Du Feng, this old man and demon, this person is a burden to the country to live in the world, I don't understand how Li Zhi could pick this thing to be the secretary of the military department, and it is an insult to the empire to let this old beast appear in the court, if I have Cheng Chu's martial arts, I will pinch the old glass to death today!

"I want to pinch this old traitor to death!" Out of the Du Mansion, Cheng Chu gritted his teeth and strangled the big fist of the sand pot, and said hatefully: "What is it!" ”

"Why didn't you do it just now?" Angrily slammed the reins a few times, "I haven't seen this uncle, you blocked this door and beat him, I have no opinion." ”

My own nephew, not to mention anything else, let us outsiders find the door to care, but he is indifferent, just by virtue of this, he should pull out and light the sky lantern. According to Cheng Chu's understanding of Qin Yu, it is estimated from time that this should have been drinking and listening to music at home a long time ago, and there must have been an accident; Whether it is illness or an abnormality on the border that delays the handover, as his uncle and chief of staff of the Military Commission, Du Feng has no reason to ignore it at any point.

Take 10,000 steps back, Du Feng is a careless person who ignores the details, but Cheng Chu and I can still show indifference when we come to remind us that we are cold-blooded animals, but I am angry that I didn't hurry up to investigate, and I also pulled the two of us to enjoy the dancers from XX country performing lewd songs and dances, "What country is coming?" ”

"What country?" Cheng Chu rode the horse and was lucky, and I was stupid when I asked him.

"The dancing ones don't have a few clothes in the winter." If it weren't for Qin Yu, this kind of half-naked song and dance would still be very much to my liking, especially the abrupt development of women in those countries in the west, and it would be greatly stimulated to appreciate it both mentally and sensually.

Cheng Chu scratched his head, looked regretful, and said apologetically: "I didn't pay attention, why don't you go in and ask?" ”

"......" really has this person, Shi Cheng Chu looked at him with pity, "No need." Come with me to Mr. Li's house. ”

The old man put a thin blanket on his lap and was reading a book on a peaceful bench, and there were a lot of various delicacies on the big case around him, and he could reach the distance from the ground when he reached out, and when he saw the two of us coming in, he pointed at the chair opposite with half a twist on his hand, "Gifts?" ”

It seems that the old handsomes are very direct, but it's a pity that they didn't bring gifts in a hurry today, and Cheng Chu looked at each other awkwardly, and shook their heads embarrassedly. Quickly bow down and apologize.

"Visiting the elders during the Chinese New Year, the children nowadays are too ignorant, so I'm embarrassed to come empty-handed." The old man closed the book and straightened up with a smile, threw away half of the twist flower in his hand, and looked at the two of us, "What's the matter?" Hurry up and say, don't delay the old man to go to Du's house to watch the song and dance. ”

"......" It seems that a lot of entertainment activities have been arranged for the old man's year, and the Du family has opened a black light dance hall. Why do you want to be tired and tired to be an official and harm others? hurriedly explained the situation to the old man, and casually mentioned that Qin Yu was taking care of him when he was injured.

"Oh, the kid of the Qin family, don't be reminded, the old man is in this situation." The old man smiled and waved his hand. I'm embarrassed to laugh, I can't get on the stage in front of this group of old people. "After a lot of talking, how do you plan to let the old man help?"

"This ......" is a bit of a fire and a disordered mind. I haven't had time to think about how to help.

"The military report on the South Road is broken, just wait for the East Road at home, since Qinling can't pass, if there is really an urgent report, it will definitely be submitted around Lingzhou into Tongguan. Jiannan Military Report not only walked all the way to Qinchuan, according to the time you said, it will come over in six or seven days. Li Ji slowly stood up, walking back and forth a few times, "How big a thing can happen." According to you, it is nothing more than being sick and delaying the journey, if it is really Tubo or Nanzhao, you can rest assured. ”

"Rest assured?" I'm not at all at ease. If you are sick, you don't say anything, no one can complain about this, and you should be treated and rested to fate; If there is a foreign invasion, it will be troublesome, and the Qin Yu Department is stationed at the intersection of Tubo, Nanzhao, and Datang, the most sensitive place in international relations, as the highest responsible person in the defense area. If you are not careful, you may be in danger. Now the peace talks are in full swing. Weighing the delicate containment relationship between all parties, the premise is not to intensify the contradictions between the two major forces in Tibet. In order to be able to contain the attention of the two major forces of Tubo on the Tuyuhun line, the imperial court even postponed the plan to instigate the Nanzhao, and if there was a large-scale conflict on the border this time, whether it was won or lost, it would have an unpredictable impact on the peace talks. Once the responsible person is investigated, Qin Yu will bear the brunt.

"I can only rest assured." Li Ji climbed on the sand table and looked at it, and shook his head, "If you don't want to fight, it's enough, if it starts, it will be Nanzhao's trouble." ”

"How so?" Cheng Chu likes to do this kind of thing, and he will never miss this discussion. Pulled me to the front, learned the old man's posture and watched it for a long time, "The Tubo people may not be willing to give up, they have suffered defeat in the west, and it is not necessary to find it back in the south." ”

"It would have made sense if it had been said three years ago." Li Ji changed the direction and pulled up the flags of several troops in Tubo that were originally-for-tat with Qin Yubu and inserted them on the side of Nanzhao, "They are not worried that my Tang Dynasty can attack, but they are most worried that Nanzhao will have a different heart and fall to the side of me, and now the Tubo embankment Nanzhao is better than my court." ”

Cheng Chu didn't know the reason, as an indirect participant, I knew in my heart that most of the Nanzhao were still under the influence of Tubo, and only two of the tribes intended to cooperate with the Tang Empire would be in danger, and if Tubo felt that it was in crisis, it would be like the old man's redeployment to use the army to oppress, which would likely make these wall-grass allies turn against each other again.

"In this way, Tubo may agree to what conditions Nanzhao, if Tubo Nanzhao once again becomes an allied provocation against Qin Yubu...... "The strength is tight on the one hand, and fighting in the mountains in a humid and hot climate is the weakness of the Tang army.

There were no six or seven days, and three days later, the urgent report came, and the six most powerful Mengshe edicts brazenly launched a surprise attack on the Tang army guarding the Yaochuan line under the strategy of 10,000 elite soldiers in Tubo.

In order to ensure the smooth gathering of the army in Huochuan, General Zhang Duanhe, who succeeded Qin Yu, gathered 600 dead soldiers at the Tiantai checkpoint and fought hard for two days, unfortunately seriously injured by the stray arrows, and the deputy general Liu Yuan risked death to make three assaults, and only at the cost of breaking an arm did Zhang Duanhe be snatched out, and led his troops to support Yuanjing for six days, until the emergency report was sent to Rongzhou to send reinforcements to Huochuan after the deployment was completed, and the only remaining 200 troops were evacuated.

There was a crisis at the front, and the main and deputy generals were seriously injured. Qin Yu, who had stepped down from his post and traveled to Gongchuan, was chased back by the fast horse, and was ordered to preside over military affairs in Huochuan in danger.

The chief of the military newspaper took a long breath and slammed it on the table. I have to admire the Tubo people, they sent troops twice, and they got the first opportunity both times, and the timing was too good, especially this raid on Yao Chuan, God was still blind to cooperate. Heavy snow fell from the sky to block the Qinling Mountains (almost every year), and the events before the first month did not reach the capital until the fifteenth day of the first month, and the progress of the war over there was good or bad, and it was only known after a month and a half here, and the sense of powerlessness spread all over the body.

Tubo is estimated to have been stimulated by the Tang Empire's co-optation of Nanzhao, and now the Western Front is deadlocked, and it is difficult to get out of the quagmire, and then lose the words of Nanzhao, an ally...... It should be a stern warning. It was difficult to support a large-scale counterattack on the southern front in the form of Tibet, so he could only instigate the idiot tribe of Mengshezhao as the vanguard to show his absolute dominance in the south.

Qin Yu's military talent is undoubted, and his achievements in Shanzhou back then are obvious to all, but the environment is different, and fighting in the plains and in the mountains are completely different things. And the ground is a local native wild monkey, you can pick three on the flat ground, and you can't count it like this when you get there, and the combat power of these two sides is indeed difficult to estimate.

The only thing that reassures me is. Qin Yu gave orders in danger, as the commander-in-chief, he didn't have to think too much about diplomatic factors, without the constraints of these unclean things, as long as he could let go of his hands and feet and do a good job of these savages, it would be a great achievement, and a group of hairy monkeys was really a headache.

"It's okay, the two armies are facing each other, and with Qin Yu's talent, they won't suffer a loss. Reassure your cousin and tell her what I said. Qin Yu will definitely be able to win a big victory! "This is the most appropriate thing to say to Cheng Chu, although Ying has a good relationship with Mrs. Qin, she is a woman, and the things in the battle come out of her mouth and are obviously nondescript; If I went to say it in person, the meaning of consolation was too heavy, and it made Mrs. Qin worried; The effect of Cheng Chu's words is different, as my senior brother and teacher, I am not completely sure that I dare not say this in front of the students, coupled with Cheng Chu's murderous appearance. Mrs. Qin's mood immediately improved after hearing this.

Unlike large-scale battles on the Western Front. On the southern line, there is a Nanzhao wall grass sandwiched between the Tang and Tu sides, and Tubo is just a warning. I am also afraid that Nanzhao will sit big, and I should accept it when I analyze it, and the battle situation will not last long. And although one of the Southern Zhaos, Meng Shezhao, is powerful, there are other ministries eyeing him, and now is the time to benefit from both sides, and he will not fight for the future regardless of offending the behemoth of the Tang Empire to death, showing off his power is just to show his worth, and he can also lure Tang and Tu two old enemies to offer a higher price.

This side of the fight, the military newspaper intermittently came back from the east, the capital is still full of lights, there is no point in the front-line war, even the military department is not taking the southern front war seriously, a group of old men have played gambling on the sand table, Dugufu that kid wins a bunch of bosses, I am angry and I have a headache.

"This *** Mengshe edict is sick, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are also sick?" I didn't want to go over to Du Feng's family, so I made up my mind to call Cheng Chumeimei to smoke a meal when Du Feng resigned and retired for the elderly. "It's open!"

"Hit," Lan Ling sat in the courtyard doing needlework with a happy face, saying that it was for the child in her belly in the future, but as far as I know, there was nothing else in her stomach except for the jujube pit she had just accidentally swallowed. "It's not for you to fight, what are you panicking about?"

"My students are fighting!" Lan Ling asked me what I said, what am I panicking about, anyway, it wasn't me who called. By my nature...... This is too direct, "Are you questioning my character?" In addition to my girlfriend, I also care about my boyfriend! ”

"Messy, what boyfriend and girlfriend." Lanling needle gesture, seeing that I took a step back, smug smiled, "I haven't fought like this over there for many years, didn't you say it, it's a good thing to have a headache and brain fever in time, right?" ”

This explanation does not work, it is obviously an excuse, and it can only show that the diplomatic ability of the Tang Empire needs to be improved. Meng She's edict seems to be a passive alliance under the coercion of the Tubo people to launch an attack, but if you think about it carefully, there is a lot of mystery in it.

Mengshezhao ranked first among the ministries of Nanzhao in terms of economic and military strength, and the territory was inhabited by the barbarians, with fertile land and abundant products. During the reign of Xinuluo, the economy and population expanded rapidly, and it became a powerful tribe in the southern part of the Erhai Sea, and through war and peace. Coerced Mengshan, annexed the same huge strength of the White State, and pushed the border of Mengshe's edict to the shore of Erhai Lake, Zhenguan 23 years, Xinuluo took Weishan as the capital and built a great Mongolian country.

This series of expansions and state-building moves are enough to witness the ambition of Meng Shezhao, although the strength is not enough to compete with the two neighbors of Tang and Tu, but it has been maneuvering with them. With the help of the contradictions between these two countries and places, they have frantically blackmailed countless benefits. If we only look at the immediate and temporary interests, it is undoubtedly the most effective way for the two countries to win over the Mengshe Zhao, but when they are allowed to sit on the throne and unify the various ministries of the Southern Zhao, it will be useless to suppress it. Compared with the Tubo people on the plateau, the unification of Nanzhao is a big disaster, and when the fertile land of Yunnan and Guizhou and the relatively convenient transportation make this group of wild monkeys advance and retreat freely, no one has the ability to burn a fire to that side.

"That's it," Lan Ling nodded with a smile. "But I just want a child right now. How can Nan Zhao be too lazy to worry, whether it is to fight or pull, as a fourth-grade military attaché, even if you point to Du Feng's nose and say it, no one dares to say that you are arrogant. Why are you running around with me? ”

"Oh," he waved his hands embarrassedly, "it's good, it's good." When did you become so well-behaved? ”

"So you've got to give me hope. A single woman, one has no children, two has no man, and she has no worries about the country and the people, and you don't like me like this, do you? Lanling walked lightly with a needle and a thread, and the pattern of a toad on the small belly appeared, "This is a five-poison coat." To ward off evil spirits, why don't you embroider one for Lang Jun as a concubine? ”

Lanling's words were abrupt, and in the face of the sudden change, he couldn't speak for a long time, so he smirked and laughed.

"It doesn't matter if you have a split mouth in your head." Lan Ling rubbed the oily skin slowly, "I just don't know if you're laughing or crying." ”

"I don't know." With a helpless hand, she sat down on the stone table and confiscated her sewing basket. "Really? I can't figure out how many roads you have. Reform the evil or temporarily make a cameo appearance as a woman from a good family? ”

"Go!" Lan Ling snatched the basket and spat at me, angry. "After two days of peace of mind, it will not be possible, and finally the heavy snow will close the mountain, and the inner house document disc will not come back, so it will not be good for people to be idle for two days. It's annoying to send the military report back in a roundabout way, figure it out, you are a military attaché, what military affairs are you talking to me about? ”

Oh, laughed. Lanling was lazy and didn't want to bother his brains, but fortunately, I ran to nag and started an internal fire and lost my temper. It's not interesting, "It's scary, I think you're really good." ”

"If I don't hear about the world in the small courtyard of the Grange, are you happy or disappointed?"

Lan Ling didn't look up, and asked tepidly, but he couldn't answer, "For example?" ”

"Princess Ankang is like that, she hasn't gone out for three or five years, and she sits at home with her husband and children, okay?"

Philosophical questions, a bit difficult to define. Theoretically, it is what I want, but in reality it is difficult, and the key is to make trade-offs......

"It's hard to choose, right?" Lan Ling saw that I was lost in thought, and laughed, "You're stupid and slippery, so you won't say 'yes'?" ”

"I want to talk about ......"

"The eldest lady, the second lady, me, who of these three women have you deceived the most?"

"It seems to be Ying, I always lie to her, she always pretends to believe ......" Scratching her head embarrassedly when she said this, "I can lie to others, you three are difficult to deceive." ”

"That's right, she is the most important in your heart, and she knows this, so there are some things that you can't tell the truth, and she is willing to pretend to be confused. Dongyan is intimate, the little girl looks handsome, her mind is also active, it suits your temperament, the two of them talk quietly, it doesn't make much sense to deceive or not. "Saying this, I pulled my finger over and pricked it with a needle.

"Oops," it was cold, it didn't hurt badly, it was scary, it squeezed, and it bleed.

Lanling ignored my accusations, and said slowly: "I'm different, you are the most taboo in front of me, you dare to be annoyed when you are angry, dare to laugh when you are happy, and speak without concealment, it seems that you are the most free, but in fact, you occupy the least position in your heart!" Don't talk back, touch your conscience, do you still have the mind to rely on me to enjoy the shade under the big tree in the inner house? If I dare to leave anything behind, you will be able to hit someone on the bed. ”

"Huh," I changed my dazed expression, "what are I talking to you about today?" Why is it so far away, the topic can't be recovered. ”

Lanling slapped him and said with a smile: "Because the Mengshe Zhao brought people to beat your baby student, this protects the short-term and wants the court to quickly eradicate the Mengshe Zhao, and one is spitting on people's heads, and he is suspicious, and he is a wolf with ambitions, and he is a family that peeps at my great rivers and mountains, right?" ”

Listening to Lanling's explanation, it seems that I am really not a thing, "I am for the good of the imperial court!" ”

"What a fart!" Lanling threw the needle and thread and leaned over me with a soft smile, "Who to help is not to help, who is too big and has no ambition?" This is the edict of Meng She to beat your student, and in the future, if you help another one out and beat your student again, should you also destroy the country and the clan? You, you can have such an unreasonable mind with the momentum of my Datang, and you still have the face to come to me and nag for an afternoon, find Du Feng and say, see if people don't spit on your face! ”

It seems that I am a boring guy, and I understand the reason, but why do I always think that the edict of Meng Shezhao is not pleasing to the eye? Fortunately, Lanling didn't continue the topic just now, and breathed a sigh of relief, why did he give Lanling this feeling? Go home and do a review!

。 Three Heads M.