Liu Yi said goodbye to Shangguan Wan'er, returned to the guard, recorded the entire process of today's guard, and then gathered all his subordinates, instructed them to do some things, and then left Li Yifeng alone, and whispered for a while, that is, he went to Pei Xingjian's residence, ready to talk to Pei Xingjian about some things.

When Liu Yi arrived at Pei Xingjian's residence, he was told that Pei Xingjian was entertaining guests and asked him to wait.

Liu Yi waited in the outhouse for a while, and saw Pei Xingjian sending people out, but it was Xue Yuanchao, as well as Zhang Da'an, Wei Xuan, and a few others, Liu Yi was also busy saluting these people, he didn't expect that after the court meeting, these important ministers of the court would come to Pei Xingjian to talk about something.

After these people greeted Liu Yi, they left separately, and Pei Xingjian beckoned Liu Yi into the inner talk.

As soon as Liu Yi sat down, he asked, "Master, why didn't Your Majesty consult the opinions of the ministers at the court meeting today and discuss who should lead the army?" ”

At today's court meeting, there was no discussion about who would go out and how many troops and horses would be dispatched. It doesn't seem to be, it won't be long before the expedition is set in the next year, and these major aspects are decided, and you can prepare for the expedition!

"Who will go out, how many people and horses are needed to go out, and what are the sub-managers, presumably Your Majesty and Niangniang have already decided, and there is no need to discuss it at the court meeting!" Pei Xingjian said with a smile, looking very mysterious.

"Oh?!" Liu Yi came to his senses a little, and asked Pei Xingjian again, "Teacher, is you still the leading coach this time?" ”

"This..."Pei Xingjian hesitated for a moment, looked at the doors and windows of the room, and then lowered his voice and said, "I should think that the master is the commander!" However, the edict of the imperial court has not yet been issued, and everything has variables, so you can't talk nonsense outside!"

"I understand!" Liu Yi hurriedly responded, from Pei Xingjian's words, he already understood that Pei Xingjian already knew a lot of information, it may be that Pei Xingjian was summoned by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, and the opportunity to give face-to-face instruction was over, but the edict of the imperial court had not been issued, and he didn't dare to say it.

"But this expedition, you will definitely be in the sequence of the generals, this expedition is very different from the last time, it is likely that you will receive a separate one... What is the specific situation, after the edict of the imperial court is issued, I will talk to you in detail!" Pei Xingjian wanted to speak and stopped.

"That's... Can't follow the teacher this time? Liu Yi asked, he originally thought that he would act with Pei Xingjian this time, it is precisely the content of the military book that Pei Xingjian gave later, when he goes out, he can ask for advice when he goes out, and the combination of theoretical things and practice can make good use of it, many things written in the book must be inferior to a person, and a wise man can teach him face-to-face so effectively, Liu Yi hopes that when Pei Xingjian will go on the expedition, he can teach himself some things about combat concepts.

But listening to what Pei Xingjian just said, he may not be able to follow Pei Xingjian's side.

"I believe in your comprehension for the teacher, and for a period of time, most of the things have been explained to you, presumably through your own efforts, you will definitely understand those things in the art of war, what is written in the book is dead, only in reality can be used flexibly, in order to give full play to the maximum use of the art of war, to judge the situation, the time, the place, the people are all used, can effectively attack the enemy, and achieve victory!" Pei Xingjian said with a smile.

"I see!" Liu Yi naturally responded.

At this time, people came to report again, saying that there was a guest visiting, Liu Yi had to get up, "Teacher, then I'll go first!"

"It's still early before the time of the expedition, we can communicate many things slowly, this time, it is likely to be the last time to lead the army for the division, many things will be explained to you in detail during the campaign, when the army sets off, you and the division will definitely march together for a long time, we can talk about it!" Pei Xingjian also stood up and patted Liu Yi on the shoulder, "You go first!"

Liu Yi walked out of Pei Xingjian's residence, but saw Wu Sansi waiting in the outhouse, Liu Yi was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything, and after a few polite words with Wu Sansi, he bowed and left-

On the third day after this court meeting, the imperial court issued several edicts and orders for the appointment of officials, announcing some personnel changes in the court, resigning from the main position at the previous time, and now Liu Renliang, who stayed in Chang'an, was reactivated, with his Lingshang Zuo servant shooting, the prince and the young master, and the three products under the same Zhongshu door; With the right guard general Wu Sansi as the right guard general, the right leader Zhonglang general Cheng Wuting as the inspector and the left Yulin general... To Liu Yi's surprise, some of the people who have some relationship with him have changed their official positions, his uncle Liu Yanjing, transferred from being a young craftsman to the post of the Ministry of Works, and Di Renjie, who served in Ningzhou, was recalled to Beijing and was appointed as the Langzhong of the Ministry of Works.

Subsequently, Liu Yi received another copy of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, and Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi, who had been dismissed in the previous battle, were re-appointed, with Li Jingjia as the left guard general and Hua Dazhi as the right guard general.

The change of positions of these personnel is quite surprising to Liu Yi, and the promotion of his uncle can be said to be reasonable, but the changes in the positions of those other people have never been expected by Liu Yi. Originally, he thought that Wu Zetian would ask for mercy for these people in advance, especially Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi, who were asking for him, and he felt that these two were loyal and brave generals, of course, Di Renjie and Luo Binwang, two upright people, should also help them, but after listening to Shangguan Wan'er's words, Liu Yi still suppressed this thought, and was ready to pick the opportunity to talk to Wu Zetian again after some time, Liu Yi felt that this matter and Wu Zetian said that it was the most effective.

Liu Yi also wanted to ask Wu Zetian to entrust Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi as his subordinates after the edict was issued, and set out with him, but before he could say anything, a new appointment from the imperial court came down, and such an appointment was even better than Liu Yi imagined, and there must be other people working on this matter.

If there is no recommendation from others, people like Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi, who have been removed from all official positions, are basically unlikely to be reused, and Di Renjie and Luo Binwang, two people who have been punished by Wu Zetian in disguise, if there is no recommendation from influential people in the court, it is very unlikely that they will be recalled to Beijing at a young age and entrusted with a position that is not low, Liu Yi wants to know who is doing this.

You should ask Shangguan Wan'er about this, this person who has been staying by Wu Zetian's side, there should be some numbers.

It's just that these Shangguan Wan'er are very busy, and Liu Yi rarely has the opportunity to see her in the palace, let alone ask her about things, Liu Yi has to keep this kind of thought in his heart, thinking that there should be a chance after returning to Chang'an, Liu Yi guessed that the imperial court would soon issue an edict to go out to quell the rebellion.

Sure enough, it did not surprise Liu Yi, two days later, the imperial court issued an edict to go out, the edict ordered to the Ministry of Rites, the right guard general Pei Xingjian as the general of the march of Dingxiang Road, to supervise the army, command the war to quell the Turkic rebellion, with the right military general Cao Huaishun and Youzhou Governor Li Wenjian as the deputy commander, with the inspector Zuo Qianniuwei general Liu Yi as the former army commander, the right guard general Li Zhishi as the head of the Huyan Road march, the left guard general Liu Jingtong as the head of the Yunzhong Road march, and the right guard general He Jiami as the head of the Tongmo Road march, Wu Sansi, the general of the right guard of the inspection school, was the head of the march of Dingxiang Road, and Cheng Wuting, the general of the left Yu Lin Wei of the inspection school, was the head of the march of Hanhai Road, with 100,000 soldiers, and set out to fight after the year to quell the Turkic rebellion.

The edict of the imperial court to go out to quell the rebellion was transmitted to the territory of the Anxi Protectorate at the same time, as well as the Shan Yu Metropolitan Protectorate, the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Qinghai area, this edict in addition to entrusting these generals to lead the army to quell the rebellion, but also at the beginning of the edict counted the Turkic people ingrateful, ignoring my Tang Dynasty's generosity, tolerance, favor, and tenderness, and betrayed my Tang Dynasty three times, my Tang Dynasty could not bear it, so I had to send a large army to suppress it, maintain the peace of that area, and ordered other tribes to assist our army to quell the rebellion. If there is collusion with the rebellious tribes, this time they will also be attacked, and the intensity of the blow will be unprecedented, and there will be no mercy.

After the edict was issued, Emperor Li Zhi also decided to return to Chang'an.

At the beginning of the year, the emperor's royal drive came to Luoyang, because the division of the triumphant army, in order to meet the triumphant soldiers, the emperor's royal car returned to Chang'an; In the winter, the royal driver was fortunate in Luoyang again, but because of such a sudden situation, the Turks rebelled again, in order to arrange the affairs of the expedition, the imperial driver returned to Chang'an again, so back and forth, or let a lot of courtiers have grievances, some people such as Xue Yuanchao and others directly went to the emperor to accuse the emperor of running back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang, the eastern capital, which was very unfavorable to the emperor's body, and suggested that the emperor should have less such unnecessary toss, but such a suggestion was refuted by Wu Zetian, and no other courtiers dared to advise again.

After the edict was issued, Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian also summoned the ones who were going to go on this expedition, and the generals in Luoyang ordered some things, of course, all the generals were together to order, and there would not be too many confidential things, Liu Yi didn't know if Wu Zetian had ordered other special people to monitor Pei Xingjian's actions, at least Wu Zetian didn't tell him such a thing, which made Liu Yi feel a little more relaxed.

Presumably, Wu Zetian was afraid that he would not be a good person, and if he was aware of his mentor, he would be ruined, Liu Yi thought that Wu Sansi, who was accidentally assigned to the expedition this time, must be the most important person to monitor Pei Xingjian. Wu Sansi was marching with Pei Xingjian's commander, but Liu Yi was a little strange, why Wu Sansi was not appointed to the position of deputy general manager, it may be that Wu Zetian felt that this guy was not the material to command the operation.

After listening to some orders, a group of people also retreated, and Shangguan Wan'er's little guess was also confirmed, that is, they, the generals who went on the expedition, would return to Chang'an earlier than the imperial driver.

As far as Liu Yi knew, after the edict to go out to suppress the rebellion was issued, the officials of various ministries in Chang'an had already taken action to prepare for this large-scale and potentially long-lasting war...

(To be continued)