"General, someone from Wuwei City is here. It was Mrs. Yan who came. At night, Su Dingfang was in the big tent, looking at the map around Wuwei, and suddenly heard the voice of the soldiers outside, and his face was stunned. As if he thought of something, he hurriedly greeted him personally.

Outside the barracks, an elderly lady stood trembling there, although she was only about forty, but she saw the twilight in her, and there were two or three little servants beside her.

"Mrs. Yan." Su Dingfang and Ashina Ni hurriedly walked out and looked at Zhao with a look of surprise on their faces.

"The Yan family has an unfilial son, betrayed the Tang Dynasty, betrayed the Yan family, and today the Yan family is here to apologize." Zhao's voice trembled, he took a tray from a servant beside him, held it in his hand, took two steps forward, knelt on the ground violently, and said: "Now the head of the traitor Yan Fei is presented to the general, and the general is asked to spare the lives of the people and soldiers of Wuwei City." ”

"Mrs. Yan, you, why are you doing this?" Su Dingfang didn't expect that the Zhao family would personally kill his son and present his head, so he couldn't help but step forward and take the tray, without looking at it, and said to the Zhao family: "Actually, according to the contribution of the Duke of Wuwei to the imperial court, His Majesty the Emperor must be extraordinarily gracious and forgive Yan Fei's crimes. ”

"Betraying my Yan family is nothing, but betraying the Tang Dynasty, where does the Yan family have the face to let His Majesty be extrajudicial and gracious." Zhao shook his head and said: "This is a matter of self-isolation from the ancestors, and it is actually colluding with other races, even if the nine clans are exterminated, it is not an exaggeration." My Yan family just asked him to go first, and I thought that his parents and brothers would follow him soon. ”

"Your Majesty is benevolent, General Yan has repeatedly made military exploits, and this kind of thing will not be used on the Duke of Wuwei County in the future." Su Dingfang said to the subordinates behind the Zhao family: "Quickly help Mrs. Yan up." The two maids beside him didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly helped Zhao up.

"This is not a matter of extrajudicial grace and Your Majesty's benevolence, thinking that my Yan family has received His Majesty's holy grace, it is impossible to repay it, and now the rebel son has actually done this kind of thing, what face does my Yan family have to see the Son of Heaven." Zhao shook his head and said: "General, the situation in Wuwei City has been decided, my rebel son said that he wants to leave Wuwei, presumably those traitors saw that the situation was not right, and were ready to flee, but the general must be prepared!" ”

"Come if you want, leave when you want, where in the world is there such an easy thing." Su Ding's face was gloomy, and he sneered: "Speaking carefully, I'm afraid that General Li Xuanba has been waiting for these traitors in front for a long time, and we should also set off to pursue them immediately." ”

"The general is busy with military affairs, so I won't bother him, go back to Wuwei first, and wait for His Majesty's holy decree." After hearing this, Zhao nodded, turned around and was about to leave.

"Mrs. Yan, is there any news from the Duke of Wuwei?" Ashina couldn't help but ask.

"The army of 100,000 has entered the territory of Tubo, the Yan family, and repays the country with death." Zhao's body trembled for a while, and finally said through gritted teeth.

"Ahh After hearing this, Su Dingfang's face was stunned, but it was not good-looking, and finally said: "Sister-in-law, rest assured, the imperial court will definitely not disappoint anyone who is loyal to the imperial court." He can see that he is serious and is ready to repay the country with death and wash away the shame on his body with his own blood, I am afraid that at this time, he has already saved the heart of death.

?“ General, what should we do now? Is it to march into Tibet, or to deal with those rebels? Ashina couldn't help but ask.

There are two ways in front of everyone at the moment, one is to rescue Zheng and his 100,000 army, and the other is to continue to deal with the rebels in front of him. Either way, there will be some abandonment.

"Send grain and grass, you must find General Yan. Then we move on to the rebels, and we must destroy them. Su Dingfang took a deep breath and said, "The first thing we have to do is to keep the northwest, as long as the northwest is kept, we can have a chance to deal with the Tubo people." As for General Yan, it can only be determined by the will of God. ”

"That's all it takes, then Zhao?" Ashina said with some embarrassment: "Mrs. Yan's killing of her son is enough to show that this matter may have nothing to do with General Yan, this Mrs. Yan is a person who understands righteousness, and the general admires it very much." ”

"What the final result will be, it's not up to you and me to decide, please let Your Majesty decide!" Su Dingfang nodded and said: "This kind of thing, I don't know what those people in the court think, this kind of thing, hehe, General Ashina, I'm afraid you don't know!" If it is about to be pacified today, we martial artists are probably a thorn in the side of those scholars, and I don't know how many people want to attack us martial artists, these people are very powerful, and I really think it is when Ma Fang Nanshan. ”

Ashina Ni's face was calm, and he didn't speak, whether Datang was a horse and put Nanshan was very important to him, a Turkic leader, maybe he couldn't wait for Datang to really give up force. This is nothing more than whether he is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but in the interests of the Turkic tribes.

"Tell the soldiers that the meritorious service is in the future, hehe, kill these rebels and get promoted." Su Dingfang pulled out the sword at his waist and said loudly: "Attack overnight, I don't believe that Tuoba Kui can resist my Tang elite." ”

"Yes." Ashina nodded.

That night, Tuoba Kui never expected that the army he led was actually launched by the Tang Dynasty army to launch a sudden attack, and Qin Ling did not expect that Yan Fei was actually killed by his mother, and he personally took the head and gave it to Su Dingfang, so that after Su Dingfang got the news, he immediately commanded the army to kill him.

In the dark night, these rebels could not be compared with the army of the Tang Dynasty at all, and after a short period of chaos, they fell into a rout, even on the Qinling Tomb, there was no way to stop the rout of the army, and in the end they could only lead the remnants of the army to defeat and escape. After Su Dingfang first entered Wuwei, he rectified the order in the city, and sent people to send grain and grass to Zhengcheng to keep the Zhengcheng army of 100,000.

Songzhou, Li Xin looked at the letter in his hand, his face was gloomy, this was a desperate letter sent by seriousness, his heart was full of guilt for Li Xin, serious in Li Xin's heart In fact, they were not as good as Su Dingfang, Su Dingfang and others were good at fighting, but relative to loyalty, in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, probably only Li Jing and other veterans could resist.

"Father, I'm afraid that the Duke of Wuwei County has the intention of dying." Li Chengzong sighed slightly: "Although it is said that the son is not the fault of the father, I am afraid that the serious general would not have thought that his son would actually betray the court and do such a thing." Wuwei Jungong was killed by his son this time. I believe that if such a thing is spread to the Jingshi, many people will soon send a concert and participate in the Wuwei County Gong. ”

"Hmph, it's not good to fight, but the infighting is very powerful." Li Xin said disdainfully: "Although there are some mistakes in seriousness, but he can serve my Tang Dynasty, sit in the northwest, in the past ten years, hard work, I appreciate him very much, but since his son is suspected of rebellion, I can't just let it go easily, I am not Yang Guang, my subordinates rebelled, in the end, just say a few words casually, curse in the mouth, and easily put it down, pass on the decree, will be serious for Wuwei Hou, behead Yan Fei, hang the Wuwei city wall, in order to set an example." ”

"Yes." Li Chengzong nodded when he heard this, and hurriedly asked the people below to write the holy decree without mentioning it, but he was relieved in his heart, and he was demoted at this time, which shows that Li Xin is still a very nostalgic person, at this time it is better to be demoted than after the war, and there is always a chance to be promoted, especially now, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo are fighting, and there are still many opportunities for meritorious service.

"Chengzong, Chang'an has gathered a lot of show girls, your mother has begun to choose concubines for the princes, what do you want?" Li Xin suddenly looked at Li Chengzong with a smile and said.

"The child is at the mercy of his father." Li Chengzong hurriedly said.

"Although there are noble children who have also participated in the draft, and the family has produced a lot of children, and even the Kanto family has sent candidates, but I hope that among your women, it is best not to have a woman from the family, especially after you ascend the throne." Li Xin suddenly sighed and said, "Do you understand your father's thoughts?" ”

"The father doesn't want his sons to have the slightest connection with those big families, so as to avoid the strong trend of the big families because of their marriage with the royal family, which will affect the stability of the country in the future." Li Chengzong said without thinking.

"You are very smart, I am very relieved of this, these families are like this, I want to take the opportunity to influence the royal family, affect my Li family, for men, conquer the country is to conquer the woman, and for women, conquering the man is equivalent to conquering the country, the same is true for those families, using their own women to conquer the royal family, using the royal family for their own interests, this is the family's abacus, the woman you choose, the first is beautiful, so as to continue my royal high-quality bloodline, the second is virtuous, In this way, you can help you deal with the affairs of the harem, the third is filial piety, the court governs the world with filial piety, if you are not filial, how can you be the mother of the world. ”

"What my father said is very true. The sons remembered it. Li Chengzong hurriedly said.

"No, the most important thing, you don't know yet, is intelligence. What kind of place is the palace, if you are not smart and don't have a little skill, you will be played to death by your woman in the future. Hehe, don't underestimate these women, three women are a play, they can sometimes play you on the applause, they can't do anything for the throne, so you have to have super means to solve all this. This is especially true of the women of the family. Li Xin shook his head and said.

"Although your father has continuously weakened the power of the family over the years, in fact, it has only shaken their skin, not their bones, and the things that shake their bones will be left to you, don't worry, after all, your prestige is not as good as mine. Step by step, so as to ensure that the country and the society are not shaken, to achieve the smoothest transition. Li Xin patted Li Chengzong on the shoulder, and the father and son got out of the big tent and walked among the mountains.

"What my father said is timely, although these families have weakened a lot over the years, but Erchen always feels that these people are intertwined, there are many things that are always seen in the fog, and Erchen always can't see clearly, and he always feels that there are many things mixed in behind a small matter, which makes Erchen jealous." Li Chengzong also spoke.

"If you can realize this, it means that you have learned a lot during this time, and I can rest assured that I can boldly put the country in your hands." Li Xin nodded and said: "I have always been like this in the Central Plains, although there is a royal law, but the royal law is nothing more than human affection. What about human affection? This thing is something that everyone will have, friends, relatives, teachers and students, etc., all of them are human, after all, everyone has someone to help, and this is the case with officials and officials, and the same is true for families to collude with each other. It's good to get used to it, but it is precisely with these relationships that there will be a family today, they collude with each other, and there may be evil, but there are many who despise the court, and there are many of them. ”

"Damn." Li Chengzong's handsome face flashed with a hint of annoyance, he didn't know this kind of thing, and it would not reflect these things in the performance of civil officials.

"After you return to Beijing this time, in addition to getting married, you will go to the military academy, be a mountain chief, have more contact with those soldiers, give them grace, affection, benefit, etc., you have to grasp it, I will give you two years, and after two years, my father will hand over the Jinyi Guard to you, and give you another two years, let you lead the army to fight, not more, expand the land for five hundred miles, and you can make your prestige in the army. Then go back to the court and follow me to deal with the government affairs, so that when you are twenty-eight years old, you will be able to inherit my Li family's country, and when that time comes, I will give you the throne, and your mother and I can also visit the magnificent mountains and rivers of my Tang Dynasty. Li Xin said with a smile: "Your father's task is to lay down the country, and your task is to govern the country." ”

"Father Emperor Dragon and Tiger Fierce, why is there a saying that Zen will give up the throne?" Li Chengzong frowned and said, he carefully calculated that when he was twenty-eight years old, Li Xin was only in his forties, and according to Li Xin's current spirit, it is estimated that it is not a big problem to live to be seventy or eighty years old.

"If a person stays on the throne for a long time, he will be stubborn and arrogant, which is not good for the court, the country, and even the heirs." Li Xin shook his head and said: "Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as long as you grow up, the throne will be given to you, bringing new blood to the empire and restoring new vitality." lest I stay on the throne for a long time, and your boy will be impatient. Hehe, in fact, this supreme position can't stay too long, twenty years is enough! (To be continued.) )