The news that Langya County had been captured was immediately placed on Li Shimin's case.

Looking at the secret letter on the desk, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.

He already knew the general details, and Li Shimin did not comment on Li Xiaogong's actions.

If he didn't know Li Xiaogong, how could Li Shimin send him there but still not give a reply?

Only brother Li Xiaogong could guess what he was thinking. Li Shimin did this just to force Li Xiaogong to take action.

The beginning was just as he expected, but the result was a bit beyond his expectation!

"You're lucky, that's all, that's all, I won't argue with you!" Li Shimin murmured to himself.

No one knew what Li Shimin was thinking. After saying this, he ordered Eunuch Huang to burn the secret letter sent by the Secret Service in front of him!

However, another memorial made Li Shimin's face darken.

This was also sent by the Secret Intelligence Service, and it contains the plans of several major countries to attack the Tang Dynasty.

In addition to the Turks who had been wiped out, and the defeated Goguryeo and Japanese people, there were also Tubo and Feng An!

After Tubo learned that the Turks were defeated, they retreated on their own, but Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to this.

What Li Shimin cared about was that Feng Ang actually participated in this incident.

"Has the fox's tail finally been exposed?" Li Shimin said coldly.

"Want to be king in the south? Want to occupy the middle of Shu? Huh! When I free my hands, your good days will be over!"

While talking, Li Shimin came to the map hanging on the wall of the study!

This map has now changed its appearance, but it is similar to the one drawn by Luo Zhang, except that the original location of the northern Turks has been connected with the land of the Tang Dynasty and was included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin's eyes were not on the north, but on the northeast, where there was a country called Goguryeo that Sui Yang Emperor Li Guang wanted to conquer but failed to conquer three times!

This place is far away from the Tang Dynasty. It is several times more difficult to conquer than the Turks. Not only does it require a long journey, but there are also many cities and passes of the Goguryeo people along the way. It is extremely difficult to conquer Goguryeo in a short time. It takes the same time as attacking the Turks.

It's also a problem.

In winter, the temperature, ice and snow there are much colder than in the Turkic territory!

Luo Zhang's igloo is effective in Turkic territory, but I don't know if it is equally effective in Gaogouli. If it is not effective, it will not be easy to win Gaogouli!

Luo Zhang had previously suggested using the Royal Navy to attack Gaoguli and then transporting a large number of troops to land at Gaoguli.

This method was rejected by Li Shimin at the first time. First, the Royal Navy at that time was not mature. How could a newly formed Royal Navy be entrusted with the war of the dynasty?

Second, at that time there were still northern Turks threatening him, so it was not the time to consider conquering Gaoguli.

The third and most critical thing is the court. The court seems so quiet on the surface, but each has its own entangled interests. Don't look at today's meeting with you, hello, me, everyone, but

I might stab you in the back tomorrow. This is all benefits.

The success of this Northern Expedition against the Turks was not only due to the sacrifice of Luo Zhang and others, but also because everyone in the court felt that it would be profitable, so the civil servants would put aside their prejudices and cooperate with the generals to attack the Turks.

After conquering the Turks, this big cake must be shared with them. This is an eternal truth. After all, the court is not his alone. Without the courtiers and the support of the families, he is just a title.

, Li Shimin understands all these.

On the contrary, if you want to attack Gaoguli, you still need the support of everyone. Soldiers, horses, grain, ordnance, etc., need someone to supervise the construction, purchase, transportation, and arrangement, and these cannot be completed by him with just one order.

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It requires a lot of people to cooperate and implement it. However, if Luo Zhang's method is followed, many people will become bystanders and stand aside without any merit.

The civil servants are okay here, but the military attache is different. Luo Zhang's method is equivalent to letting many generals go home to rest, so why fight?

Get some boats, send the soldiers to their territory, go straight to Huanglong, capture Pyongyang, and you're done.

Yes, Li Shimin admitted that Luo Zhang's method was very good, but you captured Pyongyang so easily. How did you realize that I am better than Li Guang? How to make many generals perform? Get military exploits? Make your wife a wife? Honor your ancestors?

If you alone take the credit, will others agree?

Therefore, this matter was vetoed by Li Shimin at the first opportunity. Even if the Royal Navy is now so powerful at sea and dominates the sea, he still will not choose Luo Zhang's method.

"Boy, I wonder if you know my good intentions!" Li Shimin muttered to himself as he looked at the map in front of him.

At this time, Luo Zhang was extremely anxious in Dingxiang City. After so many days, there was still no news about Sun Simiao and Lao Poison. The people sent out could not go out because of the cold weather, heavy wind and snow, so they only searched.

If you were within a few dozen miles outside Dingxiang City, you would have to retreat to the city.

Luo Zhang can't force others to risk their lives to help him find Sun Simiao and Lao Dudu.

He wanted to go, but was sternly rejected by Li Jing and others. Luo Zhang went out alone in such a cold weather, and they couldn't afford it if anything happened.

All day long, Luo Zhang could only stand on the tower and look outside the city, hoping that Sun Simiao would come back, but he returned disappointed every day.

In addition to waiting, the Turkic King was also interrogated by Luo Zhang every day. Seeing Luo Zhang every day, the Turkic King felt like seeing a devil.

Every day Luo Zhang would come to interrogate him whether he knew Sun Simiao's whereabouts. He knew Sun Simiao. He was the one who stole his queen. But after he snatched the queen and was chased by his masters, he didn't know where Sun Simiao went, and he

Those masters who were there never came back. If it weren't for the protection of the masters, he wouldn't have been easily caught by Luo Zhang.

But Luo Zhang didn't believe it. He was interrogating him every day. The Turkic king who was interrogating him almost went crazy. Except for the matter about himself and the woman, he told everything he could, even the several treasure places he hid in the north.

He told Luo Zhang and prayed that Luo Zhang would stop asking. If he continued to ask, he was afraid that he would go crazy and die before arriving in Chang'an.

If it hadn't been for the persuasion of Li Jing and others, I'm afraid the Turkic King would have ended up like this.

Just when Luo Zhang was bored in his house and drinking to relieve his boredom, Chen Kuifeng walked in outside the house and reported: "Sir, this is the news from Chang'an. Do you want to read it?"
Chapter completed!