Chapter 102 Disharmonious Disagreement

Wang Yi, who was as happy as Li Shimin, was stunned when he heard this discordant voice. He looked over the sound and found that it was Taichang Shaoqing Xiao Yu who stood up and spoke.

During the first few years of Zhenguan, Xiao Yu had been ups and downs and placed prefects several times, and had been resigned from prefects several times. It was because his temperament was too straightforward, which annoyed his colleagues and Emperor Li Shimin. This time he was just prefect. After being idle for a while, he was re-employed, but he was only appointed as the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. The position of the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, which is the fourth rank, is much different than that of the second rank of Shangshu Zuo Pushe, who was appointed by Xiao Yu, who was previously appointed as the second rank of Shangshu Zuo Pushe, not to mention the positions of each department, the importance is even greater.

Looking at the tone and content of Xiao Yu's speech today, he did not care about the lesson of his guilt for his words, and stood up and expressed his opinions different from those of ordinary people.

Xiao Yu continued to say: "Your Majesty has agreed to Jie Li's request to be attached to Jie Li. After the court made a decision to allow Jie Li's accession, he sent an envoy to the Turkic Ministry to announce His Majesty's edict, and at the same time ordered the Dingxiangdao march to send people to respond. However, the Li Damass did not implement His Majesty's order and privately decided to send a large army to attack the Turkic camp while the Turkic people were neglected in defense. Although this battle achieved great victory, there was nothing to be praised. This is to place Your Majesty, put our Tang Dynasty in an unrighteous manner and break our trust in the world. It is really a shame for our Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty should highly blame the generals in the front and release all the captured Turkic people to show our sincerity!"

"Your Majesty, I will follow my advice!" Wei Zheng also stood up and expressed his support for Xiao Yu's decision, but Wei Zheng had conditional support: "Your Majesty, I think what Xiao Shaoqing said just now is reasonable. This battle is indeed a bit unfair. The Turks received the request from Your Majesty to agree to the support, and they must be neglected to be prepared. This gives our army an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. The court should apologize for this breach of trust in the world. However, the Turks have been annihilated and Jie Li was also captured by me. He had already requested support in the support, and he could just let them come to Chang'an. The captured Turks should give them good place. The generals in the front need to be punished seriously! I believe that my Tang Dynasty can win back a little faith and not let the Hus be disheartened. My Tang Dynasty has always ruled the world with trust and righteousness, and will be powerful to the four barbarians. How can we lose the big ones because of the small!"

After hearing these two important officials' words, Wang Yi couldn't help but want to stand up and refute it, but after seeing Li Shimin's expression and the expressions of all officials, he stopped this idea.

Most of the people in the hall today are second and third ranks, and many of them are the best fourth ranks. He only has the lowest official position, and the other officials must have opinions. Listen to them first and then stand up and publish, so that they may be less attacked, not to mention that Li Shimin did not express his attitude.

Xiao Yu and Wei Zheng's words made Li Shimin change his color. Most of his good mood was ruined, but he still held back and explained in a faint tone: "Although the imperial edict from the court was sent out in a hurry for 600 miles, the weather in the north was bad, with heavy snow falling, and it was difficult for the carriages and horses to move forward. In addition, our army was chasing the remnants of the Turkic troops quickly, especially General Li personally led the vanguard army to attack the Turkic camp, and his whereabouts were uncertain. It is not surprising that the imperial edict sent by the court failed to be delivered to them in time! Also, the two armies were facing each other, and the military situation in the front changed rapidly. Maybe General Li also discovered the abnormal movements of the Turkic people, so he could not decide to take this strategy! I don't think that there is anything wrong with General Li's move..."

When Li Shimin said this, he glanced at Wang Yi, who was standing with his head hanging down from behind the court officials.

Wang Yi vaguely felt that Li Shimin wanted him to stand up and say something. He didn't know if his feelings were correct. After Li Shimin finished speaking, he immediately stood up and reported to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I don't understand anything about Jie Li's request to be attached to this time!"

Li Shimin showed an admiration in his eyes and nodded to Wang Yi: "Wang Xiao Aiqing has doubts about this matter, just say it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Yi bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, Jie Li was defeated after being attacked by our army. He knew that he was no match for our army, so he sent an envoy to Chang'an and asked Your Majesty to ask for support! But I am very surprised, why did Jie Li not ask for surrender to General Li and other sub-majors under Dingxiangdao Army who were close to you, and sent an envoy to Chang'an, and to meet Your Majesty to surrender and ask for support. They could send an envoy to General Li or other generals to surrender, or submit a memorial to the court that requested support. In this way, they could stop the troops and stop the war immediately, and the subsequent war would not go on again..."

Wang Yi said this, paused for a moment, looked at the important officials in the court who looked at him in surprise, and concluded in a very affirmative tone: "So I think that their decision was not to sincerely request the support, but to ask the court to order the generals of the leadership to stop the pursuit, or delay the pursuit of our Dingxiang Road army, and to avoid the delaying strategy of the delaying army in order to escape the pursuit of our army and avoid destruction. The attack methods adopted by General Li Da should be very correct and timely..."

"Your Majesty, I will discuss it!" After Wang Yi said that, Changsun Wuji immediately stood up and supported Wang Yi's guess. "I think there is a complete possibility. If the two armies are facing each other, if Jie Li sincerely asks to surrender, they will send envoys to General Li and the generals of our army to express this intention. However, while they escaped, they sent envoys to Chang'an and rushed to Chang'an to meet Your Majesty and requesting to be attached is really unreasonable. There must be a fraud. After we investigate this matter clearly, we will report it to the world and remind Jie Li to ask for attachment. It is just a delaying strategy! In that case, the people in the world will definitely not say that our Tang Dynasty has lost its trust!"

"Your Majesty, I will also discuss it!" Shangshu Zuo Pushe Fang Xuanling also stood up and supported Wang Yi and Changsun Wuji's report, "Jie Li sent an envoy to Chang'an and asked to be attached, but he fought with our army in the front and had no intention of surrendering. It is really incomprehensible!"

Wang Yi said, and the support of the two important officials, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, made the ministers in the hall feel a little surprised, and some people frowned and thought.

Li Shimin was also very satisfied after hearing this. He pondered for a while and said: "What the several beloved ministers said was very reasonable. Jie Li's request to be attached is probably just a delaying strategy. After asking the captive Turkic heads and obtaining the report of the generals in front, this will definitely be fully understood!"

Although Xiao Yu also felt that this speculation was reasonable, he still stood up and continued to report: "Your Majesty, this is just a reason to excuse General Li. Even if Jie Li requested that the army was only a delay, the court could not control the generals who led the army for violating the order. However, from the military newspapers from the front, when our army attacked the camp, Tang Jian, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, was already in the Turkic tent of the Turkic people, and was discussing with Jie Li about coming to Chang'an to meet the saint. Tang Jian was escorted by the Dingxiangdao army. I believe that the generals who led the army also knew that Tang Jian and his party were in the Turkic tent, but they ignored the lives of their colleagues and launched an attack when our delegation was still in the Turkic tent. With this matter, they also had to punish the generals who led the army for leading the army!"

Li Shimin glared at Xiao Yu, who was angry with a bull, and said slowly: "The people who escorted Tang Aiqing and his party to the Turkic camp were soldiers under Datongdao. General Li did not know about this. How did they know that Tang Aiqing and his party were in the Turkic tent? Furthermore, they would be outside, and the emperor would not accept the order. The generals in front would judge the situation and make a decision on how to carry out military operations based on the actual situation. Even if they had received my edict before launching this raid, if he

We have intelligence to prove that Jie Li was just delaying time under the guise of asking for help, so why did it be inappropriate to launch an attack? They could act based on the information they explored, and report it to me later! Jie Li has never been trustworthy. When I was in the early Tang Dynasty, I formed an alliance with me and did not invade each other. However, during the Wude period, I would have violated my border every year. When I first ascended the throne in the ninth year of Wude, the Turkic army broke to the Wei River, and Chang'an was in a hurry. Did you ever think about whether Jie Li was trustworthy or not?"

Li Shimin was excited when he talked about this and his fingers were dancing: "The Turks were so treacherous. When the Tang Dynasty was in chaos and was suffering from disasters everywhere, he led hundreds of thousands of troops to the south, hoping to destroy our Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop. Even Chang'an was almost defeated. Fortunately, it finally survived. Now our army has wiped out all the Jie Li troops and the Eastern Turkic Khanate has perished, but you think of standing up for them, saying that the Tang Dynasty did not speak of its faith, and the generals in the front commanded the Tang Dynasty to break its trust in the world? I will never agree with it, and I will not allow you to shock the generals in the front with this matter..."

Li Shimin's last words of nailing and iron shocked everyone in the hall. The emperor was certainly not willing to openly defend Li Jing, Li Shiji and other generals who were leading troops in front of the ministers. It seems that the actions of Li Jing and other generals in front of him were deeply appreciated by the emperor, and the emperor would not punish them no matter what.

Perhaps Xiao Yu also understood the meaning of it. After hesitating for a while, he did not continue and retreated to the queue with Wei Zheng.

At this time, Changsun Wuji stood up again and polite to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, now that Jie Li's troops have been wiped out by our army, and the Eastern Turkic Khanate was destroyed. I feel that we should not be obsessed with whether we should punish the generals in front of us for violating orders. Instead, we should discuss how to deal with the aftermath. Jie Li ruled the north and south of the desert for many years and had a great influence. After his troops were destroyed, the forces in that area would appear to be vacuumed. Other tribes around would take the opportunity to seek their own spheres of influence, how to effectively manage each tribe, and maximize the influence of our Tang Dynasty in that area. I think that this is the most important issue we should discuss at present. Other matters can be discussed after the army returns to the court!"

Li Shimin nodded in agreement and said loudly: "What Changsun’s love is very reasonable. I have summoned you to the palace today to discuss this matter. I would like to hear your advice on this after-war aftermath!"

Chapter 102 Disharmonious Disagreement
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