Chapter 275 is a big deal + suspension of the march + how many men

PS: I'm sorry, there was a power outage at home yesterday, and my phone was out of battery, so I can't ask you for leave, I'm really sorry.

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"What? Six edicts rebelled? What the hell is going on? ”

Li Siqian really did not fool Hou Junji, and on the third day after they discussed major matters, Li Shimin got the news of the rebellion of the Six Edicts, and was immediately shocked.

The shadow standing below immediately stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, just after Wei Guogong led the young army out of the 100,000 mountains, the leaders of the six edicts were assassinated, among them, except for Meng Duluo, the leader of Mengshezhao, who escaped death, the leaders of the other five edicts were assassinated and killed, not only them, but even some of their heirs were killed, and it was very coincidental that these people who were killed were all close to the Tang Dynasty.

And the new heir to the throne has not even consolidated his rule, so he immediately convened a joint meeting to discuss the matter of withdrawing from the Tang Dynasty. The result was unexpected, except for the surviving Mengshezhao of Mengduluo, the rest of the leaders actually voted in favor. ”

"It's obvious that there's someone behind the scenes who is blocking us." Li Shimin snorted coldly, but at this time, the situation had eroded to this point, and he had no good way: "And it's not just as simple as adding blockage, they will definitely have a bigger plan...... In this way, he immediately ordered Li Jing to stop his progress. Wang Tingchu called all the Aiqing over and said that there are 100,000 urgent matters to be discussed here. ”

"The slave obeys."

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At this time, the young army had just walked out of the obstacle of the 100,000 mountains and came to Jiaozhou, they originally planned to prepare to rest here for a day, and then rush into Nanyang in one go, directly to Florida, defeat 100,000 elites, and take off Hou Junji's head.

In their opinion, this is not a battle that is too difficult to fight, after all, they have Li Jing here, and no matter how powerful Hou Junji is, he is definitely not Li Jing's opponent. What's more, even without Li Jing, with the strength of the Young Army and the leadership of Xue Rengui, it would still be very simple to destroy Hou Junji.

However, Li Shimin's sudden arrival made Li Jing entangled.

"What? Your Majesty wants us to pause and wait for the next order? Why is that? Li Jing was also confused, he finally walked out of the 100,000 mountains, and was just about to break into the Nanyang rainforest with joy, the emperor actually pulled his hind legs behind his back, why is this?

Li Jing would never have thought that he had just left on the front foot, and the six edicts on the back foot would rebel, after all, when he went to the six states in the southwest, the six leaders of the six edicts almost didn't treat themselves as their ancestors.

"Wang Si Envoy (although Wang Tingchu is a eunuch, but also a subordinate envoy of the Yuan Division, the foreign ministers see him in order to show respect, they will generally call him his official official name), what does the emperor mean? How can we stop? Could it be that something has happened again? "Fortunately, the person who came to deliver the decree this time was Wang Tingchu, otherwise Li Jing would have thought that this decree was fake.

"Don't worry, Duke Weiguo, and listen to our family explain to you slowly." Of course, Wang Tingchu knew what Li Jing was struggling with, and it was precisely for this reason that Li Shimin sent him, the personal chief eunuch, to send out, otherwise it would just be a holy decree, where would it be his turn to be the prince who was in charge of everything? Just send a small eunuch to avoid Li Jing doubting the authenticity of the holy decree.

"Here's the thing, just after you left, the six edicts who took over the six western states and the homeland of the people rebelled......

"What? They rebelled again? Before Wang Tingchu finished speaking, Li Jing was shocked, then gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "I know that this group of foreign barbarians is not reliable at all, because they are so careful in the face of me, it turns out that they are all acting...... I didn't even see it, it's really good acting. ”

"I can't say that, they are still sincere in their attachment, but all those who agreed to the attachment were assassinated and killed, and the new leaders are all against the attachment of Datang." Wang Tingchu explained: "It should be our secret enemy. ”

"Then what does Your Majesty mean, let us go back to the division to rescue?" Li Jing understood Li Shimin's plan almost instantly, after all, compared with Nanyang, the southwest border of the Tang Dynasty is more important, if this place is annexed and digested by the Six Edicts, then the Six Edicts enemy is likely to continue to advance eastward, and then threaten the central part of Lingnan, you must know that Yuezhou City is here, and it must not be lost here - why was Xue Rengui so nervous when he got the Dongjiao Rebellion and captured the six states in the southwest? It was because of this that Li Zhen had a back hand, which prevented the Dongjiao rebels from breaking the defensive line and causing any damage to Yuezhou.

And even if the six edicts do not attack Yuezhou, the north is Jiangnan Road and Jiannan Road, which is even more fatal, Jiannan Road is also Sichuan Shu, is the country of abundance, is another big granary in Datang after Guanzhong, before Nanyang was not developed, these two places can be said to ensure half of Datang's food supply, and it is self-evident how important the geographical location is.

The western part of Jiangnan Province is nothing important, the problem is that the armament protection here is lax, and the local garrison has no combat effectiveness at all, if they are allowed to focus on this place - this is already the heart of the Tang Dynasty, if this place is destroyed, then the losses of the Tang Dynasty will be too great.

"If you are asked to return to the teacher, what is placed in front of you is not the middle decree but the holy decree." Wang Tingchu sighed: "Before our family left, Your Majesty had already quarreled with the princes of the court, but after all, a suitable countermeasure was not discussed. ”

"That's right." Li Jing nodded, he didn't need to participate in person, he could guess the current situation in the DPRK and China just by guessing - it must be divided into two parts, one part is clamoring to teach the six edicts a lesson, otherwise once the six edicts gain power, the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty will be over.

And the other part is also justifiable, Datang is important internally, isn't Nanyang important? You must know that this is related to the future living conditions of millions of people in Datang, if this place is lost, Datang will really fall into turmoil.

"Now the two parties say that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and even Fang Xiang and Du Xiang are divided into different camps, and no one can convince anyone, so things are deadlocked." Wang Tingchu introduced the situation in the DPRK and China, and asked Li Jingdao: "So before our family leaves, Your Majesty asked our family to ask Wei Guogong, what do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty wants to ask the ministers how long it will take to destroy Hou Junji, right?" Of course, Li Jing heard the meaning of Li Shimin's words, if he could destroy Hou Junji in a short time, then he could naturally continue to march, after all, the Six Edicts were now only annexed to the western part of Lingnan, and when they digested all the fat they swallowed, the Young Army would have already returned, and it would not be too late to find the mold of the Six Edicts at that time.

But if he can't get Hou Junji in a short period of time, then he can only go back and kill the six edicts first, and as for Hou Junji, he can only let him get away with it for a while - Li Jing and others didn't think of how big Cheng Jianxi's plan is, if Datang really takes this road in the end, the next thing to greet Datang is a group of chain punches, in this case, if Datang doesn't have a strategic weapon, he may really have to go all the way to the dark according to Cheng Jianxi's arrangement.

Of course, what Li Jing and Li Shimin are not clear about Cheng Jianxi's plan now, Li Zhen is even more unclear, and they are still discussing whether to go inside first and then outside or outside and then inside.

"That's right, that's what Your Majesty meant." Wang Tingchu did not deny that there was nothing to hide about this kind of thing, and Li Jing was not an outsider.

"It's hard to say." Li Jing slowly shook his head and said: "If my enemy is only Hou Junji and those 100,000 elites, it won't take long for me to destroy them, the question is that our secret enemy will let us destroy Hou Junji?" ”

"This is also ......" Wang Tingchu's wrinkled face was even more wrinkled into a chrysanthemum, since the enemy dared to play such a big chess game to say that they had no backhand, it was impossible, I just don't know what they were going to do, but no matter what they were going to do, they would definitely not let Li Jing kill Hou Junji so easily, they must have what kind of tricks waiting for Li Jing, these tricks may not be able to destroy Li Jing's army, but they will cause them some trouble, and it is no problem to delay the time.

"But since Your Majesty's decree has arrived, then the last general will obey Your Majesty's wishes." Li Jing also knew that the conversation had reached this level, everything that should be said had already been said, and the rest could only rely on the decision of the imperial court: "But please also ask the envoy Wang to return to Your Majesty, the minister can only wait here for half a month, otherwise once Hou Junji gathers his army, it will be difficult to fight, and please ask Your Majesty Emperor and the imperial court to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

"Don't worry, general, we will bring this." Wang Tingchu nodded, turned around and retreated, he still needed Li Shimin to report the situation immediately, and he couldn't stay here at all.

"Someone, invite General Zuo Xiaowei and the overseer." Wang Tingchu left, Li Jing thought for a while, and had another law in his heart, so he planned to call Xue Rengui and Wei Zheng to discuss.

In the Young Army, Xue Rengui is actually the real controller, but after all, Li Jing has a dragon's blood wrench in his hand, even Xue Rengui has to listen to orders - not to mention, Xue Rengui is still Li Jing's apprentice, in the early years when he was fighting the Eastern Turks, he and Fang Yiai and Du He followed Li Jing's side to learn the art of war and battlefield experience, and the two sides are a real master-apprentice relationship, which is not the same as Hou Junji.

Originally, this time Hou Junji rebelled, and it was enough for him Xue Rengui to lead it himself, but although he was the general of Zuo Xiaowei, it was a pity that the title was too low, and the qualifications were too far from Hou Junji, and the status of the two sides was not equal, and he would be scolded if he was sent out, and the commander of the first army was related to the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, how could it be ridiculed. In addition, Li Shimin may not believe in Xue Rengui's talent, or it may be based on some considerations, so he sent Li Jing out.

"Master, are you looking for me?" Xue Rengui was the first to come in, and immediately called Master, in private he has always called him that, and he will only call Dashuai when outsiders are present.

"Well, wait a minute, I also found Wei Xuancheng."

"Yes." Xue Rengui sat down quietly and waited for Wei Zheng to arrive.

"Pharmacist, what are you looking for me?" Wei Zheng soon came in: "I seem to have seen Wang Tingchu beside His Majesty just now, seeing him in a hurry, is it His Majesty's will that he came?" ”

"Here's the thing, right after we left...... Let's talk about it, how do we deal with it? Li Jing quickly explained the situation, looked at the two people who were slightly surprised, and asked: "One person is short-minded, and three are long-term, I don't have any good ideas for the time being, both of you should tell me, in the face of such an embarrassing situation, how should we choose?" ”

"This ......" Xue Rengui said modestly: "The master has no choice, and the disciple naturally has no choice, so let's ask the Lord Supervisor what he means." ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "I don't have any ideas, but I have a problem similar to Your Majesty." ”

"What's the problem?" Li Jing hurriedly asked, in fact, he has a way, but he is not sure of this method, so he wants to ask the opinions of the two before saying his own way.

"I'm not asking this question to the marshal, but to the general." Wei Zheng looked at Xue Rengui: "Dare to ask the general, they all say that the combat power of the young army is unparalleled in the world, and one can be ten, if you face Hou Junji - pay attention, I am talking about the face, it is enough to contain his attack, you don't need to defeat him, under such a premise, how many people do you need at least?" ”

Xue Rengui held up his chin and thought about it, "It's just dragging him back...... If we occupy favorable terrain and have sufficient supplies, it is enough to give 3,000 men, but the number of these 3,000 men is too small after all, and if Hou Junji retreats or bypasses, we will not have the strength to pursue. ”

"And what if you were to defeat him?" Wei Zheng asked.

"If it is a head-on confrontation, my 20,000 men will be enough to defeat his army of 100,000, but if it is a pursuit battle...... Then it's hard to say how many people are, but if there are 40,000 people, it will definitely be enough - I mean, if I give me 40,000 people, whether Hou Junji surrounds us or he scatters and flees, I have enough power to destroy him, and I will not miss an enemy - unless all of his 100,000 people are Modao team. ”

"It's certainly impossible." Wei Zheng smiled, the Mo knife hand is too difficult to train, and there are not many Mo knife teams in the entire Tang Dynasty, they are usually trained in Chang'an, and only the emperor can bring a little when he travels.

What's more, the South Seas are full of smoke and miasma, the water network is dense, swamps can be seen everywhere, and trees are overgrown...... It is not suitable for heavy infantry deployment at all, so although there are many elites around Hou Junji, they are reasonably equipped, whether it is cavalry or artillery, but the only type of troops that are not equipped is the Modao team.

(End of chapter)