Although in terms of armament, in terms of adequate preparation, in terms of national strength, or in terms of favorites, the Tang Dynasty had the upper hand, and it was feasible to break the Great Food. However, if you want to break the Great Eclipse, you will inevitably face one fierce battle after another, and there will be many tough battles to be fought, because the Arab Empire is a rare and formidable rival.

In a word, it is not so easy to break the Arab Empire.

This requires a good general who can fight well, has a sense of the overall situation, and can plan the overall situation.

The first thing that came to the minds of the ministers was Li Longji. Because Li Longji has never failed since he entered the battlefield. And he, built a series of brilliant victories.

The slaughter of millions of Turkic people was achieved because of him, and the destruction of Tibet, the pacification of Tianzhu, the conquest of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the deterrence of the Western Regions were all made by him.

Li Longji showed extraordinary military talent, and if he commanded the army, it would be inevitable to defeat the Great Food.

"I want to sit in Chang'an! Sitting in the country! Li Longji spoke slowly.

As the emperor, Li Longji can't fight like before, he wants to sit in Chang'an and sit in the country.

"Hey." The generals were disappointed and sighed softly.

They followed Li Longji to fight, invincible, and had absolute confidence in Li Longji. Li Longji did not go on the expedition, which made them very regretful.

Brush!

The eyes of the ministers fell on Zhang Shuo.

Li Longji is the first choice to lead the army, and if he does not go on the expedition, then Zhang Shuo will become the inevitable candidate.

If you only talk about military strategy, Chen Xuanli may not be as good as Zhang. However, when it comes to grasping the overall situation, controlling the overall situation. Chen Xuanli can't compare to Zhang Shuo.

After all, Zhang is known as "the first in the world". It's not covered. This is recognized, and his control of the overall situation and grasp of the overall situation are convincing.

If he commands the army, it is very suitable.

Then, the eyes of the ministers fell on Chen Xuanli again, this is also a candidate, second only to Zhang Shuo.

Chen Xuanli is a generation of famous generals. He has extremely high military talent, can grasp the overall situation, and can strategize, which is an indispensable condition for a commander-in-chief.

It's just that these are slightly inferior to Zhang's statement, and they can only become the third choice.

"It seems that you already have a candidate to lead the troops." Li Longji had a smile on his face and said, "Yao Chong, who do you think is the right person to lead the army?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the minister can make it." Yao Chong's head was raised. With a stiff chest, he glanced at Zhang and said.

"Ahh The ministers exclaimed. With an unbelievable face, Yao Chong's words were too unexpected.

Yao Chong's political talent is very good and convincing, but I haven't heard much that he has ever fought. He has fought wars, but he has fought small battles, and he has never fought big battles.

Wu Zetian took a look at Yao Chong, and then said Zhang Shuo and looked, almost laughing out loud.

She knew that Yao Chong and Zhang Shuo would always fight, and this time would definitely be no exception.

"But the minister wants to manage the government, and he has no time to fight, so let the military department try to do it. If he can't, the minister can point him to the art of war. As Wu Zetian expected, Yao Chong's words changed and he actually recommended Zhang Shuo.

It's just that he doesn't like what Zhang said, and his recommendations are a bit different.

These two goods do not deal with each other, obviously they want to recommend each other, but they want to demean each other. Li Longji has seen this a lot, and he doesn't feel strange at all.

"Poof." The ministers almost burst out laughing.

They all know that they will not be "harmonious", and when they saw this today, they only felt funny.

"Humph!" Zhang Shuo snorted coldly and said coldly: "You still have to worry about your politics." If you make a mistake, I'll show you how to do it. ”

One of the advantages of not "harmony" is that these two goods will do their best to do things perfectly, so that people can't find faults. Otherwise, once the other party catches the flaw, you will be ridiculed. For these two goods, this is more powerful than the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Longji had seen a lot, and he didn't bother to break it, and said, "Hmm." This matter of commanding the troops to go to war was commanded by Zhang Shuo. Do you have any objections? ”

"Nope." The ministers admired Zhang Shuo's military talent very much, so naturally there would be no objections.

"Zhang said, are you willing to lead the troops into battle?" Li Longji asked loudly.

Scold!

Zhang Shuo stood up as if he had a spring, held his head high, looked excited, and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Breaking the Great Food, what a beautiful thing this is, he actually led the troops into battle by himself, even with Zhang Shuo's heart, he was excited, and his body trembled.

Think about it, the Han Wu defeated the Huns, and Wei Qing and Huo Qu were sick for eternity. If he breaks the big food, he is on a par with Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, who is not excited?

"You remember, when you get to the Western Regions, you just let go of your hands and feet to fight." Li Longji's eyes sparkled, and he said, "If you think it's appropriate to fight, you can fight." I don't have to report it, I don't intervene. ”

"Thank you!" Zhang said that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Longji, very excited.

Li Longji is completely delegating power and letting Zhang Shuo play his role, which is a great trust.

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers were also praised, and their faces were excited.

This battle has to be fought thousands of miles away, and if Li Longji intervenes arbitrarily, he may delay the military plane. Li Longji delegated power and let Zhang Shuo make a decision on the spot, which was of great benefit to this battle.

Think about it, there are many reasons why the martial arts of the Song Dynasty are so miserable, one of which is that the emperor intervened arbitrarily and did not let go of the front-line generals to fight. Often in order to wait for the emperor's will, the military plane was delayed. The reason for the defeat was the emperor, and it was impossible for the emperor to take responsibility, so he let the front-line generals carry the black cauldron. Over time, who wants to go to war?

Li Longji completely let go, this open-mindedness, this foresight, is indeed convincing.

"Hmm." Even Wu Zetian is also appreciative.

"Take my sword." Li Longji rushed to Gaolis.

Gao Lishi responded and hurriedly went to grab Shang Fang's sword.

Li Longji took it in his hand, handed it to Zhang, and said, "This is my portable sword." The first time I went to battle, I took this sword with me. Then, this sword destroyed Tibet. Pacify Tianzhu. Conquest of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Deterring the Western Regions, this is my first sword. Now it is given to you. ”

"Thank you!" Zhang said that he was busy holding it in his hand.

Li Longji's first sword, how important it is, its significance is extraordinary.

"Listen, all of you: the sword is like me! If you don't obey Zhang Shuo's order, Zhang Shuo can hold this sword to punish him! You don't have to report it! Li Longji's eyes flashed fiercely, and he was murderous.

With Zhang Shuo's qualifications and talents, I believe that you will obey his orders. Be willing to obey. However, we have to be careful, what if someone is not convinced and does not obey orders? If you don't give Zhang full authority and don't give him the power to live and kill, something will happen.

Think about it, the reason why Xue Rengui was defeated in the first battle of Dafeichuan that year was that Guo Zhifeng did not obey orders. If Xue Rengui had Shang Fang's sword in his hand at that time, there would not have been that defeat.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Longji is ahead of the curve. The ministers were convinced and praised in unison.

"Chen Xuanli. You are the deputy general, auxiliary Zhang said. Do you have questions? Li Longji's face was cold.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister will do his best." Chen Xuanli said busily.

"Remember, you've been with me longer than Zhang said. But you can't be proud of that and don't obey orders. Li Longji's face became even colder, and he said coldly: "I can allow you to conspire with one mind, but I can't tolerate the conspiracies not having the same mind." You can argue, you can argue, you can have disagreements, but you have to be of one mind! Break the heart of the big food with one heart! ”

People have their own opinions and opinions, and it is impossible to be exactly the same. Disagreements and dissenting opinions are inevitable. However, it must have a heart, and if so, it is acceptable.

If you can't have one mind, you can't accept it.

Especially in something as heavy as breaking the big food, it is even more intolerable.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister hereby swears that he will never conspire with each other! If you break this oath, you will die in the midst of the arrows. Chen Xuanli held his head high and swore loudly.

He is a general, and the oath to rush and kill in battle and die by random arrows is a very heavy oath.

"Hmm." Li Longji's face softened slightly, and then shouted at the generals: "You must obey the orders of Zhang!" ”

"Yes." The generals will lead in unison.

"There are countless grains and grasses needed for this war, and one capable person must raise them." Li Longji's gaze fell on Wang Maozhong, and said, "Wang Maozhong, you will go out with the army to raise grain and grass for the army." ”

"Yes." Wang Maozhong was extremely excited and shouted his orders.

"You have to remember: if you starve a man to death, if you starve to death a horse, I am the only one who asks!" Li Longji's eyes sparkled.

"Please rest assured: if you starve a person to death and a horse to death, Wang Maozhong should apologize for his own crimes." Wang Maozhong held his head high.

"Thank you." Zhang Shuo thanked Li Longji.

Wang Maozhong is a management wizard and is particularly good at management. Historically, Li Longji sent him to manage horse breeding, and the Tang Dynasty had as many as 700,000 war horses.

In the past few years, he has been working hard for grain and grass, raising a large amount of grain and grass from Tianzhu and transporting it to the Western Regions.

Now, the grain and grass stored in the Western Regions is enough for a million army to support for two years, and Wang Maozhong is powerful!

Li Longji sent Wang Maozhong to be in charge of logistics, which was a great thing for Zhang Shuo. With Wang Mao Zhong here, he can reduce a lot of burdens.

"Expanding territory is not the end, just the beginning." Li Longji raised his eyebrows and said, "It's defeated, and it has to be governed!" Only in this way can Datang become stronger and stronger. It is not like the Great Eclipse, although it occupies a large area of land, it is stormy and embattled. ”

Speaking of this, the tone turned higher and said: "Therefore, governance is the next top priority, which requires a lot of talent." In the past five years, I have reserved 100,000 talents. ”

"One hundred thousand?" The ministers exclaimed.

Li Longji is right, if it is defeated, it must be governed, and only when it is well governed, can the Tang Dynasty become stronger and stronger, and not like the Arab Empire, which is like sitting on a powder keg and will be blown to pieces at any time.

To achieve this, a large number of people are needed. Li Longji has 100,000 talents in reserve, which is really amazing.

"This matter of governance needs one person to take the lead." Li Longji's gaze fell on Song Jing and said, "This matter will be taken care of by Song Jing." ”

Song Jing's talent is obvious, extraordinary. And in the current country, the elimination of accumulated evils has come to an end, and it is very appropriate for Song Jing to walk away and send him to govern these places.

"Song Jing, you remember: Zhang said that if you lay down a place, you will take over and govern a place!" Li Longji said.

"Yes." Song Jing Ang led the order. (To be continued......)