In Chang'an, the capital, Li Shimin in the Taiji Hall was holding a letter in his hand, with a playful smile on his face, which aroused the curiosity of several henchmen below. turned his head to look at Duan Zhan who presented the letter, but saw Duan Zhan standing there with an expression on his face, and then looked at Duan Zhixuan standing in front, but saw that Duan Zhixuan also shook his head with a blank face, and knew that this news was Duan Zhan's father Duan Zhixuan didn't know either.

"Zhuqing, this Xia Hongsheng sent a letter back from Xiazhou, saying that he would ask me to send 500,000 troops to suppress the realm. What do you think? After a long time, Li Shimin raised his head, still with that playful smile on his face, and asked softly.

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, the big guys in the court and the central government below suddenly opened their mouths, and Yu Shinan was shocked and lost his voice: "500,000?!" ”

"Your Majesty, this ......" Du Ruhui, who was the secretary of the Ministry of War, was brushing his beard, and when he heard Li Shimin's words, he almost didn't pull off a handful of his beard, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, 500,000 people...... This is too much, the former Sui war, our current population is only 2 million households, where are these 500,000 people? Besides, Xia Duwei had previously said that he could pacify Shuofang without spending a single soldier, but now why did His Majesty send so many troops? Even if you want to overwhelm the territory with a large army, then the former Sui Dynasty's third expedition to Goguryeo will only mobilize a million troops, and it will not need 500,000 people! ”

Li Shimin just smiled, but did not speak, as if he liked to see the surprise of his henchmen and ministers.

The ministers below began to discuss with the people around them. Others frowned in contemplation. Duan Zhixuan looked at Duan Zan who presented the letter to the palace, but saw Duan Zan smiling, and then looked at Li Shimin. It's also a smiling face, and it doesn't seem to be in a bad mood. After thinking about it for a while, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he immediately had a sudden feeling in his heart, and as soon as he raised his head, he met Li Jing's gaze and looked at each other with a smile. I knew that the two guessed the same.

"Your Majesty, Weichen dared to guess. Could it be that Captain Xia wanted His Majesty to put pressure on Shuo Fang and make a posture of sending troops to Shuo Fang, but he didn't really send troops to Shuo Fang? Li Shiyu stood up and bowed to Li Shimin and said.

As soon as this statement came out. A few ministers who hadn't guessed it were stunned for a moment, and then immediately looked at Li Shimin on the throne with a happy face. conAd1();

Li Shimin laughed, nodded, and said: "Since Xia Hong was promoted to Xiazhou, it was said that Li Zhengbao, the general of Shuofang, had caused great confusion among the people and troops of Shuofang with rumors. He also stirred up the relationship between the Turkic and Turkic tribes, aggravated the contradictions, and was unable to take care of the Shuo side. and conspiracy with rumors and rebellions. The soldiers and civilians of Shuo Fang thought that Li Zhengbao was not tolerated by the Liang Division, and they wanted to kill Li Zhengbao to cause Li Zhengbao to flee, which made Shuo Fang even more angry. Liang Shidu's brother Liang Luoren took the opportunity to mutiny. besieged the Prime Minister's Mansion, killed Liang Shidu, and now dominates Shuofang. Xia Hongsheng cited the current situation in Shuofang, Liang Luoren's foundation is unstable, and he is facing the criticism of the Turkic soldiers, which is a good time to exert pressure. I asked me to tell the world and reward Li Zhengbao lavishly. Let the Shuofang soldiers and civilians know the benefits of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, on the other hand, I want to announce the dispatch of troops to Shuofang, make a posture of attacking Shuofang City, and put pressure on Liang Luoren, while Xia Hongsheng tried to surrender Liang Luoren on the Shuofang front. ”

"What?!" The ministers below were all shocked, and said in surprise: "Master Liang is dead?!" ”

Li Shimin stroked his beard and smiled, and nodded: "Yes, Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren mutinied and killed Liang Shidu. Now that Shuofang is in turmoil, Liang Shidu has always been close to the Turks, and this time the Turks are very likely to use this as a name to try to drive troops to occupy Shuofang. In Xiazhou, Li Zhengbao came forward to surrender Shuofang's old department, and Liang Luoren is now isolated and helpless, and his back is under attack. Therefore, Xia Hongsheng begged me to continue to put pressure on Shuo Fang, so that he would have the opportunity to say that Liang Luoren would be demoted. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”

All the ministers were surprised, only to hear Gao Shilian sigh, shook his head and sighed: "At the beginning, this son said that he could recover Shuofang without moving a single soldier, and the old man also said that he was young and frivolous, and he listened to it as a joke." But now it seems that this son really has this ability, but the old man is not as good as His Majesty, and he can't discern people. ”

"If this is really what he said, then the minister thought that His Majesty could make a move to try to send troops, appoint a few generals as the head of the march, and gather troops and horses, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was completely like His Majesty was going to use troops against Shuo Fang. In this way, Liang Luoren must believe it. Wei Zheng said.

Fang Xuanling nodded, and said again: "However, even if you want to take the posture of the starting army, you don't dare to really claim 500,000." If you send 500,000 troops to deal with one Shuofang, the number of people is too large, and it will definitely make the Turks think that our Tang Dynasty is not only to recover the Shuofang, but also to use it to deal with his Turks. In this way, we must do our best to help, but it is not good. Therefore, Weichen suggested that His Majesty could reduce the number of people, which could intimidate Shuo Fang and make the Turks not think much about it. conAd2(); ”

Brother Xuanling's words were extremely true, and the minister thought that the 500,000 army was too much, which would definitely make the Turks panic, and then try their best to help. Therefore, 100,000 people are good. Du Ruhui smiled and said, "500,000 ...... Hehe, this son is also a lively mind. ”

Li Shimin smiled at the correspondence: "Yes, it coincides with me." In this way, Fang Qing will draft the edict. ”

An edict of silk proclaimed the world.

The news that came out with the edict attracted the attention of all directions.

A few families were happy and a few were sad, Li Zhengbao burst into tears with excitement, kneeling facing Chang'an, unable to afford it, and called the saint kind. And Liang Luoren in Shuofang City frowned tightly.

"Hehe, congratulations to General Li, congratulations to General Li! Now the general is General Zuo Xiaowei, which can be described as a success in one fell swoop. In the future, I hope the general can help me more! Xia Hongsheng helped Li Zhengbao, who had received the holy decree, up and gave the holy decree in his hand to Li Zhengbao. Li Zhengbao's face was full of excitement, and his hands trembled a little to take the holy decree: "The last general was really blind before, and from today onwards, the last general is willing to serve His Majesty!" ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head with a smile and said, "General Li, you are now the general of Zuo Xiaowei of the Tang Dynasty, how can you call yourself the last general in front of you?" Hongsheng can't afford to wait! ”

Li Zhengbao clasped his hands into fists and said to Xia Hongsheng: "If it weren't for Xia Duwei's words to wake up the person in his dream, I'm afraid Zhengbao would still be helping to abuse him now." This kindness is unforgettable, and it will be repaid in the future, and it will be worshiped by Zhengbao! ”

After saying that, Li Zhengbao bent down, and Xia Hongsheng took a deep look.

"General Li can't help it, eat the king's lu, be loyal to the king, now I am a general in the same dynasty as General Li, and in the future, I should work together to fill in the glory of this prosperous Tang Dynasty!" Xia Hongsheng hurriedly picked up Li Zhengbao and said.

Li Zhengbao nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty is really as General Xia said, regardless of background, regardless of grievances, appointing people on the basis of merit, Li Zhengbao is convinced." With such a majesty, Datang will definitely be able to create a brilliant and prosperous world! Now that Shuo Fang is not settled, Zhengbao is willing to go to surrender in person, thinking that with Li's reputation in Shuo Fang's army, he will definitely let Shuo Fang soldiers come to surrender. conAd3(); ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, made a look of great joy and said, "It would be great if General Li could personally go out to recruit and surrender. General Li's prestige in the Shuofang army is unparalleled, if there is a general in person, the day of the opening of Shuofang City can be expected! However, General Lee asked for a few days later. The so-called brocade does not return to the hometown, just like brocade clothes at night. In the past few days, I will first send some soldiers to read the holy decree issued by His Majesty to the general, so that the Shuofang soldiers will know that he will not leave General Li in his Liang division, and the place where the free general has become famous! ”

Li Zhengbao stroked his beard and smiled: "General Xia is really good at planning, so good!" ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled, it seems that it is still very important to be able to preserve the reputation of Li Zhengbao at the beginning.

Li Zhengbao is now promoted by the emperor to the general of Zuo Xiaowei from the third grade, although most of them will be a false position at present, but it is also a righteous general from the third grade, so Li Zhengbao is very excited. Leaving time to Li Zhengbao's family, after Xia Hongsheng said goodbye, he went straight to Liu Min.

"Your Excellency." Seeing Xia Hongsheng coming, Liu Min hurriedly got up and bowed down, since Xia Hongsheng arrived in Shuofang, after such a long period of contact, he already felt that the young man in front of him had real skills, so he was extremely impressed by Xia Hongsheng in his heart.

Xia Hongsheng waved his hand, signaling Liu Min not to be polite, and then asked, "Lord Liu, have you ever made the things I entrusted you to find a blacksmith to make?" ”

Liu Min smiled and said, "My lord commanded, the lower officials should do their best." The adults came at the right time, those objects had been made, the blacksmith had sent them, and Liu Sima was taking over. ”

"Oh? That's a coincidence, let's go, go and see how it goes. Xia Hongsheng nodded and said.

The two came to the vestibule together, and saw Liu Lan standing in the courtyard, and several officials were taking things and putting them in front of Liu Lan. The objects were round, thick and open at the front, thin and tightened at the back, and at the back there was a flat iron tube the thickness of a wrist, which was transparent on the inside, and from this end it could be seen from the other.

It's not a side thing, it's just that Xia Hongsheng did a few handmade expanders when he was teaching the 800 soldiers to read, and there was no megaphone in the era, and he could also amplify the sound with this thing.

"This ...... Lord Xia, Xia Guan has never understood, this object ......" Looking at those things, Liu Min asked very curiously.

"This one!" Xia Hongsheng picked one up from the ground and said: "I will send Sergeant Xiazhou to Shuofang to shout to the defenders, and tell the story of General Li's reward, so that the Shuofang defenders know that those who stay in Shuofang and follow Liang Luoren can only wait for death, and those who come to return to the Tang Dynasty will have meat to eat." This thing can make the shouting soldiers louder and spread farther. How about it, Lord Liu try? Put this in front of your mouth and shout. ”

As he spoke, Xia Hongsheng handed the things in his hand to Liu Min, Liu Min took the microphone, put it in front of his mouth as Xia Hongsheng said, and shouted: "Liu Sima!" ”

The voice came out of the microphone and became a lot louder, which startled Liu Min, and he quickly took a step back, and then took the microphone and looked back and forth in amazement.

Xia Hongsheng laughed. (To be continued)

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