In the imperial study, *** was bright. When Li Ang left, Cao Anmin looked at the confidant of the Black Cavalry Camp who had returned with Li Ang, "Did you also notice those assassins?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The officer of the Black Cavalry Camp nodded, "Those people are masters. If Marshal Li had not discovered it in advance, I'm afraid..." The officer of the Black Cavalry Camp did not continue. If Li Ang had not stopped in front of the official road, he would not have noticed that someone was ambushing in the forest.

"You go down first!" Cao Anmin frowned. He didn't know who those who wanted to kill Li Ang were. For a moment, he just sat in the chair blankly and began to think about it. However, the ginseng soup sent by the eunuch did not move.

The next day, news that Li Ang was still alive in Chang'an City spread. However, to the surprise of the major families, the emperor did not directly summon him into the city, and there was no major reward. He even removed the military power in Li Ang, but only gave the title of "General of the West to Li Ang again."

Such a disposal made the major families unable to understand the emperor's true meaning, but many families still showed goodwill to Li Ang, especially the military and martial families. Firstly, Li Ang can be regarded as one of them. Secondly, Li Ang currently has little influence in the army and has not touched the interests of those high sects. Moreover, they also know a little about Li Ang's affairs in the northwest through their own local eyeliners. Li Ang is indeed the number one general in the world. However, he is not well-popular in the army. Except for the few people he promoted and favored, most generals did not like his overly cruel and ruthless nature.

Therefore, for those high sects with deep roots in the military, a military god-like figure like Li Ang is not only not threatened, but is worthy of winning. Moreover, for these ancient families, they understand very well how to deal with the world in the empire. As long as they do not threaten their roots, they will not care about the number of more families in Chang'an City. Of course, these families must not have a high status.

Li Ang himself didn't care about the deprivation of military power. When he handed the sword of Emperor Cao Anmin given him before the expedition to the eunuch at the Weiyang Palace meeting expressionlessly, no one of the ministers in the court could guess what he was thinking. After the meeting dispersed, when the ministers who wanted to make friends with him wanted to find him, he had already left Weiyang Palace and returned to his manor outside the city, which seemed a bit weird. However, even if those ministers wanted to break their heads, they could not have thought that Li Ang asked the emperor to let him take off his armor and return to the land in the Weiyang Palace. It was just that

He played a double act with Cao Anmin. At least in the next few years, Li Ang did not want to be involved in any court political disputes. Although on the surface, the great families in the court had very little power, God knows how many of the officials were secretly related to them. Li Ang knew what his strength was and asked him to fight with the old foxes in the court. He didn't think he could have a good end and didn't fight, so he couldn't fight with him. It would be best if he did his duty well. It would be better to leave Chang'an early in the future.

At the grand court meeting, Cao Anmin unexpectedly allowed Li Ang to return to the land. However, Li Ang was the title of General of the Western Expedition. When the generals under the escort in the army saw him, they would still call him Marshal. It was said that his status was not diminished. Moreover, after three days, Cao Anmin sent an edict to Li Ang’s home to recruit him as the title of Grand Secretary and Grand Tutor in Longyuan Pavilion, and to teach the prince’s literary affairs and martial arts. It can be said that although Li Ang was not in the court, his influence was comparable to that of the chief minister of the cabinet. This surprised those families who originally thought that Li Ang was just such, so Li Ang’s manor outside the city became even more lively every day.

However, after two months, the aristocratic families and high-ranking families who had the idea of ​​winning over Li Ang were greatly disappointed because Li Ang never expressed any opinion on anything in the court, and he went to the palace to talk to the emperor or teach the prince, and he never talked about any matters in the court, nor did he express any opinions on the emperor. He was like those veterans who had left their armor and returned to their fields and lived a good life, stayed away from any struggle in the court. However, despite this, the aristocratic families and the aristocratic families continued to show kindness to him, at least they felt that they could not make a difference with the military god trusted by the emperor, and the attitude of not helping each other was acceptable to them.

In the afternoon of May, the weather was cheerful. Li Ang hugged his two daughters and teased his children in the huge courtyard with Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang, enjoying family happiness. In the more than a month after he came back, he spent most of his time with them except entering the palace every now and then. For him, who had just returned from killing, being with his family was the thing he longed for the most. There was no annoying military affairs, and he didn't have to think about how to kill more people. What could be better than this?

"Dad, hug." After more than a month, Li Ang was really happy. Now both his son and his daughter are very close to him. Even Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang are not as good as him, so they are very delicious. After handing their daughter to Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang, Li Ang picked up his two sons. Now the thing he likes most is to ask him to hug, and it is clear that the two brothers will never lie in the arms of their father with their sister. The relationship between the two half-brothers is unexpectedly good, and of course the same is true for the two little girls.

"Master, the two old men are here." Just as Li Ang hugged his two sons and said a story that they didn't know whether they could understand, Cui Hao came in with a small step. The two old men in his mouth were the Grand Sima and the Chief of the General who had retired. Now, if there is anything wrong, the two old men love to run to him. Although they were also recruited by the emperor to become the Grand Sima and the Grand Sima and the Chief of the General had long seen through it. The emperor originally wanted them to enter the cabinet and help him control the government affairs, but the Grand Sima and the Chief of the General had already seen through it.

The tradition of the Qin Dynasty over the past 150 years, the emperor fought with aristocratic families, the aristocratic families, and the civil officials fought with aristocratic officials. To put it bluntly, it was a matter of long-term stability and unity. It was okay when the country was founded. But this hundred years have passed, and such a large empire has mixed interests. It is extremely complicated. The royal family and the aristocratic families share the world. No one dares to move the rules in those big frames, but those unscathed countries will have to fight for each other, and even the emperor has to follow the emperor’s decision.

The Da Sima and the Chief of the General did not want to help those families. You should know that the emperor's father and the dead Emperor Wen fought with them, who were still young at that time, and under the rules set by Emperor Taizu, they achieved their later skills after fighting with the emperor who was still young, so they obviously had some cheating requests, and the two ignored them.

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"Come on, let me hug you." Seeing Li Ang get up to greet him, Grand Sima and Chief Secretary snatched two brothers from his arms and hugged him. This man is old and likes children. Grand Sima and Chief Secretary are no exception. Although Grand Sima has three grandsons and four daughters in his family, they are all at the age of not being hugged by others, so he had to go to Li Ang to tease his pair of sons.

Aunt Sun, who came with the Grand Sima, was teasing the two little girls together with Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang. To calculate, both Li Ang should call her mother-in-law and Grand Sima the Grand Sima the father-in-law. The two little girls are also very sweet-mouthed and know how to please the elderly. At least Aunt Sun is much more precious to them than to their granddaughter and grandson. Speaking of which, this can only be called a relationship, and it is a very fitting kind.

Compared with his sister, Li Ang’s two sons are much worse. Except for his own brothers and mother, the two brothers ignored each other. Of course, their godfather of the emperor who lived in Weiyang Palace, at least it took a lot of effort to hold them in front of him to call them father-in-law, and it depends on the mood of the brothers. If it is not good, they will let the two old men coax and deceive them, just don’t say a word, so that the two old men can’t come to Taiwan after seeing many big scenes. But the more this happens, the more they like them. In the words of the general, it means, "The two boys have strong temperaments and enjoy them."

Seeing that the Grand Sima and the Chief Holding their sons were holding their own, Li An knew that these two old men were actually hinting to the high-ranking families that he was theirs. If anyone dared to go against him and caused trouble for him, he had to consider his own weight and whether it was enough to provoke Guo and Zhou at the same time. These two old men really cared about him. Thinking of this, Li An looked at his two sons who were beaten to death and said nothing, "Call me, father-in-law." With a word, the two brothers looked at them, and then they called him father-in-law, making the Grand Sima and chief laugh.

Holding two brothers, the Grand Sima and the Chief Minister quickly talked to Li Ang about the serious matter, "You have a good idea of ​​causing civil strife in the Kushan people. The military hall is already in progress, but then you may want your person to go to the Lingyan Jia Nisega. Is there any problem?" The Chief Minister looked at Li Ang and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I originally intended to let someone go to Kushan. It would be even better if there was cooperation from the military hall." Li Ang nodded, but he pondered for a while and said, "It would be better to send a master to kill the pope of the Kushan Futu Sect. I heard that Lengyan Kanasegati had been afraid of this pope. Only when he died will Lengyan Kanasega dare to cause trouble."

After hearing Li Ang's words, the Grand Sima and the Chief General thought for a long time before asking, "As you said, the Pope of the Futu Sect is a powerful figure. It should be someone in Kushan who can suppress the Lengyan Jia Nisega. If he dies, will there be no one to control the Lengyan Jia Nisega?"

"What we need is a Kushan with severe internal friction. Whether it is divided into East and West Kushan or North and South Kushan, the longer they can be in opposition, the better." The chief general looked at Li Ang and said this with a serious expression on his face. The tradition of the Qin Dynasty was to annex the countries that could be annexed, and the countries that could not be enfeoffed would find ways to divide and become weak. In short, it would not allow them to become stronger until the Qin Dynasty had the ability to annexed.

"I have thought about this too, but although there are people who want to be in Kushan, their power is mainly in the army of the royal capital and does not have an advantage. It can be said that if he is allowed to raise an army to fight for the Kushan royal power, he will at most be a disruptor. Without our dynasty's strong support, he will undoubtedly be defeated. But in that case, the price we have to pay is a bit unprofitable." Li Ang expressed his concerns. If the Pope of the Futu Sect was kept and the potential power of the Futu Sect in Kushan, if the Futu Sect helped the Lunar Karina Sega, it would be equivalent to adding a strong enemy to the Qin Dynasty with his own hands.

"You are very worried. There is a possibility that the Lengyan Jia Nisega colludes with the Futu Cult." Grand Sima thought for a while and then smiled coldly, "It seems that the Pope of the Futu Cult must die. What are your plans? Let's say it out together?"

"Lingyan Kana Sega is an ambitious man, barely considered a hero, but he has a fatal flaw, that is, his origin is too poor. According to the tradition of Kushan, he is absolutely impossible to become the next Kushan king." Li Ang thought of the caste system that had lasted for thousands of years in India. He couldn't help but frown, "Although his mother was also a wealthy family, compared to his brother, the mother of the great prince, Podakar Sega, can almost be called a pariah, so the nobles and ministers in the Kushan country would not support him, even the generals of the Kushan states."

"But among the Kushan people, his reputation is much higher than his elder brother. If he had caused trouble, I guess he could have a share of the Kushan world, with his ability to use military force. As long as nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to compete with his elder brother."

"That Pope of the Futu Sect is the only trouble!" A cold light appeared in the eyes of the general. The situation in Kushan is all in the hands of this damn sect. As long as the decisive power of the Futu Sect is missing, the two princes of the Kushan can fight evenly and fight for 10 or 20 years.

"As much, the Futu Cult is the Kushan state sect. No matter which side they help, they can overwhelm the other party. Of course, this is under the premise that our court does not intervene on a large scale." Li Ang nodded and continued, "My plan is to find a way to kill the current Lao Wang of Kushan, to blame the incident on the Futu Cult, and then kill the Pope of the Futu Cult in the chaos, and then let the Lengyan Jia Nisega and his brother seize the throne."

"The plan is good, but it is not easy to implement." After thinking about it, the Grand Sima and the Chief Minister didn't say anything more. They decided to ask the Military Hall to find a way to do it according to Li Ang's wishes. After all, war is not just a matter on the battlefield. Think about it, in order to unify the world, Qin Shihuang often planted spies in the six countries and bribed the ministers of the enemy country. The war is neither despicable nor despicable.

"By the way, I heard you have adopted many orphans?"

The matter, Grand Sima suddenly mentioned the current adoption of Li Ang in the manor, "You'd better find a way to let them go to other places. If there are too many, it will be easily treated as a handle."

"I understand, thank you for your reminder." Li Ang replied in a deep voice in response to the advice of Grand Sima. He also knew that the nearly 5,000 orphans in the farm were enough to make people think in bad places. "I will send them to the plateau after the training is basically completed." Li Ang told Grand Sima and the Chief of the General, "There are some people I would like to ask the two adults to help them go to the southern fleet."

"Do you want to build a fleet?" Both Sima and the Chief General were a little surprised. You should know that the military expenditure for establishing and maintaining a fleet is much more than that of the army. Although the Qin fleet is under the jurisdiction of the military hall, the military expenditure is maintained by major chambers of commerce in the south of the Yangtze River. The military hall only needs to get a small part of the money.

"If I go to Haixi in the future, if I don't have a fleet, I will struggle to face the Roman navy." Li Ang nodded. He had already had a general idea about what he would do in Haixi in the future, but he had to make complete preparations before that.

"We can help you find a way to go to the Seven Seas Fleet, but if you have a warship, you have to find a way yourself." The Grand Sima and the Chief agreed. The stronger Li Ang will be in the future, the greater the trouble they will cause. They are happy to see such things happen.

"Then I'll thank you two," Li Ang stood up and said to Grand Sima and General Manager. He could find a way to make money, but the experienced fleet officer is not that simple. Grand Sima and General Manager are willing to agree to let his people enter the Seven Seas Fleet.

After chatting for a while, the Grand Sima and the Chief Director returned home satisfied after dinner at Li Ang. For them, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang's skills were much more skilled than those of the chefs at home. More importantly, in Li Ang, they could drink as much as they wanted.

At night, after the manor calmed down, Li Ang practiced gun skills alone under the moonlight. He is now dormant and is preparing for his future trip. Haixi is his world. However, this war has begun now. To seek the world, we should not only look at who has stronger power, but also see farther and faster than who can see more. At least Li Ang feels that he is already ahead of them than the Romans. However, Rome is a giant, and it is not easy to make this giant fall apart. All he can do is try to make his preparations more sufficient.

Suddenly he withdrew his gun, Li Ang looked at the darkness of the courtyard, where Yuan Luoshen stood quietly with his two swords in his arms, with no sadness on his face. For a moment, Li Ang didn't know what to say, but the girl he saved did not finally embarked on the road of killing as he thought.

"Young Master, the secret spies of the countries in Chang'an City have not been very restless recently." Walking quietly to Li Ang, Yuan Luo Shen reported the information spying on the family spies. Compared with that time, she has changed a lot now. She is cruel and capable. The only thing she has not become is that she once made an oath to protect Li Ang.

"Continue to keep watching them, spend more money on those open envoys." Li Ang didn't think much about it. Yuan Luoshen chose her own path. He had no way to change, he had no choice but to accept it.

"Yes." Yuan Luoshen nodded, then left the courtyard. She was already past the age she had longed for. For now, what she could do for Li Ang was the first thing she considered.

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was June. The Qin army that returned triumphantly finally returned to Chang'an. Cao Anmin originally wanted Li Ang to enter the city with them and accept the cheers of the people, but Li Ang refused. The soldiers who fought bravely deserved to accept the cheers of the people, but he felt that he was not worthy. He was just a cold-blooded commander, not a hero.

In June, the Qin army, which had been on the verge of one year, destroyed Tubo, beheaded 400,000 levels, and won a great victory. However, in this battle, five thousand soldiers fell on the plateau forever. This was the eternal pain in Li Ang's heart, and the eternal pain in the hearts of those soldiers entering the city. They came back alive, but their robes would never come back.

Under the dark sky, the black legion marched silently in the raindrops like willow catkins and walked into Chang'an City.

Fighting Wu Ge is covered with rhinoceros armor... The arrows are crossed and the soldiers are competing for the first place. I am walking in the formation... The heavens are quarrels and the power is angry, and I will kill them all and abandon the fields!

The people of Chang'an who were waiting on both sides of the city gate looked at the sad soldiers, and the original cheers dimmed. Among them, some people hummed the national sorrow. At this time, the rain gradually became heavier, as if mourning the fallen soldiers.

If you don’t go in and out, you won’t go back,... with a long sword and hold the Qin bow, your head and body are separated, and your heart is not punished...... The soul is a ghost hero.

Amid the drizzle, the song became more and more deep and sad. When the end of the day, millions of people in Chang'an sang in unison.

The clouds in the sky rolled, and heavy rain fell. The raindrops as big as soybeans hit the black iron armor, making a thunderous sound of gold and iron. In the gray rain fog, the moving queue was still upright and the steps were still neat. The sound of the sword being unsheathed suddenly sounded in the sound of lightning and thunder.

Rows of long swords pointed to the sky, then fell heavily, whipping on the iron armor on the chest. Each step they took, swaying their swords to hit the armor, and ten miles long streets, they marched forward like this, singing the desolate and majestic military songs in unison.

The towering mountains and rivers are vast and vast.

The vast and thick soil bury my bones.

Fierce Qin Feng, with great martial arts.

The great military spirit, bless me, the Qin Dynasty!

In the rain curtain, the sound of a long sword hitting the armor broke through the sky, under the ink clouds, the sound of shouting torn apart the sky and echoed over Chang'an.

In the heavy rain, Li Ang's face was solemn. The people beside him did not know who he was, but they could feel the sadness of the man holding the baby. Under the umbrella held by Li Cunxiao, the child in Li Ang's arms made a sound, as if he was singing the long song as crying. Li Ang lowered his head. He looked at his two sons lying in his arms and murmured to himself, "Jing, Jing, are you also sad for those soldiers?" The vast and singing still echoed in the rain, but it has gradually left them.

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