At this time, Li Hongji was very disappointed. This old friend of the past thought that he could think from his own standpoint, so why did he come to persuade him to make peace?

This time, I finally led the army to the war. If I really had no credit for it, I would return to the south. I was afraid that my situation would be even more difficult after returning to China. The younger brother who had been hiding for a long time would probably be happy...

Li Hongji was about to speak, but he saw Meng Hu continuing: "The Northern Expedition Army was defeated under the city of Xuzhou, and a rebellion broke out in Jiangbei. Our Tang Dynasty was at the time of internal and external troubles, and the court had not yet issued an order. Now our army was exhausted and isolated and helpless, and the Zhou army was at the time of its prosperity. The Northern Expedition could no longer be done! Your Highness is your Majesty's parent-child, so you must not be trapped in the Zhou State!"

Li Hongji said coldly: "Governor Meng, this Northern Expedition is in vain. Since I have led my troops to help, if I do not continue the battle, wouldn't I let my father down? Besides, my king's army, where the destiny is, can we easily make peace with the northern country due to temporary setbacks? Governor Meng, there is no need to persuade me, unless my father gives an order, otherwise I-"

Meng Hu interrupted directly and said, "Okay, since Your Highness wants to fight, why has our army been relocated in Xia Pi City for a long time and not retreating? Do you really have to wait until Your Majesty's order arrives before making a decision? Although the officials do not understand military affairs, they also know that the fighter's opportunity changes rapidly!

Xiaguan went north and then learned that Suzhou and other places had long been recovered by the Zhou army. Now Xia Pi City is a real lonely city. The Emperor of Zhou Guo Wei is personally expeditioning. If he delays this, it will be too late when the main force of the Zhou army goes south!

Please make a quick decision! No matter whether it is a war or a peace, don’t delay any more!”

Li Hongji was silent for a moment. How could he not know what Meng Hu said? The longer he dragged in Xia Pi City, the more critical the situation became. Then he said angrily: "Do you think I am delaying it? I have long wanted to go out of the city to fight the Zhou army, but I just have no choice!"

Meng Huo had long known the helplessness of His Highness of the King of Yan. Not to mention the two memorials that were completely opposite to those of Chen Jue and Li Hongji, it can be seen from Liu Yanzhen's joking expression at this time.

But he also understood that Li Hongji was eager to make achievements, so how could he allow himself to return without success?

The atmosphere in the lobby was anxious, and indeed Liu Yanzhen also took the opportunity to jump out and led several generals to speak: "What Governor Meng said is reasonable! Please send envoys to discuss peace with Zhou State immediately!"

Unexpectedly, Meng Hu suddenly had a sharp look: "The peace is indisputable at this time!"

The governor of Haozhou turned his mind too quickly, including King Yan Li Hongji. At this time, all the generals present looked at each other.

A deputy general asked in confusion: "Governor Meng, aren't you here to persuade Your Highness to return south? Isn't it impossible to delay? Why is it impossible to negotiate peace again! What do you mean?"

At this time, Li Hongji couldn't help but blink his eyes, without saying a word, but just picked up the teacup and drank it all.

Meng Hu said in a deep voice: "The Xiaguan is indeed here to persuade Your Highness to return south! But our Northern Expedition Army was defeated in a crushing situation, Xia Pi was already an isolated city, and now there is a rebellion in Shouzhou. When our Tang Dynasty was in trouble with internal and external affairs, the situation was extremely beneficial to the Zhou State!

Before Xuzhou was defeated, the Zhou army had already looked down on our army. At this moment, the Zhou army would send envoys to seek peace. How could the Zhou army easily agree? Perhaps they would put forward extremely harsh conditions, even losing power and humiliating the country! That was the sum of shame! Now that Your Majesty has no order to issue, do you want to take Your Highness to be injustice?"

Li Hongji hurriedly asked, "What does Governor Meng mean?"

"Fight! Make peace with war!"

Meng Hu stood up straight and pointed at a general on the right and said loudly: "Xiaoguan originally thought that our army was exhausted and could not bear to fight again! But before entering the city today, Xiaguan witnessed the General Zhou Xingfeng leading his army to attack the Zhou camp, and the Zhou army was defeated several times in a row! Unfortunately, the number of people in this trip was too small, so he had to retreat to the city!

Everyone, outside the city, there is only a partial division of the Zhou army. Our Northern Expedition Army is an elite in the middle of the country. It is obviously powerful to fight, so why doesn’t the entire army attack? If you want to reconcile, you must fight first! You can only attack the Zhou army so that they dare not look down on our Tang Dynasty King's Army, and then talk about peace talks later!"

Li Hongji did not say a word, calmed down and looked around everyone in the upper hand.

Liu Yanzhen shook his head disdainfully and chuckled softly: "Governor Meng, you think too naively! How can you fight so easily? How can you talk about it on paper at this time? Let me ask you, what should I do if I lose this battle?

Zhou Tongjun was just lucky to win. Now that our army has lost more than half, the morale of the army has long been unstable. If it rashly goes out to fight and leads to the annihilation of the entire army, can you bear this responsibility?!"

Meng Hu replied lightly: "The entire army was wiped out? Is it not that the entire army will be wiped out after spending time here? I will say that I will lose before I speak of the battle! Under the city of Xuzhou, Liu Tongjun was defeated without any wickedness!"

"You!" Liu Yanzhen's face turned red and she said angrily: "This is not your Haozhou! This is the front line! A civil servant dares to speak out here? I ask you again, even if you win, what if the Zhou army is unwilling to negotiate with us? If they anger them and send reinforcements to come, wouldn't our army be even more dangerous?"

"If Zhou State could send reinforcements, Xia Pi City would have been destroyed long ago! Why couldn't Liu's army see the situation clearly? Now that Zhou State's emperor is personally storing Yanzhou, why didn't he personally storm Xuzhou? That's because our army has been despised by the Zhou army!

Besides, our army is an enemy of the Zhou State, while Murong Yanchao is an internal trouble, and Zhou State is also in the midst of internal and external troubles! At this time, Murong Yanchao had been holding on for several months. If our army could be unexpected and win a victory, the situation would be reversed. Does Liu Tongjun still understand?"

Seeing that the debate between Meng Hu and Liu Yanzhen gradually turned into a dispute between the two generals, Li Hongji didn't say anything, but now he thought about it. Perhaps he was wrongly blamed Meng Hu because he undoubtedly gave himself the best answer.

The current situation is indeed impossible to continue the Northern Expedition, but he is unwilling to return without success. If he seeks peace through war, if he can win a victory, he will not be futile. Maybe he will be able to escape unscathed in the future.

But if we were to fight, we returned to the original question: Chen Jue and Liu Yanzhen could not trade military power so easily...

At this time, I heard Meng Hu shouting calmly: "Everyone, the defeat at Xuzhou City is irreversible, and the Northern Expedition cannot continue. Anyway, we have to negotiate peace with the Zhou State, but we still seek peace by shame, and seek peace by war. The same is a very different way! What will Your Majesty look at then? Please think about it carefully!

The imperial court's order cannot be waited any longer, and if it is delayed, it will be a dead end! It is a shame to seek peace, and it will be a dead end after returning to the court! Only by seeking peace through war is the way to survive! The Zhou army outside the city is just a partial army. Do all the generals think they are not as good as the Zhou army?"

The dispute between the generals in the hall came to an abrupt end, and Meng Hu's extremely inflammatory remarks did play a big role.

Some generals who had a negative mentality due to the crushing defeat had previously supported Chen Jue and Liu Yanzhen's strategy of seeking peace to avoid war and wait for the emperor's orders, but at this time it seemed that they began to turn to Meng Hu and stopped talking.

It was not that these generals fully understood Meng Hu's intentions. Since they were defeated by Xuzhou City, their military morale had long been disintegrated. They did not want to continue the Northern Expedition at all, so they obeyed the orders of the commander Chen Jue and waited honestly for the imperial orders to arrive.

But why don’t they want to end the difficult days in Xia Pi City as soon as possible? According to Meng Hu, anyway, seeking peace through war will be a peace in the end, and it does not seem to go against the wishes of the head coach Chen Jue. The key is that after returning to the court, the emperor may be able to really have a chance to go out of the way!

As for winning or losing, Zhou Xingfeng led his troops out of the city many times recently to harass the city, and seemed to win often. They all saw these things.

Meng Hu had already spoken out inciting words. No matter how negative these generals were, they also recognized them as one of the most elite generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty. How could people really think that they were not as good as a surrendered general?

Seeing that many generals began to grit their teeth, Meng Hu nodded secretly, then looked at Li Hongji: "I don't know what your highness has to do with the suggestion of the subordinate, what is your highness's opinion?"

"Very good!" Li Hongji replied simply.

Seeing that the generals around him changed their faces, Liu Yanzhen hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the general thinks that he still has to discuss with the Minister Chen first! Unfortunately, the Minister Chen is now sick..."

Seeing that most generals seemed to be shaken, at the critical moment, Li Hongji finally made up his mind and whispered loudly: "Zhou Xingfeng!"

Zhou Xingfeng, who had been waiting on the right, walked out quickly with his sword in his hand and replied loudly: "The last one will be here!"

"I ordered you to lead three thousand crane-controlling soldiers to go to the Shenwu Army camp immediately and invite the envoy Chen to come, and say that I have important matters to discuss with him!"

Seeing that the Prince of Yan seemed to be trying to be serious, Liu Yanzhen interrupted in panic and said, "Your Highness, you can't, now Chen Zhixiang is seriously ill-"

Li Hongji did not pay attention, but walked to Zhou Xingfeng and said meaningfully: "If Chen Qixiang is seriously ill, then carry him over! If he can't carry him back, you don't have to come back to see me!"

"The last general will receive the order!"

Seeing Zhou Xingfeng striding out of the lobby, all the generals present changed their colors.

At this time, Liu Yanzhen knew that the situation had changed, so she couldn't help but gritted her teeth and whispered a few times. When she led the seven or eight confidant generals behind her to leave with excuses, Li Hongji suddenly raised his hand, and in an instant, hundreds of personal soldiers holding sharp blades poured into the lobby.

"Everyone, this matter is related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty! I have no choice but to offend it!"
Chapter completed!