This is an unreasonable request for Li Chengqian.
Li Jinzhu was really angry.
He said righteously with a gloomy face: "Your Highness, King Qin, are your words a bit too much?"
"You send troops to attack our country, why should we bear your military expenses?"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian's smile deepened.
"Master Li, you must speak with conscience..."
"We Tang people have always loved peace. No one likes war."
"But this time, you started the war in the first place, and now you are talking about peace. Don't we, the Tang Dynasty people, not want to lose face?"
"And I have to remind you that I am the dominant party now, and you are here to seek peace..."
If at the beginning, Li Chengqian had any intention of going around the bush with Li Jinzhu, then he no longer wanted to.
Li Chengqian really didn't like dealing with these people who wanted to save face and suffer. It was really a grind.
For example, in this matter now, they are clearly the defeated party, but they still want the dignity of defeat. Who made this decision?
"Li Chengqian..."
"Aren't you afraid that our Goguryeo and your Tang Dynasty will fight to the death?"
Li Jinzhu's eyes were cold and he said: "Although we in Goguryeo have few soldiers, we are not easy to bully."
"If we have to push them to the point of death, we Goguryeo will not be afraid."
"Is it possible that your Tang Dynasty will be able to survive alone?"
"Of course not."
Li Chengqian raised the corner of his mouth and said, "But remember, it's you who said these words today. Don't regret it then..."
After all, Li Chengqian was also a member of the Tang royal family.
Under the influence of Li Shimin, how could he not be somewhat arrogant and confident?
At this moment, I saw the person in front of me yelling at me.
How could he spoil the other person?
In other words, if one day Datang is beaten by others and is unable to fight back, will others still treat Datang with dignity?
Faced with Li Chengqian's attitude, Li Jinzhu gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, King Qin, you really think that Goguryeo is afraid of you, and you really think that Goguryeo dare not fight you to the death."
"When did I say that Goguryeo was afraid of me?"
"Of course, I never said that I was afraid of Goguryeo."
"I'll put it here in one sentence: Goguryeo started the war and it has nothing to do with me, the Tang Dynasty."
"If Goguryeo wants to talk about peace, then show an attitude of wanting to apologize."
"Because you, Goguryeo, took the lead in provoking the war, and we, the Tang Dynasty, only fought back because we couldn't bear the humiliation."
"If the Great Envoy wants to fight the Tang Dynasty to the death, you have to ask my 100,000 soldiers if they will agree!"
"If you really want us all to die in Goguryeo, you have to ask our hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty if they will agree."
Thirty thousand Bingzhou soldiers were enough for Goguryeo to cope with.
What if one hundred thousand soldiers of the Tang Dynasty went south together?
At best, Goguryeo can deploy 150,000 troops, but can they defend a land as large as Goguryeo?
Even if they could give up their inland territory and retreat to the island, wouldn't they end up losing most of their territory?
And in that case, Goguryeo will only become more and more out of breath under the pressure of the Tang Dynasty.
After all, there are very few places in the Goguryeo peninsula where crops can be grown.
If there are no bankers, how can people live and work in peace and contentment?
How can the country talk about taxation if the people cannot live and work in peace and contentment?
If the country has no tax revenue, what will it use to support the army?
Therefore, if the war with the Tang Dynasty continues, even if Goguryeo is not destroyed, it will be seriously injured to the point of shaking the country's foundation.
"Master Li, I think we have nothing more to say."
"Before the peace talks between the two countries, and before I receive orders from my father, how our army marches is my own business, and no one has the right to interfere."
Li Chengqian raised his lips and said, "So how Master Li handles matters is up to you to decide."
Before Li Jinzhu could speak, Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Send off the guests!"
Changsun Chong and Cheng Huailiang stepped inside, stretched out their hands towards Li Jinzhu and said: "Master Li, please!"
He glanced at these two people and then at Li Chengqian.
Finally, Li Jinzhu sighed secretly and followed the two men out of the Chinese military tent.
Originally, Li Jinzhu planned to ask Li Chengqian to withdraw his troops first, so that Goguryeo would have a chance to breathe.
But he can see it, but Li Chengqian can't?
Only by putting enough pressure on Goguryeo can the greatest benefits be brought to Datang.
To be honest, Li Chengqian can feel it.
There are many pairs of eyes looking at the Goguryeo battlefield now.
They were all waiting to see how Li Chengqian would handle the war between Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo.
This incident will most likely determine the future direction of Datang.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Chengqian is most likely the next monarch of the Tang Dynasty.
Now, it is the first level of test for Li Chengqian.
If he handles it too softly.
It is bound to be suppressed from many aspects after he ascends to the throne.
After all, the world is a world where the weak eat the strong, and everyone wants to bring the greatest benefits to themselves.
But if he is too tough, it directly demonstrates his ambition.
This is bound to arouse some people's resentment.
If it's serious, he might be isolated as soon as he takes the throne.
Of course, these are not things Li Chengqian needs to worry about.
The first is that he really has no interest in being emperor now.
Secondly, he understands Li Shimin and knows that he will protect himself as much as possible and not let himself be too passive.
Therefore, what he has to do now is to put enough pressure on Goguryeo.
In this way, no matter whether Li Shimin gave him an order to destroy Goguryeo or negotiate peace with Goguryeo, Datang's interests would be maximized.
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The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.
Accompanied by Li Chongyi, Li Jing went to the Humiluo Department.
Yesterday, he received news that Hu Miluo had been brutally murdered by Zhao Youlin.
Moreover, the soldiers of Zhao Youlin's department also had a fierce battle with the soldiers of Humiluo Department.
Today, blazing fires and dilapidated tents can be seen everywhere in the Western Turk camp outside Yumen Pass.
Seeing this scene, Li Chongyi couldn't help but said: "These barbarians from the northwest have absolutely no humanity at all, and they won't even spare their own people."
"This is also a tactic..."
Li Jing looked at the messy scene in front of him and sighed softly: "If I were in Zhao Youlin's position, maybe I would have done more cruelly than him."
Li Chongyi looked at Li Jing with a puzzled face: "These are all his brothers. Wouldn't it lose the support of the people by doing this?"
"Public support?"
Li Jing chuckled: "If you want to tell me what the people want, then I have to ask you, what is your identity?"
Li Chongyi looked at the armor on his body and asked with some uncertainty: "General?"
"That's right, it's the general."
Li Jing looked at the soldiers behind him: "Since we are generals, we don't need to care about the morale of the people, only the morale of the military."
After he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly became dark, and he said quietly: "Zhao Youlin is such a good opponent."
"If I were still ten years younger, I would compete with this guy..."
"It's a pity that I am already old..."
"The battlefield of the future is destined to belong to young people like you..."
