Although the Tang clan is poor, they have always been the representative of the hawks of the Liang Dynasty, and no matter which invader they fought against, the Tang clan did not hesitate to send troops, and they fought to the ground.

The family inheritance has finally formed a culture, and Tang Zhen's generation is still deeply edified. Seeing that Chen Mu didn't want money or food, but wanted to send troops to attack the Hun Dadan Yu Alando, Tang Zhen, the eighteenth prince, approved without hesitation and attached a letter.

Of course, the above two paragraphs were summarized by Chen Mu from Tang Zhen's letters. There is some credibility of these high-sounding words, which is debatable.

Tang Zhen's letter was very long, and in addition to expressing his military attitude, he also said something about Chen Mu's founding of the country.

Roughly speaking, the foolish brother knew the identity of His Royal Highness, and now he is called the king, which is gratifying. His Royal Highness wants to establish the Dragon Martial Army, and I, the Tang Clan, do not oppose it. But my 16th Division, you can't move, that's my army. And you're going to keep me alive. Because I really don't have any money right now. I can't get that much military pay. You take these two brigades first, and when my granary is full, you will return them to me. As for Dunhuang, it is also the territory of my Tang family, Your Highness wants to expand the territory, please go to the west.

After receiving the letter, Chen Mu was in no mood to continue chatting with Cao Qingling.

Soon after, the lame, Zhang Han, Cao Sheng, Feng Hu, Cao Bing, and Cao Bing's Cao family had children, and their combat power was good, and they were now the captain of Cao Shengjian's military guards and other important figures came to the study to discuss matters.

"Tang Zhen has already started to negotiate conditions with me." Chen Mu handed the letter to the lame man.

The lame man read it, handed the letter to Zhang Han, and everyone browsed it in turn.

Zhang Han said: "Dunhuang can't give it to him." ”

Chen Mu was silent.

The lame man said: "Don't be in a hurry to tear your face with your son." I think this condition is acceptable. ”

Chen Mu rubbed his nose.

Feng Hu said: "Then are we still training?" And those weapons and armor, I think they have all been taken off, and they can't be given away in vain. ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly.

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "In my opinion, Tang Zhen must be in big trouble now." Based on what I know about the Don's gate, they shouldn't have agreed. I used to worry that as soon as the letter of the king of Mu arrived at the Tang clan, the Tang clan would send troops to intervene in Dunhuang. Now that Tang Zhen is willing to take a big step back, there must be something we don't know about. These two brigades are said to be on loan to us, but in fact this is also his expedient measure. What if he doesn't lend it to us? Even if we return troops to him in the future, we don't really need to return these two brigades in full, just give him three or four thousand men, and just get some knives, guns, sticks and sticks to equip them, that is. If the situation allows, we simply don't pay it back, and he can't do anything about us. If we don't have this confidence, I don't think we can consider the unification and establishment of the Anxi Kingdom. ”

Chen Mu nodded and said, "Since you plan to maintain this delicate relationship with the Tang Clan, let's make a posture of giving up Dunhuang." Recruitment, as many recruits as you can. But before recruiting troops, don't say that we are going to fight soon, but first sell all the land in Dongcheng and get the money, so that we can go to war. ”

"Cripple, don't run around these days, just stay at home and take a few generals and secretaries to calculate how much it will cost us to fight this battle. There is also the route of material delivery, and the economic situation of neighboring countries must be understood. The road is long, and it is not realistic for us to go to war with baggage, and our supplies need to be supported by countries along the way. Of course we won't support in vain, we will give them money.

In the end, when we go to Dawan, Mulu, and Gumo and help them fight off the enemy, how much benefit will we get? In particular, how much iron can be obtained, be sure to calculate it. You can send someone to check over there in advance to see if there is any iron ore. After this battle, if the three countries can't give us much benefit, then it is also very good to control their iron mines. ”

Speaking of which, Chen Mu motioned for everyone to add.

Zhang Han added: "Now that we have a thousand horses, we should let the soldiers take turns to learn to ride horses and train them. We bought as we went, and when we got to Dawan, our cavalry should at least double. Otherwise, how to fight against 30,000 Huns? ”

Cao Bingyi frowned: "I don't know if it's a lowly and lonely position, or if the Shepherd King has another trick, does the Shepherd King plan to take two brigades to fight the 30,000 cavalry of Alando?" ”

Chen Mu laughed and said, "Of course not. Don't believe their rumors, do they say that 30,000 is 30,000? I've sent scouts over there to ask, but it's only eight or nine thousand. We will not only say that we will send 6,000 troops this time. In addition, I will borrow 5,000 cavalry from Kong Xiaoxian, and Zhang Yunlong will also support me with 10,000 soldiers and horses. When the time comes, I will lead 20,000 cavalry, which will be ironclad equipment. Even if you can't catch up with Arlando's light cavalry, you can beat him away. The main purpose of our visit this time is not to kill Arlando, but to create an impact. Surrendering without a fight is the best policy. Don't forget, our ultimate goal is to unify the Western Regions and establish the Anxi Kingdom and the Anxi Protectorate. It's not a killing in vain. ”

Chen Mu decided to send troops after the first month.

At this time, there were still two months before the troops were dispatched, and after Chen Mu arranged the matter, he immediately calmed down, played against Hanxiang, and asked Cao Qingling to serve tea.

Playing Go, it was really difficult for Chen Mu to win Hanxiang, so he simply switched to chess. It is not the dice throwing game that the people of the Liang Dynasty usually play, but the Chu River and the Han boundary are drawn, and the sixteen sons play along the river. In the face of unfamiliar gameplay, Hanxiang is quite unfamiliar and often loses to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu smiled triumphantly.

Chen Mu didn't care about winning or losing, he just wanted to see the amazing tricks that Hanxiang often killed. This girl plays chess, calculates very long-term, and his thinking is not chaotic, and there are very few fake moves.

After a few days of hard work, Hanxiang's chess strength improved, and Chen Mu couldn't laugh.

No, he began to frown and pinch his fingers again, which was quite difficult.

The heaven and earth cannon, the car along the river, and the old handsome man on the opposite side hid behind the car to be extremely sinister, and he was about to make a move to cut the iron door bolt of the soldier, and directly blocked the veteran Chen Mu.

If Chen Mu wants to solve this situation, he must abandon the car and abandon the horse, and exchange two for one, which will inevitably lose momentum.

Seeing that he was going to lose, Chen Mu thought about slipping away, but felt very ungraceful, so he discussed with Hanxiang and said, let's go to the lamb skewers to eat, okay?

Hanxiang's beautiful eyes flashed, she didn't speak, raised her hand, and pointed to the chessboard.

Meaning, you can't play this game of chess?

It seems that Nizi has been killed by Chen Mu in the past two days, and she can win a game, she doesn't plan to let Chen Mu go.

Chen Mu laughed and conceded defeat.

Chen Mu had already discovered that it was not that he was poor in chess, but that Hanxiang was too strong, and this girl was born a genius in chess. Even Cao Sheng, the chess king of Luoyang, had heard of the name of Miss Hanxiang. I have been playing a game for a long time, but I have not been able to do so. I didn't expect to meet it in Dunhuang.

I heard that Hanxiang won Chen Mu, Chen Mu was punished and invited everyone to eat mutton skewers, and Cao Sheng was also invited.

Cao Shengqi was addicted, but he didn't rush to fight. Even if you invite a game, you won't set up a game in private, and you don't want to be influenced by men and women.

At the banquet, Cao Sheng said: "Since the general wants to conceal the dispatch of troops, in order to prevent the people's hearts from being unstable, it is good to make some peace." I plan to hold a poetry and chess meeting in the Peacock Building on the fifteenth day of the first month, I don't know what the king wants? ”

Chen Mu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll pay the bonus, and I'll also participate." ”

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