Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 560 Errors
As the night was dark, Liang Xiao walked unhurriedly along the long corridor with his hands behind his back, stopping from time to time to take a look at the bright moonlight and the sparkling Pengli Lake.He repeatedly recalled what he had said to Mei Gao to see if he missed anything.

Talking with Mei Gao is not a well-designed plan. He has considered Mei Gao, but he is not sure.If it wasn't for Mei Gao's initiative, he wouldn't have said this to Mei Gao.Even though he had considered for a long time before speaking, he still didn't dare to rest assured.

After all, this is not a small matter.Once it fails, not only Mei Gao, but also Dou Ying will be implicated.

He didn't want to be Dou Ying's gravedigger.

Turning the corner, Liang Xiao stopped.He heard talking and laughing.Next door is the academy, there should be no one at the moment, why are there still people joking.Liang Xiao thought for a while, then turned around and walked through the corner door to the academy.

The academy is in the middle of the mountain.In the night, the light shines through the glass, like a bright crystal.Through the glazed window, Liang Xiao vaguely saw a few slim figures.Curious, he quickened his pace, walked to the corridor of the academy, and looked in through the window.

Liu Ling and Liang Yu were all there, Yue Yue, Beta and others were also there, and there were Yue girls who were bought by Liang Xiao and arranged to serve Huanyuan. Some were reading a book, while others rested their chins and looked up at Liang Yu in the middle of the podium.

Holding the pointer in his hand, Liang Xiao pointed at the blank wooden board behind him as if something was going on, like an old pedant, with vivid expressions and exaggerated movements, causing bursts of laughter from time to time.Liang Xiao was very surprised.In his impression, Liang Yuren, as the name suggests, has always been a quiet woman with a melancholy aura, but he did not expect her to have such a lively side.

Liang Yu saw Liang Xiao first, and winked at Liu Ling who was sitting in the front row.Liu Ling turned his head to look, and quickly got up and walked out, the blush on his face still not gone. "came back?"

"What are you doing?"

"It's nothing, let's sit together and gossip. During dinner, Wen Ji talked about her plan to renovate the study room. On a whim, she went to the academy to show it." Liu Ling took Liang Xiao's hand and walked aside . "Husband, I want to re-select some people to serve Master Xing, and bring back these Yue girls."

Liang Xiao understood Liu Ling's meaning as soon as he heard it.In fact, he roughly guessed it when he saw these people just now.

"Are you worried?"

"Well, it's not that there's anything wrong with them, it's just that there are many people in the master's place, and they are too simple to know that people's hearts are sinister. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to have too many contacts with outsiders. It's better to limit it."

"Okay, you can arrange this matter, there will be no problem with the master."

"Then it's settled." Liu Ling turned around, ready to go back to the house.Liang Xiao pulled her back. "I have something to tell me."

Liu Ling was very curious. "Why is it so urgent that you can't wait for me to go back?"

"I talked to Meigao about some things."

Liu Ling blinked and raised his hand. "Wait, I'll go back and say hello to Wenji, and I'll go back with you first."

Liang Xiao didn't insist either, and waited for Liu Ling to go in, greeted Liang Yu and Yue Yue, and then came out.The two walked side by side along the long corridor, neither talking.After returning to the room and closing the door, Liang Xiao sat by the bed and explained the process of communicating with Mei Gao.

Liu Ling blinked and looked at Liang Xiao puzzled. "That's all?"

Liang Xiao was surprised.How important this is, why Liu Ling has such a casual expression. "Is... not important?"

"Of course it's important." Liu Ling walked to Liang Xiao's side, leaned on Liang Xiao's shoulder, stretched out his hand to touch Liang Xiao's face, nodded on the tip of his nose, and raised his eyebrows slightly. "But it's not that important. Husband, you've been too nervous recently."

"Uh..." Liang Xiao was speechless.It's not that I'm too nervous, well, it's that you're too relaxed.For such a big event, how do you act as a housekeeper?
Seeing Liang Xiao looking at him with such eyes, Liu Ling giggled.She rolled her eyes. "It's still early, should you practice Daoyin first, or practice it later, or don't practice it today. One Yin and one Yang are called Dao, you are too nervous, I want to help you relax."

Liang Xiao rolled his eyes, stretched out his hands, and pressed Liu Ling's shoulders. "I said, Lord Weng, can you stop joking? I'm telling you something serious."

"What I'm talking about is also serious." Liu Ling blinked, looking even more charming. "You are too nervous now, and you will get into the horns of everything. If you can't relax, how can you handle this matter well? Just like archery, you don't need brute force, and it's natural, which is the correct way of archery."

Liang Xiao was speechless, but couldn't think of a reason to refute.Seeing this, Liu Ling stopped asking for his opinion at all, got up and called Beta and Xiya. "You fetch some water, serve your husband to wash, and wash yourself."

When Liang Xiao heard this, he was startled. "My lord, you are..."

"Sit well." Liu Ling stretched out two fingers and pressed Liang Xiao's lips, signaling him not to speak. "I have my own count. Don't forget, I am the Lord of Huainan. When it comes to Taoism, the collection of classics in the Huainan Palace is the best in the world. Even compared with the Secretary's Pavilion in the palace, you think you are the only one who has If you know how to channel, I won't?"

Liang Xiao frowned slightly, and smiled silently.

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Liang Xiao spread his arms and lay on the bed. The more he thought about it, the more ridiculous he felt, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Liu Ling is right, he is much more relaxed now.Although he still couldn't relax like Liu Ling, at least he understood the reason.

Just as Meigao accepted his bewitching more easily than he imagined, Liu Ling's attitude towards this matter was not as serious as he imagined.In other words, he himself took this matter too seriously.The root cause is that their thinking habits are different.People's way of thinking is often behind the times.Although the imperial power in the Han Dynasty was rapidly strengthening, the thinking of Liu Ling and Mei Gao was still stuck in the Warring States period, when strategists were everywhere. Although he came from a modern society of democracy and law, his thinking inevitably retained a high degree of power concentration, and he would be blamed if he moved. ****era.

From Liu Ling and Mei Gao's point of view, they just gathered more forces, formed public opinion, and remonstrated with the court, not rebellious, so there is no need to worry too much.In his opinion, this is actually Nilonglin. When the emperor is angry, their heads may fall anywhere.

Judging from the results, his nervousness is more justified.But in other words, if Mei Gao had the same thoughts as him, I'm afraid he wouldn't agree so readily. Being an official in another place and fighting with one's life are completely two concepts.

Liu Ling crawled over, leaned on Liang Xiao's chest, pinched Liang Xiao's nose, and asked with a smile, "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, your method is very useful."

"Of course." Liu Ling was very proud. "The way of civil and martial arts, one piece and one relaxation, if you are too tense, I have to relax. If you are too relaxed, I will remind you, so that you can relax properly."

"That's right, you are really my good wife." Liang Xiao held Liu Ling in his arms and looked at the roof. "Since Meigao took the initiative to ask for a fight, I will let him and Dou Ying rush to the front. I plan to stay in Lushan for a while and make some preparations. What do you think?"

"What kind of preparations are you making?"

"Weapons, money, intelligence, and, of course, people."

Liu Ling's eyes lit up. "Be specific."

"To fight big with small things, you must have a trump card. Although you don't want to use force, you must have such preparations. The emperor is a very powerful person. If there is not enough force to deter, no one can guarantee that he will not tear his face and fight against each other. See."

Liu Ling nodded repeatedly. "That's right, if you really want to fight, the imperial court has an absolute advantage. Liu Bi, the king of Wu, prepared for 30 years, but he couldn't stop the imperial court's army. The population of Huainan Kingdom alone is definitely not enough." Liu Ling used his hands Holding his body up on his arms, he looked at Liang Xiao curiously. "Besides colored glass, stirrups, and steelmaking, what other trump card do you have that you haven't brought out?"

"Do you think I will dedicate all my wealth to the imperial court?" Liang Xiao wrinkled his nose, looking smug. "Don't worry, I'll keep all the best things."

"Really, then I want to see if you have any good things."

"Since it is decided to build a country overseas, warships are of course the key. I thought about this issue when I decided to build ships in Yuzhang. The experiments you did in Maoling are also part of this plan. Based on these, we If I can build a more powerful warship, then even if the Son of Heaven organizes hundreds of buildings, I will still be able to destroy him."

Liu Ling opened his eyes wide, doubtful. "really?"

Liang Xiao gave her a white look. "My lord, you should never underestimate the power of technology. A great man once said that science and technology are the primary productivity. Think about it, the stirrup is very simple, right? With it, the knights of the Han army only need to practice for a year or two , can compete with the Huns who lived on horseback since childhood. Steelmaking is not complicated, but with it, the Chen family has made a lot of money..."

After hearing Liang Xiao's explanation, Liu Ling smiled and became curious. "Don't be a fool, just talk about it, how to improve the combat power of the building?"

Liang Xiao also became a little excited, turned over and sat up, put on his clothes and got off the bed, took a model boat, returned to the bed, and sat cross-legged.

"First of all, I want to improve the propulsion method and improve the propulsion efficiency. According to my estimation, the speed of the ship can be increased by at least half. In fact, I want to increase the hull, and then install a giant crossbow on the ship to increase the long-range attack capability, plus The racket, enhance the melee ability..."

Liu Ling was fascinated by Liang Xiao's explanation of the transformation ideas of warships.She had personally seen Liang Xiao transforming a building ship, and personally presided over several months of ship testing. She had handled more than a hundred ship models, and she was already more than half of the shipbuilding experts.However, the design that Liang Xiao said at this moment still opened her eyes and called it incredible.

Seeing Liu Ling, who is famous for his intelligence, looked at him with admiration, Liang Xiao couldn't help feeling overwhelmed with confidence.Scared of the hair, the emperor is awesome?If we really want to compete, we still don't know who will have the last laugh.

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In Ganquan Palace, the emperor leaned on the large imperial case, resting his forehead with one hand, and rubbing the huge map with the other, hesitating endlessly.

The map is a map of the Western Regions. After more than two years of field surveying and mapping by Mei Gao, the map of the Western Regions in his hand is detailed enough to allow him to understand the situation of the Western Regions at a glance.It was precisely because of this that he was even more disturbed.

The Xiongnu made a comeback, and the Qiang people flattered both sides, invading Hexi from the north and the south, and their scouts had already reached the Wuwei area.Autumn is coming soon. If no plan is made as soon as possible, once the Huns and Qiangs invade, the control of Hexi will inevitably change hands.

If it was changed to a few years ago, the imperial court would not care about the situation in Hexi at all, because Hexi was not under the control of the big man.The situation is different now. After the efforts of Liang Xiao and others, Li Danghu, Li Shuyun and others stationed troops in the countries of the Western Regions. The treasure also brought the meaning of surrender to the Han from the countries of the Western Regions.

Losing control of Hexi at this time, not only will the countries in the Western Regions lose their yearning for the great Han, but the court's face will also be seriously damaged.

More importantly, Liang Xiao, the No. 1 pioneer of the Western Regions, is "recovering from his illness" at Lushan Mountain. Although he has increased Liang Xiao's food and refuted the rumors of abandoning Liang Xiao, he knows in his heart that if he can't repel the Huns With people's attacks, it is inevitable that some people will think that without Liang Xiao, they will not be able to accomplish great things, and that removing Liang Xiao from office is a way for the imperial court to fail to employ people.

He didn't want to leave this impression on people, and there was only one way. When Liang Xiao was "recovering from his illness", he could still forcefully repel the Huns and firmly grasp the control over Hexi, even better than Liang Xiao .

How can we do better? Who can lead the army better than Liang Xiao?
The emperor screened over and over again the generals who could go to war in his mind: Han Anguo, Li Guang, Wei Qing, Cao Shi, Cheng Buzhi who guards the northern border?
The emperor was hesitant, these people had their own strengths, but no matter who they were, they couldn't surpass Liang Xiao.The most capable person is Wei Qing, but Wei Qing's ability is at best comparable to that of Liang Xiao, and it seems impossible for him to perform better than Liang Xiao.

The emperor was a little anxious and let out a heavy breath.He raised his head and waved to Zhu Fuyan and Xu Le who were standing beside him. "Do you have any good suggestions for candidates for the Western Expedition?"

Xu Le said: "Your Majesty, I think that in terms of familiarity with the Western Regions, no one is more suitable than Liang Xiao."

The emperor was silent.

Master Yan smiled softly: "Your Majesty, I think otherwise. The most important battlefield this time is not in the Western Regions, but Hexi. In terms of understanding of Hexi, Meigao should be the most important. Even Liang Xiao, in this respect Be a bit less."

The emperor showed a smile. "That's right, Mei Gao knows Hexi's situation best. With him as a guide, no matter who it is, they won't have to worry about getting lost."

"Your Majesty's words are very true, so I recommend Pingyang Hou to lead the army and use Meigao as the marching staff. After Pingyang Hou general, he is also the husband-in-law of Princess Yang Xinchang. He is loyal and is the most suitable candidate. I heard that , even Liang Xiao himself highly respects Marquis Pingyang."

Hearing the last sentence of Zhu Fuyan, the emperor raised his eyebrows.He had also heard this sentence, and it was relayed by Han Shuo.It seemed strange that Liang Xiao admired Cao Shi so much.Before leading the navy to conquer Minyue, Cao Shi had no experience in leading troops in combat.How did Liang Xiao judge that he was capable of fighting, and that his evaluation was so high.

Could it be that they had contacts before, and Cao Shi gave him benefits?A cloud of suspicion rose in the emperor's mind.
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(End of this chapter)