Listening to the name Du You, Guo Rong was stunned for a while.

The newly formed forbidden army of 50,000 people, how could he just pick Du You's son, and how could Du You's son become a member of the forbidden army.

Du You, born in Jingzhao Du, as early as the sixth year of the Great Calendar (771), entered the Ministry of Industry Langzhong, the nineteenth year of Zhenyuan (803), visited the school Sikong, Tongping Zhangshi, and became one of the prime ministers.

From the accession to the present, a full 40 years, after four dynasties, three dynasties, is now the oldest qualified and most prestigious minister in the court, can be called the Dinghai Shenshen needle in the court today, the real pillar of optimism.

In the past, Emperor Taishang Li Yu was able to control the military and political power of the imperial court even though he was forced to abdicate, and Du You and Jingzhao Du were among the most important supporters.

When Li Yu abdicated and Li Chun succeeded to the throne, it was the hard-liner Du Huangshang who presided over the government, and after Du Huangshang died of illness, Du You actually presided over the government.

Compared with Du Huangshang, who was hard-liner in the feudal town, Du You's own political leaning was steady, with a slight conservatism in his steadiness—maintaining the stability and survival of the Tang Dynasty as his top priority.

Although the political tendency is moderate and conservative, it is standard pragmatism in action - everything that is conducive to enriching the country and strengthening the army and reviving the Tang Dynasty will do its best to support it.

Unlike the two radical reformers Wang Shuwen and Wang Ling, who were used by Li Yu after he ascended the throne, Du You's wrists were flexible and tough, and his methods were complex and diverse.

What is even more commendable is that although it does not coincide with his own political ideas, Du You chose to support a series of political, economic, cultural, and military reforms proposed by the two emperors Li Yu and Li Chun according to Guo Rong's proposal.

Although Li Yu proposed the direction of reform, because of physical reasons, Li Yu actually only focused on the forbidden army.

Although Li Chun has the power to preside over the reform given by Li Chen, because of the restrictions of his identity, Li Chun does more to observe politics than to preside.

In this case, the real leader of the reform has become Du You, who actually presided over the government, and it is precisely thanks to Du You's political skill and political ability that various reforms, including science and technology, navigation, education, and industry, can be smoothly promoted.

Guo Rong and Du You had no chance to meet directly, but every time Guo Rong could feel Du You's actions

Although the Changying Army and other forbidden troops are not under Du You's jurisdiction, Du You also provides convenience to Guo Rong as much as possible, and Du You also does his best to support the Changying Army's various pensions for the dead and seriously injured.

Guo Rong is deeply in awe of this old minister who is like a god of the sea, but Guo Rong would never have thought that Du Congyu, a little stunned guy, turned out to be Du You's own son!

What surprised Guo Rong even more was how Du You's steady, conservative, cautious, and meticulous personality could give birth to such a passionate, hot-blooded, and indignant son.

What's more, this reform plan of the Changying Army is just a prototype, and more importantly, he proposed it himself, what is he excited about as a long history of the guard?

To be honest, I would like to express my gratitude to Du Congyu for his concern for Changyingjun and his dedication to Changyingjun.

If possible, Guo Rong would like to analyze Du Congyu's purpose, situation, purpose and final requirements layer by layer.

It's just that there are some things that he really doesn't want to explain to Du Congyu now.

After all, this thing is essentially a one-on-one game between him Guo Rong and Emperor Li Chun, and it is indeed not suitable for large-scale diffusion before the dust settles, after all, if this thing spreads too widely, it will lose its game meaning and value.

From this point of view, Guo Rong also knew that not only could he not let Du You help with these main accounts, but on the contrary, he also needed to tell Du You about the situation.

The reason is very simple, Du Congyu himself still has huge shortcomings compared to his father, whether it is ability or judgment, so he did not read that the essence of Guo Rong's Changying Army reform plan is to use self-weakening to achieve the renewal of Changyingjun and the explosive growth of strength.

What Du Congyu can't see doesn't mean that the old man of his family can't see it!

With Guo Rong's understanding of Du You, the political wisdom of this old minister is simply incomparable, and it is not too easy for him to read his thoughts.

However, what will Du You do after reading it?

At least Guo Rong can't judge Du You's thoughts and actions,

Instead of adding an unstable factor, it is better to control the reform of the Changying Army between himself and Li Chun, so as to reduce the meaningless attrition.

It's just that Du Congyu is also a hot blood, and Guo Rong doesn't want to dampen Du Congyu's passion and enthusiasm, after all, his father is the No. 1 minister in today's imperial court.

This time you don't need the old man to come out, it doesn't mean that you don't need it next time, and it doesn't mean that you won't need it next time.

So, Guo Rong did not answer Du Congyu's question, but said that she had heard of it, but had not yet had time to confirm it.

"The last time I returned to Chang'an, I heard that Du Xiang already had the intention of retreating, but it was not realized because of the dissuasion of the emperor, oh no, the first emperor."

Originally, he was saying that Guo Rong had just finished the record, Guo Rong suddenly turned the question to his father, Du Congyu was more or less stunned, but this thing was not a secret, and Du Congyu's answer did not have any scruples and hesitation.

"General, this is not a rumor, since the beginning of this year, my father's health has deteriorated, and my father has asked for resignation three times, but the emperor and His Majesty have rejected my father's resignation, and His Majesty even specially added my father to the Situ ......."

"My father actually doesn't care much about the official position, but the emperor persuaded my father that now the reform of the Tang Dynasty has reached the most critical time, and it happens to meet the Tubo Kou, it can be said that it is the most important moment for the imperial court recently, and I hope that my father will stay in the center."

"Under the last persuasion of the emperor, although his health deteriorated, my father finally decided to temporarily withdraw his resignation, and before I set off from Chang'an, His Majesty had just summoned my father, and promised my father that after the Hebei rebellion was put down, he would approve my father's resignation."

Listening to Du Congyu's introduction, Guo Rong nodded, it seemed that it was no problem to choose this direction, so he sighed softly and then spoke.

"Hey, Du Xiang really did his best for my Datang, and he died, seriously speaking, even me and Changyingjun are also taken care of by Du Xiang, and after this battle, it is really time to recuperate."

As the saying goes, reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Guo Rong's heartfelt praise made Du Congyu's body with a wordless pride.

"General Xie, in addition to physical problems, my father wants to take up his post, but I still feel that Datang has gradually embarked on the right track, as long as I pass the last hurdle, Datang's will be back to the top, so my father wants to retire completely, one to rest, and the other to ......"

Speaking of this, Du Congyu's face suddenly had a kind of excitement and pride that could not be described in words.

"Second, my father found that the dog Du Mu was quite smart, so he wanted to concentrate on teaching after his career."

Du Mu!

The moment he heard this name, Guo Rong was directly a spirit, and the name was a little too familiar, as if it was rooted......

Speaking carefully, Guo Rong found a feature, Datang seems to specialize in Gemini constellation!

In the military field, Li Jing and Li Tao broke through the Turks, defeated Goryeo, expanded the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and created the military prestige of the Tang Dynasty.

Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui subdued Baekje, attacked Tibet, and further expanded the territory of the Tang Dynasty, while pushing the territory of the Tang Dynasty to the peak.

Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, attacked Tubo, slaughtered the stone country, destroyed Bolu, attacked the Great Food in the west, and shocked the Western Regions.

Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi turned the tables against the wind in danger, pacified the Anshi Rebellion, and rebuilt the Tang River.

In terms of literature, the Tang Dynasty is even more full of flowers, the peak of Biansai's poems, Gao Shi, and Cen Shen's poems are "tragic and magnificent".

Mengjiao, Jia Island, Jian Si lonely "suburban cold island thin".

Of course, the pinnacle is naturally the pair of Li Bai and Du Fu, the glorious poets and poets.

It's just that a hundred years after them, in the late Tang Dynasty, there was a pair of literary heroes who were slightly less famous, but also known as Li Du, Xiao Li Du, that is, Li Shangyin and Du Mu.

About Du Mu, to be honest, Guo Rong can't even write down many poems he wrote, let alone know his origin, parents' nationality and other information, but, looking at Du Congyu's pride to the extreme, Du You's willingness to work and cultivate, Guo Rong speculated that Du Congyu's young son is most likely the little Du he knows!

"Little Li Du", Du Mu, interesting.

The era of the big "Li Du" is the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, and the era of the small "Li Du" is the last years of the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

I don't know, can this Li Du surpass the big Li Du...... Guo Rong sighed softly in his heart.

I don't know how old this little Du Mu is, if his age is okay, Guo Rong is already thinking about whether to fight for it and get to his side, after all, Zhi Muyu can't stay by his side for too long, but this matter is not suitable now, and there should be a chance when the battle is over.

So, Guo Rong's eyes focused on Du Congyu's body again, looking at Du Congyu, who was so proud when he mentioned his son, Guo Rong's face put a smile on his face and said softly.

"Since Du Xiang is already preparing to retire and teach young talents, I don't think this matter should trouble Ling Zun, what does Du Changshi think?"

Looking at Guo Rong with a mysterious smile in front of him, the smile on Du Congyu's face tightened a little.

Although he was born in the Jingzhao Du clan, to be honest, Du Congyu's talent is not outstanding, and it can even be said to be a little mediocre, neither can he be compared with his father who was a minister in the four dynasties and the three dynasties, nor can he be on the same level as his son who may be glorious in the future, but under the influence of the perennial ears, he has already reacted, Guo Rong does not want his father to participate.

After a slight hesitation, he finally nodded.

With the help of Du Congyu, he completed his plan for the reform of the Changying Army, and Guo Rong also completed his thoughts.

In Chen Liu's overnight repair, in the early morning of the second day, Guo Rong and a group of guards, rode horses and whips to continue eastward, and then went north, four hours later, Guo Rong finally returned to the base camp of the Changying army in Zhuzhai.

When Guo Rong first arrived at the camp, Guo Rong could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the camp was not too good, although the enemy army was far from coming to the city, but Guo Rong could feel that the rebels' attack for several days had increased a lot of pressure on everyone.

However, the moment Guo Rong was sure to return, starting with the guards on duty, the words "The general is back" began to circulate in the camp.

With the words "The general is back", the originally somewhat oppressive atmosphere in the camp was instantly unraveled.

The atmosphere in the camp has changed abruptly, but there is a more intuitive place, that is, the wounded barracks set up by the medical team in Zhuzhai, or the temporary field hospital.

The field hospital clearly reveals the cause of emotional depression in the camp!

When Guo Rong arrived, it was only at a glance that at this moment, the actual area of the field hospital was close to a quarter of the entire battalion that could accommodate up to 80,000 people.

In other words, the number of moderately and seriously wounded people admitted to field hospitals is approaching 8,000.

Too much hesitation, too much nonsense, no rest, and without even waiting for others to greet him, Guo Rong rushed directly to the Chinese army tent in the base camp.

When Guo Rong arrived, more than a dozen staff officers were constantly writing and drawing, and several senior generals and civilians, including Wu Shaoxiong, were discussing countermeasures, and they all looked serious.

As Guo Rong entered the big tent, the heralds who came in and out first stopped moving, followed by the staff officers, and finally the generals with serious expressions and discussing countermeasures.

Until the end, after Wu Shaoxiong, who had a serious face, saw Guo Rong, the seriousness of his face finally began to dissipate, and he knew that Guo Rong was back, which meant that the backbone of the Changying Army was back, and all the previous problems would no longer exist.

Sure enough, in just an instant, the tension and uneasiness in the Chinese army's tent dissipated instantly.

Soon, Guo Rong learned everything that had happened during the period of time he had left.

Beginning on September 18, fierce fighting has been going on for seven days.

The fourth forward camp, which Ho Mang had repaired during the night, had been almost destroyed on the fourth day of the battle, and now the fighting between the two sides was going on in the third camp.

In fierce battles, which lasted seven days, both sides suffered heavy losses.

Among them, the Changying army lost more than 5,000 people, of which more than 3,000 were killed in battle, nearly 2,000 were seriously injured to the point of temporarily losing their combat effectiveness, and almost all of the remaining soldiers were wounded.

As an auxiliary to the Changying Army, the Xuanwu-Huaixi Army also suffered more than 5,000 losses.

Although it seems that the number of losses is about the same, this kind of casualty is obviously unacceptable to the Changying army in a short period of time.

After the end of the Jiaodong War, Guo Rong led his troops from Jiaodong to Caozhou to ban the army, and the Changying Army was streamlined and adjusted.

By the time it set out from Caozhou to Bianzhou, the actual strength of the Changying Army had exceeded 40,000, including an astonishing four full infantry regiments, with more than 20,000 people.

In the battle with the veteran Tan Zhong, Guo Rong's infantry had lost nearly 2,000 people, Mo Lingjun's northbound detachment took away an infantry regiment, plus the 5,000 people who had been lost now, Guo Rong had less than 8,000 infantry soldiers in the Changying Army at hand, and more than half of these 8,000 people were also wounded.

What's worse is that the heavy infantry in it is only worth 2,000 men.