Above the court, the faces of Gaozong and Empress Wu were not very good-looking, after all, Xue Rengui's army was blocked in the northeast territory, the grain and grass were cut off, and the situation was very bad, and there was their son there, Li Dan, the king of Yu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although there is no big crisis in this army at present, it is believed that as long as time goes by, this army without food and grass will definitely be wiped out, and none of them will survive.

Not even to mention anything else, even if their son Li Dan is captured alive, Datang will fall into unprecedented passivity, at that time, it was a rat trap, asking for money for money, asking for money for land, once it reaches that point, even if Datang is strong and rich, it is a bottomless pit of dissatisfaction.

But that is the most important chess piece used by the Empress Wu to balance Li Xian, and he is Gaozong's most beloved youngest son at present, how can he ignore it? What's more, the dignity of Datang must not be trampled into the ground by the other party like this, if this battle fails, it is estimated that Datang's decades of peace will be broken, and Datang's hegemony will also be seriously shaken, whether it is Gao Zong or Empress Wu, they will definitely not be able to bear such serious consequences.

"Zhongqing, what should I do now?" Gaozong looked at the ministers with a worried look on his face and asked in a deep voice.

"This ......" the ministers listened to Gaozong's words, all of them were silent, and after a full cup of tea, they saw Pei Yan in the service and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Wechen said at the beginning, it is not a good thing to go to war easily, everything is precious to peace, but there are people who insist on going to war for the sake of building martial arts, and now it has caused a catastrophe, which is almost difficult to clean up, according to Wechen's view, the current situation is not as good as peace, as long as I Datang pays enough sincerity, I believe that Khitan, Sumo and Silla and other countries will agree to a truce, so that the war is over." Wouldn't it be a good thing that the world has returned to peace and that all parties have reduced countless casualties? ”

At this time, I heard Dali Shaoqing Di Renjie stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is inappropriate, at this time, if our army is to negotiate peace, the thief must be desperately blackmailed, and my Datang contributed property to it, it is undoubtedly an open door thief, the more I give the other party's property, the stronger the other party's strength will be, the stronger the other party's strength, the greater the threat to my Datang, the matter will develop to the end, I am afraid that no matter how rich my Datang is, I can't meet the ambition of the thief, so I'm afraid that our dynasty will repeat the Huns of the early Han Dynasty. The Turkic story at the end of the Sui Dynasty is also, so Weichen believes that the matter of peace must not be negotiated. ”

"Hmph, Di Shaoqing said it nicely, but now that the situation in my Datang is critical, how can I break this situation except for peace?" Pei Yan is now a servant, the highest governor of Menxia Province, even his position among the prime ministers is definitely in the top three, and now the opinions he put forward are opposed by a small official of the fourth grade, how can he not be angry? snorted and scolded Di Renjie.

But seeing that Di Renjie was not afraid at all, he continued: "Pei Xiang, the situation is not so serious, although General Xue is trapped, the grain and grass in the army can still support it for half a year, as long as I send reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty to quell the Khitan and Su Mo Yan rebellion, a big thing can still be done." ”

After that, Di Renjie turned to Gaozong and Empress Wu, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, Weichen has the courage to ask Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven Niangniang to decisively send a large army to quell the rebellion of the Khitan and Su Rebellion, so that the big thing can be decided." ”

I only heard Pei Xingjian also bow down and said: "Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven, what Di Shaoqing said is extremely true, and Weichen also thinks that as long as I, the Tang Dynasty, send reinforcements and attack the Khitan and Su from behind, we will definitely be able to relieve the siege of General Xue." Weichen is courageous, willing to be the chief general of the three armies, leading the army to invite the Khitan, if the battle fails, willing to be dealt with by military law. ”

Gaozong couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and then said to Empress Wu: "Mei Niang, what Di Aiqing and Pei Shangshu said is not unreasonable, I am the son of the Tang Dynasty, and I am the Khan of the Heavenly Dynasty, how can I compromise and negotiate peace with those subordinates?" If you lead the army to support, the chances of victory are still relatively large, you, what do you think? ”

Empress Wu originally wanted to use this matter to suppress Pei Xingjian and Li Xian and others who had fought the main battle before, and she couldn't make such a decision to take the initiative to make peace with those barbarian peoples, and now she saw that Gaozong was also moved after listening to the proposition of the main battle, and naturally it was inconvenient to deny it, but she couldn't let Pei Xingjian pick up this cheap in vain, so she just thought about it for a while and smiled: "Your Majesty's words are very true, but General Pei is old, and now the north is cold, according to the concubines, the matter of going to the Khitan only needs to send a young general to work, Hehe, the concubine heard that this time the commander of the rebel alliance, Da Zuorong, is only fourteen years old, could it be that they have young generals, and we don't have them? ”

"Oh? I don't know if Mei Niang has a suitable candidate in her heart? "Gaozong saw that the Empress Wu recommended the young generals to fight, and his eyes flashed, after all, those veterans worked hard and were difficult to control, if there were young people who made contributions, because of seniority, age and other reasons, it was relatively easy to control, in addition, Gaozong also thought that although the reason that Empress Wu said was only superficial, but it also spoke to his heart, because he really couldn't bear Pei Xingjian, a sixty-year-old minister, to go to the front line to fight again, so he decided to listen to Empress Wu's recommendation, Send a suitable young general to lead the troops into battle.

But seeing the Empress Wu said with a smile: "The concubine heard that there was a doctor named Qi Huangyang in the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, who did not avoid revenge and did not avoid relatives inside, this time the concubine recommended the nephew of the concubine Yizong, and did not hide it from His Majesty, the nephew of the concubine has followed the prince in the East Palace in recent years, but he has really learned the art of war for a few years, whether it is the six Tao and three strategies, or the experience of the battle array, he is outstanding among the younger generation, the concubine has sent him to exterminate several bandits before, and every time he can do it very satisfactorily, the concubine believes, Yizong will definitely be able to live up to expectations and lead the army to defeat the Khitan traitors......"

"Father, the son is opposed", without waiting for the Empress Wu to finish speaking, Li Xian cut off her words and said loudly: "Qi Yu Father, that Wu Yizong is in the East Palace of the son, what kind of ability he has is the best for the ministers, he can deal with the thieves or can deal with it, after all, the combat power of my Tang Dynasty officials and troops is there, but the Khitan thieves are all elite, and my Tang Dynasty soldiers are not bad, the key to victory is all in the deployment of generals, the so-called one general is incompetent, tired of thousands of troops, this war is related to the survival of my Tang Dynasty and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Northeast, You must not send a mediocre talent to fight so easily, and ask your father to think twice. ”

"Bold, prince, you make this clear to this palace, who is a mediocre talent? Could it be that the eyes of this palace are blind and can't distinguish between virtuous and mediocre talents? Empress Wu's face seemed to be covered with frost, and she shouted loudly. (To be continued.) )