Chapter 380 Everyone has their own needs

King Wei Li Xiaozheng, who was eager to make achievements and establish his own power in order to compete with his brothers, naturally advocated attacking Northern Yan.

He felt that the only difference between him and his brothers was age and background.

But now he has been entrusted with an important task. If he can participate in or lead the war to destroy Yan while serving as the governor of Bingzhou, he will surely be able to gain enough merit as capital to compete with those brothers who look down on him.

But it was obvious that even the twelve generals of the Guards, including Dou Cong, Liu Zongxun, Zhang Pinggao and others who wanted to use troops against Northern Yan, did not agree with him.

not a single one.

This made Li Xiaozheng, who had just made an impassioned speech, dumbfounded. Then Li Yuan, who felt that he was a little embarrassed, pressed his hand on him and motioned him to sit down.

Seeing this, Li Xiaozheng had no choice but to return to his seat. This was somewhat different from what he had expected.

He originally thought that even if there was no crowd agreeing, there should be at least a few people who agreed, so why was everyone so silent?
But what he didn't know was that those who advocated conquering Northern Yan all supported the King of Qin, and he had already offended the King of Qin.
"Shiro, what do you think?"

The first person Li Yuan asked a question to was Li Silang, who was just there to watch the fun.

Li Si was a little surprised, but after some consideration, he slowly said:

"Your Majesty, I think that what Minister Wen said about being old and wise is the key to success. Our Great Tang has only been established for three years, but we have been at war every year. The soldiers are exhausted, and the people are suffering. Therefore, I think the first priority should be to recuperate, gather troops and grain. Although Liu Xuanji of Northern Yan claims to be a minister of Yan, he is just using the banner of Great Yan to seek power and usurp the throne. I think we should wait and see. When Liu Xuanji tries to seize Murong Yang's position, Northern Yan may be in chaos. At that time, our Great Tang will send troops and will surely gain something."

Li Yuanhui's words surprised everyone, but they also gained the approval of many people.

Although Li Er frowned, he did not refute, because for the Tang Dynasty, it would not be wrong to seek stability.

When the comparison of national strength exceeds a certain threshold, it will be a crushing defeat. The ones who should be anxious are indeed Northern Yan, Western Wei, and Eastern Wei.

The leading party should proceed steadily and not recklessly.

How do you lose when you have a dragon on your face? There are too many examples. You should fight for your life when you are behind, because if you don't fight for your life, the situation will be gone.

Li Yuan actually agreed with it in his heart and there was no problem with the strategy.

But he had his own considerations, so he did not comment on Li Yuanhui's suggestions to suspend the offensive, recuperate, and gather troops and grain.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Yuan stood up, walked to the front of the map to take a look, and then turned his back to the crowd and said, "We have been discussing matters for a long time today, and I am a little tired. You all should go down first. We will discuss military strategy another day."

Everyone stood up and saluted, then left one after another.

Li Yuan stood in front of the map, thinking about Silang's words and the plan Pei Hongde had given him some time ago.

He asked the King of Qi to send troops to fight against Northern Yan, while he himself took the Guanzhong army and waited for an opportunity to act.

This strategy is very obvious, it is intended to kill someone with a borrowed knife. The hundreds of thousands of troops under the command of the King of Qi are indeed a hidden danger to the future of the Tang Dynasty.

So there is nothing wrong with consuming it appropriately.

But now Shiro is directly opposed to sending troops and advocates long-term consumption. Could it be that he has seen something?

In this matter, even Li Yuan could not force Li Si to send troops.

At the very least, the strategy of sending troops must be supported by the majority of people in the court, otherwise the purpose of consuming the Jianghuai army will be too obvious.

Li Yuan is not Murong Ying. He always thinks carefully before doing anything.

But in this situation, what is needed may be the determination of the leader to overcome all objections.

But he is not that kind of person.

It's a bit difficult, Li Yuan looked at the location of Luoyang on the map and couldn't help sighing in his heart. Then he had an idea, and Li Yuan ordered people to summon Sima Xiuye, the right servant, and also ordered people to set up food, but no wine.

The two of them chatted while eating.

Li Yuan very vaguely proposed that he wanted to send troops to Northern Yan, but the King of Qi opposed it, and also stated the concerns behind it.

Upon hearing this, Sima Xiuye ​​immediately knew what Li Yuan might be planning.

After thinking for a while, Sima Xiuye ​​said, "Your Majesty, why don't you let the King of Qin lead the troops?"

Li Yuan frowned when he heard this, but he did not understand what Sima Xiuye ​​meant.

However, Sima Xiuye ​​quickly explained: "The King of Qin, the King of Jin, and the King of Qi are all your Majesty's legitimate sons. They have a special bond with each other. If your Majesty appoints the King of Qin as the commander, I'm sure the King of Qi will not object."

Li Yuan's eyes lit up. He had to say that this idea was really reliable. It could perfectly solve the problem of the King of Qi being too powerful to be eliminated. But, but, but.

He didn't want to see the King of Qin make another great achievement, because there was no more title to be given to him at this time.

The only thing left to give away is the position of crown prince.

Solving one problem might lead to another, which was obviously something Li Yuan could not accept.

But some people just want to solve some things on their own.

After Li Yuanhui returned to Prince Qi's Mansion, he immediately summoned all his staff and recounted what had happened in the palace today.

Several aides were extremely smart people, and they understood the situation in the court just by listening to a few words.

He then expressed his concerns.

"I always feel that Yuwen Chengye initiated the southern expedition to the Western Wei and sent troops to Jingzhou for ulterior motives. Now is not a good time to send troops to the Western Wei. Xiangyang is a strong city. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, they will not be able to take Xiangyang without a year or two and a large amount of food and grass. At present, these two conditions may not be met."

Li Qinglian heard this and said, "I agree with what the king said. If we send a large army to attack Western Wei, Northern Yan will surely march south and take advantage of the situation. We will then be in a dilemma. It is definitely not a good opportunity to attack Wei now."

Dugu Ying also said: "Although Yuwen Shangshu is not a first-class general, he is also experienced in military affairs. He was a general in the previous dynasty. Now he advocates using troops against Western Wei. It's really strange. Could it be that he has other intentions?"

After saying this, Dugu Ying actually already had some ideas in his mind. After all, the only one who could order Yuwen Chengye around was the emperor himself.

But why did the emperor himself let him take the initiative to attack Wei?
Could it be that they were preparing to launch a northern expedition against Northern Yan under the guise of attacking Wei?
But the large-scale assembly of troops and food supplies cannot be accomplished overnight, and it is impossible to completely conceal it.

It is impossible to conquer Northern Yan while stockpiling food and fodder in Wancheng.

After hearing that there was another plan, Li Yuanhui suddenly had an idea. He decided to ask him for his opinion during today's meeting.

What does this mean? It means that he and his army will be used.

Otherwise, he would not have been asked for his opinion. He had not thought of this at the time, but he still agreed with Wen Daya's strategy of not taking the initiative to send troops in the short term, but to recuperate.

At this moment, Li Yuanhui began to feel fortunate for his sudden inspiration. If he had been in favor of fighting at that time, the old man would definitely have thrown the control of the war to him.

Let him fight with Liu Xuanji to the death, and when both are defeated, the Guanzhong army can then march from Jinyang in Hedong to Hebei, which will be a good opportunity to gain a big advantage.

But the old man's trick didn't work on him. Everyone knew that he always used stability as the main approach in employing troops, that is, fighting a war of attrition and a long-term confrontation.

How will the old man think of ways to make him fight with his basic skills?

Li Yuanhui suddenly became curious.

(End of this chapter)