There was an embarrassing silence in the court, and some of the courtiers who originally wanted to stand up and play did not stand up after Liu Renliang said this, they wanted to play similar to the three bigwigs in the court, and the strategy that the court needs to adopt should basically be like this, but who will preside over the affairs is a difficult problem.

Now there are not many generals who are good at fighting in the DPRK, Pei Xingjian is still on the way back, looking at the civil and military forces of the Manchurian Dynasty, there are really few people who can really lead the army to fight, Liu Renliang has made military exploits in the past few years, no one in the DPRK can compare, and now such an old man stands up and asks for his life, and no one else dares to compete with him except for shame.

"Liu Aiqing has the ambition of the country, I admire it very much, but the land of Anbei is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and it is the harsh winter season, Aiqing is no longer young, and her health is sick, I really can't bear to let you lead the troops again!" Emperor Li Zhi was stunned for a while and then spoke.

There is no unscrupulous handsome in the court, this is a very headache, Liu Renliang is so old, it is really unbearable to send him out again, and besides, in case Liu Renliang, who is not in good health, has an accident due to some uncertain reasons, or even dies, it is a big trouble, the military heart fluctuates, it is certain, and it is possible that because of the instability of the military spirit, the war will continue to lose, which is unbearable, Li Zhi said and looked around at the other ministers and generals in the palace, "Who else has an opinion?" What other generals would be willing to lead their troops into battle? ”

Seeing that old ministers like Liu Renliang stood up to ask for war, and heard Emperor Li Zhi say this, other relatively young middle and senior generals, such as Wu Sansi, Gao Zhenxing, Li Zhishi, etc., also came out to ask for war.

Li Zhi looked at these generals who had not experienced any wars, and was noncommittal, it was okay for these people to lead troops to fight, but to lead hundreds of thousands of troops to go on the expedition, none of them were qualified.

At this time, Wei Xuantong, the servant of the ministry, stood up and played, "Your Majesty, the minister recommends a person!"

"Who?" Li Zhi's eyes lit up and he looked at Wei Xuan.

"Pei Xingjian, the servant of the ministry!" Wei Xuantong said in an unquestionable voice, "Pei Shilang led the delegation to escort the Persian prince back to China, and effortlessly quelled the rebellion of the Northwest Turks, and his prestige shocked the world.

In the surprised eyes of the ministers, Wei Xuantong paused for a moment and continued: "Pei Shilang will return to Beijing in two days, and now it has snowed heavily in Anbei, which is not conducive to the progress of the war. When it was icy and snowy, the rebellious Turks did not have the ability to capture the city where our heavy troops were stationed, so the minister felt that after Pei Shilang returned to Beijing, he would rest for a while, and then go to Anbei in the spring of the next year, and then go to Anbei, so that he could command the next battle..."

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" Zhongshu ordered Li Yiyan to stand up and support Wei Xuantong's decision, "The minister also recommended Pei Shilang to be the commander of the army!"

"What Wei Aiqing and Li Aiqing said is reasonable, Pei Shilang is indeed the best candidate to lead the army to the commander, but he has just returned from the far northwest, and then let him lead the army to Anbei, I really don't want to go!" Li Zhi sighed with emotion, there are no unscrupulous generals in the DPRK, that is, Pei Xingjian and Liu Renliang can be ordered to go on the expedition, Liu Renliang is too old to go on the expedition, and Pei Xingjian has just returned from Anxi, and before he arrives in Beijing, he will hit his head with the idea, which is the sorrow of the Tang Dynasty.

What's more, Pei Xingjian is already almost sixty years old.

Although the ministers listened to Wei Xuantong's words, they all agreed that Pei Xingjian, who had just made great contributions, led the expedition, but after listening to the emperor's words, most people felt helpless, Pei Xingjian was still on the way back to Beijing, and he was ready to make another expedition.

There is no candidate for the commander of the court, Liu Renliang, who is qualified enough, is nearly eighty years old, Pei Xingjian is also in the age of sixties, and there is no successor, this is an embarrassing thing, many courtiers even including Li Zhi remembered Zhenguan again, at that time, the fierce generals were like clouds, and they could be a lot of commanders, and it has only been so many years...

"Your Majesty, the rebellion in the north has not yet been quelled, and the minister thinks that even if Your Majesty does not issue an edict, Pei Shilang will ask for orders to go on the expedition after returning to Beijing!" Wei Xuantong came out again, and after getting along for a while, he knew Pei Xingjian very well, such a military general who was famous for his military exploits, there was a war in the imperial court, and it was really not like his surname to go out without asking for orders.

"Who will lead the army to quell the rebellion, then let's wait for Pei Shilang to return to Beijing to discuss this matter!" Li Zhi is very depressed, he misses the era of his father and emperor, at that time, there were countless generals who were good at fighting in the court, Li Jing, Li Shiji, Li Daozong, Hou Junji, Xue Wanche brothers... Which one is not a commander who can stand alone? Even in the early stage after he became the emperor, the Tang army was invincible, and the generals who led the troops were still left by his father, Su Dingfang, Qi Bi He Li, Zhi Zhi Sili, Cheng Zhijie, Ashina Sheer, etc., and even the current Liu Renliang, Pei Xingjian and Xue Rengui, who was idle, were all discovered in the hands of his father. It's just a pity that these famous generals with outstanding military achievements have all passed away, or they are already old, and there is no successor.

And because the army of our dynasty rarely suffered defeats in the early stage, Li Zhi, as the emperor, was afraid that the military generals would be too powerful, so he adopted the policy of emphasizing literature over force, so that there are few generals in the court who can lead the army to the battle, which is an irreparable regret.

When the ministers saw the emperor say this, no one dared to come out and say anything again, not even Liu Renliang, who asked for battle, no longer said anything, he also knew that his body could not bear to go to a difficult place like Anbei again.

Seeing that the ministers had no better plan for the defeat of the army, Li Zhi sighed in his heart, and then lowered his face, and then asked the ministers in the palace: "How to deal with the defeated generals, do you have any suggestions?" ”

"Your Majesty, last year, the imperial court reformulated the system of rewards and punishments for the generals who led the troops, and the ministers felt that they should be dealt with strictly according to the reward and punishment system, so as to show the warning effect and give severe punishment to the defeated generals!" Wei Yuanzhong, a member of the Zhongshu House, came out to play.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, and the defeated generals should be severely punished!" Xue Yuanzhong stood up to express his support, and then several other ministers also stood up to second.

"Spread my will, the defeated Xiao Siye was removed from his post, returned to Beijing to be tried, and removed Hua Dazhi, Li Jingjia and other posts..."Li Zhi took an unprecedented tough attitude, regardless of the opposition of Wu Zetian behind him, and announced the edict of disposal!

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A few days after announcing the order to deal with the defeated generals, the imperial court announced again that it would send Cao Huaishun, the general of the left Jin Wuwei, to lead the army to Tunjing, and the right Wuwei general Cui Xiantun Longmen, and ordered Zhou Daowu, the governor of Yingzhou, and Li Wenjian, the governor of Youzhou, to take strict precautions to prevent the Turks from taking advantage of my unpreparedness to sneak attack...

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