"Yes." Li Hao bowed his head slightly and explained, "Everyone knows that if I talk about national strength and military strength, my Tang Dynasty is better than Tubo, but why did Tubo invade Datang several times, but we never fought back against Tubo? ”

The ministers didn't speak, and some people roughly knew the reason in their hearts, but they just didn't want to deal with Li Hao, Xue Rengui said very cooperatively: "As far as I know, Tubo is located in the plateau area, and the air is thin, unless it is a person who is used to living there, otherwise people from other places will go to the plateau because of the thin air and have plateau symptoms, and after the plateau symptoms appear, they will be weak and unable to fight at all." ”

"That's right, General Xue is still very knowledgeable." Li Hao praised Xue Rengui with a smile, but in fact, these were all what he told Xue Rengui.

Li Hao continued: "As General Xue said, the plateau area is not suitable for our Tang army to fight, it is a forbidden area for our Tang army, and rashly attacking Tubo is tantamount to death. ”

Li Shimin couldn't let Li Hao sing a one-man show alone, so he asked at the right time: "What does this have to do with attacking Tuyuhun?" ”

Li Hao smiled when he heard this: "Your Majesty, Tuyuhun also has a plateau area, and Tuyuhun has a large natural horse pasture, we only need to occupy Tuyuhun and establish a military base in the plateau area of Tuyuhun, and we can train troops in the plateau area of Tuyuhun, so that our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty can get used to the plateau climate, or in two or three years, we can use Tuyuhun as a springboard to attack Tubo." ”

"I see." Li Shimin pretended to nod his head, and secretly peeked at the ministers with his eyes to see how they reacted.

I saw that the ministers frowned one after another, exchanging glances with each other, and the eye contact method was not just exclusive to the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling.

At this time, Chu Suiliang strode out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this move is inappropriate!" My Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, how can I be an unrighteous teacher, besides, Your Majesty has already married Princess Honghua to Tuyuhun King Nuo Ge Bowl, how can I contradict myself now. ”

Hearing this, Li Hao turned his head to look at Chu Suiliang, and said coldly: "Lord Chu, you seem to have forgotten that in the Western Regions, I, Li Hao, broke the army of the Seven Kingdoms, and among them was Tuyuhun. ”

Chu Suiliang said: "King Tuyuhun has already pleaded guilty to my Tang Dynasty for this matter, why do you bother to bring up the old matter again?" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and sneered: "Then Master Chu, I will break your two legs now, and then ask you for guilt, so you don't care anymore?" ”

"You ......" Chu Suiliang glared and shouted angrily when he heard this, then turned to face Li Shimin, saluted and said angrily, "Your Majesty, King Qiongnan is talking nonsense in the palace, just like a scoundrel in the market, insulting the sacred place of Taiji Palace!" The minister asks His Majesty to expel him from the temple! ”

Li Shimin just wanted to speak, Li Hao also saluted Li Shimin, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, although the minister's words are vulgar, but they are very reasonable, the minister asks Your Majesty and orders Chu Suiliang to answer the minister's words, if the minister breaks his legs, and then apologizes, will he not worry about the minister!" ”

The ministers were stunned, Li Hao was really unscrupulous, when the Taiji Hall was a place, asking such a ridiculous question, how could Chu Suiliang answer this question.

Li Shimin is also a headache now, Li Hao, this guy, is able to make things difficult, he can only play a round, waved his hand and said warmly: "Okay, you two don't have to argue, my Datang is kind to Tuyuhun, but Tuyuhun is disrespectful to my Datang, this is not a matter that can be solved by asking for guilt, in fact, after Li Hao broke the army of the Seven Kingdoms, I had the idea of pacifying Tuyuhun, but I thought of and Princess Honghua married to Tuyuhun, how can Nuo Gebo be regarded as my son-in-law, so I let Tuyuhun go, and now, if you want to destroy Tubo, you must first destroy Tuyuhun." , otherwise my Datang will be invincible. ”

The ministers heard this, their hearts sank, Li Shimin was determined to use troops against Tuyuhun, but Li Shimin was right, if Tuyuhun was not defeated, they would not be able to deal with Tubo, in the past, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo were safe, and everyone could still be neighbors, but now everyone is torn their faces, that is, a mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, it must be you to the death, attacking Tuyuhun seems to be imperative.

Li Shimin glanced at everyone, and then asked slowly: "Who will be sent to Tuyuhun this time, and you can recommend a good general?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at the ranks of the generals in a blink of an eye, and his mother sold batches, he found that the important generals in the DPRK and China are basically related to Li Hao now, Niu Jinda and the stubbornness of the thinking force needless to say, even Su Dingfang and Li Ji are now obviously biased towards Li Hao, he originally wanted to recommend Su Dingfang and Li Ji, but now think about it, forget it, and then, he had an idea, thought of a person, and bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister recommends Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, as the general manager of the march, and set out to fight Tuguhun." ”

"Poof!" Li Hao couldn't help it when he heard this, and burst out laughing.

When he smiled, Zhang Liang on the side suddenly couldn't hold back his face, frowned and asked, "King Qiongnan, what do you mean by laughing at Zhang so much?" ”

"Nope." Li Hao looked up at the beam and did not admit it.

Zhang Liang saw that he denied it, and there was no way, but Li Shimin could see from Li Hao's reaction that Li Hao seemed to be very optimistic about Zhang Liang, in fact, he also had doubts about Zhang Liang's talent, in the battle against Goguryeo, Zhang Liang's performance was really a bit bad, so he asked Li Hao: "Poetry madness, the auxiliary machine recommends Zhang Liang, do you have any opinions?" ”

Li Hao said seriously: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask Lord Eldest Sun, why do you recommend Zhang Liang?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned when he heard this, frowned and thought about it, and suddenly regretted it a little, although Zhang Liang's portrait had entered one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, but to be honest, he felt that Zhang Liang should be the most incompetent one in it, and he was completely mixed up by his qualifications, but the words had already been spoken, he could only stubbornly go down and say: "Zhang Liang is a clear and clear government, suppresses the strong and strong, cares for the poor and weak, is virtuous and virtuous, and when His Majesty personally conquered Goguryeo, he was Zhang Liang as the general manager of the Pyongyang Provincial March. Alone. ”

Li Hao listened to him silently, and asked with a smile: "Is that all?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was very dissatisfied with Li Hao's attitude, frowned and asked coldly, "What else do you want?" ”

Li Hao smiled indifferently, raised his eyebrows and said: "When Your Majesty personally conquered Goguryeo, although I was in Qiongnan, but after I came back, I also asked the British Gong about the details of this battle, you should know, I don't know that I brag, I fought very well, I carefully analyzed it, and found that His Majesty failed to conquer Goguryeo, and Zhang Liang, the general manager of the Pyongyang Provincial March, should bear great responsibility." ”

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was shocked, and even Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, he had actually been haunted by his failure to conquer Goguryeo, but he always thought that he had lost to the bad weather in Liaodong, but he didn't expect Li Hao to say that Zhang Liang was responsible for this matter now, and hurriedly asked: "How do you say this?" ”

Li Hao said slowly: "Your Majesty, when Zhang Liang was conquering Goguryeo, he was the chief of the Pyongyang Provincial March, in charge of 500 military ships and 43,000 naval troops. ”

Li Shimin said slowly: "Naturally, let him advance by sea, take Pyongyang by surprise, and open up the main road for our land army." ”

Li Hao said: "That's it, Your Majesty, do you know why Lu Dongzan was able to hit Chang'an City in one fell swoop this time?" In addition to Lu Dongzan's wonderful use of soldiers, a big reason is that Lu Dongzan knows that the soldiers are fast, and when Chang'an got the report of the war, Lu Dongzan had already led the troops into the customs. Zhang Liang, as the chief of the Pyongyang Provincial March, did not capture Pyongyang City as soon as possible according to His Majesty's instructions after capturing Beisha City, which seriously delayed the fighter plane, so that the Goguryeo army had enough time to react, causing His Majesty's Eastern Expedition to be delayed again and again. Has it been delayed until the beginning of winter and has not yet been overcome? ”

After Li Hao's words, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up, yes, he was quite angry when he heard that Zhang Liang had not been able to conquer Pyongyang for the first time, but he didn't blame Zhang Liang, because Zhang Liang had been persuading him for the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, and Zhang Liang was a civilian official, so he let Zhang Liang serve as the chief of the march.

At this time, Li Hao said again: "The minister also heard that when Zhang Liang led the army to camp under the city of Jian'an, the soldiers under Zhang Liang's command were loose in military discipline, and they went out to fetch firewood to find food, and the camp was not solidified. Faced with such a situation, Zhang Liang, as the commander of the First Army, was so frightened that he was at a loss, sitting on the Hu bed, unable to speak, and even forgetting to escape. When Zhang Liang's soldiers saw this situation, they mistakenly thought that he was not afraid of danger, and they were so bold that they all stabilized their minds and stood up to fight the enemy. ”

Speaking of this, Li Hao turned his head to look at Zhang Liang and asked with a smile: "Lord Zhang, did you go to Goguryeo to fight?" Or to be funny? ”

Zhang Liang was so embarrassed that he blushed with shame when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to stuff his head into the crotch of his pants, what Li Hao said was the truth, and Li Shimin also knew about it, but Li Shimin didn't blame him, after all, he was the one Li Shimin personally picked, and he could only consider himself unlucky.

However, Li Hao's words were a little damaged, hurting people's self-esteem, and even the face of the eldest grandson Wuji was damaged, the eldest grandson Wuji's face was very unbearable at the moment, and he just wanted to defend Zhang Liang for a few words, but he heard Zhang Liang suddenly be annoyed and said loudly: "That's right, I, Zhang, am not good at military affairs, and I also ask Your Majesty to choose another merit and recruit Tuyuhun!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was so angry when he heard this, the real Nima mud was on the wall, and the labor and management wanted to defend him, but this thing gave up on itself first.

The ministers were speechless for a while when they heard this, it seems that Li Hao made Zhang Liang very angry, but Zhang Liang is a little timid in nature, it can also be said that he is bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, Li Hao is in the limelight now, he doesn't dare to fight with Li Hao.

When Li Shimin heard this, he said: "In this case, poet maniac, you have always been good at military affairs and have a unique vision, can anyone recommend you?" ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have so many generals in the Tang Dynasty, and it is really easy to conquer a small Tuguhun, but if you want this battle to be easy and beautiful, the minister wants to recommend General Xue Rengui." ”

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this: "Well, Xue Rengui is brave and good at fighting, although he has not debuted for a long time, he has made many feats and has never been defeated, I also think it is good, Xue Rengui, out of the ranks!" ”

Xue Rengui strode out of the column and saluted Li Shimin: "Weichen is here!" ”

Li Shimin said with a majestic face: "I have appointed you as the general manager of the Xihai Road march, leading 20,000 troops, conquering Tuyuhun, and capturing Nuoge to return to Chang'an!" You have the guts! ”

Xue Rengui clenched his fists excitedly when he heard this: "Weichen is duty-bound!" ”