Chapter 68: The Man Has Gold Under His Knees
After spending a full quarter of an hour reading the entire letter word by word, Li Yu had mixed feelings!
Trapped in Anxi for 50 years, surrounded by strong enemies, relying on thousands of Haoshou veterans to stick to the present, Guo Xin is not at fault, and the Anxi army is not at fault, it is not them who are at fault......
Whether Anxi Jun can save him or not I don't know, even if he hasn't abdicated yet, he won't make a decision easily, Li Yu and his father Dezong Li Shi are not exactly the same.
Although when he was 14 years old, Dezong Li Shi hung the title of generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and nominally pacified the Anshi Rebellion, but Dezong himself did not have the experience of direct front-line fighting, but trusted the eunuchs more after the successive rebellions in the feudal towns, so that the eunuchs controlled the core military force that the Tang Dynasty Center could control, the Shence Army!
On the contrary, when the "Jingyuan Soldiers' Mutiny" escaped with Dezong, Li Yu, who was the crown prince, held the sword palace, and in the subsequent 40-day Fengtian defense battle, in the face of the advance of the Zhuzhu rebels, Li Yu often banned the brigade and took the city to resist the enemy.
Therefore, Li Yu has a deeper understanding of military affairs and warfare than his father, and at the same time, he has a deep dislike for eunuchs in charge of the army.
For example, today's situation is not easy, and he can't bury the hard-won situation by patting his head.
Soldiers, the land of death and life, the way of survival, must not be overlooked!
And now, it is more necessary for Emperor Li Chun, Zaifu under the Zhongshu Sect, Jiedu envoys from Jiannan, Longyou, Hebei, Hedong and other places, and the eunuchs who control the Shence Army to discuss together.
However, Li Yu made up his mind, but if there was a slight possibility, he would never give up Guo Xin and thousands of Anxi white-haired soldiers!
When he put down the letter and looked at Guo Rong again, Guo Xin deliberately mentioned Guo Rong's meaning at the end of the recital, and Li Yu understood.
The so-called inheritance, the so-called recognition of ancestors and return to their ancestors, is just a reminder to themselves that if they really can't rescue Anxi, they must also rebuild the Anxi Army in the future.
And through this, Li Yu also read out the meaning that was not said in the recital, Guo Xin has incomparable confidence and loyalty to the future of Datang!
Ruthlessness is the most emperor's family, but it does not mean that the emperor himself has no feelings and likes and dislikes.
Otherwise, there would not be so many powerful ministers who leaned towards the government and the opposition by virtue of the emperor's favor and power, as well as those unlucky ministers who were so sad that they were wiped out by the nine clans because they stepped on their left foot first or ate grapes without spitting out their skin.
Imagining the scrawny white-haired veteran of Qiuzi, clad in a stubborn and stubborn city, and feeling the loyalty forged by the Anxi army for a full fifty years, Li Chen's gaze at Guo Rong also began to soften.
"Guo Rong, Guo Wuwei is your father-in-law's letter I have already read, I know the situation in Anxi, and I also understand Guo Wuwei's intentions, whether you can rescue Anxi, when, where, and in what way to rescue Anxi, it is a major military matter, I can't easily promise you!"
"However, I assure you, as long as I, Li Yu, am alive, I will never give up the Anxi Army loyal to the Tang Dynasty!"
Anxi is not easy to save, Guo Rong understands, and is prepared, and even has already prepared the worst plan to pull out a team of soldiers and horses to fight back without any support.
The situation is not good at the moment, but it is much stronger than his worst estimate.
Now there is a princess Xian'an in the distant Mobei, and there is an old and immortal Zhiyun Valley.
There are still thousands of dependents and orphans in Chang'an City who are like Li Rui and the Beiting and Anxi armies stranded in Guanzhong and the capital.
And now, an emperor, well, an emperor who has abdicated, will not give up the Anxi Army in his own name, Guo Rong really can't ask for more.
After that, Guo Rong was stepping back, his knees falling!
The boy has gold under his knees, and he kneels to his parents, no problem.
Princess Xian'an, who is willing to refuse to return to her homeland and protect the Tang Dynasty, is no problem.
But the emperor, or the imperial power, I'm sorry, Guo Rong responded in his heart!
Otherwise, Guo Rong would not have known what was in front of him, either the current emperor or the emperor, and he would have to pretend to be stupid.
"Minister Guo Rong, acting Guo Wuwei, acting for the 263 young men of the Eighth Regiment of Qiuzi, and acting for the three thousand soldiers of the Anxi Army, Your Majesty!"
One thing at a time, the voice fell, Guo Rong not only knelt down, but also bowed his hands to the ground, his head slowly fell to the ground, and he performed the heaviest bow in the nine bows, Li Chen's attitude and commitment to the Anxi Army made Guo Rong respect from the bottom of his heart, and Guo Rong knelt for the veterans of the Anxi Army.
Guo Rong's careful thinking can't escape Li Xu's gaze, but he doesn't care, if he abdicates, he may still be a little mustard.
But now, his favor for Guo Rong has soared infinitely, who can refuse a sloving, righteous, loyal, and brave subordinate?
As for this little guy's little temper, little tricks, little backbone, little persistence, no harm, if he can't even control such a person, he Li Yu shouldn't be too emperor, it's more appropriate to be the first emperor!
After the bow was completed, Guo Rong got up, and after letting out a sigh of relief, he faintly heard that Princess Xian'an was confident in rescuing Qiuzi, so he reminded Li Yu.
"Your Majesty, you haven't read Her Royal Highness's letter yet!"
Li Yu smiled slightly, his impression of Guo Rong was originally very good, and now after bringing his feelings for Anxi Jun, he loves Wu and Wu even more, and while opening the letter, he then said to Guo Rong.
"Okay, I'll see what Xuan'er wrote to me in the letter, Guo Rong, tell me, how did you get from Anxi to Chang'an! Take the righteousness, take the map! ”
Soon, Zhang Yiyi took out a map of the western part of Longyou Road from decades ago from Li Yu's carriage, and compared it with the map, Guo Rong began to tell.
"Your Majesty, on the second day of March this year, Guo Rong was ordered to lead the entire 264 people of the Eighth Regiment out of Qiuzi, and then encountered thousands of households of the Tubo army...... Subsequently, the 8th Regiment fought all the way to the east for 1,300 miles, experienced more than 30 battles of all sizes, and beheaded the Tubo army and its servant army of more than 3,000 ranks......"
"Traveling to Xizhou, including the ministers, there are only 31 people left, and when they reach the edge of the Dasha Sea south of Gaochang, the eighth regiment encountered two Tubo hundred households, and all the Tubo people were wiped out in this battle...... So far, in addition to my serious injuries and coma, all 263 young men in the Eighth Regiment have been loyal to Datang! When the minister was seriously injured and unconscious, he ran into Lu Shishi, who had fled from the sandbar, oh no, Yan Qing ......"
Li Yu hadn't seen a more tragic battle, but the 263 young men of the Eighth Regiment still touched him, and when he heard Guo Rong mention Lu Fourteen, Li Yu glanced lightly at Yan Qing, who was bowing his head and his face flushed!
Yan's orphan girl, Yan's ah!
Although he did not succeed to the throne, as the crown prince for 25 years, Li Yu was able to access much more information than ordinary people.
All the states in Hexi fell, only Yan Kaifu led the sandbar to hold out for 11 years, and there were too many people in the Tang Dynasty who were ashamed of it, and they thought that the Yan family no longer existed, but they didn't expect that there was such an orphan girl who survived.
Thinking about the ages of these two, Yan Qing should be older than Guo Rong, and he has long passed the age suitable for marriage, but the two of them can support each other to walk thousands of miles, and the direct harmony between the two should not be much to say.
Looking at Yan Qing's reaction, and then looking at Guo Rong, who was as stunned as he was unaware, Li Yu felt that if he didn't break it, Guo Rong might not be able to find out who was not a brother by his side in another 10 years.