When Su Dingfang and others heard this, their brows finally relaxed.
Li Yuanji did not get carried away by Liang Luoren's temptation and did not go to meet Liang Shidu for Liang Luoren. This shows that Li Yuanji still has a sense of proportion.
This way they can relax a little bit.
They were really afraid that Li Yuanji's head would get hot and he would go to Liang Shidu's place to meet Liang Luoren.
In that case, once Liang Luoren set up an ambush, they would have no way to save him and would have to bring people over to snatch the body afterwards.
However, no matter whether they can retrieve the body or not, they will have to be buried afterwards.
Therefore, even if they did not think about Li Yuanji but for their own sake, they had to prevent Li Yuanji from running to Liang Shidu's territory.
After Su Dingfang's brows relaxed, he muttered: "It would be feasible for His Highness to meet Liang Luoren in Xianren Ridge now. I can protect His Highness's integrity, but Liang Luoren may not agree."
This is a very high-risk matter. It doesn't mean that we can just decide where Datang wants to go. We have to discuss it with Liang Luoren.
Only if Liang Luoren agrees will it count.
After all, Datang was worried that Liang Luoren would set up an ambush, and Liang Luoren was also worried about Datang setting up an ambush.
So usually in situations like this, both parties agree on a place together, and finally find a place that everyone can accept to meet.
"Whether Liang Luoren agrees or not, we will know if we send someone to ask."
Li Yuanji said with a smile.
Su Dingfang nodded and said, "Then Chen sent someone to contact Liang Luoren."
Immediately, Su Dingfang whispered a few words to Didi, the confidant beside him, and the confidant ran out of the lobby.
After Su Dingfang's cronies left, Li Yuanji asked Su Dingfang and others about the current situation in Daizhou. When the conversation was almost complete, the banquet officially started.
It was a place of pure wine and meat, and there were no beauties to accompany us, so everyone ate and drank openly, talking, laughing, and making noises until midnight.
…
The next day.
Li Yuanji came out of an unfamiliar room, looked at the unfamiliar environment outside the room, and stretched his muscles.
Zhao Chengyong, who had been guarding the door, slowly came forward, bowed and said, "Your Highness, would you like to prepare weapons for you?"
Li Yuanji waved his hand and said, "No need, I won't practice today."
Zhao Chengyong agreed and stepped aside.
Li Yuanji walked around the yard and walked to the lobby of the Yamen.
In the lobby, Su Dingfang was checking the soldiers and horses of each battalion and selecting the best from them.
After the generals and colonels submitted their lists of elites from each battalion one by one, Su Dingfang picked and selected the suitable ones and asked the generals and colonels to take them to the campus in the east of the city.
Li Yuanji did not disturb him and just watched from the side.
He waited until Su Dingfang finished his work before walking into the lobby.
Su Dingfang left the table immediately and rushed forward to salute, "I see your highness..."
Li Yuanji nodded and asked, "Are you selecting the people who will follow me to Xianren Ridge?"
Su Dingfang solemnly said: "Your Highness's safety cannot be compromised."
Li Yuanji asked: "Is it too much to mobilize troops and mobilize the masses?"
Last night, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others had discussed and planned to use their respective troops as guards. Together with Zhao Chengyong's 1,000 troops, there would be a full 2,000 people, capable of blocking tens of thousands of beams.
The army's attack.
It seemed that Su Dingfang was still worried and wanted to increase the stakes.
If we add more, the number of people might reach four to five thousand.
It was just a secret meeting, and bringing four to five thousand people there was like fighting a small battle. Liang Luoren was scared to death when he saw it.
Su Dingfang cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness's safety cannot be compromised."
Li Yuanji couldn't help but said: "Then there is no need to mobilize troops like this, right? There are a thousand of your respective tribes, a thousand of personal guards led by Zhao Chengyong, among which there are 1,500 cavalry, who can fight and run, even if
Even against Liang Jun who had tens of thousands of soldiers, he was still able to break out.
If you add more, then you are not going to see Liang Luoren, but rushing to destroy Liang Luoren."
With the strength of Su Dingfang and others' troops, as well as the strength of the guards led by Zhao Chengyong, plus some elite troops, a small battle is definitely enough.
And can still win the battle.
After all, it was the early Tang Dynasty. Whether it was the troops under Su Dingfang and others, or the personal guards commanded by Zhao Chengyong, they were the best of the best soldiers, the best of the best soldiers, and were equipped with some of the best in the army.
It would be easy to fight with three or four thousand against eight or nine thousand, or even over ten thousand.
Unless Liang Luoren brings in a sizable army of twenty to thirty thousand men, it will be impossible for him to win.
The march of a legion of 20,000 to 30,000 people was easily detected by scouts.
Everyone can retreat from Xianren Ridge calmly, Master Liang has no chance at all.
So Su Dingfang really started to mobilize his troops.
Su Ding gave his own explanation for the doubt, "Your Highness, you are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. If you do anything bad, I will become a sinner of the Tang Dynasty.
So please don’t embarrass me.”
When Li Yuanji heard this, he sighed and said nothing more on this issue.
This is what people have to say, what else can he say?
Just bring three or four thousand people. I hope Liang Luoren won't be scared away by then.
"By the way, where are Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and Xue Zao?"
Li Yuanji didn't see these three people and couldn't help but wonder.
Su Dingfang cupped his hands and said: "Prince Xue has returned to the governor's office. General Cheng and General Yuchi are sitting in the military camp."
Li Yuanji nodded and asked again: "Is there any news from Liang Luoren?"
Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "Not yet, it will be in three days at the earliest."
The place where Liang Luoren is currently stationed is quite close to Daizhou, but even so, it would take several days for the people who went to deliver the message to come and go.
Because the person who went to deliver the letter could only communicate with Liang Luoren secretly, but could not meet Liang Luoren openly.
…
Time flew by and it was three days later.
Liang Luoren hasn't sent back any news yet, but there is new news from Chang'an City.
Reading the letter, it was mentioned that Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and Ren Gui successively asked Li Gang and Li Xiuning to come forward. After successfully convincing Li Yuan and giving up the idea of asking Li Jiancheng to come out to supervise the country, Li Shimin kept talking.
If he had so many people supporting him, he would have aspired to the Ninth Five-Year Plan a long time ago. Then there would be no need to build the Xuanwu Sect.
Li Yuanji was not in the mood to care about this. In fact, he didn't care whether Li Yuan asked Li Jiancheng to come out to supervise the country.
Asking Li Jiancheng to come out will only cost him a lot of trouble.
Not asking Li Jiancheng to come out would just save him a lot of trouble. Other than that, it wouldn't have much impact.
His attention is now focused on the letter Li Gang sent him.
Li Gang criticized him sharply in the letter, and used all kinds of righteousness to force him to take over the position of leader of the Li clan.
It seems very rude.
In fact, he could tell at a glance that this was what Li Yuan forced Li Gang to learn.
After all, Li Gang was not in the mood or qualified to care whether he would be the head of the Li clan or not.
Only Li Yuan cares about this and is qualified to take care of it.
Therefore, if Li Gang wanted to write these things, he had to get Li Yuan's nod.
And if Li Yuan hadn't forced Li Gang, Li Gang would never have written something that would offend him.
Li Gang is upright, but he is not a fool, nor is he a fool. He cannot rush forward in everything. He should not be in charge of it, or he is not qualified to take care of his affairs. He will not rush forward without hesitation.
Therefore, what Li Gang wrote was not his original intention at all, but what Li Yuan meant.
But this did not prevent him from taking advantage of Li Gang.
"Go to the pen and ink."
After giving instructions to Zhao Chengyong, Li Yuanji took out a piece of paper, flattened it with a paperweight, and began to consider it.
After Zhao Chengyong brought the pen and ink, he began to use it.
A quarter of an hour later, a letter was written.
The content of the letter is very simple, that is, to ask Li Gang to connect all the elementary schools in and outside Chang'an City with the two libraries in Jiulong Tanshan, so as to establish an education system that promotes elementary schools to county schools, and county schools to Tanshan Library and Tanshan Academy.
Systematically cultivate scholars.
This thing is simple to do, but the impact it has is huge and the consequences will be serious.
In two or three years, no one may find trouble with Li Gang, but in two or three years, when this system is completely promoted in the Tang Dynasty, and all elementary schools and county schools in the Tang Dynasty follow this system, Li Gang may be
It will be attacked by all the noble families.
After all, this can be considered as digging for the foundation of the family.
Whether he can hold on when the time comes is up to him.
"Send someone to deliver it to Mr. Li. If he doesn't agree, we will recruit the children of his clan to serve in front of the army."
Li Yuanji packed the letter and handed it to Zhao Chengyong, asking Zhao Chengyong to send someone to deliver it.
Seeing this, Li Shimin said nonchalantly: "Are you trying to force Li Gang to do something bad for you?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and said indifferently: "Why do you mean I have to force Li Gang to help me do bad things? Isn't everything I do for the Tang Dynasty and for your descendants to be peaceful and wealthy?"
Li Shimin refused to admit defeat and said: "I think you are doing it just for yourself."
Li Yuanji said nonchalantly: "If you insist on thinking so, then
That’s it.”
Li Shimin hit a soft nail and opened his eyes with some heartache.
Li Yuanji ignored him and sent someone to ask Liang Luoren if he had replied.
Not long after, Su Dingfang came and brought a piece of news that was neither good nor bad.
"Your Highness, Liang Luoren is unwilling to meet you at Xianren Ridge. He hopes to meet you at Huluqiu, thirty miles away from Xianren Ridge."
"Calabash Hill?"
Li Yuanji pulled open the map, searched it carefully, and found the location of Calabash Hill.
Huluqiu sounds like a hill, but it is actually a hilltop on a basin. When you get down from Huluqiu, there is a basin about the size of a city. When you go up Huluqiu, it is a vast grassland.
It is said that there used to be a Calabash Lake under Calabash Hill, but it dried up for unknown reasons hundreds of years ago. Now there is only a stream and a few springs left.
But there is nothing wrong with Calabash Hill itself, but it is a dangerous place under Calabash Hill.
If the troops were driven in, they would be ambushed on all sides.
"He is at the bottom of the hill and I am on the top?"