Chapter 361: Sword Pointing at Hedong (Second Watch)
Seeing Zhu Jixing with a longing face, Li Zhen was a little surprised, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect the prince to like to ride and shoot these, I don't know how his skills are?" β
Zhu Jixing came back to his senses, and then realized the problem he had just had. Zhu Yourang, who was next to the flash dance, waved his hand and said with a smile, "Ji Xing didn't learn to ride and shoot, that's why he is like this, but it made the commander laugh." β
Li Zhen naturally knew about Zhu Jixing, and he also knew that the other party was Zhu Yourang's house slave, because Zhu Wen felt that Zhu Jixing was different from ordinary people, so he asked Zhu Yourang to accept him as his adopted son.
Li Zhen said with a smile, "With the conditions of the prince, it is not difficult for the prince to learn to ride and shoot, right?" β
"The commander laughed, he was just a businessman below, how could those who were really capable be willing to obey the dispatch of his subordinates." Zhu Yourang shook his head.
Li Zhen looked at Zhu Jixing and thought for a while, "If the prince really wants to learn to ride and shoot well, this commander can show him a clear way." Have you heard of martial arts? β
Zhu Yourang was stunned for a moment and nodded, while Zhu Jixing's eyes lit up.
Although martial arts cannot be compared with Guozijian, Chang'an Academy and Shannan Academy in terms of scale and influence, it is a holy place in the eyes of the army and those who practice martial arts.
Nowadays, who doesn't know that when people in Chang'an don't know that entering martial arts is stepping on a broad road, and the students who come out of martial arts and enter the army are all officers, but they are promoted faster than others.
The first batch of martial arts students, now the best have become the commanders, who are very powerful generals in the army, and they are the core of the forbidden army; The worst is now mixed up.
However, it is more difficult to get martial arts, because it not only has to test riding and archery, martial arts, but also the art of war, which stucks many people. Flash Dance www
Zhu Yourang smiled bitterly, "The commander is kind, and I have received it in my heart, but the dog's riding and shooting are very poor, and he should not be able to pass the exam." β
Li Zhen shook his head, "If the prince is really willing to go, this commander can skip the exam and directly enter the martial arts to study and learn martial arts." As for age, it's not a big problem, there are also many generals in the army who are studying in martial arts, and the prince can be with them. β
Zhu Jixing's face was striking, Zhu Yourang didn't know what he thought, but thinking that the other party was quite filial to him, he was also willing to give the other party a chance.
Looking at Yizi, Zhu Yourang said with a straight face, "I haven't thanked the commander for his kindness." β
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"Zhu Jixing? What is his real name? β
Hearing Li Zhen mention this, Li Ye felt that this name was somewhat familiar.
"Back to Your Majesty, his real name is Gao."
Li Zhen hurriedly replied.
"High? Gao Jixing? It turned out to be him. β
No wonder Li Ye felt familiar, but he didn't expect it to be the king of Nanping in history.
Among the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, Nanping is an out-and-out country, and the places under its jurisdiction are only half of the areas under the jurisdiction of the current Jingnan Jiedu envoy.
But it has existed for a long time, longer than the Later Liang, Later Tang, and Later Shu, and basically completed the entire Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Li Zhen was a little puzzled, "Your Majesty has heard of him?" β
Li Ye was stunned for a moment, realized that he had behaved again, and nodded, "I've heard people mention it, and I'm a little impressed." β
Then Li Ye didn't continue to mention too much on this issue, although Li Zhen was puzzled, it was impossible to chase the emperor and ask, so he suppressed his doubts in his heart.
Soon the topic shifted to the Hedong issue, and there were more people involved, naturally not only Li Zhen.
The seven members of the cabinet and the six ministers are all there, in addition, there are also the squires of the military department, several privy deputy envoys, as well as Li Hong, Liu Kui, and Li Yingxu, a total of twenty people, but they are undoubtedly representatives of the power center of the Tang Dynasty at this time.
The reason why Li Ye called so many people together was mainly because he couldn't determine the coach.
At this time, the imperial court had already decided to use troops against Hedong, the Zuo Tiance Army, the Right Shence Army, the Right Shenwu Army, and the Shenji Battalion were all preparing to be deployed, plus the Zuo Shence Army and the Zuo Yulin Army in the river, these six armies had nearly 160,000 people.
Therefore, during this time, the household department, the military department, and the Ministry of Industry were very busy, and even the Taifu Temple and Sinong Temple were very busy, all preparing grain, grass, and weapons.
This is the largest use of troops by the imperial court since His Majesty ascended the throne, and even the Shenji Battalion is ready to be dispatched.
The reason why the imperial court has not promulgated an edict to deal with Zhaoyi and Hedong until now is because Li Ye has not yet thought about who to be the commander.
Zheng Congyan is undoubtedly the most suitable, but this one is sixty-eight years old, which can be regarded as a high life in Datang, and ordinary people can't live to this age.
There are still two years, and Zheng Congyan should pay tribute.
And his age is really not good, and his body is not as good as before, and it is indeed a little inappropriate to let him lead the troops to the battle.
In addition to Zheng Congyan, the appropriate Wang Duo, Zheng Ji and others have all passed away.
Pei Rong can't, although he is a privy envoy, he doesn't know how to command operations; Liu Jurong was born in martial arts, but Li Ye was not very worried about him, but this one had abandoned the city and fled.
In addition to these two people, Liu Qi guarded Lanzhou; Li Hong lacked experience in commanding an army of more than 100,000 troops; Liu Kui is also a little worse; As for Dongfang Kui and Zhang Jun, Li Ye didn't dare to hand over so many armies to them for command.
As a result, the current situation has emerged, and the imperial court cannot come up with a suitable commander to lead the troops, so it is naturally unable to take practical action against Hedong.
Just when everyone couldn't get the result, Li Ye was dissatisfied, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, just forget it!" β
Driving a personal expedition?
Hearing this proposal, the ministers hurriedly objected.
"Your Majesty, no!"
"Your Majesty, you are the Ninety-Five Supreme, how can you risk your life!"
"Your Majesty think twice!"
"Don't think twice, I'll think twice. So who do you say will be the conductor? There's no way I'm going to hand over the army to someone like Juwen, right? Li Ye said unhappily.
"This...
These ministers were also a little hesitant, and Liu Jurong immediately stood up, "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to ask Ying to go on the expedition." β
"You?" Li Ye raised his eyebrows, "Is it when the occupation is not smooth, and it is like giving up Xiangzhou at the beginning?" β
Liu Jurong looked embarrassed, "Your Majesty, the minister can make a guarantee that he will not destroy Hedong and swear not to return it!" β
"Okay, okay, I'm tired of hearing these words, if this is useful, these feudal towns will be gone for a long time." Li Ye said impatiently.
Liu Jurong retreated in disdain, but he didn't expect that the wrong decision at the beginning left a bad impression in His Majesty's heart.
"Your Majesty, do you want to think about the matter of the royal conquest again?" Pei Rong hesitated.
"Don't think about it, Emperor Taizong was able to personally conquer Goguryeo, why can't I personally conquer Goguryeo? So it was decided, lest there should be no result in the struggle.
It is also a good opportunity to take this opportunity to see if there is anyone plotting against each other on the Chang'an side. β
Seeing that Li Ye was so persistent, everyone stopped persuading each other, and they couldn't persuade each other anyway, so they had to think about how to protect the safety of the saint.
The interest of this royal expedition is different, and Hedong itself is not weak, how can I ensure that Hedong can be conquered this time and Li Keyong can be captured alive.
Of course, Li Ye's personal expedition is still a secret for the time being, after all, there must be a good excuse now, and the teacher is famous in order to win people's hearts.
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However, before that, the imperial court began the preliminary layout.
In August of the second year of Qianning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court issued an order to appoint Xingyuan Yin Sun Kuo as the envoy of the Zhaoyi Festival, and asked the Zuo Shence army to send 5,000 soldiers and horses to cover the post, and at the same time ordered the Hedong army to withdraw from the five states of Zhaoyi.
For the toughness of the imperial court, Hedong did not choose to compromise, but let Li Cunxin lead the army to ambush Sun Kui and his party.
Although Sun Kuo was unharmed, the Zuo Shence army lost more than 1,000 troops, and the news reached Chang'an, shaking the government and the opposition.
On the first day of September of the same year, the imperial court officially issued an order to remove Li Keyong from all his positions such as the king of Longxi County and the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and announced a crusade against Li Keyong.
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