"Your Majesty, it is an indisputable fact that the Turkic state is at its peak, there is no need for Datang to choose to knock the Turkic hard stone at this time, only by preserving its strength and destroying the Turks with the smallest loss, Datang can be truly invincible!"

In the Manna Palace, Li Er frowned and pondered, Li Zexuan stood down and waited for a long time without seeing any reaction from Li Er, and he finally couldn't help but open his mouth to break the silence.

Li Er finally raised his head, his sloppy gaze also had a focus, he stared at Li Zexuan, and said word by word: "I know better than anyone else the situation of the Turkic national strength, since I ascended the throne, the spies sent into the grassland have never been broken, I admit that the current strength of the Turkic army is indeed three points stronger than my Tang Dynasty, but yesterday I have issued an order, ordering the six departments of the court to prepare for war with all their might, and after March, 300,000 troops will be sent from Chang'an to the grassland!"

I am the king of a country, how can I speak without faith? You said that at the end of July, the Turkic summer frost falls, although this matter is incredible, but I believe you! But even so, so what? Since ancient times, there have been no jokes, do you want to let me go back on my word and lose my prestige? At that time, there will be chaos in the Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Zexuan frowned, and couldn't help but be silent for a while, Li Er's words can be regarded as putting his heart in his heart, and now the problem is not that Li Erxiang doesn't believe him, but that the holy decree of sending troops to the Turks has been issued, even if what Li Zexuan said is reasonable, Li Er can't change the order overnight, right?

If the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty believed the news of the frost in the Turkic July, it would be better to do it, because at that time, even if Li Er was unwilling to withdraw the holy decree, the civil and military officials would force him to withdraw the holy decree, but the problem was that it was impossible for the officials to believe in such an absurd thing as "midsummer frost" just based on Li Zexuan's words! So Li Er at this time is a real dilemma!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the life of my Tang Dynasty Hao'er Lang is the most important, if we can postpone the attack on the Turks for a year, our chances of victory will not only be greater, but the casualties will be much smaller! In contrast, the minister thinks that you can also have jokes! ”

After pondering for a long time, Li Zexuan spoke again.

"Humph! Up to now, do you still think that I am the kind of unscrupulous monarch who would rather push countless Tang Dynasty into the abyss of death for the sake of death? ”

Li Er understood the hidden meaning of Li Zexuan's words, he slapped the case and said with an angry face:

"There is no turning back arrow from the bow, the holy order of the national war has been issued, and the six courts are making intensive preparations for this war, if I suddenly issue an order to the officials of all ministries to stop preparing for war at this time, the hundred officials of the court will definitely think that I am timid about the Turks, there is no impermeable wall in this world, if the hundred officials spread these news to the people, the people of the world will be panicked, even if the Turks will suffer a heavy snowstorm this year, even if Jieli will suffer a great loss of strength because of this, can the Tang Dynasty at that time organize an attack against the Turks again?

As the saying goes, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion! Rather than distracting the army in the future, it is better to gather the army now and attack the grassland in one go! Although the Turks are strong, my Tang Dynasty may not have no chance of winning, I have resourceful ministers, brave and warlike generals, as well as fairy lamps, binoculars, gunpowder, peerless magic weapons and invincible armor, why can't I fight with the Turks in a dignified manner?

Only by defeating the Turks when they are at their strongest, will Datang have the invincible capital of the world, and only then can the rest of the surrounding small countries dare not provoke the tiger whiskers of Datang! Your kid was still high-spirited at the beginning, threatening to make the Tang Dynasty invincible, but now that you have gone to the north, why have you become timid? Could it be that your backbone and your blood have been destroyed by the Turkic National Teacher? ”

Li Er's voice was like thunder, and his words were like a storm, slamming on Li Zexuan's front door, and the entire Ganlu Hall echoed with his angry voice, Zhao Song, who was standing in the corner of the hall, couldn't help but be secretly anxious when he saw this, it was the first time he saw Li Er so angry in front of his courtiers, although Li Er had often been angry by his courtiers before, but Lao Li generally did not get angry directly in front of his courtiers, and he smashed the cup alone after the courtiers left, so Zhao Song was a little worried about Li Zexuan's current situation.

"No, I didn't!"

Li Zexuan was not intimidated by Li Er's thunderous anger, he looked directly at Li Er, his eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse and retorted: "The minister is not afraid of the Turks, the minister's blood is still hot, the heart is still red, the minister loves the land under his feet, and he loves the simple and brave people of the Tang Dynasty!" If the Tang Dynasty sends troops to the Turks now, the minister is willing to go to the army immediately, be a vanguard, charge into battle, and kill the enemy to serve the country!

But the minister doesn't want to see countless Tang Dynasty sons and daughters die under the iron hooves of the Turks, the kind of life and death pain that the robe around him talked and laughed with him one moment, but the next moment he slept in the ground, the minister didn't want to experience it again! Behind each of them is a warm family, is the son of man, is a husband, may also be a father, when they are buried in the battlefield, their parents have no son, wives have no husband, children have no father, the warm family suddenly becomes fragmented!

In the first battle of Yongheguan, my Datang lost tens of thousands of soldiers, which means that tens of thousands of families were torn apart because of this war! The white bones have withered on the sand and grass, and the family still sends their own winter clothes. Relying on the words of the king to seal the marquis, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither. The minister doesn't want to stand on this pile of white bones and make immortal feats, that kind of merit is stained with blood, and the minister will be uneasy when he receives it!

If you fight, you are willing to fight! But the minister doesn't want to see more senseless sacrifices! I hope Your Majesty thinks twice! ”

In the end, Li Zexuan's eyes couldn't help but moisten, because he remembered Xu Tingda and other soldiers who came out of Bingzhou with him, and how high-spirited they were when they first came out of Bingzhou? I thought that the enemy would be able to take advantage of the opportunity, but who knew that the Turks had invested so much money this time, and directly dispatched 50,000 wolf cavalry elites, and the defense lines of Yanmen Pass, Yonghe Pass, and Madou Pass were all destroyed, and the 30,000 troops brought out by Li Zexuan from Bingzhou were only a few thousand people left in the end.

"If you don't say anything, you will succeed in ten thousand bones!"

(From the late Tang Dynasty poet Cao Song's "Jihai Sui")

Hearing this poem popping out of Li Zexuan's mouth, Li Er couldn't help but be stunned, and after being silent for a long time, he stood up with a complicated face, walked in front of Li Zexuan, patted the latter's shoulder, and said in a deep voice:

"Boy, since ancient times, wars have killed people, if there were no soldiers who were born and died on the battlefield, how could there be the peace of the four seas that my Tang Dynasty is today? When I first went to the battlefield, I was like you, and I also experienced the heart-rending pain when I saw the robes around me leave you one after another! But I will not run away, let alone collapse, because I know that only by making this country completely peaceful can I avoid more bloodshed on the battlefield! ”

"However, we can find a way to kill fewer people!"

Li Zexuan said with a serious face.

"Figured out? The solution you are talking about is to have me order the officials of the Six Ministries to stop preparing for the expedition? Is it to let the people of the Tang Dynasty know that their monarch is a cowardly monarch who is afraid of the Turks? Or do you have a way to convince everyone in Datang that the Turks will continue to suffer from snow disasters this year? ”

Li Er snorted coldly and continued: "So far, the best way is to make sufficient preparations for the expedition within these three months, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are no weaker than the Turkic soldiers, and now that the imperial treasury is sufficient, your workshop is technologically advanced, and it can provide the soldiers with more sufficient food and grass and military supplies and more sophisticated weapons and armor, which can also reduce casualties!" You kid was high-spirited and not afraid of heaven and earth at the beginning, but now you don't even have the confidence to defeat the Turks? ”

was "taught" by Li Er, Li Zexuan was speechless for a while, because what Lao Li said was reasonable, so he had no way to refute it, as far as the current situation in Datang is concerned, the risks and costs to be taken to change the holy decree are too huge, it is better to prepare for the expedition.

More importantly, although the Turks in this period of time are more powerful, the Tang Dynasty at this time is also more powerful than the official history, not to mention the full treasury and strong national strength, the current industrial level of the Tang Dynasty is also more advanced than the official history, and it can create sharper weapons and the strongest armor, as well as wireless telegraphy, fairy lights, telescopes and other auxiliary tools.

Thinking of this, Li Zexuan's heart rose with a strong sense of confidence. Since the matter of going to the grassland can no longer be changed, let's try to increase the chances of victory for Datang! Three months is a short time, but you can still do a lot of things!

"Your Majesty's lesson is that the minister has drilled the tip of the bull's horn for a while, and in the next three months, the minister will do his best to help the court prepare for the Turks!"

Li Zexuan bowed to Li Ershen and said with a firm face.

Seeing this, Li Er's face finally showed a relieved smile, and he bowed his head and said, "Okay!" This is the high-spirited fairy child! What can the Turkic state do if it is strong, as long as our monarchs and ministers work together, the destruction of the Turks is just around the corner! ”

"Your Majesty is very true!"

Li Zexuan echoed with a smile.

After that, he suddenly remembered that he came to the court today with a "mission", so he hurriedly bowed his hand to Li Er and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's little uncle in Longhu Mountain, wants to meet Your Majesty, and is now waiting outside the palace, Your Majesty, you see ......."

Hearing this, Li Er's eyes lit up and he was surprised: "Oh? Are you saying that Daoist Xuanqing also came to Chang'an? Fast! Come! Hurry up and ask Daoist Xuanqing to come over! ”

After saying that, Li Er couldn't wait to shout at the inner servants outside the hall.

"Oh~!"

One of the chamberlains bowed in response, then turned and walked away quickly.

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Er looked at Li Zexuan and asked thoughtfully: "You kid told me honestly, what is the matter with Daoist Xuanqing entering the palace to see me this time?" ”

Longhu Mountain has always been a half-worldly and half-hidden sect, and he has never been keen on welcoming secular imperial power, so Xuanqing took the initiative to enter the palace to meet him this time, and Li Er immediately sensed that something was wrong after experiencing the initial excitement, so he asked Li Zexuan a question.

In addition, this time when Li Zexuan was seriously injured at Longmen Pass and his life was hanging by a thread, Xuanqing, who had been practicing in Longhu Mountain, arrived in time, this kind of coincidence that should not have happened appeared, and Lao Li had doubts in his heart!

Hearing this, Li Zexuan pondered for a moment and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Uncle Xiao went down the mountain this time, originally with the task assigned by the uncle, I don't want his old man to know that the minister was already in Longmen Pass when he passed through Lantian County, so he hurried to Longmen County, and happened to meet Longmen Pass being besieged by the Turkic army, and you should have heard about the rest of the matter, Your Majesty!" ”

"Uh-huh......!"

Li Er nodded, and then he asked, "You just said that Daoist Xuanqing went down the mountain on the order of the head of the Feng Lingzi, can you tell me what the task is?" ”

After the heart-to-heart conversation between the two of them was shortened a lot, so Li Er didn't have much scruples when he asked these words, and Li Zexuan wouldn't cover it up when he answered.

"Your Majesty, I can't hide it, Uncle Master wants to let the disciples of the Heavenly Master Dao Sect enter the world to practice, most of those disciples are proficient in medical Taoism, and the head of the sect heard that the disciples have made a medical school in Yunshan, and many joint medical halls have been set up in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, so I want to let those Heavenly Master Dao disciples with superb medical skills enter the medical hall to diagnose the pulse of the people! For the people in the Taoist sect, saving the dead and helping the wounded, and getting rid of the sick and the bad luck for the people of the world is also a kind of practice! ”

"I see!"

Li Er's eyes lit up, and after a pause, he nodded again and again: "Okay!" Good! Good! With the help of the Heavenly Master and the Daomen, this Datang United Medical Center will definitely be able to do more and more, and the people of Datang will be able to get less sick and more blessed, which is a great thing! ”

The Tang Dynasty respected Laozi as its ancestor and adopted Taoism as the state religion, and took measures to vigorously promote Taoism and improve the status of Taoist priests. After Li Er ascended the throne, he immediately reiterated that "the origin of the Buddha is from under the pillar", and collected the hidden and secret Taoist books of the Jin and Wei dynasties, and spread the avenue. Because Taoism was conducive to the orthodoxy and sacredness of the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty, Li Er had a very good impression of Taoism.

At this time, when he heard Li Zexuan say that the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain planned to enter the world to practice, Lao Li couldn't help but be overjoyed!

"Your Majesty, Daoist Xuanqing has arrived outside the hall!"

At this moment, a little eunuch trotted in and bowed.

"Quick! Hurry up and ask Daoist Xuanqing to come in! ”

Li Er's expression was shocked, and he said excitedly.

"Uh, Your Majesty, but Daoist Xuanqing is unwilling to remove the sword box!"

The waiter looked puzzled.

Li Zexuan hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Your Majesty forgives your sins!" Uncle Xiao is obsessed with swordsmanship, regards swords as life, and has always been a sword without leaving his body, please forgive your majesty! The minister is willing to guarantee with his life, and the little uncle has absolutely no ill will towards His Majesty! ”

Li Er smiled indifferently and said, "Heh~!" It doesn't matter! I believe in you! ”

After that, he looked at the chamberlain and said, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Hurry up and ask Daoist Xuanqing to come in! ”

"Oh~!"

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