In the exclamation of everyone, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly said loudly: "Only fifty percent sure, you dare to threaten to send troops to Tibet, do you know how much effort it took the imperial court to form Qinghai Wei, those are the most elite soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, if you lose, even if you lose all your property, you can't afford to pay for the loss!" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "How important is Qinghai Wei, this king knows better than you, the affairs in the army, this king has more say than you, you can rest assured, this king said that there is fifty percent certainty that Tubo will be destroyed, but there is still fifty percent certainty that it is a tie, and this king will not write the word defeat." ”

When the ministers heard this, they were in an uproar again, and even the eldest grandson Wuji's face changed drastically, staring at Li Hao with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "You dare to boast of such a sea mouth, well, if you are defeated and return, what should you do!" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "If I am defeated and return, I will live in a corner of Qiongnan in this life, and I will never return to Chang'an." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent, the needles could be heard, everyone's faces showed shock, Li Zhi wanted to dissuade, but he knew Li Hao's temper, it was useless to persuade himself, Li Shimin also wanted to dissuade, because of the identity of the emperor, he couldn't say anything.

Others also persuaded each other, such as Di Renjie, Ma Zhou, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, etc., but the eldest grandson Wuji didn't give them a chance to speak at all, and said loudly: "Okay! You have all heard it, Li Hao, the general of Tiance Mansion, has made such an oath, please be a witness, and the emperor and the prince will also witness together, if Li Hao is defeated and returns, he will live in Qiongnan in this life and never return to Chang'an! ”

At this time, a voice in the crowd suddenly asked, "Then how can it be considered defeat?" ”

This immediately caused everyone to discuss, yes, how to be considered a fiasco, this issue has to be discussed, otherwise when the time comes, let them say, there is no standard, this gambling contract is not like a joke.

In order to protect Li Hao, Li Zhi said: "Since ancient times, it is easy to defend the city and difficult to attack the city, Li Hao is the attacker, this battle is naturally difficult to fight, and it is proposed that if Li Hao kills more enemies than the number of self-losses, it will not be considered defeat." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's words are wrong!" The eldest grandson Wuji said loudly, "My Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses are invincible in the world, and Qinghai Wei is an elite division carefully cultivated by my Tang Dynasty. ”

Choked by the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Zhi had nothing to say, so Li Shimin asked: "How do you think the auxiliary machine is defeated?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "If the number of enemies killed is less than three times the number of self-losses, it is considered defeat." ”

The hall was silent again, the standard that the eldest grandson Wuji said was really a bit high, even if the Tang army was elite, it was really difficult to play such a record.

Li Shimin also felt that this standard was set a bit high, and asked Li Hao with a frown: "Poet, what do you think?" ”

Li Hao nodded and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister accepts, but the candidate for the general of the march needs to be chosen by the minister!" ”

"Yes!" Li Shimin nodded, "Who do you want to choose to accompany you in the conquest of Tibet?" ”

Li Hao said: "The minister wants to choose Fan Lihua as the deputy head of the march, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, and Cheng Chubi as the head of the side march, and the other is supervised by Peng Hai, the general of Qinghai Wei, and Di Renjie, the secretary of Dali Temple, to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. ”

The previous ones were fine, but when it came to Di Renjie, everyone's expressions instantly lit up, and Di Renjie was also confused, he had never fought before, how could they choose him.

Li Shimin was surprised: "Di Renjie is the secretary of Dali Temple, and he doesn't know about military affairs, how can he let him supervise the transportation of grain and grass?" ”

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty, since Di Renjie has the rank of Wu San, he can also be regarded as a military general, and it is okay to let him supervise the transportation of grain and grass, besides, with Peng Hai by his side, there will be no loss." ”

Seeing that he insisted, Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, I have agreed to all this." ”

Xue Rengui glanced at Li Hao anxiously on the side, he also wanted to go, after all, Li Hao was his good brother, and he also wanted to help Li Hao, but Li Hao just didn't choose him, after all, Xue Rengui was defeated by the hands of Garqinling in history, he was afraid that history had inertia and responded to that catastrophe, so he didn't let Xue Rengui go, but picked Fan Lihua, in terms of strength, Fan Lihua was never lost to Xue Rengui.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly said: "Since Li Hao has chosen his favorite general, Your Majesty, then let the minister recommend a Chinese army supervisor, so as not to let someone falsely report the battle situation at that time." ”

Li Shimin asked casually: "Who do you want to recommend for the auxiliary machine?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "The minister recommends Xu Jingzong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. ”

When Li Hao heard Xu Jingzong's name, he immediately frowned, this person is still a little famous in history, but this fame is not a good reputation, this person had a bumpy official career in the first half of his life, but later because he supported Wu Meiniang as the queen and prospered in official fortune, and finally became a very popular minister, to put it bluntly, he was Wu Meiniang's minions.

"Where is Xu Jingzong?" Li Shimin exhaled, and a middle-aged man with gray temples walked out of the back of the civil official team, only to see that his face was like a crown of jade, and he was born with a dignified and solemn life, although he was over 50 years old, but because he was good at health preservation, he didn't look old, and he didn't even have many wrinkles on his face.

This Xu Jingzong really has a good face, which makes people feel close when they see it, which shows that he should be a rare beautiful man when he is young, and he is also the kind of man who kills both men and women.

Xu Jingzong came out to salute: "Weichen Xu Jingzong is here!" ”

Xu Jingzong's official position is too low, and he can only participate in the big court meeting, he is absolutely not qualified to participate in the small court meeting, Li Hao has not participated in the court meeting many times, and he has participated in the big court meeting even less, so today is the first time to see Xu Jingzong.

"You are Xu Jingzong." Li Shimin looked at him and couldn't help nodding, obviously satisfied with Xu Jingzong's appearance.

Li Shimin originally thought that the eldest grandson Wuji would send an important minister of the court to be the supervisor of the army and block Li Hao, but he didn't expect to just send a small waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he saw that this Xu Jingzong looked quite decent, and his official position was not high, so he should not cause any trouble to Li Hao, so he asked others: "The auxiliary machine recommended Xu Jingzong to be the supervisor of the Chinese army, do you have any objections?" ”

All the ministers did not say anything, they had similar ideas to Li Shimin, they all thought that this Xu Jingzong looked very decent, and they were confused by Xu Jingzong's appearance, Xu Jingzong's appearance was really good.

Li Hao actually doesn't like Xu Jingzong as a supervisor very much, but he didn't object, because the supervisor is to supervise the general manager of the march, in case the matter of supporting the army and self-respect happens, today it is not easy to win the opportunity to send troops, if he opposes Xu Jingzong as a supervisor at the moment, the eldest grandson Wuji will definitely take advantage of the topic, saying that he harbors evil intentions or something, and I am afraid that there will be changes at that time.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Shimin said: "Okay, since all the ministers have no objections, then the Chinese military supervision army will approve Jingzong!" ”

Next, the monarch and ministers began to discuss the detailed plan of sending troops, and finally decided that Li Hao was the general manager of the Luo Dao march, Fan Lihua was the deputy chief of the Luo Dao march, Qin Huaiyu was the chief of the Pi Bo Dao march, Cheng Chuliang was the head of the Motuo Dao march, Cheng Chubi was the chief of the Paro Dao march, Zhi Sili was the general staff of the grain and grass supervision, Peng Hai was the deputy of the grain and grass supervision, and Di Renjie was the deputy of the grain and grass supervision.

The festival lasted until noon.

Out of the Vermilion Bird Gate, Li Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief, but it was not easy to win the matter of sending troops, Cheng Biting Jin, Li Ji and Qin Qiong stopped Li Hao outside the Vermilion Bird Gate, Li Hao turned around and saluted them: "Three uncles." ”

"That's it, that's it." Cheng Yanjin waved his hand impatiently, and said with a very bad face, "Stinky boy, you really dare to fight, and you actually made such an oath in front of His Royal Highness." ”

"yes." Li Ji said worriedly, "Poetry madness, I know that you are known to be talented in strategy, but you also know that on the battlefield, the information is ever-changing, sometimes, it takes a lot of luck to fight, even if a person is heroic, strategy, if he goes unlucky, he is powerless to return to the sky, it is now October, and it will soon be winter, and the winter in Tibet is very cold......

"I know what you mean, Uncle Li." Li Hao nodded and said, "But Tubo will be fought sooner or later, my Datang has been passively defending, and I haven't gone to the snowy plateau yet, as for the cold weather, uncles don't be afraid, Qinghai Wei has received cold-resistant training, and I will also prepare cold-resistant materials for Qinghai Wei." ”

When Li Ji saw him say this, he could only sigh helplessly, and his worry did not decrease but increased.

Although Qin Qiong was also worried about Li Hao, he didn't think about it as much as Li Ji, he just patted Li Hao on the shoulder and said: "Poetry madness, if you return from a great victory, uncle will set up wine for you to celebrate, if you really fulfill the gambling oath, uncle will accompany you to Qiongnan for retirement!" ”

Li Hao grinned when he heard this, and bowed his hand to them again: "Thank you uncle for your concern." ”

After a few more greetings, the three old countries announced their resignation and left, Di Renjie just came out of the Vermilion Bird Gate, saw Li Hao, and walked over here, as soon as they met, Di Renjie smiled bitterly and said: "Poetry madman, you have hurt Di." ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled: "You can't talk nonsense, when did I hurt you." ”

"And said no." Di Renjie said, "There is a way that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and the grain and grass of the army are very important, you let me let a person who doesn't know anything supervise the transportation of grain and grass, I really don't know what you think." ”

Li Hao suddenly put away his smile and said solemnly: "It is precisely because grain and grass are extremely important that I asked you to supervise the transportation, because I can trust you." ”

Hearing this, Di Renjie couldn't help but turn from laughter to solemnity, he could feel the sincerity of Li Hao's words, Li Hao trusted him, trusted his person, and trusted his ability.

"Huaiying, you won't let me down, will you." Li Hao looked at him "hard".

Di Renjie solemnly bowed his hand: "King Qiongnan, rest assured, Di Huaiying will definitely not let you down!" ”

Li Hao nodded with satisfaction and said: "You and I have experienced the battle of Youzhou together, and you have already understood the things on the battlefield, if you don't understand anything, you can ask Peng Hai, the general of Qinghai Guard, Peng Hai is my good friend, he is a very practical person, and he is very easy to get along with." ”

"Thank you, King Qiongnan, for your advice." Di Renjie smiled and bowed his hand, then suddenly changed his tone and asked, "Lord Wang, I want to ask you, are you really only fifty percent sure of the conquest of Tibet?" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "If I say that I am 100% sure, do you believe it?" ”

Di Renjie said without hesitation: "Naturally believe!" ”

Li Hao grinned when he heard this: "Don't be stupid, how can there be nine out of ten things in the world, how can it be so easy to fight, fifty percent is already a lot, Qinghai Wei has too few troops, and it is about to enter winter, it is unlikely to attack Tubo, I estimate this time...... That is, to teach them a hard lesson, so that they can taste what it is like to be violated! ”