Li Jing personally led the army as the Chinese army, the soldiers and horses stretched for nearly 20 miles, mighty and mighty, the flag covered the sky and the sun, although there were many Southern Song Dynasty sailors around, but seeing Li Jing's appearance, who dared to come to send him to death, he didn't even dare to keep an eye on it. It shows the prestige of Li Jing.

Li Jing and Li Dingbei sat in the carriage, the secret guards came out, sent the intelligence of the three armies, the seed master was blocked in Xiangyang City, and the information sent was very difficult even for Li Jing, Li Qiao's soldiers and horses were progressing smoothly, and they had gone out of Sichuan, and Liu Guangshi fought against Diaoyu Mountain, Liu Guangshi led 100,000 troops to defend Diaoyu Mountain, the terrain around Hechuan was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Liu Guangshi's skills were not very good, but there was enough grain and grass behind him, and there was no problem with the defense, Li Qiao used various methods, and it was difficult to capture Diaoyu Mountain, but he lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

In the face of this situation, whether it is Li Jing or several other armies, they are in difficulty, and in comparison, only Li Jing's army is relatively smooth for the time being.

"Let Zongzheng come here." Li Jing knocked on the car window, and there were guards outside to invite Li Fu to come.

"Your Majesty." After half a ring, Li Fu's voice sounded outside the carriage, and then he saw Li Fu walk in, arched his hand towards Li Dingbei, shouted His Highness, and then sat down.

"Do you also know the situation in Xiangyang and Bashu?" Li Jing leaned on the soft couch and said: "Li Qiao was blocked Diaoyu Mountain, Diaoyu Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Li Qiao may be difficult to take Diaoyu Mountain in a short period of time, as for Xiangyang, it is even more disgusting, Liu Qi drove the people to build the city, after each shelling, he drove the people to go, and the master did not dare to start, for fear of killing these people." ”

Li Fu listened and nodded, in fact, this news had long been spread in the army, but at that time Li Jing had no choice but to let it go, but now it is different, the Eastern Route Army has broken through, if Xiangyang has not broken through, it is easy to cause the danger of a lone army going deep, there are a lot of soldiers and horses in various parts of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei has a high prestige in the army, and he can mobilize all kinds of armies.

"Your Majesty, what the master is worried about is also reasonable, the hearts of the people in Jiangnan may not all be on our side, many people died in the first battle of Jiankang, I am afraid that the gentry in Jiangnan will blame this matter, which is not conducive to our unification of the situation in the world, if there are many killings in Xiangyang, I am afraid it will be a little unfavorable in the future!" Li Fu glanced at Li Jing cautiously and explained.

"Dingbei, what do you think?" Li Jing was silent, looked at Li Dingbei and said.

"Erchen, Erchen thinks that although Jiangshan Sheji is very important, but the people are the foundation of the world, the Tang Dynasty is the king's master, the father hangs the people and kills the crime, and conquers the world in the south, so that the world will be unified as soon as possible, so that the people can get a peaceful life as soon as possible, if it is a large-scale killing, I am afraid that it is not in line with the original intention of the father, and the history books will also record today's events in the future, and please ask the father to investigate." Li Dingbei's face flashed with a hint of struggle, and finally said in a low voice: "Erchen has a shallow opinion, if there is anything inappropriate, please punish my father." ”

Li Fu's face was stunned, his body trembled, he glanced at Li Dingbei, and quickly lowered his head, such words came from Li Dingbei's mouth, so that Li Fu was very normal, after all, Li Fu had also taught Li Dingbei, and the ministers in the political hall all hoped that the Tang Dynasty could produce a benevolent monarch, which was different from Li Jing's bravery. It's just that he doesn't think that Li Dingbei has made the right decision in this matter, but it's hard for him to say it.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that we won't be able to defeat Xiangyang in a year or two, and the Middle Route Army will suffer countless losses." Li Jing's face was calm, and he said: "The people of Xiangyang have always hated my Datang, in the end, Zhao Huan used to be the capital there, and it is understandable that he is so resolute to resist my Datang, if these people don't teach me a lesson, I'm afraid they will still support Liu Qi, what does Zong Zheng think?" ”

Li Jing didn't say it explicitly, but Li Fu was also a smart person, and he immediately heard what Li Jing meant from inside, and those who dared to resist the attack of the Tang Dynasty army were all enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and they naturally didn't need mercy to deal with the enemy. Even if the other party is an ordinary person. In the end, it is the Son of Heaven, who determines the life and death of people in a word, and the rise and fall of the world in a word. No matter what the people of Xiangyang are, maybe these people are forced, or maybe they are really like what Li Jing said, these people are hostile to the Tang Dynasty, but with Li Jing's words, I don't know how many people will die in the shelling of Xiangyang. Later history books do not know how to record this event.

"Minister, let the seed master give the order to attack." Li Fu hurriedly said. Li Fu did not dare to object, compared to the lives of the people in a city, the unification of the world is the most important. If it is according to Li Dingbei's idea, he will not be able to take Xiangyang within a year.

"After an attack, I believe that there must be people among the people who are interested in the king's division, send secret guards into the city, and persuade them, the people of Xiangyang will definitely understand that the Tang Dynasty Wangshi is not going south to kill, but to make the world peaceful as soon as possible, I believe that after persuasion, these people will definitely not help the Southern Song Dynasty, what does Zong Zheng think?" Li Jing said again.

"Your Majesty is very true." Li Fu said with a smile: "The general trend of the world, as long as people with a little eye will understand, after the secret guard dissuades them, they will definitely turn against each other, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and welcome the king into the city, and the minister will do it!" ”

"The father is the Son of Heaven, the Lord of all peoples, the founding saint, and should rule the world with mercy, why should he issue such a holy decree?" Li Dingbei hesitated for a while before asking: "The gentlemen in the political hall all told the children that they should be benevolent and cherish the people, and the father killed so many people for the sake of a Xiangyang City, isn't this different from what the gentlemen said?" ”

There was a trace of fear in Li Dingbei's eyes, but there was also a trace of determination, Li Jing's decision was completely different from his concept of life, and even broke his impression of Li Jing.

"That's your business, not your father's business, my father's task is to calm the world, and then give you a peaceful world, as for your responsibility, it is to stabilize the world, and then let Datang prosper. The father is the emperor who is in charge of the world, and you are the one who is in the world. Li Jing shook his head and said, "Even if I slaughter the entire Xiangyang, in a few decades, where in the world will remember what I have done, they will just sing praises of virtue." The same is true for the common people, as long as they are given benefits, so that they have food to eat and clothes to wear, where do they care about the past? Li Jing gently touched Li Dingbei's head.

Li Jing is very cruel, but what he said is the truth, the Qing Dynasty attacked Jiangnan in later generations, and I don't know how many crimes were committed, and later many people in Jiangnan became diehard loyalists of the Qing Dynasty, and time can make people forget many miserable things. Li Jing thinks the same is true for Xiangyang.

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