Because he was familiar with the history of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chuan knew that only two months after the coup at the Black Tortoise Gate, the Eastern Turks had reached a consensus to invade the Great Tang with an allied army of hundreds of thousands.
At the critical moment of the Tang Dynasty's survival, Li Erqiao had set up a diversion plan to help the Tang Dynasty tide over the crisis. This was later known as the " Humiliation of the Wei River ".
According to the historical records, in the eighth month of this year, Li Er and the Eastern Turkic Khans, Jie Li and Tuli, killed White Horse and made an alliance.
In September, the Turkic Jiali Khan presented 3,000 horses and 10,000 sheep.
It seemed that the crisis of the Great Tang had been averted, but Li Er had always regarded the alliance at the Weishui River as his greatest humiliation.
How could the Great Tang tolerate the invasion of an outsider?
Even Li Chuan felt a little suffocated when he thought of the crisis in two months. Since he had come to this point in time and suffered such humiliation, he naturally could not let it go.
Before that, he had to improve his strength well. He hoped that he could do his best when the time came.
"Young Master Li Chuan is thoughtful, but unfortunately, only 10 - 20% of the border troops can be mobilized.”Hearing this, Li Er's expression dimmed at first, but then he thought of something and raised his head firmly.
"However, quality is more important than quantity. We should prepare our troops for the Turks.”
As the three of them chatted and laughed, the maids brought dinner over.
At the banquet, the three of them talked about the war in the world and back to the story of the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Li Er asked more than once what wonderful scenes Li Chuan would draw next.
Every time she heard this, Qin Qiong would stretch her neck. Unfortunately, Li Chuan had always kept his mouth shut and only said that he would slowly look at it in the future.
After dinner, Li Chuan sent the two of them off and went to the stable to feed his rhinoceros.
Although this valiant rhinoceros was inhumane, its memory was surprisingly good.
When they saw Li Chuan walking over from afar, they jumped up and down excitedly.
"What's wrong? Do you still want to fight me?" Li Chuan held a handful of high-quality fodder and asked to himself.
The rhinoceros thought of Li Chuan catching lice for it yesterday and hurriedly rolled on the ground.
As a result, when Li Chuan approached the rhinoceros again, it no longer had any intention of attacking. Li Chuan stood beside it and removed its lice.
"The weight of a rhinoceros grows at a rate of two to three kilograms per day. An adult rhinoceros weighs between two to five tons. Looking at your weight, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the mission in a short period of time.”Li Chuan scratched the rhinoceros while talking to himself.
At this point, Li Chuan slapped the rhino's head. How could he have forgotten? In addition to grazing, rhinos also loved leaves and fruits.
Li Chuan didn't have much experience when it came to domesticating animals, but his understanding of animal habits far surpassed that of the ancients.
Instead of using grass to catch lice, he might as well use his medical skills to boil Chinese medicine and improve the living environment of the rhinoceros to achieve the goal of removing lice.
Li Chuan put down the grass and went to the warehouse of the prince's residence. He ordered the guards to bring out all kinds of fruits and found Chinese medicine such as Baibu and Chuanqiong. He poured in yellow wine and vinegar and began to boil them.
After some work, Li Chuan returned to the stable with the things he had prepared. He first gave the rhinoceros a cold shower and poured his lice repellent on the rhinoceros.
The little rhinoceros felt a cool sensation on its back and rubbed its forehead against Li Chuan's pants.
"Looks like you're not stupid. You can even smell the fruit.”As Li Chuan spoke, he took out the fruits he had prepared and placed them all in front of the rhinoceros.
There were peaches, plums, dates, pears, hazelnuts, melons, and so on.
Unexpectedly, this little rhino was not picky with its food. When the fruit reached its mouth, it almost did not chew it. It swallowed it just like that, not even spitting out the date pit.
"Yes, eat more like this. You'll be an adult soon.”Li Chuan patted the rhino's head in satisfaction. The faster this guy matured, the faster he could complete the mission and receive the reward.
In less than 15 minutes, the little rhinoceros had devoured all the fruits.
Li Chuan couldn't help but sigh when he saw the little rhino's astonishing appetite. If this guy hadn't been born in King Qin's Mansion and had been the little princess 'pet since he was young, he would have starved to death!
That night, the little rhino slept soundly, and so did Li Chuan. After all, he might be able to complete the mission soon.
The next day, besides studying the Book of Songs, the young princess began to study painting wholeheartedly. She didn't seem impetuous at all.
Li Chuan saw that the agreement with the young princess yesterday had worked, and the professors became even more patient.
In the afternoon, after a whole day of studying, practicing calligraphy, and practicing painting, the young princess hugged Li Chuan's arm and began to mutter,"
"Brother, you promised me yesterday that you would draw for Sister Lizhi today. I want to read the war stories of the Eastern Han Dynasty.”
"No problem. When have I ever failed to do what I promised you?”Li Chuan agreed readily.
At this moment, a tall middle-aged horse coachman walked into the courtyard. Li Chuan knew this person. He had been in charge of feeding the rhinoceros.
"Young Master Li Chuan, the rhinoceros hasn't eaten for a whole day. I was just feeding it fodder and was almost attacked by it.”The middle-aged horsekeeper said anxiously.
"Oh? There was such a thing? Wasn't everything fine yesterday? I'll go take a look now." Li Chuan stood up and led the two princesses out of the courtyard with the middle-aged coachman.
As soon as he left, Li Er came over with several generals.
Looking at this situation, everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation. It was obvious that they were here for the comic book of the "Three Kingdoms".
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