After Li Kong and Li Chengqian came to Taiji Palace, Li Tai took Li Ke and a few of them back to their palaces, leaving Li Kong and Li Chengqian to go to the Ganlu Hall to discuss politics.

Speaking of which, the current Li Kong has no official position, and he is involved in the government in vain, which is really a bit of a feeling of the Western Han Dynasty and Dongfangshuo!

In the Manna Palace, when they came here, everyone was silent, and their faces were so gloomy that they could almost wring out water.

Seeing this, Li Kong hurriedly pulled Li Chengqian, and then took the lead in front of everyone, and arched his hand: "Grass people Li Kong, I have seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!" ”

"The son has seen his father, and his father has blessed the world!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Come into the ranks, Yunfeng, I summoned you over this time, do you know what the matter is?" ”

Li Kong was stunned, how could he possibly know this question? And, the most important thing is, Li Shimin, you asked the wrong person, right? We are ordinary people, is it really appropriate to ask such a question?

But seeing that everyone did not object, but looked at him expectantly one by one, Li Kong knew that the matter was big, but among these many ministers, there were two different eyes, one was concern and worry, which came from Li Tao, and the other was anger and resentment, which came from the eldest grandson Wuji.

After pondering for a moment, Li Kongcai said: "Since it is an urgent military situation, then someone must have launched an invasion of the Tang Dynasty, and now it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is only a short month or two before the cold weather.

The Western Turks and Tuyuhun have been rotten by our business in the past two years, the military strength is sluggish, and there is no ability to wage war, Tubo has just been unified, what they need now is development, Gaochang Xiaoguo gave him ten dares not dare, as for Songling, the weather is enough, but the timing is not right.

And now that your lords' faces are so heavy, then there is only one direction, Goguryeo has invaded Liaodong? ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath, he could guess so much just by virtue of the current weather and everyone's expressions, he had to admit that Li Kong was a talent.

"That's right, Xuan Ling thinks that the Eastern Turks colluded with Goguryeo, and now Goguryeo has swept through most of Liaodong, they are Liaodong City as a stronghold, radiating in all directions, and occupying our land for hundreds of miles in ten days, do you have any way to curb their offensive?"

Li Kong was stunned, he didn't expect it to be like this, but then his brows furrowed, in the history he knew, even the Goguryeo tyrant Yuan Gai Suwen did not take the initiative to attack the Tang Dynasty, but attacked the Silla defendants that led to the demise of Goguryeo.

And Yuan Gai Suwen's Laozi Yuan Taizuo has no ambition, and now the King of Rongliu of Goguryeo is similar to the golden fat man in his previous life, he is a person who is content with pleasure, what dare they have to attack the Tang Dynasty?

Even if they had the Eastern Turks to back them up, they wouldn't have the guts, right?

After all, the current Eastern Turks themselves are a little difficult to protect, to put it mildly, if Li Shimin is willing to break the kettle and sink the boat, the Eastern Turks can be destroyed in a year.

However, I have to say that Goguryeo really refused to accept the choice of war in this time period.

The Tang Dynasty is now a government military system, and the government soldiers of the twelve governments want to be recruited, even if it is now a period of agricultural slack, it will take a month, and then gather again, and it will take more than half a month or even longer to travel from this side to Liaodong, when the Liaoshui has frozen, the weather is cold, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will be 100% defeated by the Goguryeo soldiers who have long been accustomed to the climate of Liaodong.

But if Li Shimin doesn't do anything, not to mention that he can't explain to the people of the world, he can't pass his own level, after all, he is a person who aspires to become the first emperor of the ages.

"No wonder in history from Li Shimin's conquest of Goguryeo, until the end of the Gaozong period, this war spanned more than 20 years, if it was placed in the previous life, such a small country can be completely crippled in three years at most, it seems that this military system is not changed."

Li Kong muttered in his heart, and then took a deep breath, and said: "It is impossible to send troops on a large scale, the sky is not in me, but it is still possible to delay their speed, we can send three or two cavalry armies deep into Liaodong, the number does not need to be too many, thousands of people are enough, and they are specifically responsible for the attack on the Goguryeo army, so that although it cannot completely stop their invasion, it can delay the time of the war for several months, and when the weather becomes warmer, I can send troops on a large scale." ”

"It's nonsense!" As soon as Li Kong finished speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji jumped out and rebuked loudly: "You are too naïve to think, thousands of men and horses want to attack the nearly 200,000 army of Goguryeo, not to mention whether these cavalry can adapt to the cold winter climate, even if the supply can make them all die in Liaodong......"

Before the eldest grandson Wuji finished speaking, Li Shimin interrupted him with a wave of his hand, staring at Li Kong with his eyes tightly, and said, "Tell me what you think." ”

Li Kong sighed lightly: "Actually, I don't have any ideas, but it's still okay for these thousands of people to drag down the Goguryeo army, as for the supply problem that Yu Guogong said, we can completely feed the war with war and use Goguryeo's materials to feed our army."

However, for the sake of safety, these thousands of cavalry must be strong men, and be able to adapt to the cold climate of Liaodong relatively quickly, in fact, this war will not last long, after all, the people of Goguryeo are not iron-clad, even if they adapt to the cold, there is always a limit, the grass people think, at most two months, they will collect their troops. ”

After pondering for a moment, Li Kong said again: "In order to ensure the absoluteness of this war, the grass people implore Your Majesty for permission to let the grass people lead these thousands of cavalry troops. ”

“……”

The ministers who originally wanted to oppose were completely silent when they heard Li Kong's words, what? Can they still oppose it? Li Kong put his life on the line, which means that Li Kong is really sure, otherwise, with his current degree of favor, the future is limitless, how good is it to be safe and stable? Why go for death?

Li Shimin was in a trance, as if he saw the picture of Li Kong kneeling in front of him three years ago and begging to enter the Turkic army, how similar is it to now?

At that time, they had no soldiers, and they didn't have time at this time, all when Datang was in the most danger.

Thinking of his previous punishment of Li Kong, Li Shimin smiled a little self-deprecatingly, then looked at Li Kong and said, "How sure are you?" ”

"Ten percent, the grass people can't complete the task, I'm willing to come and see you!" Li Kong's voice was categorical.

Li Shimin stood up suddenly, but just as he was about to speak, Li Tao suddenly jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, Yunfeng ...... him."

"Your Majesty, this time I must go, no one is more familiar with this method of warfare than me, and only the grass people can ensure that nothing goes wrong!"

Yes, Li Shimin rubbed his temples with a little headache, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will give you 5,000 elite cavalry, but I will guarantee your own safety, and when you come back, I will personally give you a crown salute and let Lizhi marry you!" ”

"Your Majesty......" Li Tao was stunned, how could this be? The script shouldn't be written like that.

It was Li Kong, who got up with a smile and said: "Your Majesty is waiting for the good news of the grass people, and the grass people will go back to prepare, and they will set off for Liaodong the day after tomorrow!" ”