Enter the most crucial discussion, how to crusade against the feudal town.

"Yan Shangshu, the Ministry of War proposes specific measures to conquer the feudal towns."

Yan Fu looked at the emperor, then at everyone, and spoke with a serious face.

"The opinion of the military department is that the most powerful feudal towns should be conquered first, then the feudal towns with medium strength, and finally the feudal towns with weak forces."

As soon as these words came out, the political hall suddenly quieted down, the previous situation has been introduced, the three strongest feudal towns, respectively in Pizhou, Taiyuan and Youzhou, the closest to the capital, Pizhou, the distance is also six hundred miles, want to bypass other feudal towns, directly conquer the three strongest feudal towns, this is unrealistic.

"The reason why the Ministry of War put forward such a suggestion is to take into account the attitude of the feudal towns, once the most powerful feudal towns are defeated, the other feudal towns basically lose the ability to resist, and at the same time, it is also these strongest feudal towns that promote the formation of feudal towns, if the weak feudal towns are conquered first, the other feudal towns will speed up the speed of union, which will bring difficulties to the future conquest, of course, the first conquest of the strongest feudal towns, there are many difficulties, which requires the concentration of the elite forces of the iron-blooded army, The conquest must be overwhelming. ”

"The recommendation of the Ministry of War is to conquer the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army in the feudal town, and the total number of troops will reach at least 100,000." ……

The political hall was even more silent, what Yan Fu said was very reasonable, there were already signs of alliance between the feudal towns, if the conquest started from the weakest feudal towns, it would inevitably prompt the other feudal towns to unite, under the pressure of life and death, many feudal towns could abandon their previous suspicions and unite soon, so that the imperial court would face a huge challenge.

From the topography, the strong feudal towns are concentrated in Kannai-do, Hedong-do, and He-e-do, and the feudal towns of Nam-do are slightly weaker, and it is also the easiest to take Nam-do. But once Hebei Province is taken, the next expedition will become extremely difficult.

This kind of discussion is a great pressure on the government office.

Cui Anqian looked at everyone and spoke first.

"I think what Yan Shangshu said is reasonable, and the military department has also been seriously considered, but I still have a different opinion, the map marks in detail the distance between the feudal town and the capital, and the Fengxiang Festival makes Li Maozhen less than four hundred miles away from the capital, if the iron-blooded army travels a long distance. The conquest of the powerful feudal towns led to a temporary alliance between the other feudal towns, and Li Maozhen was likely to unite with other feudal towns to launch an attack on the capital. ”

Everyone looked at the map and nodded, even Yan Fu was nodding, there was absolutely no problem in the capital.

Therefore, it is believed that the conquest of feudal towns cannot be just a strategy. It is necessary to carry out a variety of methods at the same time, and the conquest of the powerful feudal towns and the conquest of the feudal towns closest to the capital are combined. ”

"As for the number of troops. This is not a problem, after more than a year of preparation, the grain and grass are sufficient, and the imperial court can fully withstand large-scale conquest. ”

"So-and-so's opinion is. The soldiers were divided into two routes, the first way was to conquer Wang Mei, and after taking Wang Mei. Then attack Hedong Jiedu to make Li Keyong, and finally attack Youzhou Jiedu to make Li Keju, the strength of this road army is maintained at the scale of 100,000 people, and the other way of the army, first conquer Fengxiang Jiedu to make Li Maozhen, and then take the whole territory of Henan Province, once the task of conquest is completed, turn around and unite the first road army, and conquer the three most powerful feudal towns......"

A whispered discussion appeared, everyone looked at the map, and discussed Cui Anqian's proposal, 200,000 iron-blooded soldiers, sent 150,000 troops in one breath, this can be described as an all-out attack, can not suffer any defeat, otherwise it will be a major blow to the imperial court, and this expedition, the general is also very important, the leading generals run long distances, and the battle and decision-making must be decisive, so as to ensure the victory of the battle.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone expressed their support for Cui Anqian's opinion.

Cui Anqian looked at the emperor again.

Li Rupei completely agreed with Cui Anqian's suggestion that the two armies must be conquered at the same time, so that they can echo each other.

"I agree with the opinion of the political affairs hall, the two armies of the two roads have two greatest benefits, one is to protect the safety of the surrounding capital, and the other is to break the alliance between the feudal towns to the greatest extent, they are too busy to take care of themselves, and it is difficult to unite together."

"Once the conquest begins, the union between the feudal towns is inevitable, the two armies are conquest, and the three feudal towns with the strongest strength are conquered all the way, such an arrangement is necessary, between Wang Mei, Li Keyong and Li Keju, there are many contradictions, maybe because of life and death reasons, they can be combined, but you think about it, the distance between them is far away, even if you want to join forces, it is very difficult, and the union between them is nothing more than sending troops to each other to reinforce each other, what I want is that they send troops, so that they can concentrate on extermination, It's a pity that they won't send troops, it's just lip service. ”

"There are many things to talk about, the alliance between the feudal towns will be impossible, the weak feudal towns will see the essence clearly, I just said, the conquest of the feudal towns, mainly to exterminate, but also do not exclude appeasement, if those weak feudal towns, willing to surrender according to the requirements of the imperial court, that is acceptable."

"Some people are worried that the Iron Blood Army only has 200,000 troops, and after sending 150,000 troops, only 50,000 troops remain, there is no need to worry about this at all, why is there a big chaos in the south a few years ago, why there are so many rebel forces, in the final analysis, the people can't survive, they must rise up to rebel, now the situation in the south is stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, I'm afraid that someone wants to rebel, the people will not agree, and so many businessmen, the strength is not small, once the situation is unstable, they are the most disadvantaged, How can they sit idly by and watch someone rebel? ”

"Let the people live and work in peace and contentment, so that businessmen can do business with peace of mind, the court will have the strongest support, if someone wants to mess around, without waiting for him to act, he will be found out."

"The local government has strengthened the construction of patrol houses, and these people are also the support of the imperial court, they stabilize the local situation, act impartially, let the people feel at ease, and let those with suspicious hearts have no chance."

"The government's concern for people's livelihood has become the biggest reliance of the people, even if there are small people who succeed temporarily, there is no need for the court to take action, the officials of the local government raise their arms and shout, they can completely exterminate those small people."

"Under such circumstances, the army of 150,000 Iron Blood Army is conquering, and there is no worry."

Finally, the matter of leading the generals was discussed.

This time, Cui Anqian was the first to speak.

"The two armies need two commanders, a certain suggestion is that Gao Ge Lao led 150,000 troops, conquer the most powerful feudal towns, Zhu Wen, the governor of the central capital, led 50,000 troops, conquer Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Li Maozhen, and at the same time exterminate the feudal towns in Henan Province, once the combat mission is completed, then quickly rush to Pizhou, Taiyuan or Youzhou and other places, after the two armies will meet, under the unified command of Gao Ge Lao."

Cui Anqian's proposal does not have any problems and does not need to be discussed, which is very normal.

Gao Chibang is the general of the iron-blooded army, commanding the army to fight and undertaking the most difficult tasks, which is a matter of course, Zhu Wen fought bravely and strategically, leading the army to conquer Li Maozhen, and he was fully competent.

There were no objections.

It's a pity that at this time, the emperor spoke.

"The conquest of the northern feudal towns, as well as the Turkic battle, can be said to be the most important battle related to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, after this battle, the Iron Blood Army will not have a large-scale battle in the future, it is precisely because of the key to this battle, so I want to drive the ...... in person."

Everyone was stunned, the emperor drove the expedition in person, which is not suitable, not to mention that the emperor has just ascended the throne for a year and should stay in the capital, just say that the danger of conquering the feudal towns is huge, after all, it is deep in the north and unfamiliar with the terrain, in this case, if the emperor has any mistakes, it is equivalent to the sky falling.

Cui Anqian and Gao Chibang were the first to oppose and resolutely disagree, and the rest also opposed, especially Shouwang Li Jie.

"The minister is the imperial historian, the impeachment of the ministers of the court, the minister also has to impeach the emperor, the imperial driving pro-conquest matter is inappropriate, the emperor must be in the capital, so the soldiers of the expedition will be at ease, the civil and military officials will be at ease, and the emperor will speak widely, but also listen to the direct advice below, the emperor's royal driving pro-conquest matters, must not be ......"

Li Rupei looked at everyone, he could only stare dryly, in fact, he also knew that after a year on the throne, it was not very suitable for the imperial drive to conquer in person, although it was said that the government was basically stabilized, it could not be said that all threats did not exist.

"You are all against it, and I can't overturn the suggestion of the political hall, but there is one thing that I must insist, that is, Li Chengbo must follow him out to conquer this time so that he can experience the hardships of the soldiers' expedition, Li Chengbo followed the army of the old Gaoge, and in the process of the expedition, Li Chengbo's main task is to study, experience the bloodiness of the expedition, and know that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is not easy to come by......"

Gao Chibang's face turned white, this Li Chengbo went out to conquer with him, which is more dangerous than the emperor's personal expedition, who doesn't know what Li Chengbo will do in the future, although the emperor has not yet canonized the crown prince, but the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty know that Li Chengbo is the crown prince.

After the emperor finished speaking, Cui Anqian quickly spoke.

"The minister agrees with the emperor's proposal." ……

Seeing that the opinions of the political hall were unified again, Gao Chibang knew that he could not refute it, but he also made up his mind to send two thousand special forces soldiers to follow Li Chengbo's side, not leaving an inch, no matter how fierce the battle was, no matter what happened, the only task of these two thousand people was to protect Li Chengbo, and he also had to send the most elite one hundred soldiers around him to follow Li Chengbo's side, just kidding, if Li Chengbo had the slightest problem, he, the general, would not do it, Even if all the feudal towns were destroyed, it would be a failure. (To be continued......)