"General Gongsun, should the imperial court send troops?" Li Yan looked at Gongsun Changming, who was sitting opposite, and asked.

In the imperial study, Emperor Li Yan summoned Gongsun Changming, the general of Qianniu Weizuo, alone. In the meeting of the important ministers of the imperial court, Wei Botian used troops to recover Zhaoyi in one fell swoop, and the two towns of Wei Bo were directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and a consensus had been reached on the facts, and even Wang Shu, who had always held opposing views, could only hold reservations in the end, because everyone else was one-sided in favor of sending troops.

The danger of defeat is of course there, but the danger is insignificant compared to the enormous gains that can be gained in the event of victory. As these important ministers relied on by the imperial court, who doesn't want to be as majestic as they were in the Tang Dynasty?

Now the days are quite sloppy. Although they still stand at the pinnacle of this era in terms of financial resources, for them, money can basically no longer be their highest pursuit.

Of course, in order to make victory more certain, of course, it is necessary to mobilize all possible forces, and the Hedong soldiers under the command of Han Qi in Hedong are also a battle-hardened force, and if they can be allowed to join, the chances of victory will naturally increase.

But the problem is that the contradiction between Hedong and Wuwei has now surfaced, and the envoy of Wuwei Jiedu, the general of Qianniuwei, and the general of the northland march publicly wrote to reprimand Han Qi and Li Cunzhong, and strongly opposed him to becoming the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and it was precisely because of Li Ze's strong reaction that the imperial court had to shelve this appointment.

For the imperial court, if Han Qi is considered an arm, Wuwei Li Ze is definitely a thigh.

Now that the imperial court wants to use this arm, of course it has to give it some compensation, but it can't offend the thighs because of this, so this time Li Yan summoned Gongsun Changming alone.

Gongsun Changming is now Li Ze's spokesperson in Luoyang, Chang'an, and his relationship with Li Ze and his father Li Anguo is extremely deep.

For Gongsun Changming, Li Yan's perception is quite good.

When Li Yan first ascended the throne, the peasant uprising that swept the Tang Dynasty had just been suppressed, and the entire empire could be said to be standing on a ruin, almost nothing, and at this time, the Khitan Empire rose on the grassland, posing a great threat to the borders of the Tang Empire. It was at this time that Zhang Zhongwu was appointed as the envoy of the Lu Long Festival. At that time, Gongsun Changming resolutely abandoned the position of a noble official in the court, a horse, a package, and a servant, and drifted out of the customs and went to Lulong.

Assisted Zhang Zhongwu for more than ten years, defeated the Khitan, and also created a powerful Lulongjie town, and when Zhang Zhongwu showed his rebellion, Gongsun Changming was a man, a horse and a servant, and escaped from Lulong after a lot of hardships. For this person who is capable and not disobedient, and can be regarded as loyal to the Tang Dynasty, how can Li Yan not like it and not respect it?

A large part of his reassurance about Li Ze comes from the fact that Gongsun Changming is now doing things for Li Ze. If Li Ze wants to rebel, Gongsun Changming will definitely not do anything for the tiger. Otherwise, he would not have escaped from Zhang Zhongwu in the first place.

"Of course, troops should be sent, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Gongsun Changming stroked his beard and said categorically. "The courtiers are not guilty, the court can't be punished without guilt, like Zhang Zhongwu raised the flag of rebellion, the big rebellion, the court can raise a large army to destroy it, so that Lu Long belongs to the banner of the court, and the other festivals, yin and yang, but on the surface can not find any rebellion, it is really a nameless teacher, now Tian Chenghei is risking the world, wanting to annex Zhaoyi, this is the best excuse for the court, when will not send troops at this time?"

Li Yan nodded again and again.

Gongsun Changming's hand drew a large circle in the air: "Take Wei Bo, Zhaoyi, and connect with Wuwei Lulong and other places, and other festivals and towns in the north, how can there be room for resistance?" Your Majesty, the great determination of the northern land is in front of you, and the northern land is certain, how can the south resist it? ”

"General Gongsun said it well." Hearing that Gongsun Changming's tone was the same as that of Tian Lingzi and others, Li Yan was determined in his heart: "If you send troops, it will naturally be the general Chen Bangzhao of Guide as the commander, and General Gongsun has been on the battlefield for a long time, do you think it is okay?" ”

"General Guide is a rare veteran in my Tang court, and he is a good candidate for calm use of troops." Gongsun Changming said with a smile.

"However, General Guide hopes that Hedong can send troops to help." Li Yan smiled and said: "If you say so, you can get nine out of ten." And if you want Hedong to send troops to help, I am afraid that the position of the envoy of Hedong Jiedu must be given to Han Qi, otherwise he will have complaints in his heart, and he is afraid that he will not help with his death. ”

"Is that so?" Gongsun Changming was silent.

"Of course, if General Li can draw out his fierce generals to lead his troops to help, the Hedong soldiers, don't do it." Li Yan takes advance as retreat.

"Your Majesty, Wuwei has been fighting for many years, and the soldiers have hardly recuperated, if they are forced to send troops again, I am afraid that it will cause a civil uprising." Gongsun Changming shook his head again and again.

"In that case?"

"As long as Hedong is willing to send troops to help, I don't think Li Shuai will care about giving Han Qi this position." Gongsun Changming smiled and said: "Li Shuai is dissatisfied with Han Qi, in fact, it is because when this person fought with Lu Long before, he shrank back and refused to send troops to help, which really disappointed Gao Shuai's wise loyalty and filial piety. Now that he is sending troops to Zhaoyi and crusade against Tian Chenghei, it can be regarded as doing his best for the imperial court, as long as he is dedicated to the imperial court, Li Shuai will naturally not be embarrassed by it. ”

Li Yan was overjoyed when he heard this: "It is really a great fortune for the court to have such a national share of Li Shuai, and it is also a great luck for me." General Gongsun, Li Shuai is so generous, the court naturally wants to say something, but he is already a minister, he is too young, and his parents are also here, but it is not good to add officials to the knighthood, but Li Shuai has just had a son, so he will add this grace to his son. ”

"As a baby, he is already a seven-grade official, and with grace, it not only makes people gossip, but also folds his blessings." Gongsun Changming said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Li Shuai is loyal to the country, and last year, he folded the eight strategies he said, and he took the town as the leader, if he can do such a thing now, Li Shuai will only be happy, how can he need the imperial court's commendation?" The country is strong, and Li Shuai wishes. ”

"Xue Ping's department, in Lu Long, can be regarded as a fine practice, Cheng Xu has made a great contribution, this time Xue Ping folded, hoping to lead the department to enter the criminal state to help the war, Li Shuai thinks it is okay?" Li Yan asked.

"Naturally, it's okay, Xue Ping's department belongs to the Imperial Court's Shence Army, and if he participates in the war, he should do his part." Gongsun Changming nodded in agreement.

Li Yan was in a good mood, Wu Wei can now be said to be his biggest foreign aid, and now he has reached a comprehensive agreement with Wu Wei, which makes him suddenly full of confidence in the next battle.

He felt that now he could already imagine the grand occasion of Datang once again flourishing.

Gongsun Changming, who returned to the Qianniuwei General's Mansion, was not as calm and clear as he appeared in the palace. Chen Bing, Zhen Sheng, Tu Hu, and even Jin Mantang, who had just arrived in Chang'an, all gathered here to discuss the possible impact of this incident on them.

"Jin Gong, you have to start making preparations, the funds from Chang'an, Luoyang and other places must be transferred away one after another, and they will be transferred to Wuwei as much as possible. Gongsun Changming looked at Jin Mantang and said: "Loyal people, we must also make arrangements in advance, once something is not done, we can immediately leave." ”

Jin Mantang was puzzled: "Mr. Gongsun, now it seems that Wei Bo will inevitably be attacked from several sides, the imperial court, the soldiers and horses in Hedong and Hedong add up to 150,000 troops, plus Yang Zhihe of Zhaoyi Criminal Prefecture has received the support of Xue Ping, and has stabilized his position, and the form should be a good one." Once the imperial court recovers Wei Bo Zhaoyi, the world will be as stable as Mount Tai, why is Mr. Gongsun so worried? ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." Gongsun Changming shook his head and said: "Now the form is unpredictable, if it continues to develop like this, Wei Bo naturally has nothing to fear, but I don't believe that some other ambitious festival towns will sit back and watch the imperial court defeat Wei Bo." You must know that the original Jieshuai's suggestions and eight strategies have long been leaked out by people with intentions, among which the policy of cutting the town has touched the nerves of many people, if you sit back and watch the imperial court defeat Wei Bo, take back Zhaoyi, and join forces with Wuwei, then the town will no longer be a verbal word but can be put into practice. Do you think those festival towns are willing to obediently hand over their rights? ”

"Of course not." Chen Bingdao: "Let's take me as an example, I was a little guard, eating and waiting for death every day, but now I have become a general with my son, if anyone wants to beat me back to my original form, I naturally have to fight hard to see if I can maintain the right to my current position, I don't want to go back and be a little person who is nothing, anyone can kick me twice!" ”

"It's not rough, that's it." Gongsun Changming said: "The person who has tasted the taste of Lide, if you want him to give up all this, how can he be willing?" So this battle is definitely not as easy as imagined? Even if you are not careful, it will turn into another turmoil that will sweep the whole country, so we must make the preparations in advance, Tu Hu, you and Jin Gong will be responsible for the funds, material arrangements and manpower arrangements on the dark line. ”

"Yes." Tu Hu and Jin Mantang nodded.

"Chen Bing, Chu Sheng, the military affairs will be handed over to the two of you, remember, five thousand Niu Wei, but we are still a trivial matter with the capital at the bottom of the box, old lady, lady, little boy, who made a mistake, what face do we have to meet the marshal?"

Everyone in the room was terrified.

For them, the most difficult thing right now is this. Once the war began, they would completely cut off contact with Wuwei.