Chapter 275: Preparation

On the stage of the "Lu" stage of the Governor's Mansion of Raole, Li Chengzhong stared at Tang Cheng for a long time, "Domogao, sit down!" ”

The red-clothed Xi Han stared at Tang Cheng without moving, his right hand was still pressed on the handle of the scimitar at his waist, Tang Cheng looked at him with a yellow birch crossbow in his hand, with a sneer on his quiet face.

Li Chengzhong's hand slapped heavily on the desk in front of him, and the plate fell crookedly with a "bang", and the soup splashed, "Sit down!" ”

After the red-clothed Xi Han sneered at Tang Cheng, he finally sat back under Li Chengzhong's rage, and Tang Cheng put the yellow birch crossbow in his wide sleeves, and covered the edge of the bow with his long sleeves.

After retracting his gaze from the red-clothed Xi Han, Li Chengzhong looked at Tang Cheng angrily, "In this way, the court punished you for coming here to let this king give up the throne?" ”

"The court did not have such a will, this is a kind advice to the prince"

"You let this king give up this Metropolitan Governor's Mansion", Li Chengzhong raised his fat fingers and pointed hard at the "Lu" platform under his feet, and the flesh on his fat face began to twitch slightly, "Sure enough, what a kindness!" ”

Stumped the gorgeous palace and a vain throne are more important than life, Tang Chengzhen couldn't understand what this dead fat pig was thinking, let alone that such a simple question would need to be explained, "The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is just a gorgeous place, the land is lost, the people and the land are lost, could it be that this mansion is more important than people?" ”

Hearing this, the patriarchs who accompanied the drink sneered, especially the red-clothed one.

"Tang Sima has worked hard from afar, so let's go down and rest, and do your part", Li Chengzhong waved his hand, and when he put down his hand, he grabbed the big wine jar with a round belly next to him.

It seems that there is still a hidden meaning in this, but the situation on the stage of "Lu" is already like this, it is useless to say more, Tang Cheng turned around and walked towards the stage of "Lu", when he turned sideways, the red-clothed Xi looked at him with a vicious smile, and Tang Cheng sneered in return.

Tang Cheng walked very slowly when he got off the "Lu" platform, and the good mood when he saw Tuweizi safe and sound had completely disappeared so far.

Since the throne can't be kept, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can't occupy it, he ordered Rao Le Grassland to withdraw from the throne, and then quickly moved to the boundary river to camp with the Tiancheng army back, one can retreat from the current fierce conflict of interests, and the other can take advantage of the momentum of the Tiancheng army to increase the safety factor.

Of course, this idea itself is also very beneficial to Tang Cheng, this time he has only one task to Rao Le - to ensure the safety of Li Chengzhong's life, as long as he can withdraw from the battle for the throne, if people also reach the boundary river, this task will be half completed, and if he is safe, Tang Cheng himself will naturally be safe; In addition, more importantly, Li Chengzhong, who had withdrawn from the battle for the throne, led the people of his headquarters to stand on the edge of the boundary river, which was equivalent to providing the best security barrier for the dragon gate on the other side of the river.

Speaking of which, this is really a good plan that can benefit both parties, since Li Chengzhong can also get safety from it, why doesn't he agree? This was Tang Cheng's thoughts when he came, and it was also the root of his good mood when he saw Tuweizi safe and sound.

It's a pity that changes are faster than planned, Li Chengzhong, the idea he thought of, didn't even have the slightest intention to adopt, and now the external situation in Rao Le is so bad that it may break out at any time, and the first thing the two powerhouses will do after getting the confirmation news from Chang'an will definitely be to march to the Dadu Governor's Mansion; And internally, Li Chengzhong, a dead fat man, has such an attitude.

External and internal troubles are linked together, this situation is really dangerous, and now there is no mission and the safety of Longmen, if this situation does not change, his own personal safety is no longer guaranteed.

Under the nest, there are no eggs! Once those two powerful armies were killed, the low earth enclosure and the hundred and ten people were nothing in front of the flood of taunting cavalry.

Sitting back and entrusting your life and safety to luck and others is not Tang Cheng's style of doing things, no, you still have to find a way, while walking under the "Lu" stage, Tang Cheng's mind kept turning sharply.

It was still the Xi people in front who led Tang Cheng out of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and when he came out, Liu Suifeng, who was looking around outside, walked over, "What, can your advice be accepted by King Xi?" ”

He didn't hide this idea from Liu Suifeng on the road, and when he heard it, Tang Cheng, who vaguely had an idea in his heart, shook his head, "Let's rest the horse first."

Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion is not comparable to Yangzhou, Youzhou and other metropolitan governors in the interior of the Tang Dynasty, although there are also Sima, Changshi and other official positions, but it is purely an ornament, the actual role is no different from the three animals enshrined in front of the statue of the god in the temple, but although this is the case, but the Sima Mansion next to the Dadu Governor's Mansion was also built by Chang'an as a prisoner in that year, covering a large and neat area, Tang Cheng brought two small teams of Tiancheng Army in the name of the human escort can actually settle down without finding another place.

Since the Taizong Dynasty, the Chang'an Ministry of Officials has intermittently appointed the long history and Sima of the Governor's Mansion such as Rao Le and Songmo, and if there is an official who obstructs the emperor's eyes or offends the powerful and is not easy to place, he will be placed here, if there is no suitable candidate, it will be empty, and there is nothing to do anyway, and these Northern Governors do not care about it.

Before Tang Cheng came, Rao Le Sima had been vacant for two terms, because of this, the neat Sima Mansion looked a little dilapidated, and there were no extra subordinates in the mansion except for the two official slaves guarding the door, and Chen Lei, the captain of the Tiancheng Military Academy who walked around the mansion, went to Tang Cheng's official room after figuring out the situation.

Tang Cheng was not in the official room, so he stood outside the door and talked to Liu Suifeng, while Zheng San and the two old servants were cleaning the house.

Tianchengjun selected exactly two small teams of one hundred cavalry this time, and the hundred-man cavalry is managed by two teams according to the usual practice in the army, in addition to the two teams, there is also a captain in chief, this captain is Chen Lei, seeing him coming, Tang Cheng, who was talking to Liu Suifeng, beckoned to him.

After beckoning, Tang Cheng turned his head and continued to talk to Liu Suifeng, "That's what happened on the 'Lu' stage just now, what you have to do now is to find the general who guards the door, this person is young, and he has a good impression of my Datang, with the boundless style of your background, you can always ask something more or less, even if you can't ask anything else, at least you have to figure out what Li Chengzhong's reliance is."

"Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles!" , Liu Suifeng smiled, turned around and was about to leave, Tang Chengnai followed again, "Wine can be 'chaotic' and 'sexual', don't forget it."

Liu Suifeng turned his back and nodded, and then his white clothes fluttered away, and Chen Lei stepped forward and said what happened just now.

"There is no need to clean the house, you can lead people to the Dadu Governor's Mansion to receive food now, and after you get it back, don't delay for a moment to make mature food and pack it immediately, and the water bladder must also be filled."

Chen Lei is a person who has been in the army for a long time, and when he heard this order, his heart suddenly jumped, "My lord, do you mean that all the food brought by the general is made into military food?" ”

"Yes", Tang Cheng's answer was solemn and low, "There is no need to send guards in the house, except for the brothers who take turns to make military rations, the others are not allowed to go out, just rest in the house, by the way, the war horses must be taken care of, that's all, hurry up and do it"

With the more orders from Tang Cheng, the clearer the information Chen Lei obtained, and at the same time, the more nervous and faint expectations in his heart became, this time he could be selected as the commander of the 100-person team, he Chen Lei is a veritable leader in the younger generation of the Tiancheng Army, but it is a pity that in recent years, there has been nothing to do on the border, even if Chen Lei has all kinds of ambitions in his heart, there is no battlefield to show, but he didn't expect that now he will receive such a strict order as soon as he arrives at the Raole Du Governor's Mansion......

At this moment, Chen Lei's mood was complicated and indescribable, so much so that he ignored the strange title of "brother" that Tang Cheng used when talking about Tianchengjun.

After Chen Lei, who had a tense face, performed a military etiquette and retreated, Tang Cheng turned around and entered the official room.

The room had not been cleaned, and Tang Cheng didn't care about it, waved his hand to signal the two old servants to withdraw, and then sat down after wiping the public case that had not yet dried.

"Grind the ink!" After giving a word to Zheng San, Tang Cheng closed his eyes slightly and recalled something carefully, and after the ink was polished, he saw him drag a piece of bamboo paper and draw it on the desk.

Zheng San looked at his uncle's movements in surprise while grinding ink, didn't he say that this Rao Le Sima was just a decoration, why did he just come here and have urgent business? After more than ten strokes, he saw clearly that what Tang Cheng had drawn was actually a map, and it was a map of the Dadu Governor's Mansion that he had never entered, from the gate at the bottom to the highest "dew" platform, the location and number of guards along the way were clear.

After drawing, Tang Cheng thought about it carefully, picked up his pen and added some things to the map, so that he was satisfied after three repetitions.

Drying the map carefully, Tang Cheng raised his head and looked at Zheng San, "You don't have to wait by my side today, just go to the Governor's Mansion to guard outside, one is to figure out all the entrances and exits of the Governor's Mansion, and then pay attention to the people who come in and out of the Governor's Mansion, especially the Xi people who are wearing colorful Tang clothes." And you have to be careful not to provoke suspicion."

Zheng San had been following Tang Cheng for some time, and he already knew the ability of this uncle, so he didn't ask much after receiving the order at this time, and turned around after nodding and putting down the ink ingot in his hand.

After Zheng San left, Tang Cheng quietly looked at the map for a long time and put it away in his arms, then stood up and walked around the office casually.

The most eye-catching thing in this office room that has not been completely cleaned is the row of bookshelves, on which there are some books in a mess, after Tang Cheng walked over, the first thing he saw was the book written by Meng Jian in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty in front of him, because it was covered with dust, Tang Fei didn't want to reach out to turn it, but he saw a few pages in the book that were folded up.

After reaching out and opening the book, Tang Cheng saw that the pages that were folded up happened to be "The Biography of Zhang Qian", so he casually browsed through it.

"Qian also, worship for the great line. More than a year old, Qian. In the years that followed, the subordinates of the deputy envoys sent by him to pass through the Great Xia were quite natural, so the northwest country began to pass through the Han Dynasty. However, Qian chiseled into the air, and all the later envoys were called Bo Wanghou, thinking that the quality was in foreign countries, and foreign countries were believed in them. Later, Wusun actually married Han", when he turned the page and finished reading the last part of "The Biography of Zhang Qian", Tang Cheng noticed a beautiful line of annotations next to the page.

"With the separation of the Han land, Qian can hollow out the Western Regions, and establish no merit to seal the Marquis of Bowang; Yu is also strong, but he is trapped in Beixi, sitting and sighing for his sideburns, and he is old and dead, pity, pain, and hatred! This line of small annotations is written with silver hooks and iron strokes, especially the last hate word with a pen, and the resentment in it has already broken out of the paper.

After Tang Cheng looked at this annotation for a while, he reached out and closed the book with a "snap", "You can't make a world merit and seal the Marquis of Bo Wang, hum!" This skill is set up with a head, and it is easy to say! ”

At this point, Tang Cheng didn't have the heart to look at the bookshelf, and after leaving the official room, he went directly to the backyard to stay in the dormitory, and after the old servant finished cleaning up the thin quilt and other things, he turned his head and lay down without saying a word.

At this time, he was thinking that he should not be able to sleep, but he was dazed after a while with his head on the pillow, and he didn't even have half a dream, and he didn't wake up until he came back with the wind at noon.

"I just went to the official room to look for you, but I found a good book on the shelf", Liu Suifeng casually put on the small table next to him is the "Book of Han", "The book in it, especially next to Zhang Qian's biography, is well written, and the text is okay, but the resentment and the heart of the work are really moving"

Tang Cheng ignored his discussion, turned around and asked straight after freshening up, "What news did you hear?" ”

Seeing that Tang Cheng was asking about the matter, Liu Suifeng also said his harvest with "color".

Tang Cheng sat down next to Liu Suifeng, listening to his narration and analyzing it in combination with what he saw in front of him, and it was said that the reason why Li Chengzhong did not take his suggestion was not only because he was reluctant to take the throne and the gorgeous Dadu Governor's Mansion, but also because of the right to distribute pastures owned by King Xi.

The concept of nomadic boundaries is not as clear as that of the farming people in the inland of the Tang Dynasty, and the endless grasslands are not as well marked as the inland mountains and rivers.

For the nomadic Xi people, the important "sex" of the grassland is the same as the land of the Tang people, and they do not hesitate to give everything to defend it, so the uncertain "sex" and changing "sex" of this grassland have become the source of eternal conflict in the grassland, and no one can tell how many people have died and how much blood has been shed for hundreds of thousands of years.

It wasn't until the integration of the five divisions of Rao Le and the reverence of one lord that Xi basically ended the method of resolving grassland disputes in an extreme way with scimitars and bows and arrows, and this right naturally fell into the hands of the Xi King elected by the five ministries.

Therefore, the first major thing that each Xi Wang does after taking office is to solve the grassland problem, the change that needs to be changed, and the reconfirmation of the non-change, which is not only related to the distribution of interests, but also related to the peace of Rao Le in the next few decades, even if the grassland changes later, it is also carried out within this framework.

One of the very important reasons why Li Chengzhong is reluctant to give up the position of King Xi now is this, no matter what, he has to finish this matter first, or before he finishes this crucial thing, that is, he wants to abdicate to protect himself, and his patriarchs will not agree.

The stakes are so great!

"Unconscious!" , Hearing this, Tang Cheng couldn't help but scold, "Li Chengzhong is in name only, what is the use of him really doing the distribution of grassland?" ”

"Even if it can't be implemented now, this is also a foreshadowing for the future", Liu Suifeng shook his head, "Rao Le is not as good as my Tang Dynasty, the strength and weakness of the tribes here are often just a matter of decades, and I dare to say that Li Chengzhong has no chance to be strong in this different day."

It turned out that these people still had the foresight to plan for their children and grandchildren, Tang Cheng smiled coldly after hearing this speechless explanation, "Then what is Li Chengzhong's reliance?" ”

"When the previous five tribes competed for power, the three defeated and retreated formed a blood alliance for self-preservation, and the content of the covenant was that if any of them was attacked by two powers, the allies should come to the rescue, and Li Chengzhong's Domo Department was also one of them, and he now relied on the reinforcements of the other two departments."

"Back then, the three families were generally down, and it was normal for people to stay warm together, but now Li Chengzhong has won a king of Xi for no reason, and the other two red eyes are too late, will they come to save him? Li Chengzhong may not be unaware of this matter, but he is just grasping a life-saving straw with a fluke heart, hey! But he forgot that when people are unlucky, they are most lucky."

"After all, this is a blood oath......", Liu Suifeng didn't believe it before he finished speaking, "Then, what should we do now with the meaning of flawlessness?" ”

"Some kind of hard work is not to accompany Li Chengzhong to death", Tang Cheng raised his hand and slapped it on the "Book of Han" brought by Liu Suifeng, "There are such good examples, let's say that we have to learn from good students"