Yuan Zhi returned to Bai Yujing during the daytime today. He heard the news of the emperor's hand blade Cheng Qili before and after entering the customs in Henan.

After realizing that the emperor finally held the power, Yuan Zhi did not stay any longer, and immediately rushed straight to Jingshi, and then there was a series of bad news, the Tubo people entered the Kou from the direction of Fengxiang, and the scale was very large.

When Yuan Zhen met the emperor under Bai Letian's guidance, he saw the emperor and Li Deyu with deep brows.

Li Deyu arrived last night, Cheng Qili fell, and the news of the breakup between the emperor and Yufuguo had not yet reached Jiannan, Li Deyu had already hit the road, and Li Jifu, who had always had a keen sense of smell, had sensed that the situation might have changed, and Li Deyu was here to support the emperor.

Li Deyu brought the allegiance of his father Li Jifu, and Li Jifu had already arranged the recovery of Victoria according to Li Xu's instructions, which meant that Li Jifu would always be on the emperor's side, because he had completely offended the two major groups of eunuchs and courtiers.

The Li clan of Zhaojun had already put all the chips on the emperor, and then Li Deyu heard the news of the emperor's great victory on the way.

Then came the news of the Tibetan invasion.

He had followed Li Shen to the Emperor the previous night, and explained to him his judgment based on the information he had received on the way.

"The strength of the Tibetan army will never exceed 30,000. This was Li Deyu's first sentence after meeting the emperor.

Li Deyu went on to explain that although the Tibetan system was full of soldiers, it had an Achilles' heel, that is, the speed and scale of conscription were limited.

If it was a large-scale assembly, the imperial court would have received the news at the latest a month earlier.

Therefore, the troops entering the Kou this time should be mainly soldiers and horses under the command of the great minister Shang Dongzan, and his territory is in the upper reaches of Weishui near Qinzhou. Considering the suddenness of this invasion, Shang Dongzan's mobilization scale would not be too large, and the troops he could mobilize in a hurry would only be about 30,000 at most.

Therefore, the intelligence of the so-called 50,000-strong army may exaggerate the strength of the enemy.

Li Deyu then analyzed that it was very difficult for a weak force like Shang Dongzan to attack Feng Xiang, Feng Xiang also had six or seven thousand available soldiers, and the art of war was surrounded by ten clouds, although with the progress of siege technology, the requirements for the strength of the besieging side have decreased.

However, in order to capture the fortified city that Han Rui was defending, especially Fengxiang City, which had been strengthened because of the threat posed by Tibet, Shang Dongzan's troops had to be at least four or five times that of Han Rui.

In the current situation, the Tibetan army is still continuing to the east. This shows that Shang Dongzan obviously left a force to monitor Han Rui, and then led the main force to rush eastward, if Shang Dongzan was determined to plunder, then his forces would become more dispersed after going all the way east, because of the division of troops and plundering the counties.

Therefore, Li Deyu thinks that Bai Yujing is still relatively safe, and there is no need to slip away like the previous emperors.

Li Deyu's analysis strengthened Li Xu's determination to go out of the city to seek a field battle.

The main problem with the Tibetan invasion was actually their army, not the leaders of Langdarma or Shang Dongzan. As long as they were lucky enough, they and a master like Yue Gu Han could certainly use a swift raid or assassination to cut off Langdarma's head.

However, the result of the beheading operation was completely different from the emperor's original purpose, Li Xu wanted peace in the Gyeonggi region and even in the Fengxiang area, and the Tubo army, which was scattered with birds and beasts, would not stop their plunder. According to the practice of Tibet, they have no supplies, and they will inevitably rush back all the way.

The destruction caused by the Tubo people was intolerable to the imperial court, and it was also intolerable to Li Xu. Therefore, Li Xu needed an army to drive back more than 30,000 Tibetans, not just cut down Langdama and end it.

"I am ready to choose the opportunity to fight the Tibetans in the field. Li Xu said to Li Deyu, and the young official could hardly believe his ears.

"I only need four or five hundred cavalry. Li Xu said to Li Deyu: "There are more horses, I will find an opportunity to defeat them in a field battle with the Tubo people, and I can't let them spread to the counties of Gyeonggi." I'm making great progress in martial arts now, and a few thieves are nothing at all. ”

Allowing the Tibetans to loot Guanzhong is a typical political suicide. According to Li Deyu's meaning, when the Tubo people go home, then Li Xu will be completely responsible for the invasion of the Tubo people.

Even if the emperor is for himself, he must not let the Tubo people do whatever they want.

Therefore, Li Xu introduced his idea to Li Deyu, and Pei Du or Han Gang was responsible for the operation of Bai Yujing's imperial court, and he personally led a small number of elite cavalry to intersperse around the Tubo army. The number of this cavalry is not too much, four or five hundred is enough, and it is equipped with more war horses.

Once the Tibetan army launched a raid, for the sake of efficiency during the looting, they would inevitably be divided into different squads to act, and the number of people in each team would naturally not be large, Li Xu estimated that the looting team of the Tubo army would not exceed 1,000 people at most.

In this way, the small group of cavalry led by Li Xu can gain a certain advantage in the face of the Tubo army, not to mention that there are fierce generals like themselves in this team.

As long as the Tubo people pay a sufficient price, they can also save some of their own image.

"But fighting on the battlefield and fighting fiercely are two different things. Li Deyu said that it is one thing for two masters of the rivers and lakes to compete with each other for victory, and it is another thing for two armies to win a decisive victory on the battlefield, and the two cannot be regarded as equal.

In fact, Li Xu still has some experience in the art of the battlefield, and he was also a veteran player who often played the Total War series of games before, and often played the level of exchange ratio of the Battle of Kunyang in the game.

As for the epic victory or something, it is not a problem.

"You and Li Shen will give me a good home," said the Emperor. "I have already asked Li Congxian to select the cavalry, and when he chooses the people, I will take the people to set off. ”

Li Xu didn't think to discuss this strategy with Li Deyu and them at all, just informed them.

"But Jingzhong is unstable. Li Deyu naturally knew very well that Pei Du and Han Gang were unreliable, and the emperor was floating outside with a small group of people who were almost suicidal. Most of the people in Bai Yujing will have some different thoughts.

"That's why I want you to come to see the house, Li Congxian has Jin Wuwei and Shen Cejun in his hands, and Li Shen's prison envoy to help you, you will definitely be able to take care of this home for me. ”

It was these Li family members who stayed behind by the emperor to watch the house.

Although Li Deyu has always disagreed, but when Han Gang Pei Du and Yuan Zhi and Niu Monks and Children participated, he became a complete minority.

Although Han Gang and Pei Du were shocked, they would not show any attitude now.

Although Yuan Zhen's attitude was against it at the beginning, it was basically "You have a shortcoming, you don't pay attention to your body too much", and after persuading a few times to say something like "White Arowana Suit", Yuan Zhen returned to the idea of "the emperor is great, glorious and correct".

As for Niu Monk and Child, his current attitude has always been that whatever the emperor says, the emperor said that the moon is square, and that is also because the moon chicken thief secretly eats fat.

The only ones who really objected were Li Deyu and Bai Letian.

However, in the face of the emperor's resolute will, Li Deyu and Bai Letian could only persuade the emperor to bring more people and strive to bring Yue Guhan to help.

"Three hundred and twenty-four horsemen. Li Congxian brought a roster, which was the knights he had selected from the Shence army after a day's work, all of them were elites with reasonable horsemanship, kung fu and loyalty.

Li Congxian also selected more than 540 war horses from the imperial stables, and the extra horses could be used as service horses for the knights and war horses for injuries.

"There are only more than three hundred. Li Deyu looked at Li Congxian: "Isn't this going to be one against a hundred?"

Li Congxian nodded.

The idea put forward by the emperor, Li Congxian was supportive, and he personally experienced the night of the capture of the Shence army, and Li Congxian now believes in his heart that there is nothing that the emperor cannot do.

"An ordinary warrior can ride a thousand. Li Congxian said: "How can Your Majesty alone block three thousand." If there are only 30,000 thieves as you say, Your Majesty alone can resist one-tenth of them, and the rest of them will only have to wave their flags and shout. ”

Li Congxian said with great emotion: "I have been thinking about what kind of demeanor the overlord of Chu was back then, and when I met Your Majesty later, I felt that the overlord of Chu was nothing more than that." ”

Then you should be a dragon too, Li Deyu looked at Li Congxian who was standing beside him, the two of them were now standing on the west gate of Bai Yujing, and the emperor was leading the cavalry to secretly leave Bai Yujing under the banner at this time.

"These thieves," Li Congxian sneered, "they're going to be unlucky." ”