Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty also smiled bitterly and said: "At the beginning, every time Li Jing finished the battle, I asked you to study and figure out Li Jing's usage strategy, just in case, but I didn't expect it to really come in handy today, this Li Jing He really reversed, if it weren't for these two pieces of information and my information, I would almost never believe that he Li Jing would be reversed." ”

After hearing what Li Shimin said, Wei Chi Jingde shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, since Li Jing has rebelled, then what else to say, just put down the rebellion." As long as Li Jing is eliminated, won't this problem be solved? No matter who rebelled against His Majesty, the minister Chi Jingde slaughtered him with his own hands. Please give an order to your Majesty to crusade against Li Jing, and the lieutenant Chi Jingde is willing to be the vanguard to quell the rebellion for His Majesty, build bridges and pave the way, open up the road, and capture and kill Li Jing. ”

After that, Li Shentong, Qu Tutong, Changsun Shunde, and Zhai Changsun also knelt down on the ground and said: "The ministers are also willing to follow His Majesty to quell the rebellion and capture and kill Li Jing." ”

Tang Emperor Li Shimin stood up from the dragon chair, helped the generals, and said happily: "I know that everyone else may betray me, but you and I are of one heart and will never betray me." I can still trust your faithfulness. ”

When the generals got up, Li Shimin said with a little sorrow: "As we all know, Li Jing is like a god with soldiers, and he will win every battle. ”

The eldest grandson Shunde stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if the minister thinks that if the soldiers want to fight, they must first stabilize their interior, so that they can work together to eliminate the great enemy." Now in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, among the auxiliary armies in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, many generals are Li Jing's old subordinates, and they are all deeply known and promoted by Li Jing. The minister suggested that His Majesty should arrest all these people first, so as not to make these people pop out when His Majesty and Li Jing fought against him in the future. and Li Jingna rebelled, colluded inside and outside, and caused trouble. ”

After listening to the words of the eldest grandson Shunde, Li Shimin nodded and said, "Uncle and father-in-law, what you said is very true. ”

The eldest grandson Shunde is the uncle of the eldest grandson of the Tang Empress Wujian (gou), so the Tang Emperor Li Shimin is called his uncle and father-in-law. As a sign of respect.

Qu Tutong, the governor of the eastern capital and the governor of Luoyang, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the eldest grandson said, it must not be. That Li Jing has been a general in my Tang Dynasty for many years, and he has been in charge of my Tang Dynasty military for several years, and his henchmen and old departments are all over my Tang Dynasty's army, not only are there many people, it is difficult to arrest them all, but these old departments are in important positions. can fight well, not to mention that many of them are loyal to my Datang out of public interest, not out of selfish interests, loyal to Li Jing alone. Such indiscriminate arrests will not only weaken our strength but also confuse our position. And it will completely force all these Li Jing's old subordinates to Li Jing's side. ”

The eldest grandson Shunde looked at Qu Tutong and asked in surprise, "Qu Tutong." So what to do? It's not right to arrest them; If you don't arrest them, they are all Li Jing's old subordinates, and they are a huge threat. If they are soft-hearted at this time, when the time comes, once they have a second heart. Erecting an anti-flag and responding to Li Jing, that is a change in the elbow and armpit (zhouye), and it is too late to regret it. ”

After thinking for a while, Qu Tutong said, "Return to Your Majesty." The minister thought that for these Li Jing's old subordinates, His Majesty could ascend and descend secretly, transfer these people out of important positions, and let people secretly monitor them. If any of them can't hold on to their anna and make a move, when the time comes, they will be stolen and their majesty will not be too late to get rid of them. ”

The eldest grandson Shunde shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you are not tired of being like this. Wouldn't it be simple to directly arrest and get rid of these threats from their old Li Jing? Why make it so cumbersome? There are only thieves in this world, how can there be a reason to guard against thieves every night? ”

The words of the eldest grandson Shunde made the Tang Emperor Li Shimin's face move.

Qu Tutong continued to Li Shimin: "If Your Majesty wants to get rid of Li Jing's old subordinates, it is of course a very simple matter, but Your Majesty, you can't ignore the harm of doing so. Li Jing's old department is in the hands of His Majesty, but His Majesty's henchmen, Qin Qiong, the general of the left Xiaowei, Chai Shao, the general of the left Jinwuwei, Duan Zhixuan, the general of the left Jinwuwei, Cheng Yanjin, the general of the left army, and Zhang Gongjin, the general of the right army, are now under Li Jing's command. If His Majesty gets rid of Li Jing's old department, then Li Jing will inevitably get rid of His Majesty's henchmen as revenge. Besides, most of Li Jing's old departments have made meritorious contributions to my Tang Dynasty, they are my Tang Dynasty's courtiers, and they are not just Li Jing's old departments. Li Jing rebelled, perversely, as the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, most of them supported His Majesty and quelled the rebellion that captured Li Jing. ”

Qu Tutong's words made Li Shimin startled, and then Li Shimin figured out that Qu Tutong's analysis was right. So Li Shimin said to Zhai Changsun, the commander of the Xuanjia Army: "Go and investigate Li Jing's old troops and secretly monitor them, and I will immediately start to promote them to their official positions and transfer them from important positions." From today on, every move of their old Li Jing department will be clear. ”

After Zhai Changsun bowed, he turned around and left the Taiji Palace.

Qu Tutong said to Li Shimin again: "Your Majesty, do you want to control the food of Li Jing's army?" This war can not only fight soldiers and horses, but also food and materials. If Li Jing was still the commander of my Tang Northern Expeditionary Army, the general of the auxiliary country, and the army he commanded was still my Tang army, then now, Li Jing has rebelled, and the army commanded by Li Jing has become a rebel. If my Datang supplies them with food again, it will be an enemy. ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Tutong, you're right." Grain can no longer be transported to Li Jing on a large scale. I then ordered to control the grain shipped to Li Jing, so that the army under the command of Li Jing did not have more than three days of grain reserves, and ordered that the granaries located in our Tang Sui (Sui) Prefecture to supply Li Jing's army should be emptied as soon as possible, and all of them should be transported back to Chang'an City, the capital of our Tang Dynasty. ”

The eldest grandson, Shunde, interjected: "Since food is so important to the 400,000 Northern Expeditionary army led by Li Jing, why doesn't Your Majesty completely cut off Li Jing's food supply now?" And we should continue to send them food, so that they can keep food reserves for three days. ”

Li Shimin replied: "I know that Li Jing is reversed, but I and Li Jing have not completely torn their faces, and I am not ready. Provide him with food first, I need time to recruit auxiliary troops from all over the world to gather in Chang'an City, so that I can crusade against Li Jing's rebellion. Sending food to him is just a delaying tactic to paralyze Li Jing, hoping that it will work and buy me some time. (To be continued.) )

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