No one thought that Li Shimin would decide to launch an offensive against Goguryeo in the spring of next year, so after the selection of the main general was determined, Li Shimin immediately gathered several major generals such as Cheng Yanjin and Li Ji, and talked secretly for a whole day before they dispersed.

Li Xiu was still having breakfast early the next morning, but someone came to report that Cheng Yanjin was coming, which made him a little surprised, after all, Cheng Yanjin had just been appointed as the main general, and there must be a lot of things to be busy, and even if he wanted to thank himself, he didn't have to come early in the morning, right?

With the doubts in his heart, Li Xiu hurriedly came to the front hall, only to see Cheng Yanjin standing in the living room with his whole body in armor, although his beard was a little gray, but he looked extremely heroic, and now he really looked like a general.

"Horse, I'm here to say goodbye to you!" I saw Cheng Yanjin see Li Xiu coming in, and immediately clasped his hands into fists and said loudly.

"Your Majesty summoned you yesterday, are you going to leave today?" As soon as Li Xiu heard Cheng Yanjin's words, he immediately understood, and immediately said in shock.

"The soldiers are very fast, and there is not much time left for us to prepare, and when we arrive in Liaodong, I still have to prepare for military affairs, and there is no way to integrate the army in three or five months, so yesterday His Majesty asked us to leave Beijing as soon as possible, and today not only I am going, Li Ji and they will also leave Beijing with me, and now they are all waiting on the official road!" Cheng Yanjin immediately smiled and said.

This time Cheng Biting Jin is also raising his eyebrows, not only Li Ji is under his control, but also Zhang Liang, Cheng Mingzhen and other famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, all of them are under his jurisdiction, some of these people have already arrived in Liaodong, and some are rushing to Liaodong with him, and after the spring of next year, he can decide the timing of sending troops according to his own judgment, and he does not need to go through the imperial court, which shows the great power that Li Shimin gave him.

"I see, but do you have any complaints from the British princess?" Li Xiu heard that Li Ji was also outside the official road, but he didn't come in, and he couldn't help but ask at the moment, in fact, he didn't need to ask him to know that Li Ji was definitely not happy in his heart now.

"Hehe, if you want to say something about complaining or something, Li Ji must have something in his heart, but this is His Majesty's decision, what can he do, this time His Majesty wants him to be restrained by me, no matter how dissatisfied he is in his heart, he doesn't dare to say anything, in fact, Li Ji is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, and he also knows the severity, of course, take a step back, if he really dares to disobey on the battlefield, then don't blame me for being polite." Cheng Yanjin smiled proudly again at this time.

Li Xiu was worried that Li Ji would not listen to orders because he was dissatisfied, but when he heard Cheng Yanjin's words, he immediately put his mind at ease, these generals are all human spirits on the battlefield, and they should not do anything irrational, but they are a little worried.

"General Cheng, since you are leaving now, then I will not keep you, here I will replace the wine with tea, I wish you a successful start and success!" Li Xiu said this, personally poured a cup of tea for Cheng Yanjin, and then sent it to the other party.

"Haha~, the auspicious words of the horse, I won't say thank you, but you let Lao Ma rest assured, I will definitely help him fulfill his wish!" Cheng Yanjin drank the tea as he spoke, and then said goodbye with his hands in fists, and Li Xiu personally sent him out.

However, just as Cheng Biting Jin Fei got on the horse and was about to leave, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and immediately stopped the horse again and said: "Don Ma, we are just the first batch of generals to rush to Liaodong, and there may be a second batch next, and even Your Majesty will go in person next year, don't forget to help Shubao fight for a place, and fulfill his wish!" ”

"General Cheng, don't worry, I will definitely help him fight for General Qin!" Li Xiu immediately nodded solemnly and said, among the main generals convened by Li Shimin yesterday, there was no Qin Qiong's name, in fact, Qin Qiong had not led troops for several years, and it is estimated that Li Shimin would not let him lead troops again, but in the end, when Li Shimin went to Goguryeo, it could be said that he was moved to bring Qin Qiong.

Cheng Yanjin heard Li Xiu's words and hugged his fists again, and then patted the horse and left here, Li Xiu watched the other party's back disappear at the end of the road, and then turned around and returned home, but at this time his mood was very excited, because Cheng Yanjin and their departure also meant that the war of the Tang Dynasty against Goguryeo was about to begin.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu also had no intention of going to the financial prison, in fact, as the Tang Dynasty prepared to use troops against Goguryeo, other affairs in the court were also affected, such as the expansion of the bank was temporarily stopped, because it was likely to be affected by the war, so now it is mainly to consolidate the original territory, which makes Li Xiu more idle.

At that moment, Li Xiu didn't even eat breakfast, and hurriedly ran to see Ma Ye, and then told him the good news, but Ma Ye also got up after hearing it, and clamored to drink to celebrate on the spot, but the county lord of Guanghua was stunned when he heard this, which made Ma Ye immediately dispel his thoughts, and pulled Li Xiu to ask many details.

Although Cheng Yanjin and others did not make a noise when they left, some people still found out about this matter, although the imperial court has been blockading the matter of using troops against Goguryeo, but it still revealed some rumors, which made many people secretly discuss, and even some people have guessed that the imperial court is afraid that it will do something to Goguryeo, and for a time the rumors in Chang'an City are also flying all over the sky.

However, now the news leakage has little impact, and in this era, the speed of news transmission is already very slow, even if the whole Chang'an City knows about it, but it will take at least a few months to reach Goguryeo, and maybe Cheng Jindu will already attack the border towns of Goguryeo.

After Cheng Yanjin and the others left, Qin Qiong obviously couldn't sit still, and came to Li Xiu several times, but Li Xiu asked him to wait with peace of mind, because not many people knew about Li Shimin's preparation for the imperial expedition, but Li Xiu knew that if Li Shimin wanted to go, he would definitely bring a group of civil and military officials, and then he would recommend it to Li Shimin, and it would not be a big problem to bring Qin Qiong.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that not only Qin Qiong couldn't sit still, but Li Xiu also found that Li Shimin couldn't sit still, especially after Cheng Yanjin and others left, he was almost in no mood to deal with government affairs, and usually relied on the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others.