Chapter 235: The bottom of the pot
Li Er slapped the table and stood up immediately, "You dare to exaggerate? Are I the king who is warlike and destroyed?"
"Your Majesty, the people have been war-torn for a long time. I have just rested for a few years. We must not start the war again! The war in the north has not stopped in recent years. The Tang Dynasty has lost 60,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 people. Can't this matter be alerted to Your Majesty? Your Majesty think twice!" Wang Jingshi cried and bowed!
After hearing this, Li Er was silent. He was right. In the ninth year of Wude, the northern battle against the Turks, the Yunzhou Youzhou incident last year, the BMW incident this year, and the several wars, the Tang Dynasty had indeed lost 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. Yunzhou was massacred at once, which was all the disaster of war!
Thinking of this, Li Er was a little shaken. Could it be that he was really wary?
He sighed and said in a low voice, "Retreat the court, and discuss everything later!"
Li Er, who looked lonely, walked slowly towards the harem, leaving a worried look in his hall!
Seeing that everyone went back in groups of threes and threes, Bai Fan also followed Li Jing and was pondering the last words of the Censor Wang along the way. Since the Wang family joined the court, Censor Wang has not opposed Li Er again, so this statement is indeed very pertinent! Although it is a bit one-sided, I have to say it, this is the truth!
Li Jiancheng was worried that Li Er did not leave the palace, but walked into the palace. He was about to persuade his younger brother!
"Why, are you confused too?" Li Jing asked, looking at his dejected nephew.
"Uncle, are you really right about our foreign wars these few times? Although we won nominally, we died so many people every time. No matter whether the other party dies more than us, our tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people are really gone!"
Li Jing smiled, "War, we can't always look at numbers!
For example, in the ninth year of Wude, we went to fight against the Turks in the north. Even if we were not prepared to cheat Jie Li, he would not invade him? You should see that we were passively defending the side. If we had not prepared well, Jie Li's 200,000 troops would be able to reach the city of Chang'an. At that time, the Tang Dynasty would have lost more than tens of thousands of soldiers and more casualties!
You can't always see how many people we die. If you want to see how many people we sacrificed, what are we going to exchange for? It depends on how many people we protect!
This is the significance of the existence of this country's military. First, it is to defend the country, and secondly, it is to expand territory!"
Similarly, Li Jiancheng also advised Li Er in Lizheng Hall that no matter which of these three wars, the Tang Dynasty was in passive defense!
"Brother, can a woman be exchanged for decades of peace? Can unification of the world really bring peace to eternity?" Li Er asked back.
Li Jiancheng smiled, "Whether the world is war or peace, it will never be decided by a woman, it will always be determined by strength!
Back then, the Huns had no conflict with the Han Dynasty for decades, not because of Zhaojun, but because the Huns were weak and were beaten down by Emperor Wu of Han, and he did not dare to invade!
Second brother, don’t be confused by the final result number. Emperor Wu of Han fought against almost all the Huns for decades. Although he defeated the poor country, he did not dare to fight against the Han people for many years?
Without the courage of Emperor Wu of Han, can we rely on Wang Zhaojun to get along with the marriage? We can be peaceful? It is not because of Wang Zhaojun's beauty, but because of the great Han Dynasty's strength!
As for whether unifying the world can bring peace to eternal times, this elder brother doesn’t know that the First Emperor unified the world for peace in the people, so the Qin Dynasty was strong!
Emperor Wu of Han opened up his territory but caused trouble to the people in the country!
Therefore, these things are hard to say, but it can be seen that establishing authority between countries is stronger than showing weakness!”
Li Er nodded, it was indeed the case!
"Uncle, now judging by the situation, Your Majesty may not be able to block the pressure of these relatives. If this matter is done, my nephew really can't explain to Brother Dao Zong. It was me who made him stuck in the Western Turks!" Bai Fan said anxiously.
Li Jing pondered for a moment, "I don't have any good ideas for this matter, but the military strategy is full of perfection, and a surprise victory is achieved! If you want to solve this problem, since your open and upright strength is not good, it is better to make a surprise plan. You kid have many ideas, think of a way!"
Bai Fan said angrily, "I want to kill the envoy of the Western Turks directly, so that he can make trouble here?"
Li Jing smiled, "It's good to remove the firewood from the cauldron! I heard that Your Majesty also wants to do it, but he can't. As for you, if you are not afraid of death, go!"
Bai Fan smiled sinisterly and had a plan in his mind!
Half a day later, there were rumors in the city that the court had a big discussion to marry the princess, but the Western Turkic envoys Zhenzhu and Nishu laughed. The big thing was done. As long as the marriage was completed, not only would Li Daozong not get stuck in the wool anymore, but the Tang Dynasty's attitude towards the Western Turkic will change!
Just as the two were complacent about this, a sound of swords and weapons came outside the door, followed by a loud noise. The door of the two instantly flew inward, and then saw that the thing that broke the door was a personal soldier of Zhenzhu! At this time, the blood was already bleeding from the seven orifices!
"Bold, who dares to kill my Western Turkic warriors?" Nishu shouted!
"I killed me! I am the best person by nature to kill people, especially barbarians. They will kill them when they see them. You and other barbarians are the targets of my slaughter!"
Accompanied by a sonorous and powerful voice, a thin figure appeared, holding a pair of blood-stained golden hammers, which was Li Yuanba, the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty!
Behind him were the trembling officials of the Honglu Temple!
I wanted to persuade the King of Chu not to break in and disturb the Gentile envoys, but this person was better. Without saying a word, he came up and killed someone with a hammer. Who dared to get close to him?
Seeing Li Yuanba’s blood-red eyes, no one dared to speak!
The head of the Honglu Temple did not dare to send someone to report to His Majesty immediately!
"Who are you? Did the Tang Dynasty want to go to war with my Western Turks? I dare to openly kill my guard!" Zhenzhu shouted angrily.
Li Yuanba ignored it, stepped forward, swung it with a hammer, and directly smashed the Nishu next to the pearl onto the wall. When the Nishu landed on the ground, there was no sound!
"Hmph, do you need a reason for this to kill?
Today, not only will you kill your guards, but your generals will be killed!
Now it’s your turn, go out with me!”
"What are you doing, what are you doing? Where are you going?" Zhenzhu was scared. This guy just killed people without blinking. He was obviously not a reasonable person!
"Go outside, on the street!"
He kicked Zhenzhu away with one kick. Zhenzhu did not dare to be negligent and rolled and crawled out of Honglu Temple!
When we got outside, there were already many people watching. The shouts in the Honglu Temple were shocking. Something must have happened, so everyone was very curious!
At this time, I saw a barbarian with disheveled hair crawling out. Everyone was pointing at me, not knowing what was going on!
When Zhenzhu saw so many people watching outside, she had the courage again and shouted loudly, "Come on! Kill people, the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, killing people! Killing my Western Turkic envoy! The Tang Dynasty killed innocent people indiscriminately!
I want to argue with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The Prince of the Tang Dynasty openly slaughtered my Western Turkic envoys. This is declaring war on my Western Turkic!"
Chapter completed!