The messenger was taken down to rest, and Li Ye sent an order for Li Zhen, Cui Keli and others to come and discuss matters.
Li Zhen, Cui Keli and others came here under orders, they met Song Jiao when they entered the door, and asked His Highness why they were urgently summoned. Song Jiao, who had a cold face, did not hide anything, and told them the reason, so that they would have time to think about how to solve the problem before meeting Li Ye.
Li Zhen and Cui Keli looked at each other, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes.
Wang Jian's conquest of Nanzhao failed and Yangguan failed. This was not just a simple matter of losing the border and moving the battlefield inward. In the current situation where the world is attacking the Tang Dynasty, if one side of the Tang Dynasty's battle line is breached, the embankment of a thousand miles may be destroyed by ant nests, causing overall corruption.
Yelu Abaoji actually had such a strategy and layout, it is really frightening.
When they saw Li Ye, everyone noticed that Li Ye was sitting at the main seat drinking tea, his posture was calm as before, and there was no worry in his brows, as if the big change hadn't happened, or it seemed to everyone that he was extremely troublesome. The problem, he already has a solution here.
This made Li Zhen, Cui Keli and others calm down a little.
"Yelu Abaoji's plan is good."
Li Ye said indifferently, "But the fact is that a strategy is always a double-edged sword. There is a possibility of success, but there is also a risk of failure. On the battlefield, any risk will be magnified. Once you miss it, you will be lost forever.
"That's why only the weak need to use tactics to fight for a first-line chance of victory for themselves. The strong have always marched in an upright manner and defeated their opponents with absolute strength. This is the safest way."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone became more excited, and they all nodded and claimed yes.
Obviously, compared with Khitan, Datang is that strong.
After Li Ye finished speaking, the maids had already brought tea and snacks to everyone in the hall. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid it will take some time to discuss today's affairs. Everyone, moisten your throat. Although the state affairs are complicated, you need to know your body." That's the money."
"Thank you Your Highness."
With such a shocking change in the situation, in the eyes of everyone, the dynasty is in a difficult situation, and it may be in danger of being overthrown if it is a little careless, but at this time, Li Ye has not forgotten to give tea and snacks to the people discussing the matter. The details showed Li Ye's composure and composure.
Since Li Ye didn't panic, there was no reason for everyone to panic.
Li Ye picked up the tea bowl, briefly introduced two flavors of the new tea, and motioned for everyone to taste it. After everyone expressed their opinions one after another, most of the chilling tension in the hall dissipated. The relaxed meeting hall has returned to the old atmosphere where major events in the world are decided between talking and laughing.
The people present are all Li Ye's confidantes, and they are also important officials in the court. Their mental outlook, speech and behavior will affect the hearts of the entire three provinces and six departments. And the attitude of the central officials will also radiate to the whole country, so Li Ye needs to let them have a positive demeanor first.
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Putting down the tea bowl, Li Ye continued: "Yelu Abaoji's strategy is really good, and to a certain extent, he can be regarded as a success. Now, we know that there are no Khitan monks in the northern border, but if we want to leave the border rashly, it is better to go out." A decisive battle, but still inappropriate.
"If the main force of the monks of the Tang Dynasty goes northward, Hexi and Central Shu will surely fall, and it will cause a catastrophe. And even if the main force of the monks goes northward, if the Khitan stick to it, it will be difficult for us to completely defeat them in the short term.
"In the final analysis, Khitan, Uyghur, Nanzhao, the remnant nobles of Tubo, Jurchen Bohai Kingdom, and their monks together, their power should not be underestimated. For this reason, if the Tang Dynasty wants to break the crisis of the whole world attacking Tang It takes all of you to work together.”
Cui Keli cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, just give orders, I will serve you to the death."
Li Zhen and others also responded one after another.
Li Ye nodded, and waved the planning documents on the table to everyone.
He said: "Hexi and Shu are not tolerable, especially in the north. If Yelu Abaoji thinks that by using this trick to openly build plank roads and cover Chencang secretly, we can make Tang Dynasty mess up, then it is too naive. Everyone , Whether the Tang Dynasty can reappear in the prosperous age depends on whether everyone can perform their duties and complete the tasks assigned by the solitary."
The contents of the planning documents are all kinds of materials, manpower deployment, supplies of military equipment, food and fodder, etc. There is nothing special about it, and there is no difficulty in understanding and implementing it.
After reading their respective planning documents, Li Zhen and the others immediately understood that Li Ye wanted to mobilize all available forces of the Tang Dynasty to defeat powerful enemies from all sides head-on.
There is no trade-off, no calculation, just use the national strength of the Tang Dynasty to come to a decisive battle with those who intend to shake the country of the Tang Dynasty!
Seeing that everyone knew what he was going to do, Li Ye said in a deep voice for the first time today: "The victory or defeat of a war is a contest of national strength. Yelu Abaoji thought that planning a so-called global attack on Tang would make us The Great Tang army is exhausted and overwhelmed
"Although the Tang Dynasty has not recovered its power in the prosperous age, and although it needs to face the enemy on all sides, the victory of this victory will only belong to the people of Tang. Gentlemen, it is time to let these barbarians know how powerful the country of the Central Plains is. Already!"
Cui Keli and Li Zhen were all shocked.
These words are quite majestic in the Han and Tang Dynasties.
They immediately got up and left their seats, leading the crowd to stand up and bow down one after another, shouting to serve the country to the death.
...
After everyone left, only Song Jiao stayed behind.
"Use the power of the entire Tang Dynasty to crush barbarians from all directions. This sounds heroic, and there is no problem with the strategy, but why do I feel that you still have unrevealed reliance?"
Song Jiao stared at Li Ye, as if she wanted to see him transparently, "If it wasn't for this, you wouldn't be so stable. Others might not be able to tell the difference between the pretended confidence and the real confidence, but you can't hide it from me."
The latter means, of course, that I know you very well.
Li Ye spread his hands, "Aunt Song thinks, at this point, what else can I rely on?"
"You have contacted Tatar and Huangtou on the grassland a long time ago, but until now, they have not made any movement." Song Jiao snorted, "But..."
Li Ye took over the conversation: "But they are not enough to be my greatest reliance."
Song Jiao glared at Li Ye: "You will never pin your hopes on foreign races, even if they are allies. Besides, their strength is not that strong!"
Li Ye said leisurely: "There is no backup in the country, and there is no strong support from abroad. What else can I rely on?"
Song Jiao patted the table angrily: "This is exactly what I can't figure out!"
Li Ye said: "If you can't figure it out, why not?"
Song Jiao said: "If you can't figure it out, someone else has to tell her!"
Li Ye suppressed a smile and said, "This is the gesture only a little girl would have."
Song Jiao raised her brows upside down: "Did you forget that I am also a woman?!"
Li Ye opened his mouth, but was speechless for a while. As long as she is a woman, there will always be times when she looks like a little daughter, and it has nothing to do with age.
It just depends on who it is in front of.
Li Ye's reliance is actually not a reliance.
There are only four words: Immortals and mortals are one.
What Li Ye has done in the past has always been to use the mortal world to influence the fairyland.
And now, it's time for the fairyland to feed back the mortal world.
It's just that it takes a little time.
Before that, the mortal war situation cannot collapse.
...
Er Gouzi hung one arm and sat under the elm tree by the stream to enjoy the shade.
Now that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the wounds are easy to suppurate. In order to avoid being dragged to death by the wounds without dying in battle, under the strong request of Zhang Zai three times a day, the barracks finally allowed the wounded soldiers to enjoy the cool air in places with low temperatures.
Seeing the limping Zhang Zai approaching, Er Gouzi seemed to have seen a cat's mouse, and took a few steps back to apply oil on the soles of his feet. However, due to his lack of strength, he was caught by the other party.
"It's time to change the medicine, why are you running?" Zhang Zai grabbed Er Gouzi, very dissatisfied with his evasion.
Er Gouzi stared wide-eyed at the small knives gleaming coldly on the plate Zhang Zai put down, and swallowed hard, "Zhang...Brother Zhang, I think my injury has healed. Can't you change your medicine?"
Zhang Zai straightened one leg, sat down beside Er Gouzi stiffly, picked up a small knife under Er Gouzi's frightened eyes, and said with a serious face: "You were hit by the barbarian's poisonous arrow, the wound is too deep Needless to say, scraping the bone to cure the poison, you have to cut off the carrion every day. If you want to keep this arm, you have to obediently change the medicine."
Er Gouzi finally understood that Zhang Zai was trying to get back at him.
When Zhang Zai first joined the army, Er Gouzi gave him a lot of face. Now that he has fallen into his hands, he will naturally suffer a lot.
Scholars are all small-bellied, and they hold grudges more than the other. If this is a bullshit, Er Gouzi thinks it makes sense.
Because of Zhang Zai, Er Gouzi no longer dare to underestimate scholars.
It's not because the group of scholars in front of them suffered heavy casualties in this war, and those who survived basically became gods of death, but also because they know too much.
When Zhang Zai was receiving treatment from a doctor in the army in the wounded camp, he scolded the old doctor who had treated wounds in the army for more than ten years, saying that he didn't even understand the basics of Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases. There is no common sense.
Later, Zhang Zai became the biggest doctor in the army.
But when Er Gouzi asked Zhang Zai when he learned medical skills, Zhang Zai said confidently that he had never learned medical skills, but only read a few medical books, and at most he knew a little about healing and saving lives. He also said that scholars who are well-educated in the Confucian school more or less understand some of these things.
Zhang Zai, who knew a little about medical skills, began to harm all living beings in the wounded camp.
Such a person should have been dragged out of the gate and beheaded.
However, although the wounded soldiers treated by him were tortured to the point of crying at the beginning, the survival rate afterwards was several times that of the old doctor. Therefore, even though his techniques seemed extremely unfamiliar and stiff, the soldiers could only bear with it. up.
People who read a lot can't afford to be provoked. This is already the consensus of Beikou soldiers. They have a hundred ways to make you thank them willingly after making you miserable.
After changing the medicine, Er Gouzi, who kept his head turned and didn't dare to look at the wound, was already covered in cold sweat.
Zhang Zai also had sweat on his face, but it was all from the heat.
"The poison has been completely removed. After today, there is no need to change the dressing every day. Your wound will heal after a while, but..." Speaking of this, Zhang Zai looked at Ergou apologetically. Take a look.
This look made Er Gouzi startled, "But what?"