Zhao Zhiman is now a captain of the family, but he used to be a fierce general. For Xue Su's strange army, he still has some worries of his own.

"It's right to win with a coincidence, that's right. However, in the past, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty made several expeditions to Goguryeo, and every time he sent troops to cross the sea, he almost failed to achieve his goal. When the father of the prime minister of the dynasty, Laigong, he also led his troops to attack Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, but the 40,000 sailors who entered the city were ambushed by the Goguryeo people, and only a few thousand people escaped from the city in the end. ”

Li Xiao shook his head, "This time is different from the past, although it is the same sea attack, but the attack method is not the same. In those years, Hu'er marched by sea, and every time he approached Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, although he had the advantage of directly smashing the enemy's heart, but it was also a hard-fought style, after all, the sailor was only a lone army, there was no base, and he could not fight for a long time. ”

At that time, the Sui Dynasty's intention of sending the sea route was obvious, which was to cooperate with the main army force in Liaodong and play a strategic intention to contain the Goguryeo forces.

But Datang is different, now the main force on land is a feint attack, cooperating with this strange army at sea. Moreover, Xue Rengui and the others did not go directly to a decisive battle with Goguryeo, but first attacked Tamna, and then attacked Baekje, and joined forces with Silla to destroy Baekje first, in order to seize a base that could be supported by the long-term war of the Tang Dynasty.

"Can fight a protracted war, the number of 40,000 soldiers and horses is too small, and it is isolated overseas, how to ensure the transfer of grain, grass and weapons? In the event of a storm at sea, the logistics grain and grass equipment cannot be transported in time, how can the army support it? Zhao Zhiman asked.

Sailing on the sea was still very risky in this era, when the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo several times, sent troops to the sea, encountered several storms, and sank countless ships. Moreover, although the distance from Dengju to Samhan Peninsula is very close, in fact, the army has not taken a straight route, but along the coast of Bohai Bay, along the Miaodo Islands, and around the coastline.

Even if you attack Baekje, you have to go through Goguryeo first.

Although this route is much safer along the coast, it is also time-consuming.

Moreover, in winter, the Liaohai Sea will freeze, and ships will not be able to do so.

What is the most feared thing when the army is out on an expedition? Naturally, it is also a supply of food, grass and equipment. If there is no logistical supply, it is difficult to maintain the army, and if it is a long-term war, only 40,000 horses, fighting alone, going deep behind enemy lines, without backup, it is still very dangerous.

"Don't we still have the vassal state of Silla, attacking Baekje, they will be the vanguard, and they also promised to provide food, grass and ordnance supplies for the army, coupled with the steady and steady fighting style of Baekje, step by step, we can also feed the war with war and supply on the spot."

In the past, the Sui army attacked Goguryeo by sea, and each time it landed directly near Pyongyang, and then attacked directly under the city of Pyongyang. But now the Don army is different, it is to occupy Baekje.

One city and one pond were attacked, and one city and one pond were occupied.

The two chatted casually.

Not far away, in the shade of a tree, the two were fishing.

The shade of the trees here is dense, and the weeds are high, Li Xiao didn't notice them just now.

"This person is Li Sanlang, the corn supervisor?" Han Ying asked.

"Well, Zhao Da is by his side, this person must be Li San." The person who replied was holding a fishing rod, wearing a hat, half-white hair, and a pair of eyes that were very bright.

His hand holding the rod was steady, miraculous but calm.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, this Li San's ability to talk on paper is quite strong." Han Ying said. The prime minister sighed with his beard on his face.

Han Ying was outstanding in conduct and erudite when he was young. He was born in the Han clan in Nanyang, and he was also from a famous family, and his father was also the secretary of the criminal department of the Tang Dynasty. During the Zhenguan period, he moved to the military department and attacked the prince of Yingchuan County. In the court, he and the eldest grandson Wuji were both in-laws and allies, offensive and defensive allies.

The eldest grandson Wuji turned his head to look at Li Xiao, and his gaze fell on Zhao Zhiman's body again.

Zhao Zhiman is a relative of him and Han Jin, who is also the best among Guan Long's children, but now he has become a slave and has become a slave of Tianshe Han'er, which is an insult to him by the emperor and an insult to Chi Guoguo.

But what about the eldest grandson Wuji?

Although he has been a prime minister for decades, but now that he is getting old, his nephew and the emperor are aggressive, what can he do?

"Li Daozong will arrive in Beijing tomorrow, and His Majesty wants him to be a Chinese scholar, which is not good."

Today, the two prime ministers Xiu Mu came to the Weishui River outside Beijing to fish. Although the two like fishing, fishing is fake at this time, and talking is real.

"Not only is Li Daozong returning to Beijing, but His Majesty will demote Sui Dengshan to the governor of Guizhou again." The eldest grandson Wuji sighed.

One depreciation of Tanzhou, and then depreciation of Guizhou, this is not to let Chu Suiliang have the opportunity to return to Beijing, Tanzhou is in Jiangnan West Road, and Guizhou is in Lingnan.

"What is the current situation, I waited for the great country that followed Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong back then, and I am about to be buried in the hands of today." Han Ying sighed.

Although the Nanyang Han clan is not a Guanlong faction, over the years, many wealthy families in Guanxi and Guandong have gradually merged with the Guanlong nobles, forming alliances through marriage and other means, and advancing and retreating together.

"What did we exile Li Daozong for? It's not to protect the present, but now, a holy decree summoned Li Daozong to return to the court, and also sealed the Zhongshu Shilang and the three products under the Zhongshu Sect, and entered the political hall as the prime minister. Where is this to me? I'm waiting for the bad name to be back, and all the good people have been fooled today, and in the end they have to be so aggressive! Han Jin's heart was full of anger.

The emperor reused Li Ji, favored the Wu family in the harem, and used traitorous ministers such as Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, and even the military power, all of which were handed over to Cheng Yanjin, Xue Rengui, Su Lie, Cheng Mingzhen and other Shandong people.

These Guanlong nobles and Shandong scholars have become more and more disadvantaged.

The fate of Chu Suiliang, Zhao Zhiman and others made these old ministers feel cold.

On the contrary, it is a field house like Li Xiao, but he can be proud, what is the reason.

"Brother Fuji, I have inquired about this Li Xiao, he acts very frivolously Meng Lang, this kind of person is full of flaws, and he is involved with Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin, Xue Rengui, etc., if we start with him and grab him with some handles, we can have a chance to shake Li Ji." Han Ying gritted his teeth and said.

Now the situation has reached a critical moment.

Chu Suiliang degraded Guizhou again, and Li Daozong immediately returned to the court. The emperor is still aggressive towards them, and if they go down, then they will be the next Chu Suiliang, and no one wants to be exiled to Lingnan when they are old.

You can't sit still, you have to fight back.

However, it is easy for old foxes like Li Ji to catch the handle, but this Li San is full of loopholes, if Li San is used as a breakthrough, there is a chance to implicate Li Ji, just like when they used Fang Yiai as a breakthrough, and finally put Li Daozong, Li Ke, Xue Wanche and others into it.

In court battles, it is also necessary to talk about strategy.

As long as they can get Li Ji and other obvious faults, then the emperor will not be able to protect Li Ji from remaining in the court.

"I want to talk to him!"

"With whom?" Han Ying didn't understand for a while.

"And Li Saburo." The eldest grandson Wuji looked over there, and Li Xiao and Zhao Zhiman were talking and laughing. It was hard for the eldest grandson Wuji to believe that Zhao Chiman was so happy to be able to chat with Li Xiao.

As the pride of the Guanlong aristocracy, why didn't Zhao Zhiman commit suicide? How could he endure this humiliation today?

Also, he knew that Li Xiao had written several times to intercede for Zhao Zhiman, and even broke through the prison for Zhao Zhiman, but Zhao Zhiman had led troops to attack his Zhuangzi, why could Li Xiao still be a brother with Zhao Zhiman, and even now he has been treated as a brother?

He couldn't figure it out, but he felt that Li Xiao was by no means simple. His eldest grandson Wuji will not look at people by the origin of a person, he is not so superficial.

I think that when he followed Emperor Taizong, he was just a cloth cloth at first. Although his ancestors had glory, his father died when he was young, because his biological mother died early, and after his father's death, he was kicked out of the house by several half-brothers, and if it wasn't for his uncle Gao Shilian to take them in, they wouldn't even have a home.

Li Xiao does have many flaws, but there are also flaws.

Han Ying didn't understand.

"What to talk about? What is there to talk to him about? Could it be that Brother Auxiliary thinks that he can be co-opted? He climbed up to Li Ji, and now he is a founding man at a young age, and he may not be able to receive the love of you and me. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly diverted the topic at this time.

"The two jade seedlings I raised at home have been growing very well recently, and they have begun to bear ears, one plant has four ears, but I heard from the corn supervisor that one plant can only keep two ears at most, and more should be removed. If the fertility is insufficient, there is a shortage of water on the slopes and other places, and even only one ear can be left. ”

"One more ear of corn can give more corn, but it is said that if there is not enough water and fertilizer, and there are too many ears, there will be a lot of corn shriveled up, and even corn kernels will not grow on the cob. I told the gardener at home to let him get rid of the excess and keep only two, but he refused to do it for a long time, feeling that it was a waste to let the petals fall off. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji ignored Han Ying and just talked to himself.

"I didn't believe in auspicious corn before, thinking it was just a lie, a hoax. But now I am watching the two corn plants grow taller and taller, watching the ears and changing day by day, and I have actually slowly believed that this is an auspicious day by day. ”

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, it's not harvest yet, it's too early to say."

"No, I've already believed in it, Li Xiao, I used to think he was just a little liar, but now I observe and think this person is amazing. I used to think that it was impossible for him to come from him, and corn was just a lie, but now I believe him. ”

"You should also know the news from the Shayuan, Li Xiao planted corn in the saline-alkali land of the Shayuan, and the growth is not bad, this is amazing news. Although the saline-alkali land is not a place where grass does not grow, it is impossible to grow crops under normal circumstances, but Li Xiao planted it. ”

"Do you know how precious this corn is?"

"Corn is very precious, this Li Xiao is also very precious, we can't go and destroy corn anymore, let alone Li Xiao. Corn is auspicious from the sky, and so is this Li Xiao! The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Xiao and said slowly.