Li Xiang carefully studied the information sent back by Su Dingfang. These information were all from a month ago. It will definitely develop worse in this month, and he should receive even worse information tomorrow.
Generally speaking, when something happens at the border, the border guard will write a memorial every day and send it out every day. This is also to let the court better understand the situation at the border.
According to Li Xiang's original policy for the Western Regions, they should be coerced by force. Now that the countries in the Western Regions have formed a coalition, this also reflects another thing, that is, they originally respected Li Shimin as the Khan of Heaven. This is simply a lie.
What a joke, as long as you make them surrender without beating them, these people will only say nice things.
"Your Majesty, I think this is also a good thing. In the past, we were immersed in an illusion. They paid tribute in their memorials to us, but in fact we didn't get much benefit. Now they are alone.
The true nature of the situation has been exposed, which shows that everything in the past was false, and we just took this opportunity to push all the way westward from Gaochang."
Li Xiang is always so straightforward in doing things. You have already shown your fangs, so what else can I say? If we can't be friends, we are enemies. There is absolutely no middle choice, not to mention the Western Region's
Datang is very important, especially the Hexi Corridor area, which must be held in our own hands.
After Li Xiang finished speaking, many people present nodded. They didn't think so in the past, but after Li Xiang's southern and northern wars ended, these people had an inherent thought in their hearts...
According to what our Highness Taisun said, foreigners can only choose to accept or not accept it. If they accept it, then they will accept our various agreements and the whole country will reform. If they do not accept it, it will be more convenient for us.
The army will directly kill them, and then we will carry out reforms ourselves.
"Your Majesty, can we adopt a compromise idea? We have just ended the war in the north. Xue Yantuo and other parts of the Turks are still unstable. We need to survive smoothly. If there is another war now, it may be very harmful to us, the Tang Dynasty.
It would be detrimental.”
Li Xiang never expected that Changsun Wuji would stand up and oppose his suggestion, but this is normal. Although the two are already in the same trench, when it comes to such a major national matter, Changsun Wuji has always been
He acted according to his own ideas. As long as it was beneficial to Datang, he didn't care whose side he was on.
Li Xiang also admired Changsun Wuji very much. Only in this way can the Tang Dynasty have different voices. If the upper and lower levels speak the same language, it will actually be extremely detrimental to the development of the large intestine.
"What Mr. Changsun said makes sense, but if this is the case, what should the Western Region Allied Forces do? What do the surrounding vassal states think of us? They may think that I, the Tang Dynasty, do not have the courage, and the turmoil caused by that time will be even greater.
, Xue Yantuo Khan is the instigator of this matter, once he wins, then Xue Yantuo’s hometown may be even more difficult to manage.”
What surprised the court ministers was that now Changsun Wuji was on the opposite side of Li Xiang, while Fang Xuanling was in Li Xiang's trenches, and he actually supported Li Xiang's statement.
Li Shimin is still very satisfied with the situation in front of him. Normally, we can fight as much as we want, but at the critical moment, we must speak out our true thoughts. Only in this way can we help Datang instead of bringing the struggle to the
During such a major military event.
After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, many people present began to talk. It is not a matter of fighting now or not. If there is a fight, the support from the court will definitely not be much. After all, two wars have just ended. Although now
The imperial court has a little money, but domestic people's livelihood problems are still waiting here.
But if they don't fight, it will easily encourage their arrogance, especially this guy Xue Yantuo Khan. He will definitely cause huge waves. In just two months, he has already united all the countries in the Western Regions.
It shows that this person is a competent conspirator. If he is given a longer time, I really don’t know what the final result will be, and it may make our Datang even more difficult.
"You know the situation in the northwest, so tell me the truth. No matter how many more troops there are in Su Dingfang, they can fight this battle. What I am talking about is to win the battle."
It's the most critical moment again. The other ministers are already used to it, but Xiao Shougui is a little unaccustomed to such a tone. Is this what the emperor should say? In fact, everyone knows that in these military and national affairs,
The emperor liked to listen to Li Xiang's opinions, and he wanted to simplify all opinions into one sentence, so that it would be easier for the emperor to choose.
At this time, the court was very quiet. No one said a word. Everyone was waiting for Li Xiang's answer. Li Xiang was also doing quick calculations in his mind. Li Shimin didn't rush him. It seemed to be a matter of course.
, but Xiao Shougui, a newcomer who had just arrived, saw some clues, that is, no one in the entire court except Li Xiang seemed to be able to answer such a question.
Su Dingfang has a total of more than 10,000 people in his hands. These people are all people who are good at fighting. Some of them are system soldiers exchanged by Li Xiang. It is not impossible to count on them to sweep across the Western Region army, but if they do this, what will happen?
It is a bit difficult to occupy the Western Region.
"If we return to the emperor, I'm afraid there won't be any need to increase troops or transport various supplies to them within a few months. They can get them locally. But after a few months, I'm afraid something will have to be done. The first thing is to appoint local people.
Local officials, and secondly, I mobilize the troops stationed in the local area. The troops under General Su are good at fighting, but if they are asked to manage local public security, it will be a bit overqualified."
After Li Xiang finished speaking, everyone understood what was going on. It was still the same as before. The people under Su Dingfang were enough to determine the outcome, but the court had to start preparing to take over the entire Western Region now.
If it were a newcomer, such as Xiao Shougui, he felt that Li Xiang was a little too confident in his words. The war hasn't even started yet, and you are already preparing to take over the entire Western Region. Is this too early?
Li Shimin also had a smile on his face. How could an aggressive emperor not fight?