Wang Si suddenly said again: "In this battle with the Liang Kingdom, eleven states were captured. Tiance Mansion occupied five states, Prince Wei also occupied five states, and there is another state. Whoever takes it will win."

The upper hand. Since ancient times, big things have started from small steps. Even one state or one county cannot give up."

Unexpectedly, Cui Gong obviously had objections this time. He shook his head slowly and said: "Don't move in that state for the time being, so as not to cause some trouble. If Tiance Mansion can let it go, we can also let it go."

Wang Si frowned slightly and said with some displeasure: "Do you still insist on giving some face to that Gu Tianya?"

Cui Gong laughed, shook his head and said: "This is not about face, but real land. As the husband-in-law of Princess Pingyang, Mr. Gu actually risked his bows and arrows to lead the troops in battle. His women's army also dispatched 20,000 soldiers.

We can't even leave a mouthful of soup for others."

Wang Si frowned deeper and said with a reminder: "Hebei Road is already big enough, but there are only ten roads in the entire Tang Dynasty..."

Cui Gong glanced at him and said leisurely: "Hebei Province will be returned one day, so we have to leave a state for others. Otherwise, a princess will not even have a fief to eat after she gets married.

, once this kind of thing is written down in the history books, future generations will probably scold us for thousands of years."

Wang Si's eyes flashed and he said rather proudly: "The history books are in the hands of the aristocratic family."

The implication is self-explanatory, and they can write whatever they want when the time comes.

Unexpectedly, Cui Gong looked at him again and sighed: "Don't be too ruthless in doing things, otherwise the consequences may be bad. Brother Wang Si, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore. We must never do it for the sake of one state.

A descendant of the Mohist family was forced to fight back. The descendant of the Mohist family is already very scary, but he also married a princess with a heavy army."

Wang Si suddenly laughed, nodded and said: "Actually, that's what I mean too, let's leave that whole state to Gu Tianya..."

He paused for a moment, then added: "But he can only be given land to one state, and he will never be allowed to occupy a second state."

Cui Gong was noncommittal about this, looking far away to the northwest, and said with deep meaning: "According to the report from the Red Ling envoy, the army returning to the imperial court will arrive in Chang'an today. It is said that the 20,000 soldiers of the Detachment of Women will also come.

."

Wang Si also looked to the northwest and said subconsciously: "It's quite bad for the border troops to enter the pass."

Since ancient times, the frontier troops have been the most capable, especially the Detachment of Women, which was stationed in the north to fight against the Turks. It can almost be said to be the top military force in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Although the Tiance Mansion is very powerful, only a small number of elites are powerful. The prince's guards put together by aristocratic families are very powerful, but they are only powerful with 40,000 to 50,000 people.

The two major factions now have 200,000 troops each, and they are still recruiting troops. However, the upper-level figures on both sides know very well that a large part of their troops are government soldiers.

In the Tang Dynasty's imperial army system, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers could not be compared with that of professional soldiers.

The Detachment of Women is precisely a professional soldier.

And they were also the frontier troops stationed in the north to fight against the Turks.

If such an elite group enters the border, even if there are only 20,000 people, it will easily arouse vigilance, because the border troops are too powerful.

Cui Gong seemed to be quite worried about this. After a long time, he slowly said: "This matter is a foregone conclusion. It would be too conspicuous to stop it. Fortunately, the Detachment of Women only entered the customs to report their victory and held a prisoner dedication ceremony. When things happened

After it is over, they will have no excuse to stay. Then we will speak again and let the border troops leave as a matter of course..."

Wang Si suddenly sneered and said: "The so-called reward for victory and the so-called sacrifice of prisoners are actually just appearances. The real purpose is to show military power. This matter was clearly premeditated and someone wanted to make big profits through military exploits."

Mr. Cui chuckled and said indifferently: "That little brother Gu is the husband of Princess Pingyang after all. How can we suppress him and live as a white man for the rest of our lives? As I said, don't be too extreme in doing things. This time he

Leading the army into the pass, he really wanted to be knighted for his military merits. I think he should be knighted. He is about to be a father. Even if he doesn't think about himself, he still has to think about the future of his children. So, this

We cannot stop things, on the contrary, I am ready to help facilitate them."

Wang Si's eyes flashed, and he frowned and asked, "What kind of title does Mr. Cui think is appropriate for him?"

Unexpectedly, Cui Gong didn't answer the question and asked him with a smile: "What kind of title does Brother Wang Si think is appropriate?"

Wang Si visibly pondered, and it took him a long time before he slowly spoke, with a helpless tone: "I'm afraid I have to give a county marquis a title at the lowest price, otherwise it will be difficult to drive away the 20,000 border troops."

"Too low!" Cui Gong suddenly objected, his tone was extremely decisive, and he said solemnly: "I think he must be made a Duke to be worthy of the status of Princess Pingyang."

Wang Si was shocked and blurted out: "How many princes are there in the entire Tang Dynasty?"

Cui Gong looked at him thoughtfully and said: "If you lead an army to expand the territory, why can't you make a prince? Brother Wang Si, please don't stop me, otherwise you will make the girl of the Li family furious and enter the customs next time."

I’m afraid the frontier army is not 20,000..."

He paused for a moment, then suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Don't forget, our main priority is to fight with Tiance Mansion. If we make enemies for no reason, we will probably push the Detachment of Women to go to Tiance Mansion.

If you lose something, you will laugh at the magnanimity."

Wang Si finally nodded and said: "Then after the court meeting, I will personally report to His Majesty. Since we want to show our goodwill to Gu Tianya, we must put our goodwill on the surface."

Cui Gong laughed and said, "I'm just afraid that people from Tiance Mansion will get ahead of us."

Wang Si smiled coldly and said: "Then let's look at each other's methods. The aristocratic family is best at showing goodwill."

Cui Gong looked far into the distance, and for some reason suddenly said with deep meaning: "I really want to meet that little brother Gu."

At this time, the door of Taiji Hall slowly opened, and countless officials immediately arranged their clothes and prepared to enter and attend court according to their rank.

Unexpectedly, suddenly a figure flashed in front of the door, and it was Emperor Li Yuan who stepped out and said with a faint smile: "I will not go to court today."

These words were so shocking that countless officials were stunned on the spot.

But he saw Li Yuan laughing loudly, and suddenly pointed to the distance and said: "Half an hour ago, I received a message from the bird. The army returning to the court is only five miles away from Chang'an City, so I suddenly thought of it and prepared to lead all the officials there.

City wall, the younger generations of my family want to sacrifice prisoners to celebrate, how can I, as the elder, not give you some face..."

As he spoke, he laughed again and strode directly towards the palace gate. He saw two groups of Yulin Guards waving their flags. In the blink of an eye, they gathered from all around, escorting the emperor's ceremonial carriage, and walked away like a tide.

This posture looks like it has been prepared for a long time.

The officials present looked at each other, and they all saw the curiosity in each other's eyes.

Wang Si and Cui Gong exchanged colors, and sighed at the same time: "Li Yuan is becoming more and more trustworthy in doing things, and the Li family's confidence in power has become stronger."

To make a decision directly without consulting the officials, to cancel the early court arbitrarily, and to go to the city wall when asked to go, is an extremely confident expression, and the power structure of the Tang Dynasty has obviously changed.

Cui Gong looked at Li Yuan's figure from a distance. After a long time, he sighed deeply and said as if he was deeply moved: "I remember that back then, I and he were on equal terms. When it comes to family strength, the Cui family of Qinghe

He is even better than the Li family of Duanyou, and he, Li Yuan, is just one branch of the Li family of Duanyou."

Wang Si also felt this and murmured to himself: "The Wang family is not like this. When he was an official in Taiyuan, he relied on the Wang family, but now, he is the emperor."

The two old guys looked at each other and both saw the bitterness in each other's eyes.

At the same time, it also strengthened its determination to rely on Li Jiancheng to fight for imperial power.

Power is something that has been intoxicating since ancient times.

…

At this time, outside Chang'an City, the official roads were filled with dust, but hundreds of thousands of troops were seen divided into three groups, approaching Chang'an slowly like a tide.

Standing on the top of the city and looking around, you can only see densely packed soldiers, a dense mass of darkness, and the aura of military power is shocking.

Suddenly there was a sound of drums, and five thousand black-armored cavalry rushed out. In the blink of an eye, they rushed to the gate of Chang'an City, roaring in unison like thunder, saying: "Datang Tiance Mansion, black-armored cavalry, this time in the battle of Liang Kingdom,

We captured five states, killed more than 30,000 enemies, and captured 47,000 prisoners. We specially presented the prisoners to His Majesty. The Tang army was extremely powerful..."

As the 5,000 black-armored cavalry roared together, the 50,000 Tiance army behind them suddenly roared together, roaring and overwhelming, saying: "Ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories, the Tang Dynasty will be victorious, and Tiance Mansion will be victorious."

On the city wall, Li Yuan laughed.

The faces of all the officials from the aristocratic families were livid. Wang Si looked at the Tiance Mansion army under the city from a distance, then looked at the five thousand black armored cavalry, and gritted his teeth and said: "This is an act of showing off one's strength. The actions of the Tiance Mansion.

A man is not worthy of being a son of man.”
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