"This subject Xue Shao greets Your Majesty, greets Heaven Queen!”
"There's no need to be so polite. Please rise!" Li Zhi said.
Xue Shao stood up and looked at the four Great Generals. He couldn't help but feel shocked. Er 'Lai Cheng Wuting, Great General Li Duozuo, Confucian General Liu Rengui, and Martial Grandmaster Pei Xingjian were all pillars of the Great Tang.
"I heard that you have a plan to defeat the enemy. Tell me about it!”Li Zhi asked.
Before Xue Shao could speak, Cheng Wuting, who was at the side, spoke up,"How can a yellow-haired waiter who is still wet behind the ears know about military affairs!"”
When Xue Shao heard this, although he was unhappy, he did not get angry because Cheng Wuting had such a personality. He chuckled and said," The Marquis Champion defeated the Xiongnu at the age of seventeen, the Duke of Zhou defeated Cao at the age of twenty, and young heroes have existed since ancient times. Why can't I, Xue Shao, do the same?”
With these words, the hall fell silent. Emperor Li Zhi and the Heaven Queen were also stunned. They didn't expect Xue Shao to compare himself to the Marquis Champion and Duke of Zhou Jin.
"Er 'Lai, have you forgotten that you've just entered the battlefield? Aren't you also a yellow-haired brat who can't even ride a horse properly?”Pei Xingjian said with a smile.
"You scholars are just sophistry. How many Marquis Champions can there be in the world?”Cheng Wuting also felt that he was looking at people through the gap in the door, and his tone weakened in the end.
Li Zhi chuckled and said with a pleasant expression," As expected of the Tang Empire's Prince Consort. You should have such an ambition to serve the country and the people. Tell me your strategy to defeat the enemy!"”
"This subject obeys the decree!" Xue Shao cupped his hands.
"In terms of military strength and numbers, neither of the two Turks can compare to the Great Tang, but the problem this time is that the Great Tang's army has been tied down. The armies of the five provinces have been besieged by the Turks, and the Heyuan Army, which can break the stalemate, has been tied down by the Tibetans.”
"The Great Tang army uses the prefectural soldier system. There are a total of 800 prefectures, and each prefecture has 1,200 soldiers. In this way, the Great Tang army has nearly a million soldiers. One-third of them are inside the pass and have been transferred to the border. Speed was the most important thing in war. It would take a long time to mobilize troops from other places. Moreover, it was the autumn harvest. It was quite difficult for the government soldiers from all over the world to come to the capital. Moreover, it would cause great losses to the agricultural city defense. Now, there were not many government soldiers guarding Chang 'an, so they could not be moved easily. If they were to transfer people to the border thousands of miles away, it would inevitably lead to the weakening of the capital's garrison. If other enemies took advantage of the situation, Chang 'an would be in danger. This was a national taboo.”
"Therefore, I think that Your Majesty should personally lead the elite royal guards to the border to quell the rebellion!”
The four generals turned their heads to look at Xue Shao, this newborn calf, with different expressions. He really dared to speak.
Pei Xingjian was shocked. He looked at Xue Shao and smiled. This kid was a capable person. Most of his ideas coincided with his. However, he had many misgivings and did not dare to speak rashly. Most importantly, the Great Tang not only had external threats, but also internal ones. If the Emperor personally went to war, the Empress would take the opportunity to launch an attack. The Great Tang would also be in danger.
This kid really dared to gamble!
"How dare you say such treasonous words? How can Your Majesty, the ruler of a country, put himself in danger? If something happens to Your Majesty, the Great Tang will be in danger! I think you have ulterior motives. You might be a spy sent by the Turks!”Liu Rengui said angrily. His hand was already on the knife, ready to chop off Xue Shao's head at any time!
Xue Shao was neither servile nor overbearing, his back straight, his eyes fixed on Li Zhi.
"I have three reasons!"”
"Speak."
"First, His Majesty has personally led the army to fight the rebels. The Great Tang's morale will be high, and the Turks will be terrified. The people of the Great Tang were patriots and righteous men. Wherever the Emperor's army went, countless people would come in response. This was enough to recruit enough soldiers, and the commanders of the Royal Guards could also use the fighting power of these scattered soldiers. If that was not enough, they could also transport military supplies and equipment for the Great Tang so that more of its elites could join the battle.”
Xue Shao said," Your Majesty is personally going out to crusade against the foreign races. Even if the people want it, it is the general trend that drives it. Our army will definitely win!”
Li Zhi nodded in satisfaction." Continue."”
"Second, the Turks are still in a state of disunity, a result of the bad nature of human nature. It's just that they've taken the Spiritual Province, giving them the illusion that they can defeat the Great Tang. But it's impossible for them to sincerely cooperate and harbor ulterior motives. Don't they want to be cannon fodder in the attack on the six provinces? His Majesty's personal expedition had shown his desire to destroy the Turks, and most of the Turks still feared the Great Tang. Fifty years ago, the Great Tang had been able to force them back into the steppe, hide in the snowy mountains, and swear allegiance to the Great Tang. This time, it could do the same! The Turks must be panicking and not daring to face the Tang army head-on. Moreover, the Tang army was full of ferocious generals, with black teeth. General Er 'Lai, Cheng Wuting, and the Grandmaster of the world, Pei Xingjian, all of them could beat them to a pulp. Therefore, the barbarians were vulnerable.”
Li Zhi nodded again." What about the third?"
"The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the country, and the king dies for the country! Foreign invaders had caused the people to lose their homes. As the Son of Heaven, he had to guard the gates. As the ruler of the Great Tang, he had to protect the people! Emperor Taizong should be the commander. Emperor Taizong had personally led the army six times. Only then would the Great Tang be stable and powerful, and only then would all countries worship it. Why couldn't Your Majesty do it?”
This sentence struck the depths of Emperor Li Zhi's heart.
The king should die for the country!
"Haha, what a good line! The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the country, and the King dies for the country!”At this moment, Li Zhi was no longer the sickly and weak appearance of a seriously ill person. Instead, he had returned to 20 years ago. He was wearing a dragon robe and his entire body was filled with the endless majesty of an emperor.
The emperor's grace was vast!
The emperor ruled the world!
At this moment, Li Zhi was an emperor.
"Your Majesty's life is boundless and eternal!”
"The Great Tang's draconic providence will prosper for all eternity!”
Xue Shao echoed loudly.
The other four generals shouted!
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