The speeding maroon horse's mane seemed to have been washed by water. The knight was covered in dust and carrying a flag behind him. He almost crashed out of a road on the streets filled with cars and horses, and rushed towards the distant palace.
Li Ling was almost knocked down and cursed: "What does this grandson want to do? The Xuanfu must have been fucking defeated again."
Su Lu looked at the knights going away, feeling worried for no reason. Could it be that the Xuan Mansion suffered another disastrous defeat?
Now that spring is blooming and the weather in the North is not that cold anymore, it is possible that Thule will launch another attack.
Many of the Imperial Guards were bumped by the horses and cursed, but they all knew that they were in a hurry, so they only yelled a few words from behind.
Seeing that the raid on Gao's mansion was almost over, Su Lu took the lead in returning to Dingxiang Military Yamen.
In order to help Li Qing establish his prestige, today he has dealt with the high officials of the Hanlin Academy, and tomorrow it will be the court judge. The court judge has always been the vanguard against Li Qing. If he is not dealt with, Li Qing will still have a lot of trouble in supervising the country.
"Report, my lord, the Ministry of War is urgently recruiting, please go to the military conference."
A forbidden soldier came in and reported.
Su Lu put down the file, walked out of the courtyard, and saw Li Qing riding a white horse at the yamen gate.
Since taking charge of the country, Li Qing has changed his attire. The purple general's regular robe has been replaced by the prince's python robe. His long hair is tied with a gold hairpin, which shows his heroic spirit.
"Mount your horse, Xuanfu reports urgently, I'm afraid He Geng and Lin Tong have been defeated again."
Li Qing greeted Su Lu, his tone full of annoyance and exhaustion. State affairs were busy, and she took over on the first day of the new year, so she was really a bit busy.
Niba led the horse over, and Su Lu got on his horse and rode side by side with Li Qing. In front of the two of them was a group of forbidden soldiers who were opening the way. Behind them, there were more than a dozen guards from Chang Ning, protecting the two of them.
Niba wanted to get closer to Su Lu, but Su Ge pushed him aside.
Li Qing's brows were full of exhaustion, and only when he turned to look at Su Lu, a smile appeared on his cheeks.
"How is the Dingxiang Army Yamen doing? If you need money, you can tell me directly and I will allocate it to you from the internal treasury."
Li Qing smiled and said that she was not used to the dull Su Lu in front of her.
Su Lu smiled: "Don't worry, if it's just a Dingxiang military yamen in the capital, I can still handle it."
"By the way, Xie Ruyu came to me again a few days ago. He said that Tang Guoxu's general position was waiting for me and wanted me to defect to Tang. He also said that if I was willing to go to Tang, I could cut off half of the state south of Jiangzhou.
The land was given to Han."
Li Qing's breathing suddenly became heavy, and his voice was surprised: "How is that possible!"
"Yesterday Xie Ruyu came to see me and asked our country to cede the two counties of Xiting, otherwise we would send troops to take it away. He said that if our country continues to refuse to cede it, it will be the main culprit of the war."
Su Lu thought about the situation in the two counties of Xiting, which bordered Jiangzhou, but were surrounded by Qin to the west and Tang to the east and south. The land was mountainous and unsuitable for large armies to deploy. It was a useless place. How could the Tang state do this?
It's a great place to compete.
"The Tang State also proposed a strategy. If our country really does not agree to hand you over and is not willing to cede the land, we can still exchange it. The Tang State is willing to exchange our land in Dong'e, which borders the Tang State and Dong Qi."
Su Lu nodded: "If the Tang State is really willing, it can be exchanged. There are too many fronts in the two counties of Xiting, which is not good for our country's defense and is useless. Dong'a is the front of the East Qi Dynasty where the East Qi Dynasty penetrates deep into the hinterland of our country.
If Tang can win, exchange will not be a problem."
Li Qing glared at Su Lu.
Su Lu was a little stunned. I am telling the truth. In terms of defense and offense, Dong'e is much stronger than the two counties required by the Tang Dynasty.
The two of them had arrived at the entrance of the military department and met Su Lu's old acquaintance, Mingwei General Guo Zhun.
Li Qing got off his horse, glared at Su Lu, and stomped into the military headquarters.
Guo Zhun saluted Li Qing, but he didn't expect that Li Qing completely ignored him, made a big blush, and asked Su Lu who came in behind.
"Master Su, why did you offend the princess? I see she is very angry now."
Su Lu repeated what he had just said.
Guo Zhun slapped his thigh and said, "Master Hou, you are wrong. You only considered it in terms of defense and offense, not in a political sense."
Su Lu was a little confused. Did those two counties have any political significance? Where were the ancestors of the old Li family buried when they opened up the territory?
Guo Zhun continued: "I've heard about this. Do you know that the Tang Dynasty redivided the state capitals this year?"
"The area adjacent to the two counties of Xiting was classified as a state by Emperor Tang, including our two counties. The name of the state capital is Shangshan."
Guo Zhun said proudly: "It's the poem you wrote, brother, Shangshan, the early trip to Shangshan."
Su Lu watched in bewilderment as Guo Zhun entered the Ministry of War triumphantly, with only one thought in his mind: In the past, I had only heard that people in the Tang Dynasty loved poetry, but I didn't expect that they loved it to such an extent that they were possessed by demons.
Su Lu followed Guo Zhun into the office, sat down in his seat, and was about to close his eyes to rest when Zhou Shilang's hoarse voice rang out.
"Everyone, since we are all here, let's get started."
"Xuanfu reports urgently that the Beiyang camp was severely defeated. In the battle of Lintao Tunbao, the camp was severely defeated with numerous losses. The camp retreated three hundred miles. Now the Xuanfu front has advanced to the Yanzhou line in Beiyang."
"Let's discuss what strategy we should have in Xuanfu in the future."
Zhou Shilang said with a heavy tone.
"boom"
He Fang, the commander-in-chief of the Dingbei Army, slapped his hand on the table and cursed with a livid face: "Asshole, what a bastard!"
"He Geng is a bastard, Lin Tong is even more bastard!"
"Grand Governor, please issue a decree that these two bastards who lost their troops and generals should be put in prison and their nine tribes will be killed."
Pang De, who was sitting next to Li Shangshu, patted the table and glared at He Fang angrily.
"Who are you showing your fart to? You really don't think everyone knows you are in the Hegeng Nine Clan. Sit down."
He Fangtan sat down, but the uneasiness in his heart had gone. With Old Pangde's words, He Geng's life was saved. Princess Jianguo had never been a heavy-handed killer, as long as the killer Su Lu was not allowed to speak.
, it should be fine.
Pang De opened his mouth and did not stop. He turned to Su Lu and spoke.
"In the past few military discussions, the Marquis did not agree with Lin Tong's northward strategy. At first, everyone thought that the Marquis was timid and afraid of trouble, but now we know that the Marquis has a far-sighted vision."
Pang De first praised Su Lu.
Su Lu hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile: "Old Pang, you can't be like this. When you move from the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army to the position of Left Minister of the Ministry of War, your butt is completely crooked. You can't do everything towards the Ministry of War."
Pang De and Li Shangshu looked at each other, and Li Shangshu said helplessly: "That's it, Lord Su, He Geng Jiedushi came with the report. There is a handwritten letter asking you to be transferred to Beiyang's deputy general manager of the camp and concurrently as the camp's transfer envoy.
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"Responsible for the transportation of grain and grass for the Xuanfu army."
A room full of veteran generals and military chiefs all focused their attention on Su Lu.
Li Qing slapped the table angrily: "Li Shangshu, what do you mean, asking me to transport grain and grass to a first-class military prince, General Mingwei of the fourth rank?"
The office room suddenly became quiet.
All the generals didn't know what to say. They asked Su Lu to transport food. I'm afraid only He Geng and Lin Tong dared to say so.
They didn't know Su Lu's title, and thought that Su Lu was a fifth-rank general who came to Beijing from Beiyang, and that his position as governor was a fake.
It's a pity that he is now a first-class military prince, starting from a fourth-rank general, no, he should be a full fourth-rank general soon. After the princess oversees the country, the first general to be promoted will be Su Lu.
"Wow"
The door of the office was pushed open, and there was a noise. A guard struggled inside, but was held back by the security guards and couldn't break in.
"Captain Su, Governor, please go back to Xuanfu to transport grain. Xuanfu needs you to transport grain."