In the afternoon, the hall of two ceremonies.

Fang Xuanling and Zhang Liang came to Li Shimin's study together, their expressions were very serious.

Li Shimin also looked ugly when he saw the recital of the great general Li Jing that they sent up.

It turned out that since Li Jing received a reply from the imperial court and agreed to take Hou Junji's suggestion, he made supply preparations according to Li You's method, and then concentrated the war horses of the whole army, led by Hou Junji 15,000 cavalry, set out from Ganzhou on March 13, passed through the Qilian Mountain Grand Canyon, and went straight to the royal city of Tuyuhun.

According to the itinerary, Hou Junji and others should arrive at Fuqi City around March 23. Hou Junji sent a messenger from Fu Qicheng to inform Li Jing that it would only take four days at most, and Li Jing should receive Hou Junji's military report by March 28.

However, until the end of the month, Li Jing still did not receive a military report from Hou Junji. Li Jing guessed that Hou Junji's army was in trouble, and immediately sent the flying cavalry captain Cheng Chuliang (Cheng Biting Jin's second son) to lead people along Hou Junji's march route to check.

The day after Cheng Chuliang set off, he met Hou Junji's messenger who came to report the news on the road, and among the three people in the group, two died on the road, and the other only breathed a breath.

Cheng Chuliang hurried to treat and asked Hou Junji about the situation of the army, and the messenger only said the words "General Hou" and swallowed his breath.

Cheng Chuliang wanted to find Hou Junji's military report, but the three messengers were stripped naked and found nothing.

Cheng Chuliang sent people back to report to the general Li Jing, and he led people to continue the search along the route of Hou Junji's army.

Li Jing received the report, while waiting for Cheng Chuliang's news, while writing a chapter, Pegasus came to Chang'an to report the news.

After reading Li Jing's recital, Li Shimin convened all the princes, Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Zhang Liang, Cen Wenwen and others to discuss.

After Li Shimin reported the content of Li Jing's recital, Li You's head immediately became bigger.

He said in his heart: "Damn, history won't change suddenly, right?" Originally, Hou Junji had won a big victory, and with the supply plan I provided, it should have been smoother, how could it be like this? ”

Li Tai was secretly happy in his heart, and he pretended to be sad and said: "Father, it seems that General Hou's army is in danger, and it is 15,000 elite soldiers, which is really distressing. ”

Li Chengqian was unhappy, he said, "Fourth brother, what do you call this?" Now that the situation is not clear, how do you know that General Hou's army is gone? ”

Li Tai said: "Isn't this clear? Even General Hou's messenger was hunted down and killed, is there any chance that the army will survive? ”

Fang Xuanling was unhappy in his heart and said, "His Royal Highness King Wei, it's too early to draw conclusions. Don't say these disheartening words yet, let's study what to do next. ”

Li Tai said: "Fifth brother, it's all your good idea, eat, eat, eat, now, General Hou's army is gone." "He wants to put the blame on Li You.

Li Ke supported Li You's opinion last time, and he was not happy to see Li Tai say cool things. He said, "Fourth brother, what are you talking about?" Didn't you object last time? ”

Li Tai said: "And you, you resolutely supported Hou Junji's opinion at that time, and now that something has happened, you are responsible." ”

The two men argued.

"Enough, shut up!" Li Shimin was furious. He glared at Li Tai and Li Ke, and said, "Xuanling, Wuji, what are your opinions?" ”

It is worthy of Fang Xuanling's decision, Fang Xuanling's idea came quickly, and he said: "Your Majesty, Hou Junji's army may not have had an accident, maybe there was something wrong with it on the road, and it was delayed." Li Jing has also sent someone to contact Hou Junji, and for now, he can only wait for news. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "The minister agrees with Lord Fang's opinion, before getting accurate news from Hou Junji, the army will temporarily stop moving, and then make a decision after the news is confirmed." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay." That's all there is to it. This matter should be kept strictly confidential, so as not to leak the news and cause unnecessary panic. ”

Leaving the Liangyi Palace, Li You returned to the palace depressed.

The magpie saw Li You's sullen appearance and asked, "Lord Wang, what's wrong with you, you look a little unhappy?" "Li You was passed into the palace, and he was unhappy when he came back, it seems that he encountered something unhappy.

Li You didn't say anything, sat on the recliner, closed his eyes and pondered. He said in his heart: "Is this history reliable? In history, Hou Junji rushed to attack the city of Fuqi, the Tuyuhun people were defenseless, and were caught off guard, the Tuyuhun Khan Fu Yun fled in embarrassment, Fu Yun's son Fu Shun surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Fu Yun hanged himself.

According to the supply method I provided, the movement of Hou Junji's army was more convenient, and the time to arrive at Fu Qi City was earlier, and it was said that the suddenness of the battle was stronger, so how could there be no news? Damn it, there's something wrong with the historical record. If that's the case, this tech library is a bit unreliable.

If this is the case, the next time things in the court, Lao Tzu will not come out again. I'm so full ......."

He was thinking wildly, when he suddenly smelled a fragrance, and then heard the magpie say, "Lord, didn't you say that when you are in a bad mood, you should eat some sweets." Eat some. ”

When Li You opened his eyes, he saw the magpie holding a plate of snacks in his hand, looking at him with a smile.

When Li You saw the food, he immediately became happy, and said in his heart: "Yes, why do you want to worry about those idleness, eat, or eat the most reliable." He smiled and said, "It's still the magpie that is the most intimate, come, eat with me." ”

Since the prince had a hysteria that day, the magpie found that the prince had changed a lot, not only a lot smarter, but also more kind. Although there is a new problem with eating, this problem is good, and even the magpie has a good mouth.

It is better to eat food and enjoy it alone, than to share it with others. Li You likes to be accompanied by others when he eats, and the magpie is the person who accompanies him the most, and he is a little fat when he eats.

At this time, the white tiger and the black panther made some noise outside, which meant to remind the prince that the two of them were still outside. Li You smiled: "You two bastards, get in." ”

The white tiger and the black panther were overjoyed and came in to look at the snacks on their plates. Li You said, "Come, eat." ”

A few people shared it together.

At dinner, Wang Liao served Li You for dinner and asked, "Lord Wang, the slave and maid are ready, get up at four o'clock tomorrow morning, boil the boiling water, and follow you to the court." "They are going to follow Li You to promote brick tea.

Li You shook his head and said, "Forget it tomorrow, it's not very convenient, let's talk about it in a few days." ”

At this moment, Zhang Guigui rushed over, he saw Li You, and said, "Brother You, I have something to tell you alone." ”

Li You waved his hand and said, "You all go down." ”

"Yes." Magpies and the others went out.

Zhang Guigui said: "Brother You, my father said that you got into trouble. He said that he didn't know who leaked the news about today's incident, and someone in the military department had already heard about it. Everyone said that it was your idea, and Hou Junji's army had an accident, and the responsibility lies with you. The families of the soldiers who followed Hou Junji on the expedition want to settle accounts with you.

My father also said that there are many people in the court who want to impeach you tomorrow morning, so you should find an excuse tomorrow morning and not go to the court. ”