The emperor sat in the cool hall, when the twilight had appeared, and it was almost autumn, and the weather was still a little cold.

The discussion in the government hall came to an end, and Cheng Qili and Han Gang finally agreed to their idea of recovering Victoria, but this also took advantage of the good cooperative relationship between the three parties as a price.

And Li Xu naturally wanted to meet that Du stop cup.

His behavior unmistakably told Han Gang and Cheng Qili that he would never be a gentleman who kept the rules and made concessions, but reminded them of the days when the God Emperor was in power.

Although Cheng Qili and Han Gang finally agreed, Li Xu knew in his heart that his act of contacting Li Jifu to forcibly push for the recovery of Victoria had caused an inevitable conflict.

There is only one tiger in the middle of a forest, and this tiger used to die, and now his cub has returned.

Then the other beasts that temporarily rule the mountains and forests will have to figure out their position.

"Your Majesty, the two lieutenants are here. Chen Chaoen walked to his side with low eyebrows and whispered.

Power is unforgiving, and former allies can soon be transformed into today's enemies.

Li Xu never pinned his true grasp of power on the cooperation of Han Gang and Cheng Qili, even Li Jifu and Pei Du were just tools to move towards the next step, and even Li Deyu and Niu Shengyu, who were promoted by themselves, were the same.

Now that he is sitting on the dragon chair, the only person who can be trusted in the world is himself.

What's more, even if you are not an emperor, the only person can believe in is yourself.

"Okay, let them in. Li Xu rubbed his brows, his heart was numb.

Chen Chaoen nodded, compared to Huang Shiliang, he knew that he was more trusted by the emperor.

Because Gonggong Chen knows who he is, Gonggong Chen does not have world-class martial arts like Gonggong Yu and Gonggong Cheng, which is a dispensable person in the logic of the inner court.

The father-in-law understands better than anyone that force is the foundation of existence.

Therefore, Gonggong Chen's choice is to serve the power wholeheartedly, in the past he was the Empress Dowager Wen, then he was Gonggong Yu, and now he is the emperor.

Whoever has power will gain the loyalty of Gonggong Chen.

For example, now, Gonggong Chen carefully led the two military attachés whom His Majesty named him into the palace, and then commanded the other chamberlains, large and small, whose eyes and ears were far away from the emperor and the two military attachés.

"Don't be a whisper, Sucher. Li Xu looked at the two low-ranking military attachés kneeling in front of him, and stroked the books on the bookcase with his palm.

"You," Li Xu paused, making his voice deeper and more convincing. "They are all heroes in the Shuofang army, heroes of the extermination of Manichaeism. ”

Mentioning this, Li Xu remembered Han Gang's means of transferring foreign soldiers and horses into Beijing, since there is such a thing, how can the emperor, eunuchs, and prime ministers be in harmony?

"Get up. ”

The emperor gave an order, and Mo Yusheng and Su Che carefully got up from the ground.

Since the first attack on the Great Cloud Guangming Temple that night, the two of them have become the most influential figures in Beijing, not to mention the visits of heroes from all walks of life, and the solicitation and warnings from the Shence Army and the Tianwei Army are also indispensable.

There are even rumors that Huang Shiliang and Huang Gonggong, who are the most favored by today's sons, still intend to accept them as righteous sons and transfer them to the Tianwei Army.

Before they could recover from the feasts and drinks, someone came to the palace and said that His Majesty wanted to see them.

Although the authority of the Son of Heaven is no longer as good as it was back then, His Majesty is still His Majesty, Captain Mo and his good brother Captain Su did not close their eyes excitedly for several nights, and the stories of those generals in the commentary story flashed in front of their eyes like a marquee.

Today, I finally entered the palace tremblingly, and was taught the etiquette of a saint by a fat eunuch with a smile on his face, and the father-in-law with a good heart taught them not to forget their roots and to be content. Since he has already boarded the boat of Gonggong Chen, he will keep some distance from Gonggong Huang.

Although these two fathers-in-law are by His Majesty's side, the relationship between them is a little awkward.

The two captains, who were both happy and afraid, knelt down in front of the emperor in ignorance, and only after getting up did they realize that their emperor was so young.

Although his body has grown into an adult, and some fluff has grown on his lips, he is a young man with a somewhat pale face after all.

Such a young man is the emperor who rules more than 300 state capitals in Dayu and raises hundreds of millions of Li people.

At this moment, many waves occurred in the hearts of the two lieutenants that they couldn't tell.

"The two captains are in Shuofang, tell me what are the characteristics of the soldiers in Tubo?" Li Xu looked at the two low-ranking officers in front of him, preparing to test them.

"Tubo swept the land for the soldiers, and the people were arranged according to the households, and every time the army was sent out by the aristocratic leader, the people were sent out of the army. Their armaments, materials, and tactics are also different depending on the thousands of households they produce. Su Che peeked at Mo Yusheng, and spoke first while he was still organizing the language lunch.

"The thieves we encountered in Shuofang are different from those encountered in Jiannan and Guanzhong, these thieves have the hometown of Longyou Hexi as a support, all of them are heavily armored to make big shields and axes, and their formations are made in the shape of fish scales, drums and trumpets in front, the army is father and son brothers, once the army is engaged, the pig suddenly advances, the father does not abandon the son, the brother does not give up the brother, and it is difficult to defend the brave. ”

Su Che continued: "The thieves have taken many steps, and their cavalry relies on the party and Tuyuhun under their command, and the horses gallop suddenly, and their bows are not strong, and their strength cannot be as strong as my crossbows. Our Shuo army and the thieves in the battle, then with the gun array to meet the enemy, the two wings set up armor and cavalry, first with a strong crossbow to cover the gun array, and then the cavalry to expel the thieves' party of the light horse, once the spear array and the thief heavy step intersect, then the cavalry flanked its formation. ”

"The defeat of Dafeichuan back then was really because the number of our army was too small and the generals were not in harmony. Now the thieves are fighting against our Shuo side, and they have lost nine out of ten battles. ”

Li Xu nodded, Li Jifu also mentioned in the recital that the Tubo army is not as good as before, not only can it not gain the upper hand in the battle with the Jiannan soldiers, but it is also a repeated defeat and loss in the confrontation with Nanzhao, and it is no longer the snowy hero of the year.

"Although the Tibetans swept the floor as soldiers, their armies were led by big and small leaders, and the military funds were all plundered on the spot. Mo Fei smiled bitterly a few times, the people on Shuofang's side are fierce, and there is not much production, and the Tubo people's imperial army-style "local transfer" will not only fail to get anything, but will also cause the people to resist.

"If the army wants to move, it must rely on roads and water sources, and it will come and go. It is clear how the Tibetan side came over. Their three-plate axe is nothing remarkable. ”

Mo Yusheng pointed out to the emperor that if it was just a dull battle for regional defense, Tubo would not be able to defeat Dayu no matter how much he fought.

"Isn't there a healthy horse over there in Hehuang?" Li Xu remembered that in the past, the imperial court set up Jiumu near Qinghai, which was a large horse farm as famous as Shuofang, which could provide a lot of military horses. Tubo has a river in his hand, how can he not even have cavalry.

"The aristocratic leaders on the Tibetan side are in their own affairs, and they can be regarded as beggar-thy-neighbors, and the thieves on our Shuofang side have no elite cavalry, but the thieves on the Fengxiang and Jingyuan sides have heard that the cavalry is very elite. ”

Mo Fei pondered the sentence, he now felt that Su Che was really talking nonsense. What is the mention of Tibet, which is mostly heavy infantry and less cavalry, if this is explained, I am afraid that it will poke the emperor's lungs.

Isn't this pointing at Tubo and scolding Dayu, and pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey?

"Feng Xiang, Zuo Jinwu General Han Rui is going to serve as the envoy of Feng Xiang. Li Xu looked at Mo Yusheng and Su Che: "There are not many people who can use Jin Wuwei, so he ordered your general, you go over there to assist him and suppress the momentum of the Tubo people." ”

Then Li Xu got up from his seat, walked down, and handed the two books to Mo Yusheng and Su Che.

"The martial arts on this, practice it well. Li Xu sighed: "Dayu wants to refresh and cheer up, you have to fight for energy." ”