I'm a marquis in Datang

Ma Zhou said in a deep voice: "What we do is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, and even taking the initiative to provoke. It is true that the ambush of the king was arranged by Hou Junji. But if it enters the territory of Guazhou, it is very likely to cause major changes."

"At that time, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty may once again mobilize an army to kill him. It has been some time since Li Shimin withdrew his troops. Although the current Li Shimin has not yet captured Tubo, at least until now, the strength of the Tang Dynasty has gone one step further.

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"According to the latest news, the business of the banks in Datang is gradually shrinking. Because Datang has gradually started to target banks and compete with them for business. Datang launched the bank to reduce the influence of the bank."

Ma Zhou said: "Under this premise, even if Li Shimin goes to war with us, I am afraid that there will not be too much instability in the Tang Dynasty, because Li Shimin is now enough to stabilize the situation."

After hearing this, Shangguanyi directly retorted: "I don't agree with Ma Zhou's suggestion."

Two people faintly contend for each other.

Shangguanyi said: "I can understand Ma Zhou's meaning, that is, I hope that the king will continue to hide his strength and bide his time and continue to develop our strength after a little counterattack. When we have sufficient strength, we will not be too late to fight Datang."

"I think it's intolerable."

"If Hou Junji arranged for people to ambush the king today, but my country of Great Xia remained indifferent, what would the people think? They would think that the king was afraid of Datang, and they would think that our country of Great Xia was not as good as Datang. The people of the country have lost their pride."

"That's exactly the case, we must respond, let the people see the strength of our Great Xia Kingdom, let the people know that the Great Xia Kingdom is tyrannical, and even more proud of being a citizen of the Great Xia Kingdom

proud. "

Shangguanyi said: "What's more, the assassination this time was initiated by Hou Junji."

"It's Hou Junji's responsibility."

"It was Datang's mistake."

"We don't need to be afraid at all, let alone worry. As for Li Shimin's real plan to go to war, why should we be afraid? Now our Daxia Kingdom has swept the entire Western Regions and wiped out the Western Turkic leader Yehu Khan, and our strength has never been stronger."

"Now, we are not afraid of Datang."

Shangguanyi said aggressively, "So if Datang wants to invade, he must pay the price. If you don't pay the price, it is impossible to calm down or even solve the matter."

Ma Zhou said sternly: "In short, I don't agree with going to war now. We should not toss about it now. We still need to develop our own strength so that Daxia has a stronger foundation."

When the two argued, they both looked at Du Qi.

Wait for Du Qi's decision.

Chapter 927

Lower set

Du Qi was thinking in his heart, Shangguanyi and Ma Zhou's considerations, in fact, they all have their own reasons, and there is no distinction between who is right and who is wrong.

In fact, Du Qi had already made up his mind, he was in favor of Shangguanyi.

Hou Junji wanted to make a move, so give him a chance.

Du Qi wanted to take this opportunity to test Datang and see Li Shimin's reaction.However, Du Qi still didn't make a decision for the time being, but looked at Lai Ji and Guan Zhilan who had been silent all this time, and asked, "Lai Ji, Guan Zhilan, what do you two think about this matter?"

Guan Zhilan shook his head and said: "King Xia, I don't have any ideas, because the analysis of Mr. Ma Zhou and Mr. Shangguan are both reasonable. I only have one point of view. If someone punches me, I can't bear it. Naturally, I will return the punch."

These words seem to be indifferent.

Actually expressed.

Du Qi nodded without saying anything, just looked at Lai Ji and said, "Lai Ji, what about you?"

Lai Ji said solemnly: "Your Majesty, after much deliberation, I still agree with Shangguanyi's analysis.

The general of the state, since he wanted to ambush the king, there is no atonement for his crime, and he must ask Datang to give an explanation. "

"It's only natural for us to send troops. Moreover, we have to do it. If we don't go, it will be tantamount to making Datang look down on our country Xia, and make Datang think that our country Xia is weak and can bully us at will. .”

Lai Ji said: "In my opinion, the focus of this counterattack is not on Hou Junji. It doesn't really matter whether Hou Junji is captured or not. The most important thing is to take Guazhou City."

Seeing that Lai Ji agreed with her, Shangguanyi breathed a sigh of relief. With Lai Ji's approval, it was almost a sure thing to send troops this time, and Du Qi would definitely agree.

Shangguanyi took advantage of the situation and said, "Laiji, I haven't figured out your intention. Why is the focus not on the Hou Junji, but on Guazhou City? What's the value of mere Guazhou City?"

Du Qi, Ma Zhou, and Guan Zhilan also looked at Lai Ji, because they hadn't judged Lai Ji's intention for the time being.

Laiji explained unhurriedly: "To a certain extent, the humble official agrees with Ma Zhou's point of view. It is not appropriate to have too much conflict with Datang, and we should always exercise a little restraint. However, we also want to beat Datang, and we cannot let it go. "

"My minister's point of view is that we enter the territory of Guazhou, defeat Hou Junji, and directly seize Guazhou City."

"At that time, Guazhou will shake, and Datang will shake."

"The minister judged that the Tang Dynasty will definitely send troops again. Even Li Shimin, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, will once again defend the army.

Driving in person.We will use Guazhou City to fight an offensive and defensive battle with Li Shimin to show our strength. "

"Finally, make peace with Li Shimin and express that we are willing to withdraw from Guazhou City, but Li Shimin has to give Xia Guo an explanation. This is where Li Shimin is in trouble, and Datang must pay the price."

Laiji said: "Now our Great Xia Kingdom, there is no need to keep occupying Guazhou, and we don't have the strength to secure Guazhou. Because once we really want to take Guazhou as our own, it is tantamount to letting Datang suffer the humiliation of ceding the land. .As long as we hand over Guazhou in the end, the Tang emperor will still be able to live with his face."

Du Qi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he praised: "Laiji's plan is very good, and I agree with it in principle. Although the plan we finally implement may not strictly follow this direction. Even the plan in the general direction may There will be a lot of adjustments and changes, but the overall design is excellent."

Shangguanyi thought for a while, nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I also agree with Lai Ji's analysis. If we follow this plan, we will eventually suppress Datang again. Through fierce battles and killings, we have proved the strength of our Xia Kingdom Not afraid of Datang, even enough to shake Datang. This is a very important premise, so that Datang will not dare to target us at will from now on."

Guan Zhilan was stunned to hear it.

The reason is very simple, it involves the extremely powerful Datang.We must know that the Tang Dynasty was established for more than ten years, and the national power was strong

, is the center of all nations, is the kingdom of heaven, and is the most powerful country.

Du Qi and others wanted to target Datang, and even kept beating Datang,

In Guan Zhilan's view, this is simply audacious and extremely terrifying.Guan Zhilan thought about it in a blink of an eye, this is very exciting, how exciting and exciting it is to be able to compete with Datang!

Think about it, it's exciting.

Guan Zhilan couldn't help but echoed: "Your Majesty, although I don't have the resourcefulness of a few gentlemen, I feel excited when I think of confronting Datang. It's worth it to be able to fight Datang!"

Du Qi smiled, ignored Guan Zhilan's words, turned to Ma Zhou who had always held different opinions, and asked, "Ma Zhou, what do you think after listening to Lai Ji's analysis?"

Ma Zhou said, "The minister seconded the proposal."

The overall situation has been settled, and there is almost no debate, so Ma Zhou no longer insists on his opinion.

Du Qi nodded and said, "Since you have no objections, let's make arrangements."

"Yes!"

Shangguanyi and the others answered in unison.