Hearing that Meng Zhaotu had an idea, Zheng Congyan and Song Wentong were interested.

The old man proposed two plans,

The first method was somewhat radical, that is, inspired by Zhu Wen, leaving 3,000 soldiers to stick to Tongzhou, and the other 10,000 light cavalry along the south bank of the Yellow River that Zhu Wen had walked through to Tongguan and Luoyang, cutting off the dry road and grain and grass avenue of Huangchao in one fell swoop.

But there is a problem, that is, to face the two-sided attack of Luoyang and Tongguan, if Yang Fuguang outside Luoyang does not cooperate, it is likely that the meat bun will beat the dog.

However, this is also a strange scheme, although it takes a certain risk, but once it succeeds, the siege of Chang'an will be solved.

The second approach is much more conservative.

Ask Zheng Congyan to return to Hedong to recruit troops and raise grain and grass, and then concentrate superior forces to break through Deng Tianwang's blockade line in one fell swoop, open up the grain route from Tongzhou to Chang'an, and at the same time deter Huangchao.

But there are drawbacks.

That is quite time-consuming, don't finally transport reinforcements and grain and grass to Chang'an, Chang'an is either broken or starved everywhere.

"Meng Gong, the amount of grain and grass supplied to the entire Chang'an is amazing, although the provinces such as Hezhong and Hedong can also be raised, but the military towns in the province are extremely chaotic, and Zheng has no way to dispatch, and Song Jieshuai has just accepted the military affairs in the river, and the prestige is not enough to suppress many military towns in the river in a short period of time, I am afraid..."

Zheng Congyan and Song Wentong were silent.

Everyone can think of the problems faced by Song Wentong.

And Zheng Congyan was appointed as the prime minister of Hedong Jiedu, which means that he was also one of the core members of the DPRK, and even now he still retains the official status of Tongping Zhangshi.

And even so, it is still not enough to deter the towns in Hedong.

In fact, a hint can be seen from the fact that he only brought 5,000 people with the dignity of a festival.

Hedong Dao has always been the heaviest place in the Tang Military Town, if he really has full control, even if he is in a hurry to gather too many people when he comes, how can he bring out one or two thousand.

Although Hezhong and Hedong were loyal to the court, they were full of internal contradictions and attacked each other.

Last year, Li Guochang killed the Datong defense envoy and occupied the three prefectures of Yunzhou, Ulzhou and Shuozhou, and constantly sent troops south to threaten the provinces of Hezhong and Hebei, and turned the world upside down.

The Tang court sent several important ministers to suppress it, but there was no way, and the soldiers were also lost, and finally Li Keju was defeated by Li Keju, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, in Yao'er Ling, and Li Guochang and his son temporarily avoided Tatar to seek the refuge of Kuertu Khan.

But after this toss, many large and small military towns with great power have emerged, and they have soldiers and money in their hands, and they almost don't listen to the dispatch of the officials, at most they just hum and haha to deal with it, and no one can do anything about it.

Once you are in a hurry, you will ask with your nostrils facing upward, "Who are you?" ”

More extreme cases may also rebel on the spot, beheading and expelling state envoys abound.

Therefore, even if Zheng Congyan was asked to go back to recruit troops and raise food, he would not be able to do it.

Meng Zhaotu put out the two opinions, and when he saw that everyone didn't speak, he said: "These two strategies have shortcomings, but now there is no other way, if only Longyou Dao could draw out some troops." ”

Song Wentong shook his head,

"Although it is winter now, it is very likely that Tubo will not send troops to disturb the border, but once the border army stationed in Longyou returns, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take the opportunity to advance eastward, and then we are afraid that in addition to Huangchao, we will only have to add these stinky soldiers!"

Li Jie sat on the side and was thinking about something, and suddenly looked up and said: "Zheng Ji was kidnapped by Huang Chao's envoy because of his father-in-law, Ximen Sigong, which caused him to be in a dilemma, if we rescue the old man of Ximen..."

Meng Zhaotu nodded,

"This is indeed the way, but now that Deng Tianwang is blocked at the city gate, he can't hide the slightest disturbance, how to save him?"

Li Jie thought about it, then clapped his hands,

"Brother and sister Mikami are there?"

When the Mikami brothers and sisters received the order and left in a hurry with thirty people under their command, Zheng Congyan frowned.

"Your Royal Highness, before the old man left the capital, he had a good relationship with the Tang envoy of the Wa Kingdom, and he also knew that the Tang envoy was actually a fake, but his real identity was an opponent of the lord of the Wa State, and now you reuse his subordinates, once discovered..."

Li Jie immediately smiled,

"Zheng Jiedu is right, but, the towering Tang Dynasty, are you still afraid that he is a small island country hanging overseas?"

In a word, Zheng Congyan stopped squeaking, but his intuition told him that Li Jie definitely had other reasons for doing this.

Although this Shouwang is young, he always gives him an unfathomable illusion, as if no matter what he does, he has a deep meaning that others can't guess.

Of course, no one has bet their treasure on these Japanese people, and it is best to successfully rescue Ximen Sigong, but if you can't save it, you can only give up, and you must take action.

At present, there is still no clear choice between the two proposals put forward by Meng Zhaotu.

Li Jie had to look at Meng Zhaotu,

"Meng Gong, you put forward the opinion, do you have a solution?"

Meng Zhaotu squinted his eyes and couldn't stop looking at him, with an extremely complicated look in his eyes, as if something was difficult to choose.

But at the urging of Li Jie, he sighed,

"Your Royal Highness, in order to deter Li Guochang and his son, His Majesty sent several important ministers in the court to Hedong, but it was not until Zheng Jiedu went to reluctantly calm them down, do you know why?"

Li Jie was stunned, "Naturally, I am fulfilling the responsibility of moderation with the dignity of Zaicheng!" ”

This sentence originally meant to praise Zheng Congyan on the side, but the latter was not happy at all, but sighed.

It's just reluctantly, there's nothing to be proud of.

However, as soon as he suddenly raised his head, he also set his eyes on Li Jie.

Li Jie was numb by him, and his mind turned to understand.

This is to ask him to go to the east of the river to deter those dishonest military towns!

The national-level boss still can't stop these guys?

Then let's just bomb the king, the prince of a country can do it, right?

And it's not those grabish royals who are in captivity, but the Shouwang who holds a lot of power!

Obviously, Meng Zhaotu was inclined to the second strategy, after all, the first one was a bit risky and not in line with the old man's calm character.

Song Wentong also understood, touching a small black beard on his chin,

"If Your Highness goes to raise it in person, you can indeed greatly avoid the problem of being rejected by it, after all, you represent the Li royal family, and refusing to obey the dispatch is a rebellion against the Tang Dynasty. And with the experience of Li Guochang's father and son, these people still have to weigh whether their strength is worth the risk. ”

Zheng Congyan nodded, and continued with a somewhat sour taste:

"To deal with these festival envoys, in addition to pressing as His Royal Highness, it is nothing more than money and silk, and the river is rich in Yanchi, as long as the Puzhou Thorn History fully supports, everything will be solved!"

At this time, in addition to the relatively rich Jiangsu-Zhejiang Province, the provinces south of the Yangtze River are still a reckless land, and the economic development is the Song Dynasty, so there is really not much oil and water.

Li Jie got up and walked around the living room several times, thinking of the extremely reluctant and firm in Li Yi's eyes before leaving, the eager eyes of the courtiers, and then thinking of the grain and grass that had been burned into black charcoal in the three squares and the bowl of rice porridge that had been crystal clear in the porridge shed...

"In this case, the king will personally go north, and if anyone is not satisfied, he will be killed!"