"Your Majesty! The minister is willing to serve as the head of the Hokkaido march to share the worries of His Majesty! Yang Guozhong said proudly.

"You?" Li Longji frowned, "Yang Qing, although you are sweeping the Southern Zhao for me, but the Southern Zhao soldiers are weak and the soldiers are strong, and the two cannot be compared. Ma Lan is my God-given general, do you think that you are more suitable for leading troops than Ma Lan? ”

Yang Guozhong said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, now the sharpness of the Tang Dynasty is unprecedented, and this time the north strikes back, if the boulder crushes the egg!" Wechen wanted to be the head of the Hokkaido march, not because he wanted to compete with Ma Lan, but because Wei Chen thought that he was more suitable than Ma Lan to be the head of the march. ”

Li Longji nodded: "Go on!" ”

"Your Majesty, this time the northern attack is naturally to rely on Ma Lan's Anxi army, but Ma Lan's military power is too heavy, His Majesty takes him as the envoy of the five towns, and he has half of the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty in his hands, and he has been ordered to expand the army in the four towns and Beiting, and now the Beiting border army has 50,000! If Ma Lan is the general manager of the march, he will have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and the right soldiers and horses of Hexi Long will all fall under his command! Ma Luan has a growing prestige in the army, and he holds most of the soldiers and horses in the world, if there is any accident, it will be a disaster for the society! ”

Li Longji frowned, snorted and said, "Yang Qing, you have rehashed the old words." I have said this many times, I can trust my sister, Ma Renjie is my God-given general, I will not live up to him, and Ma Renjie will never fail me! ”

Yang Guozhong said: "Weichen can also trust the loyalty of the king of Fufeng County to His Majesty, but there are inevitably ambitious people in the border army. This northern expedition is a must-win situation, and Wechen is just just in case. Your Majesty, Weichen is the head of the marching army, and he is willing not to take the slightest credit, just to be optimistic about these hundreds of thousands of military horses for His Majesty. Wechen's marching and fighting are not as good as Ma Lan, but Wechen's loyalty is not comparable to Ma Lan. ”

Li Longji's face was gloomy and he did not speak.

The ministers looked at each other, Yang Guozhong was completely condemned, and when such words reached Ma Lu's ears, it was to offend people to death.

It seems that there is no possibility of reconciliation between this pair of Weng sons-in-law, and there is no doubt that they will continue to fight.

Li Long was basically on top of the rise, and was extremely disturbed by Yang Guozhong's words. Such words should only be said in a solitary audience, and now they are openly said above the court, leaving no room for the slightest, which makes him extremely embarrassed.

Sooner or later, such words will reach Ma Renjie's ears, what will he think when the time comes? Ma Lan is a god sent by his ancestors, and he also pointed out that this god will open up the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and before he died, he took the Tang Iron Horse to the sky, but he didn't want to have any misunderstanding with this important minister.

"Zhang Qing, tell me about it, I want to hear your opinion on this matter." Li Longji saw Zhang Xun and asked.

Zhang Xun was pulled up by Ma Lan, and many people think that he is Ma Lan's private person, but he has always been a loner in the court, no one makes friends, no one gives face, everything is done in accordance with the rules, and his character is recognized by everyone.

Zhang Xun said: "Your Majesty, anyone can be the general manager of the march, but Ma Lan can't." ”

"Oh?" Li Longji frowned and said, "Why?" Do you also think that Ma Lan—"

"Your Majesty! Ma Renjie is a natural genius, loyal to Datang, and will never do anything that is not worthy of Datang. However, too much authority is the taboo of the people, and his authority is already too heavy, and if he entrusts him with heavy troops, he will be roasted on the fire. The words of the left minister are not what the left minister thinks, but also the hearts of the people of the world. If Ma Renjie is allowed to lead the army, it will inevitably make the upper and lower levels uneasy, and it will be harmful and useless to march in the north. His Majesty did not make him handsome, but took care of him, with Ma Renjie's talent, he would definitely understand this truth, and he would not have a grudge against His Majesty. ”

Li Longji looked at Zhang Xun and nodded approvingly. Although Zhang Xun was uneasy, he was not confused in his heart.

These words, like what Yang Guozhong said, will spread out of the court, and eventually reach Ma Lan's ears. These words are not so much for him, the Son of Heaven, as for Ma Luan.

If you tell Ma Luan, it is not the original intention of the Son of Heaven not to think that you are handsome, it is to reassure the courtiers and protect you. With Ma Lan's cleverness, he will definitely be able to understand the truth.

"If this is the case, then according to Zhang Qing's words. Yang Qing, you will be the general manager of the Hokkaido march and lead the overall situation. Ma Luan, the king of Fufeng County, was the deputy chief of the Hokkaido march, and An Sishun, Ge Shuhan, Li Siye, Guo Ziyi, and Li Jing were all the head of the Hokkaido march. Li Longji looked at everyone and said loudly.

Everyone was shocked, if all the soldiers in the north were thrown into this northern expedition. Zhang Xun smacked his lips, his face showed embarrassment, there were inevitably too many people, and his pressure was even greater.

Yang Guozhong quietly clenched his fists, and a trace of happiness appeared in his heart. He was extremely happy to be able to snatch the marching chief from Ma Lan's hands.

Ma Lu and he are nominally Weng's son-in-law, but they have never had the consciousness of being a son-in-law, and His Majesty the right prime minister is hanging for him, which makes Yang Guozhong extremely uncomfortable.

And now that he has finally regained a city, when he returned to the north, Ma Lu had to be driven by him, and Yang Guozhong was extremely happy when he thought of this.

Yang Guozhong was promoted too quickly, and the biggest problem was that he had no foundation in the army, and he finally held the Jiannan soldiers in his hands in the past two years. However, the Jiannan soldiers are too weak after all, and this time it happened to be an opportunity to pull over a strong army like Hexi Longyou. Mixing some sand into Ma Lu's Anxi army would be of great benefit to his control of military power.

……

After the court was agreed, rumors began to spread among the wealthy and noble families in Chang'an City, and secret preparations also began.

Since Guli Peiluo and Wang Zhongsi joined forces to destroy the Later Turkic Khanate, it has been more than ten years since the establishment of the country, and there has been no conflict with the Tang Dynasty, but this time it suddenly became an enemy country. Not all the people in Chang'an City are as optimistic as Li Longji, and many people are beginning to worry.

After all, the war is dangerous, and now the world is peaceful, and not everyone is willing to fight. If you fight a war, you will die, and in the past two years, there have been fewer deaths among the children of Chang'an in Liaodong and Liaoxi?

Although there is a pension of 150 yuan for the dead, once you die, everything is over, and the dead cannot come back to life after all.

All kinds of exhortations came to the palace through various channels, and Li Longji laughed at them. He is seventy-one years old this year, and he is already a long life among emperors. He didn't know how long he would live, and he only thought about opening up more territory and building more achievements.

If Chengping Haiyan Heqing is today, the only potential threat is Huifu, since there is a chance to solve it, it naturally cannot be left to future generations. Reopen the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei and completely solve the barbarians in Mobei and Monan, and his life's achievements will be perfect.

So he didn't listen to anyone's advice, and only prepared according to his own plan. He was waiting for the arrival of spring, waiting for the time for the army to march north.

The river is too far away, and he can't see it when the Tang Iron Cavalry hits the sky, but after conquering Mobei, he still has to go to the North Sea.

Due to Li Longji's insistence, the war machine of the Tang Dynasty began to be launched, and the officials of the six ministries were all nervous, handling things with vigor and preparing for the Northern Expedition. Military orders were secretly sent from Chang'an to various border towns, and the border generals who received the edict immediately began to prepare.

Li Jing, the deputy envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, no longer pursued the Bohai king Da Qinmao, leaving only a small part of the troops to garrison Longquan Mansion in Shangjing, Bohai State, and the remaining troops all drove to the border of Khitan Murowei and Hui to wait for the moment. Li Siye, the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu, led the army to the north and joined forces with Guo Ziyi, the deputy envoy of Fanyang Jiedu.

Without the threat of Tibet, the Longyou soldiers would be useless. On Gongren was edicted to divide the Qiang tribes in Qiangtang, and took away most of Geshuhan's men and horses at once, Ge Shuhan was extremely distressed, such as today's edict came down, ordering Ge Shuhan to replenish the troops, Ge Shuhan was immediately extremely excited, and immediately began to expand the army, and at the same time sent envoys to Qiuzi, ready to buy more new ordnance from the Ma family workshop.

An Sishun in Hexi also did not dare to slack off, hoarded grain and grass to prepare ordnance, and was ready to march north at any time.

Destroying the Hui is the work of destroying the country, and it is to leave a name in history. Such opportunities do not always come and go.

But it's clear to everyone that they are not the main force in this battle. The main force of this battle is the Anxi Army under the command of Pingzhangshi Ma Lan under the Tongzhong Shumen, which is the biggest hole card of the Son of Heaven and the confidence of the Son of Heaven in this battle.

The new army of Anxi under Ma Lan, those high-priced new ordnance, is what the Son of Heaven values the most.

So when will Ma Lan be ready, and when will the army set off.

……

Far away in the Strait of Hormuz, the city of Ten Thousand Years is still under construction. This winter is obviously going to be spent here, and when the Ten Thousand Years City is completely repaired, I'm afraid it will be next spring.

Calling it Wannian City is to serve as a permanent stronghold of Datang, even if Datang is frustrated here in the future, this fortress must also become an enclave of Hermes-Epitek and a foundation for a comeback.

The Greek Fire Workshop was successfully opened, using the recipe of the Hozman family, which was slightly different from that of the Nekonan family, but more powerful.

While the envoy brought back the formula, he also brought good news, the Neiconan family has not been exterminated by Tian Mingyuan Niuxu, and the entire family is still complete.

Salah left the city by boat with his sailors, and sailed across the strait along the seashore to Fars. When he returned to his hometown by the sea, the Anxi army was already waiting for him there.

Under the orders of the Anxi Army, the patriarch of the Nekonan family was replaced by Salah, and all those who disobeyed were killed by the Anxi Army. Salah returned to Wannian City with a fleet, preparing to wait for the crew of the Anxi Army to complete their training, and then go to capture Kunlun Nu for Ma Lan.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the two forts in the harbor have been completed, and in the future they will be able to cover the entire port area with cannons. The sailors of the Fufeng and Anzai became more and more skilled, and were able to come and go freely in the strait, even to the depths of the Tang Sea.

Ma Lan had already sent the letter back, just waiting for Gao Qianqian and Li Xiu to cross the Green Mountain and come here to set up a workshop and cast cannons. However, without waiting for the two of them, Tingzhou's urgent report had already arrived.

At this time, it was already December of the fourteenth year of Tianbao. (To be continued.) )