At the joint meeting between the Secretariat and the Privy Council, Li Chao had a map and a sand table, and used pictures and text descriptions. He spent a lot of time to explain the expansion and contradictions of Tubo clearly.

"Your Majesty, all the prime ministers, Tubo is rising rapidly. If we do not curb it, then in the next step, Tubo will definitely conquer the plateau area and Xiangxiong and other places. When they unify the entire plateau, the next step will inevitably lead to send troops to invade Dongnuguo and Tuyuhun."

Li Chao pointed to the map, "In the past two years, Dongnu and other domestic supporters, Tuyuhun claimed to be submissive. The southwestern border of the Tang Empire was stable, allowing the court to free up a lot of strength to defend the northern Turks. If the chaos in the southwest broke out at this time and then it would be very unsuitable for the interests of the Tang Dynasty."

"The most terrifying thing is that if Tubo defeated Tuyuhun, Dongnu and other countries, his strength would be considered a Turkish appearing in the southwest rear of our country. At that time, the Turks were in the north, Tubo was in the south, and Goguryeo was in the east. Your Majesty, we would be surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, and we must face the enemy in several ways."

Li Chao said that he was dry and firmly advocated preventing the situation in the southwest region as soon as possible. He should intervene in the situation in the southwest region as soon as possible. He could not allow Tubo to develop and grow. Li Chao had already thought about his intervention strategy. He used the conflict between the old and new Tubo nobles to provoke the rebellion of the old and old nobles. It would be best to directly find a few top assassins to kill Langri Lunzan.

Then he blamed the old nobles and forced the old nobles to rebel. At this time, he escorted Prince Subi Sun Bo to return to the old land of Subi, secretly contacted the people of Subi to rebel and escape from Tubo. After contacting the Tang Dynasty at the right time, the surrounding tribes conquered by Tubo and those who had not yet been conquered. In short, put a few more fires and the more prosperous the better it would be.

Subvert the regimes of other countries, mess up the southwest, and split the new Tubo.

In addition, we must make preparations, while planning civil strife in Tubo, while allowing Tubo and Tuyuhun to start a war. Let them consume and both lose money. In short, how can we tolerate two powerful neighbors beside us?

The so-called superior army attacks the plan.

The Tang Dynasty used tricks and did not use troops, so they first made civil strife. Finally, there were troops from vassal states such as Dongnu as the back-up. Unless it was absolutely necessary, the Tang Dynasty did not need to join the war in person.

What Li Chao said is the old and conspiring country.

However, not many people understand him.

Deputy Privy Councilor Yin Kaishan was a veteran of the Taiyuan Uprising and was also Li Shimin's confidant. This time the court reformed the military system and established the Privy Council. Yin Qiao Yin Kaishan was promoted to Deputy Privy Councilor.

This position is the second in the military, the Grand Governor of the Five Armies, and is still under the Privy Councilor and Deputy Privy Councilor.

The deputy Privy Councilor had a good relationship with Li Chao. When he was conquering Liu Heita, Yin Kaishan was the deputy commander. He suffered a serious illness in the military. It was Li Chao's magic medicine that cured other doctors' helplessness. In history, Yin Kaishan did die in that army, but now he is still alive.

However, one code is one code, Yin Kaishan is very grateful to Li Chao for saving his life, and the relationship between the two families has always been good. But today at the joint meeting between the two governments under the Secretariat and the Privy Council, he did not catch up with Li Chao's complicated plan.

Just a Tubo, can you use such a mess?

"I think this matter is actually very simple. Since this Tubo threatened the Dongnu and other tribes, then I, the Tang Dynasty, have a legitimate reason to send troops to attack. Your Majesty, the court can directly issue an edict to the Dongnu and other countries, and then send envoys to Tuyuhun to send troops to assist in the fight."

In Yin Kaishan's plan, things can be very simple.

The court first found a reason, then issued an order to attack Tubo, then chose a general and led the troops there. At least the number of troops was not important, either ten thousand or three or five thousand. The key was to have the name of this division.

With the name of starting a military command and the banner, he led the soldiers.

Then, we can ask Dongnu and other countries to send troops, and then Tuyuhun also send troops.

In fact, this siege was dominated by the troops of these southwestern tribes, but the Tang army led it to jointly fight against Tubo.

It sounds like there is nothing wrong with it. What else does the Tang Dynasty need to fight a small country that dares to invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty?

This is enough.

In Yin Kaishan's view, using barbarians to control barbarians is not more direct.

The Tang Dynasty commanded these foreign soldiers to fight Tubo and would definitely win. If they lose, it wouldn't matter. Anyway, the other foreigners died.

After being interrupted by Yin Kaishan, Li Chao felt that he could not continue to talk.

He worked hard to plan for many days, but Yin Kaishan had something simpler and more crude.

Although Li Chao looked down on Yin Kaishan's plan, it was simple and direct, and the cost was not high. But Li Chao couldn't say that Yin Kaishan's plan was not good. Li Shimin thought it was pretty good. No matter if he had a black cat and a white cat, he would be a good cat if he could catch a mouse. Isn't this what you, Li Chao, often said?

But in the end, Li Shimin gave Li Chao some face.

The two plans were adopted together.

The assassination of Tubo Zan Plangri Luzan was handed over to Li Chao, who was to select assassins. The escort of Prince Subi back to China to contact Subi's old subordinates was also handed over to him.

On the other hand, the court directly selected a general to go to the southwest to recruit soldiers and horses from Dongnu and other countries, and joined forces with Tuyuhun to attack Tubo, which was disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chao wanted to say that in fact, the Tang Dynasty did not need to be the leader. Isn’t it good to watch them fight quietly behind? But Li Shimin didn’t think so. Since it was a defiant attack, the Tang Dynasty had to personally lead the troops to fight. As for the Dongwo Kingdom, the White Wolf Kingdom, and the Tuyuhun Kingdom, these could only be affiliated and coordinated troops.

So things were settled.

The generals attending the Privy Council began to compete for the opportunity to command troops.

He had discussed peace with Tuyuhun and peace with the Turks. Goguryeo never dared to tease the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty had no chance to pay attention to him. At the beginning of the second year of Zhenguan, the world was surprisingly peaceful and the border was surprisingly stable.

With the implementation of the new military system, the more advanced the generals are, the more idle they are. Apart from occasionally going to the martial arts hall to brag about their bravery and invincible battlefields, they are really nothing.

Most of the time, they train their own polo team at home, and now they have only a little hobby. The Polo League in Changan has been transferred to Xiangyang. Everyone has nothing to do, so they start buying good horses, recruiting good players, and running their polo teams, competing for power with other powerful and wealthy families.

However, the team is a team after all. They are limited in their identity and cannot play in the league. They can only occasionally live a feast in their own teams. In their bones, they are still looking forward to war.

Now I finally have a chance to play, who would like to miss it?

Among the generals, Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Luo Shixin, and Shan Xiongxin had the loudest voices, Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Gongjin had louder voices, but Cheng Yaojin and others had louder voices.

He was glaring at the beard and glaring at Hou Jun and the others from time to time.

The power to choose a general is in the emperor, and the Privy Council, the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister have no such power.

Li Shimin was quite happy to see the noisy generals, as if he was back to the battlefield and when he was ordering troops in the big tent.

"A mere Tubo can't be used to take action with a general. You can just find a general or a Zhechong Duwei." Li Shimin said with a smile. Tubo is just a barbaric tribe, and he also arrogantly wants to marry the Tang princess, so he wants to teach them a lesson.

"Your Majesty, the lion fights the rabbit, and you also use all your strength. Although Tubo is small, you cannot underestimate it. In this battle, we must take it cleanly and neatly, and we cannot drag it out of the trouble. I ask Your Majesty for the battle. If Your Majesty asks me to command the army, I will take Tubo in just half a year and take that ZanPlangri Lunzan to Xiangyang in person!"

Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly with his loud voice.

"Half a year..." Li Shimin considered.

"I only need three months!" Hou Junji shouted together quickly.

As a result, Li Shimin just glared at him.

Cheng Yaojin said it would take half a year, and it only takes three months. Why don’t you say you can fly? War is not enough to brag. Li Shimin used to be a veteran on the battlefield and knew clearly that fighting a war is not easy. From assembling soldiers, preparing food and grass, and then marching on the road, the two troops took no time before they started fighting.

If a tough battle is encountered and a stalemate becomes a confrontation, it will take even more time.

If the time is not started, the time is set to three months, so in a hurry, problems will definitely occur.

"The decree was drawn up. Cheng Yaojin was appointed as the general manager of the Qinghai Road. Hou Junji was the deputy general manager, commanding 10,000 troops. He summoned the Dongnu and Tuyuhun tribes to jointly send troops to attack the unjust Tubo!"

Cheng Yaojin was a little proud after getting the position of marching chief manager, while Hou Junji was a little disappointed. Although he had the opportunity to send troops, he was only a deputy general manager, under Cheng Yaojin.

The meeting ends.

A group of generals congratulated Cheng Yaojin.

In their opinion, leading troops to fight against Tubo is to get military achievements. It is just a small Tubo, and it is not a defeat in one blow.

Li Chao stepped forward.

"Congratulations."

Cheng Yaojin smiled and said, "It's my old man Cheng who is lucky. This opportunity has made me fight for it."

Li Chao looked around, and several generals including Zhang Liang and others were talking around Hou Junji. He lowered his voice and said to Cheng Yaojin, "Don't underestimate the enemy. The Tubo soldiers and horses are very fierce, and the plateau climate is special. Although Your Majesty asked you to lead 10,000 troops, when you get there, these soldiers will be unable to adapt to the climate there. You should still make preparations early. At that time, you will have to rely more on Tuyuhun and Dongnu Bailan and other troops to deal with the Tubo soldiers."

"Also, be careful about Hou Junji, this person is not a good bird."

Cheng Yaojin listened very seriously to Li Chao's words. This former nephew has now become the giant pillar of the Tang Dynasty. Even if he was leading troops to fight, this young man had long surpassed him. Cheng Yaojin did not dare to be careless about his words.

"Or why I might as well find a chance to kill that kid there?" Cheng Yaojin smiled.

Li Chao shook his head, "You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be careful about others. Just be more careful about that guy."

Li Chao always looked down on Hou Junji, thinking that this person is utilitarian and has some problems with character. But Li Shimin trusts Hou Junji very much. After all, this person is his confidant and has been through life and death for him. In addition, many generals in the court are from Shandong now, which makes Li Shimin intentionally reuse Hou Junji, who are not only his former subordinates in the residence, but also have no relationship with these Shandong generals.
Chapter completed!