Exactly."

"Then tell me..." Li Yuan smiled coldly: "Given the current situation between the two countries, how can we transport things here at a very low cost?"

"Bingliangdao!" The moment Du Ruhui thought of these three words, the hairs on his body stood up. He really had to admire Xia Daosheng's strategic ability. Only he could think of something that could kill two birds with one stone. It could not only help alleviate the financial crisis here, but also help relieve the financial shortage there, and it could also make both sides have an explanation to the inside and outside...

A strange man, truly a strange man.

However, it is a pity that such a rare person is not in the Tang Dynasty. No wonder Your Majesty is so angry and gnashing his teeth.

"Your Majesty, please do not be angry. The way of heaven is to reduce the excess and replenish the deficiency. Since the way of heaven was born in Wei, it means that Wei's destiny is endless. We should not lament."

"I just feel sorry for my third wife. She has never married the right person in her life."

After saying this, Li Yuan stood up again, walked to the main hall, and sighed: "Ask Kang Desheng to lead 50,000 men to Hongnong to meet the enemy."

"Kang...Kang Desheng?" Du Ruhui was stunned for a moment: "Can he... do it?"

"If Guo Changchun believes it, then Kangdesheng will surely succeed."

In fact, it is no wonder that Du Ruhui was so surprised. Who is Kang Desheng? He is actually the son of Li Yuan's wife's sister. He is about the same age as Li Jiancheng. He is good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. He holds an idle general position in Chang'an and leads a stove army of four or five hundred people. He has no ability at all.

At the moment, it is a fight between straw bags, a pig farmer and a cook, and no one can say who is a waste.

In this way, a total of 120,000 people from both sides set out in a mighty manner. A few days later, they met in the wilderness outside Hongnong County. When spies reported that the two teams were only ten miles apart, the commanders of both sides suddenly gave orders to bury the pots, cook, and set up camp on the spot.

The two generals in charge of logistics naturally know the importance of eating. There will be a big battle tomorrow, so they have to have a good meal tonight!

Yes, I have to have two more cups. It’s cold now, so it won’t hurt to have two cups.

Then the next day, the commanders of both sides slept until noon. When they woke up and saw the weather was already like that, they decided there was no need to fight and sent messengers to inform the other side that since they had missed the opportunity today, they would fight again tomorrow.

Then both sides started cooking again.

The weather was cold, and the Wei army's food and supplies had not arrived yet, so Guo Changchun sent people to Hongnong County to purchase some, but there was nothing left in Hongnong County at the moment.

When the purchaser left Hongnong, he happened to meet the Tang army patrol team...

"Hey, brother over there, do you have any food? Let's buy some."

"How much do you want to buy?"

The Tang army also dismounted and started asking questions. When they shone torches on both sides, they found that it was the opposite side and immediately drew their weapons and confronted each other.

It was cold and the air was weak. After standing for a while, they could no longer stand. So the Tang army captain took the initiative to ask: "How much silver do you get in military pay every year? Why do you work so hard?"

"We get about fifty taels a year, how much do you get?"

"About thirty or forty taels, why are you giving out so much?"

"It was less in the first few years, but later on, wasn't that what Lord Xia advocated? He gave us more."

After the two sides chatted about family matters, they paused for a moment, and then the Tang army asked, "What did the Wei army brothers say they wanted to buy just now?"

"Food and fodder! It's freezing cold, and our supplies haven't arrived yet. Brothers, you're very cold."

"Would you like to buy coal? We have plenty of good coal here. If you buy food and fodder, we can also give you some coal. But I heard that your food is very good, and you have some chief...officials or something."

"Canned food, with meat and vegetables in it."

"Yes, yes, yes." The Tang army nodded hurriedly: "That's it, give me some. No silver required, exchange the things with canned food."

"Okay, how much do you want, brother?"

"How many do you have?"

As the two sides chatted, they put away their weapons. One of them said, "It's not a good idea to stand here. Let's go to the county town and find a restaurant to drink first."

"Let's go and have a drink."

A dozen Tang soldiers and a dozen Wei soldiers entered the tavern in Hongnong County together, ordered a few dishes and a few jars of wine, and then started talking about business.

Both sides were former firemen. There is an old saying that a cook will not steal crops if he does not steal them. So it is very common for firemen to resell things. After sitting down and chatting, they began to discuss business.

When the Tang army returned to report to their commander, the commander would normally know that this was the most vulnerable time for the Wei army. No matter whether they launched an attack at dawn or a night battle, the Wei army would probably be defeated.

But when the gentleman heard the news, he slapped his thigh and said, "Will this make me rich?"

Then, early the next morning, when it was still snowing, a group of Tang soldiers pulling carts arrived at the Wei army camp at daybreak. The carts were loaded with charcoal, coal, hay to keep warm, and some rice and flour.

It wouldn't be a big deal if the Wei army sent out soldiers to seize the supplies, but Guo Changchun ordered his men to go out and inspect the goods...

Then they exchanged ten carts of canned food for these cold-weather supplies, and both sides returned to the camp happily...

(End of this chapter)