Li Shimin asked Chen Zhengtai, which made Fang Xuanling and others look slightly unnatural.

After all... this is a real military and national event. In their eyes, Chen Zhengtai is certainly a little clever, but he is too young after all.

Whether it is Fang Xuanling, Li Ji, Li Jingren, etc., after all, they have been tempered for a long time. No matter what position they each hold, at least they have convincing reasons.

Chen Zhengtai said at this time: "Mr., the students think... should send troops."

After he finished speaking, no one said anything, even the heroes of the war would not look like they were dewed.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and he felt a little disappointed.

The reason why I asked Chen Zhengtai was because he wanted to test this disciple.

He knew that Chen Zhengtai was very young.

It is precisely because of his youth that Li Shimin hopes to see his calm side.

Although Li Shimin was eager to give the Turks a head-on blow, he knew the difficulties.

And Chen Zhengtai, the naughty young man, just said that he was hitting him, which made Chen Zhengtai seem a little unsteady enough.

"Oh, why?" Li Shimin glanced at Chen Zhengtai lightly.

Chen Zhengtai said with a serious look: "Students thought that the Turks dared to invade the border. At this time, they came from afar. The Turks were bound to be arrogant and the so-called arrogant soldiers would be defeated. This is one of them. What they invaded was Xiazhou, which was only one step away from Guanzhong. If the Tang army could lead an elite soldier and take advantage of the arrogance and fight with him with a fierce momentum of lightning, this is the second...

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyebrows were raised, and his heart was touched. This guy... actually coincided with his own thoughts.

Chen Zhengtai immediately said, "As long as you give a painful blow, as far as the students know, the Turkic tribes are not harmonious. The fundamental reason why they can unite and invade our Tang Dynasty's border is that all of them can plunder wealth from our Tang Dynasty. Once they cannot plunder and suffer losses, the Turkic tribes will inevitably be disinterested. At that time... just look at the wall, the Turkic tribes may not be able to be in a civil strife. At that time, the Tang Dynasty will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, and then he and Li Jing looked at each other.

Li Jing has been studying the combat methods with the Turks under the orders over the years, and has already figured out the weaknesses of the Turks.

In fact, over the years, the Tang Dynasty has been showing weakness to the Turks, which is also the secret arrangement of Li Shimin and Li Jing and others. They remained silent and took the request for peace in every friction with the Turks, which made the Turks increasingly ignore the Tang Dynasty.

According to the spy in border towns, the Turks invaded border towns, from their cautiousness a few years ago, they became more and more unscrupulous. Later, when the Turks thought that the Tang Dynasty no longer dared to confront the Turkic cavalry, they even boldly went deeper alone, even... without leaving behind the rear team and sending two-wing cavalry to guard the central army.

This shows that Li Shimin and Li Jing's showing weakness have achieved great results. It's a pity for those Turks, who thought that the Tang army was vulnerable. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was frightened when he heard about the Turks, so he became more and more violent and became more and more unscrupulous. In fact,... he has gradually become a chess piece in Li Shimin's chess game, and has gradually fallen into the trap carefully arranged by Li Shimin.

Now, Chen Zhengtai pointed out this problem at once, but... this guy could never know the plan formulated by Li Shimin and Li Jing. This military plan was extremely grand and took several years. Fang Xuanling and others obviously had expected it, but Chen Zhengtai hit the key point in a sudden.

As for the understanding between the Turkic tribes, Li Shimin and Li Jing also had in-depth spy and analysis.

After all, for Li Shimin, the Turks were a major concern. He was a famous general of the world, so he naturally knew the principle of knowing oneself and his opponent.

There was a loose alliance between the Turkic tribes, and although they were united under Jie Li Khan, they were essentially a group of robbers who were sharing the spoils. Once the robber gangs lost their ability to rob, internal strife would inevitably breed.

Chen Zhengtai also foresaw this point.

Until now, Li Jing had the intention to look at Chen Zhengtai seriously. He actually disagreed with His Majesty's disciple, but now he found that this kid...is extraordinary.

Li Shimin smiled knowingly and couldn't help but look at Li Jing with some pride.

It seems to be saying, how about it, what about me, a disciple?

Li Shimin continued to ask: "So, how can we attack the Turks?"

"General Li Jing is good at cavalry. He just needs to take advantage of the Turks' neglect to prepare for the situation and gather in Xiazhou to lead a cavalry to directly take over the central army of Jie Li Khan Khan, and he will definitely win the battle!" Chen Zhengtai answered firmly.

After pausing, he continued: "The Jingqi launched a surprise attack, which must have been something that the Turks did not expect. They believed that there was a major disaster in our Tang Dynasty and would not easily cause wars. This is called attacking them unprepared. Only attacking Jie Li Khan's central army would weaken the power of Jie Li Khan's headquarters. Once his power was weakened, and the plunder was futile, Jie Li Khan would not have enough power to control the Turkic divisions. According to the students' expectations, there would inevitably be internal strife, and at that time... the Turks would also ask for support and seek the power of our Tang Dynasty to consolidate the status of the headquarters. Therefore... the students thought that if General Li Jing had 30,000 Jingqi, the Turkic people would be defeated."

When these words were said, Li Jing's face suddenly changed color.

This is simply the same as the plan carefully arranged by myself and His Majesty!

Li Shimin also took a deep breath, and his body was even trembling with excitement, and said happily: "This is very good, this is what it means to plan for the country."

Chen Zhengtai showed a modest look and said with a smile: "This is just a student's misunderstanding. If you talk about war on paper, you can't be honest."

"Zhengtai, you think of these... are all you think of?" Li Shimin stared at Chen Zhengtai, very surprised!

How could he not amazed him if he had such a wonderful plan that he had made such a wonderful plan? You know, in this world, there will never be more than ten people who know this plan, and all of these ten people are the confidants around Li Shimin, and it is impossible for him to reveal the secrets of heaven.

Chen Zhengtai's eyes turned and he coughed, "This...this...in fact...this was developed by the student and the prince."

The prince...

Li Shimin suddenly realized and couldn't help staring at Li Chengqian.

The eyes of Li Jing and others also fell on Li Chengqian.

Although they all had great expectations for the prince, they never expected...

At this time, Chen Zhengtai seemed to hear a pleasant voice.

Ding...Crown Prince Li Chengqian's reputation +5

Li Shimin's favorability towards Li Chengqian +1

Li Jing's favorability to Li Chengqian +3

Thinking of this, Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but feel happy and cold.

Li Chengqian stood aside, looking confused!

What happened? I was just thinking about the problem of flying balls and gunpowder, why did everyone suddenly look at me?

But he listened to Chen Zhengtai’s last words, but he said with cleverness and caution: “Yes, Erchen does have some research with Chen Zhengtai.”

Li Shimin stared at Li Chengqian with his tiger eyes, and suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Haha, the tiger father has no dog son."

The others also smiled with relief.

It would be reasonable for Chen Zhengtai to explain this.

After all, Li Chengqian is the prince, so he has some understanding of the situation of the Turks. Chen Zhengtai is an extremely smart person. Although it is shocking for the two to discuss these things, it is still very reasonable.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "As Chen Zhengtai said, this God-given opportunity will defeat the Turks in one fell swoop, which is today."

Fang Xuanling and others began to be silent. Chen Zhengtai's plan was acceptable. Although the court has encountered difficulties now, it was not a labor force to mobilize many troops. In the past, hundreds of thousands of people were mobilized to fight against foreign races, just like Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo, using countless manpower and material resources.

Now, just launching a surprise attack, using 30,000 elite cavalry, seeking a quick battle. At this time, the finances of the court were acceptable.

at this time……

Li Chengqian suddenly thought of something and said, "Father, actually... there is another way that can solve the problem more effectively."

Originally, Li Shimin had already prepared an order, but unexpectedly, Li Chengqian, the fool, suddenly jumped out!

However, he had expectations for Li Chengqian and was not upset. He asked gently: "What are the plans for the prince?"

Li Chengqian glanced at Chen Zhengtai and said, "As the senior brother said, the essence of this quick battle is to take advantage of the situation and capture the king first. As long as the troops of Jie Li Khan are weakened, they will win this battle. Since this is the case, why not just eliminate Jie Li Khan? Erchen and his senior brother have recently developed something that can explode, like thunder in heaven. Not only that, the senior brother and Erchen have studied something with him, called a flying ball, which can make people ascend to heaven. If we use this flying ball to appear above the large tent of Jie Li Khan's headquarters and throw a lot of gunpowder, so... Jie Li Khan will definitely die..."

When Li Chengqian said this, Li Shimin, who was originally very happy, his face suddenly became exciting.

Thunder...Flying...

I am still the son of heaven. What strange things are you saying?

The smile on Li Jing's face also became stiff, and everyone looked at each other. His Royal Highness was normal before, but why did he feel a little nervous recently?

Li Shimin only needs to look at the expressions of Li Jing and others to know how everyone is thinking of the prince. He feels depressed and wishes that he can spit out an old blood!

So he turned cold and said lightly: "Well, Prince, Zhengtai, you guys should step down first."

"Father, my son thinks this is the simplest and most effective..." Li Chengqian naturally heard Li Shimin's dislike, but he was unwilling to accept it!

He seemed to have discovered a new continent in Erpigou. He had just heard Fang Xuanling and others complain about the insufficient treasury, and listened to the surprise attack. He felt that this was almost the lowest cost method. Even if it was not successful, he could give it a try."

Chen Zhengtai felt that it was a bit tragic. This guy was a little naive. I won’t say whether this plan could be successful. Even if there is a possibility of realization, you would just tell people to give it to heaven, and you would say to others to bring down the thunder of heaven...

Your uncle, aren't you afraid of being tied to the stake and baked you?

Oh, fortunately, the atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was not like this. Of course, you are the prince and you will not even die of rebellion in history. You are amazing.

Li Shimin felt that his face was dull. At this moment, he felt that his son was slapping himself in the face in front of the ministers. His face became increasingly unfair and scolded: "I ordered you to retreat."

"Yes." Li Chengqian suddenly became like a deflated ball. He became honest and with Chen Zhengtai obediently left the hall.

As soon as Li Chengqian left the palace, he couldn't help but say, "It's really outrageous. My father... is too stubborn."

Chen Zhengtai glanced at the side and immediately said, "Junior brother, be careful, let's go, we can talk about something else!"

So the two walked strolling.

But outside the hall, there was an eight or nine-year-old child standing. He was also wearing a python robe and exuded a shrewd spirit all over his body. At a young age, he showed a different precocious maturity than his peers.

As soon as the child saw Li Chengqian and Chen Zhengtai, he stepped forward step by step. When he saw Li Chengqian holding a stick, he saluted and said, "I have met the emperor brother."

Then, his eyes fell on Chen Zhengtai, and he seemed to be refreshed all of a sudden. He saluted Chen Zhengtai again: "I have seen my senior brother, and I have heard of my senior brother's name for a long time. I am so happy to see him today. When I come to the palace, why not stay for a while? I have some Qiong Yao wines here..."

This son is Li Tai, the fourth son of Li Shimin, and they were both born to Empress Changsun. He and Li Chengqian are brothers of the same mother.

Li Chengqian said, "No need, we still have something to do. We will go to Erpigou to study the flying ball later."

"Flying ball, can you fly?" Li Tai was amused when he heard this.

"What, do you want to laugh at the lonely person?" Li Chengqian was a little angry.

Li Tai quickly shook his head: "I...I..."

Li Chengqian said, "What are you doing here?"

Li Tai said: "I heard that I could recite the Book of Documents as if I had been able to memorize the Book of Documents, so I specially issued an order to wait here. When my father met the minister, I would let me go to the palace to recite it."
To be continued...