Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2446

His Majesty Li Er signaled Li Ji to drink tea, then took a sip from the teacup, savored the sweetness of the tea, and asked, "In your opinion, how should we deal with it?"

Li Ji drank his tea with his head down and remained silent.

How to deal with it, don't you know?I think back then you were one of the few invincible commanders in the world, you didn’t know how to plan your march, and you were quite organized, but now you want to ask me...

What is the holy will is obvious.

He is not like Wei Zheng and Sun Fujia, it's not that he refuses to offend Yan Zhijian, but his ability to judge the situation is better than those two, knowing that even if he remonstrates with death at this moment, the emperor will not be able to change his mind, so why bother to disturb the discord between the monarch and his ministers? What about parting ways?
Therefore, he could only respond in silence, silently declaring his position, which not only expressed his attitude, but also gave the emperor a step down, so as not to make it embarrassing.

His Majesty Li Er saw Li Ji's expression, and he knew what he was thinking in his heart. For many years, there is still a tacit understanding between monarchs and ministers.

Not only some emotion.

How to deal with the situation in the Western Regions?The most entrusted method is to send an army from Guanzhong to the Western Regions for assistance, and at the same time withdraw an army from Liaodong to defend Guanzhong.As long as the army leaves the customs, Tubo will lie on the plateau obediently, not daring to act rashly, and then go to Gaochang City to join the Anxi Army. Even if the Arabs are all tigers and wolves, the Western Regions will be as stable as a rock...

However he couldn't do it.

The Eastern Expedition is a national policy, and it is also the biggest cornerstone for Li Er to achieve the grand plan of an emperor through the ages. There is absolutely no room for the slightest mistake, and the slightest risk is unacceptable.Don't look at the fact that everyone in the court, the field, and the army is full of confidence in the Eastern Expedition. They think that the arrival of the army in Liaodong will be a loud noise, and Koguryo is vulnerable to a single blow. However, His Majesty Li Er dare not be careless at all.

Everyone in the world cursed Yang Guang for his cruelty, but as a generation of proud men who had been revered since childhood, His Majesty Li Er knew that his great talent and strategy were by no means as unbearable as the world preached. On the contrary, he even thought that Yang Guang's achievements even in Among all the emperors from ancient times to the present, they can also be ranked in the forefront.

It is such an emperor who scolded Fang Qiu and looked at the world with contempt. Taking the Sui Dynasty as the foundation, he sent millions of troops to conquer Goguryeo, but he still returned in defeat. How could His Majesty Li Er not pay attention to him?
If you want to ensure that the Eastern Expedition is foolproof, you must gather the greatest strength and give a thunderous blow. You must not let Goguryeo have half the power to recover, so it is absolutely impossible to withdraw the troops. As long as the enemy has not yet reached the city of Chang'an, Liaodong The army must never withdraw a single soldier.

The Yin Jian of the former Sui Dynasty is not far away. Goguryeo, which was regarded as a small place, broke Yang Guang's teeth, which indirectly led to the downfall of the Sui Dynasty, and made all of Yang Guang's grand plans and hegemony disappear in smoke, leaving behind eternal infamy...

His Majesty Li Er didn't want his long-planned plans to be hindered, and he would eventually follow in the footsteps of Yang Guang.

The army in Liaodong cannot be withdrawn, and the army in Guanzhong must maintain the stability of the country, especially after the imperial conquest in the spring of next year. The army can only fight alone.

As long as they can persist until the Eastern Expedition wins, hundreds of thousands of troops will be dispatched at will to aid the Western Regions.

Even if the most pessimistic situation happened, His Majesty Li Er did not believe that the Anxi Protectorate, where Hejian County King Li Xiaogong was in charge, would be surrounded and wiped out by the enemy within a year.

His Majesty Li Er said: "Then order the Ministry of War to urgently allocate a horse of grain and fodder to the Anxi Dufu, and write Li Xiaogong, ordering him to stand by and wait for help, and not to act rashly."

Li Ji added: "The king of Hejian County should also be given full power to deal with the enemy. No matter how much land or soldiers he loses, he only needs to persist for one year, and he will be successful."

Tang Jun's ultimate honor, Li Ji was afraid that once the Anxi Army lost its city, lost its troops, and lost its generals, it would be too shameful and indignant. He vowed to wash away his shame with blood and lead to a larger-scale defeat.

As long as you can stick to Gaochang City, wait for the army to rush to help, and cooperate with the inside and outside, you will naturally win.

His Majesty Li Er happily said: "Then I will approve Fang Junzhi's memorial and order him to act according to the order."

Li Ji smiled wryly and said: "Although Fang Shaobao is not from the army, he is the best soldier in the empire. He has always marched forward with enthusiasm and has never failed in attacking cities and lands. I am afraid that it is difficult to accept such a compromise strategy. Now, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, he regards the soldiers of the world more and more like brothers and sisters, and let him sit and watch the Anxi army struggling to support the possible strong enemy surrounded by the enemy, but the center does not send a single soldier to help. There is a lot of tongue."

When His Majesty Li Er heard this, he felt a little worried immediately. He stroked his beard and said in distress: "Sometimes this club is cunning and slippery, making people want to kill him, and sometimes it's so stubborn that eight horses can't pull it off if it's right. Back... that's all, at worst, I will report to the court in the next few days, and no foreign minister will be interviewed, if you want to make trouble with him, you can make trouble at the Ministry of War."

Thinking about Fang Jun's temper with a hammer, His Majesty Li Er could almost foresee Fang Jun's reaction after receiving this order... suddenly one head and two big, and decisively made a strategy of avoiding it.

In the final analysis, it was his fault, because the military power of the entire empire had to conquer Goguryeo in order to achieve his grand goal of being one emperor through the ages, and the Anxi army had to make sacrifices for this goal.

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, don't you miss the friendship of humble ministers?"

According to Fang Jun's temper, if you don't see him, he can only run to the political affairs hall to make noise. He can be more scruples in front of you, and you can beat him if you are in a hurry, but you can go to the political affairs hall There is a lot of noise, who can cure him?
His Majesty Li Er was also very embarrassed, and said helplessly: "After all, I am the king of a country, so I can't beat a minister twice in three days, can I? If I don't beat him, I really can't do anything about him!"

Hitting the board every day is simply a joke. Is it considered a trifling matter when punished by the imperial staff?

But if you don't hit the board, there will be a quarrel, and His Majesty Li Er really has no other way to deal with him...then Li Ji can only bear Fang Jun's anger.

The emperor has said so, what else can Li Ji say?
I can only wonder if I can also think of a way to pretend to be sick and take a rest for a few days, hiding in the mansion and not seeing outsiders...

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There is a long border between Tubo and Tang Dynasty. The border between the two countries is like a canine tooth. Many areas have not been clearly defined by the two sides. Conflicts have erupted from time to time for many years.

Luoxie City is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and during this period, there are even more mountains and ravines. From the everlasting snow-capped mountains of Tubo to the deep mountains, poor valleys and dangerous rivers in Sichuan and Shu, although this distance is between the two countries. The passage for merchants to walk is still extremely difficult.

Even Lu Dongzan, who has traveled to Chang'an many times, took a full month to reach Songzhou on the border between the two countries.

Lu Dongzan is well aware of the importance of this trip. In order to help Tubo grab more benefits from Datang, he must rush to Chang'an day and night without stopping, otherwise countless accidents will happen if he delays for another day. By the time of Chang'an, the battle between the Tang army and the Arabs has ended, and if the Tang army wins, all plans will come to naught.

When he arrived in Songzhou, he went to the post station to hand over Songtsan Gampo's letter of credence, asking for help at the Datang post station along the way.

Datang postal stations are very developed, and post stations are all over the country. They are divided into three types: land post, water post, and water and land. The traffic line is centered on Chang'an, the capital city, and radiates in all directions, reaching the border area directly, with a post station about [-] miles away.

It is convenient for the envoys of various countries to rest, change horses, board and lodging through post stations along the way.

The postmen at the Songzhou post station did not dare to be negligent when they saw the Tubo letter. While arranging food and accommodation for Lu Dongzan's envoys, they rushed to deliver letters to Chang'an.

Although Lu Dongzan repeatedly streamlined his entourage during this trip to the Tang Dynasty, personnel, tributes, etc. were necessary to negotiate with the Tang Dynasty on behalf of Tubo.The fast horses at the post station can travel six stations or 180 miles a day, and if there is an emergency military situation, they can travel another [-] miles a day, and in the most extreme state, they can even travel [-] miles a day!
Before the mission arrived in Guanzhong, the news had already been sent to Chang'an, which allowed the court to have sufficient time to prepare for the reception and discuss countermeasures.

Lu Dongzan rested in Songzhou for one night, rubbed his sore waist the next morning, got out of bed, gathered the missions and continued on their way.

It's just that he had just walked for a long time, and he had to stop before he could get out of the Songzhou boundary.

The horses probably ate the bad beans, and all of them have loose bowels...

(End of this chapter)