Today is the sixth day of the first lunar month, and it is also the first day after the New Year in Ziwei Palace, and the court room is extremely busy, and the court officials, large and small, are dealing with some official affairs that have been backlogged before the New Year, and they have dragged on for five or six days, and the things that were not very urgent have become urgent. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the political hall of Ziwei Pavilion, the seven Xiangguo had serious faces and were listening to Zhang Xuan's important military arrangements.

"We had a negotiation with the Tang Dynasty in the middle of last year, I originally wanted to reach a compromise with the Tang Dynasty, the Sui army attacked Liang Shidu, and the Tang army attacked Song Jingang, but because of the matter of the Hetao Li Yuan completely turned his face with us, not only put the two envoys under house arrest, but also tore up the agreement reached the year before last, and no longer handed over the five counties such as Changsha and the counties of Guangnan to us, I kept silent about this matter, but silence does not mean recognition, let alone weakness, the tiger must squat when eating people, the same is true of the Northern Sui, I endured it for half a year, adjusted for half a year, Now it's time to strike. ”

"Has Your Highness decided to attack Jingxiang?" Su Wei asked calmly.

Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, "It's decided!" ”

At this time, Li Gang, the secretary of the military department, said: "We reached an armistice agreement with the Tang Dynasty in October of the previous year, for a period of one year, from the first day of last year to the thirtieth day of the lunar month, regardless of whether Li Yuan tore up the agreement or not, that agreement has now been invalidated, that is to say, our two armies are in a state of war again from now on, so no matter what kind of offensive the Sui army launches, it is normal." ”

"Please tell me about your plan! How do you need the help of the imperial court? ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said: "The imperial court needs to do two things, one is to mobilize 100,000 people as war support, mainly Jiangdu County, Poyang County and Yuzhang County, this southern expedition will use 80,000 troops, including 30,000 sailors and 50,000 cavalry, the second thing is that the imperial court needs to send envoys to Luoyang, and Wang Shichong to negotiate a joint attack on Nanyang County, and at the same time to give Wang Shichong a certain amount of food and weapons assistance, the specific details I will let the head of the house Shi and you negotiate, today I just inform you, so that everyone has a heart to prepare, this matter is very important." , please keep it a secret. ”

Everyone nodded, and Zhang Xuan discussed with everyone for a moment before leaving Ziwei Pavilion and returning to his official room.

As soon as Zhang Xuan walked into the gate of the Qinzheng Building of the Qi Palace, he met Luo Shixin who was walking in a hurry, Luo Shixin was startled, "Quickly kneel down on one knee and see the handsome!" ”

"Are you here to find me, or are you looking for Master Fang?"

"The lowly position is to find the commander."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Then let's go in and talk about it!" ”

Zhang Xuan returned to his official room, took off his robe and handed it to his entourage, and at this time, Fang Xuanling also walked in.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and said to the two, "Sit down!" ”

The three of them sat down, Zhang Xuan took a sip of hot tea, and then smiled at the worried Luo Shixin: "Look at your melancholy face, are there any difficulties at home?" ”

Luo Shixin scratched his head and said, "There is no difficulty at home, but there is one thing I want to ask Dashuai." ”

"Say it! That's why you dare to come and ask me about something, what's the matter? ”

Luo Shixin leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Did the marshal decide to attack Jingxiang?" ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, turned his head to look at Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling hurriedly raised his hand, "Let me state first, I haven't said anything, and General Luo hasn't asked me." ”

Zhang Xuan felt strange in his heart and asked Luo Shixin: "How do you know that I want Jingxiang?" ”

"It's an intuition, Li Yuan treacherously put us together, how can he give up with the character of the handsome, I estimate that the handsome may attack Jingxiang after the beginning of spring."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "You guessed right, I do have this plan, but what does this have to do with you?" ”

Luo Shixin suddenly became anxious, "Dashuai, there is no part for me to fight the Turks, and there is no part for me to attack the Hetao, Dashuai can't be so partial, leave me aside all day long, I must go out to attack Jingxiang this time." ”

"Because you always make your own decisions and disobey my military orders, I don't want you to go to war, understand?"

Luo Shixin knelt down and gritted his teeth and said: "I, Luo Shixin, made a promise of a thousand gold, and made this oath today, the military order is like a mountain, if Luo Shixin dares to violate the military order of the marshal again, and make his own assertion again, I will kill myself in the Yangtze River." ”

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "You have to understand one thing, the general leads the army to fight, and many times you have to make your own decisions, if you wait for my order for everything, the daylily is cold, the key is that you have to be authorized, without my authorization, any military order is arbitrary, understand?" ”

"Humble duty understands!"

"Go ahead! Train the army's ability to fight at night, and keep the matter of the southern expedition a secret for me. ”

Luo Shixin was overjoyed, and saluted: "Even if it is rotten in the stomach, the humble position will never leak a word." ”

Luo Shixin left happily, and Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "It seems that His Highness is going to give him a chance." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "One is Luo Shixin and the other is Xu Shiji, these two people are going south with me, by the way, is General Xu back?" ”

"It's back."

Zhang Xuan instructed the guards to pass on Xu Shiji, and the guards hurriedly went.

Zhang Xuan said: "There is another important matter to discuss with the military advisor. ”

"Your Highness, please speak!"

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "I hope that Qu Tutong can be transferred back to Chang'an, this person is in Jiangxia, and he is indeed a great rival of ours." ”

Fang Xuanling pondered for a long time and asked, "When is Your Highness going to send troops?" ”

"The initial consideration is set for the end of February and the beginning of March, and it will depend on the specific situation at that time, but it should be at that time."

Fang Xuanling considered that he still had two months to go, and he should be in time, so he smiled and said, "Your Highness, I can give it a try, but I'm not sure." ”

"The military advisor can do his best."

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "General Xu is here!" ”

Zhang Xuan said happily: "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, Xu Shiji walked into the court room quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Dashuai!" ”

This was the first time Zhang Xuan saw Xu Shiji after Xu Shiji was appointed as the first governor of Goguryeo, Xu Shiji was reappointed as the governor of Liaodong last year to defend against the invasion of the Turkic army in Liaodong, and it was only at this time that Xu Shiji returned to Zhongdu and officially stepped down from his post.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and smiled: "General Xu is exempt, please take a seat!" ”

"Xie Dashuai!"

Xu Shiji sat down, and an attendant served him tea.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Goguryeo is separated in the first battle, we haven't seen each other for two years!" ”

"The marshal led the army to fight, but he was humiliated and unable to serve in another country, and he was deeply ashamed and uneasy."

"It's not easy to sit in Goguryeo, and a lot of money and food are constantly being sent, and General Xu's exploits are recorded in the military department."

"Thank you for the praise, I deserve it!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "I originally wanted General Xu to report on his work and ask one thing, which is about the timing of the destruction of Goguryeo and the establishment of counties, since the general is here today, let's briefly talk about this issue, the general is the first governor of Goguryeo, and he should have the most right to speak, I want to hear the general's opinion." ”

Jang Hyun did not destroy the Goguryeo Kingdom at the beginning because the time was not ripe, once the country was hastily destroyed, it would not only lead to rebellions and uprisings in various parts of Goguryeo, but even the secret invasion of Baekje and Silla in the south, which would greatly contain the power of the Northern Sui, so Jang Hyun did not consider this issue for a long time, but it was inevitable to destroy Goguryeo and restore the old system of the two Han counties, which was a matter of timing.

Xu Shiji thought for a while and said: "This is a one-two, two-and-three problem, if you want to completely destroy the Goguryeo Kingdom and rebuild the counties, then you must prepare for war against Baekje and Silla in the south, if it involves Baekje, there will be the problem of the Wa Kingdom, which means that you must be thoughtful and well-prepared, as for the timing, I think there will be a chance in one or two years." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Xuan heard that Xu Shiji had something to say.

"The key is in Baekje, Baekje and Silla have always been mortal enemies, but Silla's power is stronger than Baekje, so Baekje secretly colluded with the Wa Kingdom, and a large number of the Japanese army secretly entered Baekje, and if it were not for the support of Goguryeo, Silla would have been defeated by Baekje long ago.

Now that Goguryeo has lost its ability to fight, and Silla has lost strong reinforcements from the north, Baekje and the Wa Kingdom began to build up their troops and horses, accumulate soldiers and soldiers, and prepare to attack Silla in a big way. ”

Jang Hyun nodded, "Since that's the case, then let's wait patiently for news from Silla." ”

Speaking of this, Jang Hyun told Fang Xuanling again, "It is urgent to strengthen the intelligence of Silla and Baekje, please deploy the military division immediately." ”

Fang Xuanling bowed slightly, "Weichen understands!" (To be continued.) )