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Chapter 447
It was still dark outside the city of Youjing.An urgent knock on the door woke up the city gate officer at the north gate of Youjing.

A dozen or so riders under the city gate raised their torches, and the city gate officer ordered the city gate to be opened and let them pass after checking the token sent by the other party from the hanging basket.

Immediately, on the palace road in front of Linshuo Palace, the sound of horseshoes sounded, and the driver drove past quickly in a carriage.

Wen Yanbo, Ji Chuan, Xue Wanshu, Wang Mahan, Xue Wanche and others were all woken up in the middle of the night by the inner court guards knocking on the door. They heard that there was an army situation in Ruoshui Prefecture's Protectorate, and they all came to Linshuo Palace to meet Li Chongjiu.

Inside the bedroom, the lights are bright.

Li Chongjiu rubbed his eyes and hadn't slept all night.Seeing five people coming together, he directly threw the official document to them and said, "What do you think?"

Wen Yanbo took the official document and was the first to read the ten lines at a glance. After thinking about his words, he said: "I am not good at military affairs, but in my opinion, the general guard is a little anxious. This is without your majesty's permission. If we are so anxious to send troops, should we mobilize Huaihuang and all the soldiers and horses in Yuyi Second Town to quell the rebellion, what if this is a trap set by the Turks, with the idea of ​​luring the main force of our cavalry to the grassland to annihilate them?"

After Wen Yanbo finished speaking, Li Chongjiu nodded, but said nothing.

Ji Chuan, Zhongshu's servant, looked at the official document and listened to Wen Yanbo's words, and said: "This doesn't seem like a plan by the Turks. After all, the turmoil in Yan Yelie's tribe is still in its infancy, and Borhan has not yet reached the stage where he can't deal with the situation." Therefore, the Turkic people never expected that the General Protector would decide to send troops to suppress the rebellion so quickly."

After reading it, Ji Chuan handed it to Xue Wanshu, who said, "Although it is certain that the Turks did not have this intention in advance, Yan Yelie's tribe is too close to the Turks. Although the little Khan Tuli has good relations with our country, the Turks are wolves. Repeated sexuality, you can't trust it, if you hear that Dadu sends troops to cross Wuhou Qinshui, Tuli can quickly mobilize tens of thousands of troops within a few days, then it will be bad."
Xue Wanche looked at half of it, and said: "I think it is a wise move by the guardian of the capital. I think it is precisely because of the fear of Turkic intervention that the guardian of the capital used this thunderous method of cutting the mess with a knife, and asked Youjing for reinforcements. Backing up is considered a surefire strategy."

Among the five people, only Wang Mahan was illiterate, but he didn't have the paperwork, and he could understand the matter roughly, and immediately shouted: "Anyway, send troops. If the Turks dare to intervene, we will fight with him."

Li Chongjiu said: "Everyone, I understand what you mean. No matter how you speculate on the reactions of all parties, Ruoshui Prefecture's capital guard has decided to send troops to suppress the rebellion. Now that the arrow is on the string, we have to stop. I, Zhao Guo, must fully support Ruoshui Protectorate of the State Capital, win this battle, otherwise not only will our prestige in the grasslands be wiped out, but the various ministries attached to us will also dig out one after another, and I will lead an army to take charge of the government."

As soon as Li Chongjiu said this, Wen Yanbo immediately said: "Your Majesty, my ministers think it's impossible. Your Majesty is the Lord of Youzhou, so don't move lightly. If you want to reinforce the Dadu Guard, just send a general to go north."

Ji Chuan also said at the same time: "My ministers also oppose the use of troops by the king. As the saying goes, the general controls the army, the commander controls the general, and the king controls the commander. If there is a war, the king will personally conquer. What's the use of the general? Wuhou Qinshui It is thousands of miles away from Youjing, and the king is far away from Wangji, once there is a change in the rear, within a thousand miles, news can come and go in an instant."

Xue Wanshu said: "That's right, my ministers also seconded the proposal. There is Li Tang in Hedong and Liu Heita in Hebei. There are still powerful enemies. How can we go north so easily."

The civil officials also objected, Wang Mahan was going to say a few words for Li Chongjiu, but he didn't speak now.Xue Wanche raised his head and cupped his fists immediately, and said: "The last general invites Ying, and I implore the king to entrust me with an important task, and go to Mobei to help the general guard."

When Li Chongjiu heard that Xue Wanche was going to lead the army in person, he stopped and frowned and said, "I don't feel relieved to leave this matter to others. Since the two defeats of Khitan, the outsiders don't want to teach them a lesson, and they are eager to make a move. If they don't personally conquer, they will subdue these gangs." Barbarians, it's hard to dispel my anger, needless to say, I've decided to conquer Mobei."

Wen Yanbo listened to Li Chongjiu's categorical words, and he didn't dare to persuade him again.

In the early morning of the next morning, when the government was being discussed in the Hall of Yonghe, the officials of the State of Zhao gathered together, and Li Chongjiu, who was in the hall, told the ministers and workers that he would personally lead the Youzhou army to help the northern part of the Great Wall.

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, Chen Xiaoyi, Wang Gui, Lu Chengqing and other ministers came out from the squadron and jointly signed a petition to request Li Chongjiu to withdraw the order of personal conquest.

Li Chongjiu refused, and more than a dozen people came forward to persuade them, all of whom opposed Li Chongjiu's personal conquest.

But in the end, all the courtiers' performances were rejected by Li Chongjiu in court.

After retiring from the imperial court, all the ministers gathered in front of the Yonghe Hall, and one of them said: "If you want to persuade the king, you can only invite the Lord Wei."

Another person retorted: "Your Majesty Wei is sick at home and has been ignoring things for a few days. I'm afraid I won't let him go."

"How should this be?"

Everyone looked at Wen Yanbo, he was the head of the civil servants, so he was expected by everyone.

Wen Yanbo glanced over the crowd, and saw that most of them were frowning, but only one person was calm.

Wen Yanbo said: "Don't be impatient about this matter, mobilizing the troops of various governments is not something that can be done in a day or two, you all retreat first, and it won't be too late to persuade them tomorrow morning."

"That's all there is to it." All the ministers retreated one after another.

When he arrived outside the palace, Wen Yanbo ignored the chance of the chancellor, hurried to catch up with a man and said: "Zhang Sheren, please stay."

Zhang Xuansu stopped when he heard the words, turned around, and quickly saluted and said: "It turns out that it is Zaifu, I don't know if I am here to ask you to live here, what instructions do you have?"

Wen Yanbo smiled and said: "Zhang Sheren, do you have a plan to persuade King Zhao?"

Zhang Xuansu spread his hands and said: "The minister's promotion is on the bottom, and all the officials of the court have been dismissed today. How can I persuade King Zhao?"

Wen Yanbo said: "I won't misjudge people, Zhang Sheren is a resourceful person, please persuade King Zhao today, millions of people in Zhao Kingdom will thank Zhang Sheren."

After hearing this, Zhang Xuansu said with a wry smile: "Since Zaifu said so, is there anyone who refuses to follow his orders?"

Stepping into the side hall, Zhang Xuansu saw that Li Chongjiu was correcting official documents, and the other party was lying on the desk, without raising his head, and said: "If Zhang Aiqing came to be a lobbyist, I think I can go back."

Zhang Xuansu said with a smile: "This minister is not here to be a lobbyist, but to relieve the king's worries."

Li Chongjiu said: "In Gu's opinion, what is the difference between solving worries and being a lobbyist?" He kept writing.

Zhang Xuansu said: "In my opinion, the king's intention today is very decisive. It's not that he must conquer Saibei himself, but that he is worried about whether there will be no available ones?"

Li Chongjiu put down his pen when he heard the words, looked at Zhang Xuansu and said: "The courtiers and workers are all puzzled, but Zhang Aiqing's eyes are like a torch, and she whispers in private, but Gu has this intention. There have been more than ten battles, big and small, and they have never been defeated. The Khitan people fear me like a tiger. If they personally conquer the northern part of the country, they will turn their backs. I see the ministers and workers in the class alone, and there is no one to replace them, so I want to personally conquer."

Zhang Xuansu said: "What the king said is very true, but the ministers think that the king has just ascended the throne. If he wants to build up a large army, he can personally conquer Hedong and Hebei, and wipe out the heroes. Only then can he personally lead the Sixth Division. Just order the general."

Li Chongjiu nodded, currently Yu Chigong and Xu Shiji are stationed outside, they can't move lightly, he is worried about the battle in Mobei, because he feels that apart from the two, there are no independent generals under his command, so he decided to recruit himself.

But now all the ministers are opposed to his personal conquest today, and he is also somewhat worried that there will be no one in Youjing, so Li Chongjiu is also somewhat hesitant at the moment.

Zhang Xuansu said: "My minister thought that the king himself was going to conquest, but he was unwilling to leave the important matter to others. My minister recommended Xue Wanche to be qualified for the post of general."

Li Chongjiu shook his head and said: "Xue Wanche is a general. He is proficient in everything in the art of war and formation, but he is stubborn and self-confident. He will be proud of him. That’s all, but against Tuli, Chuluo, and Turkic wolf cavalry, it’s not enough.”

Zhang Xuansu smiled and said: "So that's the case. No wonder General Xue asked Ying before, but the king didn't agree. I have a way. Although General Xue is usually proud, he respects his elder brother, so he can make Shilang Xue a prisoner." As a military governor, he can't stop talking about his brother, and he won't be at odds with the general."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said with a smile: "Zhang Aiqing, you really deserve to be resourceful. In your opinion, if you want to put down Saibei, what strategy should you use?"

(End of this chapter)