Chapter 133 Chen Ying's way of standing up

It's been almost a year and a half since Anzai set out. The soldiers were homesick, and even Chen Ying thought about his son he had never met.

For his son, Chen Ying misses him very much, and he can't wait to stay by his side every day and watch him grow up.

However, Chen Ying knew that Chang'an was brewing a long-lost storm, and Chang'an, which seemed to be calm, was actually rolling in the undercurrent, and the mountain rain was coming.

However, Chen Ying, who is located in the city of Gaoche City, seems to be a little quiet, as the protector of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Ying has already figured out how to express his majesty.

When Chen Ying summoned the leaders of the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions and the local officials, he usually asked these officials to wait in the general office outside for half an hour. The general office room is actually a large wing room, which is very simple to furnish, with a Hu bed, but no cushions, a teapot, but no stove, not to mention a kang and a fire wall. Pour a cup of hot tea in the general room, and it won't take half an hour to freeze into iced tea.

These people who were waiting for Chen Ying to be summoned didn't know that even if Chen Ying was fine, even if he hid in the room and soaked his feet, he would make these leaders of various ethnic groups and officials of various states and counties wait for half an hour.

Waiting for half an hour in this general room that looked like an ice cellar, when these chiefs and officials of all clans entered the Metropolitan Protectorate Festival Hall, they would feel as warm as the sun.

Chen Ying is very good at taking advantage of the surrounding environment, even during the day, he will use the principle of optical refraction to refract the yang fire onto Chen Ying's face. People who stand in the dark always feel a little ashamed of themselves when they look at people in the sun, and people in the sun are always more durable than people in the dark, because at this moment, even some of the beauty on the tip of the eyebrows will be clearly seen by people in the dark.

Of course, in terms of appearance, Chen Ying has the strength to eat with his face. In fact, there is also a saying in the small circle of noblewomen in Chang'an that Princess Pingyang fell in love with Chen Ying, not because of his background and ability, but also because of Chen Ying's attractive face.

The women of the Tang Dynasty are all very arrogant. Especially the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, within three months after Chen Ying and Li Xiuning got married, at least Li Xiuning's sisters or cousins, most of them came to observe Chen Ying, known as the most beautiful man in the Tang Dynasty, under the banner of meeting Li Xiuning.

In fact, in the entire Western Regions, no matter which man saw Chen Ying, he would subconsciously feel inferior.

When Chen Ying met with the leaders and lower-level officials of the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions, he would not wear his official uniform embroidered with a two-inch diameter flower from the second-grade vermilion purple, but a bright silver armor, this set of armor is actually a kind of goods, and when it is taken to the battlefield, it is not as good as the defensive ability of a leather armor.

This bright silver armor is made of tinplate steel, and the shoulder pads appear extremely thick, in fact, Luo Shixin can slap this thick shoulder pad flat. However, Chen Ying, who was dressed in bright silver armor, was bathed in sunlight or candlelight, looking majestic and heroic.

Staying in the ice cellar of the general office for half an hour, and then entering the warm festival hall, in fact, everyone will feel warm, of course, this warmth is not brought by Chen Ying, but the credit of the fire wall in the festival hall.

But whenever Chen Ying is angry, he will let people open the back window of the inner hall, and through the convection of the air, people subconsciously think that as long as Chen Ying is angry, there will be a strong cold wind blowing around him.

More than 100 tribal leaders, large and small, as well as the 19 states of Xizhou Road, the long history, and the county order of one hundred and four years, a total of 300 people, looked at Chen Ying who was sitting on the throne of the Dadu Protectorate with anxiety, and Chen Ying smiled faintly.

Chen Ying, bathed in the candle flame, makes people feel like a spring breeze.

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Today, most of the people are looking for you to come over, and there is only one thing. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ying's eyes stared at everyone and looked at everyone: "This capital protects the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an and rewards you." ”

Hearing Chen Ying's reward to everyone, the tribal leaders breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Ying is famous in the Western Regions, who dares to be enemies of the enemy, the Western Turkic Emperor Ye Hu, Tuyuhun Murong Fuyun, and the Tubo people will end.

At this time, the leader of the black-headed tribe came out of the ranks, knelt in front of Chen Ying and said: "My black-headed black protector is afraid of the Turks, and if I don't dare to follow the heavenly army to attack the Turks, most of them are not strange, but they are still so loving, this is called us, we ...... Chen Dadu protects, although my black-headed black guard does not represent the black-headed black guard of the entire clan, but my personal life is Chen Dadu's protection of you! Sent later! No matter what danger lies ahead, I will not avoid it! ”

Chen Ying laughed and said: "It doesn't have to be like this, it is normal for people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, when my Datang prestige descends to the Western Regions, you know how to choose, my Datang has always been generous to friends, of course, I will not be merciful to the enemy!" ”

Saying that, Chen Ying asked people to deliver gifts one by one to everyone.

This kind of gift is actually not too expensive. Rather, it is a high-manganese steel horizontal knife for each person.

The crowd looked anxiously at the black painted scabbard of a wild leather ox, and the handle made of horns, and they looked at each other and did not know what to do.

Chen Ying casually pulled out a high-manganese steel, and the jet-black blade made people shudder.

Chen Ying walked in front of the black-headed black-got, looked at the black-headed black-headed blackgo and smiled, "Pull out your knife!" ”

The black-headed black guard lowered his head, and cold sweat flowed down his face: "In front of Chen Daduhu, how dare the black-headed black guard hold a blade?" ”

Chen Ying pursed his lips and smiled disapprenorantly: "What nonsense, if you want to pull out the knife, you will pull it out!" ”

The black-headed black guard stubbornly pulled out his knife, although he also had some courage, but in front of Chen Ying, he really didn't dare to use force. He knew that once he made a move with Chen Ying, their entire black-headed black-headed black-protected tribe would disappear from the world.

"Choking ......"

I saw Chen Ying's wrist shake, and the cold flashed. The black-headed black guard only felt the scimitar in his hand for a while, and when he looked down, he found that the scimitar in his hand had been cut off by more than a foot!

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Is this knife sharp?" ”

The black-headed black guard replied, "This is a divine weapon!" ”

Chen Ying smiled and said, "This Dadu Protector will reward you with a divine weapon today!" ”

Everyone hurriedly bowed down and said in unison: "Xie Chen Dadu Protection, Xie Datang Emperor reward!" ”

Everyone came to the high-speed car city, braving the wind and snow, to say that there is no complaint must be a lie, after all, in such a cold weather, lying in bed to make a man is the best choice. However, at this moment, everyone has no resentment at all, and this trip is a little too profitable!

A divine weapon is simply hard to find.

The crowd came anxiously, beaming with joy and going back satisfied.

Chen Ying looked at the gloomy lobby, and Zhang Shigui and Guo Xiaoke asked almost at the same time: "Dadu Hu is preparing to use troops to the Western Turks after the beginning of spring?" ”

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "If it is not possible after the beginning of spring, it must wait until after the autumn harvest!" ”

Guo Xiaoke said with some surprise: "Most of the protection, be careful of long nights and dreams!" ”

Chen Ying looked at Guo Xiaoke, then looked at the silent Su Dingfang and said with a smile: "Then let's ask you, what is the biggest difficulty in our westward expedition to the Western Turks?" ”

Zhang Shigui, Guo Xiaoke, and Su Dingfang said in unison: "Grain and grass! ”

"Baggage!"

"Supplies!"

Although the three of them answered differently, in fact, they meant the same thing. Food supply has always been the lifeline of the farming people's expedition outside the Saiwai, most of the border passes are barren land, and the grain produced by the locals is not enough to eat, let alone provide the army, every grain of rice, every piece of cloth needed by the army, has to be transported within the customs.

From the interior to the border fortress, not to mention thousands of miles away, thousands of miles of grain, the manpower required is unimaginable, and the consumption on the way is also unimaginable, the treasury allocated 500,000 stone grain, and finally transported to the border can have 100,000 stone, thank God, where is the rest of the 400,000 stone? It's all eaten on the way! Coupled with the greed of officials at all levels, the consumption is even more amazing.

Therefore, the 20,000 army out of the expedition, often need hundreds of thousands of people to transport food, water and weapons in the back, otherwise this battle will not be able to fight, and the astonishing consumption is destined to each expedition can not last, the Han army every time the expedition to the Xiongnu, often can only last for a month, a month later the supply will be exhausted, the Xiongnu take the opportunity to counterattack, the situation will be reversed immediately. It is precisely because the cost of supply is too alarming that the Han army has always been quite passive in the war with the Xiongnu, and the Huns often flee to the depths of the desert as soon as the Han army comes, avoiding the Han army's soldiers, and then counterattacking when the Han army's supplies are almost exhausted, in the Hun-Han war, this kind of bloody lesson abounds. Huo Quai, a madman who dared not to bring Yang to the desert, bought or annihilated one when he met one, and got all his support for the tactics of the Huns, made them pay a heavy price, but unfortunately Huo Qubing had only one, he could not replicate, after his untimely death, the strategy of the Han army tended to be conservative, and returned to the way of fighting for national strength.

Chen Ying nodded and said, "It is precisely because of this that we cannot launch the Western Expedition in the spring, and we must accumulate strength for another year!" ”

Guo Xiaoke said: "But the autumn attack, this is a big problem, because at that time the grass seeds are gradually ripe, and the war horses do not worry about not finding food on the grassland, and the Turkic cavalry only needs to bring two slave horses, twenty or thirty catties of dried meat and a few bags of mare's milk wine, plus some captures, it is enough to support on the grassland for a month." They move quickly, they can gallop two or three hundred miles in a day and night, and even if they run out of food, they can withdraw as quickly as possible......"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "What you said is good, but you didn't take into account another problem!" ”

"What's the problem?" Guo Xiaoke asked curiously.

"One eliminates the other!" Chen Ying explained: "The development of the Western Regions has gradually improved, and we have relocated to the people who have been rescued from Tibet, time is completely on our side, and after the spring of next year, we can reclaim more farmland, plant more rice, wheat, soybeans and cotton, our strength is increasing every day, and the Turks weaken every day, and in the autumn, they will not be able to bear the energy, and then we will clean them up, easy and happy!" ”

Su Dingfang suddenly realized: "I finally understand now that Chen Dadu Protector will reward all the ethnic groups in the Western Regions with high manganese steel horizontal knives, and Chen Dadu Protector wants to establish power!" ”

In fact, as Su Dingfang guessed, Chen Ying gave divine weapons to the leaders of various tribes, and the purpose was really to establish authority.

Today, this high-manganese steel horizontal knife that is sharpened like mud is actually the standard equipment of the Tang Army. In the face of an army with divine weapons, they don't even have the courage to rebel!