How did it bend into a paper clip?

Wuzhu was captured, and the Northern Army soldiers retreated a hundred miles away from Lanzhou City.Where did it go wrong?The first battle that was originally foolproof ended in failure!At the same time, nearly half of the grain and grass in the three places were destroyed.The situation that was favorable to him before suddenly became unfavorable.The worst plan was to flee back to Liangzhou and control the northwest.Now that Lanzhou has lost, Li Qi made him lose control of Lanzhou in the capital.However, there is no news about the insiders who stayed in Lanzhou City, and it is likely that they have been exposed.

Xiao Quan has never been attached to Li Qi from the very beginning. In order to marry a talented woman, he became the captain of the city guard under the status of a martial arts champion. He never thought that he would be able to become a god in a battle!

Even if the uprising in the capital fails in King Lian's plan, if he returns to Liangzhou, he can occupy Liangzhou and Lanzhou first, and then fight against the imperial court for a period of time.Now if Lanzhou and the capital join forces to encircle and suppress him, his military strength and food and grass will not have the advantage now!

King Lian slammed his fist on the table. Now that Lanzhou is lost, burning food and grass can be said to be self-destructing the Great Wall!Is this Tan Zhiwen helping him or hurting him?

Liang Zhen has never died, the court is under the control of Taiping, and the Northwest has not followed his plan to turmoil, so it is not very beneficial to him now.If Taiping finds out what happened one by one, he won't even be able to run away in the capital.But if he runs back to Liangzhou now, he can indeed support himself in Liangzhou.However, from another aspect, even if he did not call himself in for running like this, he would still be suspicious.

In the current situation, neither advancing nor retreating!It's so difficult!

Knock, knock... There was a knock on the door. "My lord, General Li is here."

"Come in!"

A burly man came in, with a dark face and a thick beard growing on his chin. He was wearing a suit of rich and noble clothes that didn't match him, and he saluted King Lian, "My lord."

King Lian looked at Li Qi and said, "Well, get up. It's been half a month in the capital, are you still used to it?"

Li Qi didn't quite understand what King Lian called him to come at this time.They have been extra careful since they entered the capital, and they have not had direct contact with each other.The contact between King Lian and him is through Tan Zhiwen, this Mr. Qin Li Qi has met many times. "Subordinates and brothers, there is nothing unaccustomed to the prince's great cause."

"Well, good! I want you to come today because I want to ask you what you think about the current situation?"

After listening to Li Qi, he was puzzled, since Mr. Tan came to the prince's side.The prince seldom asked them for their opinions.This time, what I did with King Lian in Beijing, if it doesn't work out, it will be a big event to kill the nine clans.But if it is done, it will be the glory and wealth of chickens and dogs.He was born in poverty, and he was valued by Lian Wang by chance, and he has been by Lian Wang's side all the time.Seeing that he was indeed talented, King Lian promoted him along the way.Li Qi is a person who values ​​friendship, and he has no reason not to follow Lian Wang no matter in public or private.

"My lord, my subordinates think that although the chaos in the northwest cannot be a help, it is not an obstacle now. For us, we can advance or retreat!"

"Huh? Go on."

"My lord, although Lanzhou did not develop according to our established plan, from another perspective, you are able to manage the army well! Otherwise, Lanzhou's disadvantage at that time would be difficult to save yourself. Although you are not in the northwest, everyone knows that Liangzhou and Lanzhou in the northwest Managed it for you, so the great victory in Lanzhou is your achievement! Therefore, the subordinates think that the prince should ask for orders and rewards for the soldiers of Lanzhou. And the damage to the grain and grass in the other three states, the prince must also establish a strict investigation!" Li Qi arranged for the damage to the grain and grass in the three states Burned, his so-called strict investigation is nothing more than framing and framing.

Lian Wang's eyes lit up, it was true.Since receiving the news, he has been trapped in the stereotyped thinking that the plan failed.This was not taken into account in reverse. "Well, that makes sense! Keep talking!"

"The subordinates believe that the current situation in Beijing is unclear, if the prince wants to retreat to Liangzhou, he can return to the northwest to investigate the burning of grain and grass as a reason."

"So, you think you should retreat?"

"My subordinates have followed the prince since he was young. The prince has a certain degree of advance and retreat with his troops, and he never fights uncertain battles." Although Li Qi did not directly answer Lian Wang's words, he indirectly expressed his thoughts.

King Lian understood his thoughts.He has never been a person who likes to be aggressive, but if he misses this opportunity, he doesn't know when the next time will be!He doesn't want to wait any longer!Moreover, the ten-day limit for Soul Devouring Smoke is approaching, he wants to gamble his destiny!

"You go back and let them get ready, and wait for my news anytime in the past few days."

"Yes! This subordinate will go back and prepare!"

"Well. Go down."

In the palace, Liang Chen was reading the Lanzhou Battle Report to Liang Zhen.After hearing this, Liang Zhen laughed and said, "God really helped me!"

As a diligent king, Liang Zhen immediately said when he learned that there are such capable people among the people: "The one who presented the ingenious plan in this report is a young man named Wen Qin who traveled in Lanzhou. , why doesn't such a genius enter the court and serve for my beam?"

When Liang Chen saw the report, he was also very surprised.Is it the same name?Whether it's the same name or the same person, it's too coincidental!After listening to her father's question, she smiled and said, "Father cherishes his talents and loves his wealth, and hopes that all the people of insight in Daliang will come to serve the court."

Liang Zhen looked at his daughter lovingly. In just a few days, the bruises under his daughter's eyes became more and more serious. "Well, there are more capable people like this, and my son can relax a bit when dealing with state affairs."

"Father, you need to get better soon. My son will naturally not be tired."

"Stupid boy!" Recently, Bai San used various medicinal materials and means to hang his life. Although he is not dead yet, he can feel that his body is losing strength little by little.He looked at his daughter. If Liang Chen had been born in an ordinary family, she would have married a long time ago, and she would have already had children of her own by this time.But being born in Tian's family, her marriage was delayed instead.He looked at Liang Chen apologetically and said, "Chen'er, do you have someone you like? Father wants to see who is worthy of my daughter?"

"What did the emperor say about this matter? Now that the state affairs are important, my son is not in a hurry."

"How can you not be in a hurry, you are already 23, women of this age in the folk may have given birth to two or three children. Hey, your marriage has not been arranged, I am ashamed to see your mother!"

Liang Chen was speechless.

"I see that you don't have a good impression of the school-age children of the officials above the court. How about we choose a clean, handsome and obedient husband-in-law for you among the people?"

"...Father, are you choosing a concubine or a son-in-law for me?" In fact, as Liang Chen is now, choosing a son-in-law among the people is the best choice.She can't use her marriage to bind generals, and she doesn't need to marry civil officials' children to win over the civil official group. After all, her grandfather is already the head of civil officials!

Any powerful husband she chooses now may become a factor of instability in Liang Qian's eyes in the future.Liang Zhen also thought of this point. When the crown prince was young, Liang Chen could supervise the country or regent, but once the crown prince grows up, he doesn't want the siblings who depend on each other now to stare at each other in the future.

Therefore, Liang Chen's son-in-law should not be selected from these clear forces.After Liang Chen left.Liang Zhen called out, "Xiang Ming?"

"His Majesty!"

"Go find me some information about young talents who are about the same size as Taiping."

"Ah?" Xiang Ming knelt on the ground in a daze.I didn't understand what His Majesty the Emperor meant at all.

The emperor gave him a disgusted look, and added: "Find some wealthy households with clean family background and considerable assets, and then unmarried men who are about the same age as Chengping. Well, there are also those who have good looks and no bad habits. .I want to choose a suitable son-in-law for Taiping." Liang Zhen said so much in one breath, a little out of breath, and took a few breaths.Continued: "The ones who are arrogant, those who refuse to obey discipline will be eliminated directly. Go find a few for me. By the way, go and check the Wen Lang who saved Taiping before to see if he is married. Wen Lang? Wen Qin... all Surname Wen? Look it up too."

Xiang Ming has one head and two big ones.He stared at His Majesty the Emperor dumbfounded. This should be the most difficult task he has ever taken on.

The emperor also knew that it seemed inappropriate to hand over this matter to Xiang Ming, but now that time was running out, he could only do so. "Ahem...do you understand?"

"Understood, I will do it now."

"Well, let's go, hurry up!" He knew very well that if he helped his daughter with this matter, according to Chengping's temperament, she might not be able to find someone until she was 30 years old.Therefore, he wanted to finish this matter before he died, otherwise he didn't know how to face the queen.