Chapter 187: How is it an invitation to meet by chance?

Although Luo Weiran's words were not much, Fang Xie did think of a lot of things from them. Of course, what he had imagined could not be confirmed, and there was no reason for him to think that what he had imagined was true. The Fangu battlefield in the northwest is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital Chang'an, and it is obviously a bit hasty to conclude something just by relying on Luo Weiran's words.

But what is certain is that there must be problems with the war in the northwest.

Fang Xie understood the quality of the Great Sui army, and knew how terrible the lethality of the five thousand men and horses gathered together would be. If he could have learned more about the first battle, perhaps he would have concluded that he was right.

In fact, right on the Great Battlefield in the Northwest. Many people are wondering in their hearts, is Li Xiaozong's tactic of dividing troops twice in succession really correct? It's really right to press those two hundred cavalry? The distance of five miles out of the canyon is really correct? Is it really right to lead the army to attack at the last moment?

Fang Xie drank all the wine in the cup, smiled and said to Luo Weiran: "I know what to say and what not to say, how can I compare the wisdom of His Majesty?" I am standing at the foot of the mountain looking up at the scenery at the top of the mountain, and under the Majesty is standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the world world. There is no doubt that His Majesty can see more clearly. ”

Luo Weiran nodded and said, "It's good that you understand this truth, although the battle situation in the northwest is not as smooth as expected at the beginning." But at least they passed through the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon smoothly, and the battlefield was on the territory of the Mengyuan barbarians, no matter what, the losses of the Mengyuan barbarians were much greater than ours. ”

Fang Xie didn't speak, but he didn't agree with Luo Weiran's point of view in his heart. Luo Weiran was born in the rivers and lakes, although he has been wearing official clothes for more than ten years, his position does not involve military affairs, others are not in the court, and he does not see many things very thoroughly.

The battlefield is indeed on Meng Yuan's territory, according to what he said before, the five thousand Sui elite soldiers fought more than 10,000 people in Meng Yuan, no matter how you say it, it can't be regarded as defeat. But is war more than simply comparing the losses of the two sides? With 700,000 troops gathered in the northwest, how much did the imperial court spend to cope with this war? How huge is the financial and material resources spent to train those 5,000 elite soldiers?

Most of the people and horses lost by Mengyuan were herdsmen. The Mengyuan court did not spend a single copper coin on them, and the herdsmen lost were only the people at the very edge of the Mandu Banner. Relatively speaking, the 700,000 troops of the imperial court stayed in the northwest for a month, and the materials consumed were equivalent to plundering half of the Mandu banner. If you fail to lay down the entire Mandu flag in two months, even if you fight it again, you will not gain anything from the calculation. Of course, the honor of expanding thousands of miles cannot be ignored.

However, even if the thousand-mile grassland of Mandu Banner is taken, this is an enclave for the Great Sui, and in order to keep it, how much will it cost in the future?

When it came to the war in the northwest, the three of them didn't interject. Except for the slight difference in the expression of the big dog when he talked about the battle of the Great Sui to destroy the merchants, he listened to Luo Weiran and Fang Xie with a calm face at other times. Speaking of which, he, Qilin, and Shen Tianfan are not Sui people, so they don't have the pride of Sui people in their bones. Regarding the unsmooth war in the northwest, they will not have any depressed mood.

Even, when the big dog heard that the five thousand men and horses of the Sui army were almost wiped out, he was still a little happy in his heart.

After all, he was a businessman. And it has only been more than 20 years since the Great Shang was destroyed.

"It's been a month and a half since this news happened, and no one knows what the battle situation in the northwest is now, after all, it is thousands of miles apart, and the time consumed by the news back and forth is enough to change the battle situation."

Luo Weiran said: "Perhaps, this army has already taken Nirvana City. ”

Fang Xie nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "From the very beginning, this war was not a war to destroy the country. I think it is clear to everyone that it is not difficult to win a war with the strength of the Great Sui. But if you want to destroy the Meng Yuan like you destroyed the Shang Kingdom...... Difficult. ”

"It's not difficult"

Luo Weiran sighed: "It's impossible...... What His Majesty wants is only to expand the territory. ”

When he heard this, Fang Xie suddenly felt a little emotional. He remembered that His Majesty the Emperor had mentioned several times that the emperors of the Great Sui Dynasty had made meritorious achievements in expanding their territory, how could he really only defend the territory and not open up the territory when it came to him? He didn't want his name to be recorded in the history books, with only one sentence of inaction.

The emperors of the Great Sui were all so paranoid.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, when I think of this, Fang Xie felt a little uneasy in his heart. This paranoia is indeed the driving force that pushes people forward, but sometimes excessive paranoia is really a good thing?

At this moment, a cheer outside interrupted Fang Jie's thoughts. The big dog, who was sitting in the doorway, opened a crack in the door and looked out, and the cheers poured in like a tidal wave.

"What's wrong?"

Fang asked.

The big dog was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Come and see for yourself." ”

Fang Xie got up, walked to the door and looked downstairs. I saw that the guests in the entire lobby were already boiling, and many people applauded and shouted, as if they had won the 5 million jackpot. Immediately after, Fang Xie saw the little master with red sleeves slowly walking onto the stage, pressing down his hands to signal the guests to calm down.

"Today's distinguished guests are really lucky, and everyone accepts the invitation of Fang Xie Fang Gongzi, and is willing to take the stage to present a song of flowing flowers and water sleeves for everyone. If you don't sit back honestly, I can't guarantee that you won't come out because of the noise. ”

Hearing this, Fang Xie couldn't help but be stunned.

"Because of me?"

He muttered, and looked back at Luo Weiran and them, his eyes full of doubt.

He really wanted to witness the peerless demeanor of the candle wick dancing the flowing flower water sleeves, but because of the coldness of the thrush's words, Fang Xie didn't say anything about it at all. Just mentioned it when talking to Xiao Dingdian, he didn't think that with his influence and Xiao Dingdian, he could make Xi Candle Core go on stage.

But there is no doubt that Xiao Dingdian is because of Fang Gongzi's words. Let all the men below be jealous, and will also let Fang Xie this name, and it will soon be talked about again in Chang'an City.

Before Fang Xie could figure out what was going on, he saw a man in a green coat and a small hat walking over with a smile, and when he arrived at the door of Fang Jie's private room, he stood at the door of their private room, leaned over slightly and saluted: "May I ask if you are Lord Xiao Fang?" My lord would like to ask you to come over and talk about it. ”

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There are several princes in Chang'an City, although their status is noble, but they do not have any real power. And among these princes, the most idle, richest, most status, and most noble is naturally Prince Yi Yang Yin. Fang Xie really didn't expect to meet this big man in the red sleeve move.

Although Prince Yi Yang Yin did not ask about the affairs of the imperial court, he was the younger brother of His Majesty the Emperor after all. After the battle for succession back then, none of the defeated princes had a good end. Counting up, His Royal Highness Prince Yi, the sixth prince, is still alive and well, and can live in Chang'an for a long time, instead of returning to his fiefdom.

In the dispute over the seven sons to seize the heir, although Yang Yin was not obviously on the side of the current emperor, he was not from the side of the eldest prince and the third prince, so after his majesty ascended the throne, he was not suppressed. But because of the foolish thing he did eleven years ago, His Majesty deliberately isolated him from the court. For a royal family that once had great ambitions, this is not a big blow.

At first, His Royal Highness the Prince was really depressed, and locked himself in his study all day long. It took him a year to recover from his frustration. Since then, he has started a life of pleasure, or he has traveled with three or five famous literati in Chang'an City and recited poems. Either it is to linger in the Qinglou painting boat, and the romance is boundless. Either take the family to the outside of the city to dabble, or sit by the river to fish and relax.

This highness has silver, and he has a dignified appearance and a respectable position. When the woman in the green building saw him, she was more eager and intimate than when she saw her father-in-law. Over the years, Yang Yin has not only won the title of the first golden guest in Chang'an City, but his talent has also been widely spread. He traveled extensively, but he didn't ask about the court. I often talk about wine with friends, and I only talk about the way of the wind and the moon or anecdotes.

He is also an avid collector, and it is said that over the years, he has collected famous calligraphy and paintings or antiques. Huai Qiugong, who is also interested in this way, often goes to his house to play with those treasures.

Such an idle and carefree Royal Highness can be said to make many men envy his life.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Fang Xie didn't like him from the first time I saw him. There is no direct intersection between the two people, but during the examination of the Martial Arts Academy, His Royal Highness the Prince also opened an outsider game to test Fang Jie's character. If it weren't for Fang Jie's cunning and prudence, it would have been planted in his hands that time.

Because there was no intersection, Fang Xie was stunned for a moment when he heard that Prince Yi Yang Yin invited him to go over to talk about it. Immediately, he understood the reason why the candle wick was willing to appear in the water sleeves. At this thought, he lost even interest in watching.

Although Prince Yi Yang Yin and Red Sleeves had an old grudge more than ten years ago, with the dignity of Prince Yi, he personally came to apologize when Red Sleeves reopened, and this beam could not continue to tie the knot no matter what. And no matter how individual the candle wick is, it can't refuse an invitation from a prince.

So Fang Xie lost interest, no interest at all.

But had to go.

"Please take the trouble to lead the way."

Fang Xie turned around and said a few words to Luo Weiran, and then followed the servant in the green coat and hat down the corridor to the opposite side. When he appeared in the corridor on the second floor, there was a wave below.

"Thank you, Lord Xiaofang!"

Someone shouted, immediately drawing people's attention to Fang Jie. Fang Xie frowned slightly, but quickly let his face be filled with a smile. As he walked, he greeted the people downstairs with a fist. Most of the guests below are rich gentry, and they have no fame. There are people who are jealous of Fang Jie's face, but there are not a few people who want to slap him. People who really have status will not sit in the lobby.

Fang Xie was a little unaccustomed to this kind of scene, although this was exactly the effect he wanted. And this effect was given by someone else, but it doesn't feel good.

Fang Xie was a little surprised, what did His Royal Highness the Prince give himself such a big face.

When Fang Xie walked to the private room opposite the corridor, the door creaked open. Prince Yi Yang Yin, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walked out of the room with a smile on his face, looking like a kind old man who thought he had been reunited after a long absence.

"Lone is also the only way to know that Lu Dao is here, if you know Lu Dao early, you should sit at the same table. If I hadn't seen you talking to this little master with red sleeves, I would have missed it. You don't go to walk around the lonely house, so I have to ask you to come and talk. ”

He spoke in a gentle and generous tone, revealing a sense of intimacy.

Fang Xie hurriedly leaned over to salute, but was supported by Yang Yin: "In this place, it won't be fun if you take it seriously." Come on, come on, come in and talk. ”

He took Fang Jie's hand and turned to enter the door.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, when he grabbed him, Fang Xie suddenly thought of a story in his mind.

But it was said that Xu Yu secretly walked out of the camp and went straight to Cao Zhai, and the soldiers of Fulu took it. You said: "I am an old friend of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, tell me quickly, and say that Nanyang Xu Yu is coming to see you." "The sergeant was busy reporting into the village. When the Cao Fang undressed and rested, he heard that Xu You eloped to the village, he was overjoyed, he didn't have time to put on his shoes, he stepped out to greet him, saw Xu You from afar, stroked his palms and laughed, and joined hands together. ”

When this picture appeared in his mind, Fang Xie couldn't help laughing.

It seemed that his expression was very happy and flattered, but there was a strange brilliance in the deepest part of his eyes.