Chapter eight hundred and eighty third first sight
Before Di Xin's clone came to the Ancient Moon Realm, the original King Yu had lived in this world for nearly seventeen years.
For seventeen years, although King Yu was often ostracized and bullied because of his mother's status as a palace maid, he still knew some basic information.
Among them were Liu Jiande and his son, who held the same official position one after another.
However, at that time, King Yu's main energy was on how to improve the situation in the palace. Although the deeds of Liu Jiande and his son were touching to outsiders, in the final analysis, it was just a slightly interesting incident.
Therefore, although Liu Jiande's name existed in King Yu's original memory, his deeds were very vague.
It was only after Di Xin arrived at Yanque Pass that he began to study the information about Liu Jiande.
Unlike An Junshan, who looks simple but is actually shrewd, Liu Jiande is also the commander of the capital, but he always has a frank attitude towards people and things, so he is also supported by the soldiers at the eastern border.
This is a being who relies on his charisma to unite the soldiers at the eastern border.
This is also indispensable because of the fame of his father who died in the war in the previous army, but this does not deny Liu Jiande's ability.
Of course, Liu Jiande's frankness was only for his own soldiers. When faced with foreign invasion, he could use various strategies and traps to drive back the barbarians without changing his expression.
Just looking at Liu Jiande's information, Di Xin had a slight liking for him.
"Your Highness said something serious. I am ashamed of my humble position."
Facing Di Xin's praise, Liu Jiande slightly raised his hand and said modestly.
Di Xin was noncommittal, smiled slightly and asked, "I wonder how many people Mr. Liu has brought here this time?"
Liu Jiande said: "Your Highness, there were 10,000 people when we left Jiande City, but we encountered a pursuit by the Uighur tribe on the way and lost about 1,500 people."
"Now there are about 7,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry."
That means there are still about 8,500 people.
After saying that, Liu Jiande sighed.
Before leaving the city, he decided to use himself as bait and join forces with His Royal Highness King Yu's cavalry to take the opportunity to wipe out the Uighur clan's pursuers.
In the face of a great war, there was no one who would not sacrifice his life. The damage to 1,500 people was actually within his expectation.
In fact, Liu Jiande's most serious estimate, assuming His Royal Highness King Yu would send troops to cooperate with him, was that the maximum damage would be 3,000 people. Now he should be satisfied with only half of it.
But those are fifteen hundred living lives after all.
Therefore, although this was something that could be guessed from the beginning, Liu Jiande still sighed a little when he said it again.
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It was getting dark, and after a long journey, Di Xin asked Liu Jiande to rest first after briefly understanding the situation.
As for the follow-up arrangements, it won't waste time to wait until dawn the next day to discuss them.
Liu Jiande left, but Ouyang Xuan did not retreat immediately.
When Di Xin saw that Ouyang Xuan had not left, he asked: "I have been running around all day today, and there was also a big battle. Ouyang, if it is not a particularly urgent matter, it will not be too late to report back tomorrow."
Ouyang Xuan said respectfully: "Your Highness, this matter is not urgent, but it is related to Commander Liu Du. I think it would be better to inform Your Highness as soon as possible."
Di Xin was stunned. He couldn't say anything until Liu Jiande left.
He raised his head and gestured slightly.
"What's the matter? It's okay to say it."
Then, Ouyang Xuan spoke out Liu Jiande's request.
After hearing this, Emperor Xin asked back: "Liu Jiande wants to join the army to fight?"
"That's right."
Ouyang Xuan nodded and said: "Master Liu thought that he would not be able to see His Highness, so he asked his humble position to convey his request on his behalf."
Emperor Xin nodded slightly.
Liu Jiande didn't say anything just now. He probably saw that the sky was too dark, so he planned to talk after dawn.
He thought for a moment and asked: "Does Liu Jiande know the pros and cons of doing this?"
"Know."
Ouyang Xuan replied: "Master Liu said that it has always been his father's legacy to pacify the Goguryeo and Uighur barbarians. If he can personally participate in this matter, he is willing to bear any consequences."
After hesitating for a moment, he persuaded: "Your Highness, although it is understandable to fulfill my father's legacy, it would be inappropriate to involve myself in this matter, so..."
Di Xin asked with a smile in his eyes: "So you want me to refuse Liu Jiande's request?"
Ouyang Xuan's face was straightened, and he immediately raised his hands and said, "It's a humble job to talk too much."
"It's just that if Your Highness agrees to Master Liu's request, this matter may not become a basis for the princes in the court to criticize Your Highness in the future, so I have the courage to say a few more words because of my humble position."
"Don't be nervous, I don't mean to blame you."
Di Xin waved his hand to indicate that he was not angry.
He did not directly state his decision, but said: "What you said makes sense. I also need to think about it."
"The king will give him an answer tomorrow. You can go down first!"
"Yes, I am resigning from my humble position."
Ouyang Xuan didn't say anything more, bowed his hands and exited the tent.
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How can a mere defense of a city be worth having the commander personally make a trip to every place?
Therefore, Liu Jiande wanted to fight with the army, and this request was actually expected by Emperor Xin.
But just as Liu Jiande and Ouyang Xuan worried.
How could Di Xin not see the problem that the two of them could see.
With Di Xin's status as a member of the royal family in the Ancient Moon Realm, it was understandable to ask for protection from the nearby Dali army. This was a law laid down since the founding of the country, and no one could criticize him.
But the law also stipulates that without the emperor's will, the Dali army can only protect the royal family at most.
Liu Jiande led troops to support and stationed at the rear of Emperor Xin's expeditionary army. This was actually a bit too much, but to ensure that chaos would not occur in the rear of Emperor Xin's expeditionary army, it was a disguised form of protection for King Yu, so it was justifiable.
But if Liu Jiande went on an expedition with the army, the nature would be different.
In fact, not only Liu Jiande, but also any soldier at the eastern border followed Emperor Xin's army to attack Goguryeo and Uighur, the consequences would be basically the same.
Abusing power for personal gain, using military force without authorization, etc...
If a person is interested, as long as he seizes this handle, he can take the opportunity to read the book of God Xin.
And there are certainly many caring people in the court.
Di Xin could already predict that if he agreed to Liu Jiande's request, King Cheng who was far away in the capital would probably be able to laugh out loud in his dreams.
This matter can be big or small.
For the sake of the throne, after King Cheng learned about this matter, he would definitely spare no effort to determine the nature of this matter as the worst possible one.
but……
Di Xin thought about various possible situations and thought silently in his mind.