The second wind rises in Chang'an Chapter 378 Arabian Nights
"I'm afraid it's hard!" Looking at Li Xiuning's eyes looking at him, Lu Chen shook his head helplessly, in fact, after returning to Chang'an for so long, while developing his own foundation, while playing some intrigue with those families, Lu Chen already had a sense of boredom some time ago, and even missed the life in the military camp a little, in the final analysis, Lu Chen is still a soldier in his bones.
"Are you worried about Aya's marriage?" Li Xiuning immediately understood what Lu Chen was worried about, recently Li Yuan was definitely going to announce the marriage of Lu Chen and Li Yanjun, and at that time, because of the marriage, Lu Chen might not be able to go out with the army.
"Exactly! Although the dispatch of the army is not an overnight thing, but..."Lu Chen nodded, but he did not finish his words, but Lu Chen's meaning, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao both understood.
"The military advisor doesn't need to worry, if the military advisor intends to go on the expedition, this matter will fall on the palace, and it will definitely not have an impact!" Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile.
"If that's the case, then please Your Highness!" At first, Lu Chen felt that if Li Yuan really agreed to Li Xiuning to lead the troops to conquer Liang Shidu, he could go or not, but after thinking about it, if he didn't go, I was afraid that if he really wanted to conquer, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would definitely suffer countless casualties in this siege, and Lu Chen felt that it was still necessary to go to help with the back guards, so Lu Chen directly said to Li Xiuning.
"I just don't know if Aya will agree!" Li Xiuning nodded, and then said with a smile.
"This matter, I have already asked the king of Ren City to give a lecture to His Majesty!" Lu Chen looked directly at Li Xiuning and said.
"In that case, let's wait for Aya's decision! Bengong will also write a letter to He Panren to get ready! Li Xiuning nodded, although he was waiting for Li Yuan's decision, Li Xiuning thought that Li Yuan would most likely agree with what Lu Chen asked Li Daozong to play, so he directly made a decision.
"Just do what Your Highness says!" Lu Chen nodded, not thinking that there was anything wrong with Li Xiuning's arrangement.
"Your Majesty, let the king of the city ask to see you outside!" Li Yuan, who was standing outside the main hall to breathe, heard the report of Chang Baoyu beside him.
"Oh? Let him come over! Hearing Chang Bao's report, Li Yuan nodded.
Chang Bao took the order directly, and soon, he took Li Daozong to Li Yuan's side.
"Minister, Li Daozong has seen Your Majesty!" After Li Daozong shook his sleeves, he said to Li Yuan.
"Excuse me!" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong and waved his hand.
"Chengfan, why did you come here?" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong and asked with a smile, after all, this nephew of his has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, so Li Yuan is still quite satisfied with this nephew.
"Uncle Hui, my nephew is here this time for the affairs of Lingzhou!" Li Daozong glanced left and right, and then bowed back to the courtesy.
"Huh?!" Hearing Li Daozong mention "Lingzhou", Li Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and turned around directly and walked towards the warm pavilion, "Go in and talk!" Li Yuan motioned for Li Daozong to enter the Warm Pavilion to speak, and Li Daozong hurriedly followed Li Yuan into the Warm Pavilion.
"Although I asked you to go back to Lingzhou, there was also a report on the other side that said that the Jieli Khan was a little impatient, but he didn't say that he was in a hurry!" Li Yuan sat behind the dragon book case, looked at Li Daozong, who was sitting opposite him, and said with some surprise.
"Yes! It is true that the war in Lingzhou has not started, but this matter is about Liang Shidu! Li Daozong looked at Li Yuan and replied.
"Could it be that Master Liang has also made a move?" Hearing Li Daozong mention Liang Shidu, Li Yuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned, after all, he didn't receive any report about Liang Shidu's intention to send troops, and at the same time turned his head to look at Chang Bao, Chang Bao shook his head slightly, indicating that no report about Liang Shidu was delivered, so when Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong, there was some surprise in his eyes.
"Not really!" Li Daozong shook his head directly.
"Then Chengfan, why did you mention this Liang Shidu?" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong with some curiosity and asked again.
"This matter has to start with Lu Xiangong..." Li Daozong did not hide it, and directly told Li Yuan about Lu Chen's analysis of Liang Shidu and his own affairs, as well as the matter of wanting Li Yuan to send troops to pacify Liang Shidu.
"This..."After listening to Li Daozong's report, Li Yuan groaned directly, is what Lu Chen said reasonable, yes, it can be said to be reasonable, but Li Yuan is still a little worried, after all, if the Niangzi Army is evacuated from Niangzi Pass, that side will be empty, if it is a Turkic assault, how can it resist?
"Uncle, Lu County Gong said that if you want to pacify Liang Shidu, you don't need all the women's army, only half is enough!" Li Daozong looked at Li Yuan and said.
"Half?" Hearing Li Daozong's words, Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong directly in surprise, although he has not sent troops to face to face with Liang Shidu in the real sense of "toughness" in the past few years, but how many troops Liang Shidu has, whether it is Li Yuan or Li Daozong and others who are in charge of garrisoning Lingzhou, they all have an approximate number in their hearts, that is, no less than 200,000, and half of the strength of the Women's Army can have as many as possible, which is only 60,000 to 70,000.
What's more, with these 60,000 to 70,000 people, against Liang Shidu, who has the advantage of the city, in Li Yuan's opinion, no matter how you look at it, it is to hit a stone with an egg, not to mention that Sun Tzu has a cloud in the art of war: "Therefore, the method of using soldiers, ten is to surround it, five to attack it, and if it is multiplied, it is divided, and the enemy can fight, if it is less, it can escape, and if not, it can be avoided." Therefore, the small enemy is strong, and the big enemy is also captured. ”
What does it mean, that is to say, if you are in a siege war, you will have to have at least five times the strength of the opponent to carry out the siege war, and now Lu Chen actually said that he would use 60,000 or 70,000 people to attack the Liang State, which has at least 200,000 people, even if Li Yuan thinks that Lu Chen is "an immortal Linfan", but the disparity in this force also makes Li Yuan feel that this is a bit "Arabian Nights".
"Yes! Moreover, Lu Xiangong is very determined! Li Daozong also saw Li Yuan's puzzled and surprised expression, in fact, at first he also felt that this matter was a little unreliable, but Lu Chen was so sure, although Lu Chen did not explain to him how to attack, but Li Daozong believed that Lu Chen was not a person without a target, and there must be some way to take down the "Liang State" with these numbers.
"What is Xiuning's attitude?" Li Yuan nodded, Li Yuan felt that even if he agreed to the division of the women's army, but in this way of fighting, his third princess might not agree.
"Uh..." was asked by Li Yuan, Li Daozong groaned directly, because he only came to Li Yuan to play after discussing it with Lu Chen, as for what his third sister thought, he really didn't know his attitude towards this matter.
"Uncle Qiyu, what is the attitude of the third sister, the nephew doesn't know, but Lu Xiangong has already gone to visit the third sister today, if the third sister does not agree, she should come to the palace!" Li Daozong said in a speculative tone.
"I can't issue this decree at will, after all, the commander of the women's army is Xiuning's girl, if I really give a direct order to let the sixty or seventy thousand Tang soldiers attack Liang Shidu, I am afraid that Xiuning will be dissatisfied, and this matter is best discussed with Xiuning!" Li Yuan groaned for a moment, and then said to Li Daozong.
"Yes! Then the nephew will go and ask the third sister what she thinks about this matter! Li Daozong got up and said to Li Yuan.
"Hmmm! If Xiu Ning agrees, I can make this will! Li Yuan nodded, motioned to Li Daozong to go to Li Xiuning, and asked Li Xiuning about his attitude towards the conquest of Liang Shidu.
Li Daozong withdrew from the Warm Pavilion, left the palace, and went straight to Li Xiuning's princess's mansion.
Just when Lu Chen was chatting with Li Xiuning and his wife, the female official housekeeper of the princess's mansion came to the door of the front hall.
"What's the matter?" Seeing that the female officer was outside the door, Li Xiuning waved directly at the female officer and asked.
"Your Highness, let the king of the city ask to see you outside!" The female officer reported after giving Li Xiuning a salute.
"This really means Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!" Hearing the female official's report, Lu Chen said with a smile.
"Let him in!" Li Xiuning listened to the female official's report and motioned for the female official to bring Li Daozong to the front hall.
"Your Highness, guess why this city king came to you?" Lu Chen put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at Li Xiuning and asked with a smile.
"If Bengong's guess is right, I'm afraid that Chengfan is here this time to send troops to the Women's Army! Aya probably didn't dare to make an order easily, this is to let Cheng Fan come to ask about the attitude of the palace! Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and smiled directly, "If this palace guesses correctly, how about you give this palace ten bottles of two pots?" ”
"Yes!" Lu Chen nodded directly and replied, ten bottles of two pot heads are nothing, but Lu Chen didn't expect that this Tang Qi woman actually loves wine so much.
Soon, Li Daozong came to the front hall under the guidance of the female official, except for Li Xiuning, who was still sitting there, Chai Shao and Lu Chen got up to greet Li Daozong.
"I've seen the third sister!" Li Daozong said to Li Xiuning.
"Chengfan is here!" Li Xiuning waved his hand at Li Daozong, signaling that Li Daozong didn't need to be polite, and at the same time looked at Li Daozong and smiled, "Didn't you eat?" Will there be a meal here in the third sister for a while? ”
"The third sister laughed, now who doesn't know that except for the food in Brother Lu's county mansion, it belongs to the third sister! You're welcome to be foolish! Li Daozong looked at Li Xiuning and said with a smile.
"This guy has been hiding from this palace!" Hearing Li Daozong's words, Li Xiuning directly pointed to Lu Chen on the side and said.
"Your Highness, you have been wronged, and what vegetables and spices you use in your next house are no different from yours here!" Lu Chen responded directly.
"Is that so?" Li Xiuning glanced at Lu Chen with a slight raised eyebrow and smiled slightly.
"Of course, I never fool around!" Lu Chen nodded with a serious expression.