After calmly saluting the emperor, Li Wenge stood up straight and sat down on the pier moved by the head of the forbidden army. The emperor deliberated in the Yanying Hall overnight, and there was not a single eunuch from the Yellow Gate around him, but they were all rough soldiers, which made Li Wenge quite puzzled, and he could only understand that Guo Wei could not trust these disabled slaves, and they were not allowed to be present in major military affairs.

Zhao Kuangyin was sloppy on the surface, but on the way to take him into the palace, he did not reveal the purpose of the emperor's summoning him, and it is no wonder that this person was able to get Chai Rong's appreciation later, this caution is really commendable. Until now, Li Wenge didn't know what was the big deal with Guo Weiye gathering so many prime ministers and important ministers.

probably felt that only Wang was barely in some friendship with Li Wenge among the ministers in the palace, so Guo Wei ordered Wang to explain the ins and outs of the matter to Li Wenge. Wang just talked about a little half, Li Wenge's heart has been relaxed, he may not know how to deal with other things, the rebellion of the pheasant tribe - that is, the "Yeji tribe" in Wang's mouth - is a large historical event in the three-year history of Guangshun, even from Ruan Du was involved, for Li Wenge's level of history enthusiast, this matter is not difficult for him.

"Li Qing, how much do you know about the Ye Ji clan?"

Guo Wei asked as he stared at Li Wenge's face with blazing eyes.

Li Wenge thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, the so-called Yeji tribe is actually a branch outside the eight tribes of the Dangxiang Qiang, because its tribe uses the feathers of pheasants as totems, so the ancestors took 'pheasant' as their surname. Over time, today's Yeji tribe was formed. The population of this tribe is quite large, even more than a few small tribes in the eight tribes of Dingnan, but because they are unwilling to submit to the Tuoba family and resist the imperial court, this is not tolerated by the Pingxia tribe, and they can't stay in Youxia, so the tribe moved into the border of Gyeongju, and its department has some kinship with the Dingyan military Yeli family. However, his temperament is much more gentle and obedient than that of the wild family......"

"Not necessarily, right? Gentle and obedient. How can you rebel against the salt road? Wang Jun retorted with a frown.

Li Wenge glanced at Wang Jun. said lightly: "Wang Xiang, the dog is in a hurry and has to jump off the wall, let alone the Yeji clan?" ”

His analogy was very indecent, and the prime ministers in the palace frowned when they heard this.

Guo Wei glanced at Li Wenge and said, "You continue to say, why did the Yeji clan rebel?" ”

Li Wenge looked at Guo Wei and asked, "Your Majesty." Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever heard of 'sheep and horse donation'? ”

Guo Wei was stunned, Fan Zhen, Li Gu and others also looked at each other, but Wang Jun's heart moved, and his face suddenly turned pale and gray.

"What is 'sheep and horse donation'?" Li Gu asked.

"The so-called sheep and horse donation is the worship system set by the Gyeongju Guo Thorn History to the three party Qiang branches in the state governance. Gyeongju is not only a Qiang tribe of the Yeji tribe, but also two tribes of the cattle killing tribe and the big Zerg tribe, and Guo Tingshi has set a special tax system for these three tribes. Each clan worships sheep and horses to the Thorn Mansion every year according to their heads. Ten people donated a sheep, and a hundred people donated a horse. The two tribes of cattle killing and big insects are relatively strong, and the number of people together is less than 6,000. Naturally, they didn't dare to resist, but this donation was really harsh, the Qiang people were nomadic herdsmen, and it was difficult for the tribe to feed themselves, so they relied on the surplus sheep and horses every year to exchange some food for the winter. Under such blackmail, the Qiang people have no reserves for the winter, so they naturally can't settle down. The Yeji clan has a lot of influence among the three clans, so they ignored Guo Tingshi's sheep and horse donations last year. When the general heard that, Guo Tingshi was furious and told the entire territory of Gyeongju that all ethnic groups in the territory and the Han people were not allowed to do business with the Yeji people. This method is exactly the same as the method used by the last general to deal with the Pingxia Department in Yanzhou, but the ground soldiers in the hands of the last general can hold the two passes, and the Pingxia Department can't help Yanzhou. Guo Tingshi's side...... Presumably, the Ye Ji clan was really embarrassed, so they blocked the salt road of Qingyan Land and used it to bargain with Guo Tingshi...... "Li Wenge's voice is not high, and he spoke eloquently, although he couldn't talk about it concisely, he said it quite clearly.

Halfway through his words, Guo Wei's face turned blue, and when he finished speaking, the emperor set his eyes on Wang Jun.

Wang Jun wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "Your Majesty, a considerable part of what Li Wenge said is speculation, but this sheep and horses are donated, and the ministers ...... The minister thought it was probably true. Guo is such a person. ”

Guo Wei exhaled lightly and said slowly: "Even if it is a guess, Li Qing's guess should be the most accurate, after all, he is the only one who is familiar with the inside story!" At this moment, regardless of Guo's local crimes for the time being, let's talk about how to solve the rebellion of the Yeji clan at the moment. ”

He turned his gaze to Li Wenge and asked, "In Huairen's view, is it enough to quell the Yeji rebellion and order the headquarters of the Gong?" ”

Li Wenge thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is impossible for the people and horses of the Zhiling Gong to move completely, and the great enemy of the Zhijia army is the Dingyan army, not the Yeji clan. The minister estimated that the number of military horses at the disposal of the public was only 1,500. If it is purely about fighting, this amount of soldiers is enough, but if you want to pacify Gyeongju, I am afraid that it is not enough. ”

Guo Wei nodded, and asked again: "There are also more than 2,000 soldiers under Zhang Jianwu in Ningzhou, which is enough together, right?" ”

Li Wenge hesitated for a moment, raised his head and replied seriously: "Your Majesty, if you only send troops to the Duke of Zhiling, the situation will not be at most

The Ji people could not be pacified for a while, and the war was just a seesaw; But if Zhang is taught, then the ministers are afraid that the three clans of Gyeongju will soon rebel! ”

This surprised everyone again, and Wang Jun sneered: "Alarmist, what does the General of the Cultural Revolution mean is that the rebellion of the Yeji clan will not be quelled without your Eighth Route Army?" ”

Li Wenge made a gesture to Wang Jun, and said with a cold expression: "Your Majesty asked, but the minister just answered truthfully, and he didn't dare to be selfish. To tell the truth, the Eighth Route Army was used to guard Yanzhou and fight the party. It's not used to suppress the Yeji tribe who can't live a life and has no choice but to rise up and rebel. What's more, the Eighth Route Army Town has not been established for a long time, and it will be able to form a stalemate with the Dingyan Army, and the minister really can't take out troops and horses to cross the border to help Guo Tingshi wipe his ass! ”

These words were hard and cold, and Wang Jun choked on the top, but he trembled and couldn't speak, he only stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Wenge and said angrily: "You...... You ......".

"General, Jun is right. Be careful! ”

Fan Zhen coughed lightly and said in a low voice.

Li Wenge snorted coldly: "The last general will speak and act, but according to his heart." There is one saying and there is two saying two. Zhang Jianwu is not successful, Wang Xiangruo thought that this person was available, so he could naturally recommend his life to go to the war, although the Cultural Revolution could not be agreed, but it would not suspect that Wang Xiang had ulterior motives. Wang Xiang is unreasonably suspicious and satirizes the general, but why? Do you think that the last general is a rough man? Is it easy to bully? ”

"You're arrogant——!" Wang Jun's eyebrows were upside down. Trembling all over.

Li Wenge spoke unruly and unscrupulous on the surface. In fact, the corner of his eye had been quietly looking at Guo Wei's demeanor, but he saw the emperor sitting there with his beard twisted silently, as if he was thinking about something, and he didn't seem to care about the disputes that arose in the hall.

He sneered: "How dare you be arrogant when you are late in the next school, Xianggong is a senior, since you are asking." The end will naturally be answered. It's not arrogant, it's not arrogant! ”

Wang Jun trembled for a long time, gradually calmed down, and turned around and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to ask this arrogant boy anymore. From Ruan Laocheng's seriousness, Zhang Jianwu's martial arts are brave, and he will be able to quickly sweep away the rebels and stabilize Gyeongju. ”

Several of the rulers in the temple looked at each other a few times, but they did not speak again. Wang is from the opposition Zhang Jianwu. He had already spoken his opinion, so he did not speak at this time.

Li Wenge snorted coldly and raised his head. This situation is actually what he is most happy to see. Now Gyeongju is only against the Yeji clan, the situation is not chaotic enough, if he doesn't wait for Zhang Jianwu to kill the cattle clan and force him to rebel, even if he intervenes in Gyeongju's affairs, the benefits he can get in the end are very limited. Gyeongju's salt road was the economic lifeline of the entire Central Plains, and the imperial court would not allow this lifeline to be in the hands of powerful local feudal towns unless it was absolutely necessary. Therefore, the Gyeongju Prefecture Magistrate's Court would rather use corrupt officials than borrow too much from other local factions.

Only after Zhang Jianwu's soldiers were defeated and died, he was able to insert his hand into the neighboring state and county of Gyeongju.

"Huairen, why do you say that Zhang Jianwu's troops will eventually force the three clans of Gyeongju to rebel?"

The emperor ignored Wang Jun and turned his gaze to Li Wenge again.

Li Wenge pondered for a moment, bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, Zhang Tingshi may be a warrior, but he is not a soldier!" ”

Guo Wei was stunned for a moment: "Oh, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Wenge said slowly: "Zhang Tingshi's management of the army is not strict, the discipline of his subordinates is lax, the camp is corrupt, and the disturbance of the people has occurred repeatedly, and his reputation for killing good people and taking meritorious deeds is almost known to everyone in Guanzhong. In the eyes of the Ningzhou army, there is only a head and no Li Shu, such an army may be able to fight, but it must not be able to appease the local tribes, killing cattle and big insects, although it has been poisoned by Guo Thorn's harsh government, but it is still loyal to the imperial court and refuses to follow the Yeji clan to make trouble. Zhang stabbed Shi Bingzhi, and the Gyeongju side was absolutely unable to come up with food and salary to labor the army, and these had to fall on the heads of the local tribes. If Zhang Tingshi is a person with a sense of moderation, he will naturally restrain his subordinates to appease the locality, and specifically target the rebellious Yeji tribe to carry out conquest and suppression. However, Zhang Jianshi himself is a person who is earnest, and the affairs of Gyeongju have nothing to do with Ningzhou, and he is still not able to be sympathetic to the feelings of the people in Ningzhou, so how can he expect him to fight across the border and be able to restrain the battalion and maintain military discipline? ”

Wang Jun immediately said: "This is speculation, and I can't do it accurately!" ”

Li Wenge glanced at him and said lightly: "This is the last general's own opinion, Wang Xiang doesn't think so, and the last general naturally has nothing to say!" ”

Guo Wei ignored Wang Jun and continued to ask: "If it is up to you, how should the matter of Gyeongju be resolved?" ”

Li Wenge hesitated, and finally decided to tell the truth, Guo Wei is not the kind of emperor who can lie and fool, he said while sorting out his thoughts: "The rebellion in Gyeongju is actually not large, although the Yeji tribe has cut off the salt road, they do not have the strength to attack the state city. What's more, the cattle killing clan is not in harmony with its generation, and they are often bullied, and they themselves are very disappreciative of the Yeji clan. Therefore, the matter in Gyeongju should be traced back to the source, and the matter should be solved from where it started. First of all, it is necessary to abolish the sheep and horse donations, so the two tribes of killing cattle must be grateful for the kindness of the imperial court, and strengthen their determination to rebel with the Yeji tribe, and then transfer troops to attack the Yeji tribe, but the purpose of the army is not

Destroy his clan in one fell swoop, but to open up the salt road, so that the Yeji clan will suffer some hardships, and the leader of the clan will suffer. After declaring the military power of the imperial court, the imperial court removed the guards of Gyeongju and lifted the ban on trade with the Yeji clan......"

"In this way, where is the prestige of the imperial court, and where is the face of the Son of Heaven and Earth?"

Wang Jun asked sharply.

Li Wenge ignored Wang Jun, bowed to Guo Wei and said, "Your Majesty." After all, the Yeji tribe is different from the Pingxia tribe, and the herdsmen of its headquarters leaders have no ambition to cut off the king, nor have they invaded our state and county to plunder the land of our people. They may join the Tuoba family. At that time, Ye Ji had the support of Pingxia Babu behind him. He refused to return to the king. At that time, not only did the blockade and strangulation strategy implemented by the ministers against the Dingyan army in Yanzhou not work, but the strength of the Yinxia army would even cross Yanzhou and threaten the Qingyan Salt Road with the help of the Yeji tribe to bargain with the imperial court. That's more than worth the loss! ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Gu and Fan Zhen immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, General Li is right, this matter is not just military. The northwest cannot be chaotic, and the court's decision-making should be long-term! ”

Even Wang Jun listened to Li Wenge's words, and his face showed a thoughtful look, and he didn't even bother to quarrel with Li Wenge for a while.

Guo Wei showed an extremely gentle smile on his face, this was the first time that the emperor showed a heartfelt smile tonight, he ignored the seconding of the prime ministers, and continued to ask Li Wenge: "Huairen." In your opinion. How many troops do you need to use to deal with the Yeji tribe? ”

Li Wenge's face became solemn, pondered for a long time, and replied, "Your Majesty." It depends on what the purpose of the imperial court is. If the imperial court is determined to exterminate the Ye Ji clan, even if tens of thousands of troops and horses are used, I am afraid that they may not be able to do so. After all, there is still a difficult army in the north, and it is urgent, and the Yeji clan may flee north at any time. They are very familiar with the mountains, rivers, grasslands, and Gobi in the Qingling area, if the army of the people and the court is going to take it up, it will be difficult for the army and horses of the court to do anything, and they will flee to the territory of the Dingyan army in a hurry, and when the army of the court returns to the division, they will not even need to move back to the original place for a month. ”

Guo Wei said: "If I take your suggestion and only open up the salt road, and abolish the harsh policy of sheep and horse donation and banning trade, how many troops will be needed in total?" ”

Li Wenge said with a smile: "Your Majesty knows the soldiers, and if the conditions are right, putting a team into the most critical node at the right time can determine the outcome of a big battle." If it is done in the way the minister said, as long as there is no compromise in the execution and no mistakes in the execution, a battalion of 300 men will be enough to solve the problem and quell this rebellion out of nothing when the war finally starts......"

"Three Hundred ——?" The ministers and generals in the palace were stunned. Even military figures like Guo Chongchong and Xiang Xun looked at Li Wenge like idiots, with a look of disbelief.

Guo Wei remained silent and asked calmly, "Are you sure?" ”

Li Wenge said calmly: "Your Majesty, if this battle is handed over to the ministers to fight and the ministers are given full powers, three hundred people will be enough." One person has one way of fighting, the generals lead the troops to fight differently, how the generals in other places fight, how long it takes, how many troops, the minister doesn't know! ”

"The general can really boast, Your Majesty has been in the army for more than 30 years, and he still doesn't dare to say such big words, the general has been leading the army for less than two years now, and he dares to boast like this, is it too arrogant?" Wang Jun finally resumed his sneering at him.

Li Wenge glanced at Wang Jun coldly, and said lightly: "It's not arrogant, breaking the gate of Yinzhou City, only thirty people were used in the department, and it only took five hundred people to take the whole city of Yinzhou!" ”

“…… Oh, yes, I heard that General Li once used fifty people to launch a mutiny, which made the father and son in the high service disgraced, and it was really a hero from a young man......"

Wang Jun said coldly.

Li Wenge's face changed, and the expressions of Fan Zhen, Li Gu and others also changed, Wang Jun bullied people too much, and he even exposed Li Wenge's old background in this way.

Li Wenge endured it again and again, but after all, he couldn't bear the evil breath in his chest, and smiled at Wang Jun: "The last general just said, this needs to be in place, and the timing and place are right. For example, on weekdays, Wang Xiang can pinch the last general to death by stretching out a small finger, but if Wang Xiang and the last general face the enemy one-on-one, Wang Xiang is afraid that he will not be able to go for a round in the hands of the last general, which is the truth! ”

Seeing that Wang Jun was about to scold Li Wenge's nose with a red face, Guo Wei hurriedly stopped his old comrade-in-arms: "Brother Xiufeng, you are so old, what do you want to compete with young people?" The Gao family is unlucky, and they can only complain that their family is not angry, that is, I was forced into a corner, don't I still have to raise troops to save my life? If I had waited for the Liu family to kill him, how could you, Brother Xiufeng, have the days of being the prime minister in the court? ”

One sentence immediately stopped Wang Jun's mouth, but Guo Wei turned around and said: "Renzhi, after you go down, you will discuss with General Li and Xiang Xun, and draw up a counterinsurgency strategy in the name of the Privy Council to show me......