Chapter 187

Although Luo Weiran didn't say much, Fang Xie did think of a lot of things. Of course, what he thought could not be proved, and he had no reason to feel that what he thought was true. The Northwest Fangu battlefield is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital Chang'an. It is obviously a little hasty to judge what just by Luo Weiran's words.

But what is certain is that there must be problems in the war in the northwest.

Fang Xie knew the quality of the Sui army and how terrible the lethality of 5000 people would be when they gathered together. If he could learn more about the first war, perhaps he would conclude that his judgment was correct.

In fact, it's on the battlefield in the northwest. Many people wonder whether Li Xiaozong's tactics of dividing troops twice are really correct? Is it really right to press the 200 cavalry? Is the distance of five miles out of the canyon really right? Is it really right to lead the army to attack at the last moment?

Fang Xie drank up the wine in the cup, smiled and said to Luo Weiran, "I know what to say and what not to say. Can I compare your Majesty's wisdom? I am standing at the foot of the mountain looking up at the scenery at the top of the mountain, while your majesty is standing at the top of the mountain overlooking the world. There is no doubt that your majesty can see more clearly."

Luo Weiran nodded and said, "it's good that you know this truth. Although the war situation in the northwest is not as smooth as expected at the beginning, at least it passed through langrushan Canyon smoothly. The battlefield is on the territory of Mengyuan barbarians. In any case, the losses of Mengyuan barbarians are much greater than ours."

Fang Xie didn't speak, but he didn't agree with Luo Weiran's point of view. Luo Weiran was born in the Jianghu. Although he had been wearing official clothes for more than ten years, his position did not involve military affairs. He was not in the court, and he didn't see many things very thoroughly.

The battlefield is indeed on the territory of Mengyuan. According to what he said before, 5000 Sui elite soldiers fought more than 10000 people of Mengyuan, which can not be regarded as a defeat. However, war is more than simply comparing the lost troops of both sides? 700000 troops gathered in the northwest. How much did the imperial court spend to cope with the war? How huge is the financial and material resources paid to train the five thousand elite soldiers?

Most of the people and horses lost by Meng Yuan were herdsmen. The Mongolian Yuan court did not spend a copper money on them, and the lost herdsmen were only the people at the edge of the Manchu flag. Relatively speaking, the 700000 troops of the imperial court spent a month in the northwest, which was equivalent to plundering half of the Manchu flag. If you can't beat the whole Manchu flag in two months, even if you beat it again, you won't get anything by calculation. Of course, the honor of expanding thousands of miles cannot be ignored.

However, even if he took the thousand mile grassland of Mandu banner, it was an enclave for the great Sui Dynasty. How much will he pay in the future to keep it?

Talking about the war in the northwest, big dog and Shen Qing fan didn't interrupt. In addition to the slightly different expression of the big dog when talking about the war of the Sui Dynasty to destroy the business, he listened calmly to Luo Weiran and Fang Xie. Speaking of it, he, Qilin and Shen qingfan are not Sui people, so they don't have the pride of Sui people in their bones. They will not be depressed about the bad situation in the northwest war.

Even when the big dog heard that the five thousand men and horses of the Sui army had hardly fought, he was a little happy.

After all, he is a businessman. It has only been more than 20 years since the big business was destroyed.

"This news was a month and a half ago. Now no one knows what the war situation in the northwest is. After all, thousands of miles apart, it takes enough time for the news to change the war situation."

Luo Weiran said, "maybe this army has won nirvana."

Fang Xie nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "this war was not a war to destroy the country from the beginning. I think everyone knows that it is not difficult to win a war with the strength of the great Sui Dynasty. But it is difficult to destroy Mengyuan like the Shang country."

"Not hard"

Luo Weiran sighed, "it's impossible... What your majesty wants is to open up territory."

When hearing this sentence, Fang Xie suddenly felt some emotion. He remembered that his majesty mentioned several times that the emperors of the great Sui Dynasty had made achievements in opening up the territory. How could he really only defend the territory but not open up the territory? He didn't want his name to be recorded in history books, but he did nothing.

The emperors of the Sui Dynasty were so paranoid.

I don't know why. When I thought of this, Fang Xie felt a little uneasy. This paranoia is really the driving force to move forward, but sometimes excessive paranoia is really a good thing?

At this time, a burst of cheers outside interrupted Fang Xie's thoughts. The big dog sitting at the door opened a crack in the door and looked out. The cheers poured in like a tide.

"What's the matter?"

Fang Xie asked.

The big dog was stunned, couldn't help laughing and said, "come and see for yourself."

Fang Xie got up, went to the door and looked downstairs. I saw that the guests in the whole lobby had been boiling. Many people applauded and shouted. They were as excited as if they had won the five million grand prize. Immediately after, Fang Xie saw the little leader of red tea move slowly onto the stage and pressed his hands down to signal the guests to calm down.

"Your distinguished guests are really lucky today. I hope you accepted the invitation of Mr. Fang Xie and are willing to come on the stage and offer you a piece of flowing water sleeves. If you don't want to sit back honestly, I can't guarantee that you won't come out because of the noise."

Hearing this, Fang Xie couldn't help but be stunned.

"Because of me?"

He murmured and looked back at Luo Weiran and their eyes were full of doubts.

He really wanted to witness the peerless style of breath wick dancing flowing water sleeves, but Fang Xie didn't say it at all because of the coldness of breath thrush's words. He just mentioned it when talking with xiaodingdian. He doesn't think that with his own influence and xiaodingdian, he can make the wick come onto the stage.

But there is no doubt that Xiao Dingdian's words are because of Fang Jiefang's son. Let all the men below be jealous, and let Fang Xie's name be mentioned again in Chang'an city soon.

Before Fang Xie could figure out what was going on, he saw a servant in a small green hat coming over with a smile. When he came to the door of Fang Xie's elegant room, he stopped, leaned down slightly and saluted: "are you Lord Fang? My Lord wants to invite you over."

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There are several princes in Chang'an city. Although they are noble, they have no real power. Among these princes, Yang Yin, Prince Yi, is the most leisure, rich, powerful and respected. Fang Xie really didn't expect to meet this big man in the red tea move.

Although Yang Yin, Prince Yi, did not ask about the imperial court, he was his Majesty's brother after all. None of the defeated princes came to a good end after the battle of seizing their legitimate rights. In a word, his Highness Prince Yi, the sixth prince, is still alive and can live in Chang'an for a long time, rather than returning to his own fiefdom.

Although Yang Yin did not obviously stand on the side of the current emperor in the dispute over the seven sons seizing the throne, he was not on the side of the great prince and the third prince, so he was not suppressed after his majesty ascended the throne. But because of the stupid thing he did eleven years ago, his majesty deliberately isolated him from the court. For a royal family who once had lofty aspirations, this blow is not big.

At first, his royal highness was really unhappy. He locked himself in his study and didn't go out all day. It took him a full year to recover from his disappointment. From then on, he began to enjoy life, or about three or five famous literati in Chang'an City traveled together, recited poems and Fu. Or it's wandering around brothels and boats. Either he took his servants out of the city for hunting, or he sat by the river for fishing and leisure.

Your highness is rich in silver, beautiful and respected. When the women in the brothel saw him, they were more eager and intimate than their blind date. Over the years, Yang Yin not only won the name of the first golden guest in Chang'an City, but also widely spread his talent and name. He has a wide range of friends, but he doesn't ask about North Korea. Often drink with friends, and only talk about the way of wind and moon or anecdotes.

He also loves collecting. It is said that he has collected famous calligraphy and paintings or rare antiques in recent years. Huaiqiu Gong, the Minister of rites of the same kind, often goes to his house to play with those treasures.

His royal highness, such an idle prince, can be said to make many men envy his life.

I don't know why. Fang Xie didn't like him at the first sight. There was no direct intersection between the two. However, during the examination of the martial arts academy, the prince also opened an outside bureau to test Fang Xie's character. If Fang Xie had not been cunning and cautious, he would have fallen into his hands.

Because there was no intersection, Fang Xie was stunned when he heard that Prince Yang Yin invited him to have a chat. Then he understood the reason why the wick was willing to come out and dance flowing water sleeves. At this point, he even lost interest in reading.

Although Prince Yi Yang Yin had an old grudge with red tea recruit more than ten years ago, he personally apologized when red tea recruit reopened as Prince Yi. In any case, this Liang Zi can't continue to tie the knot. And even if the candle wick has personality, it can't refuse the invitation of a prince.

So Fang Xie lost interest, not at all.

But I had to go.

"Please lead the way."

Fang Xie turned back and said a few words to Luo Weiran, and then followed the servant in green to walk across the corridor. When he appeared in the corridor on the second floor, there was another wave below.

"Thank you, Mr. Fang!"

Someone shouted and immediately drew people's attention to Fang Xie. Fang Xie frowned slightly, but soon filled his face with a smile. As he walked, he greeted the people downstairs with a fist. Most of the guests below are rich gentry, who have no fame. Fang Xie's face is envious, but there are not a few people who want to curry favor with him. People with real status will not sit in the lobby.

Fang Xie is not used to this kind of scene, although this is the effect he wants. And this effect is given by others, but it doesn't feel good.

Fang Xie was surprised. Why did the prince give himself so much face.

When Fang Xie came to the elegant room opposite the cloister, the door opened with a squeak. Wearing casual clothes, Prince Yang Yin came out of the room with a smile. He looked like a kind elder who thought he had met again after a long separation.

"Gu also knew that you were here. If he had known, he should have sat at the same table. If he hadn't seen you talking to the little leader of the red tea move, Gu would have missed it. If you didn't go to Gu's house, Gu had to ask you to come and talk."

His tone of voice was gentle and generous, with a sense of closeness.

Fang Xie hurriedly bent over to salute, but Yang Yin held him: "in this place, it's not fun to see the salute seriously. Come on, come in and talk."

He pulled Fang Xie's hand and turned into the door.

I don't know why. When he grabbed him, Fang Xie suddenly thought of a story in his mind.

"But Xu you secretly stepped out of the camp and threw himself into Cao stronghold. The soldiers on the road took it. You said," I'm an old friend of Prime Minister Cao. Please tell me that Xu you came to see me in Nanyang. "The sergeant quickly reported that he entered the stronghold. When the operator took off his clothes and rested, he heard that Xu you had eloped to the stronghold. He was overjoyed. He couldn't wear shoes. He went out to meet Xu you. He saw Xu you in the distance, palmed and laughed, and joined hands."

When this picture appeared in his mind, Fang Xie couldn't help laughing.

It seemed that his expression was very happy and flattered, but there was a strange brilliance in the deepest part of his eyes.