Although Lin Xuan's injury is almost healed, he still feels a slight pain when the horse rides fast and bumps, so the speed is not very fast.
It took an hour to walk less than twenty miles, which was very slow.
Just then, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves from behind. This was probably due to the slow speed of Lin Xuan and his party. Although there were only a dozen or so people on the other side, the sound they made covered up the sounds of several hundred people in Lin Xuan and his party.
Liu Da looked back and said: "Master Hou, the other party should be coming towards us."
The reason why Liu Da said this was because those people were wearing regular clothes, and everyone on his side except Lin Xuan and Changsun Chong wore armor. At first glance, they looked like they were in the army.
Under normal circumstances, the other party will slow down in order not to cause misunderstanding, but the other party has no intention of slowing down and is obviously coming towards them.
Lin Xuan glanced at Changsun Chong who was not far away, and said thoughtfully: "Let everyone stop and see what they want to do."
"Yes." Liu Da accepted the order and quickly gave the order. Soon the whole team stopped.
"Who are you?" When the other party was still dozens of steps away from Lin Xuan, Liu Da led someone to stop him.
The first person raised his hands and said, "We are the disciples of Duke Zhao's mansion, and we are ordered to protect my young master."
"Wait a moment." Liu Da said, came to Lin Xuan, and passed the message to Lin Xuan.
"Go and bring the leader here." Lin Xuan said.
Changsun Chong's eyes showed a hint of joy when he heard that those people were here to protect him.
Lin Xuan's soldiers ignored him at all along the way. When he came out of the clan's mansion, he had nothing. Lin Xuan didn't even prepare a pot of water for him. He couldn't save the dignity to ask Lin Xuan's soldiers for it.
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Not long after, Liu Da led a big man in smart clothes to Lin Xuan.
"I have met the Marquis of Jingyang County. The younger one is the bodyguard of Zhao Guogong's mansion. He was ordered to come and protect my young master." The big man saluted.
Lin Xuan said calmly: "The palace of Duke Zhao is so grand. Changsun Chong was punished by His Majesty to be sent to the army. This is the first time I heard that people who were sent to the army can bring guards."
"This..." The big man was at a loss for words. He was just a guard and was completely following orders. He didn't know how to refute Lin Xuan's words.
Changsun Chong became anxious upon hearing this and said angrily: "Lin Xuan, do you really want to break up with my Changsun family?"
"Chang Sun Chong, the exile is His Majesty's will, but Zhao Guogong sent you a guard. Are you here to be punished or to enjoy the blessings? I also want to ask Zhao Guogong whether he takes His Majesty seriously." Lin Xuan sneered.
What's the point of breaking his face but not breaking his face? Changsun Wuji was already hostile to him. Even if he didn't break his face, could Changsun Wuji not cause trouble for him?
"you…"
Changsun Chong was furious. Such things were kept secret.
If others know, they will pretend they don't know, and Li Shimin will not pursue it, but once it is exposed, it will be different.
"Either let them go back, or follow them back." After Lin Xuan finished speaking, he ignored Changsun Chong and ordered Liu Da: "It's almost time to rest. Go down and get ready to go."
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Because the march was slow, it took five days to reach the military camp. This was because Lin Xuan got used to it later and was almost healed of his injuries, so he sped up.
In the end, Changsun Chong did not choose to go back, or in other words, he did not dare to disobey Li Shimin's will.
Naturally, those guards had no choice but to go back.
Along the way, Chang Sun Chong ate whatever Lin Xuan's soldiers ate. This also made Chang Sun Chong's hatred for Lin Xuan reach its peak.
Lin Xuan could feel Chang Sun Chong's hatred for him from the way Chang Sun Chong looked at him, but he didn't care.
Even though the Changsun family is now in the ascendant, Changsun Wuji does not have any rights. He only relies on the trust of Empress Changsun and Li Shimin.
But Lin Xuan knew that Changsun Wuji had a strong sense of power. Otherwise, historically, Li Zhi would not have dealt with Changsun Wuji by deposing the queen.
Regardless of whether Li Chengqian or Li Zhi succeeds to the throne in the future, the exclusive power of relatives will be a problem that the new emperor will face.
This is also the reason why Lin Xuan is not afraid of the Changsun family.
When Lin Xuan arrived at the military camp, Xue Rengui, Cheng Chumo and others were already lined up at the entrance of the military camp to greet him.
"Welcome the general back to the camp." Everyone saluted.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "I will not be here during this period. Thank you for your hard work."
Arriving at the Chinese army's tent, Lin Xuan asked about the situation on the grassland.
"Back to the general, Western Turks..." Qin Huaidao explained the situation in the grassland to Lin Xuan in detail.
Generally speaking, the situation in the grasslands is similar to what Li Shimin said, and Ashina Sheer's life is not easy.
Just two days ago, Ashina Sheer led his troops to sneak attack on a tribe belonging to Tong'e She's headquarters. Tong'e She promptly sent pursuers to surround Ashina She'er.
If it weren't for the existence of Ashina She'er, Tong'eshe would have destroyed Yuanqi's unified Western Turks long ago, which also made Tong'eshe hate Ashina to the core.
After learning that Ashina Sher attacked his tribe, Tong'eshe naturally would not let Ashina Sher go. If Ashina Sher could be eliminated in one fell swoop, then the unification of the Western Turks would be just around the corner.
In fact, this sneak attack plan was planned by Ashina Sher in one fell swoop.
Ashina She'er knew that Tong'eshe regarded him as a thorn in his flesh, and deliberately attacked Tong'eshe's tribe, luring Tong'eshe into pursuit, and took the opportunity to ambush the troops, hoping to weaken Tong'eshe's strength and relieve the pressure.
The early plan was very successful. After Tong'eshe got the news, he did not hesitate at all and immediately dispatched various tribes to besiege Ashinasheer.
The grassland is very wide and there is no terrain to use. This also means that Tong'eshe needs to divide his troops if he wants to besiege Ashinasheer.
As long as the ambushes can kill one or two tribesmen, they can achieve the purpose of weakening Tong'eshe's strength.
Ashina Sheer had a good idea, but he ignored the hatred of Yuan Qi's tribe towards him.
In other words, he overestimated those people's overall view.
He knows that those people hate him, but now that the situation is critical, he feels that those people will take care of the overall situation.
However, he overestimated those people. Although those tribes came as agreed, they wanted to weaken Ashina Sher's strength and deliberately delayed the dispatch of troops.
The key to war is to use your troops quickly and quickly. Their delay in sending troops resulted in Ashina Sheer almost falling into a siege.
Although he finally escaped, his troops and horses suffered very heavy losses.
Ashina Sheer originally had 30,000 troops, but after several battles with Tong'e She, more than 20,000 people were left.
In this battle, nearly 20,000 people were lost, and only about 5,000 people remained after the breakout.
In this battle, not to mention the loss of troops and generals, Ashinasheer's plans also failed, and the purpose of weakening Tong'eshe's strength was not achieved at all.
Ashina's strength was greatly damaged, so Tong'eshe would not let go of such a good opportunity, and was already reorganizing his army, preparing to destroy Yuan Qi in one fell swoop.