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Chapter 548 Lianliang
Although it is early spring, the wind in Linshuo Palace is bitter.

All the generals of Zhao Guo entered the hall wearing only armored uniforms.

The terracotta bricks paved in the main hall can be seen as a lesson.

The civil servants and military generals of Zhao State entered the hall in twos and threes.

"The Yongji Canal is impassable now. It may take some time before the military resources for this expedition to the Tang Dynasty will be transported from the Yongji Canal to the south bank of the Yellow River."

"That's right, Wang Shichong's envoys have swollen eyes from crying for the past few days. They don't look like ministers of a dynasty."

"Wang Shichong is not easy. It has not been a day since the Tang army's [-] troops besieged Luoyang. Luoyang City is in danger."

"If we don't help Luoyang, Wang Shichong will be finished."

All the ministers talked about it.

"Go up!"

At that moment, Zhao Guochen and his staff stopped discussing, and when Li Chongjiu entered the hall, all the officials knelt twice and kowtowed six times.

Although Li Chongjiu proclaimed himself emperor, he has been busy with the matter of conquering Wang Shichong in the south for the past few days. Zhao's monarchy has not yet been established, but the etiquette of prostration has already been implemented first.

The dragon robe was not ready to be sewn yet, Li Chongjiu was still wearing the robes of King Zhao in the past, with a sword hanging from his waist, and was waiting to sit on the chair.

Only then did Zhao Guowen, military officials and workers get up together, and sat on His Highness's futon.

This day is the grand court meeting after the Shangyuan Festival, and all officials above the fifth rank of Zhao Guofan will come.

Li Chongjiu glanced at all the ministers, and immediately asked: "Li Tang intends to unite with Goguryeo and make me suffer from the enemy. What's your opinion?"

Xue Wanche took the lead and said: "Goguryeo is standing still, and there are still enemies such as Silla and Baekje to the east. I don't think it will spare many troops to attack the border of Liaodong."

"You can't say it so absolutely," Yang Linfu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said, "Goguryeo covets the heart of our Han land. It's not a day or two. This time Li Yuan promised to cede the land of the five counties to Goguryeo. There are people who covet this."

"What insight does Zhang Aiqing have?" Li Chongjiu asked.

Zhang Xuansu caressed his long beard lightly, and said thoughtfully: "Li Tang's alliance with Goguryeo is a strategy of long-distance friendship and short-term attack. If we want to break Li Tang's long-distance and close-attack strategy, we must also restrain Li Tang."

"Where do you start?"

Zhang Xuansu said: "Our army has a new agreement with the Turks. We can bribe the Turkic leaders with a lot of money, and then pretend to be powerful, so that they can persuade Chuluo to send troops to attack the Longxi area and capture Guanzhong. Threatening Li Tang's Guanzhong."

Ji Chuan said: "That's wrong. Li Tang had been on guard against the Turks for a long time. The famous minister Yang Gongren of Li Tang ordered Liangzhou to be in charge of Liangzhou. In the west of Longxi, there was Li Zhongwen, the general manager of Hedong, and Prince Li Jiancheng in Pujin. They were enough to fight against the Turks. Sending out more than [-] troops is not enough to break through Li Tang's line of defense."

Ji Chuan said while looking at Zhang Xuansu. Among Li Chongjiu's confidants, it was an open secret that Ji Chuan and Zhang Xuansu were at odds.Ji Chuan, as the civil servant selected at the beginning of Huaihuang Town's establishment, can be said to be the courtier who has followed Li Chongjiu for the longest time, but Zhang Xuansu has come from behind, and now he is on an equal footing with Ji Chuan, which naturally makes him unhappy.

The two confronted each other in the temple, and Ji Chuan often sang Zhang Xuansu's anti-tune. This was something Li Chongjiu and all the ministers were used to.

Zhang Xuansu said: "As long as the Turks can send troops to harass, we should also mobilize Xiao Xian from the south to go north, and join our army going south to form a north-south joint attack."

"Your Majesty," Zhang Xuansu lowered his head and said, "Empress Xiao is Xiao Xian's uncle and aunt, both of whom belong to the Lanling Xiao family. We can contact Liang Guo to the south and support each other."

Ji Chuan said: "Xiao Xian couldn't take care of himself. He was suspicious in his heart. He killed his generals Dong Jingzhen and Zhang Xiu successively, and destroyed the Great Wall. It is impossible for him to send troops to rescue Luoyang."

Pei Ju came forward and said: "I think it is possible. Liang Guo sits in Jingxiang and has 40 soldiers. As long as Liang Guo intends to send troops, he can send troops from Jiangling, the capital of the country, and he can reach Xiangyang in ten days."

Zhang Xuansu said: "I am not sure enough, Xiao Mian will definitely send troops, but if he can send out Jingxiang with a partial division, it will definitely put pressure on the Tang army."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "I know about this, so send someone who can speak well to Jingxiang to convince Xiao Mian for me."

As soon as the words fell, Yu Shinan came out and said: "You can give it a try."

Just after Yu Shinan finished speaking, Ouyang Xun said, not to be outdone, "I am familiar with Jiangnan, so I can go with you."

Li Chongjiu said with a smile when he heard the words: "The two ministers and workers are both loyal and diligent people, I know."

Speaking of this, Xue Wanshu said first: "It's freezing cold now, the water near Youjing is dripping into ice, and our army can't go south to help Zheng. But for more than ten days, we can't just sit back and watch Li Tang attack Luoyang."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "I have already made arrangements for this. Yu Aiqing will go to Liang Guo for me and tell him the wish of the alliance between the two countries. I am asking him to send troops from Jiangling to attack Xiangyang. Xiangfan is an important place in Jingzhou. Xiangfan is not allowed. Once Li Tang's navy Go down the river from Sichuan and Shu, and then send another general from Xiangyang to attack Jiangling, Liang Guo is in danger. When we state our interests, Xiao Xian will definitely consider our opinions carefully."

"promise."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu looked at the somewhat disappointed Ouyang and asked: "Ouyang Aiqing, I heard that you and Wang Bo are old, so I went to meet him in Qi County for me, and told him that my army is going south soon, and now I appoint him as the forward. Lead an army of [-] troops to the west of Hulao."

After hearing this, Ouyang Xun said immediately: "Wang Bo is capricious, Yichen sees that Wang Bo will find various excuses to shirk."

Li Chongjiu said: "If he shirks the blame, you can tell Wang Bo that our Southern Expeditionary Army will conquer Qi County as soon as they cross the Yellow River!"

Li Chongjiu's toughness is formidable, Ouyang Xun immediately said loudly: "Promise, I will definitely fulfill my mission."

Did Wen Aiqing, Meng Haigong, and Xu Yuanlang answer us? "

Wen Yanbo said: "These two people were very polite to us, but they didn't explicitly say that they would join our army. Obviously they wanted to sit on the fence between Tang and Zhao."

"Okay, you can send a letter to the two of them to comfort them. Just say that my Zhao army will go south in a short period of time, and they can just stay put. There will be a big reward in the future. The two of them are different from Wang Bo. Not only are they strong and strong, but they are also very important to our army. It's too far away for the time being, all I need to do is appease."

"promise."

Having said that, everyone discussed some details.Finally, the defense of Liaodong was undertaken by Tudiji and Guo Xiaoke, and the defense of the Turks was undertaken by Wang Junkuo, Yinghefu, and Ertuo.

After retreating from the court, Li Chongjiu went directly to Empress Xiao's residence.

Empress Xiao said: "After your Majesty retires, it must be a matter of coming to see Ai's family in person."

Li Chongjiu said: "Exactly, I have decided to send troops to attack Tang, and now I want to unite with Liang Guo to attack from the north and the south, but because I have no way out, I want to ask my mother for help."

Empress Xiao smiled and said: "Xiao Xian's grandfather is my father's brother, they are all in the same family, if you want him to help, Aijia will help you."

Li Chongjiu was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Thank you, Ma'am."

Empress Xiao smiled and said: "The family will stop talking about the two families, and the Ai family will write you a letter."

(End of this chapter)