At the end of the big exam, all the candidates were cleared out.

The people of the Guards Regiment gathered up the exam papers and piled them together, Qin Huaidao did not leave immediately, motioned for people to buy some lunch, dragged a stool and sat down, ready to come to the scene to read the papers.

Kong Yingda dragged his weak body over, accompanied by a large group of judges, who were blocked at the door by the people of the Guards Regiment, this time Qin Huaidao did not rush people, signaled for release, pointed to a pile of finished exam papers and said: "These are already read by this king, you pick up the score, and the rest will be given to you when I finish reading." ”

Everyone didn't know why, but as long as Qin Huaidao didn't destroy the exam papers, Kong Yingda motioned for everyone to divide the exam papers into one point, review them according to the previous rules, and personally stare at them next to Qin Huaidao to prevent omissions, destruction, and so on.

Soon, Kong Yingda found that Qin Huaidao read the exam papers very quickly, some glanced at them and threw them aside, some looked at them for a while, occasionally wrote down a few strokes, and didn't know what was written, but Luo Wu deliberately covered it up and didn't see it clearly, but as long as he didn't destroy the exam papers, he didn't bother to care.

After two hours, Qin Huaidao finally read all the nearly two hundred exam papers, had one more list in his hand, put the list close to him, and said to Kong Yingda: "You are the assessor, the merits of the candidates will be handed over to you, and after all the examination papers are reviewed, the ranking will be drawn up and reported to the saint." ”

"You don't look at the results?" Kong Yingda was a little surprised, according to the rules, the ranking must be finalized by the examiner.

Qin Huaidao agreed to serve as the chief examiner this time to select talents for himself, but not for the imperial court, where would he care too much, waved his hand, and took Luo Wu and other guards away.

After returning to Qinjiazhuang, Qin Huaidao found Li Xueyan, took out the list, and advised: "Mobilize secret spies from all over Skynet, give me a secret check on everyone on the list, mainly check their conduct and morality, and give me the results within ten days." ”

Employing people, taking their talents, but also depends on the character, if the character is not good, it is a disaster, rather than not.

The reliable people who participated came from all over the world, and it was not easy to find out, and it took time.

Fortunately, Skynet is not what it used to be, and secret spies are scattered in various states and counties of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Xueyan didn't ask much, and the list was arranged.

Qin Huaidao put himself into the workshop again, calculating the days, Tubo should send troops to the east today, and he must seize the time to develop a grenadier and teach him a hard lesson.

……

Temple of Manna.

After the big exam, the news of Qin Huaidao's departure quickly spread to Li Shuang, but Li Er couldn't take care of it, and after a little inquiry, he learned that Kong Yingda took the reviewer to put it aside after reading the papers, and summoned Fang Xuanling, Xu Shiji, Li Jing, Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche to discuss the matter.

After everyone arrived, Li Er said bluntly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the military reported urgently for 800 miles, Tubo suddenly sent 300,000 troops to attack Tuyuhun, two days earlier than the expected time, all ethnic groups in Tuyuhun responded internally, launched a mutiny, and our army stationed in Tuyuhun was defeated, divided into two, and entered Taozhou and Minzhou to assist in defense. ”

"Tuyuhun lost?" Li Jing's face changed greatly.

In order to take down the Tuyuhun court, the loss was not small, and it was not easy to fight, Shi Huairou, gave grain, opened border trade, pacified the Tuyuhun tribes, and sent troops to garrison, which was also considered a disguised inclusion of Tuyuhun into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't know that it was a white-eyed wolf, and it was actually the internal response of Tubo.

Tubo is a small border country with one poverty and two whites, what is the picture?

Everyone couldn't guess why Tuyuhun rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, but he was angry, and looked at the map next to him one by one, and his eyes fell on the boundary between Taozhou and Minzhou.

"Pharmacist, tell me what you think." Regarding the war, Li Er habitually looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing learned a few days ago that Qin Huaidao was going to take Tubo to open the knife, and he had already done relevant research, and he knew in his heart that it was related to the safety of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and he did not hide his selfishness, and said bluntly: "The imperial court sent heavy troops to defend the border a few days ago, and it is not a big problem to hold it. ”

The 300,000 army needs a lot of grain and grass support, as long as the frontal battlefield is blocked, and then a surprise army is transferred to attack the rear, the odds of victory will be greatly increased.

In the past, everyone would not think about sending troops to invade the territory of Tubo, since Qin Huaidao selected people who can adapt to the plateau climate to fight, everyone found that the Tang army is not unable to enter the territory of Tubo, but it is necessary to select those who can adapt to the climate, but is this a problem?

The army of the Tang Dynasty stationed in the west is two or three hundred thousand, and it is still certain to select 10,000 people.

Li Er is also a person who knows the soldiers, understands the reason, and his eyes fall on Xue Wanche: "General Xue, this strange army will be handed over to you, select soldiers from Songzhou and Yazhou who can adapt to the plateau climate, give you a month to prepare, and after a month, you must attack the rear of the 300,000 army of Tubo and destroy its grain route." ”

"Obey!" Xue Wanche solemnly clenched his fists.

"How should this frontal blockade be arranged?" Li Er said and looked at Li Jing again.

Li Jing wanted to speak and stopped, he wanted to go by himself, but he knew that it was impossible, and his eyes fell on Liu Hongji.

Li Er suddenly understood, but Tubo was lost in the hands of Liu Hongji, if he continued to use it, the generals in the army may not be convinced, and then look at Xu Shiji, his ability is doubtful, and he is the best candidate, but he is in charge of the position of replacing Wei Chigong, in charge of the forbidden army of the Northern Yasi, and he also holds the position of the general of the flying cavalry, so he can't leave.

There are still a few generals in Chang'an, but they are all old, and it is okay to lead an army to charge into battle, the overall ability of the commander is not enough, and there are only a handful of people who can be the commander, and they are all old, and the young generation has not grown up, it can be said that the only and best candidate is the King of Han.

The problem is, don't dare to use it, and you can't use it!

At this moment, a sense of sadness welled up in my heart.

At this moment, Li Er panicked inexplicably, there were many ministers in the court, but the military generals were broken, so they couldn't go into battle by themselves, not to mention that they were also old, who would guard the good country when they returned to heaven?

At this moment, Li Er regretted that he should not support the new forces against the old nobles, and made the King of Han deviate from morality, so that no one could use it when foreign enemies invaded.

Everyone suddenly realized this problem and looked at each other.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little solemn.

After a while, Li Er broke this tranquility and said slowly: "Pharmacist, who do you think you want to send to preside over the overall situation?" ”

"Holy Lord, the ministers are old." Li Jing said silently, although he wanted to recommend himself, but he knew that it was impossible, so he simply didn't say it, so as not to embarrass everyone.

Fang Xuanling didn't know much about military affairs, but he heard the meaning of Li Jing's words, and thought about it carefully, aren't the people who came together back then old, not to mention anything else, who is not a lot older in front of him? The youngest is Xue Wanche, but he can't be a handsome, he can only be a general, and he can lead a surprise soldier.

There are still stubborn and lost thinking power, Niu Jinda, etc., but they are all generals, and they can't be handsome, I can't help it, Fang Xuanling also thought of Qin Huaidao, and sighed secretly.

After a while, Li Er said in a deep voice: "Spread the order to all states, clear the wilderness, strictly guard the cities of each pass, and the soldiers of the state governments should cooperate in the battle, and there must be no mistakes." ”

When everyone heard that this was going to be a defensive war, they fought to the death with Tubo, and saw who would hold out to the end, but they did not object.

However, we have to admit that before there is no suitable commander of the army, it is also a way for the states to resist on their own and fight a defensive war with strict defense, after all, the governors of each state are also carefully selected generals and are familiar with the local situation.

After deciding on the general policy, the monarch and ministers continued to discuss the details and determine the operational deployment, and then sent it to the border states.

After the military discussion, Li Er summoned Li Zhi, the king of Jin.

While waiting, Li Er's face was gloomy and terrifying, his mind was full of things that no one could use, a strong sense of crisis, and a sense of urgency pressed on his heart, which was very uncomfortable.

King Jin came quickly, and when he saw Li Er's face, he was startled, and hurriedly saluted.

Li Er motioned to sit down and speak, and told the story of Tubo's sudden sneak attack on Tuyuhun, and asked bluntly: "Zhi'er, who do you think the imperial court should send to preside over the overall situation?" ”

"This?"

Li Zhi was a little confused, the only combat experience was the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and there were other people who commanded the troops, where did he understand the major affairs of the military aircraft, but he also understood the importance of the people who commanded the troops, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that the capable people in the court were old, and there was no successor of the younger generation, so he was suddenly a little anxious.

"You thought of it too?" Li Er asked indifferently.

"Erchen is stupid, I don't know who to send, the most qualified to be the commander of the court is the Duke of Weiguo Li Jing, the British Duke Xu Shiji, and the Duke of Kui Guo Liu Hongji, but the four old generals are already old and unwell, and the younger generation has no ability to command the army except for the King of Han, the three brothers of the Cheng family, the two brothers of the Wei Chi family, and Fang Yiai are generals, but the commander of the army is not enough, not to mention that they are all in Hanzhou."

"Yes, they are all in Hanzhou, and unconsciously, the younger generation is following the King of Han, but there is no one available in the huge court, why?" Li Er said coldly, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

There was a certain red flag.

At the same time, it also reveals Li Er's helplessness and unwillingness.

"yes, why?"

Li Zhi muttered to himself, his eyes were stunned, and he didn't understand it very much, obviously the imperial court is orthodox, why would everyone rather resign than follow King Han?