On March 27 of the first year of Tiaolu, the rain that lasted for nearly a month finally stopped, but the sky was still cloudy, and there was no clear meaning, although it was almost noon, but the humidity in the air was still very large, making people wet, extremely uncomfortable, even though a large brazier had been lit in the room, but still could not completely dispel such annoying moisture, which made the sick body had not seen much improvement Gaozong even more uncomfortable, but it was uncomfortable, and Gaozong who was lying on the soft couch still supported the sick body, Quietly listened to Pei Xingjian's military intelligence report.

Gaozong has been in power so far, it has been 30 years, these 30 years, the Tang Dynasty has destroyed countless countries, although Gaozong himself has never personally conscripted, but militarily, except for the war to destroy Tibet, he has never pretended to others, in terms of armaments, he must always personally grasp, as long as the illness is not too serious, Gaozong always has to do a thorough job of military preparation before he can rest assured, especially when Gaozong feels that his body is no longer good, he does not want to have the possibility of negligence in the last large-scale war in office, Even if his sick body is getting heavier and heavier at this time, Gaozong still refuses to relax a little in the military and political area, even if the Empress Wu is sitting on one side, it is the same.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down."

The Turkic tribes of this conquest and rebellion sent a total of 380,000 troops, except for the 100,000 troops sent by the southern battalion of the Beijing Division, the rest of the departments were mobilized by the governor's office, each route army was less than 5,000, more than 30,000, 40,000, the supply of grain and heavy baggage was naturally very cumbersome, Rao is Pei Xingjian is a good use of soldiers, everyone is busy enough, reporting the armament, since it is very long, this has been said for almost an hour and a half, not all the reports have been completed, just when the mouth is dry, But he saw Liu Ruming, the chief eunuch of Zichen Palace, hurriedly coming in from outside, grabbed to the bed, and whispered a word.

"Well...... it's over."

Hearing that Li Xian was coming at this time, Gaozong couldn't help but hesitate slightly, not for anything else, just because Gaozong really didn't want Li Xian to participate too much in military and political affairs, but Li Xiandu had already arrived outside the palace, and Buxuan seemed to be a little unreasonable, Gaozong hesitated for a moment, and still opened the golden mouth.

"No."

After the high intention was lowered, Liu Ruming did not dare to delay in the slightest, hurriedly answered, hurriedly withdrew from the dormitory, and without turning his heels, Li Xian, who had been accompanied by a neat court uniform, turned back again.

"The sons and daughters knock to see the father and the queen mother."

As soon as Fang turned the screen, Li Xian strode to the front of the couch and made a big salute respectfully.

"Excuse me, come here, show the prince a seat."

Although he was reluctant to see Li Xian at this time, Gaozong still suppressed the irritability in his heart and shouted indifferently.

"Thank you father Emperor Longen, my son is here to have good news to pass on to my father."

After Li Xian thanked him, he did not sit down, but bowed respectfully and reported with a happy face.

"Oh? Wedding? Where does this joy come from? ”

As soon as he heard that there was a happy event, Gaozong was a little interested, so he asked with a smile.

"So that my father and the emperor learned that on the way to retreat from the Persian garrison, they were surrounded and suppressed by the Great Food Army in three ways, totaling more than 537,000 people, and my Tang warriors were not afraid of strong enemies, and fought nearly 1,000 miles in three days, with 32,000 outnumbered troops, defeated the enemy's two-way army in one fell swoop, beheaded hundreds of thousands, captured nothing, just the good breed war horses captured nearly 200,000 horses, and more weapons were not counted, and our army only suffered more than 5,100 casualties, which can be described as a great victory, raising our country's prestige outside the territory, it is undoubtedly a great joy! The battle report is here, please take a look at the father and mother! ”

Li Xian first impassionedly reported the results of the battle, and then reached out and took out a battle report with a yellow silk mask from his wide sleeve, held it in both hands, and respectfully handed it in front of Gaozong.

"Huh? There is such a thing! ”

As soon as he heard that the Persian garrison had defeated more than 500,000 strong enemies with only a strength of more than 30,000 troops, Gaozong's spirit was suddenly lifted, and he suddenly sat up straight, urgently took over the good news in Li Xian's hand, and read it with great interest.

"Okay, good, such a big victory, good, good, Mei Niang, look at it, 30,000 rides, it can win so heartily, it's really gratifying, good! I should reward the soldiers of the three armies! ”

Gaozong saw it quickly, and in an instant, he had already reported the good news, and under the great joy, he shouted hello one after another, and his originally pale face instantly turned red and tender.

"If it is really such a big victory, it is a gratifying thing, but it is still embarrassing to rely on this battle report, and the concubine thinks that everything should be decided after the return of the army."

Empress Wu did not go to receive the good news handed over by Gaozong, but just said it lightly, and his words were full of disdain for the great victory of the Hexi Army, of course, preventing the generals of the Hexi Army from being promoted again was also one of his hidden intentions.

"This ......, or not, just wait."

Being reminded by the Empress Wu, Gaozong couldn't help but hesitate, he was extremely jealous of the growth of the Hexi Army, if he was promoted again, the strength of the Hexi armies would inevitably swell up again, this was obviously not a situation that Gaozong was happy to see, after a little silence, he glanced at Li Xian with a look of embarrassment, and finally agreed to Empress Wu's suggestion.

"Father Emperor Shengming, the son also thought that this matter should be more cautious, now the army has returned to the east, and then there will be more than a month to Anxi, if you send someone to verify, it is the right time to set off at this time, the son of the minister proposed that the military department immediately send someone to go, one can verify the war merits, and the other can also casually escort the captured war horse back to Guanzhong, in order to facilitate the use of the Turks, this son is shallow, and also ask the father to judge."

Li Xianduo is a shrewd individual, and he knows at a glance that Gaozong is worried about something, so he will not say anything, but follow the words and suggest.

"Hmm, Pei Aiqing, when can the army be dispatched?"

As soon as he heard that Li Xian planned to hand over the captured more than 200,000 good-breed war horses to the imperial court, Gaozong couldn't help but feel a little moved, but it was not good to say it directly, after all, the relationship between the Hexi Army and Li Xian was there, and he could not help but be suspected of robbing his own son, but one was unwilling to see the Hexi Army grow stronger again, and second, such a large-scale high-quality horse, Gaozong was really reluctant to give up, and after hesitating for a while, he threw the problem to Pei Xingjian.

"If you go back to Your Majesty, the northern armies will be able to march to Shuozhou within a month, and as for the Jingshi army, I am afraid that it will be ready in mid-May, and if you can get the help of good horses, the chances of victory will be higher."

Pei Xingjian is a shrewd person, he can understand the subtext of Gaozong's words, standing in the position of the prime minister of the imperial court, he also doesn't want to see the size of the Hexi army swell again, so he replied according to Gaozong's meaning.

"Well, then it's decided, I will give an order to the military department when I turn around, and everything will be done."

Hearing Pei Xingjian's words, Gao Zongzi also had confidence, nodded with a smile, and gave clear instructions.

"Father Emperor Shengming!"

Since Gaozong had already made an order, Li Xianzi would not have very different opinions, and after respectfully praising him, he accompanied Gaozong to talk about it, and then he returned to the East Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Hexi Army is so brave, it is really the strongest division in the world, and if this army can defend Hexi, Chang'an will have no worries."

After Li Xian left, because of the addition of more than 200,000 war horses, Pei Xingjian was also anxious to rearrange the logistics matters, and soon resigned, but Empress Wu did not leave, and after retiring from the attendants, he sighed with emotion.

"Hmmm......"

Gaozong is afraid of the inside, but he is not stupid, he can hear that the words of the Empress Wu are backing, although he does not believe that Li Xian will have the heart of rebellion, but there is still fear, although he has not spoken, but the muffled voice is inevitably a little longer.

"Your Majesty, it's March again, and the peony in Luoyang should have budded at this time, and I haven't seen it for a few years, and the concubine has some thoughts."

Empress Wu really knows Gaozong too well, this time he saw that Gaozong's brows were already slightly wrinkled, and he knew that Gaozong was very jealous of the strength of the Hexi Army, but he didn't really believe that Li Xian was anti-willing, so he didn't say it anymore, this is the cleverness of Empress Wu, after all, some things can't be said too much, otherwise not only will it have no effect, but it will be bad, so the conversation turned around, and suddenly mentioned the peony flower in Luoyang.

"Well, the army is going out for these two months, and in mid-May, it is the time when the peony flowers are the most colorful, so I will accompany Mei Niang to enjoy the flowers."

After thinking about it, Gaozong still didn't feel very at ease, so he followed Empress Wu's words and made up his mind to go to Luoyang.

"Your Majesty."

Empress Wu didn't think that he could knock Li Xian down, what he wanted was that Gaozong could be suspicious, and when he heard Gaozong say this, he was excited, and hurriedly praised it, as for whether this Shengming refers to Gaozong's suspicion of Li Xian's heart or moving to Luoyang, then only God knows......

"Your Highness."

In the study of the East Palace, Zhang Cambodia was burying his head in the official room, when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, raised his head, and saw that it was Li Xian who was back, so he hurriedly got up and respectfully saluted.

"Hmm."

Li Xian was obviously a little absent-minded, and he didn't say much, just said softly, walked to the top and sat down, blinking a few times a little sleepily.

"Your Highness, has something gone wrong with the good news?"

As soon as he saw Li Xian's appearance, Zhang Cambodia already knew that things were really developing in the worst direction, but he still had a trace of luck, so he asked hesitantly.

"Well, I was really expected by Mr., my father didn't have a will, he just asked for a horse, hey, this is still not at ease with Lonely."

On the matter of the return of the Hexi Army to the east, Li Xian was full of concerns, and he was afraid that the Hexi Army would be careless and end up with a broken result, but fortunately, the officers and men of the Hexi Army fought for courage and won a victory, which made Li Xian feel at ease, and he wanted to take the opportunity to ask for credit for the generals, but he didn't expect that the result was really like what Zhang Khan Zhi had analyzed in advance, and he was inevitably extremely disappointed in his heart, not all because the generals in Hexi could not be rewarded, but because of the growing suspicion between father and son.

"Your Highness, the coming day is long, but there is no need to rush for a while."

Zhang Cambodia knew the discomfort in Li Xian's heart, but he didn't say much about the entanglement between the father and son of the heavenly family, so he could only comfort him vaguely.

"Hmm."

After spinning in the whirlpool of the court for so many years, Rao is Li Xian is tenacious and mentally tired, and he didn't want to talk about these anymore, so after saying a noncommittal word, he closed his eyes tiredly......