In the autumn of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Emperor made the final adjustment of the Eastern Crusade.

First of all, Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was appointed as the general commander of the Pyongyang Provincial March, and led 40,000 soldiers and horses in the four prefectures of Jiang, Huai, Ling, and Xia.

He also issued an edict to recruit 3,000 soldiers and 500 warships in Chang'an and Luoyang, and handed them over to Zhang Liang to cross the sea from the port of Laizhou and approach Pyongyang by water.

Subsequently, the crown prince Zhan Shi and the left guard of the East Palace were appointed as the chief of the march of Liaodong Road, leading 60,000 infantry cavalry and the Hu soldiers and horses surrendered in Lan and Hezhou to enter Liaodong, and encircled and marched together with Zhang Liang's troops.

The armies of all walks of life gathered in Youzhou, and Li Er once again sent Jiang Xingben, the head of the marching army, and Qiu Xingyan, the young eunuch of the Shaofu, to supervise the craftsmen in Anluo Mountain to make a ladder for practicing climbing and charging.

When the warriors near and far heard that Li Er was going to crusade against Goguryeo, they responded to the call to serve as soldiers and sacrificed countless siege equipment, and Li Er personally selected and eliminated them, taking their convenient and simple equipment.

Immediately afterwards, he wrote an edict to the world, condemning Quangai Suwen's disloyalty and unkindness, and claiming that he was doing the right thing for heaven and personally raising troops to crusade against Goguryeo.

At the same time, he also warned the people below that he asked the Xingshi in Liaodong and Jieshi to ask for the guilt, and the barracks in the places he passed through should not be too laborious to the people.

And boasted that his expedition to Goguryeo had five ways to win.

Soon, Li Er once again issued an edict ordering all the armies, as well as Silla, Baekje, Xi, and Khitan, to divide their troops to attack Goguryeo.

Everything was ready, and Li Er decided that after half a month, he would start a righteous battle against Goguryeo in an all-round way.

"Everyone! The crown prince and the king of Jin have arrived and are waiting outside the palace for everyone to summon! Wang Yuan moved to Li Er's side and whispered to Li Erdao, who was discussing the final matters of the expedition with Chu Suiliang and others.

Li Er raised his head and said, "Let them in!" ”

"No!" Wang Yuan took the order to retreat, and after a while, he led Li Chengqian and Li Zhi in.

"Son-in-law, see father!" Li Chengqian and Li Zhi saluted Li Erxing on the throne.

"Excuse me!" Li Erdao.

"Thank you, Father!" Li Chengqian and Li Zhi got up, Chu Suiliang and others saluted Li Chengqian, and the two came to the side and sat down.

After they sat down, Li Er spoke: "The prince has been in Luoyang for a while, it's time to return to Chang'an, and tomorrow the prince will leave for Chang'an to supervise the country." ”

As the crown prince of the prison country, his accusation is that he is the prison country, and after he came to Luoyang, all affairs fell on Fang Xuanling's head.

This time, Li Er had already determined the time for the expedition, and the crown prince should also go back to fulfill his duties as a prisoner, instead of continuing to stay in Luoyang to live a leisurely life.

"Sons obey orders!" Li Chengqian saluted, he knew that his leisurely time was over! It's time to go to work again!

Li Chengqian originally planned to instigate Li Zhi to run out of the palace together and go to the Fengyue place in Luoyang City to experience a different life.

Now it seems that there is no chance!

You said that you are a prince of the prison country, and it is not good to go back to Chang'an to go to work and seek the well-being of the people, but you are full of thoughts about visiting Fengyue places, this is what a prince should do?

If you want Li Er to know, you won't be angry.

"King Jin! This time, you will return to Chang'an with the prince, and I hope you two will be sincerely united! Li Er looked at Li Zhi and said softly.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, he had never left Li Er's side, and now he wanted him to go back to Chang'an, he didn't know what to do for a while.

Li Er was reluctant to let his beloved son leave his side, after all, the march was dangerous, and it was really inconvenient to take him with him, so for his safety, he had to reluctantly cut his love and let him go back to Chang'an with the prince.

Li Chengqian stabbed Li Zhi, and Li Zhi reacted and saluted: "Erchen obeys the order!" ”

Li Er turned around and nodded at Wang Yuan, who immediately took out an edict and read it in public.

"Emperor Tang ordered that Li Zhi, the king of Jin, be the right concubine of the crown prince!"

Li Zhi was stunned! I didn't expect Li Er to appoint him as the right concubine of the East Palace, this was too sudden! He wasn't ready.

The prince's right concubine is one of the subordinate officials of the East Palace, and he is under the four grades, and he is in charge of the attendants, offerings, and performances, and the deputy of the right concubine is the middle house.

The crown prince supervised the country, ordered the book to draw the day, and then passed to the spring fang to be publicized by the concubines, and the Zhongshe people followed.

The location of the office of the right concubine is in the right spring square on the right side of the Jiade Palace, starting from the Xiande Palace, passing through the Fengyi Gate or the right Jiashan Gate, which is where the right spring square is located.

"King Jin, King Jin quickly receive the order!" Wang Yuan saw that Li Zhi didn't understand, so he hurriedly reminded him.

Only then did Li Zhi react, and hurriedly got up to take the edict and said, "The son of the minister has the order!" ”

Li Er had his own intentions in making such an arrangement, and he hoped that Li Zhi would be able to assist Li Chengqian well in governing the country, and that their brothers could be harmonious and friendly and support each other.

In this way, he was able to go out to attack Goguryeo with peace of mind, without a trace of concern.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with Li Er's arrangement, which was equivalent to putting Li Zhi directly under his nose, and he could control Li Zhi's movements at any time.

At this time, a chamberlain trotted into the hall and saluted, "Your Majesty!" The Xiazhou Governor's Mansion came out to report urgently! ”

"Bring it on!" Li Er frowned and said in a deep voice, the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion is mainly to monitor the Turks in Mobei.

Now that the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion has sent an urgent report, what happened to Mobei?

The chamberlain didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly submitted the urgent report sent by the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion, Wang Yuan stepped forward to take the urgent report, and turned around and handed it to Li Er.

Li Er immediately opened the seal, poured out the letter inside, and after checking it, his tightly knit brows couldn't help but stretch.

Li Er exhaled lightly, and secretly said in his heart: It turned out to be a false alarm!

"Your Majesty! The Xiazhou Governor's Mansion sent an urgent military situation? A minister asked.

If it was really Mobei's military intelligence, they might be able to take this opportunity to persuade Li Er to give up the Eastern Crusade, and no matter how bad it was, Li Er would be able to give up leading the troops in person and let the generals lead the Eastern Crusade instead.

At this moment, a group of ministers here still do not approve of Li Er's crusade against Goguryeo, after all, the experience of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty is still vivid.

They did not want to cause turmoil in the court because of the crusade against Goguryeo.

As long as they can stop Li Erqin's expedition to Goguryeo, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, they will definitely not give up.

Of course, if Li Er still insists on going his own way, they are also prepared for the worst, if something happens to Li Er's side, they will immediately support the crown prince Li Chengqian to ascend the throne.

In order to stabilize the situation, it will not lead to any turmoil in the court, and the new monarch can easily overcome such a dangerous situation.

The giant ship of the Tang Dynasty was able to continue to move forward steadily.

This is their second plan to deal with emergencies.