Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "I'm the Emperor of the Tang dynasty, the monarch of a country. As the Emperor of the Tang dynasty, I'm asking for peace with Du Qi again. Isn't that putting my face in front of Du Qi and letting Du Qi slap me? I won't do such a thing. So there's no need to talk about peace at the moment. "
Xiao Yu said, "I'm guilty!"
He said directly.
Li Shimin shook his head, ignored Xiao Yu, and turned to look at the others. Although Fang Xuanling didn't have a strategy, the others might have a solution.
Following Li Shimin's gaze, they all looked away, not daring to look at Li Shimin.
Li Shimin refused to ask for peace, so it was difficult to deal with.
They wanted to fight with Du Qi, but Du Qi not only had the weapons to bomb the city, but also the elephant soldiers. Even if the Tang dynasty had the Black Armor Cavalry, they were still in a disadvantageous position in front of Du Qi.
So they couldn't win even if they wanted to fight.
Li Shimin heaved a deep sigh, and then said again, "Could it be that Ministers did not block Du Qi's strategy?"
Everyone kept silent.
Because the current situation was really unfavorable.
Li Shimin's heart sank. He waved his hand and said, "You all can leave."
"We'll take our leave."
Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and the others all left.
In the end, only Li Shimin and Li Chengqian were left in the hall.
Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said with an angry look, "Father, I think whether it's Wei Zheng or Fang Xuanling, it's not that they can't come up with a suggestion, but that they are all disloyal. Especially Wei Zheng and Kong Yingda, they came back from Ganzhou in Longyou Province with the money and treasures given by Du Qi. They deserve to die. I think we should put an end to such a situation and punish a group of people to warn everyone. "
Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "Who do you want to punish?"
Li Chengqian said, "Let's start with Wei Zheng and Kong Yingda. Then according to the information obtained by the bad people, we can punish some people who are not doing well. "
Li Shimin shook his head.
He had a look of disapproval on his face.
Li Chengqian asked, "Why doesn't Imperial Father approve?"
Li Shimin said, "The people's hearts in the Tang dynasty are already unstable. If we follow your suggestion, we won't even need Du Qi to kill us. Our internal affairs will be even more chaotic. Now that the country was unstable, what was needed was to unite everyone and unite everyone that could be united. If he couldn't even do this, then … Then, in the subsequent battle with Du Qi, they would be utterly defeated. "
Pausing for a moment, Li Shimin continued, "Crown Prince, when troubled times call for heavy punishment, it must be when there is no external threat. Now that the Tang dynasty was suffering from both internal and external troubles, the Tang dynasty could not afford any more trouble. Thus, right now, we can't lift up the punishment prisons on a large scale. What we need to do right now is to unite all the forces that can be united. This is what we should do. "
Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said with a resentful expression, "Could it be that we can only ask for peace now?"
Li Shimin was also silent.
For Li Shimin, asking for peace was tantamount to breaking his bottom line.
It must be known that Li Shimin was once the king of the battlefield, invincible and invincible. But now, Li Shimin was like a dragon in shallow water, a tiger in the plains, caught in a predicament and unable to extricate himself.
Li Chengqian said, "Imperial Father, do we really have no power to fight?"
"We do, but we may not be able to win!"
Li Shimin said, "Now, it's still the same as the battle at Changbai Slope. We'll fight with all our strength. And we're the defending side, so we can consume our forces to fight. But in such a war of attrition, we'll lose all our forces in the end. In the end, we won't be able to suppress the situation in the country. The whole Tang dynasty will fall apart, and fireworks will be lit everywhere. "
Li Chengqian said, "Imperial Father, in that case, let's go crazy."
Li Shimin said, "How crazy?"
Li Chengqian clenched his fists and said with an indignant look, "Our Tang dynasty's territory, we'd rather throw it to the rebels in the country than to give it to Du Qi. If we give it to Du Qi, it'll be like throwing meat buns at a dog, with no return. But if we throw it in the country, we still have a chance. "
"This son's suggestion is very simple. We'll fight with Du Qi again. Organize all our forces and fight with Du Qi just like at Changbai Slope. Only by fighting like this can we consume Du Qi's forces. We'll fight a war of attrition with Du Qi. "
"We'll consume all of Du Qi's forces."
"Last time, Du Qi lost hundreds of thousands of elites. In this battle, we'll consume all of his forces again. I don't believe that Du Qi, who has just been established as Xia Xia, can maintain such losses all the time, and is not afraid of such losses. "
"When this battle is over, Du Qi's forces will be depleted and he'll naturally retreat. If he doesn't retreat, Du Qi may not be able to suppress any changes in Xia Xia's country. So, Du Qi can't stay. "
Li Chengqian said, "Although our forces will be consumed in this battle, we still have the border at the border. We'll ignore the Tufan and Goguryeo invading the border and withdraw all our forces back to Chang 'an. With Chang' an as the center, we'll start to sweep the surrounding rebels. In this way, the situation in the country will naturally be suppressed. "
"As for Du Qi's threat, we'll wait for Du Qi to attack next time. Since we can't win in terms of weapons, we'll compete in terms of soldiers and attrition. At this time, we'll see who's more ruthless. "
"We'll throw caution to the wind."
"We'll ignore the domestic situation and the border issues."
Li Chengqian said, "We'll target Du Qi's army. I don't believe that Du Qi will dare to continue fighting with us in the end. Once Du Qi continues to fight, he won't be able to afford it. "
Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up as he listened to Li Chengqian's words. This was a good suggestion. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty had reached the most dangerous time, and the Tang Dynasty had no way to retreat.
Then we'll throw caution to the wind.
Let's see who's more ruthless.
Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin was hesitating and his expression had changed. He already knew that Li Shimin was moved.
Li Chengqian struck while the iron was hot and said again, "Father, why should we ask for peace? Once we ask for peace again, we'll be slapping the Tang Dynasty's face again. We've already lost the Tang Dynasty's face by sending Wei Zheng and Kong Yingda to ask for peace, making the people's hearts waver. Now, only by showing iron-blooded means can we win back the people's hearts. "
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Your Highness's words are reasonable. The Tang Dynasty has nothing that can't be lost at this point. Du Qi has gone too far. We'll accompany him to the end. "
Li Chengqian said, "Father is wise!"
Li Shimin was not an indecisive person. After he made a decision in his heart, he immediately ordered the court officials to gather. After Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu, and the rest of the generals gathered, Li Shimin directly told them the next arrangement.
Hearing this, everyone was shocked to know that they were going to fight Du Qi to the death again. Many people tried to persuade him, but Li Shimin directly made a decision and refused the courtiers' advice, deciding to fight Du Qi again.
This time, Li Shimin personally led the army again.
In fact, Li Shimin already had more than 100,000 troops, which was all the troops he had gathered during this time. These troops were newly recruited, and it took Li Shimin a Herculean effort to gather the current 150,000 troops. It could be said that this batch of troops alone had exhausted the Tang Dynasty's foundation. It was no longer possible to gather more troops.
With Li Shimin's order, the entire Tang Dynasty's war machine began to be activated. The 150,000 troops under Li Shimin's command gathered in a short time, and then set out for Longyou Road.
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