Under the moonlit night, above the city gate.

Wang Xiaojie, who was full of alcohol, walked up to the city.

In the city tower, Li Xuan sat by the fire with a heavy cloak, holding a book in his hand.

Wang Xiaojie stopped, the smell of wine dissipated, and he arched his hand with a solemn face: "Lord Wang!" ”

"Brother Xiaojie, please take a seat." Li Xuan put down the book, invited Wang Xiaojie to sit down, and then spoke: "Originally, Xuan still wanted to drink wine with Brother Xiaojie in Luoqi City, but I didn't expect that Your Majesty used Brother Xiaojie to go back to guard Chang'an, but now it seems that we can only wait until the future to fight with Brother Xiaojie." ”

"Thank you for your appreciation." Wang Xiaojie sat down on the side, and then looked at Li Xuan suspiciously: "Dare to ask the prince, who sent the letter last year to the army?" ”

"I don't know, I didn't check that matter." Li Xuan picked up a cup of hot tea, handed it to Wang Xiaojie, and then said: "At that time, Xuan's identity was sensitive, and the prince had just entered the East Palace, so he needed to be careful about everything, but come to think of it, the people who might be involved in that incident were nothing more than several great families and the prince's mansion...... Now that His Majesty already knows, there is no need to pay any attention to it. ”

Wang Xiaojie listened, and the whole person fell silent.

In just one sentence, Li Xuan mentioned the crown prince, the family, the prime minister, and the emperor.

The fierceness of the struggle between the DPRK and China can be seen from this.

However, Wang Xiaojie is a general of the Left Guard after all, and he can still understand the subtext in Li Xuan's words.

Li Xuan didn't check that incident, so there was no need for him Wang Xiaojie to investigate.

That kind of consequence, Li Xuan, as the Shao Zhan of the East Palace, didn't dare to touch it when the prince first entered the East Palace, let alone Wang Xiaojie.

Wang Xiaojie immediately gave up his hand and said sincerely: "Chang'an is windy, I don't know if the prince can teach Xiaojie?" ”

Seeing the worry in Wang Xiaojie's heart, Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "The matter of Chang'an, if there is something, there is something, and it is okay to say that it is okay." ”

"Please also ask the prince to say a way to be fine." Wang Xiaojie pleaded.

"There's no way to do it." Li Xuan looked in the direction of Chang'an and said softly: "If you think about it, Brother Xiaojie should understand that Your Majesty transferred Brother Xiaojie back this time in order to sit in Chang'an and deal with unexpected changes in the grassland...... In fact, you and I both know that there is Wenxi County Gong in the grassland, and it is unlikely that there will be an accident, but,"

Li Xuan's voice paused, and the person became serious, and Wang Xiaojie was also thrilled to hear it.

"Since it is a military position, after returning to Beijing, in addition to the summons of His Majesty and the official affairs of the military department, the others should try to stay in the military camp as much as possible, occasionally rest, and it is best to take your family outside the city to meet each other." Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Wang Xiaojie, and said meaningfully: "In this way, even if someone wants to see Brother Xiaojie, it will be easier to deal with it outside the city." ”

Wang Xiaojie frowned, he was also a person who had been in Chang'an, of course he understood the difference.

If it is in Chang'an City, although he Wang Xiaojie is the general of the Left Guard, there are actually too many people who don't take him seriously.

It is not only because of power, but also because of force.

Even Li Xuan, when he entered Chang'an City, led at most two hundred personal soldiers, and even had to be under the surveillance of Jinwuwei, Qianniuwei, Chang'an Wannian County, Yongzhou Mansion, Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of War.

Not to mention Wang Xiaojie, who is just the general of the Left Guard.

But outside Chang'an City, Wang Xiaojie can completely mobilize the three hundred guards under his command at will, and even at critical moments, even the entire left guard army can find an excuse to transfer.

Such a general of the Left Guard, whoever comes, must weigh it.

"If you don't enter Chang'an, you won't cause trouble." Wang Xiaojie nodded with a wry smile and said, "Lord Wang, thank you for your hard work." ”

"If it's okay, everything will be fine." Li Xuan raised his head, his eyes became faint, and Wang Xiaojie suddenly felt a chill on his back.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "Without His Majesty's decree, without the dispatch of the Ministry of War, he is the crown prince and the ministers of the political affairs hall, even if someone in the king's family goes to plead, Brother Xiaojie remember and abide by his duties...... There are guards in the palace, there are Jin Wuwei, there are Qianniu guards, there are prison guards, leading military guards, don't let the left guard intervene again, it is best not to move. ”

It's not good to move.

Wang Xiaojie bowed his hand to Li Xuan and said, "Thank you for your advice, when he returns to Beijing in the future, he will definitely invite the prince to drink." ”

Li Xuan smiled, waved his hand and said: "This time I returned to Beijing, Brother Xiaojie can be regarded as Jane in the emperor's heart, unlike me, I have to fight in front of the army." ”

"No matter how much you fight, but that's also the work of destroying the country." Wang Xiaojie looked at Li Xuan, his eyes full of envy and regret.

The founding of the Tang Dynasty was the first of its kind, and there were several generals who had the merit of destroying the country.

Li Jing, Li Qian, Hou Junji, Su Dingfang, Wang Xuance, Ashina Sheer.

It was Pei Xingjian who shocked the Western Regions, but in fact, he was just tossing with the Turks.

That is, right now, if he can completely pacify the Later Turks, then this work of destroying the country will be counted as his share.

The others are Li Xuan.

Only by defeating Tanggula Mountain, taking Luo, and destroying Tibet, Li Xuan can become one of these people.

Wang Xiaojie was originally the most important general under Li Xuan, and once he broke through the law, Li Xuan was the first merit, and Wang Xiaojie was the second merit.

But now, he is going to be transferred back to Chang'an, and it has nothing to do with these credits.

"Your Majesty's trust is what really matters." Li Xuan nodded, and Wang Xiaojie's eyes immediately lit up.

Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Go and rest, Brother Xiaojie, you have to get up early tomorrow and hurry." ”

"Whoa!" Wang Xiaojie bowed his hand seriously to Li Xuan, and then turned to leave.

When Wang Xiaojie left the city and walked into the street, Li Xuan said quietly: "What a stupid person to think about transferring Wang Xiaojie away, don't you know that he is the person of the martial queen?" ”

Wang Xiaojie is naturally a person from the Empress Wu, although Li Xuan didn't figure out the joints in it, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know.

Wang Xiaojie will be under the hands of Empress Wu in the future, and he will become the figure of the general of the Sixteenth Guard.

This means that at a critical moment in the future, Wang Xiaojie will choose Empress Wu.

It's a pity.

Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the Tubo Chengguan for twenty miles, he originally wanted to borrow the hand of the Qinling, but unfortunately, others transferred Wang Xiaojie back.

But fortunately, Li Xuan has enough chess pieces under Wang Xiaojie.

In a few years, the emperor will be in power, and if Wang Xiaojie is still in Chang'an at that time, then his right guard is Li Xuan's best tool.

At the same time, Li Xuan can also use Wang Xiaojie to watch the movements of the martial arts.

On that day, the blood flowed like a river!

……

Early in the morning, the mountain pass on the north side of Tanggula Mountain.

Wang Xiaojie bowed his hands to many colleagues and said seriously: "Take care, see you in Chang'an one day." ”

"Goodbye Chang'an." Everyone bowed their hands sincerely.

Wang Xiaojie sighed heavily, and the next moment, he had already turned over on the horse, and once again bowed his hand to everyone, clamping the horse's belly.

In an instant, hundreds of cavalry had swept away.

"Let's go, let's go back." Li Xuan turned over and got on his horse, and then said to the generals: "Last night, the king waited all night, and there was still no movement in the Qinling, it seems that he will not launch an offensive in a short time." According to the king's decree, from today onwards, the army will rest for three days, and within three days, the king will guard the pass, and after three days, the army will rotate. ”

"Whoa!" All the generals surrendered their hands at the same time, and then followed Li Xuan towards Tanggula Mountain Pass.

Half an hour later, everyone had returned to the city pass, and then they were deployed.

Li Xuan called Zuo Wei Zhonglang and Tang Xingzhen into the lobby alone.

"From today on, all the 5,000 men and horses of the left guard are under your command, this king does not care about anything else, all come to you to ask, if there is anything wrong, go to consult the prince of Langya, everything must be familiar in the shortest possible time, in March, the war will start, this king does not want you to have problems here." Li Xuan stared straight at Tang Xingzhen.

Tang Xingzhen, who is forty years old, although he is a suit of armor and has a stocky figure, but when it comes to battlefield fighting, he is not as good as Wang Xiaojie, but in terms of wisdom, logistics, training, etc., he is a first-class good player in the army, but now, he wants to be the main general in the army.

"Rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to the prince's expectations." Tang Xingzhen gave up his hand seriously, looking excited.

He was actually most worried that after Wang Xiaojie left, Li Xuan let Xiao Siye return to the left guard leader.

He really couldn't solve this matter, because not only him, even Wang Xiaojie, was also Xiao Siye's subordinate back then.

"Go ahead." Li Xuan waved his hand, and Tang Xingzhen immediately retreated.

Seeing Tang Xingzhen exit the lobby, Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Now in the army, he is the one who really speaks the truth.

Although he was in the same position before, he still had some scruples about Wang Xiaojie.

Now, although there are still foreign generals like Heizhi Changzhi and Li Duozuo, they are far more loyal to the emperor than others.

That's for the best.

……

The wind was cold, and Li Xuan stood at the head of the city, looking at the sky to the south.

Slight footsteps sounded, Li Xuan turned around, and saw Yang Zhirou and Wei Hongji coming to the city together.

"Dashuai." Yang Zhirou and Wei Hongji surrendered at the same time.

Li Xuan nodded, looked at Wei Hongji, and asked, "Shaofu, the catapults, crossbow arrows, and other equipment in the army, how many of them can be repaired on the spot in Guancheng, and how many need to be sent back to Qamdo for repair?" ”

"Most of them can be repaired on the spot, and only a small part needs to be sent back to Qamdo for repair." Wei Hongji smiled and gave Li Xuan an answer that reassured him.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "In the future, all the affairs of the ordnance craftsmen in the entire Luo Dao will be entrusted to the Shaofu, and with the Shaofu in the future, it will be much easier." ”

Before Wei Hongji was appointed as the Shaofu Supervisor, he had been a master craftsman for a while, and then he was ordered to go to Chang'an to build Shangyang Palace.

He is a first-class construction master, and he is the entire court, and few people can match him.

Therefore, for the Guancheng built by the Tibetans, after some temptation, he was able to quickly find out the weaknesses in it.

"The subordinates are on order." Wei Hongji breathed a sigh of relief, he was now the same as Xiao Siye, he was all dismissed, the difference was that the title on his body was still there.

At this time, Yang Zhirou looked at Li Xuan and asked cautiously: "I just watched the prince observe the celestial phenomena, but there is an opportunity?" ”

Li Xuan smiled, waved his hand, and said, "What to do now to observe the celestial phenomena, we will have to wait at least a month to attack Tubo Guancheng." ”

"I heard that in the mountains, the Tibetan people have begun to dig ditches." Yang Zhirou had a hint of worry on her face.

The art of water attack is no stranger to Qinling.

"Let them dig." Li Xuan waved his hand absently, then looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and said softly: "Let's see who the last canals are used for." ”

(End of chapter)