Chapter 285: Point General

A piece of rice paper reads: "Tuyuhun sent troops to Liangzhou and died in two days of fighting." I wounded 11,200 soldiers and civilians, killed 3,715, killed more than 5,000 others, and the wounded were not counted! ”

When Zhang Yunwen handed over this piece of rice paper to Li Shimin, Li Shimin's face was slightly red, the green tendons on his neck rose, a pair of sword eyebrows were raised, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire.

Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, Zhang Yunwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please restrain your anger!" ”

Li Shimin slapped the rice paper in his hand on several cases. Suddenly, the pen, ink, paperweights and other things on several cases suddenly jumped together.

"Anger control, how do you let me control my anger! This Tuyuhun attacked my city and killed my soldiers and people, how do you tell me to control my anger? Li Shimin suddenly roared at Zhang Yunwen.

Zhang Yunwen stood up and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Your Majesty, this anger can't solve the problem, it's better to think about how to fight this battle today!" ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen say this, Li Shimin also slowly calmed down, waved his hand, and asked Zhang Yunwen to retreat: "Yunwen, you go down first, go and inform Pharmacist Li Hou Junji of the generals, I want to hold a combat staff meeting!" ”

Zhang Yunwen waved his hand and immediately retreated.

Find all the generals and gather them in the Nanya Staff Courtyard.

Under a huge map of Longyou Dao, Li Shimin sat with a gloomy face, and the rest of the generals sat down in order. At this time, Li Ji was doing a long history in Taiyuan and coordinating the affairs of the south and north of the desert, so he did not have the opportunity to participate in this meeting, nor did he have the opportunity to participate in this war against Tuyuhun.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Shimin got up and said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, I received information today, saying that Tuyuhun sent a large army to attack my Liangzhou City. 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city resisted to the death, 5,000 dead and 20,000 wounded. It's really embarrassing! As the Son of Heaven, I should protect the people! Today, I have made up my mind to go to Tuyuhun! This expedition will definitely completely cripple and defeat Tuyuhun, so that he has no available soldiers, so that he does not dare to advance to the east for a point! At the end, Li Shimin was already waving his arms and yelling loudly.

The generals suddenly heard their blood boiling, and they all got up and said, "Oh! ”

Li Shimin slowly calmed down, turned to look at the map: "But, how to fight this battle, I still want to listen to the opinions of the audience!" As he spoke, Li Shimin's eyes looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing smiled "hehe": "Your Majesty, the art of war is cloudy: soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent." This way of using soldiers is free from the word 'change', so the old man doesn't know how to fight this battle! ”

When all the generals heard Li Jing say this, they all kept silent.

Li Shimin also laughed: "What the pharmacist said is that the war with the Turks back then, after several years of preparation, Zhongqing and I carefully planned the layout, comprehensively regulated the war resources, and the pharmacist and the world's achievements were determined by the opportunity, and the hard work of the soldiers was the only way to win this victory!" In recent years, there have been bumper harvests, sufficient grain, and abundant warehouses, so the logistics grain and grass can still be supported. I'm worried about this armament problem! Tell me, what is the state of the armament? Hou Aiqing, you are in charge of the military department, you talk about it first! ”

Hou Junjisheng has a tall figure, eyebrows like knives, but the eyes are slightly triangular, the whole face is also triangular, and the chin is pointed. Although this Hou Junji has great military achievements, Zhang Yunwen looks down on this military secretary in his heart. Don't say anything else, but say that he lives a luxurious life, and drinks human milk to quench his thirst every day when he is thirsty, this alone is enough to disgust Zhang Yunwen. Moreover, he likes to boast of his merits, and even under Fang Xuanling and Li Jing in shame later. greedy and capricious, until they plot rebellion. It really responds to the words of the ancients: "A gentleman makes meritorious service and guards with humility; If the villain gets the position, it is enough to harm the body".

I only heard Hou Junji say: "Since the attack on the Turks, 100,000 soldiers have returned to the military palace, and the ordnance used has been returned to the warehouse!" If His Majesty gives an order, within a month, these veterans of a hundred battles can be assembled! ”

Hearing Hou Junji say this, Li Shimin bowed slightly.

Hou Junji said again: "But Your Majesty, if my army is like a bamboo, ploughing the court and sweeping the caves, and Murong Fuyun and his generals flee, what should be done?" ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately frowned slightly.

Hou Junji said again: "In the Tuyuhun area, the terrain is high and steep, extremely complex, there are many sand moraines and ice fields, vast for thousands of miles, and there are no people. Our army pursued, in this vast wilderness, but it was very easy to lose its way and lose its trace. So the best thing to do is for someone to block in front of Murong Fuyun! ”

As soon as Zhang Yunwen heard Hou Junji say this, and then contacted the actions of the Tubo mission, his heart suddenly became clear.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment: "The north of Tuyuhun is Longyou Road, and the east is also my Tang land. If Murong Fuyun is defeated, he can only flee south or west. But there are thousands of miles of people on both the south and west sides, and who will stop Fu Yun? ”

Hou Junji took the opportunity to interject: "Your Majesty, didn't a Tibetan delegation arrive in Chang'an a few days ago? Tubo is in the southwest of Tuyuhun, just enough to send troops to intercept the escape of Fu Yun! ”

As soon as Hou Junji's words fell, he heard a voice say: "This matter must not be done!" ”

Everyone looked at it, but it was Zhang Yunwen who stood up and said loudly.

"Well, why not?" Hou Junji saw that someone was speaking to stop him, and he immediately showed a look of dismay,

Zhang Yunwen didn't reply, but took out a thick pile of information, took two steps forward, and handed it to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, this is the information about Tibet collected by the Investigation Institute, and Your Majesty can understand it after reading it!" ”

Li Shimin took the information in Zhang Yunwen's hand suspiciously, and looked down. Looking at it, his brows gradually wrinkled, and his hands flipped through the information faster and faster. At the end, Li Shimin put the information in his hand on the table and said sharply: "I can't imagine that the small country of Tubo is developing so rapidly, using all its military force and annexing Zhuqiang, according to such a momentum, within ten years, it will become a Tuyuhun!" Yunwen, from now on, the investigation institute needs to increase the intensity of the investigation of Tibet! ”

Zhang Yunwen hugged his fists and said, "Oh! ”

Listening to Li Shimin's words, everyone suddenly became suspicious. Li Jing took the information, looked at it for a while, and said: "Although Tubo is small, the people are strong, and Zampu is tough. And the terrain of Tibet is high, our army is difficult to attack, the whip is beyond the reach, and the tiger is in trouble! The old minister agrees with what His Majesty said! ”

Hou Junji suddenly said urgently: "Your Majesty, now that my army needs the help of Tibet, how can I calculate here!" Besides, Tubo is just a small country, how can it pose a threat to my Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty. I'm afraid the general is too worried! ”

Li Jing said: "The sage sees the subtlety to know the sprout, and the end to know the end, so he sees the elephant and is terrified, and he knows that the world is insufficient." Although we are not saints, we must also have the ability to see and know! ”

Hou Junji pursed his lips disdainfully, and was about to say something, but Li Shimin said categorically: "Hou Qing doesn't have to say anything, let Tubo intervene to intercept Fu Yun's matter, I will not agree!" ”

Hou Junji listened to it and immediately looked disappointed.

After a long day of deliberation in the General Staff Yuan, everything from logistics to troop allocation, to the generals to be dispatched, was all discussed and determined.

When Zhang Yunwen and the generals came out of the staff house, he clearly felt a resentful gaze coming from behind him. Without looking back, Zhang Yunwen knew that this gaze was cast by Hou Junji.

Seeing the subtlety, although Zhang Yunwen does not have this ability, he knows that prevention is better than prevention. So, as soon as he returned to the Investigation Institute, he immediately arranged manpower, in the name of supervising the Tubo Mission, and asked Lin Ran to send people to keep a firm watch on Lu Dongzan and his group to see which people they had been in contact with, and the people they had come into contact with were also monitored, regardless of the size of the official position and the level of the title.

Lin Ran immediately scattered a large number of manpower, all over Chang'an City, keeping a close eye on Lu Dongzan and the others' every move.

In this way, seven or eight days later, one day above the court meeting, Li Shimin issued an edict, and counted Tuyuhun several times to recruit and refuse, disobey the king, the envoy, attack Liangzhou and many other crimes, and announced to the world to crusade against him.

Li Shimin stood on top of the main hall, his eyes swept over the generals in front of him, and finally fell on Li Jing. But looking at the spotted white hair on Li Jing's sideburns, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart. Li Jing is already so old, if he works hard, he really can't bear it.

"Who can be the commander-in-chief, the three armies?" Li Shimin's voice echoed above the main hall.

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, the following generals such as Hou Junji and Li Daliang all showed an expression of eagerness.

At this time, Li Jing stepped forward, clasped his fists with both hands and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to take on this important task!" ”

As soon as Li Jing said this, Hou Junji and the others immediately stopped, and they all looked at Li Shimin, hoping that he could make a decision.

Li Shimin pondered slightly, and asked cautiously tentatively: "Can Ming Gong go on another expedition?" ”

Li Jing smiled heroically: "The former was cheap and ninety, and he was still able to fight for rice and meat, and he fought on horseback, but the old man was only sixty years old, how could he not!" ”

"Good!" Li Shimin's face suddenly showed excitement, "With Ming Gong leading the army, then I will be at ease!" ”

After speaking, he paced two steps, looked at the military generals below, and pondered for a moment, but said slowly: "Today, only the pharmacist is the generalissimo of the army, and the rest of the governors of the Dao, Rong Zhen will make a decision after discussing with the pharmacist!" ”

The generals glanced at each other helplessly, and at the same time bowed down and said, "Oh! ”

At this time, Li Shimin's eyes fell on Zhang Yunwen. No one knows that the reason why Li Shimin is not here is precisely because of a secret letter submitted by Zhang Yunwen.

After reading the secret letter, Li Shimin's eyebrows furrowed tightly, but he said to Zhang Yunwen with a cold face: "Yunwen, why do you want to investigate the Tibetan Mission?" ”

Zhang Yunwen looked directly at Li Shimin: "Weichen is also sharing worries for His Majesty!" The ambition of the Tibetan wolf will become a big disaster in the future. And Lu Dongzan in the mission is a masterpiece of a generation, so the minister naturally has to investigate carefully and get first-hand information! ”

"But, why do even the ministers of the DPRK and China have to investigate?"

"Since the Tibetan mission arrived in Chang'an, it has befriended the powerful from all over the world, and a total of seven generals and lords from various prefectures have accepted their property and colluded with them. These situations have to be guarded against! Zhang Yunwen said solemnly.

Li Shimin sighed lightly and nodded helplessly: "I know these situations, but in my heart, I feel a little uncomfortable!" ”

Saying that, he waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Yunwen to go down.

Zhang Yunwen looked at Li Shimin, only to see the latter frowning slightly, and then left the hall after clasping his fists and saluting.