"Twelve!"

Hearing this answer, Li Yu had a rare smile on his face, and it was obvious that Comrade Taishang was very satisfied with the role he could play.

It's just that the smile has just lasted for three or four breaths, and the Emperor Taishang's Tong Kong instantly enlarged, and the next moment he coughed reluctantly.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Jiaxuan, who was in a state of hesitation, rushed directly to Li Xu's couch with an arrow step, helped the Emperor Taishang up, and gently patted Li Chen's back a few times before Li Chen's coughing stopped.

It's just that although the coughing stopped, but then, Li Yu snorted softly, and the messenger next to him immediately took out a piece of silk cloth and put it on Li Yan's mouth.

"Poof!"

The snow-white silk cloth was instantly dyed red, and there were some dark red blood clots mixed with the crimson.

A large mouthful of blood was prominent, and under Zhang Jiaxuan's combing, Li Yu's breathing finally gradually returned to stability, but compared to just now, his pale face suddenly had a hint of flushing.

However, Li Yu didn't care about this, and looked at Zhang Jiaxuan behind him with a smile on his face.

"Jiaxuan, do you hear, if I personally lead the army to fight, I will have a 120% chance of winning with Yi and Pei Zhi."

The words were spoken, but the voice seemed weaker, and there was more hoarseness in the voice.

Li Xuan's voice came into Zhang Jiaxuan's ears, but Zhang Jiaxuan didn't show anything, but stared directly at the blood stains on the silk cloth and the dark red blood clots in the blood stains.

He took the silk cloth from the waiter's hand, stared at it seriously for a long time, and then put the silk cloth under his snort and sniffed it carefully, his forehead wrinkled into an obvious mountain character.

When Zhang Jiaxuan raised his head again, his eyebrows looked extremely serious, and his expression when he looked at Li Yu became extremely complicated.

"I've been a prince for twenty-five years, an emperor for six months, and an emperor for four years, and now, I want to live a general's addiction at the end, okay?"

Zhang Jiaxuan looked at Li Yu seriously, and at this moment, Li Yu, who was flushed, had a smile on his face, and his smile was full of expectations.

Looking at the silk cloth in his hand, and then at the smile on Li Yu's face, Zhang Jiaxuan finally nodded helplessly, and then turned his body to his back, and the moment he flashed, a teardrop of light fell silently.

"Ha~ha! Watching Guo Rong's kid kill in all directions, I have always been very jealous, and now I finally have a chance to play prestige, it's not easy, my father assessed An Lushan and Shi Siming's rebellion as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and now let me ...... too"

As he spoke, Li Xu's face showed a childlike smile, and it wasn't until the surroundings were completely quiet that Li Yan realized what he had said, but he grinned at the few people around him, and said in a weak voice.

"Take Yi, Pei Zhi, go and prepare, what is the name of Guo Rong's favorite sentence on his lips, by the way, strategically we must despise the enemy, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically, I hope to win the first battle as a general!"

"Yes!"

"Jiaxuan, I've worked hard for you in the past few years, without you, I'm afraid I would have ...... long ago"

"Your Majesty, don't say it, all this is what the minister should do, please rest assured, the minister will do his best to let His Majesty ...... in the last time"

Watching Zhang Jieyi, Pei Zhi, and Zhang Jiaxuan leave in turn, Li Yu collapsed on the couch all of a sudden, and Zhang Taicheng, who had been by his side, broke out in a cold sweat.

Looking at the panicked strong man beside him, Li Yu's face once again put on a relieved smile.

Seeing that Li Chan seemed to want to get up, Zhang Taicheng hurriedly stepped forward, and with Zhang Taicheng's support, Li Chan got up again and leaned directly on the bed.

"It's okay, don't worry, I'm just a little tired."

First of all, he briefly appeased his special personal guard, and Li Yu suddenly turned the topic to Zhang Taicheng, "Taicheng, how long have you been with me?" ”

Zhang Taicheng was stunned for a moment, then slowly came back to his senses and replied without any hesitation.

"Your Majesty, four whole years!"

"It's been four years, and time flies really fast!"

After a soft sigh, Li Yu seemed to fall into the memory, and spoke again after a long time.

"According to the battle plan that Guo Rong has been sending before, I am afraid that it is time for a decisive battle with the Hebei rebels in the past two days...... On the Chang'an side, I think it's the most critical time...... Taicheng, when this battle is over, do you have any places you want to go? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister just wants to follow His Majesty's side!"

"Hehe, you, it's been four years, haven't you stayed enough, you must know that the few people who guarded me that day, a few of them have become the deputy generals of the first army, Zou Yuan has even led an army alone, only you can't drive it away, you have been by my side for four years, I ask you, do you really not regret it?"

"Your Majesty, the minister does not regret it, the minister is guilty of sin, Your Majesty does not think that the minister has done rebellious things, but pins his safety on the minister's body, the minister has no regrets!"

Hearing Zhang Taicheng's categorical answer, Li Yu slowly closed his eyes with a thick smile.

"Hey, I can't really let you go to guard the tomb for me, when this battle is over, Guo Rong should prepare for the westward expedition, and then go to Guo Rong as his deputy!"

"Your Majesty......"

"I have confidence in Guo Rong, in Chun'er, and in the soldiers of Datang...... I remember that night four years ago......"

"That was the last night before Ju Wenzhen launched a rebellion, and it was also the last chance for me to leave Chang'an, just when I was undecided......"

"......, it was at that time that Guo Rong's words entered my heart, and I made up my mind at that time that I wanted all the soldiers to know that I was here! The Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies, the king is here, Chang'an is here, and the Tang Dynasty is here! ”

"As a result, you know, Xingqing Palace was bleeding for a whole day......

At this moment, Li Yu seemed to have completely turned into an old man in his last years, babbling on and on, while Zhang Taicheng directly regarded himself as a tool man, without any records, without any records, just standing quietly beside him.

“…… Do you know how scared I was when Guo Rong escorted me through the square with a few of you, to be honest, I was so scared that I peed my pants...... Hey, it's really old, Taecheng! ”

"In!"

"I have a few words that I need you to write down for me, and I will wait until I am completely ...... Have you recorded it, show it to me...... Well, yes, your word has grown better than Guo Rong. ”

Hearing Li Chan complain about Guo Rong's dog-reptile calligraphy again, Zhang Taicheng, who had been in a relatively low mood, couldn't help but sigh, and then skillfully took out the private seal of the Emperor Taishang, and after using the seal, it was difficult to reach Li Chen's eyes again, Li Chan nodded with satisfaction, but spoke again.

"Take out the seal that is put with the fish talisman and use it too, I believe that Chun'er and Guo Rong's kid will understand my intentions."

"Well, okay, help me up, I want to try it in advance, can I still wear that set of golden armor!"

As Li Yu personally finalized the plan to take the initiative and strike first, the Yulin Army stationed in Chencang quickly entered a state of readiness under the command of Zhang Jieyi, Pei Zhi and others.

In half a day, the 15,000-strong Yulin Army was ready to go, and at the same time, a fleet of twenty large ships with 500 to 1,000 materials also arrived at the Weishui River near Chencang.

In fact, the appearance and existence of this fleet itself was a series of accidents and coincidences.

Initially, there was no large fleet on Weishui, and there were not even many ships larger than 500 in size, but later because of Guo Rong's suggestion, a navigation supervisor specializing in the design and construction of sea ships and the study of navigation routes was established.

It's just that the early navigation supervision was actually divided into two parts, and the navigation supervision office where the theoretical demonstration, model design, and drawing archiving part was set up in Chang'an, but the part of the test and construction could not be carried out in Chang'an, and all of them had Jimo and Laoshan Mountain.

However, the distance between Chang'an and Jimo is too far, in order to facilitate verification and keep it as confidential as possible, the actual test site of the earliest experimental sea ship built by the navigation supervisor is Weishui, and the first keel sea ship built by the navigation supervisor is in Weishui.

With the progress of subsequent experiments, new experimental vessels were built one by one, and gradually such a fleet of about 20 inland vessels was gradually accumulated.

Originally, such a fleet was in the hands of the navigation superintendent, but later Lan Zhen, the former chief technician of the Changying Army, began to study the steam engine under the guidance of Guo Rong, and Chang'an, who was sent back by the Emperor Taishang, set up a research and development department for the steam engine.

Because of the extensive use of coal and the establishment of the imperial court science and technology supervision, Datang's smelting technology advanced by leaps and bounds, which in turn promoted the research and development of steam engines under the leadership of Lan Zhen.

With the support of smelting and forging technology, and the use of various new materials, including natural rubber from Annan, the steam engine has moved from theory to practice after nearly two years of unremitting efforts by the Lanzhen team.

The continuity and stability of power obviously crushed water and wind power, and in addition to small-scale investments in the Fugu coal mine and the smelting base north of Chang'an City, Lan Zhen also tried to bring together steam engines and means of transportation.

However, after several experiments, under the side effects of excessive noise and excessive volume, Lan Zhen had to declare the experiment on land a failure, but the land could not bear such weight and volume, but what about the ship on the water?

Then Lan Zhen took the idea of this fleet in the hands of the navigation supervisor on the Weishui, and after the support of Li Chun, who stayed in Chang'an, a small number of steam engines and propellers were equipped on the ships of the test ship.

Although he accidentally smashed the keel of the first ship when studying the placement of the propeller, the second ship was directly and unexpectedly silent, which once made the navigation supervisor hate Lan Zhen to the core.

Fortunately, Lan Zhen's experiment was supported by Emperor Taishang and Li Chun, who stayed in Chang'an at that time, and the experiment on the third ship was successful, and when he was going up the Weishui Shuo River, under the action of the steam engine, he could travel up to sixty to eighty miles a day.

Although it is not much, it has far crushed the speed of the overland march, and the weight of the soldiers and supplies that the ship can carry, its significance is self-evident.

However, the water conditions in Weishui are different from those of the sea after all, and before the completion of the experimental ship combining sea ships and steam engines, they were only equipped on the Weishui fleet of the navigation superintendent, and there was no large-scale expansion.

Before Emperor Taishang led his army to Chencang, there were already ten experimental ships equipped with propellers, rudders, and steam engines.

Then the jurisdiction of this fleet was transferred directly from the forbidden army to the hands of the emperor, and in order to prevent exposure, Lan Miao's team was even transferred to Didanmei County, where this fleet was stationed.

On the way from Chang'an to Chencang, after enjoying the convenience of this fleet, Pei Zhi has always been thinking about this fleet.

Pei Zhi and the staff officers of the Yulin Army dared to attack in advance without any reinforcements, and they were able to have a sixty percent victory rate because of this fleet that was strictly kept secret.

Although it was only the experimental stage, although everything was not complete, although only these simple versions of the steam engines were still frequent, although there were only ten such experimental steam engines, and the remaining ships needed their towing, this still greatly increased the maneuverability and speed of the entire fleet.

With such a fleet, not only the speed of the march has been greatly increased, but also the equipment and materials that can be carried have also been greatly increased.

With the support of these inland river fleets composed of experimental seagoing vessels equipped with steam engines, in a day and a half, the Yulin Army, which had 15,000 men by land and water, carrying a full 120 eight-ox crossbows, successfully landed on the bank of the Weishui River, about 60 miles upstream of Chencang, one day before the combined forces of Tubo, Jiannan, and Nanzhao.

After the landing, regardless of other factors, under the command of Zhang Jieyi, Pei Zhi, and military academies at all levels, the Yulin Army began to unload and carry the ordnance and baggage it carried, and began to quietly arrange the battlefield along the exit of Chencang Road.

After a busy night, at dawn the next day, the preset position of the Yulin Army had begun to take shape.

At this time, Lang General Degang, who led the Yulin Army reconnaissance battalion to attack for three full days, hurriedly returned, and brought three certain pieces of news:

First, Liu Pi, the envoy of Jiannanxi (East) Sichuan Jiedu, led the Jiannan Dao Domain to rebel, and the Dasanguan was also lost.

Second, in addition to the first batch of soldiers and horses entering Dasanguan, more than 100,000 reinforcements from the anti-Tang coalition army arrived.

Third, nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses of the anti-Tang coalition army, which had experienced heavy losses in the desperate resistance of the right guard, will arrive at the preset battlefield of the Yulin Army this night.

After receiving the news that Degang personally brought back, Zhang Jieyi and Pei Zhi immediately summoned all military schools to attend the meeting.

And above the preset position of the Yulin Army, a set of golden armor stomachs shone in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the moment they saw this set of golden armor, all the soldiers of the Yulin Army instantly boiled.