There is still some moisture in the firewood He first burned "crackling", and then it burned brightly, the smoke quickly faded, and a strong medicinal smell wafted out of the thread, this time the medicinal smell is not unpleasant, and there is a faint aroma when you taste it, after all, it is some supplements.

Anu snuggled in Yang Fan's arms and said softly: "The slave's body is already well, Lang Jun doesn't have to take the risk of getting these tonics." ”

Yang Fan smiled and didn't speak, but thought in his heart: "If I hadn't thought of getting these medicinal materials, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known that the Khitans had such a plan. This news must be sent to the imperial court as soon as possible. ”

Anu leaned into Yang Fan's arms with satisfaction, and said in a low voice: "Lang Jun has been missing for a long time, the slave has no taste of food, and the night is restless, but now the slave is at ease." It's just that Xiaoman is still worried at home. It's all slaves who are not good, as soon as they saw Lang Jun, they chased after him without thinking about it, and they should have left someone to send a message back. ”

Yang Fan hugged her tighter, and was silent for a long time before he said softly: "Xiaoman has Nianzu and Sirong by his side, and they are noisy, noisy, and worried, Xiaoman still has a head in his heart, and he doesn't have so much time to think about my ......."

He comforted himself, in fact, he didn't even believe it, he and Xiaoman had the deepest feelings, not only aiqing, but also family affection. Xiaoman has two children to take care of, and he doesn't have to run around, and his body may not be as haggard as Anu, but when the news of his uncertain life and death comes back, the damage to Xiaoman's soul will be small.

But an expedition of 160,000 troops!

The little Khitan has never been put in the eyes of the country. When an army of 160,000 troops was dispatched, there were still ministers in the DPRK who criticized it. thinks that the emperor is making a fuss, and the emperor is bent on going his own way. That's why so many men were sent.

At that time, even Yang Fan had the same idea, thinking that 350,000 elite soldiers were enough to defeat the Khitan rabble, who would have thought that the imperial court would be defeated, and it would be a defeat, another defeat, and three defeats, and the defeat would be so miserable?

Thinking of this, Yang Fan also felt an inexplicable resentment in his heart, and he was silent for a long time before he said softly: "Get better quickly, let's ...... Soon to be out of the mountain! ”

……

The Turks successively defeated the border armies of Jingnan, Pingdi, and Qingyi. The news of Liankefeizhou, Danzhou, Dingzhou, Zhaozhou and other places not only reached the imperial court, but also quickly spread to the Western Regions.

Di Renjie, who was resettling displaced people there, consolidating border defenses, and trying to repair the damage caused by the Turkic invasion, was like a serious illness when he heard the news, and he suddenly grew much older.

In the past few years of exile, he has aged a lot, but his optimistic and positive attitude towards life has not changed, although he is very aware that the national strength has declined over the years, but he has always felt that this decline is only relative to the strength of the Taizong and Gaozong periods, no matter what. The imperial court is still an existence that can only be looked up to in the eyes of the surrounding countries.

However, the defeat of a company of three-way armies in Hebei was like a blow to the head, which completely woke him up.

It turned out that ......, the dynasty had fallen into decay. The group of enemies who were temporarily stung because of the strength of the Tang Dynasty, once they realized that this was a paper tiger, could their ambitions still be contained?

The night was dark. Di Renjie didn't feel sleepy, and wandered outside alone for a long time. Then he returned to the tent and drank silently, and drank a few glasses of wine. And he became drunk.

He is an old minister who has been coming from Taizong and Gaozong Dynasty, he has seen the Tang Empire grow stronger step by step, and now he has gone from a teenager to a young man, through youth and prime of life, and has entered his twilight years, his hair and beard are as white as snow, and the Tang Dynasty ...... Is it also starting to decline?

"Di Shuai, General Lou Shi De Lou asks to see you!"

Di Renjie glanced at the guard lightly with drunken eyes, waved his hand, and ordered, "Please let him in!" ”

Lou Shide dragged a stump leg, walked in slowly, and arched his hand to Di Renjie: "Lou Shide has seen the generalissimo!" ”

Di Renjie didn't raise his head, but just changed some hot water in the clay pot, and then carefully put the tin wine jug in the middle of the hot water, and said, "Sit down, drink two glasses together!" ”

Lou Shide also heard the news that the Turkic soldiers had left Hebei, so he came to Di Renjie to discuss countermeasures. He knew that Di Renjie had always rejected him, but he didn't know that when Di Renjie was in trouble, he repeatedly recommended Di Renjie's recitals to the imperial court, and Wu Zetian had already shown Di Renjie them, so he was slightly surprised by Di Renjie's unseen attitude.

Lou Shide saw that Di Renjie was focused on the wine jug, and did not look up, so he had to step forward and sit down on the Mazha opposite Di Renjie, his body was extremely fat, and as soon as the fat big ass pressed into the little Maza, the little Mazha immediately let out a squeak, as if it was about to fall apart.

Di Renjie couldn't help laughing: "You old thing, you are so old, why are you still so obese, I have never seen you lose a few points." ”

Di Renjie's words revealed a bit of intimacy, Lou Shide's heart warmed, and he couldn't help laughing: "The servant actually doesn't eat much, and he is born with such a physique, so he is really helpless." ”

Di Renjie lifted the wine jug, poured a glass for him, and said, "Come, drink!" ”

Lou Shide said: "Marshal, the servant came today because of ......"

Di Renjie said: "I know why you came, hehe, this matter...... What else is there to say? Come, drink, drink! ”

Lou Shide sighed, so he had to hold the wine glass, salute Di Renjie, and pour it down. Lou Shide is not good at drinking, and it is even more impossible for him to drink like this with his temperament, and now this action shows the bitterness in his heart, Di Renjie smiled, and immediately poured him another glass.

Two of you, you have a cup, I have a cup, and gradually the drunkenness comes up, at this time the wind outside begins to blow rapidly, and the scattered snowflakes begin to fall, although they have melted away before they land, but the dampness on the face makes people know that the sky has begun to snow, and winter is coming soon.

"Mo Si is also a hero, he can bend and stretch, he can fight and escape, he will cut off the head of the chicken with you in the morning, and he will be able to stab you with a black knife in the afternoon! One moment he was showing off his might, and the next moment he was able to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy and kowtow like pounding garlic. Hey! My Lao Di doesn't accept any kind of person, such a person. Don't dare to disagree! ”

Di Renjie smiled and took a sip of wine, with a look of indignation on his face.

Lou Shide held a wine glass. The eyes began to moisten: "Alas! Not to mention others, iron must be hard. If we are strong enough, what if he is cunning or domineering? Hei Tooth Changzhi, Quan Xiancheng, and Cheng Wuting ......, they died too early, if one of these famous generals is here, the situation in Hebei will not be so erosive, the Queen Mother really shouldn't kill them! ”

Lou Shide may have been drunk, and actually said that the empress was the queen mother.

Di Renjie seemed to be more drunk than him, but he didn't hear it at all. And he continued: "The Queen Mother is not good at military affairs, especially when she is regent as a woman, and there is a lot of resistance from the government and the opposition, so that the Queen Mother attaches too much importance to military power and hands over all the military power to the Wu clan, but how can any of those Wu clan people lead troops to command the generals?" ”

Lou Shide sneered and said, "It's okay if you're not good at military affairs, is it good at national politics?" Fighting for power and profit is equal to national politics? Skillful in power and calculation, intrigue is the road to governing the country? The barbarian clan should be restrained. This is a national policy that has been effective since the time of Taizong, and Weishenme can't stick to it? weishenme to change according to one's own likes and dislikes?

For the barbarians, they must not only be afraid of the strength of the imperial court, but also not too oppressive. Don't say it's a foreign race, even if it's a fellow race, you have oppressed too much. If you don't treat him as your own, who will be willing to serve you? Will you bow down to you? But what has the imperial court done over the years?

After three years of vertical arching, the imperial court crusaded against the nine surnames of Tubo who first attached themselves and then rebelled. The ten tribes of the Western Turks sent troops to help the war, and the ten Turkic surnames prepared their own soldiers and horses, money and food, and after six months, they fought on the battlefield, and finally defeated the rebellion and declared the national prestige.

On the contrary, the empress dowager reprimanded them for attacking a Uighur tribe without an edict, and ordered them to be sent to Liangzhou, and each of them was returned to the Tibetan tribe. Throwing his head and spilling blood for the court changed such a result!

Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge like this, who is not annoyed? Who doesn't have a chill? In the future, when there is a military situation, who else will be willing to help the various tribes attached to my court, and who will be willing to contribute? ”

Once an honest person like Lou Shide became angry, it was really more difficult to control himself than Di Renjie, and he said angrily: "Di Gong is often in Beijing, but the servant has been guarding the border all his life, this matter is better than you." What the servant said is true, and the state has no cronies, so how can we make it obedient?

Also, the imperial court took advantage of the civil strife in the East and West Turks and issued an order to persuade them to surrender, and as a result, the Northern Turks surrendered more than 5,000 tents, and Ganzhou surrendered more than 4,000 tents. However, he brought the young to help the old and returned from afar, but the court did not give a grain of rice to help.

As a result, they are crying and waiting to be fed, and the dead are lying on their backs, and they are scolding, these ...... But the servant saw it with his own eyes! Either the imperial court should not surrender, since it surrendered, and did not give relief and resettlement, and left it to fend for itself, what is the prestige of the imperial court?

What's more, Zhufan is poorer than my Celestial Empire, and the dignified Celestial Empire is in the upper kingdom, and they often extort them, cast the Great Zhou Dynasty and all the countries to praise the virtue of the Heavenly Pivot, and force the Siyi monarch to dedicate! Ode to the Heavenly Pivot of All Nations? Phew! On the day when Tianshu was cast, how many Tibetan tribes cursed in secret?

Now that the imperial court is casting Jiuding again, I heard that Wu Sansi is looting all the barbarians again and asking them to donate, if it weren't for the changes in Hebei, he would not have stopped. Barbarians are not fools, treat them like this, and they will be of the same heart as you.

Let's just say that this Turkic silent scourge, when the Turkic Khan Ashina Funian originally surrendered to the imperial court, Prime Minister Pei Xingjian promised on behalf of the imperial court that as long as he surrendered, he personally went to the imperial court to ask for guilt, and the imperial court would never kill. As a result, Fu Nian was beheaded when he arrived at the court, and Prime Minister Pei was sold by his own court! If you don't die that day, how can you do it today? ”

What Lou Shide said, Di Renjie naturally knows, these are all major mistakes made by the country when it was governing, but what can he do? Lou Shide said one thing, Di Renjie drank a cup, and he got drunk after a while.

Di Renjie was full of resentment and finally couldn't help venting: "This time, the Northern Expedition of the imperial court, when the army was dispatched, 28 generals and 160,000 troops were discharged, and everyone had a feeling of killing chickens with a knife. They all feel that since the imperial court despises the Khitan, why does it send so many soldiers and horses? ”

Lou Shide said: "It's not because most of those generals are dependent on the Wu clan, and what they lack most now is military merit. The imperial court also wanted to use Liang Wang Wu Sansi as an ambassador to appease, and its intention could not be clearer. It's a pity that the army was defeated too quickly, and Wu Sansi didn't have time to set off! ”

Di Renjie smiled bitterly: "Over the years, the imperial court has neglected its armament, and the military power has been controlled by many county kings who do not know soldiers in the Wu clan, the soldiers are less than the training, and the combat power is not as good as before.

As a result, the first battle was defeated, and the queen mother was still unwilling, and then sent the second army, and it was still the Wu family's nephews in command. This way the army arrived in Hebei, except for consuming money and food in vain, there was no achievement, so he had to send Wang Xiaojie to go, and let Su Honghui, who was attached to the Wu family, be the deputy marshal, and the result was ......"

The more Di Renjie spoke, the more sad he became.

He is good at politics and knows that Wu Zetian still does not give up using the Shili of the Wu clan to lead the troops in the face of repeated failures, in order to share the military merits after the big victory and establish the prestige of the Wu clan. In other words, Wu Zetian is now inclined to appoint Wu's son and nephew as the emperor's heir, which is to prepare for the transition of the Wu regime.

Therefore, the worse the defeat of the Great Zhou army now, the worse the blow to Wu Zetian, and the more conducive it is to Li Tang's revival. However, this price is too tragic, and hundreds of thousands of children died on the battlefield in order to satisfy the empress's desire for power alone.

Di Renjie was worried that the Khitans would let go of their old grievances and form an alliance with the Khitans, if that was the case, the imperial court would not only suffer a few defeats and lose vitality, but also a matter of the Tubo in the southwest, the Turks in the northwest, the Khitan and the Xi people in the north to reach an anti-Zhou alliance. Once such a scene occurs, with the current strength of the imperial court, how to deal with it?

The snow outside the tent was getting heavier and heavier, and before I knew it, the ground had been covered with snow, and at a glance, it was white. In the vast snow, several fast horses galloped from a distance and entered Di Renjie's camp.

The messenger jumped off his horse, gasping for breath, and said, "There is a book of the military department, and I need to ask Marshal Di to read it." ”

Di Renjie's personal soldiers accompanied him to the handsome tent under the heavy snow, and said as he walked: "Brother is in such a hurry, but what is the important military situation?" ”

The messenger replied: "I have sent an order to transfer troops, and the imperial court has appointed General Lou as the deputy commander-in-chief, and General Sha Zha Zhongyi as the forward commander-in-chief, and the troops will be sent to Hebei to rebel!" Di Shuai is now the commander of the Western Route Army, and if you want to transfer troops and generals from here, of course, you have to report to Di Shuai first! ”

The soldier was surprised: "You want to transfer these two generals?" They are all veterans who can fight well, is the war in the north so tight, and they actually want to transfer two generals to the north together, but they don't know who the main general of this road is? ”

A trace of disdain flashed in the messenger's eyes, but his tone was extremely respectful: "The main general is Wu Yizong, the king of Hanoi and the general of the Right Jin Wuwei!" ”

In the tent, the two elderly ministers vented more and more complaints, and the more they talked, the more indignant they became, first scolding, zuihou couldn't help but cry sadly.

One of them has defended the border for the country and guarded the frontier all his life, but the country is getting weaker and weaker, and he doesn't know what the future will be. A man who strives to govern political affairs for the prosperity and strength of the country, but he has only been exiled again and again, and he does not know if his struggle will bear fruit one day.

What frightened them even more was that the empire to which they had been loyal all their lives was rapidly weakening, and they did not know if there would be a day when they would come back to life. The two old men scolded and cried, and became drunk into a puddle of mud. They slept on a couch with a sound of thunder. They want to sleep forever and never wake up again.

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