In just a few days, the news of war disasters in the north of Goguryeo spread. Countless northern people fled south by their families, because the three tribes invaded the south of the north were too cruel. According to rumors, they were slaughtered everywhere they passed.

Of course, this is just a rumor. The Tang Dynasty pointed out that it would still rule after using troops to conquer Goguryeo. Who would he kill everyone?

But during the war, three people became tigers, and the people would only choose to believe it, so how could they have the heart to figure out the truth?

Only those people who relocated to the land or believed that their city would not be lost remained at home. However, the movements of the Goguryeo court later confirmed the rumors to the people, that is, the military disasters in the north are not optimistic, and even the great opposition Lu Yuan and Gaisuwen personally led the troops north to resist the enemy.

There is such a big problem in the northeast direction, and it is impossible to quietly. Even if there is no 800-mile rush to send messages to Chang'an, those who are particularly concerned about the current situation have their own news channels.

So since Li Ji and Huaiyuan City have been passed on to Chang'an continuously since Li Ji and Huaiyuan City.

When he learned that Li Ji had issued a letter to declare war on Huaiyuan City, the court immediately discussed heatedly, "Is it a joke to declare war between the two countries?" What right does Li Ji have to declare war on the enemy without authorization?"

So the documents submitted at the court meeting were filled with the case of Emperor Li Er. It can be said that half of the court officials in the Tang Dynasty did not like to fight.

Even among the crowd of military generals, there are generals who are born to love peace. They may be forced to take the weapons and join the army, but they still don’t like to provoke wars by themselves. After all, in addition to winning or losing, there will be deaths and injuries caused by war.

At the grand court meeting, Li Er called Hou Jun to gather. As the Minister of War, he was nominally Li Ji's immediate superior, so he had to stand up and explain.

Of course, Hou Junji had been informed by Li Er long ago, otherwise the gathering of 50,000 elite soldiers in Hebei Road would not be able to overcome his level.

So I stood up and explained: "A month ago, the subordinate of the Tang Dynasty, Beisha City was robbed by the Goguryeo army. Our defenders were killed and injured, and in the end, even the city was burned by thieves.

The border guard sent people to Goguryeo to ask for an explanation, but the other party was eyeing Liaodong City. The situation was urgent, so we sent General Li Ji to the border to guard against Goguryeo."

An envoy asked, "Shangshu Hou, why don't we know about such an important matter? With the mobilization of 50,000 troops, a city in the Tang Dynasty was destroyed. Which one is not a big deal? Why do you have to hide it from it?"

Hou Junji pondered and said, "This... was not something we deliberately concealed, but in fact we didn't want to panic the people in the country. After all, just a few years after the settlement, the Tang Dynasty was resting and was unwilling to fight again. After the Ministry of War meeting, it was decided to send heavy troops to garrison. As for hatred, we would settle the score with him when the Tang Dynasty came to cultivate in the future.

This matter was reported to His Majesty for approval, and it involved the stability of the country. In order to ensure that the military operations were not leaked, it was changed to secretly guard against it."

This explanation almost dispels most of the doubts of everyone. As long as you don’t fight, you can do whatever you want. After all, this is within the scope of the Ministry of War.

At this time, someone felt that Hou Junji was changing his concept and stood up and said, "Shangshu Hou only said that General Li was dispatching 50,000 troops, but he did not explain who gave General Li the right to declare war on other countries without authorization.

Once the war begins, countless casualties and people are injured and money are damaged. The court does not know at all, so Li Ji dares to declare war without authorization? If the Ministry of War does not know about this, then I beg Your Majesty to punish Li Ji according to the law."

this……

Hou Junji was speechless and looked up at the emperor who was in the upper throne.

Li Er couldn't always let his subordinates carry it, so he coughed lightly and explained: "This matter was my private instructing you, so you don't have to be suspicious."

"What? Your Majesty's instructions?

So, Your Majesty is determined to send troops to attack Goguryeo?" The ministers were shocked and discussed.

Then many people stood up and dissuaded: "Your Majesty, you must not. The former Sui Dynasty launched hundreds of thousands of troops, and failed in three conquests on the spot, leaving countless soldiers behind. The Tang Dynasty must not repeat the same mistake..."

Seeing everyone's enthusiastic opposition to start the war, Li Er secretly said that he was right. It was not the time to attack Goguryeo. So many people opposed it. If this matter was put on the surface, it would definitely not be possible.

After everyone was in chaos for a while, Li Er laughed and said, "You guys have misunderstood. If you don't forget the past and the future, how can I not know the pros and cons?

And if we were to move troops, how could Goguryeo have a 50,000 army that could be wiped out? I am not foolish yet."

"What does Your Majesty mean? Is there any hidden secret that you need to hide from it and cannot be said in the court?"

Li Er had known that such a question had been made, and he was ready to speak out.

"At that time, the attack in Beisha City happened, and I was furious. Junji and Maogong both advised me to send troops to avenge me.

But how many years has the Tang Dynasty been stable? The people just had some extra money, so how could they use their troops to waste their national strength again?

But it wouldn't work if you remain indifferent. Although Beisha City has just been assigned to our Tang Dynasty, it is a registered city in the Tang Dynasty. If it is burned like this, what is the dignity of the Tang Dynasty? Wouldn't the soldiers guarding the border feel disheartened?

So I sent Maogong to send 50,000 troops to suppress the border. I used one move to announce and not fight, which would shock the thieves. On the one hand, I came to ask them for an explanation, and on the other hand, I would prevent them from being arrogant and raising troops to invade the border again. When our Tang Dynasty flourishes in the future, we will also be scheming with the enemy.

This is all the plan! Everything is to cooperate with the secrets of Maogong's march."

After hearing the emperor's explanation, everyone gradually became quiet. It turned out that this was the case. Your Majesty's arrangement was reasonable and it was indeed not appropriate to disclose all the secrets.

I thought it was just over, but who would have thought that at this moment, firecrackers and cheers from the people in Chang'an City were faintly heard, and a long sound of horns came from the palace gate.

"Great victory! Great victory in Fuyu City! Twenty thousand Goguryeo's invasion was completely wiped out by our army!"

What???

A great victory in Fuyu City?

All civil and military officials looked back and looked outside the hall gate.

Hou Junji laughed and said, "Your Majesty is indeed wise. This must be Mao Gong's 50,000 army that made contributions. Otherwise, this Goguryeo thief would be desperate and would almost attack our Fuyu City again."

Well, what Mr. Hou said is right. Goguryeo should be unwilling to cede Fuyu City and Beisha City to the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to send troops to harass and retake it.

Many people followed suit and analyzed, and even Hou Junji himself almost believed this statement.

Li Er laughed and stood up from the dragon throne to greet him. A fast horse messenger rushed straight to the square of Tai Chi Hall before being stopped by the imperial guards.

The man turned over and dismounted without caring about being embarrassed. He turned his hand and unbuttoned the message tube behind him, and respectfully held it with both hands and walked forward quickly.

"Report to Your Majesty, Fuyu City was attacked by 20,000 Goguryeo's army. Fortunately, the generals in the city were planning and not only retreated the enemy's troops, but also joined forces with the surrounding tribal army to wipe out the enemy's troops in one fell swoop. Fuyu City was not injured at all, and our Tang Dynasty defender was not damaged!

My subordinates come to report the victory under General Su Lie's order!"

“Hahaha, OK, good fight!

Come and give a reward!” Li Er laughed and gave a reward.

All the officials also congratulated each other. Many generals vaguely speculated that the matter was not simple, and they were worried about their son who had been trained in Fuyu City. When Du Shaoqing came to fool his son himself, he said that he had made great contributions to destroying the country and wouldn't have started so quickly, right?

Yuchi Jingde stepped forward and grabbed the messenger and asked, "What's the situation in Fuyu City now? Did that boy Su Lie ask you to send me a message?"

At that time, Su Lie was a general under Yuchi Gong, so the relationship between the two was different.

The messenger was a little confused. He was just a messenger. What is the general doing?

But he did not hide it. After all, the victory on the front line was inspiring, so he said respectfully: "Now General Su and the eldest prince guarded Fuyu City and were responsible for logistics. Other generals were sent to command the army of Khitan, Shiwei and other tribes. When his subordinates set off, various armies had already entered Goguryeo and were in full swing. It was estimated that several cities had been captured now.

General Su will definitely continue to send a message after the details."

This is my...

Li Er and Hou Junji complained secretly, thinking that who is Su Lie was looking for? Why did he find a big tongue and come back to report the news? You can just make a fuss outside and make a big fuss, but what do you come back to promote? Do you think these ministers are easy to fool?

What???

Yuchi Gong exclaimed, threw the messenger out of his hand, turned around and bowed to Li Er, crying and saying, "Your Majesty, why did there be a war to destroy Goguryeo but notify the last general?

Is Your Majesty the last general trusting me? The last general can avoid military merits and fame, but even if I am asked to be a front-line war in the country, I can do it.

Besides, how could that boy Su Lie be the commander? He was all under his command a group of little boys who had never seen blood. How could such a big war be possible? What if..."

This black general is also a hidden person. He doesn't like to talk much. Why does this happen today and feel like he's cheating. Not only does he talk endlessly, but he also asks everyone's questions.

The generals don’t understand, we don’t need to destroy the generals? Have you all fallen out of favor?

The civil servants came to their senses and knew that His Majesty had done something to replace the pillars. On the contrary, Li Ji went to shock the enemy, but in fact, there were other ambushers who had already entered Fuyu City. Isn’t this a war to destroy the country? What is this?

It was also the Tai Chi Palace that was in chaos again. Li Er felt a headache, covered his forehead and waved his hand to retreat, and asked Hou Junji to explain on his behalf.

All officials did not support themselves, but no one could stop the emperor, so they could only surround Hou Jun's group.

Hou Junji also felt that he was too impressed. Besides, he was not planning this plan, he just knew that it was all about it. It was all done by Du Shaoqing...

The palace was messy, but the real person involved, Du Shaoqing, was having tea with his young wife Wu Zhao at the headquarters of the Du Family Chamber of Commerce.

He found this place and wanted to have the next order, an order that Wu Zhao didn't understand.

"What did you say? From today on, the supply of grain and grass transported to the Northeast has been cut off?

Husband, do you know what you are doing? The front line is fighting a war to destroy the country, which is the supply of 300,000 troops. If the food and grass cannot keep up for a day, there will be chaos in the army.

Didn’t you initiate this battle? Why is this now? For no reason, isn’t this ablaze and stabbing the knife in the back in the front line?” Wu Zhao exclaimed in surprise and angrily scolded Du Shaoqing.

Du Shaoqing put down the teacup, grabbed the wife's hand with a smile and comforted her: "Of course I know, and when did I cheat my own people?

I have calculated that if we no longer transport food and grass from now on, it will no longer affect the situation of the war. The existing food and grass are enough for the army to eat and use."

The warrior said decisively: "This is impossible. Although the calculation was taught by my husband, I think I am already better than the top. The existing food and grass are not enough, and it is only 60% of the budget at most."

"Then have you put the war damage inside?" Du Shaoqing asked back.

"I've let go. I've visited Duke Wei specifically. He analyzed and reasoned the strength of both sides. He felt that we had the advantage and caught the enemy off guard. The damage to the war would be between 30% and 50%, which depends on the command of the front-line generals." Wu Zhao explained.

Du Shaoqing stretched out three fingers and shook them and said, "No, no, I want to say that you have calculated the wrong thing, and Duke Wei has calculated the wrong thing. In my opinion, at the end of this battle, our side suffered more than half of the battle, and there is still vitality, at most 30%!"

"What? The remaining 30%? This is impossible. Duke of the Defense Kingdom said that if more than half of the war is damaged, it will definitely be the defeated side, unless we fail.

But he said that the chance of our failure is very small."

Du Shaoqing did not argue any more, but instead asked curiously: "When you visited Duke Wei, did he give substantive suggestions on food and grass?"

this……

Wu Zhao pondered for a moment, and blushed slightly, "Duke Wei also said that if you want to transport grain, you can just half of the original plan."

"Oh? You don't believe it, so you insist on the original plan to transport grain, right?" Du Shaoqing jokingly said.

Wu Zhao nodded slightly and said, "He said it was because the use of troops in this battle was a barbarian, and he was not etiquette and bloodthirsty and liked to kill. There was still a large part of the supply from fighting to support the war, which was to burn, kill, loot and replenish himself.

This question…”

Du Shaoqing knew that it was the little girl's kindness that could not bear to believe it, or could not bear to imagine how many innocent people were slaughtered. He hugged her shoulders with both hands and said, "You also experienced the war in the southwest Tubo with me back then, and you also saw the harm caused by Tubo to our Jiannan Road, so Duke Wei's eyesight is accurate."

"But, didn't you say that the generals of our Tang Dynasty were led in this battle? From the commander to the general, they were all from the Tang Dynasty. Will they let it go?" Wu Zhao still didn't believe it.

Shaking his head, Du Shaoqing said helplessly: "We can coerce and lure them to borrow soldiers like their upper class, but when it comes to using troops, they want their subordinates to be obedient and work hard. The same principle is to let them see the sweetness and temptation. Otherwise, they will be full of soldiers who work but not work hard. Not to mention destroying Goguryeo, I am afraid that they will escape faster than the main general on the battlefield."

Wu Zhao said in surprise: "So, my husband also supports them in fighting to support the war?"
Chapter completed!