The question of whether this is a war with the Western Regions is discussed every day, but as soon as it is discussed, it is divided into two factions, those who support Li Tiezui believe that they should defend Lanzhou first, defeat the Jin army and then fight the Western Regions, while those who support Gu Shangshu insist on concentrating on fighting the Western Regions first, and the war against Jin can be put aside, both factions have their own reasons, no one can convince anyone, and later it will be reduced to personal attacks, and then it will be linked to the dispute between Li Tiezui and Gu Shangshu, as a result, every discussion ends up without knowing where the topic is crooked, always calling His Majesty the Emperor a slap on the table" adjournment".

Today, the two sides once again discussed the issue of whether or not to attack the Western Regions.

"Today we will only discuss whether to fight the Western Regions", the emperor's face was pale, and he solemnly announced: "No personal attacks, no change of topic, violators will be severely punished!" ”

"The minister agrees!" A minister immediately answered: "A few days ago, it was Master Sun who provoked the personal attack first, and as a result, the topic was changed!" ”

How could the minister surnamed Sun accept this hat, and immediately counterattacked: "I don't know who accused me first!" ”

"He said the facts of the other day!" Another minister said.

"This is called the truth, so what about what you scolded yesterday!" Another minister chimed in.

The emperor angrily grabbed the teacup on the case and smashed it directly: "Can you shut up!" "It might be better if he didn't say that personal attacks are not allowed, and this request will not even discuss the issue of the Western Regions, and he will directly start personal attacks.

The ministers kept their mouths shut.

"Okay, now, speak one by one, to fight the Western Regions or not to fight the Western Regions!" The emperor was determined not to give these people a chance to talk nonsense, and he began to name them one by one: "Sun Qing, you say it first!" ”

The minister Sun listened to the emperor call his name first, felt his own faction full of expectant eyes, and immediately spoke: "The minister thinks that the Western Regions must fight, and the small Western Regions are actually fighting with my big Han, how can you do it if you don't fight, you can fight with one punch, and you can prevent a hundred punches, if you don't fight, then there will be many small countries to learn from in the future, and my big Han will have endless troubles, not to mention not to fight the Western Regions, my Western Xinjiang is uneasy, how to attack the Jin State with all my strength, so the minister thinks that while the Jin army is losing in a row and is unable to fight back for a while, he will attack with all his strength, and the small land in the Western Regions can be taken in a few months." At that time, he turned to fight with the Jin State, not only did he have no worries, but he could also use the troops of the Western Regions to attack the Jin State, which enhanced the strength of our army! ”

The Emperor nodded. Although he had been listening to this reason for a few days, after all, he didn't hear it in the noise of everyone this time, so he could finally listen carefully and think about it.

"Zhou Qing, tell me about it!"

Minister Zhou arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the Western Regions cannot be beaten, now our army is fighting with the Jin State with all its might, it is not easy to gain an advantage, as soon as it retreats, the Jin State will be relieved, with the strength of our army, the Western Regions are also exhausted, where can we fight the Jin State again, at that time, the Jin State is only afraid of another large-scale attack, and my Central Plains region is not Han people, not to mention, now our main enemy is the Jin State, no matter how strong the Western Regions are, they are not able to enter the Kou, as long as they defend Lanzhou, the people of the Western Regions have no way, we will fight the Jin State first, and then punish the Western Regions, This is the fundamental order, if we attack the Western Regions with all our strength in order to prevent future troubles, in case there is a mistake, the future trouble is not greater, as for the fear of small countries to learn from them, it is not necessary at all, we have even defeated the Jin country, which small country dares to follow the example! ”

Minister Sun could refute himself in Minister Zhou's words, and was about to speak, when the emperor pointed with his hand: "Don't speak, let me listen one by one, and think about it slowly!" ”

Minister Sun had no choice but to swallow the words back into his stomach.

The emperor looked at the ministers, and he had been listening to the words of the two sides for more than ten days, and it was these contents that were turned over and over again, and in the end they quarreled endlessly, and today was much better, he only let people speak one by one, and finally stopped arguing, he secretly admired Wei Guifei in his heart, this idea of letting people speak one by one was made by Wei Guifei, and it seemed that it really worked, just. Although this method worked and made everyone stop arguing, but there was no conclusion, and he was silent for a while.

The hall was silent, and since the emperor forbade indiscriminate speech, all the ministers stood there silently, waiting for the emperor's instructions.

After a long time, the emperor said slowly: "I really don't have an idea about this matter, let me think about it, anyway, now it's either fighting with Jin or fighting with the Western Regions, and one of the two must be chosen!" ”

"The minister risked his life to speak: there is a third way!" The next person said.

The emperor looked down, but it was Jiang Zhong, the squire of the military department.

"Jiang Qing, what is your proposition?" The Emperor asked.

Jiang Zhong arched his hand: "The minister thinks that he can start a war with the Western Regions and Jin at the same time!" ”

"What?"

"!"

"It's just a joke!"

The camp was bombed at once, and the ministers reprimanded one after another.

The emperor waved his hand: "Shut up!" He looked at Jiang Zhong: "Do you think that my Great Han has the strength to start a war with the Jin Kingdom and the Western Regions at the same time!" ”

Jiang Zhong replied calmly: "Yes, please tell Your Majesty Rong Chen!" ”

"Say!" The emperor said only one word.

"Your Majesty, you can't attack the Western Regions with the whole army of my three-way army! In this case, the Left Route Army attacked the Western Regions, why not, the Left Route Army commander Hussar General Wei Qing, has always been able to make good decisions, and there are many capable people under him, and he has been invincible before, and recently defeated the Jin Army, I heard that the chasing Jin State Prince Wanyan Yungong only fled back with dozens of people, he now has more than 100,000 people in his hands, we will add some more troops to him, let him go to the Western Regions, if the victory is the best, if it is not victorious, as long as Lanzhou does not lose, there is still room for maneuver, this is the best of both worlds! ”

A smile appeared on the emperor's face: "Jiang Shilang, why didn't you say this plan earlier, you have to wait until I am helpless!" ”

"Don't dare!" Jiang Zhong hurriedly replied, "The minister also thought of it last night!" ”

The emperor laughed: "What you thought of last night is really important, okay, just do it, you will be responsible, and then send tens of thousands of soldiers, all of which will be in charge of Wei Qing, and also, you will personally go to the labor army, he is now a hussar general, right?" Pass my will, promote him to a general, if this battle in the Western Regions is fought well, I will promote him to be a protector general! ”

Jiang Zhong tried his best to control his expression, so as not to show excitement, he knew that Gu Shangshu was staring at him hatefully? "The minister's decree, as soon as the dynasty is dispersed, I will do it!"

"Scatter!" The emperor did not hesitate to order.

Jiang Zhong went out, quickened his pace, and without waiting for Gu Huairen behind to catch up, he first arrived outside the noon gate, got into the sedan chair, and walked all the way back home.

As soon as he entered the door, he called his subordinates to inform Jiang Xiaoyu: "Go and tell Miss, come to my study, I have something to look for him!" ”

Jiang Zhong waited in the study for a long time before seeing Jiang Xiaoyu come in sullenly.

Jiang Zhong looked at Jiang Xiaoyu lovingly: "Yu'er, why are you unhappy!" ”

"What?" Jiang Xiaoyu replied.

Jiang Zhong smiled slightly: "I miss Wei Qing!" ”

Jiang Xiaoyu's face turned red, and she didn't answer, just lowered her head slightly.

Jiang Zhong sighed: "Wei Qing is the commander, I'm afraid that I really want to get together with you and leave more?" All right! Daddy has no other way but to take you to borrow the opportunity of the labor army to see him again! ”

Jiang Xiaoyu's head rose suddenly, and her eyes lit up: "Daddy, you, you said to take me to the labor army to see Wei Qing!" ”

"If you don't want to see him, you can't go!" Jiang Zhong said with a smile.

"Of course I'm going to ,,,,,, Daddy!" Jiang Xiaoyu realized that her father was joking with her halfway through her words, so she snorted and jumped up to pull Jiang Zhong's beard, Jiang Zhong laughed and dodged.

Three days later, Jiang Zhong set off with an army of 80,000, and he wanted to bring this army to Lanzhou and send it to Wei Qing, who was already waiting, so that Wei Qing could pacify the Western Regions, and at the same time, he also wanted to send his beloved daughter to Wei Qing, so that the two could relieve the pain of lovesickness.

There was nothing to say all the way, through Xi'an, Baoji, Tianshui to Dingxi, and then two hundred miles to Lanzhou, that is, more than two days of road, Jiang Xiaoyu's face became more and more anxious as the army approached Lanzhou, and several times wanted to break away from the army and move forward quickly, but this is already the front line, where does Jiang Zhong dare to let her walk alone, she can only try her best to comfort Jiang Xiaoyu.

Here in Dingxi camp, Jiang Xiaoyu complained about the speed of the march again, Jiang Zhong was a little impatient, and replied: "As soon as these 80,000 people arrive in Lanzhou, they will have to go on an expedition to the Western Regions with other troops, how can they go too fast now, how can they fight in the future!" ”

Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes suddenly widened.

Although Jiang Zhong is with her every day, he will not easily tell her such a military secret, but now that he has arrived in Dingxi, he can go to Lanzhou in two days, and then he will set off, so it has no big impact; The second is that Jiang Xiaoyu is really annoyed by Jiang Zhong, and Jiang Zhong explained it.

Jiang Zhong didn't think about anything else, but he didn't say it for the sake of secrecy before, but Jiang Xiaoyu was surprised when he heard it.

"Daddy, you mean to say that Wei Qing wants to command a large army to fight the Western Regions!"

Jiang Zhong nodded: "Yes, it's just that this news hasn't been made public yet, you don't want to spread it, you can say it casually when you get to Lanzhou!" ”

"I won't do it!" Jiang Xiaoyu suddenly shouted: "Which guy who lacks virtue came up with the idea to let Wei Qing go to the Western Regions!" ”

"This idea was mine, and His Majesty the Emperor agreed, what's wrong?" Jiang Zhong didn't expect his daughter to say this, and he was very dissatisfied.

Jiang Xiaoyu's face turned red, and she hurriedly apologized: "Daddy, I'm sorry, my daughter is unintentional!" ”

"I know you're unintentional!" Jiang Zhong said: "But why are you so excited, Wei Qing, as a commander, of course he has to fight!" ”

"But you're letting Wei Qing take the risk on his own!" Jiang Xiaoyu was a little anxious: "He himself led a large army on an expedition to the Western Regions, and there were no reinforcements behind him, because the other troops were at war with the Jin State, in case of a mistake, he could only fend for himself!" ”

Jiang Zhong secretly admired in his heart, he didn't expect his daughter to have this kind of vision, which was a vision that many ministers of the current dynasty did not have, he replied: "It's true, but in the current situation, only this is the most appropriate!" ”

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