Chapter 147 Dingzhou is in urgent need of leaving the border! Ninth-rank genius Ye Wan! (23)

Sang Wen was gentle and sentimental. Her face turned red when she heard Li Changan's teasing.

This poem was originally written about the shy mentality of a little girl on her wedding night, and she incorporated some personal emotions into the song when she sang it.

Now that Li Changan had pointed out the truth, Sang Wenfang's heart began to beat wildly and she was so nervous that she couldn't utter a word.

When she calmed down, she found that the bed was empty.

Li Changan liked to tease Sang Wen and then watch her shy look.

It's late at night, time to go back to drilling.

Li Changan returned to the bridal chamber quietly and just picked up the quilt wine from the table when Ye Linger suddenly jumped up and attacked with a huge blow to the coffin with the veil on!

Li Changan clenched her fist and applied gentle force, and Ye Ling'er's little hand opened.

Then, he stuffed a glass of wine into Ye Ling'er's hand, "Ling'er, are you murdering your husband?"

Ye Ling'er took off her veil herself, and when she saw that it was Li Changan, she immediately put away the fierce look she had just had.

"So... His Highness has returned."

Ye Ling'er has never worn makeup in her entire life. Although she is only wearing light makeup now, she is still extremely beautiful.

"Ling'er, drink this glass of wine, and you will be my person."

Ye Linger nodded gently and said, "It's all up to my husband."

After they drank the wedding wine, Ye Ling'er felt a little overwhelmed.

"Ling'er is new here and doesn't know anything. I hope my husband can teach me!"

Ye Ling'er nervously cupped her hands, ready to engage in a duel.

Li Changan put his arms around her slender waist, walked to the bed step by step, and pulled the curtains.

"Ling'er, the bridal chamber is not difficult at all. You just need to listen to me."

Not long after, Ye Ling'er suddenly groaned in pain, "It hurts so much."

Li Changan was immediately puzzled. "I haven't even used any strength yet, and you're already crying out in pain?"

Ye Ling'er said with a red face, "It has nothing to do with my husband. Ling'er was injured a few days ago and the swelling has not subsided."

After being beaten and swollen by Lin Wan'er, it hurts at the slightest touch, and even putting on clothes hurts today.

The subsequent process went much more smoothly. After all, she was a woman who had practiced martial arts since she was a child, so she was indeed very tenacious.

Three days later.

In the imperial study, Emperor Qing received an urgent military report from eight hundred miles away.

Ku He assassinated Shi Fei, who was temporarily acting as the Grand Commander of Dingzhou. Dingzhou's Western Expedition Army was leaderless and each fought on its own.

The 100,000 prisoners newly deployed by Western Qin took advantage of the situation and occupied the three counties of Dingzhou and even the important pass of Yangguan.

The Dingzhou army lost half of its troops, and only 50,000 troops were left camping east of Yangguan to stop the offensive of the Western Qin army.

Yangguan was the name given to the pass by Emperor Qing after Li Changan copied the poem.

"This old man Ku He is still obsessed with murder and revenge!"

"Eunuch Hou, go and summon Prince Yong to see the emperor!"

After Li Changan arrived at the imperial study, Emperor Qing directly showed him the border map.

"Chang'an, the five counties north of Dingzhou, are the state we seized from Northern Qi last year."

"Now that Western Qin has risen, it has seized more than half of our newly occupied territory!"

"The border is in danger, and your chance to make achievements has come!"

"I order you to command the military forces of Dingzhou and Qingzhou, and to recruit an additional 50,000 troops from other border troops."

"Including the original 50,000 soldiers and horses, the only ones I can give you now are these 100,000!"

The total number of troops from all branches of the Qing Kingdom is 500,000, and the border troops are around 350,000, so 100,000 troops is not a small number.

Qingzhou is a piece of land that the eldest prince seized from the Western Hu people, and he has just completed the population migration.

The commander-in-chief has great power over the military affairs of Dingzhou and Qingzhou, and can control all the border troops in the northwest. This is the kind of commander-in-chief that is only appointed during wars in the Qing Kingdom.

"Ye Zhong, Gong Dian and the other border army generals are all under your control!"

Li Changan asked, "Your Majesty, what is the purpose of this battle?"

Emperor Qing looked at the map and said fiercely, "I want you to destroy the Western Qin Kingdom!"

"I know this is difficult. It may take even eight to ten years to defeat it."

"Western Qin has an elite army of 150,000 soldiers, and their weapons and armor are very sophisticated."

"The one fighting against our Western Expedition Army now is not the main force of the Western Qin Army."

"Instead, it is a prisoner army made up of heavy criminals from various vassal states of Northern Qi, as well as Northern Qi soldiers captured by Western Qin."

Li Changan was very clear about this matter, and it was he who arranged it.

Li Changan didn't want to go to the battlefield and fight against the elite troops he had raised with great effort. These criminal soldiers were just cannon fodder.

So, he asked Han Xin to put together this army of prisoners.

He himself did not expect that after Shi Fei was assassinated, these criminal soldiers would actually march straight in and capture the city!

"Your Majesty, to destroy the Western Qin State, the money and food needed is not a small amount."

Emperor Qing pointed to the Xihu to the west of the designated state and said, "You can go and plunder the Xihu and use war to support war. That's what the boss does."

"The court's supplies can only support the army. If you want to destroy the Western Qin State, you have to find a way yourself."

Emperor Qing, this old fox, habitually treats everyone as pawns.

After studying the Western Qin State, Emperor Qing was well aware of the potential of this country.

If we allow it to continue, it might be even more terrifying than the Northern Qi Dynasty.

But it is impossible for him to use most of the troops used to fight against Northern Qi to destroy Western Qin.

Therefore, Li Changan was allowed to lead 100,000 border troops to fight a war of attrition with Western Qin in order to prevent Western Qin from rising smoothly.

Once he has planned to eliminate Ku He and Si Gu Jian, he can even personally take action to suppress the Western Qin Kingdom.

Of course, the prince who stayed in the border army for a long time was far away from the central government, so the pressure on the prince was much less.

Moreover, Li Changan is in the border army, while the prince is in the central government, and the prince has many ways to restrain Li Changan.

In this way, Li Changan could be stabilized, Western Qin could be delayed, and the prince could continue to be trained.

In Emperor Qing's view, such an arrangement is simply flawless and achieves multiple goals at one stroke.

Li Changan deliberately sighed and said, "It's a long way to the border, I don't know when I can return to Kyoto!"

Emperor Qing seemed to speak from the bottom of his heart, "Chang'an, when I was the crown prince, I had already made great military achievements."

"If you want to establish your authority in the court, how can you convince the people without solid military achievements?"

Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with Emperor Qing's big pie. If Li Changan can get the credit for expanding the territory, he will crush the prince in all aspects.

However, if Western Qin was not a plan set up by Li Changan in advance, it would be extremely difficult for an army of 100,000 to destroy Western Qin, with the prince obstructing the court.

In Emperor Qing's opinion, no matter how capable Li Changan is, he can only do what Li Chengru does and be lucky enough to defend the existing territory.

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war, Chang'an, let's set off tomorrow!"

After this Western Expedition, Li Changan will be able to put his strongest support in the open.

By then, Li Changan will have great power in the court of Qing Kingdom, and his achievements will be so great that even the Emperor of Qing will not dare to act rashly.

If the Grand Master's identity is made public, not to mention the Crown Prince, even Emperor Qing might consider abdicating.

After returning to Hulong Villa, Li Changan ordered Jingwei to stay in Jingdu Luowang and keep an eye on the movements of all parties, and Xing Yusen led 100 shadow secret guards to stay in Hulong Villa. Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing led 200 shadow secret guards to follow Li Changan to the west.

Li Changan also recruited experts from Luowang in various places, whether in Northern Qi, Southern Qing or Dongyi City.

Once again, he recruited masters above the 370th rank to go to Dingzhou and join Li Changan.

In this way, Li Changan can form a 500-man Shadow Guard special forces.

Guangxin Palace.

The prince heaved a long sigh of relief, "Father has finally sent Uncle Prince Yong out..."

Li Yunrui chuckled and said, "Changan is a man who can succeed in everything he does. You fell down when you went to appreciate the chrysanthemums, but he got the great honor of protecting the emperor when he went to appreciate the chrysanthemums."

When the assassination attempt took place at the Hanging Temple, the prince panicked and stepped on a wine glass, injuring his waist.

"Aunt, do you think Uncle Yong is really a person with a heavenly vein? He never seems to make any mistakes in anything he does."

Li Yunrui reminded, "So you have to be careful. If he really destroys the Western Qin Kingdom, Your Majesty will have nothing left to reward him."

The prince shook his head firmly, "Absolutely impossible!"

"I have already consulted General Qin several times. He helped me analyze the military strength of Western Qin very thoroughly."

"Not only are the soldiers well-trained and well-fed, but Han Xin is no worse than my father and Zhan Qingfeng."

"General Qin said that even if Your Majesty led the army in person in his prime, it would take at least 300,000 soldiers and three years!"

"Uncle Yong has never fought a war before. He only has 100,000 soldiers and horses, half of which are under the command of generals under the Qin family."

“Even if the Ye family is completely devoted to him, he can only mobilize 50,000 people, which is not enough to destroy Xi Qin!”

Li Yunrui raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty is indeed on the side of his son.

Your Majesty, with this move, Chang'an will probably have to stay on the frontier for another ten or eight years."

The prince chuckled, "Not necessarily. If he can't bear it any longer, I can plead for him and let him return to Kyoto."

Li Yunrui certainly knew the key point. "If that happens, his prestige will be greatly reduced."

The prince's eyes revealed a hint of sternness, "No, it's a crime to send troops on a long expedition and fight for a long time without success."

Li Changan led two hundred secret guards, and Ye Chong led his eldest son Ye Wan and a hundred personal soldiers, and they rode out of Kyoto at full speed.

After a day's forced march, they rested at the Taiyuan Road Post Station at night.

As soon as Li Changan got off the horse, Ye Wan knelt on one knee in front of Li Changan.

"General Ye Wan, thank you for your support, Commander-in-Chief!"

Name: Ye Wan

Age: 22 years old

Realm: Ninth Rank Lower
Talents: Military Strategy (9th Rank), Command (8th Rank), Martial Arts (8th Rank)

Abilities: Military Strategy (9th Rank), Command (7th Rank), Management (5th Rank)

Emotion: 50
Ye Zhong's eldest son, Ye Wan, started to practice martial arts at the age of three and began to learn battle formations. He was a well-known genius.

At the age of seventeen, he made his mark in the Dingzhou army, marched thousands of miles, and killed hundreds of Western Hu people by himself.

But he was too young and hot-tempered. Ye Zhong had high expectations of him and was strict in his discipline, so he intentionally suppressed his military achievements.

As a result, the boy refused to accept the defeat and directly left the Dingzhou Army, the most powerful army of the Ye family, and went to serve in the Nanzhao border army.

After four or five years, not only did his martial arts skills break through the ninth level, but he was also promoted to a general commanding tens of thousands of people due to his military exploits.

Li Changan married Ye Ling'er, and Emperor Qing also wanted him to be tied to the Ye family.

Of course, the Ye family will do their best to help Li Changan on the battlefield, but once Li Changan has any ill intentions, the Ye family will be the first to turn against them.

Because the Qin family and the Ye family are descendants of the founding heroes of Nanqing, they are loyal to the Nanqing Dynasty.

Ye Wan was riding a white horse and holding a silver spear, a young hero, and Li Changan admired him very much.

Therefore, as early as when Emperor Qing proposed that he go on a western expedition, Li Changan asked for Ye Wan.

"Ye Wan, Nanzhao has surrendered and become a vassal state of Daqing."

"Western Qin is strong and it is the time to make achievements. Since I have transferred you here, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

"Get up, you're family, don't be polite."

Ye Wan stood up and said respectfully, "Thank you, Grand Commander!"

Li Changan then said to Ye Zhong and Gong Dian, "Marshal Ye, General Gong, come into the house and discuss the current battle situation."

Name: Ye Chong

Age: 52 years old

Realm: Ninth Rank Upper
Talents: Military Strategy (Seventh Rank), Command (Eighth Rank), Martial Arts (Seventh Rank)

Abilities: Military Strategy (Rank 7), Command (Rank 8), Friendship (Rank 6)

Emotion: 40
Ye Wan's talent is indeed higher than Ye Zhong's, and he is better at controlling it than Ye Zhong.

Ye Chong has been on the battlefield for decades, and has fought in battles with Emperor Qing. Everyone in the army who sees him calls him Marshal Ye.

The group rode at full speed and arrived in Dingzhou in seven or eight days.

When he arrived at the first city in Dingzhou, Li Changan saw three hundred people standing in a neat row in front of the city gate.

Ye Wan saw it from afar and said in surprise, "Grand Commander, these warriors have long breaths, their cultivation is at least above the seventh level!"

"So many top-three warriors gathered together, and they are so orderly. Only your Shadow Secret Guards can do that."

Li Changan said, "Yes, they are the new masters recruited by the Shadow Secret Guard in the martial arts world."

Li Changan rode his horse forward, and all these people knelt on one knee.

"New recruits of the Shadow Secret Guard, here to meet our king, the Grand Commander!"

These seventh- and eighth-rank warriors were all discovered by Li Changan when he was traveling around the world.

They might have been salt workers, miners, farmers, or hunters before. If it weren't for Li Changan, their martial arts talents would have been buried for life.

If there were no Li Changan, there would not be such a top-three special forces unit in the world.

The seeds planted five or six years ago have finally grown into thriving fruits and become the sharp weapon in Li Changan's hands!

These fruits are just the tip of the iceberg of Li Changan’s vast power!

Li Changan said to these people, "My shadow guards are usually my personal guards, but they are elite special forces on the battlefield!"

"Now that the border is in danger, it is time for you to make achievements!"

"Everyone, get up and follow me to take back Yangguan!"

Three hundred people stood up in unison and shouted in unison, "We will follow the Grand Commander until death!"

Ye Chong, Gong Dian, and Ye Wan were all terrified, including the 200 people Li Changan brought from Kyoto.

There are currently 500 Shadow Secret Guards around Li Changan, including more than 300 seventh-rank, more than 100 eighth-rank, and more than 20 eighth-rank or above.

This is almost comparable to His Majesty's Tiger Guards and Inner Court Guards, but the Tiger Guards and Inner Court Guards together are no more than three hundred people.

Prince Yong Li Changan is really a man of hidden talents!

Three days later, Li Changan and his party arrived at the Dingzhou military camp.

There are 50,000 Dingzhou troops here, and the additional 50,000 troops allocated by Emperor Qing will take another month to arrive.

In the central army commander's tent, Li Changan looked at a dozen border army officers and asked the first question after taking office.

"With 50,000 soldiers and horses at present, can we recapture Yangguan?"

(End of this chapter)