Chapter 673: Self-defeating is self-defeating
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In the dead of night, Li Heng couldn't sleep peacefully, tossing and turning on the couch. Li Fuguo was also worried, so he had been serving in the dormitory, planning to find a suitable opportunity to prevent Guo Ziyi from continuing to make meritorious contributions. Cui Lian's suggestion was 10,000 resistant, but Qin Jin said that Tubo had a potential threat and it was not appropriate to transfer troops outside the Guan, so why didn't he send Guo Ziyi to Longyou?
If Guo Ziyi is transferred to Longyou and thrown on the Gobi Plateau, where birds don't, he will naturally stay away from the battlefield of peaceful chaos, and those great achievements that are rare in a century will naturally be far away from this person.
Therefore, Li Fuguo's plan is to get Guo Ziyi to Longyou, thanks to Qin Jin's inspiration, otherwise he really doesn't know where to start dealing with this red man in front of the Son of Heaven!
"Since the general is outside, why don't you come in and talk to me?"
Li Fuguo hadn't served in the dormitory for quite a long time, and today Li Heng saw him here, and he didn't want to sleep, so he simply wanted to chat with him for a while to relieve the worries in his heart!
"The slave is willing to share your majesty's worries and solve problems!"
Li Fuguo was waiting for this opportunity, and since Li Heng took the initiative to do so, he fell right into his hands!
"Tell me, do the Tubo people really covet my Guanzhong land?"
"Your Majesty, although the slave doesn't understand military affairs, she doesn't dare to talk nonsense. ”
Li Heng laughed as if he didn't have it.
"Don't worry, just make a small talk with me and tell me what you think!"
In fact, Li Heng was nervous in his heart, Fang Xuan's successful expedition to the east had not been reported, and the rebellion of Yongwang Jiangnan was worrying, and now there was a sudden appearance of Tubo who was eyeing him, and he only felt that he was about to be overwhelmed. Without waiting for Li Fuguo to speak, he sighed heavily.
"Everyone in the world says that the Son of Heaven is good, and if he breaks his head, he will compete for the position of the Son of Heaven. But do you know? Since I took this position, there has not been a day when I have not been terrified, as if I was sitting on the stove with my ass! When I was the crown prince, although I was also in a precarious situation, after all, I had the protection of the emperor, and I did not have to worry about the collapse of the society!"
A series of heavy sighs made the atmosphere in the hall extremely depressing, Li Fuguo didn't expect Li Heng's heart to be so fragile, and the words he spit out tonight were obviously held in his heart for a long time! However, he didn't think that the position of the Son of Heaven was a furnace for burning his ass, if he was allowed to do it, even if he could only sit for ten years, even if it was three or five years, and then it would be worth dying! After he died, how could he care about the monstrous flood behind him?
Li Fuguo could only turn around in his heart these thoughts, and he never dared to declare them.
"Your Majesty has every opportunity, and he has exhausted his efforts, and the slaves and maids see it in their eyes and keep it in their hearts, and they only hate themselves for being incompetent, and they can't share even a little worry for Your Majesty......"
Li Heng smiled bitterly:
"Government and military affairs are in the hands of ministers, as long as you are loyal, you don't need to worry about whether you share your worries or not!"
He was originally relieved to Li Fuguo, but Li Fuguo felt that there was a little bad taste in his heart, as for why it was not a taste, it was difficult to sort it out for a while, and after thinking about it for a while, he said again:
"Your Majesty's concern about Tibet, the slave maid has a little opinion!"
"Oh, tell me!"
Li Fuguo no longer avoided suspicion at this time, and said bluntly:
"The Tibetan people, like the Turkic people and the Tiele people in the steppe, live in pursuit of water and grass, and have no habit of settling. The cultivated land in this pass is of no use to them, and the reason why they are eyeing them is not the wealth of our Tang Dynasty?"
The candles in the dormitory flickered, and suddenly, Li Heng's eyes added a bit of fierceness. Li Fuguo's heart was cold, but he still gritted his teeth and said:
"In this case, Your Majesty only needs to do what he likes, and naturally he will be able to solve this urgent danger, and when the thief rebels are pacified, what else is there to worry about?"
"Do you want me to pay tribute to the Tibetan people and sue for peace?"
The Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty has been promoted as the Heavenly Khan by the surrounding small states since Taizong, and although Li Heng is now a fallen Heavenly Son, the hat of the Heavenly Khan is not intended to be thrown away. In other words, the more disadvantageous he is, the more he values these false names, and let him bribe the Tubo people to buy the peace of the border with the respect of the Heavenly Khan, which is extremely difficult to do!
Li Fu National Road:
"Your Majesty, Emperor Taizong of Wen still has an alliance with the Turks, can Your Majesty do it?"
"Don't mention this again!"
Li Heng waved his hand resolutely and sharply rejected Li Fuguo's suggestion.
Seeing this, Li Fuguo was overjoyed, he had long known that Li Heng would not agree, and only after this step could he come up with another way.
"If Your Majesty thinks that this move is inappropriate, the slave maid has other ideas, I don't know whether to say it or not!"
"Say!"
Therefore, Li Fuguo suggested that Li Heng take Guo Ziyi as the envoy of Longyoujie, and go to the local area to fight a few tough battles with Tubo, so that they know that it hurts, and naturally they will not dare to act rashly!
Li Heng was overjoyed when he heard this, but he was noncommittal.
Early the next morning, Li Heng summoned the important ministers again to discuss, but put forward a bolder proposal. Qin Jin and Princess Shou'an have less than ten days to get married, and if there is no military report from Gao Shi at that time, Guo Ziyi will go to Huainan in person to prepare for the unexpected. As for the hidden worries of Tibet, with Prime Minister Wei Fangjin as the chief envoy and Li Fuguo as the deputy envoy, he sent wealth, silk, cattle and sheep, including women, to buy peace on the border for at least three years!
As soon as this idea was announced to everyone, Li Fuguo was dumbfounded, he never imagined that Guo Ziyi was transferred out of Chang'an, and he was also transferred out of Chang'an, and he was also transferred out of Chang'an, and he went to the bitter cold place of Tubo, there were many dangers along the way, and it was not certain whether he would come back with his life!
Li Fuguo instinctively wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare, if he dared to shirk it word by word, he was afraid that it would be difficult to win the trust of the Son of Heaven from now on! Yes, although there were 1,000 and 10,000 unwilling, he could only pinch his nose and admit it. The only one among the ministers who was unfortunately implicated was Wei Fangjin.
Wei Fangjin had already stopped caring about political and military affairs, but suddenly got an errand to send an envoy to Tibet, and a pair of old eyes actually shone brightly. Qin Jin saw it in his eyes and sighed secretly, Wei Fangjin was not willing to be a lonely person after all. It's just that the reason why the Son of Heaven made such a decision overnight still surprised him.
Surprisingly, Cui Jian did not oppose this method that was almost self-inflicted, but followed the scrutiny and perfected some details.
"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the minister admires it. This should be used as both soft and hard, and grace and power can be used at the same time, so that the Tubo people can appreciate the kindness of our Tang Dynasty and the military power that should not be lightly offended!"
To be honest, when Li Heng made this decision, he had already thought that he would be opposed by important ministers, but it turned out to be easily supported, and even Cui Lian, who was known for Geng Jie's explosion, deeply agreed.
"What Cui Qing said is that the old man is seeking the country!
"Your Majesty only needs to send 10,000 elite soldiers, and you can accompany them. The Tubo people did not implement the county system like my Tang Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses of the whole country were promoted by the imperial court as a whole, and most of their soldiers and horses were assembled by various tribes in battle, so each tribe must have their own thoughts. Even if the deputy prime minister of Tibet, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie, still has the heart to attack, the leaders of the various tribes may not be willing to work hard for him, and he will take the ...... in the fire."
After Cui Jian returned yesterday, he immediately sorted out all the military reports on Tubo in the past few months, and only then did he discover that Tubo had actually mobilized nearly 100,000 troops from Longyou to Hexi, which was almost equivalent to the entire strength of Tubo. If the army of the whole country is poured out, if it is said that the Tubo people do not have the intention of attacking the Tang Dynasty, it is a big lie.
After understanding it, Cui Jian was secretly ashamed, if it wasn't for Qin Jin's heart, he would have almost ignored this impending danger.
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Gangnam East Road, Gangning. Li Lan stationed troops here after capturing Guangling and the Jiangnan counties, and the victory came so easily that he thought that the throne was only one step away from him.
All he had to do was to return to Luoyang before his imperial brother Li Hengke, and even go straight to Fan Yang, the old nest of An Lushan.
In order to make a thorough decision, Li Lan specially recruited several major Jiangling under his command from all over the country to Jiangning, and Ji Guangchen, Hun Weiming and others deeply agreed, believing that Li Lan's move should be a good response to the sky.
Since they achieved a series of victories in Guangling and other places, the number of people who rushed to defect has increased day by day, and there are only a few people left who oppose Yongwang, such as Li Chengshi and Li Xiyan, and they are all already remnants of the defeated army, only relying on the complexity of the Yangtze River waterway to resist stubbornly.
Just when everyone was fighting hard and ambitious, a piece of news came to Jiangning with a gallop, and the reinforcements from the imperial court arrived!
For Ji Guangchen and others, this has long been expected. But Li Lan was nervous when he heard this, and asked in a trembling voice:
"The imperial court, who did the imperial court send, and how many soldiers did they bring?"
"Huainan Jiedu made Gao Shi, it is rumored to lead 100,000 soldiers, as for the specific number, there is no exact number!"
"How is this possible? How is it good, how is it good?"
Ji Guangchen pondered for a while and said:
"King Yong, don't worry, the minister thinks that the court does not have so many soldiers and horses to hand over to Gao Shi, and there is a chance that nine out of ten are suspicious soldiers!"
"It is better to believe what you have than not to believe what you don't. The king still knows the truth that the arrogant army will be defeated, if Gao Shi really brings 100,000 soldiers and horses, how should the general deal with it?"
Ji Guangchen was silent for a while, and said bluntly:
"If there are really 100,000 troops, our army should rely on Jiangning's geographical advantages to defend as an attack, if it is not capable of the enemy, it can only avoid the enemy's edge first, find an opportunity to fight again!"
Although King Yong's command is also claimed to have 100,000 elites, the real number of soldiers who can fight is only 50,000, if Gao Shi really brings 100,000 people, Ji Guangchen is not sure of victory, but he is very sure that the imperial court cannot invest so many people in Jiangnan, and there are not so many soldiers and horses to recruit.
Due to the time being too hasty, King Yong's soldiers and horses did not fully control the Yangtze River waterway, and Li Chengshi and Li Xiyan resisted it with the complex waterway, so the Yangtze River moat could not be fully utilized, which was also calculated by Ji Guangchen, otherwise let alone 100,000 people, even if it was 200,000 people, it would not be easy to easily cross the Yangtze River and go south.
Gao Shi has no advantage of horses, and he came from afar, and the veterans of the division are tired, even if Li Chengshi and Li Xiyan are defeated, Ji Guangchen believes that defeating them is only in the blink of an eye!
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