At this moment, Yan Zhuang suddenly walked into the study and said to Li Hong, "Your Highness, Di Renjie, the young secretary of Dali Temple, is here. ”

Di Renjie had been promoted to Shaoqing of Dali Temple before Gaozong left, which was not only due to Le Yanwei's contributions, but also related to his previous crackdown on the tragedy of Liujiazhuang in Huaxian County, because Gaozong had a deep influence on him, Le Yanwei's proposal, coupled with Li Hong's recommendation, promoted Di Renjie to the position of Shaoqing before the Empress Wu had time to stop him.

For Li Hong, there are many think tanks around him, and the wisdom of Zhang Khan Zhi, Li Qiao and Di Renjie alone is enough for him to thrive in the Tang Dynasty. It's a pity that as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Cambodia had to follow Gaozong to Luoyang, although Li Qiao was not a close minister of the Son of Heaven, but the position of Menxia Province was also very important, and he had to leave Chang'an City.

Therefore, only Di Renjie was the only one who could give advice to Li Hong in Chang'an City.

"Let him in!" Li Hong said lightly.

Yan Zhuang received the order and turned around and left.

In the middle of the ring, Di Renjie strode into the study, he saluted Li Hong, then gave salutes to Su Dingfang, Le Yanwei, and Sun Chu, and then greeted Zhang Wenjun, Li Qiao and Xiao Dezhao, and then sat on the chair at the end.

In terms of Di Renjie's current identity, he is enough to participate in national politics, but his qualifications are relatively shallow, so he can only be subservient to others.

"Di Qing, you take a look at this first." Li Hong handed the battle report to Di Renjie and said.

Di Renjie hurriedly read the battle report, and Xiao Dezhao told Di Renjie about what everyone had discussed just now. Immediately, Li Hong asked, "Di Qing, what do you think of this matter?" ”

"This-" Di Renjie wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something unspeakable and didn't want to tell it in front of everyone. Li Hong knew what he was worried about, so he said loudly, "Di Qing, don't have any worries, everyone here is a lonely henchman, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Actually, Li Hong's words are too much, except for Di Renjie and Sun Chuyu, the rest of the people are really not his henchmen, some people are just subordinate officials of the East Palace, and some people are just discussing matters in the East Palace, but when Li Hong said this, it was equivalent to throwing an olive branch to everyone, and he knew that everyone present would definitely give him an answer after tonight.

Originally, according to his plan, this matter had to be carried out slowly, but now he felt that he couldn't wait, and he had to establish his own team and consolidate his rule in Chang'an before leaving Chang'an to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen.

Because he vaguely felt that the Empress Wu would not just give up like this, and there would definitely be a plan against him.

The only thing that made Li Hong jealous was that when he left Chang'an and went to Mount Tai to seal Zen, if Empress Wu let Li Xian come to Chang'an to supervise the country instead of himself, with Li Xian's means and mind, Li Hong was not sure that someone would not fall to Li Xian.

Therefore, he wanted to subdue these powerful people before Empress Wu sent Li Xian to replace him in prison.

When Di Renjie heard Li Hong say this, he no longer hesitated, but said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, you must judge from the perspective of the minister, Tubo Ludong Zan dispatched 200,000 iron horsemen, aiming at the Western Regions, we can't underestimate it, we must deal with it carefully." ”

Seeing that everyone nodded slightly, Di Renjie continued, "As for the number of troops we send, where should we transfer troops-"

Di Renjie hesitated for a moment and said, "If you focus on the Tang Dynasty, you should mobilize a large army from Yizhou and Bingzhou, plus let Wang Fangyi gather the troops of the Western Regions, as well as our defenders in the northwest, the 40,000 elite soldiers in Chang'an City can probably make up an army of 300,000, which is enough to fight with Lu Dongzan." ”

"Yes, the minister agrees with Di Shaoqing's opinion!" As soon as Di Renjie's voice fell, Zhang Wenqian spoke. As soon as Zhang Wenjun's voice fell, Xiao Dezhao and Sun Chuyue hurriedly agreed.

"What else?" Li Hong asked, he knew that Di Renjie's words were still below.

"If the interests of His Highness are the most important, he should transfer troops from the Northeast Battlefield, which can weaken Luoyang's control over the troops, which will be of great benefit to His Highness." Di Renjie said briefly.

It's just that although what he said is very simple, everyone knows the meaning of his words.

Now it is Li Ji's army in control of the Northeast Battlefield, and Empress Wu is sitting in Luoyang, so it can be said that all the troops on the Northeast Battlefield are under the command of Empress Wu. Because the withering of Chang'an was difficult to cross the military queen in Luoyang, he gave an order to the Northeast Army. If part of the army in the northeast is mobilized to the northwest to deal with Tibet, Li Hong will have absolute command, and when the time comes, the withering of the Empress Wu will naturally not be able to cross Li Hong and give orders to this army.

As soon as Di Renjie's words fell, everyone couldn't help but gasp. Because his analysis is too incisive and too direct to the essence of the problem.

This made Sun Chuyue and others under Li Hong, who had not yet returned to obedience, feel like they were on pins and needles, because after listening to Di Renjie's words, if they did not return to Li Hong's command, they could only fall to Empress Wu, and there was no choice to retreat.

"What does Di Qing mean?" Li Hong asked, "What should Lone do?" ”

Di Renjie said without hesitation, "It depends on Su Xiang." ”

"Huh?" Li Hong was puzzled, and moved his gaze to Su Dingfang, and seeing that Su Dingfang was silent, he moved his gaze to Di Renjie again. Di Renjie saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very puzzled, so he explained, "Your Highness, now that the Tang Dynasty has occupied an absolute advantage in the Northeast Battlefield, the general attack will be within this year or two. However, as long as Su Xiang can destroy the Tubo army in a short period of time and return to the northeast battlefield, we still have an absolute advantage in launching a general offensive within two years. ”

"What if we mobilize the armies of Yizhou and Bingzhou?" Li Hong asked.

"Although the number of Yizhou and Bingzhou troops is quite large, compared with the Northeast Army, the combat effectiveness is much worse, and the Tubo army is an iron cavalry, we don't say that we need to use cavalry to deal with them, but the number of cavalry cannot be less than seventy, otherwise how can we annihilate them all?" Di Renjie replied.

Li Hong nodded slightly.

Indeed, if you don't have enough cavalry, you will defeat the Tubo army, and people will flee on war horses, and you won't be able to catch up with them with only a pair of legs!

"Let's mobilize the Northeast Army!" Li Hong said, "Le Xiang, you immediately write a recital for your father, and by the way, talk about the plan we discussed tonight." As for Su Xiang, when you go back to Chang'an City this time, don't go to the Northwest Front again, Chang'an City still needs you to sit in the town, this time let Gu go to meet Lu Dongzan! ”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is inappropriate!" Sun Chuyue admonished.

"Please think twice, Your Highness!" Xiao Dezhao also spoke.

"Let's do it!" Li Hong said, not giving everyone another chance to persuade him, but moved his gaze to Su Dingfang and said, "Su Xiang, you just sit in Chang'an, Liangzhou has Pei Xingjian, Hezhou has Guo Shifeng, the Western Regions has Wang Fangyi, plus the black tooth Changzhi, these people are all your disciples, or your valued people, with them to assist Lone, Lone can't deal with Lu Dongzan?" ”

Su Dingfang understood what Li Hong meant, so he didn't argue with him about going to the northwest to deal with Lu Dongzan, but nodded slightly.