Of course, Liu He trusted Zhao Chongguo, but he did not intend to let Chang Yilang follow Zhao Chongguo on the expedition.

In the Han Empire, for professional soldiers, going on a campaign was not a forced thing.

On the contrary, most are a rare "opportunity".

As long as you perform well, you can stand out, make military achievements, and then become an official and a knight.

Especially the sons and nephews of the important ministers of the court and the Lang officials around the Son of Heaven, going out with the army is a process of accumulating military merits and qualifications - there is no danger, and it is justifiable to add officials to knighthood.

Just like Fan Mingyou, the general of Duliao, isn't it because he is Huo Guang's son-in-law that he got the opportunity to lead the army to Wuhuan, and then "picked up" a military merit, and then entered the house?

As long as the battle is not lost, it is a small victory, so going out with the army in Dahan is simply a sure thing.

Zhao Chongguo asked the Son of Heaven to put Chang Yi Lang under his command, isn't it a hint that the Son of Heaven wants to give Chang Yi Lang a chance to make meritorious contributions?

When the time comes, the dangerous things Changyi Lang will go back, and the meritorious things Chang Yi Lang will go forward, even if they can't be blatant, but at least there is a lot of room for maneuver.

However, if Liu He is not mistaken, although Zhao Chongguo's army has made the most military achievements, compared with the money and food spent, it is still a drop in the bucket, and it is not cost-effective at all.

Let Chang Yilang follow him, there will be no good chance of meritorious service.

So at the moment, Liu He did not comment on Zhao Chongguo's proposal.

After a while, Liu He said slowly: "At the last court meeting, I heard that in addition to the army of the Great Han, I also had to send envoys to contact the Wusun Kingdom, so that they could reorganize the army in advance and plan for the offensive of our Han army against the Xiongnu, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Your Majesty is not mistaken."

"Who is the envoy who sent out?" Liu He asked knowingly.

"Captain Chang Hui." Zhao Chongguo replied.

Liu He was secretly happy, as he knew, the person who was sent to communicate with Wusun Guo was indeed this person.

Chang Hui is not simple, although his official position is only a captain, one step away from the general, but his experience is very dazzling.

When Su Wu sent an envoy to the Western Regions, Chang Hui was Su Wu's deputy envoy, and together with Su Wu, he was forcibly stranded in Beihai by the Xiongnu for 19 years, but he never changed his will.

In short, Chang Hui, like Su Wu, is a hard bone,

But what is chilling is that after Chang Hui returned to the Han Dynasty, it coincided with the Han Dynasty's contraction policy in the Western Regions, so it has not been reused, and he only served as an "idle position" as a doctor of Guanglu.

Now, the army is about to go on the march, but he has been placed on a most dangerous mission.

The son and nephew of the Huo family were added to the official and entered the knighthood, and Su Wu Changhui sat on the cold bench, even if it was not selfish, it was selfish.

"What will he do when he goes to Wusun?"

"King Wusun wrote clearly in the letter that he would send 50,000 victorious soldiers to attack our Han army."

"How many people will Chang Hui take with him?"

"Chang'an to Wusun, the distance is the farthest, and it is not suitable for many people, so as not to be discovered by the Huns, so there are dozens of people at most."

After thinking about it in his heart for a while, Liu He made a final decision, and he said: "In this case, I will send twenty Changyi Lang to follow Chang Hui to Wusun Kingdom, you can escort Chang Hui on the way, and when you arrive in Wusun Kingdom, you can directly participate in the battle." ”

Zhao Chongguo's decision made Zhao Chongguo unexpected, he never thought that the Son of Heaven would be Changyi Lang and follow Chang Hui.

Going west to contact the country of Wusun is not only the farthest distance, but also the most uncertain future, and naturally the most dangerous.

Maybe it will run into the combined forces of the Huns and the Cheshi.

When the time comes, let alone make contributions, it is unknown whether they can come back alive.

"Your Majesty, do you want to think about it again, go west to Wusun, the future is uncertain......" Zhao Chongguo asked hesitantly.

"Old general, I know that you want Chang Yilang to make some gains, but I want to make a bet with you, are you willing?" Liu He asked with a smile.

The words of the Son of Heaven aroused Zhao Chongguo's curiosity, and he actually took over the topic of the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"This battle was fought near the Wusun Kingdom, which has taken advantage of the geographical advantages and people, and I feel that their achievements will far surpass our Han army."

"Our Han army marched on five routes, and I am afraid that it will be in vain in the end."

The Son of Heaven said it well, although Zhao Chongguo felt that it was somewhat reasonable, but he was still unconvinced.

"Your Majesty, what is the bet?" Zhao Chongguo asked.

"If I am unfortunate enough to say something, then I hope that General Zhao will do something for me?"

"What?"

"Find an opportunity or reason to propose to the middle father that Changyi Lang be expanded to three thousand people." Liu He said what he had been thinking about for a long time.

Three thousand, that's about the same number as the number of Yulin Lang and Qimen Lang.

The intention of the Son of Heaven is self-evident, that is, to have a reliable elite army. It seems that the Son of Heaven is finally going to use the method of building a new army to control military power.

This matter is sensitive, difficult and dangerous.

But since Zhao Chongguo has his heart set on the Son of Heaven, even if he doesn't make this bet, as long as the Son of Heaven proposes it, he will do it.

Thinking about it again, he didn't dare to stop Huo Guang from sending troops, he was already disloyal to the Han Dynasty, and this matter could not be discounted anymore.

"If I lose, I will send the old general a copy of the territory I drew by myself, not only the countries of the Western Regions, but also the countries west of the Western Regions."

The Son of Heaven had actually heard of the places west of the Western Regions?

The suspicion in Zhao Chongguo's heart became even heavier, but he immediately saluted and said, "Forgive the old minister for his courage and willing to take this bet!" ”

"Okay, the old general is heroic!"

Zhao Chongguo left, and Liu He called Gong Sui and asked him to select twenty Changyi Lang and immediately prepare for the expedition.

"Twenty?" Gong Sui asked with some surprise, this is equivalent to two out of three.

"At this moment, the elite of the Han army is exhausted, and the middle father also trusts me a lot, so there is no need to keep so many people around for the time being, and it is also an indispensable thing to let them go to the battlefield to experience and experience."

"By the way, let that Liu Xiang go, his archery skills are good, and he will definitely be able to make a contribution."

"No." Gong Sui did not question it again.

"When will the new Changyi Lang arrive?"

"On the day when the army is all drawn from Chang'an, they should just be able to reach Chang'an."

"Okay, this can be seamlessly connected, and Lao Gongqing will train them to become qualified Lang Wei as soon as possible."

"No."

In the matter of going to the Xiongnu, Liu He's foreshadowing was buried.

Whether or not it will work, or how much, will not be known until at least three months later.

Therefore, the matter of seizing military power can only wait.

However, Liu He could not stop yet, and another thing had to start immediately.

Martial arts are indispensable.

……

Three days after meeting with Zhao Chongguo, Liu He, as usual, practiced calligraphy in the Xuanshu Palace, and just started writing, Yu Wuwu hurriedly came in.

Liu He's rule is that when practicing calligraphy, others will never be allowed to disturb him, and Yu Wuwu will not break this rule.

He came in a hurry today, and there must have been something very important.

Sure enough, Yu Wuwu came to the palace and immediately put something on several cases.

Because he was so anxious that he forgot to salute for a while, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, new paper has been made!" ”

In fact, there is no need to say that Liu He has seen such a familiar and unfamiliar thing on the case.

Paper, it's really made.

Of course, the quality of this paper is not as good as that of Liu Helai's time, but it is almost the same as the paper used in subsequent dynasties - enough for writing and printing books.

To get to this point, it's enough.

As early as when he was in Changyi Kingdom, Liu He was actually able to make paper, but he didn't do that. Because Liu He wants him to appear at the right time, so that it can play its greatest role.

"What about printing?"

Yu Wuwu smiled, his face was colorful, and said: "Xie Lang, Hua Cheng and others have been sleepless day and night, and a copy has been printed. ”

After that, Yu Wuwu immediately took out a small cloth bag from his arms and put it on the case.

Liu He was a little excited to unfold the cloth layer by layer, and a veritable "book" appeared in front of Liu He's eyes.

"Go, call the prince at once, I have something important to discuss with you." Liu He picked up the book on the desk and shouted.

"No!"

Ten minutes after the second shift, I was crazy about fishing, and I could write a book with peace of mind tomorrow.

(End of chapter)