Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

"Brother Kan, why did you come to Chang'an?"

Chen Ying's question was actually the answer that Li Shimin was eager to know.Kan Leng was the adopted son of Du Fuwei. When Li Yuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Yuan Wendu and others who stayed behind in Luoyang also supported Yang Tong, the king of Yue, who was also the emperor of Huangtai.Du Fuwei proclaimed himself a minister to Yang Tong, and was named the king of Chu by Yang Tong, and the general manager of the host country.Li Shimin thought to himself, could it be said that Wang Shichong would not tolerate Du Fuwei and had a bad relationship with Du Fuwei, and Du Fuwei also intended to join Tang to attack Zheng?In fact, Li Shimin's guess is very close to ten.

Kan Leng hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "My father asked me to come to Chang'an..."

Yang Tong is a puppet in Wang Shichong's hands.Just after Wang Shichong defeated his old enemy Li Mi, his power swelled, and his ambitions also swelled. At this time, he wanted to unify all the mountains in the Sui Dynasty, so Du Fuwei, who controlled 72 counties in the eight counties of Jianghuai and had more than [-] soldiers, It became Wang Shichong's thorn in the flesh.As a puppet, in order to survive, Yang Tong had to follow Wang Shichong's wishes and ordered Du Fuwei to come to Luoyang for an audience.

When Du Fuwei received Yang Tong's imperial edict, he immediately felt the murderous intent hidden in this imperial edict.As long as he goes to Wang Shichong's territory in Luoyang, he will definitely become a hostage, and the Jianghuai Army will be named Wang instead of Du from now on.Du Fuwei discussed with Fu Gongyou and decided to make two-handed preparations.

While working with Wang Shichong who was giving orders under the banner of Yang Tong, he was hypocritical and snake-like, and at the same time sent Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan to Chang'an, preparing to join Tang to attack Zheng.After Kan Leng came to Chang'an, he met Chen Yingbai by chance at the floating banquet. Based on the principle of not taking advantage of the bastard, he brought the members of the mission to eat and drink.

When he saw Luo Shixin's provocative words, he couldn't help but make a move.

Li Shimin couldn't help being ecstatic when he heard this.There is Wagang Li Mi in the east, and Jianghuai Du Fuwei in the southeast. The three join forces to attack Wang Shichong, and the matter is half done. Once Luoyang is occupied, the strategic security of Datang can be greatly changed.

Li Shimin could tell that Wei Zheng was serious about him.With Li Shimin's head, it's easy to figure it out.For people like Wei Zheng, the unspeakable King Qin is actually not attractive at all.

As a first-rank prince, what King Qin can give Wei Zheng is really limited.He only has the power to appoint officials below the fifth rank. However, once he is labeled as Prince Qin's Mansion, it will not only not help his future career, but will be a fatal hindrance.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, no more than at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the power to open a government and build a government office is currently only possessed by the prince.The Tang Dynasty established the country with military force, and as long as he has enough meritorious service, he can be rewarded. Now he has become a minister, and his official position has no chance of promotion.He is already a prince of the first rank, and his title cannot be promoted.So meritorious service must be rewarded, only to reward him with the power to open a mansion and build a government, as long as he has the power to open a mansion and build a government, he can recruit civil and military subordinates openly.At that time, you can slowly accumulate the capital to have a long and short relationship with Li Jiancheng.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't sit still.

Ten or eight Luo Shixins were recruited. For the Qin Palace, it was just one more general who could fight.The bravery of one man is still somewhat useful in private discussions. In the process of confrontation between the two armies, it can play a very limited role.Even if he practiced martial arts to the extreme, facing the charge of the black armored cavalry, he would have to flee in embarrassment.

The most important thing now is to fight for the power to attack Wang Shichong instead.Once Wang Shichong is defeated, he can build his own team.

"General Chen, I still have some trivial matters, so I won't bother you at your residence!"

Li Shimin bid farewell to Chen Ying, and Chen Yingzheng wanted Li Shimin to leave quickly.But in terms of face, Chen Ying also did a good job, repeatedly and sincerely persuaded him to stay.

After Qin Wang Li Shimin and all the staff of the Qin Palace left, Chen Ying, Luo Shixin, and Kan Leng's mood was not affected, and they still drank happily.

Chen Ying didn't know what Li Jiancheng discussed with Wei Zheng in the backyard, nor was he interested in knowing.However, seeing Wei Zheng's unconcealable joy flickering in his brows and eyes when he left with Li Jiancheng, Chen Ying naturally guessed that Wei Zheng's task should be completed well.

After Luo Shixin and Kan Leng bid farewell to Chen Ying one after another, Li Jiancheng did not leave immediately. Instead, he dragged Chen Ying to talk about other things, and chatted a lot. It was not until Chen Ying's patience was almost exhausted that Li Jiancheng began to hide it He asked Chen Ying, "General Chen, what do you think of the Turks?"

"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"

After the words had been spoken, Chen Ying immediately regretted it.It was only then that I remembered that the Li family of Li Tang also had Xianbei blood. According to the "New Book of Tang Clan Genealogy Table", Li Yuan's grandfather, Li Hu, had a brother named Qitou, a younger brother named Qidou, and Li Qitou's son named Da. Mo, and the ancestor of Li Tang was called Li Chuguba in the Northern Wei Dynasty, in fact, he was of Xianbei descent.Moreover, Li Shimin's biological mother, Dou Shi, and Li Shimin's first wife, eldest grandson Wugou, are all Xianbei nobles.

However, Chen Ying's worries seemed superfluous. Li Jiancheng didn't care whether Chen Ying's words were biased.Li Jiancheng nodded in disbelief and said: "Yes, Turkic wolf ambitions, since the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have violated the border three times. Without the support of the Turks, Liang Shidu would be nothing. General Chen, if Erbu supports Lingzhou Are there any difficulties for a few days?"

"Lingzhou?" Although Chen Ying didn't know exactly where Lingzhou was, he knew that Lingzhou was generally in the territory of Ningxia in later generations. It was at least two thousand miles from Ningxia to Xi'an, and the mountain roads were rugged. Even if it was a train, it would take more than a dozen Hours, in the Qinling Mountains, the train could not speed up.

"This... I don't know either!" Chen Ying said bravely, "Unpredictable things happen in the sky. There are more than two thousand people on this road. There are too many unpredictable factors."

"Yes!" Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Lingzhou is far away and the roads are inconvenient, but the situation in Lingzhou is critical now. If there is no support, Lingzhou will be devastated? But if you want to support Lingzhou, the roads are now blocked by heavy snow. It's not easy. .”

"His Royal Highness, it is not impossible to support Lingzhou. If the supplies are sufficient, I am sure that I will lead my troops to Lingzhou within a month!"

"Oh!" Li Jiancheng said excitedly, "What can I do?"

Chapter 89 Serving wine to make amends

"It's definitely not easy for an ordinary army to support Lingzhou in such bad weather!"

Chen Ying knew what Li Jiancheng was thinking, and to support Lingzhou, the biggest difficulty now was not that there were no troops to move, but that the transportation of materials could not keep up.Whether it is using the soldiers to transport themselves or recruiting civilians, in this kind of weather, there will be a large number of non-combat attrition.Once this happens, the morale of the reinforcement troops will definitely be damaged.

An army without morale, no matter how many troops go up to support it, will not have much effect except to consume Lingzhou's reserves.

"I do know how to train soldiers. I believe His Highness has seen that under the training of the minister, the morale and physical strength of Xun Erfu have improved a lot!" Chen Ying now wants to expand the number of commanding troops.

Although Captain Zhechong is already a fifth-rank official, at Chen Ying's age, it will be very difficult for him to be promoted.First of all, his age is flawed. Although Gan Luo is 12 years old, after all, it is just a legend. In reality, such a special case is almost impossible to replicate.

In Chang'an City, if Chen Ying wanted to earn his qualifications step by step, at least he would have to spend at least two years as the captain of Zhechong, or even longer.Nesting in Chang'an City, in front of Li Yuan, an old fox, and Li Shimin, an evildoer, Chen Ying was unable to flex his muscles.As long as they support Lingzhou, a few of them will last half a year every time they go back and forth.Make some more meritorious deeds, and when the time comes to attack Wang Shichong, Chen Ying can add another meritorious service.

"Tell me first, your method of training soldiers?"

Li Jiancheng didn't think of these small things in Chen Ying's heart. He thought that Chen Ying was his and would not have any dissent.

"Zhuge Wuhou's "Jianyuan" is a collection of the military achievements of our ancestors," Chen Yingdao: "I was fortunate enough to read a few fragments of chapters, and I have a little understanding of the law of soldiers..."

In fact, Chen Ying was just talking nonsense, not to mention "General Garden", he hadn't even read "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but the method of army training, he just copied the internals of the military training of later generations when he was in school.

Since ancient times, literati have had the habit of talking about wars on paper, and they also have the fantasy of raising the reins to rule the world, and Li Jiancheng is no exception.The exception is that he, the prince, is not the prince who grew up in the deep palace, but Li Yuan started his army from Taiyuan and led the army all the way to Chang'an City.

In fact, when Li Jiancheng was not crowned prince, he fought no fewer battles than Li Shimin.Li Jiancheng has a deeper understanding and deeper understanding of the law of military management than those literati who can only talk on paper, and this is what he is proud of.

He originally thought that Chen Ying had some general knowledge and understanding of the art of war, but he did not expect that what Chen Ying was really proficient in was the art of managing and training troops in a small-scale battalion. These details are exactly what those scholars who can only talk about war on paper lack most. of.

What Chen Ying said was clear and logical, and Li Jiancheng was moved when he heard about it.

Chen Ying nagged and talked to Li Jiancheng for a long time, but in fact, there was not much new content in the summary, it was nothing more than strict military discipline and clear rewards and punishments.

To put it bluntly, governing the army is not too complicated, it is nothing more than these eight words.However, throughout the ages, the disciples of generals have not been known, but there are very few who really do it.

Li Jiancheng sighed: "With the talent of General Chen, it is too talented to be a captain of Zhechong."

"I am willing to assist His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"It's just a mere lieutenant, don't you feel wronged?"

"The minister actually has some selfish intentions!"

"Oh!" Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying in surprise.

Chen Ying explained: "I met an expert by chance, and instructed Chen Ying to build a boat on the snow, so that he can cross mountains and mountains in the ice and snow like walking on flat ground!"

Chen Ying is naturally selfish. The snow sledge is not a clever thing in later generations. Just find some craftsmen and you can build it in just a few days. Once this snow sledge is popularized in the Tang Dynasty, it will also be a source of income. In terms of commercial cargo transportation, there is no need to worry about heavy snow blocking roads and blocking traffic.

Li Jiancheng said: "This snow boat is very expensive?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "It's very cheap, it's no different from ordinary big cars!"

Li Jiancheng suddenly understood what Chen Ying was thinking. He wanted to make money.Li Jiancheng also understands the truth that when water is clear, there will be no fish.

"Although civil servants all set the example of being selfless, the truly selfless people are only sung in dramas, and I have never seen them in my life. You just have to remember not to abolish the public for personal reasons."

"Chen should keep His Highness's teaching in mind." Lin Fu said.

"Well, there is an urgent need to support Lingzhou. If there is no accident, you will be the head of the army. You can deal with trivial matters in the past two days, and wait for news from the palace." Li Jiancheng said naturally, "Going to Lingzhou, many things need to be figured out slowly. You are full of talents, and you are dedicated to serving the court, so you don't have to worry about your future."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

After Li Jiancheng had dinner at Chen Ying's residence, he set off to leave.

After Li Jiancheng left, Chen Ying finally understood.Supporting Lingzhou was Li Jiancheng's first shot against Li Shimin in terms of military power. If Xue Wanche was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou and the captain of Zhechong was Li Jiancheng's emergency measure to prevent changes in Chang'an, then it would be nothing more than to ask Chen Ying to support Lingzhou. It is to prevent the king of Qin from making further military exploits.