Unwilling to take credit is by no means hypocritical, Li Su does not object to this thing, especially his own child is about to be born, even if it is to leave some family property and grace for future generations, there is really no reason to refuse this credit.

But Li Su was pessimistic about this crusade after all, he didn't think that the capture of Liaodong City was a success, but only a city, and it was still far from conquering the whole country, not to mention that just one city caused the Tang army to lose tens of thousands of horses, and it was really hard to say what the future would be. There was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, he always felt that there might be a big defeat after the big victory, and this credit was received, and it would look more like a very ironic joke in the future, so Li Su really didn't want to receive this credit.

Of course, these thoughts were so rebellious that Li Su didn't dare to say it.

The atmosphere of the celebration banquet was warm and noisy, and the banquet was full of laughter and laughter, which reversed the decline of the war and the huge casualties in these days.

Monarchs and ministers have not drunk, but look at their appearance is clearly a little drunk, it seems that the weight of this Liaodong city is very heavy in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers, especially the day before yesterday, Niu Jinda was in the middle of the ambush, Liaodong City added 100,000 defenders, the mood of the monarchs and ministers became heavier, if there is no earth-shaking thunder, I am afraid that this 100,000-strong defender city cannot be broken in one day, no matter how limited the role of the earth-shaking thunder will be on the battlefield in the future, at least this time it is really a great achievement, not only greatly reducing the casualties of the Tang army's soldiers, The most important thing was to save time for the conquest of the country of Goguryeo.

The taste of roasting the whole sheep is very good, and the sharp-eyed Li Su suddenly found that several guards in charge of the barbecue coated the skin of the whole sheep not with the honey that is prevalent in the Tang Dynasty, but sprinkled with cumin, fine salt and sesame oil......

Secretly gritting his teeth, Li Su quietly glanced at Li Shimin angrily.

Red. Naked plagiarism! And the plagiarist is still today, and there is nowhere to fight the lawsuit.

Li Shimin didn't realize that he was being quietly despised by Li Su, at this moment his interest was very high, and the chessboard of the whole war was in vain to capture Liaodong City, so he was in a very good mood, even eating roast mutton without regard to the king's demeanor, eating with a mouth full of oil, and shamelessly boasting that he had recently created a new method of roasting whole sheep, which tasted delicious and not greasy, it was really delicious in the world, and then proudly harvested a compliment from the generals, and Li Su was so angry that Li Su on the side was churning against his blood, the second Buddha ascended to heaven, and the third Buddha was born......

While the monarchs and ministers were feasting, the scouts kept playing the latest military information outside the commander's tent.

Wang Shi has broken the urn city, beheaded more than 4,000, and surrendered more than 20,000. Wang Shi has broken the inner city, beheaded more than 6,000 people, more than 40,000 descenders, Wang Shi into the inner city was blocked, the enemy army is resisting in the streets and alleys, Liaodong Road marching chief Li Jiqin led the Wang division to attack it, the Wang Division was reduced to zero, relying on the streets and alleys step by step for the battle, and ordered the arson of the city, forcing the enemy to face the battle head-on, beheading more than 3,000 enemies, killing more than 2,000 civilians, the number of surrenderers is unknown......

The battle reports that smelled of blood were constantly presented to Li Shimin's handsome tent. The expressions of the monarchs and ministers in the tent did not change at all, and the mood seemed to be better, and the laughter continued one after another.

Li Su's mood at the moment was neither sad nor joyful, he knew that the Goryeo soldiers and civilians in Liaodong City were afraid that they would not be able to survive tonight, and what would be left after the army was crushed? A scorched ruin, a pool of blood and corpses.

The one who laughed the loudest in the handsome tent was Cheng Biting Jin, Cheng Biting Jin was a person with an extraordinarily liberal personality, joy and anger were floating on his face, and when the war was unfavorable a few days ago, he was the one who sighed the loudest with a sad face.

"Your Majesty, Wang Shi will be able to clear Liaodong City tonight, and from now on, hundreds of miles west of Liaodong can enter my Tang Dynasty territory, and the minister will congratulate Your Majesty!"

With Cheng Biting Jin taking the lead, the generals in the tent suddenly burst into congratulations, Li Shimin laughed so badly, raised his head and laughed heroically, and looked at the world as much as possible.

After the tent calmed down a little, Cheng Yanjin said again: "Your Majesty, at this moment, Liaodong City is already in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and we can discuss the next step of the king's master." ”

Li Shimin had a smile on his face, looked around at the generals and said: "What Zhijie said is reasonable, Liaodong is conquered, the next step is to look at the whole territory of Goguryeo, whether my royal division goes north or south, or directly takes the capital Pyongyang, can the ministers have a plan in their hearts?" ”

The tent suddenly fell silent, this is a big topic, no one will speak rashly, the generals furrowed their brows, and they all fell into deep thought.

In the crowd, Li Su's expression gradually turned cold, and his hands in his sleeves quietly clenched his fists.

Liaodong City was captured, and at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties, he thought that Li Shimin would learn a lesson and carefully consider his next move, but Li Su did not expect that Li Shimin would still insist on going his own way and continue to make mistakes unyieldingly.

Yes, in the next step, whether he went north or south, Li Shimin made a mistake, and at this time, the meaning of Li Shimin's words still did not have the slightest intention of dividing the troops, and it seemed that he wanted to tie up nearly 300,000 troops together, and use the absolute superiority of the number of people to complete Li Shimin's personal meritorious service.

The lesson of Niu Jinda's ambush and the loss of more than 20,000 soldiers in the battle does not seem to have stung Li Shimin, it is just a small accident that happened by accident in his eyes, and it does not have any omen and representativeness in the whole war.

Li Shimin did not know what kind of bad luck he would have for the officers and men of the three armies, originally after the defeat of Niu Jinda, he began to face up to the opponent of Goguryeo, but now with the capture of Liaodong City, Li Shimin's confidence swelled again, and finally committed the old mistake of despising the enemy.

Full of resentment and loyalty, Li Su wanted to say it, but he couldn't say that the experience of two lifetimes told him that when an emperor whose confidence was expanding wanted to do anything, it was impossible to listen to the advice of others, and if others talked too much, they would even invite death.

At this moment, Li Shimin does not seem to feel that he is going further and further on the wrong path, but is complacent, feeling that the destruction of Goguryeo is just around the corner, and the generals are also quite high-spirited and high-spirited at this time, and the monarchs and ministers in the tent do not seem to take Goguryeo in their eyes.

When the generals pondered the direction of the next march, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Su and said with a smile: "Zizheng became famous as a young man, and his wisdom is slightly proud of the world, I don't know if Zizheng has a good plan in his belly?" ”

Li Su sighed secretly, he didn't plan to speak, since he was named, let's just say it, he can't take care of getting into trouble, at least he should say something for the innocent soldiers of the three armed forces and earn their lives.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that after conquering Liaodong, the first thing my Wang Shi and soldiers will do is...... Rest and rectify, restore the morale of the army. Li Su hung his head and said.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows: "Restore the morale of the army? It seems that Zizheng has obtained the essence of his uncle with soldiers, and he is really cautious, haha, although Niu Jinda has suffered a small defeat, with more than 20,000 losses, this defeat has affected the morale of the army, but it will not be too serious, Zizheng is more worried, today I conquered Liaodong City, I thought that the military spirit had been restored in an instant, Zizheng, today's account is full of veterans who have led the army for many years, how to rectify the military heart, they know better than you, if Zizheng is still not at ease, I just took this opportunity to announce one thing......"

His expression was in vain, a trace of cold murderous aura flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he looked around at the generals and said coldly: "You have no jokes, I said that after conquering Liaodong City, the soldiers of the three armies can be allowed to slaughter the city for three days, well, let's start tonight." ”

The generals were stunned for a moment, and then they gladly agreed.

Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Su, and said with a smile: "Slaughter the city for three days, reward the three armies, and after three days, Zizheng thinks that the military heart can be used?" ”

"Slaughter the city for three days", simple four words, but with a strong smell of blood, the so-called "slaughter of the city", of course, is not aimed at the enemy soldiers, but for the people of the whole city, all the people living in Liaodong City are treated indiscriminately, men are killed, women are ***, property is looted, houses are burned, three days later, this city will become a dead city, not even a living dog can not be seen.

Li Su only felt a chill all over his body, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

As a powerful member of the Tang Dynasty, what position does Li Su have to say to the people of Goguryeo? But if you open your mouth to persuade you, your stance will be problematic.

Li Su had no choice but to smile bitterly.

For ordinary soldiers, slaughtering the city is an excellent way to enhance the morale of the army, everyone is a person who plays with his life on the battle array, he doesn't want to die, of course, he will not care about the life of the enemy people, killing people is no different from killing pigs, but can get great pleasure, relieve physical and mental pressure, so the slaughter of the city has been since ancient times, its purpose is not only to retaliate against the enemy, but also to enhance the military spirit of their own soldiers, vent the suppressed emotions accumulated by the soldiers on the battlefield, why not?

"Minister...... Speechless. Li Su could only choose to answer like this.

Li Shimin glanced at him and said with a smile: "Okay, the army's heart has been decided, Zizheng might as well talk about how to act next." ”

The eyes of everyone in the tent were all focused on Li Su alone, including Li Tai, the king of Wei.

Li Su knew very well that Li Shimin's question was not sincere, in fact, what to do next must have Li Shimin already had an idea in his heart, and asking him in the tent today was just pretending to be a saint to show the emperor's mind of accepting good advice.

Although he knew Li Shimin's intentions, Li Su still decided to say something unpleasant, because he found that now in this big camp, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for him to speak, and Li Shimin is becoming more and more deaf.

After pondering for a moment, Li Su gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the king is far away, tired and running, it is the taboo of the soldiers, if the army still gathers a group, advance and retreat together, the result is nothing more than two kinds, one is a big victory, the other is a big defeat, so, the minister is still the original idea, after conquering Liaodong City, our army should divide the troops and attack, one goes north and refuses to resist the Yan, in order to cut off the possible reinforcements of Goguryeo, one goes south to attack Anshi, Jian'an, and the other goes east to take Pyongyang, and divides the troops to attack, so that the risk of this battle can be shared, even if there are one or two partial divisions that are unfavorable in the warIf the three branches have achievements, then most of the entire territory of Goguryeo will fall into the hands of my Tang Dynasty, and at that time, my Tang Dynasty will really grasp the initiative, and the country of Goguryeo will be equal to most of our leveling, and the destruction of the country is just around the corner. ”

The tent will look at each other, and then remain silent.

Cheng Yanjin kept glaring at Li Su and gave him a look, but Li Su didn't realize it, just stared at Li Shimin's face.

For some reason, there was an awkward atmosphere in the tent.

After a long time, the sneer of Li Tai, the king of Wei, came from the corner.

"My father has already rejected the strategy of dividing the troops, and Li Xiangong mentioned it again at this time, I really can't forget it......"

Li Su turned his head and looked at him calmly: "Wenchen is admonished, and military generals are fighting to the death, this is the way of ministers, if Your Majesty does not give me once, can't I admonish again?" As long as I think it's right, what's the point of admonishing it a thousand times? His Royal Highness the King of Wei, a word in the tent can determine the life and death of tens of millions of soldiers, and there can be no dispute between wills and angers, and please ask His Highness to be self-disciplined. ”

Li Tai froze when he heard this, and looked at him a little helplessly.

Li Su, who has always been gentle and introverted, did not expect today's words to show such a compelling edge, which caught Li Tai off guard, and all the generals in the tent also looked at him in surprise.

Li Tai was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "If you think it is correct, it must be correct?" The kings and ministers in the tent are all commanders and generals who have led the army for many years, if you talk about experience, anyone is much better than you, do you mean that they are all wrong, only you are right? ”

Li Su said calmly: "Rich experience does not mean that you will never make mistakes, Your Majesty has also said that you often make mistakes, so you need a minister like Wei Zheng to remind you of your mistakes from time to time, today since Your Majesty asked, as a courtier, of course I have to do my best, as for whether what I admonished is correct or not, that is what Your Majesty needs to weigh and consider, not to mention, I don't think I am wrong, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have already taken the advantage, but these hundreds of thousands of people must make the best use of them, if they are just gathered in one place to advance and retreat together, it may seem that there are many people, However, once you fall into the enemy's trap ambush, it is the end of the annihilation of the whole army, General Niu Jinda encountered the day before yesterday is a lesson from the past, if Your Majesty still insists on not accepting the advice of the ministers, the ministers naturally have nothing to say, but His Royal Highness the King of Wei, since you know that this is a handsome account, you should know that you have to be responsible for your words and deeds, there is no joke in the army, if it is because of your obstruction and opposition, and the soldiers of the three armies are really ambushed, who will bear this responsibility? Can Your Highness afford it? ”

Li Tai's white and chubby face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he was angry, but seeing the different expressions of the monarchs and ministers in the tent, Li Tai was shocked, and hurriedly stopped his mouth and endured this evil breath.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Su up and down, and suddenly smiled: "Now it's rare to see Zi Zheng showing his edge, obviously he is only a young man in his twenties, and he lives a slippery life all day long, like those old foxes in the court, it can be seen that Zi Zheng really uses his heart to admonish him." ”

Li Su bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty please advise." ”

Li Shimin's smile gradually narrowed, and he shook his head slowly: "Loyalty is commendable, but, admonish...... Not acceptable. In my opinion, the danger of dividing the army is especially great, and it is not advisable. ”

Li Su smiled bitterly, was silent for a long time, and said: "If Your Majesty can trust the ministers, can you give the ministers 10,000 soldiers and horses?" The minister alone leads an army, and finds another way, for His Majesty's left and right, just in case, please ask Your Majesty's permission. ”

Li Shimin frowned, and his joy of conquering Liaodong City was completely destroyed by Li Su at this moment, so his tone was not very good.

"Zizheng, how can you conclude that if I don't divide my troops, I will be defeated? Liaodong City has just been conquered, after Liaodong, Goguryeo's thousands of miles of fertile land is a horse and a flat river, our army drove straight in, destroying the withering and decaying, how to defeat? The courtiers admonished me Ben Xinzhi, but you have slowed down our army's heart again and again, what do you mean? ”

Li Su sighed: "Your Majesty, the minister just said that the minister is just doing the way of the minister, hundreds of thousands of lives are all tied to His Majesty's thoughts, since Your Majesty is bent on going his own way, the minister only wants to save a few more lives......"

This was a bit ugly, and anger had already appeared in Li Shimin's eyes, and he was about to get angry.

Cheng Yanjin on the side hurriedly played a round: "Haha, Zizheng is still young, and it is inevitable to speak impatiently, my old Cheng was more anxious than him when he was young, Your Majesty don't worry about the little doll, I feel that this advice is unacceptable, don't pay attention to him, Your Majesty, let's eat meat, wait for the good news of the great victory in Liaodong, oops, how good it would be if I could drink at this time, hook my old Cheng addiction to alcohol......"

After a gag, the tense atmosphere in the tent finally eased a little.

Li Shimin smiled, glared at Cheng Biting Jin, and scolded with a smile: "The old man is worried about that little yellow soup horse urine in his mouth, and he will get drunk to death sooner or later, get away!" ”

The atmosphere eased, but Li Su understood that the suggestion he had made just now had been rejected again, and Li Shimin would not agree with his suggestion, so he didn't listen to a word.

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The atmosphere in the tent was still warm, and the monarchs and ministers were eating meat around the oven while waiting for Li Ji's report on the victory of Liaodong.

When no one was paying attention, Li Su quietly walked out of the tent.

The cold wind outside the tent was cold, Li Su shivered when he walked out of the tent, looked up at the sky, under the dark night, pieces of goose feather snow fell, the ground was covered with a layer of white snow, and then looked at the direction of Liaodong City, the city was still full of fire, half of the city seemed to have been burned, and the fire reflected half of the sky.

Li Su slowly walked towards his barracks, and after a few steps, he met Fang Lao Wu and Xue Rengui, who had been waiting outside, and the two stepped forward, Fang Lao Wu put a thick bear skin on Li Su's shoulder, Li Su smiled at him gratefully, and then wrapped his body tightly in bear skin, which made him feel warmer.

Xue Rengui was obviously not the master of the waiter, so he didn't have the eyesight to see it at all, but stared at Li Su and asked, "Grandpa just came out of the tent, did Your Majesty say what the army will do next?" ”

Li Su stopped and sighed silently.

Seeing Li Su's gloomy expression, Xue Rengui suddenly understood a little, his expression couldn't help but become resentful, turned his head to look in the direction of the handsome tent, gritted his teeth and said: "In the midst of the great victory, the great defeat is lurking, why doesn't Your Majesty accept good advice?" ”

Li Su sighed gloomily: "Xue Rengui, I have done my best......"

Xue Rengui looked at Li Su and said deeply: "Grandpa has been wronged......

Li Su turned his head to look in the direction of the handsome tent and muttered, "After a thousand years, how will the history books record today's battle?" And I, will I also leave a legacy of infamy? Maybe...... It turns out that my idea is wrong, and in this way, it is a great blessing for the officers and men of the three armies, so why should I bear the infamy of the ages? Hope...... I was wrong. ”

Xue Rengui saluted Li Suchang and said, "The villain is willing to share the glory and disgrace with the grandfather." ”

patted Xue Rengui on the shoulder, Li Suqiang smiled and said: "It's snowing, let's go, go back to the barracks, there is someone I must meet, Liaodong City is broken today, I want to know her reaction." ”