Chen Le couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Emperor Xu to seal such an official position, the real jurisdiction of this official position is the boundary between the Qin State and the Western Regions, and he couldn't help but sneer a little in Chen Le's heart, Emperor Xu is going to roast himself on the fire! This is to make yourself and the Qin State stumble! This is to tie yourself completely to this chariot of Daxu!

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Chen Legao exclaimed.

"Chen Aiqing, although this matter is tentative, all kinds of details still need to be worked out, and the battle is not in a hurry!" Xu Huang said.

Chen Le knew what Emperor Xu meant, although it was extremely difficult to conceal such a major event as leading troops westward into the world, it was still a moment to conceal it, it was today's matter, there were so many people in the court, it was inevitable that the news would leak, so the time of his departure must be secret, and it was impossible to go to the Western Regions immediately.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the affairs of the court on this day came out from various secret channels, and could not help but spread all over the army, and also leaked to the vassal states, and even far away to the distant Western Regions Protectorate......

Since Chen Le went down to the court this time, he has never mentioned the expedition to the Western Regions to the outside world, but has stepped up the training of the 50,000 forbidden troops in his hands.

Although he only proposed to Emperor Xu to take 20,000 people away, the training was always carried out according to 50,000 people.

He did not decide to take all the five lieutenants under him, he only decided to take Chu Hu and Li Cunxiao with him in the forbidden army meeting, and the remaining four naturally wanted to stay in Xu Jing.

I don't know when I will be able to return this time, and Chen Le must leave cronies in Xu Jing in case of future emergencies.

At the same time, he solemnly proposed to the Xiao family in Lanling, but unfortunately he was ruthlessly rejected, but he didn't care, but went to the small courtyard under Jingshan to play when he was fine, but he never saw Xiao Yuqi's father, the second master of the Xiao family.

When summer came, Xiao Yuqi went from the Jingshan courtyard to Xu Jing's Xiao Mansion, this Xiao Mansion is a foothold of the Xiao family in the capital, other families dare not do this, but the Xiao family is not afraid of anything, after all, today's queen is surnamed Xiao, and she is the daughter of the Xiao family!

On this day, Chen Le was drinking tea in the General's Mansion, and it was the crown prince Zhao Xun sitting opposite him, and Xiao Yuqi next to him.

The little girl was making tea, and her face looked sullen.

Zhao Xun looked at the two and sighed: "Qingzhi, I don't think it's really possible, you just elope with my cousin!" ”

Chen Le shook his head: "I want to elope, but now I have nowhere to go when I elope, I may set off with troops at any time, should I let Yuqi go with me to recover the Western Regions Protectorate?" It's just too dangerous, it's not going to work, it's not going to work. ”

Zhao Xun thought for a while and said: "It's really strange to say this, since my uncle rejected your proposal, but he didn't restrain his cousin, and let her associate with you, it's quite intriguing!" ”

Chen Le said lazily when he heard this: "This is still not easy to explain? In fact, he deliberately agreed to my proposal, but I was going to go on an expedition to the Western Regions, and he was afraid that I would fail or die over there, so he didn't agree, lest Yuqi become a widow! ”

Xiao Yuqi immediately took a sip when she heard this: "Chen Le, you are talking nonsense again, my father will definitely not easily agree to your proposal!" ”

Chen Le smiled: "In short, that's what I think, if you don't admit it, I can't help it, I can't go and pull Second Master Xiao to confront me." ”

Xiao Yuqi's face turned red when she heard this, and she got up and said, "Let's talk, I'll walk around." ”

After the little girl left, Zhao Xian's face suddenly turned pale, and he said in a low voice: "Qingzhi, you have to be careful, I heard that the current head of the Xiao family, my grandfather, intends to marry Yuqi to Zheng Guo, but it is my second uncle who has been blocking it to maintain the current status quo." ”

Chen Le nodded and said, "The Xiao family master is really a good plan, in this way, when there is a real war in the future, Xu Zhengchu will be able to form a siege of the Qin State!" ”

Zhao Xun said: "That grandfather of mine is also old and confused, with the pride of his father, how can he be willing to join forces with Chu Zheng to attack Qin!" ”

Chen Le squinted and said, "How is Your Majesty's illness?" ”

Zhao Xun sighed and said: "Even my son doesn't know the truth, I'm afraid that in the entire Xu Jing, only that big eunuch Gao Wang knows, so Qingzhi, your trip to the Western Regions must be successful, and the sooner the better!" ”

Chen Le said: "Naturally, I will set off before winter. ”

After Zhao Xun left, Chen Le called Zheng Xuan, Chu Hu, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Dynasty, Ma Han, and Li Cunxiao to a meeting, and Xiao Yuqi Yumo was listening on the side.

Chen Le ordered the soldiers to bring the man in, and when the man came in and saw Chen Le, he bowed his head and shouted: "Cheng Tieshi came to hold a gun for the general." ”

Chen Le saw that it was the robber he met on the way to Jingzhou, nodded and said, "Cheng Tieshi, you're late." ”

Cheng Tieshi, the big black man, said with a sad face: "Hui General, I have already come to Xu Jing, but the general did not leave an address, nor did he leave a name, I looked for more than a year in the capital and could not find the general, and then inquired with the portrait, many people said that it seemed to be the champion of the civil and military who arranged flowers on the street that day, I dared to give it a try, if I found the wrong one this time, I am afraid that a beating is inevitable!" ”

Chen Le couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "It's not difficult for you, let's sit down and listen." ”

Cheng Tieshi sat down stiffly, he knew that Chen Le's identity today was monstrous, and he couldn't help but tremble and listen.

Chen Le first talked about the general trend, and then expressed his worries about the future prospects, and then changed the conversation, mentioning the expedition to the Western Regions, he decided to take Zheng Xuan, Li Cunxiao, Chu Hu, Cheng Tieshi, Yumo, Zeng Jieban to go, and leave Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, and Ma Han in the capital.

When the four of them heard this, they immediately objected, and they all wanted to follow Chen Le to the west, Chen Le shook his head and said: "Although I and the four of you are superiors and subordinates, but there is a master and apprentice, now the situation is tense, after I leave Beijing, there must be my own people in Beijing to respond, otherwise although there is the prince as the backing, it is not easy to say what the future is, after all, this is a troubled time, I have to bury a shadow in Beijing!" ”

Zhang Long said: "General, what do you need to do, even if you say it bluntly, the four of us are all obedient!" The other three also clenched their fists, their eyes blazing with enthusiasm.

Chen Le looked at the four of them and said slowly: "I'm afraid this will be hard for the four of you, I'm going to use a bitter meat trick!" ”

"Bitter meat trick? What is this? Zhao Hu immediately said curiously.

Chen Le smiled slightly, although there is the art of war in this world, but some of the strategies have no names at all, let alone thirty-six strategies, he glanced at the surroundings without a huge number of people, etc., and then lowered his voice, and said it like this, and everyone was stunned when they heard it.

"Senior brother, your plan is so wonderful!" Yumo couldn't help but say: "Even the name is apt, and it really lives up to the bitter title!" ”

Chen Le nodded and said to the four: "What do you think?" ”

The four of them said in unison: "But by the general's orders!" ”