"How's that news? It was just delivered, and in the words of the stinky boy at home: fresh and hot! Li Er's mood at the moment should be very good, and he even made a joke.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" After the note was circulated, the old guys all rose up to congratulate Lao Li, which is a good thing, Datang can expand its territory, which is also a glorious thing for these old guys, and they should celebrate together.

However, Lao Du was still not worried about his son's affairs, looking at Li Er, who was already grinning to the root of his ears, he hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Du Gou is ...... in Shandong."

"Keming, didn't you say it, let the young people deal with the young people's affairs." Li Er interrupted Du Ruhui again: "At the beginning, Shandong was handed over to Cheng Qian and their juniors to deal with, and it is still the case now, since Cheng Qian did not deal with Du Gou in Shandong, then we should not worry about this idleness." ”

"Whoa!" Du Ruhui nodded heavily.

Li Er's has vaguely expressed his meaning very clearly: take it lightly, turn big things into small things, and turn small things into small things.

Don't deal with things that are not easy to handle, just leave them there, impeachment is equivalent to a complaint by the people, and as an official government, it can be put aside and not accepted.

The case is accepted, but it is not handled, what is waiting to be handled, that is the matter of the judge (Li Er), the complainant can only ask at most, if you want to force the judge (Li Er) to ......make a decision, then you have to try whether your neck is hard or not.

The five surnames and seven wangs and the civil official system are not so important to Li Er, and to a large extent, Li Er has been weakening their power and influence.

The fundamental reason is not because of how big their power is, it must be just a few families, no matter how powerful they are, they cannot be more powerful than the Great Sui Dynasty, which controls the entire Central Plains, and the reason why Li Er has been targeting the five surnames and seven wangs, and the five surnames and seven hopes are also targeting Li Er, the fundamental reason is that these families were supporting the hidden prince Li Jiancheng at the beginning.

This is a well-known secret that Li Chengqian knew from Zhuo Wen's mouth, but he couldn't tell.

It is precisely because of this that Li Er has always been obsessed with the five surnames and seven hopes, and he can't wait to get rid of them quickly, and the five surnames and seven hopes also understand this, so they will unite together and have been against Li Er.

They knew that Li Er wanted a reputation, and they would not easily use swords against them, but would only divide and disintegrate their forces in a gentle way.

Based on the above, it can be seen that in fact, the five surnames and seven wangs are more self-preservation, and at the same time want to introduce an agent (emperor) who echoes their own interests.

Of course, this is somewhat difficult, but it is not impossible.

After all, they still have a lot of influence in the court and the Central Plains, and it is not a problem for them to huddle together and exclude Li Er's chosen heir without violating their principles. And as long as Li Er's heir is eliminated, it is no different from electing an agent who is in their interests.

Everyone has their own plans and goals, and Li Er naturally has them, but Li Er's purpose is actually very simple: first, to keep his throne; second, govern the Tang Dynasty; Third, that is to cultivate one's own qualified heir, and at the same time, let people destroy this heir.

So, for what happened in Shandong this time, Li Er decided to take a cold approach, put it aside first, and deal with it when he remembered it later.

As an old man who has experienced the changes of Xuanwumen, Du Ruhui can naturally understand Li Er's thoughts, and after listening to his decision, he immediately put his heart in his stomach, knowing that his own kid should have escaped this time.

Of course, he still has to communicate with Li Er privately about this matter in the future, but it shouldn't be used now, His Majesty the Emperor's mind is not in Shandong at all, and the large land of Tuyuhun has attracted all his energy to the past.

However, compared with the excited bigwigs in Chang'an City, the Tang army in the Western Regions is not as awesome as imagined.

There are two sides to everything, one month, to complete the road that normally takes two months to complete, and it is still in the desert, only they know how much suffering the Zuo Wuwei led by Xue Rengui has endured.

And as the defenders of Liangzhou who attracted Tuyu Hun Fuyun's attention, only they could understand how much they paid.

There are about 8,000 defenders trapped in Liangzhou, and outside the city is Tuyuhun's 100,000 army, is there any pressure? Is there any pressure to face the siege of Tuyuhun soldiers with up to 20,000 people every day?

People are not machines, if they are injured, they will return to the factory for repair, and they will soon be able to restore their functions.

In the ancient times of Datang, where medical technology was not very developed, it was possible to be taken away by Lord Yama if you had a fever or a cold, and the possibility of surviving if you were injured on the battlefield was basically infinitely close to zero.

Although Duan Zan brought a lot of alcohol this time, alcohol is not omnipotent, it can only play a role in disinfection, if it can fully inhibit the growth of bacteria, it is not in a sterile environment.

So the soldiers defending the city became fewer and fewer in successive battles, and gradually the figures of the people began to appear at the head of the city, and they put on the armor of the dead soldiers, took up their swords, and stood where they had stood.

Everyone in the city knows who the person outside is, and they also know what the outcome will be after the city is broken, so desperately becoming their last choice.

For those soldiers stationed at the head of the city, the people did not have so much gratitude and not so much emotion at this time, and everyone had only one thought in their hearts: to live and wait for reinforcements! That's all.

As for moving or something, it was something that would only happen after the end of the war, and no one would have thought of it at all during the battle.

Houses were torn down, rafters sharpened for ballistas, beams for logs, and masonry for stones.

By the sixth day of the siege, there were no defensive weapons left on the city, and there was no way to do anything but demolish the houses and find some replacements.

The city wall defenders where Duan Zan was stationed had changed for an unknown number of years, and there were no familiar faces except for the two guards sent by the old man.

After a few days of fighting, he had realized the horror of the war, and recalled how romantic and spectacular Li Chengqian's description of the war in Chang'an ......, Duan Zan only said: Your uncle's!

(End of chapter)