Although the Tang Dynasty had the upper hand in terms of military preparation, full preparation, national strength, and people who were interested in it, it was feasible to defeat Dashi... However, if you want to defeat Dashi, you will inevitably face one fierce battle after another, and there are many tough battles to fight, because the Arab Empire is a rare enemy.

In a word, it is not that easy to defeat the Arab Empire.

This requires a good general who is good at fighting, has a view of the overall situation, and can plan the overall situation.

The first thing that the ministers thought of was Li Longji. Because Li Longji has never failed since he went to the battlefield. And he has established a series of brilliant victories.

He made all the millions of Turks, and destroyed Tubo, pacified India, conquered Pakistan, Afghanistan, and deterred the Western Regions.

Li Longji showed extraordinary military talent. If he commanded the troops, it would be inevitable to defeat the Dashi.

"I want to stay in Chang'an! I will stay in the country!" Li Longji spoke slowly.

As the emperor, Li Longji could no longer fight like before. He wanted to take charge of Chang'an and take charge of the country.

"Oh." The generals were greatly disappointed and sighed.

They followed Li Longji to fight, and they had absolute confidence in Li Longji. Li Longji did not go to war, which made them very regretful.

brush!

The eyes of the ministers fell on Zhang Shuo.

Li Longji is the first candidate to lead the troops to fight. If he doesn't go to fight, then Zhang Shuo will become the inevitable candidate.

If you only talk about military strategy, Chen Xuanli may not be inferior to Zhang Shuo. However, when it comes to grasping the overall situation and controlling the overall situation, Chen Xuanli cannot compare to Zhang Shuo.

After all, Zhang Lun is known as the "No. 1 in the world in strategy" and this is not a big deal. This is recognized. His control of the overall situation and his grasp of the overall situation make people convinced.

It is very appropriate if he leads troops to fight.

Then, the eyes of the ministers fell on Chen Xuanli again, which was also a candidate, second only to Zhang Shuo.

As a famous general of a generation, Chen Xuanli has extremely high military talents, can grasp the overall situation and plan, which is an indispensable condition for a commander.

However, these are slightly inferior to Zhang Shuo, and they can only become the third candidate.

"It seems that you already have the candidate to lead the troops." Li Longji smiled and said, "Yao Chong, who do you think should be the right person to command the troops?"

"Your Majesty, I think I can do it." Yao Chong raised his head, thrust his chest, and glanced at Zhang and said.

"Ah." The ministers exclaimed, looking disbelief. Yao Chong's words were too unexpected.

Yao Chong's political talent is very impressive and convinced, but he has never heard of him fighting. He has fought a war, but he has fought a small war, but he has never fought a big war.

Wu Zetian looked at Yao Chong and then Zhang Shuo, and almost laughed out loud.

She knew that Yao Chong and Zhang said that these two guys always fight each other, and this time it was definitely no exception.

"I have to manage government and have no time to fight. Let the Minister of War try to do this. If he doesn't work, I can give him some advice on military tactics." As Wu Zetian expected, Yao Chong changed his subject and actually recommended Zhang Shuo.

But he didn't like Zhang's words, and his recommendations were a bit alternative.

These two guys are not in the same way. They obviously want to recommend each other, but they want to defame each other. Li Longji has seen this a lot and does not find it strange at all.

"Puchi." The ministers almost burst into laughter.

They all knew that the generals and ministers were not "harmonious". After seeing this today, they only found it funny.

"Hmph!" Zhang said coldly, and said coldly: "You should worry about your political principles. If you make a mistake, I will give you some advice on how to govern."

One advantage of the incongruity of generals and ministers is that these two goods will use all their strengths to do things perfectly, so that people will not find any faults. Otherwise, once the other party catches the flaws, they will be ridiculed. For these two goods, this is more powerful than the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Longji had seen it a lot, and was too lazy to point it out, saying, "Well. Zhang said that he would take charge of the command of the army. Do you have any objections?"

"No." The ministers admired Zhang Shuo's military talent very much, so naturally they would not object.

"Zhang said, are you willing to lead troops to fight?" Li Longji asked loudly.

bass!

Zhang Shuo stood up as if he had a spring, raised his head and chest, with an excited look on his face, and said, "I obey the order."

What a beautiful thing to defeat Dashi? He actually led his troops to fight. Even with Zhang Shuo's nature, he was very excited and his body trembled.

Think about it, Han Wu defeated the Huns, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing forever. If he defeated Dashi himself, he would be alongside Wei Qing and Huo Qubing and other famous generals who were praised by others. Who would not be excited?

"Remember, when you arrive in the Western Regions, just let go of your hands and feet and fight." Li Longji's eyes flashed and said, "If you think it's appropriate to fight, you can fight. There is no need to report to me, I will not interfere."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Shuo knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Longji, very excited.

Li Longji completely delegated power and allowed Zhang Shuo to play it out. This is a great trust.

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers also praised him with excitement on their faces.

This battle will be fought outside thousands of miles away. If Li Longji intervenes, it may miss the military opportunity. Li Longji delegates power and asks Zhang to make decisions on the right time, which will be of great benefit to this battle.

Think about it, the reason why the martial arts of the Song Dynasty was so miserable was many. One of the reasons was that the emperor intervened and refused to let the front-line generals fight. Often, in order to wait for the emperor's will, they missed the military opportunity. The reason for the failure was that the emperor, and the emperor could not bear the responsibility, so the front-line generals took the blame. Over time, who would be willing to go to war?

Li Longji completely let go, and his mind and vision really convinced him.

"Yes." It was Wu Zetian, and she also praised her.

"Take my sword." Li Longji said to Kolishi.

Gao Lishi responded and hurriedly went to bring the Shangfang sword.

Li Longji took it in his hand and handed it to Zhang, saying, "This is my carry-on sword. The first time I went to the battlefield was to carry this sword. Then, this sword followed me to destroy Tubo, pacify India, conquer Pakistan and Afghanistan, and intimidate the Western Regions. This is my first sword of war. Now, I will give it to you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang said quickly in his hand.

Li Longji's first battle sword is so important and of extraordinary significance.

"You all listen: seeing this sword is like seeing me! If you don't obey Zhang Shuo's orders, Zhang Shuo can hold this sword and kill him! There is no need to repay me!" Li Longji's eyes flashed with murderous aura.

With Zhang Shuo's qualifications and talent, I believe that you will obey his orders and are willing to obey. However, you have to be careful, what if someone is not convinced and does not obey the orders? If Zhang Shuo is not given full power and does not give him the power to kill and seize life and death, something will happen.

Think about it, the reason why Xue Rengui was defeated in the Battle of Dafeichuan back then was that Guo Daifeng did not obey the orders. If Xue Rengui had Shangfang's sword in his hand at that time, there would not have been that defeat.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Longji was expected to be the first to do everything. The ministers were convinced and praised it in unison.

"Chen Xuanli. You are the deputy general and assist Zhang Shuo. Do you have any problems?" Li Longji looked cold and solemn.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will do my best." Chen Xuanli hurriedly said.

"Remember, you have been following me for a longer time than Zhang Shuo. But you can't be arrogant and disobey orders because of this." Li Longji's face became colder, and he said coldly: "I can allow you to have different plans, but I can't tolerate complicity and different hearts. You can argue, quarrel, or you may have differences, but you must be one mind! You must break the heart of the great food!"

People have their own opinions and opinions, and it is impossible to be exactly the same. Differences and disagreements are inevitable. However, one must be one mind, and if this is the case, it is acceptable.

If you cannot be united, you will never accept it.

Especially when it comes to major issues like defeating Dashi, it is even more intolerable.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will never comply with the conspiracy and disagreement! If you violate this oath, you will die in the midst of arrows." Chen Xuanli raised his head and shouted.

He is a general, and he wants to rush in the battle formation and dies from arrows is a very serious oath.

"Yes." Li Longji's face was relaxed a little, and then shouted at the generals: "You must follow the orders Zhang said!"

"Abide by the order." The generals conjuncted the order.

"There are countless food and grass needed in this battle, and one capable person must raise it." Li Longji's eyes fell on Wang Maozhong and said, "Wang Maozhong, you will go to the battle with the army to raise food and grass for the army."

"Abide by the order." Wang Maozhong was extremely excited and answered the order loudly.

"You must remember: If a person starves to death and a horse starves to death, I will only ask!" Li Longji's eyes shined.

"Please rest assured: If a person starves to death and a horse starves to death, Wang Maozhong will commit suicide and apologize." Wang Maozhong raised his head and raised his chest.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang said thank you to Li Longji.

Wang Maozhong was a management genius and was particularly good at management. In history, Li Longji sent him to manage the raising of horses, and the Tang Dynasty actually owned as many as 700,000 war horses.

In recent years, he has been working hard for food and grass, raising a large amount of food and grass from India and transporting it to the Western Regions.

Now, the food and grass stored in the Western Regions are enough for a million troops to support them for two years, and Wang Maozhong and Youliyan!

Li Longji sent Wang Maozhong to be in charge of logistics, which was a great beauty for Zhang Shuo. With Wang Maozhong here, he could reduce a lot of burden.

"The expansion of territory is not the end, it is just the beginning." Li Longji raised his eyebrows and said, "It is defeated and governed! Only in this way can the Tang Dynasty become stronger and stronger than the war. Instead of occupying a large area of ​​land like Dashi, it is swaying and surrounded by enemies."

Speaking of this, the tone turned higher and said, "Therefore, governance is the top priority in the future, which requires a large number of talents. Over the past five years, I have reserved 100,000 talents."

"Hundreds of thousands?" the ministers exclaimed.

Li Longji was right. If he defeated, he had to manage it. Only by governing it well could the Tang Dynasty become stronger and stronger, and not like the Arab Empire, he would be blown to pieces at any time.

To achieve this goal, a large number of talents are needed. Li Longji reserved 100,000 talents, which is really amazing.

"This governance matter requires someone to take the lead." Li Longji's eyes fell on Song Jing and said, "This matter will be managed by Song Jing."

Song Jing's talent is amazing and extraordinary. At present, the eradication of accumulated problems has come to an end in the country. Song Jing can walk away and send him to manage these captured places, which is very suitable.

"Song Jing, remember: Zhang said that you will take over and manage the land!" Li Longji said.
Chapter completed!