After the news of the Turkic rebellion in Anxi reached Chang'an, Li Xian, the crown prince of the prison state, immediately summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures after reporting to Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian.

Because of the importance of the matter, Wu Zetian, who had been accompanying Li Zhi, also came to attend the court meeting after hearing the news, and sat behind the curtain.

This emergency court meeting may have to discuss the matter of sending a large army to fight the rebellion, and he is good at military affairs, but Pei Xingjian, who was sick in bed during this time and was not very convenient to move, was also summoned to the Xuanzheng Palace to discuss matters. Pei Xingjian came by carriage, this was also the first time he did not come to the court on horseback, and when he entered the palace after getting off the carriage, it was Liu Yi and Cheng Wuting who helped him in.

Knowing that Pei Xingjian would also participate in this emergency court meeting, Liu Yi went to Pei Xingjian's mansion first to pick up his mentor, and in the carriage that came, the two had already exchanged a lot of opinions on the situation in Anxi.

After Liu Yi arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall for a while, many important ministers of the court came to the palace, and there were many people who came, at least a hundred, and many high-ranking generals such as Li Duozuo, Qi Biming, Cheng Wuting, and Liu Yi were also listed, and it seems that Li Xian, who was in charge, should be inclined to send troops to quell the rebellion.

Seeing that all the ministers had arrived, Li Xian, who was a little nervous on his face, looked at His Royal Highness's ministers and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of the Western Turks, Ashina Chebo, led the ten tribes of the Western Turks to rebel against my Tang Dynasty, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

After Li Xian finished speaking, Pei Yan was the first to stand up and make a speech: "Queen of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister thinks that the Western Turkic leader Ashina Che Bo led ten Turkic people to rebel against my Tang Dynasty, it is precisely because of the strengthening of governance and the implementation of sinicization adopted by my Tang Dynasty, the Turks are unwilling to accept the new policy of my Tang Dynasty, so they rebelled en masse, and the minister thinks that we need to reconsider the viable surname of this policy, or suspend the implementation of this policy, it is very likely that this policy will be suspended, and the Turkic rebellion will be quelled!"

"Queen of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister does not agree with Pei Shizhong's proposal!" Wei Xuantong, the third grade of the Zhongshu Sect, immediately stood up, "In the past few years, whether it is Anxi or the Turks in Anbei, rebellions often occur, and now in the land of Anbei, because of my large number of troops stationed, and in Anbei to implement stronger means of strengthening governance, in the past six months, few Turks and other tribes have disobeyed the orders of my Tang Dynasty and rebelled against my Datang, which shows the effectiveness of this law." And in the land of Anxi, our army is only more than 20,000 people stationed, far from being able to monitor the Hu people in that wide area, the imperial court began to gradually implement the means of strengthening governance, and it is normal for the Turks to resist, but at this time the imperial court should show stronger means, and must not be abandoned because of choking, because there is chaos in Anxi, this set of effective governance methods will be terminated... At the beginning of the change, labor pains are always inevitable, if the Turkic rebellion can be quelled as soon as possible now, then there will definitely be no rebellion to follow the trend, try to see that there is chaos in Anxi, but there is no rebellion in Anbei, which only shows that the number of troops in Anxi of my Tang Dynasty is insufficient, which led to the rebellion of the Turks! Therefore, the minister thought that the imperial court should quickly organize a large army to quell the rebellion and suppress the Turkic rebellion in Anxi... Instead of giving in to the Turks!"

"Queen of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister seconded the proposal!" Shangshu Zuo Servant Shot, Tongzhong Shumen Sanpin Liu Renliang stood up, "The minister supports Wei Shilang's proposal, the rebellion of the Turks, must not be soft, can not be left alone, let alone stop the beginning of the strengthening of governance methods, the minister also feels that it is necessary to send a large army into Anxi to quell the rebellion, and after the rebellion is quelled, a part of the army will be stationed to strengthen my military strength in Anxi, and the minister will also ask for orders, willing to lead the army to the battle..."

As soon as Liu Renliang said this, he attracted a surprised gaze, you must know that Liu Renliang is now in his eighties, just such an old and white-haired veteran, but he is in addition to the main battle, and he also asks for his life to go on the expedition, which is also too high-profile.

The crown prince Li Xian, who was sitting in the palace, was also taken aback, "Liu Lao Aiqing is loyal and patriotic, and he still asks to go to war at such an age, and he is very moved, but Lao Aiqing is old, and Gu Shi does not want to see Liu Lao Aiqing lead the army again, presumably His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven will not bear to Liu Lao Aiqing to go on the expedition again, even if he wants to go on the expedition, he needs to entrust other generals to... Do other Aiqing have a discussion? ”

As soon as Li Xian finished speaking, Pei Xingjian also immediately stood up, and Shi Li played: "Queen of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister also feels that the Turkic rebellion must not be tolerated, and the Turkic rebels must be dealt a sharp blow, and the imperial court should organize a large army, quickly march into Anxi, and put down the Turkic rebellion, and the minister is willing to lead the army to the battle!"

Pei Xingjian coughed heavily a few times as he spoke, but his face was resolute, and after the performance, he glared at Pei Yan who was looking at him before retreating into the train.

After Pei Xingjian finished speaking, Pei Yan also immediately stood up and said again: "The Queen of Heaven Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister feels that I have fought repeatedly in the past few years, and the people should be given a rest and recuperation, and it is not appropriate to start a war again, and the rebellion of the Turks should be mainly appeased... The minister felt that Pei Shangshu had been in Anxi for many years and had a high prestige, and he had put down the Turkic rebellion with hundreds of horsemen last time, and this time he could still send Pei Shangshu to lead a pacification mission into Anxi in a similar way.

"Pei Shizhong's words are wrong!" Li Xian had a faint look of anger on his face, stood up from his seat, and paced two steps, "Pei Shangshu is seriously ill now, and he barely came to the court meeting today, so sick, how can he go to Anxi, which is thousands of miles away?" Lone is absolutely unbearable, presumably His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven will not agree, Pei Shangshu is so seriously ill, and the court also entrusts him with such military affairs, the people will definitely spread that His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven are suspicious of the heroes, so as to punish Pei Shangshu for such an important minister as a minister... Moreover, if Pei Shangshu is entrusted with the position, if there is an accident, it will not only harm Pei Shangshu, but also delay the opportunity to quell the Turkic rebellion, causing very serious consequences. Therefore, Gu felt that Pei Shangshu could not be allowed to lead the delegation into Anxi again to intimidate the Turks, even if Pei Shangshu's physical condition permitted, he could not take this risk again, such a strategy could only be implemented once, and there must not be a second time, not to mention that now Pei Shangshu's physical condition is so poor, he must not be allowed to lead the army to the expedition..."

After Li Xian finished speaking, he sat back on his seat, but Shangguan Wan'er, who had been staying on the edge of Wu Zetian at this time, walked out from behind the curtain, cleared her throat and said: "Passing on the will of the Queen of Heaven Niangniang, the rebellion of the Turks in Anxi must not be tolerated and accommodated, and troops must be sent to quell the rebellion.

Shangguan Wan'er immediately retreated after speaking, this situation surprised Liu Yi very much, Wu Zetian directly expressed his opinion at the court meeting, this is the first time I have seen it, at least after Liu Yi entered the court, it was the first time this situation occurred, Wu Zetian directly intervened in the court, the metaphor is not ordinary, and... Shangguan Wan'er, a little girl, actually played the role of a microphone at the court meeting for a while.

Liu Yi saw that the other ministers also had similar expressions, and it seemed that such a situation was really the first time it had appeared.

After listening to Shangguan Wan'er convey Wu Zetian's will, Li Xian's face had a complicated expression, but he quickly calmed down, and then spoke: "The intention of the Queen of Heaven is exactly the most suitable, the imperial court must send a large army to suppress it, and it is necessary to send a large army to quell the rebellion, this is not discussed, let's discuss who will lead the army in this campaign!"

As soon as Li Xian's question came out, the palace was unexpectedly calm, and no one stood up to express his opinion all of a sudden. Who leads the army, it is indeed a headache, looking at the current dynasty, the generals who can command a large number of troops to fight, only Pei Xingjian and Liu Renliang, who have just come out to ask for their lives, but these two were vetoed because of physical reasons, indeed, to fight so far away in Anxi, the commander's health must be good, otherwise there will be an accident due to illness in the battle, it is a very troublesome thing, it is likely that our army was defeated first because of the commander's reason without fighting, that is fatal for a war, it must not appear!

But apart from these two, there really isn't a suitable candidate... While everyone was hesitating, Liu Yi stood up, "Queen of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Prince, there is a suitable candidate for the minister!"

When Pei Xingjian came on the road, he told Liu Yi that the imperial court would definitely send troops to the battle, but the selection of the generals to lead the troops was a big problem, Pei Xingjian instructed Liu Yi on this issue, and Liu Yi felt that it was time for him to come out and speak.

Seeing Liu Yi stand up, a look of surprise appeared in Li Xian's eyes, but it was gone immediately, "Who did Liu Aiqing recommend to lead the troops?" ”

"The minister thinks that Fang Yi, the protector of Anxi, is the best candidate!" Liu Yi said in a very firm tone, "Wang Duhu has been in Anxi for several years, he is very familiar with the situation there, and has put down the small-scale rebellion of the Turks several times, as far as the minister knows, after the rebellion of the Turkic ten surnames, Wang Duhu also immediately took countermeasures to strictly prevent the attack of the Turkic rebels, and has won several battles, but the number of our army in Anxi is too small, and we have to guard some important cities, so we cannot effectively attack the Turkic rebels, so in the future, this battle can be led by Wang Duhu as the general manager, and the first general will be his deputy, led tens of thousands of horses into Xi'an, it is possible that the Turks are afraid of the effective arrangement of the royal capital, and the rapid advance of our army and ask our army to surrender, even if we do not ask for surrender, our tens of thousands of troops enter Anxi, and the rebellion of the Turks is also said to be waitable..."

Liu Yi paused, raised his head slightly, looked at Li Xian in the palace, and then looked at the ministers whose eyes were all looking at him, a proud and confident look appeared on his face, and said very loudly: "The minister is willing to ask for his life to go on the expedition, lead an army to Anxi, and help the king to protect the rebellion of the Turks, and the ministers are willing to issue a military order, and the rebellion of the Turks will be quelled... Please also ask the Queen of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for your permission..."

(To be continued)