Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

His Majesty Li Er said again: "By the way, I might be your vanguard officer. You don't have any ideas, do you?"

"Of course not. In fact, there are many courtiers who use troops above the humble ministers. It's okay even if they can't be the vanguard. It's just that the humble ministers are not convinced by King Jiangxia's ability, but they definitely can't be said to have any respect for His Majesty." complain."

"That's good. In fact, even if King Jiangxia is as you said, he really doesn't have enough ability and it doesn't matter to the overall situation. I plan to use the British Duke Li Ji as the general manager of the march this time. You are not convinced, King Jiangxia, for the British Duke you There's nothing to say, right?"

Li Ji is the legendary Xu Maogong, and he can really be said to use soldiers like a god.

Guo Yedao: "Of course, the British public has the credit for destroying Tubo. Let him be the commander, even if King Jiangxia lacks some ability, it should be fine. I have no objection. I am in Chang'an City, silently praying for your majesty to win the flag, and it will be successful soon."

"Inside Chang'an City? That's impossible!" His Majesty Li Er shook his head and said, "The conquest of Goguryeo requires Duke Qin to go out."

"Your Majesty wants my minister to go out with you? Do you want me to be the deputy commander of the march or something? I declare in advance that it is not okay for you to let me be the deputy vanguard. I will not deal with King Jiangxia."

"I didn't ask you to go out with me. To be honest, there are so many good generals in the Tang Dynasty. Although you are good at using soldiers, Duke Qin, you can only be called good among many famous generals. Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, and Su Dingfang are all good. Not under you. It’s not that you can’t do without you.”

Although these words are true, they don't sound so pleasant to the ear, Guo Ye said with a smile: "That is, that is."

His Majesty Li Er said again: "However, you have a skill, but you are the civil servants and military generals in the court, and they can't match it together. This time, I just happened to use your skill."

"Your Majesty... what do you mean?"

"Of course it's your technique of combining vertical and horizontal! Queen Tianzhu was able to voluntarily submit to my Tang Dynasty. In addition to Wei Guogong's army, there is also Qin Guogong's persuasion. Not to mention your two missions to Sanhan and one mission Thanks to Xue Yantuo, the results achieved each time have far exceeded my expectations."

"Your Majesty still wants this official to go to Goguryeo?" Guo Ye frowned, and said, "Although the two countries will not fight each other, who knows if Yuan Nanjian's grandson will jump the wall? Your Majesty, this... no OK?"

"Where, where, it's not an envoy to Goguryeo. I have already fought against Goguryeo, and you are my subordinate, how can I let you take risks?"

"Then His Majesty means..."

"I am going to let you go to Khitan as an envoy."

"Khitan? There is Khitan these days?" Guo Ye was startled, and couldn't help but blurt out the words.

Of course he had heard of Khitan's name, which was the predecessor of "Liao" in history.After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan took advantage of the situation and established the Daliao.

Later, because Shi Jingtang offered Yanyun sixteen prefectures, Daliao became stronger and stronger enough to rival the Song Dynasty.Well, these words are giving gold to the Song Dynasty.In fact, Khitan has been suppressing the Song Dynasty.

Guo Ye always believed that the rise of the Khitan was at the end of the Tang Dynasty at the earliest.Unexpectedly, in the early Tang Dynasty, they had already become popular, and even fell into the eyes of His Majesty Li Er.

Of course, he immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and said, "Uh...what does Wei Chen mean, is that Khitan can still pose a threat to our Great Tang?"

"It's not a threat, it's always a trouble." Then, His Majesty Li Er said loudly, "Dong Shun, bring me my "Atlas of the World."

"According to the order."

With little effort, Dong Shun walked in with a map in his arms.

His Majesty Li Er unfolded the map and said: "Look, Khitan is here, bordering on our Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo. Of course, they have not established a country yet, but a loose tribal alliance called the Khitan Eight Divisions. Khitan First he surrendered to the Eastern Turks, and later he surrendered to my Tang Dynasty."

Looking at the map, Guo Ye saw that Khitan's territory is really not small, and asked, "How is their strength now?"

"It's not bad. The total population is about 20, and [-] cavalry can be mobilized."

Guo Ye knew that the so-called [-] cavalry were only [-] herdsmen, and their real combat power must be much worse than the [-] elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

"No, it's not just [-] cavalry. Look at the map. On top of Khitan, there is Xi. Xi's strength is about the same as that of Khitan. The two countries are weak and weak, and they have always advanced and retreated together. So a total of [-] cavalry can be mobilized. "

"Since they have already surrendered to our Tang Dynasty, the purpose of His Majesty to send the humble officials is..."

"Duke Xun sent news of bad people. Goguryeo's envoys have arrived in Khitan. Khitan and Xi already have the intention of uniting Goguryeo to deal with my Tang Dynasty."

His Majesty Li Er sighed, and continued: "I will lead an army of 20 to compete with Goguryeo's [-] army and attack the city. To be honest, this battle is not so easy. If Khitan and Xi send troops , cut off my retreat, the consequences are really unimaginable."

"So, what does your Majesty mean to ask the humble minister to persuade Khitan not to join forces with Goguryeo?"

"Exactly. If you can persuade them to go out and attack Goguryeo together with me, that would be the best. If you can't be persuaded, it's okay, as long as they don't help each other."

"Wei Chen understands." Guo Ye thought for a while, and said, "Wei Chen feels that Khitan and Xi are weak, and they can't be called my Tang's confidantes. If they annexed part of Goguryeo's strength, it would be hard to say. So, it's best to let them stand still."

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand and said, "I will leave this matter to you. It doesn't matter whether you send troops or not. In a word, keep them safe before destroying Goguryeo."

"According to the order!"

"As long as this matter is done well, I will count it as a great achievement for you. In the future, rewards for meritorious deeds will never be inferior to King Jiang Xia."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. But... if the minister has already arranged to appease the two countries, and you have not captured Goguryeo, can you allow me to serve in the army?"

His Majesty Li Er's face sank, and said: "Speaking of which, you still don't think about my expedition this time?"

"Of course not. I don't want to obey anyone, and I don't dare to disobey the Duke of England! I think that the merits of this lip service are not as real as the real swords and guns on the battlefield. Please let your majesty do it."

His Majesty Li Er turned pale and said: "Okay, I promise you. But your main task is to persuade Khitan and Xi. As for the matter of serving in the army, you can come or not. Don't delay the big event because of greed. "

……

Come out from His Majesty Li Er and return to Duke Qin's mansion.

Guo Ye couldn't help but feel preoccupied.He even secretly doubted whether he was right or wrong when he turned Goguryeo upside down the previous two times.

Historically, Yuan Nanjian and Yuan Boys, and Yuan Nan had infighting, which gave Tang Jun an opportunity to take advantage of.

Because of his own intervention, Yuan Nanchan and Yuan Nanjian are dead, and Yuan Nanjian is in power without any constraints.It turned out to be stronger than in history.

Assassinate His Majesty Li Er and contact Khitan.Any of these two successes is enough to change the national destiny of Goguryeo.

Alas, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have put him back. This is really clever but was misunderstood by cleverness.

In addition, there is Khitan, which is really a headache.

In the future, this nation will become the great enemy of the Han nationality. Now, can we think of a way to nip him in the bud?

When he was thinking wildly, suddenly his grandson came to report, and the prince arrived!

Guo Ye was startled, this kid is only 12 years old, what's the matter with him coming to him?Even if you and him are in an alliance now, it's not appropriate to visit so ostentatiously, right?

You brat, don't make any fools of yourself!

Chapter 1870 The Delightful Prince

There are no two suns in the sky, and no two kings in the country.

In fact, this is not very accurate, at least in the current Tang Dynasty, there are about two and a half people who can be called kings.

Of these two people, one refers to His Majesty Li Er, and the other, of course, is Empress Changsun.The emperor and queen are enemies, and there is actually no distinction between superior and inferior.

In addition, the so-called half, of course, refers to Prince Li Zhi.

The prince is a half-lord.