Chapter 908: The army returned to the court

Logically speaking, before the imperial edict of Emperor Li Zhi was issued, Chu Suiliang and others should have sent the "grabbish news" about this matter to Changsun Wuji. But what was surprising was that Chu Suiliang and others actually delivered the news three days after the imperial edict.

As Changsun Wuji and Wang Ping'an moved a lot towards Goguryeo with their army, Asuna Qiboer had already entered Goguryeo. Wang Ping'an, with his own guard regiment and some Turkic soldiers, stayed a hundred miles north of Yingzhou, in name, to handle logistics matters and provide military support to the Eastern Expedition army. In fact, they were waiting for news from Chang'an.

On that day, in the tent of the sweat, Changsun Wuji called Wang Ping'an, pointed to a letter on the case, and said, "Wujian, Chu Suiliang and the others have sent a letter, which tells the story of Wu Meiniang's about to be enfeoffed."

Wang Ping'an quickly picked up the letter and looked at it. He asked, "For some reason, why did they send the message until now? If we had received the news earlier, we would have prepared early. Maybe we would have submitted a memorial to oppose this matter before the emperor wanted to establish a decision but had made a decision."

Changsun Wuji said, "You thought of it, and the martial witch girl naturally thought of it. She is not a fuel-efficient lamp! The imperial edict we received the day before yesterday was actually sent to us first, making us think that the matter was a foregone conclusion and there was no time to object. However, in the court, it was announced three days later. As a result, Chu Suiliang and the others just sent the news late!"

Wang Ping'an said, "We received the imperial edict first, but we did not receive letters from ministers in the court. We will naturally have to wait for the exact news to arrive. In this way, there will be no time to object, so Wu Meiniang will make the matter solid!"

He said, while reading the letter, while Changsun Wuji remained silent. After a while, Wang Ping'an finished reading the letter and said, "According to the letter, Lord Chu and Lord Fang are already helpless with Wu Meiniang. Apart from shouting and opposing all day long, he can't think of any specific method!"

Changsun Wuji nodded and did not answer immediately. After a long time, he said: "I have encountered countless opponents in my life, but the most difficult and deadly enemy is this Wu Meiniang."

Wang Ping'an nodded and thought to himself: "Your feeling is right. You have beaten you by other enemies, and Wu Meiniang knocked you down. Not only that, she also killed you in the end!"

When he thought that Changsun Wuji would be killed by Wu Meiniang in the future, he felt uncomfortable. Not to mention the benefits of Changsun Wuji to him, just talking about the tragedy of the rabbit and the fox, the fate of Changsun Wuji might be the fate of him, Wang Ping'an, and he is also in danger of being taken away by Wu Meiniang.

Changsun Wuji said, "Wuhua, things have come to this point, and you and I are not in Chang'an, so I can say that I am completely at a disadvantage. I can't think of any good way to do it for a while. What about you, do you have any way?"

Wang Ping'an frowned and said, "If you want to talk about a solution, of course there is one. For example, if we go with the flow, we just need to close our eyes and not pursue Wu Meiniang's affairs. If she is willing to be the queen, let her be the one. Then everything will be solved, and there is no need to worry about anything."

Changsun Wuji yelled, but after hearing his words, he was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Pretending to be deaf and dumb? Well said, who can't pretend to be deaf and dumb, I will do it too! But have you ever thought about it, you know Wu Meiniang's secret and it is wrong to make it public, and it is also a thorn in Wu Meiniang's heart, because she will always think that you may make it public. You said, even if you act deaf and dumb, even if you protect yourself, can you finally save your life? If Wu Meiniang doesn't do it, it will be a harm to your whole family. Your own life doesn't care, but what about your family's life? Don't you think about them?"

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "That's over, so I can only fight against Wu Meiniang. But I have no choice but to do it. Speaking of which, Queen Wang, my cousin, is useless. How long after we left Chang'an, she was sent to the cold palace again. Could it be that the cold palace was specially tailored for her and she had to live there?"

Speaking of Queen Wang, it’s really unlucky. After all, in real history, she was imprisoned with Concubine Xiao Shu. But now, she went in alone, alone, and had no one to talk. After a long time, wouldn’t she go crazy!

Changsun Wuji didn't speak for a long time, and he was also thinking about countermeasures. In real history, he had thought of all countermeasures, but he did not use the last countermeasures, so he was killed by Wu Meiniang. Of course, in the actual situation at that time, the last countermeasures were military advice, and he could not use them. If there was no military weapon in his hand, how could he give advice? So he could only think about this countermeasures, but he could not successfully apply them.

But now it’s different. He has Wang Ping'an’s support. Wang Ping'an has soldiers, not only three thousand guards with him, but also a hundred thousand Turkic army outside to sway flags and shout for him. This is strength. With capital, it’s convenient for whatever he wants, including military advice.

Changsun Wuji now has no other way than military admonition. When he followed Li Shimin before, he did military admonition. The Xuanwu Gate Incident was actually a military admonition, but the result was more bloody than ordinary military admonitions.

Changsun Wuji looked at Wang Ping'an and thought to himself: "You can't tell him in advance what I want to warn him. He will definitely not dare. Once I launch warn him and kill the Martial Demon Girl, the emperor will turn against me. If it really doesn't work, I will also regard him as the emperor. Zhi'er, the child, has no great potential. He originally thought he had no potential, so he was just obedient, but now it seems that he is not promising and disobedient. In this way, what emperor should he be? Why not make the young prince Li Zhong the emperor? It's not okay if the child wants to not listen to me!"

After making up his mind, Changsun Wuji said, "Forget it, everything, after we return to Chang'an, we will discuss it with Chu Suiliang and the others. I guess if we want to eradicate the Martial Witch Girl, this matter will not be done in a short time. We have to make a long-term plan!"

Wang Ping'an nodded quickly and said, "It's best to make a long-term plan. Take everything slowly. If you can avoid being harmed, it's better not to hurt your kindness." He said this, but he thought to himself that when he returned to Chang'an, he would go to Wu Meiniang. As long as he could let him go to the fiefdom and no longer get messy water in the Chang'an court, he would leave quickly. He didn't want to interfere with the struggle between Wu Meiniang and Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji and Wang Ping'an each have their own plans, and what they think and say are different.

Changsun Wuji said, "Since that's the case, let's prepare for the return to Beijing. This time, I can't say that I'm going to win and return to the court, but it can be regarded as a return to the court. I think you should bring all the guards with you and ask Ashinaqiboer for a team of elite soldiers to praise the people of Chang'an and let them see what kind of army it was. As soon as it was launched, Goguryeo was scared and surrendered."

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said, "This seems inappropriate? It should be our Tang Dynasty army that praises Wu. Why do you praise the Turkic soldiers? Isn't this equivalent to saying that the Turkic soldiers are more powerful than our Tang Dynasty army?"

Changsun Wuji's face darkened and said, "Wujian, you have this view, which will disappoint me. All the world is the king's land, the shores of the land, and the ministers of the king. Whether it is the Turkic soldiers or the Tang Dynasty's soldiers, they are all the Khan of the Heavenly Khan. My current emperor's ministers are all his army, so why do you and me?"

He paused and said, "If you have any concerns in this regard, it's easy to deal with it. At most, let the Turkic soldiers wear the uniforms of our Tang Dynasty soldiers when they enter Beijing. This is also considered a contribution to the education of the Tang Dynasty. Turning the original barbarian soldiers into a royal army is definitely a contribution. Could it be that you still think that the contribution is too much?" After that, he laughed.

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "It doesn't matter how much credit it is to me anymore. However, why did he ask Turkic soldiers to enter Chang'an? I'm afraid it's not as simple as he said?"

Wang Ping'an asked, "Uncle, how many Turkic soldiers should be brought into the capital? It's not good to have too few, but it's not good to have too many!"

Changsun Wuji thought for a while and said, "You have three thousand guards, and these generals are not many. Why not bring five thousand Turkic elite soldiers to form a number of eight thousand. Eight thousand tigers into the capital, whether they are used as ceremonial guards or boasting about martial arts and power, they are all just the right number."

Wang Ping'an was only a little relieved. Eight thousand people were indeed not many, and he was easy to manage, so he would not have any evil spirits. He nodded and immediately wrote a letter to Asuna Qiboer, asking him to transfer five thousand elite soldiers to bring them back to Chang'an and to praise martial arts.

After that, after waiting for a few more days, Asanoki Boer from Goguryeo sent back five thousand elite soldiers. Asanoki Boer learned that these soldiers were used to advance to Chang'an Kuawu, so he naturally did not dare to neglect. Not only were the soldiers and generals all chose the highest and powerful ones, but even the best ones were selected.

As soon as the Turkic elite soldiers arrived, Wang Ping'an immediately handed over the military supplies to a Turkic general and asked him to send all the military supplies to Goguryeo. Within a year and a half, Goguryeo could use Asina Qiboer to make trouble.

Wang Ping'an and Changsun Wuji took eight thousand soldiers back to Yingzhou, heading for Youzhou, and heading for Chang'an.

On the way, he received letters from Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling one after another. The things mentioned in the letter became more and more serious. Wu Meiniang had already begun to install confidants in the Guard Mansion. Just because Li Ji did not make a stand and had a mixed relationship, Wu Meiniang thought he was easy to bully, and gave him the title of Taiwei, undermined military power, and undermined Yuchi Gong. She had already mastered two guards, and the generals led by the troops were her newly recruited confidants. These confidants may not have any ability to lead troops to fight. They can reliably slap their bosses and thus climb up, but they are all masters.

Wu Meiniang went to Dali Temple to arrange people again. The first person to be promoted was Di Renjie, because Di Renjie was her "brother-in-law" and because Di Renjie was going to marry Wu Xiaomei. Of course, he had to use it with relatives.
Chapter completed!