By the time Li Ye and his party entered the city gate and returned to the city lord's mansion, it was already You hour. Yang Kaiyi had already had wine and food prepared. The eldest prince was also there. Nalan Yu was sitting beside him, lighting a fire and making tea. A picture of the waiter appearance.
"Before you entered the city, General Zhao's secret sentry sent the news back. I left the generalissimo to eat at my house, waiting for the imperial master to come back and have a drink." Yang Kaiyi looked at Li Ye who walked in and smiled. Tao said.
"If you keep the Grand Marshal waiting for a long time, you will have to drink two more drinks in a while." Li Ye said to the eldest prince while cupping their hands.
Turning around and looking at Yang Kaiyi, he said, "I brought two of them back during this trip. Please ask the city lord to arrange a place for her and my mother to live, preferably next to Mu Mu."
Pointing at the cramped woman and Yueying behind him, Li Ye said with a smile.
Yang Kaiyi looked at the woman dressed in prairie clothes and Yueying, and didn't ask any questions.
He turned around and said to Ma Feihu: "Go and talk to the housekeeper and arrange for the mother and daughter to live next to Miss Mu Mu. The room should be tidied up."
When the woman heard this, she looked at Li Ye nervously and said, "I don't dare to trouble my lord. As long as we have a place to live, we can take care of it ourselves."
Li Ye smiled and waved his hands and said: "I will follow Mr. Yang's arrangements for this matter. Just stay here with peace of mind. Let Mu Mu take you to the street to buy some clothes tomorrow."
Mu Mu came in and took a look at the eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi. She didn't say anything, she just pulled Yue Ying and walked out.
As he walked, he said: "Go to my house for a while and wait until they finish cleaning up."
As he spoke, he stepped out of the door, turned back to look at Li Ye and said, "Brother, someone will bring food to my room later. It's not appropriate for my sister to eat with you."
Li Ye thought to himself, he couldn't let the eldest prince accompany the mother and daughter to dinner.
He waved his hand and said, "I understand. You can go back and rest first. I'll have the food delivered to you later."
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After Mumu led the woman and daughter away, the eldest prince said: "Master, you have been worrying me all day long. I am finally looking forward to your return, so you have to drink two glasses of wine with me to calm down the shock!"
He smiled at night and said, "Just listen to the marshal."
Yang Kaiyi looked at the two of them and said: "The weapons have been successfully cast in the past two days, and the national teacher has returned to the city safely. It is worth drinking two more drinks."
Li Ye watched the conversation between the three of them, but Nalan Yu didn't say a word. He vaguely remembered that he had given some instructions before leaving, and thought that after nearly eight or nine days, there should be some news.
She looked at him and asked, "How many of the things I want have been assembled?"
Nalan Yu was stunned for a moment, then realized that Li Ye was talking to him, and then replied: "I have completed sixty as of today. I can do more if necessary."
Li Ye rubbed his eyebrows and said softly: "Let's do these first, and start making other things tomorrow."
The eldest prince frowned and looked at him and Nalan Yu. He did not understand the conversation between Li Ye and Nalan Yu.
After a moment of silence, he said: "I wonder what the Imperial Advisor was talking about with the Pioneer General. Can you tell me? Even if I can't help, I can even allocate supplies and try my best to meet the Imperial Advisor's requirements."
Seeing the confused look on the eldest prince's face, Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "How can I have any secrets? I just thought that I couldn't let the grassland tribes spend the New Year happily in the three towns."
"I have to find a way to give them some gifts before the New Year. But it's not time to bother the Generalissimo yet, so I won't bother you."
Hearing Li Ye talk about this matter, the eldest prince became interested and asked seriously: "Whatever the Imperial Master wants to do, just tell me what you need me to do."
"Starting from tomorrow, we will start training!" Li Ye smiled.
Li Ye thought that since the road had been discovered and a big war was inevitable, he had to find some way to take the initiative. He couldn't just sit here and wait for the spring to be beaten passively and accept a war that he didn't want.
"Aren't we always training troops?" Yang Kaiyi asked puzzledly.
"The previous training is not training, starting from tomorrow can be called military training." Li Ye looked at him and said quietly.
The eldest prince was slightly startled and asked: "The previous ones don't count? Starting from tomorrow?"
Li Ye nodded and said: "Twenty thousand soldiers will be mobilized tomorrow. They will carry sixty kilograms of equipment every day and cross-country for twenty miles in the snow. They must complete it in one hour and practice for eight days."
"Eight days later, 10,000 people will be selected from the 20,000 people. All the 5,000 forbidden troops from the imperial city will participate. They will complete cross-country in the morning and practice hand slave training in the afternoon. The other battalions will make their own arrangements based on this training, except for digging river channels. The soldiers will not participate for the time being."
The eldest prince was surprised and asked: "The Imperial Master wants to fight?"
Li Ye looked at him and laughed, and said, "Because I don't see them living comfortably in the three towns."
"That's a good idea!" Nalanyu clenched his fists and laughed.
"In addition, City Lord Yang is asked to arrange for people to make 10,000 white cloaks. It cannot exceed eight days. No matter what method is used, I must see these cloaks within eight days." Li Ye continued.
"No problem, I will arrange it in a moment! Please feel free to do so, Imperial Master."
Li Ye said in an affirmative tone: "The emperor and your husband asked me to come to Southern Xinjiang because they hope that I can not only keep Nanyun City, but also want to recover the three towns as soon as possible."
"Since they don't want peace talks, we might as well give them some pain first, so that they don't want to fight this war."
The eldest prince slowly raised his eyebrows and asked in disbelief: "The Imperial Preceptor has already made plans for this trip? It's just that the weather is freezing. How can we fight a war? Could it be that in less than half a month, the Imperial Preceptor can plan a war?"
Ning Que shook his head and said seriously: "What I want is a surprise attack, not a face-to-face war."
The eldest prince nodded and said: "Since the Imperial Master has already planned it, we will fully cooperate and launch a surprise attack on the grassland tribes so that they will not be able to spend this winter well."
"In order to prevent the news from leaking, please don't tell anyone outside for now. I will arrange the specific situation the day before the operation. As long as these 10,000 soldiers are well trained, we can carry out this raid and catch them off guard!"
Li Ye said calmly.
Li Ye thought with a smile. He just happened to find out that Yelu Chucai and other Khan kings were not in the three towns. This was a God-given opportunity.
Yeluqi never thought that he would give them the most severe attack at the coldest time.
Will you wait until spring to take advantage of such an opportunity? Since war is inevitable, we must take the initiative into our own hands.
Thinking about his husband taking the trouble to explain the art of war to him over and over again, Li Ye was full of confidence. Thinking about the vast snowfield, there was a sense of pride and pride in his chest and abdomen.
He said loudly: "Are the cavalrymen of the grassland tribes amazing?"
Hearing these words, the eldest prince, Yang Kaiyi, Nalan Yu and others were stunned for a moment.
They stayed for a long time but were speechless. No matter how smart they were, they couldn't guess what Li Ye was thinking at this moment.
Looking at Nalan Yu's speechless look, Li Ye laughed proudly and said, "Don't be shocked. In addition to arranging the assembly tasks from tomorrow on, you must also find time to participate in training. After all, this battle I want to fight is inseparable. It’s yours.”
Nalan Yu glanced at him and replied speechlessly: "You are the national master now. I can't help you, but when it comes to training, I have never been afraid of anyone."
Li Ye rolled his eyes at him, expressing disbelief.
The eldest prince looked at Li Ye and said with a smile: "What kind of blow did the Imperial Master receive during this trip?"
Li Ye was stunned, then smiled and said: "That's not true, I originally wanted to talk to Yelu Chucai from Xichun about the withdrawal negotiations, but it's a pity that he is not here.
In the eyes of other guards, since they have already conquered the three towns in southern Xinjiang, there is no point in speaking out.
Their occupation was successful, forgetting that they would never dare to claim victory until the last minute of a war. "
The eldest prince nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this, and then laughed after a moment.
"I originally thought this was an extremely difficult war, but seeing the craftsmen working day and night on the weapons, coupled with the confidence of the national division after returning from the three towns, made me full of expectations for this upcoming war. ."
"I want them to know that even if the old marshal retires and returns home, our Five Regions Dynasty will still be inviolable."
"No one can guarantee victory in a war, but it is much better for us to make more preparations than to wait to be beaten."
"Starting from tomorrow, I have to ask the Generalissimo to mobilize 10,000 soldiers to dig some holes in the wasteland outside the city according to my requirements. When spring comes next year, I will bury people quietly."
Li Ye looked at the heavy snow outside the hall and said quietly.
"Okay! They thought it was freezing cold and we would hide in the house to avoid the cold, but they didn't expect that we had already started preparing for war. As the National Master said, we are now quietly digging holes to bury people in the coming year."
The eldest prince was in a good mood and slammed the table!
Nalan Yu looked at Li Ye and asked softly: "You won't let me do this digging holes and burying people, right?"
Li Ye turned around, glanced at him with disgust, and said with a smile: "I won't trouble you to dig holes to bury people. Let the generalislai kill some of the leading soldiers. In two days, I will take them to dig holes outside the city. This kind of I prefer to do things myself.”
Yang Kaiyi sat aside and was shocked and speechless. In his opinion, Li Ye was at best a supervisor sent by the emperor. He did not expect that all these ideas came from his handwriting.
And no matter how he analyzed it, there was no flaw. Like the eldest prince, he was also full of confidence in the upcoming battle. .
Nalan Yu looked at Li Ye and suddenly said: "So, after this war is over and I return to the imperial city, I will have to level up again!"
The eldest prince glanced at him and replied calmly: "Don't you have confidence in this marshal and are you afraid that he will not give you a chance to be promoted?"
Nalanyu was stunned and quickly replied: "I don't dare, I am just following the imperial master. After this battle is over, I have to follow him back to the imperial city. How dare I cause trouble to the generalissimo."
The eldest prince replied: "In this case, I have wrongly blamed you. It doesn't matter. As long as you fight well, I will write a letter to my father and ask for a reputation for you."
Li Ye looked at the weird looks of the two of them and said with a smile: "I don't want fame. How about I give you my share when the time comes?"
Nalanyu was startled, looked at him and said, "Who can agree?"
"I agree." Li Ye smiled.
"I said, is it enough that you agree?" Nalan Yu rolled his eyes at him. He would never dare to make such a joke, let alone the two of them in private, the eldest prince was sitting in front of him at this moment.
Yang Kaiyi looked at the sky outside the hall and said with a smile: "Let's have a few drinks tonight and have a good sleep. From tomorrow onwards, we will train with the national division, rush to work, and dig holes!"
Li Ye also laughed when he heard this and said quietly: "Their good days are numbered."
