The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1756

After Xuan Shijing tidied up, she and Chang Le rode on horses, taking advantage of the silver light from the moon in the sky, and hurried towards Chang'an.

When they arrived in Chang'an, it was still dark, and the gates of Chang'an City had not yet opened. Xuan Shijing and Chang Le simply bypassed Chang'an City and went directly to Longshouyuan. Entering the Daming Palace, because of Li Chengqian's urgent order, the gatekeepers of the Chongxuan Gate opened the gate after checking the token, and Xuan Shijing and Chang Le rode directly into the Daming Palace.

Although it was late at night, the entire Xuanzheng Hall was brightly lit. Xuan Shijing dismounted only when he was outside the Xuanzheng Hall, and there were many carriages waiting in the open space outside the Xuanzheng Hall.

It seems that Li Chengqian not only summoned Xuan Shijing alone, but Xuan Shijing was on the Zhuangzi, so it would naturally take longer to get here.

Chang Le waited outside, while Xuan Shijing entered the Xuanzheng Hall. In the Xuanzheng Hall, Li Chengqian sat at the head, and there were many tables and soft couches on both sides, and a group of courtiers from the three provinces gathered In the hall, there were not only important ministers from the three provinces, but also the military generals nominated by the three provinces that Liu Renyuan and Xuan Shijing had mentioned before, including Liu Renyuan, who were all in the hall.

"My lord, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Xuan Shijing walked into the hall and bowed his hands in salute.

"Xuan Qing doesn't need to be polite, just take your seat." Li Chengqian said.

Xuan Shijing's seat is at the bottom of the palace, after all, his official rank is placed there, and most courtiers in the Xuanzheng Palace, regardless of seniority or rank, are above Xuan Shijing, so even if Li Chengqian wants to make Xuan Shijing It is impossible for Shijing to arrange it under her own head.

"It's been said before that you are summoned to the palace so late. Xuanqing just arrived. Therefore, let me tell you something about it. There is already a war in Xiongjin, and the remnants of Goguryeo and Baekje raised their flags. Wanting to restore the country, Silla secretly supported it, contacted the Wa country, and participated in it together. They wanted to gain benefits in this war. Previously, because they got the news in time, Xue Rengui had already made preparations in advance on Xiongjin's side, but After all, Xiongjin's troops are limited, and now Xiongjin is facing internal and external troubles, so the court decided to increase troops in Xiongjin." Li Chengqian said.

"Is there any news from Tubo?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"It hasn't moved yet, but once there is a fight in Xiongjin, Tubo will follow closely and invade the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian said.

"The Tang Dynasty and Tubo were very close by marriage. In just a few years, Tubo dared to show such disobedience. Now I understand why Xuangong hated this marriage so much." Master Cui Ren smiled helplessly. .

Tubo is like this, it is really disgusting.

While enjoying the preferential treatment from Datang, at the same time, he wanted to loot from Datang.

"It's not too late for Master Cui to see clearly these wolfish ambitions." Xuan Shijing laughed.

It's rare that there are enlightened people in the three provinces. Xuan Shijing thought that the prime ministers in the three provinces were all rotten Confucians.

However, if there were all such people, Tang Dynasty would not have come to where it is today. Although most of the ministers in the early years of Zhenguan had already been replaced, but who could enter the three provinces, where did the mediocre people come from? ?

"Since Tubo's side hasn't moved yet, it must be arranged for Xiongjin's side first?" Xuan Shijing asked.

During the period from Zhuangzi up to Chang'an City, it is estimated that Li Chengqian had already discussed with these courtiers in the Xuanzheng Palace, so Xuan Shijing simply asked the result directly.

"That's right." Li Chengqian said: "Xue Rengui has been in Xiongjin for so many years in Xiongjin. Therefore, after discussion, Xue Rengui is still headed by Xue Rengui in Xiongjin. Wu Wang Li Ke is the deputy general manager, and Cheng Chumo is the former army."

The placement of Li Ke and Cheng Chumo in Xiongjin was probably done by Li Chengqian, but it did not exceed the expectations of the ministers of the three provinces. The two were originally on the list, so they have no objection to their formal appointment.

"Liu Ren is willing to lead the navy with Su Dingfang, go north from Dengzhou, and cooperate with the navy of Beisha City to fight together." Li Chengqian said.

"How many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are going to fight this time?" Xuan Shijing asked again.

Li Chengqian looked at the Ministry of War.

Li Jing said: "Including Xiongjin's garrison, there are a total of 20 troops."

"Then what if there is movement from the Tubo side? How many troops can be assembled on the Longxi side, plus the army assembled on the Chang'an side?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Tubo didn’t move, just like a giant boulder, hanging above Tang’s head, no one knew when it would fall, in such a situation, it’s better to let the boulder fall to the ground first, and then figure out how to stop the boulder Scroll forward.

The unknown is the most frightening thing. It would be enough for Tubo to stab him in the back when Tang was entangled with Goguryeo, the remnants of Baekje, Silla and Wa in the east.

"Longxi originally had 15 government soldiers. Once there is any movement from Tubo, they can be quickly assembled in a short period of time. Chang'an can dispatch not many, [-]." Li Jing said.

From Li Jing's point of view, the situation on the east side of the battlefield is much more complicated than that on the west side. At least there is only one Tubo in the west side, while the east side is entangled with forces from all over, and there are land and water divisions, but what about the west side?They are all ground troops, infantry and cavalry, so in terms of arms, they are simpler.

An army of 18 is enough.

Xuan Shijing nodded, his thoughts coincided with Li Jing's. In terms of numbers, there was no need to have too many people on the west side. The difficulty in fighting Tubo was not the number of people, but the fact that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could not beat them. On the plateau of Tubo, [-]% of the soldiers in the army cannot cope with altitude sickness because they have not been specially trained.

The last time Li Jing fought against Tubo, he lured all the Tubo troops down, and now he took a big one, and got addicted, but with the same strategy, will the Tubo people be fooled a second time?

So as far as the west is concerned, it may not be possible to solve it in a short time, or in other words, it is impossible to fight a large-scale battle at all.

The Ministry of War also obviously meant to focus on the east for the time being, and it was correct to do so.

There are 20 in the east and 18 in the west. Once it is in operation, the logistics supply in this army will be a huge amount.

"I don't think there is any problem with the division of military strength in the Ministry of War." Xuan Shijing said, "What if there is a fight in the west? I don't know, my lords, have you negotiated a suitable candidate?"

(End of this chapter)