Early the next morning.

Before the sun emerged from the distant mountains, Li Mao had already gotten up to practice martial arts.

Hundreds of pounds of stone locks in his hands are tiger and tiger.

Yang Guozhong was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, for fear that the stone lock would suddenly fly out and smash his head.

Li Mao sometimes deliberately danced the stone lock and approached Yang Guozhong's side.

I didn't want to kill him, I just wanted to scare him.

Yang Guozhong joined the army as a trap camp, but did not arrive with the army, but arrived at Tongguan an hour ago.

If Li Mao hadn't seen him come overnight, he might have dragged him out directly and cut him down.

"The minister's riding skills are not good, and he has delayed His Majesty's major affairs, please punish Your Majesty!"

After all, Yang Guozhong was still worried that the stone lock would fall suddenly, so he knelt on the ground and began to plead guilty.

Rumble!

There was a muffled sound.

Li Mao put the stone lock on the ground, ignoring Yang Guozhong, who was kneeling on the ground, turned around and walked to the basin and began to wash.

Yang Guozhong lay on the ground, constantly peeking.

But he couldn't see any expression in Li Mao's face.

At this moment, Yang Guozhong's heart sank to the bottom.

knew that Li Mao was really angry.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something important to do!"

Yang Guozhong began to think of a way to remedy it.

Li Mao turned her head at this time, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"When the minister passed by Huayin County, the local county order actually locked the city gate and did not welcome Wang Shi." Yang Guozhong had a resentful expression on his face.

Li Mao was still expressionless.

The heart said, if the county order greets you, you Yang Guozhong will probably not be able to come today.

Either he was directly arrested and beheaded, or he was intoxicated and couldn't get out of the gentle country.

Yang Guozhong saw that Li Mao did not react, so he continued: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the county order of Huayin County must have antipathy, and he should quickly send troops to encircle and suppress it!" ”

"Well, you're right, then you will bring a thousand soldiers and horses to help me bring down Huayin County." Li Mao said expressionlessly.

Yang Guozhong was dumbfounded.

He never led troops into battle.

I don't know how to arrange troops.

I don't know how to take a defended city.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Commanded! ”

Yang Guozhong hesitated, but finally agreed.

Li Mao continued: "You will take a thousand Tongguan guards. ”

Knock knock!

After Yang Guozhong heard this, he kowtowed directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the minister can't do it, the minister doesn't know how to march and fight!"

If he charged with a trapped camp, he still had the confidence to rush to the top of the city with the courage of his soldiers.

Hearing that it was the Tongguan garrison, Yang Guozhong knew that this task could not be accepted.

After receiving it, most of them will be beheaded for the crime of losing their teacher.

Li Mao couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart when he looked at his panicked look.

He is not Li Longji, how can he let Yang Guozhong lead his troops to fight?

Yang Guozhong not only does not have the ability to lead troops to fight, but also does not even have the wisdom to recognize people.

He is a traitor who is more useless than Li Linfu.

If it weren't for Yang Yuhuan's face, Li Mao wouldn't even give him an official position.

According to the original historical development.

In April of the tenth year of Tianbao, Yang Guozhong recommended Xian Yu Zhongtong as the main general and ordered him to attack Nanzhao, but the result was naturally a failure.

In June of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, Yang Guozhong once again moved his mind to Nanzhao, and sent Li Mi, the queen of Jiannan Jiedu, to lead the Tang army to attack Nanzhao from the north, and transferred troops from the Annan Protectorate to attack Nanzhao from the southeast. As a result, because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, the plague was rampant, and naturally it failed again.

In the end, both wars ended with the victory of Nanzhao, and also forced Nanzhao to completely surrender to Tibet.

The most critical thing was the two failed wars, and under Yang Guozhong's foolery, Li Longji thought that the Tang army had won.

With such a court, it is not unreasonable for An Lushan to dare to rebel.

Li Mao thought of this, and became more and more sure in his heart that he could not reuse Yang Guozhong.

He can only be used as a tool man.

"You're such a piece of shit!" Li Mao didn't give Yang Guozhong any face, and scolded directly.

"Your Majesty, the minister's strength is not in the military aspect!"

Yang Guozhong is also thick-skinned enough, and he still has a smile on his face when he is scolded.

He also knew in his heart that as long as the emperor was still willing to scold him, it would mean that there would be no more serious punishment.

Those who are courtiers are most afraid that the emperor will ignore them directly.

Just like Li Mao was before.

Li Mao nodded.

Indeed, Yang Guozhong's strength does not lie in military affairs.

According to historical records, the only thing he did was in Xichuan Tuntian.

"In that case, I will order you to be the ambassador of Tuntian in Huayin County."

When Yang Guozhong heard this, his face was full of bitterness.

Ambassador Tuntian is a petty official who is completely unpopular, and he can't even compare with the county order.

Although he joined the army in the trapping camp, he could only be regarded as a petty officer.

But petty officials are not the same as petty officials.

In the trapping camp, you can often see the emperor and get close to the center of power, and the future development prospects will be very good.

But if you are an official in the county, you won't see the emperor for a long time, maybe in a few months, the court won't know that there is an uncle from another country.

However, Yang Guozhong also knew that it was because he made a mistake that he joined the army, but he did not act with the army.

The emperor sent a punishment, but he did not dare to resist.

"Your Majesty, obey the order!"

After Yang Guozhong finished speaking, he stepped aside.

Li Mao saw that he didn't ramble anymore, and he was more satisfied.

"You'll follow me later. After conquering Huayin County, he stayed there and carefully tuntian to ensure the military supply of the Tongguan defenders. ”

Yang Guozhong's face instantly showed joy, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

People who want to be promoted are not afraid to do things.

The more things Li Mao arranged, the more rewards he would get after doing a good job.

Many people who want to be promoted, in order to show their ability, will have nothing to do.

Yang Guozhong is such a person, otherwise he would not have attacked Nanzhao twice in history.

……

Huayin County is named because it is located in the north of Huashan Mountain.

This place is 240 miles away from Chang'an, and less than 100 miles away from Tongguan.

Under the gallop of horses, Li Mao led Lu Bu and three thousand light horsemen to rush to Huayin County in less than half a day.

At this time.

The defenders at the city gate also saw a cloud of smoke and dust rise.

The general defending the city knew that the army was coming, and hurriedly sent people back to report the county order.

Li Mao, who was in the distance, also saw the figure shaking on the head of the city, and understood that he couldn't rely on a sneak attack.

"Alas!"

Li Mao looked back.

Because the temperature was too high, the smoke and dust generated by the cavalry galloping was too great, thus ruining his sneak attack plan.

"Your Majesty don't worry, the city wall of Huayin County is not high, and the soldiers can climb it with their bare hands, and the last general has the confidence to lead the soldiers to take it within a charge."

Seeing the emperor sigh, Lu Bu hurriedly urged him to come forward and ask for battle.

Li Mao also understood that there was no other way than to attack now, so he nodded and said, "Feng Xian, then I will wait for you here." ”