Lin Wanyue stood aside. It was the first time she saw Li Xian like this. Seeing Li Xian cry, Lin Wanyue's heart softened.
In Lin Wanyue's impression, Li Xian was always dignified, reserved, and wise. At this time, Li Xian was more in line with what Lin Wanyue first imagined.
The warmth of family affection flows between the father and daughter, and Lin Wanyue can't help but feel melancholy: I am afraid that I will not be able to enjoy this happiness in my lifetime.
"Okay, the royal father is fine." Li Zhao patted the back of Li Xian's hand, and the latter slowly stopped her tears.
Li Zhao slowly restrained his smile, and the wrinkles on his face deepened overnight.
"You already know about your brother Yong, right?"
"My son understands, the father and the emperor take good care of his body, and the younger brother of Yongwang died for the country, and the son is also very sad."
"Hey... This renegade son, the widow specially told him not to go out of the city rashly, but he wanted to rush in because of greed!"
"Father, the situation in the north is complicated. Perhaps Brother Yong has his own considerations. Take care of your dragon body."
"Hey..." Li Zhao sighed heavily again and asked, "I'm looking for you this time, and the royal father wants to hear your opinion. What should I do about your brother Yong's death?"
Lin Wanyue pricked up her ears. After Li Xian's advice, she was not what she used to be. She used to be frustrated because she couldn't understand the conversation between the two in the main hall. At this time, as soon as Li Zhao opened her mouth, Lin Wanyue came to appreciate it. The meaning of Li Zhao's words.
King Yong is the blood of the royal family, but he is also the general of the defeated army.
According to the rule of the royal blood and death in a foreign country, His Majesty should send someone who is equivalent to King Yong to the north to welcome the coffin in person.
But according to the generals of the defeated army, those with lower rank were buried on the spot, and those with higher rank were escorted back to Beijing by local soldiers, and their family members took the coffin for burial. If so, King Yong was guilty.
How to handle the funeral is related to the treatment of King Yong's descendants in the future and the evaluation of King Yong in historical books.
Lin Wanyue stood there, her eyes drooping, her ears listened, Li Xian replied, "Brother Yong was not afraid of hardships and dangers, fought hard against the Xiongnu, and sacrificed himself for the country. My son is willing to go to the northern border to take Brother Yong back to Beijing in person."
Li Zhao was silent, and Li Xian continued, "Father, the deceased is like this. Please consider Heng'er. He is only three years old, and without his father, he will have to rely on Meng Yin to grow up in the future."
"So... Let's just follow Xian'er's words. It's just that the war in the northern region is tragic, and the royal father doesn't worry about you going. I'll think about other candidates."
"Royal father, now there are only me and Zhu'er and Yan'er in the court of three royal bloodlines, Qidi, Chudi, and Xiangdi, which are far away from the northern border; the father's health is not due to Anzhu'er and must stay in the palace, Yan'er. It’s even more impossible for my son to be young and have never travelled far, and my daughter has been to the north a few times, so in such an emergency, please ask the father to allow the daughter to share the worries of the father.”
Li Zhao looked at Li Xian, and said with emotion, "My son has a general knowledge, and it is a great gift; it's a pity..." Li Zhao glanced at Lin Feixing and swallowed the unfinished words.
Li Xian smiled lightly: "Although Pearl is young, she has already learned the way of the father, the father need not worry."
"Yeah." Li Zhao nodded: "You've been tired all day, so go to the side hall to rest first, and the concubine and I have a few words alone."
"Yes, Erchen retire."
Li Xian got up and walked out of the hall. The moment they passed Lin Feixing, their eyes met briefly, and there was no need to say more.
"Consort, you know everything about the North, right?"
Lin Wanyue lowered her eyes and replied, "My son doesn't know."
Li Zhao smiled, called Shunxi, and handed the red bamboo tube to Lin Feixing.
Lin Wanyue quickly read the paper, but did not expect King Yong to die at the hands of Tuturba.
"Tell me, what do you think about things in the North."
Lin Wanyue thought for a moment and replied, "My son thinks that it was accidental and inevitable that the Xiongnu united to invade our country."
"Well, go on."
"Yes, Erchen grew up on the frontier. In the five years since he joined the army, he has participated in hundreds of wars between the Huns. The Huns are bitterly cold and the frozen soil period is very long. There are only a few months of fertile water and grass every year. In the remaining months, most of the Xiongnu tribes They can't be self-sufficient, so in order to survive, they have to rely on robbing, fighting internally, and robbing people at the border of the country. Before, there was a general king in the northern border, and the general king's reputation spread far and wide, and the Huns tribes were afraid. The absence of the king is an opportunity for the Huns, although we cannot know the details behind them, but for so many years, the Huns have lost more and won less, and now it is reasonable to join forces to attack."
"Well, if you were to be in charge, what would you do with the situation in front of you?"
"My son didn't think about it."
Li Zhao stroked his beard: "I think about it now."
"Yes, if Erchen is in command, he should be defeated by battle."
Hearing Lin Feixing's answer, Li Zhao frowned, feeling a little disappointed in Lin Feixing: Is he still too young
Seeing that Li Zhao was silent, Lin Wanyue bowed and said, "I also ask the royal father to let the son and minister finish."
"you say."
"My son thinks that the fundamental reason for the joint army of the five Huns is the feud and survival, but the direct reason is the death of the general king, which gave the Huns an opportunity and courage to unite. Now that the Hun-Nu coalition has just formed, it is actually not united internally. The five khans are independent and lack a unified command. Moreover, although these five departments have strong strength to supply troops, they all live in the depths of the grasslands. A light cavalry circled around the enemy's hinterland, cut off its transport of food and grass, and then waited for a while. When the Huns were running out of food and grass, they would jump over the wall and attack Yangguan City. However, at that time, the Huns were already at the end of the force. With heavy damage, we can rely on the land of Yangguan City and the Huns to consume it, and we can defend and fight, and wait for the cold winter."
"Well..." Li Zhao nodded and asked again, "The widow has ordered the people at the border to retreat for a hundred miles, why don't you feel at ease and defend?"
Lin Wanyue opened her mouth, a hint of embarrassment flashed across her face.
Li Zhao saw it in his eyes: "But it doesn't matter."
"Yes, I think this battle must be fought, even if it will be very difficult to win. One: the previous coach was beheaded, the Xiongnu's momentum was high, and our army's morale was low, and we needed a battle to turn it around. Two: We must use this battle to make the Huns understand that our country has enough strength to defeat their so-called coalition forces. If this battle is not fought, it will be empty until the cold winter, and hidden dangers will surely be buried; It will make a comeback, but if it is given a severe setback and then defended, I am afraid that the Huns will have to think about it if they want to attack in the future. After all, the five major tribes are independent, cooperation is short-lived, and infighting is lasting, and no one wants to risk being annexed by other tribes. The risk is to fight an uncertain battle. For my Liguo, the Huns border Liguo, and dealing with the Xiongnu is not something that can be accomplished overnight…”
Yuan Ding · 31st day, October 20th.
"Li Guotong Age" records: The emperor issued an decree to promote the consort of the eldest princess, and Lin Feixing, the fourth-rank guard general, was the third-rank hussar general, commanding the military affairs of the northwest and in charge of the commander seal of the northern border.
So far, Lin Feixing has become the youngest marshal with the highest military rank in the history of Li Guo.
And because Lin Feixing once led the sergeants and craftsmen in the north to build Xinyangguan City, it is known in history as: Yangguan Flying General!
The mighty team set out from Tiandu City. In the four carriages sat Li Xian, the eldest princess who had left the country. Lin Feixing rode Long Ran Baoju on the left side of the carriage, heading towards the north.
Li Zhao also felt that Lin Feixing was too young. Although he was ordered in danger, he couldn't rest assured.
On the day of Lin Feixing's departure, another decree was promulgated: Li Zhen, the king of Qi, was ordered to lead 20,000 elites to go to the north to assist Lin Feixing in settling the Wuhu rebellion.
King Yong died in battle, the crown prince was in charge of the country, Lin Feixing was in command, and King Qi assisted; the new curtain was slowly being opened.
Because of taking care of Li Xian, the team marched for seven days to the north.
The commander was beheaded and the entire army was convicted. However, considering the special circumstances and the fact that the prince and the courtiers jointly wrote a letter to plead for the sergeant in the north, Li Zhao made a plan for Li Xian to go to the north.
"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, summoned and said: The commander-in-chief was killed, the entire army should be convicted according to the law, and the son-in-law in the northern border has been fighting all year round, and the prince and courtiers have jointly signed a letter to plead for mercy, so the law is extravagant. In March, all the sergeants were equal to the military merits of the three wars. The deputy commander, Gao Deyi, as a veteran of the army, did not take the responsibility of supervising and escaped, and he was immediately executed outside the gate. , I admire this."
Li Xian stood on the high platform and after reading the imperial edict, the Qianniu Guard took over Gao Deyi. No matter how he pleaded, his face remained unchanged.
Li Xian and Lin Feixing acted separately, Li Xian was in charge of taking care of King Yong's funeral, while Lin Feixing was in charge of rectifying military affairs.
The post of deputy commander, Lin Wanyue did not hand over to Zhang Sanbao and Ni Da and other confidants.
One of them, Lin Wanyue selected An Chengbi who had followed Li Mu and made great contributions.
Another, Lin Wanyue appointed Bai Ruida.
Of the sixteen pioneers, Lin Wanyue cut down as much as half of them. The young men who had been selected before the appointment, had clean backgrounds, and had been inspected, Hou Yeguan, who had a broken arm, was reinstated, and Wang Dali was demoted to raising horses.
The middle-level captain, Lin Wanyue, did not move, while the bottom-level battalion commander, Lin Wanyue, transferred the file from the assessment department that was established before, and selected those who were excellent in the assessment and directly assigned them to the position of the battalion deputy, so anyone with a discerning eye could see it. Come out and put it there for exercise and familiarity, sooner or later.
Although Lin Wanyue is only a third-rank military rank now, a piece of the Northern Territory Commander Seal has more power than many first-rank officers!
In the Northern Territory, Lin Wanyue can be directly appointed with a military rank below the fourth rank. After the appointment of the fourth rank and above, a decree must be requested, and the appointment will take effect only after obtaining the approval of the imperial court.
Bai Ruida was promoted to General of the Fourth Rank Guard, Meng Ni Da took the position of the right general of Bai Ruida before, Zhang Sanbao was promoted to General Pi to lead the Feiyu Battalion, and four other pioneers were assigned.
Bian Kai was promoted to the commander of the scout battalion, and everyone went to their respective places.
Originally, when Xinyangguan City was being built, Lin Wanyue chose a good piece of land on the central axis of the new city and built a new commander's mansion for Li Mu; unfortunately, Li Mu passed away before he had time to move in because of the poison in his body. In vain, King Yong was cheap, and King Yong brought a lot of good things from the fief to enrich the inner treasury of the new commander's mansion. However, God's will is impermanent, and King Yong died in battle. All these things belonged to Lin Wanyue.
After handling the military affairs resolutely, Lin Wanyue checked the defense again and confirmed that there was no problem. She brought two jars of good wine, got on Long Ran's horse, and went to the outskirts of the city alone.