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"Yes!"

A smile appeared on Changsun Wuji's face.

Li Shimin said: "Tell me, how do you plan to adopt a more tyrannical and polite arrangement."

"Assassination strategy."

A fierce look flashed across Changsun Wuji's eyes, and he said: "Nowadays, anyway, there is no need to pay attention to other morals. Therefore, when we attack in an upright manner, we will use bad people to instigate rebellion, and at the same time, arrange soldiers to assassinate The strategy is to assassinate the chief official of the Xia Kingdom."

After a pause, Changsun Wuji continued: "For example, the Yizhou assassin

Shi Yang will not give up, once this person is killed, Yizhou will be in chaos.In addition, there are officials from all over the Xia Kingdom, who can also be dealt with one by one.Just deal with all these people.Then when we attack, it will be easier. "

Li Shimin suddenly fell silent.

In fact, such a strategy had already been mentioned when Xia Guo and Datang went to war.

With this statement.

It's just that Li Shimin refused directly at the beginning. The reason is very simple. Once the assassination is initiated, and the people of Datang assassinate the officials of the Xia Kingdom, Du Qi on the Xia Kingdom's side will also choose to assassinate and retaliate.At that time, it will not only be a confrontation on the battlefield, but even a mutual revenge.

This is extremely problematic.

Li Shimin does not allow such a thing to happen.

Now, Li Shimin's heart is gradually shaken.As Changsun Wuji mentioned, the current fight with Xia Guo has reached the point of life and death.

Changsun Wuji remonstrated: "Your Majesty, it is already a life-and-death battle between us and Xia Guo. Up to now, it is nothing to use all means. As long as we can win, I think all means are acceptable. Adopted."

The shaken expression in Li Shimin's eyes became more and more intense.

He really wanted to agree.

It's just that after Li Shimin's heart was shaken, he thought for a long time, and finally said: "No, this strategy has not been adopted yet. In this battle between us and Du Qi, we can't ignore everything and the bottom line just because we want to destroy Xia Kingdom So at the moment, such a strategy cannot be adopted. The strategy of assassination cannot be adopted.”

Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, you can't be so pedantic! As long as Du Qi can be eliminated, it will be a good deal for my Tang Dynasty, but if Du Qi is not defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Li Shimin said: "Auxiliary machine, there is something to do and nothing to do. At the moment, we still can't adopt the strategy of assassination. We assassinate the officials under Du Qi's command, that's all, there is nothing to say. But,

Once Du Qi's people take revenge, leading to the assassination of our people, the killing of countless officials, and even affecting ordinary people, it will be wrong.The bottom line in the end is to persist. "

Changsun Wuji sighed.

He thinks Li Shimin is still a bit pedantic.

It has already been adopted to unite with Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo, and the Turkic tribes who surrendered on the grassland. Take extreme measures to deal with it.

Changsun Wuji said: "Since His Majesty has made a decision, I will leave."

"Go down!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, and Changsun Wuji withdrew.

Sitting alone in the tent, Li Shimin sighed.In fact, he really wanted to agree with Changsun Wuji's strategy in his heart, but in the end, Li Shimin suppressed this idea.

Because there are some precedents, it cannot be opened.

Some bottom lines cannot be broken.

The army under Li Shimin rested in place for a day. In the early morning of the next day, Li Shimin led the army and marched quickly to Rouyuan County on the border of Yizhou.

Today's Guazhou border has actually been blocked, and most of the commercial exchanges have stopped. After all, Guazhou is connected to Xiaguo and Datang in the Western Regions.As soon as Guazhou was blocked, commercial exchanges were immediately cut off.

Even so, the news of Li Shimin's dispatch of troops spread quickly.

It spread to Rouyuan County.

In Rouyuan County, apart from the 1 people left by Xiao Yuanqi, there were also some local soldiers.This is the force in charge of defense in Rouyuan County.But today's Rouyuan County has far more troops than these, and the army led by Xiao Yuanqi and Ma Yuan are all stationed in the city.

The time when the two men came with their troops was because there was a change in the Tang Dynasty

.Especially when Guazhou was blocked, the two had already arrived with their troops.The two people's initial plan was to stay outside the city and hide, waiting to catch Li Shimin by surprise.It was only later that I learned that Datang's army strength was nearly 30. With such a large force, it was not easy to ambush.

Moreover, the strength of the two men was nearly [-], and it was not easy to hide their whereabouts, so after discussing with each other, they finally decided on a strategy of using defense instead of offense, which was to use the city of Rouyuan County to garrison and consume Li Shimin's strength.

This is the strategy set by the two.

And Li Shimin set off from Guazhou to Rouyuan County to kill him. As soon as the news reached Xiao Yuanqi in the city, Xiao Yuanqi and Ma Yuan immediately discussed the countermeasures together.

It's just that when the two were discussing, some soldiers came in and reported that Pei Changqing, the magistrate of Rouyuan County, asked to see him.Xiao Yuanqi and Ma Yuan looked at each other, and immediately Xiao Yuanqi ordered: "Please!"

The soldiers went to inform, and after a while, Pei Changqing entered.

Chapter 1078 Confidence

自信

Pei Changqing is very young, less than 23 years old.However, he has been in charge of Rouyuan County for several years, and has achieved quite good political achievements during his administration.When Du Qi made a private visit to Rouyuan County, Du Qi never informed Pei Changqing, but he was quite satisfied with Pei Changqing's governance of the place.

Pei Changqing was born in the Pei family of Hedong, and he is a son of a famous family. He has demands on himself.

He hopes to achieve great results.

Because Xia Guo's strength is getting stronger and stronger.As long as he performs well, as long as he has achieved outstanding political achievements, then in the future, he will surely be able to make great progress.

After Pei Changqing entered, he stood still and cupped his hands: "General Xiao, General Ma."

Xiao Yuanqi immediately waved his hand to invite Pei Changqing to sit down, and waited for Pei Changqing to sit down.

Behind the seat, Xiao Yuanqi said: "Magistrate Pei is here today, but what's the matter?"

Pei Changqing said: "General Xiao, the reason why I came here is because it involved the Tang army's coming to Rouyuan County. Because Rouyuan County is close to the border, I paid special attention to the news of the border and arranged people to lurk in Guazhou. Pay attention The news from Guazhou. So when the Tang Dynasty sent troops, I also got news from here."

Xiao Yuanqi smiled and said: "If County Magistrate Pei wants to inform us about the news of Tang's sending troops, then there is no need. Li Shimin brought the Tang army to kill, and the general has already got the news."

Pei Changqing shook his head and said, "It's not the news."

Xiao Yuanqi said: "What news?"

Pei Changqing said: "The news I want to tell is that in Rouyuan County, there are bad people from Datang and people who were instigated by them. The situation of these people is under the control of the officials. Roughly estimated, this group The number of people is at least 500. I mean, Li Shi

The people came in advance, should we do it in advance and kill all this group of people.In this way, it can be regarded as a blow to Li Shimin.Keeping this group of people is tantamount to leaving disaster behind. "

Xiao Yuanqi was a little surprised when he heard the words, because he didn't expect that Pei Changqing would give such a big surprise.

Pei Changqing actually knew the situation of the Datang spies in Rouyuan County.

Xiao Yuanqi said: "Pei County Magistrate, if I remember well. Earlier, His Majesty made a private visit in the whole country. After returning to Gaochang, because of Lu Jinsheng, His Majesty mobilized the bad people of Xia Kingdom and part of the troops. , Killed countless people who were instigated by rebellion. Since then, Datang has very few concealed disguises. How did you find out here?"