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Yang Xi said this, which made Li Heng stunned for a moment. How could he not understand the meaning of Yang Xi's words, that is, although he is the crown prince and the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, he has no qualifications to deal with Yang Xi, the deputy marshal who leads the military affairs of Tongguan, everything has to be decided by the emperor, and only if the emperor feels that Yang Xi has done something wrong, he can be punished.

Of course, Yang Xi's words made Li Heng angry, but he also had to admit that what Yang Xi said made sense.

Although he is the crown prince, but in the emperor's old age and did not have much energy to deal with court affairs, and An Lushan rebelled again, he was not able to be entrusted with supervising state affairs and handling court affairs on behalf of the emperor. If the emperor really wanted to pass the throne to him, he would have let him, the crown prince, handle the affairs of the court on his behalf, and would not let him interfere too much in the affairs of the court when there was a great chaos in the world. Over the years, his father's emperor had several times wanted to depose him as crown prince and appoint another prince as crown prince. If he hadn't been cautious, he would probably have followed in the footsteps of Prince Li Ying long ago.

When he came to Tongguan, even if he wanted to deliberately embarrass Yang Xi, he didn't dare to deal with Yang Xi, the deputy marshal who led the military affairs of Tongguan, privately.

If he deals with it privately and blames Yang Xi, it may make his father angry, and he will be severely punished, and even the crown prince may be abolished.

Li Heng guessed that Yang Xi understood this, so he dared to speak like this, ignoring his dismount.

Li Heng was very angry, Yang Xi dared to do this because Yang Guozhong had won the trust of his father who was the emperor, and no one else dared to speak to him like this, let alone go his own way, not to take Li Fuguo, the prison army, in his eyes, and openly treat the prison army appointed by the imperial court as a decoration.

However, Li Heng is also a little afraid that Yang Xi will take any opportunity to cure Li Fuguo's crimes, and Bian Lingcheng is an example.

Bian Lingcheng, who has been a supervisor for many years, has made a lot of military achievements, and has won the trust of Yang Guozhong, Yang Xi dared to list a crime and kill him in public, and he was not punished by the imperial court, and Li Heng was also afraid that Li Fuguo, who he had finally inserted, would also be cleaned up by Yang Xi like this.

Yang Xi covered the sky in Tongguan with one hand, and all the generals obeyed him, it was easy to list a crime against Li Fuguo, and if Li Fuguo was killed in public, the court would not necessarily condemn him, and he, the prince, could not do anything about it.

Li Heng, who understood that his current position was embarrassing, after trying to suppress the anger in his heart, also showed an indifferent look, and said in a cold voice: "That, this prince will listen to Marshal Yang talk about the military affairs of Tongguan in detail, so that he can talk to his father in detail after returning to the court!" I hope that Marshal Yang will tell Prince Ben about everything. ”

Seeing that Li Heng changed his attitude towards speaking, he didn't use what Li Fuguo said just now to accuse him, and he didn't even continue to ask, Yang Xi's heart also relaxed, it seems that Li Heng and his father Yang Guozhong are at a disadvantage in the fight, his waist is not hard, and his confidence is insufficient, otherwise it would not be like this. Worried about going less, he spoke more calmly, and immediately agreed: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister will tell you in detail about the military situation in Tongguan!"

Yang Xi said, and immediately talked about how to repel the rebels' siege, and what defenses he did after the rebels attacked the city, including cleaning the forbidden ditch, repairing the walls and passes of the two Tongguan cities, and continuously sending detectives out of Tongguan to investigate the situation.

He did not mention the production of gunpowder and its preparation for military use, and he did not mention it at all, but he told his father Yang Guozhong that after Yang Guozhong reported to Emperor Li Longji, Li Longji strictly ordered that the development of gunpowder should be strictly kept secret, and that the development of gunpowder should not be revealed, and unrelated personnel could not know the details of the development. With the emperor's secret order, Yang Xi could not tell the crown prince Li Heng about it.

After talking about the matter endlessly, Yang Xi ordered his subordinates Gao Shi, Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong and other generals to make a supplement, especially Gao Shi, as the marching Sima, he knew the military affairs of Tongguan best, and many matters were supplemented by him.

Li Heng didn't really want to know so much, he just wanted to make things difficult for Yang Xi, but Yang Xi and the generals reported, and he couldn't help but listen. The generals' reports were very detailed, and they talked about it for about an hour, but these things were very boring, and Li Heng, who listened directly, was drowsy and couldn't help yawning, but so many generals were standing, and he could only endure sleepiness to listen to the lecture.

It was very tiring to drive and bump all the way, and Li Heng had already regretted that he should not have convened the generals immediately after arriving at Tongguan, but should have rested before doing so. Alas, he wanted to give Yang Xi a dismissal, but because of Yang Xi's courage and his lack of self-confidence, he ended up being a wretch, and Li Heng hated it. In the end, after the generals recounted the situation in Tongguan in detail, Li Heng praised the generals of Tongguan for their diligence and dedication to the country, and the military meeting ended.

Li Heng went to rest on the grounds that he was tired from the journey, and asked Li Fuguo to accompany him.

Yang Xi also ordered the generals to disperse and go to work on their own.

The generals were ordered to go, and the marching Sima Gao Shi followed behind Yang Xi, and after walking to a place where no one was around, Gao Shi cautiously asked Yang Xi: "Marshal Yang, just now you openly contradicted His Royal Highness the Prince, will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hold a grudge against you, and after returning to Beijing, he will force you in front of His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

Yang Xi led the soldiers to repel the siege of the rebels, held Tongguan, and asked for exoneration for the generals in front of the emperor, and did so much for the defense of Tongguan in the next time, Gao Shi felt that Yang Xi was a person who had achieved great things, and he became a marching Sima because of Yang Xi's promotion, and the future was immeasurable, and he wanted to rely on Yang Xi and the Yang family to further climb up. Among the generals in Tongguan, he didn't want Yang Xi to be unlucky, and he felt that Li Heng wanted to deliberately embarrass him just now, so he was very worried, so he didn't do anything but followed Yang Xi, just to talk about it.

Hearing that Gao Shi cared so much about himself, Yang Xi was a little relieved, turned around and said to Gao Shi with a smile: "General Gao, you and I both know that the main purpose of the prince's visit to the labor army this time must be to establish his prestige, and at the same time to hit the prestige of me, the deputy marshal. It is not surprising that he behaved like this today, and it is not surprising that he will say something in front of His Majesty after returning to Beijing. What is he going to do, we can't stop it, now that the rebellion has not been settled, the most important thing we have to do is to train our soldiers and strive to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, and don't bother to think about anything else!"

"The marshal's large number made the general very embarrassed," Gao Shi said a word of praise from the bottom of his heart, and said worriedly: "It's just that Marshal, since you expected His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to say that you are not in front of His Majesty the Emperor, you should take precautions and take precautions early!"

"Thank you General Gao for reminding me, Ben Shuai understands," Yang Xi smiled and motioned for Gao Shi to continue walking with him, "In this way, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returns to Beijing, Ben Shuai will also go back to Chang'an, personally explain the situation of Tongguan to His Majesty the Emperor, and ask to lead the army to take the initiative to attack and prepare to capture Shaanxi County." I believe that after Ben Shuai goes to Chang'an once, nothing will happen!"