Volume 1 First Entering the Tang Dynasty Chapter 7 Court Meeting
Lu Chen followed Fang Qi to the mansion where Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning lived. It was said to be a mansion, but in fact it was just the largest mansion in Xiaguancheng Village. There were two soldiers guarding the gate, one on the left and one on the right, holding long spears.
When they saw Fang Qi coming back, the two of them greeted Fang Qi and looked at Lu Chen, who was dressed in a weird outfit, with strange eyes.
"Wait here, I'll go in and report to the commander!" Fang Qi turned around and warned Lu Chen. As for Lu Chen's escape, Fang Qi didn't think Lu Chen would run away. If Lu Chen wanted to escape, he wouldn't follow him to see the commander.
He's so handsome, not to mention that this guy asked for it himself.
"Don't wait and watch. Go and do what you have to do!" Fang Qi turned around and dispersed the soldiers who were watching Lu Chen, and then walked into the courtyard.
At the same time, Li Yuan, who was far away in Chang'an, had a headache because he received another report.
Li Yuan, who was sitting on the dragon chair in the Tai Chi Hall in Chang'an, had a sinking face. A group of civil and military officials below also bowed their heads and remained silent, all because of a memorial placed on Li Yuanlong's desk.
At the end of March in the fifth year of Takeori, Li Shimin launched the famous "flooded seven armies" in Mingshui City, killing Liu Heitai and causing him to flee north in a panic. Although Li Shimin flooded the seven armies, it was to defeat Liu Heitai.
, but more importantly, he wanted to avenge his generals.
This general is none other than the famous Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin appears more than once in various novels about the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the novels, most of them say that Luo Shixin is a stupid, naive, and powerful general.
In fact, is Luo Shixin really like this?
That's just a detail in the novel. Luo Shixin in history was a figure who was on par with Qin Qiong. He was a fierce general with both wisdom and courage. If it hadn't been for Liu Heitai's death in Mingshui City this time, he would have definitely been as good as Qin Qiong in the history books.
The character in "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is based on the historical image of Luo Shixin and can be said to be a household name, that is Luo Cheng and Luo Shaobao.
Luo Shixin died in Mingshui City. Could this not have made Li Shimin heartbroken and mad? Li Shimin was able to let Liu Heita go, so Li Shimin led the army to build a dam and flooded seven armies.
Liu Heita fled north in a hurry. At this time, Jieli Khan succeeded to the throne on the Turkic side. Jieli Khan's two brothers, Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan, had a less favorable attitude towards the Tang Dynasty.
Friction, friendly coexistence, and basically peace of mind. I remember that when Li Yuan rebelled, Shibi Khan helped, but when he came to Jieli Khan, his attitude changed. Jieli Khan's dream was to kill the Tang Dynasty
, to realize the unification of the Turks.
Therefore, Liu Heita fled north in a hurry and found Jieli Khan. Jieli Khan and Liu Heita also hit it off. On the one hand, Jieli Khan had dreams and ambitions, and on the other hand, it was a coincidence.
There was a famine in the Turks that year. When Liu Heita arrived, he discussed with Jieli Khan. One wanted to take revenge, the other wanted to grab food and conquer the world, so they sent out troops together.
What is now before Li Yuan is the report on this matter.
"Do you have any concerns about the invasion of Jieli Khan and Liu Heitai?" Seeing the silence in the hall, Li Yuan couldn't help but asked, while scanning the people standing under the imperial steps.
Civilian and military generals.
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial!" After hearing Li Yuan's question, Feng Deyi, the Minister of Internal Affairs, came out of class holding an ivory wat tablet, and the eyes of the civil and military officials on both sides were also focused on Feng Deyi.
Feng Deyi, whose name is Lun and whose courtesy name is Deyi. He is currently the Minister of Internal History and the Sima of Tiance Prefecture. He was granted the title of Pingyuan County Duke.
"Sir, what's the original memorial?" Li Yuan looked at Feng Deyi.
"I think that Liu Heita is not a concern at the moment. The main target at the moment is the Turks!" Feng Deyi said neither humble nor arrogant, "The Turks are despising our country when they invade the border. We must deal with such people with kindness and power. If it is just
Negotiating peace would show that our country is timid and afraid of war, so we should beat them hard first, and then negotiate for peace, so that we can show our kindness and power, so that the Turks will not dare to invade our border again!"
After Feng Deyi finished speaking, he glanced at the ministers who had just made peace proposals.
"According to your words, we will leave Liu Heita alone?" At this time, a minister stood up and directly refuted Feng Deyi, "Then Liu Heita has established himself as the Eastern King of the Han Dynasty and has now conquered several states in Hebei. How can we just ignore it?"
Ignore it?"
"According to the report, Liu Heitai borrowed Turkic troops for his rebellion. Last time, Liu Heitai's troops were defeated by His Highness the King of Qin. If we can defeat the Turks this time,
If the Turks are allowed to withdraw their troops, then Liu Heitai will have no troops to use, so how can he continue to be the king of Han Dynasty?" Feng Deyi continued to state with an expression that was neither humble nor arrogant.
"Ai Qing's words make sense!" Li Yuan couldn't help but nodded after hearing Feng Deyi's analysis.
"Do you have any countermeasures to defeat the Turks?" Li Yuan looked at Feng Deyi.
"I think the move can be divided into four steps!" Feng Deyi said again, "First, send people out of Youzhou to intercept the Turkic cavalry; second, send people out of Qinzhou to confront Jieli Khan head-on; third, in order to ensure
If the first two can be successful, we need to send people to cut off Jieli Khan's retreat." At this point, Feng Deyi paused, "For the fourth, only after the first three are achieved, we can send people to fight with Jieli Khan.
The Khan has negotiated terms!" After Feng Deyi finished speaking, he saluted Li Yuan and then returned to his position.
"What do you think of what Feng Aiqing said?" Li Yuan listened to Feng Deyi's analysis and nodded frequently. Obviously, regarding the peace negotiation, Feng Deyi's approach of fighting the Turks and using both kindness and power was more in line with Li Yuan's wishes.
"What Mr. De Yi said is very good, but I don't know who can take on the responsibility for the first three items proposed by Mr. De Yi? You must know that fighting the Turks is not a trivial matter. This battle is related to the face of the Tang Dynasty. To put it bluntly, this battle is only about victory but not victory.
Defeat!" At this time, someone raised a question.
"This matter is indeed not a trivial matter, and it is indeed not something that can be decided in just a few words. Dear friends, you can go back and think about it. We will discuss this matter tomorrow! Retreat from the court!" After discussing this matter all morning, we only decided on Feng Deyi.
The four suggestions are not that Li Yuan does not want to decide on the candidate immediately, but the condition that he must win but not lose. Although there are many powerful generals in the court, it is really not easy to choose the candidates for this matter, so simply let these people go back and think about it.
one time.
"Retreat!" Chang Bao, the eunuch beside Li Yuan, shouted directly.
"Your Majesty!" As Chang Bao's voice fell, a group of civil and military ministers saluted Li Yuan.
Li Yuan left the Dragon Chair and was the first to leave the Tai Chi Hall with the support of Chang Bao. The civil and military ministers waited until Li Yuan left before filing out and leaving the Tai Chi Hall.