Chapter 29 Determination
"You have not seen your father for many years, so I must have missed you quite a lot. Your father met me in front of the formation. I wanted to pass on you to come forward and let you reminisce about the past, but why didn't you see you?" Li Ke asked Qinling on the way back to the camp.
Just when Li Ke saw Lu Dongzan, Li Ke knew that Qinling and Lu Dongzan had not seen each other for a long time. He originally intended to let Qinling come forward and meet Lu Dongzan, but when Li Ke turned his head to see Qinling, he did not see Qinling's traces, so he gave up.
Qin Ling followed Li Ke and replied: "Both between the two countries, only the enemy and us, regardless of father and son, the last occasion is not suitable for the last time. I hope Your Majesty will not blame you."
Lu Dongzan and Qinling are father and son. In the past, if Qinling and Lu Dongzan meet, it will definitely cause speculation from both sides. Qinling is not aware of it. Li Ke is tolerant and will not make things difficult for Qinling, but Lu Dongzan will find it difficult to deal with it. Qinling did not meet Lu Dongzan, which not only expressed his position, but also protected Lu Dongzan.
Li Ke smiled and said, "Why do I blame me? I just regret that Lu Dongzan has a talent for governing the world, but he cannot use it for the right path. Instead, he disobeys the will of heaven and is an enemy of me. I am afraid he will be defeated sooner or later."
Not only Li Ke was full of confidence in the victory of this battle, but also Qin Ling was the same. As a Tang general, even when facing the Tubo army commanded by his biological father, he firmly believed that victory must belong to them and the Tang Dynasty, which was invincible.
Qin Ling sighed and said, "My father is stubborn, and the general is very clear in his heart. Tubo is not only a name for his father, but also half of his life's hard work. My father leads troops here today to survive and die with Tubo."
Lu Dongzan led his troops to fight and arranged all his philosophers well. This naturally means setting up the funeral. As Qin Ling said, Lu Dongzan was preparing to die in the battlefield and live and die with Tubo.
When Li Ke heard this, he sighed: "I devoted my whole life to the country and died in battle. Lu Dongzan regarded Bai Bize as Wuzhangyuan and wanted to be Zhuge Liang of Tubo."
In the Battle of Wuzhangyuan, Zhuge Liang went to war with illness to protect his family and country. In the end, he exhausted his energy and died in the war. He was left as a legend in history and passed down for thousands of years. Li Ke used Kong Ming to compare Lu Dongzang, which was considered a very high praise.
Although Qinling was a Tubo native, he was familiar with the Central Plains classics. He naturally knew about Zhuge Liang's affairs. Qinling said: "It was different at the time. Although my father had the ambition of Zhuge Liang, His Majesty was not Sima Yi and he could not be scared away."
Li Ke listened to Qin Ling's words and knew that Qin Ling was obviously not optimistic about Lu Dongzan's future outcome, so he asked curiously: "Lu Dongzan is your biological father. He is an enemy of my Tang Dynasty. Aren't you afraid that he will have a bad situation or even lose his life?"
Although Lu Dongzan was an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, he was Qin Ling's biological father after all. As a general of the Tang Dynasty, it was somewhat inappropriate to fight with Lu Dongzan. If Lu Dongzan died at the hands of the Tang army, both public and private should not be what Qin Ling wanted to see.
Qin Ling looked at Li Ke, and seemed to be struggling with something in his heart. He said to Li Ke: "There is a saying that I want to say, but I dare not say it."
Li Ke looked at Qin Ling's embarrassment. Although Qin Ling didn't say anything, Li Ke also knew what Qin Ling wanted to say. Li Ke asked: "Do you want to plead for Lu Dongzan? If the Tubo army is defeated in the future, do you want me to save his life?"
Qin Ling said: "This is exactly what the last general wants. Most of the Tubo troops have been concentrated in Baibize. As long as you win this battle, it will be a matter of time before you break the truth. After that, my father's life and death have nothing to do with the situation of the battle. So I hope your Majesty will be kind and forgive my father's crime."
The war has not yet begun, but Qinling has begun to plead for Lu Dongzan. Obviously, in Qinling's view, Tubo, which is both internal and external troubles, will never be the opponent of the Tang Dynasty, which is united.
Li Ke shook his head and said, "You know. I have always admired Lu Dongzan's talent, so I naturally don't want his life. But you should also know that although I am the emperor, I am not able to make decisions in everything. Lu Dongzan stationed troops in Bai Bize. This battle is a tough battle. At that time, I am afraid that the two armies will suffer no less casualties. Do you think I can protect him?"
Although the combat power of the Tubo army is not as good as that of the Tang army, it is familiar with the terrain and the number of people is here. When the two armies fight head-on, it will definitely not be easy even if the Tang army can win. It is essential to lose troops and lose generals, and even there may be tens of thousands of casualties.
Once the battle was so tragic that the two armies had completely formed hatred, Lu Dongzan, as the commander of the Tubo army, would naturally become the target of public criticism. At that time, the Tang army would want to eat him raw, and even Li Ke could not afford this public anger and would not come forward to protect him.
Qin Ling knew what Li Ke said, but Qin Ling thought for a moment and suddenly asked Li Ke: "If there is a way to make this battle not that difficult to fight?"
Qin Ling's words were beyond Li Ke's expectations. Li Ke did not expect Qin Ling to say this. Facing Lu Dongzan and his 200,000 troops stationed in Baibize, the Tang army was ready to fight a tough battle, but he did not expect Qin Ling would say this.
Li Ke immediately asked, "What are your plans? Let's hear it."
Qinling is quite intelligent in his military use, bold and confident, so Li Ke is still looking forward to Qinling's words.
Qin Ling replied: "Tubo gathers the strength of the whole country in Baibize. It can be said that as long as Baibize is broken, the logic will be the same if it is broken or not. It will only take time to destroy the Tubo country. But if Your Majesty thinks about it, is it the same?"
As long as Bai Bize is defeated and Lu Dongzan's army is defeated, there will be no warable soldiers in the upper and lower levels of Tubo that can threaten the Tang Dynasty, and Tubo will be destroyed in name only. As Qinling said, the order of this order will be the same even if it is changed.
The capital of Tubo was the capital of Zanpu and the court. As long as the capital was broken and Zanpu was captured, the 200,000 troops that Lu Dongzan hanged outside the capital would become an isolated army. Even if the troops were still there, they were just an army of destruction. They could not become a big climate and would be defeated sooner or later.
Li Ke listened to Qin Ling's words, thought for a while, and replied, "I know what you mean, and I have thought about this method, but I am afraid it won't work. Log in the north and Bai Bize is in the south. If our army bypasses Bai Bize and attacks Log in directly, it will be attacked by Lu Dongzan from behind. At that time, he will be attacked by the enemy from both sides and fall into danger. He may not be able to defeat Tubo."
Qin Ling said: "If the north and south are in a dilemma, it will be difficult to win if the enemy is attacked from both sides. But what if the attack is just a cover? What about a cover that forces the Tubo army out of Bai Bize?"
Li Ke is also a man of war. When he heard Qin Ling's words, Li Ke instantly understood what Qin Ling meant. The reason why Li Ke was afraid of the Tubo army was that this would be a tough battle because Lu Dongzan occupied Bai Bize. Li Ke did not dare to enter Ze and Lu Dongzan for a decisive battle.
But if Lu Dongzan came out to Bai Bize himself and fought in a flat place, it would not be so difficult for Li Ke to defeat the Tubo army. What Li Ke had to do now is to force Lu Dongzan out Bai Bize.
Li Ke immediately said to Qinling: "Go back to the camp quickly and order the military commander and above to come to the tent to see me."
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