The news of the deaths of Li Zi, the king of Kui, and Sun Yu, the prime minister, soon spread throughout Chang'an City, and the devastated imperial court is now unmanned, completely becoming an empty shell.

The people of Chang'an were panicked, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were divided into two factions because of their different views on the war, some of them were the main ones of the war, and some of them were the main ones of peace.

I heard that the emperor was unable to reconcile the contradictions between the ministers of the two factions, so he hid in the harem every day and did not dare to go to court for many days.

Although Liu Yu's injuries have not healed, his actions are fine, and with the assistance of Vice Secretary Dong Neng, he has already begun to deal with tedious political affairs.

With the help of the influence of the Xie Dangmen people in the court, he made friends with a large number of ministers of the main war faction. Most of these ministers, like the Xie Dangmen, are from the big family of the gate lords, and their backgrounds are very strong. Among them, the most famous are the military department Shangshu Liu San Province and the household department Shangshu Pei Yuan.

At this point, in Chang'an, except for the Shence Army in the hands of the eunuchs, most of the money, food and troop dispatch power have been controlled by Liu Yu.

On the evening of September 3, Yan Lie, the commander of the forbidden army, took advantage of the war to take a break and brought six confidant generals to visit Dali Temple and ask to see Lord Zhengqing.

When Vice Secretary Dong Neng heard this, he hurriedly ordered the servants to pour tea and entertain the generals, and went to the backyard to inform Lord Zhengqing.

Yan Lie and others have long heard of the deeds of Dali Siqing on the grassland back then, and it is simply a terrifying legend to defeat the soldiers of Tubo with 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if Han Xin and Bai Qi are reincarnated.

They were thrilled and eager to meet this legendary man who used his soldiers like a god.

Liu Yu met with Yan Lie and his subordinates in the study.

Yan Lie was slightly stunned when he saw the bearded young man in front of him, this person's appearance and age were far from the god of war in his mind. He calculated and calculated that Liu Yu was only eighteen years old when he won the battle against Tibet, and he was even more unwilling to believe it.

The ruddy-faced Kansai man muttered in his heart, "Could it be that the things I heard before are all false, even if Huo Quai, the general of the Han Dynasty, was twenty years old when he was named a wolf in Xu Mountain." It is absolutely impossible to destroy the human kingdom at the age of eighteen!"

Liu Yu saw the doubts in Yan Lie's eyes, but deliberately ignored them. He asked Yan Lie about the current battle situation, and gave him guidance from time to time.

Yan Lie and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this, as if they had been empowered.

Anything in this world can be pretended, including appearance, figure and family background, but knowledge cannot be faked, this is a real hard goods, and it will never be accumulated without many years of skills.

Yan Lie nodded again and again when he heard this, with admiration on his face, "If we had followed the general's tactics at that time, I'm afraid we would have repelled the gang of thieves outside the city a long time ago!"

Liu Yu smiled, "The thief army is huge, and it is impossible to repel it, but you can sharpen it slightly!"

Yan Lie didn't care, and didn't hesitate to praise him, "Lord Liu is too modest, you are the pillar of my dynasty, and you will depend on you to defend the city in the future!"

The other six generals nodded again and again, "What General Yan said is very true, we should have come to consult Master Liu a long time ago!"

Liu Yu smiled slightly after hearing this, "The big war is coming, let's not retreat, we must pay more attention to the war itself." ”

Yan Lie nodded, and suddenly took out the talisman from his arms, "Please take care of this!"

What he meant was that he was willing to transfer the power of the commander of the forbidden army to Dali Temple.

Liu Yu hesitated in his heart, refused to take the talisman, and showed embarrassment, "General Yan must not be like this, I am just a civil official, and I have no right to control the talisman." If you usurp your position and exceed your authority, you may be afraid that it will cause others to talk about it. ”

"Whoever dares to talk about Lord Liu, I will take someone to his house. Anything in the world will be opposed, but Lord Liu will not be opposed, I believe in Lord Liu!" Yan Lie's attitude was very resolute.

"How can you see it?" asked Liu Yu with a smile.

"With the high style and brightness of Old Liu Pedant, the tiger father has no dogs, I believe that Lord Liu must also be a loyal and righteous person!" Yan Lie replied.

Liu Yu was slightly stunned, and only after asking Yan Lie carefully did he understand. It turned out that Yan Feng, the son of General Yan Lie, bought a set of Dali Temple's boxing book by mistake half a year ago, and since then he has been fascinated by practice, out of control, and then logically entered Dali Temple to learn the last six types of Jingao boxing.

It happened that Liu Lao was idle and had nothing to do, imparting knowledge to his martial arts disciples. This Yan Feng was originally a gentleman, who loved cockfighting and lackeys, and did not learn or know, which always gave his father Yan Lie a headache. Unexpectedly, under the education of Liu Lao Pedant, Yan Feng seemed to be a different person, changed his past rogue habits, and was very responsible in life and work, which made his family look sideways.

Yan Lie saw it in his eyes, was happy in his heart, and asked someone to find out the origin of the old scholar Liu behind his back, and after learning the truth, he had a good impression of Dali Temple, but because of King Kui's control of the government, he didn't dare to show it openly. But now that Dali Temple is in charge of the government, he has no worries in his heart, so he hurriedly brought the generals to express his loyalty.

Liu Yu smiled awkwardly after hearing this, he never thought that his father could have such a great charm, and he could educate sentient beings and make the prodigal son turn back. Thinking about it this way, it wasn't wrong for him to be beaten with those sticks when he was a child.

Of course, this can't be entirely blamed on Liu Yu himself. At that time, Liu Lao Xue really didn't look like a good gentleman, his son kicked the pigs raised at home casually, and Liu Lao Xue was able to catch up three times around Wugou Village with a stick. Every time I think of these past events, Liu Yu has some fears in his heart.

Liu Yu smiled slightly, smiling a little bitterly, "General Yan really doesn't have to be too polite, please accept the talisman, and the matter of defending the city will be decided by us together." ”

The reason why he refused to accept the talisman was actually because he didn't want to accept the hat of "loyalty" offered by Yan Lie.

He is determined to be in the world, and it is impossible for him to be foolish and loyal to the corrupt Li Tang court, which is the biggest difference between him and Yan Lie, a loyal minister of the Tang court.

Yan Lie saw that Liu Yu was resolute, so he had to take the talisman back into his arms, and said: "Since the lord refuses to accept it, the humble post will be kept for the time being, and I hope that the lord can lead us to repel the thieves outside the city and defend my Tang Dynasty." ”

The commander of the forbidden army is the third grade, which is higher than the fourth grade of Dali Temple. Yan Lie called himself a "humble position" in front of Liu Yu, and he had his own hard work. He thought to himself, in this way, Dali Siqing would not treat himself as an outsider, and he could command the forbidden army boldly and with confidence.

How could Liu Yu not understand Yan Lie's intentions, and patted this person on the shoulder, "This is natural, tomorrow morning, I will convene the ministers of the main war faction of the DPRK and China to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy, and invite General Yan to participate!"

"Humble command!" Yan Lie said busily.

Liu Yu pointed to the six generals behind Yan Lie, "If you are free tomorrow, you will all come over and listen to it together." ”

The six generals hurriedly saluted, "Obey!"

Now that the coach has made it clear that he is loyal to Dali Temple, they will naturally follow.

They admired this young Dali Siqing from the bottom of their hearts, although this person did not say anything grandiose, but every part of his body exuded an extreme confidence that did not match his age. The anxiety that had accumulated in their hearts from the tension of the war in the past few days seemed to be swept away at this moment.

Liu Yu patted the shoulders of the six people one by one, "You don't live up to me, I don't live up to Qing." In the coming war, I hope you can advance and retreat with me!"

The six generals paused, "Never disgrace your life!"

Liu Yu nodded with satisfaction, and his mind flew away, as if he had seen the distant grassland, the whimpering Wuerji Mulun River and the snow-capped Baiyinhan Mountain through thousands of mountains and rivers, and there were tears in his eyes.

Under the whole world, who can truly understand the bloody battlefield, the white bones under the west wind and the tragic desolation after success?