"I think Wu Taishou should have seen this!"

Zhao Xingben took the birth card and put it on the table, "This is from a house where we got it, does Wu Taishou think it's a forgery?" ”

Samurai Tong's heart beat violently, this thing really caused trouble, he felt that it was inappropriate at the beginning, and specially asked his subordinates to persuade the people not to worship this brand, of course, it had no effect, but he didn't expect this brand to finally attract the attention of the imperial court. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wu Shi Tong looked at the sign for a while and said: "Many households in Xiangyang have such a card, mainly because Qu Tugong defeated Wang Shichong's army to go south to Xiangyang, and successfully prevented the ogre king Zhu Yu from entering Xiangyang, so that the people of Xiangyang are grateful, calling him the most virtuous elder in the world, this is the meaning of the Ming Gong of the world, I don't think there is too much need to misinterpret its meaning." ”

"What does Wu Taishou mean by acknowledging the existence of this raw card?"

Wu Shi Tong nodded and said helplessly: "It is indeed true, not only in Xiangyang, but also in Jiangxia, I have seen a lot." ”

"Okay!"

Zhao Xingben took out a scroll and put it on the table, "This is the report we wrote for this southward investigation, please Wu Taishou take a look at it first, if you think the report is true, then please sign the name of Taishou under the witness." ”

Samurai took the report and read it, although the report was true, but it did not explain the cause of these phenomena, especially since there was always a hint between the lines, which could easily lead to misunderstanding.

Of course, Wu Shi Tong also knew that this was Li Yuanji's style, as long as anyone was targeted by Li Yuanji, there would be no good results, he couldn't help but hesitate, he and Qu Tutong both belonged to the Qin King faction, if he signed this report, how could he explain to the Qin King?

At this time, Luo Yumin, who was sitting next to him, said coldly: "Since Wu Taishou admits that these are facts, but refuses to testify, could it be that Wu Taishou is deliberately favoring Qu Tutong?" ”

Zhao Xingben also said: "There are still some blanks in the back, if Wu Taishou wants his name to appear in the report, then I will find someone else to testify, don't embarrass Wu Taishou." ”

The coercion of the two of them finally made the samurai succumb, and he had to pick up the pen and sign his name on the witness column, and silently pushed the report to the other party.

Zhao Xingben and Luo Yumin were overjoyed, Zhao Xingben smiled: "Wu Taishou is honest and fair, deeply aware of righteousness, admirable, we will definitely show His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there is nothing else, we say goodbye!" ”

The two put away the report and left, but Wu Shitong was restless, he pondered for a moment, and then began to write two letters, one to Qu Tutong and one to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and immediately ordered someone to send them to Jiangxia and Chang'an in an expedited manner of 800 miles.

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Li Shimin has just returned to Chang'an, he has been leading the army in Longyou to confront the Northern Sui army in Hetao, after more than half a year of observation, Li Shimin found that the Northern Sui army did not have the intention of going south, but was concentrating on Tuntian, Hetao, through the Hetao, he finally let go of a heart, so he ordered Dou Cong, the general of Zuotunwei, to continue to lead the army to garrison in Longyou, and he himself returned to Chang'an.

There is another very important reason for Li Shimin's return to Chang'an, that is, his father has decided to launch an offensive against Yuzhang County and Poyang County after the beginning of spring, and take advantage of the remaining momentum of taking Jiangling County to attack the east in one go and expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the south.

Li Shimin did not object to this decision, whether it was his father who tore up the armistice agreement with the Northern Sui, or the time for the agreement to be suspended had arrived, the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Sui were already in a state of war, if the Tang Dynasty was blindly on the defensive, then the Sui army would attack calmly and put pressure on the Tang Dynasty from all sides, so that the situation in the Tang Dynasty would become more and more passive, so Li Shimin also believed that the offensive was the best defense.

In the study, Li Shimin read the urgent letter written by Wu Shitong several times, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, the fourth brother began to investigate Qu Tutong, could it be a hint from his father?

Since Duan Decao surrendered to the Northern Sui, Li Shimin also knew that his father began to not believe in the former Sui Dynasty generals, but Qu Tutong was the best general in the Tang Dynasty and the basis for the Tang Dynasty to seize the world, how could his father destroy the Great Wall, the Duan Decao incident made Li Shimin have to be silent for a long time, and now Qu Tutong will also be investigated, Li Shimin can no longer look at it calmly.

At this moment, the voice of the guard came from outside the door, "Your Highness, someone in the palace has come to urge, please enter the palace immediately!" ”

Li Shimin nodded, "I know, tell the people in the palace, I'll go!" ”

It was his father who convened an emergency military and political meeting, Li Shimin was about to leave, but he was delayed by Wu Shitong's fast letter, he read the letter again, and couldn't help sighing, no matter what, he must convince his father and father today, and he must not move to make a breakthrough.

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In the side hall of Wude Palace, Li Yuan is discussing with several core ministers the specific matters of launching the Southern War, this matter is extremely secret, only a few people in the court know, Li Yuan also knows that Zhang Xuan must have bought the eyes and ears in his own court, so in order to keep it secret, he did not mention this matter at all in the court, and even Chen Shuda deliberately proposed a plan to withdraw the army back to Bashu as soon as possible in the court, which gave many courtiers the illusion that the Tang army was about to withdraw westward.

Li Shimin in the side hall was talking eloquently and was expressing his opinion, "Father, Du Fuwei is indeed a good chess piece, which can play a role in containing the Sui army, but Erchen thinks that it is not appropriate for him to start an incident in Qichun County, mainly because Qichun County is not his sphere of influence, he lacks a foundation there, and will not get too much public support, but it is easy to create time for the Sui army to assemble, I still insist that he should start an incident in Liyang County." ”

The main planner who arranged Du Fuwei's uprising in Jianghuai was Xiangguo Pei Lian, who smiled and explained: "Your Highness doesn't know, although Qichun County is not Du Fuwei's sphere of influence, but with the secret support of Zheng Shanguo, the Taishou of Qichun County, the effect of raising troops will be better, and the development will be faster, and Qichun County is close to Lujiang County, once Du Fuwei has developed thousands of people in Qichun County, he will immediately enter Lujiang County, and Lujiang County is like a fish in water, with the complex terrain and public opinion base of Lujiang County, I believe he will sweep Jianghuai in a very short time, Create conditions for our southern offensive. ”

"I still don't quite understand, what support can Zheng Shanguo give him? He was not the only official in Qichun County, and it was hard for me to imagine that he would succeed in rebelling in a region where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment and there was no basis for public opinion. ”

At this time, Li Jiancheng, the prince next to him, said: "Du Fuwei is recruiting soldiers among the miners, there are more than 4,000 people in the mine over there, most of them are prisoners of war and criminals, as long as he promises to give the miners enough benefits, then there will be people who are willing to do it with him, and the role of Zheng Taishou is to fulfill the promise he made, once thousands of people follow Du Fuwei into Qichun County, then they will follow Du Fuwei with all their hearts, with these thousands of people as the foundation, it will be much easier to develop eastward, this is our decision after repeated discussions, I hope the second brother can understand." ”

"I don't quite understand what my brother means, does my brother mean letting Du Fuwei ransack the whole city?"

Li Jiancheng was silent for a moment, "There are some things that we don't want to do, but for the sake of the overall situation, we can only sacrifice parts, and we will make up for it in the future!" ”

Li Shimin looked at everyone again, and when he saw that everyone was silent, he immediately understood that this was already a matter decided by everyone, and he was afraid that it would be useless for him to oppose it, so he had to sigh secretly.

At this time, Li Yuan said slowly: "Regarding where Du Fuwei started the incident, the emperor should not be entangled anymore, no matter where the incident is, there will be advantages and disadvantages, and he is just a chess piece for us to use, we don't need to spend too much energy on him, the key is that we send troops ourselves, today everyone is discussing the various responses to send troops to Yuzhang County, I want to hear the emperor's views in this regard." ”

Since his father had made his position clear, Li Shimin couldn't continue to talk about Du Fuwei, so he had to mutter: "Erchen heard that the intelligence scouts in Zhongdu have obtained the deployment map of the Northern Sui Naval Army, this is indeed very important information, it will have a major impact on our southern offensive this time, Erchen feels that we can't rely too much on this map, so as not to be misled by it and cause our strategic miscalculation." ”

Li Shimin was implicitly reminding his father that what he meant was that this map might not be very reliable, in fact, he knew very well that the military and political division of the Northern Sui Dynasty, it was almost impossible to get the military secrets of the military from the imperial court, how could the military put such a military secret as the deployment of the naval army in the military department, he suspected that this was a fake intelligence, if it was not the Chang'an intelligence scouts who made a fake, it was the Northern Sui who gave them a false information.

Li Shimin had reminded his father Li Yuan before, but Li Yuan didn't think so, and even Li Yuanji was very dissatisfied with this, he thought that his brother was jealous of his achievements, which made it difficult for Li Shimin to mention this matter again, but this crusade was closely related to the deployment of the naval army, and Li Shimin was worried again.

Li Yuan's expression was slightly displeased, and he said lightly: "Jianghuai is in turmoil, the Northern Sui will inevitably transfer the water army to the north, the significance of that map is actually not much, the emperor does not need to pursue such a trivial matter, talk more about the military food and materials and the possible response of the Sui army, this is the main purpose of our discussion today." ”

Li Shimin heard his father's displeasure, so he had to bow down and say, "Erchen understands!" (To be continued.) )