"Your Majesty, haha, good news." Hu Xiaosi stopped Li Xuanqing's footsteps, looked at the slightly bloated figures of Qiaoxi and Murong Feixue next to him, nodded and smiled: "Hello two sisters-in-law, what about my eldest nephew?" ”

"Xiao Tianqi went to the enlightenment class, didn't your family go to Yingtian too?" Qiaoxi and Murong Feixue glanced at each other and asked a little curiously, "Brother Hu, what is the good news so excited?" ”

"Okay, okay, the two sisters-in-law come here and sit down and rest and listen to me." Hu Xiaosi asked Qiaoxi and the two of them to sit down in the Champs Pavilion next to the Qianqiu Palace, and then took out the information in his arms and handed it to Li Xuanqing with a smile: "The northwest is a great victory, the northern line Gao Siji has recovered Qiuci, and the senior brother held a military parade outside Qiuci City to commemorate the martyrs of Anxi and spread the entire northwest. On the southern front, Zhang Sheng even defeated 100,000 Safavid troops in one fell swoop, pursued more than 300 li, took Bohe Prefecture, and completely drove the Safariads out of the Green Mountains. Is this good news? The senior brother came with the latest news, so that the emperor could choose the opportunity to go to the front line, but looking at the situation of the two sisters-in-law, I am afraid it will be difficult to make the trip. After Hu Xiaosi finished talking about the war situation in the northwest in one breath, he continued: "But the northwest side can't finish the fight for a while, so I can simply wait for my sister-in-law to give birth to a child before setting off, which is just a trip to the northwest." "He is yearning for Qiuzi, after all, whether it is any high-level in the military and political circles of the Tang Dynasty today, Qiuzi has a mark that can never be erased, the old things of a hundred years ago are a regret for everyone, and now the Tang Dynasty is out of the north, all the way to the dust and courage, to the old place where the martyrs of Anxi sacrificed their lives for the country, Li Xuanqing, as the founder of the Tang Empire and the founder of the Tiance Army, if he can reach the front line to go to Qiuzi to personally preside over the memorial to the soul of Anxi, then it is not only a huge incentive for the empire, It is also to show the determination of the Tang Dynasty of all ethnic groups in the northwest to recover Anxi, and it is more conducive to accelerating the internal differentiation of the various ethnic groups in the northwest, and prompting those tribes who have not forgotten the Tang Dynasty to make up their minds.

However, Li Xuanqing looked at Qiaoxi and Murong Feixue but shook his head secretly, he put Hu Xiaosi's proposal in his heart, it was really inappropriate to set off to the northwest at this time, after learning that the two were pregnant almost at the same time, Li Xuanqing did not even leave Chang'an City, originally according to his and Qiaoxi's temperament, how could he not personally visit various places to supervise the five-year industrial plan he deployed, but for the two of them to honestly sit in Chang'an and remotely direct the process of industrialization in various places. However, what Hu Xiaosi said is also right, the two of them are now more than seven months old, and they don't care about waiting for three or four more months, when the Northwest Railway will be able to go further, the speed is not slow, and the war in Anxi is not a month or two months can be completed, it doesn't matter much sooner or later.

However, Qiaoxi stood up at this time and shook Li Xuanqing's hand and said: "Big brother is very important about state affairs, I can't chill the hearts of the front-line soldiers because of me and Sister Feixue, presumably they are also waiting for the big brother to go to Qiuzi in person, waiting for their Emperor His Majesty to take them to welcome the heroic spirits of the ancestors of Anxi back to their homeland, so don't worry about us, Chang'an is the base camp of the empire, and they will take care of the two of us." Murong Feixue also stood up and looked at Li Xuanqing and said with a smile: "What Qiaoxi said is that the emperor can go with confidence, and we can take care of everything in the palace by ourselves." Murong Feixue used to be in a fiery temperament, but after marrying Li Xuanqing and entering the palace, he became demure, and at this time, it was easy for him to be pregnant and not speak and move, but at this time, he also said.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this." Li Xuanqing looked at them and smiled gently, naturally understanding their thoughts, but he didn't say anything before helping the two of them sit down before carefully browsing the specific battle report in his hand. However, after seeing Wan Yi transfer the two battalions in Gaochang to Khotan to replenish the Anxi Corps, he showed a thoughtful look, looked up and asked, "Have you received this battle report from the General Staff?" Do they have any new deductions for the latest changes in the situation in the Northwest? ”

Hu Xiaosi shook his head and said, "I have already sent an attachment to Tianxiang's side, because the northwest side is too far away from Chang'an, so the battle reports on the Western Expeditionary Army's side are now transmitted by our Xuanyingwei's channel." I rushed to report the good news to the emperor when I received the information, but Tianxiang is probably studying this matter at the moment. "Xuan Yingwei's special channel is now in charge of all the northwest side of the Xuanyingwei as long as it is not too long and complicated to report the battle situation, so Hu Xiaosi directly asked his subordinates to send the attachment to the General Staff after receiving the battle report, and he came to Li Xuanqing with the original.

"Then let's go to the General Staff now." Li Xuanqing handed the battle report to Hu Xiaosi, and said to Ruyan and the others who were standing in the distance: "Qiaoxi, you go back first, it's hot outside, if you want to take a walk, let Ruyan and them accompany you to the pavilion on the Qujiang River for a while." ”

"Big brother, go get busy, Sister Feixue and I will take care of ourselves." Qiaoxi stood up and pulled Murong Feixue out, and the two sisters walked all the way and chattered all the way, and it seemed that they had something to do for a long time.

And when Li Xuanqing and Hu Xiaosi came to the combat hall of the General Staff of the Tiance Mansion Building, Xu Tianxiang, Yang Tiancheng, and Wang Houchun were taking a few staff officers to point at the sand table, and to the surprise of the two, Cen Tianshi was actually among them. During this period, the cabinet was the busiest department, and in addition to frequently sending key personnel to several northern provinces to supervise the implementation of the industrial plan, it was also necessary to send officials with outstanding political achievements from all over the country to the northwest as receivers to take over the newly occupied land, and also to work with the logistics department to prepare for the logistics and transportation of the troops in the northeast, northwest, and Tibetan areas, and even to supervise the implementation of the Tang currency settlement circle and cooperate with the money bank to handle the situation of the Tang currency issuance. Cen Tianshi was even so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, but he didn't expect to see him spraying a teacup at this time, watching Xu Tianxiang and the others nodding frequently on the sand table.

"Haha, I just said that Xiao Si must have gone to find the emperor, and this is not pulling the emperor to the general staff. I said, Xiaosi, don't you know that they are all about to give birth, do you need to be accompanied? Won't you call a few of us to find the emperor if there is something? Wang Houchun happened to look up at this time and saw Li Xuanqing and Hu Xiaosi walking in one after another, and immediately smiled while pulling everyone to salute Li Xuanqing.

"Pull it down, I sent the battle report to your General Staff as soon as possible, Senior Brother, you might as well hide in the General Staff Building and drink tea, so I have to run errands for your General Staff to find the emperor, Houchun, I found that your skin is getting thicker and thicker, was it damaged by Tianxiang and them?" Hu Xiaosi did not hesitate to fight back against Wang Houchun's words, saluted Cen Tianshi and smiled: "Mr. Cen is a busy man, how can you have time to come to the General Staff today?" Could it be that a girl is going to give Houchun a daughter-in-law? After Yang Tiancheng came back from Shantou, he was pulled by Cen Tianshi to meet the second lady of the Xu family a few times, and the two actually looked at each other, which surprised Hu Xiaosi, who originally followed Xu Xingxia's personality, her own sisters were spoiled by her, how could Yang Tiancheng's character stand the temper of a daughter? turned out that the two really became friends, which made him very strange.

Cen Tianshi shook his head and said, "How can I have such idle time recently? Didn't he just come to the General Staff to see those turtles in the northwest, Zhang Sheng promised the Safar Dynasty again, and followed a few looks. But Xiaosi, Tianxiang just received a message here, but it's your old acquaintance, you can take a look. ”

Li Xuanqing ignored the nonsense these people said, and after walking over, he asked, "It seems that you can also see the overall deployment of Senior Brother in the northwest?" Tell me if there are any problems? ”

"There is no problem in the northwest, my brother's move to use Khotan's Anxi Corps to deter the surrounding tribes is the same as our purpose in occupying the southwest in the southwest, although Khotan is located in the basin, but in fact it is the strategic commanding heights of the entire Anxi, Khotan in our hands, even if all the tribes in the northwest unite against us, we don't have to be afraid, because whoever takes Khotan will have the initiative in the battle, no matter what, we are the initiative, whether it is offensive or defensive, it is up to us to say nothing." Yang Tiancheng put down the command pole in his hand and said with a smile: "So we plan to send a suggestion to our senior brother, after attracting all the energy of the Anxi Uighurs on the northern front, let Zhang Sheng seize the time to reorganize the Anxi Corps, as long as the Anxi Corps can reach the combat effectiveness of our field troops, then there will be no problem with this decision-making and deployment." Yang Tiancheng's words made Li Xuanqing nod, and the three people in front of him were almost one of the people with the strongest overall strategic awareness in the entire Tiance Army except for himself, but before he could say anything, Wang Houchun handed Li Xuanqing a battle report and said with a wry smile: "It's a little troublesome on Chen Fan's side, and Changkou's side is really a conspiracy of the Goryeo people, although Ge Cunzhou got Chen Fan's warning in advance, but he was still ambushed by the other party in the Andong Governor's Mansion, fortunately, Hou Yong's cavalry corps arrived in time and attacked the Goryeo army from behind, It takes a forced reopening of a gap to get freed. ”

"Interesting, I'm afraid it's not just Koreans, right? It is impossible for them to have such a great force, nor can they have such a strong vision. After reading the information, Li Xuanqing took everyone to sit down next to him and asked, "Little Si, have you Xuanyingwei found any news?" ”

Hu Xiaosi shook his head and said: "The other party is obviously prepared, he has already calculated and has no intention, it is too late after Ge Cunzhou got Chen Fan's warning, in fact, if it is not for Chen Fan's caution, I am afraid that Ge Cunzhou will really be in trouble, this is not as simple as an ambush war." ”

"Have you guessed?" Wang Houchun's heart moved, and he immediately understood what Hu Xiaosi was going to say, and hurriedly asked. Ge Cunzhou was ambushed and counted as one of the few failures since the Tiance Army became an army, so I can't help but wake up these people in front of me, the Tiance Army has come all the way to rely on the strength of its own soldiers and sweep thousands of armies, on the other hand, there are weapons that transcend the times as a backing, many generals and soldiers have developed a hollow temper and character, whether it is good to eat and lose, at least it can make everyone sober up, but Hu Xiaosi said this to make everyone feel the different meanings. After all, there was another Han group in southern Goryeo, and they were also colleagues with Ge Cunzhou and other generals who had defected from the Xuanwu Army.

"Ge Cunzhou, they won't have a problem, don't hesitate about this." Cen Tianshi said at this time: "He was originally a pure soldier, and like us, he cares about the people of his family and country. If he had been in contact with Zhu Youlun, he would not have chosen to surrender to us back then, and he would not have crossed the sea with Zheng Fan. ”

"So, Xiaosi, the next thing is your battlefield, how about old friends meet, the road is narrow, the other party has given you such a moment, you don't want to fight back? I still want to come to the counter-plot, you also want to think about how to give him a meeting gift. Xu Tianxiang agreed with Cen Tianshi's words, and they had discussed this issue before.

"Since the road is narrow, it is natural to surprise Zheng Fan." Hu Xiaosi obviously knew what this group of people were thinking, tilted his head and smiled: "I have already sent him a big gift, and I promise to make him want to die." ”

As soon as his nonsense words came out, everyone immediately laughed and scolded, and Li Xuanqing couldn't help but touch his nose and smiled: "You shouldn't have let Biaozi transfer over, right?" What are you going to do over there in Tibet? Qin Kong and Zhao Si are both in the northwest, Biao Zi will leave again, are you going to go into battle in person? ”

"The emperor doesn't bring this, I still want them to be surprised, why did you tell me all my hole cards?" Hu Xiaosi couldn't help but shake his head and complain before continuing: "Zheng Fan's side, I let Biaozi go, he is definitely not an opponent, when the time comes, let Chen Fan and Ge Cunzhou cooperate, let's dig a pit for him and let him jump." As for the Tibetan side, don't worry, I have already transferred Gao Junya back from the grassland, he was in charge of the Tibetan area before, so he is more suitable than Biaozi. ”

"I said Xiaosi, it's a scourge for you to let go, I have a hunch that Zheng Fan will definitely be killed by you this time. Biaozi, that guy is even more insidious than you, he is going to Sanhan Zheng Fan, and it is estimated that there is absolutely no way to live. Yang Tiancheng shook his head, and was a little helpless about Hu Xiaosi's behavior. Biao Zi has been fighting against Zheng Fan on the front line during the Battle of the Central Plains, and the two sides are very happy. At this time, in order to catch the other party off guard, Hu Xiaosi even hid from himself and let Biaozi secretly go to Sanhan, which would definitely make Zheng Fan unable to eat and walk around, and this guy would definitely dig a pit for the other party to jump. It is almost foreseeable that the entire pattern of the war will change as a result of this.

Li Xuanqing didn't have much of an opinion on this, Hu Xiaosi's move was only afraid that he would have this idea from Chen Fan's army, but he didn't expect Zheng Fan to act so quickly, Hu Xiaosi's original plan should be that Zheng Fan would make a move after Goryeo was taken, after all, they have not occupied the southwestern region of Sanhan for a long time, and the relationship with Goryeo in the north is not good.

"The road is narrow, haha, who let Zheng Fan want his old colleagues like Ge Cunzhou to try to drive a wedge between us? To provoke us, we must have the consciousness of paying the price. Hu Xiaosi said with a smile: "I have already told Biao Zi, pit Zheng Fan is not a skill, if he really has the ability, he will bring me all the gold and silver treasures that Zhu Youlun has scavenged from the peninsula over the years. As soon as he said this, Cen Tianshi next to him couldn't help but spray all the hot tea on him, and everyone watched Hu Xiaosi being sprayed like a chicken in soup, and immediately laughed, and even a few staff officers next to him were desperately covering the corners of their mouths.