"What do you think of the Sage Department and the Anqing Department? Do you want to use them to attack Taiyuan City? ”

After meeting with the envoys of the Sage and Anqing tribes, Li Ye asked people to arrange for the envoys to rest in the camp temporarily, and did not rush to let them go.

Moreover, Li Ye also called a group of henchmen over and briefly said what the two envoys said just now.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's not necessary, we have the Tiance cannon, and it only takes a few days to attack Taiyuan City." Thinking that Shatuo people had frightened His Majesty before, Li Hong didn't plan to let go of Shatuo people so easily.

"Your Majesty, the minister also feels that he can attack Taiyuan without relying on the help of these two departments. The position of these two departments is uncertain, and it is very likely that they will rebel against the court again in the future, so it is better to do nothing and take this opportunity to get rid of them together. Zhao Xiong echoed.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we can try to cooperate with the two ministries. Taiyuan is the first city in the east of the river, although with the power of Tiance cannons, it can smash the city wall of Taiyuan, but it is bound to destroy Taiyuan City, and the soldiers will also pay a lot of price.

Therefore, the minister felt that they could be allowed to fight among themselves, so that the court could reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Pei Rong didn't care what Li Hong and Zhao Xiong's reactions were, and expressed his opinion.

"Li Cunxiao, you are from Shatuo, and if I remember correctly, you are from the Anqing Ministry, do you think it is more appropriate?"

Li Ye thought for a while and turned his gaze to Li Cunxiao in the corner.

Although he is also one of the generals of the forbidden army, among these people on the scene, his status is the lowest, and he is a demoted general, so he has no intention of opening his mouth, so as not to offend people.

Li Cunxiao didn't expect it to be his turn to speak, and after thinking for a while, he hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty is not mistaken, the minister is indeed from the Anqing Ministry." However, when he was very young, he was captured by the traitor Li Keyong, and then he was adopted as a righteous son, and he has been living in the Shatuo Department.

In fact, Your Majesty does not have to worry that the Sage Ministry and the Anqing Department will rebel again, as long as the court is strong, the two will be very honest, and the tribes on the grassland are all subservient to the strong.

However, after the traitor Li Ke used the town of Hedong, he integrated the three departments, and the strength of the Sage Department and the Anqing Department was actually not strong. If His Majesty chooses to cooperate with these two ministries, the minister advises not to pin all their hopes on these two ministries, they cannot afford this heavy responsibility.

If His Majesty wants to plunge Taiyuan City into civil strife, you can start with the contradiction between Fan and Han, and there are not many real Shatuo people in the city, except for the two tribes of Sage and Anqing, there are also Tuyuhun.

But Your Majesty should be careful of two people. ”

"Which two people make Li Aiqing, the No. 1 fierce general in Hedong, attach so much importance to it?" Li Ye said with a smile.

"Li Cunzhang and Li Siyuan." Li Cunxiao's expression was a little solemn, "In terms of martial arts, the minister thinks that he is invincible in Hedong, but in terms of wisdom, these two people are above the minister."

Moreover, the two of them still have 10,000 elite Shatuo cavalry and troops in Shuozhou, Ulzhou and other places, adding up to more than 20,000 people, which is still a big threat. ”

"It turned out to be the two of them!"

Li Ye suddenly realized.

Li Siyuan is Li Keyong's big Taibao, and Li Cunzhang is also one of the thirteen Taibao.

Of course, although Li Siyuan was emerging at this time, he was not as good as Li Cunzhang, but he had been Li Cunxiao's deputy general for a few years, and Li Cunxiao naturally knew him very well.

"Speaking of which, there is a message from Jinyiwei, which should be considered good news. It is said that Li Kening is uniting the generals in the city and wants to establish himself as the queen of Hedong. ”

"Li Kening?" Li Cunxiao was a little surprised, but soon remembered something, "Your Majesty, the minister knows something." Li Kening and Li Cunzhang are not compatible, and Li Cunzhang is very loyal to Li Keyong. ”

"It was a bonus!"

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"After staying, there are only two ways in front of us in the situation, to hold on to Taiyuan or give up Taiyuan."

Kang Junli looked at Li Kening, hesitated for a while, and said his suggestion.

"Give up Taiyuan? Wouldn't it be too reckless? This is the first city in Hedong, many of our soldiers are from Hedong, where can we go if we give up Taiyuan? ”

Hearing that he was going to give up Taiyuan, Zhou Dewei was a little unhappy.

Shatuo, who lost Taiyuan, is a rootless duckweed, and its ending can be imagined, is it really withdrawn to the grassland?

He was different from other Shatuo generals, although he was from Shuozhou, he was Han.

At present, most of the troops in Taiyuan City are Han Chinese, and the elite Shatuo Army basically fought in Pingyao and lost everything.

The Shatuo people naturally don't care, they originally grew up on the grassland, but these Han soldiers are not.

If you let them abandon their families and follow the Shatuo people into the grassland, will they be willing?

"Retreat to the two prefectures of Yunshuo, and even retreat to the Shan Yu Duhu Mansion, and retreat north with the population and livestock.

And if we retreat to the outside of the Saiwai, it is impossible for the imperial army to remain stationed, only in this way can we preserve our strength and avoid being annihilated by the imperial army.

As long as the imperial army and the armies of all walks of life retreat, we will make a comeback.

This is called avoiding the real and the virtual, and it is also our best choice at the moment. Kang Junli persisted.

"Why don't you stick to Taiyuan? At this time, there are still tens of thousands of troops in the city, and Taiyuan City has high walls and thick walls, as long as the imperial army cannot be attacked for a long time, it will withdraw by itself. Zhou Dewei was a little puzzled.

"I can't keep it, I can't keep it at all." Kang Junli shook his head violently, "General Zhou may not know the power of the imperial court's Tiance cannon, which can launch hundreds of catties of boulders at a distance of a few hundred steps, even if the Taiyuan city wall is high, it won't last long."

This is how Luzhou was attacked, and I believe that the same is true of Yin Di Pass and Cold Spring Pass! ”

Kang Junli looked at Li Kening, and the other party nodded helplessly.

"General Zhou, General Kang is right, it really can't be held."

"But have you ever thought about the soldiers in the city? How many of them are willing to abandon their wives and children and follow us to Yunshuo Erzhou? Go to the Cypriot Grassland?

As soon as this news leaks out, the army in the city will mutinied. Zhou Dewei was a little emotional.

Li Kening was a little unhappy on his face, thinking that Zhou Dewei didn't give himself face, and there was a sudden noisy sound outside the whole time.

"What's going on?"

Li Kening frowned.

"It seems to be a mutiny."

I don't know who muttered, and everyone immediately turned their attention to Zhou Dewei.

The latter's face turned angry, "What do you mean?" I'm here? Am I still going to leak the news from you? ”

The crowd was a little embarrassed.

At this time, someone ran in in a panic.

"Oh no, the Sage Ministry and the Anqing Department have taken refuge in the imperial court and opened the city gates, and now the forbidden army has come in!"

"What?"

Li Kening stood up directly and invariably, but he didn't expect that the Sage Ministry and the Anqing Department really chose to be treacherous again at this time.