Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Since that's the case, then retreat quickly." Li Shimin snorted coldly without even looking at Tang Jian.

"Yes, my minister...resign." Tang Jian said bitterly, with even more resentment in his heart.If he couldn't beat him, he wanted to fight Li Shimin desperately, but he didn't dare to do so in the end, otherwise he would not only be unlucky, but the entire Tang family would be exterminated.

Tang Jian retreated, and Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji and Yu Shinan again, and after giving enough warnings, he asked, "My dear friends, do you have any objections to Feng Zhen'er being the chief strategist?" ?"

"I have no objection." Li Zhen's supporters, such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, naturally had no objection.Whether his opponents are Changsun Wuji or Kong Yingda, there is no objection either—what a joke, let alone whether objection is useless, just now you dismissed a high-ranking official, this is killing chickens and monkeys, no, Tang Jian It's not a chicken, he's big enough to be a monkey, it should be said that he's killing a monkey and respecting him. You mean so much to kill a monkey and respect him, how dare we object again?

Only then did Li Shimin turn his anger into joy: "Since this is the case, then this matter is settled, auxiliary machine, this matter is left to you. You choose a good day, and I will announce it to the world."

"Yes, I obey the order." Suppressing the anguish in his heart, Changsun Wuji accepted the matter.

"Then let's do this." Li Shimin said with satisfaction: "Next, let's discuss how to rescue Zhen'er... How do you think we should rescue Zhen'er? In time..."

Now that the Tang Dynasty is surrounded by enemies on all sides, Chang'an's elite soldiers and horses cannot move, but as the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, Jiangnan Dao still has a large number of soldiers and horses. If the rescue soldiers of Jiangnan Dao can arrive in time, it should be able to play little effect.

Contrary to everyone's expectations again, this time it was Du Ruhui who objected: "I think it's best not to..."

Seeing that Du Ruhui stood up to object, Li Shimin frowned immediately: "Keming, what do you mean by that? You know that your second son Du He is also in the Youth Army, so you're not worried at all? "

"Worry is naturally worrying, but I still have to object." Du Ruhui said calmly: "The emperor calms down, and please listen to me and come with you one by one."

Chapter 358 Analysis of Du Ruhui

Chapter 132 Du Ruhui's Analysis

"Sure." Li Shimin's brows relaxed a little. He knew that Du Ruhui never said words without meaning, so since he said so at this time, it was naturally reasonable.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. In fact, my reason is very simple." Du Ruhui first asked Li Shimin a question: "Dare to ask your majesty, if you were to rank me among the Ten Dao forces of the Tang Dynasty, where should the soldiers and horses of the Jiangnan Dao rank?"

"Naturally..." Li Shimin suddenly got stuck. Jiangnan, Shannan, and Huainan are located in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. They are not bordered by foreign countries like Longyou Road, Hebei Road, East Road, Lingnan Road, and Jiannan Road. They have the important task of guarding against foreign enemies. Unlike Henan Province and Guannai Province, which have the responsibility of defending Gyeonggi, these three provinces are purely local defense forces, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined. Among them, even if Jiangnan Province is not ranked at the bottom, it will never exceed No. 8.

It's just that they are all his subjects after all, it's really hard for Li Shimin to say such words, so he can only respond in silence.

"That's it. Jiangnan Dao's military strength ranks third from the bottom at most. Even if such an army arrives in Lingnan, what use can it do except waste food and grass?" Li Shimin couldn't say it out loud. , bluntly said: "Now that the troops of Lingnan Road can't break through Huanzhou, which is defending with white heads, what's the use of adding a [-] troops from Jiangnan Road? Could it be that the emperor thinks that the army of Jiangnan Road is even more powerful than Lingnan Road? Is it stronger?"

Li Shimin argued in a low voice: "But one more person can always be more powerful, isn't it? After all, this is a [-] army. Even if it is used to support the field, at least it can overwhelm Baitou and Linyi in terms of momentum, right?"

"It's not necessary at all." Du Ruhui picked up Lingnan's urgent report, pointed to a page of text and said, "Please read, Your Majesty, what is said here is very clear. There is an army called Death Battalion in Baitou, which has 5000 elite troops and is extremely powerful, and at this time, a small-scale plague broke out in our army, and the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, so Huanzhou was not recaptured."

"so what?"

"Your Majesty, please continue to look here." Du Ruhui turned the page forward again, and said, "Please look, Your Majesty, similar to the Baitou Army, Linyi Army once had an army named Tiaodangying, its combat power was no less than that of the Baitou Army, but This army faced the Shenji Battalion of His Royal Highness Shangyue King, and the whole army was wiped out—the Shenji Battalion dispatched only 100 people in that battle, and the wolf Ben Zhitu who was killed after a thousand jumps in the camp, only more than 100 people escaped in the end. He went out, but was chased and killed by Jiaozhou military ranks, and the whole army was wiped out."

"Aiqing means..." Li Shimin understood what Li Zhen meant.

"The meaning of the minister is very simple. There are [-] young men in the army, and every battalion is no worse than the Shenji battalion. With the young army guarding, His Highness the King of Yue is not in danger at all. If His Highness the King of Yue wants to return, at least Lin The army of Yi and Baitou can't stop the footsteps of His Royal Highness King Yue. The reason why he didn't come back is purely because he doesn't want to come back." Du Ruhui said: "So our current support of soldiers and horses is simply icing on the cake and a waste of money and food. Now King Yue What His Highness needs more is logistical support, especially the support of medicines and doctors. Nanyang is a place full of smog, mosquitoes are everywhere, and plagues are rampant. The consumption of medicines is especially huge. What's more, the plague broke out in Jiaozhou and stopped our army. The recovery of Huanzhou also requires medical support."

"It makes sense, thanks to Aiqing's advice, I almost went astray." Li Shimin laughed loudly and said, "Forget it, I'll just listen to Aiqing once. Pass down the order and order the three major chiefs of Jiangnan Daojian Dao Jiannan Dao Lingnan Dao to do their best. Collect medicinal materials, enlist famous doctors, and send them all to Jiaozhou to try their best to cure the plague without any mistakes."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Hahaha……"

People in the palace have no secrets. After half a day, what happened in the palace has been spread all over the city of Chang'an, saying everything, but overall it is developing in a positive direction. The previous rumors are also Self-defeating.

"Hahaha...what am I talking about? His Royal Highness the King of Yue doesn't need to rebel at all, the world will be his sooner or later."

"Admiral Tiance, the emperor really trained His Royal Highness King Yue as a heir, right? I'll just say it."

"Who said His Royal Highness Yue Wang is going to rebel? Stand up and show me one?"

"This is already Tiance Admiral, and he still has the qualification to start a mansion alone. What's the difference between this and the prince? Is it still necessary to rebel?"

"By the way, since they are all generals of Tiance, why not directly canonize the crown prince?"

"Isn't that obvious? His Royal Highness the King of Yue is not in Chang'an, and besides, the former crown prince has just been abolished, so it's not appropriate to confer the crown prince at this time."

"..."

This is neutral, and if there is neutral, there will naturally be those who support Li Zhen.

"Oh, the king of Yue has been named Tiance Admiral, the next step is the crown prince, right?"

"If King Yue really becomes emperor, then our good days will come."

"I heard that His Royal Highness King Yue has already gone to attack Nanyang. It is said that although the environment there is harsh, the land is full of fat."

"What is land fertilizer? The problem is that there will never be famine."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"The best thing about that place is the high grain yield. Do you know rice? There are three crops a year."

"What? Three crops? If we are asked to farm, then we can't..."

"If the local people are hardworking, it's fine to give them fertile land and three-ripe rice. What's really too much is that the people there are all a bunch of slobs."

"I've also heard that even if you don't work for a year, you can't starve to death just by eating wild fruits. Even if you grow crops, you just scatter them on the ground. No one weeds or fertilizes. Just like this, rice can yield high yields.”

"Oh my god, how could there be such a person? It would be great if this land was given to me, and if I take good care of it, then the food production will not be astonishing..."

"Didn't His Royal Highness go to fight? The monkeys in Nanyang don't deserve such a good place at all, and the place has to belong to us."

"God bless, His Royal Highness the King of Yue must be victorious and return with a full load. Even if Nanyang is not defeated, he must return safely."

"That's right, everyone, let's go to Wuzhuang Temple together and pray to Immortal Zhenyuan for His Royal Highness the King of Yue."

"Yes, Immortal Zhenyuan will definitely protect His Royal Highness King Yue, and I will also go to pray for blessings."

"Add me."

"I'll go as well."

"..."

Of course, some people support it and some people oppose it. Li Zhen is not silver, and it is impossible for everyone to like it. Moreover, a considerable number of people who hate Li Zhen are Confucian scholars and some aristocratic families.

"The emperor is really confused. He is too kind to his son. What is wrong with Mr. Tang Jian? He just expressed a different opinion, and he was dismissed by the emperor."

"Do you know? The King of Yue has already invaded Linyi, but just after he entered Linyi, he broke Huanzhou City behind him, and the King Yue's retreat has been cut off."

"Hmph, the way back has been cut off. Even if he doesn't die this time, he will at least suffer a big defeat. I want to see how he will come back to face the elders of the Tang Dynasty after his defeat?"

"Hmph, anyway, I can't understand him. As a prince, he doesn't cultivate literature and morality, but likes strange skills and prostitution. If he succeeds, my Tang Dynasty will be over."

"It is said that the enemies on all sides of the Tang Dynasty have changed, and the emperor doesn't even dare to mobilize a single soldier to support the King of Yue. I want to see how long he can last without help from behind?"

"However, this guy still has some abilities. If he wasn't too deviant, I might still admire him."