Chapter 145
Zhang Xun followed Li Qing's general order and led more than 100 people all the way from the path to the north to the Pugu tribe's territory. In fact, Zhang Xun was still a little nervous before going there.
First, I have never been to the Pugu Department. I only know that Lei Wanchun had been with Li Qing before, but now I have asked the Pugu Department to stand up with troops, which clearly means that I want to use them as cannon fodder.
Will they buy it because of Li Yan’s identity as a mere King Jianning? It’s really not something that Zhang Xun can confirm.
However, Zhang Xun also understood the truth. Since it takes a lot of time to recruit soldiers and recruit surrendered soldiers, now that Li Wen has this method, it is better to let himself try it.
In short, Zhang Xun went all the way to the servant's ministry with such a try-out idea, but on the way, Lei Wanchun's appearance changed his mind a little.
Lei Wanchun was originally stationed in Cangzhou with Li Yixin's newly-shouted Yuyang Riding Cavalry, but after learning about Zhang Xun's arrival, he deliberately intercepted Zhang Xun on the road and taught his good brother the experience of going to the servant's department.
Because Zhang Xun had never been involved in the servant's bones before, and Li Wen was not a patient person, Lei Wanchun naturally had to tell Zhang Xun everything he knew.
It was not because of anything else. Lei Wanchun knew Zhang Xun and knew that he was really a very stubborn person. Although the leader of the servants and bones saw Li Qing very respectfully, he was at least the leader of a tribe in front of others. If Zhang Xun did not handle this relationship well and did not give him face, this would delay Li Qing's major affairs.
"Huh... the prince not only placed the ten thousand Yuyang cavalry in Cangzhou without hiding everyone, but even Yan Zhuang, who is now moving north of Hebei Road, seems to be the chess pieces that the prince has already arranged. In addition, the Tongluo and the Pugu tribe are attacked by the three parties. Even if we cannot win the battle, our Tang soldiers will have a greater chance of winning in the end!"
After learning about the cause and effect of this incident from Lei Wanchun's mouth, Zhang Xun couldn't help but sigh that Li Yi laid too many foreshadowings in order to take down Hebei Road, and he didn't even know if he would come to attack Hebei Road and had already started to arrange the line of the servant's bones.
"Yes, we all have to take over Hebei Road in the end, but the prince thought he had his considerations and didn't want to lose too much. After all, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's task was to defeat Hebei Road. Not only that, the prince also had to defend Hebei Road after the battle was completed and manage it. The prince had said before that the most difficult thing was to firmly grasp the Hebei Road in our own hands!"
During the period when Lei Wanchun was training in Cangzhou with 10,000 Yuyang cavalry, he was deeply touched. If An Lushan had not suddenly died, An Qingxu was undermined by Shi Siming, the Tang army would have never been able to take Youzhou so easily.
An Lushan has been operating in Hebei Road for more than ten years. It can almost be said that the people of Hebei Road now do not recognize the Tang Dynasty or Shi Siming, but only recognize An Lushan. Whenever you mention An Lushan to a commoner on Hebei Road, you almost never say that he is good. This also surprised Lei Wanchun, and at the same time cast a shadow on their future assistance to Li Qing to manage Hebei Road.
After the two of them got angry, Zhang Xun continued to go to the servant's corpse, but this time his mood was a little different and he felt a lot more confident.
When Zhang Xun really met Mou En, he realized that although Li Wen was just a prince who seemed not very popular in the Tang Dynasty, in Mou En's heart, he had already regarded Li Wen as a person who could be a turbulent figure in the Tang Dynasty in the future.
After reading Li Neng's letter, Mou En did not show the reluctance that Zhang Xun had imagined. It was just that the incident with Zhang Xun's office might be a little bit of a fight. In order to prevent the Uighurs who had been eyeing the situation in Hebei Road from interfering, he had to go to the Tongluo tribe to discuss a complete plan with the leader of the Tongluo tribe. During this period, Zhang Xun could only wait in the Pugu tribe.
Of course, the servants were not stingy with Zhang Xun. Not only did they treat him well with wine and meat every day, but Mei Ji also arranged for him.
Compared with Li Neng's solo favor, Zhang Xun is obviously a silly person in this regard. When he was in Suiyang before, there were five or six wives and concubines in his mansion. When he arrived at the servants' department, he played with what he had never played much before. It was really no big deal for Zhang Xun, who was born and raised in the Tang Dynasty.
In a month, it was just like Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi's anxiety and Zhang Xun's enjoyment. Li Qing had been playing soy sauce for a month, but she helped Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi in Youzhou City. This made the two older men think that Li Qing was still young and that the big fight was good, but once it reached such a stalemate, it would be almost interesting.
Until one night, Zhang Xun took more than a hundred cavalry back to Youzhou City when he was leaving.
He brought back a reply from Mou En to Li Neng, and at the same time brought back a Li Neng's acquaintance, who was Mou En's younger brother.
Obviously, it was related to whether the Tang army could finally take over Hebei Road. Zhang Xun introduced to Mou En that this time it was not only Li Wen, but also two groups of people. After two main generals, Mou En finally let his younger brother follow Zhang Xun to Youzhou, and his intention was self-evident.
It was obviously not to make Li Neng feel at ease with him, but to let Li Neng avoid having to quarrel in front of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, and leaving a hostage at the same time, it also made Li Nengbi and Guo Ziyi think that Li Neng and Mu En just took their own needs in this matter, and would not have thought that the relationship between them had lasted for so long.
Li Yi was fine on the surface, but in fact he was already anxious. The day after Zhang Xun came back, Li Yi summoned Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi together.
"Prince, you are..."
At this time, no matter the surrendered soldiers before the conscription began, they could not form any unnecessary combat power. Therefore, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi knew that it was definitely not the time to attack Fan Yang, so both of them were a little confused about Li Yan's big fanfare to discuss the battle strategy.
Chapter completed!