"I'm afraid it will be difficult!" Seeing the way Li Xiuning looked at him, Lu Chen shook his head helplessly. In fact, he had been back in Chang'an for so long, developing his own foundation while playing some intrigues with those aristocratic families. Lu Chen had already been there some time ago. He felt tired, and even missed the life in the military camp. After all, Lu Chen was still a soldier at heart.
"Are you worried about Aye's marriage?" Li Xiuning immediately understood what Lu Chen was worried about. Li Yuan will definitely announce the marriage between Lu Chen and Li Yanjun recently. When the time comes, because of the marriage, Lu Chen may not be able to go out with the army.
"Exactly! Although the dispatch of the army does not happen overnight, but..." Lu Chen nodded, but he did not finish his words, but both Li Xiuning and Chai Shao understood what Lu Chen meant.
"There is no need to worry, military advisor. If the military advisor intends to go on an expedition, this matter will fall on me and there will definitely be no impact!" Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile.
"If that's the case, please leave it to Your Highness!" Lu Chen initially thought that if Li Yuan really agreed to Li Xiuning leading troops to conquer Liangshidu, he could go or not, but then he thought about it, if he didn't go, I am afraid that if there is a real conquest, the Tang soldiers who attack the city will definitely suffer countless casualties. Lu Chen feels that he still needs to bring the Beiwei Guards to help out, so Lu Chen directly raised his hand to Li Xiuning and said.
"I just don't know if Aye will agree!" Li Xiuning nodded, then said with a smile.
"I have asked King Ren Cheng to report this matter to His Majesty!" Lu Chen looked directly at Li Xiuning and said.
"In that case, let's wait for Aye's decision! I will also write a handwritten letter to He Panren to let him prepare!" Li Xiuning nodded. Although he said that he was waiting for Li Yuan's decision, Li Xiuning believed that Li Yuan There was a high probability that he would agree with what Lu Chen asked Li Daozong to tell him, so he made a decision directly.
"Just do what His Highness said!" Lu Chen nodded, not thinking that there was anything wrong with Li Xiuning's arrangement.
"Your Majesty, King Ren Cheng is outside asking for an audience!" Li Yuan, who was standing outside the hall to take a breath, heard the report from Chang Bao beside him.
"Oh? Let him come over!" Li Yuan nodded after hearing Chang Bao's report.
Chang Bao took the order and left immediately, and soon brought Li Daozong to Li Yuan's side.
"Your Majesty, Li Daozong has met your Majesty!" Li Daozong saluted Li Yuan after shaking his sleeves.
"No courtesy!" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong and waved his hand.
"Chengfan, why are you here?" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong and asked with a smile. After all, his nephew had made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, so Li Yuan was quite satisfied with this nephew.
"Returning to uncle, my nephew is here for matters related to Lingzhou!" Li Daozong glanced around, then bowed and reported back.
"Huh?!" Hearing Li Daozong mention "Lingzhou", Li Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around and walked directly into Nuan Pavilion, "Go in and talk!" Li Yuan motioned to Li Daozong to enter Nuan Pavilion to talk, Li Daozong hurriedly followed Li Yuan Entering the Nuan Pavilion behind him.
"Although I asked you to return to Lingzhou, there was a report there saying that Jieli Khan was ready to make a move, but he didn't say that he was in a hurry!" Li Yuan sat behind the Long Bookcase and looked at Li Daozhong who was sitting opposite him, a little surprised. said.
"Yes! The war in Lingzhou has indeed not started yet, but this matter is about Liang Shidu!" Li Daozong looked at Li Yuan and replied.
"Did Master Liang also take action?" Hearing Li Daozong mention Master Liang, Li Yuan couldn't help but be a little surprised. After all, he didn't receive any report that Master Liang intended to send troops. At the same time, he turned to look at Chang Bao Chang Bao shook his head slightly, saying that no report about Liang Shidu had been delivered. Therefore, when Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong, there was some surprise in his eyes.
"No!" Li Daozong shook his head directly.
"Then Chengfan, why do you mention Liang Shidu?" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong curiously and asked again.
"This matter must start with Mr. Lu..." Li Daozong did not hide anything and directly told Li Yuan Lu Chentong's analysis of Liang Shidu and his desire to have Li Yuan send troops to pacify Liang Shidu. .
"This..." After listening to Li Daozong's report, Li Yuan immediately pondered. Is Lu Chen's statement reasonable? Yes, it can be said to be reasonable. However, Li Yuan is still a little worried. After all, if the Women's Army is evacuated from Niangzi Pass, , that side is empty. If the Turks divide their forces to attack, how can they resist?
"Uncle, Duke Lu said that if you want to pacify Liangshidu, you don't need all the women's army, only half of it is enough!" Li Daozong looked at Li Yuan and said.
"Half?" Hearing Li Daozong's words, Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong in surprise. Although he had not sent troops to face-to-face with Master Liang in the past few years, Master Liang had no matter how many troops he had under his command, no matter Li Yuan Li Daozong and others who were in charge of garrisoning Lingzhou all had a rough figure in mind, which was no less than 200,000. Half of the strength of the Detachment of Women could only be 60,000 to 70,000.
What's more, relying on these 60 to 70,000 people to fight against Liang Shidu, who has the advantage of a city, in Li Yuan's opinion, it is just an egg hitting a stone. What's more, Sun Tzu's Art of War says: "Therefore, the method of using troops is to encircle it at ten points and attack at five points. If it is doubled, it can be divided. If the enemy is small, it can be fought. If it is small, it can be escaped. If it is not small, it can be avoided. Therefore, the small enemy is strong and the big enemy can be captured."
What do you mean? In other words, if you want to siege a city, you must have at least five times the strength of the opponent. But now Lu Chen actually said that he would use 60,000 to 70,000 men to attack Liang, which had at least 200,000 men. country, even if Li Yuan thought that Lu Chen was "relegated to the mortal world", the disparity in military strength made Li Yuan feel that this was a bit of a "fantasy".
"Yes! Moreover, Mr. Lu is very sure!" Li Daozong also saw Li Yuan's confused and surprised expression. In fact, he also thought this was a bit unreliable at first, but Lu Chen was so sure, even though Lu Chen did not follow him Explain how to attack, but Li Daozong believed that Lu Chen was not a random person, and there must be some way to win the "Liang Kingdom" with these numbers.
"What's Xiuning's attitude?" Li Yuan nodded. Li Yuan felt that even if he agreed to the Detachment of Women's Army splitting up troops to attack, the third princess of his would probably not agree to this kind of fighting method.
"Uh..." When asked by Li Yuan, Li Daozong immediately pondered, because he just came to Li Yuan to report after discussing with Lu Chen. As for what his third sister thought, for He really didn't know his attitude on this matter.
"Uncle Qi, my nephew doesn't know what Third Sister's attitude is, but County Duke Lu has gone to visit Third Sister today. If Third Sister doesn't agree, he should come to the palace!" Li Daozong said with speculation. said in a tone of voice.
"I cannot issue this decree arbitrarily. After all, the commander of the Detachment of Women is Xiuning. If I really give a direct order to let the 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty attack Liangshidu, I may cause Xiuning's dissatisfaction. , it is best to discuss this matter with Xiuning!" Li Yuan pondered for a moment, and then said to Li Daozong.
"Yes! Then my nephew will go and ask Third Sister what she thinks of this matter!" Li Daozong stood up and saluted Li Yuan.
"Well! If Xiu Ning also agrees, I can make this decree!" Li Yuan nodded and motioned Li Daozong to go to Li Xiu Ning and ask Li Xiu Ning about his attitude towards the conquest of Liang Shidu.
Li Daozong exited Nuange, left the palace, and went straight to Li Xiuning's princess mansion.
Just as Lu Chen was chatting with Li Xiuning and his wife, the female official and housekeeper of the Princess Mansion came outside the front hall door.
"What's the matter?" Seeing the female officer outside the door, Li Xiuning waved directly to the female officer and asked.
"Your Highness, King Rencheng is outside asking for an audience!" The female officer saluted Li Xiuning and then reported.
"This is really about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here soon!" Lu Chen said with a smile after hearing the female officer's report.
"Let him come in!" Li Xiuning listened to the female officer's report and motioned to the female officer to bring Li Daozong to the front hall.
"Your Highness, guess why this city king came to you?" Lu Chen put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at Li Xiuning and asked with a smile.
"If my guess is correct, I am afraid that Chengfan is here this time for the purpose of sending troops to the Detachment of Women! Aye probably does not dare to give an order easily. This is why Chengfan came to ask me about my attitude!" Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen He smiled directly and said, "If I guess correctly, how about you give me ten bottles of Erguotou?"
"Okay!" Lu Chen nodded directly and responded. It was just ten bottles of Erguotou. It didn't matter, but Lu Chen didn't expect that this strange woman from the Tang Dynasty actually loved wine so much.
Soon, Li Daozong came to the front hall under the guidance of the female officer. Except for Li Xiuning who was still sitting there, Chai Shao and Lu Chen stood up to greet Li Daozong.
"I've met Third Sister!" Li Daozong saluted Li Xiuning and said.
"Chengfan is here!" Li Xiuning waved her hand towards Li Daozong, indicating that Li Daozhong didn't need to be polite. At the same time, she looked at Li Daozhong and said with a smile, "You don't want to eat? Are you going to have a meal at Third Sister's place later?"
"Third Sister is joking. Now who doesn't know that apart from Brother Lu's food at the county government's house, Third Sister's is the only one here! That stupid brother is not welcome!" Li Daozong looked at Li Xiuning and said with a smile.
"This guy has been hiding something secret from me!" After hearing Li Daozong's words, Li Xiuning pointed directly at Lu Chen and said.
"Your Highness, you have wronged me. The vegetables and seasonings used at home are the same as yours!" Lu Chen responded directly.
"Is this really the case?" Li Xiuning glanced at Lu Chen with a raised eyebrow and smiled.
"Of course, I never cheat!" Lu Chen nodded with a serious expression.
