Du He listened to the reason, and also understood the scruples of his father and Fang Xuanling, and was more able to understand their feelings.

As a posterity, no one better understands the dangers of the minister's tyrannical power than he does.

The defeat of the Tang Dynasty was in the period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the biggest reason was that Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong formed a party for personal gain, constantly excluding dissidents, making the court and the central government unavailable, and the politics were dim, so that the famous Anshi Rebellion broke out, which opened the prelude to the defeat of the Tang Dynasty.

In the post-Tang Dynasty, because of the emergence of Tang Wuzong, he carried out reforms and had Huichang Zhongxing, which made the Tang Dynasty have a turnaround, but because of the outbreak of the Niu and Li party disputes, the ruling crisis in the late Tang Dynasty was deepened, making it difficult for the Tang Dynasty to have the possibility of revival.

It can be seen how terrible it is for a country and a court to form a gang in the court.

The reason why the early Tang Dynasty was strong was only because of the enlightened political atmosphere. Li Shimin is open-minded, lenient with others, and very self-aware. He knows that he governs the many affairs of the world, and everything is left to him, and mistakes are inevitable. Therefore, he humbly admonished that all major policies in the world must be discussed by hundreds of officials and planned by the prime minister before they can be implemented. He was afraid that people would not dare to speak the truth, and he always encouraged them to do so, and rewarded those who dared to speak the truth. Therefore, during the Zhenguan period, there was a strong atmosphere of "boiling" in the ruling group and many ministers who dared to speak out and fight for the court.

Therefore, there is no party or faction in the DPRK and China, and all the ministers are different only in their political views and not in the party.

Hou Junji's surname is proud, he is self-centered, and he is the kind of leader who is easy to rally parties. If he is the prime minister, whether intentionally or not, it will inevitably threaten the current Qingming dynasty of the Tang Dynasty.

Hou Junji has the talent of a prime minister, but he does not have the bearing of a prime minister, so he can't be a prime minister!

This is what Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui really meant, but in the mouth of the eldest grandson Wuji, it became that Hou Junji's merits were insufficient.

This matter is already little known, and Hou Junji has no way of knowing the real reason.

"General Du knows Gao Chang so well, obviously he has put a lot of effort into it. Your Majesty, Duke Wei, and Duke Ying often praise you for having the style of a general and a weapon of a famous general. Why don't you serve as this vanguard general? He smiled enthusiastically, but obviously he was not as recuperated as the eldest grandson and old fox, and he was able to hide the knife in his real smile.

There was a deep sneer in Hou Junji's eyes, completely revealing the thoughts in his heart.

Others may not be able to notice it, but Du He secretly checked everything in his heart because of Du Ruhui's reminder and saw the problem.

"Do you want to pick it up?" Du He asked himself, mentally calculated, his thoughts turned, he analyzed the gains and losses, and groaned slightly. strode out of the ranks and said in a loud voice: "The last general takes orders!" ”

Regarding Hou Junji's order, Du He can actually accept it, and he can not accept it.

After all, he was still a sixteen-year-old boy, with little experience in warfare, and he was not familiar with the desert, so Hou Junji had no reason to force him to take this order. Even if he is the commander of the three armed forces, he can't give orders arbitrarily.

But Du He resolutely took it, how fast he reacted, how careful his mind was, seeing Hou Junji's request, he immediately understood his intention: the other party was deceiving himself to be young and vigorous, deliberately pretending to be very important to himself, and entrusting himself with heavy responsibilities. Thinking that he is inexperienced, he is easily deceived and takes over the appointment. Its purpose is to embarrass itself, because outside the Yumen Pass is an endless desert, a desert, an endless Gobi, and ethereal mirages can be seen everywhere, especially Mohe Yanmoraine is a change of color for everyone. According to the record in the book, this place is "800 miles long, the ancient Shahe River, there are no birds, no beasts, no water and grass", and the natural environment is extremely bad.

As a self who has never begun to take on a side, as a self who has only participated in a battle, Hou Junji is so entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and the purpose is self-evident. It's not a joke to see yourself, and you plan to get lost in the desert.

This person who opened the way, but he got lost first, and this spread is not ordinarily good.

The most important thing is that Moheyan is a three-way area, except for the harm of the natural environment, there is no threat, so there is no danger to life. Hou Junji didn't have the courage to send himself to death so blatantly.

This sensed Hou Junji's intentions, and it was reasonable to refuse, but Du He didn't, but agreed in one go.

He naturally has his own ideas: Hou Junji is narrow-minded, but he is not a villain. If he wants to deal with himself, he will only make trouble for himself openly, and will not do it secretly.

This beam has already been settled, even if he refuses his request at this moment and avoids this calamity, he will still come up with other ways to make things difficult and embarrass himself. Rather than this, it is better to take it and run far ahead of the army, so that he will not be able to attack himself.

Isn't it just a desert, what are you afraid of?

Of course, this escape is not the main factor, the key is that he is free from the shackles of Hou Junji.

Du He was ordered by Li Shimin to be transferred by Hou Junji along with his 5,000 flying cavalry, who was nominally the commander of the flying cavalry army. As soon as he was in the barracks, he would be bound by Hou Junji and controlled by Hou Junji. In this situation, he is like a tiger trapped in prison. Hou Junji asked them to fight whoever they wanted, and if they didn't let them fight, they wouldn't get any merit, and they wouldn't be able to show it at all, so it was too passive.

So at this moment, Du He calmly and rationally chose to serve as the vanguard. As long as he is far away from Hou Junji and away from the army, he will be able to move freely without restraint. There is a good saying: "The general is outside, and the king's order is not subject to it." "Without Hou Junji's control, maybe I can do something big!

Duhe is such a surname, he is willing to take risks rather than be in a situation of being passively beaten. He already knew that Hou Junji was going to deal with him, so he decided to take the initiative to fight back, and had the idea of confronting Hou Junji and fighting for merit.

Since he intends to humiliate himself, then he will humiliate and humiliate him with his military exploits.

Seeing that Du He agreed, Hou Junji saw that the plan had been completed, and laughed loudly.

Du He also laughed, and said in his heart: "Grandma's bear, see who can laugh last." "He's not ignorant. The task is very arduous, and the possibility of success is very small, but as long as you dare to think about everything, you have a chance to succeed, if you dare not think about it, it is doomed to failure.

Then they discussed some more details.

Jiang Xingben suddenly stood up and said, "General Hou, Xingben is willing to move forward with General Du." ”

Hou Junji frowned and said, "Why is this?" ”

Jiang Xingben said: "This is the task of the last general, because Gaochang is solid, so His Majesty ordered the last general to hand over the deputy general of the march to the river, in order to arrive first and make siege equipment for the three armies to break Gaochang." It should go with the vanguard. ”

Hou Junji didn't agree, but deep down in his heart, he also looked down on Jiang Xingben, a person who didn't rely on military merits, and felt that he couldn't even bring soldiers, so how could he help Du He? After thinking about it, I agreed.

At the end of the meeting, General Du He told Luo Tong, Wang Dezheng, Fang Yiai, and Liu Renliang about the appointment of the vanguard general.

Luo Tong's eyes lit up, revealing an excited look, and he said happily: "Haha, this vanguard general is often the first to contact the enemy, and we have taken the first merit of conquering Gaochang." ”

Wang Dezheng and Fang Yiai were also in the same mood, and Fang Yiai was even more eager: "Big brother, when will you leave, I've been holding back for nearly a year, my hands are already itchy, don't you say that Gaochang and the Western Turks are brave, I really want to see it as soon as possible." ”

Only Liu Renliang showed a slight discoloration, faintly noticing something.

Luo Tong, Wang Dezheng, and Fang Yiai are very convinced of Du He, and naturally think that with Du He's ability, it is more than enough to act as this pioneer, and there is no doubt about him. But Liu Renliang is different, he has gotten along in recent months, although he understands Du He's strength, but he also knows that as a partial general, he has no reason to serve as the vanguard general.

Du He didn't explain to them, just told them to prepare everything well and travel lightly.

Duhe walked into the tent in the corner of the camp, where there lived Anlongma and Chemiri.

They and Gao Chang are both blood feuds, and when they heard that Du He was going to attack Gao Chang, they also followed.

Duhe also needed their guidance, so he never refused, which was one of the main reasons why he dared to take the appointment.

Early the next morning, Du He, as the vanguard army, after bidding farewell to Hou Junji, took the first step out of Yumen Pass and opened the way in front.

The yellow sand is all over the sky, and the smoke and dust are billowing out.

The sound of thunderous hooves is mixed with the unique singing of the Central Plains people.

"Arrogant in the face of thousands of waves, blood is like that red light. The courage is like iron, and the bones are like steel. With a hundred thousand feet of mind and a long vision, I work hard to be a good man, be a good man, and strive to be self-reliant every day, a hot-blooded man, more light than the sun......"

The enthusiastic singing made them, a group of good men, forget the fatigue of the march, and the mighty army marched straight to their first destination.

Out of the Yumen Pass, there are five beacons guarded by the Tang army in the northwest direction, that is, the beacon tower. Each one is hundreds of miles apart, the first beacon is located in Baidunzi, the second, third, fourth, and fifth are located in Hongliuyuan, Daquan, Malianjing, and Xingxingxia respectively, these beacons are lined up along the road and the first line of the water source, which is not only the most cutting-edge post in the western part of the Tang Dynasty, but also the control of the road fortress and the extremely important water source replenishment place.

Du He's first destination was Baidunzi, and he had not yet entered the harsh Mohe Yan Moraine. Therefore, for the time being, they did not bother with the lack of water, and an army of 5,000 flying cavalry, 1,000 engineering soldiers, more than 1,000 Duhe, and Fang Yiai brought their personal guards, a total of more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, and walked towards their future.

Who would have thought that this mere 7,000 people would create a miracle in this remote west!

(To be continued)