Chapter 618 Going to war together

Li Xiang is not a hypocritical person. He also knows that the northwest is now at a critical moment. If we take this step correctly, then the Anxi Protectorate will definitely be established again, and the countries in the Western Region will also enter the management of the Tang Dynasty. Range, this means that we have thousands of miles of strategic depth to the west, which is very important to the current Tang Empire.

Li Xiang and Li Shimin have discussed it and will set off from Chang'an City in a few days. Although the army cannot support the northwest, it still needs to bring some food and grass. Li Xiang is used to having the army supply supplies on the battlefield, but Gaochang is not The battlefield, this is what we want to win over.

Therefore, local robberies cannot occur. If we go too far, it will be equivalent to pushing Gaochang to the Western Region Allied Forces. By then, the Hexi Corridor will most likely be blocked. Once the Hexi Corridor is blocked, then If we want to control the Western Region again, it will be even more difficult.

When they arrived at Cheng Yaojin's house in the evening, Cheng Yaojin tried again and again, hoping to take charge of the army again, but even Li Xiang shook his head.

Li Xiang knew what Cheng Yaojin was thinking. He just wanted to use his remaining heat on the battlefield. Unfortunately, it was impossible at this time. Even if Li Shimin believed in Cheng Yaojin again, he would not let Cheng Yaojin lead him. After the soldiers went out to fight, it might be reasonable to remain as an idle official in Chang'an City.

Cheng Yaojin also sighed. If he still wanted to lead troops, he could only wait for chaos in the court or when Li Chengqian became emperor. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible.

On the way back to the East Palace from Cheng Yaojin's house after dinner, Li Xiang discovered that Cheng Luan was just holding Li Xiang's hand. Women in this era all thought like this. After getting married, their husband is their god.

Li Xiang couldn't let go of his new wife. Thinking about it from his perspective, how could Cheng Luan let go of Li Xiang? The two of them had just been living together like a glue, and now they were about to go to the front line, and no one would be willing to part with them.

"I want to go to the northwest casually."

When they were about to arrive at the East Palace, Cheng Luan finally plucked up the courage to say these words.

Women are not allowed to go to the military camp. This is also an iron rule. However, for the princes of the royal family, such things are often trampled on. Li Xiang has always been strict with himself, but facing the eyes of his young daughter-in-law who are about to shed tears, Li Xiang really couldn't refuse.

"It's very hard in the military camps, especially the military camps in the northwest."

Li Xiang hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to refuse, not because of his reputation, but because the northwest was indeed very bitter. The wind and sand there cut his face like a knife. Li Xiang didn't want his wife to suffer in the northwest. .

"Your Highness really underestimates me. Although I did not grow up in a military camp, because of my father and two older brothers, I often appear in the military camp, and I also have a team of my own."

Regarding this team, Li Xiang had heard about it earlier. It was not composed of many daughters of General Cheng Yaojin's family. There were about forty or fifty people.

Cheng Luan started training them when they were young, and their fighting ability is not weak now.

"Are you serious?"

If he hadn't mentioned this team, Li Xiang would have thought that his daughter-in-law was losing her temper. But when she mentioned this team, Li Xiang knew that Cheng Luan really wanted to go to the front line.

Cheng Luan nodded with wide eyes, which made Li Xiang really couldn't bear to refuse.

"I'll think about it in the next few days."

Li Xiang could give this answer, and the little girl could be happy for a long time. After all, Li Xiang had never brought a woman to the military camp in the past.

After returning to the East Palace, Li Xiang sent someone to deliver a message to Niu Jinda, asking Niu Jinda to prepare well, and then follow Li Xiang to the northwest. Originally, Li Shimin was not willing to let Li Xiang take Niu Jinda there, but the northwest The situation is indeed not very good, so we cannot set up barriers at this time.

For Li Xiang, he hasn't spent enough time in the capital, but for Niu Jinda, he still hopes to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield. Niu Jinda has missed the first batch of enfeoffments, and now he has been waiting in the county after his meritorious service, which is much better than before. He is much stronger. If he makes great achievements in the northwest, he will probably become a duke.

In the next few days, Li Xiang was preparing for his trip to the northwest, saying goodbye to everyone everywhere, and then, with Li Chengqian reluctant to leave, he took his little wife on the journey. northwest journey.

Regarding the matter of Li Xiang bringing his wife, Li Shimin also chose to turn a blind eye. As long as you go to the northwest quickly and stabilize the situation, then other things will not matter.

Nowadays, many people in Chang'an City have also received this news, and the market has begun to become unstable. You must know that Chang'an is located in the Guanzhong area and is very close to the northwest. Once Gaocang is breached, the armies of various countries in the Western Regions may march straight in. There is also danger to Chang'an.

Of course, this is because ordinary people are not familiar with the situation in the northwest. If they were familiar with the situation in the northwest, they would definitely not have such thoughts. Even if the countries in the Western Regions occupied Gaochang, they would not be able to march into the interior.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just say that the tens of thousands of troops along the way can also wear out the armies of various countries in the Western Regions. Our Tang Dynasty has such a strong comprehensive national power, and it is very difficult to maintain the logistics of the northwest garrison. If so If they enter Guanzhong, our army will be in chaos within a month as long as we strengthen the walls and clear the country.

Of course, Li Xiang would never let such a thing happen. Even if these people occupied Gaochang, it would be a failure in Li Xiang's eyes.

Li You had already set off with three thousand elites from Chang'an City. In addition to Li Xiang's bodyguards, he only had Cheng Luan and Niu Jinda's bodyguards this time.

Their team is relatively small in size, and at the same time, they are moving relatively fast, able to travel one hundred and fifty miles every day.

On the other hand, Li You's guy didn't want to ride a horse at all, so he rode a carriage every day, and his daily journey was only sixty miles.

After walking for a few days, Li Xiang caught up with these people. It turned out that they had not made any progress for two days.

After Li You left Chang'an, he felt very uncomfortable. Coupled with the acclimatization, this guy turned out to be sick.

After Li Xiang met Li You, he knew that this guy was not pretending to be ill, but was truly acclimatized. This is how the aristocratic young masters in Chang'an City are, and they can be defeated by the environment in other places.