Chapter 5 The Good Man
Guo Yuanzhen explained: "Princess Taiping has a strong voice in the palace, and even His Majesty is not as good as her current majesty. But she is a little weak in military affairs, and she has the intention to get involved in military affairs for some reason."
Xue Ne frowned and felt disgusted. It has always been a taboo for military strategists to get involved in military strategists. This is not against Princess Taiping, even Emperor Li Tang. He is sure to win the battle, because of the random interference of the military supervisor, there are countless examples of crushing defeats. However, if he loses, it is not the military supervisor's life, and he has to bear the head coach personally. Especially during the Wu Zetian period, Wu Zetian restricted foreign generals to the extreme, just like binding his hands and feet to fight, and laughed disdainfully: "There is a lesson in the past, who is willing to tie his hands and feet to his own hands and feet." Most of the generals in the border town who are now extremely high are old people who survived the Wu Zetian period. They are well aware of the harm, and are worried that the system that has finally relaxed has changed back to its original state. Few people bought Princess Taiping's account, and their worries about her are mostly slanderous.
Guo Yuanzhen knew the reason and smiled: "It is precisely because of this that Princess Taiping decided to promote the rising star. Cui Xuandao was born in the Boling Cui family, Li Sijing was born in the Longxi Li family, Cui Shi of the Cui family, and Li Qin of the Li family were all confidants of Princess Taiping. Both of them were the candidates that Princess Taiping liked. As long as they achieved great achievements, they would rise to the sky and make a big splash. Because of this, they were unwilling to see you, you have achieved your best through your strategy and fight. But you didn't want to chop your head off. Do you think Princess Taiping can't be angry? Even if you recover the lost land, you will be demoted."
Xue Ne was just now suddenly aware of it. He should have been angry, but when he thought of Pei Min's analysis that day, he smiled and said, "It's good that I can escape from the quagmire of the Northeast."
Guo Yuanzhen looked at Xue Na unexpectedly and didn't recognize him anymore.
Xue Na explained Pei Min's analysis that day in detail. Guo Yuanzhen was stunned for a while and looked annoyed: "I regret not listening to my brother's words and failed to practice martial arts well to strengthen my body. Now, I am suffering from illness. Otherwise, I will fight with my brother in this northwest place."
Xue Na knew that Guo Yuanzhen was really going to fight with him, but he really couldn't compete with him. It was not that he was not capable enough, but that the northwest was the battlefield where Guo Yuanzhen galloped: since Guo Yuanzhen was reused, he first planned to eliminate the Tubo army gods, and built Liangzhou, which was only more than 400 miles north and south with Rongcheng, and opened up a total of 1,500 miles. Finally, he was promoted to the Great Protector of Anxi, responsible for the military and political affairs of the Western Regions. He was transferred back to Beijing and took charge of the Ministry of War. No one in the court was more familiar with the situation in Longyou, Liangzhou and the Western Regions.
Xue Ne said with a bit of sage: "Don't worry, you'll recover from your illness in Chang'an. Leave it to me about the northwest. It's not a problem for me to continue to fight for ten years."
Guo Yuanzhen was a little angry, but he was more envious, but he felt strange in his heart: Of course, he knew Xue Na's ability. In terms of formation training, commanding thousands of troops, and even commanding the front line, tactical use and even charging into the front line, Xue Na's all beat him much. Apart from charging into the front line, no one can compare to Hu Zi who taught the strategy by Xue Rengui himself. But no one is perfect, Xue Na's strategic vision is limited, and he is too strong and has a slight lack of ghost strategy. These two aspects happen to be his strengths. Xue Na's ability to turn his eyes from the northeast to the northwest was really surprised. He asked: "Brother, has his temper been gone, and he has seen it far away?"
Xue Na did not take credit, so she waved her hand and said, "It's not what I thought about. At the beginning, I thought that the punishment was a big deal, and I was able to regain my merits and demerits. At least I took back Liaodong and Liaoxi, but I didn't want to be demoted directly, and I was so angry that I got angry. My grandchildren ran away when I saw me, and the youngest Xue Song even cried when he got close. He was upset, so he came to Chang'an to get some breath and meet his old friends. I didn't want that boy Pei Min to wake him up. Now that this punishment may not be a good thing for me."
Guo Yuanzhen was shocked. He did suspect that someone would give advice to his old friend, but he didn't expect that it would be the young Pei Min.
Xue Ne smiled proudly and said, "I can't imagine that, I'm going to tell you, that kid is a little magical. Not only does he have a terrifying swordsmanship, he also has a very clear understanding of the general trend. He always has novel words, which makes people feel refreshed. He expected that the future battle situation would be determined around the Longyou and Liangzhou lines. The main war was born there."
Bang!
The small wine glass in Guo Yuanzhen's hand fell to the ground, and the wine spilled on the table.
Xue Ne looked at Guo Yuanzhen inexplicably.
Guo Yuanzhen hurriedly wiped off the wine stains on the table and sighed, "Is that boy the pharmacist resurrected, or is the ancestor Wenxi of the Pei family appearing?" There were many famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, including Li Jing, Li Ji, Hou Junji, Pei Xingjian, Su Dingfang, and Xue Rengui who calculated carefully, could count to thirty or forty, but what Guo Yuanzhen admired the most was Li Jing and Pei Xingjian, because these two had strong strategic gazes. Li Jing won a thousand miles away, and Pei Xingjian was the model in his heart.
Xue Ne looked at Guo Yuanzhen and laughed even happier, saying, "In that case, is he thinking the same as you?"
Guo Yuanzhen nodded and said, "I started to serve as a mission to Tubo in the first year of Tongtian, and left office in the first year of Jingyun, and returned to Chang'an. He fought with Tubo, Tukhashi, and Tuks for fifteen years. He was confident that no one knew the situation in the northwest better than me. Tubo did not really plan to be a place of Longyou and Liangzhou, but intended to collude with the Turks to cut off the connection between our Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions. What he planned was the four towns of Anxi, which were the entire Western Regions. But our Tang Dynasty operated in the Western Regions.
Fang, I dare not say what people want, but I should be convinced by everyone. If Tubo wants to start, he must first cut off the connection between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, so that the Western Regions will be in chaos, so that they can take advantage of the opportunity. Therefore, Longyou and Liangzhou will definitely become the place for four battles. My brother does have a place to use martial arts in the west. This boy does not have my understanding, but can see through this point. He was extremely grateful back then. If he had loyalty and righteousness, he would definitely bring about a rare general in the Tang Dynasty. If he gained it for others, he would have endless troubles."
Xue Ne said in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
Guo Yuanzhen heard the warm anger in the other party's tone, smiled bitterly, and said, "Brother, don't bother me, it's not that I'm talking nonsense, but that's because I'm looking for you today and I'm carrying the emperor's destiny."
When Xue Na saw that Guo Yuanzhen was rarely called his brother seriously, she sat up straight and listened carefully to his detailed explanation.
Guo Yuanzhen truthfully told Xue Ne about their plans for Princess Taiping.
Xue Ne couldn't imagine that the court was so dangerous, and it was at the point of fighting each other. After thinking about it for a while, she said: "I can't give you a clear answer, and it's even more impossible to give you any promises instead of Pei Min. But I can tell you that Pei Min certainly will use some clever tricks, but his character is beyond doubt. At least in my opinion, he can afford the four words "a good man."
Chapter completed!