Li Yong felt comfortable in an instant, as long as it wasn't spread by his people, but Li Yong had a new question, since Jin Shengman didn't care about it, why did he still look so sad?

"Did something happen to you?"

Li Yong asked.

Hearing Li Yong's question, Jin Shengman remembered to get down to business, and his pretty face was full of sorrow, and he hurriedly asked.

"I've heard that artillery is a sharp weapon for siege of cities, and of course it is invincible for siege, but it is too cumbersome for field warfare to seem to be able to exert its power, right?"

Li Yong laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this, this is the artillery of the imperial court, the artillery in my hand is much more flexible than this, if I can get a car in the future, it will be much more convenient, but this is a secret, he just nodded slightly.

"It's true that the artillery is a bit bulky, and it's too cumbersome to load, and it really doesn't play a very big role in field combat."

Jin Shengman listened to the worried look on his face, and said worriedly.

"The soldiers and horses led by Yuangai Suwen are the elite of Goguryeo, and there are 200,000 soldiers and horses! And Goguryeo must have other soldiers and horses, at least three or four hundred thousand soldiers and horses can be gathered, do you think there is a chance of victory? You, you, you must be careful! ”

I was worried about losing the battle! Now that Yuangai Suwen has withdrawn from the army, no matter whether the war behind goes smoothly or not, Silla has been rescued, so Jin Shengman does not need to worry so much at all, so Li Yong is still a little moved in his heart, but Li Yong is not worried about the war behind him, and said with a smile.

"Of course there is a chance of victory, if there is no chance of victory, the saint will not only bring 150,000 soldiers and horses!"

Jin Shengman hesitated.

"Really?"

Li Yong nodded with a smile.

"Of course, fighting a war is not simply about seeing how many people there are, otherwise there is still a need to fight? Wouldn't it be better to report the number of people directly? Datang is the most powerful country in the world, and the soldiers of Datang are the strongest soldiers in the world, so you can rest assured! Of course, there is a shortage of soldiers in the back, I think it is best for you to stay in Liaodong City, the entire Liaodong has been completely sorted out, and Liaodong City is the top priority, and there will be no loss. ”

Jin Shengman shook his head very firmly.

"No, I'm the princess of Silla, how can I stay in Liaodong City?"

Li Yong was stunned when he heard this, isn't it because you are the princess of Silla that you let you stay in Liaodong City?

"War, you should let the women and children go away, just because you are the princess of Silla, you can't follow, if you are the prince of Silla, then you must go!"

Li Yong persuaded, and Jin Shengman insisted.

"No, I want to follow, I don't want to stay in Liaodong City, I believe in you, the Tang army will not be defeated, then I will naturally not be in danger!"

Li Yong thought for a while, the possibility of defeat is indeed very small, even if the army is really defeated, Jin Shengman is in the emperor's Chinese army after all, and there are Silla guards to protect him, so he will not be in danger.

"Since you insist on following, then let it be!"

Li Yong nodded and said, speaking seriously, he didn't care about Princess Silla.

"There are no eyes on the battlefield, you have to be careful!"

Jin Shengman's eyes were full of affectionate and concerned eyes.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it!"

Li Yong nodded, facing Jin Shengman's affectionate eyes, he was really a little afraid, afraid that Jin Shengman would pounce on him and bite him again, not because he was afraid of losing, but because he felt that this firewood was a little dry and easy to catch fire. In the Weisa Mansion, Li Yong strode in.

"Meet the saint, I don't know what the saint has to call his ministers?"

Li Er didn't speak, he kept looking Li Yong up and down, Li Yong was a little hairy, what do you mean? Finally, Li Er spoke, raised his eyebrows and said.

"Li Yong! I heard that you and nephrite are warm and fragrant? ”

It turned out that this matter reached the ears of the emperor, but it is not strange, if it did not reach the ears of the emperor, it would be called strange! However, what is nephrite warm fragrance in the arms? Just now Li Yong glanced at the maid next to him, he found that this maid seemed to be a little different from before, to say that this maid was like an uncultivated field before, then now this maid not only looks like a reclaimed field, but also has experienced the moisture of the spring rain, so Li Yong glanced at the maids next to him, and had to sigh, Li Er is really an old farmer, although he didn't take the palace maid with him when he went on the expedition, but after coming to Liaodong City, the eldest grandson Wuji and others were still very considerate to select the maid and send it to the palace.

"Li Yong, you are really bold, you actually hugged Princess Silla, what kind of system did you become?"

Li Eryu asked, although this momentum looks quite scary, but Li Yong was not a little frightened, because this is not a big deal at all, this era is strict with women, but there is no condemnation of cheating on men, you don't see the daughters of big families getting married, and the mother-in-law also intimately prepares a few beautiful maids to make a room! It is elegant to go to a green building, and raising a group of singers and dancers is a symbol of status, and anyone in the noble family is embarrassed to greet people when they go out without a few beautiful concubines, and Li Yong, who follows the customs of the country, has long been accustomed to it, and said with an innocent face.

"The minister is wronged!"

"Are you wronged? Do you need someone to investigate? ”

Li Erle was happy, Li Yong explained.

"The minister is indeed wronged, but the minister didn't hug Princess Silla, in fact, it was all false, not like that at all!"

Li Er asked.

"Falsehood? So what's going on? ”

Li Yong explained.

"Actually, when I told him the news of Yuan Gai Suwen's retirement, she was too excited, thinking about her girl's family, who came all the way to Chang'an to ask for a meeting, carrying all the hopes, how depressed she was in her heart, and now she suddenly knew the news of Goguryeo's retirement, so she ......"

Li Er answered.

"So the truth is revealed?"

Li Yong almost choked and said speechlessly.

"What is the true feeling? I was so excited, that's why I hugged me, it was a grateful hug, a sincere hug! ”

Li Er raised his eyebrows and asked.

"So, I kissed you gratefully?"

Li Yong nodded seriously.

"Yes, grateful, very grateful!"

"Phew! Believe you, a ghost! Is so-and-so old and confused? Princess Silla washed and folded quilts for you along the way, and she didn't know. ”

Li Er didn't have a good airway, Li Yong explained.

"That's because of the bet!"

"Okay, don't explain, it's still a bet! A month has already passed, after all, she is the princess of Silla and the future queen of Silla, don't be in public, pay attention to the impact! ”

Li Er doesn't have a good airway, what does it mean to be in public? What does it mean to pay attention to the impact? Where is this? Li Yong almost wanted to cry without tears, I was really wronged! Although Li Yong wants to continue to explain, he has a deep sense of powerlessness, how can this be explained? As long as he is not a fool, he can see that Jin Shengman has some affection for him, Li Yong said helplessly.

"Don't joke about the ministers, the saints can't hide! When Princess Silla learns the truth one day, she probably wants to kill her minister! ”

Li Er shook his head and said.

"Without you, wouldn't there be no war between Goguryeo and Silla? Sooner or later, they will have a war, and our Datang and Goguryeo will also have a war sooner or later, your plan is just to advance all this, and I called you to tell you to pay attention to the impact, and also, don't take the love of your children to heart, the important thing is to fight! ”

He didn't call Li Yong to ask the teacher, in fact, along the way, Princess Silla ran to the Shenji camp every day, he knew it very well, but he didn't feel angry, he loved Guanyin and the maid, not a lot of concubines, but the queen can only be the Guanyin maid, this is enough, Li Yong can't go to Silla to be a concubine, and the Silla princess can't threaten Changle's status, so he doesn't care, of course, this is also because Li Yong is not just a concubine, if it was other concubines, it is estimated that he would have scolded him a long time ago, An attendant walked in and said respectfully.

"Enlightened sage, there are envoys from Goguryeo who ask to see you."

Li Er laughed when he heard this.

"Gao Jianwu is sending someone to ask for peace, but it's too late, Li Yong, you go and greet it! Lest the Goguryeo people say that we have no etiquette in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Leaving the Weisa Mansion and walking towards the city gate, Li Yong saw that the Goguryeo envoys were walking towards this side under the leadership of a general.

"Oh, it's a tall man!"

The person who came was none other than Gao Zheng, the envoy who went to the Tang Dynasty with Yuangai Suwen.

"I've seen the prince of Rongfu!"

Gao Zheng saw Li Yong and immediately bowed down, the taste in his heart was very complicated, when Yuangai Suwen was introduced by Li Yong as a friend, his heart was full of excitement, he was simply ecstatic, and felt that in the future, Li Yong mediated in the Tang Dynasty, there was no need to be afraid that the Tang Dynasty would go east, and therefore, after Yuangai Suwen returned to the dynasty, even he, the envoy, was promoted to two levels, who would have thought that it was precisely because of Li Yong, the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expedition, and even the Tang Emperor's personal expedition, and now when he sees Li Yong again, how can he regret it in his heart, he already knew so, At the beginning, he would not have let Yuangai Suwen and Li Yong become friends anyway, no, if he had known this, he should not have let Yuangai Suwen be the deputy envoy to the Tang Dynasty.

"When I see acquaintances, it's very kind! Tall adults, please! ”

Li Yong said politely.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!"

Gao Zheng hurriedly said, he is not a humble word, he really doesn't dare to be, if it was before, he could become Li Yong's cordial acquaintance, then he could be happy for a long time, but now, he is afraid, Yuangai Suwen was introduced by Li Yong as a friend, but now the entire Liaodong is occupied by the Tang army, if he is cited by Li Yong as an acquaintance, who knows what will happen? In fact, since knowing the news of the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Crusade, Gao Zheng has always had a question in his heart, whether Li Yong and Yuan Gai Suwen are friends? Was Yuangai Suwen used by Li Yong, or did Yuangai Suwen know the truth from beginning to end? Gao Zheng couldn't help but ask.

"Rongfu Jungong, when I was in Chang'an, the Jungong and Yuangai Suwen talked about wine and talked happily and cited them as close friends, I don't know if it's true or not?"

Li Yong said with a smile.

"Of course it's true, Brother Wen and I are the same age, like-minded, and sympathetic, and we are indeed close friends, there are not many people in this world who can make me Li Yong value, Brother Wen is one!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yong said suddenly.

"Lord Gao is blaming Brother Wen, right? The sage's imperial expedition to the east is actually not Brother Wen's responsibility. ”

Gao Zheng couldn't help but ask.

"But at the beginning, it was the prince of the county who promised Yuangai Suwen that the Tang Dynasty would never send troops to help Silla, why is the Tang Emperor now riding the eastward expedition?"

Li Yong sighed.

"I know that Brother Wen has great ambitions, so I want to try my best to help him get what he wants, how can people be involuntary in the rivers and lakes! After all, I am young, and I am soft-spoken, and the war of the Three Kingdoms involves a lot, and it is not for me to decide alone! ”

Gao Zheng asked.

"But how did I hear that the county prince not only did not dissuade him, but instead agreed with the Eastern Expedition, and also strongly supported the emperor's personal expedition!"

Li Yong said.

"Is there such a thing? Lord Gao must have heard it wrong, someone must be deliberately slandering me, Lord Gao, this is someone stirring up behind my back! There is a good saying, rumors stop at the wise, I believe that the tall man must be a smart person! ”

It's because he is a smart person that he won't believe your nonsense, Gao Zheng feels that Li Yong is clearly excusing Yuangai Suwen, because the news they got is not a rumor, but the actual news that their spies heard in Chang'an, Li Yong not only did not try to stop the Tang Dynasty from sending troops, but also tried his best to instigate the Tang Emperor to drive the expedition in person, and now he is saying this, not to excuse Yuangai Suwen Why is it? However, Gao Zheng didn't pierce it, he squeezed out a smile on his face and said with a smile.

"It's all rumors, huh? Now that my king has decreed that Yuan Gai Suwen withdraw from the army, and asked the county prince to help and persuade His Majesty the emperor to withdraw the army, speaking of which, because the Tang Emperor drove the Eastern Expedition, both the king and the government and the opposition felt that Yuan Gai Suwen was guilty, since the county prince and Yuan Gai Suwen were close friends, how could he bear to see Yuan Gai Suwen being punished? If the county prince helped and persuaded the emperor to withdraw from the army, then Yuan Gai Suwen would definitely be exempted from punishment! ”

Li Yong sighed.

"This matter has little to do with Brother Wen, Brother Wen has made a great contribution, why should he be punished?"

Gao Zheng said in a deep voice.

"If it weren't for Yuangai Suwen's request for the conquest of Silla, it wouldn't have triggered the Great War of the Three Kingdoms, would it?"

Li Yong nodded slowly.

"Brother Wen is my friend, of course I should help him, but I am soft-spoken! That's it, I'll do my best! ”

Gao Zheng was both suspicious and surprised when he heard this, if Li Yong really helped him, then he would have great confidence that he would be able to persuade the Tang Emperor to withdraw his troops, and in the hall, the eldest grandson Wuji, Xu Shiji, Zhang Shigui and others gathered together.

"Foreign Minister Gao Zheng is on the order of my king to visit His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

Gao Zheng walked into the hall to greet him, and Li Er said lightly.

"The foreign envoy doesn't have to be polite, Gao Jianwu asked you to come and ask to see someone?"

Gao Zhengzheng said.

"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, my king has repeatedly sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, only willing to let the two countries coexist in harmony, my king has always been respectful to His Majesty the Emperor, I have heard that the Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, dare to ask His Majesty the Emperor why he brazenly raised troops to attack our Goguryeo?"

Li Er laughed.

"Silla has always been a subject of so-and-so, and you are very deferential to my Tang Dynasty, you Goguryeo attacked Silla for no reason, how can you still have the face to argue with so-and-so? Gao Jianwu's face is really thick enough! ”