Young Eunuch Liu wandered in the palace for a long time, and finally waited for Chen Juegang to come out of the Chengxin Hall, and hurriedly followed. After the two exchanged a few polite words, Liu Shaojian saw that there was no one left and right, so he whispered: "Prime minister, the matter of the western expedition, you and Feng Xiangke have discussed the candidate?" ”

Chen Jue replied casually: "It didn't come to fruition." What's the matter, who did Young Eunuch Liu get? ”

Young Eunuch Liu coughed lightly, and then showed a modest smile: "Why do you want to be happy with us?" This expedition to the west is a major event, not only Your Majesty, but even those in the palace are very important. Envoy, you are the Privy Councillor, you are the only one in the center who understands military affairs, this time you are the commander, the candidate, you have to carefully consider it, especially the deputy general around you. In short, don't let the credit be taken away by someone else! ”

Chen Jue stared at Young Eunuch Liu's smiling face with a puzzled face, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Immediately afterwards, Young Eunuch Liu said that there was something important in the palace, and he left in a hurry after saying goodbye.

Back in the Privy Council, Chen Jue was still confused. He knew in his heart that Young Eunuch Liu had always been his own person, so Fang Cai's words should be without malice.

But strictly speaking, the reason why Liu Shaojian has been in contact with himself has always been to communicate the connection between himself and the queen. Therefore, when I came to myself today and talked about the Western Expedition, it must be the queen's intention. But why didn't he say as bluntly as before, what did the queen command? Do you want to say something that doesn't hurt?

Chen Jue frowned, constantly pondering the deep meaning of Young Eunuch Liu's words. "The first few people in the palace take it very seriously", "The candidate has to be carefully considered", "Don't let the credit be taken away by others"......

"Those people in the palace, the ...... in the palace" Chen Jue kept whispering, thinking, in addition to the emperor in the palace now, isn't it the queen's concubine? According to the grade, the queen, and then Zhang Guifei......

Zhang Guifei is well known as the cousin of the Feng brothers. Thinking of this, Chen Jue suddenly realized, I see!

These two days were the time when Chen Jue had a headache. Now that the western expedition is about to happen, the emperor asked Feng Yansi to discuss with him, and although he Chen Jue and Feng Yansi seem to be harmonious in the name of one party, there is competition after all, and there will always be some contradictions in private. Not to mention the candidates for the two deputy generals, just talk about the number of generals below, the two will definitely compete for each other, and Feng Yansi is in power to the government and the opposition, and if he fights too much, he will lose both.

But now, according to Liu Shaojian's intentions, in the palace, it must be the queen and Zhang Guifei who are also concerned about the Western Expedition, and even have a discord. Therefore, Liu Shaojian's deep meaning is to let himself pinch the candidate in his hands, and the credit of the Western Expedition cannot be taken away by Feng Yansi's side, and indirectly hit Zhang Guifei in the palace.

In the past, the reason for contacting the palace was, of course, Chen Jue's own request, but now it is rare to turn around, and it has become the queen who took the initiative to contact him. It is the first time to directly intervene in important military and political affairs, could it be that the queen is determined to interfere in this matter this time, borrowing her own hand to knock and knock on Zhang Guifei? It is not difficult to understand why Young Eunuch Liu never mentioned the word queen in today's words.

Young Eunuch Liu is worthy of being an old man in the palace, and he speaks so skillfully, no wonder he is deeply relied on by the queen.

Thinking of this, Chen Jue suddenly felt more confident, since the queen has the intention to use it, why shouldn't she do it? Originally, the planning of the Western Expedition was his own proposal, but the emperor just let Feng Yansi intervene in order to check and balance.

However, now that he has the full support of the master of the harem, even if he fights with Feng Yansi hard, it may not be impossible. What's more, how important is the matter of the Western Expedition, if he returns to the dynasty after victory, with this unique merit and the queen's favor, Feng Yansi's position will be his own sooner or later......

"Heaven help me!" Chen Jue took a sip of tea complacently, and then looked at the table with the roster of generals and generals of each army.

After reading for a long time, among the commanders of the six armies of the forbidden army, Liu Yanzhen of the Shenwu Army needless to say, is a proper wallgrass, and among the other five armies, except for Zhou Ben of the Xiongwu Army, who has a good relationship with him, he is either neutral or falls to Feng Yansi.

As for the guards, except for Long Xiang, Wei Sheng and Dianzhi, who were stationed in Jinling and were considered familiar, most of them were stationed in various state capitals and had no connection.

Chen Juezhi first decisively drew a circle on the name of "Zhou Ben", and then stayed on the name of "Liu Yanzhen" for a long time, and then turned two or three pages straight back, and after frowning for a long time, he made a decision......

A few days later, an uninvited guest suddenly came to Li Yuan's house. At this time, Li Yuan was practicing swords in the front yard, and his soldiers hurriedly came to report, and after learning that the visitor was Peng Shigao, he hurriedly ordered everyone to open the door to greet him.

I saw that after Peng Shigao was introduced into the inner hall with a smile on his face, he just sat down, and revealed a news to Li Yuan, the forbidden army of the Western Expedition has been reorganized in Beiyuan, and the elites drawn from the six armies have all been incorporated into the Xiongwu Army, and the soldiers and horses drawn from the guards have been enriched into the Longxiang Army and the Weisheng Army, but the main force of the expedition is still the ace Shenwu Army that cannot be beaten.

"According to the will of the Privy Council, the Long Xiang army escorted the money and grain baggage first, and the army set off seven days later. The western expedition Chen envoy blind date as the commander-in-chief, Liu Yanzhen, Zhou Ben each led the Shenwu and Xiongwu, divided into deputy generals, and the guest provincial envoy Feng Yanlu went out with the army, and also led the supervision of the army and the responsibility of diplomacy. ”

Li Yuan sighed slightly, not disappointed because he didn't hear his name, after all, his qualifications are here, not to mention the Sixth Army, there are more than a dozen guards alone, and they can't compare with Liu Yanzhen at all. It's just that this lineup is too familiar and too "luxurious", and there will really be no suspense about the Shanglang Zhou soldiers at that time.

Seeing Li Yuan's slightly depressed face, Peng Shigao raised his eyebrows meaningfully: "Brother Xian, haven't you forgotten that there is also a way to defend the Holy Army this time?" Today, the Privy Council has received news, ordering you to go to the Wei Shengjun to be the Marquis of Duyu, and lead a group of soldiers and horses to defend the Chinese army during the western expedition, in order to prepare for the response. The letter of appointment came down in the next two days. By the way, Liu Duenvoy and the brothers of the first battalion of our palace are also incorporated into the Weisheng Army......"

After sending Peng Shigao away, Li Yuan returned to the study, stunned for a moment, and then ecstatic. This order is really undesirable for me! Although he was not transferred to the Sixth Army, he was also the Marquis of Duyu who guarded all the armies, but the Weisheng Army and the Dianzhi Army were completely different, one was a real field army, and the other was just an idle army defending the imperial city, and the number was pitiful.

And Li Yuan also understood that his mission in this westward expedition, in addition to defending Chen Jue's Chinese army camp, was nothing more than the nature of a reserve army. As for the vanguard and main attack force, it must be Liu Yanzhen and Zhou Ben's department, although Li Yuan is a little vague about Zhou Ben, but as long as Liu Yanzhen is there, he will be relieved, and he will definitely have the opportunity to lead the army into battle.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but get nervous, in addition to constantly thinking about the memories of the Langzhou area in his mind, he even inexplicably opened a few military books brought back from the government office. I secretly thought to myself, in the next few days, I must be prepared, this expedition is an excellent opportunity for God to give me meritorious service, and I must not let it go! Last time in Tanzhou was just a fluke, this time it was a real battle, and you must not be sloppy......