Six years after the end of the Battle of Dafeichuan, the Tang Dynasty finally could not bear the repeated harassment of the Tibetans, and decided to turn its attention away from the east and turn to the alien races entrenched in the Western Regions.

On the first day of the third month of the leap month in the first year of Yifeng, Tubo invaded the four prefectures of Shan, Kuo, He, and Fang;

On the 29th, the Tibetans invaded Diezhou.

In the second year of Yifeng, that is, in May this year, Tubo invaded Fuzhou.

Because of this, it has become a top priority for the empire to calm down the unstable factors on the peninsula and solve this barbarian country, otherwise the Western Regions will always be in turmoil.

In the eyes of Emperor Li Zhi, the defeat of Tubo in the capture of the Western Regions and the Battle of Dafeichuan was a glaring stain on the glorious image of his life.

Before controlling the dragon Bintian, it is necessary to completely complete the liquidation and prove to the world and those small countries that the Tang Dynasty is invincible!

In the edict "Lingju Mengshi", it directly shows that Tubo has been very uneasy in recent years, and the Tang Dynasty has always adopted a restrained attitude towards it, and it has not been able to get rid of it immediately.

Under such circumstances, Tubo still did not know what to do, but instead intensified, and now it has become a barbarian force that the country has to eradicate.

Therefore, the people everywhere chose to join the army enthusiastically, hoping to completely exterminate Tibet.

180,000 troops!

This reported figure is very exaggerated, even if most of them are auxiliaries, the combat power formed is still very impressive.

Now, in the temple, the ministers of the DPRK and China are talking about it, after all, the reason for the failure of Dafeichuan last time was the discord between the generals, so the appointment of the generals this time must be cautious.

Who should you choose?

To be honest, because Meng Fan doesn't know much about history, he only knows about the defeat of Dafeichuan, but he doesn't know about the series of related wars that followed.

In the midst of a dispute, Li Jingxuan, who was deeply trusted by the emperor and served as the Zhongshu Commander in the court, that is, the post of prime minister, was pushed to the front of the stage.

It is undeniable that in the Tang Dynasty, the separation of civil and military was not fully realized, and most of the scholars were able to be civil and martial, and they could do it: Wen Neng Anbang leveled the world, and Wu Ke Saddle Ma set the world.

However, no matter how Meng Fan looked at it, he didn't think that the old man in front of him, who looked elegant, was a good candidate, he really didn't have that kind of decisiveness.

However, the attitude is very clear:

He has to be.

As for the reason, the senior generals are recommended!

If it is someone else, it is nothing, but the person who can be recommended is Liu Renliang, a famous general who guards the frontier all the year round and guards against Tibet!

In the past, Xue Rengui lost his reputation due to the defeat in the Battle of Dafeichuan, and in order to prevent the harassment of Tibet, the imperial court had to send a general to the Helong area to guard and clean up the mess.

At that time, Li Zhi raised his eyes and suddenly found that there seemed to be no generals in the court, Li Ji left by Emperor Taizongwen died, Su Dingfang also died, and Xue Rengui of the Three Arrows Dingtian Mountain suffered a big defeat.

In desperation, the imperial court decided to recruit Liu Renliang, a famous general who had already been called ill, and appointed him as the assassin of Longzhou, guarding the Helong area to prevent the invasion of Tibet, and he did a good job and won the emperor's heart.

Later, he went out of Liaodong and made great achievements.

But the key is that Li Jingxuan knows that there is a trap here, in fact, there are irreconcilable contradictions between him and Liu Renliang, and the grievances are so deep that both sides can ignore the interests of the country and drag each other into the water!

This is clearly a revenge.

Li Jingxuan knows himself too well, and he is absolutely confident in being in charge of internal affairs, and his ability to command troops is ......

After so many years, the 180,000 troops that the country has high hopes for are handed over to their own hands to attack Tibet, another powerful country that occupies a geographical advantage, what will be the end?

"The minister is not a handsome general, and he is benevolent, so he can't."

Under the gaze of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, Prime Minister Li Jingxuan sighed and directly said the difficulties.

It's a pity that this action is undoubtedly a very disappointing thing for the emperor who is eager to teach Tubo a lesson, Li Zhi sat on the throne, thinking that Li Jingxuan was hypocritical, and did not leave any mercy at all, and said directly:

"If the benevolent track has to be me, I will do it, and Qing'an will resign?"

A frontier official, a central minister.

How much contradiction will there be between the two?

It's clearly your Li Jingxuan's hypocrisy!

People don't shy away from revenge!

Seeing that the emperor said so, the prime minister, who really didn't know about the military affairs, had to agree to it.

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die.

The king said that the minister can do it, but can the minister say no?

The emperor trusts Liu Renliang too much, and the old boy is really using official affairs to vent his personal anger!

Everything is under Meng Fan's eyes.

From beginning to end, he was very calm and did not take the initiative to express any opinions, after all, he had not received a response to Wen Shu, who had asked him to travel with the army.

In addition, Meng Fan learned some of the inside information behind this matter through Shangguan Wan'er's mouth-

The amiable aunt wanted to take advantage of this crisis to show her skills, but she was secretly persuaded by her confidant Ming Chongyan and others to decide to give power to the crown prince Li Xian.

The crown prince didn't know what the plan was, and happily took over the government, but he didn't know who was in charge at the point, and finally Emperor Li Zhi Aiko was so anxious that he decided to take the illness to the court, and listened to Liu Renliang's letter, which ordered Li Jingxuan to go on the expedition.

In the midst of national events, there is even calculation!

My aunt probably didn't want to win this battle.

The best defeat is to hit the crown prince's reputation, so that the minister and even his father will gradually lose their trust and support.

To tell the truth, these analyses all came from Shangguan Wan'er, worthy of the prime minister, Meng Fan thought that he had pretended to be detached enough, and had never been in contact with the prince alone on any occasion.

Even Li Xian himself didn't know that he had the ambition to support Li Tang Zhengshuo, and he was still trying to find ways to win him over.

Through private observation, Shangguan Wan'er guessed these and took the initiative to tell him what calculations were involved.

Risk one's neck......

It is no exaggeration to describe it that way.

Who would have thought that Shangguan Wan'er, who had just obtained the holy scroll and changed from a maid in the court to a talented person, would betray and appreciate her diva.

In her analysis, Li Jingxuan has actually been a diva for a long time, and that aunt is now making a game to take advantage of the situation-

The Chinese book ordered Li Jingxuan to speak out, quote scriptures, and be invincible whenever he had an argument with someone in the court. In addition, the literary style is extraordinary, and there are rules and regulations for governing history and history, so the name of the text is prominent, but these are all on paper, which is no different from Zhao Kuo.

This Liu Renliang set up a bureau, not only to avenge personal revenge, but also for the crown prince, he wanted to remove the wings of the queen of heaven in the court for Li Xian.

According to his assumption, Li Jingxuan can be regarded as a great enemy in the court, and it is better for him to go to Tubo to suffer a little, lest he keep talking about it and telling right and wrong.

At the same time, in order to avoid Li Jingxuan's defeat, he sent his close confidant generals Heizhi Changzhi and Qi Bi He Li's son Qi Biming over to avoid the war from eroding.

It can be a double-edged knife that hurts others and hurts oneself.

Once Li Jingxuan fails, the responsibility of Liu Renliang, the person who strongly recommends him, will not be able to escape at all, and the crown prince Li Xian, who is in charge of the overall situation, will not be able to escape the main responsibility.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, my aunt Wu Zetian decided to push the boat down the river, throw away Li Jingxuan, a big chess piece, and go directly to the army of the East Palace.

"The big picture."

Infighting, insiders!

No wonder Meng Fan has always felt that his aunt is amiable, and she only occasionally deals with political affairs, which is completely different from the image in history-

Most of the time he accompanied Jinshang, feasted and drank with the envoys of Fanbang, jumped out of the court, and let the prince seize power.

I'm waiting here!

Now that the crown prince is in charge of the country, he is responsible for the use of troops abroad, Li Jingxuan has suffered a big defeat, what responsibility should he bear?

Shangguan Wan'er also mentioned Meng Fan, even if Li Xian vaguely knew that Li Jingxuan had fallen to the queen of heaven, he still favored the other party, because he had helped him edit the "Book of the Later Han" and other works.

This time to recommend the other party, the prince contributed a lot.

In a nutshell.

Everybody is in the game.

The prime minister who went out on the expedition was a sword.

Liu Renliang hopes to use this to hit the queen of heaven and make the prince's position more stable, even if he is liquidated afterwards, he feels that it doesn't matter.

The queen of heaven has a bigger pattern and thicker blood, and she directly counters the army, and she doesn't mind losing her wings, as long as she can hit the prince.

Emperor Li Zhi Aiko was very heartfelt, and chose to go to court with illness, maybe he saw through the calculation, or maybe he didn't, but no matter what, he didn't have a choice, without Li Jingxuan, who should he use?

Liu Renliang was in the east, Xue Rengui was defeated, which seemed to prove that he was not handsome, and Pei Xingjian shouldered the heavy responsibility of suppressing the local natives in Anxi.

Looking at the Tang Dynasty, I can't find a second person who can be in charge!

What does Prince Li Xian think?

There is a high probability that the minister has already told him in advance that the battle between the bosses of this trip is fraudulent and should not take over the matter, but when the family and country are in danger, if the prince has no responsibility, who else can come forward!

Lee Kyung-hyun wants to win!

Even if he is a diva!

Only victory can resolve the crisis.

If it weren't for Shangguan Wan'er, the girl, telling him this, Meng Fan really wouldn't have guessed these ways, and because of this, he had already made up his mind that he would never help the Dragon Court again in the future, no matter what.

Too young to play.

Hong Kong Island is so big, and the situation was so critical at that time, there was no soil for infighting at all, and it was really smooth sailing for myself, and it would not be too naïve to say in this field.

However, he still has to enter the game, since he chooses the crown prince Li Xian, even if he is passive, he must hold on, because the king of Zhou and the king of Xiang below have no qualifications and means at all, and they have no reputation to fight with that aunt.

Take a step back, the Tang army was defeated, and the descendants of Yan and Huang were buried in their own land, isn't it sad?!

At this moment, Meng Fan deeply understood the reason why those famous ministers chose to retreat bravely, calculating and calculating, his blood was so cold that he only felt sad and creepy, and going home to farm and getting close to nature were ten thousand times stronger than these.

"Variables."

In the inner court, Ming Chongyan described the current Taishi Ling like this, his expression was extremely solemn, and he said:

"Queen of Heaven, for the sake of the big plan, it's better to let him continue to stay in Chang'an."

Shangguan Wan'er stood aside, quietly, just disgusted with Ming Chongyan's eyes looking at her.

This man is nearly thirty years old, his eyes are slender, his face is pale, and the whole person looks extraordinarily gloomy, but the most disgusting thing is his eyes, and he speaks in an oily tone on weekdays, far less than nine and a half points.

However, if you can strike a little bit of his spirit, you can beat most men in the world.

At the same time, Wu Zetian, who had never followed the emperor to the court, did not pay attention to Ming Chongyan, but waved his hand, signaling him to retreat, and then picked up the pen and handed over the note.

"Wan'er, send it to the Taishi Bureau, and think carefully about it."

"Whoa."

Shangguan Wan'er was neither humble nor arrogant, and as before, she retreated to the palace.

Wu Zetian continued to review the file, and the speed was very fast, only a few dozen breaths, and one file was put down, because most of them had already been reviewed by the Zaifu of the Political Affairs Hall and the prince of the prison country, and she only needed to understand it.

Also, things aren't very big.

Because the top priority is still to use troops against Tibet, the transfer of all parties and the arrangement of generals, as long as the coach is Li Jingxuan, the straw bag, nothing else matters, Wu Zetian doesn't care at all.

On the contrary, it was the document submitted by Meng Fan, which is still displayed in his hand, and the content on it is very brief, if you look at it from an ordinary point of view, it is not a big matter, and the Wupin Qinggui officials want to go out with the army.

It's just that after combining identity and other things, it becomes troublesome.

First of all, Wu Zetian admires this nephew very much, whether it is appearance, character, or ability, he is very satisfied, otherwise he would not have moved his mind to marry a daughter.

Secondly, there are very few available martial artists around him, even if a few people have been recalled one after another, such as Wu Chenghei, but they are all stupid things that are embarrassing and useful.

Because of this, Wu Zetian didn't want Meng Fan to get involved in this matter, and as for the note sent by Shangguan Wan'er, there was not much meaning to express, so that he could cherish his feathers and not be contaminated with right and wrong.

"Marriage?"

"True spirits."

"Lingyue is a beautiful and good lady, and it is just right to match my unicorn."

There is no refusal between the words, and her husband and emperor also think the same, the two saints are extremely in the world, and there is a will, even the immortal Buddha must bow his head.

What's more, the woman is no longer there.

As for the fact that her daughter is still young, she can wait for another three or two years, and it just so happens that the relationship between the two can continue to be cultivated, and Wu Zetian is looking forward to it.

……

The other side.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, His Majesty gave food according to the custom, and the civil and military officials relaxed a little, and regardless of the imperial history like a mad dog, they began to find acquaintances to chat, and exchange their thoughts on military affairs.

Word began to spread.

Meng Fan directly found Li Jingxuan, who was destined to be in command and knew that he was forced to enter the game, and he was ready for both early.

If the clever aunt did not agree with him to join the army, then immediately resigned and left Chang'an, and accepted the commander's expedition as a white body when the army marched.

In this regard, Li Jingxuan, who was disgraceful, both readily agreed and had relevant powers.

To a certain extent, she, the queen of heaven, is actually the same heart as the prince, and she has lost the battle, not to mention keeping her wealth and power, and there is a high probability that she will raid her family and destroy her family.

"Dao Chang Gaoyi!"

"At that time, I will rely on you a lot."

At the moment, where can Li Jingxuan care about the prestige of the prime minister and the respect of the prince, he held Meng Fan's wrist tightly, and he couldn't wait to burn the yellow paper on the spot and become brothers with him.

It is clear that he doesn't have to mix with the muddy waters, but he is willing to take the initiative to enter the game, no matter what the reason, he is his benefactor, to be honest, it is really ridiculous that the dignified prime minister has mixed up in such a situation.

Only Meng Fan, who can communicate with ghosts and gods, Taishi Ling, who is boundless in mysteries, and the nephew of the queen of heaven, can bring a trace of comfort and confidence to Li Jingxuan.

At this moment, a eunuch in a long robe came over and saluted Meng Fan: "Your Highness summons Taishi Ling, please come with me." ”

Meng Fan did not doubt that he had him, and said in a deep voice to Li Jingxuan, the Chinese book: "In this way, I will make a decision with Zhao Guogong." ”

"It's decided!"