Ganlu Palace, Li Yong and Li Tai came together, the little eunuch was not surprised to see Li Yong, but they were a little surprised to see Li Tai coming, today the sage convened the important ministers to discuss the matter of sending troops, and did not summon Li Tai, what did Li Tai come to do? Surprise is surprise, but what should be done has to be done.

"Qiyu Sage, King Wei and Rongfu County are here!"

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Changsun Wuji, Xu Shiji and others are already in the main hall, they heard the little eunuch's report and couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, they thought that the emperor summoned the King of Wei to discuss it, then the meaning of this is a little intriguing, if the emperor summoned Li Tai to come to the meeting, it means that the emperor is cultivating Li Tai, obviously he wants to make Li Tai the prince, Du Ruhui They don't know is that Li Er was stunned when he heard the little eunuch's report, did he call Li Tai to come to the meeting? Li Er, who heard the report, even thought about it seriously, and then he was very sure that he didn't call Li Tai up, but when his son came, he couldn't turn him away, Li Er said in a deep voice.

"Let them in!"

Li Yong and Li Tai walked into the main hall together.

"Meet the saint!"

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!"

Li Er asked with a smile.

"Excuse me, Qingque, is there something you are here for?"

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others couldn't help but flash their eyes when they heard this, at first they thought that the emperor had summoned Li Tai to discuss the matter of sending troops, but now it seems that this is not the case, but Li Tai himself came here, recently Li Tai jumped up and down in order to establish the prince, everyone in the government and the opposition knows it, but Li Tai took the initiative to come to participate in the deliberations, what is the trouble? Li Taigong said.

"Father, Tuyuhun has belonged to my Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun people have been very obedient to my Tang Dynasty for a year after they were submitted, and they are even more obedient to my father as the Khan, and now Tubo has brazenly sent troops to attack Tuyuhun, which is to occupy my Tang territory? Erchen was very indignant in his heart, so he came to recommend himself to his father Mao Sui, and Erchen was willing to lead the army to conquer Tibet and share his father's worries! I hope that my father will approve it! ”

It turned out to be Mao Sui's self-recommendation to lead the troops? Leading troops to fight is not a joke, every war is related to the life and death of countless people, and how much food is involved, Li Er had a headache and slowly shook his head.

"I know that you are filial, and I also know that you have always been ambitious, but leading troops to fight is not child's play, you have never had experience in battle formations, and you have never learned the art of war, how can you lead troops to battle? This is not appropriate. ”

Li Taigong said.

"Erchen really has no experience in battle formations, but my father led troops to fight in the world when he was a teenager, and didn't he have any experience in battle formations at the beginning? Although the son has not been on the battlefield, he is also familiar with military books, and the son is the son of his father, and he must have inherited his father's talent, as long as the father sends an experienced general and the son to lead the army together, the son will definitely be able to return with a big victory. ”

Li Tai does have a lot of confidence in this, he does not have the experience of leading troops, but who is born with the experience of leading troops? He is familiar with military books and is not boasting, but true, so he thinks that he still understands the art of war, and his father is a famous general who swept the world, he doesn't want to be better than the blue, at least he can inherit his father's eight or nine points of talent, right? Eight or nine points of talent plus his familiarity with military books, it's not too much for a famous general, right? His only drawback is that his body is obese, and all his bow and horse kung fu are useless, but it doesn't matter, as a heavenly bloodline, he didn't think about rushing into battle in person, he only needs to strategize and arrange the troops, and what makes him more confident is firearms, the power of firearms has been thoroughly verified by the Eastern Crusade, and the entire Goguryeo has been beaten without the power to parry, so it is like playing with the Shenji Battalion to fight Tubo? If there is a battle-hardened veteran from the side, it can be said that it is foolproof, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others eyes flashed, when Tubo invaded the Tang Dynasty, was attacked by Hou Junji and Niu Jinda led the troops, and then Songzhou was robbed by Li Yong to hold Tubo and could not easily enter Shu, so Tubo's combat power is not as good as their Tang Dynasty, and it is not difficult to defeat Tubo with the current national strength and combat power of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Tai and a veteran will go out together, as long as Li Tai does not mess around, this great victory can be properly held in his hands, But the question is, will Li Tai mess around? No one can guarantee this! If Li Tai doesn't mess around, then it's naturally fine, but if Li Tai commands indiscriminately as his prince after going out on the expedition, then this battle will fall short, Li Tai is very confident in his ability, but others don't necessarily have confidence in him, although Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji and others flashed a lot of thoughts in their hearts, but they didn't open their mouths to dissuade, because the emperor did not agree to Li Tai leading the troops, if the emperor let go of them, it would not be too late to dissuade them, however, some people couldn't help but speak, Wei Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Your Royal Highness's words are wrong, last year's sage Eastern Expedition won a complete victory, although it was a great achievement for the benefit of the country and the people, but the Eastern Expedition also consumed a lot of money and food, and the triumphant soldiers were also tired divisions. Therefore, it is more necessary for the veteran generals with rich experience in the battle formation to lead the troops in order to be safe, although His Royal Highness is familiar with the art of war, but after all, there is no experience in the battle formation, this battle relationship is not trivial, it is not easy to take risks, there is a way to be the son of a daughter, and he can't sit down, just send a big general to lead the troops to fight Tubo, why should His Royal Highness the King of Wei risk himself? His Royal Highness the King of Wei can not boost morale, and second, he cannot increase the rate of victory, which is really unnecessary, and the situation in the Western Regions is complicated, and the ambitions of wolves such as Tibet and Turks are not necessary, His Royal Highness is the second son of a saint, Li Chengqian was deposed for rebellion, and His Royal Highness is even more precious and sensitive, if he leads the troops to the Western Regions, I am afraid that some people will covet it! Therefore, the minister thought that it was unwise for His Royal Highness the King of Wei to ask for orders to lead the troops to the battle, and hoped that the saint would think twice, and that His Royal Highness the King of Wei would think twice! ”

Wei Zheng's words were said in one go, reasonable, and well-founded, it can be said that he was ruthless, and he said Li Tai speechlessly, in fact, Li Er listened to it quite enjoyable, he often hated it when he was scolded by Wei Zheng on weekdays, but now he was very relieved to listen to Wei Zheng's scolding of others, Li Tai's careful thinking was of course clear to him, Li Er said in a deep voice.

"Qingque, have you heard all the teachings of Lord Wei?"

Li Tai glanced at Li Yong, Li Yong immediately gave him a helpless look, not to mention that what Wei Zheng said was reasonable and well-founded, and it was impossible to refute it, even if he could refute Li Yong, he didn't want to get involved! And Li Er's attitude was also very obvious, he didn't want Li Tai to lead the troops to the battle at all, Li Tai said a little helplessly.

"The sons and daughters have heard it clearly, it is the sons and daughters who have not considered it, but the sons are also a pure heart, and they still hope that their father will be clear!"

With Wei Zheng's words, it was much easier for Li Er to speak, and he was relieved.

"I know that you are sincere, and I know that you mean well, but what Wei Qing said just now is very reasonable, so you are really not suitable to lead the troops to the battle, and your mother is not in a high mood these days, if you lead the troops to the battle, then how sad should your mother be? You stay in Chang'an and spend more time with your mother! ”

Having said that, Li Tai also knew in his heart that it was impossible for him to lead his troops out of the city.

"Yes, the son listens to his father."

Li Tai said respectfully, it has been a failure to come to Mao Sui to recommend himself today, but Li Tai did not retire, but stood there quietly after speaking, because he wanted to stay and participate in the discussion of this proposal to send troops. Li Er saw that Li Tai was still standing there quietly, and couldn't help but groan.

"Qingque, go and see your queen mother!"

Li Tai was looking forward to staying here, but he didn't expect his father to let him go to see his mother, who was not as sullen as before, so what else was there to see? So he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, what does the father mean by this? He came and went, and his father still wanted to drive him away? Li Tai forcibly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and said respectfully.

"Yes, the son-in-law will go to visit the queen mother, and the son-in-law will retire."

After the salute, Li Tai slowly withdrew from the hall, after exiting the hall, the smile on Li Tai's face disappeared immediately, and his face became ugly, since it was the right time, he thought that he would stay to participate in the proceedings, but he was driven out by his father, which made him have to think more, when Li Chengqian was the prince before, he also participated in the court meeting, and his father took the initiative to let Li Chengqian participate, and now, he came, but his father still drove him out and asked him to visit his mother, which is a very bad signal. Does this mean that the father really didn't want to make him the prince? Could it be that the father really wants to re-establish Li Chengqian as the crown prince? In addition to Li Chengqian, he couldn't think of any other threats, while walking towards the Lizheng Palace, Li Tai thought about a question, how to kill Li Chengqian, kill Li Chengqian, then no one can threaten him, in the Ganlu Palace, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji, Xu Shiji and others are also human spirits, they are also imaginative, they are not surprised that the emperor did not let Li Tai lead the troops to the battle, but the emperor let Li Tai leave, which also makes them have to think twice, Before, they also thought that Li Tai would be the best candidate to establish the prince, but now they couldn't help but reflect, the emperor shouldn't want to make Li Tai the crown prince, right? Otherwise, Li Tailai is here today, so why let him step down? After Li Tai retreated, Li Er said in a deep voice.

"Just now Wei Qing said that the soldiers who triumphed were very tired, and this is exactly what they were worried about, although the Eastern Expedition was very smooth and overwhelming, but this time the soldiers were exhausted, if they were on an expedition of thousands of miles, I was afraid that the soldiers' bodies would not be able to withstand it."

Li Jing said in a deep voice.

"What the sage said is very true, the Tubo people are in a bitter cold land, the people are fierce, and the combat strength is not weak, if our army meets us with a tired division, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to the war situation."

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Last year's Eastern Expedition, although the war was very smooth, but the front was so long, and Liaodong was very cold in winter, and it was even more difficult to supply, so a lot of grain and grass were consumed.

Li Er said in a deep voice.

"I have already asked Du Xiang and Fang Xiang, and it is not a big problem to support a war with the money and food of the household department. Tubo has always been ambitious, this plot Tuyuhun is already ambitious, if Tubo can't be beaten back to the plateau, it will be a big trouble for my Datang sooner or later! So a battle must be fought! It has only been a few years since the destruction of the Turks, and the Western Regions have only been stable for a few years, so we will never allow another big trouble in the Western Regions! ”

Fighting is a point to fight, Li Er has set a tone for this matter, so the next question is how to fight, Xu Shiji muttered.

"It would have been easy to send troops at the beginning of Tuyuhun's request for help, but now Tuyuhun has insufficient troops to defend all places, and now if he sends troops to rescue, he will have to face the cavalry of Tubo."

The eldest grandson general said in a deep voice.

"The soldiers and horses accompanying the Eastern Expedition are all tired divisions, so it is not appropriate to mobilize again, which means that the Shenji Battalion cannot go out to fight."

This is the most critical question, because the Shenji Battalion is irreplaceable, and this crusade has confirmed the power of firearms, Du Ruhui turned around and asked.

"Rongfu Jungong, how is the morale of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion?"

Li Yong groaned.

"Of course, the morale is very good, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are indeed very tired, but if the saint gives an order, they will immediately rush to the battlefield!"

Li Jing shook his head slowly.

"The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have commendable courage and high morale, which is of course a good thing, but this expedition is also thousands of miles away, and the minister feels that there is no need to let the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion drag their tired bodies to the battle."

Li Er nodded when he heard this.

"Firearms are indeed powerful and played a huge role in the Eastern Crusade, but the Western Regions and Liaodong are different after all, this Eastern Crusade is mainly cavalry combat, and the role that firearms can play is not as great as that of the Eastern Crusade, and the Shenji Battalion is a tired division, so I feel that the Shenji Battalion does not have to go on the expedition, don't forget, even if there are no firearms, our soldiers in Datang are the same elite soldiers who sweep the world!"

The eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling said respectfully.

"Sage Shengming!"

Li Er left the throne and walked slowly to the map, and said in a deep voice.

"Then directly gather troops from Longyou Dao and send troops from Liangzhou, what do you think?"

Thinking that Li Yong and Niu Jinda had led the army to defeat the Tubo army in Songzhou, everyone couldn't help but nod when they heard it, although the Tubo defeated Tuyuhun this time, but only sent 100,000 troops, it really didn't need to pay too much attention, Li Er groaned.

"Then Zhang Liang, the Duke of Xunguo, will be the chief of the march of Luosa Road, and Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Liangzhou, will be the deputy head of the march......"

After a morning of deliberations, the discussion of sending troops ended, with the issuance of the will, the household department, the military department began to get busy, but this time the troops did not cause any big waves in Chang'an City, compared to Goguryeo, Tubo is very strange to the people of Chang'an, when it comes to Tubo, the people of Chang'an can probably only think of two things, one is that Niu Jinda and Li Yong once led the troops to invade Songzhou's Tubo army to fight the flowers, and there is the princess of Tubo is heroic and very beautiful.