Hou Junji and Li Chengqian were determined to make Li Zhi the target of public criticism.

For this reason, they even began to desperately belittle the importance of Tuyuhun.

However, what they didn't expect was that Li Zhi didn't know much about other things in Tuyuhun, but he definitely had a say in how that land was developed.

I only heard Li Zhi speak: "Big brother and General Hou are so different!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced around at the other ministers.

Then he analyzed the benefits that could be brought by conquering Tuyuhun.

First of all, Tuyuhun is located next to an important passage of the Silk Road.

The stability here is directly related to the road trade of Datang.

This point is related to the interests of almost all the ministers of the DPRK and China, so Li Zhi was the first to mention it.

Second, the environment of Tuyuhun is not only suitable for the development of animal husbandry, but also for the development of agriculture.

This is better than the geographical environment of Tibet.

Not only that, there are also a large number of gold, copper, iron and other minerals in Tuyuhun.

These are the hard currencies of today.

If these are just material factors.

So all the ethnic groups in Tuyuhun have been sinicized in large numbers, which is absolutely incomparable to other countries.

This means that once the Tang Dynasty rules here, it will save a lot of time and energy to sinicize.

This is much easier than the previous Eastern Turks.

The other ministers were not very concerned about Lee's other reasons.

They are interested in the first one.

Therefore, as soon as Li Zhi's analysis was finished, many civilian officials stood up to support the occupation of Tuyuhun.

Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji quietly glanced at each other, and the corners of their mouths involuntarily pulled up a smile.

This disciple really didn't rob in vain!

Being able to control the situation so accurately at a young age is simply a rare political talent.

When Li Shimin saw other ministers, they also spoke up in support of the occupation of Tuyuhun.

So he opened his mouth and asked Li Tai, who had not spoken: "Does Qingque think that my Datang should attack Tuyuhun in a big way?" ”

At this time, Li Shimin's heart had already made a decision.

The reason why he asked Li Tai this question was to test his vision.

Li Tai was in a dilemma at this time.

Intuition made him want to be on Li Chengqian's side.

But the interests on the business road made him want to support Li Zhi.

In fact, he has not fully understood the deeper purpose of today's debate.

But this time, his short-sightedness happened to make him inadvertently cater to Li Shimin's thoughts.

I only heard Li Tai speak: "Erchen agrees with the opinions of the generals. ”

At this time, he actually played a cautious eye.

To live or die is to not want to highlight the role of Li Zhi in this opinion.

But no matter what, his answer still satisfied Li Shimin.

So he smiled and nodded to Li Tai in affirmation.

I have to say that this is also a fool's luck.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin opened his mouth and announced: "Since this is the case, then Li Jing will serve as the chief of the Xihaidao march, and lead Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, and the Liangzhou Governor Li Daliang and Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun, the two brothers, to jointly crusade against Tuyuhun. ”

The reason why Li Jing was allowed to lead the troops was because Li Shimin fully believed in Li Jing's ability.

The second is also because he knows the Dragoons better.

Although Li Zhi is the actual leader of the Dragoons, at such a young age, Li Shimin is not at ease to let him run to the battlefield.

Everyone is a disciple who has something to do.

When he arrived at Li Zhi, he in turn asked his teacher to go to the battlefield for him.

After the announcement of this appointment.

In order to balance the emotions of other generals, Li Shimin arranged for Qin Qiong to lead some people to the Tibetan border to set up defenses.

lest the Tibetan army take advantage of the chaos to intervene.

Hou Junji clearly raised objections, so this time he could only stay and raise grain and grass with Wang Qi, the head of the household.

There is simply no chance of other performances.

The generals are in a more urgent mood to grab the credit.

So only ten days later, Li Jing hurriedly set off with an army of 100,000.

Originally, all the generals thought that this speed was fast enough.

As a result, everyone had just reached the halfway point when they encountered the third good news handed over by Li Daliang on his behalf.

This time it can make Wei Chi Jingde and the others anxious, if they continue like this, won't they have no battle to fight when they arrive in Tuyuhun?

As a result, the already fast marching speed had to be accelerated a few more points under the urging of everyone.

After Li Jing roughly estimated the speed of the attack of the dragoons, he immediately came to an astonishing conclusion.

That is, with the marching speed of the great army, it is impossible in any case to rush to the battlefield before the next operation of the dragoons.

So he decisively sent a group of hundreds of light horsemen to Liangzhou City.

He had to hurry through Li Daliang to tell the dragoons that they must slow down their attack on Tuyuhun.

Otherwise, he and Li Zhi will really be difficult to be people in the future.

At this time, the combined forces of Su Lie and Qibi He Li had already arrived at Chishuiyuan.

However, they regretted that the Tuyuhun army, which was supposed to be stationed here, was not seen at this moment.

All that remained were a small number of miscellaneous servants who were responsible for taking care of horses, cattle and sheep, and a guard force of less than 5,000 men.

After reconnaissance by the Dragoons, it was determined that the main force here had entered the city a hundred miles away for repairs.

After discussing it for a while, the two decided to ignore the enemy army for the time being, so as not to have an accident and surprise the snake.

There is no way around why they made this decision.

Both armies were light cavalry, and they simply did not have the ability to make large siege engines.

And the fighting style of the dragoons was also completely unsuitable for siege warfare.

If you have to attack, even if you can make some breakthroughs, I am afraid that you will have a large number of casualties.

This is a loss that Su Lie cannot afford.

At the same time, it is also something that Li Zhi has repeatedly emphasized that is not allowed.

In addition, the enemy's other army of 20,000 men stationed in Niuxindui was also a problem they had to consider.

Even if they easily captured the battalion and had a chance to draw out the main forces of the enemy.

But the distance between the two armies of the enemy was also a little too close.

In case the enemy's commander was more cautious, he sent someone to inform the other army when he was not sure of defeating the Don army.

Then their coalition forces are likely to face a siege of more than 30,000 cavalry from the enemy.

When the time comes, in the case of a frontal battle, it will be impossible for them to defeat the enemy in any case.

The boring wait made both armies feel a little bored.

At the same time, the food they carry is being consumed at a rapid pace.

Just a few days later, Su Lie and Qi Bi He Li had already lost their patience.

Just as they were about to make a desperate bet, the messenger sent by Li Daliang, the governor of Liangzhou, arrived here just in time.

After Su Lie and the others received Li Jing's order from the letter brought by Li Daliang, they were immediately shocked into a cold sweat.