Chapter 924 The Prestige of the Fengyun Empire in the Western Regions
Chapter 924 The Power of the Western Region Empire (8)
Regarding his two sons, the second and third, Li Zhiyun had to admit that since the crown prince's appointment, he had indeed not taught them very carefully. Occasionally, he cared about them, and the questions he asked were mainly about their academic knowledge. As for political commentaries and the like, he did not ask any more questions.
However, for the sake of the prince, he must not give his other sons any ideas or opportunities in this regard.
"You two, want to go to the Western Regions?" Li Zhiyun looked at his two sons kneeling below with a smile. In the blink of an eye, these two boys also grew up. He didn't realize that the prince was also growing up rapidly. After all,
In the past few years, he has taken the prince with him almost every day. The other sons only see each other during big festivals or festivals. Naturally, they feel that they have not seen each other for a while, and these two sons have grown up a lot.
"Yes." Li Chenglie cupped his hands and said, "I dare not hide it from my father. I want to go to the Western Regions to expand the borders of the empire."
"The same goes for my sons and ministers," Li Chengyan said.
Li Zhiyun nodded and said with emotion: "It's a good thing that you have such a heart. It's just that you have never experienced a battle, and the situation in the Western Region is complicated. If you go there, your lives may be in danger. I think you should think more about it.
.Besides, will your mother-in-law agree?"
Hearing this, Li Chenglie said firmly: "Father, I don't want to stay in Chang'an and do nothing. I want to do something. I want to do big things!"
"Big thing?" Li Zhiyun laughed, "You are very ambitious, so tell me now how you want to do big things and what big things you want to do?"
Li Chenglie said: "Father, the empire has a vast territory and many foreign countries. I personally think that I should go to the border to defend the empire."
"Those places are so miserable, you want to go too?" Li Zhiyun asked.
"Go." Li Chenglie said firmly.
Li Zhiyun looked at him for a while, then turned to Li Chengyan, who nodded quickly, "My son is going too."
After hearing what they said, Li Zhiyun did not agree to them immediately, but asked them to go back and discuss with their respective mothers and concubines before giving him an answer. In fact, he had no intention of leaving his sons in Chang'an to raise them.
He had already planned to send his sons far away to guard one side and establish a country in the future.
Lanxiang Hall.
"Do you have to go?" Yang Shufei looked at her son with great reluctance. She wanted to stop him from leaving Chang'an, but she didn't know how to dissuade him. Seeing the firmness on his face, she also knew that she might not be able to dissuade the child.
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"Can't you go?" Yunyang held Yang Shufei's arm and looked at his brother with eyes full of reluctance.
Li Chengyan smiled and said: "It's okay, it's not like I'll never come back."
"You're just talking nonsense." Yang Shufei said angrily.
"When will brother come back?" Yunyang asked.
Li Chengyan thought for a moment and said, "I will come back when the Western Region is pacified."
Hearing this, Concubine Yang Shu knew that she could not persuade him, so she said: "Go ahead and be careful in everything. Regardless of whether you are successful or not, you are a good son for your mother."
Li Chengyan nodded heavily, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "Aniang, I was useless before, so I can't worry about my father. But this time, I will never embarrass my mother. Please rest assured, I will return in triumph."
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After saying that, he looked at his sister again, "Yunyang, after I leave Chang'an for my brother, I ask you to serve me filially and filially."
Yunyang pouted, threw herself into her mother's arms and sobbed aggrievedly. How could she let go of her brother who had taken care of her since childhood.
Gently stroking the ends of her daughter's hair, Concubine Yang Shu looked at her son and said, "You have to be careful when you go. There are many things that I don't understand very well. You have to remember that what your father dislikes the most is that you fight against each other."
Under the guise of his identity, he is dictating the military. Do you understand?"
"My child understands." Li Chengyan said: "Don't worry, Mom, when I go to the Western Regions, my child will definitely focus on studying. He will obey General Su's orders in everything and will never make his own decisions."
After getting the consent of their respective mothers, Li Chengyan and Li Chenglie rushed to the Western Regions with a group of soldiers and horses to participate in the war. They were both their sons, so Li Zhiyun naturally arranged some elite plate armor cavalry to protect them anytime and anywhere. What's more, when they arrived in the Western Regions, Su
Lie will also protect them well. In terms of safety, there should be nothing to worry about.
Li Zhiyun is also looking forward to whether these two boys can withstand the war. If they can, these two boys will be enfeoffed early in the future, away from the Central Plains, and let them establish a country and a country.
Gaochang.
When Su Lie got the news that the two kings were coming to the Western Regions, he was a little confused. After being confused, he was a little speechless. It wasn't that he thought it was inappropriate, but he just thought it would be very troublesome. He really didn't want any problems to occur in the Western Regions.
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He had been preparing to conquer the Western Regions several years ago, but after finally waiting for the empire's strategy to turn this way, he naturally hoped to win the Western Regions safely and then return to the country to retire gloriously. In his opinion, the credit for conquering the Western Regions was enough.
Compared with Li Jingqian's death of the Eastern Turks. Although it is not as good as Li Jing's contribution, it is still enough to rank among the top three achievements of the generals of the Tang Dynasty.
Now the saint's two sons are coming to the Western Regions. I wonder if they are really here to practice or are they preparing to get a share of the pie?
Thinking of this, he was quite speechless.
"General, what should we do?" the deputy general asked.
Su Lie put away the secret letter with a slight headache and ordered: "King Yi and Qing are all His Majesty's beloved sons. We must not neglect them. When they come, I will personally go to greet them."
"Yes." The deputy general agreed.
Su Lie naturally has great confidence in the saint. He does not think that King Yi and Qing came here to spy on him. He is just worried that he cannot handle the relationship between himself and these two highnesses. After all, he is a general and is cold and hard-hearted.
Moreover, he had never had any contact with these two highnesses, and he was worried that his outburst of temper would make it difficult for him and Prince Yi and Qing to get along.
Now, he could only hope that these two highnesses would be more polite.
Half a month later, Li Chengyan and Li Chenglie rushed to Gaochang. Traveling on a starry night made these two pampered kings really suffer a lot. However, they never thought of giving up, but kept gritting their teeth and persisting. This was what they asked for.
, if he returns to Chang'an to cry because he can't bear the hardship, I'm afraid his father will be very disappointed.
"Your Majesty Su Lie, I'd like to see you two great kings."
In front of the city gate, Su Lie led the generals to greet him.
The plate-armored knights were still riding on their horses, holding the horseshoe in their hands without any movement. Their mission was to protect the two kings, and other people were not within their consideration. They would not be polite to anyone without seeing the emperor himself.
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Li Chengyan and Li Chenglie quickly dismounted their horses and stepped forward to salute with clasped fists.
"See General Su."
"Your Highnesses, please get up quickly. Su cannot afford it." Su Lie did not dare to show off in front of these two kings.
Li Chengyan said: "General Su, when my two brothers came, my father told us that everything will be arranged by General Su. We also asked General Su not to treat us as princes."
Su Lie felt a little relieved after hearing this, but he did not really treat them as ordinary soldiers. The two sides were polite, and then Su Lie assigned duties to the two of them.
"My two highnesses, your majesty means to let them stay with me for a period of time and then give them a chance to show off their ambitions." Su Lie said as he walked.
Li Chenglie smiled and said: "General Su, please don't worry, we will follow your arrangements."
At first, Su Lie thought it was their polite remarks. After getting along with each other for a while, Su Lie discovered that these two highnesses were indeed very polite. As time went by, he felt relieved.
As long as these two highnesses don't mess around and take them to wipe out the Western Region, Su Lie is still very willing.