Hanzhou Palace.

The East Courtyard was used by Qin Huaidao as a private workshop, the steam engine was buzzing, driving the simple lathe, Qin Huaidao was skillfully processing the shells, sweating profusely without resting, the first battle in Yangguan almost empty the shells, these days produced some, but far from enough.

At this time, Luo Wu hurriedly came in, stopped nearby, and did not dare to approach.

After a while, Qin Huaidao took off a cared shell shell from the lathe, placed it on the shelf next to it, picked up a rough billet and prepared to process it, and asked, "It's not time to eat yet, what's the matter here?" ”

"Uncle, something is wrong."

"Huh?"

Qin Huaidao was stunned for a moment, Hanzhou was operating normally, it was impossible for something big to happen, and the big thing that could make Luo Wu think was definitely not small, put down the rough billet and looked at Luo Wu.

Luo Wu hurriedly explained: "I just received the news from Steward Jia's flying pigeon, the saint has lost his mind and has withdrawn to Chang'an, Xu Shiji asks to protect the families of him and his subordinate henchmen, and is willing to lead the surviving troops to surrender. ”

A short sentence reveals too much information.

Qin Huaidao's face changed, and he shouted: "Quick, map." ”

Luo Wu quickly took out the map from his arms, Qin Huaidao stepped forward quickly, spread out the map on a table, his eyes quickly fell on Hezhou, and then moved to the front line of the Great Wall, and said in a deep voice: "General Xu is still holding on to the Great Wall and resisting the Turkic army going south, he is a good man, but Hezhou?" ”

"General Xu is a hero, Hezhou is a little weird, okay, why would the saint lose his mind? There must be something going on here. Luo Wu echoed.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Huaidao said: "There are no more than two possibilities, one is that Tuyuhun won the battle, and the saint was angry, and he was in a hurry, and the other was that Tubo killed a horse gun, and for some reason, the saint did not take a breath and had to withdraw to Chang'an." ”

"What causes madness?" Luo Wu asked curiously.

"The fire attacks the heart, and the blood rushes to the top of the head."

"I see!" Luo Wu suddenly realized and agreed: "That must be a defeat, and it's not small, the saint can't be angry, Tuyuhun has been attacking Hezhou for many days without success, it shouldn't be them, nine times out of ten it's Tubo, didn't they go to Yuanzhou?" Why don't you just go east to Chang'an, but kill back? ”

Qin Huaidao didn't know either, his eyes were staring at the map and pondering.

On Qinling is not a mediocre talent, why don't you give the opportunity to attack Chang'an, but kill it back? Is there a reason why I have to do it? What will it be?

Gradually, Qin Huaidao's gaze fell on the north of the Great Wall, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, and said: "I understand, Tubo wants the Turks to fight Chang'an first, and then be a yellow bird after both are defeated, so as to calculate." ”

"The Turks are not stupid, why did they attack first, cheap Tibet?" Luo Wu asked puzzled.

"Because the Turks have to fight, the right army was defeated by us, the defense is unstable, the main Turkic army is too late to come back, there are only two choices, one is to take Chang'an, the other is to notify the country to strictly defend and prevent us from sneaking attack, only by taking Chang'an, the Turks are qualified to be more Tubo and win the world."

Luo Wu suddenly realized and said: "It's not a good thing, on Qinling only needs to take Hezhou, Taozhou, and Lanzhou, you can attack Chang'an at any time, and the Turks don't take Chang'an, not to mention running in vain, and they have suffered heavy losses, so the Turks must attack Chang'an, and Tubo can be a yellow bird, fortunately, the saint retreats quickly, if it falls into the hands of Tubo, the situation is more and more unpredictable, what should we do?" ”

"Command the military headquarters, prepare for battle, and send troops in ten days!"

Qin Huaidao slammed his fist on the map, his eyes flashing with murderous aura.

"Obey!" When Luo Wu heard that he could fight, he was overjoyed and left in a hurry.

Qin Huaidao looked at the map and Huaiyuan's position, and he didn't know if Xu Shiji could hold on to the end? However, the foundation of Hanzhou is too thin, and it has only been recuperating for a month, and its combat effectiveness is limited, and sending troops after ten days is the limit, and it is not enough to prepare early, especially the shells, which are produced by one person, and the speed cannot be fast.

But there is no way, there is only one lathe, and it is not skilled by others, and it is a waste of time to teach.

The next moment, Qin Huaidao picked up the rough blank and fixed it on the lathe and processed it again.

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Army.

Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin were drinking tea and chatting, very comfortable.

Luo Wu hurriedly came in and saluted with a fist: "Duke Weiguo, Duke Lu, King Han ordered, let the military department start preparing for war, and send troops in ten days." ”

"Who to fight, who to go, how many soldiers to transfer?" Li Jing asked, coming to the spirit.

"That's right, this time I have to be the pioneer of what I say." Cheng Yanjin's eyes also lit up.

Luo Wu directly ignored it, the two grandfathers are still so belligerent, how can the young man be embarrassed? replied: "The two princes, the king of Han didn't say it, it is estimated that they are returning to the imperial court, and after receiving the news, the saint has lost his heart and has withdrawn from Hezhou to Chang'an. ”

"What, Holy One?"

The two were taken aback, exchanged glances, and their faces became gloomy.

Although there is hatred and resentment in my heart, after all, we have fought side by side together and created the great Tang Dynasty, and we still have feelings, but I didn't expect to lose my heart and go crazy?

For a while, the two didn't know what to say, and they didn't pay attention to when Luo Wu left.

After a while, Li Jing cleaned up his mood and said: "Cheng Heizi, Chang'an will be chaotic, the crown prince will ascend the throne, it will be another world, there is no saint in charge, it may not be able to block the attack of the Tubo army, not to mention the Turkic army, Xu Shiji's talent is known to the old man, as long as the logistics keep up, there is no shortage of soldiers, there is no problem to block, otherwise, it will be difficult!" ”

"The prince won't kill himself, will he?" Cheng Yanjin asked in surprise.

"It's hard to say, the prince doesn't know soldiers, there are always people who jump out to pinch out, seize military power, take over defense, in addition to Xu Shiji and Li Xiaogong, who else can stop the Turks? Maybe King Han thought of this, so he couldn't wait to prepare for the war, no matter what, do his part. Li Jing smiled bitterly.

"How are you going to prepare? Either way, I'm the eldest child. Cheng Yanjin reminded.

Li Jing didn't answer, closed his eyes and pondered.

In my mind, one by one, the generals flashed, ability, character, conduct, etc., one by one, and combined with the current situation in Hanzhou, there was a candidate in my heart, I suddenly opened my eyes, and said solemnly: "There are 50,000 soldiers in Khotan, and it is a hidden danger to keep them, and we need to send troops to guard against them, and all of them will be requisitioned." ”

Cheng Yanjin agreed: "It makes sense, although Khotan has fallen, but the people's hearts are unpredictable, without 50,000 soldiers, it will be the same as a toothless tiger, and our army does not need to send heavy troops to guard against it, it can be drawn out, anyway, the main Turkic force is not there, the rear is empty, it would be good not to fight them, they dare not attack, how do you plan to distribute it?" ”

"The two armies of Luo Zhang and Fang Yiai are currently at the division level, expanded to the army level, and the troops are recruited from Khotan, and the prince of Khotan is named the division commander, and is incorporated into the Luo Zhang army, and An Guogong is the commander of the Yumen Pass garrison army, commanding the clan soldiers under his command, and Cheng Chumo is also promoted to the commander of the Dunhuang garrison army, and 10,000 troops who are repairing roads are collected, which is not enough to draw and supplement from the Khotanese army, and form combat effectiveness within ten days, what do you think?"

"Yes!"

Cheng Yanjin agreed, the eldest son is the commander of the army, in charge of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, what else is not satisfied?

As for the second and third children, whether they are also the deputy commanders, they can't be too greedy, not to mention that the little sister also leads the women's army, Cheng Biting Jin knows the essence of self-preservation, and accepts it when he sees it.

Li Jing glanced at Cheng Yanjin, he didn't break it, they were all brothers in life and death for many years, and he could help the natural gang, and continued: "The special operations army of Luo Zhang, Fang Yiai, Cheng Chumo, An Guogong and Luo Ying accompanied him, with a total strength of more than 100,000 troops, Luo Tong, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui stayed in Hanzhou in case of accidents. ”

"Yes, there can't be an accident in Hanzhou." Cheng Biting Jin agreed.

Li Jing saw that Cheng Biting Jin did not object, so he hurriedly picked up the pen and wrote.

Until dusk, Li Jing wrote down the preparation strategy, and estimated that Qin Huaidao would go back to the Han Palace, so he hurried with Cheng Yanjin and rubbed rice by the way.

The elders came over, and of course He'er and Li Xueyan warmly received them.

At the dinner table, Qin Huaidao took over the preparation strategy and took a closer look, everyone was silent and waited patiently.

It didn't take long for Qin Huaidao to finish reading, put the strategy aside, looked at Li Jing and said, "Shibo, why don't you fight on two fronts?" You can be bolder. ”

"What do you mean, sending all the way to attack the Turks?"

"It's also a way, the Turks would never have imagined that we would attack suddenly, not to mention that their main force is not there, and the chances of victory are very high." Cheng Yanjin agreed.

"No, what I really didn't expect was Tibet!"

"You want to fight Tibet?!"

Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin shouted almost at the same time.