"Your Majesty, let Lao Cheng go, although the kid of Ashina Debin is based in the Duhu Mansion, but even the blades are sold to the surrounding Turkic tribes, if you want to come here, you must have a rebellion, Lao Cheng is willing to lead a group of men and horses, straight out of the pass, and will be able to capture the old boy in front of His Majesty's Palace." Uncle Cheng stood up and said loudly, and the rest of the generals also stood up one after another to express their determination and courage to rebel for the Tang Dynasty.

This made Uncle Li's mood a little better, and his face finally showed a hint of relief: "Don't worry, Aiqing, Ashina Debin is just a person who is afraid of death and does nothing, reselling weapons to the surrounding Turkic tribes without authorization, privately plundering caravans, and daring to eat empty salaries. Hmph, I'm going to ask myself if this old man thinks I've treated him poorly. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, it is better to send troops to pacify the party as soon as possible, although Ashina Debin has no material, but he is quite popular in the Turkic army, and only in the surrounding areas of the Duhufu, all the Turkic people, if it is a long time, the surrounding Turkic people who are not restless in the annex will inevitably respond to its call, and when the time comes, with the thousands of government troops in Shengzhou, it will be difficult to reach these tens of thousands of long-trained border troops, and when the time comes, if the horse farm and land in my Tang Hetao fall into the hands of Ashina Debin, it will be devastated, The land replacement and land reclamation of my Datang in the Hetao will inevitably be frustrated, Your Majesty. Uncle Li Jing got up and stood in front of the sand table for a long time, then turned back to Uncle Li and said.

"Do you think it's better to send troops directly from Chang'an? Or is it up to the battalion state to send troops? Uncle Li looked at the sand table for a long time and seemed to be hesitating.

On the side, Uncle Cheng didn't know what Uncle Li Ji said in his ear, Uncle Li Ji rolled his eyes with a cold face at first and pretended not to hear, Uncle Cheng gritted his teeth, and Uncle Li Ji didn't know what to say in his ear, Uncle Li Ji's expression finally turned pleasant, and the two old horsemen high-fived at the place where no one was paying attention, as if signaling the transaction of the transaction, and then Uncle Li Ji walked to the edge of the sand table and said: "Your Majesty, the road to Yingzhou is not close, even if you make a decree and send a message through the Jinju Academy with flying pigeons, at least you have to count, And the road from Yingzhou to Shan Yu Duhufu is not close, according to the minister's opinion, it is the best policy to mobilize a large army directly from Chang'an to fight, from Chang'an, through Jinyang to Shuozhou, all are cement straights, at most ten of the work, you can go straight to Shan Yu Duhufu......"

Uncle Li Ji is very authentic. On the side, several old generals also said one after another, agreeing with Uncle Li Ji's analysis.

Uncle Li agreed to Uncle Li Ji's suggestion. "Zhuqing, who is willing to lead the army to battle!" Immediately, a large group of generals stood up bravely, and at this time, Uncle Li Ji smiled: "The minister recommended Master Cheng Zhijie Cheng to fight." ”

------------------------------------------------ Uncle Li Ji's words made everyone present stunned, and even Uncle Li couldn't help but be stunned: "Li Aiqing, aren't you with ......" Uncle Li pointed his finger at Uncle Cheng, who was embarrassed to say that the two rows of big teeth were exposed.

Uncle Li Ji said very seriously: "The minister thinks that it is most suitable for Lord Cheng to order the army in this battle." Originally, the ministers also wanted to ask for war, but after a few days, the foot disease recurred, and it was difficult to travel far. "Bragging, typical bragging, on the side, a bunch of veteran ruffians rolled their eyes.

Yesterday, I saw Uncle Li Ji jumping around, when I entered the house just now, Uncle Li Ji's legs and feet were like eight steps to catch cicadas, but when I twisted my buttocks, I actually had a foot disease, this is not fooling people or something.

"Hahaha, it's still your old brother who is benevolent and righteous enough, Your Majesty, Lao Cheng is not blowing, Ashina Debin's old boy is definitely not Lao Cheng's opponent, please give an order." Uncle Cheng happily patted Uncle Li Ji on the shoulder, as if the two of them were the closest comrades-in-arms in the world.

Uncle Li Ji smiled a little helplessly, Uncle Cheng really smiled like a flower on his old face, and everyone present was terrified, as soon as Uncle Cheng came out, who competed, at least none of the younger generation dared to say anything.

As soon as Zhang Liang jumped out, he was invited by Uncle Cheng to fight shirtless outside the hall, and had to retreat, everyone knows that pinching black fists is Uncle Cheng's forte, and his shirtless kung fu is incomparable, and no one wants to take off his whole body with Uncle Cheng, an old hooligan, to show his muscles in front of everyone.

When it came to this, Uncle Li couldn't cry or laugh, and he also knew that with Uncle Cheng's ability to lead the army, it was just a matter of capturing the Turkic barbarian named Ashina Debin. At this time, Uncle Li Jing leaned into Uncle Li's ear and admonished: "Although Ashina Debin is based in the Duhu Mansion, and the surrounding area is full of Turkic people, but looking at his behavior, he is just Xiao Xiaoer who has no foresight, Your Majesty, let this old man go." ”

"Well, since Aiqing is bent on fighting, if I don't allow it, I really can't say it, so let's send Cheng Aiqing to fight in this battle." Uncle Li slapped the board, and Uncle Cheng's two tiger eyes narrowed into a thin slit: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I can't do anything else, when it comes to leading troops to fight, Lao Cheng is this ......" Uncle Cheng cheekily raised his thumb in exchange for countless pairs of white eyes, but the old guy is used to being thick-skinned, so it doesn't matter for a long time, and he came to my side, and his big teeth lit up: "Virtuous son-in-law, your father-in-law and I want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, you just go with the old man, and by the way, give the old man tens of thousands of shells and blow up his mother's Ashina Debin into meat paste." ”

Hearing Uncle Cheng's words, I broke out in a cold sweat, it's too late to hide from your old man, let me go to the battlefield with you, it's better to swing a knife and kill myself, so as not to be tortured under your hands. Fortunately, at this time, Uncle Li stood up to help: "Don't give me nonsense, the prescription of the virtuous son-in-law is better, you just pull people to the battlefield to toss, isn't this nonsense?" Cheng Zhijie listens to the announcement! ”

As soon as Uncle Li is upright, everyone is also solemn and obedient, and Uncle Cheng is no exception, it's okay to mess around in ordinary times, but in business, Uncle Cheng is still very good at looking at things. Uncle Li was very insidious, and immediately ordered Uncle Cheng, an old goblin, to be the general manager of the march, Su Dingfang to be the deputy chief of the march, Xue Rengui to be the general manager of the former army, and Pei Xingjian to be the general manager of the rear army.

"If the Turkic tribes rebel with Ashina Debin, then take it together, I, Datang, don't lack anything, what is lacking is labor to work." Uncle Li tugged at the corners of his mouth fiercely. Uncle Cheng, Su Dingfang and other generals who were about to lead the army puffed up their chest muscles and loudly agreed, and rushed out of the staff courtyard with murderous spirits, preparing to send troops.

------------------------------------------------ saw that the matter was almost disposed of, Uncle Li also relieved himself, sat down on the low couch, and motioned for everyone to sit down and rest. After taking a sip of tea, Fang sighed to himself: "In the past few years, I have worked hard to rectify military affairs and armaments, and I don't know how much effort I have spent on strengthening and condensing the combat effectiveness of my Tang soldiers, but some people always give me such and such troubles. It's really annoying! ”

As soon as Uncle Li's words came out, all the important ministers of the court present were speechless, not that everyone was unwilling to speak, but that they couldn't open their mouths, the military reform of Datang in the past few years, to be honest, has touched the interests of some high-level military personnel.

Although there are also loyal patriots who support Uncle Li's pace of reform, such as Uncle Li Jing, Uncle Li Ji, and other famous generals of the clan, there are still some people who feel that Uncle Li is cutting their military power. Why? The simplest point is that the emergence of the staff system, these staff officers who have been trained by the Tang Royal Military Academy and strictly trained by the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty in the General Staff Academy, although they only provide the supreme commander of the army with their analysis of the military situation, and also provide corresponding suggestions, whether they listen to it or not, it is naturally up to the supreme commander to decide with a word.

They have no right to deal with any violation of military discipline in the army, but the staff officers have a privilege, that is, after each battle, they must sort out the experience of each battle and the internal problems of the army as they are, and submit them to the Datang General Staff. They are not only a group of strategists with military qualities, but also have heavy responsibilities, and are responsible for supervising the internal military discipline and military regulations of the army.

In addition, according to the previous practice, after each supreme military commander arrives in office, he will place his generals and personal soldiers in the army, so that he can unify the military command in the shortest possible time without interference, and second, it also allows him to flexibly command the army to fight like an arm, which is the traditional practice of leading generals from ancient times to the present.

(To be continued)