Chapter 0178 Your Highness, Du Fuweis people are coming!
"Your Highness!"
After the army had rested and was leaving Tongguan, Yu Wenbao appeared rashly in front of Li Yuanji's horse.
The horse was a little frightened, and kept raising its front hooves, spitting.
Li Yuanji held the horse's reins tightly. When the horse's front hooves hit the ground, he stared at Yu Wenbao and slowly said, "What happened? Why are you so rash?"
Li Yuanji was not unhappy because of Yu Wenbao's reckless behavior, because Li Yuanji knew very well that Yu Wenbao had always behaved well in front of him, and would only lose his composure when something big happened.
"Your Highness, Li Fuwei's people are knocking on the door!"
Yu Wenbao shouted loudly.
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment.
When did Du Fuwei become so tough?
If Du Fuwei was so strong, would he scare himself to death?
"Luo Tongjun has already fought with the other party. Su Tongjun, Xie Tongjun, and Xue Tongjun don't know whether to take action, so they specially asked me to come and ask for instructions from His Highness."
After Yu Wenbao finished shouting loudly, he said with a look of eagerness to try.
It can be seen that he was very excited that Du Fuwei's people took the initiative to knock on the door.
Li Yuanji could see that Yu Wenbao was in a state of hunting.
Li Yuanji felt that as long as he gave the order, Yu Wenbao, Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang, the Xue brothers and others could swarm over and let Du Fuwei's people know what it meant to be a villain.
However, Li Yuanji roughly guessed why Du Fuwei's people would knock on the door at such a time.
Li Yuanji said calmly: "Why did King Wu's people come to the door, but some of you bullied them?"
Yu Wenbao stared and shouted: "We bully them, isn't that what we should do?"
"Um?!"
Li Yuanji glanced at Yu Wenbao.
Yu Wenbao realized that he might have said the wrong thing, so he quickly shrank his neck and said hurriedly: "Logically speaking, it is right for us to bully them.
But this time they came to the door, it really wasn't because we bullied them.
Cun Chu is from their Paidao camp. The weapons he carries are too heavy. He wants to ask our people for a few carriages.
Our people thought they were just looking for trouble, so we rejected them.
Then they stopped, and then there was a conflict."
Li Yuanji thoughtfully analyzed Du Fuwei's intention.
Yu Wenbao added: "I also think they are just looking for trouble. On the way from Luoyang to Tongguan, they didn't mention the weight of the iron door on their backs. Why did they become pretentious when they left Tongguan?"
Yu Wenbao felt that Du Fuwei's people were just looking for trouble in an open and honest manner, and they were looking for trouble with Prince Qi's palace, which they did not need to deal with properly.
Li Yuanji analyzed Du Fuwei's intention through Yu Wenbao's words.
Du Fuwei must have decided to be a pig, so he used this method to "reasonably" hand over Kan Leng and the others to his hands.
"Did they say anything else?"
Li Yuanji stared at Yu Wenbao and asked.
Yu Wenbao was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said: "They also said that if we can defeat them, they will be at our disposal. If we cannot defeat them, we will have to give them fifty carriages."
"The method is a bit rough."
Li Yuanji sighed with emotion.
Du Fuwei's method of giving away people's horses is so crude that people can't stand it.
Except for a fool like Yu Wenbao, anyone with a discerning eye would know that Du Fuwei was sending people away under the pretext of finding trouble.
After all, the matter of dozens of carriages is not worth asking a third-rank Zuo general to personally go out and bet on himself.
However, time was tight, so Du Fuwei could only use this crude method.
In this case, the relationship between Du Fuwei and Prince Qi's Mansion became unclear in the eyes of outsiders.
Du Fuwei probably regarded this as a means to save his life.
Let everyone in Chang'an City, except Li Yuan, be afraid of anyone who wants to touch him.
But this is obviously asking for trouble.
He has established a relationship with the Prince of Qi's Mansion, and the senior officials in Chang'an City will not touch him, but Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin may try to test his intention of clinging to the Prince of Qi's Mansion.
"What's so rough?"
Yu Wenbao didn't know what Li Yuanji was thinking, nor the secret deal between Li Yuanji and Du Fuwei. After hearing Li Yuanji's words, he stared at Li Yuanji and asked without knowing why.
Li Yuanji glanced at Yu Wenbao and said in a nonchalant manner: "It's a bit rough to knock on the door for a few carriages."
Yu Wenbao did not doubt that he was there and nodded in agreement.
Li Yuanji ordered: "Go and tell Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang, Xue Wanche, and Xue Wanjun, and let them take action together to capture the other party, so that others will not think that there is no one in Prince Qi's palace."
Yu Wenbao was overjoyed, "I understand!"
He was just waiting for Li Yuanji's words.
Yu Wenbao immediately did not need any further instructions from Li Yuanji and hurried to the place where the conflict occurred on horseback.
Qu Tutong, Yin Qiao, Huang Junhan, Li Daozong and others who were studying the new soldier armor heard the noise and rushed over.
"Your Highness, what happened? What do you think of your Sima's hurry?"
Qu Tutong was experienced and old, so he acted as the representative to ask questions.
Li Yuanji smiled calmly and said: "It's nothing. It's just that King Wu's people had a conflict with the people under me and they came to the door."
The faces of Qu Tutong and others suddenly became strange.
I feel like I want to laugh, but I'm embarrassed to laugh out loud.
They seemed to have seen a funny scene of a little pig provoking a tiger.
As for the current lineup of the Tang Dynasty, let alone Du Fuwei, who is about to have his teeth pulled out, even if Jie Li and Tu Li invade again with 200,000 troops, they still have to keep their tail between their legs.
Even though the Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses have been dispersed and only 60,000 people are left, these 60,000 people are enough to suppress the enemy several times and beat them violently.
Because they were the real elite of the Tang Dynasty and the core of all the troops during the Eastern Expedition.
"Pfft... Hahahahaha, what on earth did King Wu think?"
Huang Junhan still couldn't help but laugh out loud, because the thing was so gratifying that he couldn't help it.
Qu Tutong, Yin Qiao and others also laughed out loud.
Li Yuanji glanced at Qu Tutong and others, and said angrily: "No matter how ugly he is, he is still the King of Wu, and you must salute him when you see him."
The smiles on the faces of Huang Junhan and others froze, and their hearts suddenly became less happy.
Because the truth is indeed such a truth.
Not to mention Du Fuwei's actions were stupid, even if Du Fuwei was a pig, he was still a pig with the title of king, and his status was more than a star and a half higher than theirs.
After Qu Tutong smiled awkwardly, he muttered: "King Wu is not a fool. I am afraid that King Wu's move has a deeper meaning. Your Highness is better to be careful."
Qu Tutong is not like other people, he only knows how to take pleasure in others' misfortunes.
He knew Du Fuwei fairly well, so he guessed that Du Fuwei's move had a deeper meaning.
He didn't hide it, he immediately reminded Li Yuanji.
Huang Junhan and others had no obligation to remind Li Yuanji. When Qu Tutong mentioned this, they immediately found an excuse to escape.
In the end, only Qu Tutong, Yin Qiao, and Li Daozong were left.
Li Yuanji nodded and smiled at Qu Tutong: "Don't worry, Li Fuwei's little thoughts can't be hidden from me."
Qu Tutong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's good."
Li Yuanji didn't say much on this topic. Du Fuwei made things so obvious and his purpose would be known to everyone sooner or later, so there was no need to say more.
Li Yuanji changed the topic and said suspiciously: "Aren't you and Yin Qiao studying weapons together? Why are Huang Junhan and the others also involved?"
When Qu Tutong heard this, there was a trace of bitterness on his face, "His Royal Highness asked to remove the blade from the heavy sword. I was a little unsure, so I called Huang Junhan and others to come over and discuss the details together."
The sword has the function of protecting the hand. Li Yuanji gave up the use of the sword with the sword, which is equivalent to giving up the defense of the fingers and palms.
Qu Tutong felt that Li Yuanji was a bit messy, so he asked Huang Junhan and others to discuss it.
Let's see if we can meet Li Yuanji's requirements while adding the function of the sword.
But so far, there is still no clue.
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and said with some humor: "There is nothing wrong with this, just forge it according to my needs."
It's not that Li Yuanji doesn't know the function of the knife, but for him, that thing is really unnecessary.
Because of his status, he rarely has the opportunity to take action personally.
Even if he takes action, with his strength, he will basically not be able to defeat the enemy in one blow.
There is no need to think about fighting the opponent back and forth.
"If Your Highness hurts his palm and wonders about his fingers, I will feel very sorry."
Qu Tutong didn't hide anything in front of Li Yuanji, he just said whatever he thought.
Li Yuanji did not stubbornly insist on his opinion. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Then you can leave about three inches of the blade at the swallowing part of the handle without sharpening. What do you think?"
Qu Tutong thought for a while, then said with a smile: "This is feasible."
Li Yuanji did not insist on asking him, but discussed it with him. He was very satisfied.
He liked getting along with Li Yuanji very much. If Li Yuanji didn't rise too late, he wouldn't mind following Li Yuanji.
"The short blade, bronze spear, and others have been forged. Your Highness, would you like to try them?"
After Qu Tutong discussed the main weapon with Li Yuanji, he invited Li Yuanji to use the auxiliary weapon.
A standard cavalry commander is usually equipped with two weapons, one long and one short, plus a bow and armor.
If you have special requirements, you can add more.
The long sword is used the most, so it must be crafted carefully and takes a very long time.
It would also take a lot of time to make bows and armors more sophisticated.
So Qu Tutong and others have been busy these days, and they have only forged short weapons and several bronze spears that Li Yuanji requested.
"We are about to arrive at Chang'an City. The soldiers are homesick, so don't waste their time anymore. When we get back to Chang'an City, we will have plenty of time to test our weapons."
Li Yuanji smiled and rejected Qu Tutong's invitation.
