"Congratulations to the teacher for becoming the God of War!"

As soon as Su Dingfang came in, he bowed and congratulated him with a smile.

Zhang Chao curled his lips. The so-called military god was just a deliberate praise by the Eastern Palace. I don’t know who came up with a bad idea. However, looking at the names of these four gods and five people, Zhang Chao was also very strange. What exactly did Li Jiancheng think?

Zhang Chao did offend Li Jiancheng, but Li Jing, Li Shiji, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Gong became his targets of attack? He knew that Li Jing was Li Xiaogong's person, and Li Xiaogong was one of the two largest hills in the royal family except for Li Yuan and his son. He was Li Yuan's person and was also inclined to the prince's side.

Logically speaking, Li Jing should be considered to be the one who stood on the East Palace. But Li Jiancheng did not even let Li Jing go. He asked Yu Wen Shi and said that because Li Jing wanted to sue the emperor for rebellion, Li Yuan later captured Li Jing and wanted to kill him. Li Shimin pleaded for help to save Li Jing. After that, Li Jing was nominally defeated by Li Xiaogong half of the southeastern country under Li Xiaogong's command, but in fact it was almost all Li Jing's contribution.

Li Jiancheng tried a lot to win over Li Jing, but Li Jing was very cold-hearted. It is said that Li Jiancheng was very annoyed because of this. Someone told him that Li Jing had a good attitude towards Li Shimin, but Li Jiancheng also listed Li Jing as a person who was Li Shimin and was on his blacklist.

As for Li Shiji, he has a good relationship with Li Shentong. Li Shentong supports Li Shimin. Li Shiji did not show that he was on Li Shimin's side, but he also had a lot of contact with Li Shimin, but he had always had contact with the East Palace. Li Jiancheng hoped that Li Shiji could stand completely on his side and cut off contact with Li Shimin.

Li Shiji was in Hedong, but while having a good relationship with the Eastern Palace, he still had a lot of contact with the Qin Palace.

Li Jiancheng therefore believed that Li Shiji was on two boats, so Li Shiji was also on his blacklist.

As for Qin Qiong, Li Jiancheng has always suspected that he was just like Zhang Chao to commit suicide by committing a false enlistment to the East Palace.

In short, I don’t know if Li Jiancheng created this list of the four gods and five people and created such rumors. He wanted to force Li Jing, Li Shiji, Qin Qiong and others to go to the East Palace to express their position, or if he really hated these five Qin Wang parties and was ready to catch them all in one go.

Among the five, Zhang Chao was the worst hit.

Although he performed well in the Battle of Longyou and Taozhou, he did not fight many battles anyway. He did not command a large battle of 100,000 people, but Li Jiancheng made people rank Zhang Chao as the military god, ranking first in the four gods.

Is there a military god who is in his early twenties and has only fought two battles?

What is this not a black man? It’s too much, so I have to praise you.

The war god Zhang Chao was so terrible that he heard it.

However, the God of War Li Jing is quite appropriate. After all, the southeastern half of the Tang Dynasty was actually defeated by Li Jing. However, in name, the southeast was pacified by King Li Xiaogong of Hejian. Li Jing was in his fifties and had nothing outstanding in the first half of his life. Li Jiancheng gave him the name of the God of War, what did Li Xiaogong think?

What do you think of other generals who have experienced war formations in the Tang Dynasty?

This is obviously a devil of Li Jing. Li Jing did have the name of a god of war in history, but that was because of the amazing achievements of Li Jing in his later years, such as pacifying Turks and defeating Tuyuhun.

Now, Li Jing does not have such a high reputation, nor does he have such a status to bear the name of God of War.

As for Li Shiji's name as the God of War, he also deliberately slandered it.

Qin Qiongbao and Yuchi Gong, the two generals of the Qin Palace, actually became the gods of martial arts.

Black, black is quite powerful.

But Zhang Chao was the one who was hacked the most.

With the intentional support of the Eastern Palace, not only everyone in Chang'an knew the four gods of the Tang Dynasty's military, but even the military and civilians of Taozhou had already learned about this from the merchants.

However, what is different from Li Jian’s intention is that after hearing the names of these four gods, the military and civilians in Taozhou really thought that Zhang Chao was the military god.

Zhang Envoy led the army and won the more with fewer troops. He has never lost a single defeat so far. He always won beautifully, like a miracle. It is nothing wrong to say that Zhang Envoy is a military god.

The God of War, every military and civilian in Taozhou agrees with this title.

Now everyone calls Zhang Chao this.

Zhang Chao didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. This is really not a good thing for the military god in his twenties. What would the court think? What would the emperor think?

The more people recognize him as Zhang Chao is the God of Military Affairs, the greater the lethality of this reputation will be.

The name of the God of War is not a good name. This thing may just seem funny now. After all, Zhang Chao is only in his twenties and has never fought many wars. Everyone knows that this is a damning him.

But in the future, Zhang Chao's official position will be promoted, or if he fights too many wars, and when his position will be higher in the future, he will be very afraid of the name of the military god.

I'm not letting him keep a low profile.

Li Jiancheng was too stupid. Maybe he wanted to use this method to force several generals to express their attitude and to vote in the East Palace. But Zhang Chao believed that this would definitely have a counterproductive effect.

Li Jing and Li Shiji were originally those who were very cautious and careful. If Li Jiancheng did this, they were afraid that they would be more neutral. They might have been more inclined to the Eastern Palace, after all, he represented the crown prince. But now, they were probably all stunned by Jiancheng's stupidity and would keep a distance from Li Jiancheng far away.

"Dingfang, I'll give you a task, take the cavalry to patrol the territory of Heiyeli. If you encounter other tribe herders who dare to step on it, drive them away. Remember, don't hurt people."

"But what if they don't listen to the advice?"

"Then let's know how to move it with reason!" Zhang Chao replied.

Su Dingfang was helpless, "These people never understood the truth."

"I know, but we must first be polite and then soldiers, and first explain to them."

"Then they didn't listen and then they started?" Su Dingfang was very excited. Last time in the battle in Jiangxin City, Su Dingfang also added three copies of honor, awarded the honor of the country of the country, and also received the title of founding Count, with a hundred real seals, and was awarded the honor of gold and purple.

Rewarded one thousand acres of permanent land.

He is very interested in fighting now and is eager to go to war with the Tuyuhun people.

"No hurry, we have to digest the results of war during this period. Moreover, the recruits have to train, and the soldiers of the government have to go home to rush for autumn. You can go to Heiyeli territory for a walk, plant some boundary markers, and set up a few flags."

"This..." Su Dingfang was a little relieved. What's the point of such a thing?

"You have to lay the groundwork for doing things. It's like you and your concubine, you have to have some foreplay, right?"

Su Dingfang was speechless, this metaphor.

"Anyway, we are going to declare our ownership of that land, erect monuments, and plant flags. We can even set up a few tents to declare our sovereignty to those foreign herders who crossed the border."

"One time doesn't work, we can do it twice, and second time doesn't work, we can do it three times."

"We have to protest seriously and express our firm opposition from the foreigners."

"When can I just use the knife without sipping," Su Dingfang asked.

Zhang Chao smiled and said, "You are just too impatient. I told you that if you don't fight an unprepared battle, we must have a time to prepare. At this time, we must make all preparations. In war, we either don't fight, or we must have a thunder strike, and one blow will kill. There are many preparations for war, we must do a good job of reconnaissance of enemy situations, we must prepare money and food, supply, mobilization, etc., and we must also choose a good time to send troops. In short, we don't have to rush to fight, but rather spend more time, especially for such a battle we take the initiative to fight. We must do one thing, and when we go to the formal battle, we have guaranteed that we have at least 70% chance of winning!"

"I will give you a month to prepare for this war. In a month, I will formally assemble the troops. This preparation will be fully responsible for it, which is your homework. You must make the goals of the war and all preparations for the war, and all these will be handed over to me for inspection. If you are well prepared, then when you send troops next time, I will consider you as the deputy general of the marching army and the vanguard of the front army!"

"Let's go to my house for a meal later."

Zhang Chao's new house in Taozhou City was just built. Although it was not as luxurious as Chang'an's house, the place was large. Living in Longyou, it was the architectural style of Chang'an.

White walls, red columns, green windows, and blue roofs.

Adding veranda, pavilion and other places is already very good.

Su Dingfang, Cheng Chumo, Ma Zhou and others all built new houses in the city and brought their families over. Except for living in the backyard of the yamen when they were on duty, they could go home for the rest of the time.

Spacious and comfortable.

"Low recently, everyone's houses have been built, and I have some wine to drink every day." Su Dingfang smiled, "Fortunately, the teacher just gave me a task, so I can leave the city to hide now."

As August began, not only many houses in Taozhou City were built, but the villages in various counties and villages were basically built. The immigrants happily moved into the newly built villages, and the officers also moved into the new houses in the city.

According to the rules, the joy of moving house must be held.

Although he moved from Guanzhong to Longyou, this custom was brought about by him.

Therefore, during this period, there will be banquets almost every day. Many immigrants are still in this period, and many people are talking about getting married. Especially those young soldiers, who are young, have almost never married yet.

Now they all become soldiers in the palace, and they have more land and the benefits are good.

It immediately became a hot commodity and a hot item. Many immigrants rushed to grant their daughters to these soldiers and move to new houses. In addition, the engagement, marriage, and marriage of daughters, was really lively.

Zhang Chao doesn't plan to do it in a big way.

He even issued an official document, forbidding officials and generals from handling special services, and even forbidding them from accepting gifts. It is easy to make a living, but not a lot of extravagance and waste, and the gifts are prohibited from being given more than 200 cents.

If officials and generals do a big fuss, do extravagance, and take the opportunity to receive gifts, Zhang Chao will punish them.

Under this high-pressure policy, Taozhou was still lively in August, but the situation was much better and there was no smoke barrier.

The Zhang family moved to their new homes by themselves, so they didn't do a big show. They just built seven or eight tables and invited some subordinates from the state yamen and some subordinates from the Governor's Office to have a meal together.

"Remember not to bring gifts, otherwise, the butler won't let you in at that time." Zhang Chao said with a smile.

Su Dingfang smiled and nodded. The Zhang family was the richest man in Taozhou. The Zhang family's business, money shop, and pawn shop were made with prosperity, and the real money source was wide. Zhang Chao was not interested in receiving gifts at all. "I know that the teacher doesn't like those common things such as money. I personally wrote a hundred birthday words. I hope the teacher won't think my words are ugly!"

"This gift is good. I will ask the butler to arrange it to sit on the main table!" Zhang Chao also said with a smile.
Chapter completed!