When Wang Yuan saw that batch of tattered materials, he actually wanted to scold his mother, and even had an urge to pile up these rags together and burn them in front of the two officials. But Wang Yuan understands that he must not do this, after experiencing so many things, Wang Yuan has become scheming, and his consideration of things is much more profound.

Everything happens for a reason, and it is a reckless and childish act to act inappropriately without understanding the reason. For example, in the matter in front of him, with Yang Guozhong's position, he would never make such a move, unless he had to.

The military department is Yang Guozhong's military department, before that, in the campaign to conquer the Southern Zhao Kingdom, Yang Guozhong can be said to have done his best to support himself and supplied the best weapons and equipment. And after a few months, Yang Guozhong actually allowed this batch of tattered materials to be sent to Jiannan, which is illogical. It is impossible for Yang Guozhong not to know his reaction when he received this batch of materials, and he should have known that this matter was not good for him, but he still did it, and there must be a reason for it. Before figuring out the reason, Wang Yuan would not easily show any emotion.

Besides, no matter how tattered the materials are, these weapons and armor, although tattered, are much better than the recruits going to the battlefield naked and bare-handed. And these things can also be reassembled, armor can be repaired, those rusty weapons and materials can be sharpened, and no matter how bad they are, they can be reforged and recast, and they can always be used to the fullest. Especially at this moment, Wang Yuan does not have the ability to arm the Jiannan Army in his hands to the teeth, so these materials are still useful. In any case, it would be irrational to refuse to accept these supplies.

At the banquet in the afternoon, Wang Yuan did ask the reason. Although these two officials of the military department spoke very cautiously, they could not resist the courtesy of the dignified envoys and the service of delicious food and wine, and revealed a lot of information in and out of their words.

In the words of the two officials, Wang Yuan got two important messages. First, the weapons and armor manufactured by the Ordnance Supervisor have recently been fully supplied to the two towns of Longyou and Hexi under the jurisdiction of Wang Zhongsi. The soldiers and horses of the two sections of Longyou and Hexi are making every effort to replace their armaments. Second, Yang Guozhong, the left minister, personally issued an order to fully supply the soldiers and horses of the two sections of Longyou Hexi, and personally ordered this batch of tattered materials to be transported to Jiannan.

Although the two officials did not explain the specific circumstances of these two incidents, Wang Yuan keenly felt that something big had happened in the DPRK. Longyou Hexi Liangjiedu is the commander of Wang Zhonghe's soldiers and horses, Longyou Jiedu has 75,000 soldiers and horses, the seat is in Shanzhou, the location is in the north of Jiannan Road, is the most important force to deter the Tubo State. There are 73,000 soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of Hexi Jiedu Soldiers and Horses, which are located between Tubo and Turkic, and play the role of cutting off the connection between Tubo and Turkic, dividing the two powerful enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and governing Liangzhou.

Except for the battle of the Tang Dynasty's annexation of Tuyuhun a few years ago, these two major jiedu armies have always been the biggest deterrent force in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, but there have been few wars in recent years, because the two major jiedu armies with nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses are definitely the objects that Tubo and the Turks are most unwilling to provoke. Because of this, the territory under the jurisdiction of the two major jiedu armies is far more peaceful than the other border towns of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Wang Zhonghe's good management of the army, but also because of the huge deterrent power of these 150,000 soldiers and horses.

And now, the two officials revealed that the imperial court is making every effort to change the equipment of the soldiers and horses of these two major festivals, according to the principle of changing the clothes of the soldiers and horses every five years under normal circumstances, this time the change of clothes is a bit abrupt. The last time these two major sections of equipment were completely replaced was only two years ago. After Wang Yuan took over the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, he knew the principle of changing the clothes of the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty. In principle, two of the ten knots of soldiers and horses will receive blades and armor updates every year. In this way, in five years, the equipment of the ten major sections of soldiers and horses will be comprehensively replaced and upgraded. And the two major festivals to which Wang Zhongji belonged changed their outfits in advance, which obviously violated this principle.

There is only one possibility that can explain the decision of the imperial court this time, and that is that these two major festivals of soldiers and horses are going to fight. This is the only possible explanation.

As for why Yang Guozhong would bring these tattered equipment to Jiannan Dao, Wang Yuan was still difficult to understand. These equipment obviously can't be equipped with soldiers and horses, even if the old armaments after the refitting are transported to Jiannan, it is much better than giving these tattered equipment at the bottom of the warehouse. I don't know what Yang Guozhong's intentions are.

I have to say that Wang Yuan's sense of smell is sensitive, and he did judge some wind direction from the news revealed by the two military officials. But Wang Yuan didn't know that the situation in the court was far more confusing than he thought. This time, the imperial court changed the clothes of the soldiers and horses in Hexi and Longyou, and it was indeed about to urge the two armies to carry out military operations. But Wang Yuan didn't know anything about the specific situation in front of and behind the scenes.

The actual situation is that the situation in the Tang Dynasty court has had a chemical reaction effect since Wang Zhongji was appointed as the secretary of the foreign government. In a very short period of time, a three-legged situation was formed between the DPRK and China, with Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, and Wang Zhonghei, supported by the princelings. The crown prince Li Heng paid a huge price for the entire Hedong Province, and the strategy of transferring Wang Zhongsi into the capital and entering the political hall obviously paid off. In the affairs of the imperial court, Wang Zhongsi played a huge role, and Xuanzong, who was already very favored by Wang Zhonghe, expressed great trust in Wang Zhonghe, and Wang Zhonghe's limelight was likely to overshadow Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu.

For Li Linfu, Wang Zhonghe's entry into the dynasty was seen from the beginning as a counterattack by the crown prince Li Heng, although Li Linfu made Li Heng pay the price and dug out Hedong Dao alive and handed it over to An Lushan, but this was obviously not enough. In the face of Xuanzong's favor and belief in Wang Zhonghei, the sick body is facing the fate of being replaced, and this feeling is extremely difficult to calm. What's more, Li Linfu knew in his heart that once Wang Zhonghe's position in the court was consolidated, under Li Heng's instructions, the primary target of the attack would be himself. Who said that he had always been the king of Shou and disdainful of the crown prince. In the eyes of the crown prince, he is his mortal enemy, and he must be dealt with quickly.

Li Linfu's many years of experience in the political arena told him that-for-tat is not necessarily a good way, and in the face of Wang Zhonghe, who is in the limelight, direct confrontation is certainly not the best way. And his recent body is really not successful, and he doesn't have the energy to deal with it. But as a veteran who has been based in the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years without failing, Li Linfu knows that no matter how strong the opponent's limelight is, he often only needs to grasp one of the opponent's weaknesses to kill him with one blow.

So Li Linfu simply turned a blind eye and spent most of his time at home recuperating, only ordering his minions to stare at Chaozhong's every move.

Soon after, Li Linfu finally found an opportunity, because he found that after he retreated, he instead contributed to the head-to-head confrontation between Yang Guozhong and Wang Zhonghe. When Wang Zhongsi first entered the political hall, Yang Guozhong showed an attitude of staying out of the matter, but with the increase of Wang Zhonghe's favor and trust by Xuanzong, Yang Guozhong had a strange feeling in his heart. It's like the two faces around the lady, even if they know that they are playthings, they will still compete for each other's favor. The newcomer has taken the place of his favorite, how can Yang Guozhong be willing.

In the past month, in the political hall, Yang Guozhong and Wang Zhongsi have different opinions on government affairs, which has caused several disputes. Wang Zhonghei is a stubborn person, although he has no desire to compete for favor, but in fact it has caused the result of this competition for favor. In these disputes, personality reasons caused Wang Zhonghei not to give an inch, which greatly angered Yang Guozhong.

The scheming Li Linfu paid close attention to the dispute between Yang Guozhong and Wang Zhonghei, and finally after a big quarrel broke out in the political hall, Li Linfu sent someone to throw an olive branch to Yang Guozhong. Two people who had already broken down for power finally came together again in the face of a common enemy.

When Wang Yuan lived a peaceful time for three days with Nanzhao Princess Aluo in Nanzhao, Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu in the capital reached an agreement to deal with Wang Zhonghe. The scheming Li Linfu quickly put forward a plan, that is, how to keep Wang Zhongsi away from the capital.

Wang Zhonghe's other identity is Longyou, Shuofang, Hexi three Jiedu envoys, if you want to keep Wang Zhongsi away from Xuanzong's sight, the most simple and effective way is to let Wang Zhonghe's Jiedu soldiers and horses go to war. In this way, Wang Zhonghe, as the commander-in-chief, had to leave Beijing to command the battle.

And there is a ready-made reason for Wang Zhonghei to send troops to fight, and that is the incident where the Tubo people killed Wang Ji and Luo Xizao. So the left and right sides attacked at the same time, and submitted a request to the Tubo people to take revenge on the Tubo people for killing Wang Ji and Luo Xizao. At the same time, the left and right ministers played one thing, and resolutely asked to send troops to punish Tibet, which was the first time. The prime ministers on the left and right rarely took the same position, and the reasons put forward were also very legitimate, and they were seconded by most of the courtiers, and even An Lushan, who was far away in the border area, played a special support for this matter. Such a united city made Xuanzong very surprised.

Xuanzong was originally angry at Tibet for the death of Wang Ji and Luo Xizao, but he did not give the order to attack Tibet after considering many factors. But now the hundred officials asked for orders and demanded that the barbarian state of Tubo be severely punished, even if most of Xuanzong's anger had been dissipated, he did not want the officials to feel that they were willing to let the Tang Dynasty be humiliated. As a result, the matter of sending troops to retaliate against Tubo was quickly decided and became the most important thing in the current Tang court.