Tang Yuan entered the palace and saw the emperor and empress in the apse, of course, the empress was sitting behind the curtain at that time, only hearing her voice, not seeing her person.

This is already the highest courtesy to the general.

In Tang Qi's words, the vinegar jar would not let me meet Tang Yuan, and he felt uncomfortable when he heard the voice.

At this meeting, Zhao Ce said some things in his heart, made some prospects for the outside world, and made some judgments, which shocked Tang Yuan and let Tang Yuan know that the emperor at this time was still ambitious, and he seemed to have become more ruthless than before. In the past, he would never directly criticize the Queen Mother in front of outsiders, but this time it was different, he was really complaining to Tang Yuan about the Queen Mother.

For many things, it is enough to find some signs, and you don't have to wait for the fire to fly in the sky before you suddenly realize, in fact, it is simply an afterthought caused by too low understanding.

Tang Yuan took a few people to Pengzhou, bringing his family's blessings to Chen Bao and Tang Hu, as well as some handy gadgets, such as the scented sweat towel that Xiaomi bought for his brother.

Tang Yuan felt that this was definitely a waste, the last thing Tang Hu lacked on his body was a sweat towel, and he didn't know where he got it.

Maybe it was his women who sent him?

Or is he taking the sheep by the hand?

In short, he has a lot.

A day later, when I returned to Pengzhou, I heard that there had just been a battle, and Chen Duoyang, the enemy's forward captain, led two cavalry battalions to raid Liu Zhan's defense area, and Liu Zhan was caught off guard, suffering heavy casualties, and was robbed of a lot of supplies.

After the fact, it was found that more than 300 people were missing, and the whereabouts of the missing people were often 3 to 1 between prisoners and deserters, that is, nearly 200 people were captured by the enemy.

"His grandmother's." Tang Yuan scratched his head and scolded: "It's only been a few days since I left, and this kid gave me eye medicine?" No, we have to get it back. ”

Nalan said: "At this time, I'm afraid it's easy to be fooled, and the enemy army suddenly kills, maybe it's to lure us deeper." ”

Tang Yuan said: "Then change the way of playing." Anyway, the city he is stationed in is not far from us, so what else can he arrange for an ambush at such a distance? Tang Yuan was stunned: "No, Liu Zhan's scouts have always been very capable, how did they do it this time, why did they not give early warning and let people sneak attack?" ”

Nalan said: "This is also what Liu Zhan can't figure out, his ten backbone scouts suddenly rebelled and all ran to the enemy camp. Liu Zhan also said that he was very good to those scouts on weekdays, and he really didn't know why they rebelled, which made him feel very sad. ”

"This is the reason why Liu Zhan can't lead." Tang Yuan sighed: "This Liu Zhan, that is, the level of a captain, is really a little inappropriate for him to lead a regiment. It is said that if you can be a lieutenant, you can be a lieutenant, but in fact, this statement is not rigorous at all, not to mention that the lieutenant general, that is, the captain, he is not suitable, whether a person can manage the small troops around him well, is the key to see the person's leadership. Usually, these scouts seem to have a different relationship with their commanders than ordinary soldiers, this relationship is very delicate, and when they are close or far, they will cause dislike. To be a general, you need to study people's hearts. But Liu Zhan only knows how to rush and fight, this kind of person is only suitable for being a battalion captain. ”

There were only Nalan Xin and a few secretaries in the room, listening to Tang Yuan's anger, everyone lowered their heads, squinted their eyes at each other from time to time, and felt that Liu Zhan was unlucky this time, and he couldn't even be the captain of the regiment. Originally, the captain led the regiment to belong to the high allocation, and it was originally the captain who led a regiment, but Tang Yuan's troops have always been the overall high allocation, if Liu Zhan is demoted by one level now, I am afraid that he will not be able to get over the face.

Tang Yuan just complained, and then began to design tactics with Nalan Xin again, planning to find Chen Duoyang to fight and vent his anger, but after the last siege, Chen Duoyang added a lot of posts in Quzhou, and built fortifications on some highlands, and stationed troops. Although there are not many people, it has an excellent warning effect and is convenient when escaping.

Tang Yuan looked at the sand table with a cold face, and suddenly found a feeling of facing the iron bucket array, Chen Duoyang's arrangement this time was really ingenious, making him a little unable to get started.

After thinking for a long time, Tang Yuan suddenly turned to the other side of the sand table and pointed to a mountain range, "Let's stop fighting Quzhou City, make a detour to Wanzhou, and sneak attack Lushan Mountain." ”

"Do that...... I'm afraid it's not good. Nalan Xin hesitated: "We need to take a long detour, I think the enemy army is also monitoring us, before we get to Wanxian, the enemy army has already defended the mountain, won't we take the initiative to send it to the door to be beaten at that time?" ”

Tang Yuan looked at Nalan Xin coldly: "When did you become so timid?" ”

Nalan Xin smiled bitterly: "The older the hunter, the more timid he is. ”

Tang Yuan suddenly felt that there seemed to be a lack of someone around him who could give advice, although Nalan Xin was very resourceful, but he always felt that Nalan Xin was more suitable for planning and defense, rather than attacking. It feels like he's lacking in attacking spirit. It would be nice if there was someone like Wolong and Phoenix Chick by his side.

But such a person is hard to find, where to find it?

Sometimes Tang Yuan is very envious of Chen Bao, although he is not capable, but he is very good at employing people, there are Su Li, a famous strategist in the Second Hanzhong War, and generals Fang Jin and Yuan Hong, since then his Xuanjia 20th Division has become more important than before, it is said that even the Queen Mother looks down on him.

When he returned to Luoyang this time, Cao Bao posted a post inviting him to be a guest at home, but Tang Yuan didn't go, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful, he wanted to get to know Su Li, of course, not to dig Chen Bao's corner, but to let Su Li introduce a capable person to him.

Isn't this digging into the wall? If there is a capable person, why didn't Su Li introduce him to Chen Bao, but to Tang Yuan instead?

The reason is actually very simple, if Tang Yuan asks Su Li to introduce military generals, it will definitely be in vain, on the contrary, if Su Li is asked to introduce military divisions and civilian officials, then Su Li must be very willing, after all, they belong to peers, and peers are enemies, so he will not introduce his peers to Chen Bao, and then "compete for favor" with himself. On the contrary, if there were good peers around him, he would be happy to introduce them to Tang Yuan, so that he wouldn't have to worry about competing with him for a job.

"Nalan Xin, I think you're becoming more and more incompetent as a general, now I'm going to fight, I want to get this breath back, why do you always give me a drum?" Tang Yuan said indignantly: "Now that the food problem is solved, I will go to Luoyang this time, and the emperor said that he will send me 20,000 military rations in the future, and we can increase our troops." I decided to add ten more regiments. I think it's fitting that you'll be left with this job. ”。

Nalan Xin was a little flattered, "You are still in charge of the selection of the generals." ”

Tang Yuan said: "No need, you just discuss it with Chen Bao and Qi Cheng, report the list to me, and I will go to that Ma Butong to talk about this matter." ”