This is also where Li Wenyuan's confidence lies in daring to take on the combined forces of Xue Ju and Li Yuan head-on this time. However, if the war reaches a stalemate, then the 140,000 new recruits will urgently serve as a supplement to the front-line army, and be ready to fill the shortfall caused by casualties in the front-line army.

Although Li Wenyuan was distressed by this, there was nothing he could do. After all, Xue Judu has already made it clear that he wants to stud with him, blocking Li Tang's own national fortunes. Then Li Wenyuan naturally can't fall in face, but since Li Yuan wants to gamble on the fortune of the country, then we might as well really fight hard and see whose side this destiny is.

But although Li Wenyuan is ready to fight a good battle with Li Yuan and Xue Ju's coalition army on the border of Jincheng County, after all, the northwest men under Xue Ju are really desperate in the battle, as for Li Yuan's army, it is under Li Shimin's training, the soldiers are all highly moraled, and their bravery when fighting is not inferior to those soldiers under Xue Ju, and on the battlefield, Li Yuan's Tang army often uses the style of fighting with their lives to make their opponents tremble.

Therefore, although Li Wenyuan is also very confident in the army under his command, he is also very confident in the two battle-hardened generals Zhuang Fudi and Zhang Juntai that he personally ordered. But after all, he was facing a joint attack by the two major forces in the Central Plains, which could be said to be the top of the platoon, which made Li Wenyuan dare not underestimate the enemy on the opposite side no matter what.

Therefore, Li Wenyuan sat in his mansion in Dunhuang County, and the more he thought about the development of the situation, the more he felt uncertain. Therefore, Li Wenyuan's temper began to become more and more irritable every day, especially a few days ago, Li Wenyuan even did not eat water and rice for two consecutive days, and a large number of blisters appeared on his mouth. Qiu Niang watched from the sidelines and was anxious in her heart, so she also persuaded Li Wenyuan to go out of Dunhuang County and personally go to the core area of the eight counties in the Western Regions to inspect the site, so that Li Wenyuan could more intuitively understand what a powerful violent machine he had in his hands, and at the same time let Li Wenyuan intuitively perceive how powerful the military force was in his hands.

Li Wenyuan can choose not to listen to other people's words, but for what Qiu Niang said, Li Wenyuan does not have the courage to take it as the wind in his ears. So he had to readily agree, and then accompanied by Qiu Niang, Li Wenyuan left Dunhuang County.

This trip was actually very sudden for Li Wenyuan, and he didn't even make any plans and preparations in advance. It's just that after Qiu Niang put forward this opinion, Li Wenyuan was immediately pulled by Qiu Niang to change into regular clothes, and then left directly from the back door of his mansion. The reason why Li Wenyuan dared to go out on such a sudden patrol without notifying anyone was entirely because the current Western Regions had left him in a short period of time, and Li Wenyuan could still operate normally.

After thinking about it, Li Wenyuan finally decided to return to Wuwei County, where he was not long ago, after all, Wuwei County was the front line after the war. At this time, it is also a good choice to inspect the mountains and rivers along the way.

After deciding where to stop, Li Wenyuan and Qiu Niang took a few powerful night owls, as well as the retainer who still serves him by Li Wenyuan's side, named Li Zhi. This is not Li Wenyuan's bad taste, he deliberately chose the name of a certain emperor of Li Tang to satisfy his curiosity. As we mentioned earlier, when Li Wenyuan named his retainers, he referred to the core values of socialism that can be seen everywhere. So when it was the retainer's turn, it happened to be the rule of law, so Li Wenyuan directly took the word "governance" and gave the retainer a new name.

Li Zhi is actually not a very outstanding person among Li Wenyuan's retainers, and when it comes to martial arts, people who are stronger than him abound among Li Wenyuan's retainers; When it comes to light work, there are many retainers who are stronger than him; When it comes to improvisation, many of the retainers are former charlatans, and naturally they are not much stronger than Li Zhi.

But the reason why Li Zhi has always stayed by Li Wenyuan's side is because he knows a little bit of everything, although he is not proficient, but often in some critical moments, these skills can collide with each other to solve things, and even save lives. Li Wenyuan also saw this, so he kept Li Zhi by his side, and was not placed in a place like other retainers, inserted into the army, and defended so that they could practice Bolang in Shihai by themselves.

So Qiu Niang, Li Wenyuan, plus Li Zhi and the four night owls, a group of seven people left Dunhuang County quietly, all the way along the official road to the east, and the first stop of this trip was Zhangye County.

After a long bumpy journey, finally in the afternoon of one day, the group came to the county seat of Zhangye County. Along the way, in the territory of Zhangye County, Li Wenyuan saw thousands of miles of lush wheat fields, and the faces of the people who were traveling on the official road were all smiling and calmly moving forward. Apparently they were not disturbed by the possible war that would follow, and they continued to live their daily routines as they could. As for the begging people along the streets, even in the process of Dunhuang County, there are quite a few. What's more, it's in Zhangye County?

Li Wenyuan also knows that no matter how sage he is, he can't save everyone in the world, after all, not all people will believe in you unconditionally, just like some people would rather gnaw on their nests every day than believe that pies will really fall from the sky.

Accustomed to seeing all kinds of strange things in later generations, Li Wenyuan naturally would not be too harsh on his subordinates, demanding that he achieve any so-called perfection. After all, that will only further promote the vigorous development of formalism in the officialdom under him, but will not fundamentally solve any problems. Therefore, since the county guard of Zhangye County has made sure that the cultivators have their fields and the dwellers have their houses, and the caravans coming and going in the market are endless, the prices in the county town of Zhangye County are stable, the products are abundant, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

However, when Li Wenyuan was staying overnight in the county seat of Zhangye County, something unexpected happened to him that night, and a series of officials were dismissed.