Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3326
Fang Jun curled his lips, poured tea for Li Xiaogong, and said: "Look at what you said, the son is your flesh and blood, how can I put him in danger? The reason why I invite him to come to the navy to serve as the deputy is because there are many in the navy. Your deployment back then was not easy to discipline these arrogant soldiers, but it would be much smoother if you had a son in command."

"Ha ha……"

Li Xiaogong sneered, staring at the nonsense Fang Jun, very resolutely: "This matter cannot be discussed, it is absolutely impossible."

He is also in admiration, this Fang Er is very loyal to the crown prince, he tried his best to plan for it, and tried his best to consolidate the foundation of the East Palace and strengthen the crown prince's strength...

Fang Jun sighed, a little regretful, and sighed: "Cheng Wuting has always been rebellious, and he has always had grudges with Guanlong's disciples, and he is out of tune with him. Now that he has the opportunity, he is afraid that he will punish those Guanlong's disciples... What a headache. what."

"Mother!"

Li Xiaogong was furious, and angrily said: "You dare to threaten me?"

Fang Jun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, who in the entire Tang Dynasty dares to threaten you, the first county king of the clan? Absolutely nothing. You are very powerful and honorable, and you only need to give an order when you arrive in Jiaohe City." Next, Cheng Wuting and Pei Xingjian will definitely cooperate with you, arrest whoever you ask, and let whoever you let go."

"Hey!"

Li Xiaogong almost laughed angrily.

That Cheng Wuting is your Fang Er's most loyal dog leg, who in Chang'an doesn't know?Pei Xingjian was even more simple because you pushed him to a high position, and even introduced him to the Eastern Palace School, where he was highly valued by the prince.Even if your roommate farts, these two people think it's delicious, if there is no order from you, these two things will obey my order?

Arrest whoever is told to arrest, and let whoever is let go?
I really believe that those two bastards dare to arrest me at the command of you...

He was very angry, but he really needed the favor of the Guanlongmen family too much. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "The son must not be able to do it. It is not only the facade of the Hejian County Prince's Mansion, but also the successor of this king. How can you be alone in the army? Why don't you look at the third child..."

The third son, Li Chongzhen, has been working for the "Baiqisi" all the time. He has neither character nor ability.If you can go to the navy for a few years, get a layer of gold plating, and then seek to be transferred to various garrisons or even sixteen guards, at least a lieutenant position...

I thought Fang Jun would be hesitant, but this guy simply nodded: "Then Sanlang, I have met Sanlang several times, and we get along very well, which is not bad."

Li Xiaogong frowned and clicked his lips, feeling as if he had been tricked.

Perhaps this kid's goal is not Da Lang at all, right?First put forward a condition that you will definitely chew, and wait until you resolutely reject it before you settle for the next best thing...

Mother, this mallet is very ghostly.

Li Xiaogong was a little depressed, and said unhappily: "His Royal Highness, the reserve position has gradually stabilized. If there are no major changes, there should be no need to worry. You are working so hard to increase the strength of the navy. What is the so-called? You must know the side of the couch. How can you allow others to snore?"

The emperor seems to hold the sun and the moon in his hands, rich in mountains and rivers, but in fact he is the most insecure, because the temptation of the throne is too great, it can make brothers turn against each other, and father and son can kill each other, let alone a foreign minister?
The stronger the navy is, the more worried His Majesty Li Er is. After all, Fang Jun blatantly supports the Eastern Palace, and the power of the Eastern Palace is getting stronger and stronger. How can His Majesty Li Er not worry about sleeping at night?

The position of prince is also very delicate, because no one knows how long he will sit in this position.

Some people can get it, some people can't wait, some people are equal but the situation forces him not to wait... It's not without reason that it has always been difficult to sit in the East Palace.

When His Majesty Li Er felt threatened, life in the East Palace would be difficult...

Fang Jun would never explain to him that the vastness of the sea is far more than the wealth that the Silk Road brought to the Tang Dynasty, and any dynasty that wants to stand on the top of the world must accumulate wealth and grow as much as possible. To weaken the strength of other countries, one will ebb and flow, is the kingly way.

At present, the development of the navy has encountered a bottleneck, and it is feared and rejected by almost all forces in the military. If it cannot find another way, it is almost impossible to continue to grow.

But how can Fang Jun be satisfied with the size of the Navy now?
Australia in the south of the South Seas has not yet been discovered and conquered, and there are gold treasures flowing in West Asia and North Africa. If you can't spread the routes of the Datang Navy all over the oceans in your own lifetime, so that the Datang can control the development of the world, you may die hard...

……

The two talked at night by candlelight, and talked about the current scale of Jiangnan Shipyard, its future development direction, technological improvement, and even the impact of the turmoil between the two courts. They didn't go to sleep until midnight.

In the early morning of the next day, after breakfast, Li Xiaogong set off eastward and returned to Jiaohe City. Fang Jun sent a team of soldiers to escort him, and at the same time wrote letters to Pei Xingjian and Cheng Wuting, urging them to cooperate with Li Xiaogong.

Without his order, Pei and Cheng would never obey Li Xiaogong...

He still listened to Li Xiaogong's words. After all, although Li Xiaogong's sense of existence was very low in the past few years, no one could ignore his achievements, status and prestige.

No matter how you look at it, Li Xiaogong is a well-deserved core figure in Guanlong.Such a person naturally has a full understanding of Guan Long. He said that once Guan Long is pushed into a hurry, he may take risks, so it must not be alarmist.

Moreover, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry. It would be a good thing for everyone to loosen the rope around Guan Long's neck properly...

Sending Li Xiaogong away, Fang Jun stayed in Baishui Town for another three days, and then received the battle report sent by Xue Rengui. The Arabs besieged Gongyue City in a large scale. rush to the rescue.

The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing. Fang Jun’s original plan to go to Gongyue City together after the Huihe people moved in was disrupted. He hurriedly reorganized the army and prepared the food and supplies. The narrow passage between them leads to Gongyue City...

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The Western Regions are originally a place of bitter cold, hot and humid in summer, cold wind and snow in winter, and the environment is extremely harsh.

However, after the winter this year, it has become colder than in previous years, and the raging goose feather snow has come one after another. Countless roads have been obliterated by the heavy snow, and the mountains and rivers are isolated and inaccessible.

It was such a severe winter that was rare in 50 years, but the Anxi army ushered in the invasion of the Arabs. With the strength of a single army, it resisted the enemy several times or even ten times stronger than itself. Half of the Western Regions surrendered to the Arabs...

The city of Gongyue, which is riddled with holes, has been attacked by the Arabs several times, but it still stands in the heavy snow. The banner of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty at the top of the city is fluttering in the wind, tightly strangling the entrance of the Ili River Valley.The Anxi army fought here and did not dare to take half a step back, otherwise Luntai, Gaochang, and Jiaohe behind them would all be exposed to the front of the enemy's soldiers, what's more, the enemy could advance along the Silk Road all the way to Yumen Pass.

At this point in the war, the Anxi army has no way to retreat.

The harsh winter did bring great difficulties to the Arabs, and the serious shortage of food, fodder and supplies completely aroused the ferocity of the Arabs—if they could not attack Gongyue City, Luntai City, or even Jiaohe City and Gaochang City all the way to the east, they would gain Sufficient supplies, then they are likely to freeze to death, frostbite or even starve to tens of thousands of people in this harsh winter...

Like the Anxi army, the Arabs also had no way to retreat after the war so far, they could only grit their teeth and bite the bullet and attack all the way to support the war with war.

After all, the Hu people in the Western Regions had been plundered by them in turn, and their savings over the years were wiped out. The rest either burned their food and fodder to assist the Tang army in fighting, or migrated to the north of the Tianshan Mountains with their families.

The two sides fought fiercely around the strategically important Gongyue City. In just one month, tens of thousands of people were killed on both sides.

Although the Tang army guarded the city with advanced weapons and casualties were far lower than the Arabs, the huge gap in troop strength between the two sides did not allow the Tang army to take advantage at all. Moreover, Gongyue City is located in the Ili River Valley, and the nearby terrain is flat and unsafe. The Arabs are so fearless and rush forward, and it is inevitable that they will lose their defense.

Inside the Gongyue City Government Office, Xue Rengui was dressed in a military uniform with a curly beard. His clean and handsome face was haggard and yellowed. His eyes were bloodshot. Holding a teacup in his hand, he stood in front of the map on the wall, looking at the map. The messy red and black arrows representing the marching trajectories of the enemy and us during the recent battle are a bit exhausting.

It's not because he is not good at the art of war, he doesn't know how to dispatch troops, and the enemy's army has many good generals, it's really hard for a clever woman to cook without rice...

(End of this chapter)