Subsequently, Zhao Wei, Li Cunxiao and others all expressed their opinions one after another.

Liu Zhigu from beginning to end, is relatively silent, the defeat of the state, the blow to him is very big, after the defeat was captured, because Liu Zhigu is the prime minister of the country, the reputation is far and wide, so Gewa to him is extremely courteous, several times persuaded Liu Zhigu to surrender to Tibet, willing to fief the king to send off, of course, Liu Zhigu is a very backbone person, naturally categorically refused, only to die, and several suicides, but were stopped, although then rescued by Hu Xian, but this encounter, so that Liu Zhigu has a great sense of shame in his heart, he is not afraid of death, But he knew very well that his death at this time would be an extremely heavy blow to the morale of the Jin army.

After the war is over, Liu Zhigu will ask Zhao Zhi for his guilt.

Seeing the generals below actively speaking, Liu Zhigu glanced at Li Xun, who also didn't say a word from beginning to end, the latter just listened with a smile, no matter what the people below said, whether they were right or wrong, they never had any emotions, nor did they express their personal opinions, just listened there quietly.

The atmosphere at the scene was very lively, and there were no officials who spoke first, and officials who spoke later or even did not speak, for example, Yuan He suggested leading 5,000 cavalry, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of Tibet, directly sending troops to Shanzhou, fighting a dozen, disrupting Tubo's position and military deployment, and then retreating to Langzhou.

His suggestion was immediately opposed by Li Cunxiao, Lei Wanhai and other seven or eight middle and low-level generals, Yuan He is the governor of Xiazhou, the general of the fourth grade, his words, even if it is wrong, I am afraid that Li Xun will politely oppose it, but Li Cunxiao and other middle and low-level officers dare to refute it bluntly, the two sides argued for a while, Yuan He was persuaded, and he did not have any emotion, but smiled and was not angry at all.

Another example is Li Xun's henchman Sima Tu, who said that in this battle, we are not prepared to attack it, use troops to be surprised, and achieve a big victory, we can do this, and Tubo can also do this, we have just experienced a night of fierce fighting, the whole army is tired, and it is a lone army to go deep, and there is no follow-up support, Shanzhou to Langzhou City, the cavalry can be killed in one day at the earliest.

Sima Tu put forward a guess that although the 50,000 troops of Broken Dragon Fort were defeated, there were at least 20,000 soldiers who could fight, and they might immediately march into Langzhou and contain Li Xun and others in Langzhou, while Shanzhou was to gather a large army at the fastest speed and go straight to Langzhou, and it would be possible to arrive at the fastest late at night.

Looking at all this, Liu Zhigu was very surprised, in his concept, everyone has to talk about dignity, seniority, and official position, for example, he sits in the state, but all deliberations, he speaks first, and then expresses his opinions in succession by the level of the official position, he has never seen it like this today, no matter whether the official is big or small, he can say whatever he wants, and if he is wrong, it doesn't matter, no one will sneer at you, and no one will scold you.

Li Xun saw the look on Liu Zhigu's face, and said with a smile: "We have always discussed things like this, but it made Liu Xiangguo smile." ”

Liu Zhigu was puzzled: "Yuan He just spoke out to discuss the matter, and those young generals with much lower official positions dared to refute it bluntly, but Yuan He was not angry, why is this?" Are you really not angry, or are you pretending? ”

"Whether Yuanhe has a grudge or not, I don't know."

Li Xun said lightly: "I told Yuan He before, right is right, wrong is wrong, if you suppress others with your official position and don't allow you to speak, and cherish face, you can do this to the people below, and I can do this to you." ”

"Of course, the people above me can do the same to me."

After speaking, Li Xun couldn't help laughing.

Liu Zhigu stared at Li Xun, and after a moment, he shook his head and sighed: "The old man is vain for the country, if you had your mind at the beginning, there would not have been such a big defeat, and so many people lost their lives." ”

Li Xun said softly: "Liu Xiangguo doesn't have to mind, the defeat of the state is not your fault." ”

The defeat of the state is due to many reasons, and the entire military deployment is not designated by Liu Zhigu alone, more often, he also obeys the command of the imperial court, unlike Li Xun, after all, he has that relationship with Zhao Zhi, he is relatively free in all aspects, and he is less restrained by the imperial court.

Liu Zhigu was silent.

Soon, various opinions were gathered and everyone reached a consensus.

Three aspects.

First, hold on.

Li Xun now has nearly 26,000 soldiers in his hands, and Langzhou is also considered a fortified city, with enough food for more than a month.

Although Tubo won a great victory, but also had to divide the troops to garrison, which led to the inevitable dispersion of his troops, not counting the 50,000 soldiers who were resting in the direction of the state, Shanzhou and Langzhou directions, Tubo can be used to mobilize mobile troops, at most 120,000, of which Shanzhou has not yet been breached, the comparison between the siege and the defense of the city, generally three to one, in this way, Tubo must leave at least 60,000 troops, continue to besiege Shanzhou, used to deal with Li Xun's army, at most 60,000, not can not fight.

The news of Longyou should be transmitted back to Fengjing soon, once it is learned that Longyou is defeated, the imperial court will definitely dispatch troops as quickly as possible, as long as it can support twenty days, support until the arrival of the imperial army, as long as the four states of Longyou North Province are not completely lost, the situation in Longyou will still have room for turn.

Second, divide the troops.

Li Xun planned to defend the city with 20,000 troops, and divided 6,000 troops outside the city, led by Li Cunxiao, Zhao Wei, and Hu Xian, to contain the siege of Langzhou by the Tubo army in the field in the form of guerrilla harassment, and to attack the opponent's grain route.

Third, take the initiative.

The first two are things in the future, and now what Li Xun has to think about is that if it is really as Sima Tu said, Tubo may also use surprise soldiers against him, then tonight, Tubo's vanguard army will arrive.

Sima Tu's suggestion was to use Li Cunxiao to lead a small number of troops as a suspicious soldier to contain the Tubo army in the southwest, ambush the outside of the city with the main cavalry, and suddenly attack from behind while the other party was attacking the city.

Li Xun pondered again and again, and finally complied with the public opinion, deployed a military plan on this, and dispatched troops.

When the deliberations were over, everyone left one after another, each making preparations.

Li Xun said to Liu Zhigu: "Liu Xiangguo, you slept all night last night, and you are tired when you think about it, I have prepared a room for you, let's go and rest." ”

Liu Zhigu nodded, late last night, he had just been rescued by Hu Xian, he had not slept all night, and he had been discussing with everyone for more than an hour just now, and he was indeed a little tired.

Before leaving, Liu Zhigu asked out loud: "What if Tubo doesn't come?" Isn't it hard work for you to mobilize troops and horses like this, and it also makes the people below question you? ”

Li Xun said with a smile: "This is the wisdom of everyone, I think it is somewhat reliable, if Tubo does not come, then do not come, I have ordered people to prepare a large amount of meat, and take out all the property obtained from the war, and distribute it equally to the soldiers of the whole army, whether it is successful or not, the soldiers are back, they all have meat to eat, money to share, what do they have to complain about me?" ”

After speaking, Li Xun arched his hand at Liu Zhigu, walked away, and found a place to sleep and rest, maybe it will be another sleepless night tonight.

Looking at the back of Li Xun leaving, Liu Zhigu was silent for a long time.