Li Ke's night of contemplation in the Beiwang Mansion was a big event, which made everyone frightened. This was the first time that everyone saw the Beiwang Palace's expression solemn. Even Yang En was surprised by Li Ke's actions. However, in Chang'an City, besides the sound of the war, it was a Spring Festival that the people welcomed.

The Spring Festival is very high in the hearts of the Han people. The Tang Dynasty also attaches great importance to the Spring Festival and will give officials a seven-day holiday so that everyone can have a good New Year with peace of mind.

After seven days of annual leave, the Tang Dynasty court ushered in another court meeting. At the court meeting, the various policies of the Tang Dynasty and the spring farming orders issued by the promulgation of the Spring Plowing Orders, and the court meeting ended. Li Ke came to Qianqiu Palace to pay tribute to Concubine Yang. Before the mother and son had not spoken much, he was invited by Wang De to Liangyi Hall, saying that the emperor was discussing with the central ministers with the central government in Liangyi Hall how the Tang Dynasty treated Tubo and Tuyuhun.

When Li Ke came to Liangyi Hall, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Cen Wenben and Hou Junji were already discussing with Li Shimin. Only Li Tai still maintained his previous performance and remained silent.

"Li Ke, tell me your thoughts." When Li Shimin saw Li Ke, he said before Li Ke could salute everyone.

Seeing that Li Shimin's face was not very good, Li Ke knew that it was obvious that the discussion between the crowd was very fierce and everyone had different opinions.

"Father, son minister's advice is to fight to the end," Li Ke said lightly

"Yeah, tell me your specific thoughts." Li Shimin seemed to know that Li Ke would say this, so he spoke up

However, as soon as Li Ke said that Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and others did not look very good, Li Ke guessed that they might be the one who supports the peace talks.

"Father, please listen to why the son minister fights the strong master to the end." Li Ke looked at the ministers and said loudly to Li Shimin. He knew very well that Changsun Wuji might have other purposes, but Wei Zheng and Wang Gui opposed it. This was the limitation of their vision. The civil officials of the two could not see through the secrets. He had to use his own reasons to convince the two. Only in this way, the opinions of the ministers would be unified and the troops would be smooth without any omissions.

"Yeah?" Li Shimin was also shocked, "Then tell me, I also want to hear the reason for your bloody battle to the end."

"First, Tubo soldiers are in full swing, why do you ask for a friendly and peaceful discussion with the Tang Dynasty? The 120,000 elite souls of the Tang Dynasty were disturbed by Lan and were greatly damaged. This is the best time for Tubo and Tuyuhun to capture the Tang Dynasty. Don't they know this truth? They know very well, but they didn't do this. Why? This is not that Tubo does not want to expand borders and expand land, but that is, they have their own plans, and they must have greater benefits than the conquest of the Tang Dynasty. They ask for a friendly and peaceful discussion with the Tang Dynasty for only one purpose, that is, to buy time for themselves and use the time for the Tang Dynasty to accumulate energy to give themselves the opportunity to grow and grow. Second, Lu Dongzan is very famous in Tubo. He is the confidant minister of Songtsen Gampo of Tubo.

Fan's strength is half his contribution, but why did this minister pretend to be arrogant and rude in the Tai Chi Hall? What did he deliberately hide his wisdom and intention? That is, Tubo's plan is very big, conceals his strategy, paralyzes the other party, and lets the other party ignore his existence, and attacks the other party after he grows stronger. This is the thought of Lu Dongzan and Songzan cadres. Tubo is only based on these two points. Tubo's intentions are sinister, and the Tang Dynasty cannot let it go. It must cripples it and hurt it when it is not strong yet, so that the Tubo people know that those who dare to invade the Tang Dynasty will kill them even if they are strong." After Li Ke said his two reasons, he bowed to Li Ke and retreated to Li Tai's side.

He knew very well that his remarks would require everyone to think and digest

Suddenly, Liangyi Palace fell into tranquility again

Li Shimin was waiting for everyone quietly. When he was in Li Ke, he showed an admiring look in his eyes.

After a while, Hou Junji was the first to say, "Your Highness, what your highness said is right. The thousand-mile dike was destroyed by ant hole. We cannot let Tubo be strong today, otherwise we will become a strong enemy of the Tang Dynasty in the future."

"Emperor, I also agree with sending troops to Shuofang," Wei Zheng said lightly.

"I also agree with His Highness the Northern King's opinion," Wang Gui also spoke.

Wei Zheng and Wang Gui oppose the people who sent troops, they now support the sending troops. Changsun Wuji's opposition seemed to be alone, so he remained silent. Everyone else expressed his sending troops, and naturally they all supported Li Ke's suggestion. At this time, the opinions of the central ministers remained consistent, that is, sending troops to Shuofang.

"Then let's talk about your specific plan," Li Shimin said lightly.

"No," Li Ke replied, "The plan of the man-in-law is to attack the Tubo army in the first route of Zhalan. The Shuofang army formed an army to attack Tubo and Turkic army head-on, to use feint attacks and lure the Tubo army out of the second route of Zhalan. The troops were to go out of Yinshan, and use 30,000 Turkic cavalry plus 30,000 Lingzhou infantry and cavalry, and 60,000 troops to go south. The purpose was to restrain the Tuyuhun army and take the opportunity to capture the important northern part of Tuyuhun, and then follow the first route of the third route of the first route, enter Yizhou, and enter the hinterland of Tubo from Shuzhong to cut off the retreat of the Tubo army. In this way, the three routes will eventually form a siege against Tubo and Tuyuhun army, and will surely annihilate the main force of Tubo in one fell swoop."

"Emperor, I agree with Your Highness's way of using troops." Hou Junji was the first to speak. His general who led the battle naturally knew the meticulousness and rigor of Li Ke's plan, and also knew that this was the most reasonable plan to deal with Tubo and Tuyuhun.

"I agree," said Xiao Yu.

"Emperor, I believe that Your Highness's three-way attack strategy is the best solution to deal with the Tubo and Tuyuhun army," Fang Xuanling also said.

"Yeah, it's really good," Li Shimin nodded and said, "There are three armies, and the first one is the real main force, and the third one is the surprise soldier. The importance of the second army is self-evident. However, it is very difficult to command these three armies to cooperate in combat. The general must have extraordinary commanding skills. Not to mention the candidates for this commander, even the commander of the other two armies of these three armies must be famous generals with profound military use, especially the commander of the third army. He led tens of thousands of people to fight deep into the hinterland of Tubo, which requires a high level of commanding ability."

"My dear friends, do you have the right candidate?" Li Shimin asked everyone.

Everyone knows that Li Ke's strategy is very junior high school, but these three armies have high requirements for generals and no one dares to recommend candidates. Suddenly, there was a long silence in Liangyi Palace. This scene was due to the influence of Li Ji's defeat, and there was no such outstanding general in everyone's hands.

"Li Ke, tell me," Li Shimin asked Li Ke again.

"Father, son recommended himself and was willing to command the army to fight the west." Li Ke seriously asked Li Shimin for battle

"What about the candidates for the other two main generals?" Li Shimin continued to ask

"When the father and son minister's proposal, please remove the son and son minister from the position of Bingzhou Grand Governor, and let Su Dingfang, the governor of Youzhou, serve as the governor of Bingzhou Grand Governor, and let him lead the third army, enter Yizhou, and advance from Shu to Tubo to transfer the governor of Lingzhou Grand Governor Xue Wanche back to Beijing to organize the army, and let General Shuofang Pang Xiaotai be the governor of Lingzhou, and Du Junchuo was the commander of the second army, and Pang Xiaotai assisted him."

"Who should be the governor of Youzhou?" Li Shimin asked Li Ke

"Please decide the emperor," Li Ke replied. This plan was Ma Zhou and Xu Jingzong. The night when Sun Fujia left, he thought about it all night before he thought about it. The only condition for him to be the chief commander of the marching is to give up the position of Youzhou Grand Governor, and to give up his position of Bingzhou Grand Governor. The position of Youzhou Grand Governor is very important to the Tang Dynasty. If you give up the general of Youzhou Grand Governor, Li Ke's power will lose half. Bingzhou Li Ke has been in operation for eight years and is deeply rooted. If he wants to give up this position, it will also be a blow to his power.

However, letting Su Dingfang serve as the Grand Governor of Bingzhou is also his bottom line. If he does not serve as the Grand Governor of Bingzhou, he will also let his subordinates serve. Among his own subordinates, only Su Dingfang has the qualifications to transfer Xue Wanche to Chang'an to train troops. This is because he listened to Ma Zhou's suggestion, and he understood Li Shimin's mentality that he always wanted to train troops and let Pang Xiaotai be the Grand Governor of Lingzhou. He also wanted to form an alliance with Li Tai. Pang Xiaotai performed well in this Shuofang War. He recommended Pang Xiaotai, and Li Shimin would not object.

"What do you think?" Li Shimin asked everyone for advice. He personally felt that Li Ke's proposal was good, especially Li Ke's move to ask Su Dingfang to sue the Youzhou Grand Governor and his resignation as Bingzhou Grand Governor. He knew the reason why his son did this was for the war in Shuofang. In the final analysis, it was for the Tang Dynasty.

"Emperor, I agree," Xiao Yu was the first to speak.

"Emperor, I agree, too," Wang Gui said.

"Emperor, I agree," Wei Zheng said.

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Seeing that the central ministers basically agreed to Li Ke's establishment, Li Shimin remained silent

After a while, he said to Changsun Wuji, "The messengers of Tubo and Tuyuhun should be kept steady, and this matter will be left to you."

"No" Changsun Wuji silently took the order

Li Shimin's order revealed a message to everyone, that is, he had already agreed to Li Ke's suggestion in his heart, but Li Shimin did not immediately agree to send troops to Shuofang, which surprised the ministers.
Chapter completed!