Li Jiancheng made up his mind, for the sake of the future and long-term peace and stability of the imperial court, he did not hesitate to offend his father and other important ministers, and he must completely dig out the rotten root of the imperial court's direct command of the generals to fight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Jiancheng continued: "We might as well ask General Xiaogong and listen to his thoughts at that time. ”

Li Jiancheng turned to Li Xiaogong and said, "May I ask His Royal Highness the King of Zhaojun, if the Jiangxia Campaign was completely decided by you at that time, what would you do?" ”

Li Jiancheng had communicated with Li Xiaogong before, and had a deep understanding of the situation at that time, if it wasn't for the imperial court's decision to let Li Xiaogong's army rescue Jiangxia, the final outcome would not have been so clean.

Li Xiaogong said slowly: "At that time, Weichen had nearly 100,000 troops, most of which were Xiao Milling's surrender army, when the news of the Sui army's capture of Baling County came, the army's heart was a little unstable, at that time all the generals advised me to kill back from the original road, while the Sui army was not firmly established, to recapture Baling County, with sufficient food and materials and solid defense in Baling County, as well as the important strategic location of Baling County, even if the Sui army captured Jiangxia, it was difficult to take Nanjun, but in the end Weichen still went north to Jiangxia, was blocked on the south bank of Fushui, and the grain will be cut off, If you want to go to Baling County again, there is no food support, until Weichen used a broken arm to survive and lost most of the army, so he was able to concentrate food and withdraw westward, but the remaining 20,000 troops can no longer recapture Baling County. ”

"Did you know how difficult it was to cross Jiugong Mountain at that time?" Li Jiancheng continued to ask.

Li Xiaogong nodded, "The guide made it very clear, the grain was calculated at that time, and it could be completely supported to the north bank of Fushui, although the march was a little difficult, but the loss would not be too great." ”

"Why?"

Li Jiancheng pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why did the general only consider supporting the north bank of Fushui at that time?" ”

Li Xiaogong glanced at Li Shenfu and said hatefully: "Because the Jiangxia army should have camped on the north bank of Fushui a long time ago to meet our arrival, instead of watching the tens of thousands of troops of the Sui army enter Fushui from the waterway and intercept us on the south bank of Fushui, in a dilemma, and in a desperate situation." ”

Everyone's eyes were on Li Shenfu, if it was just a mistake in strategic decision-making, it was just a matter of responsibility, but now the problem has become that Li Shenfu will not save him when he sees death, that is a crime, and this problem has suddenly become bigger.

Li Shenfu has been prepared for this day, he has also explained to the Son of Heaven more than once, and obtained the understanding of the Son of Heaven, and now Li Xiaogong is openly attacking himself, Li Shenfu can show weakness, he said unhurriedly: "The prince of the county is too excited, this will destroy the atmosphere of the political affairs hall, but it is not the original intention of the saint." ”

A big hat covered Li Xiaogong to death first, Li Shenfu stood up and saluted Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't want to affect the discussion, but it is a matter of reputation, and the old minister has to say, please allow the old minister to defend himself." ”

Li Shenfu had already seen through that Li Yuan was just making a fuss on the surface, and he didn't want to hold him accountable in his bones, so he said that he 'didn't want to affect the discussion of politics', which meant that I didn't want to do much, but the other party forced me to say, first accusing Li Xiaogong of destroying the atmosphere, and then clearly stated his attitude, and with a small wrist, he skillfully pushed the responsibility onto Li Xiaogong's head.

At this moment, Li Yuan's anger disappeared, he became deeply hidden, and no one could see what he was thinking, Li Yuan nodded, "Allowed!" ”

Li Shenfu walked to the atrium and saluted Li Yuan and the ministers, and then said slowly: "The battle of Jiangxia is a pain in my heart, and I didn't want to mention it again, but General Xiaogong imposed a crime on my head that I would not be saved, which shocked me, and in order to protect the credibility of the Son of Heaven and my own reputation, I had to stand up and defend a few words."

First of all, we have to make it clear, it was the Jiangxia Campaign, not the Fushui Campaign, why should we be clear about this, this is the reason why I am holding Wuchang County, the 100,000 troops of the Northern Sui Dynasty attacked Jiangxia under the personal leadership of Zhang Xuan, and the Fushui interception was just a division of their troops, not the main goal, their main goal was still Wuchang County, and if they captured Wuchang County, they would take advantage of the situation to capture Jiangxia, so it was impossible for me to give up Wuchang County and go to garrison Fushui. ”

Li Xiaogong was about to refute, but Li Shenfu waved his hand and said coldly: "Your Royal Highness, please allow me to finish my words, just like I didn't interrupt you just now." ”

Li Xiaogong had to suppress the anger in his heart, the other party was simply reversing black and white, talking nonsense, and hated him so much that he clenched his fists.

Li Shenfu continued: "100,000 Northern Sui troops on the other side of the Yangtze River, thousands of warships surrounded Wuchang City, I am strong every day, ready to fight with the Northern Sui army to the end, even if the battle is killed to the last person, I will never give up, but I am also worried, Jiangxia is the main production area of pig iron in the Tang Dynasty, and there are tens of millions of catties of pig iron in the Wuchang warehouse, it is not a pity for me to die in battle, but the loss of Jiangxia will seriously endanger the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, and later received a military report from the imperial court, the Eastern Expeditionary Army will aid Jiangxia in the north, I was overjoyed, the soldiers celebrated with their hands, Cheer for the wise decisions of the imperial court......."

At this time, Li Jiancheng's face began to change, Li Shenfu was no longer targeting Li Xiaogong, but began to point the finger at himself, he just said that the imperial court interfered too deeply in the military and made a wrong decision, but Li Shenfu praised the court's wisdom in decision-making as a general on the other side, but Li Jiancheng was very well-educated, he did not interrupt Li Shenfu's words, but let him continue.

Not only did Li Jiancheng hear the sound of Li Shenfu, but all the ministers in the hall understood it, and everyone had to admire Li Shenfu's sleek and old officialdom, in comparison, Li Xiaogong seemed too rigid, too crisp, rigid and easy to break, simply fragile, Li Xiaogong talked about military affairs in the imperial court, or a little tender.

Chen Shuda has been secretly paying attention to the attitude of the Son of Heaven, and he found that although Li Yuan has always been silent, there is a trace of imperceptible approval in his eyes, Chen Shuda sighed in his heart, this time the political affairs hall is discussed, I am afraid that in the end, Li Xiaogong will not escape responsibility.

Li Shenfu continued: "The Eastern Expeditionary Legion going north to Jiangxia is a strategic plan, since it is a strategic plan, of course it should be decided by the imperial court, but when it comes to the specific north, it is not as simple as inviting guests to dinner, but even if it is a dinner invitation, the two sides must communicate well in advance, when are the guests going to come?" The host can prepare the meal on time and clean up the hospitable hall, which is the etiquette that small families should also talk about when inviting guests.

But our King Zhao Jun is different, he didn't send anyone to contact me in advance, I looked at each other at the head of the city every day, looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements, but there was no news coming, and finally when I got the news of the two messengers, His Royal Highness the King of Zhao County had already led the army to the south bank of Fushui, which made me stunned, just like the guest suddenly appeared in front of the master's door without prior notice, the master was not ready for anything, and now the King of Zhao County accused me of not going out to greet him, the ministers commented, Is it me, the host, who is not considerate, or is it that His Royal Highness King Zhaojun is a guest who embarrasses the host? ”

Li Shenfu was extremely well prepared, he avoided the light, and applied the example of inviting guests to dinner, which everyone understands, and almost put all the responsibility on Li Xiaogong, who did not contact him in advance and committed a taboo.

Li Xiaogong said coldly: "Has the prince finished speaking?" ”

Li Shenfu smiled, "Of course I didn't finish speaking, but seeing that His Royal Highness the King of the County seems to be about to take it anymore, then I might as well listen to it first." ”

"That's nonsense!" Li Xiaogong couldn't hold back his anger any longer, and squeezed out an angry rebuke from between his teeth.

All the ministers changed their faces, this is a political matter, how can King Zhao Junwang be so out of shape? Even Li Jiancheng on the side couldn't help but remind him: "General Xiaogong, you should ask the Holy Lord first." ”

Li Xiaogong suddenly came to his senses, and had to hold back his anger, bowed down, and bowed, "Please defend Your Majesty's quasi-Weichen." ”

Li Yuan still didn't have any expression, and said lightly: "Quasi!" ”

Li Xiaogong retorted: "Fighting a war is not a dinner party, the two armies are fighting, the enemy should be expected first, Zhang Xuan did not know the decision of the Eastern Expeditionary Army to go north to Jiangxia, but he was able to lead the army into Fushui in time, but the prince said that he knew nothing, he did not act, and he also put the responsibility on the Eastern Expeditionary Army, so how did the Sui army know to divide troops to intercept, but the prince did not know how to divide troops to rescue?" ”

"This reason has been made very clear by Chen Xiangguo just now, our strength is not as good as the other party, the Sui army warships control the Yangtze River, and every move of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, of course they are very clear, but how do I know? If I can control the entire Jiangxia situation like the Sui army, do I still need the help of the Eastern Expeditionary Army? ”

"This is not right, just now the prince himself admitted that 100,000 Northern Sui troops were stationed on the opposite bank, and there were only thousands of warships cruising on the river in Jiangxia, but there were no Sui troops on land, and even the iron mines were still being mined normally, and the prince still controlled Jiangxia, how could he say that he knew nothing."

"The situation is not as simple as His Royal Highness the King of the County thinks, the reason why the Sui army did not land in Jiangxia is that it is waiting for me to divide my troops to the south, and then they can be annihilated in one fell swoop, in fact, I did divide my troops to the south, General Li Shilei led 10,000 troops south to Fushui to support, what is the result? Tens of thousands of Sui cavalry had long been waiting in ambush, and General Li Shilei's 10,000 troops were all wiped out. ”

"That happened later, the Sui army had already landed, at that time we were cut off from food, and we had to keep surviving, I had already led the army to retreat west, and the prince sent troops to support, but before the Sui army landed, why did the prince not move?"

In fact, several shrewd ministers have already understood that Li Shenfu is indeed suspected of passive self-preservation and refuses to rescue Li Xiaogong's army, but Li Shenfu is very well prepared, explaining from all angles, and taking good care of the emotions of the court and the Son of Heaven, and his skills are very clever, and he successfully covers up the fact that his rescue is unfavorable.

However, Li Xiaogong is really not good at court battles, he is obviously the injured party, but he behaves strongly, and insists on grasping Li Shenfu's inaction beforehand, and the reason is very pale, and Li Shenfu has obviously gained the upper hand.

Li Shenfu already felt that he was winning, but he still needed to stab Li Xiaogong one last time, so Li Shenfu sneered and said, "Did the Sui army land or ambush?" At that time, no one knew, but now His Royal Highness the King of the County is here to speculate, hindsight, for the first principle of the general is to be cautious, I will not divide the troops to the south before the absolute certainty, once the cavalry is divided and surrounded, each is broken, Wuchang is finished, in fact, Wuchang County has not been lost, I have never been defeated, the court has the capital to bargain with the Northern Sui, the reason is that I abide by the principle of prudence.

On the contrary, His Royal Highness the King of the County has a very light view of the principle of prudence, I really can't figure it out, how can there be a reason why the Lord will only march with dry food for a few days, isn't that putting himself in a desperate situation? The defeat of Wang Fushui of Zhaojun was actually doomed when he was in Jiujiang County, and there is no need to put the responsibility on my head, let alone on the imperial court. ”

Li Xiaogong was almost mad, he roared without thinking: "Jiugong Mountain can't walk and carry heavy loads, I can only bring food for seven days at most, who made this decision?" Is it me? ”

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and Li Yuan's face was extremely cold. (To be continued.) )