As for the candidate for the second route to enter the army of Tibet from the Western Regions, Li Hong decided to let Pei Xingjian take the role. He didn't say that Wang Fangyi was not suitable, but because Wang Fangyi captured Lu Dongzan, his credit was already great, if he led this army to attack Tubo and made war exploits, his merit would be even greater, and if Empress Wu was to get in the way and transfer him out of the Western Regions on the grounds that Wang Fangyi's military exploits were brilliant, then Li Hong's plan to run the Western Regions would be in vain. Another point is that Pei Xingjian's current military exploits are mostly accumulated with Su Dingfang, and there is also the credit he made when dealing with Mani this time, but it is not very big, if you want Pei Xingjian to be the ambassador of Anji, you need greater military merits, and this attack on Tubo is an opportunity, with Pei Xingjian's ability, as long as he is given enough food and grass and the support of soldiers and horses, Pei Xingjian will definitely be able to attack some cities, and then Pei Xingjian will have such great achievements. No one dared to say that there was anything wrong with him sitting in the seat of Ambassador Anji.

's territory, and then step by step encroaching on the place that the Empress Wu wants to control.

At this moment, a guard reported that the ambassador of Anji, Pei Xingjian, had arrived.

Li Hong was about to get up and go out to greet him, when he saw a military general striding into the hall under the escort of several personal guards.

"Anji Ambassador Pei Xingjian see His Royal Highness the Prince!" Pei Xingjian walked in front of Li Hong, bowed down and saluted, "Because of busy military affairs, I am late, and I ask Your Highness to atone for your sins." ”

Originally, Li Hong ordered Pei Xingjian to come to Hezhou City, with the distance between Liangzhou and Hezhou, he had to arrive one step earlier than Wang Fangyi, but now he is half a step later than Wang Fangyi, which is really unreasonable. However, Pei Xingjian took the initiative to ask for guilt, and Li Hong was no longer dissatisfied. Liangzhou has just experienced a big war with Tubo, and Pei Xingjian's busy military affairs can also be justified.

"General Pei doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat!" Li Hong said politely, and invited Pei Xingjian to his side, so that Sun Chuyue moved to the side, and now Pei Xingjian and Wang Fangyi sat on both sides of Li Hong.

Sun Chuyue is also self-aware, because he knows that even if he is the official prime minister, but now the prince wants to discuss the military situation with Pei Xingjian and Wang Fangyi, and he is a civil servant who does not understand this matter, and it is not good among the three of the miscellaneous family.

Li Hong asked Pei Xingjian to eat and drink something before chatting, Pei Xingjian was not polite, he was really hungry when he hurried away, so he ate something in a big gulp.

After that, Li Hong asked Wang Fangyi to tell Pei Xingjian about his plan again.

After listening to this, Pei Xingjian pondered for a moment and asked, "Your Highness is going to completely capture Tibet this time?" ”

Li Hong nodded slightly and said, "In the past, every time we defeated Tubo, within a few years, they would be able to resurrect from the ashes, and if there was another figure like Lu Dongzan, it would be a greater threat to Datang, so why should we completely solve this hidden danger?" ”

Pei Xingjian pondered deeply, "It is not difficult to capture Tubo, Wang Dudu's suggestion is very good, the three-way army is directly approaching Luoqicheng, as long as the army succeeds all the way, Tubo will be destroyed." However, how to govern Tibet after the capture of Tibet is a big problem. ”

Pei Xingjian really deserves to be a person who understands both military and political affairs, and the way of thinking about problems is different.

"Gu has already thought about this, and has already formulated a set of methods, but you still have to ask for the consent of your father." Li Hong said that he did not directly explain his strategy for governing Tibet, because he had not yet told Gaozong, so he revealed to Pei Xingjian that this would make Gaozong dissatisfied.

"Now that His Highness has a good plan, the last general has nothing to say, the last general thinks that Wang Dudu's suggestion is good, as long as there are no problems in the implementation of the three-way army." Pei Xingjian thought for a moment and said.

"The commanders of the three-way army know that they are all rare talents in the Tang Dynasty, and there will be no problems." Li Hong said with a smile, "Pei Qing, Lone is ready to let you be the commander of the Second Route Army and lead the army from the Western Regions to attack Tibet, are you willing?" ”

Pei Xingjian was very surprised when he suddenly heard Li Hong say this.

Because after he listened to Wang Fangyi's plan, he learned that Guo Shifeng had become the commander of the Third Route Army, and he felt that the commander of the Second Route Army must be Wang Fangyi, the Governor of the Western Regions, and he might be around to give advice.

Unexpectedly, the crown prince did not let Wang Fangyi, the governor of the Western Regions, be the commander of the second route army, but chose himself.

Pei Xingjian thinks it shouldn't be, it's very unscientific!

Tubo is very weak and tired now, no matter which way these three armies are, they can make meritorious achievements, such a credit prince should give him the most important and trusted confidant Wang Fangyi, how can he give it to himself?

"Does Pei Qing think it's a little incredible?" Li Hong guessed Pei Xingjian's thoughts, so he asked.

Seeing that Pei Xingjian was a little embarrassed, Li Hong opened his mouth and said, "Pei Qing, in Lone's heart, you are all good generals of the Tang Dynasty, just like everyone else, and you are all useful talents around Lone, so you deserve to be the commander of the Second Route Army, don't think too much about it." ”

Li Hong's words are very artistic, he said this to Pei Xingjian to name you are my person, I should think about military merits for you, I want to see Pei Xingjian's attitude.

Pei Xingjian naturally understood the meaning of Li Hong's words, if he refused, it would show that he didn't want to be loyal to Li Hong now, and if he accepted it calmly, it would mean that he was willing to follow Li Hong and serve Li Hong.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Pei Xingjian agreed without hesitation.

In fact, from the moment his teacher Su Dingfang became the prince Shaobao, he knew that his fate had been linked to the prince.

"Lone is still the same sentence, Pei Qing went to Tibet this time, the deputy general you want, the military general you need, and all the requirements can be mentioned to Lone, Lone will definitely try his best to meet your requirements, Lone only has one requirement for you, in this battle you have to fight our Datang's domineering, our Datang's blood, and our Datang's majesty." Li Hong said dryly.

"No!" Pei Xingjian received the order, and his heart was more comfortable, if the prince didn't trust himself and sent his henchmen to follow him, Pei Xingjian would feel that he was constrained everywhere, and it was difficult to command the battle well, and now the prince actually let himself choose generals to make requests, which means that the prince trusts himself very much, he is just a person who has no intersection with the prince before the first meeting, the prince is willing to trust himself so much, Pei Xingjian feels that he has met such a prince, what is not satisfied?

"As for the distribution of the army, let's discuss it after Xue Li arrives!" Li Hong said. Xue Rengui's army has not yet arrived, and he is not sure how many men and horses to give Pei Xingjian, and let him lead which army with Guo Shifeng will command.

Randomly, Li Hong chatted with everyone for a while, and the banquet ended.