Pei Min held an impromptu meeting and spoke his mind.

"I always wondered why Mosley Massa didn't attack. If it was at the beginning, it could also be explained by the fact that they trapped Tuozhi City and took the initiative in the battle. Now that we've rescued people from the city, it's no longer understandable. Mosley Massa is an attacking commander for no particular reason, and I don't believe he would be so honest. These days, I have been thinking about this issue for a long time, and it was not until the Northeast incident that I felt in my heart, is that lion waiting for this opportunity? ”

Xu Yuan said heavily: "Pei Shuai suspects that Arabia has a connection with Zhang Thief? ”

Pei Min said: "It is very likely that after the last defeat, Persia within Arabia rebelled. Although Mosley Massa returned to the division, the civil strife was quelled with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves. But they liquidated internal contradictions and lost a lot of strength. Moreover, we have co-opted the Frankish kingdom and the Byzantine kingdom, and it is very irrational to forcibly start a war according to the current situation in Arabia. ”

"This is also the place where we are careless. Even I did not expect that the Arabs would launch such a large-scale campaign under such circumstances. ”

"Mosley Massa is not stupid, in other words, they have something else to rely on. The bad situation of the Northeast Army has lasted for many years, and the first thing I did after I entered Shangshu Province was to solve this problem. Zhang Kang's wolf ambition was unwilling to be destroyed for many years, so he sent people to Arabia to collude with him. ”

Pei Min analyzed little by little, connecting the two things that were thousands of miles apart.

Gao Shi was shocked and said: "If this is the case, then Xu Mingke will make a great contribution." Zhang Kang will definitely not sit back and watch the victory, waiting for Pei Shuai to clean him up. He would surprise the Northlands at the right time. Under this surprise, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The biggest possibility is that the Northland has fallen, and the Arabs and rebels are echoing each other, and our side will be greatly affected. ”

Pei Min also rejoiced: "Now that I have the warning of An Sishun Festival, the king of Xin'an County is very alert again, and he sent Guo Ziyi to defend Changshan County first. Now that he is going to the front line himself, he doesn't have to worry about it......" Speaking of this, he laughed and said: "That stupid lion is too underestimated by my Datang, is it really that I am the only one in the court?" ”

Xu Yuan laughed and said, "In this way, we might as well make good use of one or two." If you can tempt them to attack, you can do what you want, and even if you can't win, you can give him a hard blow. ”

Pei Min said: "I called you here for this matter, and we will sum it up." ”

When Pei Min was discussing with his staff.

Sun Zhou left the barracks and went to Qiuci to find Li Linfu, who had copied Yan Gaoqing in Qiuci.

The kings of the Western Regions were all rescued, and Pei Min let them each return to China, first stabilizing the people's hearts and preventing turmoil.

Yan Gaoqing naturally returned to his post and led the government affairs of the Western Regions as the governor of the Anxi Metropolitan Protector Shi.

And Li Linfu is still in charge of diplomatic exchanges in the Western Regions, and his Qi and Yan Gaoqing's righteousness happen to be black and white, complementing each other, and ruling the countries and kings of the Western Regions to death.

When Li Linfu learned that Sun Zhou had come to the door in the morning, he immediately realized that he was a master of Xing and came to ask for guilt, and led him to the depths of the mansion.

"Brother Sun, I knew that you would come to ask for the guilt!"

Li Linfu still greeted him in a friendly manner.

Sun Zhou held back the anger in his belly, and when he saw that the other party was so straightforward, he also asked straight to the point: "Northeast Zhang Kang has rebelled, you know this!" ”

Li Linfu bowed his head slightly and said, "How can you not know such a big thing." But I don't know what the situation is now? It is better not to affect the war in the West, if it really does, I, Li Linfu, will not be able to atone for my sins by death. He sighed and looked worried.

Sun Zhou said coldly: "Isn't all this within your calculations? ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth!" Li Linfu shouted in shock: "Brother Sun thinks too much of my Li person, how much strength does my Li Linfu have, doesn't Brother Sun know?" You have an intelligence network in your hand, and you don't know much about the affairs of the Northeast, how can I know? I understand that now Brother Sun has a deep prejudice against a certain one, and it is no wonder that Brother Sun is not guilty. I am willing to bear the infamy of the ages for Pei Shuai's great plan. It's a pity that the people are the ones who make things happen, and the success is in the sky, I never thought that the Northeast would be in chaos. What is the situation in the Northeast, I am dying in a hurry now. ”

Sun Zhou said: "I don't know the details, it seems that there is no big problem." ”

"That'...... What about Cui Xiyi and Zhang Xiaosong? What's going on now? Li Linfu asked another sensitive question.

Sun Zhou hesitated for a moment and said: "Gao Lishi has been rejected by His Majesty, and his current status and strength are not as good as before, and there is no movement. ”

"Don't be careful!" Li Linfu said solemnly: "Gao Lishi is not to be underestimated, I dare to conclude that he is unwilling to conflict with His Majesty, after all, His Majesty is the Son of Heaven chosen by the emperor." Otherwise, if he becomes tough, His Majesty wants to downplay his existence, and he will definitely not be pleased. Colliers's loyalty to the emperor has reached a blind point, and he will definitely complete the task given to him by the emperor. ”

Sun Zhou nodded silently.

It turned out that before Li Longji died, he gave Gao Lishi a task to weaken the military power in Pei Min's hands little by little.

Li Longji did not distrust Pei Min, but he had already realized the hidden danger of Pei Min: Pei Min was too young and had too much power in his hands.

The new emperor may not be able to suppress him, even if Pei Min is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, what about his son? Will his son also be as loyal to Datang as Pei Min?

Li Longji is the emperor after all, and when he was alive, he was confident that he could suppress everything, but when he was dying, he inevitably calculated for Li Tang's future.

Pei Min has many fierce generals and famous generals, but they can be roughly divided into three kinds, one is promoted by himself, such as Feng Changqing, Ge Shuhan, Wang Zhonghe, Fugu Huaien and other characters, these characters are loyal to Pei Min and do not need to be considered.

But in addition to them, there are also characters like Cui Xiyi and Zhang Xiaosong.

They had already achieved fame when they became Pei Minbu, Cui Xiyi was originally the local governor, and Zhang Xiaosong was crisscrossing in the Western Regions, and he also broke through the prestige early.

They believe in Pei Min, but they are not loyal to Pei Min.

In addition, there are the old department of Longyou Guo Zhiyun and the old department of Hexi Xue Ne, they belong to the third type of people, and they have feelings with Pei Min and the Tang Dynasty, and they are considered neutral.

Of course, there is also the fourth type of Gao Xianzhi, Gao Xianzhi's talent goes without saying, but he is extremely utilitarian. Being able to abandon the old chief for the sake of the future and defect to Pei Min may not necessarily mean that he will not switch to others. But there are only a handful of people like him......

Li Longji asked Gao Lishi to focus on promoting Cui Xiyi and Zhang Xiaosong, reusing Guo Zhiyun and Xue Ne's old departments, and gradually transferring the military power of Hexi and Longyou to them.

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