Li Bao went to call Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao, and sent people to find Jing Xiang, Wang Jian, Han Jian, Lu Yanhong and others to discuss the next strategic issues.

By the time everyone had gathered, half an hour (nearly an hour) had passed, and Li Bao saw that everyone had arrived, he coughed, and then pointed to the map on the wall and said: "Now we have taken down the land of Baoda Town, Suining Town, and Weiguo Town, plus the land of the five towns we have occupied in the past few years, we already have eight towns and forty-two prefectures and counties under the rule of Weizhou."

Although most of the states and counties under our rule are barren, such a large area is far beyond our expectations. In addition, the next direction and strategy of Weizhou, I convened all of you for a meeting to hear your views. ”

The people present were not only the generals and high-ranking officials of the Weizhou Army, but also the leaders of the Weizhou Group, and the matters they discussed at this time would determine Weizhou's actions in the short and medium term. Therefore, everyone had to think deeply, in case they said the wrong thing, and were despised by their colleagues, and if they left a bad impression in the heart of His Highness, it would be miserable.

Li Bao took advantage of everyone's time to think, and his eyes were looking at a large area on the map. The area under Weizhou's current rule has basically monopolized the northwest region of the Tang Dynasty, which is far larger than the territory occupied by Li Maozhen, the five dynasties of Qinqi regime in history.

Li Bao looked at Song Wentong, who was still thinking, he was a little happy in his heart, Li Maozhen, Li Maozhen, when you met me, your fate was fulfilled early, but it was also because you met me that your fate was discounted again. Haha, this reality is really impressive.

Thinking of Li Maozhen, Li Bao, and Wang Jian, Han Jian and others, these fierce people in the history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms have now bowed their heads in front of their absolute power. This feeling made Li Bao a little excited, but he was a little lucky.

Thankfully, their appearance helped them change their history and destiny of infamy. However, they will not understand until death in this life, Li Bao, as a traverser, knows, but he can't say it, this kind of joy that can't be shared, the taste can only be felt by Li Bao alone.

Li Bao was distracted for a while before he reacted, and when he saw his subordinates looking at him with concern, he smiled embarrassedly: "I was thinking about things just now, how did everyone think about it, let's talk about it." ”

Jing Xiang looked at everyone's reactions, and said: "Let's talk about it first, we have now captured and fought the town of Suining, Baoda Town, and Weiguo Town, although we are strong, but our Weizhou has also become the target of the public, after all, our Weizhou is still under the rule of the imperial court, and we attack the obedient feudal town for no reason, I am afraid that it will provoke criticism from the court at that time." ”

Jing Xiang's words are also a problem that Li Bao has been worried about, and now although the prestige of the Tang Dynasty has been greatly lost because of the Huangchao banditry, it is still the right place of the imperial court, symbolizing the imperial power and orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the emperor has a good relationship with Li Bao, he can't shelter Weizhou now, and with the rise of powerful warlords such as Li Keyong and Zhu Wen, the undercurrent in the court will only become more intense.

Now that the emperor has become a lonely person, anyone can control the emperor, and when the hat of a rebellious minister and thief is buttoned down and becomes the public enemy of the feudal towns, how should Weizhou, which occupies a corner of the country, deal with it?

After listening to Jing Xiang's words, everyone nodded their heads, thinking that the question he raised was very correct and urgent.

Li Bao nodded, "What Jing said in the army is very reasonable, our action to cut off Tian Lingzi this time is a little impatient, what should we do now, or what measures should we do to prevent us from such a situation?" ”

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, the generals are not ambiguous in leading troops to fight, but when they encounter this kind of brain-wielding problem, they definitely can't help, and they still can't say why.

The helpless Li Bao could only look at Jing Xiang who was smiling, "What can Jing do to join the army?" ”

Jing Xiang smiled and said: "I have thought about this matter again and again, and I think that this matter is very simple to solve, when we first started the army, it was under the slogan of eliminating the traitors, and now Tian Lingzi has been captured, but he has not been executed, and Shuzhong has not received any breath, so we still have time to remedy it." ”

"Oh, what is the best way to join the army, you might as well say it for everyone to refer to."

"The remedy for this is very simple, that is, 'cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and cut the mess quickly' without giving the imperial court any chance for He Shuzhong to react." When Jing Xiang said this, his tone involuntarily became tough.

"Everyone heard what I said about joining the army, did anyone else have a different opinion?"

Li Bao asked this, which is basically equivalent to asking in vain, most of the people who are doing are military generals, they are really too lazy to think about the pros and cons, they only need a simple order.

Seeing that the generals had no objections, Li Bao took care of himself and continued: "Okay, since everyone has no objections, let's do what Jing said in the army." But in addition to sending troops, we can't relax anywhere in the capital, although San'er went to Beijing, but he is a person in the shadows, not suitable for doing things on the surface, who do you think is more suitable? ”

Li Bao's so-called superficial thing is that he implicates the officials who are close to Weizhou and can push the case and confession approved by Tian Lingzi in the direction of Weizhou, this person must have deep connections in the capital and be accepted by various forces, and he must know how to weigh the pros and cons in addition to being good at dancing.

Such a candidate is really difficult to choose, if the position and background of the person selected are a little lower, it will be difficult to contact the Quartet at that time, and at the same time, it is easy to have an estrangement with Hu Sanbao, after all, Hu Sanbao is Li Bao's personal eunuch, and he grew up with Li Bao, who dares to give orders to him?

If you choose a noble person who is not conducive to the acceptance of other forces in the court, Prime Minister Yang Yan's position is high enough, but everyone knows that he is from Weizhou, so it is not appropriate for him to come forward.

It's hard!

Li Bao has a headache, who should be sent to this candidate? But someone has to do it, and Li Bao still can't make up his mind after thinking about it again and again.

Zhang Qingping looked at Li Bao with a frown, and he said: "Your Highness, don't worry, you can think of one of the candidates who went to Beijing." ”

"Oh, Captain Zhang said quickly, who is suitable?" Li Bao said urgently.

"This person who goes must be acceptable to all parties, and we will not have a second person in Weizhou except Zheng Situ."

By the way, hasn't Zheng Zhen been staying in Weizhou, how did he forget his old man. In the past few years, Zheng Zheng seems to be a different person, he has become a lot more calm and indifferent, but he is deeply interested in the changes in Weizhou.

In the past few years, he spent most of his time studying various systems and changes in Weizhou, and often discussed with Li Bao some knowledge on governance and gewu.

Li Bao was also deeply puzzled by Zheng Jin's changes, but Zheng Zheng was a person he respected after all, so he respected Zheng Zheng's choice very much.

Now in order to resolve the crisis in Weizhou, will this former old politician be willing to go out of the mountain? Li Bao was a little uncertain, but since this matter was very important, he had to give it a try.

Let's put this matter aside for a moment, and then it's time to agree on the dispatch of troops. Now Weizhou occupies most of the northwest region, but most of the prefectures and counties under the rule of Weizhou are barren, and the disadvantages of the lack of grain base have been highlighted in the past two years, in order to support a large number of people, Weizhou's grain imports have been increasing year by year.

The inability to be self-sufficient in food has also been plaguing Li Bao, so at today's meeting, Li Bao also wanted to hear his subordinates' thoughts on the grain base.

Li Bao said: "Regarding the food issue, we have been talking about it for several years, but it has not been solved, we have always had deductions in the past, but now we have decided to take action, and we currently have two choices, one is Shuzhong, and the other is Fengzhou Beach under Helan Mountain in Lingzhou." Both of these places have fertile land and a suitable climate, and both are excellent grain production areas. ”

The Fengzhou Beach mentioned by Li Bao is the most famous "plugging the Jiangnan" Hetao Plain in later generations, and it was only called Fengzhou Beach at this time.

Li Bao saw that all the generals nodded one after another, and he continued: "The fertile land of Fengzhou Beach under Helan Mountain can be used as our first target. And now that Weizhou's combat power is enough, we can strike while the iron is hot and take here in one fell swoop. ”

After listening to Li Bao's introduction, everyone began to discuss, Wang Jian watched everyone echo Li Bao's suggestion, but he had lived in Shuzhong for several years, so he was more familiar with Shuzhong, so he said: "Your Highness still has a number of generals, and if you have something to say, please ask Your Highness for permission." ”

Li Bao glanced at Wang Jian, then nodded in agreement.

"His Royal Highness and Jing have only said a lot about the military, and they have also learned a lot, but there is something unclear, why did His Highness choose Shuzhong as the food production area? Shuzhong is rich in grain and grass, abundant products, and Shuzhong is rich in salt and tea, and Shuzhong is still the nest of Tian Lingzi's brother Chen Jinghuo, so we should capture Shuzhong. ”

Li Bao nodded at Wang Jian, and then smiled: "General Wang's words definitely represent the voices of some people, but there are two reasons why Shuzhong is not suitable as the primary target. Although the first Shuzhong region is rich in products, the road to the south is especially not suitable for large groups of troops, which is not conducive to our strategy of rapid strike.

In addition, Chen Jinghuo has been entrenched in Shuzhong for many years, and there are many sergeants under his command, and most of my Weizhou soldiers are men from the north, so they are not suitable to fight in Shuzhong, which is the second point. ”

After Wang Jian listened to Li Bao's words, he immediately nodded and said respectfully: "Your Highness Xie has been taught." ”

Li Bao waved his hand to let Wang Jian sit down, and then looked at the people present, now that our goal has been set, the next goal has been clear, go all out to attack the Shuofang army that the Dingyan army occupies Lingzhou, you must take these two Fang towns as soon as possible.

In addition, when we attack the two towns of Dingnan Shuofang, the blockade and suppression of Shuzhong will also be carried out simultaneously, so I decided.

When the generals heard Li Bao say this, they immediately stood up and waited for Li Bao to announce the order.

"I ordered the Third Army, the Fourth Army, and the Fifth Army to stay here to attack the two towns of Dingnan and Shuofang, and the Fourth Army commanded Song Wentong to capture the two towns and control the armies, and asked you and the three armies to capture the two towns as soon as possible."

The commanders and deputies of the Third Army, the Fourth Army, and the Fifth Army immediately claimed that they were.

Li Bao continued: "The task of suppressing and blockading Shuzhong was entrusted to the First Army and the Hu Brigade under Ouyang Hui as the main force, and the commander of the First Army made Zhang Qingping the commander of the operation and controlled the armies. ”

The commander and commander of the First Army and the Hu Brigade immediately claimed that it was.

Li Bao said to Zhang Chengfan: "With the Second Army stationed in Fengxiang, monitor the situation in Jingzhong and Tongzhou nearby, and you can act cheaply if there is a disturbance." ”

Jang Seung-beom immediately claimed yes.

After finishing the order, Li Bao looked at Wang Jian, Lu Yanhong, and Han Jian, who had been listening, and then said: "Three brigade commanders, go back to Weizhou with me, we still have a lot to do." ”