"If our army really can't win within three months, this palace will order the withdrawal of the army, and all the consequences will be borne by this palace, I don't know if Xue Xiang can be satisfied?" Li Xian glanced at Xue Yuanchao with a smile, but there was a thick irony in his words. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Xue Yuanchao was unaware of Li Xian's sarcasm, and asked with a happy face: "Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince serious?" ”

"Naturally, take it seriously! Can this palace still lie to you? Hehe, Xue Xiang, when Gong first heard that I was going to retire, he was so happy, I don't know what his intentions were? Could it be that you really hope that our army will be defeated and retreat? As the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, how can Xue Xiang think like this? ”

Although he ensured the authenticity of his words, Li Xian did not forget to take the opportunity to sarcastically mock Xue Yuanchao.

But he didn't expect Xue Yuanchao to say with a smile: "Wechen just doesn't want the soldiers to be in trouble and endanger the people on both sides, and at the same time, Wechen doesn't want our army to waste too much grain and grass because of this big war, after all, there have been disasters in the past two years, and many people can't eat ......."

"Hehe, this palace didn't expect that Xue Xiang actually pretended to be the people of the world in his heart, Xue Xiang was so open-minded, this palace was a little awe-inspiring, but what this palace didn't understand was that since Xue Xiang was concerned about the common people, why didn't you donate the hundreds of thousands of stone grain in your house to give the people a food and clothing? Could it be that Xue Xiang is just a person who can only grandstand, just talking about it, but in fact not doing practical things? Or is it that Xue Xiang lacks the due bearing because Mrs. Zun is not a woman with five surnames? ”

"This, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince humiliated Weichen so much, he really lacks the demeanor of the prince, and this Weichen will definitely report to His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven." Xue Yuanchao listened to Li Xian's words, and suddenly felt ashamed and angry in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

Because Xue Yuanchao once sighed that he had three major regrets in his life, one was that he did not participate in the imperial examination to be a jinshi and the first, the second was that he failed to marry a woman with five surnames in Shandong (Cui, Lu, Li, Zheng, and Wang) as his wife, and the third was that he failed to compile the history of the country.

However, Li Xian naturally didn't care about him reporting this matter to Empress Gaozong Wu, but just sneered and said, "What does Xue Xiang mean by this? Isn't it humiliating not to marry a woman with five surnames? Is that Hongu humiliating myself? And the first emperor married the Empress Dowager Wende, and after my father married my mother, are they all humiliated? Xue Yuanchao, you are so bold, you dare to say that it is a humiliation for my father to marry my mother! You still dare to report my words to my mother, is it because you are not enough to humiliate my mother? What are your intentions? Say! ”

When Xue Yuanchao heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, although what he said today definitely did not mean to humiliate the Empress Wu, even if he was killed, he would not dare to have such an idea, but although Li Xian said this, it was reasonable, but in the ears of those who were interested, it did have a special meaning, at least in his heart, it was difficult to deny the fact that he admired the five surnamed women, and he himself admired the five surnamed women, so should the emperor do it more? However, the emperor abolished the queen who was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, but set up a martial queen born with a small surname, how can this be said? Is it that the emperor is not as good as her vision?

Although this sounds ridiculous, it can't withstand the so-called reasoning of people with intentions, and once such reasoning reaches Empress Wu, he can't wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

Therefore, Xue Yuanchao could only admit his mistake to Li Xian with a wry smile, saying that he was confused for a while, and said nonsense, please don't mind His Royal Highness the Prince, but Xue Yuanchao did not give up the sentence that Li Xian had promised, and agreed with Li Xian that if the Tang army defeated Tubo within three months, he would be willing to donate Wanguan family property to comfort the front-line army.

Li Xian naturally knew the meaning of the other party's words, and even if he was sure again of what he had just said, if there was no news of the victory in the front-line battle within three months, he would definitely order the withdrawal of the army.

Although Xue Yuanchao was humiliated and ridiculed, and was forced to apologize to Li Xian, it was a great gain to be able to obtain Li Xian's assurance.

"Hmph, you think it's quite beautiful, but if you want me Xue Yuan to exceed the money, you still have to defeat Garqinling first." Although Xue Yuanchao felt sorry for his family wealth, he still sneered in his heart, although he didn't know much about military affairs, but he didn't ask Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao, who had a good relationship with Pei Yan, knowing that under normal circumstances, Li Xian's three armies would not be said to be three months, even if it was half a year, it would be difficult to decide the winner.

It was precisely based on this confidence that he dared to propose to donate tens of thousands of family wealth, otherwise how could he be so stupid? This is 10 million yuan, even if he Xue Yuan is the prime minister, if he can come up with so much money, he will definitely be able to break his bones.

After that, Xue Yuanchao, Pei Yan and other people in the later party watched from the sidelines, paying attention to the battle situation on the front line in Tubo.

Even in order to force Li Xian to withdraw his troops, they also quietly passed a message to Tubo, saying that the Tang Dynasty army would launch a general attack on Tubo within three months, hoping that Tubo would attract attention and not fall for the Tang army.

At this time, the Garqin Mausoleum and the Empress Wu had formed a temporary alliance, so after the Empress Wu's people went to deliver the news, the Garqin Mausoleum naturally would not suspect it, so he ordered the army to cheer up and strictly prevent the sneak attack of the Tang army.

"Hehe, Li Xianxiaoer, I'm afraid you don't know, right? I thought that over the years, I have studied a lot of your battle examples, and even sent people to the battlefield where you fought to conduct secret investigations, knowing that you are the best at sneak attacks, especially good at digging tunnels and burning camps, but this time I have already made all the preparations, as long as your people dare to dig tunnels, there will be only a dead end waiting for you. I'll take a good look at how you defeated our army. ”

Garqinling's eyes shone with wisdom, and there was a look of pride on his face. It's not that he is too arrogant, it's because he feels that he has guarded several lines of defense on the front line as solid as a rock, and in such a situation, it is really hard to imagine why the Tang Army has so much self-confidence.

However, a feeling of uneasiness gradually rose in Garqinling's heart, because these days, he found that the Tang army did not make the slightest move.

"Since the Tang army has no action, just with the current situation, where do they get the confidence to be able to defeat my Tubo?" Garqinling's heart was full of doubts, but he was puzzled.

One day two months later, he suddenly saw Gardan, the commander of the guards beside him, running in panting, and said with a pale face: "Big, great, it's not good, the Tang army has broken through Luosa, the queen mother and Zampu have been captured, and the families of all the soldiers in the army have also fallen into the hands of the enemy, we, we are finished, the Tang army will destroy me and Tubo in three months, this, this is really ......" (to be continued.) )