Chapter 369: Discussing the War

Just come back! As soon as Qin Yu left...he forgot that they hadn't seen each other for several years. He immediately forgot about the fight between the two women and ran inside.

The man has a big heart, he doesn't say anything, and he doesn't think about it deliberately. It can't be said that he is worried. Qin Yu's abilities are there. His achievements over the years are in front of his eyes, and he is already a leader among young generals. But he can obviously feel inexplicably at ease in his heart.

Well, maybe it’s the so-called teacher-student friendship. I don’t think I have the consciousness to be a teacher, so I’m not sure.

Not much has changed. He is a little stronger than when he left the capital. He always looks a bit thin when sitting next to Cheng Chu. From the looks of it, he is dressed as if he has returned home. He is wearing a scribe's long gown and is clean and tidy. When he stands on the street, he looks like a man.

Student, no one believes that this is the person who has just experienced the test of life and death from the front line.

The banquet was arranged, and the chairman's seat was reserved for me. Ying greeted her attentively like a hostess. Mr. Cheng sat at the head and was smiling and hugging the two children to tease. Lan Ling sat down politely.

When he saw me coming back, he glanced sideways, turned his head and ignored me. It seemed that he didn't get any benefit from Ying today.

Qin Yu saw me getting excited. He stood up and bowed in front of me before leaving. He quickly adjusted his emotions without holding on with one hand and said happily: "Get up, we don't want this at home!"

Cheng Chu didn't even look at me, but continued to eat and drink. He was kicked by the old man. He came over and smiled like he was taking his graduation photo. He stood side by side with me and took advantage of Qin Yu.

"Hurry and take a seat." He added strength to help Qin Yu up, pretending to be surprised when he discovered Princess Lanling, and immediately stepped forward to pay homage respectfully.

Lan Ling put on a smile and waved his hand, took Ying aside to greet him and said affectionately: "I brought my children to see your talented daughter today, but I didn't expect to find a lively event." He pointed at the seat and said to Qin Yu.

: "Siye is sitting here. I was just listening to you talk about the war, which was heart-wrenching, but Zihao interrupted me. That's it. The friendship between brothers and fellow apprentices has also been expressed. Let's continue from the beginning. Now you are the protagonist."

Qin Yu responded, turned to look at me, sat down with his hands clasped in embarrassment, and smiled shyly at Lan Ling.

"When the master comes back, don't hide the good wine." Mr. Cheng lifted nine kilograms and smiled at the table. He handed the child to Ying, "I've been busy for a long time, my wife, go down and have a rest."

Ying took the child with a few polite words and excused herself all the way. She gave me a look of victory before turning to the threshold, raised her pointed chin and stepped on the wind as she drifted away.

Lan Ling clapped his hands and complained to Mr. Cheng: "There are many talents, but they are getting wine and resting. Are you driving me away?" He hugged the sugar cane and stood up with a smile, "That's all, I don't want to sit here to attract attention.

, you guys go talk. Siye, how the imperial court awards rewards is one thing. But just because of this, you can't avoid it and sit in my house in the morning when you have free time. I haven't heard enough about the affairs in the south."

Seeing us all standing up, Lan Ling waved his hand. "I won't give it away. We all live close here, and the neighbors will walk around each other. There will be more exchanges in the future, so there won't be so many etiquette."

That being said, my master had to be careful in front of outsiders. He walked to Lanling's door after leaving the table and ignored me. When he got in the car, he turned his face and bared his teeth, smiled, and said softly: "Excuse me."

You said: You are dead!" He snorted and got into the car and drove away.

Am I dead? What the hell is this! Who is coming here to kick things off? It’s impartial. It’s none of my business that she couldn’t take advantage of it. It’s not unfair or not. But it’s okay, at least Ying won’t be looking for her tonight if she has the upper hand.

If I'm in trouble, I'll drink first. I'm never afraid of death threats.

A jar of the first batch of steamed white wine was taken out from the wine cellar. It was not an old thing, but in the eyes of the old man, it was a high-end product. He was the only one persuaded to drink it vigorously, and he felt refreshed after drinking it.

Suddenly he knocked on the table and asked: "Si Ye, there are no outsiders here. You are my son-in-law of the Cheng family. Tell me your future plans!"

It seems that he doesn't treat me as an outsider. He saw Qin Yu smiling at the old man and bowing his head without saying a word. Mr. Cheng's question was too direct. His future plans are in the privacy zone of many people's hearts, even for those closest to him.

He made a reply. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid Siye hasn't made any plans yet. When I return to the capital, I have to listen to the deployment of the Ministry of War and follow the arrangements of the imperial court."

Qin Yu took advantage of my words and nodded quickly, bowing to Mr. Cheng, "This is not his own business..."

"If you fart," Mr. Cheng laughed and raised his chopsticks to point at the two of us, "If you can't help it, why can't you control your uncle? I still don't know what Du Feng's plan is? He is your uncle and I am your mother-in-law. You listen.

Whose?"

He didn't understand, so he looked at the old man and Qin Yu. Cheng Chu sat across from him and shoveled food into his mouth with an honest face, as if he had nothing to do with anyone. He asked doubtfully: "How..."

"Not so much," Mr. Cheng interrupted: "Zihao is a smart man and knows how to keep things out of his mind, but they don't understand. Cheng Chu is easy to say. He can't make a big splash if I live for a day, but this Qin family

..." After a pause, he looked at my three juniors and said, "As we get older, we think more and look forward and backward.

Children's joke. Siye, I will tell you what needs to be said about the life-long friendship between your grandfather and I. No matter what the Du family plans, the use of troops in the east has nothing to do with your Qin family. You just want to go and shock the Qin family.

Shengwei, I heard what grandpa said this time, there are too many people in the world who are better than you, and you are not missing."

It suddenly dawned on me that the old man had put his words here. In the past few years, the Tang Empire had to carry out military operations against Mohe. The Ministry of War transferred Qin Yu back from Jiannan this time. I am afraid that the main reason was that he planned to send troops to Liaodong at any time.

As for the dispatch, the old man can explain clearly. It seems that there is a real possibility that Qin Yufa will send the army to Liaodong.

He frowned and glanced at Qin Yu. Seeing that he no longer argued, he probably had this intention in his heart. "Didn't the imperial court just start operating in Liaodong? The Koreans east of Liaochengzhou are still in a mess.

, the rebellion that is killing everyone, shouldn’t they start so quickly, right?”

The old man held the wine glass and shook his head, "Not taking action for three to five years and not sending an army for three to five years are two different things. Now that Tibet is weak in the west, internal change is just around the corner. It won't happen in ten or eight years. In the past few years, more troops have been sent to the pass.

The underworld soldiers have come back one after another. I have calculated, Long

If you don't expand towards the northwest, Lao Qi's 60,000 elite troops will be enough, plus the miscellaneous city defense army of 170,000, which is enough. The remaining 70,000 Longyou recruited before the war cannot afford to feed them, and the gain of transporting more grain and grass is not worth the loss.

If he had not gone eastward, he would have been released and returned to his hometown to farm."

"Seventy thousand?"

Qin Yu nodded, placed the wine glass gently on the table and filled it up slowly, "Grandpa said it makes sense. As soon as the war in Longyou is freed, it's time to head to the east."

"Isn't General Liang holding the palm over there?" It's no joke to drive past 70,000 people at once. They are all elite soldiers who have just come off the battlefield. They have sharpened their teeth and are waiting to drink blood. Judging from the combat effectiveness of these years

Look, if conditions permit, 70,000 elite Tang troops are enough to turn over the earth.

"Old Shacai," the old man said with a smile, looking around at the three juniors, "that's why I sent Old Liang there because we didn't have enough manpower. He is the only one who can do this job. Now that the war situation in the west is certain, it's time for Old Shacai Liang to come back. You, Grandpa Liang, have

He is capable of defeating an enemy of 30,000 with 3,000 in his hands. If 30,000 in his hands can't even break through the window paper, let alone give him 70,000."

As soon as the words were spoken, the four people laughed loudly. In the eyes of these elders, Liang Jianfang was capable of being a brave general. He was not afraid of death if he took the lead and killed them. He dared to take the lead and break into the enemy's formation. However, it was difficult to say that he was sitting in the military tent and strategizing.

Well, Lao Liang is a man who has been a high-level thug all his life. In general, his quality is still a little behind that of generals and famous generals, so no one dares to mess with him when he acts arrogant, but he is often spurned and despised by the old coaches.

"Just smile, don't talk outside." Mr. Cheng was in the mood to have a family dinner today. He even mentioned the shortcomings of his old comrades in front of the juniors, and spoke very openly. He probably wanted to create an unrestrained atmosphere first.

Firstly, it was probably to pave the way for him to talk more unscrupulously later, and secondly, it was very honorable to treat the Wang family as his home court, letting me know that he never treated me as a foreigner.

There is a subtlety in the vulgar words. He almost didn't say anything about "I trust you, Cheng," and the Wang family made no distinction between each other. A few irrelevant words. Even the arrogance and unreasonableness made you feel it subconsciously.

These are very kind, and I am more willing to accept them. The old man's living has become an art. To put it bluntly, it is driven by family interests, but he can humanize this interest demand and show it as something just like family affection.

In his topic, he never mentioned what key points should be paid attention to in the field of cooperation between the two companies, what should be done with Longyou Farm, what kind of labor, cotton, grain, Lingnan, etc. There is no profit. It gives people an illusion.

, the old man did nothing but extort toilet water and bully Su Dingfang while watching crickets fight.

I have no other hobbies, and I don’t even pay attention to Cheng Chu’s homework. It’s like he just throws it away if he leaves it to me and doesn’t need to worry about it. I’m willing to be the scapegoat. When I have something to share, I think of the Cheng family first.

There's nothing I can do about it, everyone has a bitchy side, and the old man hit on my shortcomings right away.

With the same words again, Mr. Cheng turned to me and said: "Zihao, as an elder, sometimes I can't speak as well as you, the senior brother who teaches me. Siye, you have taken care of me. You can go anywhere, except the east side."

No. Let me make this long. I have worked hard for ten years, but my inheritance will be gone in these ten years. I’d like to ask, Liaochengzhou.”

"Grandpa..." Before I could say anything, Qin Yu was a little unhappy. The words were meant for me, but Qin Yu had great respect for me, his mentor, in his heart, and could not tolerate the old man saying such bad things. "This matter has nothing to do with Zihao.

Brother bullshit

It has nothing to do with it. Now the Tubo in the west is undergoing civil war, and the Turks in the north have been pacified. Without the help of Tubo, Nanzhao has suffered a big loss this time. It is already willing to accept the envoy of our dynasty, and there will be no more trouble. Except for the east, the imperial court will have no one in the short term.

Where to use troops..."

After all, they are people who are paid by the army. As the saying goes, when the cannon fires, there is ten thousand taels of gold. Although Qin Yu's family is not short of money, they also have the idea of ​​​​gaining merit in this last piece of pure military land. There will never be a so-called person in the army.

Doves, especially these days, reward military merit

It is extremely rich. Looking at the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the only place in the east that is worth sending an army to conquer for the time being. Three generations of generals, old, middle and young, have squeezed their heads to get there, but the old man has to block it and refuse to reach Qin Yu's depressed land.

If you still use your senior brother as a threat, no matter how respectful you are, you should still talk back.

"What's this called?" The old man was not angry. He stroked his beard and tilted his head to look at the three of them, looking like a scoundrel who relied on his elders to show off his talents. "What a great achievement! The previous games went so smoothly. Korea, Turks, and Tubo all competed with each other.

If one of you is strong and one of them is defeated, do you really think you are invincible?"

Isn't this invincible? Although Cheng Chu didn't dare to speak, he looked like he was invincible while eating. Qin Yu's expression didn't change much, and I didn't even care. How could he be invincible if he wasn't invincible at this time?

"Look, all the bastards don't know how high the sky is!" The old man was a little displeased and thrust a chopstick at Cheng Chu's forehead, "It has nothing to do with you, so don't eat it so ugly. You need to clean it up! Zihao, don't you cook the fish just now?

Give me one, and I can teach you guys a lesson while you eat."

The fish was good, the cooking skills have improved, the old man ate heartily, and his mouth was too busy to teach. After cleaning up, he glanced sharply around, and it seemed that he was about to talk. Everyone was sitting solemnly, waiting for the old general's court lecture. The old man Qing

Clearing his throat, he touched a glass and said, "One more plate!"

"This fish, why can't it crawl onto the plate? It has to lie down and turn over after eating." The old man turned the fish over dissatisfied and said leisurely: "I like to eat the top if I have a light mouth. I have a heavy mouth."

, I just like to eat the ones that have been soaked in juice. If I don’t soak them, the flavor won’t come in, right?”

"That's right, the kid also likes to eat the bottom." Actually, I don't care about the top and bottom. I just like to eat fish heads, so I won't tell him.

"So, in addition to picking out some thorns, you also need to spend some time soaking it for a while to get the taste right." The old man paused with his chopsticks and picked up the fast food. No thorns were spit out. It seems that the meat and thorns were chewed together. "

Zihao, do you think the Tubo people eat fish?"

"..." I don't want to answer this boring question.

The old man chuckled and said, "In order to annihilate the Western Turks, Datang has been operating in Longyou for almost thirty years. It can be said that it has been done before. There is also Goryeo, brats who only know that it is easy to annihilate. Do you want to show off to you?

After fighting to the death, the army could not lose ground? What kind of temper did Emperor Taizong have? When he returned to the court, he first admitted his mistake to a group of civil servants, and the first one mentioned that he was very happy with his achievements."

The hall suddenly became quiet, and Cheng Chu also put down his chopsticks and joined the crowd.

"My Majesty was very happy when we defeated the Eastern Turks, thinking that we could avenge the shame of the previous dynasty's defeat of Goryeo. Back then, I sponsored the expedition to Goryeo. Except for Li Ji, all the generals were like Si Ye now. I'm afraid

Pull yourself down." He shook his head with emotion. The old man missed the majesty of the past. "If you count on your fingers, it started with the Yang family in the past.

Until the fourth year of Yonghui. How many years did it take to annihilate a small Goryeo? How many people died? It doesn’t mean that there are many soldiers and generals to get rid of the matter. If they are dragged to the Central Plains to fight, I can defeat three thousand people.
To be continued...