Seeing the helpless look on Li Zhiyun's face, Zhao Cijing could only comfort him: "Your Highness, the court is in crisis right now, so please bear with it."
Li Zhiyun smiled bitterly and said: "I can bear it, but the battlefield is dangerous, and I can't guarantee that Zhu Can can bear it as well."
Speaking of Zhu Can, Zhao Cijing pondered for a moment and reminded: "Your Highness, King Changping is trapped, which is the biggest difficulty of your trip. In any case, as long as King Changping is rescued, Your Highness will not be considered a failure. The saint is worried about King Changping.
You know this."
"My brother-in-law said it, and I remember it."
After chatting with Zhao Cijing for a while, Li Zhiyun remembered something and said, "Brother-in-law, what is Zhao Cihao's current position?"
"Not yet out of office."
"Well, our army is still short of a general. If my brother-in-law can trust my younger brother, let him come and find an official position under me."
Hearing this, Zhao Cijing was naturally overjoyed. This was obviously an opportunity to gild his younger brother, and only a fool would refuse.
"Well, thank you for being here, Your Highness." He stood up and held his hands.
Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "You and I are relatives, this is just a trivial matter, not worth taking seriously. Brother-in-law, don't worry, I will protect Cihao."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After saying that, Zhao Cijing muttered: "Zhiyun, if you really lack arrows for your bow and crossbow, you can go and check with the general."
"Will you be the prisoner?"
"Well." Zhao Cijing explained: "The general will be responsible for the civil construction of the palace, ancestral temple, and mausoleum. They should have a lot of wood. If you can talk impressively, I can make arrows for you with Yang Shilang from the Ministry of Industry.
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The truth is that the Minister Yang of the Ministry of Industry is Yang Shigui. His grandfather-in-law, if he says hello, he will definitely help.
It's just that he really doesn't know who is in charge of the prison.
"Who is the current General Master?"
"Chen Guogong."
Chen Guogong is Dou Kang.
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun felt a chill in his heart.
In terms of seniority, Dou Kang is actually Li Zhiyun's uncle, but he is not a relative.
In fact, Dou Kang and Li Jiancheng were not uncles and nephews.
There are mainly three branches of the Dou family in Guanlong, known as the three ancestral houses. They have a common ancestor named Dou Lue.
Dou Lue was the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty who conquered the north. He had five sons. The first two were not famous, but the last three were more powerful.
They are the third son Dou Yue, the fourth son Dou Shan, and the fifth son Dou Chi.
Among them, Dou Wei came from Dou Chi's room, and he was Dou Chi's son.
Dou Kang was born in Dou Shanfang, and he was Dou Shan's grandson.
Queen Taimu's Dou family was born in Dou Yuefang, and she was Dou Yue's granddaughter.
Therefore, Dou Wei's seniority was relatively high, and he was also a prominent figure in Guan Long, so he often trained "Dou's son-in-law Li Yuan" to be his grandson.
Li Jiancheng and the others were separated from Dou Kang by some distance, not to mention Li Zhiyun, a bastard?
If it were replaced by the second brother Li Shimin, it would be no problem. Dou was already on good terms with Li Shimin, but as for himself, Li Zhiyun thought about it and let it go.
Back at the palace, Du Ruhui was taking inventory of the equipment and weapons of the trip. When he saw Li Zhiyun returning, he quickly asked about the bows and arrows, but Li Zhiyun had to tell the truth.
"It's barely enough." Du Ruhui consoled him, "Your Highness, don't be anxious. Most of Zhu Can's troops are composed of refugees. Just talking about the art of bows and arrows, their combat power is definitely not as good as ours."
Li Zhiyun nodded and said: "I know this very well. It's just that Zhu Can first defeated Lu Zizang and Ma Yuangui, and then King Changping. I'm afraid his morale is strong. You and I can't underestimate him to avoid making the same mistake again."
You must be fully prepared for a war. Even if your opponent is Zhu Can, who is not a good person, Li Zhiyun will not underestimate him. The black spots of many famous generals in history were erased due to carelessness. Guan Erye was a wise man, but he ended up like this.
Defeat Maicheng, this is a warning.
"That's what Your Highness said." Du Ruhui pondered for a moment and said, "My subordinate's idea is that if we cannot arm an army of 50,000 people, can we form an elite army and attack Zhu Can with surprise troops?"
A surprise soldier?
"You can consider it."
Li Zhiyun believed that the ordnance and baggage were not enough, only compared to his previous Yunyang Army. If the comparison object were Zhu Can, then Li Zhiyun's troops would be a luxurious lineup worth of gold.
At the end of March in the second year of Wude, Chu King Li Zhiyun led an army of 50,000 people and set out from Chang'an towards Shangzhou.
At the same time, Zhu Can had surrounded Nanyang for more than ten days.
Li Shuliang has never felt so aggrieved, nor was he so embarrassed when he couldn't defeat Xue Ju.
At that time, he led 10,000 soldiers and horses to raid Nanyang, but he did not bring much food and grass. Now that the food and grass were gradually used up, there were not many soldiers left under his command. Under Zhu Can's fierce attack, there were still about 3,000 Tang troops left in Nanyang.
This was because Duan Zhixuan and Xue Shou were on the periphery to contain Zhu Can. Otherwise, Nanyang would have been defeated by Zhu Can long ago.
"Only Duan Zhixuan and Xue Shou came?"
Li Shuliang's eyes were wide open and bloodshot. In order to save food and grass in the past few days, Li Shuliang had eaten and starved, and had been careful to survive. Therefore, he looked a little weak and his complexion became sallow.
"Back to your Majesty, the King of Lujiang is guarding Wuguan, so he did not come."
The people speaking were soldiers of the Yunyang Army who fought desperately to break through the encirclement and charge into Nanyang.
"Damn it, he's scared!" Li Shuliang yelled, "Bitch, I asked him to cooperate with the attack. What the hell did he hit? If I can go back alive this time, I will definitely read his book in front of the saint...
...No, it’s because of his two books…No, it’s because of his job cuts!”
He was filled with hatred in his heart. He simply thought that it was because Li Yuan did not cooperate well that he was now trapped in Nanyang.
Zhou Chao on the side was thinking secretly, how many books of King of Lujiang would King Changping read?
Immediately afterwards, Li Shuliang looked at the Yunyang soldiers, "Can Duan Zhixuan defeat Zhu Can?"
The soldier shook his head hesitantly.
"Why? He's scared too!" Li Shuliang was furious.
"No, Your Majesty, General Duan said that he would risk his life to rescue Your Majesty. But Your Majesty did not know that King Lujiang wanted to guard Wuguan, so he only gave General Duan five thousand troops. Your Majesty, you also know how many troops Zhu Can has.
General Duan's 5,000 troops can only contain Zhu Can's attack on Nanyang from the outside. If we want to repel Zhu Can's army of hundreds of thousands, it will be too difficult with only 5,000 men."
Hearing this, Li Shuliang paused and immediately kicked him to overturn the case.
"Li Yuan, I will definitely give you a copy!"
He roared like a maniac.
In Li Shuliang's view, Li Yuan was giving up on saving him. Li Yuan wanted to watch him be eaten alive by Zhu Can!
Zhou Chao pursed his lips and turned into a ginseng again?
Twenty miles outside Nanyang City.
Duan Zhixuan directed the soldiers to build a strong camp. There were clear lines between human and horse paths in the camp.
"General Duan, good news!"
Xue Shou came in a hurry.
"What good news?" Duan Zhixuan looked back at him.
Xue Shou smiled and said: "The imperial court has sent a letter saying that King Chu will lead an army of 50,000 to support Shangzhou."
"good!"
Duan Zhixuan slapped the log hard, and the solemn look on his face for many days disappeared instantly.
"The king is indeed here."
Xue Shou handed the letter to Duan Zhixuan to read and said: "After many days of planning, I finally live up to you and me."
Duan Zhixuan read the letter, put it away, and said: "After several days of attacking, I see that Zhu Can has the intention of retreating. Do you think we should let Zhu Can leave?"
"No." Xue Shu said: "With such a credit, how can we just sit back and watch him slip away. I suggest that the general continues to delay Zhu Can and make sure to keep him in Nanyang."
"Okay, I understand." After saying that, Duan Zhixuan added: "The only thing I'm worried about now is that King Changping won't be able to hold on."
Xue Shou said: "It doesn't matter. As long as Zhu Can dares to attack Nanyang with all his strength, the general can attack his rear, making it difficult for him to take care of his head and tail."
After a pause, he reminded: "But general, be careful that Zhu Can divides his troops and deals with us and King Changping at the same time."