Chapter 284 Li Jing also has an idea

Li Shimin saw Li Jing's actions and expressions, and in his heart he still agreed with Dai Zhou and Ma Zhou's words, believing that it is not the time for Li Jing to come out to command troops. Although the Northern Expedition is important, there is no need to let Li Jing be the head coach. When Li Shimin let Li Jing be the head coach, he should be the head general when the Tang Dynasty started a full-scale war against the Turks, rather than the head general who simply rescued the Tuli siege.

Therefore, he said, "Li Aiqing, you have mentioned it to me by the Northern Expedition. Now everyone recommends you as the commander of the Northern Expedition. I want to hear your opinions."

When Li Jing looked at Li Shimin, he knew that he would ask himself this, so he spoke, "Your Majesty, I believe that the Bingzhou Grand Governor Li Ke can take on this position! As for the Wei, Dai Shaoqing and Ma Jingshi were right. Now I should focus on mobilizing troops and generals in preparation for the future battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks."

Li Jing's words were very straightforward and powerful, and his explanation was more convincing, which was in line with what Li Shimin thought. Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded in agreement with Li Jing's words. After hearing Li Jing's answer, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui couldn't help but shake their heads and say nothing. They recommended Li Jing not to think that this problem was underestimated, but the reason why the two of the centrists recommended Li Jing was that they did not want the princeling and the Han King Party to have too many disputes over the issue of the commander of the Northern Expedition, which affected the war against the Turks in the Tang Dynasty. The purpose of the two was to adjust the conflicts between the two parties. Now Li Jing has begun to publicly support Han King Li Ke, who is the military god of the Tang Dynasty. Although his words in the court are not as intimidating as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji, his prestige is unparalleled in the army. His words are equivalent to paving a way for Li Ke in the army.

Because Li Jing's public support for Li Ke is undoubtedly a telling the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty that Li Jing admires Li Ke very much and is very sure of Li Ke's talent in military command. Li Jing believes that Li Ke is capable of taking on the position of commander of the Northern Expedition. With Li Jing's recommendation, if someone in the army does not accept Li Ke, then that person is the same as the God of Military Li Jing. Just imagine who does such an unwise move? I'm afraid even Li Ji dares!

Therefore, Li Jing's words shocked the ministers in the hall and also determined that Li Ke's position as the commander of the Northern Expedition was determined.

"Yeah!" Li Shimin agreed with Li Jing, "Li Aiqing's words are reasonable. You should really focus your energy on the war against the Turks in the Tang Dynasty. Then today I decided to let Bingzhou Grand Governor Li Ke send troops to rescue Tuli."

"Your Majesty, how many soldiers should be there?" Changsun Wuji suddenly said. He had already thought of the current result when Li Jing said the "Northern Expedition". He also knew that Li Jing's real purpose of recommending Li Ke was not to make him the Northern Expedition the chief general. He believed that the purpose of Li Jing's recommendation of Li Ke was to be the chief general of the Northern Expedition was to make Li Ke legitimately become the deputy general or even the chief general in the Tang Dynasty's war against the Turks.

Changsun Wuji's inference is very consistent with Li Jing's style of dealing with things. After all, Li Jing is already very successful now. If he leads his army to wipe out the Turks in the future war against the Tang Dynasty, how much would his contribution be? Therefore, Li Jing's purpose was to accumulate military achievements and qualifications for Li Ke through the Northern Expedition, so that he could share part of his contribution in the war against the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Changsun Wuji asked about the number of troops sent by Li Shimin. The purpose was not like Li Ke commanding too many troops during this Northern Expedition, so as not to prevent him from having too many troops and horses from being controlled by him in the Northern Expedition, and to make too many contributions in the future war against the Turks in the Tang Dynasty, making it difficult for him to suppress him in the future.

But before Li Shimin could speak, Wei Zheng had already spoken, "Your Majesty, I believe that it is not advisable to send troops to relieve Tuli's siege, so let the King of Han dispatch the troops in Bingzhou according to his own actual situation."

"Well! I also agree with Secretary Wei's words. The battlefield situation has changed rapidly. The King of Han is in Bingzhou and is closer to Tuli's station. He is more familiar with the situation in Youbei. It will be more safe to make him mobilize troops according to his own situation." Li Jing also spoke.

"Well! Then follow the words of the two beloved ministers! Let Li Ke do it cheaply." Li Shimin said readily.

Li Shimin's words made Changsun Wuji's face twitch. He originally wanted to limit the number of troops Li Ke's Northern Expedition, but now that Wei Zheng and Li Jing said this, not only did not limit the number of troops led by Li Ke, but also gave him a more right, that is, he could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops from two dozen states in Bingzhou at any time. Changsun Wuji's face became a little ugly when he thought of this. Fortunately, he was very cunning and had reached the point of perfect cultivation. He did not let Li Shimin and others see through his inner displeasure, and hurriedly bowed and replied, "I understand!"

"Well! The Northern Expedition has been decided. The Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple need to notify the Tuli envoys as soon as possible, so that they can quickly return to the Tuli station to tell Tuli about the decision to send troops to the Tang Dynasty, so as not to have any accidents happen during the Northern Expedition." Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War should fully cooperate with Li Ke's northern expedition and quickly mobilize a batch of money, grain, weapons and armor to Bingzhou in case of emergency."

"No!" Li Daozong, Minister of the Honglu Temple and Minister of Rites, replied.

"I obey the order!" Du Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, replied.

"At the same time, the Northern Expedition ended, and the battle between the Tang and the Turks was inevitable. Now I will appoint Sikong Changsun Wuji, the right servant Du Ruhui and the Minister of the Civil Affairs Department Du Yan are responsible for preparing and transporting money, grain and supplies to the front line, the left servant Fang Xuanling and the Secretary of the Military Secretary Li Jing, you two are responsible for dispatching and integrating the troops from all over the country, so that the Tang Dynasty can start a war against Jie Li as soon as possible." Li Shimin continued to issue an order.

"I obey the order!" The ministers and ministers left and right, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Sikong Changsun Wuji, Minister of Civil Affairs Du Yan, Minister of War Li Jing and others came out to answer.

After the major matter was discussed, Li Shimin began to ask the ministers if there were any other questions. Seeing that everyone had no major matters, he ordered the court to end.

After the court meeting, Li Shimin returned to Liangyi Hall and summoned several trusted ministers to discuss some issues that the Tang Dynasty encountered in the war against the Turks. As for the edict to Li Ke, Li Shimin had used the seal when Li Shimin and other Liangyi Halls discussed the problem. After the review of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War sent it to Taiyuan in a 600-mile emergency form.

At the same time, the Tang Dynasty agreed to Tuli's request for help. After receiving the communication from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple, the Tuli delegation did not dare to delay time. They hurriedly bid farewell to Li Shimin and left Chang'an, with the purpose of notifying Tuli's decision as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!