When Xiahou Haoyue heard this, she immediately stood up and stood aside, while Li Bao continued: "Envoy Wang Jun is also coming along, and I will respect you two for a drink." ”

Li Bao's actions surprised the military masters present, and the king actually toasted the two of them first. Xiahou Haoyue and Wang Bo were also surprised, and almost spilled the wine glass in their hands.

Li Bao looked at the stunned two, and he laughed and said, "You two have such a big shelf, don't you give you face when you toast?" ”

"Where, a certain party has just been rude, and I ask the king to forgive me!" After speaking, the two of them immediately drank the wine in the cup at once. The spicy spicy swine goes straight to the guts, but they're more proud of it now.

Originally, I thought that today's king just wanted to take care of their face so they came to the family banquet, but today's king toasted the two of them with the first glass of wine.

Li Bao finished drinking the wine in the cup, and Xin Niang immediately filled the wine glass. Li Bao said to everyone: "This cup of wine is a tribute to the two of you who are not afraid of hardships and dangers in Fu Qi City, and finally left many seeds for the Tiger Wing Army, and achieved Fu Qi City to drive away Xin Lihe, you have merit, and no one can erase this credit."

But why did Lone punish you that day? That's because we, Weizhou, have never suffered such a big setback, and you, as the military master, must be responsible for this matter. You must know that each of you has led tens of thousands of people, and these people believe in you and obey you, but you cannot act prudently, and you will cause the innocent death of those soldiers, so you should be punished. ”

Li Bao's words are sincere, in the current season of the Tang Dynasty, few people in the upper echelons care so much about the soldiers at the bottom, they only care about fighting for power and profit, and have never attached as much importance to the lives of the soldiers at the bottom as Li Bao.

It was Xiahou Haoyue and Wang Bo who immediately went out and knelt down in the hall and said to Li Bao in unison: "What the king taught is that after all, a certain class is in mind, and the other party is convinced by the king's punishment, and there has never been a complaint. ”

Li Bao hurriedly waved his hand to let the two of them get up, and he continued: "From another point of view, the energy and material resources it takes for us to train a qualified soldier in Weizhou are also very high, and we have to wait for another twenty years if we want new soldiers, and this opportunity cost is also very large. ”

Li Bao said this, which made the military masters present very embarrassed, this king really deserves to be a business wizard, but the military generals below can't say it, Xin Niang has no scruples, she said softly: "The king is really, above this night banquet, you don't 'stay in the line in three sentences'." ”

Hearing Xin Niang say this, Li Bao couldn't help laughing and said: "As far as you say a lot of strange things, these are the most reasonable, let these military masters have a snack, otherwise in the future, they only think about victory but don't know how to cherish the soldiers, let alone understand the hardship of material resources, so won't we be killed by them in the future." ”

As soon as Li Bao's voice fell, the army lords immediately laughed, after all, Li Bao was still very kind. But what Li Bao said, they still remembered in their hearts. After all, when Weizhou started, they were all veterans, from the beginning of the 1,200-person team was established, they and the soldiers grew up together, and the 1,200 people who started at that time are now 23 out of 10.

Thinking about the baptism of war they have experienced over the years, they are all a little sentimental in their hearts.

Seeing that all the generals showed their faces and looked thoughtful, Li Bao was very satisfied, as the current lord of Weizhou, the governor of the northwest, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Li Bao should take more responsibility for the Tang Dynasty.

But the current situation of the Tang Dynasty is very special, he, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, is just an empty shelf, and the feudal town has a greater defense against him than against the traitor Qin Zongquan.

After all, the feudal towns have the same thoughts as Qin Zongquan, they have long coveted Li Tang's country, and now Li Bao has been born out of thin air, and his troops are strong, they can do anything in order to keep the hereditary throne of the soil emperor.

It is because Li Bao can only win over his generals well, and he did not hesitate to let Xin Niang perform in person at today's family banquet, but also to envelop these generals with heavy troops.

Although Li Bao has doubts about the generals at this time, he believes in the team he started again. Among them, especially the disciples of Wu Anzheng led by Zhang Qingping, they followed themselves the earliest and most loyal, and it was Li Baocai who attached so much importance to Xiahou Haoyue. This is done to make Zhang Qingping feel at ease, and on the other hand, it is also to leave an image of Li Bao who is humble and respectful of virtue and honesty to those who come after him.

However, now that the emperor has given Li Bao the title of Generalissimo, he must take action, but who will respond to the station needs to be carefully considered. Now is the New Year, and Li Bao must take action after the New Year, and the summoning of the generals today is also to discuss the military arrangements for the next New Year.

When all the generals laughed almost, Li Bao whispered to Xin Niang, and then Xin Niang immediately got up and went out with Nana, and soon the new dancers entered the arena again and danced.

The generals immediately began to raise their glasses and drink, Li Bao toasted with the generals again, and waited until the dance was over, and Xin Niang also went out with the dancers.

After seeing that only Li Bao and the generals were left in the hall, the big guys' drinking spirit dispersed a lot, and they knew that the king was going to discuss the matter, so they sat up straight one after another.

"In the New Year, the official family of Chang'an gave Gu a holy decree, to take up the position of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and preside over the rebellion against the Qin Zongquan, what do you think, why don't you take this opportunity today to discuss it first."

Li Bao opened the topic, and the generals started a discussion on this topic.

After a while, Zhang Qingping coughed, and then the generals immediately ordered to stop the discussion, and they all looked at Zhang Qingping, not knowing what he thought.

"A certain meaning, His Royal Highness has taken such a position, it really doesn't matter, after all, there are many feudal towns in the world, and there are few who can really serve the edict, it is better for us Weizhou to slowly encroach on the surrounding feudal towns, and then mobilize our troops to encircle and annihilate the dog thief of Qin Zongquan in one fell swoop."

It was Ding Badao who spoke, he had long felt unhappy on this issue, why did Chang'an throw an empty title and let Weizhou go desperately.

Ding Badao's thoughts represented the thoughts of many middle- and lower-level officials and generals, and Li Bao did not make a sound after hearing it, and then continued to wait for the generals to speak.

Xiahou Haoyue also agreed with Ding Badao's opinion, but now that the king did not speak, and Zhang Qingping did not speak, he felt that it was appropriate not to open his mouth and echo Ding Badao at this time.

Wang Bo thought a little more, he said: "What Envoy Ding said, I don't agree with it, the central government issued this will, it should be that the princes of the court want to increase the opportunity for the king to advance, everyone knows that this Qin Zongquan is not a good hand at fighting, but the timing of the incident is good."

For example, the strongest person in the feudal town today is Li Keyong in Taiyuan, when the Yellow Nest was raging that day, Li Keyong was so desperate just because he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to earn a piece of land.

Previously, when their father and son plotted against Yunzhen Duzhou, they were beaten like lost dogs and couldn't live in fear, but now that they have a strong town in Hedong, it is not easy for them to attack Qin Zongquan again. ”

The generals didn't think too much about Wang Bo's words, but Li Bao was shocked when he heard it, and he looked at Wang Bo in surprise, this former peasant army general has grown so much, and he sees the problem very deeply.

So he looked at Wang Bo and said: "What Wang Junenvoy said is very reasonable, continue to talk about it, I want to listen." ”

Receiving Li Bao's encouragement, Wang Bo was overjoyed, and he continued: "It is even more difficult to say that at this time, it is even more difficult to want the towns to send troops, but after the king has the title of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, he ordered the towns to send troops, and they have to weigh the weight of the king's decree. This must be done, it must be done. ”

Wang Bo's words immediately resonated with the generals, they didn't think much about it as military generals, but Wang Bo explained it so thoroughly, they couldn't hear that they were not worthy of being a senior general in Weizhou, so everyone immediately unified their voices.

Li Bao nodded at Wang Bo, then raised his glass and said, "Wang Jun's envoy said well, come and have a drink." This is the second time that the king has toasted Wang Bo, and the envious eyes of the generals have focused on Wang Bo, which makes the excitement in Wang Bo's heart burst suddenly, his face is full of pride, and his joy is overflowing.

"Envoy Wang has already explained that we are going to accept the appointment of the imperial court, so what should we do, and what else do you have to suggest?"

Zhang Qingping looked at the hall, and the generals basically didn't have anything to say, so he said: "Let's talk about it, now that we have just won Shuzhong in Weizhou, the northwest to Shuofang and the southwest to Shannan are already our territory." A certain thinks that if you want to suppress the Qin Zongquan, you must first take Xiangyang, so that the passage from our northwest region to the Central Plains can be opened, and Xiangyang is located in the middle of the world, extending in all directions, which can not only consolidate the Guanzhong in the north, but also invade the Central Plains in the east, and also look at the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Zhang Qingping's words can be described as the finishing touch, Xiangyang is the capital set by Li Bao early on, this idea he only mentioned to Zheng Jin, Yang Yan and others, never with the civil and military of Weizhou, he can point out that Xiangyang is the key at once, which shows that Zhang Qingping's strategic vision is very superb, which makes Li Bao happier than they have won a few more battles.

It was Li Bao who immediately raised his glass to Zhang Qingping and said: "What Zhang Junenvoy said is good, come and drink this cup together." ”

Li Yi sat in the hall tonight as an audience for half the night, he saw Li Bao and the generals toasting for a while, he was itching, and he also wanted Li Bao to respect him for a cup, so he thought for a long time, and finally thought of a little, so he said to Li Bao: "Liulang, I have something to say." ”

"Oh, Hachiro also has gains, yes, then let's talk about it, let everyone listen to it, even if you say it wrong, it's okay, the generals won't laugh at you."