There are many old men in the Tang Dynasty, and they are often old and like old men. ＊

However, the retirement system is there, and if you are seventy, you will have to retire if you have no special needs, but an old minister like Li Ji, who has made special contributions, is still sitting in his seat although he is over seventy.

In addition, Li Ji lived to be experienced in martial arts, so he left Li Xian with an illusion, as if the old fox would never grow old and never die. Therefore, when he heard Li Jingye say that Li Ji's return to Liaodong was from Route 6 slowly, and then he didn't dare to take a boat, he felt that this famous general who had been in the limelight for a lifetime was really in his twilight years.

But unexpectedly, what he saw was not Li Ji, who was sick in bed and unconscious, but saw the old fox sitting there cross-legged drinking porridge, although his face was not good-looking, and his figure was also a little thin, but it was very different from the unconscious in the newspaper. After breathing a sigh of relief, he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and sat down beside Li Ji.

"Is the master okay?"

At this time, Li Jingye hurriedly replied: "Why is it okay?" It was easy to come from Liaocheng Prefecture, a doctor with decent medical skills, a few injections and a few prescriptions for medicine, and the grandfather barely woke up. It's just that he still doesn't accept the old man and has to go into battle in person, so I invited Liu Xianggong over! By the way, Rokuro, what are you doing all the way here? ”

"It's not for the master's illness!" Seeing Li Ji but smiling, Li Xian only felt angry: "I hurried along the way, it only took me half a month to get here from Chang'an, do you think I'm in a hurry?" Who wrote the report. It is said that Liaodong seems to have lost the master earth...... Without the master, this day is about to change, not to mention that I am the father and the queen mother, and I am also in a hurry! Well, since you can still go into battle and command me, you don't need to take out another holy decree! ”

Regarding Li Xian's complaints, Li Jingye couldn't help but stick out his tongue, and after attending Li Xian's wedding, he rushed back to Liaodong. It's fast enough on the road. But it took almost a month. It can be seen that Li Xian's journey is indeed a fire. And Li Ji was moved in his heart, but when he heard another holy decree, he immediately fell in love.

"What decree?"

"Of course, let me take over the holy decree of the head of the march of Liaodong Dao on the spot, isn't this afraid that a group of fierce generals will not agree?" Li Xian shrugged his shoulders carelessly, but as soon as he raised his eyes, Li Ji had a knowing expression on his face, so he had to raise his hand and admit: "I forgot about Liu Xianggong at the beginning." However, my father said that I would let me see the scene of capturing Pyongyang City on his behalf, and the queen mother didn't seem to want Liu Renliang to be the manager, and I was worried about your illness, master, so I made preparations that night when I heard the news, and I came the next day! ”

Although Li Ji said that he didn't care about things, it didn't mean that he didn't know anything, so he understood whether Li Xian's words were true or false, and he understood it as soon as he heard it. This position cannot be lost. He also gave up commenting on the matter. Pulling the few whiskers on his chin, he fell into deep thought, and finally asked Li Jingye: "Except for General Xue and General Gao, have those generals who know that I have woken up revealed to the outside?" ”

To say cunning. In the younger generation, except for Li Xian, Li Jingye recognizes the second, so no one dares to recognize the first. Hearing the string song, he immediately said: "General Gao and General Xue are not talkative, and now even Liu Xianggong should not know." ”

"Hmm." Li Ji nodded noncommittally, his eyes glancing back and forth at Li Xian for a while, and then he spoke: "Then Liulang, you go to the front, gather the generals, declare the holy decree, and take over as the governor." The heat in Pyongyang City is almost the same, the Izumi brothers have lost in a row, and there are not many chips in their hands, but King Gao Zao just wants to find a step down, and he may not want to die. If you show up in the name of King Yong of the Tang Dynasty, this King of Gaozang will definitely sacrifice the city immediately. ”

It's as simple as that? Is this a war or a playhouse? And this credit is really like Li Ji's style - this Li Ji's credit is too much, this one is less, and this one is really not a big deal.

Although he was stunned by Li Ji's understatement, Li Xian had to think that it was reasonable. While muttering in his heart, Jiang was still old and spicy, he suddenly remembered that Su Yu, who suddenly bumped into him on the way, hurriedly put out the so-called murder case. As a result, as soon as his words came out, Li Jingye was dumbfounded, and even Li Ji was stunned.

"Ahem!"

Li Ji and Su Dingfang have a very good relationship, although they are nominally superiors and subordinates, but in terms of affection, they are deep friendships on the battlefield, plus friendship with drinking friends on weekdays. So when he heard this rumor, it was himself and Su Dingfang who were beaten by someone, and after he was stunned, he couldn't help but choke and cough again and again, and finally rolled his eyes bluntly.

"Could it be that Lao Su and I look like idiots, even if we are greedy for this glass of wine sent by Silla, we won't eat casually, right? Jin Xin can be regarded as a character in Silla, but if he is put in my Tang Dynasty, it may not be known whether he will be able to become a Zhonglang general. Besides, he was just cooperating with the Silla boss of the Tang Dynasty to fight at the beginning...... Then the king of Silla killed him first! ”

This is exactly what Li Xian is thinking in his heart, he nodded, and was about to speak, but when he saw Li Ji showing a thoughtful expression, he twisted his beard vigorously: "This Silla people have a good face and are easy to exaggerate, in fact, after Your Majesty ascended the throne, they didn't come in much use in fighting Goguryeo twice, but in China, they often preach that our Tang Dynasty is fighting with their main force." Jin Xin probably didn't dare, but maybe it was his subordinates

His lord put gold on his face to make up such a sentence, who knows. ”

The custom of sticking gold on one's face has been around since ancient times!

Li Xian certainly felt that this matter was strange, but he did not expect that someone would be so shameless and bold at the same time. Thinking about Su and Lu Sanniang's murderous journey to Liaodong, if she understood and told her that this was just someone's fabrication and exaggeration, I was afraid that she would never believe it. In fact, if he hadn't known the temperament of these peninsula sticks, he might not have believed Li Ji's words so simply.

The master and apprentice exchanged for a while, and when they met, Li Ji made up his mind to avoid under the pretext of illness, so he had no choice but to do so. He had to ask Li Jingye to summon the generals, and of course he had to bring Old Man Liu with him. However, what made him strange was that no matter whether it was Liu Renliang or Xue Rengui and other generals who heard the holy decree, they did not show much surprise, although there were many who frowned, but there were also many who were happy, as for Old Man Liu, he had a rigid face. I don't see if there is any resentment. I don't see if I'm happy.

"Tejin. Pyongyang Provincial Commander of the Marching Army and Greeting Ambassador Izumi Boy has arrived! The right Wuwei general Quan Xiancheng arrived! ”

A voice sounded outside the door, and Li Xian remembered that it was the Tang Dynasty in Goguryeo, and he hurriedly ordered to see him. He and Quan Xiancheng are old acquaintances, although they may not have a deep friendship, but the other party has helped him a favor, so he has to be a little warmer to other people's fathers in addition to being polite.

Since climbing the big tree with deep roots and thick leaves, the boy's face, which has been gloomy for almost two years, now finally has a smile. But there is still a hint of misery hidden in the middle. Therefore, when he met Li Xiandi, he was more respectful and cautious, and more cautious, even if he was a master of etiquette, he might not be able to find fault.

Not only that, but the words were also full of compliments: "If you know that King Yong is coming, those traitors will definitely abandon the city and surrender to Pyongyang, and the city of Pyongyang will be down soon!" ”

Goguryeo is no longer good - anyone who is not a fool can understand this. And Izumi boy himself is not stupid. The people under his command and his son Quan Xiancheng are not stupid. When Goguryeo was able to confront the Sui army, he was able to deceive things, but he also wanted to take advantage of the problems in the Tang army. But thinking that after surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, he could at least live a good life, but if he stabbed him, he was likely to suffer devastating consequences, so he rationally chose the latter.

And Li Xian's arrival undoubtedly dispelled his last bit of luck.

This crusade of the Tang army counted two allies: one was the Goguryeo orthodoxy represented by the Quan-nam - although the real orthodoxy should be Goguryeo King Gozang, this fact was selectively ignored by everyone; The other is Silla, Silla is led by the royal family, claiming to be 60,000 soldiers and horses, but what can really be seen is about 20,000 or 30,000, and when the war is still grinding.

King Yong of the Tang Dynasty took over as the head of the march of Liaodong Road, and Li Ji temporarily served as the deputy commander, and the news quickly spread. Although there are a few strange things about this kind of thing, Datang didn't do it once or twice, the previous expedition to Liaodong was after the general manager, and Li Ji was sent to directly demote the original general manager to the deputy general manager. In addition, it was the prince who came back this time, and the Silla side did not dare to slack off, so Jin Renwen, who led the Duke of Linhai County of the Tang Dynasty, rushed over that night.

has been an official in Datang for so many years, and he is very skilled in the set of Jin Renwen in the officialdom, whether it is his speech or attitude, he is a Tang person, and his words even reveal a certain intention to continue to stay in Datang after the war. Of course, in the current situation, he would prefer to negotiate the issue of Goguryeo's territory, which is actually the issue of partition.

In this kind of thing, Li Xian did not get his father's authorization, of course, even if he was authorized, he would never take half a step back on the territorial issue, and he didn't look at who rushed to ask Datang for help at the beginning, who often dragged his feet when he was fighting, but now he still wants to intervene in the issue of territorial partition!

Just as he began to look at him left and right, there was another commotion outside the door. As soon as he heard Su's voice, he was taken aback, and hurriedly perfunctory, Jin Ren asked, and walked outside. At this glance, Su Yu asked with a calm face: "Is there a native of Silla inside?" ”

"Xiao Su ......" This Li Xian didn't know what to say for a while, just saw Li Jingye probing his brain over there, and hurriedly grabbed the person, whispered a few words in his ear, and then smiled at Su Yu: "You follow Jingye over first, and promise to have an explanation." Can't you trust my reputation? ”

Su Yu glanced at Li Xian with a little suspicion, and finally chose to believe in Li Xian's credibility and followed Li Jingye. And Lu Sanniang, who was with her, whispered to Li Xian before leaving: "If King Yong is free at night, please come to me, I have something I want to tell you." ”