Chapter XII
"Your Majesty, wake up, we've arrived" Li Yu has changed since diving. Father-in-law An is still quite clear, if you want to ask him who is the most diligent person in the world, then he will definitely say that it is Li Yu. It's just that there is no way now, Li Yu has come to his senses, and he can only support him silently when he is so busy with state affairs.
"Oh, it's here", hearing Grandpa An's reminder in a daze, Li Yu opened his eyes. Slowly walked into the Military Commission, everyone shouted: "Welcome to the emperor", Li Yu's confused brain came back to his senses by this shout, and dared to be a little far away from the barracks, otherwise how many people would be scared to wake up.
On the right side of the military tent are Zhang Ji, Li Kuo, Yi Yu, Zhao Yuanyong and Chen Xiaofeng, who are about to go on an expedition; On the left sat Xiao Yan, commander of the Third Army, Yuan Yizhuo, commander of the Fourth Army, and several division commanders who were selected at the beginning.
Seeing everyone, they all sat upright at the conference table. Li Yu was not verbose, and threw the 100,000 urgent letter on the table, "What should you all do?" Li Kuo has the highest qualifications and official position, he was the first to pick it up and look at it, and after reading it. Just looked at Li Yu in astonishment. Everyone picked it up one by one and watched. After a long time, after everyone finished reading it, Li Yu said, "Pan Mei of the Middle Route Army must be guarded against, and the Northern Route Army will take advantage of the situation to attack, what should we do now?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister believes that both paths are crucial and indispensable. It's just that for the time being, what we lack is an army, except for the Fourth Army, which General Yuan is still building, we don't have an army at all. Therefore, His Majesty thinks that my Datang should be conscripted and serve in the military, and it is the autumn season, and the grain has been harvested, which is the right time. Li Kuo said bluntly
Li Yu was a little tongue-in-cheek, and this guy dared to think about it. If you do a good job in military service, you will not lose much of a loss, but if you do not grasp it well, you will lose the will of the people and completely destroy the country. But for the lack of food and money now, Li Yu is also a solution. "Who of you has a better way?"
Everyone shook their heads. Chen Xiaofeng whispered: "It's better for us to accumulate all our strength first and destroy Pan Mei's army, and then Zhao Kuangyin will definitely send a large army to guard it, and then we will come back to take back King Wu Yue's field." "This method is not reliable," Zhao Yuanyong interrupted Chen Xiaofeng's continuation. The method is not bad, but it lacks a little thoroughness, that is the ambition of Qian Biao, the king of Wuyue, as long as Zhao Kuangyin's strength declines, the ghost knows if he will rebel.
Xiao Yan thought for a while and said, "The minister has a plan," Li Yu looked at him, nodded and let him continue. "His Majesty personally went to persuade Qian Biao, the king of Wuyue, Qian Biao has always had the ambition to be the king, and since the destruction of the Tang Dynasty, he has been awarded the title many times, just to be the second Sun Quan. Therefore, Your Majesty, it is very likely that you will go and rebel against him. ”
Yi Yu couldn't listen anymore: "Your Majesty, this matter is too dangerous, I resolutely disagree." It's not that I don't agree with the idea, it's just that it's too dangerous. Li Yu is the king of a country, even if he has a 99 percent success rate, as long as there is a 1 percent chance of failure, then he must not take risks, just because he is the emperor, the only emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Yuanyong, Li Kuo and others also hurriedly objected. "Back to the emperor, the minister has a plan." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yuan Yizhuo hurriedly said, "We can't win the battle for the time being, we can retreat first and hide our strength." When he recovers in the future, he will be attacking back. ”
Zhang Ji, who hadn't spoken for a long time, frowned, and his words were a little weak: "This is the best way now, it's just that if we lose these places, our Datang strength will be weaker, and it will be more difficult to recover when the time comes."
Li Yu closed his eyes, and everyone stopped making noise, quietly waiting for Li Yu's final choice. Finally, Li Yu opened his eyes and made his own decision, "Zhang Ji, Li Kuo, Feng Yu, Liu Lie, you lead the 100,000 army I gave you, if you don't succeed, don't come back to see me, and set off tomorrow", the words were a little cold at the end. The four of them also proudly said, "Obey the order." ”
"Well, Yuan Yizhuo, Xiao Yan." "Humble duty" Yuan Yizhuo and Xiao Yan got up and called, "Well, very good, when I am not there, you will train me well in the Third Army and the Fourth Army, and in addition, Xu Zhao will be appointed as the commander of the Fifth Army, and when I come back, I will not see a mighty army, and I will take your head." Hearing this, Yuan Yizhuo, Xiao Yan, and Xu Zhao were also unambiguous, "Obey the holy decree." "It's pitiful to think about, the king of a country has only 50,000 people in his hands, and there are still 20,000 still planned. The rest of Li Yu hasn't said it yet, and everyone has already guessed that Li Yu is going to persuade Qian Bi. Sure enough, "I have decided, I want to persuade Qian Bi, you don't have to worry about me." If I don't succeed, I'll retreat," he said, ignoring the words of the crowd. And he went out of the tent.
It has to be said that there is a great tendency for the new people to replace the old officers in this discussion. It's just that there are still many inexperienced and deficiencies in the newcomers, which are not as good as the old ones. Therefore, at most, people like Xiao Yan, Yuan Yizhuo and others can even be out of school in about a year. Li Yu is quite satisfied with this. Suddenly, Li Yu thought of one thing, that is, Xiao Yangen and Yuan Yizhuo didn't seem to be in the army. Hurriedly instructed Wang Shouren: "Give me a good investigation of Xiao Yan and Yuan Yizhuo." After all, it is impossible for Li Yu to leave an enemy here before leaving. It is necessary to eliminate all factors in order to protect Jinling.
Li Yu got into a sedan chair and returned to the palace. Fall asleep in a hurry. The emperor is also a human being, and he is tired after being busy for a long time. This sleep is a deep sleep. As soon as the morning came, Li Yu got dressed. Go outside. Just because in the early morning, I had to march for the army.
After the bell and drum rang three times. Li Yu is now in front of the three armies. "You are going to go on an expedition, you are going to protect your family, you are going to fight bloodily for the Tang Dynasty, I have nothing to say. There is only one word, I am waiting for the triumphant return of the great heroes. ”
"Obey the holy decree," said the 30,000-strong army.
"Okay, toast" Li Yu also followed the group of soldiers. After drinking, Li Yu smashed the bowl with a snap. Then 30,000 people saw the situation and smashed the bowl. The sound is crackling, so it's not spectacular. "I'm waiting for you," and finally Li Yu smashed the wine jar.
"Back to the emperor, he was incompetent, and he didn't find any news about him" As the army slowly moved away, Wang Shouren appeared in front of Li Yu and said respectfully. "Okay, you haven't slept all night, let's go rest first" Li Yu didn't blame Wang Shouren, and said lightly. Wang Shouren moved his throat and wanted to say something. But he didn't say it after all, because he knew that his devotion to duty was the greatest gratitude to Li Yu.
"Driving the Fourth Army Barracks", if he didn't deal with this matter, Li Yu felt uncomfortable like a fish bone being stuck. "Greetings to the Emperor" Yuan Yizhuo, who was training the army, was shocked at first, and then called. "I'm going to go south, but there's a problem in my heart, it's hard to sleep and eat if I don't say it" Seeing Li Yu say this, Yuan Yizhuo had no choice but to be cautious, "Your Majesty asks." "I just want to know if I can trust you?" saw Li Yu staring at himself. Yuan Yizhuo thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, although the lowly position and Xiao Yan can't explain where they came from, they promise that they will not betray the emperor in this life. "Okay" Li Yu, who put down the stone in his heart, said coolly.
Finally, Li Yu also embarked on the road to stop the north. As soon as they were about to leave the city, they were stopped by an old man and a young man. That's right, this old man and young man are Father-in-law An and Hua Yinyin, who have not met for a day. Grandpa An's reason is that His Majesty has forgotten many things in his work and political affairs now, and he needs to remind himself, and there are many things that he also needs to do. And Hua Yinyin's reason is that His Majesty's injury is not yet healed and needs to be taken care of by others, he is the best candidate, and there is no eye on the battlefield, in case Li Yu is injured, or others are injured, he can help. Under duress, Li Yu had to agree to the request of the two.
So, Li Yu and his group set foot in the north......
As for what happens next, that's going to be unknown......