Chapter 197: Liu Gong’s clever plan: The prince leads his troops (Part 2)

Li Wei almost said the same thing as his father.

But since Liu Rengui said it, he did have his own considerations and would not send Li Wei into the fire pit. He replied calmly: "It is to deal with Tubo. Otherwise, Your Majesty would let ordinary generals go to Yaozhou and issue a strict edict. No matter what the Devil Mountain is involved, Yaozhou can take it back."

"But Tubo..." Li Zhi couldn't continue, even Xue Rengui was defeated. He didn't know whether his son had military talent or not. He definitely did not have the strong military ability. As for one-on-one challenge, although Xue Rengui was already old, he would not talk about his sons who had thirty or forty. If he had weapons on the road, he would probably not be the opponent of General Xue. But when he said this, he lost his ambition.

Liu Rengui knew about Li Zhi's thoughts. He continued: "Dao Gong, but I remember that last year, Your Highness talked about something here. Tubo is not a strong army, but a strong qi epidemic. On the plateau, our army is not adapted to it. Putting it on the plains is not necessarily stronger than our soldiers. The place where the battle is only in Yaozhou. Although there are mountains, it is not in Qinghai. When Your Highness prepares and arrives in Yaozhou, it is already the time when flowers bloom next spring. The south is humid and hot, and it has not reached its peak. It is suitable for our army to fight, but for Tubo, it is no longer very adaptable. This is the enemy's rise and rise. It is just one of them."

He took out the map and pointed to it and said, "Did you see it? Tubo secretly instructed Meng Jian to seize Yaozhou City, but did Liang Jishou send troops to stop him when he retreated to Kunzhou? Look at the mansion report again. King Yuchi Fuzhexiong of the Kingdom of Khotan and Tubo joined forces to break through Kucha City. However, the Tubo people were oppressed and severely. Yuchi Fuzhexiong was uneasy and began to resist. In Qinghai, Tubo had not yet settled. At this time, he was unable to distribute many troops to Nanzhao, and he did not want to resist with our dynasty. So he sent an envoy to seek peace a few months ago."

The following sentence does not say that the Tubo people don’t want to fight with the Tang Dynasty now, but the Tang Dynasty doesn’t want to fight with the Tubo people anymore. When Xue Rengui fought, the Tang Dynasty was disappointed. In fact, it was mainly the generals, neither Pei Xingjian nor Liu Rengui had the confidence to win.

In fact, there was no Li Wei's appearance. In history, Pei Xingjian, Liu Rengui, and later famous generals such as Lou Shide, Wei Yuanzhong, Tang Xiujing, and Guo Yuanzhen were all not available. Only Li Jingxuan, and then Wang Xiaojie, who was proud of his victory in the Western Regions. Until Lun Qinling's death, the Tang Dynasty only had a small-scale test and finally launched a large-scale war again.

Of course, the words of despair are like Li Zhi, and Liu Rengui is not easy to say. Then he continued to say: "The mistakes in Yaozhou are insignificant. No matter who the court sends, they can pacify them. We know that Tubo also knows. It is also the same thing for the prince to go."

"Are you asking His Highness the Crown Prince to be bait?" Li Jingxuan asked in surprise, but the word "bait" came out and he regretted it very much and immediately stopped talking.

"If you don't have to be heavy, you won't get a big fish," Liu Rengui saved the word "bait".

"Not proper," Li Zhi shook his head repeatedly: "I'm afraid the Tubo people can guess it. I heard that Tubo used troops like a god on Qinling."

This is what Li Wei said, otherwise Li Zhi would have underestimated this person until now.

"You can guess it, but so what? If Qinling can guess it, we are interested, but he underestimated it a little, that is the military talent of His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Lonely, lonely..." Li Wei choked, and he had not come out for a long time.

"Your Highness, don't worry, let me listen to me," Liu Rengui did not think about it elsewhere. In his thoughts, it was not surprising that Your Highness did not have the ability to use military force in Qinling.

"Then we have to send heavy troops again," Li Zhi murmured. In the battle of Liang Jishou, there were not many people who were lost, and the court could afford it. If another big defeat, the Tang Dynasty could not afford to lose. Tubo was the same. Although the victory of Dafeichuan in the Battle of Dafeichuan also allowed Xue Rengui to kill tens of thousands of people, half of which were Tubo soldiers, which also damaged the vitality of Tubo.

"No, if the imperial court sends heavy troops, the Tubo people are not very interested in Nanzhao. If they withdraw from Yaozhou City, they will waste manpower and financial resources. They only need to send thousands of elite troops and secretly mobilize thousands of soldiers to reinforce them, so that the Tubo people can join the net. As for Tubo, they may have guessed, maybe they have not guessed, even if they guessed, because they underestimated Your Highness, Lun Qinling would not come in person. But just in case, I would recommend several people to assist His Highness."

"Who is it?"

"The first person was Xue Rengui from Xiangzhou, but he needed to be secretly secreted when recalling and should not be disclosed." Liu Rengui was very cautious. Xue Rengui was too famous. If Tubo heard about it, he might not have caught a fish, but he actually caught Lunqinling, and the prince became a fish instead.

Li Zhi's first choice is impeccable. Besides, Xue Rengui made a mistake and was punished from the *** to Xiangzhou. It is a pity that a tiger general was exiled like this.

Li Wei also nodded. This character has a very high status in his heart, far surpassing Liu Rengui.

"The second one is Mr. Pei."

When Li Wei heard this name, he was happy and worried. That is, Pei Xingjian. Pei Xingjian's military talent had not yet been shown. He served as the magistrate of the Western Regions for several years, was transferred back, became Si Wen Shaoqing, and soon became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. It was not until Luoyang that Li Wei learned about this person. But after asking, Pei Xingjian did not fight any major battles in the Western Regions, and had a reputation in the court. He was very competent in the selection of talents in the Ministry of Personnel. He was called Pei Ma with Li Jingxuan, or Pei Ma with Ma Zai. When it comes to military affairs, his brother Pei Xingyan (the prototype of Pei Yuanqing) was known as the enemy of ten thousand people. Although he had been dead for many years, his reputation has not yet been reduced. He is also a famous general, but it has not reached the height he later.

Therefore, even the court did not call Pei Xingjian to join the military actions of Liang Jishou. Li Wei felt strange and asked, but he didn't know the reason until recently. But it was also strange. Could it be that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, but why are they so famous in history?

But there was almost no handover between the two. Shortly after arriving in Luoyang, Li Wei arrived at Shaolin Temple. After returning, the court discussed Pei Yuhe as the crown princess, and there was a lot of discussion. Pei Xingjian took the initiative to avoid taboos. Later, because of Pei Yan's affairs, Li Wei had almost no good impression of the people of the Pei family. The two met several times, and although Li Wei made great contributions and apologized to Pei Yan in a strict manner, Pei Xingjian knew that the prince had a knot in his heart. In fact, strictly speaking, the three Pei Pei was the three houses, Pei Judao was the east family, Pei Yan was the Xian horse house, and Pei Xingjian was the middle family. However, they were all from the Pei family in Hedong, and Pei Xingjian took the initiative to avoid Li Wei.

Liu Rengui said solemnly: "Your Highness, you must not underestimate this person."

"Yes," Li Wei didn't know what to say.

This person traveled with him, and the battle increased countless more. However, Li Wei was a little nervous. These were all great people. If he was abolishing the public for personal gain and harming himself, his wisdom would probably be unpredictable.

Of course, Pei Xingjian didn't need to hide his travels, and even the court despised him. Besides, the Tubo people. Unless Qinling can do it properly, there is no need to fight, and they can throw Nanzhao to Tubo directly.

Then Liu Rengui recommended a third person, who was a *** man. The governor of Yangzhou Heichi Changzhi.

"Black-toothed Changzhi..." Li Wei murmured. The person who has heard of this person's name seems to be a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, but I can't remember the specific examples. Liu Rengui thought Li Wei was suspicious and explained: "Your Highness, this person should not be underestimated. General Su Dingfang surrendered when he conquered the East. Because he saw that his subordinates were killed and stabbed by General Su, he was afraid of escaping. He once defeated our army and recovered more than 200 cities for the first time. It was not until the time that he defeated the Baekje army that he recruited this person. He made military achievements for his capture of Ren Cuncheng. Although he was a ***, please do not doubt it. This person is a passionate man."

With such a simple resume, he is also a general who will not be valued by the Tubo people. Moreover, with the prince's attitude towards others, Heiqi Changzhi will definitely be happy to be used by the prince.

After Liu Rengui recommended the three, he said to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, with these three people helping you, your highness's wisdom, you can just wait for good news in this trip. Moreover, the root cause of the rebellion of various tribes in Nanzhao was one of the important reasons. Tubo was unfair, and Nanzhao would not be able to settle down in the future."

This sentence hits the point and continues: "Tubo Lun Qinling sits in Tuyuhun and the Western Regions, and will not come for the time being. Although he will send other heavy generals to lead troops to deal with His Royal Highness, Tubo may not be very brave except Lun Qinling."

Another point was to the point. Lun Qinling's younger brother Lun Zanpo was also very powerful in military use, but he was still defeated by Heichi Chang in Qinghai. Only Lun Qinling fought against the Tang Dynasty and won once and once, almost an unsolvable Bosi. The matter has not happened yet, but because Li Wei suggested that a large number of scouts were sent, and each tribe had not formed to resist Tubo, which has brought more information about Tubo. After obtaining the information, Liu Rengui made this statement. Then he said: "As long as Lun Qinling does not come in person, your highness will win this trip. The gains will be very good, and it will even reverse the decline of the previous year's defeat. As long as you win, the Tubo tribes can see hope, Tuyuhun and the Western Regions tribes will resist even fiercely. Tubo will not perish, but at least it will collapse a little."

The court has sent some supplies out. Of course, it is still very far away to expect these tribes to resist on a large scale. If you hear about the defeat of Tubo, you can give these tribes some confidence. Such arrangements are similar to Tian Ji's horse racing, and they are also losing their ambition. But military advantage is good, but in Li Zhi's heart, Pei Xingjian and Heichi Changzhi did not pay much attention to it. What he valued was Xue Rengui. He believed in and doubted in his heart, Liu Rengui said again: "Your Majesty, I believe in the weak ministers. If you fail, I will ask me. But just in case, as long as your Majesty does a few more things, Tubo will be more confident."

"What do you want me to do?"

"As long as your Majesty writes an edict, let Pei Sheren be the salt and iron envoy, and then reward King Yong,"

After hearing Liu Rengui's words, Li Zhi choked. Dai Zhide and others laughed. The idea was a good idea, which was a bit harmful to Li Zhi. The salt and iron envoy was a greedy official position. No matter what psychological it was, Pei Yan wrote a letter, but at least he was hypocritical on the outside, but he was very competent to serve as the salt and iron envoy. However, it was not Liu Rengui's suggestion that people would make people think that Li Zhi had a lot of restraints on the prince, so they could not be confused. Originally, Li Zhi's various constraints on the prince were so indignant that Zhu Jingze made a report in the court. The court and the country were full of discussions, and the Tubo people would not know. This edict made people mistakenly think that the emperor was dissatisfied with the prince, so they put the prince on the front line. The Tubo people would even despise him. In any case, the prince was the prince. Capturing the prince would undoubtedly increase morale for Tubo, and even had great benefits for pacifying the Western Regions and Tuyuhun.

But the people will be even more dissatisfied with Li Zhi.

"This, no, need," Li Zhi was so angry that he said four words and four times.

"Your Majesty, the world is Your Majesty's world. Being defeated by Tubo is a shame for our dynasty. If you don't need much civilian power and military strength, you can achieve great achievements. Your Majesty cannot tolerate the temporary misunderstandings of the people?" Liu Rengui said again.

"Again," Li Zhi said, but reluctantly agreed, but in the end he was worried. He issued an imperial edict and called two imperial doctors to check Li Wei's condition. After all, he went to Nanzhao. Although he avoided the hot summer, he was also a barbaric place. Because there were many joints in it, he agreed that Liu Rengui would volunteer to come and give a detailed explanation. However, whether to go, Li Zhi instructed before Liu Rengui left, following the wishes of the prince.

"Your Highness," Bier nervously pulled Li Wei's clothes.

"Jiang Liangyuan, you are looking down on Your Highness," Liu Rengui said immediately when he saw Bier's little movement.
Chapter completed!