It has been three full days since Li Heng summoned him, and a company of three secret agents returned to Chang'an through Tongguan, all of which brought back reliable news that there was indeed a conflict between the two factions of An Qingxu, the king of Jin, and An Qingen, and the two sides fought fiercely in Luoyang City, with tens of thousands of casualties. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to Qin Jin's Shenwu Army, Li Heng also arrived in a secret report, and the situation was roughly the same as Qin Jin's knowledge. This is really exciting news, and everyone from Li Heng down to ordinary officials is in an indescribable euphoria.

Li Heng summoned Qin Jin and Fang Xuan and other important ministers again in the Ganlu Palace. This time, the discussion was not about whether troops should be sent out, but when they should be sent and who would lead them.

However, unlike Li Heng and Fang Xuan, Qin Jin was not optimistic about this, and he drew a hunch from the clues of intelligence from all sides, that is, the contradictions within the traitors had not completely erupted, and sending troops at this time might not have the expected gains. Because An Lushan is fine, although this old thief is seriously ill, as long as he does not die for a day, the people below will not dare to act rashly.

Therefore, when Qin Jin's basin of cold water was splashed down, Li Heng's face showed obvious incomprehension.

"Why does Qin Qing think so?"

"Your Majesty, the minister believes that this matter should be treated with caution, one is that the enemy's situation is unknown, and the other is that food and grass are stretched. ”

Fang Xuan immediately interrupted Qin Jin's words.

"Doctor Qin's words are wrong, the son of the thief in Luoyang City killed each other, and more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded, which is enough to prove that the rebels have torn their faces inside, if they don't take the opportunity to go east at this time, I am afraid that they will delay the efforts of the last month, once the winner is divided, won't he miss the opportunity?

This time, even Wei Fangjin, who rarely had a sense of existence, stood on Fang Xuan's side.

"Fang Xianggong does not lead the troops, and he does not know the horror of the waste of food and grass. But there are marches to fight, and the number of troops is twice as large as when they are usually stationed, and now there is no war to maintain and it is still stretched, since Fang Xianggong is fighting hard, where will the food and grass come from?"

Qin Jin's emotions were also a little excited, "If Fang Xianggong can conjure up enough grain and grass to support it, how can Qin persuade the saint to be cautious? Even if there is internal strife in Luoyang City, he will still raise troops to go out of the customs!"

Fang Xuan sneered, but he no longer argued with Qin Jin, but reappeared as the son of heaven Li Heng.

"Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty is not only a strong soldier of the Shenwu Army, Qin and Jin are a general, and Weichen is not talented, I am willing to lead the army eastward, as for the supply of grain and grass, the minister also has a way to maintain it!"

Li Heng still values Prime Minister Fang Xuan very much, although this person was recommended by the Emperor Taishang, but he can be public-minded, and he is indeed more than a hundred times stronger than Yang Guozhong. It's just that there is only one thing that makes him shake his head, for some reason, no matter which one is in the position of prime minister, he always has a discord with Qin Jin.

Discord is a taboo in national politics, which can maintain balance in the era of peace and prosperity, but now is a critical moment for the sword and soldiers to quell the chaos, it is absolutely difficult to tolerate.

Fang Xuan is a talented person, Li Heng has always attached great importance to him, and now Fang Xuan actually swears that he spits out amazing words, not only is this son of heaven stunned, but also the courtiers in the Ganlu Hall are also shocked.

The Prime Minister's invitation to lead the expedition to the East is indeed heartening. At that time, there was no obvious boundary between civil and military officials, and it was the pursuit of some officials to enter the prime minister in their lives, and they were the generals who led the troops, and they were the prime ministers who led the national government, and this kind of figure emerged in the history of the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years.

Therefore, Fang Xuan proposed that he personally lead the troops eastward, and although the officials were shocked, they did not think that this was a big talk, but expressed their support and support very seriously.

The scale of the small court meeting convened by Li Heng was slightly larger than the last time, and even Cui Guangyuan, Li Mi and others also participated. Except for a few people such as Cui Guangyuan, the vast majority of officials agreed with Fang Xuan's suggestion to send troops, and many officials who usually stood on the side of Qin and Jin also chose to support the proposal to send troops this time.

Li Heng glanced at the ministers in the hall with great satisfaction, but when his gaze fell on Li Yu, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Because he was stunned to find that Li Mi, who had repeatedly contradicted Qin Jin on weekdays, had lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, without saying a word, as if he was falling asleep.

But as far as Li Heng's heart is concerned, he is one of the thousands of people who agree to send troops, and because of the improper position, the pressure is always with him, and he is eager to make achievements and quell the chaos as soon as possible. Emperor Taishang saw that he returned to Chang'an from Shuzhong, in order to completely overshadow the old emperor who had been in the world for more than 40 years, he must have enough merits, such as keeping Chang'an and overcoming the Eastern Capital.

"If Fang Qing goes east, how many soldiers and horses must be used, and how much grain and grass must be?"

When Li Heng asked such a question, all the people in the Ganlu Hall understood his intentions, and it seemed that sending troops was inevitable, and everyone couldn't help but be excited for a while.

I saw Fang Xuan calmly said:

"100,000 soldiers and horses, self-raising of grain and grass!"

Li Heng nodded, the imperial court had just won the battle of Chang'an, and the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong were also unprecedentedly strong. In addition to tens of thousands of Shenwu troops, there are more than 20,000 Jiannan Army, tens of thousands of Anxi troops led by Li Siye, and more than 20,000 Hui elite soldiers from afar in Liquan.

It can be said that the Tang Dynasty at this time was much more relaxed in the selection of soldiers than before the Taishang Emperor's Western Hunt. Therefore, Li Heng is also very confident in his heart, the 100,000 soldiers and horses required by Fang Xuan can be easily achieved, as for the statement that the grain and grass are self-raised, although the details are unknown, but I always feel that since it comes from the mouth of the prime minister, it will not be a wild remark.

Qin Jin has always been led by the Shenwu Army against the rebels, and in his subconscious, only the Shenwu Army can be the leader, and now Fang Xuan suddenly jumped out, which immediately made him vigilant, could it be that Fang Xuan wants to seek to seize his military power?

At this time, he did not agree with sending troops, if Fang Xuan asked to take the Shenwu Army out of the customs, it would be difficult for him to resist the backlash.

Thinking of this, Qin Jin suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Previously, his thinking was always entangled in the question of whether he should send troops, but he accidentally fell into the pit he dug for himself.

At this point, Qin Jin regretted it a little, it was better to agree to send troops at the beginning, first take the dominance of the eastward exit on himself, and then slowly plan, and move with the camera, wouldn't it also be able to achieve the goal?

It's too late to regret it, Fang Xuan's current performance is calm and confident, and he has won the support and trust of the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials. The image of the old Chengmou country that has been established over the years may collapse in one day.

Just when Qin Jin's heart was confused, Fang Xuan spoke again.

"The minister asks His Majesty for two strong troops!"

Li Heng readily agreed.

"Fang Qing said that is, I will not agree!"

"Please take Li Siye, the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, and Mo Yan Siluo, the general of Hui Hui, as his deputy. ”

These two people are indeed good fighters, Li Heng nodded secretly.

"In addition to the Anxi army and the Hui soldiers, the minister also asked the soldiers of Pei Jing in Tongguan as a strategy to cooperate in the battle when necessary. ”

Pei Jing's soldiers and horses in Tongguan belonged to the Shenwu Army system, and the Shenwu Army at this time also changed from the forbidden army system to the local border army, nominally belonging to the Hedong Border Army. Qin and Jin used the envoy of Hedong Jiedu as an envoy to control all the Shenwu armies distributed in Guanzhong and Hedong.

If Pei Jing is asked to cooperate with Fang Xuan, he will not be able to get around Qin Jin.

Li Heng groaned a little for a while, and his eyes were aimed at Qin Jin.

Although Qin Jin was upset, he reacted extremely quickly, and immediately said:

"Although the minister does not agree to send troops at this time, if His Majesty has an edict, he should also obey it!"

Li Heng was very satisfied with Qin Jin's statement, this is the attitude that a loyal minister should have, although his position is clear, he can also distinguish the overall situation.

Li Heng thought for a while, and then said:

"The main force of the Shenwu Army in Guanzhong should not be transferred out of Chang'an for the time being, if there is no deterrence for the 100,000 Tuntian soldiers, for fear of chaos, Pei Jing will respect the soldiers and horses in Tongguan, Fang Qing can be transferred as appropriate!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Fang Xuan no longer made requests, and only habitually praised them.

Li Heng's words made Qin Jin secretly breathe a sigh of relief, Fang Xuan seemed to have no intention of seizing the military power of the Shenwu Army, thinking about it carefully, he felt that he regarded Fang Xuan as too despicable. It is also the prime minister around the Son of Heaven who is always in trouble with him, so that he has formed a kind of inertial thinking, and whenever the prime minister is against him, he will inevitably have a bad heart.

Today, it seems that Fang Xuan and him are mostly just politically disagreeable, but they don't have those despicable thoughts.

As a result, Qin Jin's views and evaluations of Fang Xuan have changed a little for the better.

After leaving the Ganlu Palace, Cui Guangyuan caught up with Qin Jin from behind, and kept complaining about why he didn't take the initiative to fight for the troops, but instead gave this great credit to Fang Xuan.

Qin Jin had no joy or sorrow on his face, and only replied calmly:

"The Shenwu Army is not well prepared, and if there is no certainty of victory, it naturally cannot send troops!"

Cui Guangyuan was obviously dissatisfied with Qin Jin's answer, and said hurriedly:

"The doctor will tell you the truth, which time the troops are sure of victory? If you don't see the doctor retreat half a point, what is the doctor worried about?"

Intuitively, Cui Guangyuan felt that Qin Jin's abnormality must have hidden secrets, which made Fang Xuan seize the opportunity.

Qin Jin smiled and said:

"At this time, the certainty of sending troops is less than fifty percent, and joining An Lushan has restored the situation in Luoyang, and he will fight back with all his might, how should I deal with it?"

Cui Guangyuan's eyes widened, he paused for a moment, and patted his thigh again:

"Since the doctor has such worries and concerns, why hasn't he said a word in the Manna Temple?"

Qin Jin shook his head.

"Unfounded speculation is unconvincing. ”

At this time, Cui Guangyuan seemed to realize the seriousness of it.

"But, but, the doctor is clear...... Why don't you try to dissuade Your Majesty?"

Cui Guangyuan's brain turned a few pieces, thinking that Qin Jin's worry was not unreasonable, so he immediately thought of Fang Xuan, who asked for his life, if he and 100,000 soldiers and horses were lost outside Tongguan, wouldn't it cause the Tang Dynasty to suffer a heavy blow?