It has been twenty days since Li Chengqian entered Shiwei.
During these twenty days, the Tang Dynasty advanced from west to east, successively annihilated the Western and Southern Wei tribes, and annexed nearly half of Shi Wei's territory.
From this point on, Li Chengqian gave up his arrogance and began to work steadily.
He first transferred 20,000 troops from Liangzhou to supplement his supply, and then transferred 50,000 troops from Bingzhou to rush to the Shiwei battlefield.
Obviously, this guy was planning to move forward step by step and push forward steadily.
And at the same time.
At the southern foot of the Daxianbei Mountains, Gao Zhixing and others have been resisting Goguryeo's onslaught for nearly ten days. ??
I have to say that there are indeed two brushes in this high-level profession.
Especially in terms of commanding troops, he is simply a level above Li Chengqian.
Under his leadership, the combat prowess displayed by thousands of Liangzhou soldiers is fully worthy of the name Liangzhou Legion.
He led these 10,000 Liangzhou soldiers to firmly block Goguryeo's 50,000 soldiers and horses from the first line of defense.
Moreover, he did not just sit back and defend, he could even lead his soldiers to sneak attack the opponent.
For more than ten days in a row, Goguryeo did not gain any victory, but instead lost troops and generals, and the battle damage rate soared.
But Goguryeo couldn't cross the thunder pond even half a step.
But similarly, Gao Zhixing could not lead people to deal a fatal blow to Goguryeo.
Nowadays, there are three battlefields on the east and west fronts of the Tang Dynasty, and only Li Chengqian's army continues to advance eastward.
The remaining two battlefields have almost become a collision of the national strength and heritage of the three countries, as well as a competition of comprehensive national strength such as logistics and manpower resources...
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In the Tai Chi Hall, during the court meeting.
As the war went on it got longer and longer.
Those voices in the Tang Dynasty that had been suppressed by Li Shimin began to stir again.
The first person to stand up was Chen Shuda, Minister of Rites.
Chen Shuda raised his hand and stepped out: "Your Majesty, I feel that our army has given the enemy what he deserves. It’s a lesson, it’s better to stop fighting and negotiate peace with both parties now, so as to prevent the people of the Tang Dynasty from suffering from war again.”
He had just finished speaking, before Li Shimin could speak.
Dai Zhou, the Minister of Household Affairs, also spoke.
"Your Majesty, I feel that Chen Shangshu's words are indeed reasonable."
"It's already the busy farming season, but all the young men of Tang Dynasty are on the battlefield."
"As a result, it is inevitable that the fields in some places will be left uncultivated, which will destroy people's livelihood."
After saying this, Dai Zhou bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Therefore, I advise your Majesty to call off the troops and make a truce for the time being."
To be honest, Li Shimin didn't hate anything else, he just hated having these people chattering in his ears about the war.
Now that the war has started, how can it be stopped just by saying it is stopped?
Moreover, Datang now has a full advantage. If something happens again at this time, all the sacrifices made in the early stage will be in vain.
How could Li Shimin give up this great situation?
He looked around the crowd with a gloomy face: "Where are the others? Do you also think that it is time to negotiate peace with the enemy at this time?"
No one spoke at the scene.
Even Cheng Yaojin and Changsun Wuji, close ministers of Li Shimin, did not speak.
Of course, the reason why the two of them did not speak was not because they also believed that it was time to negotiate peace with the enemy at this time.
It's because they can see that today's court seems a bit uneasy.
Dai Zhou and Chen Shuda rarely talk to each other on weekdays.
Except for Dai Zhou who occasionally gave Li Shimin some advice, Chen Shuda was as obedient as Changsun Wuji.
He would never express his wishes that were contrary to Li Shimin's.
But what is the situation now?
Heming
Knowing that Li Shimin wanted to continue fighting, he still stood up to persuade and negotiate peace.
This is not like what he usually does...
At this moment, another person stood up.
This person is none other than Li Shimin's fourth son, Li Tai.
He faced Li Shimin and cupped his hands and said: "Father, my son and I also feel that we should stop fighting." ??
"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been continuous wars from Liangshidu to Beimo, Tuyuhun and Northeast China."
"In the past two years, the people have finally had a chance to recuperate and recuperate. But now that war has started again, the people have returned to a state of high tension again."
"To put it bluntly, what my father is doing now will inevitably remind my son and ministers of the former Emperor Yang."
"This is what Emperor Yang was like. He launched wars one after another, causing the whole country to be in turmoil."
Li Tai didn't care that Li Shimin's face was as gloomy as water, he bowed to Li Shimin to the end: "My son and minister died to remonstrate, my father stopped fighting, so that the people can recuperate..."
I heard that this guy compared himself to the king who subjugated his country in the previous dynasty.
How can Li Shimin's face look good?
How could he feel better?
He gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Dismiss the court!"
After saying that, he stood up and walked directly to the harem regardless of the expressions of others.
Seeing him, he left immediately.
The ministers in the court couldn't help but start talking about it.
"It seems that His Majesty is determined to fight Goguryeo and the Western Turks to the end."
"What can we do if we don't fight to the end? Should we give up the great situation we had in the early stage?"
Hearing their discussion, Li Daozong on the side slowly said: "Now we have the opportunity to eradicate the worries in the northwest and northeast in one fell swoop."
"Isn't it enough that the people have to suffer for a few years just for this?"
"Do we have to wait until these two places make a comeback again? Come and harass the border of Datang. Will Datang send troops to fight again?"
"Instead of doing this, it would be better to suffer for a few years and hit them directly so that they have no chance to breathe, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty can live and work in peace and contentment."
As he spoke, he did not forget to glance back at Li Tai and others.
There were many capable people in the Tang Dynasty, and it was not impossible that they could see the situation at hand.
Even Wei Zheng, who had always been at odds with Li Chengqian, couldn't help but speak at this time.
"In the final analysis, aren't you just afraid that His Highness the King of Qin will accumulate too much merit?"
"For their own selfish desires, they want to destroy the advantages that the men of the Tang Dynasty gained with their blood and lives. I really don't know what kind of thoughts this kind of person has."
Wei Zheng, an upright guy, would never show mercy to others.
Even when Li Shimin made a mistake, he would point out his mistake in front of him.
But now when facing Li Tai and others, how could he show mercy?
At this time, he said this directly in front of Li Tai.
Suddenly, Li Tai's expression turned pale.
He said directly to Wei Zheng: "Prime Minister Wei, what you said seems a bit like criticizing Sang and Huai."
"Is it?"
Wei Zheng sneered disdainfully and said, "My words are unpleasant. If you offend His Highness King Wei, I will apologize to you."
"I feel a little unwell, so I won't chat with His Highness King Wei any more. I will be resigning now."
After saying this, he walked directly out of the Tai Chi Hall without giving Li Tai a chance to talk back.
Seeing that this guy didn't give any face to Li Tai.
Cheng Yaojin, who was watching the show from behind, couldn't help laughing.
He also smiled at Li Tai and said, "I, Old Cheng, am not a very educated person. I don't have so many harsh words. I didn't want to say anything more."
"However, after seeing what His Highness King Wei did this time, I, Old Cheng, really have to say that His Highness King Wei really has no regard for the overall situation..."