Volume 11 The Storm in the Western Regions Chapter 5 The King is Ruthless

As the king of the Tang Dynasty, even if the nominal founder of the country is his father, but most of the Tang Dynasty was shot down by himself, so Li Er's feelings for the Tang Dynasty are unimaginable to everyone, and he now finds that his control of the Tang Dynasty is actually a little out of control, which makes him extremely shocked, although these people are all loyal to him, and they all regard him as their allegiance. But this is not what he Li Er wants, because although they are extremely loyal to him now, they are faintly starting to stand up for their own family and for their own future, which is not a good phenomenon, he is now in the prime of his life, like the sky, these people are doing such small actions and thinking carefully. This incident can make him not angry, but all this seems to have been done by himself, because he established Li Chengqian as the prince early, and even became the strongest among the Tang Dynasty nobles to the eldest grandson Wuji, who is related to Li Chengqian, and even to the point where he cannot be sealed. All this implies that this world will be passed on to the crown prince sooner or later, so for the sake of the future, although these people are unreservedly loyal to Li Er, it does not prevent them from showing favor to the future master of the empire. This created today's situation, and made him feel that above the court, Li Chengqian's power was already very huge, and it seemed that a small court was about to be formed.

So he guessed that if something happened in a few years, would these people change their original intentions? As a king who wants to leave his name for eternity, he will never allow such a thing to happen, so it has become a top priority to check and balance this force, as a group of military generals who are opposed to Wenchen, it naturally fell into Li Er's eyes, and the objects of these people's allegiance are now all him, so no matter how hostile the two groups are, they are all under his control. As long as they are not in harmony with each other. Then all this is within the scope of his acceptance. It's just that there is not the slightest possibility of connecting these two groups. Li Er thought of a method, and that was to ......

Ten miles of long pavilion, here is the place of farewell outside Chang'an City, starting from the waterway, farewell on the edge of the Baqiao, and go on land. It's in this Ten Mile Pavilion. Here witnessed countless life and death, how many parents bid farewell to their sons in the army here, but it is the last side, countless joys and sorrows are staged here, and at this time there are also countless people in Chang'an City who are waiting to say goodbye to their relatives.

There was no one here to bid farewell to the army that was about to embark on its journey, because it was a complete surprise operation, and no one knew about it in advance. Only Li Er knew, but in order to achieve the effect he needed, he didn't tell anyone. Now there is no one to say goodbye to these Tang men who are about to go on the expedition. Because none of their relatives knew that their son was about to set foot in a foreign land, no one knew whether they would be a horse leather shroud, or perhaps when they wore red flowers on their chests and returned triumphantly, their relatives would pour a toast to welcome them back. But no one came to say goodbye.

"Driving...... His Royal Highness the King of Chu...... Wait for us! The people in the Ten Mile Pavilion were all shocked beyond words at this time. Because they witnessed this army shuttling out of the mountains and forests and heading straight for Chang'an City. Now we have witnessed this army marching out of the Western Regions. They are the farewell people of this army, and they know that such an army is about to go to the battlefield for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, and to convey the voice from the Tang Dynasty of the Celestial Empire to the barbarians of the Western Regions. On both sides of the official road where the army was now marching, a small group of men and horses were galloping together, and they were chasing the man at the front of a group.

There weren't many people in this team. There were only less than ten of them, but the armor on their bodies, the blades in their hands, and the war horses they stepped on made it difficult for everyone to despise them. Because they were wearing bright light armor, this armor weighed dozens of catties. The dark armor on all the warriors in this army was nearly doubled. Moreover, the weapons in the hands of these few people are not for ordinary people to use, and two of them are carrying two steel whips, one long and one short. The two men were majestic like a mountain, and two steel whips were behind them like two thin burning sticks. Needless to say, these two people could recognize these as the two sons of Chi Gong, the Duke of Eguo, just by their blades. Yu Chi Baolin, Yu Chi Baoqing.

There are two more people, although they are not carrying weapons on their backs, but they have the same majestic figure, the same rough beard, and the whole face is like a copy of Cheng Yanjin, the two guys must be Cheng Yanjin's two sons, but this time it is Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chuliang, which of the three brothers Cheng Chubi is unknown. But no matter who it is, it must be on behalf of Cheng Yanjin's position that will appear here.

There are also two people, with double hammers on their backs, made of cooked copper, and their golden color is as if they were cast in gold. At this time, the two people sitting on the horse, one with a sallow face, and the other with a white face and no beard. These two people are actually the two beloved sons of Qin Qiong, the Duke of Yiguo, who has never been in Chang'an City-Qin Huaiying and Qin Huaiyu. These two people are the best among the noble sons and brothers in Chang'an City, only Li Jing's two grandsons can compare with them, these two have always served their father at home, and the door is not out of the door. Qin Qiong was educated by a very talented person, and he can be called a model of the godson of Chang'an City.

Finally, there is another person, slender figure, with a reluctant expression on his face, has been following behind the rest of the people, seems to be very bored riding a horse, he has nothing on his body that can represent his identity, but the horse under his crotch is to make his identity revealed, a lion on the snowy night, snow-white without the slightest variegation, this horse is one of Li Er's favorite eight horses, But he was taken by his sister Li Xiuning, the princess of Pingyang, and then rode away directly from Li Er's Imperial Horse Garden regardless of it. Then this young man can't be Li Kuan's cousin, the son of Li Xiuning, the prince of Qian Guo and Princess Pingyang, Li Xiuning-Chai Lingwu.

The arrival of these people made Li Kuan surprised for a while, he was just a little sober now, but he was stunned by the arrival of these guys, what is the situation? This time, he himself set off with this large army, saying that he would go to the Western Regions to conquer the unsubordinate. Who is this so-called unminister, Li Kuan knows very well in his heart, although Zhenguan has stepped on the grassland for four years, the Turks have not perished, because the grassland is indeed too big, and although the Tang Dynasty was fully prepared at that time, after all, there were only tens of thousands of troops, all of which made the complete extermination of the Turkic tribe a dream. Therefore, in recent years, after the Tang Dynasty's conquest, the Turks split into the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks. The Eastern Turks surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and became the pasture for the Tang Dynasty to graze, but the Western Turks crossed the vast desert and took refuge in Xue Yantuo, another powerful force in the Western Regions. This force is also a very big enemy in the Tang Dynasty, because Xue Yantuo's strength is not much better than that of the original Turks, this indigenous force in the Western Regions, although the population is not large, but like all the nomads, all the people are soldiers, and the Xue Yantuo people who grew up on horseback are all natural warriors, as long as they can shoot arrows with a bow, they can form a strong combat effectiveness. Therefore, over the years, Xue Yantuo has been constantly harassing the border of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, causing the Tang Dynasty to suffer losses from time to time. This time, the army led by Li Kuan also had the purpose of teaching this Xue Yantuo, who was hostile to the Tang Dynasty, a lesson.

But all these need are warriors, so why are these people here? All this is actually Li Er's intentions, he sent these people to Li Kuan's side and obeyed his dispatch. It also created another situation above the court. The children of the most representative families of the military generals have all come to Li Kuan's side, so they will definitely not be twisted together with Wenchen, this is just in case, although the contradictions between the military generals of the Tang Dynasty have not been highlighted in recent years, but they are not a group of harmony, so although the dispute between the military generals of Wenchen has not been obvious, it is not completely absent. Now it's just a concrete manifestation of that performance. So all of this is in the acceptance of the court officials, although Li Er has the intention of playing balance, but he does not have the will to set the Tang Dynasty ministers and generals against each other, just to prevent Li Chengqian's power from expanding prematurely. Of course, all this is just the beginning of a series of methods by Li Er.

On the wall of Chang'an City, Li Er stood in the setting sun, and his shadow pulled down and sprinkled in Chang'an City: "Everyone, Aiqing." What is this place? ”

"This is Chang'an City, and this is Datang...... This is my empire! The eldest grandson is Mowgli! Li Er said and called the eldest grandson Wuji out of the ranks.

"The minister is here!" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up: "Is it finally here?" "The eldest grandson Wuji was worried in his heart, he had a not very good feeling since the appearance of this army, when he saw Li Er standing at the head of the city, he believed in his feelings even more, all this is that this king is dissatisfied with what he has done in his heart, although he has still abided by his duty over the years, but he does have some plans in his heart, but he did not expect to touch His Majesty's bottom line.

"You say, who is this Tang Dynasty and this country? Some things are not too early! Li Er said coldly.

"Your Majesty......" The eldest grandson Wuji was dripping in a cold sweat, he didn't expect that he was just a few small actions that would directly cause the emperor to react like this. This was something he had never thought of, he had always known that Li Er trusted him, and he never thought that he would live up to Li Er's trust, but he didn't expect His Majesty to be so sensitive.

In fact, this is not Li Er's sensitivity, as a king with the world in mind, Li Er is indeed very tolerant, but what he cares about most is that when he is full of ambition and ready to do a big job, he finds that his brother-in-law and his eldest son actually have different thoughts. How can he tolerate this, he is still in the prime of life, in the middle of the day, he can't wait? If this continues, something will happen sooner or later, so it is better to suppress this sign directly, he believes that with the wisdom of the eldest grandson Wuji, he will know how to do it. (To be continued......)