When all the affairs of Youzhou were arranged, the foremen who came to help returned to their original station, leaving only Yang Lian, Zhu Tianshun and Zheng Menglong to garrison Youzhou, and Wu Sicheng also followed An Jingbian back to Beijing to resume his life. And by this time, it was already the end of December.

As soon as he returned to the capital, Wu Sicheng was immediately received by Liu Yan. As soon as the two met, Liu Yan grabbed his hand, looked at it carefully, and then said with a smile: "I heard that you were lost in the Tuqi army, but it scared me out of a cold sweat. ”

Wu Sicheng hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "Thank you to the emperor for bothering to remember it, making the emperor worried." ”

Liu Yan patted his arm and smiled: "You have been out for half a year, my queen gave birth to a boy for me, do you know this?" ”

"I really didn't expect to be thought by the emperor to be ill-informed to such a point, although Weichen is in Youzhou, his ears and eyes are quite smart." Wu Sicheng replied in a low voice.

Hearing this, Liu Yan punched him and said, "I named him Liu Jie, which means that I hope you can make a good report in Youzhou." ”

"In this way, the emperor finally has an eldest son, which is really gratifying."

Liu Yan nodded and said, "As long as this kid can become a climate, then the world should be his in the future." Okay, let's not talk about mine, tell me what you've seen and heard these days. ”

Wu Sicheng immediately recounted his experience in the past few days to Liu Yan. Liu Yan sat there and listened quietly, and couldn't help but show an envious expression: "You are really thrilling this time, I really envy you." I haven't been out of the imperial city since Quanzhou, it's really suffocating! When will I go out and have fun? ”

Wu Sicheng hurriedly said: "Right now, there is smoke in the north. The prince is still young, and His Majesty should sit in the center of the capital to command. It is not advisable to leave Beijing easily. ”

"Of course I do! I'm just thinking about it. Liu Yan waved his hand impatiently, paused, and suddenly spoke again: "Do you think the strategy of Wang Han's new contribution you just said is feasible?" ”

Wu Sicheng's face changed, and he said: "Although these two strategies are good, they are too vicious, and they will also greatly consume my country's national strength. ”

Liu Yan leaned back in his chair, tilted his head and said, "But at the moment, our war with Goryeo has not yet come to a conclusion." Without Chang Miao, although Su Chengdong is capable, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture Pyongyang City like Chang Miao, and his qualifications are not enough; The Turkey Covenant in the north won't give us this time, can we really win the enemy in both directions at the same time? ”

Wu Sicheng was silent for a while before he said: "Goryeo's national strength is weak, it was originally possible to defeat it in a short period of time and then turn to deal with Tuqi with all its might, but unfortunately it can't be done now; Abicheril is a great man according to Wechen's observations, and it is not so easy to deal with him. Even if we put all our strength into it, it will be very difficult. Therefore, Wechen believed that if we were to go to war with Tukhi, it would be best to take a defensive position against Goryeo. ”

"But this will give Goryeo a chance to breathe, and the battle with Tuqi will not be won or lost overnight. But Goryeo has now been beaten to pieces, and now it is turning to the defensive, isn't it in the hands of Goryeo? ”

Wu Sicheng arched his hand and said: "Emperor Mingjian, if you want to deal with Goryeo first." Then you can only take a defensive position against the deed. With the strength of the Tuqi cavalry, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it without losing. Then we need to be prepared to endure the loss for quite some time. ”

Liu Yan heard the taste at this time, and said with a smile: "Didn't you kid beat around the bush just to let me use Wang Hanxin's strategy?" ”

Wu Sicheng couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty." Therefore, Weichen said that this strategy must not be used as a last resort. ”

"Okay, okay, I won't do this war of words with you, since I want to use this strategy, then use it."

"Your Majesty, although this strategy is good, it cannot be ordered by you personally."

"Oh? Why is that? ”

"If the emperor personally issued this decree, it would inevitably attract the criticism of the courtiers. It is better to secretly teach the generals who guard the town to act according to this strategy, so that they don't have to argue with those officials in the court. As long as the emperor appropriately increases the authority of the generals concerned, then their actions will be able to have more room for maneuver, and acting cheaply will only be more conducive to the war situation. In addition, only the cavalry of the Liaodong Army in our army has been in battle formations for a long time, and it takes a certain amount of time to form cavalry in other defense areas, so it is inevitable to take a defensive position and suffer losses at the beginning, and it is easy to leak out if our strategy is exposed too early. ”

Liu Yan smiled when he heard this, and said, "It turns out that your kid has already planned it, and he is still playing tricks with me here." In the future, you will play less with me, and you will just have something to say! ”

"Yes, Wechen is guilty."

Liu Yan snorted and said, "Okay, I will arrange this matter as soon as possible, you can go down." Remember to go and see Qing'er, you young couple haven't seen each other for so long, you must have a lot to say, right? ”

"Your Majesty! Please don't keep talking about this, if you leak it one day, Qing'er may not even be able to save her life. Wu Sicheng said urgently.

"Hey, did you start protecting your wife?" Liu Yan said with a narrow smile.

Wu Sicheng could only shake his head and smile bitterly when he saw it, bowed and retreated.

On the occasion of the New Year, Liu Yan suddenly made a decree to posthumously crown the deceased Liaodong Protector Chang Miao as the Duke of Jingguo, the protector of Liaodong Dadu, with 5,200 households, and named one of his sons; At the same time, the generals in the Youzhou defensive battle were appointed and rewarded: the military officials of the various departments participating in the Youzhou battle were added to the third level; Yang Lian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, was transferred to Youzhou Defense Envoy, Zhu Tianshun and Zheng Menglong were deputy envoys; Gai Yanxiao, the former defense envoy of Youzhou, was dismissed from his position, retained his title, and transferred to the Liaodong Metropolitan Protectorate; Sima Su Chengdong, the protector of eastern Liaodong, was promoted to the deputy protector of the capital, located on the fourth grade, and concurrently served as the defense envoy of western Liaoning; Xue Boren, who stayed in Taiyuan, was reappointed as the Taiyuan Economic Envoy, with the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, and was promoted to the general of Yulin Zhonglang, under the fourth grade; Lu Qinghan was promoted to the rank of lieutenant of Guoyi, from the fifth grade; Gao Dingbian awarded the right prison gate lieutenant, from the sixth grade; Wang Hanxin made an exception to enter the seventh grade, and the general of the capital protection mansion was regarded as a reward for his suggestions. The rest of the generals will have their rewards.

So far, the four cutting-edge generals promoted by Chang Miao have all been able to emerge. It was precisely because of the increase in the authority of these people that the war between the Silk Country and the Turks and Goryeo further escalated, and since 803 in the Gregorian calendar, the war in the Silk Country began to become less and more prosperous. As Chang Miao feared, due to his sudden death, Goryeo lost the possibility of early defeat, and thus fell into an even more difficult and extraordinary war disaster. And the people of the Silk Country also fell into a heavy burden because their country fought against Tuqi and Goryeo at the same time.

robbery, began to move. (To be continued......)