"It was my son's intention to win over Xue Yantuo at the beginning. This time, Xue Yantuo rebelled again, and my son's fault is hard to refuse. My son's son is willing to lead the troops north to relieve the dangers of Dingxiang City, and redeem the merits and demerits. I hope my father will allow him to do so."

Li Ke's words echoed in the hall, and the faces of the people in the hall were already mixed, but most of them were quite interesting.

The Xueyantuo in the north had already defeated the Turks. This was indeed Li Ke's intention. At that time, the Turks were strong and the Tang Dynasty could not say that they would win against it. Li Ke suggested to win over Xueyantuo, and the Tieler nine troops sent troops from the north to attack Jie Li, cut off his food and disturb his troops. At least 30% of the Turkish soldiers were helped to suppress the Tang Dynasty and exterminate the Turks.

Li Ke suggested that Li Shimin join Xue Yantuo in the north. No matter when or how he looks at it, he would have made merits and no faults. However, Li Ke used this as a crime in this matter and requested to lead the troops to fight north. Most of the ministers in the hall knew Li Ke's thoughts.

I'm afraid that Li Ke's apology is false, but it is true that he wants to lead the troops north.

The Tang army was warlike, and the generals in the court were even more so. Xue Yantuo invaded the north, and there were countless generals in the court who were eager to try. Just waited for Li Shimin to ask for a fight immediately.

But they didn't expect that Li Ke's actions were so fast. Li Ke just asked Li Ke for his opinion, and Li Ke took the opportunity to fight, which was really beyond the expectations of the generals.

However, the war achievements of Xue Yantuo in Beiding were all staring at him. Although Li Ke spoke first, how could others sit down? Li Ke's words had just finished speaking. Cheng Zhijie, the Duke of Su, who was the leader of the left, came out and said: "At the time when the Turks in Beiping, the King of Chu was guilty of his contributions, how could he make meritorious? What's more, Xue Yantuo, who was too busy to get the King of Chu? He was willing to lead his troops north. I hope Your Majesty will agree."

At the beginning of this year, the Tang Dynasty was commanded by Duan Zhixuan, the general manager of Xihaidao, and led Fan Xing, Qi Bi Heli, Xue Wanjun and other troops to command 30,000 troops to fight in Tuyuhun. At that time, Cheng Zhijie was unable to follow the situation due to discomfort. Now Cheng Zhijie's body has improved and has been held back for half a year. Now, with this opportunity, he is naturally eager to ask for battle.

Cheng Zhijie took the lead, and the generals in the court stood up one after another and asked to fight Xue Yantuo. The hall that had just calmed down became disturbed again.

In fact, Li Shimin had long been interested in the candidates for command. Li Shimin suppressed his hand and signaled everyone to calm down. Then he asked Changsun Wuji: "Auji, you are the Minister of War, do you have anyone to choose?"

The important minister in the Tang Dynasty, the one who did not understand Li Shimin's intention the most was Wei Zheng, and the one who understood Li Shimin's intention the most was Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji was Li Shimin's brother. He met him at a young age and had been with him for more than 20 years. Changsun Wuji had been following Li Shimin the longest time, so he was naturally the best at guessing Li Shimin's thoughts.

Sometimes when Li Shimin asked Changsun Wuji what he meant in the court, he might not be really asking Changsun Wuji what he meant, but wanted to express his thoughts through Changsun Wuji's mouth.

Moreover, Changsun Wuji and Li Ke were incompatible, and Xue Yantuo was not determined by Li Ke, so Changsun Wuji did not want Li Ke to go north and made such contributions, both public and private, and Changsun Wuji wanted to recommend others.

Besides, Dingxiang City is the Yinshan Fortress, and Xue Yantuo's troops surrounded Dingxiang City. How could Li Shimin not know the danger? But Li Shimin did not mention the matter of retreating to the enemy first, but asked how to deal with Xue Yantuo after retreating to the enemy first. Naturally, there was already a candidate for the commander.

As the saying goes, soldiers are fast. Li Shimin is born in the army and is also a famous general in the world. How could he not know this? There is only one possibility that Li Shimin can sit so far, that is, the commander Li Shimin liked has already reached the northern line, or that he is already there.

Changsun Wuji thought of this and said, "Report to Your Majesty, our Tang Dynasty is vast and has good generals. Xue Yantuo's grand tyrant is not a minor problem. If you want to retreat to the enemy, why should you send generals from the capital? Li Ji, the chief of the Grand Governor of Bingzhou, Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Xiangzhou, and Su Dingfang, the governor of Shuozhou, are all good generals and can be defeated by Dalu."

Changsun Wuji's words were exactly the same as Li Shimin's thoughts. When Li Shimin heard this, he nodded and smiled: "The words of Fuji are very good. In this way, he followed the advice of Fuji, and Li Ji was the general manager of Dingxiang Road, Su Dingfang was the general manager of Jinhe Road, and Zhang Gongjin was the general manager of Tongmo Road. Three routes came out together, and each led his troops to the north to lift the siege of Dingxiang City, and kill Dadu and set up a bandit army."

Li Shimin used the word "ret", but the word "shu", which obviously made him angry. No matter what Xue Yantuo meant, Li Shimin would kill him to warn him, so that the grassland tribe who had been peaceful for several years and gradually lost his heart, so that they could see blood, so that they could know who was their master.

With Li Shimin's order, the generals of the Northern Expedition had already been finalized, and Li Ke was somewhat disappointed.

In fact, Li Ke asked for orders to lead the army north this time, not for the purpose of repelling the enemy. Li Ke had already made great contributions, but he did not have much to do with the credit for repelling the enemy. Li Ke was trying to go north.

Although Yangzhou is rich, it is far southeast, not only thousands of miles away from the emperor, but also has no military strength. If an ordinary prince lives there, it is a great idea to be rich and prosperous. However, Li Kezhi is in the throne and live in Yangzhou for a long time.

Li Ke's request to go north this time was just an excuse. Li Ke's favorite was not military merit, but Bingzhou, which was the capital of Bingzhou.

Li Ke is very clear about the situation in the north. Since the Tang Dynasty's northern expedition against the Turks, the situation outside the Tang Dynasty has changed from defense to attack. From the fourth year of Zhenguan to the present, although the country and the people in the Tang Dynasty have been peaceful, the Tang Dynasty's borders have suffered many wars. The Tang Dynasty's Erlang fought south and north, with Turks, Tuyuhun, Tubo, the Hus of the Western Regions, and Liaodong tribes, and more than three years have passed. The Tang Dynasty's borders have expanded thousands of miles away, and its military power has dominated the world.

Although the foreign wars of the Tang Dynasty were more victorious than defeat, and they were far away from the prestige of the country, the Tang Dynasty had only been established for more than ten years, and it was also a world that had won in troubled times. Its foundation was still shallow. Even if the men of the Tang Dynasty were warlike and martial, but after years of war, the Tang Dynasty's food, grass and military supplies could not bear it.

Li Ke knew that with the current family background of the Tang Dynasty, it was okay to support Duan Zhixuan in the northwest and fight with Tuyuhun in the northwest, but Xue Yantuo was in the northern part of the desert, which was comparable to Tuyuhun. If the Tang Dynasty wanted to destroy Xue Yantuo, it would be necessary to destroy Xue Yantuo. However, the battle to destroy the country with more than 100,000 troops was not supported by the Tang Dynasty's treasury at present, so this trip north would definitely not be a decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo.

If Li Ke could take charge of the north this time, he could stay in Bingzhou at the right time and conquer Hedong in the name of planning Xue Yantuo, and use Taiyuan as the basis to reach the east and west capitals.

Although the military chiefs of Bingzhou and Yangzhou were both ranked as Grand Commander and had similar ranks, Bingzhou Grand Commander was in Taiyuan, which was the northern capital of the Tang Dynasty and the land of Longxing, which was not comparable to Yangzhou. Moreover, Bingzhou is quite close to Guanzhong, and it takes less than two days to reach the fast horse and whip. If there is a change in the capital, Li Ke can also arrive quickly.

Although Li Ke was still in the hall, he had made up his mind that such a rare opportunity, Li Ke would think of a way to go to Bingzhou first.
Chapter completed!