His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going back to the city, and Guo Shifeng and Sun Chuyu and Hei Tooth Changzhi are very happy, because they don't have to be afraid anymore in the future. Therefore, everyone greeted Li Hong outside the city with joy, and even if Li Hong had not arrived yet, their faces were filled with warm smiles.

"Look, it's His Highness's men." Someone shouted.

Sun Chuyue, Guo Shifeng and others looked into the distance, and found that as far as they could see, a black line was gradually approaching, and then a fast horse charged in front of everyone, and immediately the knight turned over and dismounted, and reported to Sun Chuyue and Guo Shifeng, "Sun Xiang, General Guo, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the city." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the city."

When Guo Shifeng, Sun Chuyuo, and Heiya Changzhi heard this, the blood in their whole bodies flowed more smoothly, and it was only at this moment that their tense nerves relaxed.

"Let's go, let's go meet Your Highness!" Sun Chuyo laughed and said......

Li Hong, who was riding on a horse, saw Guo Shifeng and Sun Chu's group from a distance, and the corners of his mouth showed a victor's smile. This time, he went to the northwest to inspect and specifically revealed information to Lu Dongzan, so that Lu Dongzan would send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty for no reason, the purpose was to capture him alive. But who would have thought that he was not doing this to increase his strength and prestige?

He and Lu Dongzan came to the northwest with their own goals, and after this big battle, it was clear that he had won, and he had defeated Lu Dongzan.

But in his heart, what is more important is that his victory is more than that, his victory also lies in the temple of the Tang Dynasty, the power center of the Tang Dynasty, with this battle in his northwest, what he said above the court in the future will be more useful, and he will definitely be more comfortable in the struggle for the power of the Empress Wu.

", don't be nervous." Sensing the's somewhat flustered look, Li Hong comforted him, "You are a lonely person now, and Datang is your home." ”

To be honest, he admires the very much, the Tubo man, in the case of the approaching army of Lu Dongzan and the fact that he was surrounded by an army of 40,000, the can still insist on his orders to protect his comfort, which is really commendable, just by virtue of this, even if the will not make any more achievements in the future, Li Hong will not give up on him.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" The said with emotion, although Li Hong is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the does not feel a trace of inferiority by his side, and he is also cared for by Li Hong everywhere, so Tubo can't get it.

"It's General Guo, and Sun Xiang—" Chen Gong reminded Li Hong in a low voice. Li Hong nodded slightly and smiled, "They are really anxious!" ”

While the two were talking, the army had already walked in front of Guo Shifeng and Sun Shiyue and the others, Li Hong restrained the war horse, Sun Chuyue and Guo Shifeng, Hei Tooth Changzhi and others hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Hong turned over and got off the horse, strode up to Sun Chuyue and Guo Shifeng, helped the two of them up and said, "Sun Xiang, General Guo, don't be polite, please get up quickly." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Guo Shifeng and Sun Chuyue hurriedly got up and said.

"Everybody, get up!" Li Hong said to Hei Tooth Changzhi and the others again. Everyone obeyed, and then they got up.

"Lone left Hezhou City for a few days and didn't return, which makes you worried." Li Hong said cordially. Sun Chuyuo's heart was hot, and he hurriedly replied, "As long as His Highness returns safely, it will be good if he returns safely." ”

"Don't you see that Gu has returned safely? Let's go, let's go into town. Li Hong laughed.

Everyone received the order and followed Li Hong into Hezhou City.

When he arrived in Hezhou City, Li Hong instructed Guo Shifeng to arrange the residence of the, as well as the camp of the ghost rider and the wolf rider, before the wolf rider was only 600 people, naturally he lived in the same camp as Li Duoqi's leopard rider, and now the number of wolf riders has reached 4,000, so naturally he can no longer stay with the leopard rider.

Guo Shi bowed down and received the order. He had already heard that there was a Tibetan army supporting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the battle to defeat Lu Dongzan, and now he was not surprised to see the. Li Hong then asked Heiya Changzhi to imprison the remaining 7,000 captives to prevent them from rioting. After that, he returned to his mansion and began to rest after bathing.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Li Hong woke up, put on his clothes under the service of the guards, hurriedly ate some porridge, and summoned everyone to the hall to discuss the matter.

In this meeting, Li Hong's purpose was not for Lu Dongzan, but for Tubo. Just like Su Dingfang said, the current Lu Dongzan is already a lost dog, and he is no longer worthy of Li Hong's attention. Li Hong is now thinking about whether to capture Tibet and destroy it. If you don't capture Tibet, how should you deal with the Tibetans? If you capture Tibet and completely incorporate it into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, how should you govern this country. What should the Tibetan royal family do with and what problems should they be placed in.

At the same time, although Lu Dongzan sent 200,000 troops this time, there are still about 100,000 elite cavalry in Tubo, Li Hong wants to attack Tubo, with the number and combat effectiveness of the cavalry around him, it is still very stressful, even if the northeast reinforcements arrive, if you don't integrate, it will not be a matter of a day or two to capture Tubo.

Therefore, Li Hong wants to hear everyone's opinions.

Hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to discuss the matter, everyone hurried to the meeting hall.

In addition to Guo Shifeng, Heizhi Changzhi, Li Duoqi, Zhao Zhongyong, Chen Gong, Yang Sijian, Liu Wenjie and Yuwen Chongtian, there are two more people who participated in the discussion today, one is Prime Minister Sun Chuyu, and the other is Li Hong's heart subordinate.

When Li Hong stepped into the hall full of energy, everyone had already arrived.

When everyone saw him, they were about to get up and salute, but he stopped them and said, "No need to be polite, everyone should sit down." ”

The crowd continued to stand, and only when Li Hong walked to the main seat and sat down did they take their seats one by one.

"Defeating Lu Dongzan this time, the siege of Hezhou City is completely lifted." Li Hong opened his mouth and said, "But the threat of Tubo to our Tang Dynasty has not been completely lifted, this time we killed Lu Dongzan, maybe in a few years, there will be a Lu Xizan, and in a few decades there will be a Lu Beizan." Therefore, what Gu means is that if you want to remove the threat of Tubo to the Tang Dynasty, it is not enough to defeat them. ”

When Li Hong said this, he didn't continue, but moved his gaze to everyone, he wanted to see everyone's reaction.

Guo Shifeng behaved very calmly after hearing his words, and his face was not wavering, Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong and others had already known about his plan, so they didn't react, only Liu Wenjie and Yuwen Chongtian were overjoyed, and there was another person who was very surprised, he was Sun Chuyue.

"Does Your Highness mean that you are going to attack Tubo and destroy Tubo?" Sun asked in disbelief.

"Yes." Li Hong said affirmatively, "Lu Dongzan lost 200,000 elites in Tubo in the first battle, and now there are less than 100,000 cavalry guarding the territory of Tubo, and Tubo without Lu Dongzan is like a tiger without teeth, this is the best time for us to capture Tubo in one fell swoop and incorporate it into the territory of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Sun Chuyue heard Li Hong's words clearly, and couldn't help but gasp.

Back then, even after the Tang Dynasty was strong and defeated the powerful Turks, Taizong did not dare to go to war with Tubo in the presence of Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, but chose a humiliating peace policy and married Princess Wencheng to Songtsan Gampo.

Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not have a military god like Li Jing by his side, and there is no iron cavalry around him that defeated the Turks back then, what preparations did the prince use to attack Tubo and destroy Tubo? Is it just by defeating Lu Dongzan and killing Lu Dongzan?

Sun Chuyue instinctively wanted to object, but when he thought that this was not Daming Palace, he hurriedly suppressed his words and asked cautiously, "Your Highness, has Your Majesty ever known about this matter?" ”

"Don't worry about this, Prime Minister Sun, tonight Lone will write to his father, explaining what Lone means, with his father's wisdom and martial arts, he will support Lone to do this." Li Hong said confidently. Li Hong knew Gaozong's temper very well, and Gaozong Taishan sealed Zen, which revealed his heart, he wanted to surpass Taizong and be an emperor comparable to Qin Huang and Han Wu. Now that there is an opportunity to surpass Taizong, how could Gaozong give up?

"Your Highness, Tubo is very powerful, even if Lu Dongzan loses 200,000 elite horsemen this time, we don't dare to underestimate them." Sun said with a promise.

"I know this, otherwise I wouldn't have discussed it with you." Li Hong said with a smile.

He was not unhappy with Sun's euphemistic advice, but was very happy. As a king, how can all the decisions he makes be right, there must be times when he is wrong, and at this time, there can be a few ministers around him, who can dare to admonish like Wei Zheng who is not afraid of the power of the king, so as to ensure that the decision he makes is right and to avoid him from making wrong decisions.

Although Sun Chuyue has not yet reached the level of Wei Zheng, at least his advice at this time is enough for Li Hong to see the shining point in him.

When Sun Chuyue heard the prince say this, he stopped admonishing him.

Li Hong saw that everyone was silent, so he opened his mouth and said, "This time to attack Tubo, you are Lone's right-hand man, if you have any ideas, just say it." ”

Li Hong went to Tibet this time, and the generals he was going to bring with him already had candidates, Guo Shifeng and Heizhi Changzhi, these were the two people he had already chosen, because in the future, he was going to let Guo Shifeng and Heizhi Changzhi guard Tubo. In addition to the first time, Yuwen Chongtian and Liu Wenjie also need to exercise, and he is ready to take the two with him. As long as the abilities of the two meet his requirements, he is ready to transfer the two to Zhao Zhongyong's wolf rider and's ghost rider, and let the two of them be Zhao Zhongyong's and' deputies. This is not to say that Li Hong does not believe in Zhao Zhongyong and the, it is that Zhao Zhongyong and the are different from the Tang Dynasty, and many battles in the future will need the transmission of paperwork and information, and it will be much more convenient if there are two Tang army generals here. In Li Hong's heart, if he really captured Tubo, he would have enough troops to maintain the combat effectiveness of the wolf rider and the ghost rider, so his concept has changed, he will no longer join the Tang Dynasty soldiers in the two cavalry, but in the future, no matter how the wolf cavalry and the ghost cavalry change, the cavalry inside will always be the purest Tubo people. Because only such cavalry can completely burst out of their fierce, cruel, and killing nature, and can improve their combat effectiveness to the extreme.

What is a wolf, ferocious and tenacious is for the wolf.

What is a ghost, insidious and tricky is for ghosts.

For Li Hong, I want such a cavalry, a fierce and tenacious wolf horse, a sinister and tricky ghost horse.

Didn't Goryeo, Silla, and the Baekje people often use surrender tactics when they were fighting with the Great War, and let the Tang Dynasty capture them, eat and drink them well, and then release them, and then they continued to butcher the Tang army? Li Hong didn't believe it, in the future battlefield in the northeast, he sent wolf riders and ghost riders to the field, he wanted to see what would happen to the Goryeo, Silla and Baekje people in the face of these two murderous and insidious elite cavalry?

Then there are Li Duoqi and Chen Gong, Zhao Zhongyong and the, who are the main generals of his four personal guards and iron cavalry, and he can't help but take them with him.

In addition, it is Xue Rengui who came to support, this brave general Li Hong has been greedy for a long time, and he is ready to take this opportunity to bring Xue Rengui under his command. As for Xue Rengui's son Xue Na, Li Hong decided to let him guard Hezhou City.

The rest of Li Jingxuan and Qin Zhan are also the people who must be brought, because both of them are Li Hong's henchmen, and he needs to attack Tubo to let the two accumulate military merits and improve their official positions.

Finally, there is another person that Li Hong values, that is, Wang Fangyi and the 100,000 cavalry of the Western Regions beside him.

Before, Li Hong asked Wang Fangyi to collect 100,000 cavalry in the Western Regions, the purpose was to deal with Lu Dongzan's army, but now that Lu Dongzan's army has been defeated, there is no need to use this 100,000 army to deal with it, Li Hong decided to use this army to destroy Tubo.

may not have this 100,000 army, Li Hong is still a little worried about the battle to destroy Tubo, because his troops are a little thin, but with this 100,000 army, he can play 200,000 iron cavalry, he doesn't believe in 200,000 iron cavalry, plus Wang Fangyi, Guo Shifeng, Hei Tooth Changzhi and other famous generals, plus his overall command, he can't destroy a small Tubo without Lu Dongzan's external strength and middle cadre.

Obviously, everyone didn't seem to have recovered from Li Hong's earth-shattering words, and when they were suddenly asked by His Royal Highness the Prince, they didn't know how to answer for a while.

In fact, this is normal, the Tang Dynasty has always been defensive in dealing with the issue of Tibet, and has never thought about destroying Tibet, so the generals have not thought about how to destroy Tibet, and how to solve any problems that will arise in the battle to destroy Tibet.

Now that Li Hong suddenly asked, it was normal for them to have difficulty answering for a while.

Li Hong also thought of this, so he didn't press everyone again, but said lightly, "You go down and think about this matter, and we'll discuss it tomorrow." However, Lu Dongzan's defeated army has fled in the direction of Liangzhou, and now Qin Zhan, Li Jingxuan, and Xue Na are in pursuit. Guo Shifeng, you pay close attention to the situation in Liangzhou, and you will report to Gu as soon as there is news. ”

"No!" Guo Shi Feng stood up and took the order.

"Okay, that's all for today, you guys go back and think about Lone's problem today. Sun Xiang stayed, and Lone still had something to say to you. Li Hong said.

Everyone received the order and exited the hall in turn, only Sun Chuyue stayed in place, waiting a little nervously, not knowing what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to say if he was left alone.